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Springfield City Councilman: Scrap Metal Ordinance is Driving Business Outside City Limits
Reporter, PhotographerOne Springfield city council member says it may be time to suspend or modify the city’s scrap metal ordinance. The ordinance requires scrap metal yards in the city to enter anyone selling more than $50 worth of metal into an online database. City...Tags: Theft, Sales, Criminals, Business, Prosecution
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Scammed artists react to Missouri Attorney General filing a lawsuit against Queen City Emporium
Reporter, PhotographerSPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The Missouri Attorney General is suing a Springfield company for multiple violations of the state’s consumer protection laws. In January of last year, KSPR News discovered dozens of complaints from artists and business owners...Tags: Inventories, Facebook, Economy, Business and Finance, Sales, Consumers
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Hulu draws more bidders
Yahoo Inc., fresh off its $1.1-billion deal this week to acquire personal blogging site Tumblr, got in line Friday to pick up video streaming site Hulu. The late bid by the cash-rich Internet portal giant came on the same day that the Santa Monica...
Tags: France, Google Inc., YouTube, Netflix Inc., Computer Networking and Internet
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Netflix's resurrection of 'Arrested Development' series expected to hook more subscribers
AP Technology WriterSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix is hoping this weekend's release of the resurrected TV series "Arrested Development" will draw more subscribers to its Internet video service. The award-winning show about the dysfunctional Bluth family returns Sunday,...Tags: Saturday Night Live (tv program), Gaming Industry, Religion and Belief, Police Arrests, Human Interest
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Pay-TV companies losing customers, analyst says
The Philadelphia InquirerOne of pay-TV's top trend analysts, Bruce Leichtman, says the biggest pay-TV companies lost 80,000 TV subscribers over four quarters, a first in his research over more than a decade. He attributed the decline to slow housing, a saturated pay-TV market,...Tags: Satellite Technology, Marketing, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Netflix Inc.
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Stimulus fears haunt share markets, dollar recovers
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equity markets slipped on Friday over worries the U.S. Federal Reserve may curb a stimulus program that has lifted stocks, while the dollar recovered against the euro after better-than-expected U.S. durable goods data for...Tags: Central Bank, McDonald's, Honda Motor Co., Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Finance
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Google eyes Waze as Facebook circles
ReutersGoogle Inc. is considering purchasing Waze, an Israeli mapping start-up that has held discussions with several large technology companies, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday. Google's discussions with Waze, which sources said...Tags: Li Ka-shing, Science and Technology, Google Inc., Computer Hardware, Yahoo! Inc.
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Mavericks to pay $26,553 in back wages, fines
Mavericks Steak and Cocktails will pay $26,553 in back wages and fines after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation showed that the business broke several labor laws. Mavericks failed to pay a number of employees overtime wages of $12,239 for a...
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Dish and nTelos to jointly develop broadband service
ReutersMay 24 (Reuters) - Satellite TV provider Dish Network Corp and wireless network provider nTelos Holdings Corp said they would jointly develop a broadband service within nTelos's coverage territory serving parts of Virginia, Maryland and a few other...Tags: Sprint Nextel Corporation, Telecommunication Service
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CORRECTED-Dish and nTelos to jointly develop broadband service
Reuters(Corrects paragraph 5 to say Dish is in takeover battles for, not with, Sprint Nextel and Clearwire) May 24 (Reuters) - Satellite TV provider Dish Network Corp and wireless network provider nTelos Holdings Corp said they would jointly develop a broadband...Tags: Sprint Nextel Corporation, Telecommunication Service
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Wethersfield School Board Eliminates Security Director Position
The Hartford CourantThe board of education eliminated plans to hire a director of security and residency Wednesday evening as part of $325,000 in budget cuts ordered by the town council. The district had wanted to create the $65,000-a-year job in response to last December'...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Unemployment, Budgets and Budgeting, Career and Workplace, Wethersfield
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Hulu bids are in. 'Fast & Furious' to smoke 'Hangover III.'
After the coffee. Before deciding what movie not to see this weekend. The Skinny: I'm going to try to not stuff myself on "Arrested Development" this weekend. Just because Netflix is releasing all the new episodes this weekend doesn't mean I have to...
Tags: Oprah Winfrey, Netflix Inc., Television, DirecTV Group Inc., Fast & Furious (movie)
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