Businesses Rally for Lauren Scruggs – msnbc.com
Several North Texas businesses will take part in the Love for Lauren Scruggs Rally on Saturday afternoon. Scruggs was severely injured when she walked into a plane propeller after an aerial tour of Christmas lights over North Texas last weekend.

Grand Avenue businesses damaged by fire – KARE
Businesses on the building’s first floor and in adjacent spaces, like the Grand Ole Creamery and the Pizzeria at the Creamery suffered smoke and water damage to varying degrees. Inspectors from the St. Paul Environmental Health Department are …

Active Web Group, Inc. Offers Businesses Free Website Consultation – YAHOO!
Active Web Group, Inc. (AWG), a leading online marketing company headquartered in Hauppauge, New York, today announced a Free Website Consultation for online businesses. The analysis is offered to all businesses seeking to expand their web presence and for …

More tax breaks for businesses on Illinois agenda – Quad-Cities Times
That proposal funnels help to specific companies, including Sears and the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, and extends tax breaks to other businesses. House Minority Leader Tom Cross, R-Oswego, said accelerating the expiration of the corporate income tax …

New Ad: Businesses, Utilities Support California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard – Yahoo Finance
The California Business Alliance for a Green Economy is a network of more than 1,200 businesses and business associations around the state who believe that a healthy and prosperous future for California depends on a clean, green and efficient economy.

Businesses allegedly caught selling to minors during Santa Crawl were not cited, despite earlier RGJ report – Reno Gazette
Of the 34 businesses checked Saturday with an underage decoy, 18 sold alcohol to the minor, said Sgt. Tim Donohoe. During a separate sting Dec. 2, 25 bars were checked and three sold alcohol to a minor, Donohoe said. Because Saturday s sting …

TEMECULA: Businesses to be warned about illegal immigrants – Riverside Press Enterprise
Businesses can still voluntarily use E-Verify, the warning added. The city will be sending out business license paperwork this month and in January. The warnings are Temecula s response to a new California law that forbids California cities …

Tucson businesses collecting turkeys for the Food Bank – Arizona Daily Star
Three local businesses are collecting turkeys for the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona. Their goal is to collect 20,000 turkeys to feed the needy. Casino Del Sol Resort, Mr. An’s Teppan Steak and Susi and Tucson Appliance Co. will be holding …

Businesses shelter in place after chemical leak – Click2Houston.com
A chemical leak Wednesday morning closed a north Harris County feeder road and forced businesses to shelter-in-place. The Spring Volunteer Fire Department said the leak was reported at 22820 North Freeway at Spring Stuebner at 6:30 a.m. The fire …

Businesses increase stockpiles 0.8 pct. in October – Houston Chronicle
WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. businesses increased their stockpiles in October after slowing inventory growth in the previous month. The buildup in inventories should help the economy grow modestly in the final months of the year. The Commerce Department said …

Regional Organizations Better Placed to Detect Potential Crises Early
Regional organizations are often better placed to detect potential crises early and to mobilize a coordinated international response, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, noting that the United Nations has strengthened or established

DPR Foundation Awards $590,000 to Youth Organizations in U.S.
REDWOOD CITY, CA The DPR Foundation, the charitable arm of DPR Construction, one of the nation’s top technical builders focused on highly complex and sustainable projects, today announced its continued commitment to supporting youth

Restaurant.com s Feed It Forward Program Teams Up with Non-Profit Organizations for Holiday Giving Celebration
Company Gives $3.8 million in Restaurant.com Gift Certificates to the American Lung Association, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation of Illinois and Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois Restaurant.com is proud to announce its partnership with three non

Businesses Rally for Lauren Scruggs
Several North Texas businesses will take part in the Love for Lauren Scruggs Rally on Saturday afternoon. Scruggs was severely injured when she walked into a plane propeller after an aerial tour of Christmas lights over North Texas last weekend.

Cash Flow is Improving, but Late Payments are Still a Struggle for Small Businesses
But despite their optimism, 80% of small businesses are still plagued by late payments. What s keeping small business owners up at night? Finding new business and retaining customers are reported as top business challenges: 55% reported finding

Will: Businesses get battered by regulation – Cincinnati.com
Puzder laughs about the liberal theory that businesses are not investing because they want to punish Obama. Rising health care costs are, he says, just one uncertainty inhibiting expansion. Others are government policies raising fuel costs …

Small businesses vie for federal dollars – KHON2
Small businesses came together today to see what it takes to get get funding from the Department of Defense. The small business innovation research conference gives local technology start-ups the opportunity to apply for federal grants to get their …

Rep. Carolyn Maloney to introduce “micro biz” bill to spur loans of up to $25G for small businesses – New York Daily News
Rep. Carolyn Maloney hopes to spur job growth with legislation aimed at increasing loans to small businesses. Maloney will introduce the micro biz bill to Congress Monday in an effort to help small banks and other financial institutions …

Maltese businesses making headway in Tunisia – Times of Malta
Around 170 meetings have been pre-arranged for the local businesses by Malta Enterprise and the embassy with the support of the Centre de Promotion des Exportations de la Tunisie, the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency in Tunis, and the Union Tunisienne …

Most businesses happy to see Occupy camp go – Abc Local Web
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Most businesses around Justin Herman Plaza are celebrating the end of the occupation. “I was very happy this morning to see they were cleaning up and people were giving high fives to the police officers,” Lore Borsoni said.

Deb Cleworth column: Despite struggles, new businesses open – Post-Crescent
It’s the kind of news no one wants to get — ever — but especially at … But, with communities willing to support their local businesses and entertain other business options, they can and will flourish. Deb Cleworth can be reached at …

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Hamilton businesses offer sapphires for donations to Haven House food bank
HAMILTON – Sapphires are helping feed the hungry in the Bitterroot Valley this winter. Two Hamilton businesses have teamed together to offer a cut, heat-treated Montana sapphire in exchange for donation of a turkey or ham or cash to Haven House food bank.