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Food Business News For Non-FoodiesIf you have watched TV lately you know there are fifty hours of food on the air every day. It is not presented as food it is presented and food TV programs from the US and the UK.
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While regular business news, small business news, new business news, etc. are one of the biggest drivers of Internet use so is food as people go online for those clever recipes and menus we see demonstrated on TV.
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Panera Bread opening first location in Mississippi<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/memphis/print-edition/webPaneraPostle_Rick*100.jpg?v=1'>Panera Bread Co.?s local franchisee is opening the company?s first Mississippi store.
Delta Dough Inc. is opening an Olive Branch location at 7501 Goodman Road on May 23.
In three years, Panera (NASDAQ: PNRA) and Delta Dough have developed six locations in Tennessee and Arkansas.
Delta Dough is led by Rick Postle, who has been with Panera for 17 years including time served as Panera?s corporate president. Postle was the architect of the company?s franchising program, which has helped it...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Le Bonheur Children?s Hospital awarded LEED certification<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/webLeBonheurChildrensHosp*100.jpg?v=1'>Efficiency in sustainable building design and construction has finally been realized at Le Bonheur Children?s Hospital with the announcement of the facility?s LEED Silver certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.
Le Bonheur becomes just the fifth children?s hospital in the country to achieve LEED certification. Additionally, only one other hospital larger than 600,000 square feet has been awarded the certification.
?We?ve always said that sustainability is right for kids and Le...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Social media enables Memphis Realtors to join D.C. rally<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/memphis/blog/socialmadness/virtualrallySS*100.jpg?v=1'>You can usually bank on strength in numbers, but for local Realtors that couldn?t make it to today?s ?Rally to Protect the American Dream? in Washington, D.C., the National Association of Realtors has provided a platform for its membership to join more than 10,000 real estate professionals in virtual solidarity.
The NAR?s Virtual Rally landing page is replete with a real time Twitter feed ? utilizing the hashtag #realtorrally ? as well as a running count of virtual rally attendants...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>FedEx Express adding more electric vehicles to fleet<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/SmithElectricVehiclesFedExStepVan*100.jpg?v=1'>FedEx Express announced that its vehicle fleet is more than 16 percent more fuel efficient, well ahead of the pace needed to reach its goal of making its vehicles 20 percent more efficient by 2020.
?We have achieved 80 percent of our vehicle fuel efficiency goal as of the conclusion of fiscal year 2011, compared to our original baseline set in 2005,? said Mitch Jackson, staff vice president of environmental affairs and sustainability, with FedEx Corp. ?As a result, we are reevaluating our...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Tennessee unemployment rate lower in April<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/Down.Arrow.icon*100.jpg?v=1'>Tennessee's unemployment rate fell slightly in April to 7.8 percent, continuing to inch downward throughout 2012 and reaching its lowest point in three and a half years.
The state's rate was 7.9 percent in March, 8 percent in February and 8.2 percent in January, according to Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development data.
The nation's jobless rate in April was 8.1 percent, keeping Tennessee below the national average for the fourth consecutive month.
But Tennessee Labor Commissioner...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Top of the List: Memphis Golf Courses<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/webTopoGolf1*100.jpg?v=1'>MBJ published its Golf Courses list in the May 11-17 print edition but we're giving web readers a peek at the top five.
The list ranks the courses by their USGA course rating and slope rating.
MBJ director of research Jason Bolton writes that more than half, or 56 percent, of the area's most difficult courses are private clubs, and one club jumped from No. 19 on last year's list into the top five this year. Click here to read more from Bolton on our Memphis Business Blog.
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</div>Behind the list: Memphis Golf Courses<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/memphis/blog/webTopoGolf3*100.jpg?v=1'>If you want to play the most challenging golf courses in the Memphis area, you will need to pay your dues.
Of the 25 most difficult local golf courses based on USGA course rating and slope rating, private clubs account for 56 percent with another 16 percent labeled as semi-private.
