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Between the 1990 and the 2000 census, the number of people working at home grew by one-third, and it’s expected to be a lot higher in the next population count. While some tout the joys of toiling in one’s pajamas, there are problems with home-based work environments that are a bit too casual.
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The latest gross domestic product numbers for the United States — showing 3.5 percent growth in the third quarter — are surely the light at the end of the recessionary tunnel. Feel better?
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I have long had a thing for a perfectly sacked grocery bag. Four corners neat and square, cans on the bottom, bread on top. Light as a feather.
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Times are tough. Brethren are falling all around. Then the insurance company demands three years’ worth of premiums — in advance. So why aren’t banks up in arms now that just such a call has come from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.?
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The Kansas Department of Agriculture has cited area restaurants for six or more critical health-code violations. •Captain D’s Seafood, 7525 State Ave., Kansas City, Kan., had nine critical violations during a follow-up inspection Oct. 7. They included raw fish stored on top of cooked rice in a walk-in cooler, and no hair net or restraint used by a food worker.
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Kansas City finally has adopted a new zoning ordinance after six years of preparation, but some players in the development industry say this has created another obstacle to investment. At a pair of seminars on the new rules hosted last week by the White Goss Bowers law firm, which coincidentally does substantial real estate work, developers were urged to unite and fight the regulations.
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Nurses at Lee’s Summit Medical Center voted to remove their union as bargaining agent, but the results will be contested. In an election held over two days last week, 68 nurses voted to remove a unit of the California Nurses Association while 59 voted to retain it, said Dan Hubbel, regional director of the National Labor Relations Board.
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