Madrid


Fixed-Asset Purchase Plans

Negotiating appropriate loan terms with your bank.  Read story

In Spanish, It's Un Equipo

In English, it's a team. Either way, it's tough to build.  Read story

Travels With Rupee

When in India, do as the Indians do. That is the advice Mon Valley Travel, a Pittsburgh travel agency, gives its clients who are booking trips overseas. B...  Read story

The Downside of Losing Your Old Baggage

How to seek compensation from an airline.  Read story

Affordable Escapes to Europe

Interested in an excursion to Europe that won't break your budget? Here are three transatlantic airline promotions worth checking out. Free...  Read story

Five Ideas to Watch

The perfect Valentine's Day gift; a weather watchdog; cool skis; and some heady news for trademark holders.  Read story

Start-Up, Spanish Style

When Nicolas Luca de Tena was setting up his franchising business in Madrid in the mid-1980s, "entrepreneurs" he says, "were considered bad people" in Spa...  Read story

All the Right Moves

Karen Risa Robbins is the go-between for federal agencies and the private sector. Who knew flamenco dancing could serve her day job so well?  Read story

Will Your Product `Travel' Overseas?

Survey of current international opportunities in five foreign markets.  Read story

By-the-Minute Monitoring

Schedule of one company's daily cash management routine.  Read story

Minding His Business

"When subjects like the transmutation of physical matter come up, people often get nervous," says James Jensen with the tolerant smile of someone who has ...  Read story

Lucky or Smart

There's a formula for creating good fortune in business. Here's how one entrepreneur came upon it.  Read story

Talk Is Cheap

Communication is a substantial but rarely considered cost of doing business; electronic mail is changing all that.  Read story

The G Factor

Under scrutiny from overseas customers, a manufacturer improves its operation.  Read story

The Billionaire Next Door

Have you ever wondered whether some people are just born to be entrepreneurs? Meet David Koretz, a 21-year-old businessman hoping to be a billionaire by 25.  Read story

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