On March 4, 2010

Are You Brave Enough to Work for Social Change?

The official theme of the 2010 HBS Social Enterprise Conference, held this past weekend at Harvard Business School, was "Redefining Service for the 21st Century." But there was an unofficial, existential thread running through several of the keynote…

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Pharma Layoff Stats Show the Glory Days of Drugs Won’t Be Coming Back

Pharmaceutical companies are currently cutting more jobs than any other business sector of the economy, and plan to hire the fewest workers back, according to a survey by recruitment firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. The numbers are only a snapshot

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First Impressions: Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3t Netbook-Tablet Hybrid

Whoa! A netbook that's also a tablet, and with a price tag under $500?! Sounds too good to be true, but the IdeaPad S10-3t is the real deal. Just one problem: What to do with it?

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Facebook Looms as Google’s Most Dangerous Rival

Google's natural rival is Microsoft's Bing and Facebook's is Twitter. Right? Wrong. Check out the data, and it becomes evident that that the biggest battle brewing is between Google and Facebook. In terms of the conventional thinking about what Google

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Pacific BioScience Has A $1000 Genome Test That Could Save Your Life — and the Industry.

Last week, Pacific BioSciences, which claims it will map a genome in 15 minutes for less than $1000 by 2013, announced several new partnerships which they say will help customers "rapidly and easily adopt" their sequencing technology. That's big news, because

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Feeling Strong, Chico’s Goes for Growth

Chico's is expanding its two non-namesake chains, White House/Black Market and Soma, while other apparel retailers recently shut down offshoot concepts.

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RealDVD Is Dead, Long Live Illegal Ripping?

RealNetworks has ended its legal battle with Hollywood over its RealDVD software. The Motion Picture Association of America and Viacom filed suit against RealNetworks in 2008, alleging that RealDVD infringed on content producers' copyrights. RealDVD allowed users

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On March 4, 2010

Can I set up a salary vs taking a draw from my business income?

How do I enter setting up a salary vs. taking a draw from my account? It is my understanding as a single member LLC I can pay myself and my other assets will be considered dividends thus impacting my taxes.…