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The New Malpractice

Courts are lending a sympathetic ear to the increasing number of employees who are suing managers for everything from age discrimination to operating in bad ...  Read story

The Slide Rule

Quote from 'The Seven Cultures of Capitalism.'  Read story

Make the Most of Your Personal Mission Statement

Mark Holland Ascend HR Solutions (#17 on the 2000 Inc. 500 list) Salt Lake City Every Monday...  Read story

Country Profiles

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The Power of Balance

Four Inc. 500 CEOs profiled have managed to balance the scales of work and life -- to the benefit of both themselves and their companies.  Read story

Gas Prices Around the Globe

What are other countries paying per gallon for premium unleaded fuel?  Read story

Is America Really Different?

Data showing the roles small businesses play in European economies compared with the role they play in the U.S economy.  Read story

Pro Flora Earnings

Business for sale: A Florida-based floral wholesaler priced at $2.2 million.  Read story

Real Men Get Flowers, Too

Flowers have traditionally been regarded as something sent along with a social note or a condolence card but those days are apparently over. "It too...  Read story

Global Business

Related Terms: Globalization Global business refer...  Read story

Amsterdam’s PICNIC Conference Serves Up A New Media Feast

Our executive producer, always in search of the latest new media trends, heads to the Netherlands for PICNIC '07, Amsterdam's Cross Media Week.  Read story

Parents Who Worry Less Work More

Not every company has the time, interest, or recources to get into the child-care business. Still, a recent study by the National Employer Supported Chil...  Read story

Food for Thought

The online grocery business just keeps growing. So why can't anybody make money at it?  Read story

What to Do About Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Controversy over the increase in carpal tunnel syndrome cases and some preventative advice.  Read story

Who Needs a Bank Anyway?

Nontraditional lenders are emerging as a real alternative to bank financing for growth companies.  Read story

Hotline

Hotline information paragraphs on the above topics and subtopics.  Read story

Taking Stock

CEO intiates a job-holders meeting to involve workers in company-wide decisions.  Read story

Beyond The Magaloans

Fixed-rate loans from insurance companies; a new direction in management buyouts; a Dutch treat for U.S. entrepreneurs  Read story

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Entrepreneurship and innovation make our business culture worth celebrating. But they pose challenges, too  Read story

Index

A comprehensive guide to companies, organizations, and individuals featured in the September 1998 issue.  Read story

The Inc. 100 Portfolio;

* Six INC. 100 chief executive officers once worked for IBM Corp. * Symbion Inc. (#43), which makes the Jarvik-7 artificial heart and other artifici...  Read story

The Immigration Debate

At least 55 of this year's Inc. 500 CEOs were born outside the United States, coming from countries as far-flung as Argentina, the United Kingdom, India, ...  Read story

European Union (EU)

The European Union (EU), formerly known as the European Community (EC), was formed in the 1950s to encourage and oversee political and economic cooperatio...  Read story

The Defiant Ones

Europe has concluded that it must work harder to recognize and nurture growth businesses, and what that means to you.  Read story

Product Development;

It's not unusual for companies to get their best ideas for new products from salespeople, since they tend to be closest to customers. What's surprising i...  Read story

Customers Who Give Tax Tips

Company considers its customers a valuable source of information on international taxes.  Read story

A Bicycle Built for You

After succeeding with unorthodox marketing, this entrepreneur is going to try it again.  Read story

How I Did It: Randy Slager

Former Army officer Randy Slager has two goals: continue expanding his $30 million IT company and keep knocking down walls that prevent disabled veterans fro...  Read story

Where to Go for Help: Europe

Albania Teuleda http://www.teuleda.org.al/index.php?gjuha=eng <...  Read story

No pay, no work

Discontinuing work on projects when payments are not made on time.  Read story

It's Time to Give Back

Serial entrepreneur Shai Reshef launches University of the People, a free online university for students who cannot afford tuition.  Read story

The Gamma Ray Gourmet

The nuclear industry has had its problems lately, but help is on the way. Sometime in the next few months, the Food and Drug Administration is expected to...  Read story

Out of Control (at Last)

A perilous vacation teaches the healthy difference between control and influence.  Read story

Does Your Technology Fit?

A first-hand account of how high the price can be when you buy your technology before you assess your business needs.  Read story

Why Companies Fail

Judgment calls, reality tests and mistakes of the heart that doom companies to failure.  Read story

LeaseWeb Launches Windows Express Server

Business hosting provider LeaseWeb, in collaboration with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), has announced a new low-cost dedicated hosting service targeted at smal...  Read story

Falling Phone Rates Squash Global Fax Service

The Intergram Corp., hoping to undercut overseas rivals with Internet-based fax services, went bankrupt when international telephone rates began to plummet.  Read story

Supplies on Demand

Managing office supply inventory and purchases can quickly veer out of control for a growing company. Here's how Works.com can help streamline the supply-ord...  Read story

A Modest Defense of the Cubicle

The one thing worse than a cubicle is no cubicle.  Read story

Hot Seats;

THIS CAN'T BE THE PLACE. THAT was my first thought. We'd already driven 30-odd miles west from Grand Rapids -- down bumpy back roads, past cornfiel...  Read story