business
Courtesy photo - Sharon Grundy Murphy Financial announces new business manager
RENO –– Murphy Business and Financial, a northern Nevada business brokerage firm, announced this week the addition of Sharon G. Grundy as business manager. Grundy brings with her more than 20 ye...
Feb 04, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Courtesy photo - Michelle Scott Reno resident named Country Financial representative
SPARKS –– Michelle Scott of Reno has been named a financial representative for country Financial. Scott recently completed the organization’s extensive training about the solutions Country offer...
Feb 04, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
American companies boost productivity, put off hiring
WASHINGTON — Employers are managing to boost production without creating new jobs. The question is when they’ll feel the need to ramp up hiring. Squeezing more output from their existing s...
Feb 04, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Ann Rhoades teaches how to build a strong service culture
At this month’s Western Industrial Nevada ( WIN ) breakfast, Ann Rhoades will share her insights about improving a company’s bottom line by developing great internal and external customer service.
Jan 28, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
full story

national business news
NEW YORK (AP) -- Investors have turned cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve's meeting on interest rates....
By TIM PARADIS
Mon Mar 15 15:08:48 -0500 2010
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Toyota cast doubt Monday on a California man's claim that his Prius sped out of control, saying the report is inconsistent with the findings of the company's preliminary investigation....
By ELLIOT SPAGAT and TOM KRISHER
Mon Mar 15 15:09:22 -0500 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Medical device maker Boston Scientific said Monday it is suspending sales of its heart-shocking defibrillator implants after failing to alert regulators to changes in manufacturing of the best-selling devices....
By MATTHEW PERRONE
Mon Mar 15 14:21:25 -0500 2010
NEW YORK (AP) -- The former president of a small Manhattan community bank on Monday became the first person accused of trying to defraud the federal bailout program....
By LARRY NEUMEISTER
Mon Mar 15 14:26:10 -0500 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Communications regulators are unveiling a sweeping proposal to overhaul U.S. broadband policy. Their aim: to bring affordable, high-speed Internet connections to all Americans and make access much faster for people who already have broadband....
By JOELLE TESSLER
Mon Mar 15 11:19:50 -0500 2010