Nation's Business 1997 Index

20 Pages·1997·4.1 MB·English

The NATION'S BUSINESS Index — 1997
(Volume 85 - Numbers 1 - 12)
(Including THE BUSINESS ADVOCATE)
SUBJECT INDEX
AWARDS/HONORS
AIR POLLUTION
Opportunity's Many Faces (1997 Blue
see Environment
Chip Enterprise Companies)
ACCESSORIES see Clothing AIRCRAFT/AIRLINES/AIRPORTS
(Mar/p39)
ACCOUNTING see also TravelATourism/Vacations
Taking Risks, Reaping Rewards (1997
Taking Account Of Software [Jan/p41| Getting To Sleep Away From Home
Blue Chip Enterprise honorees)
Finding The Right Accounting Package Uun/p52]
[Apr/p27]
[Jan/p42] Shedding Light On Jet Lag [ Jun/pS4|
The Spirit Of Enterprise (Lawmaker
A Checklist For Tax Talks [Feb/p62] Letters: Airlines Seats Offer More Than
awards) [TBA:Apr/p4A]
Direct Line: Breaking The Ice [Oct/p87] A Massage [Aug/p5]
A Scrappy Entrepreneur (SBA National
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE & Quiet Havens At The Airport [Sep/p73J
Small Business Subcontractor of the
RECEIVABLE Airport Transit Guide [Sep/p82)
see Cash Management Cutting Costs Before Taking Off Year) [Jun/pl2)
ACQUISITIONS/DIVESTITURES/ [Nov/p58j Program Delivers Winning Hands
|Jun/p37]
MERGERS Letters: Airline Club Rooms Get A
Leading By Example May Help Promote
see also Business Organization/ Thumbs Down [Dec/p4]
Worker Honesty [Sep/pl6]
Dissolution; Employee Stock Ownership ALCOHOLISM
NB Tips: A Super Contest [Oct/pl3]
Direct Line: Putting A Price Tag On A see Addictive Behavior; Substance Abuse
NB Tip: Baldrige Award Examiners
Family Firm [Apr/p82] AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES
|Nov/pl5]
Letters: Another Brokers' Group For ACT
Business Transfers [ Jun/p5] When Workers Have Mental Disabilities
NB Tip: Business Brokers [ Jul/plO] [Dec/p50] B
Checking Out Potential Partners ANNUITIES
[Dec/pll] see Retirement BANKS & BANKING
ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOR ANTIQUES/COLLECTIBLES see also Capital; Credit; Credit Cards;
Facing Up To A Loved One's Addiction That Big Night {Aug/p641 Economic Development; Loans; Venture
(Sep/p70] APPAREL Capital
ADVERTISING see Clothing Lending With A Personal Touch
see also Market Research/Marketing; APPRENTICE PROGRAMS [Mar/p42]
Direct Mail; Public Relations/Publicity; see Education/Job Training Banks Challenge Credit Unions' Growth
Sales/Selling ART/PHOTOGRAPHY (May/p711
Direct Line: Customers For The Great Direct Line: Call Of The Wild [Feb/p70] Letters: Banker Countcrpunches Against
Outdoors (Mar/p67] The Art Of Branching Out [Apr/pl6] Credit Unions (Jul/p5]
Ads On Wheels Send A Message In You Gotta Have Art |May/pl6j Has Your Company Outgrown Its Bank?
Traffic [Aug/plO] ... And Work Of Art [May/p76) I Jul/plO]
A Novel Kind Of Business [Aug/p64] Designing Big Dreams [Aug/p57] Asset Accounts Keep Cash Working
ADVISERS Coloring Your World [Nov/p78] [Jul/p30)
see also Consultants ASIAN-AMERICANS Letters: Credit Unions And Banks:
Creating An Advisory Board For Sound see Minorities; Minority-Owned Business Apples And Oranges [Aug/p4]
Suggestions [Feb/pll] ASSET-MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTS Letters: Private Equity Capital Can
Forging Advisers Into A Team [Dec/p57] see Cash Management Have Advantages | Aug/p5)
AFRICAN-AMERICANS AUDITS One Giant Step Toward A Loan
see Minorities; Minority-Owned Business see Accounting |Aug/p34) Correction (Oct/p47]
AGE DISCRIMINATION AUTOMOBILES/TRUCKS/ BARTER
see Discrimination MOTORCYCLES/BICYCLES Useful Web Sites For Small Companies
AGREEMENTS/CONTRACTS see also Highways; Infrastructure; (Mar/p33)
see also Government Procurement Transportation BLUE CHIP ENTERPRISE INITIATIVE
The Fax May Not Suffice When Leasing Passes The Road Test (May/p54j Opportunity's Many Faces (1997 Blue
Contracts Are Signed [Feb /plO] Direct Line: Gearing Up |May/p82| Chip Enterprise companies)
Direct Line: Creating A Paper Trail For You Didn't Know You Needed That? [Mar/p38|
Negotiations [ May/p82] |Jun/p69| Taking Risks, Reaping Rewards
AGRIBUSINESS Ads On Wheels Send A Message In lApr/p27]
see also Food/Beverage Industry & Trade Traffic | Aug/pl»| Program Delivers Winning Hands
A Growth Industry (Jan/pl5] Ventsations [Sep/p82| IJun/p37|
Capitol Hill Successes [TBA:Feb/p4A] The 1998 Trucks [Oct/p53J Ties That Bind (Cover story) [Aug/pl2|
1996 How They Voted Along For The Ride (Oct/p63] Applications Being Accepted
|TBA:Mar/Senate p4A; House p8A| Building A Winner From Scratch |TBA:Aug/p4A]
Direct Line: Feeding The Animals [Oct/p65J Small-Business Deadline (Nov/pl4|
[Nov/p86] The 1998 Luxury Cars |Nov/p61] BOARDS OF DIRECTORS
Direct Line: Rolling Out Rental Cars see Corporations
[Nov/p861
SUBJECT INDEX 1
BOATS
BOATS Deposit Rule Relief Sought Finding Capital: A Source Of Funds In
see Recreation [TBA:Apr/pl4A] Search Of Work [Sep/p37]
BONDS Electronic-Filing Deadline Nears Direct Line: Funding For Minority
see Securities [Jun/p8] Firms [Sep/p86]
BOOKKEEPING Hiring Your Child: Tax Breaks And Leaving No Stone Unturned [Oct/p46]
see Accounting Trade-Offs [Jun/p59] The Capital Area's Technology Boom
BOOKS Gone But Not Deductible [Jun/p61] [Oct/p60)
see also Printing/Publishing Small Businesses Get Electronic-Filing CAPITAL GAINS
Adding A New Dimension To A Classic Reprieve [Jul/p8] see also Income Tax
[Jan/p46] Choose Your Firm's Tax Classification CASH MANAGEMENT
Bound For The Internet [Mar/p34] [Jul/p26] see also Cost Control
The Internet In Print [May/p59] Breaks For Small Business At Stake In Real Numbers Don't Deceive [Mar/p51]
Fresh Pages For Family Firms [Jun/p58] Tax Negotiations [Aug/p8] Asset Accounts Keep Cash Working
You Didn't Know You Needed That? The Estate-Tax Toll On Small Firms [Jul/p30]
[Jun/p69] (Aug/p20] CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS COVERAGE
No Strings Attached [ Jul/p48] Tax Break For College Courses May see Health-Care Costs/Insurance
Lesher Book Available In Paperback Resurface [Aug/p27] CENSUS
(TBA:Aug/p6AJ Tax-Filing Penalties Are Delayed see Economic Indicators & Indexes
•Dilbert" Creator Thinks Small [TBA:Aug/p3A) CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS &
[Oct/p63] Chamber-Backed Bills Would Benefit DONATIONS/COMMUNITY
BROKERS Small Firms In Three Important SERVICE/ VOLUNTEER1SM
see also Securities Ways[TBA:Aug/p8A] Flood Aid Needed [TBA:Jun/p5A]
Asset Accounts Keep Cash Working Budget Agreement Contains Mostly Staying In Step With The Firm's
[Jul/p30] Good Tax News [Sep/plO] Mission [Oct/pl2]
BUSINESS CARDS IRS Raises Threshold For Electronic CHECKS/CHECKING ACCOUNTS
see Offices Payment [Sep/plO] see also Banks/Banking
BUSINESS CLIMATE INDEXES Letters: Taking Some Of The Bite Out Taking Orders By Phone Check [Jan/p66]
see Economic Indicators & Indexes Of The Estate Tax [Od/pS] Screening Out Bad Checks [Jun/p60]
BUSINESS CONDITIONS & Business Just Got Less Taxing [Oct/p24] CHILD CARE F
FORECASTS Tax-Wise Handling Of Expansion Costs see Day Care; Employee Benefits
see also Economic Conditions; Economic [Oct/p34] CHILDREN/YOUTH
Indicators When The IRS Comes To Check see also Day Care;Education/Job
Clear Sailing? (Cover story) [ Jan/pl6| [Oct/p48] Training; Young Adults
Letters: A Perspective Not Often Found Letters: Translating The "Gibberish" Of Family Attachments [Jan/p34|
In Japan (Mar/p4] IRS Audit Guides [Nov/p7] Riding Into The Sunrise [Mar/p44]
Letters: Punitive Damages A Problem In Tax Options For Handling Obsolete Getting Youths Down To Business
Alabama [Apr/p4] Inventories [Dec/p25] [Apr/pl3]
Leadership For The New Age (Cover Points For Paring Your Tax Bill Letters: O'Brien Foundation Is A Vital
story) [May/pl8] [Dec/p30] Program [May/p8]
Confidence In The Economy Soars Letters: From Tiny Acorns... [May/p8[
[TBA:Aug/pllA] A Different Message For Daughters
BUSINESS EDUCATION (May/p62)
