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"information, Please?"

By Abby Solomon |  Mar 1, 1984

What better source for advice on computers than a computer? It plays no favorites, is consistently reasonable, and admirably thorough. There is one hitch,...  Read story

Vernon Hill on Store Hours

By Vernon Hill |  Oct 1, 2006

Should you stay open on Sundays? The CEO of Commerce Bank says... it depends.  Read story

Where the Best Benefits Are

By Angus Loten |  Sep 26, 2005

Sept. 26, 2005 --Don't let anyone tell you there isn't a free lunch, says Jim Wallace, CEO of GuideOne Insurance. While rising cost...  Read story

Washington Insiders Express Criticism, Cautious Optimism Over SBA Nominee

By Angus Loten |  Apr 26, 2006

Some inside the Beltway complain that Steven Preston has spent his career at large, public companies, not small businesses.  Read story

Washington Insiders Express Criticism, Cautious Optimism Over SBA Nominee

By Angus Loten |  Apr 26, 2006

Some inside the Beltway complain that Steven Preston has spent his career at large, public companies, not small businesses.  Read story

Mail

By Inc Staff |  Aug 1, 2007

Friendster's Footsteps The rise and fall of Friendster is a great reminder of why we're entrepreneurs ["Read story

Corps Values

By David H. Freedman |  Apr 1, 1998

The U.S. Marines are trained to make split-second decisions based on incomplete information, in life-or-death situations. Can they provide clues to running a...  Read story

The Need for Speed

By Susan Greco |  Apr 1, 2007

How to rev up your sales cycle.  Read story

That's Chief Entertainment Officer

By Leigh Buchanan |  Aug 1, 2007

Smaller companies do fun better. We got that straight from the skating matador and dozens of his CEO colleagues.  Read story

Can This Man Turn Around the SBA?

By Mike Hofman |  Jun 1, 2006

Never heard of Steve Preston? Few had, until he was nominated to run the Small Business Administration.  Read story

High On The Hog

By Lucien Rhodes |  Mar 1, 1987

In the end, they'll call it corporate vision. But to Don Beaver, it looks more like years of false starts, wrong turns, and belated inspiration.  Read story

The New Face of Confidence

By Leigh Buchanan |  Feb 1, 2003

Business leaders may be better positioned than they have been in years to make smart calculations about growth and strategy. Here's why.  Read story

Splitting Heirs

By Stephanie Clifford |  Aug 1, 2007

In which two brothers take over the third-generation family wine-selling business. They quarrel, as brothers do. And now it isn't a family business anymore.  Read story

Blowup

By Edward O. Welles |  May 1, 1989

A behind-the-scenes look at a business whose future hung in the balance while its partners waged war.  Read story

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