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Bada Bingg sandwich shop opens in Allentown
Of The Morning CallA name like Bada Bingg sounds like it's mobbed up, particularly since the popular HBO television series ''The Sopranos,'' used the name--minus the extra ''g''--for a New Jersey strip club that was a front for some criminal activity in some episodes....Tags: HBO, Foods and Beverages, Mexican Food, Phillipsburg, Restaurants
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The high cost of low prices
The Associated PressNo current picture of American economic behavior or history can be pretty. Home foreclosures keep escalating, while housing prices erase six years of gains. Unemployment is rising. And conditions are even scarier in the countries that produce most of...Tags: Trips and Vacations, IKEA, Business Trips, United States
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Wal-Mart Draws, And Hopes To Keep, Wealthier Customers
Meet the new Wal-Mart secret shopper: Someone who has become a regular but may not be ready to tell the world. Wal-Mart knows these new customers are in their stores, and it doesn't want to lose them when the economy improves. Mostly overnight but...Tags: United States
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Don't put porn or taxes on your credit card
baltimoresun.comCredit card companies are clamping down on any consumer who suddenly seems like a financial risk. But according to Robert Manning, author of Credit Card Nation, card companies are doing data mining to look at where we spend our money to determine if we... -
Is Joppa Road the new Rodeo Drive?
Remember when upscale shopping in Towson meant a trip to Hutzler's? Well, you can forget those days. On Wednesday, Louis Vuitton opened in what can only be described as the luxury wing of Towson Town Center. The French designer is to leather handbags... -
Miami woman in blow torch kidnapping case pleads guilty
SunSentinel.comA Miami mom who conspired to kidnap her son and fake her own abduction pleaded guilty in federal court today, prosecutors said. Alejandra Arriaza, 39, her boyfriend Angel Ponce, 37, and his nephew Joel Boza, all appeared in federal court in Miami and...Tags: Court Administration, Symptoms, Trials, Apple iPhone, Kidnapping
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Business Highlights
GM exits bankruptcy; CEO vows better performance DETROIT (AP) — General Motors completed an unusually quick exit from bankruptcy protection on Friday with ambitions of making money and building cars people are eager to buy. Once the world's...Tags: Citigroup Incorporated, Unemployment, Economy, Chrysler LLC, Michigan
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4 families rebuilding finances post-foreclosure
Associated Press WritersEven after a sheriff's sale, the financial and emotional strains that surround a foreclosure are rarely over. For the past six months, the Associated Press has followed four families who lost their homes in the past year. Three of them are regaining...Tags: Ceremonies, Wesleyan University, Society, Personal Income, United States
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Ben Stein Weighs in on Battlefield Walmart
Another nationally known figure has taken a stand on Wal-Mart's plan to build a Supercenter near a Civil War battlefield in Virginia.
In a column in The American Spectator, actor and humorist Ben Stein questions the giant retailer's decision to build a...Tags: Celebrity, Ben Stein, Virginia, Ken Burns, Orange County (Virginia)
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I want my new TV!
Los Angeles TimesOn the shopping list for budget-minded consumers: groceries, gas--and a new flat-panel TV? Shelling out hundreds of dollars on a TV is hardly wallet-friendly, but LCD and plasma sets have been flying off the shelves all year, with some retailers saying...Tags: Best Buy Company Inc., Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Consumer Electronics Industry, Los Angeles Times, West Hollywood
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Weak retail sales worrisome for fall
Tribune NewspapersLingering job and financial worries meant summer shopping sprees were put on hold for many consumers last month, leading to worse-than-expected sales declines at many of the largest U.S. retailers and raising fears that the back-to-school shopping...Tags: TJX Companies Incorporated, Ross Stores Incorporated, Macy's, Target Corp., JC Penney Company Inc.
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Fungus That Caused Ireland's Potato Famine Now Affecting Gardens In New England
The Hartford CourantThe state and most of New England are teetering on the edge of losing every tomato plant to a fungus that is flourishing in the wet weather the region has endured for weeks, state experts said Thursday. It's the same fungus — late blight —...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Potatoes, University of Connecticut, Joan Allen, Farms
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