February 2008 - Rochester Business News & Events

Victoria's Secret too sexy?

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Victoria's Secret, the lingerie company that introduced the Very Sexy bra, the Fantasy Bra, and the Internet server-crashing fashion show, has become "too sexy" for its own good, its top executive said. "We've...

Published Fri, Feb 29 2008 10:30 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Spending weakest since Katrina

WASHINGTON -- Consumer spending was essentially flat for the second straight month in January, raising new concerns about a possible recession. The Commerce Department said Friday that spending posted a 0.4 percent rise in January, w

Published Fri, Feb 29 2008 9:43 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

New hurdles for strawberry growers

LOS ANGELES -- Edgar Terry says the biggest threat to his hundreds of acres of strawberries isn't bugs or bad weather. Instead, he says, it's a new regulation aimed at reducing pollution from the pesticides he uses to boost productio

Published Fri, Feb 29 2008 9:35 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Inspectors find problems at blood thinner maker

WASHINGTON -- U.S. inspectors found some mostly procedural problems at a Chinese factory that supplied the main ingredient for the recalled blood thinner heparin -- but said Thursday they can't yet tell what is to blame for serious si

Published Fri, Feb 29 2008 9:35 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Bush says country not headed into a recession

WASHINGTON -- President Bush said Thursday that the country is not headed into a recession and, despite expressing concern about slowing economic growth, rejected for now any additional stimulus efforts. "We've acte

Published Thu, Feb 28 2008 10:50 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Soybean groups withhold grants to U of M over biofuels paper

MINNEAPOLIS -- Two soybean groups are suspending $1.5 million in grant money for professors at the University of Minnesota who are researching biofuels. The groups are upset by a university study in the journal Science saying that t

Published Thu, Feb 28 2008 10:46 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Government warns Ford owners about recalled vehicles

WASHINGTON -- The government is warning the owners of about 4.6 million recalled Ford vehicles to immediately bring their cars and trucks into dealerships to disconnect faulty cruise control switch systems that have been linked to e

Published Thu, Feb 28 2008 10:46 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Dole says action needed to prevent slaughterhouse abuse

WASHINGTON -- Former Sen. Bob Dole, who won passage of a landmark expansion of humane slaughter legislation three decades ago, says action is needed to prevent violations like those documented in a recent und

Published Thu, Feb 28 2008 10:46 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Bernanke says inflation risk complicates the Fed's job

WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Thursday that the nation is "not anywhere near" the dangerous stagflation situation that prevailed in the 1970s. With the economy slowing and infl

Published Thu, Feb 28 2008 10:46 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Heard on the Street: Curtain to rise on performing arts venue

it is very early in the first act, a group has taken the first step toward creating a new state-of-the-art Rochester performance venue for the use of local singers, dancers, actors and musicians.

Published Thu, Feb 28 2008 8:55 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Wheat trading explodes in Minnesota

The little-known Minneapolis Grain Exchange is suddenly one of the hottest spots in the global financial markets as the price of its flagship commodity -- the wheat used to make bread and pizza crust -- shatters records, enriching f

Published Thu, Feb 28 2008 8:26 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Fed chief signals another rate cut

WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned Congress that the nation is in for a period of sluggish business growth and sent a fresh signal Wednesday that interest rates will again be lowered to st

Published Wed, Feb 27 2008 11:25 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Dexter business owner files for bankruptcy protection

DEXTER -- The operator of the Windmill Vehicle and Travel Center at Dexter for most of the past six years, along with three other travel-oriented businesses, has f

Published Wed, Feb 27 2008 10:06 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

EU fines Microsoft 899 million euros for overcharging rivals

BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Union fined Microsoft Corp. a record $1.3 billion Wednesday for the amount it charges rivals for software information. EU regulators said the company charged "unreasonable prices" un

Published Wed, Feb 27 2008 8:46 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Give your regards to BridgeStreet

A new name -- BridgeStreet -- is filling a blank in downtown Rochester. Rochester's largest building lost part of its name in December, when the management of Broa

Published Wed, Feb 27 2008 8:34 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

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Victoria's Secret too sexy?

Spending weakest since Katrina

New hurdles for strawberry growers

Inspectors find problems at blood thinner maker

Bush says country not headed into a recession

Soybean groups withhold grants to U of M over biofuels paper

Government warns Ford owners about recalled vehicles

Dole says action needed to prevent slaughterhouse abuse

Bernanke says inflation risk complicates the Fed's job

Heard on the Street: Curtain to rise on performing arts venue

Wheat trading explodes in Minnesota

Fed chief signals another rate cut

Dexter business owner files for bankruptcy protection

EU fines Microsoft 899 million euros for overcharging rivals

Give your regards to BridgeStreet