by Reed Richardson. This time of year, a small business owner may be forgiven for thinking that his or her company has entered a weeks-long holiday gauntlet. Starting even before Thanksgiving, the calendar marks the arrival of seemingly incessant, often overlapping, and sometimes conflicting religious and cultural holidays, among them Eid al-Adha, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Epiphany, Ashura, and the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, as well as the traditional and Chinese New Year’s...

Vaccinate Your Small Business: How to minimize the impact of this year's flu outbreak on your bottom line By Reed Richardson As the H1N1 flu outbreak looks to spread throughout the upcoming winter, many small businesses could find the disease a serious threat to their profitability and, perhaps, long-term survivability. Consequently, it's a good idea for entrepreneurs to take some immediate steps-and if you have already, consider some additional measures-to mitigate the damage a flu outbreak...