(Akiit.com) Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan has confirmed that he is looking to run for House speaker when current Speaker Paul Ryan departs at the end of the year. This puts Jordan up alongside the other principal candidates, current Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., whom Ryan has endorsed as his successor, ...
(Akiit.com) So, you want to be a great entrepreneur? Some people are born with an entrepreneurial spirit, but you don’t have to be a natural entrepreneur – you can teach yourself to become one. If you read enough books, watch enough YouTube videos and attend enough seminars, you could become an ...
(Akiit.com) Is your business not growing as fast as you would like it to? Perhaps you just want to be sure that you’re not doing anything to jeopardize the progression of your business. There are a number of things that can hold your business back if you’re not aware of them. ...
(Akiit.com) Celebrities and huge companies aren’t the only ones who benefit from a good public relations campaign. Smart workers and business owners employ a public relations strategy of their own. Do you have one? Good PR will help you develop and grow relationships, gain more influence on the job, and land ...
(Akiit.com) Nearly seven years ago, Congress fought for and won enactment of reforms that would help ensure that everyone would play by the same financial rules. The promise to the nation was that the days of ignoring the long-term health of the national economy as an excuse to justify lucrative and ...
(Akiit.com) In business, as in virtually everything else, communication is key. The ability to communicate can keep our businesses going, but the ability to communicate efficiently and effectively can be what makes it run with increased productivity which in turn can help to facilitate long term growth. But in an era ...
(Akiit.com) It takes a lot of courage for a president to target almost a quarter of the federal budget for reform in an election year. But this is exactly what President Trump is doing with his executive order, “Reducing Poverty in America by Promoting Opportunity and Economic Mobility.” We’re now spending ...
(Akiit.com) The cable bill was the last straw, says Kristin Tate. “That’s the one that really made me mad.” Comcast included $36 in charges for mysterious things like “utility tax” and “government access fee.” That motivated her to research obscure taxes and put what she learned in a new book, “How ...
(Akiit.com) Your business vision is the promise you make your customers and your employees to offer them the best possible services. For many, a vision acts like an empowering quote: It describes what could be if all the conditions were reunited. But as a business owner, your vision needs to more ...
(Akiit.com) Donald Trump achieved the presidency telling the American people he would “Make America Great Again.” Given that during eight years of Barack Obama’s presidency there was not a single year in which national satisfaction, as measured by Gallup, averaged above 30 percent, tapping into Americans’ general dissatisfaction with the state ...
(Akiit.com) The Fair Housing Act was passed a week after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. President Lyndon Johnson encouraged Congress to pass the legislation as a tribute to the slain civil rights ladder, who, along with several civil rights organizations (including the NAACP), strongly supported the act. African American ...
(Akiit.com) In 1959, the late Dinah Washington (1924-1963) won a Grammy Award for her R&B hit song, “What a Difference a Day Makes.” The song tells the story of how a blossoming romance dramatically changed life – for the better. Its last lyrics conclude that “the difference is you.” When I ...