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Lighting designer Adura pitches way to cut use of energy
The Business Review
| While many companies are racing to create a better light bulb, several Bay Area firms and university researchers are instead working on technology that allows commercial buildings to more efficiently use existing lighting. | Energy use is the largest operating expense for commercial office buildin...
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Philips growing plant in Shelby, will add 50 jobs
The Business Review
| An international lighting company plans to add 50 jobs at its Shelby manufacturing and distribution center as it consolidates a line from California and renovates the local facility. | will spend up to $3 million on the 120,000-square-foot Ardee Lighting building on Washburn Switch Road in Clevela...
Franklin Booth Jr., part of L.A. Times founding family
The Boston Globe
| LOS ANGELES - Franklin Otis Booth Jr., a member of the founding family of the Los Angeles Times, has died. He was 84. | Mr. Booth - a great-grandson of the newspaper's founder, General Harrison Gray Otis - died June 15 at his home in Los Angeles fr...
Next chapter in life starts with graduation
San Diego
LA JOLLA - Annie Chen, 23, again swept perspiration from beneath her tasseled cap. Every member of her family wanted to pose with her for a separate picture, and she could barely balance several bouquets cradled in her arms. | JOHN GIBBINS / Union-Tr...
UCSD holds delayed commencement ceremonies
San Diego
LA JOLLA - Annie Chen, 23, again swept perspiration from beneath her tasseled cap. Every member of her family wanted to pose with her for a separate picture, and she could barely balance several bouquets cradled in her arms. | But smile she did, agai...
Franklin Otis Booth Jr. - investor, former L.A. Times executive
San Fransisco Chronicle
| (06-19) 04:00 PDT Los Angeles -- | Franklin Otis Booth Jr., a former Los Angeles Times executive and businessman whose early investment in a venture headed by a young Warren Buffett earned him a fortune and a title as one of the nation's richest me...
New York crane inspector arrested on corruption charges; West Virginia University president resigns in degree scandal
Austin American Statesman
| NEW YORK | Inspector charged with corruption | NEW YORK — A veteran New York City crane inspector has been arrested on charges of taking thousands of dollars in bribes and falsifying reports. James Delayo, an assistant chief inspector with th...
MBA: California, Florida drove up Q1 delinquency rate
Business Journal
> | California is topping another list related to the ongoing woes in the housing market. Data released by the Mortgage Brokers Association says that the state represents 21 percent of the foreclosures starts filed nationwide in the first quarter. | ...
MBA: Florida, California drove up Q1 delinquency rate
Business Journal
> Group says Florida, California drove up Q1 delinquency rate [Orlando] Banks work with owners as past-due loans jump [St. Louis] | Florida represents 8 percent of all outstanding loans in the U.S. and 15 percent of the foreclosure starts filed in th...
WSU names Hensler dean of Barton business school
Business Journal
> Bizjournals study finds the Valley among best places for young professionals to live and work [Phoenix] 1,000 get a Lego up on the future look of Phoenix at AZ One: A Reality Check for Central Arizona [Phoenix] Guitar maker caters to rock 'n' roll ...
WSU names Hensler dean of Barton business school
The Business Review
| Douglas A. Hensler is the new dean of 's W. Frank Barton School of Business, the university announced Tuesday afternoon. | Hensler, who has been the dean and Sid Craig endowed chair for the at California State University at Fresno, will assume his ...
University of California workers vote to allow strike
The Business Review
| Service and patient-care workers at facilities throughout state the voted to allow their union to call a strike within 10 days, the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees said Friday. | The union also gave the University of Cal...
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School health centers bring services to students
Examiner
SEATTLE (Map, News) - The exam room at Cleveland High School's Teen Health Center has the basics: a blood pressure monitor and various scopes hang on the wall. Paper covers the exam table. But its equipment also reflects the realities of adolescent health problems. One cupboard holds pap smear kits, another has a birth control teaching kit. In the ...
University
In this image from video, a large fire burns on a lot at Universal Studios in Universal City, Calif., Sunday June 1, 2008.
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Large fire breaks out at Universal Studios
USA Today
Posted  | Comment  | Recommend | | | UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) — A Los Angeles fire official says a large fire is burning on a lot at Universal Studios. | Los Angeles fire Capt. Frank Reynoso says the blaze was reported just before dawn Sunday on a sound stage on a back lot. There are no immediate reports of injuries. | R...
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