General liability insurance is a type of insurance that is used by business owners when some type of loss occurs. Every businesses has to purchase general liability insurance, which covers bodily injury, property damage or loss, damage to reputation, and even advertising injury due to negligence that results from the promotion of goods or services. […]
Symantec’s Report on Information Protection by Indian SMEs
Symantec 2010 Global SMB Information Protection Survey, stated that there was a concern about the data loss by 67 percent of Indian SMEs. It was revealed that focus on enhancing backup, recovery and archiving initiatives was observed in 67 percent of them. The study revealed that adoption of complete information protection strategy along with a […]
Shortage of Deployment of IT Security Measures by Indian SMEs
According to the Symantec 2009 SME Security and Storage survey, inadequate budget along with ineffective information security management at the operational level were found to be problems for most Indian SMEs. The study revealed that Indian SMEs were aware for protection of information (84 percent), network (76 percent), desktop (53 percent), servers (81 percent), e-mail […]
Toyota Etios to Launch in India
On the 1st December,2010, Toyota Etios was introduced in Bangalore in India. Toyota has entered into the low priced car market in India, by introducing the Toyota Etios in India. This model will be launched in the month of the April in 2011 in India. According to the officials of the Toyota, this car has […]
India – Seventh Largest Vehicle Producing Country in World
According to Indian government, India is the seventh largest vehicle producing country in the world. Now the largest vehicle producing country is China and next is US. There were expectations that India would become seventh largest vehicle producing country by 2016, but it has achieved this milestone in 2010 only, that is before six years […]
NFIB Reports on Weak Employee Hiring among the U.S. Small Firms
According to the National Federation of Independent Business, in August, 11 percent of the companies surveyed increased the average employment by 2.3 employees. The payroll was cut by an average of 3.5 workers which constituted 13 percent of respondents. This was decreased from 15 percent in July. It was reported that there were no changes […]
Health Reform for Small Business Employees in the U.S.
A study was conducted by the RAND Corporation for predicting how the employers react to the new health-care reform. The study revealed that when the Affordable Care Act is implemented, there would be health insurance for 95 percent of Americans which is 85 percent in September 2010. More small businesses would be involved in the […]
Forbes Report on the U.S. Small Businesses in Smaller Metros
Some businesses plan to choose their headquarters at major metropolitan areas and some do not. It is generally felt that small venues are found to be the best places for small businesses. According to the Forbes study in combination with Moody’s Economy.com, it was found that small places having populations of less than 245,000 were […]
N.F.I.B. Report on the Problems of Small Businesses in USA
According to the National Federation of Independent Business(N.F.I.B), it was found that low demand but not taxes or over regulation which is the biggest problem faced by small businesses in the U.S. Poor sales was considered as the single most important problem by about 31 percent of surveyed companies. Insurance costs and availability, competition from […]
SME Opportunities for Indian Entrepreneurs
SME market has got a lot of importance in India. There are many SME opportunities for entrepreneurs in the nation. Some of them are listed here. Among BRIC countries and the U.S., the second largest population of small and medium businesses (SMBs) is found in India. SMEs in India contribute to more than 40% of […]