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Entries from December 2008

Deficit Spending for MN?

December 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Minnesota has a massive $5 billion deficit. This is leading to huge budget cuts, and an attempt to balance the budget. However, there are those out there who believe that deficit spending is the best course of action. David Schultz of Hamline University’s School of Business cites Keynesian economics. This is the theory behind the […]

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Competition and Trade Secrets

December 16th, 2008 · No Comments

With the downturn of the economy, companies are grasping for market shares. Unfortunately, this can sometimes put these companies in a position that they would not normally want to be in. Businesses may try to take their competitors’ people so that their customers will follow.
While this is perfectly legal, there are often trade secrets that […]

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Employment Agreements for Seasonal Employees

December 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Many businesses seek to hire extra hands through the holiday season as a way to cope with the shopping rush. Typically, these employees are hired as “Independent Contractors” to insulate the company from the cost of benefits and responsibility for tax withholding, and there are usually further clauses designed to limit an employer’s liability for […]

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