Dollar Tree, the popular discount chain, has announced that it plans to sell approximately 330 Family Dollar Stores. The transaction, which was announced Monday, is being undertaken so that Dollar Tree can get approval of its $8.5 billion acquisition of Family Dollar Stores Inc. from the Federal Trade Commission, according …
Read More »Housing prices continue to climb
The cost of a single-family home grew rapidly throughout the country in April, fueled by increased demand and inventories that remained low. Home prices, including distressed properties, were up 6.8 percent last month compared with April 2014, according to CoreLogic in Irvine. That marked the 38th consecutive month of year-over-year …
Read More »Stater Bros. donates command center
Stater Bros. has donated a mobile emergency command center to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. The 40-foot trailer, which Stater Bros. stopped using in 2010, is equipped with a communication system, flat-screen monitor, conference and storage areas and space for computers, according to a Stater Bros. release. The trailer …
Read More »It’s Hardly Fair
By Ed Hoffman The overcrowded Republican presidential field has officially hit the point of otherworldly, with three more candidates entering the field in the last week, at least two more expected to announce this week, and up to another half dozen entering before the summer’s end. I’m not even sure …
Read More »Inland manufacturing sector still expanding … barely
It was mixed news in the Inland Empire’s manufacturing sector in April. First, the good news: The region’s purchasing manager’s index last month was 52.1, according to data released Monday by the Institute of Applied Research and Policy Analysis at Cal State San Bernardino. That was the eighth consecutive month …
Read More »Inland water district clamps down
Residents of southwest Riverside County are now on a strict water diet. Starting yesterday, the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District began implementing mandatory Stage4a water restrictions, the first time since the district was formed in the 1950s that has placed such tight limits on water use, according to a report …
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