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...Many newbies, strapped for start-up cash, will likely try to cut corners by forgoing the use of accountants and attorneys and picking up TurboTax or other software to handle their taxes on their own, says Gold...
...there are plenty of newly minted entrepreneurs on the way. "We've seen a 50% increase in people looking to [start a business]," says Mitch Free, an angel investor and chief executive of MFG.com, a company that matches up businesses with manufacturers who can produce a company's products. "Once they've been pushed out of the nest, they're going...
...Thus, GM's $230 million investment in four factories around Flint, to prepare for the start of production for the innovative Chevrolet Volt, represents an important ray of hope for the hard-pressed Flint community. "These four GM manufacturing plants have a key role in GM's production of the next generation of fuel-efficient vehicles, the Chevrolet Volt and Cruze," says Larry Zahner, GM manufacturing manager. (Read a brief history of the electric...
...Volt is scheduled to start production in late 2010 as GM's first extended-range electric vehicle, which can travel up to 40 miles on electricity from a single battery charge, while the Flint-built engine will serve as a backup generator that extends the car's range to about 300 miles. (See 10 milestones on the road to GM's bankruptcy...
...Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics were just about to start Game 3 of the 1989 World Series on Oct. 17 when the shaking began. ABC play-by-play announcer Al Michaels managed to tell viewers, "We're having an earth-" before the signal went dead. The temblor was brief - just 15 seconds - but the damage caused by the 6.9-magnitude quake was impressive. It killed 63 people, injured thousands and caused $7 billion worth of damage throughout California's Bay Area, including major destruction to the Oakland Bay Bridge. "It was a good sized shock," says Peter Yanev, chairman...