I’d define small business as a company with only a handful of employees that manages payroll internally and less than $1 million in net income.
With that in mind, I have been looking for any accounting software I can find. Sadly, the contenders are all the usual suspects, offerings by Intuit, Sage, and Microsoft. [...]
Perhaps it’s always been this way, but as the terms have recently been updated, I read the current agreement I have for my Open Road Discover Card. Except for 5% back on the first $100 of gas every month, it sucks:
You will earn up to 1% Cashback Bonus on all other purchases, including G&A [...]
Few companies offer less value than Pitney Bowes. We’re renting what is essentially a glorified ink printer for $90 a quarter. It costs us roughly $200 a year in ink. Each time we refill the postage, it costs $6.99 for the privilege of using a credit card and $7.99 for the new [...]
I’ve been investigating a switch from gnucash to Moneydance. There’s no way to export data directly from gnucash. Fortunately, someone wrote a Java app that will parse the XML and produce a basic QIF export with your accounts and transactions.
Thus far, Moneydance has been able to handle downloading data using OFX for most [...]
Excellent news today from the FCC. From the AP:
The Federal Communications Commission unanimously approved AT&T Inc.’s $86 billion buyout of BellSouth Corp. Friday, the day after the company offered a new slate of concessions for consumers and competitors. The FCC’s approval was the last major regulatory hurdle for the proposed deal, which is the [...]
While signing up for an account at Citibank’s Web site, I came across the most amusing scare to prod you into selecting electronic statements. Security. Specifically, is your physical postal mailbox really secure?
You know your computer’s secure…how about your mailbox?
I find that flatly amusing. The typical Citibank customer’s computer is likely owned [...]
I just spoke with Citi. I called them up to active my new Citi Diamond Preferred Rewards which I obtained to take advantage of their 2% 1% for rewards for a year. (It’s actually 5% for the usual stuff and 1% elsewhere. Not sure where I read 2%. I’m drawering this [...]
With HSBC having recently reducing their APR yield to an noncompetitive 4.50%, I made the jump to GMAC Bank. Initially I was somewhat skeptical, given my experience with signing up with HSBC earlier this year. Fortunately, I went ahead with the signup for the 4.75% APR offered as of this writing for a [...]
If you thought you’d take advantage of HSBC’s Internet Banking promotional APR of 4.80%, you’re in for a wild ride. Actually, your ride probably won’t even start. I initiated the application process more than three weeks ago and everything is not yet complete. To thwart the maximum amount of fraud possible, HSBC [...]