The Burke County Board of Commissioners voted to approve the 23- cent increase at its meeting Tuesday night. General Services Director Carson Fisher said the rate increase request from GDS/ Republic Services of Morganton is based on the Consumer Price Index for 2012 of 1.7 percent. Burke County Fire Marshal Mike Long said his department began receiving phone...
Darrell Griffin, of the 900 block of Kendalwood Church Road, reported that he was driving east on Highway 37 West at about 12:30 p.m. when he saw through the rearview mirror a maroon GMC Yukon approaching rapidly. --Ellicia Baltazar, 70 block Sardis Church Road, reported Tuesday that the door of a Pontiac G-5 was scratched on the driver's door while parked in the...
May 23-- As Cloudcroft Municipal Schools nears the end of the school year, the board of education approved a preliminary 2013-14 operational budget for submission to the New Mexico Public Education Department. The district approved its $3,424,512 budget, a decrease of almost $67,000 from last fiscal year at a board meeting Tuesday night.
The following should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes beginning on page F-1 of this Annual Report. On September 16, 2011, the business of Alkermes, Inc. and EDT were combined under the Business Combination in a transaction accounted for as a reverse acquisition with Alkermes, Inc. treated as the accounting...
IRA Financial Group, the leading provider of self directed Roth IRA LLC structures announces the introduction of its stretch self directed Roth IRA. With IRA Financial Group Self-Directed Stretch Roth IRA LLC, a beneficiary of a Roth IRA can stretch out the tax free benefits of a Roth IRA.“ The Self-Directed IRA Stretch Roth IRA LLC offers significant tax,...
Sport-Social, a Las Vegas based Autism Center, entered a contest that will result in help for hundreds of kids. 1 in 50 children are affected with Autism, according to a 2013 Center for Disease Control report. Sport-Social, a Nevada start-up teaching children with special needs, is a finalist in an innovation competition for a $100,000 first prize.
FoodInsurance.com encourages every individual to make preparing for an emergency a priority. Whether it's a glass-shattering wind, flood, fire or earthquake, you should be prepared:. -As we have seen recently, tornadoes can wreak havoc in just minutes.
May 23-- MIDDLETOWN-- Nothing-- not even all the media reports-- could prepare Terry and Elizabeth Wallace for what they saw when they drove Wednesday morning down Eagle Drive. The home where Elizabeth Wallace, secretary at Middletown Christian School, was raised had been razed by the EF5 tornado Monday that turned Moore, Okla., into a pile of rubble.
May 23-- WEST CHESTER TWP.-- A local attorney and a township official have started a business venture offering legal and financial resources for armed self-defense. Both say they are filling a need in response to thousands of Ohioans obtaining or renewing conceal and carry permits annually and rising gun and ammunition sales. The program is the only one in the...
The Macon Police Department wrapped up its gun safety class Wednesday and Sgt. Tim James said he wasn't surprised all of the about 18 participants were women. "I'm doing this for one reason and one reason only," said Kara Hebert.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 23, 2013/ PRNewswire/-- HealthSouth Corporation announced today that it plans to build a 50- bed comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Newnan, Ga.. "We look forward to bringing this new hospital and the much needed comprehensive, inpatient rehabilitation services to the residents of Coweta, Fayette and south Fulton counties,"...
In Florida, residents have not been hit with a severe hurricane in 7 years. With hurricane season lasting from June 1 to November 30 in Florida, this makes a long season for residents to worry about Mother Nature’ s wrath. At Skylake Insurance, the local agents have come up with several things homeowners should do now to prepare:• Prepare an emergency kit.
Lincoln Financial Group announced today that the board of directors of Lincoln National Corporation declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.12 per share on the corporation's common shares. The board of directors has also called for the redemption of all of its outstanding $3.00 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, Series A. The redemption date is July...
Infrastructure bonds, used to finance essential services such as roads, schools and bridges, appear attractive because of their potential to offer higher after-tax income than comparably rated general obligation bonds and historic resilience during weaker economic conditions, according to Standish, the Boston- based fixed income specialist for BNY...
ATHENS, Greece, May 23, 2013-- STEALTHGAS INC., a ship-owning company primarily serving the liquefied petroleum gas sector of the international shipping industry, announced today its unaudited financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2013, amounted to $29.4 million, an increase of...
LOS ANGELES, May 23, 2013-- With prom and graduation season underway, California's more than 6,000 licensed limousine companies- operating more than 35,000 vehicles from sedans and Town Cars to stretch limousines and luxury buses- are ready to provide chauffeured transportation with the highest standards of safety and security, the President of the Greater...
The National Association of Appraisal Management Companies is thrilled to announce its upcoming 1 year anniversary on June 27th, 2013. On June 27th, 2012, AMCs throughout the country came together in Providence, RI, to formally establish the National Association of Appraisal Management Companies, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting...
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Office Address: United States Postal Service; Facilities Purchasing; Eastern Facilities Construction CMT; PO Box 27497 Greensboro NC 27498-1103. Description: United States Postal Service. The U. S. Postal Service plans to issue a Fixed Price Contract to complete a security replacement at the Cincinnati Ohio Processing and Distribution Center located at 1591...
Office Address: Department of the Army; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; USACE District, Alaska; ATTN: CEPOA-CTP. Subject: Fort Pierce 2013 Removal Action, SITKA, ALASKA. Contact: Michael Suprenant, Contract Specialist, Phone 9077532555, Email michael.suprenant@us.army.mil.
Office Address: Department of the Army; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; USACE District, Philadelphia; 100 Penn Square EastWanamaker Bldg Philadelphia PA 19107-3390. Subject: Y-- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Facility, Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Place of Performance: USACE District, Philadelphia 100 Penn Square East, Wanamaker Bldg Philadelphia...
Office Address: Department of the Army; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; USACE District, Philadelphia; 100 Penn Square EastWanamaker Bldg Philadelphia PA 19107-3390. Subject: Y-- Clinic, Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Place of Performance: USACE District, Philadelphia 100 Penn Square East, Wanamaker Bldg Philadelphia PA19107-3390 US.
Office Address: Department of Labor; Employment Training Administration; Adams and Associates, In.; 10395 Double R Blvd Reno NV 89521. Place of Performance: Woodstock Job Corps Center10900 Old Court Rd. Woodstock, MD. Adams and Associates, Inc., contracting for the U.S. Department of Labor for the operation of the Woodstock Job Corps Center- a 550 student residential...
Office Address: Department of Labor; Employment Training Administration; Adams and Associates, In.; 10395 Double R Blvd Reno NV 89521. Adams and Associates, Inc., contracting for the U.S. Department of Labor for the operation of the Woodstock Job Corps Center- a 550 student residential training facility located at 10900 Old Court Rd., Woodstock, MD 21163, is...
Office Address: Department of Veterans Affairs; Network Contracting Activity 8; 8875 Hidden River Pkwy Suite 525; Tampa FL 33637. Place of Performance: James A. Haley VA Medical Center; 13000 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.; Tampa, FL. Description: Department of Veterans Affairs.
Office Address: Department of Veterans Affairs; Network Contracting Office 6; 100 Emancipation Drive; Hampton VA 23667. Subject: V-- Armored Car Fayetteville, NC. The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Fayetteville, 2300 Ramsey Street, Fayetteville, NC 28301 is seeking potential sources capable for armored car services to transport deposits and...
Office Address: Department of State; Office of Acquisitions; Acquisition Management; 1735 N. Lynn St. Arlington VA 22209. The Department of State is conducting market research to determine the degree of interest and capability by U.S. The Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security plays an essential role in ensuring that foreign policy missions are...
Office Address: Department of State; Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Grants, Acquisitions, Procurement and Policy Division; SA-4 Navy Hill, South Building2430 E Street, N.W. Washington DC 20037. Subject: Police Aviation Logistics Advisor. Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.
Office Address: Agency for International Development; Washington D.C.; USAID/ Washington; 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWRoom 7.10-006 Washington DC 20523. Subject: USPSC- OTI Deputy Country Representative- Mali. The United States Government, represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development, is seeking applications from qualified U.S. citizens to...
Office Address: Department of Veterans Affairs; Network 11 Contracting Office; 8888 Keystone Crossing; Indianapolis, IN 46240. Place of Performance: Department of Veterans Affairs; Richard L Roudebush Medical Center; 1481 West 10th Street; Indianapolis, IN. Description: Department of Veterans Affairs.
Office Address: Department of Labor; Employment Training Administration; Adams and Associates, In.; 10395 Double R Blvd Reno NV 89521. Place of Performance: Woodstock Job Corps Center10900 Old Court Rd. Woodstock, MD. SCOPE OF WORK ID#: WS2013-014 Adams and Associates, Inc., contracting for the U.S. Department of Labor for the operation of the Woodstock Job Corps...
Office Address: Department of Homeland Security; Customs and Border Protection; Procurement Directorate- DC; 1901 S. Bell St, Arlington, VA 22202. Description: Department of Homeland Security. The DHS Customs and Border Protection requires the following items, Meet or Exceed, to the following: Base Period of Performance: 05/28/2013- 05/27/2014 LI 001:...
Office Address: Department of Veterans Affairs; Network Contracting Office; James J. Peters VA Medical Center; 130 West Kingsbridge Road; Bronx NY 10468-3904. Place of Performance: VA Hudson Valley Health Care System; 2094 Albany Post Road; Montrose, NY 10548. Description: Department of Veterans Affairs.
Office Address: Department of Veterans Affairs; 76 Veterans Avenue; Bath NY 14810. Place of Performance: VA Medical Center; 76 Veterans Avenue; Bath, New York. Description: Department of Veterans Affairs.
TitleMax, one of the nation’ s largest and fastest growing car title loan companies, opened its 31st location in Houston, TX on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. The new store is located at 11019 Briar Forest Drive, Suite A, Houston, TX 77042. Store hours are Monday– Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The store can be reached by calling...
Office Address: Department of the Army; National Guard Bureau; USPFO for Oregon; ATTN: USPFO-P, P.O. Contact: Nicollette Kennemer, 5035843764 mailto: nicollette.a.kennemer.mil@mail.mil. Description: Department of the Army.
Amendment to Combined Synopsis/Solicitation- 70-- Modification to Media Monitoring Suite for Oregon Army National Guard to clarify specifications for items 9,20, and 21.. Office Address: Department of the Army; National Guard Bureau; USPFO for Oregon; ATTN: USPFO-P, P.O. Subject: 70-- Modification to Media Monitoring Suite for Oregon Army National Guard to...
Office Address: Department of the Interior; National Park Service; NPS- All Offices; NPS, NER- VA MABO3655 US HWY 211 EastLurayVA22835US. Description: Department of the Interior. The purpose of this work is to provide maintenance services for Shenandoah National Parks Motorola Narrowband land mobile Radio system.
Office Address: Department of the Army; Army Contracting Command; ACC-APG- Aberdeen Division B; HQ CECOM CONTRACTING CENTER, 6001 COMBAT DRIVE, ABERDEEN PROVING GROU, MD 21005-1846. Description: Department of the Army. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE contact: Michael Mitchell, Contract Specialist, 278-3998 michiael.a.mitchell3.civ@mail.mil, Technical point of...
May 23-- Two days after an EF-5 tornado struck Moore, Okla., residents continued combing for their belongings and attempting to salvage what's left. The Oklahoma Insurance Department said Wednesday morning the preliminary tornado damage estimate could top $2 billion. Moore resident Jenny Sample grew up in Marietta, Ohio and has parents who live in Springboro.
Office Address: General Services Administration; Federal Acquisition Service; FMHAC& HSOC; 1500 East Bannister Road Kansas City MO 64131. Contact: Katie Norton, Phone 8169263582, Email katie.norton@gsa.gov. FOR INFORMATION, PLEASE contact: Katie Norton.
Office Address: Department of Labor; Employment Training Administration; Adams and Associates, In.; 10395 Double R Blvd Reno NV 89521. Place of Performance: Woodstock Job Corps Center10900 Old Court Rd. Woodstock, MD. SCOPE OF WORK ID#: WS2013-006 Adams and Associates, Inc., contracting for the U.S. Department of Labor for the operation of the Woodstock Job Corps...
May 23-- PETERSBURG-- It's back to the drawing board for City Manager William E. Johnson III and Finance Director Irvin Carter. Tuesday night, City Council voted 5-2 to send the budget back to city administration to figure out how to provide more money for the Sheriff's Department, the Health Department and the school division. Most of those concerns revolved around...
May 23-- OKLAHOMA CITY-- State Rep. Jerry McPeak mocked his Republican colleagues Wednesday morning for eagerly accepting federal disaster aid while refusing additional money for Medicaid. Fred Jordan, R- Jenks, who was taking questions on Speaker T.W. Shannon's bill requiring state agencies to make contingency plans for the loss of up to 25 percent of their...
May 23-- MOORE-- Forty-eight hours after the tornado, at precisely 3 p.m. Wednesday, an Oklahoma Highway Patrol officer cupped his hands over his mouth and yelled as loud as he could. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano toured the damage in Moore with Gov. "There's a lot of work to be done here," she told the Oklahoma governor. "
The statement from Cheena Pazzo, director of community and physician relations for St. John Health System, and Pynn's message linked the move to Fallin's November decision to refuse Medicaid expansion funding under the Affordable Care Act. "St. John Health System faces a challenging economic reality, resulting from Oklahoma's decision not to participate in...
May 23-- Genni Satterlee didn't want her first-grade daughter at Plaza Towers Elementary School when the tornado hit. "Something just told me to get her," she said. "She's highly afraid of storms and gets physically sick.
President Barack Obama said he would visit Moore Sunday, to meet with families of those who died, thank rescue workers and tour the tornado-ravaged area. Students from Plaza Towers Elementary and nearby Briarwood Elementary were invited to reunite with their classmates and teachers at two Norman elementary schools Thursday, according to the Norman Public...
Cole, Charles, 59, died Monday in Fort Smith, Ark. Services pending. Memorial service 1 p.m. Friday, First Presbyterian Church. Service 11 a.m. Friday, Rose Hill Funeral Home Chapel.
Mary Fallin's decision to reject the Medicaid expansion element of Obamacare continues to mount. So let's see if we can tally all the bad outcomes arising out of her decision that we know of so far: An estimated 150,000 or more uninsured Oklahomans won't be able to obtain Medicaid coverage who would have qualified under the expansion; another 9,000 Oklahomans...
May 23-- An oil refinery in Coffevyille, Kan., will pay a $300,000 penalty in what federal regulators called the facility's third environmental settlement in 13 months, the EPA announced Wednesday. The CVR Energy Inc. facility, 75 miles from Tulsa, agreed to the civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act. "This third settlement with CRRM...
May 23-- Oklahoma receives a mediocre grade when it comes to promoting economic security for its citizens but so do a majority of states, according to a report released this week by Wider Opportunities for Women, or WOW. Oklahoma earned a passable grade of "C" and ranked 19th out of all 50 states and the District of Columbia based on the national report card, titled "The...
May 23-- Dear Action Line: The Moore tornado tragedy should make us realize the need for "rainy day funds." It's not just tornadoes that make backup funds necessary, and everyone should save up for such a day! Many people who enroll in debt management plans could have avoided this by establishing any type of emergency fund, says the Bankrate.com website.
May 23-- MOORE-- Amber Kriesel took a big sigh looking around the rubble that was her home before diving in to find dishes. That's what Moore was like Wednesday. A big cleansing breath before the heavy workout begins.
Safeco Insurance has recognized California insurance agency, Partner Agency Insurance Services, Inc., with a Premier Partner award for its performance and partnership. “Inclusion in the Safeco Premier Partner Program is reserved for only our very best agents,” said Matthew Nickerson, president of Safeco Insurance.“ The commitment and high achievement of...
“Hurricane Sandy caused more than $71 billion in damages and impacted millions of people last October,” says Jill Hasling, president and meteorologist with the Weather Research Center in Houston.“ This deadly storm was so powerful that its name was retired and the level of awareness of homeowners throughout the country to potential storm damage has been...
May 23-- Less than 24 hours after he convincingly clinched the Democratic nomination for Pittsburgh mayor, city Councilman Bill Peduto laid out ambitious plans to reform city hall if he takes office, pledging to upend Grant Street by replacing most department heads and to make Pittsburgh's government a national model. Speaking from his East Liberty campaign...
Horowitz, a recent recruit to Highmark Inc., is barred from practicing in Allegheny County by the non-compete clause enforced by his former employer, UPMC, where he worked for most of two decades. He and two colleagues, Richard Spiro and Pedro Aguilar, came to Highmark's provider wing this year from UPMC to create the Pennsylvania Brain and Spine Institute.
Senators John Cornyn and Mark Kirk introduced a bill to impose a total export embargo on the government of Iran as the rogue nation continues to defy the United Nations Security Council by pursuing a nuclear weapons capability, sponsoring terrorism, violating the human rights of its own people, and aiding North Korea's nuclear and missile programs.
Saxby Chambliss, R- Ga., former chairman and former ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, made the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the 2013 Farm Bill. Mr. President, I rise to speak on S. 954, legislation to reauthorize the farm bill. I want to thank Chairwoman Stabenow and Ranking Member Cochran for the...
WASHINGTON, D.C.' The U.S. Senate passed a resolution calling on the United States and international sanctions on Iranian regimes. "As Iran continues to thumb its nose at the international community, we will continue to increase sanctions on the government leaders to force them to meet their international obligations. Iran must cease its efforts to obtain...
WASHINGTON, D.C.- U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor today regarding what he termed a' culture of intimidation' that exists in the Executive Branch and among Senate Democrats and the threat to use the nuclear option if they don't get their way every time:. "The Administration's allies in the Senate are...
Washington, D.C.- As the Government of Iran continues to partner with North Korea on missile and nuclear technology, sponsor terrorism, disregard human rights by targeting Iranian dissidents worldwide, and defy United Nations Security Council orders to halt its nuclear enrichment activities, U.S. Senator Rob Portman signed on as an original cosponsor of the...
The IRS either deliberately targeted Americans because of their political views or they're incompetent. I think in particular it's really bad if the IRS is incompetent because they're on the front lines of implementing ObamaCare. Now as far as where the IRS specific issue goes I think we need more investigations.
Congressman Mike McIntyre announced today that language he authored and proposed to help the Carolina Beach renourishment project has been incorporated in a critical coastal bill that has passed the U.S. Senate. The Carolina Beach project was due to expire next year. The Carolina Beach renourishment project is set to expire in 2014, and no plan was in place to...
Peter T. King are ready for another intraparty fight over whether emergency disaster aid should be offset, after a tornado ravaged parts of Oklahoma on Monday. The New York Republican said that if central Oklahoma needs supplemental aid, Congress should grant it immediately without talk of offsetting the spending elsewhere. King was one of the most vocal...
WASHINGTON, May 22- The House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance announced its newest addition today: Rep. Jim Renacci, who moved to the Committee on Ways and Means. This committee is also poring over reforms that would protect the Federal Housing Administration- an important program to first-time homeowners- and being on...
WASHINGTON- Representative Lee Terry today delivered the following remarks on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in support of moving forward with debate and in support of his legislation the Northern Route Approval Act:. "Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support this rule and urge support for my legislation H.R. 3, the Northern Route Approval Act.
Bob Gibbs has been presented with the American Soybean Association's' Soy Champion Award.' The Award, which is given biannually, is presented to Members of Congress who demonstrate outstanding advocacy for soybean farmers and soybean-related issues on Capitol Hill. As an aggie, Congressman Bob Gibbs is part of an ever-shrinking caucus on Capitol Hill.
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The House Appropriations Committee, which oversees federal discretionary funding, approved its version of the Fiscal Year 2014 Homeland Security Appropriations legislation. Recently there has been great concern regarding the accuracy of flood maps being drawn by FEMA, which determine the risk of flooding for certain areas.
Chairman Bernanke, welcome again to the Joint Economic Committee. We are experiencing the worst economic recovery since World War II. The' growth gap' between this recovery and an average post-war recovery is large and growing. The Congressional Budget Office recently reduced its estimate for future growth in real potential GDP from 3.2 percent to 2.2 percent.
Chairman Carper, Ranking Member Coburn, and Members of the Committee:. It also presents the results of our efforts to follow up on progress made by executive branch agencies and Congress in addressing the areas we identified in our 2011 and 2012 annual reports. My testimony today describes the new areas identified in our 2013 annual report; status of actions...
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, International Environmental Protection and Peace Corps Hearing. My name is John Murphy, and I am Vice President for International Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest business federation,...
I have previously worked both as an assistant administrator for the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and as a staff director of the Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives. Except during the term of my appointment at EPA, I have working on Clean Water Act policy...
Chairman Nelson, Ranking Member Collins, distinguished members of the Committee, on behalf of AARP's more than 37 million members, we thank you for holding this hearing on the Medicare Part D prescription drug program, which is helping millions of Medicare beneficiaries afford the prescription drugs they need. My name is Rob Romasco and I serve as AARP...
As a long-time analyst of prescription drug issues, I have studied Medicare Part D since before it was created by the Congress. History of Medicare Part D. The history of outpatient drug coverage in Medicare is far longer.
As we approach the ten-year anniversary of the Medicare Modernization Act, which created the Medicare prescription drug program, it is time to examine what is working well and what may need improvement. Prescription drugs are as important to a Medicare beneficiary's health today as a hospital bed was in 1965, when Medicare was created. In stark contrast to the...
Public Health Service and currently the Executive Director of the Stanley Medical Research Institute, which spends $40 million each year in private funds for research on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. SAMHSA is a $3.5 billion agency which has been designated by the Dept. of Health and Human Services as the lead federal agency for services to...
Thank you for the opportunity to testify today about the mission and priorities of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, including services for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbance. SAMHSA was established in 1992 and is directed by Congress to effectively target substance abuse and...
Thank you for the opportunity to appear today to discuss EPA's proposed budget for OSWER programs falling under the Subcommittee's jurisdiction. EPA's budget request of $8.153 billion for the 2014 fiscal year starting October 1, 2013 reflects our ongoing efforts to change the way EPA does business; to invest in more efficient ways for the Agency to operate,...
Chairman Hensarling, Ranking Member Waters, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today regarding the Financial Stability Oversight Council's 2013 annual report. The report represents extensive collaboration among staff of Council members and member agencies to provide Congress and the public with the Council's...
I've served as Medical Director for the Missouri Department of Mental Health for 20 years. For the past three years I have also served as Director of the Missouri Institute for Mental Health that is part of the University of Missouri St. Louis with the academic title of Distinguished Professor of Science. I have previously been part of the faculty of Department...
The award was made May 20 at an awards luncheon held as part of the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers Annual Conference. Johnny Patout, CEO of New Beginnings Recovery Center, was present at the conference to accept the honor. The award is named for James W. West, a longtime quality-improvement advocate who is medical director emeritus at the...
Washington, May 22- Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling today announced new subcommittee assignments for two members of the committee-- Rep. Jim Renacci left the committee in February for a seat on the House Ways and Means Committee. Ross will continue as a member of the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
May 23-- A budget approved unanimously by the Albuquerque Public Schools board Wednesday includes funding for a 1 percent raise for all employees next year. Although the budget has been approved and will go to the Public Education Department for review next month, some aspects of it are still in flux. If the district receives the $7 million, the district will be...
The National Association of Corporate Directors issued the following news release:. The National Association of Corporate Directors has elected Dr. King has served on the boards of ExxonMobil, Wells Fargo, H. B. Fuller Co., Minnesota Mutual Insurance Co, and Lenox Group in addition to several nonprofits.
Testimony of Secretary Jacob J. Lew Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on the Financial Stability Oversight Council Annual Report to Congress. The report represents extensive collaboration among staff of Council members and member agencies to provide Congress and the public with the Council's assessment of significant...
DEARBORN, Mich., May 23, 2013/ PRNewswire/-- Vehicle interior planners now have to think beyond the cabin and get their heads into the cloud as the growing driver demand for in-vehicle connectivity changes drive-time activities and behaviors. That was the message delivered at a Tuesday panel discussion on Using Connectivity to Achieve Driver Happiness at the...
Santeon Group Inc. today announced the appointment of Mr. Mark Guirgis to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Dr. Ashraf Rofail, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Santeon Group Inc., said, "In light of the substantial accomplishments Mark has achieved during his time at Santeon, the Board and I...
Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. today announced the appointment of David A. Ramsay as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Ramsay replaces Kurt Gustafson who is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. About Halozyme Therapeutics Halozyme Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and commercializing innovative products that...
Diluted earnings per share of $0.33 compared to $0.25 last year. Net income of $14.7 million increases 35.6 percent. Comparable store sales up 1.2 percent.. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 23, 2013-- Stein Mart, Inc. today announced financial results for the first quarter ended May 4, 2013. Net income for the first quarter of 2013 was $14.7 million or $0.33 per diluted share...
WASHINGTON, May 23, 2013-- The National Association of Corporate Directors has elected Dr. Reatha Clark King to serve as chairman of the board, effective May 23, 2013. King holds a PhD in thermochemistry from the University of Chicago, an MBA from Columbia University and 14 honorary degrees.
In a recent opinion piece that ran in the New York Times, Angelina Jolie revealed her personal journey with breast cancer and the genetic breast cancer issues that lead to her decision to have a preventative double mastectomy and breast reconstructive surgery. At La Peer Heath Systems in Beverly Hills, the surgeons offer genetic testing and the procedures...
Envisage International Corporation, a leading international education marketing company serving students and institutions worldwide, is pleased to announce the re-launch of InternationalStudent.com, its flagship portal site. The new site features a new logo and corporate identity, major improvements to the USA School Search, better integration of...
The University of Miami issued the following news release:. To help achieve that goal, Green and his wife Karen Minkowski, M.A.' 93, recently made a planned gift to the University of Miami that will enable his department to endow a chair in tropical conservation biology. " "We are honored to recognize and induct our newest members into the prestigious Heritage...
The University of North Texas will host a one-day summer law conference titled Violence on Campus: Legal Issues, Practical Actions on July 1 to explore the laws and intervention, prevention and response strategies related to campus violence in higher education. The event was added in response to interest after UNT's 17th Annual Texas Higher Education Law...
The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission issued the following news release:. The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission has announced that workers and self-employed individuals in Cleveland, Lincoln, McClain, Oklahoma and Pottawatomie counties who lost work or earnings due to severe storms and tornadoes from May 18, 2013, and continuing have until...
In her role as a regional educator, she will work with 4- H program staff in the northwest counties of Minnesota to ensure the 4- H programs remain vibrant and abundant with opportunities for youth to reach their full potential. She will also be directly supporting 4- H science programming and works with a team of three educators, housed in the Moorhead and Roseau...
The Minister was speaking at the Institute of Company Secretaries of India National Seminar of Indian Financial Code in New Delhi today. "I am happy to be at this National Seminar, first of its kind in Delhi organised by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and speak in public for the first time on the report of the Financial Sector Legislative Reforms...
May 23-- The teller at a defunct Lynchburg credit union has admitted she and the credit union's manager devised a scheme 10 years ago to defraud the credit union, according to a federal search warrant affidavit. The affidavit, filed in United States District Court in Lynchburg by a U.S. Authorities searched Newcomb's residence on Country Living Lane in Madison...
Mr. Kimble will be responsible for Key's financial and operational strategy, metrics tied to that strategy, and the ongoing development and monitoring of control systems designed to preserve company assets and report accurate financial results. He will report to KeyCorp Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Beth E. Mooney and will be a member of Key's...
May 23-- A Darlington jury found Claudette Hulsey guilty Saturday of arson, defrauding insurance companies and filing a false police report in the wake of the 2011 fire at Jack Be Nimble in Hartsville, which she maintained was the end result of a robbery and assault at her place of business. Days after the Jan. 26, 2011, downtown Hartsville fire in which Hulsey...
For a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement, see the "Risk Factors" section of Signet's Fiscal 2013 Annual Report on Form 10- K filed with the SEC on March 28, 2013. Signet is the largest specialty retail jeweler in the US and UK.
May 23-- GULFPORT-- Incoming Mayor Billy Hewes has selected Greg Pietrangelo, who has management and construction sales experience, as urban-development director, an appointment the City Council unanimously approved Tuesday. The city also hired a comptroller, Scott Wilson, who will manage finances after Mike Necaise, director of finance and administration,...
May 23-- OCEAN SPRINGS-- A couple told the Board of Aldermen there are no regular hours people can depend on at the city's newly improved Halstead Road tennis complex and complained about the fees to use the courts, noting there's no charge for Pascagoula's courts. Shari Newman, with her husband, Bubba Newman, told the board she could fill the room with people...
May 23-- Bradley Roney's RBI single in the bottom of the seventh broke a 7- all tie and helped second-seeded Southern Miss to a 10-7 win over seventh-seed Tulane on opening day of the Conference USA Baseball Tournament on Wednesday afternoon at Reckling Park. Southern Miss improved to 29-25 on the season and 1-0 in pool play. Tulane dropped to. 500 on the year at...
New Hope quashed a Pascagoula rally in the sixth inning to win game one of the Class 5 A state championship series, 11-9, Wednesday at Trustmark Park. Head coach Richie Tillman is banking on a similar response from his players when it takes on New Hope at 1:30 p.m. on Friday in game two. New Hope was cruising to victory when it started the sixth with a 9-3 advantage,...
May 23-- As the Colorado Springs city auditor reviews the natural gas hedging program of Colorado Springs Utilities, speculation and reports are flying about $140 million in losses. Mayor Steve Bach sent City Auditor Denny Nester an email asking the status of the $140 million natural gas hedging loses, Nester said. In the past 15 years, Utilities has purchased...
Experient Health will host a Health Care Reform 101 seminar May 30 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Northumberland& Lancaster County Farm Bureau Office, which is located at 7666 Northumberland Highway in Heathsville, Va.. “It can be confusing trying to understand what to do for yourself, your business and your family as the new regulations under health care reform...
The following analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this report. Some of the statements in this report constitute forward-looking statements, which relate to future events or our future performance or financial condition.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke indicated that, for now, the Fed's bond-buying activities will continue. The Fed has been buying $85 billion in long-term bonds each month in an effort to keep a lid on mortgage rates, among other things. The last time mortgage rates were above 5 percent was Apr. 2011.
NEW YORK and LONDON, May 23, 2013/ PRNewswire/-- Easing financing terms and the increasing number of corporate debt issues to fund special dividends and share buybacks are two developing trends that could negatively affect bond markets, according to the May Bond Market Observations from Standish, the Boston- based fixed income specialist for BNY Mellon.
FindUrgentCare.com launched updates to its website to include an advanced urgent care search option for patients. The new advanced feature allows patients to search for clinics using advanced criteria including payment preferences, offered services, insurances accepted and hours of operation. This upgrade provides users with a new way to narrow their...
Senator from New York, has been named as a speaker at the NACS Show, which takes place October 12 to 15 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. The NACS Show is ranked as one of the 50 largest annual trade shows in the United States. She has played an integral role in shaping our collective future, both within the United States and on the world stage, "said NACS...
Last year, the Office of Attorney General fielded 4,900 complaints from people who were not satisfied with the work they had done on their homes and businesses. Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane today reminded consumers that they should always check to ensure that the home improvement contractor is registered in Pennsylvania by visiting...
The National Safety Council issued the following news release:. The National Safety Council today announced it has partnered with ADEPT Driver to offer the teenSMART program. teenSMART is a computer-based, crash avoidance program for teen drivers that focuses on the six areas research shows lead to the largest number of teen crashes: visual search, hazard...
The Communications Workers of America issued the following news release:. The Communications Workers of America is urging the Senate to swiftly vote President Obama' s National Labor Relations Board nominees out of committee and seat them as soon as possible, so that workers have the full protection of the nation's labor law. Today the Senate Health, Education,...
The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development has collected 15.3 million Dollars of fraudulent unemployment insurance benefits as a result of the Treasury Offset Program. This program allows garnishment of IRS refunds and other federal payments from those who have collected unemployment benefits fraudulently. The total amount...
Saxby Chambliss, R- Ga., issued the following news release:. Saxby Chambliss, R- Ga., former chairman and former ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, made the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding the 2013 Farm Bill. Mr. President, I rise to speak on S. 954, legislation to reauthorize the farm bill.
As part of his plea, Mr. Choi will pay $75,000 in restitution for unpaid wages. An investigation by the Attorney General's Office revealed that, from March 2008 to March 2012, Mr. Choi paid at least 10 car washers hourly rates of as little as $4, well below the required minimum wage. Mr. Choi and his company failed to pay overtime wages, set at one and a half times the...
The Risk and Insurance Management Society issued the following statement by Mary Roth, RIMS Executive Director:. As risk professionals who spend countless hours preparing our organizations for the worst case scenario, unfortunately, it is times like this that remind us that our jobs are vital to our employers and our communities. As the news pours in about the...
The Fond Du Lac Area Association of Commerce issued the following news release:. *TEAM ROCK SOLID: Designed and installed bike racks along Main Street in Fond du Lac to encourage bike and pedestrian patronization of downtown. Graduates of this year's program are: Linda Ahrens, Aurora Health Center; Robert Duveneck, City of Fond du Lac Police Department; Sue...
CBIA surveyed 1,188 Connecticut businesses most likely to be involved in exporting, including manufacturers, technology and R&D companies, wholesalers, retailers, agricultural business, and larger insurance and financial services providers. The rise in Connecticut exports mirrors a national trend. Exports account for a sizable share of companies' gross...
To help members more easily integrate fitness into their daily routines, Walkingspree is pleased to announce integration of its advanced wellness platform with Fitbit pedometer devices. This new upgrade automatically transfers real-time step data onto the same Walkingspree dashboard members use to track their company’ s team standings, view progress on...
“First quarter analysis of regional trends in the industry indicates a significant increase in small investors favoring the 1031 exchange process as a means to defer capital gains taxes,” states Kevin M. Levine, Executive Vice President of Peak 1031 Exchange Inc..“ As Bush-era tax cuts ended at the beginning of 2013, we had anticipated a slowdown in activity as a...
Miniter Group today announces that it has achieved 1000% growth in its insurance tracking department over the last 12 months as banks and credit unions continue to adopt their Borrower-Centric Insurance Tracking Solution. Miniter Group first introduced Borrower-Centric Insurance Tracking in 2006 as a new methodology for insurance tracking.
HR 360, Inc., publisher of the award-winning online HR library, has released its 2013 Group Health Plan Notices Calendar. The attorney-developed calendar provides bottom line information on required notices and filings--including who must provide them, who must receive them and when notices are due. “Our 2013 Group Health Plan Notices Calendar helps...
For 25 years, Jeff Ezell has served the Greenville area with reliable and honest legal advice with a focus on personal injury cases. Mr. Ezell has five steps to follow if ever injured in the workplace:. Because on the job injuries and car accidents can affect both the injured person and their families- especially in today's economic climate- the Ezell Law Firm LLC...
