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Some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various small business, marketing, HR, career, and personal tips. SBA @SBAgov5 Myths About Payroll Taxes — http://ow.ly/gvSW30o3xJ7 NFIB @NFIBThis guide to Section 179 of the tax code is a great way to refresh your knowledge before filing taxes for your #smallbiz: https://www.nfib.com/content/resources/money/a-guide-to-section-179-for-small-business-owners/ Hootsuite @hootsuite7 […]

Retirement planning can be fraught with worry in the best of times, but when the market turns volatile and uncertainty reigns, people in or near retirement may give way to anxiety or unease to an even greater degree than normal. And as a result, those dreams of carefree golden years may transform into sleepless nights.

Bad habits can be hard to break, and for business leaders who have them, they can be deal-breakers.  In a survey by Leadership IQ, an online training firm, the primary reasons CEOs were fired — mismanaging change, ignoring customers, tolerating low performers, and not enough action — were often related to unproductive habits.   Although leaders

There is everything right about looking out for yourself and your career. Right now, with more jobs than people to fill them, it’s easier than ever. One month in mid-2018, job postings exceeded the number of unemployed by an eye-popping 659,000. With this happening, it’s no surprise that 3.6 million workers voluntarily quit their jobs in

Starting up a new business is exciting while also being a frightening and difficult task. The Pew Research Center reports that more than 50 percent of startups fail in the first four years and fewer than 60 percent earn any profit after 10 years. More than 500,000 individuals in America close their businesses for good every year.

Dear Rusty: I will be 65 [in a month]. [My] husband will be 61 in August. If I started collecting Social Security now would I only be able to collect on myself? My husband plans on collecting at 62. Will I be able to collect some of his when he starts collecting at age 62? Also,

Over the past year, small-business owners have expressed record confidence in their local economies and as a result, many are attempting to expand their business or increase hiring. However, this growth has been somewhat tempered by one of the tightest labor markets in half a century.  With the low Syracuse–area unemployment rate [it was at

Some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various small business, tech, HR, career, and personal tips. SBA @SBAgovSBA launches 2019 Emerging Leaders initiative which provides free entrepreneurship education and training for executives of small businesses poised for growth. Get the details http://ow.ly/l4Q330nUKXA NFIB @NFIBOvertime regulations, tax reform, and healthcare are among

For a growing number of patients, a trip to the dentist isn’t what it used to be — and that’s how they want it. Rather than just a routine “drill-and-fill” for a cavity, they may receive a head massage, meditative advice, and diet suggestions that would seem more befitting a gastroenterologist. What they won’t receive