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Silly Bandz become serious business
Kids everywhere are jumping on the wagon of the latest craze in fashion: Silly Bandz. Comment?
CA to Hire Large Numbers of Cloud Computing and Virtualization Talent
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CAA is launching a major new talent acquisition program in EMEA, which will help drive the company's next level of growth. Comment?
Old photos of your mom: Don't worry, she was way cooler than you
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Sweet duds, Dad Old photos of your mom: Don't worry, she was way cooler than you Aviator mom: Frat guy wake up call: aviator glasses were not invented in 2003. Comment?
Fixit: Recycle old strands of holiday lights
Q What does a person do with unwanted Christmas lights? I switched to LEDs and have bunches of mini-light strings that I don't want. Comment?
BusinessInsider: Palm will disappear in 2010
Covering the Palm market is fun if for but one thing: some patterny keep coming back over and over again. Comment?
LiquiPur struggling to get into the flow
LiquiPur was scheduled to move into this building at 505 S. Wright Road in Janesville. Comment?
Economy Hits Donors Helping Military Families
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Groups that help military families are reporting a drop in cash donations at a time of greater need for those struggling in a down economy while one or more parents fight in Iraq or Afghanistan . Comment?
France Weighs Gender Quotas For Boardrooms
France's UMP party has submitted legislation to promote gender parity on company boards. Comment?
Home Depot's Verschuren: A Canadian view in China
... to get it right and [then] the world is our oyster." When she first took the reins in China, the home-improvement retail market was booming, the potential was huge and she pledged to build the business "very aggressively." Three years later, the ... Comment?
New fine arts center to expose fakes,
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A new center in Vietnam will work to protect the local fine arts market by exposing fakes and copycats, artists told a conference in Hanoi last week. Comment?
Stop & Shop, Giant Food Pull College Inn Broth
The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. and Giant Food chains both removed College Inn No MSG Chicken Broth from their stores this weekend, following a nationwide voluntary recall by the product's maker, Del Monte Foods Co. Comment?
Weekly CFO Buys Highlight: MDH, GBNK, RENT, PXLW, WTBA, DPM, EAG
... venience stores, lease videocassettes and other media from Rentrak for a low up-front fee and share a portion of each retail rental Comment?
Spartan happy with Pharm drugstores, top official says
The top officer of Spartan Stores Inc. said yesterday the company is pleased with the progress of the Pharm discount-drugstore chain in northwest Ohio, especially its pharmacy business. Comment?
Spartan chain's loss for quarter is $6.1 million
The owner of the Food Town grocery chain reported another quarterly loss yesterday, primarily from charges related to the shutdown of the chain. Comment?
Empty Food Town stores still waiting for tenants
... a nibble from a potential buyer or tenant. "We're even looking at breaking the space up and making more smaller retail spaces," he said. Dave Long, a commercial real estate agent with CB Richard Ellis/Reichle Klein in Maumee, said the Food Town ... Comment?
Ex-Food Town workers try to reshape careers
Nearly 11/2 years after being let go by the Food Town grocery chain, longtime manager Joe Jamgochian has volunteered at his church, devoted more time to a neighborhood group, and helped care for a disabled sister. Comment?
US retail sales rise in Nov: economy preview
... vehicles, up from 10.45 million in October, according to industry figures released last week. Excluding automobiles, retail sales probably rose 0.4% after a 0.2% increase the prior month, according to the Bloomberg survey. A gain would be the fourth ... Comment?
Fostoria Food Town sold, to be Great Scot
The fate of four remaining Food Town stores not sold to Kroger or other buyers over the last two months remains unclear, but a previously closed store in Fostoria has been purchased by a regional chain that will operate it as a Great Scot supermarket. Comment?
Supermarkets Pull Recalled Chicken Broth
The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. and Giant Food chains both removed College Inn No MSG Chicken Broth from their stores this weekend, following a nationwide voluntary recall by the product's maker, Del Monte Foods Co. Comment?
Kroger gobbles up 10 more Food Towns
Kroger Co., the dominant grocer in the Toledo area, instantly grew yesterday when it purchased 10 more Food Town stores in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan, including those in Holland, Swanton, and Waterville. Comment?