New market report conducted a study on "Context Aware Computing Market- Global Advancements, Emerging Applications, Worldwide Forecasts& Analysis" which analyzed and studied the Major Market Drivers, restraints, and opportunities in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Middle East and Africa. The study reports that the Context Aware...
Earl Price of Parkway Family Dental LLC in Bluffton, SC, recently introduced new digital dental X-ray technology that is helping patients receive more accurate, safe, and efficient care. With this new digital dental X-ray technology, patients are now able to have much shorter dental visits, have less exposure to radiation during their treatment, and also have...
The CreditRepair.com credit repair service was recently reviewed and ranked by TopConsumerReviews.com. TopConsumerReviews.com provides independent reviews for thousands of products including credit repair service reviews in order to help consumers make well informed decisions. CreditRepair.com has been helping customers improve their credit...
CALABASAS, Calif., May 23, 2013-- NetSol Technologies, Inc., a worldwide provider of global IT and enterprise application solutions, today announced that it has signed an agreement to implement NetSol Financial Suite's Credit Application Processing and Contract Management System modules with a leading multi-finance company in Southeast Asia, which...
EarlySense, the market leader in Proactive Patient Care Solutions™, announced today that the prize for' Best Novel Idea' at the 8 th Annual Rapid Response Systems and Medical Emergency Teams International Conference, hosted this year in the UK by the Royal College of Physicians, was awarded to a clinical research team studying the impact of the EarlySense...
Global economic consulting firm The Brattle Group announced today that securities and commercial litigation expert Paul Hinton has joined the firm's New York office as a Principal in the Litigation and Finance Practice. Mr. Hinton has over 15 years of experience in economic consulting in a wide range of advisory and testifying engagements in connection...
The United Nations Office at Geneva issued the following news release:. LYSE DOUCET, BBC Presenter and Special Correspondent, and Moderator of the plenary, said that with 190 countries represented at the Platform, it was a truly global event. JAN ELIASSON, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, said that the estimated global costs of disasters had been...
Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones was joined by Robert Bouttier, CEO of the Automobile Club of Southern California, to announce an auto insurance rate reduction for Auto Club policyholders in California totaling $70 million. "We want to thank the Commissioner for approving our rate decrease," said Robert T. Bouttier, President and CEO of the Auto Club. "
A motion filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court on April 22, 2013 by Jamie McCourt, ex-wife of Frank McCourt, the former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers claims Mr. McCourt undervalued the estimate of his assets by $1.7 billion, creating what would be the largest divorce by any professional team-owner in the United States; however, Estate Street Partners,...
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants issued the following news release:. The American Institute of CPAs honored John J. Connors, PhD, CPA, president at Tax Educators' Network, with the 2013 Sidney Kess Award for Excellence in Continuing Education at its Conference on Tax Strategies for the High-Income Individual in Las Vegas.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release:. In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, the Federal Emergency Management Agency launched a coordinated effort to establish community-based recovery groups in affected counties of New Jersey. The Bergen County organization is one example of a...
The United Nations Office at Geneva issued the following news release:. The global consequences of disasters, and the need for strengthening resilience through partnerships and investment, were stressed at the opening ceremony of the fourth session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, held in Geneva this morning. Martin Dahinden,...
Nassau County Executive issued the following news release:. Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano today announced that the Department of Social Services protected taxpayers from another $1 million in Welfare fraud thanks to a $100,000 grant from the New York State Office of Children and Family Services that enabled the department to expand and improve...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release:. Federal Emergency Management Agency hazard mitigation specialists will be at two home improvement stores this week:. FEMA specialists can answer your specific questions about building techniques that can reduce the potential for damage to...
The Connecticut Department of Labor's Division of Wage and Workplace Standards issued Stop Work orders to 28 companies working at construction project sites in Bridgeport, Windsor, Stonington, Stamford, Hartford and East Hartford during the period of March 15 to May 20, State Labor Commissioner Sharon M. Palmer announced today. March 20 at the following...
The American Heart Association issued the following news release:. In a statement published in Stroke, an American Heart Association journal, the association cites the aging U.S. population as the main reason for the increases and predicts that by 2030:. "Strokes will absolutely strain the healthcare system," said Bruce Ovbiagele, M.D., M.Sc., professor and chairman...
The co-chairs of the Honorary Committee for the Prix Arts-Affaires de Montreal, Michel Leblanc, President and CEO of the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal, and the Honourable Charles Lapointe, PC, President of the Conseil des arts de Montreal, are pleased to announce the 17 candidates for the 2012 edition of the awards, which recognize the involvement of...
Secretary of State for Wales David Jones has responded to the Government's legislative programme announced by Her Majesty The Queen today. Secretary of State for Wales David Jones said:. Many of the measures announced today will do a lot to help businesses in Wales and will boost the Welsh economy.
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services issued the following news release:. As another hurricane season nears, Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler reminds farmers that basic emergency planning can go a long way in lessening a crisis situation. To help farmers think through the myriad issues on a farm, the N.C. Department of...
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Secretary Reggie Newson today welcomed hundreds of job seekers and over 70 employers to the Southeast Wisconsin Career Expo at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside's Sports& Activity Center. Secretary Newson described the event as another sign of Wisconsin's growing economy under Governor Walker's...
Inaccurate budgeting has created an $11 million general fund deficit in the city of Poughkeepsie, according to an audit issued today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. "Communities across New York are dealing with increased fiscal stress and Poughkeepsie is no different," said DiNapoli. "But unrealistic budgeting has severely deteriorated...
If the Legislature was graded by employers for its performance this year, the report card might read: Incomplete and needs improvement. This includes a large category of Main Street employers. House Republicans and the Senate Majority Coalition Caucus are united against these tax increases.
Dannel P. Malloy, D- Conn., issued the following news release:. Governor Dannel P. Malloy today expressed concern over federal sequestration cuts that will adversely impact more than 30,000 claimants in the state who are collecting federal unemployment insurance benefits and will see a decrease in their benefits beginning next month. In Connecticut, the average...
The Department of Workforce Development today released the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics preliminary estimates of unemployment and employment statistics in April for metro areas, major cities and counties in the state of Wisconsin. The April rates ranged from 5.2 percent in metro Madison to 9.0 percent in metro Racine. Iron and Langlade had no change;...
US businesses spend $360 million on advertising every day. And, every day, 80 percent of people who are not familiar with the business being advertised will check it out online before spending a dime. Not anymore, "claims Roger McManus, president of Mpact Magic.
Joann Wildeson, 61, of 4460 Manheim Road, Waynesboro, president of Horst& Sons Trucking Inc., pleaded guilty Wednesday as part of a negotiated plea. Franklin County Judge Shawn Meyers accepted guilty pleas for a third-degree felony charge against her and a third-degree misdemeanor charge against the company-- both for failure to provide workers' compensation...
TORONTO, May 23, 2013/ PRNewswire/- The Toronto-Dominion Bank today announced that a dividend in an amount of eighty-one cents per fully paid common share in the capital stock of the Bank has been declared for the quarter ending July 31, 2013, payable on and after July 31, 2013, to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 9, 2013. Any registered holder...
Reported diluted earnings per share were $1.78, compared with $1.78. Adjusted diluted earnings per share were $1.90, compared with $1.82. Reported net income was $1,723 million, compared with $1,693 million. Adjusted net income was $1,833 million, compared with $1,736 million.. YEAR-TO-DATE FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, six months ended April 30, 2013, compared with...
RedLightCameraTicket.net, a new website for drivers victimized by automated traffic enforcement cameras, is providing motorists with the information required to fight and beat red light and speed camera tickets. As municipalities the world over search for new ways to increase revenues, one method has raised the motoring public's ire like no other:...
TORONTO, May 23, 2013/ PRNewswire/- TD Bank Group announced today that, subject to the approval of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada and the Toronto Stock Exchange, it intends to launch a normal course issuer bid through the facilities of the TSX as well as through other designated exchanges and published markets in Canada to...
Several reasons have been blamed for the 7.3 percent fall in the Nikkei index to 14,483.98, including a spike in Japanese government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing figures. While Wednesday's written testimony to lawmakers in Congress from Fed chairman Ben Bernanke appeared to signal that the central bank was not yet ready to...
The Ireland Department of Social Protection issued the following news release:. The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton TD, today published the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013 to give effect to a number of social welfare and pensions reforms. The Bill is available to view on www.oireachtas.ie.
The House Financial Services Committee issued the following news release:. Jim Renacci left the committee in February for a seat on the House Ways and Means Committee. Ross will continue as a member of the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
Health Canada Approves Proposals to Change Deferral Period for Certain Blood Donors- Regulatory Decision Will Not Compromise the Safety of Canada's Blood System. OTTAWA, Canada, May 22-- Health Canada issued the following news release:. On May 22, 2013, Health Canada approved proposals from Canadian Blood Services and Hema-Quebec to change the blood donor...
SAIPAN, May 22-- The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands' Office of the Governor and Lt. The Commonwealth Office of Transit Authority and the Commonwealth Public Transportation Advisory Board wish to inform the general public, most especially those individuals with disabilities and the elderly, that the Call-a-Ride Saipan, under COTA's ParaTransit...
The Sierra Club issued the following news release:. The Sierra Club, America's largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, is partnering with One PacificCoast Bank, FSB, a community development bank, to offer a credit card that supports the organization's goals and rewards members. OPCB is a certified B Corporation and, like the Sierra...
You might remember the case of Brick resident George Fencik. In November, he was charged $30 at the toll for the Outerbridge Crossing, the span that connects New Jersey to Staten Island. Fencik checked into it and was told the $30 charge occurred because he was driving a truck with a trailer.
Mr. Gonzalez-Moreno was elected by the Board of Directors upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Board of Directors affirmatively determined that Mr. Gonzalez-Moreno is an independent director under the New York Stock Exchange listing standards and Rule 10 A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as...
BEIJING, May 23, 2013/ PRNewswire/-- Pactera Technology International Ltd., a global consulting and technology services provider strategically headquartered in China, today reported its unaudited financial results for the first quarter of 2013 ended March 31, 2013. On November 9, 2012, HiSoft Technology International Limited and VanceInfo Technologies...
And under California law, such genetic snooping is perfectly legal. While the legislation might seem like a slam-dunk in the ever-evolving battle between technology and privacy, it's generating opposition from unlikely quarters: major research universities such as Stanford and the University of California, which argue that providing those protections...
TOKYO-- Japan's financial markets gyrated wildly Thursday, underscoring the vulnerability of its economy to a loss of investor confidence as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attempts shock monetary easing to end two decades of stagnation. Thursday's spike, which came despite the Bank of Japan's aggressive efforts to keep borrowing costs down, is unnerving some...
Pat Quinn last week, two Illinois Senate leaders called for the ouster of Julie Hamos, who heads the state's biggest public aid agency. She oversees the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, charged with managing the state's monstrous, overburdened Medicaid program and navigating the morass of Obamacare. Martin Sandoval and Donne Trotter bemoan the...
Forward-Looking Information is Subject to Risk and Uncertainty Some of the statements made and information contained in this report, excluding historical information, are "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements give ATK's current expectations or forecasts of future...
May 23-- Don Martin surveyed the damage and could only shake his head in disgust. Late one afternoon last week, he heard what he thought were gunshots on his rural property near Coeur d'Alene. An Army veteran who served in World War II, Martin retired in the early 1990 s from a career with New York Life Insurance Co. Collecting and restoring old cars has been a hobby of...
The board voted to let Town Supervisor Marc R. Smith sign an agreement with the Department of Transportation for $570,000, which will pay for new sidewalks along East High Street between Magnolia and Greenview drives and along Locust Street Extension, between O'Connor Drive and George Southard Elementary School. Councilman Mark C. Crocker said the town hopes...
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with "Forward-Looking Statements," Item 1 A. "Risk Factors" and our Consolidated Financial Statements for fiscal years 2013, 2012 and 2011, and the related notes thereto, all of which are included elsewhere in this Annual Report.
AVX Corporation is a leading worldwide manufacturer and supplier of a broad line of passive electronic components and interconnect products. The Company has five main product groups: Ceramic Components, Tantalum Components, Advanced Components, Interconnect Products, and Kyocera Electronic Devices. Consolidated revenues for the fiscal year ended March...
Butch Otter is rejecting the notion that a projected $162 million in surprise revenue means the 2014 Legislature should boost spending growth. Last week, Otter's retired chief economist, Mike Ferguson, produced the $162 million figure as an estimate from fiscal 2013-- which ends June 30-- and fiscal 2014. Ferguson, an advocate of increased investment in public...
"By leveraging our many retail delivery channels including our branches, website, email, and social media, we are able to start dialogues with customers and set up more sales appointments without adding a lot of extra cost," says Ann-Cabell Williams, SVP/Retail Executive at EVB Bank in Virginia that recently signed on. The FDIC, FINRA and the new Consumer Financial...
Termites are voracious consumers of wood so when one considers that every state, with the exception of Alaska, is home to one or more species of termite, the potential for destructive consequences comes into clear focus. According to Corey Arnold, President of Peachtree Pest Control of Atlanta, termite control in the Southeast is vital to the long term...
This bill provides funding for agencies such as Customs and Border Protection, Transportation Security Administration, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Recently there has been great concern regarding the accuracy of flood maps being drawn by FEMA, which determine the risk of flooding for certain areas.
Joshua Miller, to advance health care reform and begin transitioning Rhode Island's health care delivery system toward more effective and less expensive models. The committee will meet Thursday, May 23, at the rise of the Senate session in the Senate Lounge on the second floor of the State House. It was introduced as part of the Senate's "Moving the Needle"...
Paddlers of all ages and abilities have a chance to paddle the locks from Minetto to Oswego Saturday, June 29, in the "Rock the Locks" Oswego Paddlefest. Oswego County Legislator Jacob Mulcahey, District 15, Oswego, is chairman of the steering committee. Canoes and kayaks will leave from Riverview Park in Minetto at 10 a.m. June 29, and paddle four miles north to the boat...
Lee Terry, R- Neb., issued the following news release:. Representative Lee Terry today delivered the following remarks on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in support of moving forward with debate and in support of his legislation the Northern Route Approval Act:. "Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support this rule and urge support for my legislation H.R. 3, the...
Employee Benefit Research Institute issued the following news release:. Whether or not the federal health insurance reform law causes employers to hire part-time workers, the trend away from full-time employment is already underway, according to new research from the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute. "Full-time workers are much more...
Mark Mustio and Moon Township to offer a free shredding event for constituents. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 15 in the parking lot of the Moon Township Administration Office, 1000 Beaver Grade Road in Moon Township. "On behalf of Moon Township's residents we are grateful to Senator Smith and Representative Mustio for making this invaluable...
Ted Erickson's legislation to spur the development and expansion of community-based health care clinics was signed into law Tuesday by Governor Tom Corbett, paving the way for residents to gain greater access to these vital health care facilities. Senate Bill 5, now Act 10 of 2013, creates the Community-Based Health Care Program in the Department of Health...
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill., May 22-- The U.S. Department of Defense's Transportation Command issued the following news release:. Memorial Day to Labor Day, known as the Critical Days of Summer, is the time of year when people see an increase in mishaps as they get out to enjoy the warm weather. The Critical Days of Summer has become an awareness tool for the Air Force and the...
May 23-- LEWISTON-- All six properties on the auction block Wednesday morning were good ones at one time, according to landlord Sean Watkins. Watkins was on hand Wednesday at the auction at the Ramada Inn, one of three people who were not working for Tranzon Auction Properties or the mortgage lenders. In the end, the lenders were the sole bidder on the six downtown...
May 23-- SILVER CITY-- An Arizona man who left his passenger dead on the side of the road following an accident, will serve no jail time following a plea agreement presented in Silver City District Court on Monday. Nave, whose name was incorrectly reported as Nava in a story in the Sun-News on Feb. 1, was the driver of the vehicle that killed Gonzalez, 34, of El Paso, on the...
May 23-- SILVER CITY-- The Gila Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees voted to keep the four senior leaders at the hospital after a lengthy executive session Tuesday following a public input session that largely supported the management team. The management team took some more heat from the Grant County Commissioners when it refused to provide information...
Tenet's subsidiary, Doctors Medical Center of Modesto, will acquire the assets of the 209- bed Turlock hospital, its clinics and physician contracts. The Modesto and Turlock hospitals will operate under a single governing board with an integrated administration and physician staff. Medical Development Specialists of Southern California said Tenet's...
The United Association of Storm Restoration Contractors is pleased to announce a new member to the organization, Buckshot General Contracting. Buckshot General Contracting is based out of Janesville, WI with locations in Omaha, NE, Oklahoma City, OK and Columbia, MO. " Buckshot General Contracting is honored to become a member of the UASRC. Buckshot GC pledges to...
May 23-- TURLOCK-- Here's a message for tourists passing through Modesto or Merced on their way to Yosemite National Park: Stop and pick some cherries. Speakers offered those ideas Wednesday at a conference in Turlock on how to increase tourism in the San Joaquin Valley. The five counties from San Joaquin to Fresno accounted for only 3 percent of the state's $102...
VAC revealed the campaign last night at its annual Spring Into Action event at the University Club. Those vying for votes are Columbia Public Schools Superintendent Chris Belcher; Bob Burchard, men's basketball coach and director of athletics at Columbia College; Kat Cunningham, president of Moresource; Columbia Mayor Bob McDavid; radio host Chris Kellogg;...
May 23-- Fueled by a sharp decline in Scranton, overall voter turnout in Lackawanna County for the primary election Tuesday was down from a comparable election four years ago, despite major ballot questions and a hotly contested city mayoral race, unofficial election results show. Observers attributed the decline to various reasons, the main ones being weather...
The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the text of the following speech by Commissioner Luis A. Aguilar:. I am honored to be here with the Women's Executive Circle of New York to discuss a topic that's critical to our country's future. I continue to be deeply concerned with the lack of significant progress in the recruitment, retention, and promotion of...
After all, until Japan's experience began in the 1990 s, no major country had actually faced this problem since the Great Depression of the 1930 s. As the first nation to experience the zero bound in modern times, Japan was an early pioneer in developing unconventional tools and strategies. The evolution of policy in Japan, in turn, has been informed, in part, by the...
He has been a member of the Dalton State faculty since 2005. Prior to coming to Dalton State, Johnson worked for the Tennessee Valley Authority and the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. In addition to his administrative duties as Dean, Johnson has been instrumental in creating the School of Business's Center for Economic Research and Entrepreneurship...
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued the following news release:. To help consumers learn more about banking in a high-tech world, the Spring 2013 issue of FDIC Consumer News features practical tips on how to reap the benefits and avoid potential problems. The FDIC newsletter offers tips for preventing or detecting card fraud and stresses the...
The Financial Planning Coalition- comprised of Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc., the Financial Planning Association and the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors- today expressed concern regarding a discussion draft of legislation circulated by Rep. If enacted, the draft legislation- which is slated to be discussed...
The American Civil Liberties Union issued the following news release:. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a friend-of-the-court brief stating that the owners of Korte& Luitjohan Contractors and Grote Industries cannot impose their personal religious beliefs on employees by withholding coverage for health services with which they may not agree.
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, with its Service Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, what began 12 years ago as a small operation has since flourished into a thriving system with locations in New Jersey, Ohio, North Carolina, Texas and Arizona. She earned her nursing degree from Cape Fear Community College and her BS in Business Administration– Health Care...
May 23-- BELLEVILLE-- Belleville East pitcher Alison Mitts had a rough day on the mound, but she made a heads-up defensive play to get the final out and keep the Lancers' season alive. Mitts cut center fielder Kayla Fields' throw to the plate and fired to third for the final out as the Lancers held off the Belleville West Maroons 7-6 Wednesday in a Class 4 A Belleville East...
May 23-- A $14.6 million piece of Gov. Jerry Brown's budget highlights a classic government tension: the benefits of transparency vs. the consequences of being transparent. The funds would go to Controller John Chiang's office.
It seems there are few medical professionals people dislike visiting more than the dentist. But the patients of Laguna Beach dentist, Dr. Richard Sterling, don’ t share that sentiment.
Royce Williams Agency has decided to update their website to better serve the insurance needs of the quickly expanding Nashville population. As more people find their way into the area, the Nashville insurance experts at Royce Williams Agency are in the process of updating their website with improved functionality to meet higher demand.
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., May 22-- The U.S. Air Force Edwards Air Force Base issued the following story:. Conservative estimates from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration tell us someone in the United States dies in an alcohol-impaired-driving crash every 45 minutes and over 1,500 deaths every year are a result of fatigue.
The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release:. Coffeyville Resources Refining& Marketing has agreed to pay a $300,000 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its oil refinery in Coffeyville, Kan.. Under a consent decree lodged today in U.S. District Court in Wichita, Kan., CRRM must also perform a series of audits...
Now that Jerome County voters have approved a bond to fund a new jail, Jerome County Sheriff Doug McFall and his staff have something to work toward. They're excited about Jerome County in about two years coming to a point where we're not having these clouds over the top of us. " Initially, it will take about six months to get the bonding secure, with the help of an...
Today, Retirement Roadster chose David Beckham as the Money Savvy Retiree of the Week. On May 21, 2013, Forbes.com announced that David Beckham is going to purchase a Major League Soccer team for only $25 million, which is approximately 25% of the current value. David Beckham was able to make the purchase at such a low price because when he was playing for the Los...
May 23-- Take a peek inside the Tesla service center in Raleigh, not far down the road from the Angus Barn steakhouse, and you will get a glimpse at what some believe is the future of the American automobile. The garage is one of two dozen nationwide Tesla has opened, focusing on regions that have strong sales potential for the California company's line of Model S...
May 23-- During a career spanning four decades, Baltimore police Officer Ron Starr says, he never really considered leaving the department's Southeastern District and moving up the chain of command. Ron Furman, owner of Max's Taphouse, called Starr "old police-- a neighborhood cop, who knew everybody and walked the beat. Joyce Adamski, an O'Donnell Heights community...
May 23-- York City electrical workers will have to wait at least two more weeks before a new three-year union contract is official. In the meantime, members of the York City Council are compiling a list of questions about the contract, which would retroactively go into effect Jan. 1, 2013, and extend to Dec. 31, 2015. The city administration and the International...
Silk ® Abstract Company announced today that it has launched a $1 per settlement to charity program. To learn more about Silk ® Abstract Company, visit the Silk ® website at http://www.silktitle.com. About Silk ® Abstract Company:.
Carsmetics’ corporate headquarters are in Tampa, Florida, but Dan Daniel, Carsmetics’ newest franchisee, is taking Carsmetics to a new market in Richmond, Virginia.“ Carsmetics is thrilled to be moving into the Richmond market, and we know Dan is the right person to bring us there. Under Dan’ s leadership, this franchise is going to thrive,” said Tony Lockhart,...
MOUNT EVEREST, Nepal, May 22-- The U.S. Air Force issued the following story:. Rob Marshall, a CV-22 Osprey acceptance pilot from Mercer Island, Wash., currently stationed at Bell Helicopter in Amarillo, Texas. Marshall Klitzke, a KC-135R pilot from Lemmon, S.D., currently an instructor pilot at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.* Capt.
Dennis Ross, R- Fla., issued the following news release:. The House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance announced its newest addition today: Rep. Jim Renacci, who moved to the Committee on Ways and Means.
While John Green ran into the Home Depot store Wednesday afternoon, Green's parked car moved 30 feet without him-- crashing into two vehicles and catching fire. "The keys were in my pocket," the Deering man said. One left the scene; the other belonged to Mike and Jeanne Kline.
Personal Finance expert Walter Edelstein, CFP ® has published new retirement advice on how to begin saving for retirement. He discusses five easy steps to take to get on track to achieving a successful financial plan for retirement. A recent study concluded that 57% of U.S. workers have less than $25,000 in total household savings and investments.
White Oaks Wealth Advisors Inc, an independent and private wealth management firm in Minneapolis, MN is excited to announce Sharon Bloodworth, President, as a 2013 Women in Business Award winner. As current President of the Minneapolis Rotary Club 9, her dynamic leadership approach that focuses on values and teamwork has earned the club a Presidential...
Jan Brewer led a lively "pep rally" for Medicaid expansion at Tucson Medical Center on Wednesday morning, drawing cheers, shouts of support and a standing ovation from about 250 local health-care executives, business leaders and other citizens. Without the expansion, about 60,000 Arizonans now enrolled in Medicaid will immediately lose health coverage at the...
Qorus Software, provider of document automation solutions for Microsoft Office and Microsoft SharePoint, will be exhibiting at APMP’ s Bid& Proposal Con 2013, the world’ s largest educational event for proposal management, capture, business development and graphics professionals. The company will be demonstrating to attendees the latest version of their...
May 23-- The diagnosis for Hamilton County's health is one of chronic imbalance. A sobering picture painted in the 2013 State of the Chattanooga Region Health Report, conducted by the Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies, depicts a tale of two cities: A more secure, affluent population with insurance and preventive care within reach; and a poor, urban core...
Creative Deal Structures, particularly Earn-Outs, are the new way to go when buying and selling a business– this is crucial to closing a deal in today's market. VR Lakes Business Group, Inc. has extensive experience regarding business sales and transactions with earn-out structures and would like to share information to help business Sellers and Buyers as this...
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 23-- 3 M Innovative Properties, St. Paul, Minn., has been assigned a patent developed by Cheryl A. Pederson, Eden Praire, Minn., Jennifer S. Ma, St. Paul, Minn., and Nancy J. Dyslin, Stillwater, Minn., for "methods for managing infection risk incident to surgical procedures in health care provider environments." The patent application was filed on Dec. 4, 2000.
SMS Marketing Services, Inc. announces the addition of John Cloyes to the SMS Marketing Services Data Division in the role of Vice President of Data Sales, effective immediately. Prior to joining SMS Marketing Services, John held sales and business development positions at Experian, Dun& Bradstreet, American List Counsel, Grayhair Software and most recently...
"They ought to be able _ just like a church, just like a charity _ to have the right to opt out of a provision that infringes on their religious beliefs," said Kyle Duncan, who will argue before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of the Green family, the founders of Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. and a sister company, Christian booksellers Mardel Inc..
The Law Firm of Pozzuolo Rodden, P.C., Philadelphia Business Attorneys, announces the release of the article“ How An Employer Can Protect Itself From An Employee's False Accusations In The Social Media“ Please read the full article and other corporate law, or estate planning topics at: http://www.pozzuolo.com. How An Employer Can Protect Itself From An...
The Council of State Governments issued the following news release:. Edna Brown has been appointed as a co-chair of The Council of State Governments' Health Public Policy Committee for the 2013-14 biennium. If a state is expanding Medicaid eligibility, that coverage likely begins Jan. 1, 2014 as well.
Sherrod Brown, S.Res.65 urges the President to continue to strengthen enforcement of sanctions legislation while reaffirming America's close relationship with Israel. "As Iran continues to thumb its nose at the international community, we will continue to increase sanctions on the government leaders to force them to meet their international...
Carole Orem-Hough, Ph.D., age 55, of South Portland, pled guilty in the U.S. District Court in Portland, before Judge George Z. Singal, to committing health care fraud. According to court records, from September 2008 to September 2011, Orem-Hough was a licensed psychologist doing business as Casco Bay Psychotherapy in South Portland. Orem-Hough admitted that she...
The U.S. Army issued the following news:. The U.S. Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center commences its official summer safety campaign and encourages all Soldiers, Department of the Army Civilians and Family members to remain prepared for the fun and hazards associated with warmer weather. The campaign, which begins May 24 and runs through Sept. 3, encourages...
Mark Begich, D- Alaska, issued the following news release:. As the Senate continues debate today on the proposed Farm Bill, U.S. Begich's amendments would save millions in potential taxpayer dollars, remove bureaucratic obstacles for tribes, reauthorize the Denali Commission, prevent the sale of genetically modified salmon, and reduce regulatory roadblocks by...
May 23-- The Hutchinson City Council agreed to spend another $15,000 on the effort to save the Southwest Chief Amtrak route across southwest Kansas and to set up a special benefit district to pay for improvements to Ring Levee C west of the city on Tuesday. The decision on the Southwest Chief keeps Hutchinson in a coalition of cities including Newton, Dodge City,...
Passionate Nutrition offers a whole food and whole person approach to your health and wellness. They work with a diverse group of clients and specialize in the following:• Weight loss& Maintenance• Food Sensitivity& Allergies• Pre Natal/ Post Natal Nutrition• Anxiety& Depression• Hormone Balancing• Eating disorders• Arthritis• Hypothyroidism.
The topics that will be covered in the 1- day Agile and Scrum classes are scrum framework, scrum roles, scrum meetings, scrum artifacts, and scrum simulation. The trainings will be conducted in the following cities:* Albuquerque on June 17th 2013. For anyone in transition, each class has a Pay it Forward pricing of $95, which is limited to 5 seats per class.This...
After spending six seasons in the NHL, Derek Boogaard earned a reputation for being one of the toughest professional hockey players in the league. At 6’ 7”, 270 pounds, Derek Boogaard was a fighter/enforcer, meaning he spend a lot of time in the penalty box. On May 13th, The New York Times reported that a Chicago law firm filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the NHL,...
Since its launch in March 2011, University Services’ pm-Assist ® Sleep Scoring& Interpretation Services’ Board Certified Sleep Physicians have completed thousands of diagnostic home sleep testing interpretations for a diverse range of clients, and the program has been expanded to include four new services to complete a company’ s home sleep testing...
May 23-- Presenting a budget described as bare bones, representatives from the unified Memphis and Shelby County Schools made its case Wednesday to the County Commission's budget and finance committee as to why the requested $30 million increase is necessary to education the county's children. The proposed $1.18 billion budget is $75 million less than the...
May 23-- Even after repeated deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, Maj. The ascent was the final climb in the USAF 7 Summits Challenge, co-founded by Marshall in 2005, which has sent Air Force climbing teams to the top of the highest peaks on every continent to honor fallen comrades and raise money for military charities. The 7 Summits Challenge is independent of the...
After nearly three hours of debate, the Senate voted 23-18 to reject the proposal, which supporters have pushed for a decade with little success. Last year, for the first time, the GOP- controlled House passed a similar proposal, but it died in the Senate. Grooms said that, regardless of the outcome of the vote, he wanted a chance to debate the proposal on the Senate floor,...
May 23-- The state workers' compensation reform, Senate Bill 5127, was passed by the Senate 30-19 and hung up in the House. The Legislature passed a workers' compensation bill in 2011. The law allows certain disabled workers to choose a payout of cash rather than a lifetime disability pension. Janea Holmquist Newbry, R- Moses Lake, SB 5127 says that if a worker is...
Mark Dayton and the DFL Legislature are taking a lot of heat-- largely from the business community-- for adding a fourth income-tax tier that's expected to tap the wealthiest 2 percent of Minnesotans for about $2 billion. --$528 million in aid to Mayo Clinic's massive " Destination Medical Center" project in Rochester. --$54 million goes to the state's Department of...
EzPaycheck payroll software from Halfpricesoft.com has just been updated and released to accommodate small businesses in Georgia. Available at http://www.halfpricesoft.com/index. asp, the latest version of this popular and easy-to-use software is priced at just $89 per installation for new customers, making ezPaycheck payroll software affordable...
The Schafer Law Office, a law firm handling Kentucky personal injury cases, has been officially nominated for Greater Louisville Inc.’ s 13th Annual Inc.credible Awards, presented by Strothman& Company PSC. The Schafer Law Office is composed of an experienced and dedicated staff including JD Duran, Leta Hecker, Paula Brown, Rachael Schafer, Angela Morrow, and...
Concerned Women for America CEO and President Penny Nance issued the following statement in support of Christian crafts store Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., who will battle the Obama Administration in court Thursday over whether or not the Health and Human Service Department can force it to comply with the mandate requiring employers to provide coverage for the...
Three persons from North Hollywood, Calif., have been arrested in an alleged scheme in which semi-trailer loads of goods were stolen from companies in California and an attempt to steal a load of processed beef was made in southwest Kansas, U. S. Attorney Barry Grissom said Wednesday. Two of the three persons, Oganes Nagapetian, 53, and his wife, Larisa Nagapetian, 46,...
Mitch McConnell, R- Ky., issued the following news release:. U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor today regarding what he termed a' culture of intimidation' that exists in the Executive Branch and among Senate Democrats and the threat to use the nuclear option if they don't get their way every time:.
The United States Attorney's Office announced that during a federal court session in Billings, on May 21, 2013, before U.S. District Judge Sam E. Haddon, MARTIN LLOYD OLD HORN, a 22- year-old resident of Hardin, was arraigned and pled guilty to mail fraud- scheme to defraud or to obtain money or property by false promises. Each year, the CTHPO receives grant funds from...
Allegheny College issued the following news:. Sue Stuebner Gaylor, who currently serves as vice president for administration and planning at Lycoming College, has been named executive vice president of Allegheny College, effective July 15, 2013. "Her work as a senior officer at Lycoming College, among leadership roles at other liberal arts colleges, reflects a...
Senator Robert Menendez today joined New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Mayor Matt Doherty for the ribbon cutting of the new boardwalk just days before Memorial Day weekend. Belmar is back and open for another summer. " "He was truly the point man for getting aid back to New Jersey," said Governor Christie. "
NEW YORK-- A company that promised sightseer tours to the Bronx that included a New York City "ghetto" has stopped the bus rides under fire from an outraged neighborhood. The Bronx lost hundreds of buildings to fires intentionally set by landlords to collect insurance money; hence the phrase "the Bronx is burning. "Those days are over, the Bronx is being rebuilt, it's...
MOORE, Okla.-- All that is left of Shayne Patterson's three-bedroom home is the tiny area where his wife hunkered down under a mattress to protect their three children when a tornado packing winds of at least 200 mph slammed through his neighborhood. Patterson's home was among as many as 13,000 homes damaged or destroyed Monday when the twister plowed through the...
The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo nosedived 7.3 percent to close at 14,483.98. Japan's 10- year government bond yield rose above 1 percent for the first time in a year, unnerving investors at a time when Japan's already overburdened government finances are vulnerable to rises in interest rates. Chris Weston, chief market strategist at IG Markets in Melbourne, said the...
May 23-- MANATEE-- Bank of the Ozarks is growing its Manatee County presence over the next year with two new locations. Along Manatee Avenue at 19th Street West passersby can see the rubble from days of demolition of crumbling buildings that area making way for a Manatee County headquarters for the Little Rock, Ark.- based bank. "The vibrant business climate coupled...
Macon Police Department wrapped up its gun safety class Wednesday and Sgt. Tim James said he wasn't surprised all of the about 18 participants were women. "I'm doing this for one reason and one reason only," said Kara Hebert.
