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Tattoo removal expert has a warning: Just don't do it!

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:22:11 -0400

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - By CYNTHIA H. CRAFT

Be wary of 'tax relief' companies, which can be ripoffs

Mon, 06 May 2013 15:17:56 -0400

By CLAUDIA BUCK - Maria Garcia never dreamed she would land in so much trouble with the IRS. But a few years ago, she found herself owing about $32,000 in back taxes -- a situation she says was partly caused by a family member fraudulently using her name and Social Security number for work.

Walters: Superstores battle for grocery dollars

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:17:21 -0400

By DAN WALTERS - A given number of Californians with a given amount of income will spend a given amount on groceries -- and with 38 million residents, the state's grocery business is not only huge, over $100 billion a year, but hugely competitive.

BizProf: How to build entrepreneurial skill sets

Wed, 01 May 2013 13:17:03 -0400

Dear Professor Bruce: I am a college junior. I am trying to build a resume for a job after college, but I am also trying to build some entrepreneurial skill sets. What do you suggest? - Answer: While you may be preparing to enter a difficult job market after you graduate from college, and are anxious for stability, you need not worry about having a great deal of valuable experience on your resume.

Walters: California legislators interfere in medical...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:25:42 -0400

California Senate Bills 491, 492 and 493 won approval of a Senate committee Monday and we should all be afraid because once again, state legislators are voting on "scope of practice." - It means that politics -- sometimes raw politics-- are determining which medical practitioner can perform which procedure on which part of the human body, rather than leaving those decisions in the hands of medical experts.

Dessert: Pot, agriculture's new hope

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:06:05 -0400

The legal and quasi-legal growing of marijuana is big business, and don't just take my word for it. The Wall Street Journal says so on the front page of its weekend edition in a prominent place right below its play story on the Boston manhunt. - "The Pot Business Suffers Growing Pains," says the headline, a cry for capital -- seed capital, so to speak -- for startup businesses that are a lot better bet, and a lot more fun, than packaging toxic mortgages for sale to municipal pension funds.