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DE Gov. Jack Markell Nominates Leo Strine Jr. for Chancery Court’s Top Position

The Court of Chancery, as many of you know is one of the great perks of incorporating in Delaware. At Harvard Business Services we like to keep up with the latest news regarding nominations, here’s an excerpt from a delawareonline.com article on the latest breaking news. Vice Chancellor Leo E. Strine Jr., the colorful and [...]

Posted by on Monday, June 13th, 2011
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Senate Passes Repeal of 1099 Reporting Rule for Small Businesses

On Tuesday April 5, 2011 the Senate voted overwhelmingly to repeal a provision of last year’s health care act that would have required small businesses to submit a Form 1099 for every vendor that received payments of $600 or more a year. Democrats and Republicans agreed that the new reporting requirement would be too expensive [...]

Posted by on Thursday, April 7th, 2011
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Update on 1099 Tax Reporting Law Status

Small businesses around the country have been worried about the massive paperwork burden included within the Healthcare bill passed last year. The new law, which takes effect January 1, 2012, requires them to provide 1099 forms to every person or business with which they spend $600 or more each year. (For more information on this [...]

Posted by on Monday, March 7th, 2011
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New Tax Law Affects Small Businesses

Small business owners need to read this recent article from The Washington Post. It does a very good job explaining the new law buried in the healthcare bill requiring small businesses to issue 1099 forms to people or companies that sell them more than $600 worth of goods or services and it offers ideas on [...]

Posted by on Monday, May 24th, 2010
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Delaware is Ranked Best Legal Climate in the United States

The U.S Chamber’s Institute for Legal Reform just released its survey results for this year and Delaware is ranked #1 for the seventh year in a row as the state with the best legal climate! This is important because your business will benefit if you are incorporated in Delaware; the state is ranked #1 for [...]

Posted by on Monday, March 29th, 2010
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Toyota and Tylenol

If corporate crises were a game, the Toyota safety recall would be a Superbowl contender. Toyota Motors is a company that heavily promotes its engineering innovation, production quality and service reliability.  In a haymaker blow to Toyota’s reputation, the company suspended production and sales of eight of its most popular models — including America’s (previously) [...]

Posted by on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs and Steve Jobs

Originally, President Barrack Obama was going to give his State of the Union Address on Tuesday, January 26. But then someone in the White House realized that the address would preempt the season premier of “Lost” on ABC, so the SOU was moved to Wednesday,  January 27.  The focus of of the address was jobs. [...]

Posted by on Thursday, January 28th, 2010
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Tarnishing the Brand: Tiger Woods as a Business

Don’t think of Tiger Woods as an athlete. Think of him as a business, a brand. Now let’s ask if Tiger Woods, Inc. was well served by its Founder/Chairman/CEO in the ongoing solo car accident scandal. From the public relations point of view, I think not. On November 30, Nancy Armour, a reporter for the [...]

Posted by on Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
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Noteworthy and Quoteworthy Quotes from the Business World

Here is a collection of noteworthy quotes from recent business stories. I’ve collected mostly good quotes along with a few examples of not-so-good quotes. You would expect that media types to excel at soundbites and pull quotes, since it’s the grist for their daily mills. The Los Angeles Times ran a story on August 21 [...]

Posted by on Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
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Communicating in a Business Crisis: Part 2

Last time we asked whether or not your business needs a crisis communications plan. On the assumption you are reading this post because you answered “yes,” to the question, here are some tips for you and your spokespersons. Assign your spokesperson or spokespersons in advance: Often, when a crisis breaks, you see multiple personalities jostling [...]

Posted by on Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
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SBA Loans Moving Slow

In May we wrote a post announcing the Small Business Administration’s America Recovery Capital Loan Program. This program was supposed to provide up to $35,000 in relief for small businesses facing immediate financial hardship. Unfortunately, it seems that these loans are not moving as fast as one had hoped. The New York Times just published [...]

Posted by on Friday, August 14th, 2009
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Noteworthy Quotes From Recent Business Stories

This week we’ll focus on several business news stories that earned extensive coverage in the media.  We’ll look at some soundbites and quotes and judge them for effectiveness. Tarp or Trap? The biggest story is Treasury’s decision to allow some banks to repay $68 billion in TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) money. Reuters coverage included [...]

Posted by on Thursday, June 11th, 2009
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