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Roberta Bonoff, president and CEO of toy-store chain Creative Kidstuff, says the retailer, based in ...
Retiring boomers selling small businesses
NEW YORK – Baby boomers preparing for retirement are driving a surge in small-business sales, as they find more buyers confident enough in the improving economy to expand their own businesses through acquisitions.
In the first three months of this year, the number of sales that closed jumped 56 percent from the same time in 2012, according to BizBuySell.com, an online marketplace for small businesses.
Retirement was the...
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Local First has engaged Anne Dickson to be its sales manager in charge of new memberships and the 2014 Be Local Coupon Book.
Local First is a nonprofit organization comprised of 220 locally owned, independent businesses and organizations in La Plata County. The grass-roots organization supports locally owned, independent businesses through...
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- OB/GYN practice hires new practitioner
Four Corners OB/GYN announces the addition of Aimee Birgenheier to its practice.
Birgenheier is a board-certified women’s health nurse practitioner.
Before pursuing her advanced degree, she worked for 11 years as a registered nurse on the labor and delivery ward of Mercy Regional Medical Center.
Birgenheier will...
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