When even the experts can’t agree on what the future holds, the planning process – usually involving an annual budget, cash flow forecast, marketing plan and business plan – can baffle even the most experienced business owner.
Business owners must find a way to plan their way past potential threats in the form of interest rates, [...]

Ahead of Japanese-hosted summit, Japan puts ban on nuclear proliferation high on priority list. Other issues include food crisis, Middle East talks, Afghanistan war, Darfur.
The summit of the group of eight industrialized nations (G8) will be held in the Japanese Island of Hokkaido on July 7-9, focusing on the global efforts to prevent the distribution [...]

“I’m having trouble making my truck payments,” he said.
While motorists grumble about the soaring cost of gas, truckers are downright fuming at record-high diesel prices.
Last week, diesel topped $4 a gallon at U.S. pumps and averaged a little more than $4 at Orlando-area stations, according to the travel group AAA. Diesel prices have jumped about [...]

He was elated about living on Maui and being reunited with his black, super-size pickup truck, which just arrived from Colorado, but he wasn’t so thrilled about paying nearly $4 for a gallon of regular.While the price of oil climbs above $110 a barrel, most Americans dread the day they will have to pay $4. [...]