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Farbman on the loose. (Burton Farbman)
January 1, 1991... Burton Farbman is not an easy man to sum up. As a kid in the late fifties and early sixties, he was a trouble maker -- when far more innocent things than drugs or guns and could earn you that label. Farbman went to a military academy to straighten up, and later shocked friends and...

Outgrowing the recession. (Reinhold Landscaping) (company profile)
January 1, 1991... It is a chilly Tuesday morning, and corporate landscape whiz Melanie Reinhold, laden with slide equipment, is rushing out of her office, on her way to the airport and a sales presentation out of town. The sky is overcast, the trees are bare-branched and the grass is turning brown. There's...

This 'desert shield' is for the troops. (Stemaco Products' goggles) (company profile)
January 1, 1991... A letter from a U.S. Army captain is posted on the bulletin board at Stemaco Products in Port Huron. The hometown boy, a 1973 graduate of Port Huron High School, wanted to say thanks for the sun and wind goggles that the company makes for the military. "Our soldiers use them day and...

Nursing a business to its full potential. (Home Health Care) (company profile)
January 1, 1991... Nancy Dobson Martin may prefer the purples and golds of her business wardrobe to the starched whites of her R.N. uniforms. And maybe in the past few years she's administered more budgets than shots. But as business woman, Martin is a strong advocate for nurses. "I'm proud to be a...

Executives say "whoa' to spending in uncertain economy. (Spotlight: Michigan corporate officers)
January 1, 1991... The map might say you've got a mile left of paved highway. But when you're sliding throug a muddy, dirt road, forget the map. You know it's time to step on the brakes. The mend and women at the helms of Michigan's publicly traded and fastest-growing privately held companies have been...