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Local businesses use social media to boost holiday sales
NEWS7 Intern ReporterEarly reports from the National Retail Federation estimate that Americans spent around $496 billion dollars this holiday season, up 3.8 percent from last year. Some local businesses are particularly happy, and they used a not-so-secret weapon to help...Tags: Holidays, Media Industry, National Retail Federation, New Year's Day, Groupon, Inc.
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Lender 'cautiously optimistic' about local economy's 2012 prospects
Editor’s note: Kathryn S. Erber, senior vice president and Petoskey market manager at The Bank of Northern Michigan, submitted the following guest column. Throughout 2011, Northern Michigan’s economy experienced slow and steady growth....Tags: Government, Politics, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Science, Small Businesses
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Michigan tax changes good for some, bad for others
LANSING (AP) -- Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and Republican lawmakers pushed through a series of far-reaching tax changes in 2011 that will hand businesses drastically lower tax bills while raising the amounts low-income workers and retirees will pay as new...Tags: Labor Legislation, Retirement, Personal Finance, Retirement, Interior Policy
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Mail Call - Jan. 3
“You should ask your readers how many believe in the daily horoscope. What a waste of space.” — Paramount “I’m calling because my granddaughter ... had layaway, and she works very hard at her job, she helps children with...Tags: Christmas, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Elections, Interior Policy, Juvenile Delinquency
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Community Commentary: Bridge will do no good for Costa Mesa
To bridge or not to bridge? Is that the question? No, first we need to know where we want to go, then we can decide whether a bridge over the Santa Ana River at West 19th Street will take us there, or to some other place we definitely don't want to go....Tags: Highway Transportation, Business
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State Legislature: 2012 Session Opens With Malloy Proposing Education Reform, Pension Funding Changes
The Hartford CourantHARTFORD — Gov.Dannel P. Malloyopened the 2012 legislative session Wednesday with plans for education reform, pension funding changes and the largest increase in funding for affordable housing since Gov. William A. O'Neill was in office more than 20...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Linda McMahon, Budgets and Budgeting, Elections, Finance
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Defiant Obama challenges Congress on sticky issues
CNNWashington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama launches a three-day swing through key election states Wednesday after declaring in what could be his final State of the Union address that the nation was strengthening but must confront the defining issue of...Tags: Values, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Labor Legislation, Conservation, Mitt Romney
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Aliso Viejo City Council Meeting Wrap-Up
The following is from Wednesday's Aliso Viejo City Council meeting. * First meeting with new mayor Mayor Donald Garcia honored Councilwoman Carmen Cave for her dedication to the city. Numerous city employees came up to congratulate and give words of...Tags: Landforms, Landforms, Global Warming, Environmental Issues, Caves and Caverns
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Gettysburg: Small business help available
Carla Burns from the Small Business Development Center will have special office hours on Jan. 17 at Gettysburg-Whitlock Bay Development Corp., 111 E. Commercial Ave., in Gettysburg to assist businesses with management help. Schedule: Appointments...Tags: Small Businesses, Business
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Daniels rescinds new statehouse security rules
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has just rescinded new statehouse security rules that would have put a 3,000 person limit on the number of people allowed in the state capitol at any one time.
This comes right as the Indiana Legislature begins its 2012...Tags: Labor Legislation, Regional Authority, AFL-CIO, Mitch Daniels, Unions
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McDonnell outlines agenda for economic development
(AP) -- Gov. Bob McDonnell is hoping nearly $37 million in additional funding in his proposed two-year state budget will help spur economic development and create jobs.
McDonnell outlined several initiatives Wednesday in Virginia's biennial spending...Tags: Government, Agricultural Research and Technology, Politics, Bob McDonnell, Economic Policy
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Getting up to speed: Rural broadband expansion not a quick effort
Rolling hills, forested landscapes and light population density are features of rural Northern Michigan that often prove appealing for those who choose to live there.
But when residents in some parts of the region seek out high-speed Internet service,...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Charter Communications Incorporated, Consumers, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Telecommunication Service
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