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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Ventura County Star Stories: Business</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/business/business_all/?partner=RSS</link><atom:link href="http://venturacountystar.com/news/business/business_all/?partner=RSS" type="application/rss+xml" rel="self"></atom:link><description>Ventura County Star Stories: Business</description><language>en-us</language><category>business/business_all</category><item><title>Nordstroms attracts early birds on first day
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/05/naxxfcnordstromweb06/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[Isabel Valdivia was really motivated. On just two hours of sleep, she showed up this morning at Nordstrom's &quot;beauty bash&quot; at The Oaks, eager to get a makeover and be one of the first to shop at the upscale store that opened today.  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:03:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/05/naxxfcnordstromweb06/?partner=RSS</guid><category>business/business_all</category></item><item><title>Are there children's books that  teach life lessons?
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/05/allison-business-feat/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[We get some recommendations on books that can help children understand everything from sharing to saving money.  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:54:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/05/allison-business-feat/?partner=RSS</guid><category>business/feat_askallison</category></item><item><title>Some children's books teach life lessons
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/05/some-childrens-books-teach-life-lessons/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[We get some recommendations on books that can help teach life lessons through an engaging children's story.  ]]></description><author>abruce@venturacountystar.com (Allison Bruce)</author><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:50:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/05/some-childrens-books-teach-life-lessons/?partner=RSS</guid><category>business/askallison</category></item><item><title>Home prices in 'free fall' locally  
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/05/home-prices-in-free-fall-locally-economist-price/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[People waiting for the housing market to recover need to hold on a little while longer, speakers at the Ventura County Real Estate and Economic Outlook conference said Thursday. Mark Schniepp, director of the California Economic Forecast, predicted county home prices would stabilize in 2009 as sales strengthen, but it is expected to take until 2010 before prices start to rise.<br><br>The drastic decline in prices and surge in foreclosures could mean the recovery will be equally quick, not dragging on as it did in the 1990s, he said.

  ]]></description><author>abruce@venturacountystar.com (Allison Bruce)</author><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:31:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/05/home-prices-in-free-fall-locally-economist-price/?partner=RSS</guid><category>business/business_all</category></item><item><title>FDA orders stronger warnings on 4 drugs
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/05/fda-orders-stronger-warnings-on-4-drugs/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[ The Food and Drug Administration ordered stronger warnings Thursday on four medications widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses, saying they can raise the risk of possibly fatal fungal infections.  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:31:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/05/fda-orders-stronger-warnings-on-4-drugs/?partner=RSS</guid><category>tech</category></item><item><title>More boomers are finding meaning at nonprofit groups
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/05/na14fcgates05/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[  Bill Gates, former full-time executive of Microsoft, now co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is among an estimated 1.1 million baby boomers who have traded corporate jobs for work at nonprofits, according to a recent survey by Civic Ventures and the MetLife Foundation.  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/05/na14fcgates05/?partner=RSS</guid><category>business/watercooler</category></item><item><title>New woes torpedo stocks
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/05/new-woes-torpedo-stocks/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[ Dejected investors sent stocks plunging Thursday, hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down more than 340 points after retailers and the government added to a mountain of bad economic news and devastated hopes for a late-year recovery.  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/05/new-woes-torpedo-stocks/?partner=RSS</guid><category>business/business_all</category></item><item><title>Macy's has exclusive deal with Hilfiger
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/05/macys-has-exclusive-deal-with-hilfiger/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[ Macy's stores across the country are renovating their Tommy Hilfiger shops and expanding how much of the designer's sportswear they carry. But fans of the brand soon won't be seeing those items at other stores.  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/05/macys-has-exclusive-deal-with-hilfiger/?partner=RSS</guid><category>business/business_all</category></item><item><title>30-year mortgages dip for 3rd week
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/05/30-year-mortgages-dip-for-3rd-week/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[ Rates on 30-year mortgages fell for a third straight week, dropping to the lowest level since mid-July  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/05/30-year-mortgages-dip-for-3rd-week/?partner=RSS</guid><category>business/business_all</category></item><item><title>Physicists need a little comic relief
