For the Record: Nov. 15 (The State Journal-Register)

The State Journal-Register, your source for the latest breaking local news, sports, weather, business, jobs, real estate, shopping, health, travel, and entertainment in Springfield, IL.

Thanksgiving plans for the chef's day 'off' (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Thanksgiving dinner is probably the most demanding meal most of us will ever plan.

In this Issue (MultiChannel News)

Home Shopper QVC To Cut 700 Jobs QVC, whose home-shopping sales have been hit by the dismal economy, Wednesday started layoffs that will ultimately result in the net reduction of 700 jobs, or nearly 6% of its U.S. workforce, and savings of $30 million to $40 million in 2009 costs.

Hispanic Businesses Thrive In Detroit, Despite Poor Economy (WDET-FM Detroit)

Michigan has the highest outbound migration of any state in the country, and at 8.5 percent claims the nation's highest average annual unemployment. Commerce overall has posted dramatic losses, yet business within the state’s Hispanic community is flourishing. As part of our occasional series, Feet In Two Worlds, Martina Guzman reports on Michigan's thriving Latino businesses. SOQ (street sound) ...

County order halts paving work at Sea Trawler Restaurant (Island Packet)

The chef at the future Sea Trawler Restaurant at Buckingham Landing said he's stopped trying to predict when the seafood restaurant along Mackays Creek will open. A series of delays and legal disputes with Beaufort County have made previous guesses that it would open in July of this year wrong.