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Turnaround specialists saving troubled firms

Appeared on September 3, 2008

They are the trauma team of the business world. Their job: Stop the bleeding before the patient dies - or the bank calls your loan. And if your boss doesn't have the chops to rescue your troubled company, they may just recommend a new one. They are turnaround specialists. Hired guns such as Brian F. Gleason. And they swoop into struggling companies to manage them out of crisis and keep them running.