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The battle is on for souls and Troy A. Lyndon refuses to lose. As non-Christians wander Manhattan in Mr. Lyndon's new video game, Left Behind: Eternal Forces, they are recruited […]

Some weeks, Jose Edgardo Andrande makes less than $200. Other weeks, his pay tops $1,200. 'But then it goes down to $500' the next week, said Mr. Andrande, 42, a […]

Retailing start-ups like corner cafes and mom-and-pop bookstores can get a lot of mileage out of their antiestablishment aura. Customers love the idiosyncratic touches that set small shops apart from […]

With its strict hierarchy, a nation's military is not generally considered an entrepreneurial breeding ground. But it is in Israel, and that country's experience in drilling the virtues of agility […]

It used to be that a $50 microloan to start an embroidery kiosk or other modest enterprise was a gateway out of poverty for women in poor countries. Now, some […]

No matter what he does, Stuart Michaelson cannot stop the thieves. As the president of the Building Industry Association of Southeastern Michigan, Mr. Michaelson said part of his mission was […]

WHEN Maya Kalman became a wedding planner two years ago, she immediately set about gathering names of hospitals, soup kitchens and nursing homes that might accept donations of flowers, food […]

DAVID MURBACH may have New York City's toughest job. It is one that requires a nearly yearlong obsession, endless inspections that can turn his vision into a haze and a […]

LAST year, Kimberly Felipe Villanueva, an aspiring actress, banked nearly $4,000 as an extra. And that, she said, was a windfall. Ms. Villanueva, who has appeared on television and in […]

AS dance careers go, Hans Kriefall's was somewhat atypical. Like most professional dancers, he spent his childhood obsessed with the profession. 'All I ever wanted to do was dance,' Mr. […]

Last summer Alexandra Baych, 16, had her dream job. She visited crime scenes. She interviewed witnesses. Her long-term goal of becoming a lawyer seemed more than promising under the tutelage […]

What is a small business with a popular low-tech product to do when copycats try to steal its market? For entrepreneurs Brian Le Gette and Ron L. Wilson II, the […]

After 34 years as a dentist, building a 5,000-patient practice, Dr. Robert S. Kull is ready to retire. Except, he can't. 'I have four kids who went to private schools […]

ON a Friday last May, not far from the blaze of Times Square lights, Carol and Daniel Giordano, with their daughter, Dana, 12, were waiting to cross Seventh Avenue when […]

WHEN he was laid off in the dot-com bust, Mauricio Carey knew that it might take a while to find a new job. He never expected that it would take […]

EACH day Danny DeLarosa readies for battle as he combats a frigid winter with a body armor of clothes. Three layers of socks (one thermal, two cotton) warm his feet […]

IT was a risky move, to say the least. Robert Kotick had plunked down $440,000 in December 1990 to take control of the video game manufacturer Activision, then nearly insolvent. […]

THREE months into a job search, Corey Feldman hit a dead end. After losing her position in June as a case manager at the Vera Institute of Justice in New […]

The sales associate training program at Macy's covers a variety of topics, though stripping mannequins, consulting on what to wear in the Caribbean and cleaning hamburger grease left on display […]

WHEN Brian Appel was courting investors for his alternative energy company, he warned them, 'When you put in your $2 million and $10 million, there's a good chance you'll lose […]

Rob McIntosh feels like he's been jilted -- 10 times in a row. Over the past year, Mr. McIntosh, a graphic designer and creative director, has come close to snagging […]

UNTIL last March, Tami Swearingin was a division general manager in Atlanta for PPG Industries, the glass, sealant and coating conglomerate, with a six-figure salary and a sure path toward […]

INDIANAPOLIS, best known for its Motor Speedway and Conseco Fieldhouse, also has a healthy convention business, a rapidly expanding life-sciences industry backed by the Roche Diagnostics Corporation and Eli Lilly […]

MARTIN KACE is impassioned when he talks about the new wheelchair that his company, Bakunin Brothers, is developing. The company plans to unveil a prototype of the chair, designed to […]