Archive for February 17th, 2014

President Obama lands in Fresno, announces drought aid package

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FRESNO — President Obama flew into the San Joaquin Valley on Friday to discuss California’s historic drought, open the federal government’s checkbook and make tens of millions of dollars in aid available to struggling farmers and communities. Obama, whose plane touched down at Fresno Yosemite International Airport at 2:40 p.m., came bearing a $183 million [...]

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47th Annual World Ag Expo Closes

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TULARE – World Ag Expo closed its 47th annual show last week after three days of big crowds, warm weather and new innovations. More than 50 countries were represented at this year’s Expo, which boasts 2.6 million square feet of exhibit space on 260 acres of show grounds.  With 1,500 exhibitors and 100,000 attendees, World [...]

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Rentrak Announces Top 10 Digital Movie Purchases & Rentals for 2013

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PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – Rentrak (NASDAQ: RENT), the leader in precisely measuring movies and TV everywhere, today announced the top ten digital movie purchases and rentals of the year based on consumer transaction rate. The report includes Internet Video on Demand (iVOD) and Electronic Sell-Through (EST), for both Standard-Definition and Digital HD movie purchases and [...]

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