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  1. NRG Systems has laid off 18 in response to "ongoing uncertainty and volatility" in the global wind business. First layoffs ever. #btv
  2. Tech Crib: Love It: Bypass the Investing Pros and Get Your Customers to Fund Your Startup: Kickstarter and othe... bfpne.ws/JskOFY
  3. $GMCR has removed Bob Stiller as board chairman and William Davis as lead director because of stock sales "inconsistent" with company policy
  4. City Sports opened at 1 p.m. on Church St. Shoe manager Mark Kalloz says store is "hopping" already. Grand opening on Sunday. #btv
  5. Tech Crib: VERMONT WOMEN IN HIGH TECH HOSTS EVENT WITH MADELEINE KUNIN TONIGHT: Thursday, May 3, 2012, 5.30pm–7.... bfpne.ws/Kg7VEq
  6. $GMCR shares down 40% in after hours trading to $29.75 after company missed revenue projection for 2nd quarter by about $90 million. #btv
  7. Tech Crib: Last Chance Montpelier to Get Off Our Internet Cloud: I thought this piece below recently released by... bfpne.ws/K5B3xU
  8. IBM worker Earl Mongeon organized picket of IBM in Essex. Mongeon says 2500 have lost jobs across US #btv twitter.com/bfp_biz/status…
  9. Volunteers from Vermont Workers' Center support protest against IBM off-shoring jobs. Essex Junction. #btv twitter.com/bfp_biz/status…
  10. Tech Crib: Internet Cloud Tax update: Many of you have asked for an update on Internet Cloud Use Tax issue…here’... bfpne.ws/IfCarR
  11. Two tickets to see the Red Sox go for $1600 at BBA dinner auction #btv
  12. Al Gobeille addresses Mayor Miro, tells him not to listen to doubters who say we can't grow a creative economy in #btv
  13. New mayor Miro Weinberger didn't try to sing like Shumlin but said he would be a partner for Burlington biz. #btv
  14. Gov. Shumlin sings Here Comes The Sun to open remarks at Burlington Biz Assn dinner. Not Obama but not bad. #btv
  15. Chick-fil-A threw curve at Bo Muller-Moore of Eat More Kale in their trademark dispute. Trademark office leaning chick giant's way. #btv
  16. Rep. Heidi Scheuermann says Cloud issue will be addressed by end of session at end of April #btv
  17. Sec of Administration Jeb Spaulding says Shumlin wants to "get the job done" to stop taxation on the cloud. #btv
  18. Sen Vince Illuzzi says legislature never intended a cloud tax; it was implemented through a tax bulletin not vetted by leg or public #btv
  19. Ted Adler of Union Street Media says cloud tax threatens "geekosystem" of companies like his and Dealer keeping young people in VT #btv
  20. Dealer.com CFO David Stetson calls for 6% cloud computing tax to be repealed; says it hurts business climate #btv