see also Colleges/Universities; Education CALENDARS Letters: Bullish On A Program For
Business Seminar Set [TBA:May/pl4A] Preventing Time From Marching Tomorrow's Leaders [Jun/p4]
Courses Offered On The Internet Backward [Jan/p44] Correction: For Hiring Your Child: Tax Breaks And
[TBA:May/pl4A] The Record [Feb/p5] Trade-Offs [Jun/p59]
Opening A Door To The Future Letters: The "Year 2000 Problem" And No Strings Attached [ Jul/p48]
[Nov/p56] The Russian Military [ Jun/p5] Direct Line: Ideas In Infancy [Aug/p46]
BUSINESS INCUBATORS CAMPAIGN FINANCING Conversation Cards [Sep/p82]
see also Economic Development; see Political Finance Coloring Your World {Nov/p78J
Start-Ups CAMPING Bring The Children [Dec/p69|
Bringing New Firms Out Of Their Shell see Recreation CHILE
[Mar/p48] CANDY/CHEWING GUM The Chilean Precedent [May/p34)
BUSINESS ORGANIZATION/ see also Food/Beverage Industry & Trade CHINA
DISSOLUTION Direct Line: Chocolate Tips [ Aug/p46] Capitol Hill Successes (TBA:Feb/p4A)
see also Business Strategies; Family CAPITAL 1996 How They Voted [TBA:Mar/
Business; Management House pl3A|
see also Loans; Venture Capital
Are You Ready To Incorporate? China's Trade Status In Jeopardy
Women Entrepreneurs Make Credit
[Sep/pl61 Gains [ Jan/p8| [TBA:Jun/p5A]
NB Tips: Handing Over The Keys SBA Microloans Fuel Big Ideas [Feb/p34| Business Wins On China Trade
[Dec/pll] Useful Web Sites For Small Companies [TBA:Aug/p5Aj
BUSINESS PLANS [Mar/p33] Contact Lawmakers About Vote On
Harboring No Illusions About How To Letters: Another Success Story For SBA China Trade Status [TBA:Octyp8A|
Grow [Feb/plO] Microloans [Apr/p8] CLASS-ACTION SUITS
Turning A Loss Into A Gain [Apr/plO] Rebounding With A Nonbank Loan Cases Await Supreme Court Action:
One Giant Step Toward A Loan |Ar/p52] Class-Action Suits [TBA:Jun/pl4Al
[Aug/p32] Correction [Oct/p47] FindinPg Angels On The Internet CLEAN AIR ACT
BUSINESS STRATEGIES [Apr/p781 see Environment; Government Regulation
see also Business Plans; Family Business; Capital Pitches That Succeed [May/p40] CLEAN WATER ACT
Management Check Your State For Funding see Environment; Government Regulation
The Heat Is On (Cover story) [Oct/pl4| CLEANING/MAINTENANCE
[May/p60]
Corrections [Nov/p7| Vendors Can Pave The Way To Growth Don't Let Asphalt Let You Down
BUSINESS TAXES [Nov/pl5]
[Jun/p46]
see also Estate Planning;Family Business; Has Your Company Outgrown Its Bank? CLINTON. BILL
Income Tax; Taxation [Jul/plO) Editorial: The Many Failings Of The
A Checklist For Tax Talks [Feb/p62] Offering Women A Lending Hand Clinton Budget [May/p84|
Long-Term Coverage Eligible For Tax [Jul/p40] Where I Stand: On Clinton And Congress
Breaks [Feh/p62] Letters: Private Equity Capital Can [Aug/p49]
After The Game, Claim A Deduction Have Advantages [Aug/p5] Letters: Poll May Have Lacked Answers
[Mar/p60] One Giant Step Toward A Loan [Oct/p4]
Don't Get Stuck With Back Taxes [Aug/p32] Correction [Oct/p47] Readers' Views: Congress Gets Credit
[Mar/poll [Oct/p76]
SUBJECT INDEX
DELIVERY & MAIL SERVICES
CLOTHING/ACCESSORIES/JEWELRY A Vintage Approach To Technology CREDIT CARDS & ACCOUNTS/DEBIT
Taking Your Products To The Main [Jun/p6] CARDS/DISCOUNT CARDS/
Streets [Jun/plO) Going With The How [ Jun/pl4] ELECTRONIC CASH CARDS
You Didn't Know You Needed That? High-Tech Marketing Hits The Target The Minefield Of Merchant Status
[Jun/p691 [Jun/p391 [Jan/p38]
"Get Customers To Smile" [Dec/pl7] The New Face Of Presentations [Jul/p33] Taking Orders By Phone Check [ Jan/p66]
Elegant Simplicity [Dec/p68] Time To Switch To The Pentium II? For The Record: Correction of January
Direct Line: Bringing In The Laundry [Jul/p36] article on credit cards [Feb/p6]
[Dec/p74] Making A Move To Portability (Sep/p61 ] Letters: Balancing The Costs For Card
Direct Line: Getting The Last Word On A Goal Of Her Own [Oct/p79] Processors [Mar/p5]
Clothing With A Message [Dec/p74] Direct Line: Breaking The Ice [Oct/p87| It Pays To Review Travel Coverage
COINS Computer Crime (Cover story) lSep/ 32]
P
see Currency [Nov/pl8] CREDIT UNIONS
COLLECTIBLES Think Forward: Back Up [Nov/p24] Banks Challenge Credit Unions' Growth
see Antiques/Collectibles Dictation Programs Are Finding Their [May/p71]
COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES Voice [Dec/p40j Letters: Banker Counter-punches Against
see also Business Education; Education Should You Consider A Mac For Your Credit Unions [ Jul/p5]
It's Time To Line Up Your Summer Next Office Computer? [Dec/p41] Letters: Credit Unions And Banks:
Interns [Jan/p9] Software With A Worldview [Dec/p53] Apples And Oranges [Aug/p4]
Letters: Education Is The Issue As Jobs Applying Postage With A Keystroke CRIME
Are Created [Feb/p4] [Dec/p56] see also Security/Security Systems/ Law
Not Just An Ordinary Joe [Feb/p44] CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY Enforcement
Where Cooking Is Academic [Apr/pl9] see also Government Procurement Challenges We Face: Crime And Drugs
NB Tips: Campus Connection |May/pl4| Building A Healthy Niche [ Jan/pl4] (Cover story)[Feb/p24]
Tax Break For College Courses May Chamber Helps Sink Labor Order Clamping Down On Worker Crime
Resurface [Aug/p27] [TBA:Jun/p3A] [Apr/p44]
Opening A Door To The Future A Bridge To The Future [ Jul/p47] Screening Out Bad Checks [Jun/p60]
[Nov/p56] Don't Let Asphalt Let You Down Foiling Pickpockets [Oct/.p63]
Tactics For Attracting The College [Nov/plS] Computer Crime (Cover story)
Crowd [Dec/plO] CONSULTANTS [Nov/pl8]
COMMUNICATION see also Advisers; Financial Services; Stocking Stuffers [Dec/p54]
see also Electronic Mail/Voice Mail; Independent Contractors; Self- CURRENCY
Employees; Telecommunication Employment Stocking Stuffers [Dec/p54]
Sharing The Wealth—Of Information Direct Line: Computer Consulting CUSTOMER RELATIONS & SERVICE
[Sep/pl4] [May/p82] see also Vendors
Building A Health Company Culture A Helping Hand On Personnel [Aug/p38] Making The Internet Work For You
lSep/p57] Letters: More Help On Personnel (Cover story) [Mar/p6]
Kwikpoint [Sep/p82] [Sep/p6) A Vintage Approach To Technology
COMMUNITY SERVICE NB Tips: SCORE Gets Wired [Oct/pl3] [Jun/p6]
see Charitable Organizations & CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (CPI) How To Reach Older Consumers
Donations/Community Service/ see Economic Indicators & Indexes [Jun/p35]
Volunteerism CONTAINERS Improving Efficiency Beats A Price War
COMPACT-DISC INDUSTRY Direct Line: Keeping Medicine Out Of [Jul/plO]
Direct Line: Making Compact Discs Children's Hands [Dec/p74] Are Your Technicians Customer-
That Entertain And Teach [Nov/p87] CONTRACT WORKERS Friendly? [Aug/plO]
COMPANY POLICIES see Self-Employment Ties That Bind (Cover story) [Aug/pl2]
Staying In Step With The Firm's Mission CONTRACTS Customers You Want To Lose [Aug/pl4]
[Oct/pl2] see Agreements/Contracts How Franchises Can Build Loyalty
Develop A Company Policy (On CONTRACTS (GOVERNMENT) [Aug/pl7]
computer security) [Nov/p26] see Government Procurement Cooling Down A Short-Term Crisis
COMPENSATORY TIME COPIERS [Nov/pl4]
see Flextime; Wages/Salaries/Fees see Offices/Office Equipment
COMPETITION COPYRIGHT I)
Improving Efficiency Beats A Price War see Patents/Copyright/Trademarks
[Jul/plOl CORPORATE SUBSIDIES
DAMAGE AWARDS
COMPETITIVENESS Pro-Business Programs Attacked From
see Liability
see International Trade & Investment Two Sides [Apr/p9]
DATA STORAGE
COMPUTER CRIME Letters: Joining The Attack On
Preventing Time From Marching
see Crime Corporate Subsidies (Jun/p4)
Backward [Jan/p44] Correction: For
COMPUTERS/SOFrWARE CORPORATIONS The Record | Feb/p51
see also Internet; Offices/Office see also Business Taxes; Entrepreneurs; Utters: The "Year 2000 Problem" And
Equipment; Telecommunication Family Business;Management; The Russian Military [Jun/p5]
