Emily Schuman whipped up Cupcakes and Cashmere in her spare time
Source: Los Angeles Times
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 00:45:26 -0700 | business-news
A Guide to Defining Your Style, Reinventing Your Space, and Entertaining With Ease," it hit shelves last August and landed on the Publishers Weekly bestseller list. California girl: After a childhood spent in Mill Valley near San Francisco, Schuman headed...
Cheap beers getting pricier
Source: Los Angeles Times
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 00:45:23 -0700 | business-news
Thirsty beachgoers and barbecuers will be paying more for their cheap beer this Memorial Day weekend, one of the nation's biggest drinking holidays. Two recent studies found that prices for low-cost beers have been steadily climbing at bars and restaurants...
Showing the IRS some love after witch hunt
Source: Los Angeles Times
Cincinnati :: OH :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 00:45:23 -0700 | business-news
Not many years ago, people at both ends of the income scale had roughly an equal chance of facing an audit...Not while Washington remains wrapped up in its witch-hunting cabaret about whether rank-and-file employees in the agency's Cincinnati outpost selected...
Abercrombie's decline in sales pummels its stock price
Source: Los Angeles Times
New Albany :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 00:45:24 -0700 | business-news
The company's same-store sales in the U.S. plunged 17% in the first quarter, while its revenue sank 8.9% to $838.8 million. And although it narrowed its loss to $7.2 million, or 9 cents a share from $21.3 million, or 25...
Pop-Up Stores Are Way More Than Low-Budget Halloween Emporiums Now
Source: BusinessInsider
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 04:37:44 -0700 | business-news
If old-time department stores were comprehensive, mom-and-pop stores friendly and big-box always low price, what kind of message does pop-up retail whisper into the ear of today's customer? "New, fun, something different," says Wharton marketing professor Barbara E.
How To Know Whether You're Too Old To Call Yourself A Millennial
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 04:37:47 -0700 | business-news
In the '60s, the stereotype of the generation was a navel-gazing hippie, but now, the generation is more identified with those currently in power. Challenges: They're rapidly getting older and retiring, and not all of them have saved up enough...
Anti-Muslim Activity Has Soared In Britain After Wednesday's Attack
Source: BusinessInsider
Bristol :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-25 04:37:39 -0700 | business-news
Anti-Muslim attacks in Britain have soared since Wednesday's murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich. Faith Matters, an organisation that works to reduce extremism, said it had been told of about 150 incidents in the last few days, compared to...
Investors Are Borrowing Like Crazy To Leverage Up Their Stock Market Bets
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 04:37:39 -0700 | business-news
I've updated the charts in this commentary to include the new numbers. After the market low of 2009, margin debt again went on a tear until the contraction in late spring of 2010. The summer doldrums promptly ended when...
Manufacturers Hope SCOTUS Takes Up The Case Of The Smelly Washer
Source: Forbes
Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 04:31:24 -0700 | business-news
After Congress mandated new efficiency standards for washing machines in 2001 , manufacturers responded. They retooled their factories to sell new front-loading washers, which use half as much water as their top-loading counterparts.
Robert Powell: How to know if you have enough to retire
Source: MarketWatch
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 04:05:37 -0700 | business-news
Odds are high that you haven't saved enough money to retire in the manner in which you desire...The good news is that you can easily gauge just how close or far away you might be. And the first to thing...
How To See What Others Don't (In Order To Increase Your Chances of Success)
Source: Forbes
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 04:04:56 -0700 | business-news
Seeing What Others Don't is not only the title of new book by Gary Klein, it is also a mantra that can make you successful...Although I have never met him, I have been a fan of Klein for years. He...
Restarted direct debits investigated
Source: BBC
Burnley :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-25 02:20:45 -0700 | business-news
The problems have affected some customers who bought computers and took out a care package with Burnley-based Totalcaresupport.com. They noticed small amounts had been disappearing from their accounts when they checked their bank statements. The company has apologized and says...
It's virtually a way to lure people into shops
Source: Boston Herald
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 21:46:12 -0700 | business-news
Boston officials hope to spur shopping at neighborhood stores with virtual displays of their product offerings and real-time accountings of purchases made. The city has challenged startups to develop a solution that will showcase the virtual showrooms along with the...
VIDEO: Can Turkey's economic boom continue?
Source: BBC
İstanbul :: Turkey | updated 2013-05-24 21:20:25 -0700 | business-news
47 ET With many Middle Eastern economies in turmoil, and doom and gloom across much of Europe, Turkey seems to be bucking the trend. The country has seen its credit rating upgraded, a move that the government said was delayed...
Railway conduit planned to ship oilsands bitumen
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 21:18:55 -0700 | business-news
Now, with massive pipeline projects mired in controversy, the need to move crude oil to market could mean a big new boost to Canada's rail sector. Chris Brown reports on a Vancouver businessman's plan to move bitumen 2,400 kilometres by...
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