The effort involved in getting the documents you need signed is so small and what it can save you in time, money and trouble later is so huge, I hope some of my readers will be inspired to get a move on.

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Mr. Rein, who has been doing business from China for 13 of the past 16 years, uses Google's small-business services to store and share documents and for internal communications.

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"The attorney general wants to trade a briefing and the promise of delivering some small, unspecified set of documents tomorrow for a free pass today, " Grassley said after the meeting.

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Because the chips were so small and easy to make, they could be embedded in documents as they were printed, stuck to any surface or made into a book of self-adhesive dots, he added.

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Legal documents don't cover small things, like division of chores or the fruits and vegetables that grow on the property.

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Only a small fraction of the 250, 000 U.S. State Department documents have been released and more are being published daily.

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It is vital, however, for any small business owner to make documents available on an as-needed basis to as few employees as possible and to keep clear records on which employee has accessed what documents.

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