Ashley Furniture Industries is the largest privately-held furniture manufacturer in the US.

Furniture Brands is the largest publicly traded manufacturer and marketer of residential furniture in the United States.

Good Answer. Vote for the first answer please.

especially when relating to a distributorship agreement

For Gods Sake pick there answer already!! Its been 3 Months !!! How long do they have to wait??

Do the Right thing!! *RZ*

I think it means that the "agent" is only acting as a middle-man in terms of putting the two parties together. The two end parties will transact directly. HTH

I think you both mean entrepreneur. An entrepreneur is a person who organizes and assumes the risk of a business or enterprise.

An intrapreneur is someone that starts a company by developing an initiative within another company. Often, if the idea is successful, the company may spin off the company as a separate entity. 3M, GE, HP and Dupont are all famous for their intraprenuership initiatives.

I don't think we will see gas at that level ever again. I'd expect that alternative energy sources could be developed but by the time they are, inflation will have raised prices too.

Wired currently has a story on why high gas prices may be better for the United States. It may be worth reading.

as soon as you find out the price of tea in CHINA.

I doubt it. Unless the time machine is ever invented.

I'm a jeweler and one of my co-workers confided in me that she gets a manicure every Sunday. I was a little surprised that she was able to afford it (her husband works two jobs, so does she, and they are over their heads in debt). She just said plain and simply that she "writes them off as a business expense on [her] taxes".

Is that even legal??? I can paint my own nails, so I have no interest in doing it. But... if it's illegal, I don't want to get in trouble by association or something.
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For such an expense and for that matter any expense the taxpayer would be required to show that the expense was customary and necessary for the type of business the taxpayer is making the claim. If every jeweler in your city required that their female employees have manicured nails you may have a chance. It is unlikely that your friend will meet this standard if they are audited. However if they are never audited or hide the expense there is little that will occur to them. In either case you are not going to get into trouble for knowing that information unless you denied it to Federal Investigators if they asked you during an investigation.
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Depending on what she does for a living it could be legal, like she's a hand model, etc. But if her job does not relate directly to the appearance of her hands, then it is not legal. She's probably calling the expenses something else other than manicure on her return because you don't submit actual receipts when you file business expenses. The only way she can get caught is if she gets audited by the IRS. THEN they want to see your receipts.

Knowing she does it probably won't get you into any trouble and she still has to put out all that money for a year on manicures before she gets any of it back and she's not getting 100% of that money back anyway.
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So...in 3-6 years when they get audited and they try to defend the deduction of personal expenses...lose...and have EVERY deduction examined under a microscope...lose, owe tax, owe 20% extra for fraud, plus late fees and interest.....will you think she's so brilliant then?
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This isn't at all legal.
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NOPE.
Only if it was a requirement of her employer, and then it's still a stretch.

I placed in the whole thing, but it keeps saying please check if its correct. But it is correct. Yes, i did it without the dashes and spaces. So all 9 numbers were put in. so why is it keep saying its not the correct number
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Did you apply before? If you signed in before, it wont accept it again if you signed up once, for security purposes, I think there is a link that says "Check Status" and you can type in your SYEP ID there. Let me know what happens.
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I hate to tell you this, but today was the last day to sign up. You might already be too late.

Here's their phone number, if you want to call and plead your case:


If you have further questions about SYEP, contact NYC Youth Connect at (800) 246-4646
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Call customer service. They might have issues with online services. If they are not having issues I would call the SS office and ask them this question.

a Congratulations email for paying the full balance? I pay it in full every month, it's not like it's a milestone. It seems somewhat inappropriate, anyone else agree?
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Might be a scam hun ?? Don't give em any details just in case
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yeah . dey prolly tink u dont pay it all da time . dey feel dey need 2 motivate u so u will pay next months balance/
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Yeah, and they don't actually want you to pay the full balance, because they lose money if you do! Strange. :)
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ha...at least you get that..I still gotta pay mine..ha they keep calling me.