Tom Ramstack – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The Federal Communications Commission is preparing to vote Dec. 21 on a plan to limit the ability of Internet service providers and governments from restricting access to the Web. FCC chairman Julius Genachowski, a Democrat, described his proposal that is set for the [...]

Hansen Sinclair – AHN News Reporter Las Vegas, NV, United States (AHN) – A Las Vegas tattoo company’s racy slogan is causing a buzz while doing what it was designed to do – drum up business. The slogan, advertised on the back of taxi cabs, reads “Sluts R People Too.” The “R” is written backwards. [...]

Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has ordered Regence BlueShield to stop illegally denying insurance to children. Last week, the company had announced it was going to stop selling … View full post on Insurance Stories

AHN News Staff Tehran, Iran (AHN) – In order to comply with the American sanctions, four energy companies have announced their withdrawal from Iran. The United States said that Italy’s ENI, Royal Dutch Shell, French Total and Norwegian Statoil on Thursday decided to stop their business with Iranian companies to avoid penalties aimed at companies, [...]

AHN News Staff London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – Insurer Lloyd’s of London reported on Tuesday a 53 percent drop in its profit because of natural calamity claims against the firm. The company said it registered an interim profit of $942 million (628 million pounds) for the first half of 2010. Lloyd’s Chairman Lord Levene [...]

Oregon public companies would have to account for more than $3 billion in lease contracts under a proposed rule change being considered by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. View full post on Insurance Stories

Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The United States on Tuesday announced twelve finalists for the Secretary of State’s prestigious 2010 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) and the 2010 ACE winners will be announced at the annual ceremony hosted by the Secretary of State later this fall. According to [...]

Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The United States on Tuesday announced twelve finalists for the Secretary of State’s prestigious 2010 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) and the 2010 ACE winners will be announced at the annual ceremony hosted by the Secretary of State later this fall. According to [...]

Operating expenses are those costs every business has that are not considered directly related to a company’s first line of business. Operating costs include sales and marketing, research and development (R&D), administrative costs and other costs which does not involve directly in the business Investors want to make sure management is doing the best job [...]

Financial projections in business plans are the most important and difficult to maintain, because of the uncertainty associated with them. Identify the risk factors while preparing the business plan so that contingency plans can be formulated to avert a crisis. The business investors want to quickly gain the return on the investment, without being deceived [...]