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Present life : CEO of Ethan Allen, a $679-million manufacturer and retailer of furniture, with 316 stores and 21 plants, ... Read more
If you don't own a piece of the company, you tend not to lose much sleep over runaway costs -- which is a problem for those who do own the company. But P... Read more
The owners of a custom frame shop, a perinatal center, and an IT accessibility firm will be recognized by the National Association of Woman Business Owner... Read more
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Inner City 100 CEO A.J. Wasserstein describes the unexpected benefits he's reaped by starting his company, Archives Management, in an economically depressed ... Read more
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Marketers who rely on e-mail are getting zapped by aggressive new spam filters. To circumvent them, some companies are going retro, others super techno. Read more
Along with more competition and -- theoretically, at least -- lower prices, energy deregulation is bringing some uncertainty to the nation's power grid. A... Read more
Peer-to-peer lending websites have become popular among business owners, allowing them to borrow directly from individual lenders instead of banks. But thank... Read more
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Many businesses are overpaying for telecommunications services -- such as cell phone accounts from former employees that were never closed. Third-party audit... Read more
Increasingly, robots are turning up in smaller companies -- and so far there are few complaints. Read more
If you don't currently have a choice about where you buy your electricity, you will soon. Read more
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If you're looking for cities large, medium, and small where job growth is robust and economies are strong, head to the ones on this year's Top Cities list. F... Read more
With more and more reputable companies entering the factoring business, services have greatly improved. But factors' bottom line use remains the same: provid... Read more
The high-tech boom went bust, and investors started looking for managers with proven track records, and flocking to companies like Roto-Rooter and OshKosh Bh... Read more
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