One thing drivers can not avoid is the threat of getting involved in a car accident. Most drivers try their best to drive defensively to avoid getting involved in an accident while other drivers are more care-free with their driving. Spring and fall are, at least two of the best seasons in Canada; it's not yet construction season and there's no bone chilling sting...
As the Government of Iran continues to partner with North Korea on missile and nuclear technology, sponsor terrorism, disregard human rights by targeting Iranian dissidents worldwide, and defy United Nations Security Council orders to halt its nuclear enrichment activities, U.S. Senator Rob Portman signed on as an original cosponsor of the Iran Export...
TOKYO-- Yields on 10- year Japanese government bonds briefly topped 1 percent for the first time in a year on Thursday, unnerving some investors at a time when Japan's already overburdened government finances are vulnerable to rises in interest rates. The spike in long-term debt comes despite the Bank of Japan's aggressive efforts to keep interest rates down.
May 23-- The Bethel Park School Board on Wednesday night rejected a state-appointed fact-finder's report on the district's negotiations with its bus drivers, mechanics and aides, leaving open the possibility that the district could privatize transportation services. The fact-finder reviewed proposals from the district and representatives from...
May 23-- TIPTON-- Part-time employees with Tipton County will be taking home smaller paychecks starting July 1 after the county council voted to lower the maximum number of hours worked to 28 per week. Part-time Tipton County employees are permitted to work up to 32 hours per week now. Doug Heath with Regents Insurance said Tipton County needs to begin tracking the...
May 23-- The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. plans to hire about 100 people for its wealth management business, especially sales personnel, to capitalize on individuals' growing need for help with their investments. The bank will increase staff across the country and globally over the next 18 months, said BNY Mellon spokeswoman Susan Rivers on Wednesday.
May 23-- Highmark members won't be able to seek medical treatment from a McMurray outpatient facility that St. Clair Hospital will open next month. Mt. Lebanon- based St. Clair said in a statement Wednesday that Highmark won't accept claims from the facility until the "hospital signs a long-term extension of its provider agreement with Highmark."
May 23-- Illinois drivers soon could roll along rural interstates at 70 mph after House lawmakers Wednesday approved a higher speed limit on nonurban highways despite safety concerns and a possible veto showdown with the governor. Supporters said the higher speeds would place Illinois-- home to some of the nation's busiest interstates-- in line with...
HEIDELBERG, Germany, May 21-- The U.S. Army issued the following news:. One advantage Americans living and working in Germany enjoy is the opportunity for their family members and friends to visit from the U.S. and travel around Europe. Evans stressed that owners cannot request driving permission for their dependents, residents of Germany, or others who plan to...
The U.S. Army issued the following news:. Memorial Day is a time of reflection, to remember the sacrifices of those who have come before us and those who have served with us in service to this great Nation. This Memorial Day, we honor and extend our gratitude to those who gave their full and final measure and thank our Soldiers for their service.
May 23-- The past 14 years have been a marathon, not a sprint, for Suffolk- based TowneBank, said Chairman and CEO G. Robert Aston Jr. Aston reviewed the bank's progress and laid out plans for the future during an annual shareholders meeting Wednesday at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. Since its inception in 1999, earnings have increased every year, and assets...
May 23-- LOWELL, Mass.-- The last time Tommy Lawrence pitched in the postseason, things didn't go so well. Coach Steve Trimper's Black Bears plays No. 2 Binghamton, a 9-0 winner over No. 3 Albany, Thursday at 8 p.m. The defending champion Seawolves take on the Great Danes in Thursday's 4 p.m. elimination game in the double-elimination tourney. "It takes a lot of pressure off,"...
RxEOB said that DAKOTACARE, a physician-owned health plan in South Dakota, has implemented its AutoAuthRx pharmacy prior authorization automation technology for use by its network of physicians who serve the DAKOTACARE membership. According to a Dean Medical Center study regarding the economic burden of prior authorizations within allergist offices,...
iSoftStone Holdings Limited, a China- based IT services provider, reported its unaudited financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31. -Net income decreased 9.9 percent to $3.0 million in the first quarter 2013 from $3.3 million in the first quarter 2012.. -Diluted earnings per American Depositary Share were $0.05 in the first quarter...
TFM&A India's 3rd edition will take place from June 19-20 at the Lalit, New Delhi. A prominent speaker at TFM&A India, Romi Mahajan, President, KKM Group in a Fire Side chat will be talking about' How Marketing, Business, IT, and Commerce are converging'. -Aaron Kahlow, Founder& CEO, Online Marketing Institute.
Flash Valet and ParkWhiz have partnered to create an efficient and complete solution for parking providers. According to a release, ParkWhiz.com allows consumers to find and pay for guaranteed parking online and in advance, while Flash Valet enables revenue control, vehicle tracking, and paperless, cloud- based record keeping in managed parking...
The 2013 Ford Fusion Energi has earned the highest possible "five- star" Overall Vehicle Score from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. According to a release, the five-star rating is the U.S. Government's highest-possible safety rating and is determined only after severe testing procedures as part of NHTSA's New Car Assessment Program,...
NetSuite Inc., a provider of cloud-based financials/ ERP software suites, announced six solution provider and value-added reseller firms are launching new cloud business management practices with NetSuite to meet customer demand for highly scalable and efficient cloud solutions for financials/ ERP, CRM, Ecommerce and professional services automation...
Latin America, consisting of Mexico, Central America and South America, now constitutes a significant and growing portion of worldwide economic activity. With a land area of about 7.9 million square miles, Latin America's estimated population is 557 million, with a gross domestic product of $5.6 trillion in 2012, according to the International Monetary Fund.
Premier's Breakthroughs Conference and Exhibition, taking place June 11-14 in San Antonio, brings together leaders in healthcare from across the U.S. to share learnings and innovations. Speakers include physician and integration leaders from alliance members AtlantiCare, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Integrated Solutions Health...
BigFoot Investments, a firm formed as an outgrowth of an established registered investment advisory practice, announced the arrival of its second generation portfolio management toolkits developed for variable annuity sub-accounts, mutual funds, individual stocks and exchange traded funds. These advisors need a cost-effective solution that meets...
Verafin has announced a partnership with Fundtech, a company focusing on global transaction banking solutions, to integrate Fundtech's PAYplus payment platforms: PAYplus Connect& PAYplus USA with Verafin's enterprise FRAML solution. We needed technology with the flexibility to integrate with our existing systems; a solution that gave us breadth of...
Sapiens International Corp., a provider of software solutions for the financial services industry, announced that Wesleyan Assurance Society has selected the Sapiens ALIS software suite to administer a range of financial products. "Our partnership with Wesleyan is an important step in the implementation of our growth strategy as a leading global player...
Kasowitz, Benson, Torres& Friedman announced that insurance recovery litigators Jerold Oshinsky and Linda Kornfeld are joining the firm's insurance recovery group as partners and will launch the firm's Los Angeles office. Oshinsky is described by Chambers USA as "the foremost practitioner at the policyholder Bar." "Jerry and Linda are as good as it gets, and...
Sapiens International Corp., a global provider of software solutions for the financial services industry, announced that Wesleyan Assurance Society offers specialist financial advice to doctors, dentists, lawyers and teachers, has selected the Sapiens ALIS software suite to administer a range of financial products. "Our partnership with Wesleyan is an...
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Changing Regulatory and Reimbursement Scenario for Medical Devices in the US Market" report to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include:. In March 2013, the Senate voted 79-20 in favor of repealing this tax proposal.
Coastal Habitat for Humanity announced the launch of its "Good Hands" repair, rebuild and restore Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative in Manasquan, thanks to a generous $125,000 grant from The Allstate Foundation. "With sponsorship from The Allstate Foundation as well as volunteer energy from Allstate New Jersey Insurance Company agents and employees,...
OptionMonster Holdings, Inc. announced that its CTO, Sanjib Sahoo, was selected as the 2013 CIO of the Year award honoree by The Executives' Club of Chicago, the Association of Information Technology Professionals and the Society of Information Management. OptionMonster Holdings, Inc. is the parent of tradeMONSTER. Sahoo, who joined in 2006, the year...
Fitch Ratings has affirmed the GTP Acquisition Partners I, secured tower revenue notes, series 2011-2 C, 2011-2 F, -1 C and 2013- 1 F as follows:. --$490,000,000 class 2011-2 C at' Asf'; Outlook Stable;. Fitch affirms the series 2011 notes as part of the issuance of the GTP Acquisition Partners I, 2013-1 C and 2013-1 F notes issued on April 24.
IntercontinentalExchange, an operator of global markets and clearing houses, announced the result of the company's 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was held May 17. In addition, stockholders ratified Ernst& Young as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2013 with 98.3 percent voting "for" the ratification of Ernst& Young.
The Phoenix Suns implemented Qualex's iQ-Sports data model and BI portal providing Phoenix Sun's management access to key operational data in order to facilitate strategic decision making in a more timely manner. "We're excited about our partnership with Qualex," said Zaheer Benjamin, Senior Director of Financial Planning with the Phoenix Suns.
The Epilepsy Foundation, a national organization dedicated to serving all people with seizures, announced the election of its first official Board of Directors, following the completion of its merger with the Epilepsy Therapy Project. Warren Lammert, former Chairman and co-founder of the Epilepsy Therapy Project, now a strategic initiative of the Epilepsy...
National Financial Partners Corp., a provider of benefits, insurance and wealth management services, announced that Douglas W. Hammond, president and chief operating officer, has been named chief executive officer, effective May 17. Bibliowicz, whose intention to step down as CEO was announced in April 2012, served as NFP's CEO since joining the company in April...
Premier's Breakthroughs Conference and Exhibition, taking place June 11-14 in San Antonio, brings together leaders in healthcare from across the U.S. to share learnings and developments. Speakers include physician and integration leaders from alliance members AtlantiCare, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Integrated Solutions Health...
U.S. Trust 2013 Insights on Wealth and Worth found that family health has emerged as the new risk to family wealth. Long-term care and out-of-pocket healthcare costs, combined with financial support for extended family, are weighing heavily on families, particularly women and younger generations, yet are risks to wealth that are not well reflected in...
Renal Ventures Management, a provider of dialysis services for patients suffering from chronic kidney failure, announced that Greg Meadows has joined the company as the president and CEO of RV Infusion Partners. RV Infusion Partners is a subsidiary of Renal Ventures Management. "Mr. Meadows brings a wealth of valuable knowledge about the infusion field," said...
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "South Korea Pharmaceutical Market Outlook 2013" report to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include:. In 2011, the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced that it would cut prices of some 7,500 registered drugs by 14 percent to control spending on drugs in the...
Middle market healthcare executives are focusing on growing their businesses through acquisitions and investment, despite views of overregulation, a tepid economy and a decline in approval of the Affordable Care Act, according to an exclusive study released by CIT Group Inc. cit.com, a provider of financing and advisory services to small businesses and...
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "PESTLE Analysis of Austria 2012" report to its offerings. Austria is a landlocked country located in Central Europe, bordering European countries such as Hungary, Slovakia, Germany, Slovenia, and Italy. Labor wages in Austria are also high affecting labor-intensive industries and the flow of FDI into the...
Itamar Medical has announced the appointment of Gilad Glick as the company CEO, effective July 1st 2013.. "Dov transformed Itamar-Medical from a medical technology company to a market leader in the diagnosis of sleep disorders and early detection of cardiovascular disease. Giora Yaron, joint Chairman of Itamar Medical.
PathCentral, a technology-enabled company dedicated to the success of the pathology community, introduced AP Anywhere, its bundled Anatomic Pathology Laboratory Information System technology offering. AP Anywhere is a web-based anatomic pathology LIS technology solution that integrates all of the critical components of a pathologist's day-to-day...
"Elekta is very grateful for Akbar Seddigh's board leadership over the past 14 years. Akbar's guidance and his competence in medical technology and industrial expertise as well as his entrepreneurial spirit have contributed strongly to Elekta's development and success, "said Laurent Leksell. Tomas Puusepp, who has worked in senior positions at Elekta since...
Fitch Ratings has assigned an' AA+' rating to the following Orange County, Florida bonds:. --$41.4 million public service tax refunding revenue bonds, series 2013;. --$55.6 million outstanding PST revenue bonds at' AA+';.
The U.S. Army issued the following news:. A team of nine individuals from multiple portfolios across the U.S. Army Public Health Command recently completed a mission in a deployed environment more than 6,000 miles away from home. The team deployed to Shuaiba Port, Kuwait, Feb. 4--17, to complete routine maintenance of the Mobile Ambient Air Monitoring Station, a...
KAMPALA, Republic of Uganda, May 23, 2013/ PRNewswire/-- Waterfund LLC and IBM today announced that they have signed an agreement with the Ministry of Water and Environment of the Republic of Uganda that makes the country the first in Africa to become a member of the pioneering Water Cost Index.. Waterfund, with IBM acting as calculation agent, will work with the...
Foundation Financial Group announced the recent expansion of the company’ s Marketing Division. “I am very excited to welcome our new staff members to the FFG family,” said Foundation Financial Group Vice President of Marketing, Jessica Gueterman.“ When the opportunity arose for hiring more employees, we were delighted to find compatible, enthusiastic...
Malawi President Joyce Banda met the first point on her austerity plan, selling the presidential jet at auction for $15 million, officials said. The winning bid for the 14- passenger, French-made Dassault Falcon 900- EX aircraft was made by Bohnox Enterprise Ltd. of the Virgin Islands, which paid $5 million less than the plane's market value, set at $20 million,...
On May 16, 2012, LifeHealthPro reported that, with funerals costing $6,500 or more on average, a funeral concierge can help families negotiate lower costs for all aspects of a funeral, among other benefits. Funeral Financials announces their top 3 reasons to hire a funeral concierge. With the average household income in the U.S. having dropped 7.3 percent from...
May 22-- Joseph Castro, a Hanford native, made history Wednesday when he was named the next president of Fresno State, becoming the first Latino to hold the post. "It is incredibly humbling that the CSU trustees have appointed me as the next president of Fresno State, and I truly appreciate this honor," Castro said. He is leaving UC San Francisco, a collection of...
May 22-- A fire destroyed the Sugar Shack espresso stand on Lake Otis Parkway near East 47th Avenue early Wednesday morning, the Anchorage Fire Department said. The AFD received an initial call about the fire at 4:04 a.m. on Wednesday, said spokesman Al Tamagni. The Loyds, who own another Sugar Shack location on Fifth Avenue near Karluk Street, said their...
In addition, the board will discuss procedures for filling the school board slot vacated by former chairman Ed Jamison, who resigned May 13 in the midst of an emotional meeting. On Tuesday afternoon, supervisors voted 6-1 to add $300,000 to its previous contribution to the school division of about $31.6 million for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
Holladay, who graduated in 1987 from Athens State University when it was known as Athens State College, is the principal of Oxford High School and the director of alternative programs and athletics for Oxford City Schools. He has been an educator for 41 years and will officially retire July 1, after 10 years at the helm of the Athens system. Holladay's Oxford City...
MADISON- A Madison man shot and killed by police last week after allegedly charging at them with a sword had a history of mental illness, the Dane County Sheriff's Office said. Brent E. Brozek, 43, was taken to mental health facilities in 2004 and 2008 as part of court-ordered commitments, sheriff's spokeswoman Elise Schaffer told the Wisconsin State Journal.
SPRINGFIELD- A plan to expand Medicaid coverage for low-income adults without children squeaked through an Illinois House committee Tuesday despite scrutiny over a last-minute amendment that would give more flexibility to mental health institutions. The Human Services Committee voted, 8-6, in favor of the expansion, which is part of President Barack...
WASHINGTON- The Senate voted Tuesday to keep a $400 million annual cut- or roughly a half of 1 percent- to the food stamp program as part of a major five-year farm bill. The House and Senate have differed sharply on how much the domestic food aid should be cut, with the House version of the farm bill proposing to cut five times more than the Senate bill and change...
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May 21-- WEST HAVEN-- The West Haven Housing Authority has a new contract with its unionized employees, after negotiations that were interrupted by a federal investigation last August and resumed earlier this year. The old agreement expired in April 2012, which means the new three-year pact is retroactive to that date, according to Interim Executive Director...
May 22-- The sound of running water made a whisper of Kelly Johnson's sobs as he lifted his head from the creek bed two years ago. But today, Johnson rests his head on a pillow thanks to Hope's Village of SLO. Founded in 2011 by Becky Jorgeson, Hope's Village of SLO is an organization that is working to combat homelessness throughout San Luis Obispo County.
On Wednesday, days of pent-up desire to help a tornado-ravaged community was unleashed at the Moore Cemetery. Among them was Angela Lindsey of Midwest City, a 1986 graduate of Moore High School who returned to help her hometown on Wednesday. Also there was Connie Carpenter of Guthrie, a 1981 Moore High School graduate.
May 23-- Mohammad Fareed remembers the kindness that people showed him and his family when he came to the United States for a medical residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Fareed, who has long volunteered at free clinics in the Milwaukee area, is among the volunteer doctors at the Muslim Community and Health Center of Wisconsin. The clinic provides care...
May 22-- CORRECTION: May 22, 2013. Projections estimate Stockton's public employee pensions will account for up to 52.9 percent of public safety payroll and 30.6 percent of miscellaneous employee payroll by 2020. Incorrect information was included in the print and initial online versions of this story. Stockton Safe Streets, hold a highly charged debate.
May 22-- The Cleburne Rotary Club will conduct its third annual Rotary's Ragin' Roundup fundraiser and community celebration from 5-8 p.m. Friday at the Cleburne Conference Center at 1501 W. Henderson St.. The event, a fish fry for the Cleburne and Johnson County area, includes a 2013 Harley-Davidson 883 Iron motorcycle raffle, an iPad and 39- inch TV raffle, bounce...
May 22-- "I just want people to know we are here," Renee Self said Tuesday morning, almost a week after an EF-3 tornado ripped through the Westlake Mobile Home Park where she lives on Farm-to-Market Road 1434 outside Cleburne. The Jameses and their 7- year-old son, Jacob, are staying with their friends, Kristina and Chris Fagan, who live in a small cabin at Westlake.
May 22-- The doctor shareholders of Madison- based Dean Health System late Tuesday approved a merger with St. Louis- based SSM Health Care, owner of St. Mary's Hospital in Madison. More than 97 percent of the shareholders voted for the deal, announced last month, under which Dean would become a for-profit, secular subsidiary of nonprofit, Catholic-run SSM.
Brian Gallagher has a joint faculty appointment in both the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine and the Marshall University School of Pharmacy. He began his duties with Marshall Health on March 29. Gallagher graduated from West Virginia University in 1981 with a B.S. in pharmacy and received his law degree from Wake Forest University in 1984. He is admitted to the...
May 22-- CHARLESTON, W.Va.-- The board that runs Yeager Airport is planning budget cuts, including possible layoffs, because of the passenger decline that resulted from the loss of an Orlando flight. Losing the Orlando flight caused the number of passengers using Yeager Airport to drop by about 20,000 from last year to this year. The flight was cut after Southwest...
May 23-- Jeff Overby joined Howard West's coaching staff at Reynolds just as the Demons were embarking on a run of three NCHSAA 4- A state basketball championships. Overby-- a son of the late Gene Overby, a longtime sportscaster in Winston-Salem who died in 1989-- has been a fixture at West's side, starting with the 1997-98 season at Reynolds and continuing for the last...
Nothing huge: a small, hyperlocal charity that he would call " The Teaberry Fund"-- an homage to his family's ancestral acreage off a road by that name near Lansing. Plenty hard, it turns out, once the IRS got involved. Weaver got the ball rolling in January 2012 when he incorporated The Teaberry Fund as a nonprofit organization.
Harry Reid, D- Nev., issued the following news release:. Nevada Senator Harry Reid spoke on the Senate floor today regarding the agriculture jobs bill and the lack of progress on the budget. In an effort to expedite the floor process, the committee even included many of the amendments that were adopted last year, when the Senate considered and passed a farm bill.
Jan Brewer led a lively "pep rally" for Medicaid expansion at Tucson Medical Center this morning, drawing cheers, shouts of support and a standing ovation from about 250 local healthcare executives, business leaders and regular citizens. Without the expansion, about 60,000 Arizonans now enrolled in Medicaid will immediately lose health coverage at the end of...
May 22-- DAYTON-- Of course a dog's bite is worse than it's bark, and in the middle of National Dog Bite Prevention Week, that's not good for Dayton area mail carriers. A 2012 study done in conjunction with the American Veterinary Medical Association, the U.S. Postal Service and State Farm Insurance, ranks Ohio fourth on the list of most dog bites that end in insurance...
May 22-- The new director of West Virginia's Department of Health and Human Resources is certainly no stranger to southern West Virginia. "Its really an honor to be able to serve the Governor and the great state of West Virginia," Bowling said. This is an opportunity on a much broader level to continue that passion and drive to help people in West Virginia.
The fourth annual Dash 4 Trash and the Trashy Ribs and Blues Festival are back and while both events usually share one Saturday, this year they'll be split among two to accommodate Orange County High School's graduation. "There's going to be so many people in town with graduation that we felt it best to separate the two events as a courtesy to those families...
May 17-- The Cloquet School Board voted to spend just over $147,000 to fund the new Industrial Technology Department at its Monday night meeting. CHS Principal Warren Peterson said he was heartened by what he believes will be the new program's quality relative to other districts. The board also considered a proposal from Superintendent Ken Scarbrough to raise...
May 17-- It's about hope and education, Ginger Spiess said. That's why the Carlton County Local Advisory Council hosted a conference on mental illness last Thursday at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College. "A lot of people want to learn about recovery," said Spiess, who serves on the advisory council and is supervisor of the Outreach Center in Cloquet.
In the opener of the 4 A tournament at Sprinker Recreation Center in Parkland, Gig Harbor waged a terrific battle with the Tahoma Bears. In the end, Gig Harbor's offense was the difference-maker. In the seventh inning, Aubrey Lindberg ripped a double to the gap in right field to score Tess Parker, and Anna Overland put some insurance in the scoreboard with a two-run...
May 22-- State Medical Examiner's Office releases names of Oklahomans who died in Moore tornado. MOORE-- President Barack Obama plans to visit Oklahoma on Sunday to meet with those affected by Monday's tornado. Authorities said early Wednesday that they do not expect to find additional survivors of the EF5 tornado that struck Moore and that the task has now...
Her husband, Brett Parker, is charged with two counts of murder for her death and the death of Bryan Capnerhurst, his sports betting clerk. Staples predicted that there would be no way for Brett Parker to keep Tammy Parker's life insurance benefit, 401 K accounts or any other money once a federal audit began. He also said even if Brett Parker was found not guilty of...
May 22-- A Wesley Chapel woman was arrested Tuesday and charged with stealing more than $3,000 from a middle school Parent Teacher Student Association account for her own use. Between Feb. 1, 2012 and Feb. 28 of this year, Jocelyn Ann Severson, 49, 8933 McKendree Road, while serving as the Weightman Middle School PTSA treasurer, took at least $3,928 from the account to...
The newly named Iowa Health and Wellness Plan contains elements that meets the desires of legislative Democrats to cover Iowans who have yearly incomes of up to $15,300 by providing a premium subsidy paid for with federal funds and the Branstad-led GOP approach for Iowans earning less than $11,000 annually who will be eligible for the same benefits...
Motorists will have to slow down while driving through the cities of Lima and Findlay, though. It runs from the Blue Lick Road exit at mile marker 130, just north of Lima in Allen County, down to mile marker 117, just south of the Cridersville exit in Auglaize County. The revised speed limit to 70 applies from an area from just outside of Toledo south until just north...
May 22-- NORTH MANKATO-- As a group, local and state manufacturers are a bit less enthusiastic about the economic direction and future of Minnesota, are worried most about health care and the Affordable Care Act, don't expect to raise wages much in the coming year and are having trouble finding qualified workers. Kill, president of Enterprise Minnesota, said...
May 22-- As a physician and Alabama's governor, Robert Bentley shouldn't need a reminder about how important Medicaid is to the state's residents. Hank Sanders, D- Selma, wrote in The Star earlier this month, that Medicaid expansion would cover an additional 250,000 to 300,000 Alabamians. This week, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a research and...
iSoftStone Holdings Limited, a leading China- based Global IT services provider, today joined CIOs and senior IT executives from around the world as a featured sponsor at the tenth annual 2013 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium at Kresge Auditorium in MIT. The portfolio of speakers includes more than 50 presenters from a wide range of industries, as well as leading...
May 22-- ROCKLAND, Maine-- A car crash almost three years ago that claimed the lives of three people, including two Rockland students, was the impetus for a mock fatal accident Wednesday morning on the grounds of Oceanside High School East. Senior Danielle Bedard said she knew one of the teenage girls killed in the November 2010 crash in Hope. Oceanside East health...
Paul LePage's administration said Wednesday that his veto pen is at the ready in anticipation of final passage of a controversial and long-debated bill that links Democrats' plan to expand Medicaid eligibility with his proposal to repay Maine hospitals millions in past debt. Meanwhile, House Minority Leader Kenneth Fredette, R- Newport, is attempting to do...
WYSOX TOWNSHIP- Businessman William W. Them on Tuesday won the Republican nomination for a six-year township supervisor seat, while salesman Kenneth Whipp won the Democratic nomination for the position. Them, who appeared on the GOP ballot, received 105 votes from registered Republicans, while Whipp, who ran as a write-in candidate, received 77 votes from...
May 21-- ENID, Okla.-- City commission approval Tuesday of a plan to give nearly $1 million in tax rebates to Hunt Properties for redevelopment of the old Homeland store came over the protests of the vice president of the company redeveloping Oakwood Mall. The city agreement with Hunt Properties calls for a tax rebate of $950,000 when new stores in the Homeland...
May 22-- The executive director of Alabama's Peanut Producers said Monday that American peanut farmers will be able to remain competitive in the global market despite expected changes if a new Farm Bill is passed later this year. The U.S. Senate is currently debating its version of the $100 billion bill, which eliminates direct payments to peanut farmers, but...
May 22-- A group of 14 parcels covering 91 acres will be sought for expansion of the county landfill, the Flathead County commissioners have decided. The property collectively is appraised at about $3.3 million. The other parcel was a 523- acre site west of the landfill owned by Hank and Lacy Galpin of Sky-Air Enterprises.
May 22-- JANESVILLE-- A Janesville School Board committee on Tuesday asked the administration to look into offering health insurance to employees' domestic partners. DiStefano, who is not a member of the committee, originated the proposal, so he was asked to present it at the meeting of the finance/buildings and grounds committee at Jackson Elementary School.
The Brownsboro Bearette Softball Camp is set for June 4-7 at the Brownsboro High School Field on the campus of Brownsboro High School. Cost is $35 per camper. The 2013 Bear Baseball Camp will be held from June 24-27 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The camp is for youths six years old through incoming ninth graders.
May 18-- DARLINGTON, S.C.-- Defendant Claudette Hulsey showed no visible signs of emotion when jurors found her guilty on all counts Saturday afternoon following a weeklong arson and fraud trial tied to a 2011 fire at her Jack Be Nimble children's clothing boutique in downtown Hartsville. Judge Thomas Cooper then sentenced Hulsey to spend 36 months in prison for...
May 21-- WASHINGTON-- Dressed in a bright green jumpsuit and escorted by members of the Daviess County Sheriff's Department, Corey Mitchell Lyons, 23, entered the court room, and sat hunched over a table with his family sitting behind. Nearly two years after four-month-old Levi Lyons died of blunt force trauma to the head, his father, Corey, was sentenced to 65 years in...
May 22-- WASHINGTON-- Daviess County and the city of Washington were hit hard by storms that passed through the area Tuesday morning. Susan Leighty, owner of Daily's Furniture 208 E. Main St., said she received a call about damage to her building around 3 a.m.. Compared to what Oklahoma has been through, this was nothing, ".
May 22-- NEWBERRY COUNTY-- In the midst of budget season for the upcoming fiscal year, six people spoke during the public forum at Monday night's Newberry County School Board meeting. The speakers included five parents and a student involved with the Mid-Carolina High School band. Barry Harmon, vice president of the Mid-Carolina band booster club, said band...
Mike Smyth captured the attention of the Newberry Business Alliance with an image of a wound from a serviceman overseas. He then explained that is not what he and his staff do at the Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medical Center with the Newberry County Memorial Hospital, located right behind the hospital. He also said those who have the hyperbaric treatment must...
Standing, from left, are Cody Beamer, Jake Dillon, Nathan Snow, Ryan Gravley, Taylor Case and Josh Underwood. Standing, from left, are Cody Beamer, Jake Dillon, Nathan Snow, Ryan Gravley, Taylor Case and Josh Underwood. Abingdon took advantage of three unearned runs and Cody Hahn pitched 4.2 scoreless innings of relief as the Falcons defeated Carroll County 5-2 Friday...
May 20-- Unless something changes in the next few weeks, Rockingham County will keep its 69.6 cent tax rate for the next year. Maintaining the tax rate was part of the budget presentation County Manager Lance Metzler and his staff gave May 15 through 17 in a series of meetings with the county commission. Those additional expenses would be paid for through a 5 percent...
May 16-- The Uptown Wadesboro, Inc., board discussed finances and events for the year at its regular monthly meeting on May 14. The board grants renovation grants for local businesses for exterior and interior improvements, though the interior grant account currently has a balance of $0.00. Some examples of recent facade grant recipients include the...
Arnot's celebratory summit falls only weeks after the 50 th Anniversary of the historic 1963 expedition outfitted by Eddie Bauer that marked the first American summit of the mountain by Jim Whittaker and his Sherpa partner, Nawang Gombu, and later by Tom Hornbein and Willi Unsoeld via the West Ridge. "Eddie Bauer has a rich history on Everest.
MOORE, Okla.-- The tornado that ripped through an Oklahoma City suburb this week may have created $2 billion or more in damage as it tore through as many as 13,000 homes, multiple schools and a hospital, officials said Wednesday as they gave the first detailed account of the devastation. As response teams transitioned into cleanup and recovery, Oklahoma City Mayor...
May 22-- The Village of Tinley Park has settled a federal lawsuit filed by the village's K-9 handler in 2011, court records show. Tinley Park agreed to pay K-9 officer Bob Diorio $40,000 to settle the lawsuit, according to the confidential settlement agreement obtained via Freedom of Information Act request. At the time of the initial filing, Diorio made $83,000 a...
May 22-- NORMAN-- Ninia Lay spent more than two hours Monday under a pile of rubble that used to be her home, struggling to breathe and praying she would survive. Lay, 48, was one of about 160 people who had taken refuge by Tuesday afternoon at the University of Oklahoma after being displaced by the tornado that swept through Moore. OU President David Boren announced...
Aflac Inc. fell$. 51 or. 9 percent, to $55.33. American International Group fell$. 65 or 1.4 percent, to $44.31. MBIA fell$. 18 or 1.2 percent, to $14.62.
By Airman Megan Friedl, 375th AMW/PA. SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill.-- Memorial Day to Labor Day, known as the Critical Days of Summer, is the time of year when people see an increase in mishaps as they get out to enjoy the warm weather. Jermaine Goodman, 375th Safety Office, ground safety technician.
Contacts: Jeff Emerson; David Popp 226-2467. WASHINGTON- Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling today announced new subcommittee assignments for two members of the committee-- Rep. Jim Renacci left the committee in February for a seat on the House Ways and Means Committee.
House Committee on Small Business. The economy here in Kansas is sluggish at best. Kraus Electric LLC is in the electric generator and pump business.
Congress responded by passing a bill to ease the burden on travelers, but the bill did nothing to mitigate the impact of the sequester on those suffering the most from its effects. When we pass piecemeal, band-aid fixes to the sequester, we leave people behind, including cancer patients, low-income children attending Head Start, and seniors relying on Meals on...
'These continued threats to use the nuclear option point to the Majority's own culture of intimidation here in the Senate. Their view is that you had better confirm the people we want, when we want them, or we'll break the rules of the Senate to change the rules so you can't stop us. WASHINGTON, D.C.- U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following...
5/ 22/ 2013- MOUNT EVEREST CAMP 2, Nepal-- A group of Airmen with the Air Force Seven Summits team reached the highest point of the world, Mount Everest just after 5 a.m. local time May 19. Rob Marshall, a CV-22 Osprey acceptance pilot from Mercer Island, Wash., currently stationed at Bell Helicopter in Amarillo, Texas. Marshall Klitzke, a KC-135R pilot from Lemmon, S.D.,...
May 22-- The parent corporation of Lake Shore Health Care Center in Irving and Brooks Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk is cutting staff levels in an attempt to rein in the rising costs of providing care while eliminating duplication of services. Lake Erie Regional Health System of New York is not releasing details on the number of employees affected, nor is it saying...
Nearly 50,000 veterans appeals were received by the Board of Veterans’ Appeals in fiscal year 2012, with even more— 54,033— expected by fiscal year-end 2013. However, veterans may find themselves waiting longer for a decision as the agency reports reduced decisions and a reduced workforce, according to Allsup, which provides veterans disability appeal...
The clock is ticking on the possible ban on anchoring by the United States Golf Association and the Royal and Ancient Golf Club. And two of the last three Players champions, Matt Kuchar last year and Tim Clark in 2010, have won with putters longer than conventional. The USGA and the R&A proposed a ban on anchoring last December, and gave the other governing bodies of...
Travis Cummings, a Republican freshman from Orange Park, was the sponsor of the House's controversial health care expansion reform package. Mia Jones, D- Jacksonville, helped lead the charge for House Democrats. John Thrasher, R- St. Augustine, the area's most senior state elected official, snagged millions for the St. Johns River and helped work behind the scenes to...
Send news- related tips to Times-Union suburban writer Jim Schoettler at jim.schoettler@jacksonville.com or 359-4385. FERNANDINA BEACHSTREET PERFORMER AMENDMENT HEARING DELAYEDA controversial amendment to the city's street performer ordinance appears to be on life support after the City Commission Tuesday delayed a second public hearing and...
May 22-- New Bern is considering several major capital projects in the future that, if approved, could take a year to several years to complete. Budget deliberations continue at 6 p.m. Thursday in City Hall. Keith Fiaschetti, New Bern finance director, briefed aldermen on the projects, which include merging the city's computer network with the police department...
Bristow Group Inc. today reported net income for the March 2013 quarter of $40.4 million, or $1.11 per diluted share, compared to net income of $14.2 million, or $0.39 per diluted share, in the same period a year ago. Adjusted net income, which excludes special items and asset disposition effects, was $36.7 million, or $1.01 per diluted share, for the March 2013...
