All Stories from May 6, 2012 (Change date)
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How to share your yard with your dogMay 06, 2012 8:17 am - Is your yard going to the dogs? Muddy lawns and ankle-twisting craters are just two of the problems that frustrate pet owners each spring. But with some simple design st...
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No recourse for Hampshire family victimized by DUIMay 06, 2012 8:00 am - On the surface, Hampshire resident Francisco Valdez Sr. is a millionaire. He and his family were awarded $2.7 million for a Dec. 24, 2008, crash caused by a drunken driv...
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Chicken prices go thigh-high as consumers seek dark meatMay 06, 2012 8:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS - Pat LaFrieda Jr. can't get enough chicken thighs. If his family business featured on the new Food Network series "Meat Men" orders 100 cases of boneless, s...
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How United, Continental merger was chaos on the groundMay 06, 2012 8:00 am - At United Airlines, they called it the “cutover.” It was the final and most difficult piece of the puzzle in the merger with Continental Airlines and involved ...
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Not all growth mutual funds take a bite of AppleMay 06, 2012 7:45 am - BOSTON — A mutual fund manager usually can count on having a good year if the largest investment in the portfolio is surging. But that’s not the case for Tony ...
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Study shows fewer loans to small businessMay 06, 2012 7:32 am - NEW YORK — Lending to small business is slowing, a sign that companies are losing confidence in the economy. A study released this week by PayNet, a research firm that t...
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Why small business owners are hesitant to hireMay 06, 2012 7:19 am - NEW YORK — Ken Levien has no plans to hire more people for his real estate project management company in New York. He says his business has only about 85 percent of...
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Race, religion collide in presidential campaignMay 06, 2012 7:03 am - How unthinkable it was, not so long ago, that a presidential election would pit a candidate fathered by an African against another condemned as un-Christian. And yet, he...
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Best states for small business taxesMay 06, 2012 7:00 am - State tax bills can add up pretty fast for small business owners. Well, that is, unless your business is located in South Dakota, Texas or Nevada. At least that's the as...
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Vogue bans too-skinny models from its pagesMay 06, 2012 6:57 am - NEW YORK — Vogue magazine, perhaps the world’s top arbiter of style, is making a statement about its own models: too thin is no longer in. The 19 editors of Vo...