On behalf of the entire team at Discovery Bay Group L.L.C. and the Small Business Mole we would like to express our deepest thanks to all our men and women in the armed forces. The bravery, commitment, and abilities you show in protecting all of us is a debt we can never adequately repay.
We also say a prayer for all the families who have lost loved ones while serving their country.
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WASHINGTON - Barack Obama rode a wave of economic discontent to the White House and now faces the daunting task of turning the weakening economy around.
A case of postelection nerves sent Wall Street plunging Wednesday as investors absorbed a stream of bad economic news and wondered how an Obama presidency will help the country weather a possibly severe recession.
The Dow Jones industrials fell nearly 500 points, and all the major indexes tumbled more than 5 percent.
Thank goodness it’s Friday. For those of us that have put a little of our blood, sweat, and tears, in the stock market or in mutual funds its been necessary to drink strong coffee over the past few months with the extreme roller coaster ride we have had in most of financial markets.
The good news is maybe we can all sleep a little better this weekend given the recent actions proposed by the federal government and the small rebound we have been seeing in the market. I for one am going to take some time on Sunday to increase my alcoholic intake a little while watching some football. I don’t even care who wins. 
Have a good weekend.
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Pentagon 9/11 Memorial Dedicated in ‘Changed World’
By Al Pessin
Pentagon
11 September 2008
On the seventh anniversary of the September 11 attacks, thousands of people gathered outside the Pentagon as President Bush dedicated a memorial to the 184 people who died there. VOA’s Al Pessin attended the Pentagon ceremony.
By: The Small Business Mole
We have posted a new video on tips you need to know when running a small business from home. Just go to our educational section and click on “Home Business Startup Notice”.
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By: The Small Business Mole
We have added a budget excel spread sheet that is in our forms and materials section. We are not sure where this came from or we would provide the link. Take a look and download if you need it.The formulas are in all you have to do is download and adjust categories to the names you want. The name of the file is: Budget.xls
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By: Score
http://www.score.org
A comprehensive planning document to help Non-Profit Small Businesses through the initial planning process. Look under Pages and click on forms and materials look in materials section for scorenp.pdf file and just download and read.
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We have added a new video under our education section. It will give you and your small business some important tips on how to setup, run, and pay taxes without any hassle.
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As a stand up comic Milton Berle said, “A merchant knew that business was pretty bad when a kid recently walked into the store and asked the clerk if he had any empty boxes and the clerk gave him the cash register.” So we have posted a great training podcast today that gives you some good tips on how to Create a Business Plan in an attempt to help keep your register full.
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We know that getting off on the right foot during the year by having a system to keep records up to date and then also dealing with each years tax time can be really tough and tiring. so we have added a great little IRS tax training video that helps you setup the proper tax filing system based on your small business structure. Look for tax tips under our education page.
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