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Bowing Out on Bay

Sean Silcoff — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:51 EST

A stock-trading innovator decides it's time to sell

A Piece of the Patch

Rasha Mourtada — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:45 EST

Seeking to cash in—again—on the black gold of Alberta, Graham Becker dug deep

Sideswiped

Steve Ladurantaye — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:42 EST

A ride-sharing service learns the law the hard way

In the Trenches

Sabitri Ghosh — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:34 EST

John Forzani's lessons from the sport of business and the business of sport

The Credit Card Squeeze

Catherine Swift — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:28 EST

Biting back at the card sharks

Reuse, Recycle, Repeat

Sean Silcoff — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:11 EST

Launching operations in the shadow of a dominant brand, Just Junk opts to copy the strategy of the larger rival. Is that a move worth imitating?

A Booming Business

as told to Chris Nuttall-Smith — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:55 EST

Deanna Enman ditched a career as a chiropractor for the explosive thrill of detonating bombs

World of Wonders

Noel Hulsman — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:43 EST

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Going for Broke

Grant Robertson — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00 EST

Jeffrey Elliott and Raja Khanna, the duo behind Bite TV, are going beyond the box, streaming shows to cellphones and the Web. And while the content is—literally—amateur-hour, broadcasting's biggest names are buying in

Bloopers, Boondoggles & Blunders

Nick Rockel — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:22 EST

Everybody makes mistakes. It's what you learn from a boneheaded move that counts—and no lesson sticks better than one absorbed through the wallet. Here are six tales of companies that goofed, sometimes with near-fatal consequences, and how they turned things around