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Ask a buyer why his company imports goods from Mainland China, and he will have good reasons. Plenty of good reasons. China has a very well-developed supply chain; your vendors can get finished goods made there efficiently, with locally sourced components, because they make all the components nearby too. You can find huge Chinese factories that are conveniently located, close to the seaports, close to the airports. You can buy finished goods made a few miles from the port, or you can buy components with which to make finished goods here in the USA, as so many other manufacturers have...

Wood wasn’t alone. When Zero Grocery abruptly closed on March 4 — just a month after announcing it had raised $12 million and expanded to Los Angeles — it shocked Bay Area food businesses that sold their products through the plastic-free delivery service. Many were owed money and questioned what went wrong inside the fast-growing startup, which is now going through insolvency proceedings to liquidate its assets. Among Bay Area businesses, Starter Bakery appears to be owed the most money. Others including Berkeley’s Boichik Bagels, San Francisco’s Obour Foods and San Leandro’s As Kneaded Bakery have outstanding invoices ranging from...

A politician in Northern Ireland has pointed out that the new law legalizing same-sex “marriage” in the region will not allow civil registrars, hoteliers, florists, and wedding photographers to refuse their services for homosexual “weddings.” The Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019, the same piece of legislation that introduced new abortion laws into the region, has also legalized same-sex “marriage,” effective from January 13 of this year. Same-sex “marriage” has been legal in the rest of the U.K. since 2013, but until last month had not been imposed on Northern Ireland. On January 20 the Northern Ireland Office (NIO),...

The state's top prosecutor believes that the go-to social media site for accused Tree of Life shooter Robert Bowers is on its last legs financially, according to a statement issued early Thursday further explaining that office's decision to close a civil probe that followed the synagogue massacre. The statement from the office of Attorney General Josh Shapiro indicates that the decision to close the probe followed indications that Pennsylvania-based Gab.com "had exhausted its already-raised money, and was no longer going to be serviced by the payment processors, cutting off all public funding to support the business." Spokeswoman Jacklin Rhoads went...

Hillary Clinton’s campaign took over the Democratic National Committee's funding and day-to-day operations early in the primary season and may have used that power to undermine her rival Senator Bernie Sanders, according to the party's one-time interim chairwoman. The DNC official, Donna Brazile, now a political analyst, wrote in Politico Magazine on Thursday that she discovered an August 2015 agreement between the national committee and Clinton’s campaign and fundraising arm that gave Clinton “control (of) the party’s finances, strategy, and all the money raised” in exchange for taking care of the massive debt leftover from President Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign....

December 12, 2012 Heckuva job: Michigan union thugs destroyed hot dog vendor’s cart Michele Malkin This is small business owner Clint Tarver of Lansing, Michigan. He was caught in the violent chaos that erupted when union thugs attacked the Americans for Prosperity tent on the capitol grounds yesterday during the right-to-work debate. His hot dog stand was destroyed. Velvet Hammer reports that the thugs shouted “Uncle Tom” and “nigger” at Tarver.Dana Loesch has more on the story and how to help.

NEW YORK (CBS) - Horace Coleman, a Yankee Stadium water stand vendor, was arrested yesterday after allegedly shooting two people after a dispute over a parking spot for their food carts, reports CBS New York.

City prevents a 13-year-old boy from selling hot dogs to support his disabled parents and save for college Click for the video.

Vendors Disappointed in DNCby Kate Bruce Story Updated: Jul 6, 2012 at 11:51 PM EDT CHARLOTTE, NC - Eight weeks remain until the Democratic National Convention and while local businesses should be getting excited about the economic boost coming their way, some have a different feeling. Local vendors are feeling frustrated and want what they were promised. Organizers are expecting the DNC to have an estimated $150 million dollar impact on the Queen City, but not everyone is getting a piece of that pie. Vendors that registered for DNC opportunities over a year ago say they’ve heard nothing. Shequeta Smith...

The Occupy movement came to Los Angeles aiming for Wall Street titans, but farmers market vendors are the first to take a real hit. Two weeks ago, about 40 vendors who sell on the City Hall lawn every Thursday were forced off the property after protesters refused to remove their city of tents. .. Since that relocation, profits have plummeted, vendors have pulled out and shoppers have become scarce. "The cause is good," said Genaro Lopez, a vendor who initially helped protesters with free sodas and burritos. "But this is our bread and butter, and we've taken a huge hit."...

JOINT BASE BALAD – Strengthening the area's economy and creating jobs to help curb unemployment were benefits cited by both local Iraqi business leaders and U.S. military commanders during a ceremony to recognize the changeover of vendors at the Iraqi Bazaar here, Feb. 1. Eleven Sahwa leaders from Yethrib and four tribal shaykhs from Dujayl were invited on base to attend the ceremony and the local agricultural minister thanked JBB representatives for the opportunity to help them with their continuing rebuilding efforts. "Our daily interactions shape the eventual strategic partnership between our two nations," said Army Capt. Paul Thomas, commander,...

