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Foods You Should And Shouldn't Buy At Warehouse Stores

Posted 06.01.2012

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Everyone loves a deal, especially so when it comes to grocery shopping. The allure of saving without using coupons has lured many consumers over to wa...

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Biz Leaders To GOP: Minimum Wage Raise Is 'Past Due'

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Albany, Video, Andrew Cuomo, Labor, Minimum Wage, Costco, Low-Wage Workers, Workers, Wages, Low Wage Jobs, Economic Crisis, Gop, New York, New York City, Politics News

As lawmakers in Albany, N.Y., contemplate a boost to the state's minimum wage, a group of business leaders came out Thursday in support of hiking the ...

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Why I Took a Facebook Hiatus

Natalie Thomas | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Easter, Sharing, Mother's Day, Status Update, Social Networking, Digital Age, Spring Break, Online, Oversharing, Facebook Status, Facebook Friends, Facebook, Costco, Comedy News

Facebook is addictive. You feel inclined to read, stalk and share. Only in this forum would stalking be the more acceptable practice of the three. In this case, it's the sharing that's the problem.

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10 Things You Didn't Know About Costco Food & Booze

The Huffington Post | Posted 04.27.2012

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Since Costco came on the scene in 1983, it has grown into the largest membership warehouse club chain in the U.S. A new business documentary by CNBC t...

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Now You Can Get A Mortgage At Costco

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 04.26.2012

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Costco wants to be your one-stop shop for everything you need in life, from groceries and cell phones to diamond rings and mortgages. That's right:...

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The Last Free Upgrade

Lori McCoy | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Cell Phones for Seniors, Cell Phone Insurance, Jitterbug, Cell Phones, Cell Phone Upgrade Fees, Costco, Fifty News

Are you loyal to your cell carrier or would your throw them down in a hot minute if a better deal came along?

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The Best And Worst IKEA And Costco Food Court Items

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Food Court, Ikea, Costco, Costco Food, Food, Ikea Wedding, IKEA Food, Costco Food Court, IKEA Food Court, Food News

The economy may be on the rebound, but plenty of Americans are still looking to save a few bucks wherever they can -- and for some that means eating a...

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Odwalla Recalls Chocolate Drink

AP | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Coca-Cola, Recalls, Costco, Allergic Reactions, Odwalla Chocolate Protein Monster, Fda, Odwalla Recall, Peanut Allergies, Odwalla, Food News

ATLANTA -- Odwalla Inc. says it is voluntarily recalling its Odwalla Chocolate Protein Monster beverage because four customers who have peanut allergi...

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The 10 Best Supermarket Chains In The Country

Posted 04.03.2012

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Fed up with high prices and bad service at your local supermarket? It's time to move to the Northeast, home of the country's top supermarket as jud...

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Costco Customer Service Drove This Man Nuts

HuffingtonPost.com | Loren Berlin | Posted 03.28.2012

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Robert Soule, 62, used to be a devoted Costco customer, spending nearly $10,000 a year on groceries, electronics and home furnishings at the big box d...

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Head-Roc Protests Walmart Coming To D.C., But Not Costco. Why?

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 03.22.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A few months ago, D.C.-based hip-hop artist Head-Roc put out a video called "Keep DC Walmart Free!" Where's the video protesting Costco?...

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In Privatizing Liquor Operations, States Hope They Can Drink Down Deficits

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Washington Liquor Privatization, UFCW Local 1776, Liquor Privatization, Costco, Initiative 1183, Jobsohio, Washington Initiative 1183, Bob Mcdonnell, John Kasich, Tom Corbett, New Deal Distillery, Business News

Proponents of liquor privatization in at least eight states hope they can drink their budget deficit pain away. Privatization, which would do away ...

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The New Blue Collar: Temporary Work, Lasting Poverty And The American Warehouse

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.21.2011

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JOLIET, Ill., and FONTANA, Calif. -- Like nearly everyone else in Joliet without good job prospects, Uylonda Dickerson eventually found herself at the...

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Ask Rod: How Can We Take On Big-Box Retailers?

