Stacy Mitchell, author of "The Big-Box Swindle: The True Cost of Mega-Retailers and the Fight for America's Independent Businesses," will discuss the effects of large retailers at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Gore Business School Auditorium at Westminster College.
The event is being sponsored by Local First Utah and The King's English Bookshop. The presentation occurs during Buy Local First Week, which is this week.
Consumer confidence
A better hiring outlook and lower gas prices pushed a measure of U.S. consumer confidence to its highest level in four and a half years.
5th iPhone app
Clayton Ward, a 10th-grader from West Jordan,has created five apps for the Apple operating systems.
poorer people charitable
A 2009 study showed the poor give a higher percentage of their income to charity than rich people.
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