Nivea dos Santos got her first job as a live-in maid at age 12, dusting, vacuuming, ironing and polishing the silver of a wealthy Rio de Janeiro family from dawn until she’d fall, exhausted, into bed.

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Today’s Salute to American Success goes to Harvey Ricard, owner of the Connecticut Stage Company — a costume and theatre production shop in business for more than 25 years.

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Women are a growing force in the business world, but if they own a company, they may still struggle to get a loan from a bank.

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Gun law is an issue that some mom-and-pops need to consider.

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The trustee representing Montana’s Yellowstone Club creditors is offering a reward to anyone who can help uncover assets the luxury resort’s co-founder might have hidden from bankruptcy proceedings.

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BP PLC said Wednesday that it has hired David Lawler as CEO of the oil and gas company’s U.S. business, which is gearing up to spin off into its own separate company.

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The nation’s oldest cutlery manufacturer has filed for bankruptcy after 177 years of making knives and other kitchen tools.

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For many startups, hiring the best and the brightest is not an option — it’s an absolute necessity. 

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One of the most amusing and harmful trends in startup culture today is the redundancy of styling, branding and design. 

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 Today, a growing number of companies are choosing a more seamless, natural approach by creating and running aptly named ‘native ads.’

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