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Debra Borchardt

Email icon  dborchardt@optonline.net

Debra Borchardt, a graduate of New York University’s Business and Economic Reporting Program and a former vice president at Bear Stearns, writes for TheStreet.com.

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Riding (Uphill) to Prosperity

Bike tourism has helped lift the old mining town of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, from its long depression. Too bad not everybody’s happy about that

Business & Technology | Nov 24, 2008 (~976 Words)