uschamber.com Magazine November 2004

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• Success Insight: Taking Pride in a Job Well Done
  In the nearly two decades that Peters Body Shop and Towing has been operating, employees constantly train to keep ahead in order to secure their solid reputation and increase customer base.
• Telecom Industry Struggles
  Telecommunication industry professionals describe an industry being strangled by an outdated regulatory system that is discouraging investment in telecommunications technology.
• Tips for Effectively Managing Credit
  Being smart about credit can help your business grow and prosper. Find out about some useful tips on effectively using and managing credit in your business.
• Improving Public Schools
  An innovative nonprofit organization is harnessing the talents of small business owners to recruit a new generation of outstanding executives to manage many of the nation’s troubled public schools.
• Protecting Your Business Assets: 10 Basic Guidelines
  How to use the law ethically and responsibly to protect business assets by limiting their risk and exposure to unforeseen potential liability.
• Business Asset Protection--It's Legal, Ethical, and Your Responsibility
  Asset protection has a bad name in many quarters; this is because all too many people use doubtful or even dishonest schemes in an attempt to protect their personal assets. Business asset protection is a very different world.
• ECON 101: The Current State of the U.S. Economy
  Because the economy was a focal point of the 2004 campaign and the media did such a horrid job of presenting the facts, we thought it might be a good time to summarize the real state of the American economy.
• Face Off: Prescription Drug Reimportation
  Would prescription drug reimportation be safe and cost effective? Grace-Marie Turner, President, Galen Institute and Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) discuss the pros and cons of drug reimportation.
• In Your Corner: Chamber Members Make Crucial Contributions
  A good team consists of individuals with varying strengths and weaknesses, but when put together, it makes a strong unit. The U.S. Chamber "team" of 3 million businesses works in a similar way.
• Small Business Matters: Contract Fundamentals Part II
  Contracts lay out the basic ground rules for conducting business, and they are binding documents. Reading them in advance, and knowing what to look for, can prevent costly misunderstandings and disputes down the road.
• Tech Tools: New Windows Upgrade Highly Recommended
  If your computer runs on the Windows XP operating system, Service Pack 2 (SP2) is one upgrade you should perform as soon as possible.