What budget-cutting amendments has the House passed this week? – Washington Post
Lawmakers this week proposed 583 amendments to a resolution funding the federal government through September. Ultimately 153 of those amendments were considered on the House floor and 67 of them ended up being adopted by the House. The amendments range

Area organizations to team up in Gloucester County food drive – NJ.com
WEST DEPTFORD TWP. Nearly two-dozen area employers and community groups have stepped forward to be part of the sixth annual Gloucester County Cares About Hunger Food Collection. They join 56 other organizations participating in the annual collection effort

Inspire Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2010 Financial Results – Yahoo Finance
RALEIGH, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISPH – News ) announced today financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010. For the quarter ended December 31, 2010, the Company reported a net loss of $4 …

Expert: Wounds imply attack in speaker’s NYC death – AP – msnbc.com
A New York City pathologist says a motivational speaker’s deadly knife wounds didn’t fit the assisted-suicide scenario described by the man charged with murdering him. Senior medical examiner Dr. Jonathan Hayes testified Friday that Jeffrey Locker’s chest …

Branstad wants to open South Korea trade office – Yahoo Finance
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad announced plans Monday to lead a trade delegation to South Korea and eventually open a small permanent office there as a way of expanding Iowa’s already considerable presence overseas. Branstad said similar …

PulteGroup CFO to retire; successor to be named – Detroit News
Bloomfield Hills PulteGroup Inc. said on Friday that Chief Financial Officer Roger Cregg will retire from the homebuilder later this year once a successor is named. The Bloomfield Hills-based company said it has hired the search firm Heidrick …

Latest South Carolina News, Sports, Business And Entertainment: – WNCT
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina legislators are upset by more than $260 million in deficits that former Governor Mark Sanford’s Cabinet agencies revealed last fall. Some lawmakers are accusing the Republican’s former chief of staff of understating …

Consumer prices creep up in Jan. – Boston Globe
WASHINGTON Consumers paid more in January for everything from food and gas to airline tickets and clothing. The price increases reflect creeping but still-modest inflation. The Consumer Price Index rose 0.4 percent last month, matching December s …

Forecast: Group sees 2011 retail sales up 4 percent – Shreveport Times
NEW YORK The nation’s largest retail trade group says it expects retail sales to rise 4 percent this year, the biggest increase since 2006, but shoppers are likely to remain cautious as they cope with slow job growth and rising prices. The National …

Watershed Council Asks State To Act On Yankee Water Permit – Vermont Public Radio
(Host) An environmental group wants the state to act now on a pending “Clean Water Act” permit application for Vermont Yankee. The Connecticut River Watershed Council asks in a petition that the state Agency of Natural Resources either grant or deny the …

Forecast: Group sees 2011 retail sales up 4 percent – Shreveport Times
NEW YORK The nation’s largest retail trade group says it expects retail sales to rise 4 percent this year, the biggest increase since 2006, but shoppers are likely to remain cautious as they cope with slow job growth and rising prices. The National …

Watershed Council Asks State To Act On Yankee Water Permit – Vermont Public Radio
(Host) An environmental group wants the state to act now on a pending “Clean Water Act” permit application for Vermont Yankee. The Connecticut River Watershed Council asks in a petition that the state Agency of Natural Resources either grant or deny the …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The Hackett Group To Present At Baird s 2011 Business Solutions Conference – PR Inside
About The Hackett Group, Inc. The Hackett Group : (NASDAQ: HCKT), a global strategic business advisory : and operations improvement consulting firm, is a leader in best practice advisory, benchmarking, and transformation consulting services including …

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.

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 …