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Legal Forum: Is Unhappy Customer Entitled To A Refund?

May 27, 2004
Question: We did a job for a customer who was unhappy and called another company a day later to look at our job. The other company said we did not
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Reader Mail: 05/31/2004

May 27, 2004
Donating Blood Can Be A Life-Saving Act My father recently forwarded me John R. Hall's article "Giving Blood Is Good Business, Too" [Feb. 2]. Even though I'm in Pennsylvania, I
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Sharing Some Dumb Business Moments

John R. Hall
May 27, 2004
Is it human nature to laugh about others' mistakes? C'mon, admit it - there have been a few times when you have watched someone make an obvious blunder and snickered to yourself.
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Training Track: 05/24/2004

May 21, 2004
June 24-25 Heating and Ventilation National Technology Transfer Philadelphia 800-922-2820 www.nttinc.com June 24-25 Centrifugal Pumps National Technology Transfer Detroit 800-922-2820 www.nttinc.com June 25 Combustion & Venting - Motivating Employees The
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Reader Mail: 05/24/2004

May 21, 2004
Think Of Education As An Investment Mark Skaer's editorial "The Kids Are All Right" [March 22] was very interesting. I am retired after 38 years in the industry and was
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There Is An Industry Jewel In Big Rapids, Michigan

John R. Hall
May 21, 2004
About 200 miles west of Detroit, in the college town of Big Rapids, Mich., stands the newest jewel of the HVACR trade. I am talking about the Granger Center for Construction and HVACR at Ferris State University.
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Readers Provide Their Top 10 Reasons

May 17, 2004
The News asked readers to provide "The Top 10 Reasons Why The World Would Be In Trouble Without HVACR Professionals." Here are the responses.
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Where Would We Be Without Them?

Mark Skaer
May 14, 2004
Prior to National Indoor Comfort Week (April 18-24), we asked News readers to provide us with "The Top 10 Reasons Why The World Would Be In Trouble Without HVACR Professionals." We received some very revealing - and some very humble - answers.
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The Service Company: More Than A Name

John R. Hall
May 14, 2004
As I was looking through my world-class stack of business cards the other day, I came across a company with an interesting moniker.
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Partnering Can Provide Mutual Benefits

May 7, 2004
The recent situation with regard to the pricing and availability of some metal products has brought greater importance to a concept that has been discussed and implemented to some extent in our industry for the last few years - partnering.
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