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Saved Manufacturer Over $350,000 Through R&D Study

Our manufacturing client had utilized the Research & Experimentation (R&D) tax credit in the past, but our team questioned if they were getting the maximum benefit from their current method of capturing research wages and related costs. By completing a… Read More

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WEBINAR – The Great Viral Recession: Light at the End of the Tunnel?

What does returning to business look like in a post COVID-19 world? Join us on Thursday, May 14 at 10:00am CDT for a webinar discussing the state of the world after we reach the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. You’ll learn about: Economic impact from COVID-19 Best practices for moving your business forward How to...

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Main Street Lending Program: Is it Right for My Business?

As the COVID-19 pandemic spread, it was apparent that there would be more assistance needed to help our nation’s small and medium sized businesses. Although the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was in full swing, it seemed to be a temporary fix for a much longer-term challenge. On April 9th, the Board of Governors of the...

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IRS Defers Employment Tax Deposits and Payments Through 2020

The IRS recently released guidance on the CARES Act employment tax deposit deferral. Below are the highlights of the deferral, including eligibility, timeline and use with other incentives.
Deferral Eligibility
The CARES Act allows employers to defer deposits and payments… Read More

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COVID-19 Resource Center Offers Insights and Guidance for Individuals and Businesses

As a source of information and guidance for businesses and individuals since 1965, Anders is here for you during this time of uncertainty. We’re researching and dissecting the latest legislation, local news and relevant updates around COVID-19 and sharing them… Read More

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Choosing the right CMS

The easiest way for marketers to create a unified communications strategy is by using a content management system




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City of Burbank heightens address accuracy with Melissa data quality tools

With better address data, the city added more than 300 missing addresses to the Census file provided by the federal government




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Qualtrics company Delighted provides Amazon with customer feedback feature

Collaboration between Delighted, a Qualtrics company, and Amazon Business empowers organizations of all sizes to listen, understand, and act on customer feedback in real-time




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A Best Practice Approach to Insight Engines: 5 Levels of Insight Engine Maturity

Enterprise search projects start with intentions to provide ?Google for our organization' but too often fail to deliver on that promise. In our experience, these projects fail due to a lack of sustained effort and governance. The commercialization of next-generation search technologies allows you to fulfill this promise if you take a systematic approach to implementation.




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Artificial Intelligence Done Right

Artificial intelligence (AI) has captured the imagination of a wide variety of businesses. I have this image of CEOs in boardrooms around the globe declaring, "We must have AI! Our competitors use AI! We can't be left behind!" There might be some table-pounding associated with this scenario. There will certainly be corporate minions scurrying around to fulfill the AI dreams of their CEO.




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Qlik releases platform that enables users to act quickly on data-driven insights

Increases analytics ROI by closing the gap between insights and action




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Alcis Sports is turning plastic bottles into lightweight T-shirts

Each t-shirt saves approximately 27 litres of water, uses 50% less energy to produce and reduces carbon emission by over 54%.




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Delegation of work: To constantly firefight or create a vision for the future

The biggest cause of such fires is non-delegation of tasks to responsible people with clearly defined accountability. When you delegate, you have to allow time for people to step up and demonstrate their abilities.




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Getting design thinking right in human resources

From hiring to remuneration and skilling to mentoring, every HR process can be improved by applying design thinking to it.




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ABC and the art of training Australia’s brightest minds

The ABC TOP 5 scheme has been expanded to artists and arts scholars for the first time, to help train Australia’s next generation of researchers in the art of sharing their wisdom with the nation.




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Have a high CIBIL score? Know the importance of it for a personal loan




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India- UK Building Bonds: In conversation with the British High Commissioner to India

India- UK Building Bonds: In conversation with the British High Commissioner to India





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Lighter planes, fewer entertainment options, no meals in the short run: SpiceJet CMD on future of flying

Lighter planes, fewer entertainment options, no meals in the short run: SpiceJet CMD on future of flying





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No salaries for Apr, May; hours flown-based pay for those operating cargo flights: SpiceJet to pilots

No salaries for Apr, May; hours flown-based pay for those operating cargo flights: SpiceJet to pilots





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Oil prices hit highest level in years

Oil prices hit highest level in years





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Eight core industries output growth slows to 3.6% in May 2018

Eight core industries output growth slows to 3.6% in May 2018





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Co Fermanagh - Coalhill Rd, Lisnaskea - Closed

Co Fermanagh  - the U9397 Coalhill Road just outside Lisnaskea has been closed due to a collapsed culvert which has created a large void in the road.

