Helping out: Businesses host Be a Santa to a Senior trees – News-Press
Older adults continue to struggle in a down economy, particularly those who live alone with no family nearby, said Sue Bidwell, owner of the Home Instead Senior Care offices serving Southwest Florida, in a news release. Here s how the …

Reading businesses await holiday reopening – KSN.com
READING, Kan. (AP) – Businesses are beginning to reopen in a tornado-ravaged southeast Kansas town. The EF-3 tornado that hit the small Lyon County town of Reading killed one person. The May 21 twister also demolished 54 of the town’s 101 towns and nearly …

Businesses in resort fear exodus of festive shoppers – yorkshirepost
Everyone has taken an absolute battering financially in the current economic climate. We are making every effort to help businesses in Scarborough, and we are trying to attract new enterprise and regenerate the town centre. The proposed extension …

Businesses, shoppers survive Black Friday – Star Community Newspapers
Several businesses on McKinney Square didn’t offer deep discounts to bring people in on Friday. Instead, they relied on the annual Dickens of a Christmas event to bring the foot traffic needed to make sales. “It has been busy today,” said Randy …

OK businesses launch anti-cyber Monday campaign – KFOR
NORMAN, Okla. — For the second year in a row, the Norman Chamber of Commerce is rallying businesses to participate in anti-cyber Monday. Cyber Monday is the term referring to the Monday after Thanksgiving, when online businesses launch their …

Mpls. businesses ready for end of NBA lockout – KARE
Klarich said Huberts hopes to have an NBA season too. Each Timberwolves game brings in an estimated $1 to $2 million for downtown businesses. Klarich said Vikings games have made up for some lost business but not all of it. “We did our best to try to start …