Binstock, Rubin, Adler, Aldecoa & Ellzey, P.A. is a 27-employee, full-service public accounting firm that provides accounting, auditing, tax preparation, estate and tax planning services, as well as business planning and investment analysis. Their partners and staff have expertise in diversified areas, enabling them to serve clients’ most basic or complex needs.

Binstock, Rubin, Adler, Aldecoa & Ellzey, P.A. leverages technology to offer large-firm capabilities to its clients without losing the personal attention that only a small company can deliver. “In our business, relationships are paramount,” explains Ilyne Sbar, a certified public accountant and operations manager for Binstock, Rubin, “and we differentiate ourselves by the consistent high quality of our service.”

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Balance text in Word columns in three easy steps

When entering text into Word columns, it can be a battle trying to get the text to balance. Let Word fight the battle for you and keep your columns in line.

Column-formatted text looks more professional with the text balanced across the columns. You don't have to manually set column breaks and move text around on a page to make your columns even—let Word do the work for you. Follow these steps:

>Click at the end of the columns you want to balance.

>Go to Insert | Break.

>Select Continuous and click OK.

>Word inserts a continuous section break that automatically balances the text equally among the columns.

>If you want to start a new page after the balanced columns, click after the continuous section break, and then insert a manual page break by pressing [Ctrl][Enter].
 

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With already over a quarter into the year I wanted to take the opportunity to thank you for your continued support. We have closed the first quarter with healthy results and could not have done it without your support and referrals. THANK YOU!!!

I also want to make sure that we do everything possible to be your partners and not merely vendors especially in trying times. To that goal, please do not hesitate to contact me if at any time I can help you with not only technology but general business issues. As a small business owner for the majority of my career I know how hard running a small business can be and want to share our knowledge and experience to help our customers and friends.

With warm regards and best wishes for a successful 2nd quarter.

Sincerely,

Mario M. Santiago

Every small business owner knows that new technology can be pricey.

But technology can also pay in the form of significant savings-particularly over the long haul.

Savings from technology isn't just a matter of plugging in a new gizmo and watching the cash roll in. You have to evaluate your priorities and choose the right technology that meets your operating and budgetary requirements.

With that approach in mind, here are seven ways that technology can save your small business money:

Enjoy the Benefits of Remote Network Monitoring

Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind -- Enjoy the Benefits of Remote Network Monitoring Without The IT Burden

As a first time dog owner, he failed. He would call, “Ginger!” but Ginger wouldn’t respond. She continued wandering and sniffing bushes, as dogs are wont to do, and only return when she wanted to, which was neither soon nor quick enough to suit him. And when she did come back, he was furious. He would grab her collar, shake her and yell, “BAD dog! You come when I call!” But she gradually became even less inclined to respond and he grew more frustrated, until one day he left the dog on a friend’s farm where she could run free.

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Fair warning: This is not fun. It's exactly the part of running a business that entrepreneurs love to hate.

And that's undoubtedly why so many otherwise savvy business owners end up sidestepping COBRA regulations — a decision far from smart.

COBRA, of course, began as the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act signed into law in 1985 by President Reagan. It requires employers to offer qualified individuals the option of continuing their group health plan coverage when they're about to lose it.

Contrary to the popular notion that COBRA was created to help workers, many experts point out that the law was designed, as it says, to "reconcile the budget." That is: To shift responsibility for health-care coverage from the government to employers. So this is about raising government revenue, not sustaining workers. That perspective might help you understand COBRA's annoying bureaucracy and layers.

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