Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, Barack Obama's choice for vice president, accepted the nomination Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. He was introduced by his son Beau Biden, Delaware attorney general.
A contract to build what is being called the nation's first offshore field of wind turbines was announced Monday by a Delaware utility and a firm that will build the generators off the Atlantic coast.
When the Massachusetts passed its much-delayed state budget last week, it included an obscure tax-law change that could be crucial for small-business owners concerned about unfair competition. By becoming the 22nd state to adopt "combined reporting" legislation, Massachusetts lawmakers are hoping to put a stop to a longstanding practice that, they say, gives large corporate chains an unfair advantage over their smaller competitors at tax time.
I have always thought that golf courses are perhaps the finest collaborative work between God and man. Yes, only God can make a tree, but golf course architects can make trees seem prettier, and golf course superintendents can make the grass greener and the flowers brighter, so that even when you can't hit a fairway or sink a putt, it certainly is an awfully lovely place to be frustrated.
With the NFL's free-agent signing period two weeks old, the draft needs of many teams have already been altered by the veteran marketplace. In our fourth attempt at mocking out the first round, we factor in those recent acquisitions and continue to keep track of the ever-present buzz factor that is always a significant part of the predraft scouting process.
Also in this column: Colt Brennan's tumble, more notes. INDIANAPOLIS -- Joe Flacco Fever is raging here at the NFL Scouting Combine, and I just might have caught it.
Dear FSB: If I own my business as a sole proprietorship, is it possible to give an equity stake in that business? Or is that only possible in a corporation or LLC?
Dear FSB: A lot of people who read your site didn't go to business school but have great ideas for ventures that could become very profitable. What is the best way to get started?
Sometimes, a hobby can take on a life of its own. That's what happened to Sam Calagione of Lewes, Delaware. He began brewing beer at home in 1993. Two years later, that avocation blossomed into a full-fledged business: Dogfish Head Craft Brewery.
Whether or not you count yourself as one of the millions of people who live by faith, what is undeniable is the impact of faith on society and politics throughout the world.
Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, Barack Obama's choice for vice president, accepted the nomination Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. He was introduced by his son Beau Biden, Delaware attorney general.
A contract to build what is being called the nation's first offshore field of wind turbines was announced Monday by a Delaware utility and a firm that will build the generators off the Atlantic coast.
When the Massachusetts passed its much-delayed state budget last week, it included an obscure tax-law change that could be crucial for small-business owners concerned about unfair competition. By becoming the 22nd state to adopt "combined reporting" legislation, Massachusetts lawmakers are hoping to put a stop to a longstanding practice that, they say, gives large corporate chains an unfair advantage over their smaller competitors at tax time.
I have always thought that golf courses are perhaps the finest collaborative work between God and man. Yes, only God can make a tree, but golf course architects can make trees seem prettier, and golf course superintendents can make the grass greener and the flowers brighter, so that even when you can't hit a fairway or sink a putt, it certainly is an awfully lovely place to be frustrated.
With the NFL's free-agent signing period two weeks old, the draft needs of many teams have already been altered by the veteran marketplace. In our fourth attempt at mocking out the first round, we factor in those recent acquisitions and continue to keep track of the ever-present buzz factor that is always a significant part of the predraft scouting process.
Also in this column: Colt Brennan's tumble, more notes. INDIANAPOLIS -- Joe Flacco Fever is raging here at the NFL Scouting Combine, and I just might have caught it.
Dear FSB: If I own my business as a sole proprietorship, is it possible to give an equity stake in that business? Or is that only possible in a corporation or LLC?
Dear FSB: A lot of people who read your site didn't go to business school but have great ideas for ventures that could become very profitable. What is the best way to get started?
Sometimes, a hobby can take on a life of its own. That's what happened to Sam Calagione of Lewes, Delaware. He began brewing beer at home in 1993. Two years later, that avocation blossomed into a full-fledged business: Dogfish Head Craft Brewery.
Whether or not you count yourself as one of the millions of people who live by faith, what is undeniable is the impact of faith on society and politics throughout the world.
Smokers have seen even more of their money go up in flames as state cigarette taxes continued to rise over the last year, according to a new survey.
The cops pulled Vince Giordano away from his friend. They called him a racist, slapped handcuffs on him and told him he was going to jail.
When David Batchelder of Relational Investors pulls up his chair to the boardroom table as Home Depot's newest director, it will no doubt be a decorous and polite occasion. Yet not so many years ag...
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The cost of a college education may be rising scary fast, but the act of saving for it is finally getting cheaper. Competition has broken out among providers of 529s--the tax-advantaged plans for f...
LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME for your business? Consider New York State, where CEOs of small companies enjoy the highest pay in the country. A new study of 40 states shows that entrepreneurs in Delaware ...
SAN FRANCISCO (Business 2.0 Magazine) - It's the spring of 2006, and the sweet scent of entrepreneurship is in the air. Growing numbers of Americans are pursuing their startup dreams.
A Delaware schoolteacher was charged Tuesday with 28 counts of raping a minor after she allegedly engaged in a weeklong sexual relationship with a 13-year-old student, police said.
