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submitted by Alice Bell 7 weeks 5 days 11 hours 21 minutes ago
One coffee drinker's bad news is another coffee drinker's good news, it seems.
Financial woes at Starbucks Corp., which is planning to close 600 underperforming U.S. stores, is evoking glee and little sympathy from aficionados who say they resent the coffee shop giant and favor small independent...(more)
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submitted by Lisa 48 weeks 1 day 25 minutes ago
Good Vibrations, the pioneering San Francisco sex toy retailer that had stumbled recently due to Internet competition, is being sold to a nationwide distributor of adult products, a move that will save the store and help it expand in other cities.
Officials with GVA-TWN - a Cleveland...(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 7 weeks 2 days 6 hours 56 minutes ago
Small business lending in South Florida took a hit during the third quarter as lenders clamped down in the wake of the subprime fiasco and the economy continued to sputter.
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 7 weeks 6 days 15 hours 57 minutes ago
Movement to eat food grown close to home is gaining traction A movement to eat food grown close to home is gaining traction, driven by a desire to eat fresher produce, support local farmers and reduce the carbon pollution associated with transporting the goods.
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submitted by Jenna 69 weeks 5 days 1 hour 1 minute ago
Meredith Nunn is ready to fence up her 19-acre fruit orchard and quit farming in East Contra Costa County.
Because her property is within the county's protected agricultural core, Nunn is not allowed to operate a bed-and-breakfast on her farm. She can't build a small restaurant or...(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 6 weeks 5 days 19 hours 57 minutes ago
States are taking various approaches to help businesses unable to provide health insurance for their employees.
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submitted by Lisa 1 week 3 days 54 minutes ago
The value that venture capitalists placed on Bay Area startups rose by an average of 53 percent for companies that received fresh cash infusions in the second quarter, a reassuring signal about the health of the region's entrepreneurial economy.
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 7 weeks 5 days 19 hours 57 minutes ago
NEW DELHI -- When schoolteacher Meera Dass quit her job last year, she just wanted to enjoy being at home for a change. Then she read a newspaper ad that said she could earn money at home while making friends from all around the world....(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 7 weeks 1 day 6 hours 56 minutes ago
Buckling under the subprime crisis and a limping economy, many banks are turning off the money taps to local entrepreneurs, forcing some to put their dreams on ice or scale back plans to expand.
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 7 weeks 1 day 9 hours 57 minutes ago
New planning rules aim to help town centres by curbing the development of out-of-town superstores.
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 6 weeks 4 days 22 hours 57 minutes ago
After Starbucks Coffee recently announced it was closing 600 stores, the questions started almost immediately -- for Howard Schultz, the man who turned the Seattle company into a coffee behemoth, and for Dale Roberts, the proprietor of the Java Shack, a tiny coffeehouse in Arlington....(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 6 weeks 2 days 15 hours 56 minutes ago
With a lot of hard work and a little luck, Anissi Ndeumajado believed he could make a decent life for himself in America.
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