Business Week/Shifting into Cost Cutting Mode

 
As the economy falters, experts say small businesses must recognize runaway costs early and start making modest cuts  
 
Source for Article:  Business Week, October 24, 2008
By John Tozzi
Back in 2002, Scott Chatel’s business remodeling brownstones and apartments in Brooklyn and Manhattan was so good that he set a goal to increase annual sales from $2 million [...]

The Wall Street Journal/Banks’ Pain Spreads to Their Suppliers

source for article: Wall Street Journal, October 7, 2008 by Simona Covel
The banking-industry crisis is having an immediate impact on at least one group of small and midsize businesses: those that were built to provide products and services to a booming financial sector.
The effect on these companies “has been nothing short of devastating,” says Charles [...]

Turnaround Management Association: 2008 Annual Convention/Oct. 27-29

[ October 27, 2008 to October 29, 2008. ]
TMA 2208 Annual Convention
Monday–Wednesday, October 27–29, 2008
New Orleans Marriott, New Orleans, LA
555 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA 70130

Mark your calendar for TMA’s 20th Anniversary Convention. Please continue to visit this website for updates. Convention registration will open in July 2008.  Member registration fees are $1,195 (early bird) or $1,395 (regular). Nonmember registration fees are $1,395 (early [...]