(from Michelle Malkin's website)#805248 On September 13th, 2009 at 8:28 pm, atheling said: Found this video of a small kerfuffle with ACORN frauds selling Gadsden flags at the Protest! After they were discovered for who they were, they were chased out of the Mall. I guess we better beware of who we purchase from at future protests, so that we’re not inadvertently filling ACORN’s coffers. --------------------------------------- from TheSpiritOfTruth's YouTube video report: My blog: http://SpiritOfTruth.me This is footage of a small group of ACORN activists getting chewed away from the 9/12 DC rally at the Capitol. Apparently someone in the organization...

The strawberry vendors stand on street corners throughout Palo Alto, at busy intersections, outside shopping centers and banks. Cars slowed along Stanford Avenue on a recent afternoon, their drivers peering at one vendor's succulent strawberries, mangoes and cherries. A woman stopped her vehicle at the Wellesley Street intersection as drivers behind her swerved to go past. "How much?" she asked the vendor. "Ten dollars," the man said as he passed a box of fruit through the car window. But behind the sweet fruit there is a bitterness, a story of indentured servitude playing out on Bay Area streets. According to...

Sgt. James Witt is greeted by Iraqi merchant Saheb Abaes at the Oasis Market located on Contingency Operating Base Adder, recently. Photo by Sgt. Mark Miranda, 1st Armored Division. COB ADDER — Just a short bus trip from work and in a well-secured area here, U.S. Soldiers can be seen on any given day shopping and visiting the various vending booths in the Iraqi-based industrial zone (I-BIZ).I-BIZ locations are designated as secure areas on Coalition bases where a commercial business with a land use agreement through the Coalition can establish operations. The Coalition is actively supporting this program."We are here...

BAGHDAD — Joint Contracting Command-Iraq/Afghanistan (JCC-I/A) recently provided 40 prospective and current female Iraqi vendors with training dealing specifically with U.S. Government contracts here. The in-depth training was spearheaded by U.S. Army Lt. Col. Sandra Rodriguez-Brown from JCC-I/A’s Director of Business Development and Outreach Office. The training is offered twice a month in an attempt to reach as many women vendors as possible. The instruction covered preparation and submission of contracts in support of the Regional Contracting Centers located throughout Iraq. In addition, the Business Development and Outreach Program offers specialized training for vendors who are interested in expanding their...

CARACAS, Venezuela - Street vendors seem to encroach on every broken sidewalk, every open plaza, every grimy corner of downtown Caracas, most of them grinding out a living on the pavement for lack of a better option. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has cast himself as a defender of this poor underclass, upholding their right to work on the street while promising his leftist revolution will bring more dignified employment. Eight years into his rule, their existence has become an uncomfortable reminder that Chavez's policies — like those of his predecessors — have failed to create enough stable, productive jobs despite...

The vending machine industry would have to spend hundreds of millions of dollars so its machines could handle new currency that blind people could use if a new ruling on U.S. bills is enforced. U.S. District Judge James Robertson ruled Tuesday that the current bills discriminate against blind people. He ordered the Treasury Department to find a solution. "If the government is mandated to change U.S. currency, there would be a tremendous financial impact across a number of industries, including the automated vending industry," said Jim Brinton, a director of the National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA), a trade association of...

Pack up or die, street vendors told By Aqeel Hussein in Baghdad and Colin Freeman (Filed: 04/06/2006) As the purveyors of nothing spicier than the odd dash of hot chilli sauce, Baghdad's falafel vendors had never imagined their snacks might be deemed a threat to public morality. Now, though, their simple offerings of chickpeas fried in breadcrumbs have gone the same way as alcohol, pop music and foreign films - labelled theologically impure by the country's growing number of Islamic zealots. In a bizarre example of Iraq's creeping "Talibanisation", militants visited falafel vendors a fortnight ago, telling them to pack...

KABUL, Afghanistan, March 14, 2006 – Afghan vendors won 84 percent of contracts awarded by the U.S. military's regional contracting centers in February, up from 55 percent in October, military officials here reported. Their gains in contract values were even more impressive, to 81 percent in January from 31 percent in October, they added. Coalition officials attributed the gains to efforts emphasizing Afghan businesses, changes in contract solicitation language and efforts to educate Afghan vendors on how to compete for U.S. military contracts. Such contracts involve office furniture and supplies, construction materials and work, hauling, interpreting and other products and...

Black vendors outraged over Live 8 merchandising fees The city wants concession merchants to pay $750 to $1,500. Protesters said that price was too high. By Anthony S. Twyman Inquirer Staff Writer About 40 African American men blocked traffic around City Hall for an hour yesterday to protest what they say is the Street administration's refusal to reduce the fees the city is charging vendors to sell incense, shirts and other wares at the Live 8 benefit concert for Africa on Saturday. It was the third protest this month in which the African-American Chamber of Commerce and affiliated groups have...