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NY firm's ownership of Southfield Town Center expected to be brief

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NY firm's ownership of Southfield Town Center expected to be brief
For example, the company purchased the 2.3 million-square-foot Starrett-Lehigh Building in New York for $ 151.5 million in 1998, revitalized it and sold it after 13 years for $ 920 million. The Starrett-Lehigh … Expect the same strategy for the 2.2 …
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Five Questions for Gray Swoope
And if we're not working together, then we can't have an effective state strategy. Also, it was interesting to find that we didn't … When you're out there selling your state, whether it's (an) aerospace aviation project or a life science project …
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Mandel gets go-ahead for taxpayer-paid telephone town halls

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Mandel gets go-ahead for taxpayer-paid telephone town halls
Mandel will be allowed to use tax dollars to hire a private firm to set up a telephone conference call to discuss official treasurer's office business and policy issues. DeWine warned Mandel, "You also recognize such meetings cannot be used to promote …
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Congressman has close ties to "independent" groups in New Mexico
Phillip Pearce is a CPA who among his business clients does election compliance work widely in Texas and New Mexico. … Thus far, the social welfare nonprofit has focused its resources on a push to stop the U.S. Fish and Wild Association from listing …
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How Stephen Starr made Le Diplomate the hottest table in town

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How Stephen Starr made Le Diplomate the hottest table in town
Starr, 58, fell into the food business after failing at his first love. “My goal in life was to produce movies and television,” he says. … he wants the next big thing in Washington to be his anyway. Starr is already tossing around ideas for a second …
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Dubai food festival: A flavor for every taste
Dubai-based malls are also participating in the culinary event, following creative ideas to showcase their restaurants. “We have strategic partners, such as Deira City Center, Mirdif City Center, Mall of Emirates and … The Dubai Food Festival also …
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Fresh ideas for busy fresh food fanciers
The milkman isn't making deliveries these days, but for busy people, fresh, healthy food is still making its way to homes directly. Carrots n' Dates, Thyme To-Go and Bites for Babies are three Windsor businesses providing quick, pre-made meal options …
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Money makers: Ideas to drive food and drink sales at your pub
The idea: '80s themed dinner party, offered as part of a series of monthly themed evenings. How it works: Guests were charged £50 for seven themed courses including a salad of parma ham, melon and ewe's curd, chicken Kiev and pineapple, ginger and …
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Town and gown appreciation for academics' efforts

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Town and gown appreciation for academics' efforts
Organised by Conference Cambridge and held at Emmanuel College, the evening was an informal 'thank you' to Cambridge Ambassadors who have brought events and business to the city. Endorsing the value of Conference Cambridge's … Conference Cambridge is …
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A Tale of Two Lands
They are mostly middle-class high-school and college students. They have … His imagination is violent and boundless; and in the opinion of other comedy writers, no brain on the planet contains such a churning profusion of wildly funny ideas. Brooks …
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Welch helps South Carolina tops LSU on the road
Tiffany Mitchell and Aleighsa Welch each scored 19 points to help No. 5 South Carolina stay on top of the SEC with a 73-57 win over 19th-ranked LSU on Sunday. The victory was the first for South Carolina (23-2, 11-1 SEC) in Baton Rouge since Jan.
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Small Business Tips : How to Start a Business in a Small Town

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To start a business in a small town, do ground market research on the concept, consider the benefits of less competition and the cons of fewer customers, and…
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Winter expo opens in town today

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Winter expo opens in town today
While this may be true to some extent, the city has seen an outburst of home-based and small scale businesses recently, initiated by young entrepreneurs who are fresh local graduates or have recently come back to their home country after graduating at …
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Mobileye Integrates its Collision Avoidance System with Accel's VOYAGER …
Adding remote monitoring for Mobileye's leading Collision Avoidance system via our connected car smartphone will certainly be beneficial for this large scale market. ABOUT MOBILEYE. Mobileye is a world leader in the development of Advanced Driver …
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LIVE BLOG: Town Manager Interview Ronald San Angelo

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LIVE BLOG: Town Manager Interview Ronald San Angelo
I formed a downtown business association and meet quarterly… worked with a lead developer ..downtown reviatalization plan — renaissance place … get selectmena nd business community on board … create a special zoen .. becauseof the economy it has …
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WATERLAND BLOG: Des Moines City Manager Says City is Open for Business
“I think in a general sense, Des Moines had a reputation of not being easy to do business with, that our codes were restrictive, over prescriptive (with) not a lot of flexibility and that attitude kind of permeated its way down to the staff,” Piasecki …
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Axl Rose declines induction to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The letter was sent to the Los Angeles Times's Pop & Hiss blog earlier today and was also posted on the band's Facebook page. Read it in its entirety after the jump. Axl Rose with Guns N' Roses opens a show at the Fillmore Silver Spring.
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