Archive for September, 2009
Hub art collectors insist heist was an inside job (Boston Herald)
A pair of Boston art collectors, including a recently retired Harvard doctor, were hit by a savvy crook in a possible “inside job” in California that left them reeling…
Read More..>>French government drops support for Polanski (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The French government on Wednesday dropped its public support for Roman Polanski, saying the Oscar-winning director held in Switzerland over a three-decade-old child sex case was not “above the law.”
Read More..>>German unemployment rate falls to 8 pct in Sept (AP via Yahoo! News)
German unemployment declined in September, but the fall was due to a seasonal upturn and statistical effects rather than any fundamental economic improvement, official figures showed Wednesday.
Read More..>>Flat 2009 US holiday sales (Straits Times)
SEATTLE – US HOLIDAY sales in 2009 will likely be almost flat with the anemic showing of a year ago, a new survey predicted, following in a line of cautious early forecasts for the period. Overall sales in the holiday shopping season will likely rise only 0.03 per cent this year to over US$90 billion (S$126 billion), according to a survey by data and media firm Nielsen Co.
Read More..>>/ CORRECTION
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwire – 09/29/09) – In the news release, “Yola Finds Small Businesses See Web Design as the Most Daunting Aspect of Getting Online,” issued earlier today by Yola, we are advised by the company that the name “Ed Bucas” in the eighth and tenth paragraphs should instead read “Ed Butchas.” Complete corrected text follows. Yola Finds Small Businesses See Web Design as the …
Read More..>>Local teams, even T-ball, can be marketing tools (AP via Yahoo! News)
On football and soccer fields across the nation, small business owners are taking advantage of a huge marketing opportunity: sponsoring local sports teams.
Read More..>>Recession delivers a double blow to many charities
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A new report shows Nevada’s Reno-Sparks region is the nation’s hardest hit area when it comes to construction jobs lost in the recession. The report released Wednesday by the Associated General Contractors of America ranks …
Read More..>>SFPD on fog-shrouded pot farms: too much green
One of Florida’s largest cash crops — ”grow house” marijuana — is being targeted in new legislation that state lawmakers swiftly approved Thursday and sent to Gov. Charlie Crist for his likely signature. The proposal, which would increase …
Read More..>>PrepLogic Targets Career Changers with IT Starter Pack
TAMPA, Fla., Sept 30, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — PrepLogic has launched the IT Career Starter Pack – a training bundle designed by industry experts to transform any student into a fully qualified IT Professional. The IT Career Starter Pack …
Read More..>>Bank of America’s Lewis Stepping Down
Bank of America ( BAC ) CEO Ken Lewis , whose tenure as the head of the Charlotte (N.C.)-based banking giant has been on shaky ground since the bank’s troubled purchase of Merrill Lynch a year ago, will retire at the end of the year. No immediate …
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