http://NewsOnFeeds.com/section/Business%20&%20Technology%20News/48/1 Business & Technology News from NewsOnFeed.com en 60 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/images/small.nof.gif Confronted with an ever-growing pile of old newspapers, Taiwanese fashion designer Colin Lin came up with the idea of using them to make shoes and tote bags for her environmentally friendly footwear company. Lin, 50, says they are now hot items in Taiwan as... Taiwan - Fashion design - Shoe ... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:15:02 -0600 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/10598632/Taiwan%20firm%20uses%20recycled%20paper%20in%20shoemaking SFGate: Business & Technology For Citibank credit card holders, there is one way to escape the bank's rate hikes currently under way: Meet a monthly spending requirement. Those who meet the spending minimum _ in some cases $750 a month _ will be able to get a rebate on their total... Credit card - ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:23:01 -0600 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/10597258/To%20lower%20interest%20rates,%20Citi%20customers%20must%20spend SFGate: Business & Technology Customs officials say they got a surprise when they found 316,000 glass bongs disguised as Christmas ornaments at the Los Angeles harbor. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Thursday that agents found the highly decorated drug pipes in 860 boxes shipped... U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Los Angeles - ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:16:00 -0600 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/10597259/Customs%20agents%20seize%20316,000%20bongs%20in%20LA SFGate: Business & Technology Signs of a subdued economic recovery sent investors out of stocks Thursday and in search of safer assets like the dollar. Energy and material stocks logged some of the biggest losses as a jump in the dollar sent commodity prices tumbling. Meanwhile, an... Stock market index - Investing - Business ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:25:52 -0600 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/10597039/How%20the%20major%20stock%20indexes%20fared%20on%20Thursday SFGate: Business & Technology Iowa Gov. Chet Culver is ordering a review of 30 tax credit programs administered by six state agencies to determine if they are meeting goals established when they were enacted. Department of Management director Dick Oshlo will head a panel made up of the... Iowa - Chet Culver - Tax ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:24:52 -0600 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/10597040/Gov.%20Culver%20orders%20review%20of%20Iowa%20tax%20credits SFGate: Business & Technology They call it the "Botax." The White House and Senate Democrats have turned to a proposal to tax breast implants, tummy tucks, wrinkle-smoothing injections and other procedures as they search for ways to pay for costly health care overhaul plans. Vanity was an... White House - Health care - Democratic ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:21:51 -0600 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/10597041/The%20Botax%3F%20Nip%2Ftuck%20levy%20to%20help%20health%20care%20plan SFGate: Business & Technology Some Florida businesses want to partly roll back an increase in their unemployment compensation tax after being shocked by its magnitude. Florida Retail Federation President Rick McAllister said Thursday that his group will ask the state to keep the taxable... Florida - Unemployment benefits - Tax - United States - ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:19:51 -0600 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/10597042/Retailers%20want%20rollback%20of%20Fla.%20unemployment%20tax SFGate: Business & Technology A new federal program to support state and local housing finance agencies is expected to involve more than $29 billion in government support, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac disclosed Thursday. Under the program announced by the Treasury Department last month, the... Freddie Mac - Fannie Mae - Government - United ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:19:01 -0600 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/10597043/New%20fed%20housing%20program%20involves%20$29B%20in%20financing SFGate: Business & Technology Central European Distribution Corp. late Wednesday priced its public offer of nearly 10.3 million shares of its common stock at $31 per share, slightly below the stock's closing price of $31.78. After the announcement, shares of the beer and spirits importer... Stock - Initial public offering - Common stock - ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:25:10 -0600 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/10595333/Central%20European%20Distribution%20prices%20stock%20offer SFGate: Business & Technology Gilbert Arenas is waiting for an audience. The enigmatic NBA point guard and former blogger extraordinaire finally signed up for Twitter, but he says he won't post anything on the social networking site until he has 1 million followers. Could be quite some... Gilbert Arenas - National Basketball Association - ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:15:09 -0600 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/10595337/Arenas%20waiting%20for%201%20million%20followers%20to%20tweet SFGate: Business & Technology Penn State plans to adjust its season-ticket pricing guidelines in 2011 to account for where people sit in Beaver Stadium. Some fans might have to fork over more money to the booster club to stay in their seats, or can pay the same amount but possibly be... Beaver Stadium - ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:14:09 -0600 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/10595338/New%20Penn%20St.%20tix%20plan%20to%20account%20for%20seat%20location SFGate: Business & Technology New York City, the center of the nation's information industry, has lost nearly 60,000 communications jobs since 2000, including in publishing and broadcasting, the comptroller's office said Wednesday. The New York City metro area lost 44,500 communications... New York City - New York - United States - Metro Areas - ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:17:53 -0600 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/10594920/NYC%20has%20lost%20nearly%2060,000%20jobs%20in%20communications SFGate: Business & Technology A regional economist predicts Nevada will begin to recover from the recession next year and in the meantime should consider "cherry picking" businesses from California. Speaking to a business group in Minden on Tuesday, Jeff Thredgold said California's... Nevada - California - Business - United States - Recession Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:15:54 -0600 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/10594921/Economist%20says%20Nevada%20will%20recover SFGate: Business & Technology Idaho health and home products company Melaleuca Inc. accuses a Utah company of raiding some of its top sales staff, infringing on company trade secrets and competing unfairly. Idaho Falls-based Melaleuca filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday against Max... Idaho - Utah - United States - Idaho Falls - ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:14:53 -0600 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/10594922/Melaleuca%20sues%20Utah%20company%20for%20raiding%20staff SFGate: Business & Technology State officials are facing a second lawsuit filed in as many weeks accusing them of shortchanging public schools in violation of a state constitutional provision requiring a "high quality" education for Florida's children. Several parents and two advocacy... Florida - United States - Lawsuit - School - Public education Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:11:52 -0600 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/10594923/Second%20lawsuit%20attacks%20Florida%20school%20funding SFGate: Business & Technology