Idaho Business Review IBR

The most recent Employment Outlook Survey by Manpower Group shows hiring will be hot across the United States in 2014. In the first quarter of the year, 13 percent of U.S. employers expect to add to their workforce next year ...

With all the talk of Santa Claus in my house, I could not resist writing about contingency “clauses” in real estate contracts. I know what you are thinking: What do contingency clauses have to do with Santa Claus? Well, nothing ...

It’s a stunt you couldn’t pull off anywhere else. On Dec. 31, the Idaho New Year’s Eve Commission will drop a giant, glowing potato in celebration of the new year. I’m a fan of potatoes in all shapes and sizes, ...

Q: I am planning on starting a new business, and an adviser I work with has suggested I own the business through my IRA. He tells me that this way the income will be tax deferred or even escape taxes ...

I recently took advantage of an opportunity to move from the corporate world into academia. I’m now part of the team at the University of Portland’s Shiley School of Engineering working to educate engineers for the 21st century. While a ...

This past August marked the second anniversary of the implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission whistleblower program. At the time of its inception, the whistleblower program attracted attention from the business and legal communities, promising to entice potential whistleblowers ...

It’s been a wild ride for Boise State football fans. First, the day we hoped would never come arrived. Coach Petersen decided to move on to coach the University of Washington Huskies. Then Bryan Harsin, a Treasure Valley kid, lands ...

Small businesses, typically defined as those with fewer than 500 employees, represent 96.9 percent of all employers in Idaho and employ 57.4 percent of the private-sector workforce. These businesses are a large part of the state’s economy, and as such ...

It is so easy to put off saving for retirement. It’s one of those things we all think we’ll get to tomorrow when there are so many urgent needs today. The problem is, tomorrow will be here before we know ...

The biggest single time management and productivity killer is distractions. Interruptions, email, multitasking and a dozen other different distractions cause significant loss of productivity, which translates to lost money. And, the bigger problem is not the distraction itself, which could ...