HuffingtonPost.com | Rod Kurtz | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Holidays, Rod Kurtz, Big Box Retail, Walmart, Hanukkah, Ask Rod, Target, Marketing Tips, Small Business Video, Black-Friday, Big Box Retailers, Costco, Word of Mouth Marketing, Christmas, Customer Service, Video, Small Business News

A small business is never going to beat Walmart, Target and other big-box retailers on price. So how can they convince customers to stick with indepen...

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State Reverses Prohibition-Era Liquor Law

AP | MIKE BAKER | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Washington State Liquor Laws, Liquor Privatization, Liquor, Washington State Costco, Washington State Liquor, Costco, Washington State, Liquor Laws, Video, Food News

Washington voters have approved a plan to privatize liquor sales, siding with Costco in the costliest initiative campaign in state history. Unofficia...

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Adjusting to the Vanishing Bookstore

Tom Alderman | Posted 10.03.2011

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For book lovers, nothing is quite so disheartening as seeing our local Borders or Barnes & Noble with a "For Lease" sign on the door. It's the indigestible realization that an increasing number of books now require a battery to read.

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New Undercover Footage Of Gruesome Pig Abuse

The Huffington Post | Joe Satran | Posted 08.29.2011

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Animal rights group Mercy For Animals has released ghastly undercover footage of pig abuse at Iowa Select, an industrial farm that supplies pork to Kr...

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Platteville Cop Charged With Attacking Elderly Gas Station Attendant

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 08.16.2011

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Early this week, Platteville, Colorado police officer Caleb Daniel Hughes, 26, was arrested and formally charged with third-degree felony assault agai...

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A Tale of Two Books: Henry Kissinger's On China & Robert Bickers' Scramble for China

Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 08.07.2011

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Both are by authors who assume that to make sense of today's China, we need to understand the clashes between China and the West of what in the PRC is called China's "century of humiliation," lasting from the 1840s through the 1940s.

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Costco Employees Win $200 Million Powerball

Posted 08.03.2011

Read More: Maulik and Chandni, Long Island, Costco, Powerball, Ny News, Powerball Jackpot, New York News, Lindenhurst, New York News

A group of about 20 employees at a Long Island Costco won the $202 million Powerball jackpot. Although the identities of the winners have not yet b...

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Host a Fab Memorial Day Party with Almost No Cooking

Courtney Cachet | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Party Planning, True-Value, Costco, Barbecue, Memorial Day, Trader Joes, Courtney Cachet, Nbc, Memorial Day Party, Easy Entertaining, Orb, Animoto, Entertianing, Style News

Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer season, grilling season, bikini season and no-cook summer recipes! If you're slaving away in the kitchen or standing at a grill all day, you're not enjoying the party, so what's the point?

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The Menu In The White House Situation Room

Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: White House Situation Room, White House Food, Osama Bin Laden Dead, White House, Situation Room Food, Costco, Situation Room Menu, Osama Bin Laden, Food News

As President Obama and his advisors dealt with the mission to target Osama bin Laden this weekend, food was appropriately not on the top of anyone's m...

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Costco's Electrifying New Product

Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Energy, Solar Energy, Costco, Costco Solar Energy, Green Technology, Costco Solar Kits, Grape Solar, Costco Solar Panels, Costco Home Solar, Green Energy, Costco Solar Power, Costco Grape Solar, Solar Power, Costco Solar, Green News

From EarthTechling's Caleb Denison: Costco members will soon be able to add solar power systems for clean energy solutions at home alongside power ...

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Costco Selling $1 Million Diamond Ring

The Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Marriage, Costco, Costco Diamond, Poll, Costco Wedding Dress, Costco Diamond Ring, Costco Ring, Costco $1 Million Ring, Style News

96-count package of toilet paper? Check. A massaging recliner chair? Check. A casket? Check. A $1 million diamond ring? Why, check. Check, indeed. ...

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Weekly Mulch: Why Natural Gas Companies Fear Josh Fox, Gasland, and the Oscars

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger The natural gas industry is afraid that Josh Fox, director of the muckraking film Gasland, might win an Os...

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