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Exporting for the Smaller Firm
Deputy Managing Editor Mark Sfiligoj discusses the upside in exporting and how firms can get help selling abroad.

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Obama's Big Boost... Plus, why Americans hate Congress and growing panic among Hill Republicans.

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BUSINESS TRAVEL CENTER

The rest of the world is going for in-flight cell calling. But Congress says, "not in our skies!"

ON THE HORIZON
"Can John McCain win California in Nov.?"

-The Kiplinger California Letter

May 14, 2008

EXECUTIVE POLL

Do you think the worst of the crisis in financial markets is over?

FEATURED FORECAST THE LATEST FROM KIPLINGER

YOUNG VOTERS'
RISING INFLUENCE

They're wired to participate, eager
for change and demand
to be counted.

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Defense

Fixing America's National Security Mess

A close look at the way the country plans, budgets and pays for national defense reveals nothing less than a disaster that could take the next president a full term to fix.

Going Green

Get Rid of IT Waste Legally, Safely

Many businesses find a new headache when they update computer systems or office equipment: disposing of the old stuff. May's GreenTips column can help.

Business Costs

How to Restrain Health Costs -- but Not Worker Satisfaction

If you keep tweaking health benefits with cost-effective approaches, you keep employees involved and educated -- and happy.

Health

Encouraging Good Health Takes More than Incentives

Employers are rushing to set up wellness programs, but employee resentment is a serious hurdle.

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WHAT READERS ARE SAYING

"Large multinational companies in my area will not even give interviews to recent American engineering and computer graduates while at the same time they testify before Congress that they need more H-1B visas to fill jobs ... This unbridled lust to drive down skilled wages will eventually destroy our country. "

POSTED BY: Nomen

"The Republicans have to develop plans to address the real problems faced by the middle class. They can't succeed by simply being against Obama. That's what happened to John Kerry in 2004. He wasn't for anything; only against George Bush. ..."

POSTED BY: Mark

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