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TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR CAREER Even before transportation deregulation, smart managers used the transportation and distribution functions to learn about a company and thereby make themselves attractive candidates to move [...]

Even though Shirley Gryder, export coordinator for C.B. Fleet, works through freight forwarders, a representative from the Port of Norfolk calls on her from time to time to bring her [...]

THE RISE OF THE MEGA MANAGERS In the early 1970s, France's Groupe Michelin shocked America's leading tiremakers--particularly Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.--by invading the U. S. market. Goodyear, which was [...]

WOMEN ON THE MARCH Adrienne Hall is a woman with a mission. The word 'power' peppers her conversation. 'We're talking about all kinds of power,' says the vice chairman of [...]

It sounds like the plot of a late-night science-fiction flick, 'The Man Who Wouldn't Stay Fired.' A lab technician gets dismissed for working on a pet project during company time. [...]

The early success of the Space Shuttle program vaulted the U.S. into a commanding lead in the race to exploit the commercial potential of space. Over the long term, the [...]

Homebuilders--along with the industries that depend heavily on the housing market--had reason to celebrate as 1983 drew to a close. It wasn't a record-busting year by any means, but housing [...]

Even before the recent Olympics, manufacturers of exercise equipment were ringing up healthy sales. The Summer Games in Los Angeles boosted an already strong demand for health products and services--ranging [...]

THE CHINA SYNDROME Many businessmen with an interest in the People's Republic of China (PRC) are bewitched by its vast market potential. Their bottom-line thinking always seems to be: 'Think [...]

When Fred Block moves into the Channel Islands Business Center next April, he primarily wants to get away from the smog and congestion in Los Angeles. The environment at Oxnard, [...]

TRANSPACIFIC To hear James Gatlin tell the story, the definitive description for transpacific shipments these days goes beyond 'express.' The word is 'expedite!' and Gatlin, senior vice president of WTC [...]

USERS CONTROL PRICE/SERVICE ELEVATOR RIDE Are shippers too demanding of their carriers and freight forwarders? The answer is a qualified 'No.' But sometimes, they can be brutal in their bargaining [...]

HEALTH CARE COSTS Most health care in this country is delivered in a 'non-managed, mismanaged, or undermanaged climate,' says Dr. Robert Becker, chairman of Healthcare COMPARE Corp., a Lombard, Ill, […]

Maybe it's time to rewrite a Madison Ave. axiom. 'Dress for success' doesn't quite do it anymore. In many companies these days, 'Talk for success' is more like it. Flapping [...]

Manufacturers of cellular mobile telephones are hoping to reach the market this year with voice-activated systems. They are stepping up their development efforts because of the possibility of legislation that [...]

Rooney's garbage empire Environmental agencies trying to ground a lightning rod? When Philip B. Rooney took a high-school summer job on a dump truck in 1962, he probably never suspected [...]

Are you getting the most out of your productivity and quality-of-life programs? Chances are you're not if they lack top-management participation. Up to now, most such improvement programs have been [...]

Mixed bag seen for world trade Lack of a resolution of trade negotiations last year has Dr. Selwyn Enzer so nervous that he's warning shippers to be prepared for a [...]