Wal-Mart, Target Drive Canada s Retail Stocks to Six-Year Low – Bloomberg
Canadian retailers stocks have dropped to their lowest level since January 2005 compared with U.S. peers amid increasing competition from Wal-Mart Stores Inc . and Target Corp ., the biggest American discounters. The ratio between the S&P/Toronto Stock …
Building a business model on Twitter’s platform – Yahoo Finance
Twitter has 200 million users, but doesn’t yet have a business model for turning a profit on them … Now called UberMedia, the company burst into the headlines this week with news that it had acquired TweetDeck, one of the most popular Twitter clients.
Latest Pennsylvania News, Sports, Business And Entertainment – WNCT
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania are investigating reports of a natural gas odor not far from the site of a gas explosion that killed five people. The Morning Call newspaper reports an evacuation involving at least six Allentown …
Facebook founder to meet with Obama – United Press International
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17 (UPI) — Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg will be among several high-tech executives U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to meet in the San Francisco area Thursday. Zuckerberg, 26 — whose 500-million-member social-media service …
PRESS DIGEST – New York Times business news – Feb 17 – Reuters
Feb 17 (Reuters) – The following were the top stories in The New York Times business pages on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. * Agencies that calculate the worth of a life have been raising the number …
State can’t count on federal highway funds – Statehouse News – Charleston Daily Mail – West Virginia News and Sports – – Charleston Daily Mail
CHARLESTON, W.Va.–West Virginia shouldn’t be expecting any significant increases in transportation funds from the federal government in the coming years. In fact, the state’s congressional delegation may have to put up a fight to keep the current level of …
Gov. Snyder’s budget would cut school, city spending; business taxes reduced $1.8 billion – Detroit Free Press
But when business tax cuts are considered … how the $200 million in revenue sharing will be distributed competitively among communities. The news was received glumly by the Michigan Municipal League, which has called for more, not less, revenue sharing …
Alleged deception on Medicaid growth rate roils Senate – Greenville News
COLUMBIA A former director of the state’s Medicaid agency has ignited a political firestorm after a senator disclosed that she alleged under oath that she withheld key budget information from lawmakers last year at the request of former Gov. Mark …
Small Business Owner Is WeddingWire Rated for 2010 – WebWire
Lena Osorio-Gemisic Event Floral Creations is now WeddingWire Rated for 2010 Fresh Meadows, NY – February 16, 2011 – WeddingWire, the nation s leading site for wedding reviews, just announced that Lena Osorio-Gemisic Event Floral Creations is WeddingWire …