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For 13 years, In Business has celebrated the successes of rising business stars in our annual 40 Under 40 issue, and each year we have marveled at the vast richness and diversity of the young candidates. The competition is stiff. Not only are we looking for examples of business success and moxie, but also for people who demonstrate a firm commitment to the local community through board involvement, volunteerism, or other activities. |
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When it comes to auto maintenance and repairs, there are masterful savants and hopeless know-nothings – people who can assemble an engine blindfolded and those who have a hard time unlatching the hood with eyes wide open. While some semi-aware ’tweeners might have a passing knowledge of what’s going on in that mysterious catacomb of metal, plastic, and coursing fluid under their hood, the mechanical dunces of the world no doubt dominate the landscape, and they represent a huge market that’s just begging to be served – hopefully in the gentlest, most non-embarrassing manner possible. |
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Back in the late fall and early winter of 2008, just as the national economy was teetering on the brink of disaster and Americans were bristling at the prospect of bailing out the country’s banks, the chief executives of the Big Three automakers traveled to Washington on private corporate jets to ask for their own bales of cash. It did not go well. |
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