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A Kevlar Killer Comes To Market
(Fortune Small Business) — Few entrepreneurs plan to shoot their product down. For David Lashmore, it was a necessity. Lashmore’s company, Nanocomp Technologies, is the first in the world to make sheets of carbon nanotubes — microscopic tubes stronger than steel but lighter than plastic. The Pentagon has financed much of the Concord, N.H., firm’s… »
A Free-market Proposal For Reforming Health Care
NEW YORK (Fortune) — This is the second installment in a series of health-care columns by Fortune’s Shawn Tully.Unlike the House bill that fills 1,100 pages, my proposed health-care plan can be expressed in four simple bullet points. The marketplace, with more than 100 million consumers writing their own checks, will take care of the… »
A Simpler Home Office Deduction
(Fortune Small Business) — Nearly half of American firms are home-based businesses. But according to a National Federation of Independent Business survey, only 46% of them take a home office tax credit. Why are they balking? The deduction process — which involves measuring the office as a percentage of home size and multiplying relevant expenses… »
A Look At The Week Ahead For The Stock Market
NEW YORK: Wall Street has spiked nearly 50% in less than five months — and that’s both good and bad.The advance has been driven by factors including relief that the financial system is not about to implode, signs that the economy is recovering, and most recently, a spate of positive earnings surprises. On Friday, the… »
A Rant About Twitter in Six Bite-sized Tweets
NEW YORK: omg! twitter’s down! what did shaq eat 4 lunch? i don’t know. but who cares? tweets are junk food 4 brain. where’s the biz, biz? aykm?would u pay for tweets? r advertisers that interested in this “content?” this is the 2009 version of the pet rock. this too shall pass.sure. tweeting in iran… »
Starting A Business In A Recession
(Fortune Small Business) — Would you consider launching or growing a business in the midst of the Great Recession? Some would applaud your courage; others might think you had a few loose screws. And yet economic downturns have often been fertile ground for innovation and entrepreneurship. More than half the companies on the 2009 Fortune… »
Making A Profit Off TARP Bailout Is A Longshot
NEW YORK (Fortune) — One of the things they teach in Successful Investing 101 is to cut your losses short and let your winnings run. But when it comes to the Troubled Assets Relief Program, the government is stuck doing the opposite. Its gains are being cut short, because its most profitable investments are being… »
A Furniture Biz Starts From Scrap
(Fortune Small Business) — Some people need a kick in the pants before they change course. For Carlos Salgado, 41, it took a knock on the head. In 1998, the art handler and sculptor was working at the Guggenheim Museum SoHo in New York City. One moment he was disassembling a 400-pound steel sculpture by… »
Timing A 401k Rollover When You Leave A Job
NEW YORK (Money) — Question: I’m in my 30’s and have a 401(k) from a previous job, 75% of which is invested in a variety of stock portfolios. Although my stock holdings have recovered a bit recently, I’m still down about 7,000 from my peak balance. I’m planning to roll over this old 401(k) into… »