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Show r v PAGE 6 BUSINESS EDITOR I Grace Leong 344-291- 0 EXCHANGING Local Industiy Silver NEWS & NOTRS Per ounce $11,754 -- $0,002 29. 2007 AUGUST WEDNESDAY. gteongOheraMextra.com THE DOLLAR Yen Eure Pound Canadian dollar Mexican peso 114.56 $13634 116.13 12.0072 $2.0129 1.0530 $13653 10628 11.1210 . 110408 Retail AlbertsoM to dump tram fat from delis Albertsons, a Boise, Idaho, grocery store chain wMh 46 store in Uah include ing seven In Utah County, will xwkch to using trans canola oil at 8s store delli nationwide. ; oO and reduced saturated fat . The switch to canola frying oil will be made by Labor Day. Signage informing customers of this change will be displayed at Afrertsons deli counters, which prepare a variety of fried products including fried chicken. The transition to canola cooking ofl is part of the company's Premium Fresh & Healthy initiative, which offers natural . fat-fre- . . . Grace Leong to the underbuik and largely rural community. FiberTEK Insulation LLC is A Tampa, Fla. based fiber-building a new 300,000aquare- glass insulation maker b hiring foot distribution plant in Nephi ' 99 workers for a $32 million . to aerve the residential, Indus- a trial and commercial build- production plant in Nephi move state officials hope will ing industry in the Western United States. The company help bring better-payin- g jobs daily herald and organic products and international foods. . Afcertsons has two stores in ProVo, two stores in Orem, and one store each in Lehi, American Fork and Spanish Fork. . -- Nutraceuticals . IP. warehouse A Lehi nutritional supplements maker opened a new warehouse in Yeung Living Essential Oils opens ' helping the state beat out competit ion from Arizona, Idaho and Nevada. The incentives include a $L25 million Industrial Ass- tance Fund grant, which will be awarded to FiberTEK once See . B5 FIBERGLASS, . Spanish Fork earlier this month. The new 107,000quare-foo- t warehouse at 142 E 3450 North in Spanish Fork is hiring up to 85 workers in areas in-- .. eluding production, shipping, inventory, fork lifting and nude- rial coordination. The warehouse will be used for testing andbotthng essential oils and also for storage and distribution, and has up to 250,000 square feet of additional space for future needs. Ron Harris, Young Living's vice president of operations, said the warehouse can accommodate the company's growth for the next five years. The ccxnpany has offices in the United Kingdom, Japan and Australia, and farms in Mona, France and Ecuador. . already serves its clients in the East Cbast through a 275,000- square-foo- t plant near Tampa. A $4 million economic inceix tive package offered by the Governors Office of Economic Development sweetened the. deal far FiberTEK to locate its West Coast plant in Utah . National briefing Earthlink to cut half its work force ATLANTA Internet service provider Earthlink Inc, said or about half its work Tuesday that k would cut 900 jobs force and close four offices in an effort to reduce operating costs. Earthlink shares climbed 7 percent on the news. ' The moves come as the com-- . pany continues struggling to ; generate revenues as dial-u- p access customers turn to high-spradaltanatives from cable . and phone companies. More actions could be announced by the year's end but no more cuts are expected, said Rofla F. Huff, the Atlanta-base- d companys president and chief executive-- . As part of the plan, Earthlink also said k will repurchase $200 million of ks stock.. . . EarfhLtnCt Home Depot announces sale ; ' The Home Depot Inc. said Tuesday k has ATLANTA ' agreed to sell ks wholesale distribution business to private ; equity groups for $8.5 billion about $13 billion less than Y.' DALLAS Whole Foods Market Inc. said Tuesday k has lined up financing to complete its $565 million purchase of rival organic and natural foods grocer Wild Oats Markets Inc., battle against federal regulators who tried ending a to block the deal on antitrust grounds. The company said it took out s fiveyear, $700 million loan to fund the deal, which also includes the assumption of $137 . million in Wild Oats debt. The fight to buy Wild Oats was bruising, and both Mackey and the FTC emerged from the fight with black eyes, accordV: ing to former FTC officials and analysts. Stocks of Local interest . performme COMMMV SYM A YMcfday ' ALCOA of fetafod puMdy Uadad compantat LASTOUMf COMPANY NATO NATURES NETM NtMmgt.fc. 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AC ASSET LAST 1250 4.11 1X5 414 ASSOWIBKYMCNEV - SYM ric Quint stumbled into his career as a childproofer six years ago when a JL-J cousin showed him all the precautions hed installed to keep his baby safe. Quint was impressed with the work until his cousin mentioned how much it cost. I could do the job way better and for less money, Quint said he thought at the time. I knew I had the ability H th . at a Roseville, Calif., home this month, Darrell Smith McClatchy Newspapers Whole Foods secures financing : Installs a child aafety gate a new career originally agreed. The announcement comes after several days of intense negotiations to preserve the deal, even at a lower price. The sale price as announced in JUne was $103 bOlion. But tightening credit conditions and s rocky housing market led to renegotiation. As part of the amended terms, Home Depot will purchase a 123 percent equity interest in the whole business for $325 million and win guarantee a $1 billion senior secured loan of HD Supply, a business that serves construction contractors. The sale is scheduled to take place on Thursday. " Erie Qubit 43 SX2 442 407 Bonneville paid an annua fee Post for access to ks. oh caffeine but the station failed to catch on with listen- WASHINGTON ere. During the recent Washing- - journalists and for the use of ' well as The Tony Komheiser ratings period, WTWPspring ton Rost Radio, station that the newspapers name. The finished Rost had no direct financial in- - Show," Bonneville announced, tied for 18th place in the Wish- featured hvdepth discussions . 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