Standing before a phalanx of potential investors, three young women make the case for their high-end day care concept. They’ve written a 37-page business plan, and they confidently whip through a PowerPoint about their mission, budget, and marketing plan.
Welcome to “The Pitch” – a culminating event for juniors at Fenway High School in Boston. In [...]

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, [...]

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The e-mails were from John Kastelein, the lead author of the Vytorin study, to an executive at Schering-Plough, one of the two companies that market the drug. Vytorin is a combination of the statin medication Zocor and a different cholesterol-lowering drug, Zetia.
Kastelein asks if it’s true that Schering-Plough is not going to [...]