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Does your small business need cash to purchase inventory, remodel your store, buy new equipment or expand your restaurant? If so, you might want to consider some other options than a traditional bank loan. Qualifying for a traditional business loan from a bank has become very challenging in the current economy. Banks are tightening credit requirements, adding extra paperwork, lengthening the a... read more »

1. Use the Internet to keep you together Use the technology of the Internet to stay in touch. Email often, use chat to talk during the day, get a VOIP phone to call inexpensively, get on Facebook together, and follow each other on Twitter. All these techniques can help you stay part of each others' life and interests even if you're not together in the same location. 2. Take time to ... read more »

The key to encouraging your kids (especially young boys!) to talk to you is picking the moment and questions carefully. 1. Location - Select the setting with care. I prefer the car while I'm driving and they are riding in the back. The best is one-on-one in the dark. 2. Questions - Choose questions that cannot be answered with one word. Instead of, "Did you have a good day?" ... read more »

DON'T! Just lay in bed with a good book, trashy magazine or your iPhone and read. Or snuggle up in your warm down comforter and daydream while drifting back asleep. But if you really do need to get going and take care of your kids (who've been watching TV for the past two hours) or do those weekend chores you promised your wife, here's some advice. 1) put some warm socks or slipp... read more »