Magid: Microlending an option amid economic turmoil (San Jose Mercury News) The current economic crisis has a lot of people wondering where to put their money. The stock market is chaotic, some banks are wobbly and real estate, that old standby, is on a downward spiral. But before you start stuffing money under your mattress, consider going online to loan some of it to a strawberry farmer in Ecuador, a second-hand clothing store in Senegal or a health food store in ... us.rd.yahoo.com
CARLSBAD: Jimbo's to eliminate plastic shopping bags (North County Times) CARLSBAD ---- Starting Oct. 11, Jimbo's health food stores in San Diego will no longer offer plastic shopping bags, the store said in a news release last week. In addition, the chain's San Diego stores will donate 5 percent of their sales on that dat us.rd.yahoo.com
Eating Well as Food Prices Rise (Carteret County News-Times) (ARA) - Worried about your grocery tab? Rising food prices are a significant cause of concern for 73 percent of consumers, according to a recent USA Today/Gallup poll. For almost half of them, those prices have caused a hardship. us.rd.yahoo.com
U.S. City Dwellers Flock to Raising Chickens (Environmental News Network) In the backyard of a suburban home in Denver, Colorado, 22 chickens are hiding out from the law. They arrived when a member of BackyardChickens, an online forum, ordered the birds in the mail this past May. "I actually get my chicks in today hopefully, and I am worried that animal control will be at the post office waiting for me with hand-cuffs," the new poultry farmer wrote. us.rd.yahoo.com
SUPERVALU(R) Announces Sponsorship of American Heart Association's Go Red for Women (Centre Daily Times) SUPERVALU INC.(R) (NYSE: SVU), one of the largest companies in the U.S. grocery channel whose nationwide family of stores includes ACME(R), ALBERTSONS(R), bigg's(R), CUB FOODS(R), FARM FRESH(R), HORNBACHER'S(R), JEWEL-OSCO(R), LUCKY(R), SHAW'S(R), SHOP 'N SAVE(R) and SHOPPERS FOOD & PHARMACY(R), announced today its new support of the American Heart Association's Go Red For Women to educate women ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Magazine Brand Leaders 2008 (Mediaweek) The landscape is littered with failed TV projects modeled on magazine brands. Yet this month, Time Inc.’s massively successful women’s title Real Simple and cable net TLC will roll out the series Real Simple Real Life, a lifestyle-makeover show that shares the magazine’s mission of helping women simplify their lives with practical advice on family, homemaking, style, health and other topics. ... us.rd.yahoo.com
SUPERVALU(R) Announces Sponsorship of American Heart Association's Go Red for Women (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) MINNEAPOLIS----SUPERVALU INC.® , one of the largest companies in the U.S. grocery channel whose nationwide family of stores includes ACME®, ALBERTSONS®, bigg's®, CUB FOODS®, FARM FRESH®, HORNBACHER'S®, JEWEL-OSCO®, LUCKY®, SHAW'S®, SHOP 'N SAVE® and SHOPPERS FOOD & PHARMACY®, announced today its new support of the American Heart Association's Go Red For Women to educate women about the risk ... us.rd.yahoo.com