Amgen today announced voting results from the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders, held in Westlake Village, Calif. The director nominees David Baltimore, Frank J. Biondi, Jr., Robert A. Bradway, Francois de Carbonnel, Vance D. Coffman, Robert A. Eckert, Rebecca M. Henderson, Frank C. Herringer, Tyler Jacks, Gilbert S. Omenn, Judith C. Pelham, Leonard D. Schaeffer and...
Shorai Inc., a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of prismatic cell, lithium iron phosphate power sports batteries, has announced a new addition to its executive team, naming James McCormick as the company's new President and CEO. In his most recent position, McCormick helped with the consolidation of Crossing Automation and Asyst...
We are a company engaged in the exploration and development of a large, high-quality potash deposit located in the Holbrook Basin of eastern Arizona, which we refer to as the Holbrook Project. We hold our interest in and control the Holbrook Project through our 100% owned subsidiary, American West Potash, or AWP. Our strategy is to increase shareholder value...
We are a company engaged in the exploration and development of a large, high-quality potash deposit located in the Holbrook Basin of eastern Arizona, which we refer to as the Holbrook Project. We hold an interest in and control the Holbrook Project through our 50% ownership of our subsidiary, AWP. On May 30, 2012 we signed an agreement to purchase the remaining 50%...
We are a development stage company engaged in the exploration, development and mining of potash in the Holbrook Basin of eastern Arizona. For the year ended March 31, 2012 and from August 5, 2010 to March 31, 2012, the Company had no revenue. Exploration expense for the year and cumulative period ended March 31, 2012 totaled $4,954,383 and $5,600,289,...
May 22-- Damage from the deadly tornado that struck Moore on Monday could surpass $2 billion in insured losses, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak estimated Wednesday. Doak said it is possible the Moore tornado could be worse than the one that struck Joplin, Mo., about two years ago, causing more than $2 billion in insured losses. That twister left a smaller...
During the three months ended March 31, 2013, we spent approximately $7.3 million on capital expenditures, before divestitures, to support our business plan. We also completed two carryover wells that were drilled in 2012. We drilled three gross and completed one gross operated well in the Texas Gulf Coast area, drilled and completed one gross non-operated...
We will clearly benefit from enhanced contributions from him in his new role,” said Alec Cunningham, WellCare’ s CEO.“ Chuck provided effective leadership at a critical time for WellCare. Gallitano has been a WellCare director since 2009. He has been president of Tucker Advisors, Inc., a private investment firm, since 2002. Gallitano served as the chairman and CEO...
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa-- American Samoa plans to take away frequent flier miles from government workers who travel on behalf of the U.S. territory and use the loyalty points to help medical patients and students travel off the islands when necessary. Hawaiian Airlines agreed to the plan that takes effect on June 1, American Samoa Gov. American Samoa, made up of...
This Quarterly Report on Form 10- Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27 A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21 E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which are subject to the "safe harbor" created by those sections. Forward-looking statements are based on our management's beliefs and...
M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors, on the recommendation of the Corporate Governance/Nominating Committee, increased the number of directors on the Board from seven to eight and appointed Paris "Gary" G. Reece III as a Class II Director to fill the vacancy on the Board, with a term expiring in 2014. The Board determined that Mr. Reece...
Santa Clara County, Calif., agreed to settle for $15 million a suit stemming from a car crash triggered by a police officer eating a hamburger while driving. Sheriff's Deputy Greg Markovic took his eyes off the road three times on Jan. 9, 2012, in San Jose-- once each for the burger, a stuck radio microphone and an accidentally switched-on light-- and struck a Honda driven...
We discuss expectations regarding our future performance, such as our business outlook, in our annual and quarterly reports, press releases, and other written and oral statements. These "forward-looking statements" are based on currently available competitive, financial and economic data and our operating plans. They are inherently uncertain, and investors...
Brandon Phillips knocked in one run and scored another in the ninth inning Wednesday in boosting the Cincinnati Reds to a 7-4 win over the New York Mets. The decision gave the Reds a sweep of the three-game series in New York. Cincinnati went up 2-1 in the third on a two-run Votto home run only to have New York tie the score on Murphy's sacrifice fly in the fifth.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS: 2013 COMPARED TO 2012. Airgas had net sales for the year ended March 31, 2013 of $5.0 billion compared to $4.7 billion for the year ended March 31, 2012, an increase of 4%. Total organic sales increased 3%, with hardgoods up 1% and gas and rent up 5%.
May 22-- Albert Ashwood, Oklahoma's director of emergency management, was surveying last weekend's tornado damage with Gov. Oklahoma has been especially hard-hit in recent years when it comes to natural disasters, and experts in emergency management say Ashwood's long experience and innovative thinking have helped ease those recoveries.
May 22-- The Chatham Area Transit Authority board on Tuesday approved increases to its fiscal year 2014 budget and millage rate in an expected move to help return the authority to a stable fiscal footing. CAT Executive Director Chad Reese said the tax increase is needed to offset accumulated debt, as well as increases in operating, insurance and fuel costs.
STATE LAw failing in autism fight. IN FEBRUARY 2011, Virginia enacted HB 1106, a law requiring insurance companies to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders. In Virginia, there are currently 387 board-certified behavior analysts and board-certified associate behavior analysts.
The following information is included in this document as a result of Expeditors' policy regarding public disclosure of corporate information. Actual future results and trends may differ materially from historical results or those projected in any forward-looking statements depending on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, changes in...
First Quarter Results Earnings per share for the first quarter ended May 4, 2013, increased 17% to $0.48 compared to $0.41 for the quarter ended April 28, 2012. First quarter operating income was $311.2 million compared to $293.2 million last year, and net income was $142.5 million compared to $124.6 million last year. Earnings Call Information Limited Brands...
In a new Thomson Reuters survey of U.S. accounting firms, 24 percent of respondents said their business clients are not fully aware of their potential exposure to penalties under aspects of the Affordable Care Act that take effect in 2014.. "The 20,000 pages of legislation outlines new obligations for employer-provided health plans," says Jim Reeves, vice...
Management believes that an understanding of these trends and drivers is important in order to understand our results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, as well as our future prospects. About Electronic Arts We develop, market, publish and distribute game software content and services that can be played by consumers on a variety of platforms, including...
Customers Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for Customers Bank, today announced the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of voting common stock. FBR Capital Markets& Co., Sterne, Agee& Leach, Inc., and Boenning& Scattergood, Inc. acted as the underwriters for the offering. A final prospectus supplement related to the offering has been...
PIRAEUS, Greece, May 22, 2013/ PRNewswire/-- NewLead Holdings Ltd. today announced that on May 16, 2013 it received a letter from the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC stating that the Company is not in compliance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5250 (c) because, as disclosed in the Company's Current Report on Form 6- K dated May 15, 2013, the Company did not timely file its Annual...
Greg Padilla of the Dare County Sheriff's Office plays soccer and kickball with Manteo Elementary School students while armed with a pistol, pepper spray and handcuffs. Shortly after 20 children were shot and killed in December at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School, Sheriff Doug Doughtie assigned officers including Padilla to work at elementary...
WHATEVER a jury decides in the fraud trial of officers and a customer of the now-defunct Bank of the Commonwealth, some of the dozens of properties left crumbling and vacant by the bank's failure and subsequent legal proceedings could finally escape limbo. Prosecutors argue that the spectacular 2011 collapse of the 40- year-old community bank, with more than...
May 22-- Heather Scholten used to get a deer-in-the-headlights look from just about everyone who heard her story. They couldn't understand how she could elect to remove both her breasts and her ovaries without ever being diagnosed with cancer. She felt her story was important to tell anyway.
The Wholesale Travel Agencies industry in Australia has faced periods of extreme volatility over the five years through 2012-13. According to IBISWorld industry analyst Ryan Lin,“ industry revenue has faced pressures from disruptive changes in the industry structure, giving rise to unprecedented competition from upstream and downstream markets”.
Online Insurance Marketplace has released a blog explaining the benefits of physical exercises for senior people! The best way to protect against such illnesses is to keep health up by exercising regularly. Having a strong and healthy heart lowers the risk of heart related issues, which is the main cause of death in the USA.
WARSAW, N.Y., May 22, 2013-- Financial Institutions, Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.18 per outstanding common share. The Company also announced dividends of $0.75 per share on Series A 3% preferred stock and $2.12 per share on series B-1 8.48% preferred stock. With approximately $2.8 billion in assets,...
May 22-- Coffeyville Resources Refining& Marketing has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its Coffeyville refinery. Under a consent decree with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Wichita, the company agreed to a series of audits and reviews of its risk management procedures...
Shareholders of ProAssurance Corporation, acting at today's Annual Meeting of Shareholders, overwhelmingly re-elected three Board members, William J. Listwan, M.D., John J. McMahon, Jr., Esq., and W. Stancil Starnes, Esq., each to serve a three-year term ending at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2016. Each of the elected Directors received more than 92% of the...
It's a question fraught with emotional, financial and logistical problems, particularly in a city like Boston where more than half of the homes were built prior to 1939.. "Often the home is in need of repair, often family members live out of town and none of them have the time or the energy to fix-up the homestead for sale," notes a Boston HomeVestors franchisee, Mike...
ROSEMONT, Ill., May 22, 2013-- The Illinois Housing Development Authority presented Wintrust Mortgage with an award as the #1 IHDA Lender in Illinois for 2012. During the past year, Wintrust Mortgage funded 400 IHDA loans, which were originated by 61 different Loan Officers. Additionally, Jason Accola of Wintrust Mortgage was the #1 IHDA Loan Officer in Illinois...
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US Airways, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of US Airways Group, Inc., announced today that it priced an offering of Class C enhanced equipment trust certificates in the aggregate face amount of approximately $100 million. The Certificates have been offered under the Company's existing effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 previously filed...
ANAHEIM, Calif., May 22, 2013-- Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc., announced today that net sales from continuing operations for the first quarter of fiscal 2013 ended May 4, 2013, were $169.8 million versus net sales from continuing operations of $162.3 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2012 ended April 28, 2012. On a GAAP basis, the Company reported a loss...
May 21-- WARRENSBURG-- The Western Missouri Medical Center board will vote Friday on building a three-story medical office building adjacent to the hospital. At a special board meeting Monday, Matt Jennings of HMN Architects said construction will cost about $8.4 million. Chief Financial Officer Terri Bradley said total project cost, with equipment and...
The Sierra Club, America's largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, is partnering with One PacificCoast Bank, FSB, a community development bank, to offer a credit card that supports the organization’ s goals and rewards members. OPCB is a certified B Corporation and, like the Sierra Club, is concerned with environmental...
In response, House Democrats brought to the floor a bill that would ensure that obligations to federal deposit insurance, Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds, veteran's benefits and recovery from natural disasters be paid ahead of debt service to foreign bondholders. If the president, Senate and House are unable to reach an agreement to raise the debt...
Tad Agoglia of Lancaster has been rushing to the scene of large- scale disasters for six years. As of Tuesday afternoon, rescuers had not found anyone alive in the mangled remains of the building, said Agoglia, founder of the First Response Team of America, which is based in Lancaster city. The storm was part of a deadly outbreak of at least 28 twisters in Oklahoma,...
Earlier this month, the government released a list of 2011 hospital charges and Medicare payments for common procedures at 3,300 hospitals, including hospitals here. For example, joint replacement ranges from $5,000 in Ada, Okla., to $223,000 in Monterey Park, Calif.. At Lancaster Regional Medical Center in Lancaster city, major joint replacement surgery costs...
Royal Financial, Inc., incorporated under the laws of Delaware on December 15, 2004, for the purpose of serving as the holding company of Royal Savings Bank, announced earnings for the nine months ended March 31, 2013. For the nine months ended March 31, 2013, the Company reported net income of $417,000, or $0.17 per common share, compared to a net loss of $342,000, or...
MADISON, Wis.-- Unemployment rates improved in nearly all 72 Wisconsin counties last month. The state Department of Workforce Development said Wednesday that unemployment got worse in April in Calumet, Menominee and Price counties, and stayed the same in Iron and Langlade counties. The highest unemployment rate was in Menominee County, at 15.6 percent.
BELMAR, N.J.-- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, whose own state was beset first by a major storm last year and then by squabbling in Congress over disaster aid, said Wednesday that Oklahoma's tornado victims deserve "swift and immediate" help and that this is "not a time for political retribution." Last October, Superstorm Sandy ravaged the Eastern Seaboard and zeroed in...
Malawi President Joyce Banda met the first point on her austerity plan, selling the presidential jet for $15 million, officials said. The winning bid for the 14- passenger French-made Dassault Falcon 900- EX aircraft was made by Bohnox Enterprise Limited of Virgin Islands, which paid $5 million less than the plane's market value, set by the United States at $20...
AARP and its members are committed to helping those in need. AARP and AARP Foundation will match contributions dollar-for-dollar up to $250,000, assuring up to $500,000 in aid once the match is met through contributions. The matching program will be administered through AARP Foundation.
Allstate has long been a leader in disaster response, creating one of the first dedicated catastrophe teams in the industry in the 1990' s. With the addition of the Catastrophe Response Teams Allstate will be able to assist customers even quicker in the most impacted areas. "The addition of the Catastrophe Response Teams compliments our established claim...
Mr. Page specializes in health care law, corporate law and commercial transactions. Mr. Page is a retired United States Air Force Colonel and has written three novels under the pen name of " Jeffrey Baldwin". Mr. Page received his BA from Princeton University, and his JD from the University of Michigan Law School.
May 22-- A weak domestic economy has encouraged a sharp rise in the number of Connecticut companies that are seeking markets overseas, according to a survey released today by the Connecticut Business& Industry Association. North America and western Europe continue to be the top two regions for Connecticut exports, according to the survey.
May 22-- A loophole in California's upcoming health care overhaul could be exploited by families gaming the system or responding to hardship in a way that doctors say could leave a pile of unpaid bills. "I do think there's legitimacy to their concerns," said Diana Dooley, head of the state Health and Human Services Agency and a trustee of Covered California, which is...
In the wake of the devastating tornado that hit Oklahoma earlier this week, The Chrysler Foundation, the charitable arm of Chrysler Group LLC, today announced that it will provide $100,000 to First Response Team of America, a nonprofit disaster relief organization which assists local first responders with rescues and also provides help with cleanup efforts.
Lear Capital is offering investors an exclusive retirement and savings opportunity with a $250 IRA Cash Bonus on qualifying IRA rollovers and/or new IRA precious metals accounts. The Lear Capital Precious Metals IRA allows investors to add tangible assets such as Gold, Silver, Platinum, and Palladium to their retirement holdings. While the stock market has...
Office of the Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer. "Mr. Speaker, as the sequester's effects continue to place our economy and national security at risk, the news that 650,000 civilian defense workers will be forced to take unpaid leave ought to alarm all Americans who are concerned about our military readiness and national security. The best way to do that, of course, Mr....
Self-Regulatory Organizations; NYSE Arca, Inc.; Order Granting Approval of Proposed Rule Change, as Modified by Amendment No. 1 Thereto, To List and Trade the International Bear ETF Under NYSE Arca Equities Rule 8.600. On March 21, 2013, NYSE Arca, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to Section 19 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934/ 1/...
-Coffeyville Resources Refining& Marketing has agreed to pay a $300,000 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its oil refinery in Coffeyville, Kan.. Under a consent decree lodged today in U.S. District Court in Wichita, Kan., CRRM must also perform a series of audits and reviews of its risk management procedures at the southeast Kansas...
As part of the reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act, FDA has committed to standardizing REMS to better integrate them into, and reduce their burden to, the existing and evolving health care system. As part of the PDUFA commitments, FDA will also seek to develop evidence-based methodologies for assessing the effectiveness of REMS.
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, provides the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing collections of information. The Employee Benefits Security Administration is soliciting comments on the proposed extension of the information collection...
MR. CARNEY: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. As you heard from the President, his thoughts and prayers are with the people of Oklahoma as they continue to respond and recover from devastating tornadoes and severe weather. Last night the President approved a major disaster declaration for Oklahoma, making federal funding available to support affected...
FDIC Consumer Newsletter Features Tips on Banking in a High-Tech World. To help consumers learn more about banking in a high-tech world, the Spring 2013 issue of FDIC Consumer News features practical tips on how to reap the benefits and avoid potential problems. The FDIC newsletter offers tips for preventing or detecting card fraud and stresses the...
A sense of duty will make members of Boy Scout Troop 873 get up early Saturday morning, share cocoa and doughnuts with American Legion members, and then head out to get their sneakers wet in the morning dew of Glen Haven Memorial Park. It is part of their oath to honor those who served the nation by placing flags on the graves of veterans for Memorial Day.
May 22-- MAN-- Except for a meeting against each other in the Class A state baseball championship game a few years ago, Man and Moorefield high school don't have a whole lot of history playing one another on the athletic fields and courts. Man, riding an 11- game winning streak heading into the state tourney, is scheduled to take on Moorefield. Two-time defending Class A...
May 22-- The Scioto County Financial Planning and Supervision Commission met for the first time since February on Tuesday to consider a number of items including appropriating an additional $200,000 for various line items. That was the reason for the additional funds we had to have, "said Mike Crabtree, Chairman of the Scioto County Commissioners.
Council will also bring forward a charter amendment which would, if passed by voters in the November election, give members of City Council a raise, but eliminate them from the city's health insurance plan unless they wanted to pay for that premium out of their own pockets. Council members would get a raise from the current $600 a year to $5,000 and a raise from...
But the Republican's courting of out-of-state donors and conservatives, his plans to visit Iowa this week and his refusal to say whether he would serve out another full term if elected suggest he might be seeking a much bigger prize _ the presidency. Walker spent part of this week at fundraisers in Connecticut for the state Republican Party and in New York City...
May 22-- As the Minnesota Legislature ends what could be a historic session, local legislators are mostly pleased with the decisions made that, among other things, produced a $38.3 billion two-year spending plan that hikes taxes on top income earners and on cigarettes, and distributes hefty spending increases to public schools, freezes tuition at state...
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Massachusetts. ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- Sepaton, Marlborough, Mass., has been assigned a patent developed by six co-inventors for a "system and method for providing data driven de-duplication services." The co-inventors are Timmie G. Reiter, Westborough, Mass., Carey Jay McMaster, Stow, Mass.,...
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Illinois. ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- Walters Gardens, Zeeland, Mich., has been assigned a patent developed by Kevin A. Hurd, Chicago, for a "veronica plant named' Sweet Lullaby'." ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- SHC Direct, Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., has been assigned a patent developed by Mark Horbal, Chicago, for a "...
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in North Carolina. ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent developed by sixteen co-inventors for a personal financial network. The co-inventors are Susan S. Thomas, Gastonia, N.C., William F. Borowski, Millbury, Mass., Kazi M. Ariff, Quincy, Mass., Carol A....
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Florida. ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- Evolved Machines, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent developed by Paul A. Rhodes, West Palm Beach, Fla., for an invariant object recognition. Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Connecticut. ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent developed by four co-inventors for a "deduplication in network storage with data residence compliance." The co-inventors are Abhinay R. Nagpal, Maharashtra, India, Sandeep R....
Targeted News Service Targeted News Service. ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Nevada. ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- N. Caleb Avery, Seattle, has been assigned a patent developed by N. Caleb Avery, Incline Village, Nev., for a "method and system for optimal pricing and allocation for a set of contractual rights to be offered with...
Targeted News Service Targeted News Service. ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Pennsylvania. ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- Eggzack, Bethlehem, Pa., has been assigned a patent developed by Jon Scott Zaccagnino, Flemington, N.J., and Richard Victor Morrison Jr., Philadelphia, for a "local content management and distribution...
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California. ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- Microsoft, Redmond, Wash., has been assigned a patent developed by six co-inventors for a grammar compression. The co-inventors are Stelios Paparizos, San Jose, Calif., Christopher Walter Anderson, Redmond, Wash., Wei Liu, Bellevue, Wash., Ajay Nair, Redmond,...
Targeted News Service Targeted News Service. ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Texas. ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- Global Dataguard, Addison, Texas, has been assigned a patent developed by Michael Stute, Plano, Texas, for "adaptive behavioral intrusion detection systems and methods."
According to a study of 1,000 billers released today by NACHA– The Electronic Payments Association, Direct Payment via ACH is the leading method consumers use to pay their bills. The study found that the great majority of billers– more than three-quarters of those that offer electronic payment options– offer Direct Payment via ACH, and now, almost 50 percent of...
KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 22, 2013-- Changes in the way refiners get crude oil will keep prices volatile for the near future, according to speakers at INTL FCStone's Energy Outlook Conference, held in Kansas City May 9 and 10.. "There will be many changes as refiners find ways to gain access to less expensive crudes and more products are exported," summarized James Burr, vice...
May 22-- WAXHAW, N.C.-- Winning can be fundamental. Jay M. Robinson achieved a Bulldogs' softball first Tuesday night at Marvin Ridge, advancing to the state semifinals by holding off the Mavericks 3-2.. The final play was textbook execution, with pitcher Keleigh Romine backing up catcher Sam Grazier.
May 21-- While crews from Gator Dredging are still removing sand from Old Pass Lagoon, more money is needed to clear up another problem area. With a 6-0 vote, city leaders agreed to fund an additional $10,000 to remove between 600-800- cubic yards of sand from an area at the tip of Norriego Point where sand had shoaled into the channel. Councilwoman Sandy Trammell...
May 17-- Tucker Ellis connected for three hits to lead Cheney Insurance in a 14-8 win over Underground Inc. in the Real Skills Softball League at Morgan Sports Center in Destin. Tom Smith hit two doubles for three RBIs for Cheney, and Brantley Willis hit two singles. Steve Rivera tripled and hit three singles for three RBIs, and Jimmy Ross hit two doubles and two...
May 22-- TACOMA-- Playing in big games is nothing new for the Peninsula High fastpitch program, and when the Seahawks faced adversity on Friday, they responded the way coach Melissa Miller expects. After Mountain View rallied for two runs in the top of the seventh inning to tie the score, Peninsula needed only a handful of pitches to produce the game-winning run in the...
May 22-- TACOMA-- After they blew an eight-run lead against the Tahoma Bears, it would have been easy for the Gig Harbor Tides to let a victory slip from their grasp. Anna Overland and Aubrey Lindberg didn't let that happen. Lindberg hit an RBI double in the seventh inning, and Overland followed with a two-run home run to propel Gig Harbor to a 12-9 win over Tahoma on...
MILWAUKEE-- Ministry Health Care has announced plans to lay off about 225 to 250 employees, citing a drop in the number of patients and cuts in federal reimbursement levels. Ministry, which operates 15 hospitals and 47 clinics across Wisconsin, will make the cuts mainly through attrition and job eliminations, spokesman Geoffrey Huys said. Ministry Health Care...
MOORE, Okla. _ Dan Garland could feel the latch on the shelter door begin to turn in his hand. MOORE, Okla. _ The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary official estimate announced Wednesday. FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe.
First Baptist Church of Moore, 301 NE 27, is the command center designated by the Oklahoma Insurance Department. Oklahoma- licensed insurance agents and adjusters need to get an ID card at the church to be able to access the disaster area, Insurance Commissioner John Doak said. According to the Insurance Information Institute, the May 3, 1999, tornado resulted in...
MOORE, Okla. _ Dan Garland could feel the latch on the shelter door begin to turn in his hand. Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion. MOORE, Okla. _ The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary official estimate announced Wednesday.
FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe. ORLANDO, Fla. _ A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities while being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case early Wednesday after he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife, officials said. UK official: London attack could be terror-related.
FBI: Man shot to death after becoming violent under questioning in Boston bombing probe UK official: Violent attack in London that killed 1 man could be terror related One block: How neighbors in Moore, Okla., watched as a tornado carved its deadly path Oklahoma Insurance Department says preliminary tornado damage estimate could top $2 billion Syria's...
May 22-- ORANGE-- Leo Tolliver Jr. wants to see "Iron Man 3" this weekend. But after his dad lost pay taking part in a strike at UCI Medical Center on Tuesday, it might end up being a Redbox rental kind of weekend instead. The 13- year-old stood next to his dad on a grassy embankment outside the sprawling medical complex in Orange as striking workers with the American...
May 22-- CREEDMOOR-- The sterling mission of the Beddingfield High varsity softball team to repeat as the N.C. High School Athletic Association 2- A champion ended in the East Region semifinals-- or fourth round-- with a 6-4 loss to South Granville at its cozy facility Tuesday evening. Beddingfield, the Eastern Plains Conference queen for the fourth consecutive year,...
EVENT: Government Executive Media Group holds a briefing on "Security in the Cloud: FedRAMP's First Year." PARTICIPANTS: Matthew Goodrich, program manager of FedRAMP at the General Services Administration; Kevin Dulany, chief of the Risk Management Oversight Division of the Defense Department's DIAP Office of the Deputy CIO for Cybersecurity; Jennifer Gray,...
EVENT: Labor Department, Bureau of Labor Statistics releases Unemployment insurance claims for the week.
American Capital Energy& Infrastructure announced today that is has expanded its global investment team with two new members: Lisa Pinsley, Director of Africa Investments and Pol Mijares, Senior Associate. The company also appointed Peter Bird and Venu Nambiar as Senior Advisors. In addition, she served as Chief of Staff to the Afghan Minister of Finance...
No wonder, then, that a combination of outstanding results and a caring and compassionate attitude has made J. Shaffer Smith& Associates the place for a personal injury attorney Los Angeles residents turn to first. Whether you require the services of a Los Angeles brain injury attorney or need help following a serious dog bite involving an irresponsible owner,...
May 22-- MERIDIAN-- The following items were approved at Tuesday's meeting of the Meridian City Council:. --Order authorizing street lights at: 1004 15th St. and 13th Street, between 34th and 35th avenues. --Order accepting bid of Lyle Machinery for Skid-Steer Loader.
May 22-- The economy is growing moderately and employment has picked up recently, but growth continues to be held back by budget constraints, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke testified Wednesday. While the federal government provided substantial stimulus to the economy from 2009 to 2011, more recently budget slashing by the Congress also has been...
PITTSBURGH, May 22, 2013/ PRNewswire/-- United Lender Services, Corp a National Title Insurance, Settlement Services, and Appraisal Management Company announced it has expanded their services and is now licensed in the state of Texas. As a wholly owned subsidiary of USAA Real Estate Company, ULS offers a full suite of products and services that support all types of...
FBI: Man shot to death after becoming violent under questioning in Boston bombing probe UK official: Violent attack in London that killed 1 man could be terror related One block: How neighbors in Moore, Okla., watched as a tornado carved its deadly path Oklahoma Insurance Department says preliminary tornado damage estimate could top $2 billion Sec'y of State...
MOORE, Okla.-- Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett says 12,000 to 13,000 homes were affected by the tornado that tore through a city suburb. The Oklahoma Insurance Department says the financial cost of the tornado could exceed $2 billion, because of the size and duration of the storm. The National Weather Service says the tornado was a top-of-the-scale EF5 twister...
Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion. MOORE, Okla. _ The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary official estimate announced Wednesday. MOORE, Okla. _ Dan Garland could feel the latch on the shelter door begin to turn in his hand.
FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe. ORLANDO, Fla. _ A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities while being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case early Wednesday after he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife, officials said. MOORE, Okla. _ The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion,...
Arizona restaurant becomes poster child for dark side of online customer reviews FBI: Man shot to death after becoming violent under questioning in Boston bombing probe Oklahoma Insurance Department says preliminary tornado damage estimate could top $2 billion One block: How neighbors in Moore, Okla., watched as a tornado carved its deadly path CEO...
May 22-- FORT WORTH-- The city is considering withdrawing "extended leave" pay for a police officer who remains paralyzed after being shot on the job more than 10 years ago, a move that would effectively force her into medical retirement and pare what she makes today, the officer and the president of the Fort Worth Police Officers Association said Tuesday.
MINNEAPOLIS AND NEW YORK, May 22, 2013/ PRNewswire/- Royal Bank of Canada today announced a $50,000 donation by the RBC Foundation USA, a charitable entity funded jointly by the bank's Capital Markets and Wealth Management businesses in the U.S., to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund to support the relief and humanitarian efforts in Oklahoma.
FBI: Man shot to death after becoming violent under questioning in Boston bombing probe Oklahoma Insurance Department says preliminary tornado damage estimate could top $2 billion One block: How neighbors in Moore, Okla., watched as a tornado carved its deadly path CEO compensation from stock keeps growing as companies respond to shareholder activists...
NEW YORK-- Target Corp. reported a 29 percent drop in first-quarter profit as unusually cool spring weather and financial pressures chilled customers' appetite for spending. Target is the latest in a string of companies including rival Wal-Mart Stores Inc. that say bad weather and financial pressures like the higher payroll tax have squeezed business in the...
Aflac Inc. rose$. 68 or 1.2 percent, to $56.52. American International Group rose$. 53 or 1.2 percent, to $45.49. MBIA rose$. 10 or. 7 percent, to $14.90.
WASHINGTON-- The Senate on Wednesday rejected a Republican bid to turn the federal food stamp program over to the states. The current program, known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is administered by the Agriculture Department and federal dollars are unlimited as long as recipients qualify. The Senate rejected the amendment 60-36..
Richard Fenning, CEO of Control Risks, and Bob Tarun, Partner at Baker& McKenzie, will discuss how organisations can manage the threat of corrupt practice, comply with anti-corruption legislation, create robust anti-corruption initiatives and remain competitive and successful. Richard Fenning commented;“ In our experience, organisations are generally...
Officials: Man lunged at FBI agent with knife while being questioned about Boston bombings Oklahoma Insurance Department says preliminary tornado damage estimate could top $2 billion One block: How neighbors in Moore, Okla., watched as a tornado carved its deadly path CEO compensation from stock keeps growing as companies respond to shareholder activists...
Officials: Suspect lunged at FBI agent with knife. BOSTON _ Law enforcement officials say a man was shot while he was being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case after he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife. MOORE, Okla. _ The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary official...
"I don't think a lot of people actually know we have a city auditor or what the city auditor does," said Cathy Criswell, a former employee of the Auditor's Office who is now seeking its top post. Criswell and state auditor official Josh Lewis are challenging incumbent City Auditor Clift Richards for a one-year term that begins in December. But most importantly, it's...
May 22-- State Medical Examiner's Office releases names of Oklahomans who died in Moore tornado. MOORE-- Authorities do not expect to find additional survivors of Monday's tornado that struck Moore and the task has now turned toward recovery Wednesday as the death toll remained at 24.. The state Medical Examiner's Office has released a partial list of names of...
National Weather Service officials said the tornado had winds estimated between 200 and 210 mph and cut a path of destruction more than 17 miles long and more than a mile wide through the city. First responders rescued 101 people who were trapped in storm shelters and under debris, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said. The names of the dead had not been officially...
May 22-- JUST HOURS before dawn on May 14, Jackie Underwood's three daughters held her in their arms as the cancer stole the last breath from her broken body. For many days before, and almost every day since, her children-- Makia Underwood, 32, Zakia Clark, 29, and Tasha Clark, 27-- have worn hats and shirts that read "FCANCER," with the "C" in "F" replaced by a...
ISELIN, N.J., May 22, 2013-- Record revenues, investments in critical infrastructure, enhanced emergency response planning, risk management and turnkey renewable energy services were among the topics discussed by officers at Middlesex Water Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders held at its corporate headquarters on Tuesday, May 21, 2013.
Fordham University’ s Gabelli School of Business announces the results of the first student-initiated alternative investments survey, revealing the habits and beliefs of individual investors related to real estate, hedge funds and private equity investing. As part of the recently launched alternative investments program at the Gabelli School of...
MOORE, Okla. _ Dan Garland could feel the latch on the shelter door begin to turn in his hand. MOORE, Okla. _ The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary official estimate announced Wednesday. Officials: Suspect lunged at FBI agent with knife.
Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion. MOORE, Okla. _ The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary official estimate announced Wednesday. OKLAHOMA CITY _ Two infants were among the 24 people killed by the tornado that ripped across the Oklahoma City area this week, the Oklahoma...
FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe. Ibragim Todashev, a 27- year-old mixed martial arts fighter, was gunned down after turning violent during a meeting with an FBI agent and two Massachusetts state troopers, authorities said. MOORE, Okla. _ The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a...
FBI: Man shot to death after becoming violent under questioning in Boston bombing probe Oklahoma Insurance Department says preliminary tornado damage estimate could top $2 billion CEO compensation from stock keeps growing as companies respond to shareholder activists IRS official in center of targeting probe says she did nothing wrong, answers no...
That still leaves a gap between the JEA and the School Board, which increased its base salary offering from 2.07 percent in the first year to 3.09 percent, and from 2.09 percent in the second year to 3.06 percent. "The only change that the board has made is bringing up the salary," said Roger Haut, spokesman for the School Board, on Tuesday. JEA representatives objected...
May 22-- JANESVILLE-- A Janesville School Board committee on Tuesday asked the administration to look into offering health insurance to employees' domestic partners. "I think we need to finally treat all our employees more equally," said school board member David DiStefano. DiStefano, who is not a member of the committee, originated the proposal, so he was asked to...
FBI: Man shot to death after becoming violent under questioning in Boston bombing probe CEO compensation from stock keeps growing as companies respond to shareholder activists Oklahoma Insurance Department says preliminary tornado damage estimate could top $2 billion IRS official in center of targeting probe says she did nothing wrong, answers no...
For the past 22 years, families of almost 10,000 children have turned to the Scottish Rite Childhood Language Center, a not-for-profit clinic in Henrico County that charges for services based on a family's ability to pay. Former Hanover County Sheriff V. Stuart Cook led the dedication on behalf of the organization's board of directors, of which he has been a...
May 22-- Whatever a jury decides in the fraud trial of officers and a customer of the now-defunct Bank of the Commonwealth, some of the dozens of properties left crumbling and vacant by the bank's failure and subsequent legal proceedings could finally escape limbo. Prosecutors argue that the spectacular 2011 collapse of the 40- year-old community bank, with...
FBI: Man shot to death after becoming violent under questioning in Boston bombing probe CEO compensation from stock keeps growing as companies respond to shareholder activists Oklahoma Insurance Department says preliminary tornado damage estimate could top $2 billion IRS official in center of targeting probe says she did nothing wrong, won't answer...
Todd Baiad, a partner with Bouhan Falligant, has been invited to join the prestigious Claims and Litigation Management Alliance. Baiad, an attorney with expertise in commercial litigation, has defended businesses in courtrooms all over the United States. On behalf of his clients, Baiad has been admitted to practice and handle matters in multiple...
FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe. Ibragim Todashev, a 27- year-old mixed martial arts fighter, was gunned down after turning violent during a meeting with an FBI agent and two Massachusetts state troopers, authorities said. Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion.
