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Overtaken by Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim whose fortune is now at an estimated $67.8bn ( £33.6bn) - equivalent to 8% of Mexico's gross domestic product - compared with $59.2bn for the Microsoft mogul, putting him in the lead by a decisive $8.6bn.
More recently, Mr Slim has developed a...
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Potential buyers and anyone else interested in taking a look inside the partially renovated Padre Hotel had a chance to stroll around the circa-1928 downtown landmark during the first of three open houses on Monday. View a video of the open house.
The Padre is listed for sale for $5.6 million....
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The Holiday Inn Select in downtown Bakersfield may soon become a Marriott. An estimated $6 million renovation project to upgrade the hotel is underway and is expected to be complete by late September. What do you think? Is a more prestigious hotel in downtown a step in the right...
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A study came out yesterday that found health benefits to be the most highly coveted of employee perks.
One caveat of the National Business Group on Health report that I found particularly interesting was the fact that two in three, or 65 percent, favor charging smokers more for health...
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When I watch TV, all I hear every five minutes are commercials for MOR furniture. The hard-sell, redundant, annoying commercials play at every single commercial break, on every cable channel targeted at the Bako area, always saying the same things. I am so totally sick of their...
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ExpressJet is launching a new airline carrier and plans to begin service to Bakersfield and 23 other midsized cities, including Fresno, this spring. The new airline, which plans to add routes that currently do not have non-stop service, has not yet released flight schedules and would not confirm...
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Recently, I stumbled across two article's in BC's newspaper, The Renegade RIP, (http://www.therip.com/news/... about the minimum wage being...
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For a paltry(tongue in cheek) $18.7 Billion..Mitt Romney's Bain Capital is now the proud owner of Clear Channel Communication. Read the writeup here.
While many may welcome someone else taking over Clear Channel, we need to look at the new players. Bain Capital was founded by current...
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If you haven't figured out that it's Breast Cancer Awareness Month, you must live under a rock — a rock that has probably been painted pink and tagged with a pretty pink ribbon.The publicity and social marketing of this cause are everywhere.There's pink Campbell Soup cans, pink Estee Lauder...
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Skyrocketing costs for cancer drugs are just one example of an already out-of-control health care system.
Did you see the New York Times story about cancer drugs? If not, you should read it.
The story talks mainly about Abraxane, a cancer drug that's now going for about $4,200 a pop. It's...
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