Q&As

The benefits of owning a small business are many. They include being your own boss, making decisions on your own, and providing for your own financial future.

Kraft Foods will cut 8,000 jobs, close 20 production plants and cut another 10% of its SKUs in an effort to keep streamlining costs to improve earnings.

Home Depot is giving one consumer a chance to train with one of 33 Olympians who work for the company.

Namco Bandai Games America, Inc. is rolling out a multi-million dollar marketing and promotional campaign with a host of partners to generate buzz around its new video game Curious George, which hits stores today.

ConAgra Foods Inc.’s Slim Jim and MasterCard International are getting a piece of the action under a new sponsorship of the Dew Action Sports Tour.

Retailer Build-A-Bear Workshop is on the hunt for a few good heroes—children who demonstrate extraordinary service to their local communities.

E-mail newsletters have become a popular customer retention tool. They are being sent by everyone from Red Lobster to American Express, and the purpose is not to sell, but to provide readers with useful and enjoyable content. But e-zines are not the only electronic delivery vehicle for these ongoing communications.

Eastman Kodak Co. knows the importance of capturing memories—especially at historic events.

In the span of a month, beach locales such as Panama City and Daytona in Florida, South Padre Island in Texas, as well as offshore hotspots like Cancun and the islands of the Caribbean will swell with