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Even in the most favorable business climate, starting a company is no small feat. Imagine daring to set up shop as a woman under the Taliban regime.

Picture an old-fashioned covered wagon . Now, imagine your job is to pull that wagon. The wagon carries all of the concerns and goals of your business; understandably, this is a pretty heavy wagon, so you consider finding someone to help you pull it.

Art can change the world. Just ask the artists who have submitted works to Freedom to Create , an arts and culture foundation that leverages the power of art to address injustice in places where there is no freedom to express it otherwise. This Thursday, March 24, the organization is bringing an exhibition of some of the top selections from the 2010 Freedom to Create Prize--an annual competition for artists who address social injustice--to New York City.

Paul Farmer, an iconic figure in publicizing public health problems in developing nations, has now joined a campaign to highlight the issue of cancer in Latin America, Africa and other areas where treatment of this chronic illness is often lacking. As he outlines in this interview with journalist Mary Carmichael, Farmer has devised an innovative approach to compensating for the lack of high-tech treatments in countries like Haiti

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today. We still need phone books! That's the rallying cry of some small-business owners in San Francisco, who are campaigning against the city's proposal to limit the distribution of those thick tomes that land with a thud on doorsteps each year

Four women over 55 live together near Asheville; they're part of a growing trend of aging adults who want to live together for social, economic reasons

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