| Blue Jackets prove a good fit for Howson
Scott Howson's first trade was much like the man himself, modest and focused on getting even the smallest job done properly. The rookie NHL general manager sent Geoff Platt from the Columbus Blue Jackets to Anaheim for Aaron Rome and Clay Wilson on Nov. 15. "It wasn't a big deal for me," Howson said last week. .
The credit crunch is being overhyped – for now, anyway
Don�t believe all the hype about the �credit crunch.� Not yet, anyway. It�s supposedly suffocating the economy. True, big banks and investment houses have suffered multibillion-dollar losses on �subprime� mortgages and related securities. But except for housing � where lending has collapsed � the effects on consumers and businesses have so far been modest. Should they get worse, however, the �crunch� wouldn�t be just about economics. It could decide the next president. People vote their pocketbooks. Up to a point, this is unfortunate, because politicians of both parties usually get too much praise or blame for the economy, when their influence on its behavior is often negligible. But politics isn�t always rational or fair, and a slowing economy is already a burden that, along with Iraq, Republicans will carry into the election.
Focusing on core business
ASHFIELD - Aaron, Brian, and Dana Clark grow apples on the same rolling hills as did their father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. The fact that land Herbert Clark purchased in 1886 remains the Clark Brothers Orchard in 2007 is due to a combination of luck, skill, a helpful microclimate, and, in recent years, the same kind of cooperative marketing agreement that seeks fair prices for small Latin American producers selling bananas. After the state's apple industry slipped at the end of the last decade, the Clarks were among several local growers who turned to a nonprofit called Red Tomato for help scouting new markets and raising consumer awareness about locally grown fruit. From 1997 to 2002, Massachusetts lost 1,150 acres of apple-bearing land.
BUSINESS CALENDAR
Here are some of the business-related activities coming up in the tri-county area. Today-Friday: Sandra Nickel, Realtors, Compass Bank and other Montgomery area real estate agencies and banks will be collecting blankets, quilts and comforters, new or used, from today through Friday for the homeless and for use in local shelters. Blankets can be dropped off at any participating real estate office or bank. Scott McNeely of Admiral Movers will collect the blankets for use at two dozen shelters that help the approximately 700 documented homeless men, women and children in the area. Thursday: The Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce will have a Business After Hours event at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Alabama Wildlife Federation. 285-4550. Thursday: This is the deadline to register for the Jackson Thornton Annual Payroll Tax Update that will be held at 8 a.m.
Monday November 26, 2007 - 15:41 EST
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- As gambling profits spur an unprecedented multibillion-dollar building boom on the Strip, untold ranks of professional poker players, sports bettors and recreational gamblers continue to pour money into a shadow industry based offshore but with a de facto home in Las Vegas. And while a seemingly endless debate rages on in Congress over whether to legalize Internet gambling nationwide, some gaming interests are pursuing a different tack by appealing to Nevada regulators with the power to allow and oversee online betting for Nevada residents within the state's borders. Federal law allows such online gambling. As a step in that direction, UNLV's International Gaming Institute is trying to quantify how many Nevadans gamble online and measure gamblers' attitudes toward legalizing Internet gambling.
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