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Pre-Employment Drug Test Is Compulsory

Drug testing can be done for employee before and after employing. It has become an important safety measure for increasing the productivity of the employees. To avoid unnecessary drug abuse issues with the employees, employers has decided to test them before employing. The candidates who come for an interview is tested using employee drug testing […]

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Uses Of Market Research

It is very important that a marketing-orientated business understands as much as possible about its customers and the way in which competitors are already serving them. Market research is done in two ways, namely primary research and secondary research. Secondary research is to know about the basics and the understanding the markets. Primary research is […]

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Growth in Sales of Mercedes-Benz in India

Mercedes-Benz India, luxury car maker, continues it’s successful run in Indian auto market. This company recorded 89 percent growth in sales at 518 units in November, while compared to 275 units in the same month of November in previous year. According to the officials of the Mercedes-Benz, there is considerable demand from the customers. The […]

Online Security Becomes a Concern For US SMBs

According to Panda Security report on the status of security in SMBs world wide, 58% of SMBs world wide were affected due to lack of security, with Brazil being highly infected with 86% and Germany being least with 8%. The infection ratio at U.S. companies is 46% currently, showing a slight increase from the last […]

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US Small Businesses Use Social Media to Attract New Customers

US small businesses are adopting new strategies to improve the efficiency of the businesses, in time of economic downturn. This is clearly evident as more and more businesses are now looking for social media to promote their businesses. The Small Business Success Index (SBSI) reports, adoption of social media by small businesses had become twice […]

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Online Vendors Offering Free Shipping are Favored by U.S SMBs

According to a recent survey by Staple, about 99% of the SMBs say, they select a retailer online based on free shipping offered by them. Small businesses find say that, saving money and time is imperative, hence they order their business requirements online. It was also found that 46% of them also feel that, it […]

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SBA Scorecard Measures Performance of U.S Small business Contracting

SBA released it’s first-ever Small Business Procurement Scorecard, in August, which helps the agencies in measuring their achievements as well as progress in making contracting opportunities available, in improving the accuracy of contracting data and also providing the public an opportunity to assess agencies’ performance in meeting these goals. The function of scorecard is that, […]

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Tax Increases to Effect U.S Small Businesses

Dow Jones Newswires, reported that small businesses are of opinion that, the increase in tax rates will effect business investment and hiring plans at large. Tax cuts proposed by President George W. Bush are to expire at the end of this year. In this regard, Obama has proposed new tax policies such as, extending the […]

U.S SMBs Not Finding Social Media Advantageous

According to a survey by UPS, 24 percent of small businesses have seen increase in sales due to social media, and only 1% had ageed that social media was helpful in their business growth. This leads to assumption that 99% of the SMBs don’t think social media as helpful source. This situation may be attributed […]

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Super-fast fibre internet – Profitable Option for Every Business:

In the present situation, having the Internet is not sufficient for any kind of businesses irrespective of their size. It is more important that the band width used in internet connections is updated by using latest technology. Using fibre, increases the speed of the internet, besides having benefits of future proof service, longevity, scaleability and […]

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