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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. A business (also called a firm or an enterprise) is a legally recognized organization designed to provide goods and/or services to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, most being privately owned and 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 businesses and state-owned enterprises. Socialist systems involve either government agencies, public, or worker ownership of most sizable businesses. 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. Business Studies, the study of the management of individuals to maintain collective productivity to accomplish particular creative and productive goals (usually to generate profit), is taught as an academic subject in many schools. From Wikipedia under the
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Same old song from the 'Blame 13' choir Record-Searchlight all 6 news articles » news.google.com Dateline Alabama Tuscaloosa chapter of Business Network International: 7:30 am at Indian Hills Country Club, 1650 McFarland Blvd. N. Call Robin Bailey at 205-349-8673 or ... and more » news.google.com Bizjournals.com Denver-based CoBiz Financial Inc. (NASDAQ: COBZ) also announced the Bruce (Toby) Day will become Arizona market president for Arizona Business Bank, ... Vectra Bank's Colorado small-biz index for June virtually unchanged Bizjournals.com all 17 news articles » From Google News Search: "business" Opening a business and wondering what types of expenses I can write off? Q. I am opening an online business for website design. (set up as a LLC, I'm the sole owner) Should I start keeping receipts of all business related expenses? Or would my business qualify as a hobby if I don't make a certain amount of money in the year that I'm filing. What types of things can I write off onto my business? (dinners, gasoline, etc.) Do I need a seperate business credit card/bank account for the expenses? Do I have to accept payments towards the business's services through a corporate account, or can they make the check/payment directly to me? Asked by Ken - Tue Jun 19 18:29:52 2007 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. You need to keep accurate records when running a business. This will be your best defense if you ever get audited. For IRS purposes, you need to make a profit every 3 out of 5 years to have the IRS prove that you are not running a business. Otherwise, it is up to you to prove that you are running a business and not doing a hobby. You can prove that you are running a business by keeping your business accounts and personal accounts separate. You can write off any legitimate business expense including dinners with clients, car expenses, equipment, etc. Having a separate checking account and credit card is a good idea. However, it isn't necessary. You can comingle your business and personal expenses using your personal accounts. But, [cont.] Answered by Steve - Wed Jun 20 00:02:51 2007 Is a Business Statistics course the same as a Regular Statistics course? Q. Hi. Is a business statistics course considered equivalent as a regular statistics course in college? In other words, if a student wants to earn a bachelor's degree in business and the school that he is enrolled in requires him to take a business statistics course, would he meet that requirement if he took a regular math statistics course and not a business statistics course? Have a nice day. Asked by recalcitrant99 - Thu Nov 20 22:46:34 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. Depending on the course, statistics (as offered by the math or statistics department) will be purely procedural. They will go into great detail about WHY you perform a procedure a certain way and, generally, will discuss theorums and formulas in detail, sometimes even proving them. There will be little or no practical application and no discussion of experimental methodolgy. On the other hand, in a business stats course the time not wasted on in-depth detail about statistical procedures will be spent on methodology and application. Although it will greatly depend on your college and department, some departments will waive a requirement if you have fulfilled a similar one. Usually, they will only make this exception with transferred… [cont.] Answered by Henry B. - Fri Nov 21 16:16:28 2008 Do you think a fee based business acquaintance service can be a profitable industry?
Q. Everyone has some business acquiantance that can help others to do successful business. How to let all of them know each other. Fee based business acquitantance service may do it. Big business service ? Profitbale business service ? Let me know. Great thanks. Asked by energyquotenet - Mon Aug 14 04:13:03 2006 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. Yes -- it is called linkedin.com Answered by Mr. PhD - Mon Aug 14 04:17:09 2006 From Yahoo Answer Search: "business" Business is the "art" of making money by selling things or services people want for more than their cost. - Patrick Dixon Sourced
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