Surviving through hard times

With the economy mired in a deep recession, business couldn't be better for appliance repairman Dave Khorsandi or for Andy Gumaer, who co-founded one of the nation's biggest liquidation companies. Gregory J. Wilcox in the Daily News.

And for Tarzana attorney Chris Reeder, the recession turned out to be a great time to open his own practice, despite the daily drumbeat of grim economic news.

Turns out that this recession is like all the others in one aspect: Some savvy businessmen prosper from others' financial pain.