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Governor Brewer Felt “Threatened” By Obama;  Follow-Up To Arizona Airport Exchange
Governor Brewer Felt “Threatened” By Obama; Follow-Up To Arizona Airport Exchange
Governor Brewer Felt “Threatened” By Obama; Follow-Up To Arizona Airport Exchange
As more information surfaces in regards to the "exchange" between Barack Obama and Governor Jan Brewer on the airport tarmac in Arizona, comes the detail that Brewer felt "threatened". I felt a little bit threatened, if you will, and the attitutude that he had because I was there to welcome him," Brewer told reporters following the exchange...
Walmart Makes Cuts To Job Greeters
Walmart Makes Cuts To Job Greeters
Walmart Makes Cuts To Job Greeters
It's a sign of the economy:  Walmart is cutting greeter positions from it's 3rd shift. The move will save money and ensure Wal-Mart has the right staffing levels during peak and non-peak hours, David Tovar, a spokesman, said in a telephone interview...
Wells Fargo Adds Restaurant Analyst To It’s Securities Division
Wells Fargo Adds Restaurant Analyst To It’s Securities Division
Wells Fargo Adds Restaurant Analyst To It’s Securities Division
Wells Fargo must think that big things are coming financially for the restaurant industry;  They recently names a Senior Restaurant Equity Analyst to their securities staff. Wells Fargo Securities, part of Wells Fargo & Company , today announced the addition of Jeff Farmer, managing director and senior restaurant analyst, to its growing Equity Research team. Ba...
Average Age Of Vehicles On U.S. Roads Hits An All-Time Record
Average Age Of Vehicles On U.S. Roads Hits An All-Time Record
Average Age Of Vehicles On U.S. Roads Hits An All-Time Record
How old is your car?  Chances are - if you're like the average American driver, the wheels you're behind are almost 11 years old.  And, that's an all-time record. The average age of a car or truck in the U.S. hit a record 10.8 years last year as job security and other economic worries kept many people from making big-ticket purchases such as a new car...
Jobless Claims Rise With The End Of The Holiday Season
Jobless Claims Rise With The End Of The Holiday Season
Jobless Claims Rise With The End Of The Holiday Season
So much for those "improving" unemployment numbers.  Last quarter, the Obama administration trumpeted the statistical fact that jobless claims had leveled off and actually dropped - even as analysts pointed out that this was due to the holiday/seasonal hiring season...
Restaurant Slump May Signal Economic Slowdown
Restaurant Slump May Signal Economic Slowdown
Restaurant Slump May Signal Economic Slowdown
Economists theorize that we've been out of the recession since June 2009.  The recovery has been a slow one at best.  If the recent news from the restaurant world is any signal, we might be in for an even slower recovery. Restaurant stocks are underperforming the U...
Kardashian Touch Turns To Coal For Sears
Kardashian Touch Turns To Coal For Sears
Kardashian Touch Turns To Coal For Sears
It seems like everything that the Kardashian family touches turns to gold.  Well, almost. Sears bet a large portion of their Black Friday and holiday shopping sales on the Kardashian-clans new line of clothes and accessories.  From initial sales reports, that might not have been a good thing...
Graduates:  The Food Industry Needs You
Graduates: The Food Industry Needs You
Graduates: The Food Industry Needs You
I encountered an article about the rising need for food-related employees in Great Britain, but from what I can surmise, the same need is present here in America.  While it's become "trendy" for people to seek out high-profile jobs like chef's and sommeliers, the back-end of the industry has suffered...
Pork Makes Gains In America’s Restaurants
Pork Makes Gains In America’s Restaurants
Pork Makes Gains In America’s Restaurants
Is "the Other White Meat" on it's way to becoming "thee white meat"? A recent survey of the nation's restaurants show that pork offerings are up significantly. Over the past year, menu mentions of pork have increased by 7 percent, according to the foodservice consulting group’s MenuMonitor database...
Starbucks To Expand Into Premium Juice Market
Starbucks To Expand Into Premium Juice Market
Starbucks To Expand Into Premium Juice Market
Starbucks - the top-shelf coffee shop - has already expanded their offerings to include breakfast sandwiches and sweets.  Smartly and profitably so.  So it should come as no surprise that the company is in expansion mode again. The coffee empire announced on Thursday that it had purchased Evolution Fresh, a maker of premium juices and cut fruit, for about $30 million in cash in an effort to branch

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