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Here are five great business articles from newspapers around the country. I'm pointing you to stories about accountability for physicians and CEOs, taking over a family business, a unique business idea, and Gallo, the wine giant.

From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune: Shopping for a doctor? Angie's has the ratings
"Angie's List's founder talks about adding doctors to her list. It's the latest among new health care rating systems to help consumers as they choose providers."

Wally's Comment: Choosing a professional service provider, whether physician or attorney or consultant is always a leap of faith. "Ratings" systems can make the process a little less like a shot in the dark. But beware. Raters often aren’t qualified to judge what they're asked to rate and people with negative experience are far more likely to share their experience than people with a good one. Many rating systems don't allow for a response from the person or service being rated.

Colorado Proposes Tough Law on Executive Accountability
Buttressed by local advocacy groups and criticized by a Colorado business organization, the measure would make business executives criminally responsible if their companies run afoul of the law. It would also permit any Colorado resident to sue the executives under such circumstances. Proceeds from successful suits would go to the state."

Wally's Comment: We have a dangerous tendency to see legislation and lawsuits as the twin cures for wrongs. Most of the time that results in bad legislation and unintended consequences.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer: Daughter steps in
"Dan George's hoop dreams are still alive in the eyes of his daughter, Erin. Erin, 28, is the second of three daughters of the Turtlecreek Township trustee, who lost a two-year fight with brain cancer on Feb. 28. Erin is president of George Manufacturing Inc., the powder coating and metal fabrication shop her father started."

Wally's Comment: This is a great story about succession in a firm that didn't have a succession plan when the owner contracted a fatal medical condition. This is one lucky family and company.

From the Charlotte Observer: Replacements are quick and easy
"The reasons they are misplaced are many: An office moves, a predecessor takes off with them, or they just disappear. But lost keys to desks, file cabinets and other locking furniture can be replaced and -- in the case of one Charlotte company -- delivered to your door."

Wally's Comment: I love stories of successful oddball business ideas. This is one of those stories.

From the Los Angeles Times: At 75, wine giant Gallo is refining its palate
"With annual sales of $3.5 billion -- about 70 million cases of wine -- Gallo is the nation's largest winemaker. One out of every five glasses of wine drunk in America is a Gallo wine. Gallo brands are sold in 90 countries including much of Europe, and the company brings foreign wine to the U.S.: Malbec from the mountains of Argentina, Chianti from Tuscany, Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand, Shiraz from South Eastern Australia and Pinotage from Swartland, South Africa."

Wally's Comment: I think of California winemakers as falling into two groups. In Napa Valley there are the vineyards of culture. Beaulieu Vineyard and Robert Mondavi and other wineries strive to create wines that are as good as or better than any in the world. In the Central Valley are the Gallos and the Franzias whose goal seems to be making good wine available and affordable for everyone.

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