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Battery graveyard: Bill Baker examines old batteries found on land he rents from the federal government.
Battery graveyard: Bill Baker examines old batteries found on land he rents from the federal government.

Battery graveyard: Bill Baker examines old batteries found on land he rents from the federal government.

Date10/24/1991
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  • Battery graveyard: Bill Baker examines old batteries found on land he rents from the federal government.
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Jump starter: Wayne Hartford, chairman of Battery Technologies Inc., with the reusable batteries that have increased the firm's value tenfold.
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Brian Doe, 29-year-old Briton, heads the British Ever Ready Co.'s assault on the Canadian battery market - estimated at $40 million a year. Doe, backed by a hefty advertising budget, hopes to capture 25 percent of battery sales in this country within five years. Growth rate in demand is about 8 per cent annually.
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Harry Tobin: His company sniffs out apartments where rents are illegally high.
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Big Inventory: Doug Dales rents equipment worth $12 million to film, television industry.
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