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	     	<title><![CDATA[Week in Business 2/07/2010]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Local jobless  rate hits 9.7
The jobless rate in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre/Hazleton metropolitan area advanced two-tenths of a percentage point to 9.7 percent in December, a 17-year high, according the state Department of Labor and Industry. 
The state's]]></description>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Local companies catering to at-home Super Bowl parties see boom in business]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Every year, Gary Kreisl travels to his summer home in Florida to enjoy the Super Bowl with about 90 of his neighbors in the development where he lives.
They rent a projector, and everyone brings a covered dish.
But this year, there will be no party.
Beca]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 21:24:36 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Business profile 2-07-2010Business Profile: Jerry Osborne]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Meet Jerry Osborneâ¦
Job title: Co-owner of Osborne Specialties in Scranton
Family: Wife, Karen; children, Jessica, Jerry, Natalie and Olivia
Residence: Scranton
Education: Associate's degree in computer science from Penn State. How long have you been r]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 21:24:19 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Restaurant at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport looks to thrive]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[PITTSTON TWP. - The Wings Restaurant & Bar has seen its share of challenges in its 37-year history at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport.
Entering  a new decade, the restaurant may now be facing one of its most daunting challenges. With a de]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 21:24:00 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Stock of Local Interest: PNC Financial Services]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Investors punished PNC Financial Services for following a financial reckoning taken by its larger rivals.
PNC, which is based in Pittsburgh and employs about 750 people regionally, reached a deal with federal banking regulators to repay $7.6 billion the]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 20:48:23 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Louis DeNaples' attempt to regain bank seat thwarted]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Dunmore businessman Louis A. DeNaples' attempts to regain his seat on the board of directors of First National Community Bank were dealt a setback Thursday when a federal judge in Scranton dismissed a lawsuit Mr. DeNaples filed against the Office of the]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 20:23:57 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[People on the Move - Feb. 7. 2010]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[ACOTE
Ellen McLaughlin, Ed.D., associate professor of occupational therapy and doctorate of occupational therapy program director at Misericordia University, was recently appointed chairwoman of the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Educatio]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 20:03:38 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Business Buzz: Feb. 7, 2010]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[BCNEPA, health department grants
Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Departments of Health and Education officials recently gathered at Hanover Area Junior-Senior High School to see the Active Schools Program. The program, funded]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 20:03:21 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Hundreds turn up for diapers.com job fair in Covington]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[COVINGTON TWP. - The distribution director for Diapers.com was right in expecting hundreds of applicants to turn up at Friday's job fair at the Covington Industrial Park.
"I think we easily got" a few hundred applicants, said Bryan Peroni.
Depending on t]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 19:58:57 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Smart Money: Can I be forced to tip?]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[DEAR BRUCE: I am wondering how legal it is for a restaurant to add a tip on our bill. Isn't tipping to be done according to the service one gets? We were at a pizza place recently and had four adults and six children, ordered two large pizzas and two pit]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 19:39:54 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Personal Finance: Obesity of our spending and our bodies]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[John Hanselman knew that too many steak dinners with clients and too little exercise were adding inches to his waistline.
A 2003 divorce and a 2007 bankruptcy due to investing in a retail golf store that failed added to the stress-induced pounds. Busy ju]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 19:39:36 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[In This Corner: Work/Life Balance: It's for Everybody]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Over the years I have had the opportunity to present to the local communities and business about the Four Generations at Work and how the work environment has changed.   
Employers frequently talk a good game about work/life balance. Some even truly make]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 19:39:19 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Gage Restaurant closes in downtown Wilkes-Barre]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Gage Restaurant on North Main Street has closed only six months after it opened, following a long line of previous closings at the same location.
Owner Thom Greco said he hopes to lease the restaurant to someone new within the week. 
Anna DelleCave, a fo]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 19:38:01 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Toyota concerns clarified]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO - Consumers worried that their Toyotas could be safety nightmares will need to make plans to get their car into a Toyota dealer at the first opportunity. But with millions of cars involved in two recalls, the fixes may require patience on the par]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 19:49:41 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Stocks slide; Dow sits on brink of 10,000]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - Stocks buckled Thursday under the growing belief that the global economy is weaker than many investors expected and likely to stop companies from hiring. The Dow Jones industrials briefly traded below 10,000 for the first time in three months.]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 19:49:30 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Two local companies reach wind energy deal]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Two locally-based companies finalized a $10.8 million contract this week to develop wind energy projects.
The agreement between Penobscot Mountain Wind LLC of Clarks Summit and Electric City Wind Power Corp., a group of about 15 local business leaders, c]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 19:48:19 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Misericordia mock job interviews offer graduating students a glimpse of promising futures]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[BY DENISE ALLABAUGH
 DALLAS TWP. - Although the job market is tight in some fields, Misericordia University student Kristina Johnson sees a promising future.
The 23-year-old, fifth-year physical therapy student, will enter the job market with a number of]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 19:48:05 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Ketchup now has dunking option]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH - For decades there was only one way to use the humble ketchup packet, and it was messy. Now, fast-food lovers have a choice: the traditional squeeze play - or the option to dunk.
You want fries with that, in the minivan? No problem.
The new k]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 19:47:51 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[Business Briefs 2/5/2010]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[Bank of America faces civil charges
NEW YORK  - The New York attorney general's office said Thursday it filed civil charges against Bank of America and its former CEO, Ken Lewis, saying the bank misled investors about Merrill Lynch before it acquired the]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 19:47:38 -0500</pubDate>
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	     	<title><![CDATA[China hackers pose threat]]></title>
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	     	<description><![CDATA[BEIJING - Google's accusation that its e-mail accounts were hacked from China landed like a bombshell because it cast light on a problem that few companies will discuss: the pervasive threat from China-based cyberattacks.
The hacking that angered Google]]></description>
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	     	<pubDate>Wed, 3 Feb 2010 19:46:17 -0500</pubDate>
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