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What to watch for in 2012
A new mayor. A new Assembly representative. For that matter, a new queen. Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley have plenty of things to anticipate in 2012 —and leadership is only part of the picture. Here are stories to watch for in the coming...Tags: Small Businesses, Murder, Trials, Trials, Entertainment Events
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Taking aim at alcohol
Huntington Beach's top newsmaker of 2011 wasn't a person or an organization, but rather a controlled substance.
Throughout the year, the Independent's front page featured more drinks than a typical bachelor party. Statistics showed Huntington at the...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Career and Workplace, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Disasters and Accidents
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Exelon lays out plans for new Baltimore headquarters
Exelon Corp.'s new headquarters in Baltimore is designed to be a glassy, 22-story skyscraper, similar in style to the Legg Mason tower, which would be a neighbor on the Harbor East waterfront, according to preliminary designs revealed Wednesday.
The...Tags: McCormick & Company Inc., Exelon Corp., Sales, Renewable Energy, Marketing
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Corn Products' CEO double stocks price with acquisition, strategy and sunny disposition
Ilene Gordon certainly wasn't the first young girl in the 1960s to balk when told she had to take home economics instead of shop class. It's what she did about it that foreshadowed her path to the latest list of Fortune magazine's 50 most powerful women...Tags: Sales, Boston, Global Expansion, Stock Market, United Stationers Incorporated
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Baltimore's Millennial Media files for IPO
Baltimore's Millennial Media Inc., one of the dominant companies in the rapidly growing field of mobile advertising, plans to raise $75 million in a public stock offering — money it will use to expand its operations overseas and go head-to-head...Tags: Marketing, Online Advertising, Advertising, LinkedIn Corp., Google Inc.
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Gov. Brownback outlines major changes in State of the State Address
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsKansas Governor Sam Brownback outlined his agenda for 2012 during his second State of the State Address Wednesday night. Brownback began his address by saying he is “bullish” on the future. The Republican described Kansas as a state in...Tags: Career and Workplace, Sales, Health Insurance, The Associated Press, Retirement
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Ravens, NFL pursue online sellers of bogus merchandise
As the Ravens drove toward the playoffs, Barbra Skarzynski wanted to buy her son a team jersey as a Christmas gift. She searched Google for Lardarius Webb gear, quickly found a site that billed itself as an official store of the Ravens, and bought a...Tags: Sales, E-Commerce Industry, Lardarius Webb, Services and Shopping, Google Inc.
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A level playing field for jobs
President Barack Obama is initiating an "Insourcing American Jobs" dialogue with top business leaders. The latter are always looking for tax breaks and special benefits, and this could quickly degenerate into pleas for special treatment — whereas...Tags: Conservation, Natural Resources, Energy Resources, Trade Policy, China
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Morici: 8.5 percent unemployment may be as good as it gets
The economy added 200,000 jobs in December, and unemployment rate fell to 8.5 percent. Going forward, unemployment is not likely to fall much further and may rise again.
Fourth quarter growth was exceptionally strong as the global economy recovered...Tags: Sales, Career and Workplace, Unemployment, Health Insurance Cost, General Motors Corp.
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Tips for joining a gym
If getting in shape is one of your New Year's resolutions, doing some heavy lifting before you join a gym can help maximize your membership and keep you from feeling like a dumbbell.
Remember, gyms are businesses. And businesses can close with little...Tags: Lawyers, Trials, Nazareth, Allentown, Northampton County (Pennsylvania)
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Public hearing set for new Wichita sports complex development
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsThe Wichita City Council set a public hearing for Feb. 14 on a development planned for K-96 and Greenwich. The Developer GoodSports Enterprises, LLC, wants to build a $50 million multi-sport athletic complex and retail development. The developer wants to...Tags: Politics, Taxation, Business
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Former accidental tourist to Chicago now works to bring more people into the Loop
Chicago Tribune reporterLife's unexpected detours aren't always a bad thing. Just ask Ty Tabing. The man behind the rebirth of State Street fell in love with Chicago two decades ago when a cross-country road trip gone bad left him stranded in the Windy City for three weeks with...Tags: Human Interest, Architecture, Music, Millennium Park, Travel
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