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Entrepreneur Is Concocting Her Own Food Creations

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:44:27 +0000

Needless to say, after 26 years working in the food industry Karen Swisher knew what tasted good and what did not. During that time she created interesting foods, such as microwavable English muffins, low-fat donuts and host of other products, many of which has been sold through companies like Carnation/Nestle and Jenny Craig, reports SGVTribune.com.

But her latest venture – Sierra Madre Grocery Co. – is all her own.

“After pursuing my passion for creative food

Years after homeowners default, collectors may still come after them

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:44:27 +0000

A foreclosure sign sits outside a home for sale in Phoenix, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009.

Homeowners defaulting on mortgages today may be surprised to learn years from now that they still owe thousands of dollars and a collection agency is coming after them to get it.

That's because lenders have been quietly selling second mortgages and home equity lines left unpaid after foreclosures and short sales. The buyers: collection agencies, which in California have up to four years

SMUD plans solar panels along Highway 50

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:44:27 +0000

A row of photovoltaic solar panels generates electricity south of Portland, Ore., at the intersection of Interstate 5 and Interstate 205. SMUD is planning a similar project.

Up in drizzly Oregon, Portland commuters drive by hundreds of solar panels along one of the area's major interstate highways.

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District is planning to build a similar project here the first "solar highway" in sunny California.

It recently obtained a $5 million

Female Entrepreneurs Less Profit Driven, More Risk Adverse

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:44:27 +0000

SanLouisObispo.com:

The American public’s attitude toward female business owners hasn’t changed much in recent decades, according to a new national survey, with 94 percent saying women only want to contribute to the family income and not grow a business.

A nonprofit organization, Count Me In for Women’s Economic Independence, commissioned the survey, and a woman-owned business, Candice Bennett & Associates Inc., conducted it.

At a news conference Wednesday, Count