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Tim Kaine stops by Roanoke for the weekend
Former Governor Tim Kaine made his rounds in our region this weekend.
He's is runinng for Virginia's open U.S. Sentate seat and has been traveling from Winchester to Blacksburg talking to small business owners about the economic challenges we're facing...Tags: Politics, Business, Executive Branch, Timothy M. Kaine, Government
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Aberdeen schools ready for increase students due to job openings in area
Job growth has the Aberdeen Public School District expecting more students over the next few years.
The Hub City has been looking to attract people by touting 1,000 jobs available.
Gary Harms, Aberdeen's superintendent, said he is confident that the...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teaching and Learning, Business, Students
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Michigan tax changes good for some, bad for others
LANSING (AP) -- Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and Republican lawmakers pushed through a series of far-reaching tax changes in 2011 that will hand businesses drastically lower tax bills while raising the amounts low-income workers and retirees will pay as new...Tags: Interior Policy, Federal Income Tax, Retirement, Rick Snyder, Politics
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The Interview: Graham Dodge, founder of Sickweather.com
If you ever complain about a cough, cold or the flu on Twitter or Facebook, a Baltimore startup called Sickweather.com wants your tweets and status updates.
The website, which launched in November, mines social networking sites using a computer...Tags: Startups, Flu, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Symptoms
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Home prices increase in Aberdeen
The average price of a house purchased in Aberdeen increased 9 percent in 2011, due in part to low supply and high demand.
The average sale price of a home in 2011 was $148,838, up from $136,621 in 2010, according to figures from the Aberdeen Multiple...Tags: Interior Policy, Services and Shopping, Housing and Urban Planning, Politics, Sales
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Our View: Courses aimed at improving Valley's customer service
On an annual basis we have a third-party research firm conduct customer satisfaction surveys. We recently received the results of the survey and they were not flattering. We are owning up to our shortcomings and making changes in the way we do business....Tags: Starbucks Corp., Consumers, Financial Aid, Education, Financial Aid
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Choices await airport travelers in Aberdeen
jbahr@aberdeennews.comTwo Aberdeen City councilmen said that if travelers book their flights far enough in advance, the price of flying out of Aberdeen is competitive with other regional cities. Todd Campbell said that Aberdeen fares are close to other cities as long as...Tags: Air Transportation, Travel, Transportation Industry, SkyWest Incorporated, Jeff Mitchell
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Michigan Gov. Snyder to focus this year on roads and bridges
DETROIT (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder told business leaders Friday that his focus this year will be fixing the state’s roads and bridges, and renew his push for constructing one bridge in particular.
The Republican leader raised his business-...Tags: Rick Snyder, Business, Politics, Executive Branch, U.S. Senate
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Socialism fails yet again
Once again, socialism has put a silver fork in itself. Standard & Poor's has downgraded France's AAA credit rating, giving the country the side-eye on its claims to have its debt under control. This means the country will now have to pay it all back at an...Tags: France, Elections, Finance, Political Systems, Economy, Business and Finance
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Boyne chamber hands out awards
BOYNE FALLS — Nearly 300 braved the cold and snow to attend the Boyne Area Chamber of Commerce annual dinner at Boyne Mountain Resort.
Officials handed out six major awards at the Thursday evening event to honor local residents and business...Tags: Restaurants, Dining and Drinking, Business, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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OTHER VOICES:
Maybe it's an election-year maneuver crafted for maximum voter appeal, but President Barack Obama's proposed merger of six large agencies seems like a prudent cost-cutting move in financially trying times. The White House proposal could eliminate 1,...Tags: Islam, Elections, U.S. Military, Politics, Biofuels
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Community Commentary: Bridge will do no good for Costa Mesa
To bridge or not to bridge? Is that the question? No, first we need to know where we want to go, then we can decide whether a bridge over the Santa Ana River at West 19th Street will take us there, or to some other place we definitely don't want to go....Tags: Business, Highway Transportation
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