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A Minnesotan in Warsaw hopes to leave his mark on Poland's printing industry; Asked whether he knew of a good master franchisee for Insty-Prints in Poland, former international banking executive Charles Meech bought in after learning of the printing industry's growth prospects there.(BUSINESS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 10/8/2000; 1447 words; ...Meech, 58, bought the Insty-Prints master franchise...Robert Sutter, CEO of IPI Inc., the Eden Prairie-based franchiser of Insty-Prints business printing...acquaintance connected with Insty-Prints to ask Meech...Whereupon Meech did a bit of market research and...

Financier Buys 11 Million Shares of Carmel, Ind.-Based Insurer Conseco.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 5/26/2000; 1321 words; ...comment on the latest bit of intrigue. Jacobs said...Disney Co., Avon Products Inc. and ITT Corp. His typical...hostile bid for Mayflower Inc. in 1993, but he lost...through Genmar Holdings Inc., a privately held company...company that oversees the Insty-Prints chain of print...

You don't know him, but his businesses are very familiar; Ed Flaherty founded or acquired 25 enterprises that he pushed to success while staying out of the spotlight.(BUSINESS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 6/13/1999; 1733 words; ...Add it all up and throw in Lariat Cos. Inc., which owns and manages a variety of...transformed into an even better story by a bit of unaccustomed publicity. He's got...by the concept of what he called "the Insty-Print of the sign business," Flaherty...

Printers press on with consolidation. (Indianapolis)
Indianapolis Business Journal; 11/24/1997; 1498 words; ...should be getting a little bit smaller over the next...Industries of America Inc., a national trade...with Printing Partners Inc., owners of an Indianapolis Insty-Prints franchise...based Performance Press Inc. filed for Chapter 11...

Printers press on with consolidation
Indianapolis Business Journal; 11/24/1997; 1096 words; ...should be getting a little bit smaller over the next...Industries of America Inc., a national trade...with Printing Partners Inc., owners of an Indianapolis Insty-Prints franchise...based Performance Press Inc. filed for Chapter 11...