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More than 600,000 lose power as Irene moves north – San Jose Mercury News
More than 630,000 homes and businesses lost power Saturday as Hurricane Irene slammed into the East Coast. Winds of up to 115 miles per hour whipped across the Eastern Seaboard, ripping power lines from poles and snapping trees in half. Hospitals

Subways stop; NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg says 1,400 in shelters – Boston Herald
Sidewalks, streets and bridges were nearly empty. Broadway shows and sporting events were canceled. Businesses were closed and subway riders raced to catch the last trains. In an unprecedented move, more 370,000 people in flood-prone areas were told to get

Cities answer ‘help wanted’ pleas from small businesses – Sun Sentinel
It’s a sandwich-board-sized sign of the times: the poor econony is prompting many cities to bend their rules to help struggling businesses. Their actions could pay off for residents as well. The immediate goal is to help businesses survive. But by giving

Facebook shutting down online Deals program – YAHOO!
“We think there is a lot of power in a social approach to driving people into local businesses,” Facebook said. “We’ve learned a lot from our test and we’ll continue to evaluate how to best serve local businesses.” Facebook began testing deals in April in

Jacksonville Businesses Fear ‘Military Off-limits’ List – My Fox 8
Listing businesses that troops are forbidden to patronize forces shops to change their ways or go out of business, the Daily News of Jacksonville reported Monday. Just 14 of the 42 businesses on Camp Lejeune’s blacklist are still open …

More Lending, but Not to Small Businesses – New York Times Blogs
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation reported a modest bit of good news from the banking world on Tuesday … one segment of loans that did not increase: those to small businesses. According to the F.D.I.C., while the nation s total …

GM Ventures investments benefit Mich. businesses – Shreveport Times
DETROIT General Motors Ventures, which invests in new technologies on behalf of General Motors Co., is putting money into several businesses with ties to Michigan. The Detroit Free Press reports (http://bit.ly/nkoAq5) today that four of the six …

Businesses, schools wear orange to support Pat Summitt – WBIR
For Petro’s it was a small way to get the word out about wearing orange for Pat. “On Tuesday when we heard the news about Pat Summitt’s diagnosis, we were heartbroken like most of Knoxville, and probably the nation. “Shes just such an awesome coach and our …

AGP points at corruption of Rs 55b in 11 organizations – Pakistan News Service
ISLAMABAD: Auditor General of Pakistan has pointed out the discrepancies of Rs 55 billion in 11 departments including Rangers, Frontier Corps, National Highways Authority, Civil Aviation Authority and CDA in the accounts for 2009-10. According to a foreign

Faint praise from frat lawyer – The State
That decision angered fraternity members, particularly those in organizations not accused of wrongdoing. Kincannon, hired by one of the fraternities whose rush was suspended, wrote a letter to USC president Harris Pastides on Tuesday criticizing the

Samsung considering purchase of HP s PC business – report – Apple Insider
Samsung is reportedly considering outsourcing notebook production to Taiwan-based OEMs, a move which sources attribute to the company s unofficial interest in purchasing HP s PC business. DigiTimes reports that Samsung contacted Quanta Computer, Compal

Business tax repeal could hit cities hard – Detroit News
Lansing Michigan city officials say they fear even more cuts to their already shrunken revenues as the Republican-controlled Legislature is poised to repeal another major business tax. A phase-out of the personal property tax is the No. 2 tax reform

How Housing Dealt a Double Blow to Small Business – msnbc.com
Keith Sutton has been building homes in Cleveland since 1991 and was selling 20 houses a year at the top of the boom. Today he s sitting on 50 lots he can t get rid of and is $3.5 million in debt, including close to $1 million he s already defaulte

Women business owners to gather in San Diego – San Diego Union-Tribune
Women who own businesses in San Diego and across the U.S. will gather next week in San Diego for a conference organized by the National Association of Women Business Owners. An estimated 450 attendees will meet at the Manchester Grand Hyatt for the Women

New Bensalem gym fees could “wipe out” youth programs, group leaders say – Philadelphia Daily News
“They voted one year earlier that they didn’t want student activity fees. They said to increase fees that outside organizations pay.” Operating the gyms after school and on weekends costs “hundreds of thousands of dollars” for lighting and heating

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