Second hand becomes first choice for parents
Audra Coble and other price conscious parents increasingly buy used baby clothes and furniture from consignments, swap sales, and online auctions like eBay. High end brands, off season sales, and resales reduce costs while stigma fades, with families in California and beyond embracing preowned items for quality and value.
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Marie Chantal
Baby CZ
Coble
eBay Inc
Florence, S.C
Ron Shaheen
ConsignKidz
Ann Demange
San Diego
Duke Energy to settle claims overcharged in California crisis
Duke Energy Corp will take a 104.9 million second quarter charge to help fund a 207.5 million settlement of claims it overcharged for wholesale electricity during the California energy crisis of 2000 01. The company will release results on July 29 and says the rest comes from a 102.6 million reserve and offsets. The settlement involves federal regulators and the states of Washington and Oregon plus California's three largest utilities.
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California
Stocks mixed as Intel earnings temper optimism
Wall Street drifted to a narrowly mixed close as Johnson & Johnson and several banks posted solid results while Intel’s earnings met expectations but sales undercut prior outlooks. Investors weighed weak growth prospects, a narrowing trade gap, and political and policy risks in a cautious market.
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Johnson & Johnson
Intel Corp
Intel
Merrill Lynch & Co
Doug Sandler
Wachovia Securities
Standard
Commerce Department
Hugh Johnson
First Albany Corp
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