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You've got to set your goals!
Where there are no goals, there will be no significant accomplishments. There will only be another traffic jam.
Movers & Shakers July 14, 2010
Red White & Blue barbecue opens
Stocks surge after Alcoa, CSX report strong profit
NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market got a shot of confidence from the start of second-quarter earnings season.
Hefner offers to buy rest of Playboy
CHICAGO - Hugh Hefner wants to buy out the portion of the Playboy empire he doesn't already own in a bet that the iconic brand can still bring in profits even if the ink-on-paper magazine is past its prime.
Movers & Shakers July 13, 2010
Comic artist signing autographs Wednesday
Home sweet hangar
HAYDEN - They have none of the comforts of home, but the bare tin walls will make a Beechcraft blush, a Piper purr, a Cessna croon or a Mooney swooney.
There are two sides to every economy
"Give me a one-handed economist!" Harry Truman said. "All my economists say, 'On the one hand ... on the other hand.'" He was frustrated with economic double talk when he made that remark, and I'm sure you share hi…
Plant the seeds of creativity
Imagine if you could turn on creativity like you start a car: rev the engine to get up to speed, cruise along in the fast lane and then park it in the garage until you needed it again. Is there anything you couldn'…
FDA review spotlights heart risk of diabetes pill
WASHINGTON - Federal health scientists have panned a GlaxoSmithKline study that the company used to defend the safety of its embattled diabetes drug Avandia, a…
James signing with Miami deflates MSG stock
NEW YORK (AP) - Now that LeBron James has decided to play basketball in Miami, shares of Madison Square Garden Inc., owner of the New York Knicks, have gone south as well.
Idaho banks fare better than many
COEUR d'ALENE - One phrase sums up the feeling of more than one banker in North Idaho.
Google wins permission to keep website in China
SAN FRANCISCO - Google won permission Friday to maintain its Web site in China and keep its toehold in the world's most populous nation after bowing to pressur…
Wholesale inventories rise in May, sales fall
WASHINGTON - Inventories held by wholesalers rose for a fifth consecutive month in May but sales fell for the first time in more than a year, sending a cautionary signal about the strength of the recovery.
Movers and Shakers July 10, 2010
Women's networking group starts
Inkwell dries up after 35 years in downtown Sandpoint
SANDPOINT - Another longtime downtown retailer is succumbing to a struggling economy and perceptions that buying locally is costlier compared to big box stores or online vendors.
Growing with Grace
Tim and Karen Kastning's entry into business started as two hungry college students in Missouri when they started a lawn care business.