Resume Lies On The Rise Nearly Half of Workers Know Someone Who Was Dishonest on Resume Press Release MENLO PARK, Calif. – What’s the truth about lying on resumes? Almost half of workers (46 percent) polled by staffing firm OfficeTeam said they know someone who included false information on a resume, a
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Category: Business
What’s happening in Old Town Pocatello
By Stephanie Palagi Molinelli’s Jewelers, 126 N. Main, is celebrating their 114th anniversary with The $114,000 Jewelry Giveaway! The event features watch batteries for $1.14 all month long, limit three. See how almost anything in the store could be yours free! Choose a purchase then draw Molinelli’s Money from the hopper to see how much
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Just give me the bad news straight up
By Jeff Hough Picture a paramedic rushing a severely injured patient into the ER and a waiting doctor asking, “What’s going on?” The paramedic, rather than giving the doctor the bullet (a bullet-point list of what is going on medically) launches into a story about how the patient was minding his own business when …
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Pocatello Pet Lodge opens second location
By Journal Staff POCATELLO — Pocatello Pet Lodge is now accepting guests at its new second location. “Pocatello Pet Lodge, Too” recently opened at 143 S. 2nd Ave. in Old Town. The new location is just one block west of the main location at 145 S. 3rd Ave. “We were constantly putting people on a
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More Parents Holding Off on Back-to-School Shopping
Press Release WASHINGTON – Even though more parents started back-to-school shopping early this year, many families still have a lot of shopping left to do as they prepare their children for the start of school. According to the National Retail Federation’s annual survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics, the average family with children in
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Harvey could have deep impact on Texas oil, US economy
By Marcy Gordon/AP Business Writer Massive flooding caused by Tropical Storm Harvey along Texas’ refinery-rich coast could have long-standing and far-reaching consequences for the state’s oil and gas industry and the larger U.S. economy. The storm’s remnants left much of Houston underwater on Sunday, and the National Weather Service says it’s not over yet: Some
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AP Sources: Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi to lead Uber
By Tom Krisher/AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has been named Uber’s top executive, taking the difficult job of mending the dysfunctional ride-hailing giant and turning it from money-losing behemoth to a profitable company. Uber’s fractured eight-member board voted to hire Khosrowshahi late Sunday, capping three days of meetings and the
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An odd trend in wheat country: not much wheat
By David Pitt/Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An odd thing has happened in wheat country — a lot of farmers aren’t planting wheat. Thanks to a global grain glut that has caused prices and profits to plunge, this year farmers planted the fewest acres of wheat since the U.S. Department of Agriculture began
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Now at Whole Foods: Cheaper milk, “farm fresh” Amazon Echo
By Joseph Pisani /AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A half-gallon of milk was 50 cents cheaper at a Whole Foods in New York. Ground beef was down by $2 a pound. And an organic avocado cost a buck less. Amazon kicked off its first day as the owner of Whole Foods by slashing
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Idaho man throws epic eclipse festival, but few show up
CASCADE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man is out more than $20,000 after organizing a solar eclipse festival that an underwhelming amount of people showed up for. Jeff Webb’s eclipse festival in Cascade was complete with campsites, shuttles for parking, eight live bands, portable toilets and food for thousands of people, KIVI-TV reported (http://bit.ly/2xsQfzy ) Tuesday.
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