Gary Whitlock watched water run down to the sidewalk as gardeners hosed down a bed of marigolds outside an Orange County office building and questioned if California’s latest attempt to curb water use would be any more successful than previous ones in the drought-stricken state.

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Hershey’s John Bilbrey is joining the board at the confectioner four years after he was named CEO.

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Visitors and Oregon locals lined up inside Portland International Airport to have their photos taken with an odd celebrity — a piece of nearly 30-year-old carpet.

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Orders to U.S. factories rose in February, breaking a six-month losing streak.

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Carl Icahn has done battle with corporate boards, company executives and rival investors, yet some of the most intense flak he has ever received is coming from casino workers and college students who see him as the hand holding back the struggling seaside gambling resort of Atlantic City.

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California Gov. Jerry Brown ordered the first mandatory, statewide water cutbacks by cities and towns as the state’s nearly 40 million people head into a fourth summer of severe drought.

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United Technologies Corp. has announced a change in leadership at Sikorsky Aircraft, less than a month after announcing it may spin off the helicopter-making subsidiary.

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Baggage handlers, airplane cleaners and other non-union workers at Philadelphia’s airport have called a strike to protest what they say are low wages and unfair labor practices.

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Spinal device maker NuVasive says Chairman and CEO Alex Lukianov resigned after the board concluded he didn’t follow expense reimbursement and personnel policies.

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While we tend to look at firing someone in a negative light, it doesn’t necessarily have to be that way. Here is advice.

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