All Stories from February 10, 2013 (Change date)
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Small business leader tells women owners to take chargeFeb 10, 2013 6:38 am - NEW YORK — Barbara Kasoff has a message for women business owners: If you don’t like the way government regulations affect your business, stop whining and get involved. ...
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Is the market’s strong start bound to fizzle?Feb 10, 2013 6:25 am - NEW YORK — The pattern looks eerily familiar. The stock market scampers up to historical heights to start the year then gets knocked on its back. Last year, worries abo...
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Career Coach: A prescription for sick employeesFeb 10, 2013 6:15 am - By Joyce E.A. Russell, Special to The Washington Post WASHINGTON — The flu season arrived earlier than usual this past fall, and it has been widely reported as one of th...
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Are gun company stocks in your fund portfolio?Feb 10, 2013 6:09 am - BOSTON — Are there guns in your investment portfolio? It’s an issue that some politicians and gun-control advocates are raising after recent mass shootings prompted call...
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Fewer die in hospitals as hospice, intensive care use increaseFeb 10, 2013 6:09 am - More people are dying in hospice care rather than in the hospital, though the shift hasn’t led to less aggressive treatment or lower costs as patients spend additional t...
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Big rigs providing plenty of well-paying jobsFeb 10, 2013 6:07 am - Robert Boyd quit his job as a bank assistant branch manager to start truck-driving school in September. He graduated in December and landed work behind the wheel of a ri...
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Wave of expiring stadium name deals attracts attentionFeb 10, 2013 6:05 am - It’s the ultimate status symbol for a company looking to make a splash. It’s a tool for entertaining clients and rewarding employees for a job well done. It’s a statemen...
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As workplaces shrink, tensions growFeb 10, 2013 6:03 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: The company wh...
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Bartlett teacher Lana Brozik calls herself a lifelong learnerFeb 10, 2013 6:00 am - Lana Brozik has 7,000 books in her classroom. There's fantasy and science fiction that her students read the most, but also mysteries, literary fiction and nonfiction op...
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St. Edward sophomore earns Eagle Scout rankingFeb 10, 2013 5:54 am - Epworth United Methodist Church Boy Scout Troop 128 presented Tommy A. Havemann the prestigious rank of Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America on Jan. 26 at a specia...