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/04/physicists-need-a-little-comic-relief/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[ Physicists working at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland turn to improv comedy to encourage quick responses.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:10:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/04/physicists-need-a-little-comic-relief/?partner=RSS</guid><category>business/watercooler</category></item><item><title>People in Business
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/04/people-in-business/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[People in Business news.   ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/04/people-in-business/?partner=RSS</guid><category>business/business_all</category></item><item><title>U.S. in slow-growth mode, Fed says
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/04/us-in-slow-growth-mode-fed-says/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[ Higher prices for energy, food and other things are pinching people and businesses &#8212; reasons enough for the economy to be Americans' top concern heading into the presidential elections.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/04/us-in-slow-growth-mode-fed-says/?partner=RSS</guid><category>business/business_all</category></item><item><title>Patagonia hopes to ride high with its surfing line 
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/04/patagonia-hopes-to-ride-high-with-its-surfing-is/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[Patagonia Inc., the Ventura company known for its outdoor gear, wants equal recognition for its surfing line.  ]]></description><author>abruce@venturacountystar.com (Allison Bruce)</author><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/04/patagonia-hopes-to-ride-high-with-its-surfing-is/?partner=RSS</guid><category>business/business_all</category></item><item><title>Journal to offer lifestyle magazine, high-end ads 
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/04/journal-to-offer-lifestyle-magazine-high-end-ads/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[ The Wall Street Journal's new glossy lifestyle magazine for high-end consumers will debut with Saturday's newspaper as the company looks to boost advertising opportunities amid an overall decline in the industry.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/04/journal-to-offer-lifestyle-magazine-high-end-ads/?partner=RSS</guid><category>business/business_all</category></item><item><title>Murdoch's Star India TV agrees to U.S. distribution deal
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/04/no-headline---na14fcbollywood04/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[ Rupert Murdoch's Indian television unit has inked its first U.S. cable distribution deal with Cox Communications, bringing three top Hindi-language channels to northern Virginia, the companies said.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/04/no-headline---na14fcbollywood04/?partner=RSS</guid><category>business/watercooler</category></item><item><title>GMAC to shutter its retail offices
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/04/gmac-to-shutter-its-retail-offices/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[ Lender GMAC Financial Services said Wednesday that it will close all of its 200 retail offices and lay off about 5,000 employees as part of a plan to reduce its mortgage lending and servicing because of the housing market downturn.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/04/gmac-to-shutter-its-retail-offices/?partner=RSS</guid><category>business/business_all</category></item><item><title>Hope seen despite auto sales drop
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/04/hope-seen-despite-auto-sales-drop/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[ Nearly every major automaker saw its U.S. sales drop in August, but many are seeing signs that the worst slump in recent history may have bottomed out.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/04/hope-seen-despite-auto-sales-drop/?partner=RSS</guid><category>business/business_all</category></item><item><title>Deep cuts could hurt retailers 
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/03/discount-season-deep-cuts-could-hurt-retailers/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[In a bid to pull hesitant shoppers into their stores, retailers are slashing prices on everything from jeans to dinnerware. But those fat discounts will likely come at a big cost for the companies.  ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/03/discount-season-deep-cuts-could-hurt-retailers/?partner=RSS</guid><category>business/business_all</category></item><item><title>Founder wants recognition for his one-gulp energy beverage
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/03/little-drink-faces-big-competition/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[Drinks That Work Inc., a company with offices in Westlake Village and a plant in Oxnard, introduced a new kind of energy drink several years ago &#8212; one that could be consumed in one gulp. It provided the energy people wanted without the fillers and calories contained in other products.  ]]></description><author>abruce@venturacountystar.com (Allison Bruce)</author><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/03/little-drink-faces-big-competition/?partner=RSS</guid><category>business/business_all</category></item><item><title>Rumors swirl about mysterious Apple event set for Sept. 9
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/03/na10fcapple03/?partner=RSS</link><description><![CDATA[ Apple Inc. has invited the media to a Sept. 9 event in San Francisco, with no hints of what's in store, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.  ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/sep/03/na10fcapple03/?partner=RSS</guid><category>tech</category></item></channel></rss>