Yahoo! jumped into the bidding today for Web video destination Hulu, The Post has learned.

Sources close to the process say the bids from Yahoo! and half a dozen other suitors value Hulu north of a billion dollars.

If Yahoo is successful, it could be CEO Marissa Mayer’s second $1 billion deal inside a month. The company just acquired micro-blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion.

Yahoo said it doesn’t comment on rumors or speculation.

Hulu has also attracted bids from DirecTV, Time Warner Cable and Guggenheim Digital Media, among others.

Hulu’s owners, including Disney, News Corp. and Comcast, are hoping to move quickly to narrow down the bids in the coming weeks. (News Corp. also

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Enterprise resource management (ERP), as we know it, no longer matches the needs of the modern, highly-automated organization. Here’s a look at how the trend has changed and what to watch for in 2013.

Buyers still use the term ERP when describing what it is they’re looking for; however, that’s not what they actually need. Many companies require software as a service (SaaS) that is incredibly flexible and continuously upgraded with new features. The cloud platform is the best method of meeting this challenge, providing the ability to collect and measure a company’s revenue while managing its financials.

There are a number of companies who are set to carve out major positions in this field during 2013. Most of

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When is an employee not an employee? It seems like a strange question, but it could prove to be a costly one if you don’t answer it right first time. If the work you do as a contractor could be carried out by someone in employment with your client company, you might find yourself falling foul of the HMRC’s IR35 guidance.

Essentially aimed at preventing individuals from avoiding taxation through Pay As You Earn, IR35 is a section of the Finance Act 2000 with which you’ll want to be familiar if you want to avoid hefty penalties for employment when this doesn’t reflect the nature of your working arrangements. This br Full Post…

The world is quickly becoming a smaller place and its making more sense for companies to uproot and locate elsewhere, reducing staffing and production costs. Relocating your business isnt a light decision though, no matter how much more cost-effective it may be. If you are considering moving your company to another country, weve outlined a list of things for you to consider, ensuring you make the most of the opportunity.

#1 Rules and Regulations

The rules and regulations differ for businesses from country to country. Before you embark on your relocation, you must seek expert advice on any regulations that might affect you. Tax laws vary in different countries and failure to comply with such laws can result in serious fines or even prosecution. It

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What Happens if My Company Fails to Make the Proper Payments?

If your employer is not meeting the minimum requirement for workers compensation NC, you could easily find yourself dealing with a protracted legal battle if you get hurt on the job. Sadly, this process has caused some North Carolina residents to go bankrupt. During a 12-month time frame, the Industrial Commission had to oversee 378 cases that involved injured employees who worked for a company that failed to provide them with workers compensation benefits. In all of these cases, the injured employees had to deal with their medical costs and lost wages until a settlement was reached.

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Pukka Headwear is not your typical straight-laced golf business. Every January at the golf industrys biggest trade show, the Findlay, Ohio-based golf accessories company hosts a beer pong party. Its 44-year-old founder, Shawn Rogers, looks more like a California surfer than an Ohio native, and at the company headquarters, theres always beer on tap in the employee break room.

Pukkas youthful culture may not seem like a good fit for the tradition-bound world of golfing, but it appears to be working. After years of struggle, Pukka finally broke into the tough-to-penetrate market with a customized approach to selling hats that has led to annual sales of $10 million, nearly 20 percent of the entire golf headwear market.

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Trade shows are a great way to get more exposure for your business and to help you land more sales and generate more leads. You can also network with industry contacts for potential partnerships that could help you grow your business.

Hiring a commercial printer for your trade show exhibition is a smart strategy for meeting your business’ goals. He Full Post…

Ben Bernanke can’t make the Federal Reserve’s monetary symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyo., this year.

He’s too busy with personal business.

The symposium doesn’t occur until late August, but Bernanke already knows he’ll be jammed up those days — personal business that wasn’t described by the Fed because . . . well, you know . . . it’s personal.

Let me put this in perspective.

This is like Pope Francis saying that he can’t do church-related stuff on Easter because he’s got tickets to the opera.

It is very odd for the head of the Fed to skip the Jackson Hole summit, where Wall Street economists and foreign central bankers come to hear a sermon from the mouth.

Bernanke’s term as Fed chairman ends in January. He can stick around a

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