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	<title>Business in the Burbs</title>
	
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		<title>Real estate firms join forces</title>
		<link>http://burbsbiz.lohudblogs.com/2009/07/02/real-estate-firms-join-forces/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Loomis</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Albert P. Schatz Realtors, a real estate firm in Ossining, has joined Keller Williams Realty Partners of Yorktown Heights. The new name of the firm is Albert P. Schatz at Keller Williams. The Schatz family will continue to operate from their Croton Avenue office in Ossining where they have been since 1970.<br/>
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		<title>Four Westchester companies make diversity list</title>
		<link>http://burbsbiz.lohudblogs.com/2009/07/02/four-westchester-companies-make-diversity-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Loomis</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Four companies based in Westchester County are among  the &#8220;40 Best Companies for Diversity&#8221; compiled by Black Enterprise magazine. They are IBM Corp. of Armonk, Pepsi Bottling  Group Inc. of Somers, PepsiCo Inc. of Purchase and Starwood Hotels  &#038; Resorts Worldwide of White  Plains.

	The fifth annual listing is featured in the [...]<br/>
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		<title>Coca-Cola Enterprises to install fuel cells at Elmsford plant</title>
		<link>http://burbsbiz.lohudblogs.com/2009/07/02/coca-cola-enterprises-to-install-fuel-cells-at-elmsford-plant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Loomis</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., the world&#8217;s largest bottler of Coca-Cola products, is turning to clean energy technolgoies to reduce the power use and environmental impact of its production plant in Elmsford.

	The company plans to install two fuel cell systems at the plant to produce enough power and heat to meet 30 percent of the site&#8217;s needs. [...]<br/>
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		<title>Landscape designer group forms New York chapter</title>
		<link>http://burbsbiz.lohudblogs.com/2009/07/01/landscape-designer-group-forms-new-york-chapter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Loomis</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Association of Professional Landscape Designers said that it has formed a new chapter in New York. The goal of the group is to advance landscape design as an independent profession. The president and co-founder of the New York chapter is Bill Einhorn, owner of Landscape Design Associates of Westchester Inc. in Carmel and an [...]<br/>
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		<title>SmartPros Ltd. announces acquisition</title>
		<link>http://burbsbiz.lohudblogs.com/2009/07/01/smartpros-ltd-announces-acquisition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Loomis</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[SmartPros Ltd., a Hawthorne-based provider of professional education and corporate training, said that it has purchased Executive Enterprise Institute, a provider of live conferences and seminars for corporate finance, tax and legal industry professionals. The newly acquired business will operate as SmartPros&#8217; EEI Division in Hawthorne. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.<br/>
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		<title>Acorda reaches agreement to cover foreign sales of MS drug</title>
		<link>http://burbsbiz.lohudblogs.com/2009/07/01/acorda-reaches-agreement-to-cover-foreign-sales-of-ms-drug/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Loomis</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Acorda Therapeutics Inc., a Hawthorne-based biotech company, announced an agreement to develop, commercialize and gain regulatory clearances for its new multiple sclerosis drug in foreign markets with the assistance of another biotech company.

 Biogen Idec of Cambridge, Mass., will handle the marketing and regulatory approvals for the Fampridine-SR medication in foreign markets. Acorda said that [...]<br/>
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		<title>Electro-Optical Sciences included in Russell indexes</title>
		<link>http://burbsbiz.lohudblogs.com/2009/06/30/electro-optical-sciences-included-in-russell-indexes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Loomis</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Electro-Optical Sciences Inc., an Irvington-based medical technology company that is developing an instrument to assist in the early detection of melanoma skin cnacer, said the company&#8217;s shares have been added to the Russell 2000 and Russell 3000 indexes.  Member companies are drawn from the 4,000 largest companies meeting the indexes&#8217; criteria at the [...]<br/>
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		<title>IBM lands five-year contract with Applied Materials</title>
		<link>http://burbsbiz.lohudblogs.com/2009/06/30/ibm-lands-five-year-contract-with-applied-materials/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Loomis</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[IBM Corp. today said that it has signed a five-year agreement to provide technolgoy services to Applied Materials Inc., a maker of semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Under the agreement, Armonk-based IBM will be responsible for software development, support and deployment. Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed.<br/>
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		<title>Nutrition 21 hoping to expand in Europe</title>
		<link>http://burbsbiz.lohudblogs.com/2009/06/30/nutrition-21-hoping-to-expand-in-europe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Loomis</dc:creator>
		
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Nutrition 21 Inc., a Purchase-based marketer of nutritional supplements, said that it is closer to selling a key product in Europe after a favorable ruling from regulators.

 The European Food Safety Authority released a safety assessment that supported the use of chromium picolinate in food supplements in the European Union. Chromax chromium picolinate is Nutrition [...]<br/>
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		<title>Car washes agree to settle labor lawsuit for $3.4 million</title>
		<link>http://burbsbiz.lohudblogs.com/2009/06/30/car-washes-agree-to-settle-labor-lawsuit-for-34-million/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Loomis</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Lawsuits]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Car wash and auto lube operators in Westchester County and New York City have agreed to pay employees $3.4 million in back wages and damages to settle a U.S. Labor Department lawsuit.

	The case was filed after federal investigators found that the businesses violated government rules covering  minimum wage, overtime and employee recordkeeping, according to [...]<br/>
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