WASHINGTON, March 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Consumer attitudes toward the economy and housing continue to diverge this winter, according to Fannie Mae’s February 2013 National Housing Survey results. On the one hand, consumers continue to express strong positive attitudes toward housing. On the other hand, sentiment about the economy and household finances is stalled. Average 12-month home price expectations and [...]

FRESNO – On average, more than 10,000 gallons of water is wasted per household and 1 trillion gallons nationwide due to running toilets, dripping faucets and other minor household leaks. To help curtail this waste, the City of Fresno, along with other members of the Central Valley Water Awareness Committee, joins the U.S. Environmental Protection [...]

OAKHURST – The world-renowned Château du Sureau was recently awarded the coveted five-star rating from Forbes, continuing a 17-year streak of earning the lofty rating. “We are delighted to be one of 11, 5-Star properties in California, it is truly a privilege to have received this award for the 17th consecutive year,” said Erna Kubin-Clanin, [...]

MENLO PARK, Calif., March 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Are there “net” gains from celebrating March Madness at work? OfficeTeam recently asked more than 1,000 managers whether NCAA basketball tournament festivities in the office, such as watching game highlights or engaging in friendly competitions, affect morale and productivity. One in five (20 percent) of those surveyed felt activities tied to the college basketball [...]

  FRESNO – Mark your calendars:  next year, the Fresno Food Expo will be held on July 24 rather than in March, as it has been in previous years. The date change was made to accommodate the 2,500-plus fresh produce growers and packers in the San Joaquin Valley that accounted for nearly $106 billion in [...]

FRESNO – John E. Horstmann received the 2013 Leon S. Peters Award Tuesday afternoon at the Fresno Convention and Entertainment Center during the Fresno Chamber of Commerce’s 34th annual Valley Business Awards Luncheon. Horstmann was named the recipient for his accomplishments and personal and public service.  He said before the luncheon that having his family [...]

PITTSBURGH, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – A seven-year Carnegie Mellon University study of Facebook has found evidence of three contrasting trends in the amount of information Facebook users disclosed over time: decreasing public disclosures; abrupt changes in disclosure due to interface and policy changes; and increasing private disclosures. The 2005-2011 study, which appears in The Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality and [...]

FRESNO – In honor of the contributions Fresno State President Dr. John D. Welty made to Central California, funds are being raised to name the Central Valley Educational Leadership Institute (CVELI) the John Welty Center for Educational Policy and Leadership. Established in 2002 under the leadership of President Welty, CVELI is focused on eliminating the achievement [...]

Amy Guerra is a Central Valley native, and graduated from Kingsburg High School in 1997 and then took classes at California State University, Fresno.  She first majored in English, and then made the switch to cultural anthropology.  Guerra has also been involved in AmeriCorps VISTA under the Fresno West Coalition for Economic Development, where the [...]

PALO ALTO, Calif., March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – As tax identity theft impacts more and more consumers, a new survey from TrustedID —the nation’s most comprehensive identity protection and privacy service—indicates that more than half of consumers believe that the IRS is 100% responsible for ensuring that no one can file a return in their name [...]

CLOVIS – Business Street Online will hold a live video streaming video webcast from the Clovis Advantage Trade Show on Tuesday from 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. at the Clovis Veterans Memorial Building in Clovis. The webcast, streamed live on www.BusinessStreetOnline.com, will feature interviews with some of the several dozen exhibitors that have booth spaces [...]

Elena Stefanopoulos is originally from Greece, but moved with her family to the area when she was an infant.  She was involved in sports during her years at San Joaquin Memorial High School, and later graduated from California State University, Fresno in 1998 with a degree in history.  Shortly after, Stefanopoulos joined her family’s business, [...]

FRESNO – This year’s Fresno Food Expo will have a great new addition in the Inaugural San Joaquin Valley New Product Awards, where the winning company will not only have bragging rights but also a spotlight on them in front of the attending buyers during the Expo. “It’s an element that we added to the [...]

WASHINGTON, March. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Top chief executives are more optimistic about prospects for the global economy than they are for the U.S. economy, according to The Business Council Survey of CEOs announced today in collaboration with The Conference Board. Nearly three quarters of CEOs surveyed expect global growth in 2013 will keep pace with 2012 [...]

CHICAGO, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — More people may be spending their “Golden Years” at the office.  A new study from CareerBuilder shows that retirement no longer means the end of one’s career.  Sixty percent of workers age 60-plus surveyed said they would look for a new job after retiring from their current company, up from 57 [...]

FRESNO – The Lyles Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Fresno City College have partnered to bring two of the nation’s top entrepreneurs to the 2013 Central California Young Entrepreneurs Conference on March 6, 2013 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center. The sold-out conference is free to all [...]

Steve Carter spent most of his life in Little Rock, Arkansas and following high school he attended Henderson State University in southern Arkansas on a football and academic scholarship.  He finished school in 2005, and achieved a degree in marketing with a minor in history. Upon graduation, Carter worked for IT Consulting in Washington, D.C. [...]

FRESNO – The Fresno Fuego and Little Caesars have announced the renewal of their partnership for the Fuego’s upcoming 2013 season. Little Caesars’ sponsorship includes inclusion of the company’s logo on Fuego jerseys as well as sponsorship of the Fuego’s youth summer camp. Little Caesars has been a partner with the Fuego since 2008. “Little [...]

NEW YORK, Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Over the past few months the stock market has soared, with the Dow Jones Index hitting some of the best numbers in over five years. But housing stats have been up and down and consumer confidence has also been shaky. Add to this mix the impending sequester and spending cuts, and there [...]

NEW YORK, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Only 55% of Americans have more emergency savings than credit card debt, according to research published today by Bankrate.com (NYSE: RATE). Last year, Bankrate found that 54% of Americans had more emergency savings than credit card debt; the figure was 52% in 2011. “Consumers may be deleveraging, but the [...]