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Kmart 'Ship My Pants,' 'Big Gas Savings' campaigns go viral
Kmart’s woes — sliding sales, worried investors — would make any retailer want to curse. But as it turns out, the discounter’s dirty mouth may prove to be a saving grace. The chain, which has a bit of a fuddy-duddy reputation,...
Tags: Target, Media Industry, Nicki Minaj, Marketing, IKEA
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Two veteran Sacramento lawmakers win L.A. City Council seats
Two newly elected members of the Los Angeles City Council are veteran Sacramento lawmakers whose campaigns got large boosts from special interest contributions. Former state Assemblyman Gil Cedillo and state Sen. Curren Price (D-Los Angeles) won...
Tags: Politics, Ed Reyes, Eric Garcetti, Gil Cedillo, Curren D. Price, Jr.
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World Nutella Day survives after Ferrero reaches out to superfan
Devotees of Nutella hazelnut chocolate spread can call off the riots -- the brand’s Italian parent Ferrero says it reached a peaceful understanding with the superfan founder of World Nutella Day, an annual appreciation event that the company tried...
Tags: Target, Italy, New Products, Social Media
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Price, Cedillo leading in council races
Three veterans from Sacramento were making strong showings Tuesday in the Los Angeles City Council election, with two pulling ahead of their opponents and a third headed to a possible runoff in the San Fernando Valley, according to partial returns. In a...
Tags: Politics, Antonio Villaraigosa, Eric Garcetti, Gil Cedillo, Curren D. Price, Jr.
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Target earnings disappoint, retailer cuts full-year forecast
Target Corp., like many other retail rivals, was laid low in its first fiscal quarter by cold spring temperatures that discouraged seasonal shopping and caused the chain to underperform by even its own metrics. The Minneapolis company said sales at...
Tags: The Home Depot, Target Brands, Inc., Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Gregg Steinhafel, Earnings
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Taylor Swift rocks blue mini, wins at Billboard Music Awards
Taylor Swift rocked a sparkly blue mini dress by Muhair Zurad, with cutouts across her shoulder blades, when she accepted eight awards, including artist of the year, at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Sunday. She also wore...
Tags: Music, Movies, Taylor Swift, Arrested Development (tv program) , Entertainment
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City of San Francisco, worker unions protest Kaiser premium hike
SAN FRANCISCO — It's a trend many public employees can relate to: Health insurance premiums climb year after year, while at the bargaining table workers have agreed to kick in more for pensions, take salary cuts and sign on to furlough days. But...Tags: Politics, Health and Safety at Work, Public Employees, Employment, Career and Workplace
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Wireless carriers to launch ad blitz against texting and driving
The country's largest wireless carriers have joined together for a national advertising campaign to discourage mobile users from texting while driving. AT&T announced that competitors Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile and more than 200 other...
Tags: Politics, Verizon Wireless, Media Industry, T-Mobile, Labor Day
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A powerful use for spoiled food
What happens to the 40% of food produced but never eaten in the U.S. each year, the mounds of perfect fruit passed over by grocery store shoppers, the tons of meat and milk left to expire? At Ralphs, one of the oldest and largest supermarket chains on...
Tags: Solar Energy, Environmental Issues, Whole Foods Market, Kroger Company, Renewable Energy
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Wal-Mart, Gap skirt the issue
If the horrific garment factory collapse last month in Bangladesh has any silver lining, it is the response from more than 30 of the world's leading apparel companies — including Benetton, PVH, Abercrombie & Fitch, H&M, Inditex (Zara), Marks &...
Tags: Politics, Companies and Corporations, Human Rights, Labor Legislation, New York University
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California jobless rate falls to 9%
No one ever said the economic recovery would be pretty. California eked out more growth in April as employers added 10,400 jobs, bringing the net total added over the year to 273,000. The state's unemployment rate dropped to 9% from 9.4% the month...
Tags: Consumers, Consumer Confidence, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Employment
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Nearly $2 million raised in council's 1st District runoff
The 1st District City Council race has garnered more than four times the money of previous races there, buoyed by the deep pockets and independent spending of labor and business leaders. In the runoff to replace council member Ed Reyes in the district...Tags: Politics, Hospitals and Clinics, Eric Garcetti, Ed Reyes, Elections
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