Bartlett receives honor from local business club

Susan Bartlett has been named Woman of the Year by the Twilight Chapter of the American Business Women’s Assn. Bartlett has been a member of ABWA for seven years. She has served in various offices including treasurer, vice president and committee chairwoman.

The award is given in recognition of service to the club, work, family and community. Bartlett is an accounting technician at Astaris, where she has worked for 25 years.

Seasonal jobs: About 8 million teens prepare to enter work force

The Employment Policy Foundation of Washington, D.C., says nearly 60 percent of employable teen-agers around 8 million will join the labor force this summer, whether it’s to flip burgers, be camp counselors or work at the local mall. The other 40 percent will spend the summer traveling, going to summer school or doing volunteer work.

The biggest draw is the retail sector, including restaurants, where the seasonal demand for clerks, cashiers and servers typically peaks between June and September of every year.

The unemployment rate for teens this summer will be between 15 percent and 16.6 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Last summer it was 15 percent.

Survey says: Consumers welcome offers as long as it’s not via e-mail

Most consumers don’t mind getting special offers stuffed into their bills and credit card statements, but only if they’re tailored to their buying preferences.

Mobius Management Systems, a Rye, N.Y.-based developer of customer service initiatives, polled 300 people online and found that 58 percent like the stuffers.

But it also found that 85 percent said they didn’t want unsolicited offers via e-mail, even if those were personalized to their tastes and interests.

Motley Fool: Name that company

My namesake, born in Bavaria in 1829, founded me as a dry-goods store in San Francisco in 1853. I was cranking out copper-riveted “waist overalls” in 1873. In 1912, I introduced “Koveralls,” one-piece playsuits for tots. I entered the sportswear business in 1954, with my “denim family” line, and debuted bell-bottoms around 1969 and Dockers in 1986. I went public in 1971, only to become a private entity again later. Always progressive, I’ve been named one of America’s most admired companies and employers. I turn 150 next year and have been supporting community charities for 148 years. Who am I?