After a couple years of local golf courses reporting the same course information, several have undergone renovations or have been rerated. The most notable ? as far as the list goes this year ? is the renovation...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Memphis foreclosures up 50% in April as national number falls<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/denver/THINKSTOCKForeclosureForecloseCar315*100.jpg?v=1'>The national picture for foreclosures in April showed that the West fared the best ? 11 of the nation?s 20 largest metropolitan ares posted increases in foreclosure activity, all of which were located along the East Coast or in Southern or Midwestern states.
And while national data from real estate data provider RealtyTrac demonstrated the amount of foreclosure filings ? default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions ? was the lowest monthly total since 2007, foreclosure activity...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Feds close investigation into Medtronic?s Infuse product, find no wrongdoing<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/twincities/Medtronic%20Logo*100.jpg?v=1'>The U.S. Department of Justice and the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts have reportedly closed their investigation of Medtronic Inc. and its Infuse Bone Graft product, failing to find any wrongdoing on the company?s part. The Department of Justice began the investigation in October 2008.
Designed in and is distributed out of Memphis, Infuse is a genetically engineered bone protein that stimulates bone growth. It is primarily used in spinal and oral procedures, but...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Memphis Airport Authority approves $1 million in incentives for new service<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/WebNewsCarMemphisAirportSign*100.jpg?v=1'>The Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority approved an air service development program with financial incentives and fee savings to airlines in order to add new direct service to and from Memphis International Airport.
The authority is hoping this will lure more airline competition to Memphis and lead to more flights and lower fares.
It authorized up to $1 million in incentives for the first year of the air service development program, which is available to commercial airlines with an airport...<div class="feedflare">
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It's official: Facebook IPO prices at $38
Facebook's IPO has priced at $38 per share, the company reported in a news release issued minutes after markets closed, Thursday.
The pricing is at the top of a range set at the beginning of this week by Facebook Inc., and values the company at over $100 billion. Shares are set to begin trading on Friday.
From the Facebook news release:
Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 421,233,615 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $38 per...<div class="feedflare">
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Harvard study: workplace inspections save money
A Harvard study argues that workplace inspections designed to prevent injuries do not cost jobs due to higher costs for businesses. In fact, the researchers say, they save money. The study, led by Harvard Business School professor Michael Toffel, along with University of California, Berkeley Professor David Levine and Boston University Ph.D. candidate Matthew Johnson, was published Thursday in Science magazine.
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Mass. Medical Society elects UMass Memorial's Aghababian its next prez
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/boston/news/0517-Richard-Aghababian-UMass-Memorial-Medical-Center-Mass.-Medical-Society-courtesy-315*100.jpg?v=1'>Former UMass Memorial Medical Center Emergency Medicine Chair Richard Aghababian has been elected to head the Massachusetts Medical Society. He succeeds Worcester, Mass., pediatrician Lynda Young.
The Southborough, Mass., resident served as chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School from 1994 to 2007. Aghababian has been a prolific editor and contributing author for textbooks on emergency medicine and disaster preparednes, the organization...<div class="feedflare">
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HP to cut up to 25,000 jobs (report); no word on Mass. layoffs
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/sanjose/print-edition/WOIWhitmanMeg*100.jpg?v=1'>Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) may cut as many as 25,000 jobs, or 8 percent of its workforce, according to a report from Bloomberg News that cites people familiar with the matter.
HP employs about 3,000 employees in Massachusetts, including at their Andover and Marlborough campuses. The Marlborough campus is around 133,000 square feet and is leased until 2016.
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Tufts plans level 3 biolab in Boston's Chinatown
Tufts University announced Wednesday that it is seeking approval from the Boston Public Health Commission to build a biosafety research laboratory within its medical school building, located on Harrison Avenue in Chinatown.
