First National Corporation

The Noahs of Grand Forks

Business owners from Grand Forks, ND tell how their companies were affected by the flood that hit their city last year. While the flood was disasterous for s...  Read more

It's 9 A.m. Do You Know Where Your Cash Is?

Automated cash management systems can answer that question -- and help you make the most of your money.  Read more

The Best Small-Business Banks in America

Analysis of how three separate business owners have established winning relationships with their bankers  Read more

Philip J. Romano's History Of Restaurants;

* THE GLADIATOR, 1965 An Italian place of little note . . . meat-ball-and-pepper hero: 99?; Lobster Tail Scampi: $3.65. * THE NAG'S HEAD PUB, ...  Read more

Putting A Business Together Again

Shattered by a business downturn, Marine Optical found that declaring bankruptcy gave it a second chance. Changing attitudes and new laws make that option mo...  Read more

A Small Businessman Challenges The Big Banks

Jackie Kleiner claimed fraud when an Atlanta bank said his loan was at the "prime rate."  Read more

Can Your Bank Do This?

A number of entrepreneurs define for Inc. what makes an exceptional small-business commercial bank.  Read more

Mail

Give Yourself a Raise Already! I don't understand the mindset of these business owners who pay themselves peanuts ["Are You Paying Yourself Enoug...  Read more

Raiders Of The Lost Arp

Once the leading producer of musical synthesizers, Arp Instruments fell victim to managerial incompetence, infighting, and miscalculation.  Read more

Behind the headlines -- the news of last month's gross national products, the endless debates about industrial policy and protective tariffs, the stories ...  Read more

SMALL COMPANY INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS: MAY 1987 Offering First after- O-T-C Size Price ...  Read more

Energy Goes Cellular

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

Upstarts: Energy Deregulation

If you don't currently have a choice about where you buy your electricity, you will soon.  Read more

Upstarts: Energy Deregulation

If you don't currently have a choice about where you buy your electricity, you will soon.  Read more

Shopping For Bankruptcy Bargains

Companies in bankruptcy often have assets they want to unload at a low price. Here's how to take advantage of those bargains.  Read more

The Inc. 500

Note: This table may be divided, and additional information on a particular entry may appear on more than one screen. Sales growth 1980-84 ...  Read more