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• 7 movies that glamorize business travel
There’s a wonderful scene in Frank Capra’s holiday masterpiece, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” when Lionel Barrymore’s Mr. Potter tries to buy out Jimmy Stewart’s George Bailey. The nasty, gnarly Potter offers the credulous George a big ...
• Storey County eyed for private prison by Tennessee giant
VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. (AP) -- A Tennessee company is considering building a privately run prison at an industrial park in Storey County. Nashville-based Corrections Corporation of America , the largest private prison business in the country, has ...
• 5-Star Stocks Poised to Pop: Barrett Business Services
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 125,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, employee management services provider Barrett Business Services (Nasdaq: BBSI) has earned a coveted five-star ...
• Pinched Americans hit the gym, but seek deals
Growth eases in slimming business Growth in the diet business is slowing as consumers try to find ways around high prices for plans that include pre-packaged meals. Grace White, a 46-year old registered nurse in Maryland who joined Weight Watchers last ...
• Ten Business Predictions for 2009
Two words apply well for the year just ended: Whoa, Nelly! With the financial markets in chaos, the jobs landscape littered with layoffs, and the most audacious outpouring of federal funds since the Great Depression, most of us are ready to look ...