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That's the conclusion of a report just released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, which studied the "Wal-Mart effect" for 89 counties in its region over the past two decades.http://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/Why_Wal_Mart_may_just_be_good_for_the_USFri, 18 Jan 2008 10:06:41 MSThttp://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/Data_lost_on_650000_credit_card_holdersPersonal information on about 650,000 customers of J.C. Penney and up to 100 other retailers could be compromised after a computer tape went missing. GE Money, which handles credit card operations for Penney and many other retailers, said Thursday night that the missing information includes Social Security numbers for about 150,000 people.http://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/Data_lost_on_650000_credit_card_holdersFri, 18 Jan 2008 10:05:09 MSThttp://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/Microsoft_Opens_Up_To_OutsidersMicrosoft has hired another outsider to fill a key executive role--one more sign that the software giant's promote-from-within culture is fading.http://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/Microsoft_Opens_Up_To_OutsidersThu, 17 Jan 2008 08:55:24 MSThttp://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/Wal_Mart_opens_smaller_grocery_stores_as_testWal-Mart Stores will open a new, smaller size of grocery store in the Phoenix area after a big British rival moved into the Southwest with more convenient smaller shops. The world's biggest retailer said it will test four new stores called Marketside, designed at about half the size of its existing Neighborhood Market grocery chain. http://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/Wal_Mart_opens_smaller_grocery_stores_as_testWed, 16 Jan 2008 12:17:44 MSThttp://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/Food_from_Cloned_Animals_to_be_ApprovedThe U.S. will be the first country to approve food from cloned animals. But consumer groups and some in Congress are up in arms Other countries, like Australia and Argentina, could follow suit. And last week, the European Food Safety Authority issued a report saying it's "unlikely" there is any difference between the safety of food from clones and their progeny and that of food which comes from conventionally bred animals.http://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/Food_from_Cloned_Animals_to_be_ApprovedTue, 15 Jan 2008 08:37:36 MSThttp://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/Boss_fires_staff_for_not_smokingThe owner of a small German computer company has fired three non-smoking workers because they were threatening to disturb the peace after they requested a smoke-free environment. http://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/Boss_fires_staff_for_not_smokingMon, 14 Jan 2008 08:56:07 MSThttp://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/Healthcare_as_a_Gift_CardSome 47 million Americans, or 16 percent of the population, do not have health insurance, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's last count, and that number is on the rise. Little wonder, then, that Pennsylvania insurer Highmark recently rolled out what appears to be the nation's first prepaid gift card designed specifically for healthcare expenses.http://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/Healthcare_as_a_Gift_CardWed, 09 Jan 2008 14:52:23 MSThttp://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/Clinton_makes_comeback_in_New_HampshireNew Hampshire voters defied expectations and handed Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican John McCain upset victories in the primary elections on Tuesday night, setting the stage for bruising battles for the nominations of the two major parties.http://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/Clinton_makes_comeback_in_New_HampshireTue, 08 Jan 2008 14:33:53 MSThttp://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/Boeing_Shatters_Aircraft_Order_RecordWith the world hungry for aircraft, both Boeing and Airbus set new records for plane orders in 2007. Boeing said late Thursday that it took 1,413 orders, surpassing its previous record of 1,044 net orders set in 2006 by 35%. Gross orders, excluding cancellations and conversions, totaled 1,423.http://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/Boeing_Shatters_Aircraft_Order_RecordSat, 05 Jan 2008 20:43:53 MSThttp://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/Huckabees_Tax_Plan_Appeals_but_Is_It_FairLong before Mike Huckabee, the former Republican governor of Arkansas, began campaigning for president, advocates for replacing the entire federal tax system with a national sales tax were campaigning to convert him to their cause.http://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/Huckabees_Tax_Plan_Appeals_but_Is_It_FairWed, 02 Jan 2008 09:32:11 MSThttp://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/Financial_Funnies_The_Year_in_CartoonsWho says finance andd business can't be fun?!http://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/Financial_Funnies_The_Year_in_CartoonsMon, 31 Dec 2007 14:42:33 MSThttp://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/Pregnancy_becomes_latest_job_outsourced_to_IndiaThe small clinic at Kaival Hospital matches infertile couples with local women, cares for the women during pregnancy and delivery, and counsels them afterward. Anand's surrogate mothers, pioneers in the growing field of outsourced pregnancies, have given birth to roughly 40 babies. More than 50 women in this city are now pregnant with the children of couples from the United States, Taiwan, Britain and beyond. The women earn more than many would make in 15 years.http://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/Pregnancy_becomes_latest_job_outsourced_to_IndiaMon, 31 Dec 2007 13:58:57 MSThttp://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/Medical_Myths_ExposedDoes turkey make us fall asleep? Do we use only 10% of our brains? Sould we drink at least eight glasses of water a day? Aaron Carroll, director of the Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research at Riley Hospital and Indiana University School of Medicine and co-author Rachel Vreeman selected seven myths for their paper in last week's British Medical Journal.http://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/Medical_Myths_ExposedSun, 30 Dec 2007 15:52:28 MSThttp://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/How_to_Buy_a_Discount_First_Class_Airline_TicketThese discount first class tickets are the airline industry's best-kept secret. Called Y-Ups, they price like a coach ticket, they look like a coach ticket, but when you sit down, you are one seat behind the pilot -- and they serve warm cookies.http://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/How_to_Buy_a_Discount_First_Class_Airline_TicketSun, 30 Dec 2007 15:03:44 MSThttp://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/GoDaddycom_coupons_and_promotionsWhen you shop for a domain name or some other web service from GoDaddy.com be sure to check this site first before checking out.http://www.bizheat.com/Miscellaneous/GoDaddycom_coupons_and_promotions