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Remote Control

Meet your maker Go to the factory. Meet the management. Tour the facilities. Drive a hard bargain Negotiate for copious product testing, and...
Inc., 12/01/07 by Alex Salkever · More from publication
Manufacturing in the Middle Kingdom

Around midnight on October 15, a shipping container filled with toy action figures left Hong Kong aboard a "K" Line vessel bound for Long Beach,...
Inc., 12/01/07 by Alex Salkever · More from publication
The Furniture Company Wanted to Sell Him Its Buildings and Close Down.

Rick Detkowski was in the real estate business, and when Kim Beattie walked into his Clarkston Mini Storage facility in April of 2006, real estate...
Inc., 11/01/07 by Alex Salkever · More from publication
A High-Profile Arrest Destroyed the Good Name of a Local Pizza Chain

On August 21, 2005, Terry Wyman-Picurro received a devastating phone call. It was her ex-husband, Peter Picurro. He had just been arrested, he...
Inc., 08/01/07 by Alex Salkever · More from publication
The Union Wanted Wage and Benefit Increases. Management Saw That As the Path to Bankruptcy.

The month of September is usually a busy and festive time in Yakima, Washington. The much anticipated Central Washington State Fair opens and the...
Inc., 05/01/07 by Alex Salkever · More from publication
Case Study: His Board and His COO Advised Against It, but Dave Kvederis Felt He Had to Act Fast

Dave Kvederis stood looking out the window of his office in San Francisco's financial district. Driving rain had slowed traffic and flooded the...
Inc., 07/01/06 by Alex Salkever · More from publication

Waikiki cocktails

After a massive building boom in the '70s and '80s swallowed such classic watering holes as Don the Beachcomber's and Queen's Surf Barefoot Bar,...
Sunset, 06/01/05 by Alex Salkever · More from publication
Blue Hawaii; Bodyboard the surf, snorkel the reef, kayak the coast: islanders reveal irresistible gateways to tropical adventures

The bodyboarder The bodyboarder Josh Wills loves getting tubed in the surf. As a three-time U.S. bodyboarding champ, the Hawaii native has...
Sunset, 03/01/05 by Alex Salkever · More from publication
Tourism 2.0: Hawaii's visitor industry wants to take it to the next level.

From New York to Nagasaki, from London to Los Angeles, ladies love Vera Wang. The Big Apple designer is the world's most sought-after wedding...
Hawaii Business, 01/01/05 by Salkever, Alex · More from publication
Shopping: goodies in paradise

Honolulu food writer and consultant Joan Namkoong wondered why Oahu didn't have a farmers' market to showcase the Hawaiian Islands' growing...
Sunset, 07/01/04 by Alex Salkever · More from publication