http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/?cxntfid=blogs_mikes_marketplace Waco Tribune-Herald business editor Mike Copeland talks about business issues large and small, and will pass along advice on spending and saving. A Waco native who attended Baylor University, Mike joined the Waco Trib in 1978 and began covering business in 1992. He's a four-time winner of the Best of Cox award for business coverage in Cox's community newspaper division. If you you use an RSS reader, here is the feed for Mike's Marketplace: XML. en-us mcopeland@wacotrib.com 2009-11-10T11:39:56-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Waco Tribune-Herald business editor Mike Copeland talks about business issues large and small, and will pass along advice on spending and saving. A Waco native who attended Baylor University, Mike joined the Waco Trib in 1978 and began covering business in 1992. He's a four-time winner of the Best of Cox award for business coverage in Cox's community newspaper division. If you you use an RSS reader, here is the feed for Mike's Marketplace: XML. Santa Claus is looking forward to the time-honored traditions of visiting with children at Richland Mall and receiving letters at the North Pole, but he also is giving his communications a high-tech update. Richland Mall’s holiday Web site home page,... http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/entries/2009/11/10/hightech_santa.html?cxntfid=blogs_mikes_marketplace Santa Claus is looking forward to the time-honored traditions of visiting with children at Richland Mall and receiving letters at the North Pole, but he also is giving his communications a high-tech update. Richland Mall’s holiday Web site home page,... 15646603@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/ 2009-11-10T11:39:56-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/entries/2009/11/10/quality_inn_no_1.html?cxntfid=blogs_mikes_marketplace 15646103@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/ 2009-11-10T11:09:44-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/entries/2009/11/10/top_business_states.html?cxntfid=blogs_mikes_marketplace Site Selection magazine has named North Carolina the state with the Top Business Climate for 2009. Texas placed second this year. As revelaed in the November 2009 issue of the magazine, research based in part on a survey of corporate... 15645303@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/ 2009-11-10T10:46:02-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/entries/2009/11/10/gift_of_food.html?cxntfid=blogs_mikes_marketplace Richland Mall is teaming up with Santa and his elves during November and December to collect food and financial donations for Waco’s neediest families. The mall is joining more than 80 CBL properties across the country to collect non-perishable food... 15645103@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/ 2009-11-10T10:30:26-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/entries/2009/11/10/bankshonored.html?cxntfid=blogs_mikes_marketplace Four local banks will be recognized today for their efforts to help pay the legal bills of low-income Texans. The Texas Access to Justice Foundation will honor BBVA Compass, Fidelity Bank of Texas, First National Bank of Bosque County and... 15644203@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/ 2009-11-10T09:50:32-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/entries/2009/11/10/blankers_for_critters.html?cxntfid=blogs_mikes_marketplace Poppa Rollo’s Pizza, 703 N. Valley Mills Drive, is offering a free appetizer with the purchase of a medium pizza to anyone who brings in a new or used blanket for use at Fuzzy Friends Rescue or the Waco Humane... 15644003@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/ 2009-11-10T09:35:19-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/entries/2009/11/10/heb_donations.html?cxntfid=blogs_mikes_marketplace H-E-B, the grocery chain, has donated $50,000 to the Association of the United States Army and has launched a tear-pad campaign in stores to benefit the organization in response to the tragedy at Fort Hood. All monies will benefit the... 15643603@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/ 2009-11-10T09:23:53-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/entries/2009/09/28/chamber_award.html?cxntfid=blogs_mikes_marketplace The Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce’s new $4.3 million headquarters has earned a LEED certification at the gold level, and the designation is generating national attention for the economic and community development organization and for Waco. The chamber’s building is... 14990503@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/ 2009-09-28T15:44:37-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/entries/2009/09/28/baylor_helps.html?cxntfid=blogs_mikes_marketplace As part of its commitment to students’ career development, Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business announced that it now provides personal career coaching services to MBA candidates in its Executive MBA programs, which are located in Dallas and Austin. “The... 14989403@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/ 2009-09-28T15:21:26-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/entries/2009/08/26/tax_notes.html?cxntfid=blogs_mikes_marketplace The state of Texas sold $5.5 billion in Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes for a record-low interest rate of 0.48 percent, Texas Comptroller Susan Combs announced. That means Texas will have to pay only 0.48 percent interest on the short-term... 14491203@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/ 2009-08-26T14:23:18-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/entries/2009/08/26/employers_update.html?cxntfid=blogs_mikes_marketplace The Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce is updating its list of major employers. It invites McLennan County companies with more than 45 employees to complete a brief survey by Sept. 10. To ask questions, call Alexis Weaver, the chamber’s research... 14486003@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/ 2009-08-26T10:22:32-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/entries/2009/08/26/shifting_paradigms.html?cxntfid=blogs_mikes_marketplace A seminar for business peopled titled “Shifting Paradigms: New Realities, New Rules, New Resources” is scheduled Thursday through Saturday in the Waco Convention Center, 100 Washington Ave. in downtown Waco. Business contacts, franchisors, exhibitors and presenters will be featured at... 14485203@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/ 2009-08-26T09:54:10-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/entries/2009/08/19/marketing_manager.html?cxntfid=blogs_mikes_marketplace Trish Clement has been named the new medical marketing manager for Waco-based Spenco Medical Corp., the company announces. In her new position, she will oversee all marketing and branding efforts related to Spenco’s medical segment. She also will work with... 14378103@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/ 2009-08-19T10:47:52-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/entries/2009/08/14/stevens_promoted.html?cxntfid=blogs_mikes_marketplace Carolyn Stevens has been promoted to assistant vice president and accounting department manager for American Bank in Waco. She began working with new accounts at American Bank in 2000 and transferred to the bank’s accounting department in 2002. She became... 14308303@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/ 2009-08-14T09:31:00-06:00 http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/entries/2009/08/03/allstate_award.html?cxntfid=blogs_mikes_marketplace Allstate Insurance has recognized Waco agency owner Doug Buchanan with the Regional Champions award for high standards in customer satisfaction, custome retention and profitable business growth. The Doug Buchanan Insurance Agency is now one of the top Allstate agencies in... 14134503@http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/communities/Mikes_Marketplace/ 2009-08-03T16:53:43-06:00