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While most people focus on a company's top and bottom lines, those in the middle - gross and operating profits - are important to keep an eye on too.

Being a physician entrepreneur or medical practice owner in these uncertain economic times can be downright scary. And you are not alone - many of your entrepreneur colleagues in other industries are experiencing the same sleepless nights and nail-biting stress.

Considering how negative the headlines have been over the last year, it's rather surprising to note that the markets actually thrived until now.

Palladium will see some volatility over the next few months, but it will likely bounce back at the end of the year.

It might cost you more, but it's well worth it to purchase your cruise line's transfer from the airport. Otherwise, if you go your own way, you might find yourself waving goodbye to the boat as it pulls out of port without you.

Higher profit and lower taxes are still possible in private practice.

Homeowners with unfavorable loan terms grow increasingly frustrated with their inability to refinance. For the second year in a row, BB&T ranks highest.

As pharmaceutical giants cut their budgets for discovery, external partners are picking up the slack.

When physicians have regular contact with their patients through email, it can encourage patients to be more accountable for their health care.

A new report by members of CMS' Office of the Actuary projects that U.S. health spending will rise at an average rate of 5.8% over the next decade, reaching nearly $4.54 trillion by 2020.

An estimated 30% to 40% of physicians are suffering from burnout, leading to them leaving their clinical jobs to teach, write books or retire early.

If the potential merger between Express Scripts and MedcoHealth passes the antitrust approval process it will be good news for customers, but bad for pharmaceutical companies and drugstores.

Implementation of Medicare Part D was associated with significant reductions in nondrug medical spending.

Typically people don't like to joke about their finances, but here are some you might be able to get a laugh from.

Doctors need to build an advisory team of subspecialists who not only work with high income, high liability and high tax rate paying clients but also understand the unique challenges of working within the constraints of a more complicated health care system .

The president addressed the nation about the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations but didn't provide any real solutions, and there needs to be a dramatic change in how we address expenditures and revenue generation to have any hope of returning to economic stability.

Median compensation for practice management professionals in 2010 showed little change from 2009, with most compensation barely increasing and some actually decreasing.

One economist's interpretation of the hazards investors don't understand about financial products, hedge funds, private equity and more.

One reader wonders how much to start saving for his children's college tuition.

Three steps so physicians can start putting a plan in place to protect their personal wealth from lawsuits related to their practice.

How to use social media to your advantage, whether you're looking for new patients or a new boss.

Some of the nation's most popular vacation spots are farther from trauma care than you think.

There is a link between increased public spending and a decline in preventable deaths, but money is not the total answer.

Growth in net earnings per share is the only thing that matters when you're looking to invest in stock.

At the bottom of 1,700-foot tall cliffs, lays the remnants of a leper colony and the priest who sacrificed his life to care for them. But to reach it, you have to ride a mule down the harrowing trail.

For health care reform to be successful, psychologists and other medical providers need to be at the forefront of the planning stages.

The greatest symbol of wealth may be the yacht, and the uber rich are constantly trying to one up each other.

Increased exits spur more financings.