Archive for April, 2006

Beauty Supply - New Orleans-style event targets consumers and businesses

Posted in Beauty Supply on April 30th, 2006

New Orleans-style event targets consumers and businesses
North Channel Sun - The New Orleans-style event, “Blues, Business and Bourbon Street,” will be from 2:30-7:30 p.m. today at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott, located at 1601 Lake Robbins Drive. Traditionally, the Chamber’s Business Expo is designed to promote businesses

Last robbery suspect nabbed
Kankakee Daily Journal - Fugitive robbery suspect Tyron Thomas made futile efforts to obscure his identity, but police in his hometown of Kankakee recognized him. Thomas, 20, was captured at approximately 10 a.m. Wednesday, Kankakee Police Chief Mike Kinkade said. Thomas had

Passing praise
State News - The NBA mothers are coming to Lansing, and they won’t be playing basketball like their all-star sons. This Saturday, they’ll be scoring a slam dunk with gospel music at the Immanuel’s Temple Community Church, 5400 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd

Creating customer loyalty at small firms
AZCentral.com - May 1 marks the 25th anniversary of American Airlines’ frequent-flier program, considered the first mileage reward plan. Since 1981, customer-loyalty programs have exploded. Consumers younger than 30 don’t remember a time when you went to a

Business briefs
Home News Tribune - UNION: Bed Bath & Beyond beat analysts’ expectations for the fourth quarter of 2005, reporting net earnings of 67 cents per share, or $197.9 million, for the quarter, up 13.6 percent from the fourth quarter of 2004. Earnings beat analysts’ earning

Tricks For The Lushest Lashes
CBS News - (CBS) Long, dark eyelashes are blinking out from all the beauty pages this season. They’re one of the hottest trends for spring. If you’re lucky enough to have been born with a great set, it’s your time to rejoice. If not, The Early Show has help

Bitter race and rape row grips Duke campus
BBC News - Even the founder of the Duke dynasty - whose bronze statue depicts him reclining in a comfortable chair - was said not to have used slaves and to have been a reluctant conscript soldier for the Confederate side in the American Civil War. Yet even

across the south hills
Pennsylvania Almanac - Bethel Park School District received two awards of honor from the Pennsylvania School Public Relations Association in its 2006 Excellence in Education Program. The awards were for the district s Web site, www.bpsd.org, and the 2005-2006 calendar

Acquisitions and divestments put Alberto-Culver on track
Cosmetics Design - 3/23/2006 - More than one month ahead of the scheduled publishing of its half-yearly results, hair care specialist Alberto-Culver says it is on course to deliver record results. “The Company anticipates that it will announce record second quarter and

Petal grows near Gandy Parkway site
Hattiesburg American - PETAL - The Evelyn Gandy Parkway is months away from opening, but Petal is already showing signs of new development. Businesses are starting to cluster around the areas that will be served by the Parkway, which will connect I-59 and Mississippi 42