NOTE: For brief articles on computer Acquisitions/Divestitures/ Mergers; Small Going With The Flow [Jun/pl4]
hardware and software, see Small Business DAVIS-BACON ACT
Business Technology in January, February, Easier Rules Take Effect For S see Construction Industry; Government
July, August September and December Corporations [Feb/p63] Procurement
issues of Index. Are You Ready To Incorporate? DAY CARE
Taking Account Of Software [Jan/p41 ] {Sep/pl6| see also Employee Benefits
Preventing Time From Marching CORPORATIONS (SPECIFIC) Direct Line: Opening The Door To Day
Backward [Jan/p44] Correction : see Entrepreneur's Notebook and Making Care [Nov/p86]
For The Record [Feb/p5] It in Regular Features & Special Sections
Bring The Children |Dec/p69]
Delivering The Whole Package portion of Index
DEBIT CARDS
[Feb/p4S] COST CONTROL see Credit Cards & Accounts
Handy Tools For Training [Apr/p49j see also Cash Management; Inventory DECISION MAKING
Putting Together A Digital Office Management; Management see Business Strategies; Management;
[May/p41] A Guide For Comparing Expenses By Quality Management
Direct Line: Computer Consulting Year [Mar/p30| DEFENSE INDUSTRY
[May/p82] CREDIT/CREDIT REPORTS see Government Procurement
Utters: The "Year 2000 Problem" And see also Banks & Banking; Loans DELIVERY & MAIL SERVICES
The Russian Military [Jun/p5] Women Entrepreneurs Make Credit see also U.S.Postal Service
Gains [Jan/8]
Direct Line: Local Delivery [Jun/p74]
SUBJECT INDEX 3
DEMOGRAPHICS
DEMOGRAPHICS Letters: No "Either-Or" Solution ELECTRONIC NEWS SERVICES
see Economic Indicators & Indexes [Apr/p6J see also Magazines/Newsletters/
DEPRECIATION Confidence In The Economy Rebounds Newspapers; Printing/Publishing
see Business Taxes; Income Tax [TBA:Jun/pUA] ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY
DEREGULATION Fix CPI, Says Business [TBA:Jun/pl 1A] see Computers/Software
see Government Regulation Where I Stand: On Spurring Economic EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
DESIGN Growth [Jul/p65] see also Crime; Security Systems
You Gotta Have Art [May/pl6] Stock Market Is Expected To Remain Flood Aid Needed [TBA:Jun/p5A]
Designing Big Dreams [Aug/p57] Strong [ Aug/p25] Tips For Coping With Power Outages
DIRECT MAIL Confidence In Economy Soars [Nov/pl4]
see also Advertising; Market [TBA:Aug/pllA] EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Research/Marketing; Telemarketing Readers' Views: Changes For Growth see also Day Care; Employees; Health-
Direct Line: The Rule Of Thumb: Timely [Sep/p68] Care Costs/Insurance/ Plans; Health-Care
Shipments [Jun/p75] Economic Confidence Climbs Again Reform; Hiring & Firing; Pensions/
Direct Line: The Music Is In The Mail [TBA:Oct7pl4A) Pension Plans; Retirement
[Aug/p47] Confidence Declines [TBA:Dec/pUA] Business Victories In The Courts
Targeting Prospects With Direct Mail ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [TBA:Feb/p20A]
[Sep/p52] see also Start-Ups Useful Web Sites For Small Companies
DIRECT SALES At The Speed Of Light [Feb/pl4] [Mar/p33]
see Sales/Selling Check Your State For Funding!May/p60] 1996 How They Voted [TBA:Mar/
DISASTER PLANNING Taking Care Of Local Business [Jul/p42] House pi 4A ]
see Emergency Situations; Insurance; Letters: Correcting The Record On Editorial: Flexibility On Overtime Rules
Security Systems/Law Enforcement Program's Sponsors [Sep/p7] Is Overdue [Apr/p84[
DISCRIMINATION Closed Bases, Open Doors [Sep/p53] Banks Challenge Credit Unions' Growth
see also Americans With Disabilities Act; The Capita] Area's Technology Boom [May/p71[
Employee Benefits; Employment; Hiring [Oct/p60] Comp-Time Action Urged
& Firing; Minorities; Women Letters: Former Air Force Base Is [TBA:May/plA]
Business Victories In The Courts Going Places [Nov/p6] Tax Break For College Courses May
[TBA:Feb/p20A] ECONOMIC INDICATORS & INDEXES Resurface [Aug/p27]
When Workers Have Mental Disabilities Clear Sailing? (Cover story) [ Jan/pl6] An Extra Layer Of Paperwork
[Dec/p50] A Guide For Comparing Expenses By |Aug/p28)
Court To Decide Key Cases: Year [Mar/p30] Direct Line: Seeking Help On Human
Discrimination Waivers Checks, Balances, And The CPI Resources [Aug/p46]
[TBA:Dec/pl2A] [Apr/p34] EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP/
DISTRIBUTION Fix CPI Says Business [TBA:Jun/pllA] PROFIT-SHARING
see Market Research/ Marketing; ECONOMIC POLICY Direct Line: Taking Stock [Jan/p71]
Sales/Selling see U.S. Govt—Budget Letters: Employee Stock Plans Given
DIVERSITY PROGRAMS EDUCATION/JOB TRAINING The Green Light [Feb/p5]
see also Management see also Colleges/Universities ESOPs' Appeal On The Increase
Helping Foreign Workers Feel More At A System For Developing Workers' [Jun/p43]
Home[Jun/pll] Technical Skills [ Jan/plO] EMPLOYEE WORK TEAMS
DIVESTITURES In The Trenches Of Welfare Reform A Client-Centered Firm's Lessons In
see Acquisitions/ Divestiture/Mergers [Jan/p29] Teamwork [Mar/p32]
DIVORCE Letters: Education Is The Issue As Jobs TEAM Measure At Key Stage
see Marriage/Divorce Are Created [Feb/p4] [TBA:Jun/p4A]
DONOHUE. THOMAS J. How To Make The Most Of Learning By EMPLOYEES
Editorial: Changing Of The Business Video [Feb/pll] see also Employee Benefits; Executives;
Guard [Aug/p62] Challenges We Face: Education (Cover Hiring & Firing; Human Resources;
Donohue To Lead Chamber story) [Feb/pl6] Management; Quality Management;
[TBA:Aug/plA] Riding Into The Sunrise [Mar/p44] Workplace
New Era Begins [TBA:Oct/plA] Letters: Education Needs Direction Letters: The Generation X Files [Jan/p4j
Donohue Details "Growth Agenda" [Apr/p6] When Workers Are Good Soldiers
[TBA:Dec/p6Aj Handy Tools For Training [Apr/p49] [Feb/p50j
DOWNSIZING Where I Stand: On Education [Apr/p67] NB Tip: Handling Workplace Grief
Letters: Education Is The Issue As Jobs Letters: Seeing Wrong Questions In [Mar/p33]
Are Created [Feb/p4j Education Poll [May/p8] Clamping Down On Worker Crime
DRUG ABUSE Letters: Consider All Options On [Apr/p44]
see Addictive Behavior; Substance Abuse Education Funding [ Jun/p4] Parents' Day At The Office Is A Team
Letters: Down To Basics [ Jun/p4) Builder [May/pl4)
Letters: Bullish On A Program For How To Motivate Low-Wage Workers
Tomorrow's Leaders [Jun/p4] [May/p35]
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS & Readers' Views: No to Federal Funds Avoiding Pink Slips [ Jun/p24]
FORECASTS [Jun/p66] Discovering The Talent Around You
see also Business Conditions & Forecasts; Ending Welfare As A State Of Mind Uul/p9]
Economic Indicators & Indexes [Jul/p37] A Creative Way To Avoid Layoffs
Clear Sailing? (Cover story) [Jan/pl6] Direct Line: Tutoring Tips [Sep/p86] [Aug/p6J
How the '97 Outlook Shapes Up By Corrections Day Produces A Victory NB Tips: Appraising The Situation
Region [ Jan/pl8] [Oct/p8] [Aug/pllj
Where I Stand: On Major Economic Opening A Door to The Future [Nov/p56] Sharing The Wealth—Of Information
Issues [ Jan/p57 J Coloring Your World [Nov/p78J [Sep/pl4]
Challenges We Face (Cover Direct Line: Making Compact Discs Building A Health Company Culture
storyMFeb/pl6] That Entertain And Teach [Nov/p87] |Sep/p57]
Members Helped Gauge Economy ELECTIONS Staying In Step With The Firm's Mission
[TBA:Feb/p6A] Editorial: A Victory For Growth, [Oct/pl21
Commentary: Governing In A New Era Jobs—And Integrity [Jan/p72] Computer Crime (Cover story)
[Mar/p70] ELECTRIC ENERGY [Nov/pl8]
Letters: Tackling The Problem Of see Energy Resources, Production & Use Workers' Desire For Time Off
Substance Abuse [Apr/p6] ELECTRONIC MAIL/VOICE MAIL [Dcc/p34]
Letters: Education Needs Direction Making The Internet Work For You When Workers Have Mental Disabilities
[Apr/p6] (Cover story) [Mar/p6] [Dec/p501
4 SUBJECT INDEX
FAMILY BUSINESS
EMPLOYMENT Taking Risks, Reaping Rewards ETIQUETTE
see also Employees; Hiring & Firing [Apr/p27] You Didn't Know You Needed That?
