It brings Nautica and Calvin Klein into small towns like Grand Island, Nebr. and Brainerd, Minn.

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Not much: Enron and Utilicorp's Aquila Energy subsidiary in Omaha, Nebr. have each executed only about 100 trades since the market began in late 1996.

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Susan always attended the Berkshire annual meetings in Omaha, Nebr.

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It has been an incredible run for the company founded in 1961 by Richard Cabela and his wife, Mary, at their kitchen table in Chappell, Nebr.

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The next day I follow a US Airways Philly-bound commuter into the sky and get ready for 11 more hours of flying, determined to make North Platte, Nebr.

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Within two years younger brother James Cabela joined the catalog business, and the duo eventually moved their headquarters to Sidney, Nebr. and developed stores that have become like shopping amusement parks for sportsmen, known for elaborate taxidermy displays of animals from deer to lions.

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