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Friendlier Flash: Creating a Flash Preloader

With the release of a new version of Flash, Flash movies on Web sites are more popular than ever. While such movies succeed in adding interactivity, animation, and information to a site, some Flash movies can become prohibitively large. After all, not everyone on the Internet has DSL or cable access. Keep in mind that many of your site visitors are still plodding along with dialup access. Although Flash does a respectable job of cutting down the size of movies for Web sites, they can still be quite large. This is bad news for your site visitors viewing your site through the aforementioned slow connections.

Online Spending – The Latest News

TEC International just concluded their 2002 first-quarter survey of 6,000 CEOs of small-to-midsize companies. Most are, in Greenspan’s words, “cautiously optimistic.” According to BusinessWeek, this is what they found:

CEOs General Opinion On the Economy

26% recovery is at hand 49% growth will begin to accelerate in the second half of 2002

Which Industries Will Have The Greatest Gains?

26% tech 29% manufacturing 21% biotech

How Many Expect Sales To Increase and By How Much?

“Should I Hire an Attorney?”

As we all know, running a small business can be both challenging and rewarding. Most of us are in it for just these reasons but sometimes we get in over our heads when it comes to legal matters.
It may not seem quite fair to us but the complexities of running a small business are complicated by the legal requirements that stem from taxes, incorporation, employee management, workman’s compensation, OSHA, business licenses, local ordinances, etc. These legalities must be dealt with and they must conform to existing statutes. Otherwise, we might be headed down the path to failure.

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