Business & Finance - 5 December 2006

I know that a lot of small businesses do not employ women if they can help it.. I can completely understand this... if the woman gets pregnant, you have to give her maternity leave thus having to pay her wages, and give her the job when she gets back.. and employ someone else to fill in for her too...
This is too costly and means that each time you have to train someone else ( training is very expensive) to cover for the woman until she comes back..
Women are better at certain jobs than men, but is it worth the effort and cost for small businesses. ( especially a firm that has 4-5 employees).
Thererfore should women be paid less because over the long term they are not as profitable as men, due to the length of time taken for maternity leave, etc ..
this is just a generalisation, but is true in most circumstances

2006-12-05 08:24:08 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Careers & Employment

I opened up a small account for my wife because I want her to get somewhat excited (at very least, know what do do if I die) about money. I bought Jim Cramer's Sane Investing in an Insane World book which I was going to give her at Christmas, along with the brokerage account. Should I look for a different book?

2006-12-05 08:22:13 · 8 answers · asked by parkdad73 1 in Investing

I have a job and a team that I really love. It might be possible to change teams and a slight change in job description that will warrent a $0.79 raise. Is this worth it?

2006-12-05 08:21:20 · 7 answers · asked by Presagio 4 in Careers & Employment

2006-12-05 08:21:02 · 1 answers · asked by needanswers 1 in Careers & Employment

2006-12-05 08:19:28 · 14 answers · asked by clyde h 1 in Other - Taxes

If I work 4 hours a weekend and make 6.50 an hour, how much will I bring home a month if I claim zero dependants?

2006-12-05 08:16:19 · 25 answers · asked by Britt's Mom 03 2 in Careers & Employment

2006-12-05 08:14:40 · 4 answers · asked by marvin d 1 in Small Business

2006-12-05 08:12:53 · 5 answers · asked by kberry87 2 in Careers & Employment

Our company received a 3-day notice to pay/quit. What can we do to buy some time or fight the notice? It is a successful business but the owner is our competitor and wants money that we do not owe to him. His property manager is a "yes" man and does whatever the owner tells him to, and we've requested copies of the cancelled checks from our bank but the bank told us it is a 3-5 business day turn around. We can't wait that long. Can anyone help us?

2006-12-05 08:12:40 · 8 answers · asked by lovenhatewtf 2 in Renting & Real Estate

When I open a CD or look for mortage rates, they always list the interest rate and the APR and most times the numbers vary a little.

2006-12-05 08:11:03 · 3 answers · asked by yasin04111 1 in Personal Finance

A hotel leases out it 1,000 square-foot coffee shop, although it continues to own the equipment.
The lease is due for renewal. The hotel could continue to rent the space for $2 a square-foot
per month for the next three years, and then $2.50 a square foot for the following two years.

Alternatively, the hotel could cancel this lease and take over the operation of the restaurant.
If this occurs, the hotel's management estimates that sales revenue in the first year would be
$700,000 and that it would increase by $50,000 per year for each of the following four years.
Variable operating costs of running the restaurant (food cost, wages, supplies) would be 90%
of sales revenue. The hotel would also have to assume certain other costs currently paid by
the lessee for such items as supervision, advertising and electricity. These are estimated to be
$32,000 in year 1, increasing by $2,000 per year for each of the following four years.

If the hotel resumes operation of the restaurant, it will trade in some of the old equipment, for
which it will get $5,000 and buy $40,000 of new equipment (this will not happen if the lease is
renewed). The new equipment will have a five-year life and would be depreciated on a
straight-line basis with no scrap value.

The hotel is in a 25% tax bracket. Should the hotel operate the coffee shop itself or continue
to lease it out. Use a 10% discount rate.

2006-12-05 08:08:31 · 1 answers · asked by musia_641 1 in Other - Business & Finance

My company doesn't match anything, but they throw in (on average) about 13% of employees' earnings to the 401k at end of each year as proft sharing.

