Today, once clear lines have evaporated. Now, there is one broad, and somewhat murky, financial services sector populated with many types of financial service providers and many types of financial advisors. The relaxation of industry regulations, industry consolidation, the subtle, and ongoing, shift from transaction based business to fee based business, and the trend toward small independent firms has produced a whole new playing field. Most firms, large and small, and their advisors now offer a vast mix of products and services from banking to investments, tax planning, insurance, financial planning, you name it. So, it's no surprise that consumer confusion exists.

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Are you frustrated with your office space? Do you hunt for a pen every time you put one down? Is the search for documents a half-day event? Is your paper filed chronologically - working your way down the pile to 'one week ago' and unable to pull out 'four months ago' for fear of a paper flood catastrophe?

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Does your company have a community business relation strategy? You need one. You need to join the team, the community and maintain your relations with other local businesses. There are many ways to do this, one is to join your local chamber of commerce, yet only on average 10% of the proprietors of small businesses ever do this.

The Flow of Natural Resources and Raw Materials is vital to our nations Industrial Capacity and Job base. What Happened to the Mining Industry in the US? When there are reasons, which prevent us from doing the collecting of those natural resources within our own country, then and only then should we look towards our trading partners to supply us such raw materials and resources.

Many small companies are trying to empower their employees and alleviate some of the hardships of over regulations, taxation and paper work. Often these small businesses will attempt to make their employees Independent Contractors. Where this might sound like a good idea it is also a very gray area of law and can get you into a real bind if not done correctly.

In Akron, OH we met with Marcel van den Bosch, Economic Research Coordinator in downtown. While working in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce in the Greater Akron area he said that things were much better than anticipated. Goodyear being the biggest anchor corporation in the Akron area, with an incredible history has been quite strong.

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