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Bicycle business Fyxation gearing up for growth
Milwaukee Journal SentinelThe Ginster brothers are about as cautious a pair of entrepreneurs as you'll find. They put up $20,000 to launch their little business, haven't sunk another dime of their own money into it since and have turned a profit from day one. For four years,...Tags: McDonald's, Taiwan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Media Industry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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U.S. suburban poverty growing, but trend mixed in Miami-Dade, Broward
Miami HeraldAcross the country, the poverty rate is surging in the suburbs, where the number of poor people is growing much faster than in central cities -- a largely unrecognized reversal that calls for a retooling of federal anti-poverty, economic development and...Tags: Miami Lakes, Sunny Isles, Poverty, Brookings Institution, Aventura
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Greying China taps rural elderly to care for those even older
Reuters(Repeats story first published on Sunday. No changes to text) By Li Hui and Maxim Duncan QIANTUN, China, May 19 (Reuters) - Two years short of 70, Zhang Guosheng spends his days caring for an 81-year-old fellow villager - washing his clothes, bringing...Tags: Conservation, Environmental Issues, China, Economic Organization, Customs and Tradition
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Thirty-One ties growth to workers' happiness
The Columbus DispatchMany companies say that it's important to foster a happy corporate culture, but few go to the extremes of Thirty-One, the thriving direct-sales company based in Columbus. A few months ago, as the snow fell in buckets, founder Cindy Monroe issued an...Tags: Career and Workplace, Walt Disney World Resort, Media Industry, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Amusement and Theme Parks
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New college graduates struggle to find work
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, TupeloPerrin Crews recently graduated from the University of Mississippi with degrees in political science and Spanish. Despite academic accomplishments that included enrollment in the Barksdale Honors College at Ole Miss, he is not immediately headed into...Tags: Mississippi State University , Colleges and Universities, Unemployment Rate, Labor Legislation, Labor Markets
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Cannes Film Review: 'Seduced and Abandoned'
VarietySpirited, highly amusing and endearingly shambolic, James Toback's "Seduced and Abandoned" seeks to represent an "uncategorizable" work about film, money, Cannes and death, roughly in that order. In other words, it's basically a documentary that tracks...Tags: Festive Events, Mike Medavoy, 30 Rock (tv program), Lincoln Center, Ashok Amritraj
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Mental health awareness highlighted during May
Columbus Telegram, Neb.Pressure from peers and planning for the future can make it difficult for some teenagers to cope. Dru Keating, a therapist at East Central District Health Department, has seen the effect that a buildup of pressure can have on the mental health of the...Tags: Health, Depression, Suicide, Mental Health, Behavioral Conditions
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Daily News, Los Angeles, Tom Hoffarth column
Los Angeles Daily NewsBilly Baldwin wrestles with the fact that there may no such win-win scenario in place to keep wrestling from breaking its own fall. But he doesn't act if there's nothing he can do about. The No. 3 brother in the Baldwin thespian franchise -- behind...Tags: Television Industry, Wrestling, Victoria's Secret, International Olympic Committee, Sports
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Big questions await Charlotte's next mayor
The Charlotte ObserverWhen voters elect a new Charlotte mayor this fall, they will be handing him or her a long list of tough questions to confront. How do you build consensus in an increasingly diverse community that tends to segregate by race and income? How do you...Tags: Anthony Foxx, Local Elections, Bonds, Railway Transportation, 2010 Census
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The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.), Luke DeCock column
The News & ObserverAll Charles Ross had to do to set a world record was finish the race. For him, in this event, the real challenge was making it to the starting line. No one in his age group had ever completed the 2,000-meter steeplechase, at least officially. He would...Tags: Skin Cancer, U.S. Army, Sports, Track and Field, Horse and Harness Racing
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Raiders' D.J. Hayden is lucky to be alive
For cornerback D.J. Hayden, the ability to thrive in one-on-one situations sets him apart. It was teamwork, though, that saved his life. Hayden, drafted 12th overall by the Oakland Raiders last month, nearly died on the University of Houston...Tags: Conference USA, Reggie McKenzie, Football, National Football League, Fractured Rib
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Does race play a role in Porter Township school switch?
Pocono Record, Stroudsburg, Pa.Nobody came out and said it in testimony. But race, in addition to taxes, may be the reason Porter Township is trying to pull out of the East Stroudsburg Area School District and move to Wallenpaupauck Area School District. A special committee of the...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Real Estate Buyers, Students, The Pennsylvania State University
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