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AgJOBS to be Left Out of Farm Bill
AgJOBS champion and lead sponsor Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)
announced on Nov. 5 that she will not push to get the legislation
included as an amendment to the 2007 Farm Bill, which is under
consideration this week by the Senate.
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IFD Works to Keep the Cold Chain Going
Six years after research proved that maintaining cool temperatures is
the single most important factor in maximizing flower life, more and
more suppliers are looking for ways to live by proper "cold chain"
protocols.
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Success Blooms for America in Bloom
America in Bloom (AIB) went through its sixth year of awarding cities
for their beautification efforts, and Rockford, Ill., got the top
prize — as winner in the largest "population category."
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Newsmakers |
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Florist Loses San Francisco Mayoral Race
Though it isn’t official yet, it looks like florist Harold Hoogasian, a candidate (there were 14 total) for mayor of San Francisco, finished a distant second to the incumbent, Gavin Newsom, with unofficial results, 7 percent to 77 percent, as reported in the San Jose Mercury News.
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Life at Work |
Business Owners Enjoy Being Their Own Boss
You run a small business because it makes you happy, right? Well, you aren't alone in feeling that way. For a large portion of small business owners in America, being in business for themselves means more to them than receiving a big paycheck, reports a recent survey.
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Trends and Tips |
Talk, Don’t Write Your Message
Why write the customer’s message on the enclosure card when they can shout it? A company based in the United Kingdom, pre.vu, has developed talking products such as gift tags and CD cases for the technology-loving consumer.
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Regular Features |
Reader Feedback: Scam Reports
After running a story
about a possible phone scam involving an international order and a
hearing-impaired phone service in the previous week's E-Brief, we
received several responses from readers who have been in a similar
situation.
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Reader Feedback: OK to Talk Salary?
The Oct. 17 issue of SAF’s Wednesday E-Brief discussed the problem of
gossip in the workplace, and methods to counteract it. In response to
one florist’s comment that talking salary at her shop is prohibited,
reader Paul Brockway of Conklyn’s Florist in
Alexandria, Va., questioned the legality of taking action against an
employee for discussing wages and suggested that E-Brief editors
“mention the potential pitfalls of such a policy.”
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Sweetest Day and Boss's Day Sales Results
For those florists participating in Sweetest Day, about 60 percent
reported sales in the same ballpark as 2006. For Boss's Day this was
the case for about 45 percent of florists, according to preliminary results of SAF's Online Post-Holiday Survey of retail florists.
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