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Recent Articles about Long Island City

Making the Best of Both Worlds

Jade Systems Corp., a computer reseller on the 1998 Inc. 500 list, is based in two dramatically contrasted locations--a gritty section of Long Island City an...  Read more

Air Fare

Flying Foods supplies gourmet restaurants with fresh delicacies, or else.  Read more

Joining the VPN Set

Once a large-business luxury, a growing number of small and mid-size firms are setting up virtual private networks for telecommuters and/or remote workers wh...  Read more

Tailor-Made in America

A business expert explains how craftmanship practiced at so-called "Craftories" is inventing a new competitive edge.  Read more

The Inc. Second 100

The runners-up to the 1981 INC. 100 are more profitable, more productive, and more stable.  Read more

Online Grocers Recession Proof?

Cost-cutting consumers eat in and feed double digit growth.  Read more

Targeting Norm

Believe it or not, some Inc. readers have the unmitigated gall to challenge our columnist's thinking. But don't worry, Norm can take it.  Read more

The Merger That Ate My Customer

Mergers and acquisitions can devour customers if you're caught unprepared. Here are some of the lessons Inc. 500 companies have learned about surviving and b...  Read more

How to Open a Pop-Up Store

With the national retail vacancy rate at a three-year high, temporary shops are dropping into empty spaces. Here are four way to make a pop-up work for you.  Read more

A Tale Of Two Companies

There's more than one way to bake a cookie -- and build a business.  Read more

St. Patrick's Day Has Retailers and Bars Seeing Green

Consumers are expected to spend $3.76 billion on the holiday this year, according to a new report.  Read more

A Yen For Lending;

AFTER BEING DELAYED AND stalled by half a dozen other financial institutions, California developer Ralph Rittenhouse found a local bank that was willing n...  Read more

Back To Basics

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

Still the Best Places to Do Business

A public-policy expert explains why some big cities are the best place for successful entrepreneurial commerce.  Read more

The Dream Makers

Here's the rare Wall Street shop that builds its LBOs around people, not numbers -- and makes a killing in the process  Read more

Fanatics!

During these soft economic times, small businesses are uniquely positioned to offer something that many lumbering giants can't: peerless customer service. He...  Read more

Almanac

A statistical look at 1998's Inc. 500 companies and the CEOs who run them.  Read more

Can Your Bank Do This?

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

The Immigrant Prince

From Ellis Island to the corner grocery to the country's largest macaroni company, "JP" Pellegrino's story is the story of American enterprise.  Read more

Calling For Trouble

Ed Beagan, his face flushed with anger, grinds out one cigarette, then lights another. "What's the difference," he demands to know, "between what the Mafi...  Read more

The Inner City 100 Profiles: 1-10

NO. 1 Commodity Sourcing Group Detroit Supply-chain management Read more

The Private 500 represent 44 states. Geographically, the West wins again on the strength of California's 84 companies -- more than twice as many as any ot...  Read more