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Cub Foods Striving for LEED Gold Certification with New Store
Progressive Grocer | 2 hours 20 minutes ago
Supervalu-owned Cub Foods plans to open a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified grocery store in St. Paul Minn. October 31, and is aiming for LEED Gold certification for the new facility.... (more)
Suits - Slow Road to Wealth, With ‘No Shortcuts’ - Brief - NYTimes.com
New York Times, The | 2 hours 22 minutes ago
Amid last week’s market tumult, Mark Cuban, chairman of HDNet and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, tackled the subject of “How to Get Rich.” His advice may not be a mood-lifter. “There are no shortcuts,” Mr. Cuban wrote in his blog, called Blog Maverick. His recipe includes being extremely frugal and saving as much money as possible: “Instead of coffee, drink water. Instead of going to McDonald’s, eat Mac and Cheese. Cut up your credit cards.” He ...... (more)
Pepsi Reaches Out to Shops
Adweek | 7 hours 27 minutes ago
-By Andrew McMains NEW YORK Pepsi-Cola North America is reaching beyond long-time lead creative agency BBDO for ideas on its flagship Pepsi Cola brand, sources said. The outreach appears to be limited to other Omnicom Group agencies on the PepsiCo roster, including TBWA\Chiat\Day in Playa del Rey, Calif. (which handles Gatorade), said sources. BBDO is also said to be working against the brief. The agencies either declined comment or did not return calls, and the Purchase, N.Y...... (more)
Harper's not wrong on bargains
Toronto Star, The | 7 hours 38 minutes ago
Buy on the sound of cannons. Rothschild family investing maxim... (more)
NASA presses ahead for Mars rover launch in 2009
Boston Globe, The | 8 hours 57 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES—NASA said Friday it will press ahead with plans to launch a supersized rover to Mars next year despite spiraling costs and schedule pressures.... (more)
NASA gives budget-busting Mars probe a reprieve
Boston Globe, The | 8 hours 57 minutes ago
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA needs more money to resolve problems with its next Mars mission and keep it on track for launch next year, and is gambling that the U.S. Congress will find the extra funds, officials said on Friday.... (more)
Pepsi to reinvest in soft drink business
Boston Globe, The | 8 hours 57 minutes ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - PepsiCo Inc <PEP.N> said on Friday it is making a major multi-year investment in its soft drink business to restore growth in a business that has declined as U.S. consumers seek drinks they view as healthier.... (more)
Halloween offers enough candy choices to scare you
Cincinnati Enquirer, The | 12 hours 44 minutes ago
Your faithful candy bar now comes in Mocha Cappuccino flavor. That peppermint patty is in the shape of a pumpkin. And Hershey's Kisses? They've got candy corn stripes.... (more)
Nasa committed to Mars rover plan
BBC | 12 hours 44 minutes ago
Nasa is pushing ahead with plans to launch its next Mars mission in 2009, but acknowledges that extra funds are required to make it happen.... (more)
Latvia discussing new military exercises with US
Plain Dealer (Cleveland), The | 14 hours 7 minutes ago
10/11/2008, 3:51 a.m. EDTBy DESMOND BUTLER The Associated Press ... (more)
Afghan intel says attack on Afghan prison thwarted
Plain Dealer (Cleveland), The | 14 hours 7 minutes ago
10/11/2008, 3:52 a.m. EDTBy RAHIM FAEIZ The Associated Press ... (more)
Mars mission OK'd but needs more cash
Houston Chronicle | 16 hours 10 minutes ago
NASA has decided to launch a $1.5 billion Mars mission next fall, but it will need an undisclosed amount of additional money to send the Hummer-sized roving chemistry lab to the Red Planet, space agency officials said Friday.... (more)
Golden Gate Bridge net to stop suicides
Boston Globe, The | 16 hours 13 minutes ago
CALIFORNIA Golden Gate Bridge net to stop suicides SAN FRANCISCO - A stainless steel net may soon hang underneath the Golden Gate Bridge to stop people from attempting suicide by jumping off. The board that governs the world-famous bridge voted yesterday after considering several other methods to prevent suicides. Officials estimate the net will cost between $40 million and $50 million. It will require an environmental review and further study before installation. Officials say about 20 peop...... (more)
Bigger, savvier Mars breathes down Hershey's neck for dominance of prized US chocolate market
Los Angeles Times | 16 hours 52 minutes ago
ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. (AP) _ This stretch of rolling dairy country has long been Milton Hershey's turf, where he first found success making chocolate more than a century ago and earned a name synonymous with chocolate in America.... (more)
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