FBI: Man shot to death after becoming violent under questioning in Boston bombing probe CEO compensation from stock keeps growing as companies respond to shareholder activists Oklahoma Insurance Department says preliminary tornado damage estimate could top $2 billion 2 infants among 10 children killed in Okla. tornado; state positively identifies 23 of...
Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion. MOORE, Okla. _ The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary estimate announced Wednesday by the Oklahoma Insurance Department. OKLAHOMA CITY _ Two infants were among the 24 people killed by the tornado that ripped across the Oklahoma...
Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion. MOORE, Okla. _ The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary estimate announced Wednesday by the Oklahoma Insurance Department. OKLAHOMA CITY _ The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says two infants are among 24 people killed by the...
The Phillies came to Florida with hopes of eclipsing. 500. After a 5-1 embarrassment, they must win the next two to secure a series victory against the National League's worst team. Four of Miami's 13 wins have come at the mercy of the Phillies. The Phillies' bats were shuttered by Alex Sanabia, owner of a 5.00 ERA before Monday.
Today, Center Forward announced it would hold an event Thursday, May 30 th, at the National Press Club to release a study on the Affordable Care Act's impact on insurance premiums. Participating in the event will be Doug Holtz-Eakin, President of the American Action Forum, former North Dakota Democratic Congressman Earl Pomeroy and Jim O'Connor of Milliman, Inc.,...
May 22-- If you can't control the weather, try controlling television weather forecasters. Drew Becher, president of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, recently blasted television and radio "snowmaggedon" scenarios that proved false, yet shriveled the Philadelphia Flower Show's ticket sales like an early frost. The venerable event, the society's...
Boris Korotkin has served as senior vice president for American Realty Capital since January 2013 and previously served as vice president of American Realty Capital from its inception in April 2008 until December 2012. While serving at American Realty Capital since its inception, Mr. Korotkin has arranged and closed over $3.5 billion of corporate credit...
FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe. ORLANDO, Fla. _ The FBI is leaving open the question of who fired the fatal shot that killed a man being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe. The bureau initially said that an FBI agent fired the fatal shot when the man being interviewed, Ibragim Todashev, initiated a violent confrontation.
FBI: Man fatally shot after becoming violent under questioning in Boston bombing probe CEO compensation from stock keeps growing as companies respond to shareholder activists Oklahoma Insurance Department says preliminary tornado damage estimate could top $2 billion 2 infants among 10 children killed in Okla. tornado; state positively identifies 23 of...
Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion. MOORE, Okla. _ The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary official estimate announced Wednesday. OKLAHOMA CITY _ The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says two infants are among 24 people killed by the tornado that ripped across the...
It has long been taken as gospel that attorney advertising drives down the cost of legal services. The Supreme Court assumed it when first permitting attorney advertising in the landmark First Amendment case, Bates v. And, in the decades following Bates, courts, commentators, the ABA, and the FTC have followed suit, frequently touting advertising's ability to cut...
If there is an animating imperative behind the Supreme Court's decision in Bell v. These limits are especially important in the context of strip searches, which, given the degree of invasion involved, the Supreme Court has placed within a "category of own demanding own specific suspicions. Board of Chosen Freeholders, the Court examined the constitutionality...
May 21-- Riverside entered Monday afternoon's South Jersey Group 1 first-round baseball game at Maple Shade as the underdog. The third time proved to be a charm, though, as No. 11 seed Riverside upset sixth-seeded Maple Shade, 3-1, in nine innings. The lead held until Maple Shade's Matt Lutz ripped a two-out double to score Ray Sivley.
1. On March 13, 2013, the Washington Department of Ecology filed its notice of amended water quality certification for the Spokane River Hydroelectric Project. The Spokane River Project is located on the Spokane River in Spokane, Lincoln, and Stevens Counties, Washington, and in Kootenai and Benewah Counties, Idaho. 3. On May 29, 2012, Avista Corporation, the...
May 22-- BURLINGTON-- The Burlington Fire Department will soon have more firefighters on duty for each shift after the agency trains new firefighters and changes its shift schedule this summer. Four newly-hired firefighters will start training June 3 and will be ready to work by the time the new schedule goes into effect at the end of July, City Administrator...
PeaceHealth, UW Medicine, Providence/ Swedish and Virginia Mason Medical Center have each submitted proposals to partner with the Skagit- area alliance. Island Hospital CEO Vincent Oliver said he couldn't comment until he learns more about the framework of the affiliation between PeaceHealth and UW Medicine. Skagit Valley Hospital CEO Gregg Davidson and...
May 22-- Lashay Crocker had been through 32 different foster homes and group homes by the time she was 18 years old. Eager to gain custody back of her infant daughter, she entered a group home run by Nancy Boone in Greenville, N.C., when she was 16 years old. Today, Crocker lives in Atlanta, Ga., is married to a man in the military, has two daughters and will begin nursing school...
MOORE, Okla. _ The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary estimate announced Wednesday by the Oklahoma Insurance Department. MOORE, Okla. _ With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students...
The bank will open a loan production office at 1187 N. Fraser St. in Georgetown in three to four weeks, with plans to expand it into a full-service branch this summer, pending needed approvals from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the S.C. State Board of Financial Institutions. Danny Siau will serve as senior vice president and Georgetown city executive,...
PITTSBURGH, May 22, 2013/ PRNewswire/-- Chambers of Commerce Service Corporation is pleased to announce that Penn National Insurance has declared an 11% dividend for the Chamber Choice Business Insurance program's first year, May 1, 2011 through April 30, 2012. Chamber member businesses that placed and retained their insurance coverage with Penn National...
May 22-- After a contentious, packed 2 1/ 2 hour City Council meeting several ordinances that would change city employees' benefits were held for three weeks to give the city and unions time to work out differences. The other actions include possible adoption of a Cumulative Capital Development Fund that would generate $1.1 million annually in revenue through an...
A couple of sophomores turned in the biggest plays as Covington held off Bath County 4-3 in the opener. Covington and James River will return to Casey Field to play 6 p.m. Thursday for the tournament championship. As for Bath County and Parry McCluer, each is finished for the year.
FBI: Man fatally shot after becoming violent under questioning in Boston bombing probe CEO compensation from stock keeps growing as companies respond to shareholder activists Oklahoma Insurance Department says preliminary tornado damage estimate could top $2 billion IRS official in center of targeting probe says she did nothing wrong, won't answer...
Mel Kessler, who once served in the House of Delegates, told the Raleigh County Commission that a full accounting of the fee process is in order. While Beckley City Attorney Bill File held that the decision had nothing to do with stormwater fees themselves, the ruling certainly focused attention on them locally. "People think that they're not paying this because...
Cherokee Nation operates the largest tribal health care system in the United States, with a network of eight health centers and W.W. Hastings Hospital. Neighboring clinics include the Three Rivers Health Center in Muskogee, which had 169,919 visits last year, and the Wilma P. Mankiller Health Center in Stilwell, which received 134,112 visits in 2012..
A 1.3- mile-wide twister that killed at least 24 people, including nine children at Plaza Towers Elementary School, flattened much of Moore Monday. Some 2,400 homes in Moore and nearby Oklahoma City were damaged in the storm, and 10,000 people were impacted directly, said Jerry Lojka of the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management. Some 400 FEMA employees...
FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe. ORLANDO, Fla. _ A man being questioned in the Boston Marathon bombing case was shot to death at his home by an FBI agent Wednesday after turning violent, officials said. In a statement, the FBI said the agent acted on an imminent threat and opened fire.
MOORE, Okla. _ The Oklahoma Insurance Department says a preliminary estimate suggests the cost of the tornado that hit the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore could be more than $2 billion. MOORE, Okla. _ With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students until the current storm...
MOORE, Oklahoma-- State officials say a preliminary estimate suggests the cost of the tornado that hit the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore could be more than $2 billion. Oklahoma Insurance Department Spokeswoman Calley Herth tells The Associated Press that the early tally of damages is based on visual assessments of an extensive damage zone stretching more...
IRA Financial Group, the leading facilitator of Self Directed IRA LLC and solo 401 plans, announces a new webinar as part of its educational series on the area of retirement tax planning. The webinar on will be aimed at offering investors an extensive array of facts and information involving exciting tax and retirement planning opportunities for investors in...
This provision under the new health care law would have two separate effects- one on employers and the other on the individual market, explained Dinsmore& Shohl attorney David Whaley. Then, the IRS gave the authority to the U.S. Department of the Treasury to increase the smoking premium up to 50 percent. Diane Holley-Brown, communication director with the West...
The Boone County businessman has been around auto dealerships all his life. After his father worked in the industry, first as a bookkeeper, then as general manager and finally as owner of the former Boone Motor Sales, Stephens has taken over management of Stephens Auto, a Ford and Chrysler dealership along U.S. Route 119 in Boone County. But after earning a degree in...
Certified public accountant Jim Cava of Bridgeport is such an accountant. Co-owner of Cava& Banko in Bridgeport, Cava grew up in Clarksburg, the eldest child in a family of seven children. Cava had not been at his next job, with a firm in Washington, D.C., for very long when he learned that the FBI would be moving to Clarksburg.
Phillips, Gardill, Kaiser& Altmeyer PLLC* Wheeling. Gardill, managing partner of Phillips, Gardill, Kaiser& Altmeyer PLLC in Wheeling, focuses on banking law, commercial law, tax law and estate planning. He got a political science degree from West Liberty State College and spent four years in the seminary, but after applying to law school, he was drafted by the Army.
Doug Reynolds said perhaps his biggest achievement is helping restructure a fledgling pipeline business. Reynolds, of Huntington, is helping his father, businessman and former Who's Who winner Marshall Reynolds, restructure Energy Services of America, which constructs pipelines vital to the natural gas, oil and electric industries. But he has to balance...
SYRACUSE- Brown& Brown Empire State, a unit of Florida- based Brown& Brown, Inc., has added employees to its Syracuse office in the past nine months. The Central New York Business Journal spoke separately with two company officials on its hiring and health-reform law issues. The officials, were Nicholas Dereszynski, president of Brown& Brown Empire State and...
Pennsylvania doesn't make widowed spouses mourn further by levying an inheritance tax against them. When Roxborough resident Jim Smith's partner was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last May, both knew there would be a series of legal and health hoops to jump through. But what followed was an insult-to-injury moment that's only possible because of...
Capital One Bank: Paul Darrigo was appointed as senior vice president of Capital One Bank's Long Island and Queens Middle Market Banking team. He will report to Miriam Tanenbaum, market executive, head of Long Island and Queens Middle Market, Capital One Bank. Robert M. Stuart, Jr., head of middlemarket commercial banking and Louisiana State president for Capital...
In several jurisdictions in the United States, a rapist who causes his victim to become pregnant commits an aggravated sexual assault. Having committed an aggravated crime, he will be subjected to a longer prison sentence relative to his counterpart whose victim does not become pregnant consequent to the rape. The rapist who causes a woman to become pregnant...
Limiting instructions and instructions to disregard inadmissible evidence are widely believed to be both ineffective and necessary. Courts presume that juries follow evidentiary instructions, but the presumption is almost universally acknowledged to be false, a kind of professional myth. This Article argues that we have it backwards.
China now has the second-largest number of Fortune Global 500 companies in the world. How might the increased operation of Chinese SOEs in foreign markets change the institutional trajectory of corporate capitalism in China? Do the institutions of market and investment regulation in the United States adequately contemplate hybrid business-political...
The role and ethical obligations of attorneys in class actions have received no shortage of scholarly attention. Much of this focus has been in the context of class certification hearings and assessment of the merits of settlements. Those inquiries are often ex post, focusing not on what attorneys may do, but on what they have already done.
This Article examines the nature, origin, and policy soundness of the tort of interference with inheritance. Endorsed by the Second Restatement of Torts and recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court in a recent decision, the tort has been adopted by courts in nearly half the states. Spurred by an innovative Restatement provision1 and two U.S. Supreme Court decisions...
Following a recent announcement, LTC Partners and Insurance Services, LLC, will be providing long-term care education to member banks of the California Bankers Association, one of America's largest state banking trade organizations. KIRKLAND, Wash./ California Newswire/-- Following a recent announcement, LTC Partners& Insurance Services, LLC, will be providing...
Last month, the FAA announced it would eliminate funding for these towers as part of the agency's required $637 million budget cuts under sequestration. In a statement on its website, the FAA said the additional time will allow it "to attempt to resolve multiple legal challenges to the closure decisions. Extending the transition deadline will give the FAA and...
The National Safety Council today announced it has partnered with ADEPT Driver to offer the teenSMART program. teenSMART is a computer-based, crash avoidance program for teen drivers that focuses on the six areas research shows lead to the largest number of teen crashes: visual search, hazard detection, speed adjustment, space management, risk perception and...
Before the U.S. Senate failed April 17 to gain enough backing to pass a gun control bill, Catholic bishops joined other religious leaders in pushing for reform via email blasts and Senate Judiciary Committee testimony. An outspoken gun rights activist for decadesonce the chief Washington lobbyist for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms-...
SYRACUSE- Tully Rinckey PLLC, an Albany- based law firm that has a Syracuse office, recently promoted Graig D. Cortelyou to chief of operations. Tully Rinckey says the promotion follows its recent expansion into the Syracuse and Buffalo markets, and positions it for more growth in the future. Its Syracuse office is located at 507 Plum St..
Premier Promotions is organizing the 15th SOHO Syracuse Small Business Show on Wednesday, April 24, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center at Oncenter. It is meant to target small-business owners that generally have 30 or fewer employees, says Steve Becker, owner of Premier Promotions, Inc., who has helped in producing all the previous 14 SOHO...
LAVAL, Quebec, May 22, 2013-- A correction from Source has been issued for the Neptune Technologies& Bioressources Inc. release disseminated on May 22, 2013 at 8:49 a.m. ET. Neptune Technologies& Bioressources Inc. announces its consolidated financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended February 28, 2013 and provides update on action plan to...
NORTHBROOK, Ill., May 22, 2013 PRNewswire/-- The Allstate Corporation today commenced tender offers for certain of its outstanding debt securities as part of the company's recently announced proactive capital management plan. Allstate' s tender offers comprise:. The Offers will expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on June 19, 2013, unless extended or earlier...
Greg Burton was born and raised in Charleston. Burton was city manager of Charleston when he was recruited to join then-Gov. Workers' compensation was often listed as one reason companies avoided investing in West Virginia, thus hindering economic growth.
When Dan Pochick's dream of running a business came true, it wasn't exactly easy. He was asked to rebuild a company from what was left of one that was, for all intents and purposes, in liquidation. Pochick graduated from Virginia Tech in 1966. Soon after, he got a job at Rish Equipment, at the time a subsidiary of Bluefield Supply Co., a distributor of construction and...
May 22-- The Harrisburg Senators stayed hot Tuesday night, putting the SeaWolves in an early hole. The Senators used a three-run first inning to take control and held on for an 8-2 win in a game shortened to six innings by officials because of rain. Harrisburg won its second straight in the four-game series against the SeaWolves, who have lost back-to-back games for...
FBI: Man fatally shot in Boston bombing probe. ORLANDO, Fla. _ A man being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation, FBI officials said Wednesday. The shooting early Wednesday took place in Orlando, Fla., where an FBI agent along with other law enforcement personnel were interviewing the man,...
Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion. MOORE, Okla. _ The Oklahoma Insurance Department says a preliminary estimate suggests the cost of the tornado that hit the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore could be more than $2 billion. MOORE, Okla. _ With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently...
SACRAMENTO, Calif./ California Newswire/-- Today, Assemblyman Mike Gatto announced that his bill to help local governments create dog parks for their residents, passed the Assembly Floor with a bipartisan vote of 75-0. The idea for the bill came from Glendale City Councilmember Laura Friedman, who told Gatto that liability concerns were preventing cities from...
Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion. MOORE, Okla. _ The Oklahoma Insurance Department says a preliminary damage estimate could top $2 billion for the tornado that hit the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore. MOORE, Okla. _ With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students...
Wellness Center USA, Inc., a Schaumburg, IL– alternative healthcare company, is pleased to announce that wholly-owned subsidiary Psoria-Shield has rolled out its domestic sales program for Psoria-Light and sales are currently underway in the North East, Mid-Atlantic, Mid-West and California. Mr. DeGideo brings over 25 years of sales experience centered upon...
Modern Medical announced today the nationwide rollout of Opioid Defense Manager™. Launched in November 2012 in a test phase, ODM is Modern Medical's revolutionary managed care program to stop the rising opioid abuse in the workers' compensation industry. By working with their prescribers, we are helping them to be weaned off opioids and referred to pain...
RidgeWorth Investments has published its latest white paper entitled The Case for Active Management of Municipal Bonds. The paper highlights the fact that within the last five years the muni bond market has shifted from a relatively homogenous, interest-rate-sensitive market to a credit-sensitive asset class where in-depth research and professional...
May 22-- Striking workers walked picket lines outside UCI Medical Center in Orange Tuesday in a protest over staffing levels and pensions. The strike organizers put the number of workers who had joined the walkout as of late Tuesday afternoon at about 700; UCI Medical Center said it was closer to 400. The striking workers carried signs and marched up and down The...
Leading shipper to New Zealand, Anglo Pacific, is feeling the effects. Jason Diggs, Anglo Pacific’ s Sales Director and a native of Christchurch himself, comments,“ At an estimated cost of $40 billion, the City’ s rebuild is no insignificant task and something of this magnitude will not happen overnight– especially as up to 80% of the cost is being covered by insurance,...
MOORE, Okla.-- Oklahoma Insurance Department says preliminary tornado damage estimate could top $2 billion.
Aflac Inc. fell$. 02 or percent, to $55.82. MBIA rose$. 04 or. 3 percent, to $14.84. MGIC Investments Corp. rose$. 13 or 2.0 percent, to $6.45.
May 22-- Ministry Health Care will lay off between 225 and 250 full-time employees, citing a decline in patients and Medicare reimbursements as well as the impact of the federal sequestration bill. Ministry is the parent of Menasha- based Affinity Health System, which operates St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton and Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh.
In advance of Memorial Day, the Respect for Marriage Coalition hosted a call featuring Former Congressman, Army Captain and Iraq War Veteran Patrick Murphy, Outserve-SLDN Executive Director Allyson Robinson, American Military Partner Association Director of Family Affairs Ashley Broadway and military widow Karen Morgan to highlight the harms of the...
Motorists will have to slow down while driving through the cities of Lima and Findlay, though. The revised speed limit to 70 applies from an area from just outside of Toledo south until just north of Dayton, with Lima and Findlay staying at 65.. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety noted 34 other states have some posted speed limits of 70 mph or higher,...
The health care crisis in the United States is far from solved. In some states, up to twenty-seven percent of all adults are without health insurance. Jeremy Duboys, President of MedicationDiscountCard.com, explains his mission,“ We are aware that millions of Americans are losing out on healthcare because prescription prices are too high.
The catheter market reached $23 billion in 2012, according to Kalorama Information. The healthcare market research firm said that increased life expectancy and subsequent aging of the global population play a key role in the rising demand for all types of medical catheters. “Concerns of reimbursement in the hospital segment have led to a reduction in the...
May 22-- MERCED-- Pyrotechnics companies stand to make thousands from local fireworks vendors, as an ordinance legalizing "safe and sane" fireworks in unincorporated Merced County is on track for the Board of Supervisors' approval. "I represent a very rural area with a lot of brush," said District 4 Supervisor Deidre Kelsey, chairwoman of the Board of Supervisors.
May 22-- YORK, Pa-- With a hard thrower such as Taylor Rohrbaugh, Central York softball usually benefits from a pitcher's duel. Rohrbaugh and Warwick's Tessa Eckman battled pitch for pitch at Memorial Park in York. The Panthers, who entered districts as the No. 3 seed, finished 20-3, while the Warriors move on to play No. 11 Daniel Boone, which upset Chambersburg.
May 22-- By Dan Catchpole. YAKIMA, Wash.-- After a long discussion Tuesday night, the Yakima City Council told city staff to move ahead with a $4.7 million plan to give every police patrol officer a take-home cruiser. Yakima City Manager Tony O'Rourke pushed for the plan, saying it is the cheapest way to make the city safer.
Experient Health will host a Health Care Reform 101 seminar June 25 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Sussex County Volunteer Fire Station at 20169 Princeton Road in Stony Creek, VA. “Everyone from families to small business owners have questions about purchasing health care insurance under the newest regulations,” said Dayton Wiese, a health care and benefits...
Bidding was quick and the 4- H and FFA projects of local youth sold within minutes at Saturday's Junior Livestock Auction. Buyers included businesses such as Charles Gee Reality, Edward Jones, Glenn County Title Company, Paiva Farms, Hutson Insurance Co., and numerous other agricultural or commercial entities. Individuals like Vic Cook of Orland also...
Reeves Trott has been a force in the midfield this season for Lafayette High's Bay Rivers District. The freshman midfielder showcased that talent Tuesday night, lifting the Rams to a 1-0 victory over No.4 seed Tabb in the semifinals of the Bay Rivers District tournament held at Sanford B. Wanner Stadium. Tabb tried to answer in the 10th minute, as Reilly Maw...
In less than five months millions of uninsured Americans will be able to enroll in subsidized healthcare exchanges. Three months after that, every American is expected to have health insurance or pay a fine. Just hand out the phones, click' launch' on the control panel and it works, "says, Organizing Director of WFP, Mike Boland.
May 22-- Two men were arrested and charged with marijuana and cocaine possession Tuesday after they were pulled over for failure to use a turn signal near Sixth Avenue, according to a Columbus Police report. D'Laquoris Manuel, 34, and Trevarrius Hightower, 18, were stopped at about noon near the intersection of Sixth Avenue and 40th Street after Manuel failed to...
May 22-- Medtronic is eliminating 2,000 jobs worldwide, including 500 in Minnesota, in a move that is part of an industry trend to consolidate and shed employees in struggling markets. The Fridley- based manufacturer must shift resources from areas that are slow performing to those that are seeing more impressive growth, such as technology to treat chronic pain,...
Rick Snyder and leaders of the GOP majority in the Legislature reached a budget agreement Tuesday for next fiscal year that doesn't include an expansion of government health insurance for low income-adults and puts Michigan's unexpected surplus toward funding roads and K-12 education. Michigan could collect about $483 million more in taxes than...
Colorado Business Bank announced that Robert Verratti has been hired as president of Colorado Business Bank– Vail. Prior to joining Colorado Business Bank, Verratti served as market president– commercial banking for Guaranty Bank and Trust in Denver. He has served as director of acquisitions for Charlestown Investments, LLC and acquisitions manager for...
Instead of a cell phone, three things appear to have prompted Deputy Greg Markovic to take his eyes off the road, according to police reports-- a McDonald's hamburger, a radio microphone that got stuck and a light switch he accidentally turned on and was trying to turn off when he smashed into Diem Van Lam's 1994 Honda. The crash occurred before dawn on Monday, Jan. 9,...
AAA Travel projects 34.8 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Memorial Day holiday weekend, a 0.9 percent decrease from the 35.1 million people who traveled last year. The Memorial Day holiday travel period is defined as Thursday, May 23 to Monday, May 27. Memorial Day holiday travelers to total 34.8 million, a decrease of 0.9...
AUSTIN, Texas, May 22, 2013/ PRNewswire/-- The sweeping health care changes contained in the Affordable Care Act will likely affect every American, regardless of how they obtain health coverage. Kelly Fristoe, president of the Texas Association of Health Underwriters, said that whether individuals and businesses are prepared or not, big changes are coming soon.
Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc., a pioneer in the fields of deep-ocean shipwreck and offshore mineral exploration, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square. Odyssey Marine Exploration is celebrating the grand opening of Odyssey's SHIPWRECK! NASDAQ MarketSite– 4 Times Square– 43 rd& Broadway– Broadcast Studio.
Stratasys, Ltd., manufacturers of 3 D printers and materials for prototyping and production, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square. NASDAQ MarketSite– 4 Times Square– 43 rd& Broadway– Broadcast Studio. Thursday, May 23, 2013– 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.
May 22-- MOUNT OLIVE-- Two people were blown 17 feet across a room and slammed into two doors that had been sucked shut, a teenager was surrounded by shattering glass, fearing for her life, and even the fire and police departments were damaged as an EF2 tornado touched down about 10 p.m. Monday. I thought I was going to die, "said Breanna Bywater, 17, of the 400 block of East...
May 22-- College Station school board members discussed on Tuesday building a ninth elementary school and giving employees a 4 percent pay increase for the 2013-2014 school year. The 36- person committee is spearheaded by Superintendent Eddie Coulson and Deputy Superintendent for Administrative Services Clark Ealy. Coulson said College Station ISD is one...
Mengden pitched a complete-game five-hitter, and Hunter Melton delivered the big blow with a three-run homer to give Texas A&M a 6-3 victory over Florida in a play-in game at the Southeastern Conference tournament Tuesday at Metropolitan Stadium. But the victory vaulted the Aggies into the double-elimination portion of the SEC tournament, where they will...
Macau, China May 22, 2013. The system currently monitors hundreds of games in Asia and integrates with all major manufacturers of electronic shoes. This month has been great for eConnect as they just won Casino Enterprise Managements award for“ 2013’ s Best Game Protection Product” for table games.
May 22-- Tonight, backers of the two crime-fighting plans that have divided the city of Stockton, the Marshall Plan vs. Stockton Safe Streets, hold a highly charged debate. Stockton owes the state pension system, CalPERS, $900 mil- lion to $1.1 billion for pensions.
May 22-- W I NDSOR-- It's not the vivid memories of being holed up in a bank vault as nature's fury blew out windows and demolished cars that Bob Hinderaker remembers most from the twister of 2008.. It's what came in the following weeks, months and years that sticks out most-- the town's long range demands went beyond just cleaning up the downed trees and shattered...
IronPro, the U.S. professional and management liability unit of Ironshore Inc., has introduced an insurance program to provide the insured with coverage for crisis events that pose potential public image risks. Lanny J. Davis, former White House Special Counsel, and Mercedes Colwin, a managing partner for Gordon Rees, a national law firm, will deliver these...
After several challenging years of study and testing, Darby Armont, Vice President of Client Services at Richard P. Slaughter Associates, Inc., was awarded her Chartered Financial Analyst ® designation from the CFA Institute earlier this spring. And this combination is even more unique among women, as only 19 percent of all CFA ® holders are women according to...
May 22-- JEFFERSONVILLE-- As footage of the Oklahoma tornado continues to fill many television broadcasts, some of those affected by the deadly storm that tore through Northern Clark County in March 2012 are feeling an eerie familiarity. But, it is that familiarity which has provided a unique insight to the needs of the survivors of the devastating Oklahoma...
CANTON, Mass. and NEW ORLEANS, May 22, 2013/ PRNewswire/-- Organogenesis Inc., a commercial leader in the field of regenerative medicine, presented new data generated in collaboration with a team of expert economists from Analysis Group demonstrating the significant healthcare resource and economic burden that diabetic foot ulcers and venous leg ulcers place...
As the Senate continues debate today on the proposed Farm Bill, U.S. Begich's amendments would save millions in potential taxpayer dollars, remove bureaucratic obstacles for tribes, reauthorize the Denali Commission, prevent the sale of genetically modified salmon, and reduce regulatory roadblocks by using traditional Alaska subsistence foods at...
Eastern District of New York 254-7000. BROOKLYN, NY-- Staten Island, New York, resident Saquib Khan, 51, waived indictment and pleaded guilty today to charges that he engaged in a bank fraud scheme that netted approximately $5 million from six New York City area banks insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The charges were announced by Loretta E....
The professionals at Red Blue Realty know that when considering Los Angeles homes for sale, pre-qualification is key for negotiating. Obtaining a VA or FHA loan for a home purchase is a great financing option for buyers and must pe presented to the seller with the initial offer. As a skilled Los Angeles real estate agent can attest, government loans put some...
Dickinson Wright is pleased to announce that it will host a Sunrise Seminar titled“ Starting Off on the Right Foot: Tips for a Successful Hiring Process” on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at Automation Alley in Troy. Join Dickinson Wright Attorneys Cynthia A. Moore, James B. Perry, and Elise S. Levasseur for this informative seminar. Cynthia A. Moore is a member in Dickinson...
"Intersects 18.80 g/t over 13.86 metres at Santoy 8". SASKATOON, May 22, 2013/ PRNewswire/- Claude Resources Inc. today provided results from its recently completed 2013 first quarter drill program at the Santoy Mine Complex within the Company's 100 percent-owned, 17,200 hectare Seabee Gold Operation. These step-out drill intercepts significantly expand the...
North American finance professionals continue to see pay raises, but percentage increases fell last year for all but the executive tier, according to a survey by the Association for Financial Professionals. The 2013 AFP Compensation Survey provides base salary and bonus information for jobs in the finance profession for calendar year 2012 as well as data on...
NORTHBROOK, Ill., May 22, 2013/ PRNewswire/-- The Allstate Corporation today announced a plan to use preferred stock and subordinated debt to refinance a portion of its existing debt. "Today's announcement is another example of Allstate' s proactive and disciplined capital management," said Thomas J. Wilson, chairman, president and chief executive officer.
VHA Inc., the national health care network, announced its new, comprehensive portfolio of energy services which enables health care organizations to reduce annual energy by as much as 30 percent. The portfolio includes programs from American Energy Assets, Eric Ryan Corporation and Hospital Energy. Through continuous energy efficiency improvement,...
LipoScience, Inc., a diagnostic company pioneering a new field of personalized nuclear magnetic resonance diagnostics to advance the quality of patient care, today announced availability of NMR lipoprotein particle testing using the Vantera ® Clinical Analyzer through Mayo Medical Laboratories. "LDL-P improves the identification of patients at risk...
The one year anniversary of General Motors and Ford first offering thousands of salaried retirees a lump sum pension buyout is fast-approaching. Other retirees, however, may be facing the decision for the first time as Ford and GM have continued to offer the buyouts to additional retirees since the initial offers. Joe Betcher, President of Betcher Financial...
LOS ANGELES-- AEG Live LLC did not conduct any background checks or supervise the doctor who was later convicted of killing Michael Jackson, a corporate attorney testified Tuesday in a lawsuit claiming the concert promoter was negligent in hiring the physician. AEG Live General Counsel Shawn Trell told jurors that no legal or financial checks were done...
May 22-- BROADWAY-- Thanks to two last-minute agreements with the county, Broadway won't have to raise taxes or lay off any employees to make budget for the fiscal year that starts in July, officials said at a meeting this week. Broadway would have had to raise its property tax from 44 to 56 cents per $100 to cope with the redistribution, a strategy that town officials...
The budget proved to be extremely difficult after the Lee County Board of Commissioners voted to change the sales tax distribution method, resulting in a loss of $1.4 million in revenue to the city, according to City Manager Hal Hegwer. The current city property tax rate is 54 cents per $100 valuation, but after the 2013 property tax revaluation, the property tax...
LAVAL, Quebec, May 22, 2013-- Neptune Technologies& Bioressources Inc. announces its consolidated financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended February 28, 2013 and provides update on action plan to resume operations. Nutraceutical revenues increased 32% to a record $25,181,000, for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2013, up from...
Not long after 11 a.m., when polls opened in the Tonawanda High School Wellness Gym, Elaine Schuh arrived to do what she called her civic duty. In the City of Tonawanda, voters were asked to decide on a $29.8 million budget with a tax levy rate that's up 3.2 percent from last year and vote on the sale of Central School for $220,000. Marie Kaiser said that she voted against...
Researchmoz presents this most up-to-date research on South Korea Pharmaceutical Market Outlook 2013. The report focuses primarily on quantitative market metrics in order to characterize the growth and evolution of the South Korea Pharmaceutical Market. “South Korea Pharmaceutical Market Outlook 2013” provides in-depth analysis of the trends, issues...
May 22-- To implement President Obama' s Affordable Care Act, San Mateo County will hire 25 people to help process the expected flood of new applications for new benefits. The Board of Supervisors authorized the hiring Tuesday when it approved a consent agenda-- a list of items that county officials consider so routine they can be dispatched with one vote and no...
May 22-- At a recent special called meeting, Harlan County Solid Waste Supervisor Lakis Mavinidis told members of the Harlan Fiscal Court the cleanup trailer service provided free of charge to residents is costing the county approximately $280,000 a year. He proposed a $35 fee per household for future use in order to save the county money in their 2013-2014...
Voxiva, Inc., a leading innovator in mobile health programs, announced today that text4baby, a service which provides pregnant women and new moms with critical health information, has introduced a wide range of new interactive features and evidence-based educational content. Text4baby, developed by Voxiva in association with the National Healthy Mothers...
WASHINGTON D.C.- As the Government of Iran continues to defy United Nations Security Council orders to halt its nuclear enrichment activities, sponsor terrorism, disregard human rights by targeting Iranian dissidents worldwide and partner with North Korea on missile and nuclear technology, U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Mark Kirk introduced today the Iran...
WASHINGTON- Senator John Hoeven today spoke on the Senate floor in support of the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, stressing the importance of continuing the no-cost sugar program, which the senator said is cost-effective and fair, and should be retained in the Commodity Title of the Farm Bill. Countries like Brazil spend between $2 billion and $3...
CMS has within its authority to protect the program for Medicare beneficiaries receiving life-saving treatment for ESRD and it should do so without hesitation, "said Senator Cardin. "Medicare provides insurance coverage for nearly 80 percent of individuals with ESRD on dialysis.... In addition to Senators Cardin and Crapo, the letter to Administrator Tavenner...
At Senate Banking Hearing Today, Brown Presses Treasury Secretary on Report by Financial Stability Oversight Council that Acknowledges the Threat Wall Street Megabanks Pose to US Economy. WASHINGTON, D.C.- At a Senate Banking Committee hearing today, U.S. Brown, who chairs the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection,...
Last week, the Senate Agriculture Committee once again reported to the full Senate a bipartisan Farm Bill, and I am pleased the Senate has turned to its consideration this week. Unfortunately, due to the House's inaction on the Senate- passed bill last year, many Farm Bill programs expired, while others were temporarily extended at the end of the year, making it all...
Murray: "Brian possesses the kind of experience, knowledge, and judgment necessary to succeed in this leadership position- and to help bring a balanced and responsible approach to our budget challenges." Washington, D.C.-- Today, Tuesday, May 21st, Chairman Patty Murray and the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Brian Deese to the position of...
Senators Charles E. Schumer, Barbara Boxer, Lisa Murkowski, and Claire McCaskill's legislation, the Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act of 2013, is the subject of a hearing before the Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance. The first-ever hearing on the bill, chaired by Senator Claire McCaskill, will...
