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Book Review: 'Eclipse' by Richard North Patterson -

Washington Post, The | 19 hours 49 minutes ago

ECLIPSE By Richard North Patterson Henry Holt. 369 pp. $26 Richard North Patterson's latest novel is inspired by events in Nigeria 15 years ago, which culminated in the hanging of a human rights activist by a brutal dictator. But the book also conjures up more recent headlines: Darfur, Zimbabwe, ...... (more)


Overstock names Home Depot vet as finance vice president

Internet Retailer | 20 hours 58 minutes ago

Overstock names Home Depot vet as finance vice president Overstock.com Inc. has appointed Steve Chesnut senior vice president of finance. Chesnut's duties will include supervising financial planning and analysis, accounting, SEC compliance and reporting, investor relations, and treasury functions. He will report to the web-only retailer's president, Jonathan Johnson. Most recently, Chesnut was vice president, strategy/market development/sales, at HD S...... (more)


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Sacramento Bee (Calif.), The | 1 day 13 hours 37 minutes ago

"I write about the issues I care about, and I know it's a luxury to have an audience for that," said author Richard North Patterson.... (more)


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Sacramento Bee (Calif.), The | 1 day 13 hours 37 minutes ago

"I write about the issues I care about, and I know it's a luxury to have an audience for that," said author Richard North Patterson.... (more)


Shares of Nash Finch, Wal-Mart Gain in 2008

Supermarket News | 2 days 9 hours 14 minutes ago

NEW YORK ? Food-retailing stocks in general fared better than the market overall in 2008, although more than half of the North American supermarket and wholesaler issues tracked by SN had double-digit percentage declines during the year. ... (more)


Spartan Stores Completes VG's Acquisition

Progressive Grocer | 2 days 11 hours 53 minutes ago

Spartan Stores, Inc. said last week that it has completed the previously reported acquisition of 17 retail supermarkets and 15 pharmacies from VG's Food Center, Inc. and VG's Pharmacy, Inc., a privately held Fenton, Mich.-based retail grocery operator, as well as being Spartan's largest independent distribution customer.... (more)


Pharmed founders face sentencing hearing today on fraud, tax evasion -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) | 2 days 14 hours 18 minutes ago

The sentencing of two South Florida brothers for fraud and tax evasion is sparking a fight between prosecution and defense lawyers over how much weight the judge should give the men's charitable and civic contributions in deciding their fate.... (more)




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