Area businesses invited to participate in Jean Days for Charity – Jordan Independent
Make casual Friday a lot more purposeful with Southwest Newspapers Jean Days for Charity. Southwest Newspapers invites companies and businesses in the southwest metro to participate in the monthly fundraising effort, aimed at supporting local non …

Tucson businesses seek 20K turkeys for food bank – Arizona Daily Star
Three local businesses are racing to collect turkeys for the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona. The goal is to round up 20,000 birds to feed those in need. To reach that number, Casino Del Sol Resort, Mr. An’s Teppan Steak and Tucson Appliance …

Newport News considers more seafood businesses in Southeast Community – Daily Press
NEWPORT NEWS Fish, scallops and crabs might unlock the potential of 35 acres of former housing authority property on lower Jefferson Avenue. Only one city block separates the city-owned Seafood Industrial Park the nation’s sixth largest …

Survey Reveals Businesses Fail to Extract Value from Information – Yahoo Finance
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM–(Marketwire -11/24/11)- Research released today by information management company Iron Mountain reveals that businesses across Europe are failing to make the most of their information. Two out of three (69 per cent …

A/Cs stolen from two S. Topeka businesses – Topeka Capital-Journal
Three A/C units worth $15,000 total were stolen early Friday from two south Topeka businesses that are less than a mile apart, authorities said Saturday, though no connection between the thefts had been established. According to Topeka police …

200,000 homes, businesses dark – Los Angeles Daily News
Nearly 200,000 homes and businesses remained without power in the greater Los Angeles area Friday, and thousands of students stayed home for the second straight day, but the windstorm that disrupted thousands of lives died down hours earlier than expected.

Bangor Businesses decorate for dollars – WCSH
BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) – Businesses in Bangor are spreading the holiday spirit and getting store fronts ready to light up the night. The holiday lights tour is a Christmas decorating contest in the downtown area. This is the 4th year of the contest.

LA’s small businesses drop almost 2% – The Business Journal
There were 1.8 percent less small businesses in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana area in 2009 then there were before the recession began in 2008, according to an On Numbers report. There were 6.96 million small businesses in the nation’s 938 …

Power outage temporarily strikes businesses along Navarro – Victoria Advocate
Granted, we are willing to cook on gas stoves, but it will be in the dark.” Witnesses said the electricity was out at H-E-B Foods Plus, as well as other businesses down North Navarro Street to Lowes. “I think probably the wind caused it …