The Senate's bipartisan 2013 Farm Bill represents the most significant reform of American agriculture policy in decades. Passing the Farm Bill will yield a total of $24 billion in cuts to agriculture programs. The Senate's 2013 Farm Bill strengthens top priorities that help farmers, ranchers and small business owners create jobs.
Scott Tipton spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives to underscore that the Affordable Care Act, which the House voted to repeal last week, will hurt access to quality care in rural America, as well as drive up health care costs for families and small businesses. "We're seeing right now, in my home state of Colorado, estimates for individual insurance...
Washington, DC- Congressman Tim Ryan and the U.S. Department of Labor are announcing today the certification of a petition for Trade Adjustment Assistance workers at the closing General Electric Ravenna Lamp Plant. The petition was filed March 27, 2013 by a company official on behalf of the employees. "The Trade Adjustment Assistance Program will give GE...
WASHINGTON, DC- Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden today launched a bipartisan supply chain working group to discuss securing our nation's communications supply chain. Mike Rogers and Ranking Member Anna Eshoo will serve as the group's co-chairs. Bob Latta, Mike Doyle, Lee Terry, Ben Ray Lujan, Adam Kinzinger, and Jim Matheson.
The proposed budget estimates for FY2014 for the Government Accountability Office, Government Printing Office, and the Congressional Budget Office. Government Accountability Office's budget request for fiscal year 2014. I want to thank the subcommittee for its continued support of GAO. GAO very much appreciates the confidence you have shown in its...
The proposed budget estimates for FY2014 for the Government Accountability Office, Government Printing Office, and the Congressional Budget Office. CBO requests an appropriation of $45.7 million for fiscal year 2014. That amount represents an increase of $1.6 million, or 3.7 percent, from the $44.1 million that was provided to CBO under the continuing...
Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Crapo, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today regarding the Financial Stability Oversight Council's 2013 annual report. The report represents extensive collaboration among staff of Council members and member agencies to provide Congress and the public with the Council's assessment...
Madame Chairman, Ranking Member Heller and Subcommittee members, thank you for inviting me to testify. My name is Peter Welch and I am President of the National Automobile Dealers Association. NADA is a national trade association that represents the interests of over 16,000 franchised new car and truck dealer members.
Good afternoon and thank you, Senator McCaskill and Senator Heller and members of the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Insurance. My name is Sharon Faulkner and I am the Executive Director of the American Car Rental Association- or ACRA. Our members range from the brands you would recognize such as Enterprise, Alamo and National Car...
Madame Chair and Senators, I'm Rosemary Shahan, President of Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety, based in Sacramento, California. We greatly appreciate that there is bi-partisan support for this bill, and also welcome the support from all the major rental car companies, the American Car Rental Association, State Farm Insurance Company, and the American...
My name is Mitch Bainwol and I am President and CEO at the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. The Alliance is a trade association of twelve car and light truck manufacturers including BMW Group, Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Jaguar Land Rover, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi Motors, Porsche, Toyota, Volkswagen Group of America and...
I'd first like to thank Senator Schumer for authoring this legislation, named for my daughters Raechel and Jacqueline, and to Senators Murkowski, Blumenthal, Gillibrand, Casey, my own Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, and you, Madam Chair, for your co-sponsorship of this important consumer safety legislation. I especially thank Hertz for being the...
Chairman, Ranking Member, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to return again to the Commerce Committee to testify about S. 921, the "Raechel and Jacqueline Houck Safe Rental Car Act of 2013." I would also like to thank Senators Schumer and Boxer, for introducing and reintroducing this bill in the 112th and 113th Congresses.
Chairman Levin, Ranking Member McCain and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on the important topic of shifting of profits offshore by U.S. multinational corporations. n1 I am a Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School. n2 The views I am expressing are my personal views. The Subcommittee and its staff should be commended for...
Testimony by TIMOTHY COOK, Chief Executive Officer, Apple, Inc., Cupertino, CA and PETER OPPENHEIMER, Senior Vice President& Chief Financial Officer, Apple, Inc., Cupertino, CA and PHILLIP BULLOCK, Head of Tax Operations, Apple, Inc., Cupertino, CA. Apple Inc. appreciates the opportunity to testify before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations in connection...
Chairman Walden, Ranking Member Eshoo, and Members of the Subcommittee:. The United States, like many other nations, is reliant on commercial communications networks for business and personal communication as well as for matters of national and economic security. According to several network providers, very little of this equipment is manufactured in the...
Chairman and Members of the Committee,. I leave it to the U.S. Intelligence Community to to characterize that threat but I have sufficient insight to be convinced that the threat is very real, is not limited to a single country, geographic area or organization, and that we must protect ourselves.. Two of the major telecom system vendors are Chinese, and the other three...
Chairman Walden, Ranking Member Eshoo, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. I am Dean Garfield, President and CEO of the Information Technology Industry Council, and I am pleased to testify before the Communications and Technology Subcommittee on the important topic of cybersecurity and the communications supply...
My name is Bob Dix, and I serve as Vice President of Government Affairs and Critical Infrastructure Protection for Juniper Networks. Juniper Networks is a publicly-held private corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices and operations around the world. The government views its commercial supply chain as a significant element in its...
Our communications network's strengths-- its ubiquity and interconnected nature-- may also be weaknesses. We are fortunate to have as a member of this subcommittee House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers. The experience and resources he brings were invaluable to the bipartisan cybersecurity working group last Congress as well as this...
I served on the North Pacific Fishery Management Council from 1992-2001 and continue to actively participate in the Council process. I am the Executive Director of the Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association, based in Sitka, Alaska, and am representing ALFA's over 100 members with this testimony. Over the years, our Association has engaged in multiple...
My name is Randy Fisher and I am the Executive Director of the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. The Commission represents the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California and Alaska. RecFIN is a cooperative effort between the state fishery agencies in Washington, Oregon, and California, the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, and...
Testimony by Peter Carroll, Assistant Director for Mortgage Markets, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau And Kelly Cochran, Assistant Director for Regulations, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Thank you Chairman Capito, Ranking Member Meeks, and members of the Subcommittee for this opportunity to testify about the Bureau's...
Chairman Bucshon, Ranking Member Lipinski, Chairman Massie, Ranking Member Wilson, Members of the Committees, good morning and thank you for inviting the International Biometrics and Identification Association to this hearing. The IBIA is a non-profit trade group that advocates and promotes the responsible use of technologies for managing human identity.
My name is Joe Pyne, and I am the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kirby Corporation, the nation's largest inland and coastal tank barge operator. Kirby has been in the marine transportation business since 1969. I am pleased to appear before you today on behalf of the American Maritime Partnership to stress the importance of the domestic U.S.-flag fleet...
Broadly speaking, as Amtrak's figures reflect, the major drivers of net costs of Amtrak sendee are Northeast Corridor capital needs and long-distance train operations. *Because tracks at critical segments, key stations, and the overall fleet are near or at capacity, fares continually rise and the proportion of the population who can afford to ride Amtrak's NEC...
I have over 15 years experience in the management of the Capitol Corridor IPR trains that operate in the Northern California Megaregion, connecting the metropolitan areas of Sacramento, the San Francisco Bay Area and San Jose/Silicon Valley. Throughout my career at the Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority, Amtrak has been the contract operator for the...
Chairman Brady, Ranking Member McDermott, thank you for this opportunity to discuss strategies to strengthen our nation's health care system and ensure that our Medicare dollars support high quality, cost effective health care. We reached consensus on a comprehensive package of reforms that span the entire health care system, with a particular focus on the...
The Medicare program is on a fiscally unsustainable path. Medicare spending will nearly double over the next decade, increasing from $586 billion this year to more than $1 trillion in 2023. n1 The oldest members of the baby boom generation have reached age 65 and are enrolled in Medicare. In their 2012 report, the Medicare trustees project that the Hospital...
House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health Chairman Kevin Brady today announced that the Subcommittee on Health will hold its first in a series of hearings to explore the bipartisan proposals, including those contained in President Obama' s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget to reform Medicare. This hearing will focus on review of proposals to change...
House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations and Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Subcommittee; and Middle East and North Africa Hearing. More importantly, I am deeply grateful that you are devoting so much of your personal, official and institutional resources to critical problems...
House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations and Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Subcommittee; and Middle East and North Africa Hearing. Africa has been very important for me both personally and professionally. Executive Director to the African Development Bank in Abidjan, Cote...
Testimony by John Wagner, Acting Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations, Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security and James Dinkins, Executive Associate Director, Homeland Security Investigations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Shonnie Lyon, Acting Director,...
Testimony by Duane Highley, President and CEO, Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation, On behalf of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association is the national service organization dedicated to representing the national interests of cooperative electric utilities and the consumers...
Chairman Upton, Ranking Member Waxman, my name is Charles Blauner, Global Head of Information Security for Citi. In that capacity, I set Citi's information security strategy and am accountable for Citi's information security risk posture across all lines of business, functions, and regions. Citi is extremely supportive of the FSSCC and its sister organization,...
Good morning Chairman Upton, Ranking Member Waxman, and other members of the Committee. I am Phyllis Schneck, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Global Public Sector for McAfee, Inc., a subsidiary of Intel Corporation. We appreciate the Committee's interest in cyber security threats and solutions, particularly as they affect critical...
Chairman Upton, Ranking Member Waxman, and Members of the Committee, I am Dave McCurdy, President and CEO of the American Gas Association. Also relevant to this hearing, I am a former Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and have been involved in cybersecurity policy for over 20 years. AGA represents more than 200 local energy companies that deliver...
I am the Chief Financial Officer of INTL FCStone Inc., a position I have held since the merger of International Assets Holding Corporation and FCStone Group, Inc. in September 2009. INTL FCStone Inc. and its affiliates, a publicly held, NASDAQ listed company, dates back to 1924 when a door-to-door egg wholesaler formed Saul Stone and Company, which went on to...
Chairman Lucas, Ranking Member Peterson and Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify today. First, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act created a legal framework for reform, and then the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission have been charged with responsibility...
Chairman Lucas, Ranking Member Peterson and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to provide our perspective on matters affecting the derivatives industry and in particular the regulation of our markets by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. As you turn your attention to reauthorizing the CFTC, the Futures Industry Association...
As Congress begins the reauthorization process, customer protection issues should be front and center in everybody's mind. First at MF Global and then at PFG, customers suffered very real harm from shortfalls in customer segregated funds, the kind of harm that all regulators seek to prevent. In the wake of MF Global and PFG, NFA has worked very closely with the CME,...
Chairman Lucas, Ranking Member Peterson, I am Jeffrey C. Sprecher, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IntercontinentalExchange, Inc., or ICE. As a result of this transaction, which we expect to close this year, ICE's range of products and our global reach will expand even further, adding to our operations in Europe, Asia, North America and South America across...
I am Terry Duffy, Executive Chairman and President of CME Group n1. The Administration's FY-2014 Budget proposes to increase the CFTC's budget by $109 million to $315 million and to fund the entire amount with a "user fee" levied on futures and derivatives trades. Such a "user fee" will impose a $315 million per year transaction tax on market making.
"This hearing will now come to order. "Before we begin, I want to take a moment to join the President in expressing my sadness at the heartbreaking destruction in Oklahoma. "Today we are considering President Obama' s nomination of Brian Deese to be the next Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, penned an op-ed published in The Hill today, highlighting how the Farm Bill will both create jobs and reduce the deficit. * "Passing this year's farm bill will yield over $24 billion in total agriculture savings. It's time for Congress to finish the Farm Bill.
UFCW Chief Joe Hansen on the president's promise that workers could keep their coverage: "The president's statement to labor in 2009 is simply not true for millions of workers." "In an oped, UFCW President Joe Hansen noted that the president's 2009 promise to labor unions that they could keep their current coverage is" simply not true for millions of workers.
WASHINGTON, DC- The Energy and Commerce Committee and its Communications and Technology Subcommittee today held back-to-back hearings examining cyber threats and security solutions in an ever-evolving technological landscape. "Cyber attacks have grown in scope and sophistication to include nearly every industry and asset that makes America work.
May 22-- OGDEN-- The Ogden School Board on Monday night approved a 2013-14 school-year contract with the Ogden Education Association, which represents teachers at the district's three high schools, three junior highs and 14 elementary schools. "I was very encouraged with the collaborative bargaining we did with the district," said Matt Ogle, executive director of...
Leading South African retailer and MetricStream customer, Woolworths, has won the prestigious Open Compliance and Ethics Group GRC Achievement Award, presented on May 21, 2013 at the Compliance Week Conference in Washington, D.C. This award recognizes the great strides that organizations have made in improving and integrating their approaches to GRC in...
SEATTLE and PHILADELPHIA, May 22, 2013/ PRNewswire/-- Threshold Group, a financial planning and investment advisory firm for private families and family foundations, is pleased to announce that Mark deVries, CFA, CAIA, was promoted to Director of Manager Research and Alex Hokanson, CFA, FRM, was hired as Senior Investment Analyst. New hire Alex Hokanson, who reports...
May 22-- TRAVERSE CITY-- Traverse City Area Public Schools educators picketed outside the district's main office building in a display of opposition to TCAPS administrators' proposed collective bargaining contract. Dozens of TCAPS employees marched in circles around the Boardman Avenue building Monday afternoon. East Middle School teacher Jody Mackey...
May 22-- The U.S. Senate on Monday began debate of the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013.. Thad Cochran, R- Miss., is the ranking minority member. The Senate version of the farm bill reflects the changes legislators and industry officials have sought in recent years.
Instruments covered today: USD/CHF, NZD/USD, GOLD& EUR/GBP http://www.dailyfx.com/forex/technical/article/forex_strategy_corner/2013/05/22/PT_eurgbp. html. This publication attempts to further explore the concept that mass movements of human psychology, as represented by the financial markets, are subject to the mathematical laws of nature and...
Ohr Pharmaceutical Inc., a pharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapeutics for unmet medical needs, today announced the appointment of June S. Almenoff, M.D., Ph.D., to its Board of Directors. Irach Taraporewala, CEO of Ohr Pharmaceutical. June S. Almenoff, M.D., Ph.D. is President and Chief Medical Officer of Furiex Pharmaceuticals, a...
BEIJING, May 22, 2013/ PRNewswire/-- FICO, a leading predictive analytics and decision management software company, today announced that China' s Bank of Communication received a 2013 IDC Financial Insights Innovation Award for "Excellence in Integrated Credit Portfolio Management" using FICO solutions. Technology consultants IDC Financial Insights, a unit...
UNION, N.J., May 22, 2013-- Center Bancorp, Inc., parent company of Union Center National Bank,, announces that the Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.075 per share at its Board meeting dated May 20, 2013. Center Bancorp, Inc. is a bank holding company, which operates Union Center National Bank, its main subsidiary. Chartered in 1923, Union Center...
--I-70 from the Indiana state line to the West Virginia state line will be 70 miles per hour, except through Dayton, Columbus and Zanesville. --I-75 from just south of Toledo to just north of Dayton will have a 70 limit, excluding Findlay and Lima. --I-71 from the Jeremiah Morrow Bridge to the Cuyahoga- Medina county line, except through Columbus.
The new store is located at 7419 W. Indian School Road, Phoenix, AZ 85033. Store hours are Monday– Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The store can be reached by calling 2007-6064.. “Opening this fifteenth location will allow us to better serve the residents of Phoenix,” said Otto Bielss, Senior Vice President of Operations...
May 22-- Even with a low 17 percent voter turnout, results from Tuesday's regular district election may have a huge impact on the future employment of Medford School District Superintendent Phil Long. Position 1 incumbent Paulie Brading has been critical of student performance under Long's eight-year tenure and his refusal to cut $300,000 from the support...
NEW YORK and TORONTO May 22, 2013. Mobile Path-to-Purchase Study conducted by Nielsen also revealed that showrooming is not prevalent, with 77 percent of smartphone retail shoppers ultimately making their purchases in-store versus going online to try and find a cheaper price. “Showing the power of mobile, consumers are beginning to use their mobile devices...
Office Address: Department of the Army; National Guard Bureau; USPFO for Maryland; State Military Reservation, 301 Old Bay Lane, Havre de Grace, MD 21078-4094. Contact: Sue-Ellen Thomas, 410-942-8405 mailto: sue.e.thomas.mil@mail.mil. Description: Department of the Army.
Office Address: Department of Agriculture; Forest Service; R- 3 Southwestern Region; 333 Broadway, SE Acquisition Mgmt.Regional Office Albuquerque NM 87102. Contact: Rufus Ki Cole, Contracting Officer, Phone Email only, Email rcole01@fs.fed.us- Venus Jensen, Project Manager, Email vjensen@fs.fed.us. Project is located on the Sandia Ranger District of the...
The government is seeking information from interested parties for cargo and passenger air transportation services throughout the state of Alaska. Office Address: Other Defense Agencies; United States Transportation Command; USTRANSCOM Command Acquisition; 508 Scott DriveBldg 1900 Scott AFB IL 62225. SOLICITATON POSTED 21 MAY 2013 PLEASE REFER TO...
Office Address: Department of Veterans Affairs; Network Contracting Activity 8; 8875 Hidden River Pkwy Suite 525; Tampa FL 33637. Place of Performance: James A. Haley, VA Medical Center; 13000 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.; Tampa, FL. Description: Department of Veterans Affairs.
Amendment to Combined Synopsis/Solicitation- S-- On-Site Prepared meals in support of the 41st IBCT Annual Training, Orchards Training Area, Boise, Idaho. Office Address: Department of the Army; National Guard Bureau; USPFO for Oregon; ATTN: USPFO-P, P.O. Subject: S-- On-Site Prepared meals in support of the 41st IBCT Annual Training, Orchards Training Area, Boise, Idaho.
Office Address: Department of Veterans Affairs; Network Contracting Office 8; 8875 Hidden River Pkwy Suite 525; Tampa FL 33637. Place of Performance: James A. Haley VA Hospital; 13000 Bruce B. Downs Blvd; Tampa Fl. Description: Department of Veterans Affairs.
Office Address: Department of the Navy; Naval Supply Systems Command; NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center San Diego; N00244 Regional Contracts Department 3985 Cummings Road Bldg 116- 3rd Floor San Diego, CA. NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center San Diego. Line Item 0001: On site Preventative Maintenance and Calibration of the MTS 810 hydraulic power unit systems Model...
Office Address: Department of Transportation; Maritime Administration; SAR Acquisition; Office of Acquisition, MRG-72007737 Hampton Boulevard, Building 4 D, Room 211 Norfolk VA 23505. Contact: Monique R. Leake, Contract Specialist, Phone 322-5820, Fax 322-5858, Email monique.leake@dot.gov. Place of Performance: T.S. KENNEDYMassachusetts Maritime Academy...
Office Address: Department of Labor; Employment Training Administration; Adams and Associates, In.; 10395 Double R Blvd Reno NV 89521. Place of Performance: Woodstock Job Corps Center10900 Old Court Rd. Woodstock, MD. SCOPE OF WORK ID#: WS2013-021 Adams and Associates, Inc., contracting for the U.S. Department of Labor for the operation of the Woodstock Job Corps...
IntercontinentalExchange, a leading operator of global markets and clearing houses, today announced that ICE Futures Europe reached a daily volume record of 9,075 contracts in ICE Coal options on May 21, 2013. In February this year, ICE Futures Europe launched the ICE API 8* CFR South China Coal futures contract which traded for the first time on May 16, 2013. The...
Contact: Katelyn Rowland, Contract Specialist, Phone 7037356414, Email Katelyn.Rowland@dodiis.mil. RFI- Request for Industry Information and Comment 1. INTRODUCTION/PURPOSE. A. The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback from industry on the acquisition strategy of DIA's next enterprise IT IDIQ Acquisition entitled Solution for the Information...
Office Address: Department of the Air Force; Air Mobility Command; 436th CONS; 639 Atlantic Street Dover AFB, DE 19902-5639. Subject: Relocation of Service Delivery Point. Contact: Amy Burke, Contracting Officer, Phone 302-677-3744, Fax 302-677-2309, Email amy.burke.2@us.af.mil- Francis E. Puangco, Contracting Officer, Phone 3026776722, Fax 3026775217, Email...
Office Address: Department of Transportation; Federal Highway Administration; Western Federal Lands Highway Division; 610 East Fifth Street Vancouver WA 98661-3801. Contact: Gunnar Prutz, Phone 3606197685, Email gunnar.prutz@dot.gov- Telina A. Thompson, Contracting Officer, Phone 3606197738, Email telina.thompson@dot.gov. DTFH70-13-Q-00006, being...
Office Address: Department of Labor; Employment Training Administration; Adams and Associates, In.; 10395 Double R Blvd Reno NV 89521. Place of Performance: Woodstock Job Corps Center10900 Old Court Rd Woodstock, MD. Adams and Associates, Inc., contracting for the U.S. Department of Labor for the operation of the Woodstock Job Corps Center- a 550 student residential...
Office Address: Department of Homeland Security; United States Coast Guard; USCG Surface Forces Logistics Center Procurement Branch 2; 1301 Clay St., Suite 807 N Oakland CA 94612-5249. Description: Department of Homeland Security. USCG Surface Forces Logistics Center Procurement Branch 2.
Office Address: Department of Homeland Security; United States Coast Guard; USCG Base Support Unit Alameda; US Coast Guard Island, Bldg. 42 Alameda CA 94501-5100. Place of Performance: United States Coast GuardYerba Buena Island, #1 Hillcrest Rd San Francisco, CA. Description: Department of Homeland Security.
Office Address: Department of Homeland Security; Federal Emergency Management Agency; Grants Management Branch; 500 C Street SWPatriots Plaza-- 5th Floor Washington DC 20472. Contact: LaShawn Smith, Contracting Officer, Phone 202-646-4306, Email LaShawn.Smith@fema.dhs.gov- Monique Waddell, Contract Specialist, Phone 202-212-4876, Email...
Office Address: Department of the Army; National Guard Bureau; USPFO for Washington; Building 32, Camp Murray, Tacoma, WA 98430-5170. Place of Performance: USPFO for Washington Building 32, Camp Murray Tacoma WA. Description: Department of the Army.
Office Address: Department of Agriculture; Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; Administrative Services Division/ Purchasing; 100 North 6 TH StreetButler Square, 5 TH Floor Minneapolis MN 55403. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. 3. The United States Department of Agriculture, Grain Inspection, Packers& Stockyards Administration, Field...
Office Address: Department of Veterans Affairs; Network 23 Contracting Office; 2501 W. 22nd St.; Sioux Falls SD 57105. Place of Performance: Department of Veterans Affairs; VA Health Care System; 2501 W 22nd ST; Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Description: Department of Veterans Affairs.
Office Address: Department of the Army; FedBid; FedBid.com-- for Department of Army procurements only; Mission and Installation Contracting Command, Fort Shafter, HI 96858. Description: Department of the Army. FedBid.com-- for Department of Army procurements only.
Office Address: Department of Labor; Employment Training Administration; Adams and Associates, In.; 10395 Double R Blvd Reno NV 89521. Place of Performance: Woodstock Job Corps Center10900 Old Court Rd. Woodstock, MD. SCOPE OF WORK ID#: WS2013-018 Adams and Associates, Inc., contracting for the U.S. Department of Labor for the operation of the Woodstock Job Corps...
Office Address: Department of Homeland Security; United States Coast Guard; Commanding Officer, USCG Aviation Logistics Center; HU25, HH65, H60J, C130, ESD, IOD, ISD, CASA or ALD Elizabeth City NC 27909-5001. Description: Department of Homeland Security. OPAP is an independent reviewing authority that is empowered to grant a prevailing protester essentially the...
May 22-- CHESTERFIELD-- The Matoaca softball team got its groove back. With Dinwiddie having defeated Matoaca on Monday, the Warriors had to face the Royals for the third time on Tuesday to determine a second spot for the Central Region tournament. This is only the second time in program history that Matoaca has won against Prince George.
District Judge Ronald White has scheduled a June 20 hearing in Oklahoma's challenge to IRS rules to implement so-called "Obamacare" in the state. In addition to arguing constitutional issues against the Affordable Care Act, Oklahoma's lawsuit challenges IRS rules designed to implement key elements of the law-- insurance subsidies for people earning up to 400...
May 22-- An Oklahoma congressional delegation that has often looked askance at federal disaster assistance spending said Tuesday there should be no problem coming up with the money needed to rebuild tornado-ravaged Moore. "But, as the ranking member of the Senate committee that oversees FEMA, I can assure Oklahomans that any and all available aid will be...
Following on the heels of his well-received keynote presentation at the Association of Test Publisher’ s 2013 Innovation Conference, popular keynote speaker, education futurist, technology forecaster, change management expert and best-selling author, Jack Uldrich has been selected to deliver the plenary keynote presentation at the Rochester Institute...
Two years later, after a tornado cut a deadly path of destruction through Moore on Monday, Oklahoma officials are warning people to watch out for fraudulent charities and businesses that could be operating amongst the cleanup and recovery efforts. Access to the impacted areas in Moore and Newcastle are still closed off to the general public, but already...
In a fourth council race, GOP voters chose a candidate who has served twice on council without being elected. Mr. Baker, 33, is a member of the North Hills School Board, and Mr. Drozd, 68, is a former member of the same board. Sue Means, 61, won the GOP nomination for the post.
CANTON-- With two outstanding pitchers on the mound in a Div. "took advantage of their situations," said Triway coach Sean Carmichael, whose Titans will close out their season at Indian Valley Thursday. Alliance righthander Michael Hamilton and Triway lefty Tyler Schuch are both College of Wooster recruits, who throw in the low 80 s and do a good job of mixing up...
WOOSTER-- The volunteers, consumers and staff at the MOCA House have been around the state pushing for Medicaid expansion in Ohio, so it was only fitting to have a rally at its College Avenue facility. It seemed poetic to end up back at MOCA, said Judy Wortham Wood, executive director of the Mental Health& Recovery Board of Wayne& Holmes Counties. Nearly 30 people filled...
DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend and I have been together a year and a half. I regret moving in with him when I did, which was after only three months of dating. Abby, at this point I really don't care, but I gave him another chance.
Retirement Roadster commemorates the remarkable life of Ray Manzarek. Manzarek was most well known for his role as the co-founder and keyboardist of The Doors as told by The New York Times. This rock music icon helped pave the way for the psychedelic music era. Manzarek was born in February 1939.
Corra Group is now offering PSP background checks. The PSP Report is the Pre-Employment Screening Check that is issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and offers trucking and transportation companies access to critical commercial drivers’ safety history data. “The PSP gives our trucking clients access to their commercial driver’ s 5-...
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection is amending its regulation which implements the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, and the official interpretation to the regulation. This final rule modifies the final rules issued by the Bureau in February, July, and August 2012 that implement section 1073 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer...
On May 21, 2013, Dycom Industries, Inc. issued a press release reporting fiscal 2013 third quarter results. The Company also provided guidance for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013. Additionally, on May 22, 2013, the Company made available related materials to be discussed during the Company's webcast and conference call referred to in such press release.
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Anheuser-Busch InBEV SA/NV, Grupo Modelo S.A.B DE C.V., 30400-30661 Antitrust SeeAntitrust Division Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection RULES Electronic Fund Transfers, 30662-30721 Census Bureau NOTICES Meetings: Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee, 30269 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention NOTICES Meetings: Partnerships to...
Missouri Southern State University issued the following news release:. Missouri Southern State University President Bruce Speck has announced the addition of Dr. Marble, who recently retired as president of Crowder College, will come to Missouri Southern as Special Assistant to the President.
Purdue University issued the following news release:. The guide, Fungicides for Field Crops, was edited by specialists from five universities and printed by the American Phytopathological Society. "Fungicide use has really gained popularity since 2007," said Kiersten Wise, Purdue Extension plant pathologist and one of the publication's editors.
The National University of Colombia issued the following news:. As part of the training offered by the Environmental Studies Institute Comprehensive Threat Management academic work group, for a Corpocaldas and UN-Manizales project-- which includes acquiring knowledge with a tool called CAPRA-- they carried out a workshop on natural threat modeling.
Franklin County has once again been honored for its commitment to military employees and their families. The Franklin County Office on Aging, an agency of the Board of Commissioners, has been awarded the Ohio Employer Supported Guard and Reserve's Chairman's Above and Beyond Award, intended to honor outstanding employers who have gone above and beyond the...
Federal Emergency Management Agency eligibility determinations are based on information an individual supplies in an online application or during a phone call with a FEMA representative. Applicants who received a determination letter, but were deemed ineligible may just need to supply additional information to FEMA. "The best thing for applicants to do...
In the first stop of a week of campaign travel, presidential candidate Scott Walker yesterday addressed Connecticut Republicans before heading to New York City to caucus with New York Republicans at a $1000- per-person fundraiser. Scott Walker is following yesterday's Connecticut visit with a $1000- per-person fundraiser today at the exclusive 21 Club in...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release:. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today announced the release of FY 2013 Funding Opportunity Announcements for eight U.S. Department of Homeland Security preparedness grant programs totaling over $1.5 billion to assist states, urban areas, tribal and territorial...
Assistant Professor Shu Wang of Radford University's College of Business and Economics has co-authored an article accepted for publication in a top-tier management journal. The article, "Curvilinear Relation between Job Insecurity and Work Withdrawal: The Moderating Role of Achievement Orientation and Risk Aversion," will appear in the January 2014...
Grand Valley State University's Johnson Center for Philanthropy is hosting a national health care expert to provide insight into what the implementation of the Affordable Care Act means for community-based health care providers and organized philanthropies. The invitation-only event, called "Health Care Insurance Reform 101," will feature Dinah...
Sussex County issued the following news release:. Sussex County plans to head into the 2014 fiscal year a little leaner, but healthier financially thanks to increased revenues and lower debt that will translate into reduced sewer feesfor most public wastewater customers and no change in the County's property tax rate. "This proposed budget continues Sussex...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release:. $396 million in FEMA grants approved for individuals and households. 261,506 people contacted FEMA for help or information.
The Congressional Black Caucus issued the following news release:. On Monday, May 6, Members of the Congressional Black Caucus discussed the need and benefits of eliminating health disparities in America. According to the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, health disparities collectivity cost minorities more than $1.2 trillion from 2003 to...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release:. Following is a summary of key federal disaster aid programs that can be made available as needed and warranted under President Obama' s major disaster declaration issued for Oklahoma. Assistance for Affected Individuals and Families Can...
Transactions for air ticketing grew by 13.0% yoy in 4 Q13 and by 2.1% yoy in FY13. Revenue rose 23.5% yoy to $55.2 million in 4 Q13 and grew 29.7% yoy to $228.8 million for FY13. Revenue less service costs increased 4.1% yoy to $21.8 million in 4 Q13 and increased 11.7% yoy to $88.2 million for FY13. Revenue less service costs for Hotels and packages increased 146.1%...
The beta launch is available to patients covered by national insurance payers including United and Anthem Blue Cross. Patient Fusion now allows consumers to instantly track their health spending, including out-of-pocket expenses-to-date, costs covered by insurance and the remaining balance of their deductible According to reporting from The New York...
CORAL GABLES, Fla., May 22, 2013-- Capital Bank Financial Corp. today announced that James A. Arndts has been appointed BSA Compliance Executive for Capital Bank, N.A. Mr. He joined RBC in August 2007 as Senior Manager, Anti-Money Laundering Compliance, Strategy, Program Development and Oversight. Gene Taylor, Chairman and CEO of Capital Bank Financial Corp.,...
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., May 22, 2013-- Flushing Financial Corporation, the parent holding company for Flushing Bank, today announced that the Board of Directors has authorized the purchase of up to 1,000,000 shares of its common stock. John R. Buran, Flushing Financial's President and Chief Executive Officer, stated: "We believe that our shares are a good value in today's...
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel joins other national media in announcing record low mortgage rates this week. Consumer Daily is also recognizing this and is allowing millions of home buyers access to an up-to-date list of today’ s mortgage rates from two vast databases of lenders and banks– while comparison sites only feature one database.
Patra Corporation, a leader in agency processing and managed services, and The Council of Insurance Agents& Brokers, the premier association for commercial brokerages and agencies, are proud to announce that Patra has been named a Gold Sponsor of The Council’ s Leadership Circle through 2014. As part of this strategic alliance, Patra will deliver exclusive...
The Tire Industry Association issued the following news release:. The Tire Industry Association will be hosting a webinar, "Employees with No Strings Attached" presented by XcelHR on Wednesday, May 29,2013 at 12:00pm. Ave Smith, XcelHR Business Development Manager, will discuss topics concerning every employer including regulatory compliance, the...
CFO and State Fire Marshal Jeff Atwater, Marion County Sheriff Chris Blair and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Announce Arrests in' Operation Christmas Tree'. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., May 21-- The Florida Department of Financial Services issued the following news release:. Florida Chief Financial Officer and State Fire Marshal Jeff Atwater,...
Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release:. Irvin R. Eddington, Jr. was sentenced Monday afternoon to 57 months in prison on bank fraud and embezzlement charges involving his issuance of fraudulent letters of credit while he was Vice President and Manager of the Ellington Branch of People's Community State Bank.
The chairman of the Senate Budget Committee issued the following statement:. "Before we begin, I want to take a moment to join the President in expressing my sadness at the heartbreaking destruction in Oklahoma. "Today we are considering President Obama' s nomination of Brian Deese to be the next Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
The National Corn Growers Association issued the following news release:. As the U.S. Senate resumes debate on the 2013 farm bill approved by the Senate Agriculture Committee last week, the National Corn Growers Association joined a broad coalition of commodity organizations and conservation and environmental groups in announcing its opposition to a...
One-third of JPMorgan Chase shareholders, at its annual meeting today in Tampa, Florida, voted in favor of a resolution calling for an independent chairman of the board. Connecticut Treasurer Denise L. Nappier said, "Although the vote on our resolution did not prevail, we continue to share a common interest with the Board in solid, sustainable performance, and look...
Attorney for the Southern District of Texas issued the following news release:. Sergio Hinojosa, 55, a resident alien living in Laredo, has been arrested and charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, theft of public money, mail fraud and wire fraud, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. According to the complaint, Hinojosa...
NORTH STRATHFIELD, Australia, May 22-- The NRMA Monitoring and Services issued the following news release:. The NRMA and NSW Centre for Road Safety today announced a 5- star ANCAP safety rating for one of Australia's icon vehicles- the Holden Commodore VF. The Commodore, which has been designed and built in Australia for the last 35 years, scored the top rating on its...
The House Energy and Commerce Committee issued the following news release:. The Energy and Commerce Committee and its Communications and Technology Subcommittee today held back-to-back hearings examining cyber threats and security solutions in an ever-evolving technological landscape. That is why this committee is well-positioned to lead, oversee,...
Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden today launched a bipartisan supply chain working group to discuss securing our nation's communications supply chain. Mike Rogers and Ranking Member Anna Eshoo will serve as the group's co-chairs. Bob Latta, Mike Doyle, Lee Terry, Ben Ray Lujan, Adam Kinzinger, and Jim Matheson.
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York issued the following news release:. Staten Island, New York, resident Saquib Khan, 51, waived indictment and pleaded guilty today to charges that he engaged in a bank fraud scheme that netted approximately $5 million from six New York City area banks insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Written Testimony Of Ice Homeland Security Investigations Executive Associate Director James Dinkins, CBP Office of Field Operations Acting Deputy Assistant Commissioner John Wagner. WASHINGTON, May 21-- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following testimony:. Every day, Federal, state, local and tribal government officials verify the...
Two of the three facilities cited, Dream Care, LLC, dba Evergreen Terrace of San Ramon and New Hope Community Care, Inc. dba Angela's Residential Care Home of Sunnyvale are residential adult care facilities while the third, Research and Results Team, LLC dba Beyond Potential Learning Center of Milpitas, is a n adult day program facility serving developmentally...
The National Association of Citizens Advice Bureau issued the following news release:. Writing in the Daily Telegraph today Citizens Advice Chief Executive Gillian Guy, who also chairs the British Bankers' Association's Consumer Panel said' the race is on' between banks to realise that there is profit in saving their customers money instead of relying on...
Governor Robert Bentley on Tuesday said various state agencies in Alabama are in contact with their counterparts in Oklahoma to offer any assistance needed in the recovery from Monday's deadly tornado. Governor Bentley also encouraged Alabamians to keep the people of Oklahoma in their prayers throughout the recovery. "It's important for all of us to...
The National Union of Journalists issued the following news release:. As the UK parliament starts to examine these issues as part of the legislative programme and select committee inquiry for the creative economy, the NUJ will continue to speak up on behalf of our growing number of freelance members for whom the licensing of copyright forms a significant part...
May 22-- George Washington secured a spot in the Northwest Region girls' soccer tournament with the Eagles' 2-0 win over rival Halifax County on Tuesday. Khadijah Wilson scored both GW goals. Wilson, whose speed ended up being the Eagles' best weapon, scored the first goal of the game not even 10- minutes into the first half when she drove into the box and fired one past...
Spring Hill District Supervisor James Borland opposed the budget in a vote immediately following the 6-1 rejection of his proposal to reallocate about $1 million and lower tax rates due to a nearly $2 million surplus. The $2 million comes from money reverted back to the county through budget savings coupled with higher than expected personal property tax...
To address both, E.ON, which supplies power and gas service to millions of domestic, small and medium-sized enterprise and industrial customers, selected TOA Technologies and its industry leading ETAdirect field service management solution. Selecting the ETAdirect solution suite from TOA Technologies will allow E.ON to deliver a differentiated...
ATHENS, Greece, May 22, 2013-- Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping company specializing in the ownership and operation of dry bulk vessels, today reported a net loss of $3.2 million for the first quarter of 2013, compared to net income of $20.0 million reported in the first quarter of 2012. The results for the 2013 first quarter included a loss of $3.3 million on...
Pryce Warner International Group– According to the Telegraph, the spouses of British expats will no longer receive the married persons allowance. The form of state pension was formerly awarded to the spouses of British expats based on the expat’ s national insurance contributions, and the dependent spouse did not need to have lived in the UK to be eligible.
May 22-- ATHENS-- The Athens school board plans to select a new superintendent today. School board President Russell Johnson said the board will discuss the five finalists at a 5:30 p.m. special meeting at the central office. The school board finished final interviews Monday to replace retiring Superintendent Orman Bridges Jr.
May 22-- GULFPORT-- Speakers at a public meeting Tuesday night generally supported the addition of a deeper ship channel to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study of state port expansion, but some want to make sure environmental impacts are dealt with. "We've got to have the deeper water, we've got to have the wider channel," ship's pilot Murrell Hilton Jr. said during a...
May 22-- PASCAGOULA-- The City Council approved a study Tuesday night of a quiet zone that would prohibit the train from sounding the horn at one or more railroad crossings in Pascagoula. Businessman Morris Strickland proposed the study to the council earlier this month and included information about quiet zones. In other news, the council renewed flood...
May 22-- GULFPORT-- The Historical Society of Gulfport hopes to open a museum in the reconstructed Mississippi City Courthouse on Courthouse Road, along with a visitor center that would be run in cooperation with local chambers of commerce. The City Council is expected to consider the proposal today. In exchange for use of the building, the Historical Society...
May 22-- GLOUCESTER-- After seeing first-team All-Peninsula District selection Jacob Allen go down with a broken leg in the regular-season finale, Gloucester boys soccer coach Field Shepherd knew he'd have to rely on other players to help get the Dukes through the district tournament. Goalkeeper Lee Loudermilk was up to the challenge Tuesday night, helping No. 2...
May 22-- "Sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of life," author Virginia Woolf once wrote. She tried using a mouth guard from Joe Stark, a dentist then in a Pink Hill practice, who has spent more than 20 years fitting oral appliances on people with sleep apnea. Dan Daniels, a Kinston native, had a different experience.
May 22-- A $97.9 million proposed general fund budget for fiscal 2013-14 would keep Craven County's property tax rate steady at 47 cents per $100 of valuation. Craven County commissioners have been dissecting the proposed budget since its presentation Monday by the county manager. Craven County Manager Jack Veit told the board the current 2012-13 fiscal year...
May 22-- CARY-- It was as if New Bern was playing a college soccer team. The New Bern Bears, the third seed from the Mideastern Conference, didn't back down from their mighty challenge. Green Hope advanced to the state championship with a 3-1 win over New Bern on Tuesday evening in the 4 A Eastern Regional Finals in Cary.
Members and guests of the NAPW Palm Desert, CA Local Chapter gathered on April 23rd for a professional networking meeting at Mimi’ s Café, located at 71861 Highway 111 in Rancho Mirage. Palm Desert Local Chapter President Nedra Davis kicked off the meeting by welcoming members and guests to the April event. Unger, who told attendees she had found the Palm Desert...
Warrantech, one of 2012’ s Fortune 100 fastest growing companies, specializes in warranty products and services for distributors, manufacturers, and retailers. Warrantech will utilize Mendtronix’ s extensive portfolio of after-market repair services and 3 PL solutions to better meet the growing demands of its clients’ needs. Based on their experience and...
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced that HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the State of Oklahoma in addition to resources being provided by Federal Emergency Management Agency and other federal partners. Donovan also reinforced an existing Federal Housing Administration policy that mortgage lenders...
As the Government of Iran continues to defy United Nations Security Council orders to halt its nuclear enrichment activities, sponsor terrorism, disregard human rights by targeting Iranian dissidents worldwide and partner with North Korea on missile and nuclear technology, U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Mark Kirk introduced today the Iran Export Embargo...
Daniel Hovis, 60, president of Career Search One, Inc., pleaded guilty today to failure to pay trust fund taxes to the IRS for employees. The corporation's vice president, Janice Hensley, 63, also pleaded guilty to failure to pay trust fund taxes to the IRS. Hovis and Hensley together failed to pay more than $600,000 in federal employment taxes that were owed to the...
John Hoeven, R- N.D., issued the following news release:. Senator John Hoeven today spoke on the Senate floor in support of the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, stressing the importance of continuing the no-cost sugar program, which the senator said is cost-effective and fair, and should be retained in the Commodity Title of the Farm Bill.
The University of California-San Francisco issued the following news release:. In response to a request filed by the California Public Employment Relations Board, the state's labor board responsible for overseeing public sector collective bargaining, Sacramento Superior Court Judge David l. "We appreciate the injunction and PERB's complaint, even though...
May 21-- A proposal to allow special public events with alcohol at a few select city properties cleared its first reading by the Kalispell City Council on Monday. The ordinance offers permits for events with alcohol at Depot Park, the enclosed hockey rink area at Woodland Park, and Lakers Fields. It also opens up the grounds at Hockaday Museum of Art, Conrad Mansion...
Penn State had been billed a total of $44,452,243 for legal services, consulting and public relations work through Feb. 28. The latest update means Penn State was billed for $1.5 million in work in February. For work in that month, Penn State is being billed for more than $800,000 from law firms retained by the university, such as Saul Ewing, Duane Morris, McQuaide...
If there's an ounce of energy to be found on the softball diamond, the exhuburant young Albia softball coach is going to try and get his team squeeze every drop out of it no matter what the scoreboard says. Considering how things went for his team last year in game one against the Panthers in a similiarly tight affair, nobody was happier then Chance following the...
USA Cares, SLFC’ s cause, provides post-9/11 military families with financial and advocacy support. The Gardner Insurance Agency’ owner James Gardner chose to participate as the cause is important to him with a brother and father who have both served in the military. About Gardner Insurance Agency- Allstate Insurance The Gardner Insurance Agency is a locally...
Animal Friends Insurance has announced that it has now donated over £1.25 million to over 230 animal welfare charities. Established in 1998, Animal Friends Insurance is a business that is dedicated to providing pet insurance cover whilst supporting animal welfare. Elaine Fairfax, Founder and Managing Director of Animal Friends, said“ Providing support...
May 22-- ANCHORAGE-- East and Chugiak started strong in the first two rounds of the Cook Inlet Conference softball tournament at Albrecht Fields on Tuesday, each picking up a pair of wins to remain the only two undefeated teams in the double-elimination format. Sydney Smith was the star for both East wins, pitching two complete games and hitting home runs in each.
May 22-- There's no excuse for anyone not eating their vegetables now. In Mantua, market manager Dean Olson said although his market has only five vendors, this year they expect to sell nearly 95 percent heirloom vegetables, older varieties of vegetables that are not commonly grown in today's large-scale agriculture. Market manager Susan Hirsch said the market...
Pioneer Solutions will be attending the Argus North American Crude Transportation Summit on June 5-7, 2013 at the JW Marriot in Houston, Texas. Pioneer Solutions is the official sponsor of the continental breakfast that will be held from 7:30- 8:30 am on Thursday June 6 and Friday June 7. Confirmed speakers include:• Tony Chovanec, Vice President Fundamentals...
May 22-- Republicans in charge of the state legislature frequently point to the federal government in explaining their opposition to expanding Medicaid. John Kasich's view about aiding the working poor and those suffering from mental illness. Consider the Congressional Budget Office analysis of the new budget plan put forward by President Obama in April.
Professional Liability Consulting Group is pleased to introduce CPA Liability 360 °, a Customized Suite of Insurance Products Designed for Accountants. For nearly ten years Professional Liability Consulting Group has been providing insurance solutions for CPA's nationwide.Now we would like to put our expertise to work. This customizable suite of...
Soligenix, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing products to treat inflammatory diseases and biodefense countermeasures where there remains an unmet medical need, announced today that the US Patent and Trademark Office granted patent 8,444,991 entitled "Method of Preparing an Immunologically-Active Adjuvant-Bound...
Nearly half of dog owners spend more than $50 per month on their pets, significantly more than the 37 percent of cat owners who spend more than $50 per month on their pets. This survey was conducted online within the United States by Harris Interactive on behalf of CouponCabin.com from May 8th– 10th, 2013, among 2,072 U.S. adults ages 18 and older, among which 1,251...
RTS Realtime Systems Group, a leading global trading solutions provider, today announced plans to open its newest data center in Dubai, the first Middle East site in its global data center network. RTS CEO Steffen Gemuenden said, "Two years ago, we were delighted to forge a successful partnership in the Middle East with DGCX by providing connectivity and our...
Anyone preparing for the CPA Exam knows that the process can sometimes feel isolating and overwhelming. Fast Forward Academy is making this process more engaging, interactive, entertaining and fun for students by announcing today the launch of a new game included free to anyone studying for the CPA exam. Any student looking for CPA exam review materials can...
May 22-- BEVERLY-- Angie Miller isn't the only Beverly girl who can write a hit song. Folks at the Harborlight-Stoneridge Montessori School are still talking about the recent performance of fifth-grader Juliette Chait at the school's "musical mornings" series, which is held in the main foyer during drop-off time at the start of school. It was a question asked by city...
May 21-- NEW OXFORD-- Kennard- Dale senior Teanna Webb went into Tuesday's District 3 Class AAA softball game knowing it could be her last. In a first-round game against Shippensburg, Webb dominated the batter's box, going 3- for-5 with a shocking seven RBIs, and scored three runs. She single-handedly beat the Lady Hounds, and Kennard- Dale went on to win 14-4..
May 22-- OXFORD-- Oxford public school students can expect to have some of the latest technology at their fingertips when school starts back next year, as the school board Tuesday approved the lease of new laptops from Apple computers. The lease will cost the system around $700,000 each year for four years, said the school system's director of operations, Eric...
The Hamburg School Board has approved a tentative $36.84 million budget for 2013-14 that would require a 1 percent tax increase. The annual tax bill on a property assessed at $100,000 would increase $25 to $2,596. Kevin Krause on behalf of his daughter, Hannah, an eighth-grader in the Hamburg School District, which already offers its agricultural program in...
John Garamendi, D- Calif., issued the following news release:. Today, Congressman John Garamendi, the Ranking Member of the House Transportation Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, championed the American maritime industry and workers at a subcommittee hearing. Congressman Garamendi promoted Maritime Day in a joint op-ed with Rear...
'It is a contradiction to highlight how well our important Scottish industries are doing and blame it on the UK. Our oil companies, food companies and life science companies are doing well and they doing well inside a strong UK. 'It is a contradiction to highlight the fact that Scotland does two-thirds of our trade with the rest of the UK and then propose building an...
May 22-- CATLETTSBURG-- New flood plain maps for Boyd County will go into effect this summer. Not all of Boyd County was remapped, but areas that officials had deemed high priority were given a look, which resulted in some changes, said flood plain coordinator Steve Sturgill. Boyd County officials first began working with state and FEMA officials to update the maps in...
Haan is working to establish new professional construction standards he hopes can be adopted and implemented, either through discounts from insurance companies or placed into building codes. "We are looking at how tornadoes produces forces on buildings that are different than the way that straight line winds produce forces," Haan said.
May 22-- NORMAL, Ill.-- When Indiana State starting pitcher Sean Manaea slumped on the mound in obvious pain after he took his warm-up pitches, red flags raised for ISU's Missouri Valley Conference tournament hopes. But ISU pitcher Josh Negele? Negele allowed just one run and lifted the No. 6- seeded Sycamores to a 4-3 victory over No. 3- seeded Creighton in the opening...
Fast Forward Academy is known not only for preparing students for challenging EA, CPA, and RTRP exams, but it is also recognized for helping tax professionals adapt to changes in the industry. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed into law in 2010, affects those involved in the tax industry, and so, Fast Forward Academy has developed a webinar to...
May 21-- ORANGE-- Residents voted 186 to 98 Tuesday to approve the town's $61.3 million fiscal 2013-14 budget that increases spending by 3.6 percent over this year. First Selectman James Zeoli said some residents will pay less in taxes next year, while some will pay more. Most of that is because of a $1.4 million increase in schools spending for the Amity Regional...
May 22-- WEST HAVEN-- The West Haven Housing Authority has a new contract with its unionized employees, after negotiations that were interrupted by a federal investigation last August and resumed earlier this year. The old agreement expired in April 2012, which means the new three-year pact is retroactive to that date, according to Interim Executive Director...
CHICAGO, May 22, 2013-- R. R. Donnelley& Sons Company today announced that its Global Outsourcing Services offering has been recognized for the third consecutive year in The Global Outsourcing 100 ®. RR Donnelley was also ranked among the Best 5 Providers by Industry Focus in supporting real estate companies and among the Best 5 by Service Area in delivering...
Bluesea Shipping Lines presents a unique range of shipping services from USA to Cebu. Cebu was voted the 7th finest island destination in Ocean- Asia region of India and also the 8th finest island destination in Asia-Pacific region. BSL offers services of shipping to Cebu from USA.
Daemen College President Gary A. Olson announced on Monday the formation a new Community Advisory Board of public and private sector community leaders to help the College connect with those sectors and build effective partnerships in the Western New York region. President Olson pointed out that Daemen is a major economic engine in the region, contributing...
Sherrod Brown, D- Ohio, has issued the following news release:. Sherrod Brown pressed U.S. Department of Treasury Sec. Brown, who chairs the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, specifically highlighted a report by the Financial Stability Oversight Council that identifies the threat Wall Street megabanks pose to our...
Scott Tipton, R- Colo., issued the following news release:. Scott Tipton spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives to underscore that the Affordable Care Act, which the House voted to repeal last week, will hurt access to quality care in rural America, as well as drive up health care costs for families and small businesses. "We're seeing right now, in my home state...
Patty Murray, D- Wash., issued the following news release:. Today, Tuesday, May 21st, Chairman Patty Murray and the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Brian Deese to the position of Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Mr. Deese testified on the need to achieve responsible deficit reduction and to provide economic...
Each of First Rate Staffing, LLC, a California limited liability company, and First Rate Staffing, Inc., a Nevada corporation, merged into the Company in separate mergers that were concurrently completed in November 2012. Based its consolidated financial statements, the Company had revenues of $1,915,064 for the period ended March 31, 2013.
Holdings, Inc. today announced that its Richmond American Homes of Florida subsidiary, which has been operating in the state for almost 10 years, has closed on the purchase of its first homebuilding project in the South Florida market. We believe South Florida will add to the successful foundation we have already established through our long-standing...
AT&T is committed to providing its customers reliable communications during the upcoming hurricane season- before, during and after storms- and has one of the industry's largest and most advanced disaster response programs to keep its networks operational. That's why AT&T invests an enormous amount of time and energy in our network reliability and...
AncestorEbooks shares stories from survivors of tornadoes and other US disasters who have lost precious photos, documents and items beginning with a Facebook group, reported by U.S. News on NBCNews.com. Kristen Sell, of WTEV 47 news, interviewed Daniel Garbelman, a survivor of Moore, Oklahoma.‘ "I saw the wall cloud come over the trees, I saw the debris coming at us,...
May 22-- FARMINGTON-- City employees will receive a 2 percent, across-the-board raise next year. Although Mayor Tommy Roberts, City Manager Rob Mayes, Councilwoman Gayla McCulloch and Councilman Dan Darnell supported the wage decision, Councilman Jason Sandel and Councilwoman Mary Fischer said the decision puts the city and its employees in worse shape for...
Neal Bibeau has tendered his resignation as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Bibeau has agreed to work with the Company in an ongoing advisory role. “I am proud of AlphaStaff’ s long heritage of developing innovative solutions to address the many challenges our clients face.” Said Cristina Allan,“ Our clients are facing new health care...
Gulf Coast Educators Insurance located in both Naples Florida and Port Charlotte Florida announce the 2013 National Boat Safety Week. Of this 500 nearly 88% of these deaths are a result of people not wearing a personal flotation device otherwise known as a life jacket,” says Ron DeFreitas owner/agent of Gulf Coast Educators Insurance. Gulf Coast Educators...
The National Credit Union Administration issued the following news release:. To protect consumers and ensure the continuity of credit union services after tornados and severe weather struck Oklahoma, the National Credit Union Administration has activated the agency's disaster relief policy, including opening the agency's toll-free consumer...
The Oxfam International issued the following news release:. It's all about power and politics. Governments and aid agencies have to tackle the politics and power at the heart of the increasing effects of climate change, rising inequality and people's vulnerability to disasters according to a new report published today by international agency Oxfam.
Oxfam America issued the following news release:. Governments and aid agencies have to tackle the politics and power at the heart of the increasing effects of climate change, rising inequality and people's vulnerability to disasters according to a new report published today by Oxfam America. The report, No Accident: Resilience and the inequality of risk, shows...
Summary: The FDIC has announced a series of steps intended to provide regulatory relief to financial institutions and facilitate recovery in areas of Oklahoma affected by severe storms and tornadoes. Statement of Applicability to Institutions with Total Assets under $1 Billion: This Financial Institution Letter applies to all FDIC- supervised financial...
Easy Imex manages everything to get the goods from the factory floor in China– right to your door. Easy Imex export FCL and LCL to most major ports in the world using China Shipping or other major shipping lines. They arrange the entire process from purchasing, Quality controlling the goods, getting then exported from China to delivering to a customer’ s door.
May 22-- LIVERMORE FALLS-- Selectmen voted Monday to accept and sign two three-year contracts with the unions that represent the Police Department, the Public Works Department and sewer treatment plant workers, Town Manager Kristal Flagg said Tuesday. The town pays 92 percent of the Maine Municipal Association's Point of Service C Plan and the workers pay 8...
May 22-- SILVER CITY-- Dozens of people filled Gila Regional Medical Center's board room on Tuesday afternoon to give input to hospital's Board of Trustees on whether they should retain the four senior leaders at the facility. But on Tuesday, it sounded like many of those giving the Board of Trustees feedback wanted to keep the senior leaders.
May 22-- Zach Ouellette of Tacoma was 16 years old two summers ago, working at the Proctor District Farmers Market with his mother, a market regular known as Cheryl the Pig Lady. A local merchant, Bill Evans of the Pacific Northwest Shop, wants them in front of his business at 2702 N. Proctor St.. When architect Jennifer Weddermann approached Tacoma officials to...
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- HyperQuest, Buffalo Grove, Ill., has been assigned a patent developed by Dennis M. Hogan, Spring Grove, Ill., and Jeffrey J. Hogan, Glenview, Ill., for an "automation of auditing claims." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program...
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- Hartford Fire Insurance, Hartford, Conn., has been assigned a patent developed by Vernon Meyer, East Longmeadow, Mass., and Deborah Schunder, West Hartford, Conn., for a "system and method for administering a destination fund having an associated guarantee." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. The patent application was filed on June 25,...
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- N. Caleb Avery, Seattle, has been assigned a patent developed by N. Caleb Avery, Incline Village, Nev., for a "method and system for optimal pricing and allocation for a set of contractual rights to be offered with canceling/modifying of indications of interest." The patent application was filed on Dec. 20, 2010. Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya...
May 22-- Through June 2, Victoria's law enforcement is ramping up for Click It or Ticket, the statewide seat belt campaign sponsored by Texas Department of Transportation. Tickets for seat belt violations cost $200 apiece, said Sheriff T. Michael O'Connor at a news conference hosted by the Texas Department of Transportation on Tuesday morning.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- Hartford Fire Insurance, Hartford, Conn., has been assigned a patent developed by nine co-inventors for a "system and method for processing data related to insurance coverage for multiple risks." The co-inventors are Katherine Read, Avon, Conn., Edward Jaworski, West Hartford, Conn., Steve McConnell, Marlborough, Mass., Ahmed Shaher, South Windsor,...
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., has been assigned a patent developed by seven co-inventors for "calculating credit worthiness using transactional data." The co-inventors are Debashis Ghosh, Charlotte, N.C., William A. Nobili, Charlotte, N.C., Arun R. Pinto, Charlotte, N.C., Kurt D. Newman, Matthews, N.C., David N. Joffe, Charlotte, N.C., Sudeshna Banerjee,...
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- United Services Automobile Association, San Antonio, has been assigned a patent developed by Michael Roger Baublit, San Antonio, for "systems and methods for application processing." The patent application was filed on June 29, 2012. Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- Accident Fund Insurance Co. of America, Lansing, Mich., has been assigned a patent developed by Jeffrey A. White, Miami, for a "system and method for provider evaluation and claimant direction." The patent application was filed on Dec. 13, 2010. Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- Hartford Fire Insurance, Hartford, Conn., has been assigned a patent developed by Charles D. Tatro, Mendon, Mass., and David P. Wiland, Norristown, Pa., for a "method and system for processing data relating to investment products having a payment guarantee." The patent application was filed on June 22, 2012. Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- Guidewire Software, Foster City, Calif., has been assigned a patent developed by four co-inventors for an "insurance claim association method and apparatus." The co-inventors are Sandia Ren, San Francisco, Allen Morano, Milpitas, Calif., Jeremy Shawn Henrickson, San Francisco, and James Michael Burton, Orinda, Calif.. Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by...
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22-- Quotepro, Chicago, has been assigned a patent developed by Marco Freudman, Chicago, for "methods and systems for providing vehicle insurance." The patent application was filed on July 19, 2010. Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand.
Curtis Ray Bartlett, 53, of 2503 Nelwood Drive, failure to appear in court, $500 bond. Brendan Chase Clark, 18, of 4903 Kirk Hill Road, two out-of- county warrants, $1,000 bond. Charles Lee Murdock, 49, of 1201 Paquin St., third-degree assault of an officer, $500 bond.
May 22-- Voters chose only the possibility of change Tuesday night, and fired off a clear message of dissatisfaction with majority Lackawanna County Commissioners Corey O'Brien and Jim Wansacz. Attorney Volpe is insurance executive Chuck Volpe, who was upset that the commissioners wanted only to eliminate the row offices and decided to seek a study...
May 22-- The Daviess County Clerk's office has added another way to renew automobile and boat licenses. "This has been available in larger counties, like Jefferson and Fayette, for awhile," Daviess County Clerk David "Oz" Osborne said Tuesday. With that system, they just send a check or money order, vehicle registration certificate and proof of insurance to Daviess...
The National Collegiate Athletic Association issued the following news:. Lori Pio-Jacques knew she didn't want to sell insurance. Pio-Jacques, a former women's basketball standout at East Stroudsburg University, finished school with a degree in business.
Deval Patrick, D- Mass., has issued the following news release:. Governor Deval Patrick today announced the nomination of three administrative judges on the Industrial Accident Board at the Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents: Sabina T. Herlihy, Joseph Labadini and Yvonne Vieira-Cardoza. Herlihy first developed an interest in workers'...
The Texas Department of Public Safety issued the following news release:. The Texas Department of Public Safety will significantly increase trooper patrols this Memorial Day weekend to help keep Texas roadways safe. "Memorial Day is a time of reverence and remembrance for all those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation," said DPS...
ASTM International issued the following news release:. A new ASTM subcommittee, F24.65 on Parasailing, will be developing standards for operations, crew proficiency and equipment. "This new standard is a huge step in the right direction to keep parasail operators alert and to monitor weather in a proper fashion," says Larry Meddock, executive director, Water...
May 22-- Changing wage policies so Eau Claire city employees must work for 40 hours before earning overtime was the major issue in discussions of an updated employee handbook. About 25 city workers attended the City Council's Tuesday evening work session that focused on overtime rules that would affect most city government employees on July 1.
"We are in the process of developing a comprehensive, statewide plan that lays out a clear blueprint for economic development, housing and land use in Rhode Island. The report outlines the concrete steps taken by the agency, under the direction of Governor Chafee, to be more responsive to the needs of Rhode Island businesses. *Ensure the primary mission of the...
The American Bankers Association issued the following news release:. "Farmers should consult their banker throughout the land buying process, to ensure decisions made today best position them to prosper and obtain credit in the future," said John Blanchfield, senior vice president of agricultural and rural banking at ABA. Given current market conditions,...
The American Insurance Association issued the following news release:. Melissa Shelk, vice president for federal affairs for the American Insurance Association, issued a statement following today's markup of H. R. 982, the Furthering Asbestos Claims Transparency Act by the House Judiciary Committee. "AIA urges Congress to pass this legislation."
May 22-- Eau Claire County Board supervisors appeared open to the possibility of the county joining with the city of Eau Claire and Eau Claire school district at some point to combat rising employee health care costs. "We have 46 million reasons to continue to move this ball forward," Supervisor Gerald Wilkie said Tuesday after the board heard highlights from a...
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants issued the following news release:. In response to growing demand, the governing council of the American Institute of CPAs today approved a measure allowing the Institute to offer its specialized credentials in forensics, business valuation, technology assurance and financial planning outside the...
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo will deploy representatives of the Department of Financial Services to help Nassau County homeowners and business owners apply for federal recovery aid for Superstorm Sandy losses on Wednesday and Thursday. *Wednesday, May 22- 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Waldbaum's Shopping Center, 85 E. Park Ave. in Long Beach. *Thursday, May 23- 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the...
The AARP issued the following news release:. Today, AARP expressed support for protecting funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as the Senate prepares to consider reauthorization of the Farm Bill. "While AARP recognizes the economic challenges facing our nation and that burdens must be shouldered by broad segments of society, we do not...
Andrew Alejandre, 25, of Corning, has been appointed to the 30th District Agricultural Association, Tehama District Fair Board. Joan Kaiser Bell, 83, of Red Bluff, has been appointed to the 30th District Agricultural Association, Tehama District Fair Board. Linda Durrer, 64, of Red Bluff, has been appointed to the 30th District Agricultural Association, Tehama...
Walsh College issued the following news release:. The Walsh College Board of Trustees has elected three new members to three-year terms on the Walsh College Foundation Board of Directors: Corporate Vice President of Worldwide Development, McDonald's Corp, Jerry Schafer of Raleigh, North Carolina; Mike Ziecik, a founding principal and partner in Forum Group in...
In a letter to Medicaid coalition members, Gov. Jay Nixon today said efforts to bring the dollars Missourians send to Washington back to strengthen Medicaid in Missouri would continue. "With these facts and a growing coalition on our side, momentum will continue to build for strengthening Medicaid in Missouri," Gov. Nixon said. "
The Colorado Attorney General's Office announced today that the statewide Grand Jury has indicted Quantum Title after investigators found approximately $3 million missing from the company's escrow account. Upon receipt of the letter that Quantum Title could not make its escrow obligations, the Colorado Division of Insurance immediately began...
May 22-- WYSOX TOWNSHIP-- Businessman William W. Them on Tuesday won the Republican nomination for a six-year township supervisor seat, while salesman Kenneth Whipp won the Democratic nomination for the position. Them, who appeared on the GOP ballot, received 105 votes from registered Republicans, while Whipp, who ran as a write-in candidate, received 77 votes from...
The Wings lead, 2-1, in the second-round series, not bad considering the Blackhawks aren't just the top seed in the Western Conference-- they finished with the best overall record in the regular season and topped many pre-playoff predictions to make the Stanley Cup Finals. Two straight victories-- Saturday at Chicago and Monday at Joe Louis Arena-- have left the...
Tropics Software Technologies, a national software company specializing in workers’ compensation systems, announced today that they will exhibit during 2013 IASA Annual Education Conference and Business Show June 2-5, 2013 in Washington D. C. Tropics Breeze consists of a comprehensive suite of applications: Policy Administration, Claims Administration,...
Insperity, Inc. selects BrightMove, Inc., as their recruiting software platform of choice. “BrightMove’ s best of breed SaaS staffing platform enables Insperity Recruiting Services to streamline the hiring process while leveraging all available talent sources including social media, resume banks and traditional job boards to find top talent,” said Michael...
Shoppers in the market for an affordable new SUV can see which models the experts recommend most in the list of 10 Best SUVs Under $25,000 of 2013 from Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com, the leading provider of new and used car information. "Far more flexible than a sedan but more affordable, maneuverable and fuel-efficient than a full-size SUV, today's compact SUV is a...
HORSHAM, Pa., May 22, 2013-- Toll Brothers, Inc., the nation's leading builder of luxury homes, today announced results for its second quarter and six months ended April 30, 2013. FY 2013' s second quarter included a pre-tax gain of $13.2 million in other income associated with the previously reported settlement of derivative litigation. Revenues of $516.0 million...
Expert personal injury and Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation attorney Teresa Benoit is leading a new seminar entitled“ 7 Steps You MUST Follow if You’ ve Been Injured on the Job in Massachusetts.”. The no-cost seminar will be held on June 11, 2013 from 6:30 -8: 30 pm at the offices of Teresa Benoit Law, which is located at 107 Main Street in Northborough, MA..
May 22-- Muskogee city councilors will consider next week a proposal to increase contributions to the employee health benefits plan. A proposal reviewed Tuesday during the Finance Committee meeting lays out a plan to increase contributions by 18 percent beginning July 1. The city's share of the annual contribution-- expected to total more than $4.27 million--...
May 22-- ROCHESTER-- Increases in police overtime hours, as well as an additional dispatcher position, were proposed Tuesday, as the Police and Fire departments presented their proposed budgets for the next year to the City Council. On Tuesday, Police Chief Michael Allen asked the City Council to consider several budget items that are not included in the city...
The Missouri Highway Patrol issued the following news release:. Captain Ronald S. Johnson, commanding officer Troop C, Weldon Spring, is pleased to announce the results of a recent enforcement detail "Operation A.R.R.E.S.T." Operation A.R.R.E.S.T. was conducted from 7 p.m. on Friday, May 17, 2013, to 3 a.m. on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Jefferson County.
May 22-- BURLEY-- Voters in Burley approved a $231,000 levy Tuesday for the Burley Public Library while patrons in the Cassia County Joint School District elected trustees in three zones. Burley residents approved a $231,000 two-year levy that will provide additional library funding for the tax years 2013 and 2014. The levy passed with a vote of 422 in favor and...
May 22-- JEROME-- "We got it." Jerome County Sheriff Doug McFall could finally say Tuesday night that there will be a new jail in Jerome County. "I'm ecstatic," Jerome County Commissioner Charlie Howell said.
May 22-- GREENSBORO-- Jeffrey Ackerman has been appointed The Fresh Market Inc.' s executive vice president and chief financial officer. He will begin his new job at The Fresh Market on June 3. Before that, Ackerman was vice president of finance with Dade Behring Inc. and held a variety of finance roles at the Frito-Lay division of PepsiCo Inc..
Craig Theede's daily commute from Grand Forks to Crookston started earlier than usual Monday. By showing up at 6:45 a.m.-- 75 minutes before City Hall doors opened-- Theede was second in line to grab a free lot valued at $20,000 because it includes infrastructure. The free lots were a result of an agreement between developer Bob Herkenhoff and the city.
May 22-- The Cumberland County Joint Planning Board beefed up rules for outdoor firing ranges Tuesday before forwarding them to the Board of County Commissioners. Planning Director Tom Lloyd said the federal safety standards do not address minimum acreage because, if the standards are followed, projectiles could not leave the property.
May 22-- The Cumberland County commissioners' move toward a mental health merger is just a starting point for negotiation, board members said Tuesday. Melvin seconded and voted Monday for the motion to negotiate a merger with Alliance Behavioral Healthcare of Durham, which already authorizes publicly funded local care on a contract basis.
May 22-- Q: I've been told that some valuable property of mine is being held by the state. A claim might total $3 or $300 or more. To check other states' unclaimed property databases, go to unclaimed.org, which is operated by the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators.
US Hole In One, a leading provider of hole in one insurance for golf outings and tournaments, announced a new partnership for 2013 with Winning Golf, the hottest golf TV program on Comcast SportsNet. The program will also feature thrilling highlights from the“ Winning Golf Skills Challenge” and will feature a 30 foot putt at the end of every show where one lucky...
