Business Stories from August 19, 2012 (Change date)
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Smart Spending: Finding back-to-school dealsAug 20, 2012 12:01 pm - Stores are going all out to pull you in the door for back-to-school shopping. That’s because every retailer wants a piece of the $83.8 billion that the National Retail ...
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Florida highway offers clues to presidential raceAug 20, 2012 7:13 am - ALONG FLORIDA’S I-4 CORRIDOR — Beyond the theme park billboards that promise worlds of fantasy and adventure there is reality along this road that ripples across the sta...
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Work advice: How an overweight worker can deal with a workplace bullyAug 20, 2012 7:13 am - Editor’s note: Karla L. Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace. Each week she will answer one or two questions from readers. Q: I am a big guy...
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Oil boom brings scarcity of workers in small townsAug 19, 2012 4:35 pm - WOODWARD, Okla. — The local prison is so short on guards that inmates can sometimes just walk away. A gas station barely has enough cashiers to keep up with the trucks f...
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The thrilling (and welcome?) demise of GrouponAug 20, 2012 1:19 pm - A year ago, Rakesh Agrawal, an analyst and journalist who spent many years working in the local advertising business, wrote a series of devastating articles about Groupo...
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Hotel puts luxury twist on mushroom-hunting tripsAug 20, 2012 12:22 pm - VAIL, Colo. — Mushroom hunting has never been as easy — or comfortable — as this. For $200 a person, the Four Seasons Resort Vail is sending out guided expeditions in lu...
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