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		<title>HP to trim staff by 8 percent companywide&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 22:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Carlson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard Co. will eliminate 27,000 jobs, or nearly 8 percent of its workforce, by the end of fiscal 2014, President and CEO Meg Whitman said during the company’s fiscal second quarter conference call with analysts May 23. The cuts will affect every part of HP, she said. Calls to HP’s Boise operation were not returned. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social media privacy bill advances in California&#160;</title>
		<link>http://idahobusinessreview.com/2012/05/23/social-media-privacy-bill-advances-in-california/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 21:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employers would be prohibited from asking employees and job applicants for their Facebook passwords under a bill in the California legislature. Assemblywoman Nora Campos, D-San Jose, introduced the bill in February. “I am proud to have received this overwhelming show of support for the protection of our privacy rights,” said Campos in a statement. “I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AAA: Holiday travel to inch up despite gas prices&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 18:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Carlson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Memorial Day weekend travel is expected to increase by 1.4 percent in Idaho from last year including a 1.6 percent rise in automobile trips, AAA Idaho reported. The organization said it expects nearly 167,000 Idahoans to drive or ride in vehicles more than 50 miles from home during the May 24-28 holiday period despite gas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fourteen stolen bikes worth $120K are found</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 18:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boise’s mayor said May 23 that police recovered all 14 racing bicycles stolen by thieves who raided the trailer of a professional cycling team that is trying to get its top rider to the London Olympics. Mayor Dave Bieter said the bicycles appear to be in good shape. A police department spokesman says the bicycles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United Pipe closure sends workers to competitors&#160;</title>
		<link>http://idahobusinessreview.com/2012/05/23/united-pipe-closure-sends-workers-to-competitors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 18:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Carlson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Water infrastructure company United Pipe &#38; Supply closed recently at 11420 W. Executive Drive in Boise. But H.D. Fowler Co., a competitor with many former United employees, is growing and plans a new Meridian office and warehouse building next year. The United chain closed in April.  The company said on its website that it is closing all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP, news groups sue Idaho over execution access</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 14:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Associated Press and 16 other organizations sued the state of Idaho May 22 to force officials to let witnesses watch executions from start to finish, arguing that the media has a First Amendment right to view all steps of a lethal injection execution. The group asked a U.S. District Court judge to require the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Ecology expands with Midwest acquisition&#160;</title>
		<link>http://idahobusinessreview.com/2012/05/22/u-s-ecology-expands-with-midwest-acquisition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 23:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Carlson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boise-based U.S. Ecology Inc. is growing by acquisition again. The company on May 21 announced it entered an agreement with PVS Chemicals Inc. to buy all stock of PVS subsidiary Dynecol Inc., in Detroit. U.S Ecology will pay $11.25 million using borrowings from an existing credit agreement. The sale is expected to conclude by June [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hoku lays off 100 in Pocatello, construction schedule uncertain&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 22:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Iverson-Long</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hoku Materials Inc. laid off 100 workers May 22 at its dormant polysilicon plant in Pocatello. The plant now has approximately 30 workers, down from a high of 600 at the construction site. Hoku Materials, a subsidiary of Hawaii-based Hoku Corp., has been building the plant that makes materials for solar panels since 2007. All [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Briefs</title>
		<link>http://idahobusinessreview.com/2012/05/22/business-briefs-141/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 17:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IBR Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ValleyRide buses will get higher tech tracking Valley Regional Transit will add new equipment that will make it easier to track where its buses are in real time. The Treasure Valley public transit agency plans on installing global positioning system and automatic vehicle location systems on its ValleyRide busses for its Boise and Nampa/Caldwell fixed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. sales of previously occupied homes rose in April</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 17:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Americans bought more previously owned homes in April, a hopeful sign that the weak housing market is gradually improving. The National Association of Realtors said May 22 that home sales rose 3.4 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.62 million. Home sales have rebounded after falling in March and are near [...]]]></description>
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