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States Ask Baby Product Companies To Avoid BPA
Associated Press WriterConnecticut's attorney general on Monday said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was "asleep at the switch" by failing to take action against companies that use the chemical bisphenol A in making baby bottles and baby formula containers. Attorney...Tags: European Union, Consumers, Lawyers, Occupations, Connecticut
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Attorneys general from 3 states ask baby product manufacturers to avoid using chemical BPA
Associated Press WriterHARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ Attorneys general from Connecticut, New Jersey and Delaware sent letters Friday to 11 companies that make baby bottles and baby formula containers, asking they no longer use the chemical bisphenol A in their manufacturing because...Tags: European Union, Diabetes, Health Organizations, Consumers, Lawyers
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Nerf toy may pinch skin when fired
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling about 330,000 Nerf N-Strike Recon Blasters, manufactured in China by Hasbro Inc., because the plunger can pull the user's skin when the blaster is fired. The company and the Consumer Product Safety...Tags: Toys, Hasbro Incorporated, Product Recalls, Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Consumer Confidence
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Consumers likely to shop cautiously for toys
The Associated PressWill financial-market turmoil be the Grinch this Christmas? With parents already facing high food and gas costs and slumps in the job and housing markets, the turmoil in the financial sector could further spur them to cut their spending, focus on less-...Tags: Target Corporation, Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Game Playing, Toy Industry, Iron Man
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Yorkville spurt now stunted
Chicago Tribune reporterFour-foot weeds obscure "For sale" signs in one subdivision. In another, Canada geese waddle in the mud near four empty model homes. In yet a third, an unfinished street with only two homes on it peters out into dirt and weeds. Welcome to Yorkville....Tags: Home Depot Incorporated, Yorkville, Economic Policy, Yorkville, Kohl's Corporation
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State of the state's top companies' stock
| Chicago Tribune reporterUntil a few weeks ago, stocks in major Illinois companies were divided into clear haves and have-nots. But since the stock market turned into a wealth-crushing fire sale, almost everybody's down—due in some cases to company-specific factors and in...Tags: CVS Corporation, CNA Financial Corporation, Illinois, Consumer Electronics Industry, Archer Daniels Midland Incorporated
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States ask baby product companies to avoid BPA
Associated Press WriterConnecticut's attorney general on Monday said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was "asleep at the switch" by failing to take action against companies that use the chemical bisphenol A in making baby bottles and baby formula containers. Attorney...Tags: European Union, Diabetes, Health Organizations, Consumers, Lawyers
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Orange County Convention Center revenues, costs rise
Sara K. Clarke and Scott Powers, Sentinel Staff WritersDespite the stumbling economy, revenue is way up at the Orange County Convention Center. The mammoth facility generated $56.6 million through August, just one month short of its full fiscal year. That's up 17.4 percent from a year ago, according to the...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Pixar, Owen Wilson, Movies, Orange County Convention Center
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Spreading the gospel music
Special to The TimesOAKLAND -- The members of the McCoy Memorial Baptist Church choir in Los Angeles have been working very hard lately. The 40-member ensemble normally meets once a week at its East 46th Street home. But since reaching the L.A. regional semifinals of the...Tags: Awards and Prizes, National Basketball Association, James Baldwin, Armed Forces, Music
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Big chains give small drugstores headaches
Tribune NewspapersLOS ANGELES—The pharmacy business is cutthroat. Just ask John Tilley, the owner of four small drugstores in the Los Angeles area. The pharmacist has seen chains such as Sav-on, Thrifty and Drug Emporium fade away. In their place are ever-larger...Tags: Nevada, Target Corporation, Longs Drug Stores Corporation, Medicine, Rite Aid Corporation
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Retailers brace for unhappy holidays
St. Petersburg TimesWhen JCPenney set up the Christmas trim-a-tree department at Tyrone Square Mall in St. Petersburg, Fla., two weeks ago, everything was marked half-price from Day 1. Spend $50 at Limited Too and many apparel stores, and they'll hand you a $25 coupon for a...Tags: Circuit City Stores Incorporated, Inventories, Armed Forces, Gap Inc., Kohl's Corporation
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The Kings Of The Compact Fluorescents
Compact fluorescent bulbs, say the folks at Consumer Reports, can save energy and money, and new versions provide nice, bright white light. In the October issue of the magazine, the editors debunk common myths about the bulbs and give the results of...Tags: Home Depot Incorporated, Energy Saving
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