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Use of Contract Labor by Small Businesses Continues to Grow

Small Business Labs

  The data covers business receipts, deductions, and net income reported by taxpayers on Schedule C of tax Form 1040.   Way back in 2003, contract labor was only about 20% of the labor costs of sole proprietors.   Over the same period, spending on salaries and wages (meaning traditional employees) rose from $73.7

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Led by Retail, The Surge in New Business Applications Continues

Small Business Labs

Back in 2003-2007 80% of new retail trade business applications came from firms planning on hiring traditional employees.    But more work needs to be done to understand who the new applicants are, what their plans are, and how many will actually form new small businesses.   In April, only 33% did.  

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What MLB Pitcher Jon Lester and 4 Other Professional Athletes Teach Us About Overcoming Obstacles

Success

It wasn’t just any form of the disease, but a rare form of blood cancer known as anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. In 2003, again swimming the 800-meter freestyle, she won gold at the All-Africa Games. When you throw like a 25-year-old left-hander does, muscles are often sore—but the pain wouldn’t go away.

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Netflix Rolls Back Parental Leave Policy to Reinforce Workplace Efficiency

Success

Though Randolph departed from his senior position in 2003, his ideals of a progressive, culturally adaptive workplace have followed Netflixs rise to the top. His philosophy, rooted in working smarter not harder, has long reflected Netflixs dynamic culture of workplace empowerment, which has stood the test of time.

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What Is The Quantum Internet And Its Impact On The Future Of Work?

Allwork

It’s difficult but not impossible for hackers to break this form of encryption. There was a time when people felt the internet was another world, but now people realize it’s a tool that we use in this world,” according to Sir Tim Berners-Lee , inventor of the world wide web, speaking in 2003.

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When Nature Calls, Boston Harbor Now CEO Kathy Abbott Answers

Success

Facing discrimination After gay marriage became legal in Massachusetts on November 18, 2003 , Abbott married her partner of six years—a move “the Romney administration wasn’t really happy about,” she says. All the while, she kept receiving calls asking her to accept the role as president and CEO of the newly formed Boston Harbor Now.

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Using an electronic Check Box - Check! Check!

Laughing all the Way to Work

Here is how you do it in Word 2003 and in Word 2007: Word 2003 View - Toolbars – choose Forms – go to the icon that looks like a checkbox and click on it. To take the shading off the checkbox, click the [a] icon in the Forms toolbar, it is a toggle for shade and unshade. Unchecked is the default for a box.

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