At an Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Intel made public their big move into wearable market for smartwatches, earbuds that monitor heart rate, and smart headsets. It is a major attempt by Intel because smartphone market is dominated by Qualcomm and Samsung Electronics. Intel has built this tiny computer using Quark technology makes it […]
Category: Business
2014 Tax Season Starts on January 13
The Internal Revenue Service announced that they will accept the 2013 business tax returns on January 13, 2014. This applies for both electronic-filled and paper-filled. Business returns include any return that posts on the IRS Business Master File (BMF). These BMF returns include a variety of income tax and information returns such as: Federal form […]
Small Businesses to be Taxed at a Higher Rate
ObamaCare is likely to cause a heavier burden on small businesses. This comes into force on the beginning of the year 2014. The tax is on premium paid for health insurance meant for small businesses and individuals. Significantly, the tax on insurance is more than all taxes together on medical devices and prescription drugs. The […]
Health Care Website Improved
The White House announced that it has completed the repairs to the Healthcare.gov website to operate smoothly for users. The president’s appointee to fix the health care website’s problems said that the website is now stable and operating at it’s planned capacity at an improved performance. On first Oct 2013, the healthcare website was launched. […]
Is Bing a Better Alternative to Google Adwords for Small Businesses?
Pricing Engine, a marketing platform for small businesses finds that Bing ads are more efficient to buy than Google Adwords. Google has higher CTRs and more search value, and Bing has a lower cost source of leads, and is therefore more suitable for small and medium businesses. The data collected by Pricing Engine from hundreds […]
How was Shopping Season in 2012 for SMBs
It is difficult to trace small and medium businesses direct sales. In case of online sales, there is some data available from different sources. Now we will look into how the SMBs are performed in the year 2012 holiday shopping season. Small online merchant holiday sales of 2012 According to a case study, the holiday […]
Nominations for SBA’s National Small Business Week Awards 2014
Since its establishment, the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) has been helping small businesses in different forms including financial help – loans, contracts, guarantees for loans, professional and other forms of assistance. SBA encourages healthy growth of small businesses and rewards for good performance every year. Keeping the convention, SBA are soliciting nominations for […]
Changes to Health Care Law
According to health officials in Maryland, the state’s new small business insurance exchange, which is expected to give employers access to more comprehensive and affordable health plans, will not be ready until April, 2014. President Obama announced a plan days before news came from Maryland’s officials to allow insurers to continue offering some health plans […]
Small Business Saturday is Big Business for Small Businesses
According to American Express Small Business Saturday campaign has become something of an institution. A survey sponsored by the American Express shows that 44% of consumers are aware of the Small Business Saturday which is held on the Saturday after Thanksgiving day. Another survey by the National Federation of Independent Business reveals that 77% of […]
The Federation of Small Businesses Vowed to Help Small Businesses Exports
Good news for the UK small business owners who are planning to see their products or services abroad. Federation for Small Businesses (FSB) has vowed to help small businesses in their effort to get global opportunities through exports. Recently, FSB has launched a fact-sheet to help small businesses who are planning to export their products. […]