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Firearms purchases shoot up

Joe Taschler Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Last updated Friday, May 11, 2012 - 10:25am

MILWAUKEE -- Americans are arming themselves like never before.

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Yard, bike and bake sale set for Saturday

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 11:22pm

KAYSVILLE -- A combination yard, bike and bake sale, will be from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at 198 S. Main St., across the street from the Kaysville Fire Station.

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Maya Moody sells Girl Scout Cookies outside the Valley Market in Eden on Friday. Moody is the top selling Girl Scout in the state.

Cookie sales champ shares trade secrets

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, March 18, 2012 - 10:45pm

WILLARD — Utah’s Girl Scout cookie sales champion has a simple formula for her success. Be polite and kind and don’t lay on any guilt trips.

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Franklin Covey named a top leadership-training company

Contributed Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 23, 2012 - 11:12am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Franklin Covey Co. has been selected as a 2012 Top 20 Leadership Training Company for the third year in a row by TrainingIndustry.com .

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Learn, live key characteristics of a successful entrepreneur

Alan Hall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 12:22am

I am often asked these questions by aspiring entrepreneurs: What do I need to do to be successful? Where can I receive help? What resources are there? Who can guide me? How do I find money? Do I need a business plan?

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(LYNNE SLADKY/The Associated Press) In this Nov. 25, 2011 file photo, shoppers stop to look at a display while shopping at Dadeland Mall, in Miami. Americans spent more on autos, furniture and clothing last month as retail sales rose for the sixth straight month.

Retail sales rises for sixth straight month

Christopher S. Rugaber The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - 8:22am

WASHINGTON — Americans spent more on autos, furniture and clothing at the start of the crucial holiday shopping season, boosting retail sales for a sixth straight month.

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(CURTIS COMPTON/The Associated Press) Sales clerk Inder Ghai bags up cans of beer on the first day of Sunday sales at Main Street Package in East Point, Ga., on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. A number of Georgia retailers are starting to ring up alcohol sales on Sundays, less than two weeks after voters endorsed the change at the polls. State lawmakers left it up to voters to decide locally whether to allow Sunday alcohol sales. The Georgia Food Industry Association says the issue was on the ballot in 128 cities statewide on Nov. 8. But many won’t start allowing Sunday sales until next year.

Pleasant Grove to vote on Sunday beer sales ban

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - 8:24am

PLEASANT GROVE — City councilmembers in Pleasant Grove are deciding whether to clamp down on beer sales on Sundays.

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(KERA WILLIAMS/Standard-Examiner) David Ferro sits in his office at Weber State University in Ogden recently. He is the new dean of the College of Applied Science & Technology.

New WSU dean's vision: Realize possibilities for people, economy, society

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 12:11am

OGDEN -- David Ferro doesn't just want to build a better computer program, electronic design, automobile, interior design or construction-management model.

Weber State University's new dean of the College of Applied Science & Technology wants to build his students into better people who possess those cutting-edge skills.

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Audiences’ ‘Contagion’ is infectious

Amy Kaufman Los Angeles Times

Last updated Sunday, September 11, 2011 - 7:00pm

LOS ANGELES — “Contagion” proved infectious with audiences at the box office this weekend, while the studios behind three other new films were left disappointed by sickly ticket sales.

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County public surplus property sale may yield Father's Day gifts

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - 11:46pm

FARMINGTON -- Just in time for Father's Day, Davis County is hosting a public surplus property sale beginning today at the Memorial County Courthouse, 28 E. State St.

The sale will take place from noon to 6 p.m. today in Room 230 of the courthouse and again from noon to 5 p.m. Friday.

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Used-car market heats up

Terry Ray The Press-Enterprise

Last updated Monday, May 9, 2011 - 8:00pm

Economic pressures of the last few years have pushed many consumers out of the new-car market in search of a cheaper alternative, which would be good news for used-car dealers, if only they could find enough cars to sell.

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Wal-Mart fights declining U.S. sales

Andria Cheng, MarketWatch

Last updated Monday, April 11, 2011 - 9:35pm

NEW YORK -- Seeking to reverse seven straight quarters of same-store-sales declines at its U.S. namesake chain, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Monday that it's expanding the number of items on its shelves, launching TV advertising and working with its suppliers to lower costs.

The retail giant, which was hurt by a previous strategy to narrow its product assortment, said it's adding about 8,500 items, or 11 percent, to an average store.

Fishing supplies, crafts and fabric are among items being added back to store shelves, Walmart U.S. Chief Merchandising Officer Duncan Mac Naughton told reporters, adding that the company is tailoring some merchandise to local demand, such as selling ice-fishing tools in markets like Minnesota.

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Morgan gets tough on door-to-door solicitors

Deanne Winterton Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 11:17pm

MORGAN -- Morgan city is using a new ordinance to get tougher on door-to-door solicitors.

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Meet "Bob the Avon guy," a top salesman for the cosmetics company

Fanny S. Chirnos, Scripps Howard News Service

Last updated Tuesday, March 8, 2011 - 12:42pm

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- When the Avon lady comes calling, sometimes his name is Bob.

Corpus Christi, Texas, resident Bob Bettiga is darn proud to sell Avon. "Bob the Avon Guy," as he's marketed himself, has won several corporate awards to prove it.

A top salesman, he recently was named the oldest male company representative and is one of about three men selling Avon in the Corpus Christi area, he says.

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