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Leading Inner City Businesses Continue to Thrive
This report is new this week in The Business Journal's small business how-to section. To see what else is new, click here or click on the "how-to" tab at the top of The Daily Business Journal Online home page.Despite their challenging economic environs, the nation's leading inner city businesses continue to thrive, according to the recent sixth annual ICIC-Inc. magazine Inner City 100 index.The index reveals that virtually all of the 100 fastest-growing companies in inner-city areas are profitable and planning to expand their work forces. These companies, which were responsible for creating more than 11,600 new jobs between 1998 and 2002, paid an average hourly wage of $13.80, and most offered attractive benefits. <more>"