If you're a small-business owner and can't afford that new air conditioner, there is an alternative: barter. Barter networks have popped up all over. Mike Krane, president of Green Apple Barter ...

Stories abound of bartering during the Great Depression. From the doctor who got paid in chickens to the grocer who clothed his family by trading food for shoes, resourceful folks swapped what they ...

Cash is tight, but you still need goods and services. One alternative solution is bartering--trading what you have for something you need. In 2008, the International Reciprocal Trade Association ...

“LET’S MAKE A DEAL” — better known as bartering — is a way of doing business that predates the existence of currency. Here are some issues to consider before your company participates in a transaction ...