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Overwhelmed at work? Here are a few tips to get you back on track - Fri, 03 Feb 2012
"I'm losing it," a client confided lately. "I'm short tempered and abrupt with my staff, I'm forgetting details, I even got into a fight with my wife."
It's no wonder, with his double-booked schedule and a new hard-to-read
Flooring Xpress planning to close - Fri, 03 Feb 2012
Flooring Xpress in Milan is closing with the retirement of its owner, Dennis Moseley.
Mr. Moseley plans to close the 435 E. 1st St. store at the end of the month but said it will stay open into March
Cobham Mission Equipment wins Boeing fuel-tank contract - Thu, 02 Feb 2012
Boeing has awarded Cobham Mission Equipment in Davenport a contract to provide body fuel tanks for the U.S. Air Force's KC-46 tanker aircraft program.
Last July, Cobham, 2734 Hickory Grove Road, announced that Boeing had awarded it two subcontracts
New drive-thru coming to Silvis - Fri, 03 Feb 2012
SILVIS -- A new bar and grill tentatively set to open Feb. 20 will help everyone ''get their prescriptions filled by Dr. Gyro,'' owners John and MaryBeth Stopoulos said.
The couple, who owns Dr. Gyros restaurant in Rock
Learn how to do business with FEMA at Feb. 28 seminar - Thu, 02 Feb 2012 Prime your smartphone for Super Bowl Sunday - Wed, 01 Feb 2012 House GOP bill would cut small business taxes - Wed, 01 Feb 2012 Q-C SCORE to hold workshop for small businesses - Wed, 01 Feb 2012 Survey predicts record level of Valentine's Day spending - Wed, 01 Feb 2012 February Small Business Workshop - Wed, 01 Feb 2012 Status update: Facebook to go public, raise $5B - Thu, 02 Feb 2012 NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is friending Wall Street: The Internet social network is going public in a stock offering that could value it at up to Developer eager to start on industrial park by QC International Airport - Tue, 31 Jan 2012 Event for unemployed set for Monday - Tue, 31 Jan 2012 Spending Smart: Tips for budgeting a burial - Tue, 31 Jan 2012 Deere & Company supports Farm Safety 4 Just Kids - Tue, 31 Jan 2012 Dress for Success to hold grand-opening reception Thursday - Mon, 30 Jan 2012 Rainbow International of the Q-C ribbon cutting - Mon, 30 Jan 2012 Greek debt deal may not equal Wall Street relief - Sun, 29 Jan 2012 NEW YORK (AP) Greece and the investors who bought its bonds have the beginnings of a deal that could avert a disastrous, long-feared Greek default on its debt. But don't expect a celebration on Wall Street this week. Congress tries to police itself on insider trading - Sun, 29 Jan 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) Aware that most Americans would like to dump them all, members of Congress hope to regain some sense of trust by subjecting themselves to tougher penalties for insider trading and requiring they disclose stock transactions within 30 Thwarted on U.S. oil pipeline, Canada looks to China - Sun, 29 Jan 2012 KITAMAAT VILLAGE, British Columbia (AP) The latest chapter in Canada's quest to become a full-blown oil superpower unfolded this month in a village gym on the British Columbia coast. Here, several hundred people gathered for hearings on
The Illinois Procurement Technical Assistance Center at Black Hawk College is hosting a free "Doing Business with FEMA seminar" from 10 to 11 a.m. Feb. 28 at the Illinois Procurement Technical Assistance Center, 4703 16th St., Suite G, Moline.
Super Bowl 46 - excuse me, XLVI - presents some new opportunities for millions of smartphone-toting fans, with applications that will track the game, play all the hot commercials and feed out football trivia.
First of all, Verizon Wireless
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans plan legislation granting small businesses — and potentially nearly every company in the country — a 20 percent income tax deduction, a GOP leader said Wednesday as the party stepped up its election-year competition with
The Quad-Cities SCORE Chapter will hold its monthly small business workshop on Saturday, Feb. 11 at the Illinois Quad City Chamber of Commerce Office, 622 19th St., Moline.
The workshop will cover material for planning a start-up business and
CHICAGO - You can't buy love, but that isn't stopping Americans from spending plenty on jewelry, flowers, candy and dinner out this Valentine's Day, according to a report released Wednesday.
U.S. shoppers are expected to spend an average $126
Press release submitted by John Wetzel
The Quad Cities SCORE Chapter, "Counselors to America's Small Business," is pleased to announce its February Small Business Workshop, How to Really Prepare Your Business Plan, will be held Saturday, February 11, 2012
MOLINE -- Developer Todd Raufeisen told the Quad City International Airport board Tuesday that he's eager to finalize a lease for airport-owned land that will be developed in the first phase of Case Creek Trails.
Mr. Raufeisen is manager
Families and people experiencing stress related to unemployment are invited to a free event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday at Rock Island Township Hall, 2827 7th Ave., Rock Island.
Lunch and babysitting will be provided at the
Funerals are among the most expensive purchases consumers make. A traditional funeral easily can cost more than $6,500, not counting cemetery costs, which could add $2,000.
For most purchases, that's a price point that warrants extensive research and
Press release submitted by Deere & Company
Urbandale, Iowa (AgPR) (January 30, 2012) – Deere & Company (collectively called John Deere) generously supports the non-profit organization Farm Safety 4 Just Kids. John Deere consists of three major business segments
Dress for Success Quad Cities, in Suite 710 of the Union Arcade Building, 111 E. 3rd St., Davenport, will host a grand opening reception from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, with a ribbon-cutting at 5:15 p.m.
Members of the
Press release submitted by Melissa Gesing
(Moline, Illinois) – Rainbow International of the Quad Cities opened a second office on Friday, January 27, 2012. The ribbon cutting took place at 11:00 a.m. at 3817 – 16th Street, Moline,
