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The Business Finance Store offers advice on how to foster a gossip-free work environment that will create an appropriate work culture and improve business overall.

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Remember the expression “sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me?” This common saying was often used to teach people that words, written or spoken, cannot, or should not, negatively affect them. However, most would agree that this saying does not hold true, especially not in business. Negative conversations, whether directed at specific individuals or not, in the workplace can have deleterious effects on employee productivity and happiness. In a recent blog post ”Dealing with Gossip in the Workplace,” the Business Finance Store suggests strategies for developing gossip-free workplace cultures so businesses can thrive.

A workplace full of gossip not only threatens the confidentiality of employees but may also contribute to high employee turnover. However, effective management can help squash gossip before it negatively affects business functioning. The Business Finance Store outlines some ways managers can create a more open environment that discourages gossip, while creating a safe work environment for employees. Read more about creating a gossip-free workplace at The Business Finance Store’s blog.

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Sept. 6 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan’s army said it arrested a senior al-Qaeda leader, Younis al-Mauritani, responsible for the militant group’s international operations, with help from U.S. intelligence agencies.

The Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate captured Al- Mauritani and two other al-Qaeda operatives, Abdul Ghaffar al- Shami and Messara al-Shami in the southwestern city of Quetta, the military’s press office said in an e-mailed statement. The arrest, which follows months of U.S.-Pakistani tension over counter-terrorism cooperation, is part of “a strong, historic intelligence relationship” between the agency known as ISI and U.S. intelligence agencies, the statement said.

“Al-Mauritani was tasked personally by Osama bin Laden to focus on hitting targets of economical importance in the United States of America, Europe and Australia” and envisioned attacks on “gas/oil pipelines, power-generating dams” and oil tankers or other ships, the army statement said.

The announcement comes two weeks after U.S. officials say an American missile killed Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, who had become al-Qaeda’s deputy leader following the killing in May of Osama bin Laden by U.S. Navy Seals in Pakistan.

While Abd al-Rahman was a well-known figure, described by the U.S. government as a central al-Qaeda leader, al-Mauritani hasn’t been prominent in analysts’ accounts of its leadership and has not 

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Over the past few columns, I have discussed issues related to selling the family business.

I’ve covered the importance of evaluating your life goals along with the dollars involved in a sale, the value of shaping up the management and financial statements, and the need to leverage expert advice. This final installment will convey a few techniques to optimizing the deal with the buyer.

It is key to understand that the buyer and the seller have divergent interests in the structure of the transaction, most of which revolve around stock and assets. The seller wants to sell stock, and the buyer wants to buy assets. There are a few reasons for this.

Imagine the business in question is a construction or drug company, and is sold. If years after the sale a bridge the company engineered and built collapsed, or a severe side effect was discovered with a drug or medical device the business provided, who is held liable? The answer is the owner of the stock. One of the main negotiation points in selling a business is will it be a sale of stock or assets.

The new owner, if they purchase the stock of a company, becomes liable for any claims against that company for all its previous work. As such, it is in the seller’s best interest to sell the shares of the business to shield it from any future responsibility.

There is another reason why the seller is interested in selling stock. If the value of the company had seen significant growth in the value of its stock over time, a sale of stock would be subject to a capital gains tax rate. With the current tax structure, the capital gains tax rate is lower than the income tax rate. This could translate into substantially greater net value from the sale.