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Thu Sep 2 18:45:42 2010

A business (also known as a company, enterprise, and firm) is a legally recognized organization designed to provide goods or services, or both, to consumers, businesses and governmental entities. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies. Most businesses are privately owned. A business is typically formed to earn profit that will increase the wealth of its owners and grow the business itself. The owners and operators of a business have as one of their main objectives the receipt or generation of a financial return in exchange for work and acceptance of risk. Notable exceptions include cooperative enterprises and state-owned enterprises. Businesses can also be formed not-for-profit or be state-owned.

The etymology of "business" relates to the state of being busy either as an individual or society as a whole, doing commercially viable and profitable work. The term "business" has at least three usages, depending on the scope — the singular usage (above) to mean a particular company or corporation, the generalized usage to refer to a particular market sector, such as "the music business" and compound forms such as agribusiness, or the broadest meaning to include all activity by the community of suppliers of goods and services. However, the exact definition of business, like much else in the philosophy of business, is a matter of debate and complexity of meanings.

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Fri Sep 3 00:31:22 2010

What business class is good for wanting to own a salon?
Q. I want to do a business class so I can own a salon. So what type of business class should I take? I was thinking business administration.
Asked by J SEXXY - Wed Jul 8 09:49:23 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Business administration is good. Accounting/Finance is always a useful skill for any business. Marketing if you want to develop a good marketing plan.
Answered by Lauren F - Wed Jul 8 09:54:54 2009

Does my small business need to file a tax return?
Q. I am a small business owner and have been developing my company for the past year. Because I left my previous job to start this business I do not have a current income and because my company only recently officially "opened for business" we do not have a profit line. Do I need to file? What about the business expenses that I incur?
Asked by greg b - Mon Mar 5 18:09:43 2007 - - 4 Answers - 2 Comments

A. Definitely keep track of your expenses. Most start-up expenses should be capitalized until operations begin. This means that you cannot deduct certain expenses until the date the business started, even if you paid them last year. Some expenses should be amortized over a period of time. Business start-up costs are the expenses you incur before you actually begin business operations. Your business start-up costs will depend on the type of business you are starting. They may include costs for advertising, travel, surveys, and training. These costs are generally capital expenses. You usually recover costs for a particular asset (such as machinery or office equipment) through depreciation (discussed next). You can elect to deduct up to… [cont.]
Answered by tma - Tue Mar 6 02:55:56 2007

Can I operate a business outside the country with a sole proprietorship type of business?
Q. I'd like to operate a Business and Trade Organization outside the US. If I have a sole-proprietorship type of business, can I do that? If I decide to form an alliance with another business outside the country, would I have to change into a Corporation?
Asked by JM - Fri Feb 27 13:39:49 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. You can absolutely operate as a Sole Proprietor and still have have alliance with another company. Whether you have strategic partnership or contractual partnership, you should be able to show revenue on your tax form as a sole proprietor. The taxes are very complicated, depending on which company you are operating in because I know someone who has a similar business model. There are accountants that specialize in this area and you can consult them. Also feel free to sign up on where you can find and network with small businesses globally. Feel free to link with my company (Paul Graphics).
Answered by jamie.jordan80 - Fri Feb 27 18:23:15 2009

From Yahoo Answer Search: "business"
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Quotations about Business. In use the word may refer to many differing activities, such as the activity of buying or selling in trade, a commercial firm or enterprise, one’s personal affairs or concerns, one’s regular occupation, employment, or profession, something acquiring attention, or a situation, matter or happening.

Business is the "art" of making money by selling things or services people want for more than their cost. - Patrick Dixon

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  • The only managers that have simple problems have simple minds.
    • Russell Ackoff. Management f-laws: how organizations really work‎ (2007)
  • Nothing holds a company back – and the individuals working in it – more than a lack of interest in positive change. You cannot stand still: you either go backwards or forwards.
    • John Adair (b.1934), British author, writer on business leadership. ‘Part Three: Managing for Innovation’, Effective Innovation (2009), revised edition, p.131.
  • Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does.
  • In civil business: what first? boldness; what second and third? boldness. And yet boldness is a child of ignorance and baseness, far inferior to other parts.
  • You cannot Adhere to the teachings of the church on Sunday and not apply to the marketplace on Monday.
    • Archbishop LeRoy Bailey Jr senior pastor of The First Cathedral; From a sermon entitled: He Is Lord
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