Direct Line: A Sheltered Workshop's You Didn't Know You Need That? [Jun/p69]
Search For Contracts [Apr/p83] [May/p76] EXECUTIVES
Taking Care Of Local Business [ Jul/p42] A Scrappy Entrepreneur | Jun/pl2] Hiring An Outsider As A Top Executive
Boosting Entrepreneurship [ Jul/p46] Happiness Is A Screening Process [Feb/p53]
Good Workers Hard To Find, Say U.S. [Jul/p6] Outside Looking In: Tips For Candidates
Chamber Members [TBA:Oct7pl4A] Catching Up On Retirement Savings [Feb/p56]
EMPLOYMENT RETIREMENT [Jul/pl4] Finding An Interim Manager For Your
INCOME SECURITY ACT (ERISA) Offering Women A Helping Hand Firm [May/pl2]
see Employee Benefits [Jul/p40] Leadership For The New Age (Cover
ENCRYPTION NB Tip: Women Entrepreneurs story) [May/pl8]
see Telecommunications [Sep/pl6] Major Shifts In Leadership Lie Ahead
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT Enterprise With A Kick [Sep/p77] [Jun/p56]
Senate Action Expected On Endangered- ENVIRONMENT Executive "Temps" Cut Costs [Jun/p61]
Species Law [Dec/p8] see also Energy Resources, Production & Making Co-CEO Arrangements
Senate Bill To Update Species Act Wins Use Effective [Jul/p55]
Chamber's Qualified Support Capitol Hill Successes [TBA:Feb/p4A] EXECUTIVES (SPECIFIC)
[TBA:Dec/plOA] Business Victories In The Courts see also Entrepreneurs Notebook and
ENERGY RESOURCES. PRODUCTION [TBA:Feb/p20A] Making It in Regular Features & Special
&USE 1996 How They Voted [TBA: Mar/House Sections portion of Index
NB Tip: The Cost Of Keeping Cold p8A] The Changing Landscape (Franchising)
[Feb/pll] Chamber Cautions Against Binding [Jan/p54]
Black Gold And True Grit |Mar/p3S] Restrictions On "Greenhouse Gases" EXERCISE
Group Prepares To Fight Fossil-Fuels [TBA:Apr/plOA] see Health Care; Physical Fitness/
Treaty [Jun/p8] Group Prepares To Fight Fossil-Fuels Nutrition
Direct Line: Left In The Dark On Power Treaty [Jun/p8] EXPANSION
Failures [ Jun/p74] Climate Conference Slated Harboring No Illusions About How To
Storage-Site Bill Advances [TBA:Jun/p2A] Grow (Feb/plO]
|TBA:Jun/pl2A| Climate-Treaty Concerns Voiced Getting A Handle On Fast Growth
The Big Switch (Cover story) [Scp/plH | [TBA:Aug/pl4A] [Mar/p33]
Letters: Electricity Suppliers May Be Clean-Air Rules Encounter Turbulence Fostering Success In A Branch Office
Eager To Please [Oct/p4] [Sep/pl2] [Apr/pl2]
Letters: Unfair Competition? [Oct/p4] Global-Warming Debate Heats Up The Art Of Branching Out {Apr/pl6]
NB Tips: High-Voltage Seminar [Oct/plO] Oversea Expansion: An Opening Question
[Oct/pl3] Chamber Sues EPA Over Air Standards [Oct/pI3]
Deregulation Seminar Set [TBA:Oct/p3A] Tax-Wise Handling Of Expansion Costs
[TBA:Oct/pl4A] Chamber-Backed Bills Would Protect [Oct/p34]
Letters: Utilities Are Proving That Firms That Use Environmental EXPORT SALES
Nothing Is Free [Nov/p6] Audits [TBA:Oct/pl0A] see International Trade & Investment
Letters: Getting The Wires Crossed On Editorial: Clean-Air Rules Should Be
Photograph Choices [Nov/p7] Delayed [Nov/p88]
Tips For Coping With Power Outages Letters: Taking A Stand For Cleaner Air
[Nov/pl3] [Dec/p4] FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT
"Nobody Calls Me Mister" [Dec/p70] Chamber Warns Against Climate Pact See Employee Benefits
Nuclear Waste Bill Passed [TBA:Dec/p5A] FAMILY BUSINESS
[TBA:Dec/p4A] Majority Opposes U.N. Treaty see also Estate Planning
Deregulation Seminar Set [TBA:Dec/pllA] Adding A New Dimension To A Classic
[TBA:Dec/pllA] Court To Decide Key Cases: Citizen
[Jan/p46]
ENTERPRISE 2000 SERIES Environmental Suits
The Price Of "Peace At Any Price"
Postal Service Tackles Competition [TBA:Dec/pl3A]
[Jan/p46]
[Apr/p38] ESTATE PLANNING/TAXES
Case Study: Mental Illness At The Top
ENTERPRISE ZONES see also Family Business
[Jan/p48]
see Economic Development Estate Planning Really Does Pay
Make Your Family Business"Divorce-
ENTERTAINMENT [Mar/p53]
Proof" [Jan/p64]
see also Compact-Disc Industry; Music Where There's A Will...(Cover story)
New Retirement-PI an Rules For Family
Harboring No Illusions About How To [Apr/p20]
Firms [Jan/p65]
Grow [Feb/plO] Ensuring The Future [Apr/p24]
Letters: Separating The Family From
No Strings Attached (Jul/p48] The Seeds Of A Smooth Transition
The Family Business (Feb/p4|
Direct Line: Making Compact Discs [Apr/p25]
Hiring An Outsider As A Top Executive
That Entertain And Teach [Nov/p87] Readers' Views: Cut Red Tape!
