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      <title>Koep Bookkeeping is Open For Buisness</title>
      <link>http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=HAN0414201101602</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Koep Bookkeeping is now open in Hartford and accepting new clients. From general bookkeeping to secretarial services, owner Sarah Koep "addresses the needs of your small business allowing you to focus on your customer." This is the motto, goal, and mission of Hartford's newest business, Koep Bookke...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Dewey business licenses fees on hold</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Bars and restaurants in Dewey Beach have been granted a reprieve: business license fees, usually due Jan. 1, will not have to be paid until March 1.<br/><br/>Dewey Beach Town Council approved a 9 percent, across-the-board increase in business license fees for hotels, restaurants, retail shops and r...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Delaware insurers untouched by S&amp;P downgrade</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Delaware Insurance Commissioner. As Delaware's insurance commissioner, I have the statutory duty to ensure the financial solvency of the 135 insurance companies domiciled in the First State. Last month's downgrade by Standard &amp; Poor's of the U.S. long-term sovereign credit rating has worldwide ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Flexera designs first Delaware solar carport</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Refuge at Dirickson Creek, an upscale single-family and townhome development a few miles west of Fenwick Island, recently cut the ribbon for a new solar and conservation project that is projected to save the community approximately $19,(500 a year.<br/><br/>The 37.53-kilowatt system, designed a...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Local A.C. Moore stores lead way in dollars for Easter Seals</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A.C. Moore Arts &amp; Grafts Inc. stores have raised more than $170,000 nationwide for Easter Seals during the company's Crafting a Better World campaign. Locally, A.C. Moore stores in Wilmington and Dover alone raised more than $6,600 that will allow people with autism to access critical services ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>16 Mile Brewing Co. begins major overhaul</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Georgetown's little brewery is about to get much bigger. 16 Mile Brewing Company debuted new 12-ounce bottles Sept. 6 to kick off a major expansion that will more than double the size of its current facility. Since its inception in July 2009, the brewery has always distributed its beer in 22-ounce ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Delaware Tourism Office pursues motorcoaeh business</title>
      <link>http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0120201203501</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Once again, the Delaware Tourism Office made its presence known at the annual American Bus Association Convention, held this year in Grapevine, Texas. As the nation's premier motorcoach industry event, the convention attracts over 3,000 group tour affiliates and provides a forum for buyers and sell...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Women's Network Business Grants</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Martha's Vineyard Women's Network will offer a $2,500 grant to a Vineyard-based business person who wishes to improve business skills, grow or improve an existing business, or start a new one.<br/><br/>The grant, offered for the second year by the four-year-old network, is open to all Vineyard ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Business Sense &#x2014; Week five Market Strategy</title>
      <link>http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=NER0331201100201</link>
      <description><![CDATA[If you do not know where you are going in business and how you will get there, you are already lost. What kind of image does your business have? Are you: inexpensive, exclusive, customer service oriented, high quality, convenience or fast? Evaluate and list the features.<br/><br/>Today's customer w...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Marked says continued job growth is key</title>
      <link>http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=CPG0127201201001</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As Delaware's economy struggles to get back on track, job creation is still the top concern of elected officials. Gov. Jack Markell issued his annual state of the state address, Delaware's Time to Lead, in the House Chamber in Legislative Hall in Dover Jan. 19.<br/><br/>Job growth<br/><br/>Thanks t...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Milton businesses report satisfaction</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A segment of the Milton business community is generally satisfied with town's current administration, an economic development committee questionnaire shows.<br/><br/>EDC member Bob Blayney presented the results of face-to-face interviews with 15 business owners or managers in town at the Jan. 15 ED...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Like physicals, businesses need annual check-up</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Just like human beings, small businesses need at least an annual physical checkup ? more likely, on a semi-annual, or even more frequent basis. What is the overall "fiscal physical" health of your business?<br/><br/>It is easy to let the "busyness" of tbe business chart your daily course of work ? ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Sussex officials to decide fate of Harbeson business</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The owner of a business operating in a residential area for nearly three decades will have to wait a few more weeks for Sussex County officials to decide if the operation can continue at its present location near Harbeson.<br/><br/>After getting a violation notice from the county, Michael Van Drune...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>The business of giving back</title>
      <link>http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=ICO0401201100502</link>
      <description><![CDATA[If you are ever tempted to think that working for a charitable foundation is a "touchy-feely" business for a select group of do-gooders, think again.<br/><br/>The business of "giving back" is truly very businesslike, filled with laws, regulations and oversight by the Internal Revenue Service and st...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Consumer complaints up 10 percent nationwide</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[According to an annual report released March 22 by Better Business Bureau (BBB), consumers filed 1.1 million complaints against North American businesses in 2010, reflecting a 10 percent increase over the previous year. Consumers also turned to the nonprofit more than 87 million times for help rese...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>JTIP helps businesses expand</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Are you ready to expand but having difficulty finding funds to train new employees? The recession is moving out, making way for new jobs. New Mexico's Job Training Incentive Program (JTIP) helps new and existing businesses pay for hiring and training new employees. Learn about requirements and how ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>VBB earns another Superior rating</title>
      <link>http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=FSG0330201100702</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sun-Gazette<br/><br/>Valley Business Bank has done it again.<br/><br/>The bank was once again recognized as a 5-Star Superior Bank by BAUER FINANCIAL, Inc., the nation's bank rating firm for strength and stability for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 2010.<br/><br/>"We are once again extremely pleased t...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>The Crisis in Japan and U.S. Stocks</title>
      <link>http://discoveramericasstory.com/view_article.html?articleId=FSG0330201100701</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Could this week's selloff herald a correction?<br/><br/>Can our stock market ride out the turmoil? When U.S. stocks plunged in 2008-2009, analysts hoped overseas markets could "decouple" from the effects of America's downturn. Now we wonder if our stock market can maintain its YTD gains with the im...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 UTC</pubDate>
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