DFI Engineers will carry out a full assessment over the coming days. However, the road is likely to remain closed for some time. Please seek an alternative route.




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MSME Schemes: Technology upgradation through the International Cooperation Scheme

The Ministry of MSMEs offers the International Cooperation Scheme which helps fund MSMEs to participate in international exhibitions and events to get access to the latest in technology.




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Who are you – digitally determined or digitally distraught?

Digitally determined businesses are those that have the bigger picture in mind and plan a roadmap towards advanced changes with a view of the entire business.




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Ecommerce: Covid-19 highlights the urgent need to digitise the supply chain

Companies need to come up with strategies to keep the lights on, both by keeping control on the cash burn as well as generating revenue in these difficult times.




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SCCM Pod-347 High-Quality Randomized Controlled Trials in Pediatric Critical Care

Margaret Parker, MD, MCCM, speaks Mark Duffett, PhD, about the article, High-Quality Randomized Controlled Trials in Pediatric Critical Care: A Survey of Barriers and Facilitators, published in the May 2017 issue of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.




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POKE ME: Government, get out of skilling. Motivate the bureaucracy to create the right ecosystem instead

What we need before Skill India is perhaps a Skill Government mission. And what’s more, in this Budget season, a visionary leader can do this without much fund allocation.




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POKE ME: H-1B issue in US provides the right push – and opportunity – for India

Trumpnomics will probably kick-start the decline of the US as we know it. Getting back our best brains, trained in the best institutes, will be the biggest capital we can have to climb to the pinnacle.




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Poke Me: H-1B issue in US provides the right push – and opportunity – for India (Reader's React)

This week's "Poke Me" invited your comments on "H-1B issue in US provides the right push – and opportunity – for India".




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Poke Me: The Supreme Court should have taken a more streetwise look before ordering a 'highway prohibition'

For those of us who’ve lived in Dehradun for decades, the Supreme Court order banning sale of liquor on highways, is the cruellest joke you could play on a small town.




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Poke Me: An unreasonable ratio between a company's lowest and highest salary can cause problems

Murthy’s long missive about the pay culture in Infosys echoes the pay reforms debate in advanced economies.




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POKE ME: Rallying to protect our rivers is great. But let’s get the science right

Drying trends have been reported in Krishna and Kaveri and the pollution problem in the Ganga is well recognised. The future of our rivers appears bleak.




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Covid-19: Revival of economy through tax measures

The government (GoI) has so far been very supportive and empathetic towards businesses and was quick to respond through delayed application of few amendments introduced in Finance Act 2020 (FA 2020) along with relief measures on various tax and other statutory compliances announced subsequently.




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Financial Forecasting: Why it is still about being roughly right than precisely wrong

Paradoxically and fatally, just when risk of a downturn is at its highest, optimism also ends up peaking! So be careful with your forecasts; and even more careful with the forecasts of others.




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MSME Schemes: Modernizing your business through Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme for Technology Upgradation

Equipping the business with cutting-edge technology is essential to ensure you stay competitive in today’s industrial environment.




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Cancel flight ticket, or reschedule? The best way to readjust travel plans in times of coronavirus

Now all domestic airlines, including government-owned Air India, have announced a waiver on re-booking charges in case a customer does not want to travel on the designated date. Wadia group-owned private carrier GoAir, which was earlier offering free cancellation, has said it will now allow people to only reschedule their flights for no charge.




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Office realty leasing rises 30%, on track to beat last year high

