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		<title>United Online chief says the way people buy is changing.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 08:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Businesses of all types must know how to use the Internet to their advantage in order to successfully navigate today’s world of commerce, according to Mark Goldston, chairman, president and CEO of United Online. In a speech at the Valley Economic Summit on May 13 in Universal City, Goldston gave advice on how to adapt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Westfield worried about state.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 08:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peter Lowy of the Westfield Group real estate company was one of the keynote speakers at the 2010 Valley Economic Summit. He had plenty to say about the future of the company’s growth in Southern California. “California’s economy is broad, diverse and wealthy,” said Lowy. But the biggest problem, in terms of Westfield’s local growth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Difficult period for firms sitting in path of progress.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 08:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The overall Economic downturn is by far still the biggest problem facing Valley businesses, according to an annual survey released by the Valley Economic Alliance and California State University, Northridge. But many of these same firms see hope on the horizon. According to the survey of medium-sized companies (those with 50 to 100 employees), 47.6 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Change in Perspective Among Local Businesspeople</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 01:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my recent meetings with business owners and managers whether it has been through one-on-one contacts or at networking events, I’ve been asked the same question several times: What’s 2010 looking like for the local economy and for businesses? My first response to the businessperson asking the question is: How are things at your business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Firm Targets ‘Underserved’ African-American Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newhall Laboratories Inc. is banking on a new line of hair-care products formulated specifically for African American women to grow the company. Newhall Laboratories launched an advertising campaign for GroWorks that included nationwide product sampling that began on Martin Luther King Day in major markets such as New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Dallas and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>General Manager Leaving Van Nuys for LAX</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Van Nuys Airport General Manager Selena Birk is leaving that position to make a lateral move to Los Angeles International Airport. Birk has been at the Valley airfield for 10 years and a visible presence in the business community. She has served on the board of the Valley Economic Alliance and honored in 2006 with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tix Corp. Buys Las Vegas Discount Ticket Broker</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tix Corp. has acquired the assets of All Access entertainment, a discount ticket service with five facilities in Las Vegas. All the locations are being converted to locations of Tix Corp. subsidiary, Tix4Tonight. The new facilities bring the total number of Tix4Tonight locations in Las Vegas to 13. All Access entertainment President Metin Durmus will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real estate company sees positive trend, eyes public markets.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zaya Younan is convinced many office real estate markets in the U.S. have hit bottom. And he’s wasting no time shifting Woodland Hills-based Younan Properties back into acquisition mode, which may involve tapping public markets. “There’s evidence the recession is leveling and deterioration slowing down,” said Younan. “The economy is still weak and fragile. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discrimination Claims Rise as State, National Economies Sour</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As layoffs mounted during the recession and employers shed workers to keep costs down, the number of discrimination claims also went up nationally and in California. For a 13-year period, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission showed the highest number of discrimination filings during the 2008 and 2009 fiscal years – the time period when the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Managers Waiting Nervously For Ruling</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employment law attorneys and human resources directors throughout the state anxiously wait for the California State Supreme Court to rule in a case that could have wide ranging implications. Depending on how the justices rule in Brinker Restaurant Corp. vs. Superior Court, the decision may cost businesses millions of dollars and place new responsibilities in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unionizing, Arbitration Big Pending Federal Issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congress is attempting for a second time to pass legislation to change how workplaces can unionize and how disputes can be settled between employees and management. If signed into law, the Employee Free Choice Act would be a major shift in U.S. labor relations in that signing a pledge card would replace a secret ballot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historic Parcel of Land Near Bob Hope Airport Changes Hands</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ardwin Freight purchased a parcel of land that once housed a piece of Burbank’s aviation history, according to Lee &#38; Associates. Ardwin plans to build a corporate headquarters and storage facility for its business on the 110,000-square-foot site. Brett Warner, principal at Lee &#38; Associates-LA North/Ventura, represented the seller of the industrial property, which is [...]]]></description>
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