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- Big Yellow wins right to be REIT.(Finance–News)
- Business briefs
- Pet food maker to pay for vet bills

Big Yellow wins right to be REIT.(Finance–News)
Free with registration – Property Week – AccessMyLibrary.com – Mar 23, 2007
(Finance–News) –> COPYRIGHT 2007 CMP Information Ltd. SELF-STORAGE COMPANY BIG YELLOW will become a REIT after winning its battle with Revenue and Customs about the classification of its income. Big Yellow said last Friday that the Revenue had withdrawn its objection to the company becoming a REIT, and that it would convert backdated to 15 January.

Business briefs
New Bern Sun Journal – Mar 23, 2007
Bob Forsythe, the former manager of the Neuse Boulevard site, will be the facility manager for the new location. Real estate office honors top agentsNew Bern Real Estate has named its top agents for the month of February. Alice Quidley was named tops in listings, while Johnnie Bunting was named top agent in sales. TRW Marketing wins ADDY awardsTRW Marketing Solutions recently took home six ADDY Awards for entries in radio, television and outdoor design advertising. Members of the winning team included producers Mark Crews and John Peace, graphic designer Dottie Rizzo and creative director Lori McIlwain.

Pet food maker to pay for vet bills
USA Today – Mar 23, 2007
Reports of sickened animals led to the March 16 recall of 60 million cans and pouches of pet food produced by Menu Foods and sold throughout North America under 95 brand names. After Friday’s announcement, the company that produced the food advised retailers to remove all brands from their shelves, a company spokesman said, though the recall still applies only to the dog and cat foods identified on its website from the March 16 recall. Those cover cans and pouches of food packaged from Dec. “The recall has not been expanded,” Menu spokesman Sam Bornstein said Saturday. They were getting media reports that recalled items were still on store shelves along with others, and it would take too much time for retailers to sort through all the dates on containers, he said…
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