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PALM SPRINGS — Tinto, the wine bar and restaurant at The Saguaro hotel, opened to the public Monday.
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PALM SPRINGS — Tinto, the wine bar and restaurant at The Saguaro hotel, opened to the public Monday.
Apple said Monday that an independent group, the Fair Labor Association, has started inspecting working conditions in the Chinese factories where its iPads and iPhones are assembled.
WASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau this week will unveil a prototype for a new monthly mortgage statement for consumers designed to clearly show important information from their servicer.
SAN FRANCISCO — Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of cell phone maker Motorola Mobility has won approvals from U.S. and European antitrust regulators, moving Google a major step closer to completing the biggest deal in its 13-year history.
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NEW YORK — Apple said Monday that an independent group, the Fair Labor Association, has started inspecting working conditions in the Chinese factories where its iPads and iPhones are assembled.
The majority of condominium communities in the Coachella Valley have allowed their eligibility for Federal Housing Administration financing to expire, according to federal data.
It all started with a train ride back in 1947, when a young World War II vet named E. Earl Hall met a man named Horace Head, a top florist for Florists' Transworld Delivery.
KC's 23 1/2 Hour Plumbing in Palm Springs has made a commitment to sponsor a food drive to benefit Martha's Village & Kitchen all year long.
When German author/philosopher Oswald Spengler penned his controversial opus “Decline of the West” in the early 1900s, he was ridiculed as a sensation-seeking pessimist, jumping to conclusions unsupported by the facts of Europe's undisputed global supremacy.
The city of Palm Springs received a welcome surprise in December, collecting 24 percent more in hotel taxes than during the same time in 2010.
DESERT HOT SPRINGS — A new trade, investment and tourism agreement will be signed today at the first Canada California Business Council Golf Tournament at Desert Dunes Golf Club.
NEW YORK — First Solar is warning that a construction delay threatens to undo its sale of a large solar project planned for Los Angeles County to power producer Exelon Corp.
Question: I have Norton Internet Security on my computer, and heard that it was hacked. Now, I'm getting email from Symantec saying that I need to update my security, and the email provides a link. I know you say never click a link in an email, but what do I do about my security?
WASHINGTON — A landmark $25 billion settlement with the nation's top mortgage lenders was hailed by government officials Thursday as long-overdue relief for victims of foreclosure abuses. But consumer advocates countered that far too few people will benefit.
LOS ANGELES — State Attorney General Kamala Harris announced Thursday that the nationwide settlement with banks over foreclosure abuses could be worth up to $18 billion to Californians who were among those hit hardest by the crisis.
FRANKFURT, Germany — More than two years after it came clean about its addiction to debt, Greece may finally have begun its long and painful road to recovery.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Picture it: Save for a few disposable point-and-shoots, Kodak is exiting the camera business.
Most Americans have felt the pinch of a tough economy, but for young adults, these unstable times mean long-lasting, life-altering changes, suggests a Pew Research Center survey out Thursday.
SAN FRANCISCO — LinkedIn reported a strong fourth quarter as the online professional-networking service added 14 million members. Its net income and revenue beat Wall Street's expectations.
Business news and notes from across the valley...
The South Coast Air Quality Management District has released the request for proposals for the $53 million the Palm Springs area will receive in mitigation funds for the natural gas-fired Sentinel power plant.
WASHINGTON — U.S. states have reached a $25 billion deal with the nation's biggest mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses that occurred after the housing bubble burst.
LOS ANGELES — The Lorax, perhaps the most famous anti-industrial crusader from children's literature, is getting support from companies that are willing to go green.
NEW YORK — Sprint dug deep into its pockets in the latest quarter to put iPhones in the hands of its customers. The perennially money-losing company on Wednesday posted its largest loss in three years.
NEW YORK — Time Warner Inc. got a boost from its movie studio and cable TV networks in the last three months of the year, and the company expects growth to continue in 2012 even with the end of its lucrative Harry Potter franchise.
ATHENS, Greece — Greek coalition leaders were locked in crucial debt talks with the prime minister Wednesday to review layoffs and other steep cutbacks as part of a 130 billion euro ($170 billion) bailout package intended to save the country from a looming bankruptcy.
Rancho Las Palmas Shopping Center in Rancho Mirage will be sold at a public auction at 9 a.m. Feb. 29 on the front steps to the entrance of the former Corona Police Department, 849 W. Sixth St.
Palm Desert — In an office in the corner of her Palm Desert home, closed caption typist Erin McClure sits in front of her laptop, headphones on and steno machine to her left and concentrates.
The Journal Broadcast Group has named Craig Marrs as vice president and general manger of KMIR-TV and KPSE-LP in Palm Desert.
Two stalled solar projects east of the Coachella Valley could still repower after being sold to a German company with a track record of financing and completing utility-scale projects.
Two stalled solar projects east of the Palm Springs area could be in line for a future repowering after Solar Millennium sold them to solarhybrid, a German company with a track record of financing and completing utility-scale projects.
The Inland Empire region of Southern California will end this year with about 19,000 more jobs than it started with, a blip in a region of 1.1 million workers but a huge symbolic gain after five years of plummeting employment.
Two solar and energy industry trade groups are suing Riverside County in an effort to roll back the county's annual fee of $450 per acre on large-scale solar projects.
The Super Bowl is over, but there's still plenty of time on the clock for folks who want to help pick the Big Game's winning TV commercial.
The Coachella Valley Women's Business Center will present the new workshop series “The Digital Marketing Checklist” from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 23 and March 1 at its office at 77-806 Flora Road, Palm Desert.
The inland region will generate about 19,000 net jobs this year following a lackluster 2011 in which only 2,400 jobs were added, economists predicted Monday.
Two solar and energy industry trade groups are suing Riverside County in an effort to roll back the the county’s annual fee of $450 per acre on large-scale solar projects.
California and New York were considering Monday whether to join most other states in backing a long-awaited settlement with banks over foreclosure abuses. The deal would require the five largest mortgage lenders to reduce loans for about 1 million households.
NEW YORK — The pressure was on. The tension was thick. And then, there were yawns in between.
While there were big names aplenty at this week's Clean-Tech Investor Summit in Indian Wells — from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Daniel Yergin to Michael W. Allman, CEO of Southern California Gas Co. — the real star of the show was a car, the Tesla Model S.
Whether part of large companies or operating solo, Palm Springs area real estate agents say determining the right, most effective fit and comfort level has never been more important given the valley's current ultra-competitive housing market.
Late last year, a commanding officer at Twentynine Palms Marine Base prompted Marines awaiting deployment and new orders to spend their free time by giving back to the community. He suggested Pegasus Riding Academy for the Handicapped.
In recent years, tax forms have become like new cars. Every year, although in substance the forms are the same, they have new features and slightly different appearances.
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A look at upcoming meetings, conferences and conventions in Palm Springs and the rest of the Coachella Valley.
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