SpotHero, a Chicago-based startup, is simplifying the parking game for users in big cities—cutting deals with parking garages and allowing people to pay and park in a few simple taps of the smartphone.
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Nordstrom ads feature models with disabilities
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It’s not easy to find models with disabilities in ads for the fashion and beauty industry — unless you look in the Nordstrom catalog.
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How Zoe's Mompreneur Started Small and Made it Happen
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Today’s Salute to American Success goes to a mom who created an organic-baby product business – called Zoë b Organic — that’s making green from being green.
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Celebrity Endorsements Offer Marketing Lesson: Make It Fit
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When spending top dollar to have a celebrity endorse a product, a business better make sure the endorsement will resonate with consumers.
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China growth pickup reassuring but no game changer
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A pickup in China’s growth has fortified confidence the world’s second-biggest economy will avoid a precipitous slowdown as the past decade’s explosive growth decelerates to the 7 percent range.
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Tenn. leaders downplay union debate at VW plant
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Tennessee leaders say Volkwagen’s plans to expand production at its Chattanooga factory and add a research and development plant demonstrate the auto company’s commitment to the area after a bitter union fight.
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Agency toughens protections for pregnant workers
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Google appoints Ford ex-CEO Mulally to board
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Google says it has appointed Alan Mulally, the former CEO of Ford Motor Co., to its board.
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Official sees tie between gas project, referendum
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The decision Alaska voters make on an oil-tax referendum next month could have implications for a proposed liquefied natural gas project, the senior project manager said Tuesday, a point deemed a scare tactic by one state lawmaker.
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Mary Kay Awards $1.2 Million In Grants
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The Mary Kay Foundation has awarded a total of $1.2 million in grants to the 12 top institutions researching new treatments for cancer in the U.S.Major medical centers, which included Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, were awarded twelve grants of $100,000 each, after the research review committee reviewed more than 80 applications submitted to the Mary Kay Foundation.
Prominent medical scientists and doctors form the review committee, volunteering their time to help the Foundation choose the most promising research projects.
“With 3 million Mary Kay independent beauty consultants in more than 35 markets around the world, our mission is enriching women’s lives,” said Michael Lunceford, chairman of the board for The Mary Kay Foundation. “Through our independent sales force, we know too many heartbreaking stories of women battling cancer.
By supporting top medical scientists at some of the most-respected institutions in the country who are searching for cures, early detection screenings and innovative cancer treatments, we only hope that we begin to hear more stories of survival. To date, the Foundation has invested more than $20 million in the cause.”
According to the American Cancer Society, in 2014, 810,320 women are expected to be diagnosed with cancer, which is the second leading cause of death for