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Doc Burnstein’s to open ice cream shop at former Coldstone spot in SLO

After 10 years in business, Doc Burnstein’s Ice Cream Lab is opening a third location at 860 Higuera Street in San Luis Obispo, which formerly housed Coldstone Creamery.

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TECHNOLOGY

Seamless and GrubHub to combine, no terms revealed

Seamless North America and GrubHub on Monday announced plans to combine and create an online food ordering service covering more than 20,000 restaurants in 500 cities across the U.S.

16 minutes ago
NATIONAL BUSINESS

Stocks open slightly lower on Wall Street

Stocks are opening slightly lower on Wall Street as the stock market comes off of four straight weeks of gains.

31 minutes ago
TECHNOLOGY

Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr

Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times.

2 hours ago
NATIONAL BUSINESS

Chesapeake names Anadarko executive as new CEO

Chesapeake Energy has named Anadarko Petroleum executive Robert Douglas Lawler as its new CEO.

3 hours ago
PERSONAL FINANCE

Boomers' financial outlook darkens as retirement nears

The Great Recession saw unemployment rates double and the housing bust that proved far stronger and lasted much longer than anyone had expected. Through it all, retirement savings plans took a major hit.
PERSONAL FINANCE

Kids and Money: University takes on tuition inflation

In the quest to make college education more affordable, the University of Dayton, Ohio, has made a loud statement.
PERSONAL FINANCE

Investors flexing muscles over executive pay

More investors are getting serious about deflating corporate chiefs' ballooning pay.
PERSONAL FINANCE

Q&A: Vanguard founder sees retirement system as broken, but curable

Few American business leaders are as connected to the concepts of saving and long-term investing as John C. Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group.
NATIONAL BUSINESS

Actavis buying Warner Chilcott in $8.5B deal

Actavis is buying Warner Chilcott in an all-stock transaction valued at about $8.5 billion which would create the third-biggest specialty pharmaceutical company in the U.S.

3 hours ago
PERSONAL FINANCE

Watch out for unauthorized charges on cellphone bills

Take a line-by-line look at your cellphone bill - all dozen or so pages. See a $9.99 charge for horoscopes, flirting tips or some such thing that you didn't request?