May 24, 2013
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Associated Press Panera Bread Co. CEO Ron Shaich stands behind a counter in 2002 in St. Louis. Three years after launching its pioneering pay what you want cafe, the suburban St. Louis-based chain on Wednesday quietly began its latest charitable venture that takes the concept on a trial run to all 48 cafes in the St. Louis region.
Panera experiments with prices
ST. LOUIS — Order a bowl of turkey chili at a St. Louis-area Panera Bread cafe and it’ll cost you a penny. Or $5. Or $100. In other words, whatever you decide. Three years after launching the fi...
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Merck: FDA reviewing tablet to eliminate allergy
TRENTON, N.J. — Drugmaker Merck & Co. said Wednesday that federal regulators are reviewing its application to sell a new type of treatment for grass pollen allergy that gradually reduces allergy sy...
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Associated Press A sales staff member at Barney's New York uses an iPod Touch to help a customer make a purchase. Stores across the country are ditching the old-fashioned, clunky cash registers and instead having salespeople and shoppers themselves check out on smartphones and tablet computers.
Cash register rings up its last sale
NEW YORK — Ka-ching! The cash register may be on its final sale. Stores across the country are ditching the old-fashioned, clunky machines and having salespeople — and even shoppers themselves —...
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Associated Press Turner's NCAA MArch Madness Live website allows sports fans to find and watch NCAA tournament games online.
March Madness online not for cord-cutters
NEW YORK — Finding March Madness basketball games online is easier this year, but watching them isn’t if you’ve ditched your cable or satellite TV service. This is good news for most Americans —...
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Jobs
From March 13 to Wednesday, the Office of Employment and Training added 19 job orders to its database for regional employers (Paducah unless noted otherwise): occupational therapist and physical th...
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Associated Press Shoppers look through a window at Tiffany & Co.'s store in Columbus, Ohio. The jewelry retailer said Friday that its fourth-quarter net income edged up less than 1 percent, but managed to beat Wall Street predictions.
Tiffany’s 4th quarter earnings rise
NEW YORK — Tiffany says its fourth-quarter net income edged up less than 1 percent, but still beat Wall Street predictions as strong customer demand in Asia for its pricey baubles offset weakness i...
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ALLIE DOUGLASS | The Sun South Side Machine Shop supplies USEC in Paducah with machine parts and is planning beyond May 31 as if USEC will not be in operation.
The trickle down effect
The United States Enrichment Corp. is one of South Side Machine Shop’s three largest customers, said Seth Cronch, sales manager for the machine shop on Wayne Sullivan Drive. Cronch said for arou...
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Coca-Cola to cut 750 US jobs
NEW YORK — Coca-Cola says it’s cutting 750 jobs in the U.S. as it continues to streamline its business. The world’s biggest beverage maker says the jobs cuts will be across the board and that af...
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Union-backed amendment delays bill about fracking
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The sponsor of a bill to regulate high-volume oil and gas drilling in Illinois said there still is time to pass the measure this spring, even though it was delayed in a House co...
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Associated Press Employees of Laiki bank (left) push barriers as riot police try to stop them during an anti-bailout protest Thursday outside the Cypriot parliament in Nicosia. Cypriot officials were scrambling to cement a revised plan to raise funds demanded by international creditors in exchange for an international bailout Thursday.
Cyprus rushes bailout plan as clock ticks
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cypriot politicians moved Thursday to restructure the country’s most troubled bank as part of a broader bailout plan that must be in place by Monday to avoid financial ruin. Conce...
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