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Does kids’ fun beat recession? O.C. couple hope so
Mortgage banking is one of those down-in-the-dumps industries, so Tim Kosmos of Laguna Hills has baled after 21 years as a mortgage banker and turned to…. Fun. Tim and wife Karen bought a BounceU...
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Can you make money giving away your skill?
This recession has business owners trying some drastic measures, but flower shop owners Christine Saunders and Dawn Hansen have made news by combining their efforts. Dawn Hansen, left, and Christine...
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Fastest growing U.S. firms: O.C. has 15
Fifteen Orange County companies are on Inc. magazine’s 2009 list of the 500 fastest- growing, privately-owned U.S. businesses, which was released today. National Retirement Partners in San Juan...
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Firm puts free-range beef, kiwi in school lunchs
Children’s Choice in Danville has opened a Huntington Beach kitchen to make lunches for schools in Southern California. The company’s menu includes hamburgers from free-range beef, pasta primavera,...
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O.C. home electronics firm sells off Swiss unit
BridgeCo Inc., a Huntington Beach company that provides networked entertainment systems, has spun off its Swiss operations so that it can focus on the consumer electronics market. The new entity will...
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Cold? This entrepreneur offers warm solutions
Huntington Beach entrepreneur Eddie Chen hopes to make cool cash from keeping people warm. Orange County never really gets THAT cold, but we do go cold places to hike and ski and it does get pretty...
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2 more ‘Spirited’ O.C. business owners
Voting for the Orange County Register Holiday Spirit Award is always, dare we say, spirited. You’ve already read about Betsy Perry, owner of Cameron Welding Supply in Stanton, who received the most...
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Cancer detection test gets FDA clearance
A locally produced test for breast cancer recurrence has received broad federal approval for use on more patients. The MammaPrint test, the only FDA-cleared test for breast cancer recurrence, is made...
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What will ‘wonder veggie’ do next?
Seapoint Farms in Huntington Beach is in the enviable position of being the dominant player — 47% market share — in its niche. Not bad for a company that has 15 employees. (It also has 29 food brokers...
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Recession helps O.C. bookstore to boom
Catholic Books and Gifts has moved into a store twice the size of its Huntington Beach home of 16 years. And the recession gets some of the credit. “People pray more when times are hard,” says Joanne...
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