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Former Cold Stone Creamery CEO Doug Ducey is cruising to victory in the Republican primary for State Treasurer.
As of roughly 9:15 p.m. Tuesday night, Ducey had 42 percent of the vote in the GOP field. He leads former state lawmakers Barbara Leff and Thayer Verschoor easy to get unsecured personal loans.
Ducey touted his business experience […]

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Economist and 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus is scheduled to speak at Agnes Scott College Wednesday night.

The author, banker and economics professor from Bangladesh is expected to discuss his new book, “Building Social Business.” The event, which is open to the public, is scheduled to take place at 8:15 p.m. in Presser Hall. […]

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The Portland Timbers are expected on Tuesday to name John Spencer head coach for the team's inaugural season of Major League Soccer, according to a report in The Oregonian.
The Business Journal reported last December that Spencer was the leading candidate for the job.
The team starts MLS play next year.
Spencer, a 39-year-old native of Glasgow, Scotland, […]

MobileIron has completed a $16 million Series C round of financing led by Paul Holland, general partner with Foundation Capital.
Menlo Park-based Foundation Capital joined existing investors Norwest Venture Partners, which has an office in Palo Alto, and Sequoia Capital and Storm Ventures, both of Menlo Park, in the financing.
Mountain View-based MobileIron makes software that manages […]

The state of California’s attempt to sell of EdFund has been disallowed by federal officials.
For years the state has sought to sell EdFund, the student loan servicing auxiliary of the California Student Aid Commission, as part of a way to raise money to bridge the state’s perennial budget problems.
In fiscal 2008-09, EdFund processed $10.3 billion […]

Juwi Group, a German developer of renewable-energy projects, is moving the headquarters of its U.S. wind business from Ohio to Boulder, Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter announced Monday.
The company’s U.S. solar division, Juwi Solar Inc., already is headquartered in Boulder and employs some 30 people there. The new Boulder headquarters of Juwi Wind U.S. Corp., which […]

In the latest sign of renewed turbulence in the housing market, an industry group said Thursday that sales of existing homes fell 5.1% in June.
The National Association of Realtors reported that existing home sales fell last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.37 million units, down from 5.66 million in May. Sales […]

Austin game developer Heatwave Interactive Inc. unveiled Tuesday a Myspace version of its popular hip-hop social media game.
The "Platinum Life: Web Edition," which was also revamped for Facebook, allows players to create a music persona and maneuver through a career on a quest to reach the top of the industry. Likenesses include recognized artists such […]

Hewlett-Packard Co.'s HP Enterprise Services has signed a Continuity of Services Contract with the U.S. Department of the Navy worth more than $3.4 billion if all options are exercised, HP has announced.
The initial award to the unit, which is based in Herndon, Va., is $27 million, the Department of Defense said in its online contract […]

The Metropolitan Transit Authority plans to purchase the shuttered Peterbilt Motors Co. site in Madison in order to replace operations on Nestor Street that suffered $10 million in flood damage. The 66-acre site includes a 400,000-square-foot plant.
Authority CEO Paul Ballard said Seattle-based Paccar, Peterbilt’s parent company, has requested $21 million for the property, but that […]