Economy
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Is the worst really behind us?
You should know, as you begin reading this, that I am an optimist at heart. Problems phase me for only…
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Collaboration: The better option
Tough times have a way of either pulling people and companies together or splitting them apart. While both can be…
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Control inventory?
It’s no secret that matters affecting inventory are highly sensitive subjects these days. Just this morning, as an example, we’ve…
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Alphabet of the recovery
Add another letter to the alphabet economists have created to try and predict the economic recovery. I was familiar with…
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Boating’s silver lining in the auto crisis
By Chris Kourtakis, Owner, H20 Limos Marine Service — With the recent announcements of Chrysler closing up to 800 dealers…
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The power of diversification
Over the past week, it has been hard for the marine industry to avoid the bad news. Genmar Holdings’ Chapter…
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Why it’s good to be small
Small businesses have an advantage in this economy. So wrote Harvard Business blogger Peter Bergman in a recent article .…
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When will it end?
Of all the talk about this recession, there’s one question, of course, that no one can really answer: When will…
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The Beige Book’s outlook
At the Marine Dealer Conference & Expo last November, Brunswick CEO Dusty McCoy said [and I’m paraphrasing here] that while…
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Pain = gain?
My four-year-old son broke his arm playing in the yard last week. While he was incredibly brave in the hours…
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