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A Pay Raise For Millions
Associated PressAbout 2 million Americans get a raise today as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers. The increase, from $5.85 to...Tags: Market and Exchange, Food Industry, Labor Legislation, Vehicles, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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U.S. minimum wage rises
The Associated PressAbout 2 million Americans get a raise today as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage increase to consumers. The raise, from $5.85 to...Tags: Government, Food Industry, Labor Legislation, Business Enterprises, Damages
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Two newcomers challenge incumbent for House District 100 seat
South Florida Sun-SentinelIt is essentially a battle of newcomers. Two candidates who have never before sought public office are challenging first-term state Rep. Evan Jenne for the House District 100 seat. Jenne, who is seeking re-election, won the seat unopposed in 2006. The...Tags: Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Missing Persons, Pembroke Pines, Health Treatments, House
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Obama Defends Plans for Direct Talks with Iran
Associated PressSDEROT, Israel -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama defended his proposal to negotiate with Iran Wednesday and said he would use "big sticks and big carrots" to persuade the country's leaders not to develop nuclear weapons. "My whole goal in...Tags: Armed Forces, Health Treatments, Immigration, Barack Obama, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Water hogs should prepare to pay more
Sentinel Staff WriterCentral Florida's two biggest water utilities proposed Tuesday to raise rates for heavy water users, but environmentalists said the hike won't make much difference for an increasingly thirsty region. The Orlando Utilities Commission and Orange County...Tags: St. Johns River Water Management District, Water Supply, Water Restrictions, Charles Lee, Orange County (Florida)
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Hampton Roads firms make biggest impact
Fast-growing small businesses have a larger impact on the Hampton Roads economy than they do anywhere else in the country, according to a recent study by the Small Business Administration. The region had the highest percentage of "high-impact" firms than...Tags: Employees, Hampton Roads, Employers
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Minority-owned business sues Cardinal Health
Chicago Tribune reporterA Chicago woman and her small business Monday sued medical supply giant Cardinal Health Inc., alleging the Ohio company damaged her and her promotional products firm by taking advantage of its status as a minority-owned business. In the lawsuit, filed in...Tags: Corporate Crime, Cardinal Health Incorporated, Breach of Contract, Trials, Contracts
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What Works: She found success pursuing spa dream
247-7439Like many small-business owners, Tara Baxter Yarkey and her mother, Pamela Benton, have been working for years to create a thriving small business. Now, almost eight years after starting their spa business, Yarkey and Benton have transformed Victoria's...Tags: Employees, Therapies, Health Treatments, Denbigh, Personal Service
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Gas tax seems to have nowhere to go but up
Associated PressThe political vision of a summer gas tax holiday has died a quick death in Congress, losing to a view that federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel will have to go up if they go anywhere. Despite calls from the presidential campaign trail for a...Tags: Diesel Fuel, Barack Obama, James L Oberstar, Labor Day, Local Authority
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Credit card debt edges up with cost of living
Where will the money come from? Gas and food prices are rising, mortgage interest rates are adjusting higher, loans are harder to find and unemployment is ticking up. There's only one place left to turn, many consumers believe: credit cards. Now,...Tags: East Northport, Credit Ratings, Long Island, Credit and Debt, Hauppauge
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