If youre sitting on the next Amazon.com, you dont want to be giving away equity.

FORBES: Going Into Hock

Its one thing if youre targeting a particular audience -- Latvian-American folksingers, say, or 19th-century-matchbook collectors.

FORBES: Voyage of discovery

If someone comes in with a huge cashiers check, youre not obliged to ask questions about where hes getting the money, says Reich.

FORBES: A $2 million first novel

Youre in Bad Hands with Allstate is a site put up in August by Paula Moran, a self-employed jewelry maker in the tiny town of Franklin, N.

FORBES: Lawsuit.com

If you have poor attrition rates, youre doomed, says Burlingame.

FORBES: Voyage of discovery

After all, youre a banker -- not a policeman.

FORBES: A $2 million first novel

But youre stuck at the airport, says Lee.

FORBES: Soothing angry spouses

If youre not sure, dont worry.

FORBES: Schering-Plough Stands to Lose Claritin Patent

Please tell me how youre austerity programs are going to get the country to the place where we can get 40% or 50% or even more of our citizens highly educated, because my wifes brothers were both captains of their football team and the spirit of their schools.

FORBES: The Election of the Ant and the Grasshopper

And were - honestly, were grateful that the Haitian government is cracking down because the question was posed to me a couple of days ago by another reporter: Does it seem ironic to you that the very problem that youre seeking to combat, the problem of child trafficking, is the reason that your folks have gotten arrested?

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