But Alex Liu, Mkalipi's boss and the factory owner, says he cannot pay that and stay in business.
Freund, 49, a truck driver and jewelry store owner, says he never gave the Rohm and Haas plant a second thought until Joanne Branham came back to town.
"We're the ones who educate the public and make these brands what they are, " says Randy Klein, the owner of Whiskers Holistic Petcare in Manhattan and an early Brown supporter, sounding miffed about Halo's migration to Petco.
Mike Mitternight is the owner, and he says buying big pieces of equipment is no longer easy.
"It's a pretty arduous proposition to do something like this, and it's a project that most people don't want to do, " says the owner and developer, Dan Swanson of Addison Development, adding that he spent about three years building the home.
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Their efforts will benefit from both the financial support and expertise of the new owner, including supply-chain management, product development and logistics, says Mr. Babeau.
"Effectively, the excise tax at least violates the spirit of the free trade agreement, and probably the letter, depending on how the tax is implemented, " says Alejandro Martinez Cuenca, owner of Joya de Nicaragua cigars and the leader of a coalition of Nicaraguan cigar manufacturers that opposes the bills.
"Al is one of the most important people in terms of growth and building the league, " says Lamar Hunt, owner of the Kansas City Chiefs.
In the U.S., carriers are contending with subscribers like Hadi Mulhem, a 27-year-old New York City beer vendor and iPhone owner who says he texts more than he talks and would welcome the chance to lower his bill by using Apple's iMessage.
Robert Kraft, the New England Patriots owner and a man who helped negotiate the latest collective bargaining agreement, says it will basically be flat.
"We don't force feed the animals, they feed and live freely on our land, " says the farm's owner, Eduardo Sousa.
Former Benetton chief designer and Simtek team owner Nick Wirth has been leading the team's technical division and he says the new investment will help advance the development of the car for 2011 and beyond.
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"In the late 1980s, Hilton was among the first luxury hotel brands to utilize the service, " says Mike Bare, co-owner and president of Bare International and one of the original founders of the MSPA. Three decades later, it's common practice among hotel brands around the world. (Proof: LRA recently opened a satellite office in busy Singapore.) And soon enough, its taciturn nature may be over.
"It would be a good idea to change their name if they were rescued and were mistreated and that name is the name that was used, " says Burckhalter, owner of K-9 Coach dog training and boarding facility in Smyrna, Georgia.
"There's also the macho, who-can-eat-the-hottest aspect, " says Dave Hirschkop, owner of Dave's Gourmet Inc. and the producer of Dave's Insanity Sauce.
"Each and every boat is very special for the owner, " says Breman.
The battling factions are "like the Hatfields and the McCoys, " says Melissa Scott, a Kiger owner and exhibitor from Decatur, Tenn.
Kelly Loeffler, co-owner and co-chairman of the Atlanta Dream, says she was drawn to the league when she first saw a game.
The owner of a computer shop says he and other Chinese shopkeepers had handed over a large sum of money to the army just before the riots.
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"It kind of ate at me, " says Ms. Mills, now 71 and the owner of a hair salon.
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"Our whole business is based on selling things that are unpopular, " says the 49-year-old founder and sole owner of Rivendell Bicycle Works.
Chris Polley(ph), the owner of Jungle Vino, says his wine bar and adjoining coffee house, Java Jungle, cater to a new group of residents that live in and around downtown.
"You can't tell a woman to take time off because she's pregnant if she's capable of working and wants to, " says Mr. Tuckner, even if the owner's intentions are to benefit her well-being.
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"The demand is still there for the old Georgia flag (with the Confederate Stars and Bars), " says Pat Robinson, owner of Savannah Sails and Rails flag shop in Savannah, Georgia, whose stock of standard 3-by-5 foot American flags ran out soon after the September 11 attacks.
The owner of a clothing store sees him eyeing a suit and says that he can provide a really good deal on it.
"A lot of Americans come down to Mexico and check their brains at the border, " says Duane Christie, an owner of the Century 21 master franchise in Mexico.
"Most of the industry is located in California so I actually need to travel to California, " says Mr. Fernandes, who is the owner and general manager of Bio2, a product-development company based in Brazil.
"Specialization is a law of nature, " says Robert Tibbs, a neurosurgeon and part-owner of the Oklahoma Spine Hospital.
The son of a Buffalo factory owner and a museum-store manager, Godin says he started reading business books at age 12.
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