THE GOLDEN RULE, do you believe in applying it to your cattle deals? And if not do you sleep well at night?

Daily life in a cubicle can be a real drag when work is slow and you have time to kill, looking busy. Here are some creative things you can do when there's too much down time and you don't want to go ask the boss for something new to do.

The Department of Minerals and Energy has embarked on a small-scale mining programme aimed at encouraging and facilitating the development of economically viable small-scale mining and mineral-based industries, in line with the government's desire that small miners gain access to mineral rights suited to small mining activity.

True differentiation continues to elude many service businesses today. The competition, given enough motivation, can duplicate or worse, beat the price, terms or features you offer. The bottom line is that your products and services seldom create lasting distinction in the marketplace.

Accountants -they're all the same aren't they? The same old 'bean counters' offering the same old traditional service options? Actually there is a lot more to choosing your accountant than you may think and not all accountants are the same.

Diamond engagement rings, with their perfect clarity and indestructible nature, have come to symbolize the purity and eternal commitment between a man and his wife.

Even if you have an Internet Business, be very careful of where you register it. It could end up costing you a lot of money and leave you with no way to get any money from your business.

There are debates over which methods are better, and ultimately it comes down to personal choice. One thing that many within the scientific community tend to agree with is that speed reading will never be able to allow you to fully understand the contents of a page, but rather just get the gist of what the passage or story is talking about.

Merchants and providers of services should be in the market to make money: as much money as possible.

Since he will get more and more attractive benefits from various new sites trying to outsmart their old competitors.

Mr. Reed, for want of a better name – always made sure that doors were kept closed, windows locked, and everything as organized as could be. He also had a morbid fear of being locked in the cold-room unable to get out; I suppose he’d watched The Shining a few times too many. So the door had no lock or automatic closing mechanism, just a stiff, heavy chrome latch with handles inside and out.

Do your business processes need improvement? This article will show you how to select a good Six Sigma quality improvement project that will move your business ahead of the competition!

This is the perfect topic for the first month of a brand new year! Staying late started innocently enough: “If I just stay a little later today, I can catch up’ on this work I haven’t been able to g...

Imagine a river. Then visualize all that the river carries with it. Apart from the water and fish, there are other elements which form the river. Processes are very much like a river. They flow in a natural direction and carry information with them from one point to another. The process of Value Stream Mapping is a by product of the Lean Manufacturing process pioneered by Toyota and the core fundamental is to identify the areas of waste which can be avoided within a manufacturing or office process.

Business partnerships have negatives and positives. Make sure you know them before deciding to bring in a partner or not.

Many complain that CEO make too much money, as the average is some 300% more than the rank and file. If the companies were doing well that is no problem, yet if the company is rolling in the profits it would make sense and the shareholders might agree that this is a good policy, as it is a reward for success.

Lets talk about images in advertising for a moment. Most advertisements for clothing (i.e. bathing suits etc), show shapely thin women and men. This has led our country to think that fat is demeaning and not socially accepted. This type of advertising has caused everyone to want to look like the people in the ads.

Learn how to easily optimize your fund raising ideas -- whether for school fund raising, church fund raising, charity work, non profit organizations, or business – that require minimal effort but produce maximum monetary rewards.

Compensation Resources, Inc. has released the results of its 2004 Turnover Survey. The purpose of this study was to obtain turnover statistics and trends. Data was compiled from survey questions that were developed by CRI and distributed to companies in over ten industrial classifications, in addition to Not-for-Profit organizations.

Sound financial business planning means taking ongoing assessment steps looking at the business from multiple perspectives including capitalization, expansion, menu concepts, cash flow and even an exit strategy. Whether you are a chef dreaming of your own restaurant, the head of a family business discussing succession, an independent considering retirement or you are thinking about buying or selling, determining the business market value is a necessary process for success.

Whether you are working at home or in the office, your desk is a major key to reducing stress and improving productivity. Make sure that it is not only a place you can function efficiently, but just as important, a place you like to be! A functional desk that is ugly can be as much of a deterrent to productivity as a beautiful desk that is not functional...Choosing and Using Your Desk

Marketing Master, Catherine Franz, gives you eight great gift ideas to use to attract customers.