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The West Virginia Rebel's Blog (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Free market? What's that? the Feds must have better things to worry about than whether two little Pennsylvania pretzel companies pose a danger to the American economy. This month Snyder's of Hanover and Utz Quality Foods, both in Hanover, just over the state line from Carroll County, halted a planned merger after regulators intervened. In deciding to extend its review of the deal, the Federal Trade...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With the holidays around the corner, the National Association of Federal Credit Unions (www.nafcu.org) is offering these tips to help folks avoid the holiday budget hangover. Create a budget – Create your gift list and determine how much you can spend on each person. Set a budget among family and friends or maybe establish a gift exchange program. Give Gifts that...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wednesday, November 25, 2009: Community Foundation of Central Florida Unveils New Web Site with Detailed “Portraits” of Charitable Organizations in Central Florida; Transparency Expected to Stimulate Nonprofit Marketplace and Change Giving Central Florida is one of the first regions in the country to make it happen, thanks to the Community Foundation of Central...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to the 16th annual holiday study from the Consumer Electronics Association, spending on consumer electronics will be up 8% this year, with more than four out of five adults planning to buy a consumer electronic this holiday season. So what’s on the top of this year’s holiday wish list? Here’s what the Consumer Electronics Association found out:...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--While retailers are scrambling to ensure great sales on the day after Thanksgiving, traditionally known as “Black Friday,” Systemax will be attempting to raise additional awareness and raise funds for Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and their goal to end breast cancer forever through the third annual Pink Friday® event. Pink Friday (http://www.pinkfriday.org)...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Breast Preservation Foundation will appear on the hit show ‘The Doctors’ today at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time on KCAL. Dr. Joel Aronowitz, the Foundation’s president and founder, will be featured in a segment highlighting skin-sparing mastectomy as an advanced surgical alternative to traditional mastectomy, which can result in terribly disfiguring scars....
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--inca (Pink Sheets: IDGI) resort and swimwear debuts its new e-commerce online boutique, TheincaCollection.com, set to launch Friday November 20, 2009. The wildly successful resort collection headed by Stacy Josloff is now available with the click of a mouse. With the convenience of theincacollection.com online boutique, the chic collection of sophisticated swimwear and resort...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Irvine Animal Care Center is the largest pro-humane animal shelter in Orange County which receives nearly 4,000 animals each year. The shelter is situated on a beautiful five acre facility that looks more like a park than an animal shelter. The IACC prides itself on mimicking a family life for the shelter pets that are temporarily in our care. Each pet enjoys a daily routine...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sigster games are made for the gamer, by people passionate about games. Being aware that the social gaming community has an appetite for convenient competitive gaming, Sigster has taken the cross-platform approach from the ground up. The infrastructure behind Sigster games allows the player to keep one universal account across multiple platforms and devices, for a consistent end-user...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Want to get the latest microbiology news, podcasts and video content in the palm of your hand? Now there is an app for that. A new application from the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) allows users to access and interact with audio and video content on MicrobeWorld, its award winning multimedia website, directly from their iPhones and iPod Touches. “If keeping...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Three of the largest Front Range health care organizations are taking an unprecedented leap forward in health care reform by improving care for more than a million Coloradans with an interconnected electronic patient record exchange system. The Children’s Hospital, Kaiser Permanente Colorado and Exempla Healthcare are now live with an electronic health record (EHR) “health...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW YORK & SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acclaimed actor and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard is set to star in Lionsgate’s “Tough Trade,” the first original series pilot for EPIXTM, the new multi-platform entertainment service from Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), its Paramount Pictures unit, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) and Lionsgate (NYSE:...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
PATERSON, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wine Spectator magazine, one of the most influential wine publications in the world, has named the Columbia Crest 2005 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon as the editors’ pick for the No. 1 Wine in the World for 2009. Equally noteworthy is that Columbia Crest is the first wine produced in Washington state to fill the top spot in Wine Spectator’s annual Top 100 wines...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced an all-new Team Racing pack for the critically-acclaimed Need for Speed SHIFT™. The content pack takes online racing to the next level with an action-packed new race mode and five renowned racing cars - all for free (Need for Speed SHIFT and Xbox LIVE® or PlayStation®Network account required). The...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
HORSHAM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nutrisystem, Inc. (NASDQ: NTRI), a leading developer of weight loss products and services, today announced its company-wide support for the recently launched Stop DiabetesSM movement from the American Diabetes Association. On the heels of the successful launch of Nutrisystem D, its program designed to help people with type 2 diabetes lose weight, Nutrisystem has implemented...
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money | 12/08/2009
In the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s, cigarette advertising frequently included claims that drew the attention of the Federal Trade Commission (e.g., “No worry about throat irritation even when you inhale!”). The commission's efforts to police these claims had little effect, however, for it was unable to stop the misleading claims until after the lengthy hearing and appeal processes had been exhausted....
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money | 12/08/2009
Promotional activities have always been part of tobacco product marketing, but there was a marked increase in the distribution of promotional items for tobacco products in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The effects of this phenomenon on the uptake of cigarettes by the young could be readily measured by survey techniques, for it is relatively easy to ascertain, for instance, whether a respondent has...
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