[Feb/p53]
"Entertailing" (Cover story) [Dec/pl2] [Apr/p66]
Taking Things Personally [Mar/p53]
Creating Some Serious Fun [Dec/p54] EPA Rebuilds Its Enforcement Muscle
Estate Planning Really Does Pay
ENTITLEMENTS [May/p9]
[Mar/pS3]
see Medicare/ Medicaid; Social Security Keeping Assets In the Family [ Jul/p25]
Where There's A Will... (Cover story)
ENTREPRENEURS The Estate-Tax Toll On Small Firms
|Apr/p20]
see also Economic Development; [Aug/p20]
Preparing For A Loss Of Leadership
Entrepreneurs Notebook and Making It ii Reform Plans On Congress' Agenda
[Apr/p59]
Regular Features & Special Sections [Aug/p24]
Case Study: Creating A Foundation
portion of Index Letters: Taxes Lie In Ambush For
[Apr/p60]
Uncle Sam May Want You [ Jan/p6] Retirement Plans [Sep/p6]
Direct Line: Putting A Price Tag On A
Women Entrepreneurs Make Credit Letters: Taking Some Of The Bite Out
Family Firm [Apr/p82]
Gains [Jan/p8] Of The Estate Tax [Oct/p5]
A Different Message For Daughters
SBA Microloans Fuel Big Ideas [Feb/p34] Points For Paring Your Tax Bill
[May/p62]
Opportunity's Many Faces (1997 Blue [Dec/p30]
Pay In Family Businesses [May/p62]
Chip Enterprise companies) ETHICS
Case Study: How To Be Different From
[Mar/p38] see also Management
Daddy [May/p65]
Letters: Another Success Story For SBA Leading By Example May Help Promote
Letters: Another Brokers' Group For
Microloans [Apr/p8] Worker Honesty [Sep/pl6]
Business Transfers [Jun/p5]
Getting Youths Down To Business
[Apr/pl3]
SUBJECT INDEX 5
FAMILY LEAVE
Major Shifts In Leadership Lie Ahead Where Cooking Is Academic [Apr/pl9] GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
[Jun/p56] A Vintage Approach To Technology Uncle Sam May Want You [ Jan/p6]
Fresh Pages For Family Firms [Jun/p58] [Jun/p6] Direct Line: Learning How To Sell To
Keeping Assets In the Family [Jul/p25| Sweets For The Suite [ Jun/p69] Uncle Sam [Feb/p70]
The Challenge Of Partnership [ Jul/p55) A Rewarding Experience [Sep/p8] Chamber Urges Enactment Of Limits
Making Co-CEO Arrangements Enterprise With A Kick [Sep/p77] On Government Competition With
Effective [JuJ/p55] Building A Winner From Scratch Firms [TBA:May/p7A]
Case Study: His Cheating Heart [ Jul/p57] [Oct/p65] Contract Plan Called "Absurd"
Family-Owned, Professionally Managed Direct Line: Cookie Commerce [TBA:May/pl2A|
[Aug/p43] [Oct/p86] Bundles Too Big For Small Firms
Case Study: A Couple In Jeopardy When You're Hot, You're Hot—Or [Dec/p43]
[Aug/p44] Not? [Nov/p70] Purchasing Rule Killed [TBA:Dec/p2A]
Retiring With Class [Sep/p70] Direct Line: In the Market For Cool Chamber Fights "Blacklisting" Rule
Facing Up To A Loved One's Addiction Customers [Dec/p75] [TBA:Dec/p4A]
[Sep/p70] FOREIGN INVESTMENT GOVERNMENT REGULATION
Case Study: Treating Your Heirs Fairly see Economic Development; International see also Americans With Disabilities Act;
[Sep/p72] Trade & Investment Federal Mandates
What's So Special? [Oct/p71] 401(k) PLANS Head Of Small-Business Panel Vows War
Case Study: Undoing A Bad Decision see Retirement Plans On Federal Rules [Feb/p8]
[Oct/p73] FRANCHISING/LICENSING Challenges We Face: Regulatory And
Do-It-Yourself Family Meetings Franchising: Special Guide [ Jan/p49] Legal Tangles (Cover story)
[Nov/p72] The Decision To Franchise [Jan/p49] [Feb/p22]
Case Study: Drawn To A Different The Changing Landscape [ Jan/p54] Capitol Hill Successes [TBA:Feb/p4A]
Dream [Nov/p74] Direct Line: Getting A Product Into The Where I Stand: On Small-Business Issues
Forging Advisers Into A Team [Dec/p57] End Zone [Feb/p71] [Feb/p69]
Case Study: When Values Conflict Franchising: Special Guide [Apr/p68] Guide Outlines Priorities
[Dec/p59] The Hit Parade For 2000 [Apr/p68] [TBA:Mar/p2A]
FAMILY LEAVE Franchising: Special Guide [Jul/p49] 1996 How They Voted [TBA:Mar/Senate
see Employee Benefits Rejuvenated Resales [Jul/p49] p5A; House p9A]
FAX MACHINES & DOCUMENTS How Franchises Can Build Loyalty Readers' Views: Cut Red Tape! (Results
see also Offices; Telecommunication [Aug/pl7] of February poll) [Apr/p66]
The Fax May Not Suffice When A Rewarding Experience [Sep/p8] Chamber Pushes Paperwork Bill To Help
Contracts Are Signed [Feb/plO] Franchising: Special Guide [Oct/p65] Business [TBA:May:p6A]
A Power Tool For Messaging [Aug/p30] Building A Winner From Scratch Direct Line: The Rule Of Thumb: Timely
FEDERAL DEFICIT [Oct/p65] Shipments [Jun/p75]
see U.S.Govt.—Budget FRAUD Chamber Seeks To Close Loophole On
FEDERAL MANDATES see Crime Mandates [TBA:Jun/pl2A]
Business Urges Congress To Close FREETRADE Legislation Would Boost Accountability
Loophole In Unfunded-Mandates Law see International Trade & Investment Of Congress, Agencies For Rules'
[TBA:Apr/pl0A] FURNITURE Impact [TBA:Aug/pKA]
Chamber Seeks To Close Loophole On see Home Care, Decorations & OSHA Is Moving On Ergonomics Rule
Mandates [TBA:Jun/pl2A] Furnishings; Offices/Office Equipment [Aug/p29]
A Rule Mandating Safety And Health? The Big Switch (Cover story) [Sep/pl8|
[Sep/p28] Letters: Electricity Suppliers May Be
FINANCE COMPANIES Eager To Please [Oct/p4]
see Loans GAMBLING Letters: Unfair Competition? [Oct/p4]
FINANCIAL PLANNING (PERSONAL) Letters: Reasons To Be Wary Of An
Facing Up To A Loved One's Addiction
see Bankruptcy; Consultants; Estate Ergonomics Rule [Oct/p5]
[Sep/p70]
Planning; Investment (Individual); Corrections Day Produces A Victory
GAMES/HOBBIES
Securities Conversation Cards [Sep/p82] [Oct/p8]
FINANCIAL PROJECTION GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS Local Competition Is Still On Hold
Real Numbers Don't Deceive [Mar/p51] & TRADE (GATT) [Oct/p38]
FINANCIAL SERVICES see International Trade & Investment Deregulation Seminar Set
Asset Accounts Keep Cash Working GIFTS/GREETING CARDS/ [TBA:Oct/pl4A]
[Jul/p30] Letters: Utilities Are Proving That
NOVELTIES/TOYS
FINANCING Nothing Is Free [Nov/p6]
Family Attachments [Jan/p34]
see Capita] OSHA Rethinks Implementation Of
Burning Candles At Both Ends [Mar/p46]
FISCAL POLICY Record-Keeping Proposal [Nov/plO]
The Art Of Branching Out [ Apr/pl6]
see U.S. Govt.—Budget Editorial: Clean-Air Rules Should Be
You Didn't Know You Needed That?
FLEXTIME Delayed [Nov/p88]
[May/p76]
see also Employee Benefits; Employees; When Workers Have Mental Disabilities
Sweets For The Suite [ Jun/p69]
Management [Dec/p50]
Direct Line: Women Entrepreneurs
Workers' Desire For Time Off [Jun/p74] Cost-Benefit Measure Is Renewed
[Dec/p34] [TBA:Dec/p2A]
NB Tips: Avoid The Rush [Aug/pll ]
FLOWERS/PLA NTS/LANDSC A PING Senate Measure Would Improve
That Big Night [Aug/p64]
Getting To The Root Of Your Target Regulatory Process |TBA:Dcc/p7A|
Stocking Stuffers [Dec/p54]
Market [Jan/plO] Deregulation Seminar Set
GLOBAL WARMING
A Growth Industry [Jan/pl5] [TBA:Dec/pllA|
see Environment
Direct Line: Entrepreneur-ship In The GRASSROOTS ACTION
GOLD
Bud [Apr/p82] INFORMATION NETWORK (GAIN)
see Investment (Individual)
The Language Of Success [Aug/p56] Move Slowly On Health Care, Chamber
GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE
Stocking Stuffers [Dec/p54] Urges [TBA:Apr/p9A]
see also Economic Development
FOOD/BEVERAGE INDUSTRY & Business Urges Congress To Close
The SBA Steps To The Plate Amid
TRADE Loophole In Unfunded-Mandates Law
Midwest Flooding [Jun/p8]
see also Agribusiness; Restaurants [TBA:Apr/plOA]
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
Direct Line: Springing Into Action Chamber Cautions Against Binding
Capitol Hill Successes [TBA:Feb/p4A]
[Jan/p70] Restrictions On "Greenhouse Gases"
Business Victories In The Courts
NB Tip: The Cost Of Keeping Cold [TBA:Apr/plOA]
[TBA:Feb/p20A]
[Feb/pll] Testifying Before Congress
Verdict Is Still Out On Union-Only Effort
Capitol Hill Successes [TBA:Feb/p4A] [TBA:Apr/pllA]
[Aug/p8]
6 SUBJECT INDEX
INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT
ARRANGEMENTS (IRA)
Chamber Seeks Pension-Law Changes HEALTHCARE COSTS/ HOME CARE. DECORATION &
To Ease Burdens On Small Firms INSURANCE/PLANS FURNISHINGS
