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"Ben, I want to say one word to you--just one word:plastics." Thirty years after that succinct career advice waspressed on Benjamin in "The Graduate," another kind ofplastic--credit cards--is launching thousands of businesses eachyear.
About 70 percent of small businesses are funded by credit cardsand personal savings, according to NEBS, a Groton, Massachusetts,provider of business and computer forms.
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