2006-12-05 08:07:19 · 7 answers · asked by Entidine 2 in Personal Finance

2006-12-05 08:05:56 · 9 answers · asked by Elizabeth S 2 in Credit

Is there a place i can plug in my information for 2006 and estimate my return? (free)

2006-12-05 08:01:25 · 5 answers · asked by customcat2000 4 in United States

I have an idea for two different products that have major competitive advantages to any product I have found in over 3 months of research. I need to find out how to go about taking my idea and creating a prototype to secure funds. I also need to know a ballpark ranges for creating a prototype of a small shoebox size product shell in order to know if I have enough personal funds to get me to production. Any help would be appreciated!

2006-12-05 07:58:51 · 3 answers · asked by David 1 in Small Business

my boyfriend was injured in an accident and has no use of his right arm he can't work and he lives with me so I pay the bills, rent and buy all the Grocerys?

2006-12-05 07:56:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in United States

2006-12-05 07:55:42 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Careers & Employment

2006-12-05 07:54:27 · 1 answers · asked by mzpesto 2 in Careers & Employment

we are going through a divorce my huband and i can we file seperate?

2006-12-05 07:53:13 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in United States

Can I use a P.O. Box Number for my address when I file my taxes.

2006-12-05 07:52:37 · 2 answers · asked by raqemonet 1 in United States

i applied for two loans one yesterday, one today. the one i applied for yesterday got denied so they obviously pulled my credit. i applied for another one today and wanted to try one other place. is that gonna have a negative effect on my credit? the last time my credit was pulled was in early may? i just basically wanna know how many times is too many in a period of time.

2006-12-05 07:50:20 · 5 answers · asked by luckystar_469 1 in Credit

i have been looking fro an stay-at-home job. everything i come accross is a ripp-off or a pyramid scheme or an "MLM" that leaves you with nothing. why is this?!? anyone know any legit companies?

2006-12-05 07:50:09 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Careers & Employment

If so, was it worth it? Are there a lot of scams out there?

2006-12-05 07:46:57 · 1 answers · asked by Pete 2 in Careers & Employment

my account upon receipt of payment from my client. Can someone reference me to a contract template that I can have my supplier sign to ensure that they will honor their payment obligations to my company?

2006-12-05 07:46:55 · 1 answers · asked by cameradude2343 1 in Small Business

I am no longer living at home, nor am I in school anymore, I just purchased a house, so can they still use me as a dependent I am only 20 years old and just moved out at the end of October.

2006-12-05 07:46:34 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in United States

20 dollars at about 40 times per year is 800 dollars
for five years its 4,000!!!!

This really add's up, I could of just saved the money and put it torwards a nicer car or tons of stuff.

What's your honest opinion and answer from what I've told you?

2006-12-05 07:45:19 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Personal Finance

I recently had and interveiw with cvs pharmacy and the district supervisor basically hired me on the spot and naturally i had to do a drug test and have a background check on me. now i know that i passed my drug test however i have not received a call or a letter denying me employment for about 2 weeks now. however the background check was put in two days before thanksgiving, does anyone know what might be going on, why is it takeing so long for a final answer.? Thank you.

2006-12-05 07:44:52 · 8 answers · asked by GONSALEZ A 1 in Careers & Employment

I'd like to know if this career is worth pursuing it since I've got no kids. Thanks

2006-12-05 07:42:43 · 7 answers · asked by sasa s 1 in Careers & Employment

Looking for support to set up a fly ash based industry in North Bengal-Eastern part of India

2006-12-05 07:36:25 · 2 answers · asked by bullshead_2005 1 in Other - Business & Finance

I work at a job where I feel that the walls are coming in, it's the Holidays, so there is literally no chance of being hired by another firm in the near future. I do the work that five people should be doing, quite frankly I have no idea what I can do at this point but suffer through it.

2006-12-05 07:36:00 · 4 answers · asked by dkh32707 1 in Careers & Employment