Seeing where the stars blinked out
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Grave Line Tours was started in 1987 by Greg Smith, who put together a tour of where celebrities died for friends who visited him in Los Angeles, CA. Smith realized the potential for a professional tour, and emphasized its appeal by taking customers on the tour in a hearse.
Publication Name: Nation's Business
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0028-047X
Year: 1996
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However you slice it
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Crescent Manufacturing makes specialized disposable blades for industrial, medical and other applications. The company went through Chapter 11 bankruptcy after being purchased in 1990 and has since become profitable, with annual revenues of about $10 million.
Publication Name: Nation's Business
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0028-047X
Year: 1996
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Back from the brink
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Often a business has to be on the verge of collapse or failure before it finds the right strategy to help it thrive. How several companies rebounded from bankruptcy or being on the edge of failure or dissolution is described.
Publication Name: Nation's Business
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0028-047X
Year: 1995
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