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Business

Small Business Owners Feel The Credit Crunch

NEW YORK — When Nat West, owner of cider-making company Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider, decided to supplement his wholesale business by opening a taproom in a bustling neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, he thought getting financing would be a breeze. After all, he was only seeking $50,000, has ...

Compass Bar And Grille To Open Soon In French Creek

A new bar and grille is set to open in the town of French Creek at the end of May. Compass Bar and Grille is owned by Elizabeth and Megan Odell-McKinley and will be located at 1789 Old Road. The planned opening day is May 26. The building has been in the area since 1977, last being used as ...

Hospice CEO Named To National Group

LAKEWOOD — Mike Testa, Chautauqua Hospice and Palliative Care CEO, has been named to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s (NHPCO) Quality and Standards Committee. The committee is a national body that consists of 33 members, and Testa is one of nine new members named ...

Chasing Big Fish

NEW YORK — Companies from toothpaste makers to even discounters are adding more premium items like designer body creams and services as they reach out to wealthier shoppers who are still spending freely even in the face of higher inflation and a volatile economic environment. Think $10 ...

No Driver? No Problem. Robotaxis Eye San Francisco Expansion

SAN FRANCISCO — Two trailblazing ride-hailing services are heading toward uncharted territory as they seek regulatory approval to transport passengers around the clock throughout one of the most densely populated U.S. cities in vehicles that will have no one sitting in the driver’s ...

J&J Proposes $8.9B Talcum Powder Lawsuit Settlement

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Johnson & Johnson is earmarking nearly $9 billion to cover allegations that its baby power containing talc caused cancer, more than quadrupling the amount that the company had previously set aside to pay for its potential liability. Under a proposal announced ...