[TBA:Apr/pl2A] see also Employee Benefits; Health Sitting On Solid Ground [May/plO]
Product-Liability Reform Efforts Gain Insurance Reform; Medicare/ Direct Line: Furnishing Sales [Oct/p86]
Momentum [TBA:May/p7A] Medicaid;Workers Compensation HOME-EQUITY LOANS
Chamber Urges Enactment Of Limits Letters: Managed Care Provides see Loans
On Government Competition With Convenience, Not Savings [Feb/p5] HOME PARTIES
Firms [TBA:May/p7A] Challenges We Face: The Federal see Direct Selling
Coalition Urges Swift Legislative Action Safety Net (Cover story)[Feb/pl9] HONG KONG
To Save Ailing Medicare Program Readers' Views: Cut Red Tape! Hong Kong Policy Set; New Officers
[TBA:May/p8A] [Apr/p66] Take Helm [TBA:Apr/p3A]
Meet Transportation Act's Deadline, An Update On Health-Care Pools HONORS
Chamber Urges [TBA:Jun/p7A] [May/p51] see Awards/Honors
Health-Care Bills Would Expand Pooling Health Costs: Rising Again? [May/p52] HOTELS/MOTELS/INNS
Capability [TBA:Aug/p7A] How To Deduct 100% Of Health-Care see Travel/Tourism/Vacations
Legislation Would Boost Accountability Costs [May/p71] HOUSING
Of Congress, Agencies for Rules' Finding Coverage For Small Offices see Construction Industry; Real Estate
Impact | T BA:Aug/p8A ] [Jun/p30] HUMAN RESOURCES
Chamber-Backed Bills Would Benefit An Extra Layer Of Paperwork see also Employee Benefits, Employees,
Small Firms In Three Important [Aug/P28] Hiring & Firing
Ways [TBA:Aug/p8A] HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM A Helping Hand On Personnel [Aug/p38]
Measures Would Broaden Deductibility see also Health-Care Costs/Insurance Direct Line: Seeking Help On Human
Of Individual Retirement Accounts Capitol Hill Successes [TBA:Feb/p4A] Resources [Aug/p46|
[TBA:Aug/p9A] 1996 How They Voted [TBA: Mar/Senate Free Business Seminars Slated
Thank Senators Who Supported Comp- p5A, 6A, 7A; House plOA, 14A] [TBA:Aug/p6A]
Time Bill [TBA:Aug/plOA] Move Slowly On Health Care, Chamber Letters: More Help On Personnel
Legislation Could Improve Workplace Urges [TBA:Apr/p9A] [Sep/p6]
Safety And Health [TBA:Oct/p7A] Health-Care Bills Would Expand Pooling
Contact Lawmakers About Vote On Capability [TBA:Aug/p7A] I
China Trade Status [TBA:Oct/p8A] Clinton's 1998 Health-Care Plans Will
Chamber-Backed Bills Would Protect Face Chamber Opposition IDENTITY/IMAGE (COMPANY &
Firms That Use Environmental [TBA:Dec/plOA| PRODUCT)
Audits [TBA:Oct/plOA] HIGHWAYS Should You Change Your Company's
Senate Measure Would Improve see Construction Industry; Name? [Apr/pl3]
Regulatory Process [TBA:Dec/p7A] Infrastructure; Transportation IMMIGRATION
Chamber Invites Members to Serve On HIRING & FIRING Capitol Hill Successes [TBA:Feb/p4A]
Committees [TBA:Dec/p8A] see also Employees; Employment; Agency Testing Ways To Ease
Senate Bill To Update Species Act Wins Immigration Employment-Eligibility Checks
Chamber's Qualified Support It's Time To Line Up Your Summer [Nov/pl2]
[TBA:Dec/plOA] Interns [ Jan/p9] IMPORTING
Clinton's 1998 Health-Care Plans Will Casting The Net For Job Seekers see International Trade & Investment
Face Chamber Opposition [Mar/p28] INCOME TAX
[TBA:Dec7plOA| A Not-Too-Big City Shows Its Bright see also Business Taxes;Estate Planning;
GREETING CARDS Lights (Apr/pl2| Taxation; U.S.Covt.— Internal Revenue
see Gifts/Greeting Cards NB Tips: Campus Connection [May/pl4] Service; U.S. Tax Code
Avoiding Pink Slips [ Jun/p24]
Hiring Your Child: Tax Breaks And
A Helping Hand On Personnel [Aug/p38]
II Trade-Offs [Jun/p59]
Ignoring A Resume Can Prove Costly
Fly Now, Pay Later? [Jul/p27]
[Sep/p32]
HANDICAPPED Chamber-Backed Bills Would Benefit
Good Workers Hard To Find, Say U.S.
see also Americans With Disabilities Act Small Firms In Three Important
Direct Line: A Sheltered Workshop's Chamber Members [TBA:Oct/pl4A] Ways [TBA:Aug/p8A]
Search For Contracts [Apr/p83] Letters: Screening Job Candidates Saves Measures Would Broaden Deductibility
HARASSMENT In The Long Run [Nov/p6] Of Individual Retirement Accounts
Don't Get Caught In The Net's Web Agency Testing Ways To Ease [TBA:Aug/p9A]
[Mar/p22] Employment- Eligibility Checks An Arcane Levy Extends Its Reach
[Nov/pl2]
HATCH ACT [Nov/p29]
Reliable Sources Of New Employees
see Labor Law & Legislation Points For Paring Your Tax Bill
[Nov/plS]
HAZARDOUS WASTE [Dec/p30]
HISPANIC-AMERICANS
see also Environment INCORPORATION
see Minorities; Minority-Owned Business
Storage-Site Bill Advances see Corporations; Business
HLSTORY
[TBA:Jun/pl2A] Organization/Dissolution
Nuclear Waste Bill Passes Commentary: Governing In A New Era INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS
[TBA:Dec/p4A| [Mar/p70] see also Self-Employment
HEALTH CARE HOME-BASED BUSINESS/HOME Readers' Views: Cut Red Tape!
OFFICE
see also Health-Care Costs/Insurance; [Apr/p66]
see also Independent Contractors; Self-
Health Care Reform; Physical Chamber-Backed Bills Would Benefit
Employment; Working At Home
Fitness/Nutrition; Stress Small Firms In Three Important
Balancing Your Home Business [Apr/p56]
How Exercise Can Pay Off [Feb/p41] Ways [TBA:Aug/p8A]
Readers' Views: Cut Red Tape!
Travel "Insurance" In Two $60 Shots INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT
[Mar/p61] [Apr/p66] ARRANGEMENTS (IRA)
Getting To Sleep Away From Home Finding Coverage For Small Offices see also Pensions/Pension Hans;
[Jun/p52] [Jun/p30] Retirement; Retirement Plans
Shedding Light On Jet Lag [ Jun/p54] Letters: Some Additional Advice: Get Measures Would Broaden Deductibility
Cases Await Supreme Court Action: An Insurance Broker [Jul/p5] Of Individual Retirement Accounts
Medical Monitoring [TBA:Jun/pl4A| Letters: A One-Stop Insurer [Jul/p5] [TBA:Aug/p9A]
OSHA Is Moving On Ergonomics Rule Chamber-Backed Bills Would Benefit Points For Paring Your Tax Bill
[Aug/p29] Small Firms In Three Important [Dec/p30]
Ways [TBA:Aug/p8A| SIMPLE IRA Proves Popular [Nov/p43]
Redefining The Home-Office Deduction
[Sep/p30]
SUBJECT INDEX 7
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY INTERNET JOINT VENTURES
see Workplace Safety & Health see also Telecommunication see International Trade & Investment;
INFLATION Internet Presence Expands Special Advertising Sections portion of
see Economic Conditions & Forecasts [TBA:Feb/p3A] Index
INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY Making The Internet Work For You JUDICIAL SYSTEM
see Internet; Telecommunication (Cover story) [Mar/p6] see Liability/ Liability Insurance & Law;
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY The On-Line Lexicon [Mar/p8] Litigation
Going With The Flow [Jun/14] Choosing The Right Path To The Net
High-Tech Marketing Hits The Target [Mar/pl6] KEOGH PLANS
[Jun/p39] Untangling The Web For Retail Sales see Retirement Plans
INFRASTRUCTURE [Mar/p21]
see also Transportation Don't Get Caught In The Net's Web
Our Crumbling Infrastructure [ Jul/p24] [Mar/p22]
A Bridge To The Future [ Jul/p47 ] Getting Mileage From The Internet
LABELING
Readers' Views: Fix The Highways [Mar/p25]
see Packaging/Labeling
[Nov/p68] Casting The Net For Job Seekers
LABOR
INSURANCE [Mar/p28]
see also Employees; Organized Labor
see also Health-Care Costs/ Insurance; Washington Information Abounds On The Where I Stand: On Labor Issues
Liability/Liability Insurance & Law Internet [Mar/p30] [Nov/p69]
Long-Term Coverage Eligible For Tax Useful Web Sites For Small Companies LABOR LAW & LEGISLATION
Breaks [Feb/p62] [Mar/p33] see also Employee Benefits
Insuring Your Earning Power [Apr/p75] Bound For The Internet [Mar/p34] 1996 How They Voted [TBA:Mar/Senate
Finding Coverage For Small Offices The Wired World Of Investment p7A]
[Jun/p30] Information [Mar/p58] Editorial: Flexibility On Overtime Rules
Direct Line: Left In The Dark On Power Where I Stand: On The Internet Is Overdue [Apr/p84]
Failures [Jun/p74] [Mar/p69] Comp-Time Action Urged
Letters: Some Additional Advice: Get Finding Angels On The Internet [TBA:May/plA]
