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Ideal time to sell a small business?
By Emily Maltby

Is this a good time to sell or buy a small business? Some experts think so, and point out that when the economy slows, owning a small business can be a viable option for investors. 
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Rethinking offshoring

The price of oil and its impact on freight costs may signal that it’s time to rethink offshoring, write Ajay Goel, Nazgol Moussavi and Vats N. Srivatsan in The McKinsey Quarterly. In some cases, it may cost more to ship a product from overseas than the cost of the product itself, they write. 
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A comeback for the greenback

The global economic downturn may be fueling a comeback for the greenback, as the euro hit a seven-month low against the dollar, the British pound fell to its lowest value in two years against the buck and the South Korean won dropped to its weakest mark in four years, according to the Bloomberg news service.
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2008 Big 50

ID’s annual list of the largest industrial distributors is online now.

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