Finance

Schaumburg, Ill. - In most cases, veterinarian's incomes having been increasing by 6 percent a year since 1997.

Cut calories and save money.

Skilled negotiation can lead to your benefit when entering into new leases, restructuring existing ones -- or getting out of a current one.

Dr. Jim Kramer outlines his fees for procedures that involve laser services.

Face facts: Student debt affects nearly everyone in the veterinary industry.

Property owners and first-time homebuyers can take advantage of tax breaks.

Bring in a part-time dental specialist to generate revenue and promote dentistry services.

While the wealthy, privileged and middle classes worry about losses in the stock market, the world's underclasses worry about food costs and shortages.

A new Brakke survey shows that the veterinary profession may not be so secure after all.

When our grandfathers sat us down and told us about the good old days, their memories were very selective.

Home foreclosures and rising credit card debt are symptoms of compulsive overspending.

Your clients' trees may be a little more bare this year thanks to their pets.

When it comes to veterinary care, are consumer attitudes changing?

Canine lovers still have the giving spirit even in tough economic times, a new survey says.

Practices can take steps to protect revenue during lean periods.

Fewer fetes doesn't have to mean bad tidings, a new study says.

You don't need to make drastic changes to lower your overhead.

Find out with an interactive database that tracks how your practice measures up fiscally.

New taxes could cause many veterinarians to rethink their investment strategies.

Use your relationship with sales reps to gain valuable information, favors, and freebies.

Acupuncture can be a great source of revenue for your practice.

Salt Lake City - Just short of six months after it opened, the Utah Pet Center - billed as the nation's largest - closed.

The excess earnings concept, Excess Earning and Single Period Capitalization Methodologies, is a widely used tool to assess the value of an equine practice.

IRS guidelines determine what type of deductions you'll receive on commercial property.

Life can be very strange indeed. The Bureau of Labor Statistics proclaims veterinary medicine to be one of the fastest-growing fields. Yet, if you are a companion-animal practitioner in a mature practice, your transactions are likely down for each year of this decade.

In these challenging economic times, it is important that equine veterinarians­ be creative-not complacent-with respect to boosting their bottom lines. Just as a proactive, multimodal approach is often needed to treat certain­ diseases, the following is a nine-step treatment plan for what might be ailing your practice­.

This issues question: What is the toughest financial challenge you've ever faced in your career?

A new system to track the impact of the recession on veterinary practices reports a 5 percent growth rate this year.