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Employees Favor Minimum-Wage Hike

Most workers that are paid an hourly wage support a proposed increase in the federal minimum wage, even if it results in higher consumer prices and job cu...  Read more

The Collectors

A start-up collection agency hopes to collect from "deadbeat dads" with more success than the government.  Read more

When The Bank Says No

For this report, INC. surveyed 150 of the largest banks in the county (see table on page 50). Among the questions we asked were: What are the major probl...  Read more

Life in the Fast Lane

Notes and comments about the 1995 Inc. 500 conference from attendees and Inc.'s editor-in-chief, George Gendron.  Read more

The 2007 Inner City 100 Profiles: 61-70

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The Inc. Network

Reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

Hot Spots

INC.'s annual ranking of America's cities  Read more

Mail

Fun Meets Functional The August 2007 issue of Inc. was the most fun business magazine I've read in a long time ["Read more

Beyond Work

A look at how some Inc. 500 CEOs play and how that allows them to escape the stress of being in business.  Read more

Caring About Day Care

The increase in the past few years in the number of working women -- and working mothers -- has been well documented. Nearly half of the mothers of presch...  Read more

Will The Energy Crisis Sail Away?

Sail power for profit -- a shipping concept that disappeared after the introduction of cheap fossil fuels -- could be in for a rebirth. A couple of ...  Read more

Protecting Company Secrets

More business owners are forcing their new hires to sign noncompetes. Should you?  Read more

The Inner City 100 Profiles: 91-100

NO. 91 Sun Coast Resources Houston Petroleum products wholesaling Read more

Private Lives;

Seven decades after its founding, a family business repositions itself for growth.  Read more

Litigation: Employee Lawsuits -- the Flip Side

An oil company brought suit against a past employee who left and gave the competition proprietary information.  Read more

Qa: William Brennan On Tax Shelters

New rules for tax shelters, What to do when you sell a business  Read more

Obits: Packaging Company Diss-ked by AOL

The story of how one thriving business went bust almost overnight when its biggest client stopped paying.  Read more

Big Game

TO THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE AND SELL IT, TRIVIAL PURSUIT IS NOT WAY TO SPEND A PLEASANT EVENING  Read more

Is the Internet Doomed?

A close up look at some of the problems businesses should consider before they start using the Internet.  Read more

CEO's Notebook

CEOs discuss the pros and cons of independent sales reps; when regulations kick in for your business; company relocation on a budget; and KSOPs, the next kil...  Read more

At The Crossroads

After 10 years, Bill Wilson has discovered that the very traits that fed his early success no longer seem to work. He can no longer control every event in th...  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

That Daring Young Man And His Flying Machines

The fastest-growing company in the history of aviation has a problem. It has designed a product so popular that it can't satisfy demand.  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