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New business profile, Coffee Hound, East Moline - Thu, 11 Mar 2010 Trade deficit shrinks as auto and oil imports drop - Thu, 11 Mar 2010 WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly shrank in January, reflecting a big drop in imports of oil and foreign cars. American exports also fell, a potential blow to hopes that the economic recovery will be aided this Greece hit by strikes, riots over austerity plan - Thu, 11 Mar 2010 ATHENS, Greece (AP) Serious street clashes erupted between rioting youths and police in central Athens Thursday as tens of thousands demonstrated during a nationwide strike against the cash-strapped government's austerity measures. Hundreds of masked and hooded youths First-time jobless claims drop slightly last week - Thu, 11 Mar 2010 WASHINGTON (AP) The number of newly laid-off workers requesting unemployment benefits slipped last week, the latest sign the employment picture is slowly brightening. The Labor Department said initial jobless claims fell by 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 462,000. Modern Woodmen releases 2009 financial results - Wed, 10 Mar 2010 Modern Woodmen of America said it had a strong financial year in 2009. Contractors invited to 'Building Strong Together' - Wed, 10 Mar 2010 The 2010 Midwest Small Business Government Contracting Symposium, "Building Strong Together," will be held April 12-13 at the i wireless Center in Moline. Attendance is limited to 500 small and large contractors, and small businesses interested in learning how Arsenal event marks another federal, postal fundraising record - Wed, 10 Mar 2010 Register for IDES Workshop "Meeting Business Needs" - Wed, 10 Mar 2010 Analysis: Greece's crisis could presage America's - Wed, 10 Mar 2010 WASHINGTON (AP) Greece is a financial basket case, begging for international help. Is America heading down that same road? Many of the same risky financial practices that now imperil the Greeks were at the center of the Senate to pass jobless aid, business tax breaks - Wed, 10 Mar 2010 WASHINGTON (AP) Legislation blending help for the jobless with popular tax breaks for businesses and individuals is slated to pass the Senate Wednesday over protests from conservatives who say it adds too much to the $12.5 trillion national debt. Wholesale inventories fall while sales increase - Wed, 10 Mar 2010 WASHINGTON (AP) Businesses trimmed inventories at the wholesale level again in January even though sales rose for a 10th consecutive month. The dip in inventories underscored that businesses remain cautious about restocking their depleted shelves. The Commerce Department Fusion Salon celebrates opening - Tue, 09 Mar 2010 Sale after bankruptcy gives Standard Forwarding new life - Tue, 09 Mar 2010 John Deere Construction & Forestry Hybrid Electrification: Learn the Basics - Tue, 09 Mar 2010 John Deere Construction & Forestry Sustainability Tip of the Month #1 - Tue, 09 Mar 2010 Class-action lawsuits could cost Toyota $3B-plus - Tue, 09 Mar 2010 MIAMI (AP) Toyota owners claiming that massive safety recalls are causing the value of their vehicles to plummet have filed at least 89 class-action lawsuits that could cost the Japanese auto giant $3 billion or more, according to an Stock investors ask: What's the next big thing? - Tue, 09 Mar 2010 NEW YORK (AP) A year after the stock market began its comeback from 12-year lows, investors are looking for the next big thing. Stocks have lost some of the momentum that propelled the Dow Jones industrials up 61 Feds to probe cause of runaway Prius in California - Tue, 09 Mar 2010 EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — A Toyota Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway was towed to a dealership Tuesday while federal and company inspectors converged on the car to determine whether a stuck gas pedal was American Rental Association, True Value Company forge new alliance - Tue, 09 Mar 2010 Unhappy customers: Complaints to BBB up 10 percent - Mon, 08 Mar 2010
NAME OF BUSINESS: Coffee Hound
PROPRIETORS: Braxton Hamilton and Brent Mosley
BUSINESS ADDRESS: 4141 7th St., East Moline
TELEPHONE NUMBER: (309) 752-0019
TYPE OF BUSINESS: Coffee house
According to recently released results for the year ending Dec. 31, the company:
Local federal, military and postal employees donated a record $821,390 to local, national and international charities, and were celebrated Thursday at the Rock Island Arsenal.
Maj. Gen. Yves J. Fontaine, Army Sustainment Command commander and Illowa Bi-State Combined Federal
Better Understand Worker's Comp Process in IL
Mark on your calendars "Meeting Business Needs" presented by The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) on March 30, 2010. There is a morning and an afternoon session on Unemployment Insurance,
Fusion Salon, 4864 Utica Ridge Road, Davenport, will celebrate its opening with a ribbon-cutting and open house from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 11.
The salon, in the strip mall with Buffalo Wild Wings, will feature a ribbon
The president and three vice presidents of Standard Forwarding Co. have purchased assets of the company, which filed chapter 11 bankruptcy last November.
Sale of the East Moline transportation company -- approved by the bankruptcy court -- was
Press release submitted by Deere Worldwide Construction & Forestry Division
Hybrid Electrification: Learn the Basics
MOLINE, Illinois (March 9, 2010) — As construction equipment owners seek lower operating costs, lower emissions and better returns on their machine investments,
Press release submitted by Deere Worldwide Construction & Forestry Division
Sustainability Tip of the Month #1
Where Should Contractors Start on Emissions Compliance?
MOLINE, Illinois (March 9, 2010) — Emissions regulations are a complex and dynamic
Press release submitted by Tracy Johannsen
Partnership Brings Member Benefits to True Value Retailers, Combines Resources for the Industry's Leading Trade Show
MOLINE, Ill. March 8, 2010 The American Rental Association (ARA), the leading trade group for
NEW YORK (AP) — Complaints to the Better Business Bureau were up nearly 10 percent last year, with the banking industry seeing the biggest jump in unhappy customers.
Complaints about banks spiked 42 percent to 29,920 in
