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Articles in Sept, 1996 issue of Nation's Business

• The minimum-wage bill - congressional bill to be signed by Pres Clinton will increase minimum wage by 90 cents and provide $10 billion in tax relief for businesses over ten years - Brief Article
• Cultural connections - Blackberry retail stores
  by Maynard Roberta
• The latest tools for the job - personal computers and peripherals for small businesses - includes a glossary of computer terms - Buyers Guide
  by Tim McCollum
• Don't let your employees become working stiffs - employers should develop a program that encourages employees to stretch regularly to avoid repetitive motion injuries - Brief Article
  by Roberta Maynard
• Less paperwork, more bank loans: a change in federal rules is encouraging lending to small companies
  by J. Tol Broome, Jr.
• The easy way to play the real-estate market - real estate investment trusts
  by Randy Myers
• Abuzz with business - Brushy Mountain Bee Farm, Inc
  by J. Tol Broome, Jr.
• Case study: bringing on a new board - new board of advisers for Compton Electronics
  by Marta Vago
• The importance of the 1996 elections - Editorial
• Helping young artists turns out picture-perfect - The Great Frame Up sponsors a program that teams local high-school art departments with small businesses - Brief Article
  by Roberta Maynard
• Health coverage overseas
  by Peter Weaver
• Venture-capital, networks proliferate - small businesses can get venture capital from wealthy investors through the growing number of venture-capital networks and clubs - Brief Article
  by David R. Evanson
• Giving the media food for thought - advertising a business through newsprint and TV coverage
  by John Gottfried
• Gift lists - businesses should create separate gift lists for their best customers and the rest of their clientele to save on gift expenses - Brief Article
  by Roberta Maynard
• If I only knew then what I know now - family-owned business issues
  by Sharon Nelton
• Smiling for the camera - MVP Home Entertainment - Company Profile
  by Michael Barrier
• A health-insurance-reform bill - proposed bill will increase amount of health insurance premium deductible for income tax purposes for the self-employed - Brief Article
• Capital ideas for financing - small businesses - includes related articles - Cover Story
  by Sharon Nelton
• Selling by the book - marketing through catalogs - includes related articles
  by Roberta Maynard
• Guarantees can create a positive impression - businesses can demonstrate the reliability of their services and products with guarantees of satisfaction - Brief Article
  by Roberta Maynard
• Steering safely through a crisis
  by Lynn Woods
• The difference between business and pleasure - tips on deducting business and pleasure travel expenses from income taxes - Brief Article
  by Gloria Gibbs Marullo
• Welfare overhaul likely to please business readers - poll of Nation's Business readers show that many support the welfare reform bill passed by Congress - Brief Article
  by David Warner
• Plugging a software gap - system-software products of SystemSoft Corp
  by Roberta Reynes
• Overcoming a major obstacle to succession - managing family-owned businesses
  by John L. Ward
• Readers' views on the president - Nation's Business poll shows that most readers are dissatisfied with Clinton's commitment to small businesses - Brief Article
• Business-backed labor legislation - Pres Clinton vetoes Teamwork for Employees and Management Act, which would have prevented collective bargaining agreements for employees - Brief Article
• Improving worker performance - includes a bibliography
  by Michael Barrier
• Case studies in cash management 101 - managing cash flow to meet payrolls during up and down markets
  by Gloria Gibbs Marullo
• Entering a new market? Be aware of the pitfalls - owners of eegee's deli restaurants in Tucson, AZ, realized the drawbacks of trying to expand to a larger city such as Phoenix - Brief Article
  by Roberta Maynard
• When a customer goes bankrupt
  by Carolyn Magnuson
• An ESOP can improve a firm's performance - employee stock ownership plans
  by Peter Weaver