ACDelco expands battery lineMonday, September 6, 2010 @ 11:27PMACDelco is growing its portfolio of Professional 5-year batteries with 19 new part numbers, bringing the total number of offerings to 21. The portfolio includes four lines of batteries to meet customers' needs and budgets: the 60 Series; and the 5-year, 6-year and 7-year Professional Series and marine, powersports and heavy-duty batteries.
Sales tax figures show varying sources from city vs. countyMonday, September 6, 2010 @ 4:26PMThe largest percentage of Charlottesville’s $209,262,324 in sales came from purchases in grocery stores and restaurants while Albemarle’s $275,152,013 in sales came mostly from grocery stores and general merchandise.
Box Office: "Train Home" Leads Labor Day Debuts; "Tillman," "Get Low" Hang On NicelyMonday, September 6, 2010 @ 12:50PMAt a single New York City theater, Lixin Fan's critically acclaimed doc "Last Train Home" led all specialty debuts this Labor Day weekend. According to estimates provided by Rentrak earlier today, the film, which follows a Chinese couple who move away from their rural village to earn money in a big city factory that produces goods for export, grossed an estimated $20,418 over the three-day ...
American Apparel Opens New Store in ParisMonday, September 6, 2010 @ 2:00AMAmerican Apparel , the vertically integrated clothing manufacturer based in downtown Los Angeles, has opened a new store La Defense, one of the most important business and shopping districts in Paris.
Gartner To Present The Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 At The Biotech Supply Chain Academy ConferenceSunday, September 5, 2010 @ 11:59PMThe world's leading community for biotechnology supply chain professionals will meet on October 26, 2010 for the 3rd annual Biotech Supply Chain Academy conference at the Embassy Suites in South San Francisco to engage in "TRANSFORMING THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN FOR END-TO-END VISIBILITY & QUALITY PATIENT CARE".
Anti-tax governor's booze relies on new taxesSaturday, September 4, 2010 @ 11:22PMWhat has Bob McDonnell been drinking? The anti-tax governor reportedly favors new taxes to preserve millions the state could lose in his proposed switch from public to private sales of liquor. The 4 percent tax on mixed drinks would be paid by restaurants and taverns. In return, they would get ...
Ore. liquor interests hope for looser rulesSaturday, September 4, 2010 @ 5:45PMThe stylized image of a martini glass on Saleem Noorani's "Cork & Bottle Shoppe" sign beckons passers-by to stop in for cocktail supplies.
Wave of liquor control change may hit OregonSaturday, September 4, 2010 @ 2:23AMThe stylized image of a martini glass on Saleem Noorani’s “Cork & Bottle Shoppe” sign beckons passers-by to stop in for cocktail supplies. For would-be customers who aren’t driving by his Gateway area store, Noorani snagged the catchy Internet domain name, oregonliquor.com, to promote his premium spirits and cigars. And …
France's halal meat - is it the real thing?Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 12:08AMThe French market for halal food is expanding rapidly, giving rise to a number of issues - not least, how do we know it's halal? This week the fast food chain Quick - the number two burger chain in France after McDonald's - announced that 22 of its outlets would serve halal meat only.