Business accounting can cause headaches for a variety of reasons but, if done right, issuing credits to your customers does not have to be one of the causes. Credit memos are a simple way of adjusting ...

Your company is moving, and now you must spread the word to your employees. Writing a memo is a good way to communicate this news bulletin, so long as you put the right "face" on the message. In other ...

Perhaps one of the most undervalued skills for any business person is the ability to communicate effectively through the written — or typed — word. Here are some simple tips to make sure your next ...

In business, as in our personal lives, we write to be understood. We want the recipient — client, employee, partner or boss — to comprehend the message behind the email, memo, report or proposal.

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Attorney Andrew Cohen analyzes legal issues for CBS News and CBSNews.com. One of the arts of fine lawyering is the art of making the ugly beautiful, the lame fleet, and the guilty determined innocent.