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I America SELF-EMPLOYMENT I '' pksu Be your own boss Millions of us are starting businesses from home. WITH MORE PEOPLE going into business for themselves nowa days, the number of U.S. firms without paid employees rose to 20.4 million in 2005, according to the U.S. Census Bu reau. That’s 78% of the nation’s 26 mil lion businesses. This category of “non employer businesses,” winch often are part-time ventures, generated more than $950 billion in revenue in 2005. “It’s the great American dream,” says Gene Fail-brother, w T ho is a consultant with the National Association for the Self-Employed. “People have a desire to be in control of their own destinies.” The number of non-employer busi nesses grew by 25.5% from 2000 to 2006, says Brian Headd, an economist with the Small Business Administration. That’s more than triple the rate of businesses with employees, which grew by only 7.6% during that period. Among the fastest growing types of businesses: Web search portal firms (which drive Internet traf fic to online retailers), up 41% from 2004 to 2005; Internet service providers, up 17%; and nail salons, up 18%. Still, all this doesn’t mean people are quitting their day jobs. Those who con sidered self-employment their primary source of income grew by only 3.6% from 2000 to 2006. Factors behind the rise of tiny firms include technology advances, greater de mand for services, and an aging popu lation with the skills and resources to launch new ventures. E 3 —Rochelle Sharpe USA WEEKEND • Dec. 7-9,2007 You can do something about your bladder control problem. Ask your doctor about DETROL LA. Have strong, sudden urges to go to the bathroom, and maybe even accidents? Go more than 8 times a day? If so, you may have a medical condition called overactive bladder. But with DETROL LA, you can help reduce the symptoms so you can worry less about your bladder. One DETROL LA works 24 hours, all day and all night.* It helps calm the bladder muscle that causes those strong, sudden urges. Just imagine what a calmer bladder can do for you. Uninsured? Need help paying for medicine? Pfizer has programs that can help, no matter your age or income. You may even qualify for free Pfizer medicines. Call I 866-TO6-2400. Or visit www.pfizerheipfuianswers.coni. 19 We’ve got to stop meeting like this. Worried about how many times you excuse yourself? II 1 DETROL LA 24 HOURS DetrolLA ~tolterodine tartrate extended release capsules Helps keep art overactive bladder quieter. t<9i r i . fmam ‘answers