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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. A business (also called a company, enterprise or firm) is a legally recognized organization designed to provide goods and/or services to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, most being privately owned and formed to earn profit that will increase the wealth of its owners and grow the business itself. The owners and operators of a business have as one of their main objectives the receipt or generation of a financial return in exchange for work and acceptance of risk. Notable exceptions include cooperative enterprises and state-owned enterprises. Businesses can also be formed not-for-profit or be state-owned. The etymology of "business" relates to the state of being busy either as an individual or society as a whole, doing commercially viable and profitable work. The term "business" has at least three usages, depending on the scope — the singular usage (above) to mean a particular company or corporation, the generalized usage to refer to a particular market sector, such as "the music business" and compound forms such as agribusiness, or the broadest meaning to include all activity by the community of suppliers of goods and services. However, the exact definition of business, like much else in the philosophy of business, is a matter of debate and complexity of meanings From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  dl.ccc.cccd.edu 377px x 500px | 83.30kB [source page] Examines contemporary business elements from internal functions to the challenges of business on an international scale Covers American business foundation and From Yahoo Image Search: "business"  insuranceagentwebdirectory.com admin Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:22:05 GM Small . business. marketing strategies are a breed of their own, and not something that can be easily or effectively spun off of the marketing.  blog.cleveland.com Peter Krouse, The Plain Dealer Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:00:00 GM Crackdown on . business. owners reflects change in immigration enforcement. By Peter Krouse, The Plain Dealer. March 08, 2010, 6:00AM. cleveland, Ohio -- The owner of eight Casa Fiesta Mexican restaurants across northern Ohio pleaded ...  byronnews.com.au unknown ue, 09 Mar 2010 04:18:17 GM Companies were caught unprepared for a surge in . business. confidence and conditions in February, which hit a three-month high. From Google Blog Search: "business"  news.google.com Seattle Times What: EnergySavvy.com, based in Seattle Who: Aaron Goldfeder, 34, co-founder and CEO Mission: Provide information to help homeowners increase. ... and more » news.google.com MarketWatch (press release) SuperGen, Inc. Timothy L. Enns, 925-560-2810 Senior Vice President Corporate Communications & Business Development or Susanna Chau, ... and more » news.google.com Wall Street Journal Of companies in the spotlight, American International Group Inc. (AIG) reached a deal to sell its second-largest foreign life insurance business , ... Futures Point to Flat Open Wall Street Journal all 185 news articles » From Google News Search: "business" What is a business that can not be enhanced by the internet called? Q. I am doing a research paper in which I am going to discuss E-commerce and internet businesses versus anti-internet businesses only that is not a real word. So please DON'T give me an obvious and idiotic answer like "business." I am looking for businesses that do/can not use the internet to greatly benefit themselves. thank you!! thank you, after doing some work i remembered brick-AND-Mortar businesses. Asked by Bleach - Tue Feb 24 20:43:10 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. You may need to separate "Internet" and "E-Commerce" into distinctly different roles. Every business on the planet would benefit from an "Internet" presence, because of the potential mass exposure. The internet allows a business a space to educate its ideal consumer about the companies product and service. The whole point of being in business is to make and keep customers...so being exposed to as many potential customers as possible, is a massive advantage upgrade. E-Commerce...I think this is where you are trying to identify a company which would not benefit from "Purchase" transactions over the internet...and again...as I sit here I am having difficulty thinking how this would not benefit any company. If something comes to mind I will… [cont.] Answered by Doran P - Tue Feb 24 20:57:17 2009 What type of business should I mark my business to operate as? Q. I'm almost done with my business plan. I'm stuck on something. I don't know sould I operate my business as a Corporation or Sole Prietorship if I'm planning to run a photography and graphic designing business with employees I'm planning to hire which will include a secretary, assistant, graphic designer and a beautican. Please help I'm planning to open and start at the beginning to 2010. Asked by L Ant - Tue Dec 15 16:58:26 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. First off, let me congratulate on your business venture. I'm so excited for you because of the strong passion I have for business and hopefully you will gain one to. I wish you the best of luck and I hope to quickly here from you about the success you are having with your company. From personal experience this will be a task you won't regret, but at the same time please understand that it will be challenging. Now to answer your question on if you should operate a business as a corporation or sole prietorship, you first need to understand the difference between a corporation and a sole prietorship. If you chose to go the sole prietorship option, than a question u need to be prepared to answer is are you willing to put up personal assets… [cont.] Answered by glenn w - Tue Dec 15 21:01:03 2009 I want to start a business. But what kind of business i should go on with?
Q. I am 21 years old. I have a ambition of starting my own business. To take a first step into business world, i would like to start something small. But, i am looking for more ideas so that i can choose best out of it. So, i just need your help. Do you have any idea on what business i should go on with? Asked by thoufic r - Fri Nov 9 08:34:58 2007 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments A. check out It list different business ideas with links to guides on how to start them Answered by Danah R - Sun Nov 11 00:42:42 2007 From Yahoo Answer Search: "business" Business is the "art" of making money by selling things or services people want for more than their cost. - Patrick Dixon Sourced
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