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- Colorado company offers banana coffins DENVER (AP) -- Casket makers catering to natural burials have offered biodegradable coffins made of such materials as recycled newspapers or cardboard. Ecoffins USA, based in Montrose, Colo., is selling caskets made of banana sheaves....
- Cummins reopening Ind. plant, while another closes COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) -- Cummins Inc. is recalling 400 laid-off workers as it resumes production at a Columbus factory, while nearly 300 people lost their jobs as an auto parts company idled a plant in nearby Shelbyville....
- Much-needed tax refunds delayed from Ga. to Calif. ATLANTA (AP) -- Colin Daymude was out of work last year after his business failed and eagerly filed his taxes in mid-January, figuring he'd get his refund sooner. He was wrong....
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- Business feature: Chamber, CIDC team up to help businesses
- Gene Hendrick, manager of the recently-formed Clovis Business Incubator, likes to use an analogy when trying to explain the name of his organization. “When I was growing up, everybody had an incubator because they’d raise their own chickens,”... Full story
- Dairy Fest draws more than 9,000
- When most Dairy Fest fans walked up on Ryan White’s tent Saturday, they either laughed or stopped for a photograph with the sign: “Smells like poo...it grew.” White’s job at Dairy Fest is to teach people about manure, and it’s... Full story
- Tower Twin theater closing
- It’s curtains today for the Tower Twin Theatre. After years of entertaining Portales residents, the city’s only movie theater is closing its doors due to cooling troubles. Russell Allen, vice president of operations for Allen Theatres and... Full story
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- Stimulus Package to Increase Government Hiring
- The federal government will need to hire an additional 200,000 workers over the next three years as a result of President Obama's stimulus plan and additional spending included in his budget plan. That may sound like a lot of jobs, but it's... Full story
- Stimulus to Fund Thousands of New, Green Jobs
- President Obama's economic recovery program could create or save 2.5 million green jobs designing, building and maintaining renewable energy projects and increasing the energy efficiency of schools, homes and federal office buildings. The... Full story
- A Look at 15 Celebrities' Previous Jobs
- Picture it: Glamorous Hannah Montana cleaning toilets. Or even more delicious: Smart-mouthed "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell sorting mail. Before they made gazillions and became gossip-rag fodder, many celebrities had regular jobs. Take a look at some... Full story
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