Expect spike in holiday traffic as Tucsonans try to flee heat

Brian J. Pedersen Arizona Daily Star

Get those barbecues - and cold drinks - ready, because Labor Day weekend in the Tucson area is going to be a hot and dry one.

Sep 03, 2010 | 12:00 am | Comments

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Sushi Garden to relocate

Dale Quinn Arizona Daily Star

Elle Wine Country Restaurant is leaving historic Broadway Village to make way for Sushi Garden, the property owner announced Thursday.

Sep 03, 2010 | 12:00 am | Comments

In '10, workers pay entire health-care-cost rise

Noam N. Levey Mcclatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON - As employers struggle with rising health-care costs and a sour economy, U.S. workers for the first time in at least a decade are being asked to shoulder the entire cost of rising health benefits on their own.

Sep 03, 2010 | 12:00 am | Comments

Sales taxes down 2.8% on state level

State sales-tax collections were down 2.8 percent in July compared with the same month last year, new figures from the Arizona Department of Revenue show.

Sep 03, 2010 | 12:00 am | Comments

Improving data quiets recession talk

Christopher S. Rugaber The Associated Press

WASHINGTON - The feeble economy exhibited a smidgen of strength Thursday, with mildly positive reports on jobs, retail and housing.

Sep 03, 2010 | 12:00 am | Comments

Bernanke says Fed could not have saved Lehman

Kevin G. Hall Mcclatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke strongly rejected as "myth" suggestions that he could have saved Lehman Brothers and prevented the near collapse of the global financial system.

Sep 03, 2010 | 12:00 am | Comments

Overseas expansion likely after buyout by 3G Capital firm

Burger King's new ruler could help its empire expand.

Sep 03, 2010 | 12:00 am | Comments

Business briefs

HP wins bidding contest for storage maker 3Par

Sep 03, 2010 | 12:00 am | Comments

Photo gallery: Bikini-clad UA coeds gracing a calendar that's Hottest item

Hottest College in America, a company launched by UA students, debuted its swimsuit calendar - featuring 12 UA coeds - on Aug. 15.

Sep 02, 2010 | 7:00 pm | Comments

Sushi Garden, Elle both moving in a Tucson restaurant shuffle

By Dale Quinn, Arizona Daily Star

Elle Wine Country Restaurant is leaving Broadway Village, at East Broadway and Country Club Road, to make way for Sushi Garden, the property owner announced today.

Sep 02, 2010 | 3:28 pm | Comments

Bikini-clad UA coeds gracing a calendar that's Hottest item

Coley Ward Arizona Daily Star

Last week, University of Arizona basketball player Solomon Hill joined the ranks of male students clamoring for a copy of the "hottest" publication on campus.

Sep 02, 2010 | 12:00 am | Comments

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Plastics co. from Texas expanding to Eloy site

David Wichner Arizona Daily Star

A Texas-based plastics maker is expanding to Eloy with plans to initially hire 100 workers, the city and company announced Wednesday.

Sep 02, 2010 | 12:00 am | Comments

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Sep 02, 2010 | 12:00 am | Comments

Office Coach: Endeavor to educate, not punish, anti-HR workers

Marie McIntyre Mcclatchy-tribune

Q: A few months ago, I became the first human resources director at a private club. Most of the members are men, and I am the only woman on the management team. Given some of the things that have occurred here in the past, it's amazing that no lawsuits have been filed.

Sep 02, 2010 | 12:00 am | Comments

Manufacturing stats ease new-recession fear

Martin Crutsinger and Tali Arbel The Associated Press

WASHINGTON - Manufacturing is growing in the United States and abroad, easing fears that the economy might be on the verge of a second recession.

Sep 02, 2010 | 12:00 am | Comments

E-smokes' safety debated

Michael Felberbaum The Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. - Galen Kipe hasn't smoked a cigarette in more than three months.

Sep 02, 2010 | 12:00 am | Comments

Plastics maker expands to Eloy

Arizona Daily Star

A Texas-based plastics maker is expanding to Eloy with plans to initially hire 100 workers, the city and company announced today.

Sep 01, 2010 | 11:08 am | Comments

GOP candidates to Dems: Disavow boycott, 2 unions

Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services

PHOENIX - Five Republican candidates for statewide office and several congressional hopefuls called on their Democratic foes Tuesday to denounce a boycott of Arizona and the unions that support it.

Sep 01, 2010 | 12:00 am | Comments

Global demand for crop boosts Arizona farmers

Jennifer A. Johnson Cronkite News Service

GOODYEAR - Ronald Rayner has weathered many ups and downs in the four-plus decades he's grown cotton in the Phoenix area's West Valley.

Sep 01, 2010 | 12:00 am | Comments

Flagstaff is big loser of construction jobs

Flagstaff lost the most construction sector jobs, by percentage, out of 337 U.S. metro areas between July '09 and July '10, according to the Associated General Contractors of America.

Sep 01, 2010 | 12:00 am | Comments