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For many fathers and sons, that personal relationship also blends into their careers. About 80 percent of businesses in the United States are family owned, according to the Center for the Study for Taxation in Washington.
Mixing the parent-child dynamic with a business partnership can be as rewarding as it is challenging. A trust not often [...]

When the sun finally cut through the smoke cloaking Queen St. W. yesterday morning, the Duke family got a clear view of what was left of their family business. Nothing. The fire that started at dawn and tore through almost a full city block of Queen St., between Portland and Bathurst Sts., took a big [...]

Imagine a chocolate-box Jane Austen theme-park Britain, where the poor are kept safely out of sight and the gentle-folk heave their bosoms with repressed emotion. Don’t laugh. That’s precisely the image that many Chinese students have of modern Britain, according to a new report carried out by Greg Philo, head of Glasgow University’s Media Group, [...]

Dear Abby: I have a close friend, “Ethel,” about whom I’m very worried. She sees a therapist, “Amy,” once a week for depression and suicidal thoughts, and while I think it’s a wonderful idea, I’m concerned because she has become “friends” with her therapist.
This has [...]