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    May 25, 2013 by

    Henrik Fisker joins Hong Kong tycoon to salvage Fisker: Reuters

    Reuters is reporting that Fisker Automotive founder Henrik Fisker has teamed up with a billionaire from Hong Kong in an effort to buy back the federal loan for the company for pennies on the dollar. The move follows other of other investors eyeing a similar move in an effort to salvage the company. While no …

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    May 23, 2013 by

    Ice Cream Festival returns for second year

     The Rockford  Old Fashioned Ice Cream Festival has returned under the direction of Barry Schlecker and in partnership with New Castle County government. The announcement was made y by County Executive Tom Gordon at a press conference in Rockford Park. “This is all about a great relationship,” Gordon said. “When we used to run Rockwood …

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    May 21, 2013 by

    Check out the May 21, 2013 edition of the Business Bulletin

    The Delaware Business Bulletin  kept pace with a busy  business community in Delaware and adjacent areas. The Bulletin offers a convenient weekly  news package in a format geared to your laptop or tablet computer. You can subscribe at the blue box on any page of the website. The Bulletin  features an interactive package with numerous …

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    May 21, 2013 by

    Study: Delaware has lowest business tax rate

    A report from Anderson Economic Group ranks Delaware  lowest in the nation, when it comes to business taxes. The lack of a sales tax and low property taxes figured  into the calculations. However, Anderson also said the much criticized gross receipts tax levied in Delaware was also included. The gross receipts tax amounts to a …

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    May 20, 2013 by

    Food Lion rolls out lower price strategy in area

    Food Lion announced has rolled   lower prices and  investments in 178 stores in five states, including Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. The company has been adding stores in recent years in more heavily populated New Castle County as it  closes stores  in other parts of the country. The company says the company …

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    May 18, 2013 by

    Police: N.Y. cigarette smuggling with possible ties to Hamas ring stored goods in Selbyville

    New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly  announced the indictment of 16 members of a criminal ring that flooded New York with more than a million cartons of untaxed cigarettes imported from Virginia. The ring and/or associates, some with ties to terrorist organizations,  allegedly used a …

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