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Your small business might be a guppy in a sea of killer whales but there are ways to at least appear to be a killer whale.

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What is the economic impact of the Kern County Fair on your business?

Some years are hard. when the fair comes to town, I could start sending employees home. It really slows down. Not as bad as past years, but it does slow down. Greg Fortes - D&R Automotive

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Tough economy: Gas prices prompt shoppers to stay closer to home When Nick Thomasy lived in Fresno with his parents, he’d drive anywhere from the Bay Area to Los Angeles to shop.

Kern foreclosures top 900 in July

Mojave Desert Bank posts midyear results

New commercial project, maps for homes up for commission OK

Median home prices slip to July 2004 levels

Leather Town closing Valley Plaza store

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Acme Packet cuts full-year 2008 guidance

Even computer security pros vulnerable to scams

Acme Packet posts lower 2Q profit

New US cyber defense coordinator hints at plans

Vonage's subscriber growth grinds to a halt

Lenovo says quarterly profits up 65 percent

Hackers target Google Gadgets

Major Internet security flaw also affects e-mail

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Financial and Business Associated Press

Hackers target Google Gadgets One of the biggest problems with the so-called Web 2.0 movement has been its encouragement of oversharing - which often means underestimating security risks. Adding doodads of varying quality to a home page can add a lot of pizazz, but can also be fraught with danger, since they can open a door for hackers.