What happens to the shares of stock allocated to an employee in a company with an ESOP (employee stock option plan) when the employee leaves the company? More
You already flash around doors and windows; you should be flashing under them, too. More
Turning a profit on a home-center cabinet job starts with the first site visit. More
When she makes phone calls, Carrie Stock, officer manager for Ray Johnson Home Improvement, often finds that none of the options offered by an automated answering system quite fit. That's one reason why Stock believes it is more efficient for a prospective customer to immediately connect with a live person right away. More
In 1983, Mary Kilgore took a job as an accounting clerk at Mid South Building Supply, a $10 million siding, window, and cabinetry business in Springfield, Va. Two years later, company founder Norman Rales started looking for a way to retire. The problem: Rales' children had no interest in taking over the business and potential buyers were few and far between. More
The U.S. housing market has an estimated $20 trillion in assets. The combined value of all the companies traded on the New York Stock Exchange was $13.9 trillion as of January 2006. Last month's launch of a housing futures market, therefore, is probably long overdue. More
An economic recovery may be coming earlier than expected. Ten indicators make up the Index: average weekly initial claims for unemployment insurance, interest rate spread, money supply, average weekly manufacturing hours, index of consumer expectations, building permits, stock prices, vendor performance, and manufacturers' new orders both for non-defense capital goods and for consumer goods and materials.Consumer Confidence Still Climbing Further support for an economic recovery comes from the rise in the Consumer Confidence Index in January. The Expectations Index, which measures consumers' outlook for the economy six months from now, is at 96.9, 27 points higher than in October. More
