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KERN BUSINESS JOURNAL
  1. Business groups criticize bill to penalize employers whose workers go on Medi-Cal

    Tuesday, Jun 18 2013 04:37 PM

    Local business advocacy groups came together in a rare joint news conference Tuesday to declare their opposition to a state bill that would penalize large employers whose workers enroll in Medi-Cal.

    Kern County business and political leaders called Assembly Bill 880, authored by Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, an unfair "double tax" that would disproportionately burden agricultural operations, thereby limiting...

  2. 'First Look': Local real estate market shifting

    Tuesday, Jun 18 2013 12:14 PM

    The Bakersfield residential real estate market continues to change, the founders of Majestic Properties said Tuesday on "First Look with Scott Cox."

  3. Innovative energy storage project tested near Tehachapi

    Monday, Jun 17 2013 04:57 PM

    Century-old railroad technology is mixing with green-style innovation at an energy storage project now being tested in the heart of Kern County's wind power region.

  4. Walmart proposes new store in Lamont

    Thursday, Jun 13 2013 06:24 PM

    Walmart Stores Inc. proposes to build a new store in Lamont that would anchor a 20-acre shopping center on what is now farmland.

Strictly Business

  1. HOLLY CULHANE: National gun control debate spills into workplace

    Monday, Jun 17 2013 08:00 PM

    It's not surprising that the debate over gun control that is roiling across the nation is spilling into the workplace.

  2. ROBIN PAGGI: Protect employees' health information

  3. STEVEN VAN METRE: Don't jump off the retirement cliff; practice instead

  4. ROBIN PAGGI: Employers, define what professionalism means to you

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Real Estate News

  1. 'First Look': Local real estate market shifting

    Tuesday, Jun 18 2013 12:14 PM

    The Bakersfield residential real estate market continues to change, the founders of Majestic Properties said Tuesday on "First Look with Scott Cox."

  2. Couple pleads guilty in federal mortgage fraud case

  3. Deal expected to help Realtors, their customers

  4. Inventory rises but home market continues recovery

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People in Business

  1. PEOPLE IN BUSINESS: JIM DARLING

    Tuesday, Jun 18 2013 12:10 PM

    JIM DARLING has been named Nelligan Sports Marketing General Manager of the Year, 2012-13. Darling manages the implementation and execution of corporate sponsorships at Cal State Bakersfield...

  2. PEOPLE IN BUSINESS: BRANDIE GASPER

  3. PEOPLE IN BUSINESS: DAVID K. COHN

  4. PEOPLE IN BUSINESS: MATTHEW C. CLARK

  5. PEOPLE IN BUSINESS: IRMA CERVANTES

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