Mumbai: Robust demand for office spaces has pushed commercial property leasing in the first three quarters of 2019 by 30% from a year ago, taking it closer to entire 2018’s performance and making sure that this year surpasses the peak touched last year.Driven by tech corporates — accounting for about a third of the leasing activity — office space take-up touched 47 million sq ft in the first nine months against entire 2018’s performance of 48.9 million sq ft, showed data from CBRE South Asia. With this, office leasing activity is now expected to touch its highest level ever, estimated to be over 60 million sq ft in 2019.Leasing activity stood at about 15.4 million sq ft during the quarter ended September, rising by nearly 23% on an annual basis. This was dominated by small- to medium-sized transactions. Small-sized transactions of less than 10,000 sq ft accounted for over 40% of the transaction activity in the quarter. 71641558 “With office leasing scaling a historic high in 2019, we expect further strengthening of occupier sentiment in the medium to long term, backed by corporates looking to expand or consolidate their operations. Favourable government initiatives, transparency in the real estate sector and the right reforms will improve investor sentiment greatly in the coming quarters,” said Anshuman Magazine, CEO, India, South-east Asia, Middle East and Africa, CBRE.Like last year, he expects occupiers would put in greater efforts to incorporate flexibility in their portfolios due to changes in the business environment. Occupiers continued to futureproof their portfolios and hedge against future rental escalations by pre-leasing space across various cities.Bengaluru, followed by Hyderabad, dominated large-sized deal closures, while a few large deals were also reported in the NCR and Pune as well. Large-scale deal closures were mostly dominated by tech firms and flexible space operators. Firms belonging to sectors such as research, consulting & analytics, banking, financial services & insurance (BFSI), and engineering & manufacturing also closed large-sized deals.Tech corporates led the office space take-up, followed by research, consulting & analytics companies (19%) and flexible space operators (15%). The rise in the share of flexible space operators (10% in the second quarter of 2019) was primarily a result of their continued expansion across almost all cities.“The share of the tech sector rose from 31% to 40% annually during 2019 year-to-date, which implies that a rise in technology alternatives, insourcing / job preservation in the US and a global slowdown have not had any specific impact on India’s position as a preferred outsourcing destination for both high-skilled and low-skilled tech services, research and development,” said Ram Chandnani, managing director, advisory & transaction services, India, CBRE South Asia.Supply addition rose by more than 80% in 2019 YTD on an annual basis, with about 43.5 million sq. ft. of development completions reported.Four cities — Hyderabad, Bengaluru, NCR and Mumbai — accounted for almost 80% of this supply addition.Compared to the first three quarters in 2018, the share of SEZs in supply dipped from 40% to 27% during 2019 YTD. Supply addition in the quarter also rose by about 6% on a quarterly basis, touching about 15 million sq. ft. More than 70% of this supply was driven by Hyderabad and NCR, followed by Bengaluru.




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Sleep Well, Sleep Tight

Scientists recently found that during sleep, neural connections are loosened and memories removed. This helps in increasing mental activity.




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Conserving cash to dealing with debt: 6 ways you can fight the covid money crisis

Liquidating assets to pay off debts is recommended only if you find it difficult to pay EMIs.




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Family finance: Salaried Pendse has enough time to reach financial goals

His goals include building an emergency corpus, saving for his spouse’s business, child’s education and wedding, taking a vacation, and retirement.




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Canadian permanent residents stranded in India as special flights are only accommodating citizens

In official emails to permanent residents who have enquired about the availability of these flights, the high commission has indicated that at this point, the flights are available only to Canadian citizens and their immediate family members who are permanent residents and accompanying them on the flights.




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Knocked down by lockdown? Here is how you can sail through

Events such as losses, layoffs, unpaid leaves and salary cuts also affect us mentally, particularly in case of business shutdown. Layoffs or unpaid leaves for a long time can leave us extremely demotivated. This is where our self-belief matters the most; our belief in our self, our attitude and our capabilities.




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I am a new investor. Where should I invest right now to reap maximum benefits?

The current slump in the stock market presents an opportunity to accumulate more mutual fund units.




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US senators ask Donald Trump to suspend H-1B for engineers; ease rules for doctors, nurses to fight coronavirus

They have also asked for the suspension of the Optional Practical Training (OPT) programme which lets foreign students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) work in the United States for up to three years after graduating. In 2019, over 223,000 people had their OPTs approved or extended.




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PNB Q3 Earnings: PSU lender reports Rs 492 cr loss on higher provisioning

PNB Q3 Earnings: PSU lender reports Rs 492 cr loss on higher provisioning





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RIL Q4 results: Profit dives 39% YoY to Rs 6,348 cr; announces India's biggest rights issue

RIL Q4 results: Profit dives 39% YoY to Rs 6,348 cr; announces India's biggest rights issue





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HDFC twins drive Sensex 606 points higher; Nifty tops 9,500

HDFC twins drive Sensex 606 points higher; Nifty tops 9,500





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Sensex ends 199 pts higher, Nifty holds above at 9,250; RIL jumps over 3%

Sensex ends 199 pts higher, Nifty holds above at 9,250; RIL jumps over 3%





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Fight against Covid-19: FM Sitharaman announces Rs 1.7 lakh crore 'PM Gareeb Kalyan Scheme'

Fight against Covid-19: FM Sitharaman announces Rs 1.7 lakh crore 'PM Gareeb Kalyan Scheme'





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FDI flows from neighbouring countries will be affected due to new screening rules: Shardul Shroff

FDI flows from neighbouring countries will be affected due to new screening rules: Shardul Shroff