Golden Baseball League brings new teams, deals to '08 season The Business Review | The enters its fourth season this month with a renewed key corporate sponsorship from , new television deals and momentum in its expansion that may even include an East Bay team in Newark by 2010. | The Dublin-based independent minor league, which had its first profitable year in 2007 on $5 millio...
Northwest cherry harvest down with the temps Kansas City Star | Fresh cherry pie on the Fourth of July? Maybe not on the East Coast this year, and consumers can blame freezing spring temperatures in the Northwest. | An April cold snap damaged pockets of the five-state cherry-growing region, and farmers are estimating their crop will be down 15 percent to 20 pe...
PC Club shuts doors after bankruptcy Business Journal > | PC Club, based in California, has closed 37 stores in eight states, including New Mexico, after declaring Chapter 7 bankruptcy. But another company has stepped up to help the company's customers and its former employees. | PC Laptops, based in So...
Ritter tells Senate more oil shale research needed Business Journal > | Gov. Bill Ritter on Thursday told a U.S. Senate committee more time is needed for research into producing oil from oil shale before the government sells leases for commercial production on federal lands in Colorado. | Ritter was testifying before...
Siemens lands $277M light-rail contract Business Journal > Siemens plans 1-megawatt solar energy system [Sacramento] Siemens lands $184M rail-car contract [Sacramento] Brenco wins $6M light-rail contract [Dallas] | Manufacturer Siemens Transportation Systems Inc. has landed a string of wins this week, incl...
Ahead of the Bell: Credit card fee fight The Boston Globe | WASHINGTON—Retailers and consumer groups will take a swipe at the credit card industry Thursday, as they urge members of Congress to change the way card companies set the fees merchants pay on electronic transactions. | Representatives of Vis...
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Advertisers are eyeing your cell phone The State By WAILIN WONG - Chicago Tribune | For many of the 255 million Americans with cell phones, the gadgets are indispensable for everything from tracking appointments to taking photogr...
ExpressJet rejects SkyWest offer Business Journal > ExpressJet to add director [Houston] Proxy battle may take wing at ExpressJet [Houston] ExpressJet investor gears up for proxy fight [Houston] | ExpressJet Holdings Inc. has turn...
Natural-gas vehicles hot in Utah, where the fuel is cheap Buffalo News | Troy Anderson was at the gas pump and couldn't have been happier, filling up at a rate of $5 per tank. | Anderson was paying 63.8 cents per gallon equivalent for compressed natur...
FBI warns of escalating mortgage fraud International Herald Tribune | : The sinking U.S. housing market is fertile ground for mortgage fraud, the FBI warned in a new report. | The agency said Tuesday that reports of suspected mortgage fraud rose 31 percent to 46,717 in fiscal 2007, which ended Sept. 30, 2007. | That ...
Rocky Mountain natural-gas production soars Grand Junction Sentinel | SALT LAKE CITY- Rocky Mountain natural-gas production is soaring as new pipelines take away the region's bounty. | Utah, Wyoming and Colorado together are producing 8.2 billion cubic feet of gas a day - an increase of 1 billion cubic feet from a ye...
Delta named small community of the year Grand Junction Sentinel | It doesn't get any better than Delta, as far as the Economic Development Council of Colorado is concerned. | Delta, a city of 8,000, was recently named Small Community of the Year for many accomplishments, said EDCC spokeswoman Michelle Alcott. | O...
Northwest cherry harvest down with the temps Kansas City Star | Fresh cherry pie on the Fourth of July? Maybe not on the East Coast this year, and consumers can blame freezing spring temperatures in the Northwest. | An April cold snap damaged pockets of the five-state cherry-growing region, and farmers are estimating their crop will be down 15 percent to 20 percent this year. Even more significant: The harves...