An Insurance Broker [ Jul/p5] [Apr/p78] TEAM Measure At Key Stage
Letters: A One-Stop Insurer [Jul/p5] Letters: Trade-Group Web Sites And [TBA:Jun/p4A]
It Pays To Review Travel Coverage Internet Security [May/p6] LABOR UNIONS
[Sep/p32] Letters: A More-Global Reach [May/p6] see Organized Labor;
Direct Line: Getting A Line On Liability The Internet In Print [ May/p59] Labor Law & Legislation
Coverage [Sep/p87] Readers' Views: Mixed Results On The LAND USE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Internet [May/p66] see Environment
Don't Get Caught In The Net's Web Freedom Of Speech At Issue In Courts LANDSCAPING
[Mar/p22] [TBA:May/p5A] see Flowers/Plants/ Landscaping
INTEREST RATES Courses Offered On The Internet LASER TECHNOLOGY
see Economic Conditions & Forecasts [TBA:May/pl4A] At The Speed Of Light [Feb/pl4]
INTERIOR DESIGN Poll Responses Can Be Filed Using LAUNDRY/HRY-CLEANING
Getting To The Root Of Your Target Internet [TBA:Jun/p2A] SERVICES
Market [Jan/plO] Finding More By Seeing Less [Aug/p30] Direct Line: Bring In The Laundry
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE Dialing Up Savings On The Internet [Dec/p74]
see U.S.Govt-Internal Revenue Service [Aug/p41] LAW ENFORCEMENT
INTERNATIONAL TRADE & On-Line Catalog Available see Security Systems/Law Enforcement
INVESTMENT [TBA:Aug/pl5A] LAWS & LEGISLATION (FEDERAL)
The Benefits Of Staying Home [Feb/p6] NB Tips: SCORE Gets Wired [Oct/pl3] see also Labor Law & Legislation;
Challenges We Face: Trade Obstacles Chamber Wins Supreme Court Cases Liability/Liability Insurance & Law
(Cover story)[Feb/p27] [TBA:Oct/p6A] Look For A More Pragmatic Congress
Capitol Hill Successes [TBA:Feb/p4A] Letters: Translating The "Gibberish" Of [Jan/p25]
Direct Line: Making A Run For The IRS Audit Guides [Nov/p7] Readers' Views: Full Speed Ahead
Border [Mar/p66] Trade Links Via the Internet [Dec/p51] (Results of November, 1996 poll)
Letters: A More-Global Reach [May/p6] Creating An Export-Friendly Site [Jan/p56]
Chamber Urges Specific Trade Goals [Dec/pSl| Where I Stand: On Major Economic
[TBA:May/p4A] INVENTORS/INVENTIONS Issues [ Jan/p57]
Group To Push Eurasia Trade see also Patents/Copyright/Trademarks Where I Stand: On Small-Business Issues
[TBA:May/pl2A] Black Gold And True Grit [Mar/p35] [Feb/p69]
Letters: Are The GATT Signators Living INVENTORY MANAGEMENT Capitol Hill Successes [TBA:Feb/p4A]
Up To The Pact? [ Jun/p5] Having The Right Part At Your Service Business Bills Top Lists [TBA:Mar/p2A]
China's Trade Status In Jeopardy [Jun/pll] Guide Outlines Priorities
[TBA:Jun/p5A] Direct Line: Keeping Parts In The [TBA:Mar/p2A]
Business Wins On China Trade Pipeline [ Jul/p67] 1996 How They Voted: Second Session
[TBA:Aug/p5A] Tax Options For Handling Obsolete 104th Congress [TBA:Mar/p3A]
Globe-trotting From Home Base Inventories [Dec/p25] Checks, Balances And The CPI [Apr/ 34]
[Oct/p6] INVESTMENT (INDIVIDUAL) Postal Reform [Apr/p41] P
Overseas Expansion: An Opening see also Art/Photography; Securities Readers' Views: Cut Red Tape! (Results
Question [Oct/pl3] The Wired World Of Investment of February poll) [Apr/p66]
Contact Lawmakers About Vote On Information [Mar/p58] Chamber Sets Sights On Legislative
China Trade Status [TBA:Oct/p8A] Brokerage Accounts Jazz Up 401(k) Goals (TBA:Apr/p3A |
Prospects Remain Uncertain For Fast- Plans [May/p721 Business Urges Congress To Close
Track Trade Bill [Nov/10] Are Savings Bonds Good Investments? Loophole In Unfunded-Mandates Law
A Simplified Route To Markets Abroad [Sep/p40] [TBA:Apr/plOA]
[Nov/p46] Chamber Seeks Pension-Law Changes To
Being A Winner In Global Trade J - K Ease Burdens On Small Firms
[Dec/p6] [TBA:Apr/pl2A]
A Code-Red Issue In Communications JAPAN Action Urged On Trust-Funds Bill
[Dec/p46] Letters: A Perspective Seldom Found In (TBA:Apr/pl4A|
Trade Links Via The Internet [Dec/p51] Japan [Mar/p4] Deposit Rule Relief Sought
Software With A Worldview [Dec/p53] JOB TRAINING [TBA:Apr/pl4A]
U.S. Trade Boosted [TBA:Dec/plA] see Education/Job Training Budget Proposal Defeated
[TBA:Apr/pl4A]
8 SUBJECT INDEX
MANDATES
Comp-Time Action Urged LEGAL SERVICES Utters: Another Success Story For SBA
[TBA:May/plA] see Litigation Microloans [Apr/p8]
Chamber Pushes Paperwork Bill To Help LESHER. RICHARD L. Rebounding With A Nonbank Loan
Business [TBA:May/p6A] Usher Announces He'll Uave This [Apr/p52]
Product-Liability Reform Efforts Gain Year [TBA:Apr/p2A] One Giant Step Toward A Loan
Momentum [TBA:May/p7A] Editorial: Changing Of The Business [Aug/p34] Correction [Oct/p47]
Chamber Urges Enactment Of Limits Guard [Aug/p62] SBA Gives Women A Foot In The Door
On Government Competition With Board Thanks Usher [TBA:Aug/plA] [Dec/p44]
Firms [TBA:May/p7A | Usher Book Available In Paperback LUGGAGE
Coalition Urges Swift Legislative Action [TBA:Aug/p6A] see Aircraft/ Airplanes/ Airports;
To Save Ailing Medicare Program A Wide-Ranging Influence T ra vei/Tourism/Vacations
[TBA:May/plOA] [TBA:Aug/pl2A]
Term-Limit Amendment Fails LIABILITY/LIABILITY INSURANCE & M
[TBA:May/pllA| LAW
Contact Lawmakers About Vote Challenges We Face: Regulatory And MALCOLM BALDR1GE NATIONAL
[TBA:May/pl3A] Legal Tangles (Cover story) QUALITY AWARDS
Bill Nears Senate Vote [TBA:Jun/p4A] [Feb/p22] NB Tip: Baldrige Award Examiners
TEAM Measure At Key Stage Business Victories In The Courts [Nov/pl5]
|TBA:Jun/p4A| [TBA:Feb/p20A] MAGAZINES/NEWSLETTERS/
Meet Transportation Act's Deadline, 1996 How They Voted [TBA:Mar/Senate NEWSPAPERS
Chamber Urges [TBA:Jun/p7A] p5A; House plOA]
see also Electronic News Services;
Storage-Site Bill Advances Letters: Punitive Damages A Problem In
Printing/Publishing
[TBA:Jun/pl2A] Alabama [Apr/p8]
The Internet In Print [May/p59]
Pension Changes Simmering In Congress Product-Liability Reform Efforts Gain
New Publication [TBA:Jun/plSA]
[Jul/p20] Momentum [TBA:May/p7A]
MAIL SERVICES
Much Is At Stake In Highway Bill Finding Coverage For Small Offices
see Delivery & Mail Services;
[Jul/p22] [Jun/p30]
U.S. Postal Service
Breaks For Small Business At Stake In Bill Nears Senate Vote |TBA:Jun/p4A |
MAILING LISTS/MAIL-ORDER
Tax Negotiations [Aug/p8] Chamber Litigation Center Wins Again
BUSINESS
Editorial: Reasonable Product-Liability In Punitive-Damages Case
see Direct Marketing
Reform [Sep/p88] [TBA:Aug/p3A] MAINTENANCE
Corrections Day Produces A Victory Direct Line: Getting A Handle On see Cleaning/ Maintenance
[Oct/p8] Liability Coverage [Sep/p87] MALPRACTICE CLAIMS
Lawmakers Propose IRS Restructuring Editorial: Reasonable Product-Liability see Liability/Liability Insurance & Law
[Oct/plO] Reform [Sep/p88] MANAGED HEALTH CARE
Editorial: Protect The Promise Of The Chamber Wins Supreme Court Cases see Health Care; Health-Care Costs/
New Fiscal Policies [Oct/p88] [TBA:Oct/p6A] Insurance/Plans; Health Insurance
Legislation Could Improve Workplace Take Care To Avoid Liability Traps Reform
Safety And Health [TBA:Oct/p7A] [Nov/p32] MANAGEMENT
Chamber-Backed Bills Would Protect Events That Can Trigger Liability see also Arbitration/Mediation; Business
Firms That Use Environmental JNov/p34] Strategies; Communication;
Audits [TBA:Oct/plOA] Letters: Confessions Of A Nanomanager Corporations; Cost Management;
Prospects Remain Uncertain For Fast- [Dec/p4] Employees; Employment; Hiring &
Track Trade Bill [Nov/plO] LICENSES Firing; Liability/Liability Insurance &
Senate Action Expected On Endangered- see Franchising/Licensing Law; Wages/Salaries/Fees
Species Law [Dec/p8] LIMITED-LIABILITY COMPANIES Utters: The Generation X Files [Jan/p4]
Bill Targets Fines By OSHA Inspectors see also Corporations; Liability/Liability Letters: Mixing Golf And Business Has
[Dec/p8] Insurance & Law Its Handicaps [Feb/p4]
Workers' Desire For Time Off Choose Your Firm's Classification When Workers Are Good Soldiers
[Dec/p34] [Jul/p26] [Feb/p50]
Editorial: An Excellent Opportunity To LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS Useful Web Sites For Small Companies
