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Groupon Goods chief leaves for Staples
Tribune reporterThe executive who ran Groupon's Goods business has left the Chicago-based company for a new role at office products retailer Staples. The Framingham, Mass.-based company said Tuesday that Faisal Masud will take over as executive vice president of...Tags: eBay Inc., E-Commerce Industry, Amazon.com Inc., Groupon, Inc.
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EXCLUSIVE-Peregrine Financial scion: My father is dead to me
Reuters* Russ Wasendorf Jr. tries to move past brokerage scandal * Still faces civil suit charging complicity * Launches online marketplace in Florida By Ann Saphir and Tom Polansek SAN FRANCISCO/CHICAGO, May 9 (Reuters) - Russell Wasendorf Jr., whose father...Tags: Trials, Rentals, Prisons, Justice System, Halloween
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First health care startup backed by Lightbank bears fruit
Tribune reporterChicago-based venture capital firm Lightbank, which this year expanded its purview to consumer health care, saw its first portfolio company in the space launch a product to help women conceive. Lightbank, founded by Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell,...Tags: Startups, Consumers, New Products, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Business
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Bangladesh fire kills eight as collapse toll hits 930
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A fire in an 11-story garment factory in Bangladesh killed eight people, including a ruling party politician and a top official in the country's powerful clothing manufacturers' trade group, as the death toll from the...
Tags: Work Rules Contract Issues, Career and Workplace, Plant Openings, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Bangladesh
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RPT-SPECIAL REPORT-How textile kings weave a hold on Bangladesh
Reuters(Repeats to add video link: Witness: Race to the bottom fuels tragedy in Bangladesh: http://link.reuters.com/sex77t) By John Chalmers DHAKA, May 3 (Reuters) - Bangladesh's garment boom has made Mohammad Fazlul Azim a wealthy man. Over three decades...Tags: Career and Workplace, JC Penney Company Inc., Politics, Nike, Inc., Parliament
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US meat packers, union seek new visa allowing year-round workers
Reuters* Senate committee to debate immigation bill on Thursday * About 480,000 workers at 6,300 U.S. meat plants * Plants struggle to find applicants for grueling work By Charles Abbott WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - Foreign workers could gain visas for...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Interior Policy, Justice System, Tyson Foods Incorporated, Immigration
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Used ink cartridge company offers relevancy in man's second career
About eight years ago, after more than two decades in the textile industry in New York City, Jeffrey Rosenzweig faced his future. It wasn't enough that he owned his own business as a textile/garment broker; the industry was dying as more and more...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Google+, Business, Barack Obama, Boynton Beach
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Higher One Buys Financial Business From Sallie Mae
The Hartford CourantHigher One, the New Haven-based educational financial services firm, has acquired the Campus Solutions business of Sallie Mae in a $47.25 million deal that boosts the company's offerings to schools and students. The business from Sallie Mae, the...Tags: SLM Corporation, Credit Ratings, Financial and Business Services, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Teaching and Learning
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Microsoft extends Yahoo's U.S. search revenue guarantee
ReutersBy Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO, May 7 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp extended the revenue guarantee it provides to Yahoo Inc in the companies' underperforming search partnership, Yahoo said on Tuesday. The U.S. revenue-per-search guarantee, which had...Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Online Media Industry, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc.
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Milbank FFA Food Science advances to nationals
The Milbank FFA Chapter attended the 85th South Dakota FFA Convention, April 14-16, FFA members were recognized for their achievements and the Food Science Career Development team, Natural Resources team, Floriculture team and Veterinary Science Team...Tags: Animal Science, Natural Resource Industry, Natural Resources, Food Industry, Conservation
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Food additives serve unique purposes
FARGO, N.D. - “I have been reading the long ingredient lists on food packages. I'd like to consume fewer food additives, so can you send me a list of all of them and what they do?” the person asked me. I wasn't sure how to respond because our food...Tags: Vitamin B3, Breads, Food Industry, Consumers, Dietary Supplements
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Monster Beverage sued by San Francisco
San Francisco City Atty. Dennis Herrera has sued Monster Beverage Corp., accusing the company of pitching highly caffeinated drinks to minors as young as 6 years old. The lawsuit, filed Monday in San Francisco Superior Court, is the latest twist in a...
Tags: Heart Failure, Starbucks Corp., Litigation, Consumers, Justice System
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