Business agenda
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Partnerships are common in newspapering
San Jose Mercury News - The announcement this week that MediaNews would acquire the Mercury News and three newspapers from McClatchy was among the industry’s worst-kept secrets. But word that Hearst, which owns the rival San Francisco Chronicle, would be involved in the

Jobs at MSNBC.com
MSNBC - MSNBC.com is seeking a Business Development Manager focused on managing all aspects of existing business partnerships. Responsibilities will include managing partner communications; implementing content, distribution, services and other business

Baby-sitting a new business
Cincinnati Enquirer - FORT THOMAS - A longtime dream of starting a baby-sitting placement service is coming true for Peggy and Darrin Murriner, who used a grant from the University of Cincinnati Center for Entrepreneurship to get started two years ago. The Fort Thomas

Racing to run a city that is not
World Magazine - Politics: It s the candidates who did not make New Orleans runoff election roster conservatives who can swing mayoral results. But will the voters show? | Lynn Vincent So prepared were Louisiana’s 2,000 election workers for the hot-button

Kathleen Pender
San Francisco Gate - Deana Broker is a shopper par excellence. She shops armed with a list of breathtaking specificity and detail. She doesn’t just look for slacks — she looks for machine-washable, solid-color women’s velour pants in a Thirty years ago Scott Johnson