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Read|Delete: Small Businesses Get Their Groove Back
This content has been archived. It may no longer be relevantThe Experian/Moody’s Analytics Small Business Credit Index has positive news for small businesses. The Credit Index for the fourth quarter of 2014 was released last week. For the third consecutive quarter, the Index has gone up, reaching a post-recession high. The positive news is a…
Should You Discuss Your Present and Future Financial Plans with Your Family?
Clients regularly ask estate planners for advice: “Should I discuss my current financial situation with my children? What about my plans for passing assets to future generations?” As is the case for so much of what estate attorneys do, very few answers are simple. Much depends on the relationship between parent and child (or children)…
Executive Leaders Radio CEO Interview With Prachee Devadas Hosted By Offit Kurman
Executive Leaders Radio conducts “elite interviews” of prominent CEOs, CFOs, and Presidents focusing on “what makes them tick.” The ten to twenty-five minute on-air interviews are really informal POSITIVE conversations. Guests may be asked about their background education, influences, mentors and early career experiences, asked about their business, what they do and who they serve. They…
The Weekly Scenario: Filing Taxes as a Married Couple
Question: (for my readers as we get closer to April 15): Is it generally better to file married filing joint (MFJ) or married filing separate (MFS)? Answer: Married couples have the option of filing as MFJ or MFS. Most of the time, spouses will determine filing status that results in the lowest combined tax liability, which…
Friday Factoid: USPTO Issues Most Patents to IBM for 22 Consecutive Years
The companies that registered the most patents with the USPTO in 2014 were (1) IBM; (2) Samsung; (3) Canon; (4) Sony; and (5) Microsoft. This is the 22nd consecutive year in which IBM has topped the list. In 2014, IBM became the first company to receive more than 7,000 patents in one year. IBM’s 7,534…
Biz Tek Today: Are CEOs Talented or Just Lucky?
Is it better to be lucky than good? See the article below on the topic of CEOs being talented or just lucky. It is an interesting argument among the parties vying for billions of dollars in that highly publicized divorce. I don’t see the extremes noted in the article as necessarily right on either side…
Inside Offit Kurman’s Legal Services in Maple Lawn, MD
Offit Kurman’s office in Maple Lawn, MD is central to the firm’s history and current operations. After outgrowing their original Owings Mills space, co-founders Maurice Offit, Howard Kurman, and Ted Offit moved Offit Kurman’s headquarters to the dynamic community in Howard County. Since then, the firm has expanded to encompass nine offices in the Mid-Atlantic…
A Conversation With Kwame Kuadey, Founder & CEO GiftCardRescue.com
By any measure, 2008 was a tough year to start a business. Kwame Kuadey, Founder and CEO of GiftCardRescue, was working in corporate America, earning his MBA from Johns Hopkins University’s Carey Business School, and was laid off. He never met a problem he didn’t like, though, or at least didn’t examine for business potential….
Read|Delete: Happy Presidents’ Day
One of the most notable Presidents’ Day traditions is the Senate’s annual reading of President George Washington’s 1796 Farewell Address. The practice started on Washington’s birthday in 1862 to boost morale during the Civil War. Source: GLO.com Got an interesting Fast Fact for a business audience? Please send and share it with our 1,653 subscribers….
Executive Leaders Radio CEO Interview With Len Forkas Hosted By Offit Kurman
Executive Leaders Radio conducts “elite interviews” of prominent CEOs, CFOs, and Presidents focusing on “what makes them tick.” The ten to twenty-five minute on-air interviews are really informal POSITIVE conversations. Guests may be asked about their background education, influences, mentors and early career experiences, asked about their business, what they do and who they serve. They…
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