July 30th, 2008
Shoppers can now pick up Ticketmaster tickets at malls through a partnership with Simon Property Group Inc.
Ticketmaster will have retail outlets at the guest services booths in Simon malls across the country, including Ontario Mills, The Block at Orange, Del Amo Fashion Center, Westminster Mall, Brea Mall, Laguna Hills Mall and The Shops […]
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July 10th, 2008
Fujifilm Sericol USA Inc. is increasing prices on its products because of higher prices for crude oil.
In a release Wednesday, the North Kansas City-based company said it will increase prices 5 percent to 15 percent for screen and flexographic inks used for printing on clothing, ads and packaging product labels beginning Aug. 1. […]
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June 22nd, 2008
Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney said policy makers won't be “complacent'' as inflation in the country accelerates, even if it means surprising investors as they did with last week's rate decision.
The cost of goods such as gold and wheat rose 10 percent between the bank's April forecast and its latest rate decision […]
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May 29th, 2008
Apartment vacancies in the Valley grew in the first quarter of 2008, even as record numbers of homeowners were losing their houses to foreclosure. Where people are moving is somewhat mysterious, given the results of a report released Wednesday by apartment consulting firm Hendricks & Partners.
Apartment vacancies were 10.3 percent for the […]
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April 14th, 2008
Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney said an economic recovery in the U.S., which buys about three quarters of Canadian exports, is likely to be “muted.''
Carney, who took office in February, is trying to assess the effects of a potential recession in the U.S. even as spending by Canadians remains strong and near-record […]
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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 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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March 22nd, 2008
The U.S. Department of Labor reported that nationwide, manufacturing jobs have been taking the biggest hit in layoffs in recent months, and that is also the case in Hawaii.
Hawaii manufacturing jobs declined slightly from 15,200 workers in December 2007 to 15,100 in January, a decrease of 0.7 percent. There were 3 mass […]
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March 11th, 2008
The Classic Wines Auction at the Oregon Convention Center raised $3 million for five local charities.
The five charities are Metropolitan Family Service, New Avenues for Youth, Friends of the Children, Trillium Family Services and YWCA Clark County. Auction chairs were Linda Hickey, Mark Miller and Dan Agnew.
"This year's auction went […]
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