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Friday, February 16, 2007

February Small Business Trends Index

The Small Business Trends Index looks at the most popular articles that entrepreneurs are talking about. These are the most discussed stories by small business owners over the past month. The higher the score, the more the topic is being discussed. The total scores add to 100.

#1: Index Score: 23.8
9 Resume Tips That Should Be Screechingly Obvious (But Apparently Aren't)
"These are all basic rules, but they all seem to get broken constantly. All of these should be obvious to anyone who's conscious (maybe even the lightly sleeping), but they must not be. On to the rules!"

#2: Index Score: 22.4
Wal-Mart pays itself rent, gets large tax breaks
Wal-Mart, the nation's largest employer and the world's biggest retailer, is regularly paying itself rent and using the transaction to decrease the taxes it pays to state governments.

#3: Index Score: 18.5
Comcast Fined $12,281.84 For Not Answering The Phone Quickly Enough
Montgomery Country, MD has fined Comcast $12,281.84 for not meeting the standards set by their franchise agreement. The agreement stated that Comcast would provide a level of customer service that they did not meet.

#4: Index Score: 18.3
101 ways to make money online. A business consultant shares his research
This is a careful analysis of the many ways one can earn legitimate and illegitimate income working from home. It was put together by analysing thousands of existing internet businesses.

#5: Index Score: 17.0
The 13 Most Overlooked Tax Deductions
Some really good deductions that I didn't even realize you could take. Such as college tuition, moving expenses to take your first job and jury pay paid to employer.

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Wednesday, January 24, 2007

January 2007 Small Business Trends Index

The Small Business Trends Index looks at the most popular articles that entrepreneurs are talking about. These are the most discussed stories by small business owners over the past month. The higher the score, the more the topic is being discussed. The total scores add to 100.

#1: Index Score: 26.1
Get an extra $30-$60 back on your tax return by filling in one line. Just like the title says, an easy way to get some free cash this tax season. http://www.snopes.com/business/taxes/excise.asp?1

#2: Index Score: 24.7
Company Logos and Their Meanings From FedEx to Sun Micro. http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/344/31/

#3: Index Score: 18.8
China is Now too Expensive for Manufacturing Junk That's right, China is now too expensive, now where is our junk going to be made? http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8515811

#4: Index Score: 16.2
What are the jobs Americans won't do? Americans work longer hours than Europeans -1,804 hours per worker for the United States in 2005, compared to 1,434 in Germany and 1,535 in France. http://www.slate.com/id/2157483/

#5: Index Score: 14.2
New Virgin America airline goes viral video to make its case Virgin makes their case in the video seen in this story and asks for the publics help in lobbying support. http://www.slate.com/id/2157483/

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