Word: frieda
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...DIED. FRIEDA HARDIN, 103, Navy "yeomanette" in World War I who enlisted before women could vote and symbolized the strides of women in the military; in Livermore, Calif. In 1997 Hardin addressed 30,000 at Arlington National Cemetery, earning three standing ovations when she urged young women interested in military careers...
Many family businesses are passed down through a combination of promissory notes and gifting. This worked best for Karen Caplan, 44, president and CEO of Frieda's, a Los Alamitos, Calif., marketer and distributor of exotic fruits with more than $30 million in sales last year. Caplan and her sister Jackie Caplan Wiggins, 42, who is vice president, bought the 38-year-old business from their parents in 1990. Almost half the transfer was paid with a 10-year note, and the rest came through a one-time gifting of $600,000 from each parent after a company valuation. Karen...