An Air Force C-5 cargo jet carrying 17 people crashed and broke into pieces Monday while trying to make an emergency landing near Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, Air Force and FAA officials said.
Officials in some states are considering caps to control increased electric rates, according to a published report.
If you work in the state of Delaware, then you shouldn't be complaining about your job.
Each of the 50 states and and Washington D.C. in order of the number of auto fatalities among drivers aged 16 to 20 per 100,000 teen drivers, according the National Safety Council and the group End Needless Death on Our Roadways.
For Karen Callahan, a day away from her paralegal job means one less occasion to take the 30-minute train ride into Manhattan -- and one less worry about security.
My investment adviser keeps postponing putting a portion of my portfolio into bonds, claiming it's not a wise thing to do in a rising interest rate environment. Everything I read, however, tells me that as a retiree I should have a bond allocation of at least 40 percent. What should I do now to achieve a more balanced investment risk profile?
A different Michael is about to take center stage at Walt Disney Co.
The number of Americans filing for unemployment assistance rose by 18,000 last week, the government reported Thursday, as the figures that have fluctuated with the series of hurricanes on the East Coast came in above estimates.
There is no evidence from the latest genetic testing that the deadly bird flu in Asia is being passed from person to person, the World Health Organization says.
The deadly bird flu sweeping Asia could take two years to get under control, the World Health Organization has warned.
From Wolf Blitzer Reports' Jennifer Coggiola in Washington:
A U.S. official has slammed a decision by several Asian nations to ban American poultry after chickens on a farm in the eastern state of Delaware were diagnosed with bird flu.
Delaware's agriculture secretary says it is "way premature" for South Korea to ban U.S. poultry products after a strain of bird flu not known to affect humans was found on a farm in the state.
John Kerry's Pats beat John Edwards' Panthers last night, but don't read too much into it. Bill Bradley's Rams beat Al Gore's Titans four years ago, just days before the New Hampshire primary. And we all know how that turned out.
You've probably noticed that, after three lean years, a self-sustaining economic expansion has finally begun. But you may not have noticed an even more dramatic change: Over the past few years smal...
Okay, so it's been a rough couple of years for jobs. But lots of companies still want to be good places to work--and 59 of the companies on our seventh annual list actually added to their payrolls ...
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You'll hear different accounts of the cause. But virtually all agree that Charlie Cawley was livid. It was the first weekend in May five years ago, and chateau country--as the rolling hills dotted ...
Back in March, HP CEO Carly Fiorina made another of her famous promises. Referring to her deal-turned-family-squabble to merge HP and Compaq, she vowed there would be "no hanging chads" from shareh...
It's one of the immutable rules of the road: Not all chains are created equal. There are times I'll drive an hour to avoid eating at those restaurants where customers seem like commodities but the ...
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If you tried to rent office space or hire a worker in a major U.S. city recently, you have some idea of just how hot this economy really is. Cities are booming across the U.S., and that means risin...
When you need winter warmth, sometimes the city just won't do. The inns below have loads of charm, serve top-flight meals, and are less than a two-hour drive from the cities listed.
With today's runaway stock market starting to look eerily ebullient, it's time for me to tell you something that sounds too strange to be true: Many shareholders don't make any money even when thei...
Despite rising interest rates, U.S. consumers still get great credit card deals as companies battle for their dollars (see chart for the top bargains). "This is the absolute best time to be a consu...
April's Travel Wise column inaccurately reported the Canadian toll-free telephone number for the Canadian Airlines and Royal Trust MasterCard program. The correct number is 800-668-1990 and can be ...
Attention, credit card holders who have shopped around for the lowest interest rates: Cash-strapped banks have sold about $9.7 billion of their credit card accounts this year, and some new owners h...
-- Learn to pry crucial data on your 401(k) out of your employer, who isn't required to tell you much at all about the plan. Ask for a copy of Form 5500, the annual report. Check line 28c to see if...
Feel guilty when you toss out your kids' disposable diapers? Then compost them into the rich mulch shown in the magazine. That was the message behind an ad campaign that Procter & Gamble, maker of ...
For most working people, retirement ranks just behind death and taxes as one of life's certainties. Yet while eight out of 10 middle-aged Americans think they can make it financially after they ret...
The 98 supersafe banks here were culled from a list of 1,800 Blue Ribbon banks that Veribanc, a research firm in Wakefield, Mass., has compiled quarterly / since 1982. To qualify for the Blue Ribbo...
Soon after this article is printed, it will take up residence in the Nexis database and, apparently, become the only verbiage in disk memory whose author is unenthusiastic about diversity in educat...
-- Your questions this month are answered with the assistance of Barry Salzberg, partner, and Dan Eule, senior tax manager, with Deloitte & Touche in New York City.
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Did Time Inc. put itself up for sale when it agreed in March to merge with Warner Communications? No, says Time. Yes, says Paramount Communications, which has launched a hostile bid for Time, boost...
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CHRISTIANA, DEL. -- Plans to build a $25 million highway may be delayed beyond a deadline for obtaining federal funds over fears that a species of turtle is threatened by the project. U.S. Fish and...
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