American Beauties (and Bargains)
Finding a deal in Impressionist art. Read story
Finding a deal in Impressionist art. Read story
Problem-Solving Methods from the Wright Brothers When Wilbur and Orville Wright completed the first successful manned flight on Dec. 17, 1903, th... Read story
Some thoughts on how the recent emergence of more black-owned small businesses reflects on a proud history. Read story
The photographer's credit for "A Second Industrial Revolution" (September, page 26) should have been Steve Liss. The dates at the top of the Scoreca... Read story
Can't keep track of your trucks? Here's an efficient fleet-monitoring system that tells owners where their trucks are. Read story
Collecting Soviet impressionist art. Read story
Tom Beaty's hobby is creating an oral history of U.S. veterans. Read story
The Red Guard generation enlisted by Mao to eradicate all vestiges of capitalism is now in the vanguard of China's entrepreneurial class. Read story
Our guide to Savannah's top attractions continues. Read story
What Jerry Gorde displayed ("Chairman Jerry's Cultural Revolution," August) was immaturity and an unwillingness to let people run their own lives. What h... Read story
How do you deal with talented but undisciplined subordinates? How do you handle people who aren't there when you need them -- particularly if you need th... Read story
General Bill Creech of TAC definitely has the right idea. I experienced what he talks about firsthand in World War II while in the U.S. Navy. The intersq... Read story
As part of an annual conference, brewers are voicing opposition to a longstanding excise tax. Read story
The story of how Thomas Jefferson, with the help of Ben Franklin, invented an early copying machine. Read story
An excerpt from 'Cultural Fascism' by Sarah J. McCarthy. Read story
Quote from 'A History of Small Business in America,' by Mansel G. Blackford. Read story
"The English had now begun to deluge the markets of France with their whale oils: and they were enabled by the great premiums given by their Government to... Read story
Ask this Silicon Valley CEO about data storage, whether it be CDs or 2,000-year-old animal skins. Read story
The business cycle is the periodic but irregular up-and-down movement in economic activity, measured by fluctuations in real gross domestic product (GDP) ... Read story
New business manufactures dime-size microphone/receiver to replace the traditional phone handset. Read story
Quote from Peter Drucker's 'Post-Capitalist Society'(HarperCollins, 1993). Read story
Anti-French sentiment in Louisiana proves to be a boon for small business. Read story
Our guide to Savannah's top attractions continues. Read story
Adolf and Rudolf Dassler ran a factory together making athletic shoes in a small Bavarian town. But after World War II, the founders of Adidas Sports-chuh... Read story
It's not the inventor toiling in his lab who becomes famous. It's the one who makes the biggest splash. Read story
Finding fresh management insights in The Origin of the Species . Read story
For a print shop owner in Springfield, Mass., business was not exactly fun and games. During the 1860 Presidential race, his portraits of the clean-shaven... Read story
Today is March 21, the Vernal Equinox. On this day we celebrate the first of the year's four seasonal changes, and across the thawing ... Read story
In Iran, Pahlavi is now called Enzeli; the African island of Fernando Po has been changed to Bioko; Cuba's infamous Isle of Pines has been renamed Island ... Read story
Here's a trivia question: Who's the only U.S. president to receive a patent? No, not Thomas Jefferson. Abraham Lincoln! This month, we observe Pres... Read story
There was a major piece of evidence missing in what was otherwise a well-conceived work: corporate culture has rarely encouraged female participation thro... Read story
The weaker economy has jobseekers settling for less, a survey finds. Read story
PART 2 The Profits, on the Other Hand, Are Nothing to Sneeze At Just after the Civil War, a group in Neenah, Wis., began gathering every night... Read story
Most INC. 100 companies are under a decade old, but the roots of Harvard Industries Inc. (#72), of St. Louis, go back to the last century. Thereby hangs ... Read story
He came to America in a hurry, after his father's praise of the American Revolution made the family unwelcome in England. Turning down a cushy assistant ... Read story
With valuations on the rise, buyers are paying closer to asking prices. Read story
Thanksgiving is this month's main event, and while we encourage seconds, beware the toll that tryptophan can have on personal productiv...zzzzzzz. Read story
Michael Murdoch, founder of Internet security firm AppRiver, has grown fond of a homicidal sock monkey. Read story
A slap on the back of your typing hand for degrading the ancient art of dowsing (People & Innovations, January). BCI's Kruzshak would no doubt benefit... Read story
Sources for advice on recession-proofing your business. Read story
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