The new lab at 136 Harrison Ave. would be 1,700 square feet and a biosafety level three research facility with tuberculosis as its main focus of research, according to a press release from Tufts. The Tufts University School of Medicine is the only medical school in Massachusetts...<div class="feedflare">
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Broker-Dealer ordered to recover $1M+ in annuities sold to elderly widow
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/bottom_line/%20%20aaaRealEstate_Logo*100.jpg?v=1'>H. Beck, a Maryland-based broker-dealer, has been ordered by the Massachusetts Secretary of State to refund more than $1 million in annuities improperly sold to an elderly widow by one of its representatives.
The order, issued by the state's Securities Division, also imposes a $90,000 fine on H. Beck for failure to supervise Paul J. Dumouchel of Wellesley, who was a registered representative of the firm from February 2009 through November 2011, according to Secretary of the State William F. Galvin.
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Obama's other Vineyard vacation home for sale (slide show)
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/boston/real_estate/0517_ObamaOaksBluffHome*100.jpg?v=1'>The Martha?s Vineyard home where President Barack Obama vacationed on a secluded section of Nantucket Sound in Oak Bluffs is for sale at $3.29 million.
Obama?s senior adviser, Valerie Jarrett, rented the 17-room ranch-style home at 89 East Chop Drive in the historic East Chop neighborhood for several years, and the first family vacationed there prior to and after Obama became president. Obama last visited in 2009.
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BU School of Management gets second multi-million-dollar gift from former Macy's exec
Allen Questrom, retired chief executive officer of several of the nation?s largest department and specialty stores, has given $10 million to the Boston University School of Management, according to BU Today, a university publication.
This is Questrom?s second multimillion dollar gift to the school. In 2007, Questrom gave the school gave $4 million for an endowed deanship and professorship called the Allen Questrom Professor and Dean.
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Boston small biz owners gloomier than other cities (survey)
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/orlando/blog/cash-register*100.jpg?v=1'>A Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) study says Boston small business owners are less confident in the future of their business than in other parts of the country.
Only 19 percent of Boston-area respondents to the study said they plan to hire more employees, compared to 31 percent nationwide. About 56 percent said they expected revenue to increase versus the national 61 percent, and 38 percent said they?d market their business to get more customers, 9 percentage points less than the nationwide figure.
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441 Stuart St. in Boston sells for $40M
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/boston/real_estate/0518_441Stuart*100.jpg?v=1'>Synergy Investment & Development inked a deal to buy 441 Stuart St. in Boston?s Back Bay for $40 million, according to two sources, less than a week after the Boston firm agreed to buy the InterContinental Garage on the Hub?s waterfront.
On Monday, the Boston Business Journal reported that the mostly gutted 11-story building at Stuart and Dartmouth streets attracted more than 100 potential buyers whose ideas for the property included apartments, offices or a hotel, with bids as high as $40 million....<div class="feedflare">
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Bud Clark Commons lands top design prize
A Portland low-income housing project has captured a prestigious architecture award.
The American Institute of Architects named the Bud Clark Commons as the group?s top 2012 Housing and Urban Development design. The award will be given to Dave Otte, the lead architect on the project, on Saturday.
The facility opened last summer in Portland?s Old Town
The Washington, D.C.-based AIA praised:
The shelter?s ?abundance of natural light and wood finishes inside,? exemplified by the sustainably...<div class="feedflare">
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H&M to open at Lloyd Center
H&M, the fashion retailer also known as Hennes & Mauritz, opens its fourth Portland mall store at noon, June 7, at Lloyd Center.
H&M has stores at Pioneer Place, Washington Square and Clackamas Town Center.
The 21,226-square-foot Lloyd Center location employs 30.
The popular retailer carries men's and women's apparel. The first 100 customers on opening day will receive an H&M t-shirt and a gift card worth $10 to $300.
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Icahn urges Mentor shareholders to withhold director votes
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/news/Icahn_carl2_carousel*100.jpg?v=1'>Using a quote from Thomas Jefferson, billionaire shareholder activist Carl Icahn on Thursday lashed out at Mentor Graphics for extending its poison pill and refusing to renominate two of his favored board members.
