"But when that growth lasted for five or six years, businessmen started to foresee a shortage of capacity," he said.

After the war, American businessmen started coming here as the city became a trading center for semiprecious stones.

Four local businessmen started the Manheim auction in a barn in 1945.

When a fallen businessman starts publishing books to correct the record, he no longer is thinking like a businessman.

Government employees, bank employees, school teachers, college professors, and small businessmen started flocking to this new area.

After years of funneling profits and assets abroad, Russian businessmen started to reinvest.

"Some businessmen have reflected and have started to open their factories," he said.

A middle-aged businessman in a gray suit clicked open his cellphone on a recent morning and started talking.

The three local businessmen also started with an unusual marketing strategy.

When the lean 52-year-old businessman started Recruit, it published a magazine about jobs.