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Q: On a current TV commercial, George Weber says his dealership has been selling cars for 114 years. What kind of cars with a crank were they selling in 1902? Is that even possible?

L.C., of O’Fallon

A: By luck, I heard that very ad just before I started writing this answer, so I must respectfully suggest that your mind played a nasty trick on you: You put a couple of facts together and jumped to the wrong conclusion.

Yes, George IV did boast that his family has been making deals for 114 years. But if you ever see that ad again, listen carefully. I think you’ll agree that at no time does he specifically say that all those deals were for cars. Because they weren’t. Here’s the real story:

George Weber Sr. did indeed found his family’s company in 1902, but it started as the Weber Implement Co. on Main Street in St. Louis, roughly where the Gateway Arch is today.

If you search for 1902 automobiles, you’ll find a surprisingly diverse variety available, including the Cadillac Runabout, the Rambler C Stanhope and even the Brecht Dos-Dos and the Dyke Runabout, both assembled right here in St. Louis. (See many, many more at www.earlyamericanautomobiles.com/1902.htm.)

But horseless carriages hadn’t captured Weber’s fancy quite yet. Instead, he and his sales staff were selling plows, thrashers, sawmill equipment and buggies to farmers in Missouri, Illinois and Arkansas. He also sold steam engines, which could

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Bombardier Inc.B (OTCQX:BDRBF) Q1 2016 Results Earnings Conference Call April 29, 2016 8:00 AM ET

Executives

Patrick Ghoche – Vice President of Investor Relations

Alain Bellemare – President and Chief Executive Officer

John Di Bert – Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Analysts

Fadi Chamoun – BMO

Seth Seifman – JPMorgan

Walter Spracklin – RBC

Ron Epstein – Bank of America

Robert Springarn – Credit Suisse

Cai von Rumohr – Cowen and Company

Cameron Doerksen – National Bank Financial

Kevin Chiang – CIBC

Turan Quettawala – Scotiabank

Benoit Poirier – Desjardins Capital

Stephen Trent – Citi

Tim James – TD Securities

Steve Hansen – Raymond James

Peter Arment – Sterne Agee

Gavin Parsons – Goldman Sachs

Operator

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Bombardier Conference Call. Please be advised that this conference call is being recorded. I would now like to turn the meeting over to Mr. Patrick Ghoche, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead Mr. Ghoche.

Patrick Ghoche

Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining. This management discussion has been arranged to review our performance for the first quarter 2016. Today Alain Bellemare, President and Chief Executive Officer; and John Di Bert, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer will provide performance highlights, which will address our business continued strategic focus, segments

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Boutique manufacturing takes hold in Taiwan

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It may be difficult to believe, but international fashion brands Burberry and Coach use fabric made in Tainan; renowned sports car makers Ferrari and Lamborghini buy shock absorbers made in Changhua; and parts used in the American president’s helicopter have been designed and manufactured in central Taiwan. These are all genuine examples of Made in Taiwan.

Conventional wisdom in Taiwan suggests that companies are better off concentrating on branding than manufacturing, and that the rise of the red supply chain will result in mainland China’s manufacturing sector crushing producers at home.

But a group of companies intent on keeping their technology in Taiwan is bucking that conventional wisdom, embracing a new artisanal spirit in their pursuit of Japan and Germany—countries recognized for their manufacturing prowess. They are changing the face of manufacturing in Taiwan and emerging as key driving forces behind some of the world’s top brands.

From aircraft flying in the sky to vehicles rolling on the ground, from personal underwear to retail service systems, all involve forms of this niche “boutique manufacturing.” These home-grown companies are even busy searching for land in Taiwan to expand their factories and create new jobs, their rising sales and profits defying the sluggish global economic environment.

How have

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Wichita State University held an entrepreneurship conference on Thursday at the Hyatt Regency downtown. The event featured several speakers who outlined the data behind startup businesses both large and small.

This is the second year for the Wichita Industry Research Exchange, which is put together by the Center for Economic Development and Business Research at Wichita State. Last year, a panel of experts discussed how to deal with an aging workforce. This year, the topic centered on entrepreneurs.

Chris Broberg, a professor at WSU, presented data about the creation of new businesses and what impact they have.

“The overall trend at the firm level is positive,” Broberg says. “There’s a net positive trend of new firm growth.”

Firms, in this case, refer to any businesses. It could be a restaurant, a doctor’s office or a factory that manufactures airplane parts. Broberg says that Kansas, like much of the rest of the country, is seeing a steady increase in the amount of new businesses.

Broberg says that while more businesses are being created in Kansas, the impact on job growth is very small. From 1990 to 2010, Wichita saw an 86 percent increase in new companies. But that only translated to a meager 10 percent increase of new jobs. Broberg attributes this to the fact that new businesses either close after a

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