The Times West Virginian

UK’s bailed-out banks forced into overhaul
News that Britain’s bailed-out banks may have to sell more of their businesses in return for being rescued jangled market nerves Monday, with Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group and the wider financial sector facing a crucial week in the road to recovery.
Stocks surge on manufacturing, housing data
Stocks are snapping back from Friday’s big losses as stronger-than-expected reports on manufacturing and housing allay concerns that the economy’s recovery won’t last.
Congressional delegation wary about ‘cap and trade’
The federal government is flirting with the idea of taming carbon emissions through “cap and trade” legislation, though opponents deride this initiative as nothing more than a “cap and tax” plan that does more harm than good.
A cap and trade program would set a limit or cap on the amount of a pollutant that can be emitted.
Adams Office Supply keeps up with the times
When Harvey Havlichek started working at Adams Office Supply in 1967, the store sold four different styles of chairs and two different styles of desks.
“Today I probably have 300 different chairs that I can offer a customer,” said Havlichek, who bought the business in 1976 from then-owner Jack Wade.
Red Rooster, This & That: Focus on bargains
When Karen Baldwin attends an estate sale or an auction, she can be on the lookout for items for two different shops that she owns with her two daughters.
Baldwin and her daughter Shelly Storms own the Red Rooster, where they sell antiques and country items. Then, with her daughter Tracy Young, Baldwin owns This & That, a thrift store that offers clothes for free and other items for low prices.
U.S. Small Business Administration is looking for potential award winners
The dates for the 2010 National Small Business Week are set, and the U.S. Small Business Administration is looking for potential award winners.
Every year, the president designates one week to recognize the contribution that small businesses make to the national economy, said Rick Haney, public information officer for the SBA’s West Virginia District Office in Clarksburg.
The Fashion Scene offers ‘little bit of everything’
The Fashion Scene always sends its customers out looking their best for the particular occasion, Carol Potesta Mader said.
Carol owns the shop with her mother Rina Potesta, who opened the business in 1980 across the street from the present location. The Fashion Scene, stationed at 208 Adams St., will celebrate 30 years in business in February 2010.
‘Something’s always going on’ at Winston’s
Winston’s Bar & Grill, which is under new ownership, is “a place where something’s always going on.”
Todd Judy runs the business with his fiancée, Becky Dunlap, and his brother, Tyson Judy. The venue is located off Exit 133 — Kingmont Road — of I-79 at 2204 Pleasant Valley Road.
Oil rises above $72 ahead of US company results
Oil prices rose above $72 a barrel Monday in Asia as investors looked to a slew of U.S. corporate earnings reports this week for signs of economic recovery.

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