Business
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- Saturday, May 11, 2013
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Ag Forum: Farm work helps mom live long life
My mother was born in 1917, and she has a pretty good chance of seeing 2017. She’s still living in her own home, taking care of herself and even mowing the grass.
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Futures File: Coffee prices buzz higher
Coffee prices have climbed for seven consecutive days, rising nearly sixteen cents per pound (+12 percent).
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Farm Focus in Brief: 05/11/2013
Scholarships offered; Free webinar.
Continued ... - Friday, May 10, 2013
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Van maker backed by Energy Dept. loans shuts down
A Michigan company that received a $50 million federal loan to make vans for the disabled has stopped production and laid off its 100 workers.
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Building Permits: 05/10/2013
Building permits issued in Grand Traverse County:
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The Record: 05/10/2013
Assumed names filed in Grand Traverse County:
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Real Estate Transfers: 05/10/2013
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Continued ... - Thursday, May 9, 2013
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NRC commissioner, congressman to visit plant
A Nuclear Regulatory Commission member and a Michigan congressman plan to visit the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant, which was taken off line over a repeated water leak problem.
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Obama pressed to do more on jobs
The nation’s slowly improving jobs picture hides problems like stagnant wages and fewer working hours that strike directly at President Barack Obama’s base of support — young people, racial minorities and the less affluent.
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Restaurant to pay $60K for ejecting kids with skin condition
A Detroit-area restaurant will pay $60,000 for telling a family to leave because the children had a genetic skin condition, the U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday.
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31 held in probe of $50M diamond heist
Unlike the brilliant thieves in “Ocean’s Eleven,” it appears that those behind the clockwork-precision, $50 million diamond heist at Brussels Airport may not get a Hollywood ending.
Continued ... - Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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Bills would allow wine tasting at farmers markets
The state Senate unanimously approved legislation Tuesday that would allow small winemakers to get permits to offer tastings and sell wine at farmers markets around Michigan.
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The Record: 05/08/2013
Assumed names filed in Grand Traverse County:
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Building Permits: 05/08/2013
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Real Estate Transfers: 05/08/2013
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Agency watches Ford vans for rust signs
U.S. auto safety regulators are monitoring about 100,000 Ford and Mercury minivans that were not covered by a recall issued earlier this year for rust problems.
Continued ... - Tuesday, May 7, 2013
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S.S. Badger kicks off season
The S.S. Badger, the nation’s last operating coal-fired ferryboat, kicked off its sailing season Monday while awaiting word on a proposed deal with the government over releasing waste ash into Lake Michigan.
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Tank leaks at Palisades plant
Seventy-nine gallons of “very slightly radioactive water” from a leaky tank at the troubled Palisades Nuclear Power Plant spilled into Lake Michigan, a Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokeswoman said Monday.
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LG Chem plant to begin production in July
An advanced battery maker said it plans to launch commercial production of automotive lithium-ion battery cells in southwestern Michigan in July.
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'Pure Michigan' campaign kicks off Great Lakes ads
The state’s “Pure Michigan” tourism campaign has kicked off its advertising campaign in local markets throughout the Great Lakes region.
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AAA Mich.: Gas prices rise 2 cents over past week
AAA Michigan says gasoline prices have risen about 2 cents during the past week to a statewide average of about $3.77 per gallon.
Continued ... - Sunday, May 5, 2013
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Horizon Books the independent bookstore that could
Vic Herman and Amy Reynolds dug in after J.C. Penney pulled out. It’s been 20 years since the couple relocated Horizon Books to its current location in downtown Traverse City.
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Harley Luplow: Wanted — New technologies, energy resources
We live in an interdependent world that requires energy and chemicals to keep our modern society functioning.
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Business in Brief: 05/05/2013
App workshop; Customer service; Biz after hours. (Plus more)
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Business Memoranda: 05/05/2013
Auto-Owners Insurance has named the Larkin Insurance of Leelanau, Shumsky West and Associates of Traverse City and the Larkin Group of Traverse City among the company’s top 10 growth agencies in the Traverse City region.
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Probe Begins After Conn. Commuter Trains Crash
NTSB Begins Investigation Into Conn. Train Crash
Lotto Fever Sweeps the Country
Conn. Commuter Trains Collide; 60 Go to Hospital
Coffee Run Leads to Hatchet Hitchhiker Arrest
Fmr. IRS Head Insists No Politics in Targeting
CDC: Fecal Bacteria Common in Swimming Pools
$1 Million in Jewels Stolen at Cannes Film Fest
NM Mom Chases Down Child Abductor
Raw: Crash Sends Car Into Fla. Pool
Raw: Obama Sits Down With Elementary Kids
Raw: Bear Falls From Tampa Tree
Ousted IRS Chief: Errors Not Caused by Politics
Terror Suspect Due in Court in Idaho Friday
Raw: Driver Ejected From Truck, Over Bridge
Could Tobacco Be the Next Biofuel?
Wash. State Releases Draft Rules for Legal Pot
Dying Man's Blinks Lead to Murder Conviction
Officials: Texas Tornado Likely Had 200 Mph Wind
Brothers Arrested in NOLA Parade Shooting