As a result, Icahn is urging Mentor Graphics shareholders to withhold votes for incumbent directors Gregory Hinckley, Peter Bonfield, Kevin McDonough, Patrick McManus and Mentor CEO Walden Rhines. In doing so, he touted a similar recommendation from ISS Proxy Advisory Services.
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Regional stocks: Market slide continues
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/StockMarketDown*100.jpg?v=1'>The major indices continued their slide on Wall Street.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 156.06 points to 12,442, the NASDAQ closed down 60.35 points to 2,813 and the S&P 500 closed down 19.94 points to 1,304.
The Davidson 99, which measures stocks in seven western states, including 19 in Oregon, closed down 3.47 points to 168.16.
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Craft Brew launches gluten-free Omission nationwide
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/news/Craft%20brew%20omission%20carousel*100.jpg?v=1'>Craft Brew Alliance Inc. will start distributing its line of gluten-free beers nationwide in coming weeks.
Portland-based Craft Brew (Nasdaq: Brew) launched its Omission Lager and Omission Pale Ale in Oregon in March. Thursday, it said it will begin distributing the brand nationwide, starting on the West Coast and hitting the rest of the country by mid-June.
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Milwaukie light rail line attracts $85M from feds
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/news/Trimet%20max%20carousel*100.jpg?v=1'>Oregon?s U.S. senators announced jointly Thursday that the Portland area?s transit agency will receive $85 million in federal money for the new Portland-Milwaukie light-rail line.
The money, which goes to TriMet, comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation New Starts program.
Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced the funding on Thursday afternoon shortly before TriMet revealed it had also collected $7.5 million in federal grants to buy 18 buses, including four hyrbid vehicles.
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Portland business leaders happy with mayoral options
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/mayoral%20candidates*100.jpg?v=1'>Portland?s business community has delivered a mostly positive verdict in the mayor's race following Tuesday?s election.
After Portland voters winnowed down the number of 23 candidates ? really, they narrowed the field of three front-runners to two, knocking Eileen Brady out of the running ? some prominent business leaders are saying that either of the general election combatants Charlie Hales and Jefferson Smith could be a positive force for the business community.
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Timbers, Jeld-Wen Field featured in new Adidas ad
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/Timbers-army-screengrab*100.jpg?v=1'>The Portland Timbers, star forward Darlington Nagbe, and the Timbers Army feature prominently in a new 30-second TV ad making its debut this weekend from Adidas? U.S. soccer division.
Portland-based Adidas America is pushing its micoach SPEED_CELL technology, which uses a chip embedded into the soccer boot to capture the player?s 360-degree movements and document various performance metrics.
The chips store up to seven hours of data and can wirelessly sync to smartphones and be shared through...<div class="feedflare">
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Oregon regional economies make gains
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/news/growth*100.jpg?v=1'>Eugene-Springfield and Central Oregon have joined the Portland metro area in nearing their average economic growth rates, according to the University of Oregon Regional Economic Indexes.
The regional indexes measure economic growth using variables including new housing permits, home sales, sector employment data, the unemployment rate, and airport passenger data. Zero is used to indicate the average growth rate posted between 1998 and 2011.
In Portland, the average economic growth rate for the...<div class="feedflare">
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Precision Castparts surpasses $7B in annual sales
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/news/Precision_castparts_Donegan_web*100.jpg?v=1'>Precision Castparts Corp. on Thursday said it gained ground in new markets as it boosted fourth-quarter and full-year sales by 16 percent.
The Portland-based manufacturer of key metal components for commercial aircraft and energy markets (NYSE: PCP) reported earnings of $336.1 million, or $2.30 per share, on nearly $2 billion in sales for the final quarter of fiscal 2012. That was a sizable improvement over the prior year when it had earnings of $271 million, or $1.87 per share, on $1.7 billion...<div class="feedflare">
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