April 10th, 2008
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has recalled 5-ounce bags of chocolate-covered almonds and 5-ounce bags of chocolate double-dipped peanuts because the packaging is labeled incorrectly.
The product labeled as containing chocolate-covered almonds may contain chocolate double-dipped peanuts and the product labeled as containing chocolate double-dipped peanuts may contain chocolate covered almonds.
People […]
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April 9th, 2008
St. Helena's Fantesca Estate & Winery said Tuesday it's hired former Screaming Eagle "cult" Napa winemaker Heidi Barrett to oversee its winemaking. She'll also co-star in a series of films the newbie boutique winery is making of this year's harvest.
The four-year-old winery was started by Duane and Susan Hoff, a husband-wife executive […]
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April 7th, 2008
A Simmons College senior has been awarded a Fulbright award to study diabetes in Mexico.
Chelsea Graham, of Center Harbor, N.H., will graduate from Simmons College in May with degrees in biochemistry and Spanish. She developed her study project and proposal during her junior and senior years. She will use the award to […]
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April 6th, 2008
The jump in March bankruptcy filings is another indication the U.S. economy is in recession, led by states where the housing boom turned to bust.
The more than 90,000 bankruptcy filings in March were the highest since insolvency laws became more restrictive in October 2005, according to statistics compiled from court records by Jupiter […]
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April 5th, 2008
Two analysts downgraded Isilon Systems Inc. and shares in the Seattle data systems company fell more than 11 percent in Friday trading.
On Friday, Caris & Co. downgraded Isilon (NASDAQ: ISNL) from "below average" to "sell" and McAdams Wright Ragen downgraded the company from "buy" to "hold."
Earlier this week, Isilon restated […]
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April 3rd, 2008
The Bank of England signaled that financial institutions may reduce mortgage and corporate lending and a separate report showed services expanded in March at the weakest pace in four months.
Banks predict a “slightly larger'' reduction in home loans in the next quarter after offering fewer of them in the past three months, the […]
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April 2nd, 2008
The Arizona Business Conditions Index is edging back to growth territory.
The March reading moved up to 49.3 from 46.3. A reading above 50 represents a growing economy.
"Is this the turnaround in the economy that we've been hoping for? While this does not breach the critical 50-point mark that indicates growth […]
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