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For heavyweight business groups accustomed to having great sway on Capitol Hill, lobbying for the $700 billion financial industry bailout plan has been an exercise in frustration -- and shock.

With the threat of recession looming, many organizations will need to make adjustments to their sales incentive plans over the next several months. With some planning in advance, adjustments to the sales compensation plans can balance the need to motivate

Nearly all leaders report a heightened concern for retaining key employees in a down economy according to a new Personnel Decisions International Pulse on Leaders study.

May 16, 2008 (SmartPros) Expectations for the U.S. economy remain negative among senior-level executive CPAs, according to the second quarter 2008 Business and Industry Economic Outlook Survey of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and