Reform The IRS [Dec/p76] see Partnerships/Alliances [Mar/p33]
U.S. Trade Boosted [TBA:Dec/plA] LITERACY Real Numbers Don't Deceive [Mar/p51]
Highway Bill Pushed [TBA:Dec/pl4A| see Education/Job Training Balancing Your Home Business [Apr/p56]
Chamber Urges Action On OSHA Bill LITIGATION You Gotta Have Art [May/pl6]
[TBA:Dec/pl5A] see also Arbitration/ Mediation Leadership For The New Age (Cover
LAWS & LEGISLATION (STATE) Business Victories In The Court story) [May/pl8]
see State Concerns & Initiatives [TBA:Feb/p20A] How To Motivate Low-Wage Workers
LAYOFFS Cases Await Supreme Court Action [May/p35]
Avoiding Pink Slips [ Jun/p22] (Medical Monitoring; Class-Action Bart Simpson, Guru ... [May/p76]
A Creative Way To Avoid Layoffs Suits; Union Recognition) Executive "Temps" Cut Costs [Jun/p61]
[Aug/p6] [TBA:Jun/pl4A] Utters: The Importance Of New
LEADERSHIP Court to Decide Key Cases: Expert Management Strategies [Jul/p4]
see also Business Strategies; Family Scientific Testimony Family-Owned, Professionally Managed
Business; Management [TBA:Dec/pl3A] |Aug/p43]
Riding Into The Sunrise [Mar/p44] LIVESTOCK Sharing The Wealth—Of Information
Letters: O'Brian Foundation Is A Vital see Agribusiness [Sep/pl4]
Program [May/p8] LIVING WILLS Leading By Example May Help Promote
Letters: From Tiny Acorns... [May/p8] see Estate Planning Worker Honesty [Sep/pl6]
Leadership For The New Age (Cover LOANS Building A Health Company Culture
story) [May/pl8| see also Banks/Banking; Capital; [Sep/p57]
A Guru Ahead Of Her Time [May/p24] Credit; Credit Cards & Accounts; Staying In Step With The Firm's Mission
Letters: With The Secret Out, A Touch Economic Development; Venture Capital [Ocl/pl2]
Of Sadness [Jun/p4] Correction: Sorry, Wrong Number Letting Go Of The Details |Nov/p50)
Letters: Bullish On A Program For (Phone number in September 1996 Do-It-Yourself Family Meetings
Tomorrow's Leaders [Jun/p4] cover story) [Jan/p5] [Nov/p72]
Utters: Missing Integrity? [Jul/p4] Uans With Interest—And Principle Letters: Confessions Of A Nanomanager
LEASES & LEASING/RENTALS [Jan/p22] [Dec/p4]
Leasing Passes The Road Test [May/p54] SBA Microloans Fuel Big Ideas [Feb/p34] MANDATES
Direct Line: Rolling Out Rental Cars Lending With A Personal Touch see Federal Mandates
[Nov/p861 [Mar/p42]
Getting A Grip On Your Lease [Dec/p48]
SUBJECT INDEX 9
MANUFACTURING
MANUFACTURING MINORITIES NUTRITION
A System For Developing Workers' Reaching Hispanics Relatives Back Home see Food/Beverage Industry & Trade;
Technical Skills [Jan/plO] [Jul/p9] Health Care; Physical Fitness/Nutrition
The Benefits Of Staying Home [Feb/p6] Language Of Success (Aug/p56|
Sitting On Solid Ground [May/plO] MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESS O
A Vintage Approach To Technology Lending With A Personal Touch
[Jun/p6] [Mar/p42]
OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS &
MARKET RESEARCH/MARKETING NB Tips: Directory Assistance
INJURIES
see also Advertising; Direct Mail; Direct [May/pl4]
see U.S. Govt.—Occupational Health &
Selling; Sales/Selling Happiness Is A Screen Process [Jul/p6]
Safety Administration; Workplace Safety
Getting To The Root Of Your Target Family-Owned, Professionally Managed
& Health
Market [Jan/plO] [Aug/p43]
OFFICES/OFFICE EQUIPMENT.
NB Tip: Reaching Home Shoppers Designing Big Dreams [Aug/p57]
FURNITURE & SUPPLIES
(Jan/plO] Direct Line: Funding For Minority
see also Computers/Software
Capturing Customers With TV Retailing Firms [Sep/p86]
How To Cut Office Equipment's
[Feb/p29] MISSION STATEMENTS
Operating Costs; Turn It Off
Not Just An Ordinary Joe (Feb/p44| see Company Policies; Business Plans;
[Sep/pl4]
Making The Internet Work For You Management
Applying Postage With A Keystroke
(Cover story) [Mar/p6] MONEY-MARKET FUNDS [Dec/p56]
Useful Web Sites For Small Companies see Securities OLDER ADULTS
[Mar/p33] MORALE see also Medicaid/ Medicare; Social
Sitting On Solid Ground [May/plO] see Motivation Security; Retirement
Direct Line: A Printing Brokerage MORTGAGES How To Reach Older Consumers
Needs A Strategy [May/p83] see Loans; Real Estate [Jun/p35]
How To Reach Older Consumers MOTELS ONLINE SERVICES
[Jun/p35] see Hotels/Motels/Inns see Telecommunication
High-Tech Marketing Hits The Target MOTION PICTURES OPTIONS TRADING
[Jun/p39] see Entertainment see Securities
Reaching Hispanics' Relatives Back MOTIVATION ORGANIZED LABOR
Home [ Jul/p9| Parents' Day At The Office Is A Team see also Labor Law & Legislation
A Rewarding Experience [Sep/p8] Builder [May/p 141 Editorial: A Victory For Growth,
A Direct Route To Customers [Sep/p46| How To Motivate Low-Wage Workers Jobs—And Integrity [Jan/p72]
The Heat Is On (Cover story) [Oct/pl4] [May/p35] Business Victories In The Courts
Corrections [Nov/p7] Avoiding Pink Slips [Jun/p24] [TBA:Feb/p20A]
Direct Line: Furnishing Sales [Oct/p86] Letters: Respect And Recognition Are Labor's New Assault (Cover story)
Tactics For Attracting The College Seen As Givens [Jul/p4] [Jun/pl6]
Crowd [Dec/plO] Staying In Step With The Firm's Mission Editorial: Organized Labor's Growing
Taking Guesswork Out Of Pricing |Oct7pl2|
Militancy [Jun/p76]
[Dec/p27] MOVING/STORAGE Chamber Helps Sink Labor Order
MARRIAGE/DIVORCE see Relocation
[TBA:Jun/p3A]
Make Your Family Business "Divorce- MUNICIPAL BONDS
Cases Await Supreme Court Action:
Proof" [ Jan/p64] see Securities
Union Recognition [TBA:Jun/pl4A]
MATERNITY & PATERNITY LEAVES MUSIC
Utters: Unions Pour On The "Salt" And
see Employee Benefits see also Compact Disc Industry; Leave A Bad Taste [Aug/p4]
MEASUREMENTS Entertainment Utters: The Economic Viewpoint
see Standards/Measurements Direct Line: A Sound Enterprise [Aug/p4]
MEDIATION [Jan/p70] Utters: A Web Of Hypocrisy [Aug/p4]
see Arbitration/Mediation/ Negotiation Direct Line: The Music Is In The Mail Utters: No Assault In Sight [ Aug/p4]
MED1CA ID/MEDICARE JAug/p47] Verdict Is Still Out On Union-Only Effort
see also Health-Care Costs/Insurance Horns Of Plenty [ Aug/p58] [Aug/p8]
Where I Stand: Is America Ready? MUTUAL FUNDS Where I Stand: On Labor Issues
[Jan/p85] see Securities [Nov/p69]
Challenges We Face: The Federal Safety Court To Decide Key Cases: Union
Net (Cover storyXFeb/pl9] N Recognition [TBA:Dec/pl2A]
Readers' Views: Stay On Budget OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS
[Mar/p68] NATIONAL CHAMBER LITIGATION see Independent Contractors;
Coalition Urges Swift Legislative Action CENTER (NCLO Self-Employment
To Save Ailing Medicare Program Freedom Of Speech At Issue In Courts OWNERSHIP
[TBA:May/plOA] [TBA:May/p5A] see Employee Stock Ownership/Profit-
MEETINGS Chamber Litigation Center Wins Again Sharing; Family Business
see Management
In Punitive-Damages Case
MENTAL HEALTH
[TBA:Aug/p3A]
see Health Insurance Reform
NATIONAL DEBT
MENTOR PROGRAMS
Taking Care Of Local Business [ Jul/p421 see U.S. Govt—Budget PACKAGING/LABELING
Utters: Correcting The Record On NATIONAL GUARD The Dog Ate My Shipment! [Dec/p36|
Program's Sponsors [Sep/p7] see Military Installations & Services Tips For Avoiding Package Purgatory
MERGERS NEGOTIATION [Dec/p37]
see Arbitration/ Mediation/Negotiation PAPERWORK REDUCTION
see Acquisitions/Divestitures/Mergers
NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE see Government Regulation
MEXICO
AGREEMENT (NAFTA) PARENTAL LEAVE
Direct Line: Making A Run For The
Business Calls For NAFTA Action see Employee Benefits
Border [Mar/p66]
[TBA:May/p4A] PARTNERSHIPS/ALLIANCES
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS &
NOVELTIES see also Charitable Organizations &
SERVICES
see Gifts/Greeting Cards/Novelties/Toys Donations/Community Service/
When Workers Are Good Soldiers
NURSES/NURSING Volunteerism
[Feb/p50]
see also Health Care Keeping Assets In The Family [ Jul/p25]
MINIMUM WAGE
Corrections Day Produces A Victory Choose Your Firm's Tax Classification
see Wages/Salaries/Fees
[Oct/p8] [Jul/p26]
10 SUBJECT INDEX