Phillip Wilhite Receives Master Merger and Acquisition Intermediary (M&MAI) Designation from M&A Source
Austin, Texas (ContentDesk) December 20, 2005 -- Corporate Investment, a financial advisory firm specializing in business sales, mergers and acquisitions, today announced that Phillip Wilhite has been awarded the Merger & Acquisition Intermediary (MMAI) designation from M&A Source. The MMAI is a true mark of distinction that helps business owners when choosing a business brokerage for their M&A transactions."I am honored to have been selected by the committee to receive the M&AMI designation, as many of the leaders in our industry are previous recipients of this award," said Phil Wilhite, managing director of Corporate Investment.The M&MAI designation is awarded to intermediaries who have proven professional excellence through verified transaction experience, education, certification as a business intermediary (CBI), and peer review. The M&A Source, a specialty division of the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA), is the worlds largest international organization of experienced, dedicated merger and acquisition intermediaries representing the middle market.About M&A SourceSince 1991, the M&A Source has addressed professional issues of merger and acquisition specialists. The organization has over 200 cooperating intermediaries active in middle-market transactions across the U.S., Mexico and Europe. It provides education, networking, conferences, member tools, peer-to-peer roundtables, deal making expos and other support, all specific to M&A specialists.
For more information: www.masource.org.About Corporate InvestmentCorporate Investment is a financial advisory firm specializing in business sales, mergers and acquisitions. Founded in 1984 in Austin, Texas, Corporate Investment works primarily with the owners of private companies in a variety of industries, and their potential acquisition or merger partners. For more information: www.corpinvest.com..
Risk and Stock Trading Fees: The Two Barriers To Overcome If You Want A Successful Trading Career.
You know the old joke:"How do you make a million in the stock market? Start with two million?"There is no way around it, risk and stock market fees are a part of trading that you can't avoid. But, you can manage your risk. You can also manage the brokerage stock trading fees that eat away at your trading float. All it takes is some planning and making good choices. If you think you're ready to start trading, look carefully at where you're getting your money from.
Maybe you've been considering trading for a while and built up some savings. That's good planning. Or maybe you're considering borrowing money. This is generally a bad idea. Maxing out your credit cards is a quick and easy way to get cash, but the effects can be devastating.
It's hard enough to worry about making trading profits along with the stock market fees you have to pay. But, worrying about the debt servicing on your credit cards builds too much stress. You will be too concerned with making payments to be...
Risk and Stock Trading Fees: The Two Barriers To Overcome If You Want A Successful Trading Career.
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Succession Planning: Problems Getting Started
A survey released by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants in the spring of 2005 illustrates a widespread problem on the lack of succession planning [deciding who will take over running the firm when the current managers die or retire]. The survey found that 60% of responding certified public accountant (CPA) firms have owners who are in the 55-to-62-year-old age bracket, and more than half (56%) have at least one partner who will retire in the next five years. However, according to the survey, 81% of these firms still do not have a written succession plan in place. Among those firms with annual revenues under $150,000, the percentage rose to 96%. If we polled small businesses in other fields, the percentages would be comparable: around 80% of small business owners have no succession plans.
Similarly, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) reports about 40% of small and medium business owners in Canada plan to leave or retire in the next five years,...
Succession Planning: Problems Getting Started
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Accounting Job Descriptions
There are a number of categories in the field of accounting jobs for the job applicant. All of them focus on the financial operation of a company, and offer various and rewarding opportunities.
Those coming straight out of the college campus must look for entry-level jobs like account clerk and pay clerk. However, by virtue of gaining experience they will be able to move higher in the chain and get supervisory positions subsequently. But those with higher qualifications, like a Master's degree in Accountancy, can directly enter the supervisory cadre. The supervisory employee supervises accounting functions and prepares reports and statistics detailing financial results.
They must coordinate activities and reports with other departments. However, focusing on one or two areas, like Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Budget etc., will enhance the employee's experience. By gaining more experience, the job applicant can find more interesting and better paid...
Accounting Job Descriptions
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Rearrange Your Affairs For Maximum Tax Savings
Rearrange Your Affairs For Maximum Tax Savingsby J. Stephen PopeOne way to maximize your business profits is by reducing your taxes.Frequently, income and other taxes could be lowered significantly if only the taxpayer were willing to plan ahead.
By taking some simple steps to rearrange your affairs, you could save a fortune!1. Are You Splitting Your Business Income?You may pay reasonable salaries to spouse or children through your incorporated or unincorporated business.
If you are not doing so, you may be missing out on some real tax savings.In the Canadian Federal Budget of February 16, 1999, measures were introduced to discourage income splitting with minor children through family trusts.
However, these measures do not apply to paying reasonable wages to family members.
Thus, this may be one of the last ways of legally splitting income left for the small business person with minor children.
Obviously, the amounts paid must bear some relationship...
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Project Management - How to Plan and Schedule More Complex Projects
Gantt charts are useful tools for analysing, planning and controlling complex multi stage projects.
Gantt Charts can;
Assist in identifying the tasks and sub tasks to be undertaken
Help you lay out the tasks that need to be completed
Assist in scheduling when these tasks will be carried out and in what order
Assist in planning resources and needed to complete the project,
Assist in working out the critical path for a project where it needs to be completed by a particular date.
When a complex or multi task project is under way, Gantt charts assist in monitoring whether the project is on schedule, or not.
If not, the Gantt chart allows you to easily identify what actions need to be taken in order to put the project back onto schedule.
An essential concept behind project planning is that some activities are dependent on other activities being completed first.
For example, it is not...
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Boston Bar Foundation renews their gomembers PSA for pinnacle
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