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Jewelry, Chocolate Or Flowers This Valentine's Day? Perhaps Not. Survey Suggests Women Would Rather Receive a Good Night's Sleep MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Planning to give the woman in your life a shiny piece of jewelry, delicious chocolates or fragrant flowers this Valentine's Day? Perhaps the gift your overworked, overscheduled and overstressed significant other truly wants is a good night's sleep. According to a recent Valentine's Day survey(1) conducted by Select Comfort, creator of the SLEEP NUMBER(R) bed, almost a third of women surveyed would take a good night's sleep over more traditional romantic gifts.More

Ordinary folks play at being rich and famous By JESSICA YADEGARAN, McClatchy-Tribune - Article Last Updated: 02/05/2007 12:39:03 PM EST Shane Hildebrandt and her boyfriend, John Christianson, take a final look at the Porsche 911 Carrera 4S they returned after a weekend in Napa, Calif. (McClatchy-Tribune )When it came to luxury cars, Brendan Cullen was a back seat dreamer. He read about them in magazines. He worked as caretaker of a millionaire's "garage Mahal." He even attended auto shows, just to drool. But Cullen, a 35-year-old Oakland, Calif., nonprofit executive, was never in a position to drive a Bentley or Lamborghini. More

Consumers to spend $16.5 billion on Valentine gifts By Fiona de Young - Herald/Review SIERRA VISTA — Being in love may not cost a penny, but consumers will be generous to their sweethearts this Valentine’s Day. According to projections by the National Retail Federation, total Valentine’s Day spending is expected to reach $16.9 Billion this year. The average consumer is expected to dish out approximatey $120, up from nearly $100 last year. Popular gifts include traditional items like flowers, candy and jewelry. More

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Improv Troupe Teaches Managers How to Give Better Presentations
By Joann S. Lublin - From The Wall Street Journal Online

Steve Bailey, a veteran project manager at an insurer, has given presentations for two decades. He figured he wouldn't learn much last month when he and 11 colleagues attended a presentation-skills workshop run by Second City, the famous improvisational theater troupe here. Continue Article

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After third strike, bank throws curve at robbers
By Barry Shlachter, Jim Fuquay, Maria M. Perotin - Star-Telegram Staff Writers

SUSAN ROSEFor the Wells Fargo Bank branch at 8800 Camp Bowie West, the third time was the charm.

Except it's not so charming to get robbed three times in less than a year, the last time on Nov. 20. So it's now the Metroplex's only Wells Fargo branch with bulletproof glass across all the teller stations, bank spokeswoman Helen Bow said. More

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Golden Messages By: Christel Trimborn - Ganoskin - Issue 5, Autumn 2004 As many and varied as the reasons may be to publicize a message or to make a very personal statement, the manners in which one can go about accomplishing it are equally manifold. Some people sit down and write a book -- others design jewelry. More

 

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