The theme for this year's platform, hosted by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, which officially opens tomorrow in Geneva and runs for three days until 23 May, is "invest today for a safer tomorrow". Margareta Wahlstrom, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, addressing the first Annual General...
The Food Marketing Institute issued the following news release:. Sixty percent of food retailers reported higher customer counts and 46 percent noted stronger transaction sizes in fiscal year 2012 compared with the prior year, according to a new Food Marketing Institute financial and business review survey performed by 210 Analytics, LLC.
The European Union's European Parliament issued the following news release:. We believe that the rules we are currently coming up with can be used as a template at international level, "said Ivo Belet, who steered the legislation through Parliament that was adopted today by 572 votes to 103, with 13 abstentions. Referring to the Arctic, Mr. Belet noted that "the EU...
The United Nations Office at Geneva issued the following news release:. Sweden's national platform, as described by Helena Lindberg of the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, had resulted in better understanding of the subject, with relevant changes made to the agency's approach and actions. Mangotra of the Ministry of Home Affairs of India said that his...
Treasurer Steven Grossman today toured Linden& Malden Cement Block in Malden, a recipient of a $50,000 line of credit made by Century Bank that was leveraged through the Treasury's Small Business Banking Partnership. "As the former head of a fourth-generation family business, I appreciate the pride and optimism that can be generated when a family passes a...
May 22-- MONTVILLE-- Proposed changes to a town ordinance would leave the two registrars of voters without medical and disability benefits when their terms end in 2014.. There will be a public hearing on the issue at 6:30 p.m. on June 10 in the Town Hall Council Chambers. "Shame on the Town Council," said Clark-Wilson, who plans to speak against the proposal at the...
May 22-- NASHVILLE-- The majority of Tennesseans favoring an expansion of the state's Medicaid program is now 60 percent, but most still don't like the federal law that allows it, according to a new Vanderbilt University poll. Bill Haslam's job approval rating remains high at 63 percent despite turmoil over his administration's handling of child abuse cases.
Nixon issued a letter today that he had sent to more than 200 organizations that came together to pass expansion of Medicaid during the legislative session. "With these facts and a growing coalition on our side, momentum will continue to build for strengthening Medicaid in Missouri," Nixon said. Let them know strengthening Medicaid is the smart business...
The Moga Law Firm, LLC, recently launched a new website, providing a valuable online legal resource to current and potential clients. "Our new site is designed entirely with our clients and potential clients in mind,” said Inland Empire workers compensation attorney Scot Thomas Moga.“ We certainly hope they will use it as a resource to answer their initial...
May 22-- BLOOMINGTON-- As American Red Cross and The Salvation Army responded Tuesday to the deadly Oklahoma tornadoes, the agencies advised people who want to help to volunteer or donate through a recognized relief agency. "You don't want to self-deploy," said Erin Miller of the Red Cross in Central Illinois, responding to reports of people heading to Oklahoma to...
May 22-- NORMAL-- Southern Illinois baseball coach Ken Henderson turned down a copy of the box score after game two of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament on Tuesday at Duffy Bass Field. What happened was Cody Forsythe. The senior left-hander tossed the Salukis' first complete game of the season as No. 7 seed Southern Illinois bested No. 2 Wichita State, 5-1..
SEATTLE-- Police say they've taken their best shot at finding missing Utah mother Susan Powell. Susan Powell disappeared in December 2009, and her husband, Josh Powell, was long a suspect in the case. But last year, he killed himself and the couple's two young sons in an explosive house fire in Washington state, and investigators turned their attention to Powell's...
Awarded yearly by the Philadelphia Business Journal, the designation recognizes employers with an outstanding commitment to employee health and wellness. JKJ along with other winners will be recognized on Thursday, May 30th at the Healthiest Employers Awards breakfast being held at The Racquet Club of Philadelphia, 215 S. 16th Street, Philadelphia, PA from...
Instant People check, LLC, an online instant background checking company, celebrates this Memorial Day weekend by offering its popular Nationwide Search for $9.95. Starting Saturday, May 25 through Monday, May 27, this three-day discount is $8.00 off their already industry competitive price of $17.95. In addition to the national database, the NationwidePlus...
The Confederation of British Industry issued the following news release:. At a time when business tax is becoming an increasingly topical area of public discussion, CBI President, Sir Roger Carr, has called on politicians to avoid the moral debate and work together to fix the rules internationally. In a speech on tax and reputation to Oxford Business School, he...
The Oklahoma Attorney General issued the following news release:. Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt Tuesday issued a warning for Oklahomans and donors around the country to beware of charity fraud and scams following the severe storms in Oklahoma. "For those folks around the country who want to donate funds to help families in Oklahoma, please be alert...
A new poll by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies finds solid support across the South from a majority of both African Americans and non-Hispanic whites for the expansion of the Medicaid program as called for in the Affordable Care Act. The Deep South and Medicaid Expansion: The View from Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South...
The union's officer in Scotland, Kevin Lindsay, said that not one ASLEF branch in Scotland is in favour of taking Scotland out of the United Kingdom. It's about a vision for Scotland within the United Kingdom.'. He told delegates who had come from all over the UK,' You didn't get asked on your way here to Edinburgh for a passport, you got asked for a ticket,' and he pointed to...
Discussing Japan's efforts in that area, Dr. Satoru Nishikawa, Director-General for Audit of the Japan Water Agency, said there had been a paradigm shift in Japan after the 1995 Kobe earthquake, from a Government-centred to a more multi-stakeholder approach. A set of guidelines, checklists and policy incentives had been drawn up to encourage business...
May 22-- Downtown Frederick is a great place to eat and shop, but improvement is possible, a retail expert says. Margie Johnson, owner of Shop Talk in Virginia Beach, Va., told downtown merchants about changing trends in the market and how to adapt. "Going to your business should be an experience," Johnson told about 50 audience members Tuesday morning at the Delaplaine...
May 22-- If you're a patient of one of the doctors at Internal Medicine Associates, beginning in July don't expect to see him or her if you are admitted to Frederick Memorial Hospital. Manuel Casiano, chief medical officer at Frederick Regional Health System, says FMH now employs 24 hospitalists. A. Austin Pearre Jr. and Ali Afrookteh, both members of Internal...
May 22-- CREEDMOOR-- Savannah Tilley's three-run, first-inning homer and a bit of good fortune late lifted South Granville past Wilson Beddingfield 6-4 on Tuesday and into the best-of-three state 2- A semifinals beginning Thursday. Erin Boone led off the bottom of the first with a walk and starting pitcher Kasey Newcomb singled to right, advancing Boone to third.
Attorney Neil T. O’ Donnell, managing partner of O’ Donnell Law Offices commented:“ Cathy is a long-standing recognized expert in the field of trusts and estates law. Catherine is an Associate with O’ Donnell Law Offices in Kingston, Pennsylvania. She practices Estate Planning, Estate Administration, Personal Injury, Orphans Court Practice, Product Liability,...
New Jersey Patent Attorney, Stuart M. Goldstein, partner and founding shareholder of the law firm of Hollstein Keating Cattell Johnson& Goldstein PC, has been successful in obtaining the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 8,381,968 from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a convertible pizza tray, the Pop-up Pizza Tray.™ The patent’ s innovative design is...
StopaStalker from Epigold Inc provides victims of stalking and harassment with a concise tool to collect information, collate it, and report to authorities in a simple app made for victims. The original idea for StopaStalker came from Mr Les Goldsmith, a security and risk management professional with experience in a number of stalking cases.
The topics that will be covered in the 1- day Agile and Scrum classes are scrum framework, scrum roles, scrum meetings, scrum artifacts, and scrum simulation. The trainings will be conducted in the following cities: Boulder on June 14th, 2013. For anyone in transition, each class has a Pay it Forward pricing of $95, which is limited to 5 seats per class.This affordable...
May 22-- LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C.-- Lexington County residents will dig a little deeper into their wallets in coming months to pay primarily for law enforcement, fire protection and emergency medical care. A divided County Council on Tuesday settled on a $110 million spending plan that includes a property tax increase of $12.15 on a home valued for tax purposes at...
May 22-- COLUMBIA, S.C.-- The state Senate killed Medicaid expansion on Tuesday, the last hope for supporters who wanted to extend health insurance benefits to South Carolina's working poor. Because the proposed Medicaid expansion was an amendment to the state budget, it would have expired after one year. Nikki Haley, said South Carolina could not afford the...
May 22-- RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C.-- The more a Richland County sheriff's investigator studied the double shootings inside an Irmo bookie's home, the more holes he found in the man's story about how his wife and sports betting clerk ended up dead. He repeatedly pointed out things that did not add up as investigators began trying to verify Brett Parker's story that his...
The leadership team at Strategic Insurance Software is pleased to announce the promotion of Tami Scott to Director of Client Services. “Under Tami’ s leadership the team has grown in capability and expertise while developing stronger processes and systems to deliver top quality service and support,” said SIS CEO Alex Deak. This includes clients transitioning...
Long Distance Movers has launched a new service that helps people to compare quotes from the top long distance movers. People can request quotes for the type of services they need with a few clicks. The leading companies will send competitive quotes directly to them.
Starting in early 2012, a veteran team of leaders from LPL Financial, America’ s largest independent broker dealer*, formed NestWise, a wholly-owned subsidiary of LPL Holdings Inc., designed to provide personal and affordable financial advice to Americans in the middle class. Norima Consulting, a management consulting firm specializing in solving complex...
Two new revolutionary ships are making waves in the New York area, and Direct Line Cruises is ready for the surge. Both Royal Caribbean Cruise Line and Norwegian Cruise Line will be homeporting their spectacular mega-ships in Cape Liberty, N.J and the Manhattan Cruise Terminal, respectively. From its corporate headquarters in Hauppauge, NY, Direct Line Cruises...
Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Legal Counsel Matt Bowman will be available for media interviews Wednesday immediately following his oral argument at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit on behalf of an Indiana- based job provider challenging the Obama administration's abortion pill mandate. Grote Industries, based in Madison and founded in...
Bill Kitsch, sales manager, has announced the hiring of Jarod Fisher as a loan officer trainee working from MidAtlantic Farm Credit's Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania office. He brings a new perspective to Farm Credit that I look forward to working with and I am sure will benefit our members. " Fisher says, "I was looking for a career change and am very excited for the...
Ernst Renner, CEO and Managing Partner, NEOS, was named a Finalist today for Executive of the Year in the 2013 American Business Awards. Rob Nocera, CTO and Partner, NEOS, was named a Finalist for Information Technology Executive of the Year. In 2009, Renner created a five year transformation plan for NEOS, aiming to build a world-class professional services firm.
May 22-- Someday, I predict, Phil Housley will become head coach of the Wild. Paul grad who just returned home from Stockholm as an assistant coach for the bronze-medal-winning U.S. men's hockey team in the World Championship, has accepted an assistant coaching job with the Nashville Predators. In Nashville, Housley will be reunited with Predators general manager...
The lounge at Sunnydale Elementary in Lancaster, CA was so unattractive and dysfunctional, many staff members never used it. Thanks to California Casualty's School Lounge Makeover, the staff now has an inviting, usable space for meetings, meals or just quiet time to rejuvenate or plan a class lesson. Fabio Robles were California Casualty’ s Dan Barclay, CTA...
May 22-- MOORE-- Stepping out of the safe deposit vault on Monday afternoon, Jan Davis, branch manager for Tinker Federal Credit Union, saw absolute devastation. Davis, 13 other staff members and eight customers closed themselves inside the vault while a massive tornado plowed through Moore. Jim Lee, who owns Riverwalk Wine& Spirits at Riverwalk Drive and SW 19,...
May 22-- TOPEKA-- State colleges would face a 3 percent budget cut over two years, but the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Wichita would be insulated from the reductions under a proposal House and Senate negotiators tentatively agreed to Tuesday. Reduced funding for higher education was at the core of a disagreement between House Republicans, who had...
May 22-- Macon City Council voted 13-0 Tuesday to hire BB&T Insurance Services as the benefits consultant for the new Macon- Bibb County consolidated government. The vote appears to end 32- month deadlock on council, but the same item failed Tuesday before the Bibb County Commission. In mid-March, the task force working on consolidation recommended hiring BB&T...
The consultant ultimately chosen will advise the consolidated Macon- Bibb County government on an employee benefits package. A consolidation task force committee recommended BB&T, and Macon City Council voted 13-0 Tuesday night to approve the same BB&T contract that commissioners rejected. Bibb County Commission Chairman Sam Hart later spoke with...
Other associate superintendents moving are Bertha Caldwell, to Skyview Elementary School; Donna Jackson, to Springdale Elementary; and Terrence Martin, to Porter Elementary. Separately, Keela Malone, principal of Jones Elementary, is slated to lead Rice Elementary. Iwanda Dickey of Rice Elementary is leaving the system for personal reasons, while Amy Duke of...
Capitol Collision Repair of Phoenix has partnered with All Pro Fleet Painting of Glendale, AZ to provide a cooperative repair and selling arrangement which has proven to be successful for both companies.Wi th the cooperative agreement, both companies have worked together to share customer bases, insurance contacts and an outside sales representative to...
Mike Rogers, R- Mich., issued the following news release:. Mike Rogers and Ranking Member Anna Eshoo will serve as the group's co-chairs. Bob Latta, Mike Doyle, Lee Terry, Ben Ray Lujan, Adam Kinzinger, and Jim Matheson.
Dover AFB most recently experienced Superstorm Sandy in October 2012. Sandy caused minor damage to Dover, but affected surrounding areas including New Jersey and New York with extensive damage. Another experience Dover AFB had was Hurricane Irene in August 2011.
May 22-- Hours for 31 Taylor Community Schools employees were cut Monday as the school district tries to avoid providing them health care. Superintendent John Magers said it would have cost the district nearly $240,000 to provide insurance to all the employees. School Board Vice President Jeff Kellar said the board was forced to make the cuts to keep the...
May 22-- Three granddaughters of Charles Pfister Vogel, a Milwaukee industrial titan and civic leader of the early 20th century, have sued a Mequon woman who they say defrauded their mother and her estate of more than $1 million in a series of transactions and legal maneuvers that have also drawn the attention of federal agents with the FBI and IRS.
May 22-- MADISON-- A trend of declining funding for local child support enforcement would be reversed, putting the pressure back on deadbeat parents and safeguarding millions of dollars in endangered federal money, under a proposal unanimously approved by the Legislature's budget committee Tuesday. The GOP co-chairs of the Legislature's powerful Joint...
May 22-- Daly's Pen Shop, a downtown Milwaukee fixture since 1924, will close its location in The Shops of Grand Avenue at the end of the year. Decades ago, the landmark building was part of a vibrant downtown retail scene, and Daly's sold pens to Wisconsin dignitaries and visiting entertainers playing Milwaukee. Red Skelton bought a red lacquer Sheaffer Targa,...
Bank Championship folded in 2008, ending the PGA Tour's 41- year run in Milwaukee, several groups have tried and failed to bring professional golf back to the area. "Heroes for Kids," a charity pro-am launched in 2011, was designed to be a precursor to a PGA Tour event. "I don't think we found the market was much more ready for an event than when the PGA Tour went away," said...
Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint ten individuals to the Presidential Commission on Election Administration. -Robert F. Bauer- Co-Chair, Presidential Commission on Election Administration. -Benjamin L. Ginsberg- Co-Chair, Presidential Commission on Election Administration.
May 22-- All six candidates running for Allentown School Board seats still have a chance to make it on the fall ballot with 70 percent of precincts reporting Thursday night. Incumbent Debra Lamb led the Democratic race with 1,105 votes, followed by incumbent Ellen Bishop, 1,014; Steven Ramos, 874; incumbent David Zimmerman, 861; Mike Welsh, 841; and Kenneth Woolley Jr.,...
May 22-- PORTLAND, Maine-- The former head of a York County nonprofit organization was sentenced to two and a half years in prison Tuesday for embezzling approximately $1 million from the organization to spend on his gambling habit. Former longtime York County Community Action Corp. Executive Director Thomas Nelson, 56, of Alfred was sentenced to 30 months in...
May 22-- MURFREESBORO-- The same reason why Maryville High School soccer coach Steve Feather was stabbing the air in frustration also factored into why the Rebels won Tuesday afternoon. In its first trip to the state tournament, Maryville reached the semifinals at 5:30 Wednesday and date with Franklin, a 1-0 winner over White Station. Freshman Will Barham got...
On May 13, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held in the case of Monsanto v. “Monday’ s decision reassures biotech companies that their pipeline projects will be protected for the time being,” says Professor Daryl Lim of The John Marshall Law School in Chicago. Monsanto produces and sells genetically altered soybean seed resistant to its“ RoundUp” herbicide.
In Fitch's view, the fiscal 2014 budget released by California's Governor Brown on May 14 would continue the disciplined approach to fiscal management shown by the state in recent years, with a prudent revenue forecast and restrained spending growth proposed. In a release on May 17, Fitch noted that in March, it recognized the improvement in California's...
The Consortium for IT Software Quality announced that over 500 individuals and organizations have become members since the group's inception in late 2009.. Bill Curtis, Director of CISQ. AFP provides a standard for automating the popular Function Point measure according to the counting guidelines of the International Function Point User Group.
Market Strategies International announced that it has acquired Cambridge, Mass.- based Cogent Research, a market research and strategic consulting firm that specializes in the wealth management industry. Since 1996, Cogent Research has delivered critical market insight and strategic consulting to asset management firms, investment distributors and...
Fidelity Investments announced the introduction of its NetBenefits Smartphone Application, which provides users a view of their workplace plan managed by Fidelity through their mobile device. According to a release, the app is available to Fidelity's 15.8 million workplace participants as a part of the company's overall participant experience, Plan for...
HomeServe USA a provider of home emergency repair service plans, announced that it, in association with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and his team at Giuliani Partners, will be launching a campaign directed at New York homeowners to educate them on their water service line responsibilities and ways they can protect themselves from the cost and...
According to the company, the issue also features three steps to living safely and independently as you age in your home by American Senior Services Inc. via its True Freedom plans. Marion Somers, PhD, an elder care authority. It's exciting to have the opportunity to reach a wide audience through Kiplinger's, as well as to have the support of such a well-known...
The National Association of Professional Employer Organizations is holding its annual Legal& Legislative Conference in the Washington, D.C. area next week, and close to 250 representatives of professional employer organizations will be in town to discuss healthcare and other key issues, and meet with their senators and representatives.
MedSynergies recently announced the launch of its hospitalist solution, which offers the full range of services needed to better align hospitalists, physician specialties and other staff within a hospital. According to the company, this solution from MedSynergies is part of its Service Line Excellence, under the MSIGHT Engage solution.
The Detroit Institute for Children needs your help- not in dollars, but in votes! According to a release, the top three charities with the most votes will win grants of $25,000, $15,000 or $10,000. The Detroit Institute for Children truly fills a void in the Metro Detroit healthcare system.
Fidelity Investments announced the introduction of its NetBenefits Smartphone Application, which provides users a view of their workplace plan managed by Fidelity through a convenient, easy-to-access location- their mobile device. According to the company, the app is available to Fidelity's 15.8 million workplace participants as a part of the company's...
Corporate Resource Services, Inc., a diversified technology, staffing, recruiting, and consulting services firm, announced that it has been awarded the contract to provide project staffing services to the City of West Palm Beach. "Our aggressive approach in building our Government Services Business is paying off," said Frank Vaccaro, President of Sales for...
U.S. Bancorp Asset Management, Inc. announced the financial positions for the following closed-end funds for the month ended April 30. Under each fund's plan, fund shares will be purchased on the open market when the price of the fund's shares on the New York Stock Exchange plus per share fees is less than a 5 percent premium over the fund's most recently...
U.S. Bancorp Asset Management, Inc. declared their June distributions. Under each fund's plan, fund shares will be purchased on the open market when the price of the fund's shares on the New York Stock Exchange plus per share fees is less than a 5 percent premium over the fund's most recently calculated net asset value per share. If you participate in the plan, you...
Bloomberg announced the appointment of Samuel J. Palmisano, the former Chairman and CEO of IBM, to serve as an independent adviser regarding the Company's privacy and data standards. Palmisano will report to Bloomberg's Board of Directors. Daniel L. Doctoroff, Bloomberg CEO and President, said, "Nothing is more important than our clients' trust.
The Kansas City Royals scored all of their runs in the final two innings of their 7-3 victory over the Houston Astros Tuesday. Alex Gordon had three hits in the win, which snapped Kansas City's four-game losing streak and gave Bruce Chen the win in relief. Jimmy Paredes gave Houston a 3-0 lead with a three-run homer in the fourth inning; however the Royals roared...
Host Jael de Pardo and co-hosts take you for a ride in some of the coolest classics across America. In Episode 3, the Company said Jael and Andy Trought cruise The Brandywine Valley in a head-turning 1968 Shelby GT 350, taking you on a pit stop tour of the famed Longwood Gardens and a renowned roadside frankfurter joint decorated with years of photos of customers...
A survey conducted by Zipcar in May found that when asked what 2013 graduates are most looking for, more than 68 percent of respondents said grads want financial stability over other choices including an on-demand lifestyle, freedom and travel experiences. When asked about graduate transportation choices, Zipcar said the survey found:.
TriRock Philadelphia Triathlon, with title sponsor Johnson& Johnson and presenting sponsor Philadelphia Insurance Companies, announced a three-year partnership with the Challenged Athletes Foundation as an Official Race Charity. The new PHLY Cup pro division, launched in partnership with Philadelphia Insurance Companies, will offer pro triathletes...
CME Group, a derivatives marketplace, announced it has expanded its centrally cleared, over-the-counter agricultural swap offering through the introduction of a new U.S. dollar-denominated palm oil swap. "Unlike other agricultural commodities that are harvested once a year, palm oil and its associated refined products are produced continuously here in...
According to a release, Arbella will subsidize the purchase of a Cellcontrol device and one year of enhanced monitoring service for the first 700 people who sign up using a discount promo code. "Sending a text message while driving increases the risk of a crash by 23 times, and more than 3,000 people are killed each year in crashes involving a distracted driver,"...
Central Virginia Bankshares, Inc. and Central Virginia Bank announced that the Company recorded net income of $60 thousand for the first quarter of 2013,. In a release dated May 17, the Company said that after the effect of unpaid dividends of $161 thousand on preferred stock, net loss available to common shareholders totaled $101 thousand or$ per basic and...
Esurance, a direct-to-consumer personal car insurance company, announced the grand prize winner of the Road to Maker Faire Challenge. Each project also needed to embody Esurance's tech-savvy approach to car insurance. The winner, inventor Lance Greathouse, received $2,500 to travel from his home in Phoenix to the Bay Area and exhibit his prize- winning...
The Hartford is reaching milestones in its effort to transform the 203- year old firm and deliver greater shareholder value, company Chairman, President and CEO Liam E. McGee said at the recent Annual Meeting of Shareholders. "The Hartford has made significant progress executing the strategy we announced in March of 2012.". The company announced plans in March...
In Fitch's view, the fiscal 2014 budget released by California's Governor Brown on May 14 would continue the disciplined approach to fiscal management shown by the state in recent years, with a prudent revenue forecast and restrained spending growth proposed. In March, Fitch recognized the improvement in California's fiscal management by revising the...
Coldwell Banker Commercial Alliance, a national real estate services firm dedicated to serving private investors, and small/mid- cap businesses, said that it is adding Los Angeles brokerage and advisory services firm formerly known as Coldwell Banker Commercial North County to its growing national brokerage network. The firm will be renamed Coldwell...
ProPublica and Marketplace Investigative Report: Companies Like World Finance profiting by Providing Small-Dollar, High-Interest Loans to Low-Income Americans. A new joint investigative report by Marketplace and ProPublica finds that installment loan companies like World Finance are profiting by providing small-dollar, high-interest loans to low-...
Tim Ryan, D- Ohio, issued the following news release:. Congressman Tim Ryan and the U.S. Department of Labor are announcing today the certification of a petition for Trade Adjustment Assistance workers at the closing General Electric Ravenna Lamp Plant. "The Trade Adjustment Assistance Program will give GE Lighting employees numerous services to help them land...
The General Motors introduction of the Chevrolet S10 helped this vehicle to be paired with different engine types during its production run. The V6 motors that were used throughout the manufacturing of this vehicle produced now infamous versions. The Remanufactured Engines for Sale Co. sells refurbished engines to the public and has now added rebuilt GM...
Jose Quintana took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and Jeff Keppinger socked a two-run homer for the Chicago White Sox Tuesday in their 3-1 win over Boston. Addison Reed hurled a 1-2-3 ninth for his 16th save as the White Sox clinched their three-game series in Chicago. Boston's Felix Doubront absorbed the loss, surrendering two runs on five hits over six...
With the recent global financial crisis and other finance-related concerns, it is not surprising that Americans are more determined than ever to attain sufficient financial literacy to dictate their own financial future. Author Henry E. Riggs joins the ranks of personal finance gurus like Jean Chatzky and Robert Kiyosaki as he addresses the very many...
Foundation Financial Group announced its partnership with Goodwill of the Coastal Empire and People Helping People for a clothing distribution event. Additionally, Foundation Financial Group purchased Goodwill gift cards that FFG volunteers offered to the families of their choice during the event. If half of the corporations in the world had half the...
Los Angeles- based Certified Public Accounting Firm, Holthouse Carlin& Van Trigt LLP, the largest CPA firm headquartered in Southern California, as measured by revenue, is pleased to announce the addition of a new tax partner to their Long Beach office. Ray Dagarag joins HCVT’ s Long Beach office after a 15 year career with Deloitte Tax LLP, as a tax partner on March...
May 21-- Faced with the possibility of laying off firefighters to meet proposed budget cuts, Columbus Councilor Gary Allen recommended restoring about $700,000 in Columbus Department of Fire and Emergency Services funding for fiscal 2014, temporarily at least. But Fire Chief Jeff Meyer submitted a proposed budget of almost $25.6 million, an increase of over...
May 22-- More than 60 percent of poll respondents in Georgia and South Carolina favor expanding their state's Medicaid program to cover more people, while only a third approve of the health care reform law that would make it possible, a poll released Tuesday found. The poll by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies included 500 respondents each from...
City General Counsel Andrew MacKenzie maintained Tuesday that any closed-door session during which Mobility's contract was discussed met Georgia legal requirements for closed meetings, but declined to comment further, citing pending and potential litigation. The suit, which also alleges Commissioner Bill Lockett, city transit contract manager Sharon...
May 21-- Richmond County sheriff's investigators on the trail of a triple homicide were led to the home of two retired teachers in south Augusta on Tuesday. Richmond County deputies surrounded the home about 6 p.m. and entered it briefly, according to neighbors who watched the police arrive. While extinguishing the blaze, firefighters came across the burning...
May 21-- The Anchorage Fire Department is asking for help finding the person or people responsible for a suspicious restaurant fire earlier this month in South Anchorage. The fire was reported 5:24 a.m. on May 11 at Sunrise Grill& Pancake House, 8201 Old Seward Highway. Investigators found evidence at the restaurant that shows the business was likely...
The junior first baseman delivered a two-out RBI single up the middle in the top of the eighth inning to lift the Mustangs to a 4- 2 victory at Western Dubuque in the season opener for both squads. "It's huge to beat a team like Western Dubuque, because they beat us pretty bad last year and ended up going to the state tournament. After Bobcats reliever Gavin Nadermann...
Action: The council approved, 7-0, an annual wage increase for the position of mayor to $13,000 from $11,500, and an increase per council member to $9,700 per year from $8,500. Action: The council received and filed, 7-0, a communication from the Dubuque Regional Humane Society that its board of directors has declined the city's offer of $94,000 to construct a pet...
MILWAUKEE- Brenda O'Malley figured she'd get the police accident report and file an insurance claim after her teenage daughter got into a car accident in Sheboygan Falls this past spring. She called the mayor, the city attorney and the federal Department of Transportation before the state Department of Transportation finally handed over a complete report...
Francis N. Stoffel, 92, of Dubuque, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2013. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 22, at St. Joseph Church, Key West, Iowa, with the Rev. Francis was a farmer his whole life, farming in the Bernard and Cascade areas until retirement in 1992, when he then moved to Key West.
The MFl MarMac Board of Education has approved a three-year contract for teaching and classified staff. Teachers will receive a 4.2 percent total package increase the first year, and a 3.5 percent boost the second year, with classified staff getting approximately the same increases. Superintendent Dale Crozier said the package includes salaries, insurance,...
May 21-- CARSON CITY-- The Legislature needs increased power to oversee state agencies and local governments during the off-session, a Senate Committee was told Tuesday. Daly said the Legislature needs to ensure the agencies and local governments are following the intent of the laws passed. Assembly Bill 150 would create a Legislative Committee on...
May 22-- When South Whitehall officials removed Nancy A. Tonkin from her job as the person in charge of handling the money that residents paid for their utility bills, she threw a tantrum, stomping around and treating her co-workers miserably, her boss said. On Tuesday, Tonkin and her husband, former township police officer William J. Tonkin IV, were charged with fraud...
May 22-- MADISON-- A trend of declining funding for local child support enforcement would be reversed, putting the pressure back on deadbeat parents and safeguarding millions of dollars in endangered federal money, under a proposal unanimosly approved by the Legislature's budget committee Tuesday. The GOP co-chairs of the Legislature's powerful Joint...
May 22-- Here are tips from my own experience after the May 3, 1999, tornado leveled my Moore home:. The U.S. Postal Service will find a way to get you your mail, probably at your local post office. The Red Cross, The Salvation Army, Feed The Children, area churches, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and many others will offer help.
Preliminary information Monday showed seven, possibly eight, different tornadoes touched down in a three-county area, said Chance Hayes, warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Wichita. Three of those dipped to the ground Sunday afternoon in Sedgwick County-- two near Viola, southwest of Wichita, and a third near MacArthur and...
The Bank of England Minutes could be a game-changer for the British Pound as market participants weigh the outlook for monetary policy. http://www.dailyfx.com/forex/fundamental/daily_briefing/daily_pieces/trading_news_reports/2013/05/21/Forex_GBPUSD-_Trading_the_Bank_of_England_BoE_Minutes. html. Trading the News: Bank of England...
The U.S. Senate last week approved a bill that would provide $15.73 million in matching federal funds to help the city of Topeka correct deficiencies with its Kansas River levee system. The Topeka project would be among those receiving such money if federal lawmakers approve the current version of Senate Bill 601, the Water Resources Development Act, city...
May 21-- It's easy for unscrupulous fly-by-night contractors to scam desperate people after a tornado like the one that slammed Cleburne last week. "It's always overwhelming," State Farm Insurance spokesman Gary Stephenson said. "Make sure you ask a lot of question," said Cleburne contractor Darryl Lackey Jr., who had four roofing crews running dawn to dusk on Monday. "
May 21-- Luke Ashe's life suddenly became dark, surrounded by nothingness. What the Vancouver man didn't know was months had passed during that time of darkness. Myrna Brown went to check on her grandson and found him lying in bed, breathing but unresponsive.
May 22-- WEST PALM BEACH-- The Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office will soon have a full-time prosecutor assigned to fight workers compensation fraud, thanks to some extra state funding. Rick Scott signed into law a $143,720 appropriation that will go toward combating the crime-- which the state Department of Financial Services' Division of Insurance Fraud...
Aflac Inc. rose$. 26 or. 5 percent, to $55.84. American International Group rose$. 07 or. 2 percent, to $44.96. MBIA fell$. 56 or 3.6 percent, to $14.80.
May 21-- The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce has hired one of its volunteers as interim president and Chief Executive Officer of the organization. Its board of directors voted unanimously at their May session to have Jeff Massey assume the job, and he started Monday. He replaces Art Kimbrough, who resigned and left the position in April after 10 years in the job.
Jackson County Emergency Operations Manager Rodney Andreasen said he hoped Jackson County residents were watching, too, and that they would take a lesson from the crisis-- it pays to be prepared. The other system is used to communicate information about people who would be using the special needs shelter here in the event of a weather disaster or other situation...
Mark Begich, D- Alaska; Sen. LOCATION: Senate Radio/TV Gallery, U.S. Capitol. CONTACT: Devon Kearns, 202-224-9578; Shripal Shah, 202-224-5553; E.R. Anderson, 202-224-8609; or Genevieve Rozansky, 202-224-4521.
Most people look forward to summer, but if you're severely obese, active summer fun might seem like a distant dream. If exercise and reduced calorie diets have failed to produce lasting results for you, the outstanding weight loss surgery team at Beverly Hills Physicians is here to help you find out if a bariatric procedure is right for you. This was the choice...
District Judge Ronald White has set a June 20 hearing in Oklahoma's challenge to IRS rules to implement so-called "Obamacare" in the state. In addition to arguing constitutional issues against the Affordable Care Act, Oklahoma's suit challenges IRS rules designed to implement key elements of the law-- insurance subsidies for people earning up to 400 percent of...
Tom Coburn, often a critic of emergency relief and management efforts, said Tuesday that as the top-ranking Republican on the committee that oversees FEMA, he could promise speedy assistance following the storms that hit Oklahoma. But, as the ranking member of Senate committee that oversees FEMA, I can assure Oklahomans that any and all available aid will be...
May 21-- For the second weekend in a row, a car crashed into Jimmy Long's Rock Hill liquor store. At about 1:20 p.m. Saturday, Long, who's owned the ABC store on Albright Road for eight years, was serving customers when Antwoine Stevenson, 36, of Catawba, walked into the store, he said on Tuesday. When Long asked Stevenson if he had insurance to pay for the damages,...
May 21-- Macon City Council voted 13-0 Tuesday to hire BB&T Insurance Services as the benefits consultant for the new Macon- Bibb County consolidated government. The vote appears to end 32- month deadlock on council, but the same item failed Tuesday before the Bibb County Commission. In mid-March, the task force working on consolidation recommended hiring BB&T...
May 22-- Changes have been made to the way MCCSC accounts for school lunch deposits after a cafeteria employee at Jackson Creek Middle School was accused of stealing more than $8,000 from student lunch accounts last school year. A State Board of Accounts audit released Monday asks for reimbursement of $8,117.65 from Beth Ann Deckard, a former food service...
Dan McCarthy, owner of Santa Fe Mountain Sports, said the bike-rental season picks up most during September and October, when the cool weather and autumn colors emerge. Half-day rentals cost $25, daylong rentals cost $35. Mellow Velo, now at 132 E. Marcy St., offers a comparable mountain bike for $35 per day, though it also has higher-end road and mountain bikes that run...
The insurance system for youth from low-income families is being phased out with local children being switched to Medi-Cal in August. The commission governs Medi-Cal locally via the Gold Coast Health Plan. Commissioners were told the local agreement with Kaiser would enable the HMO to act as sort of a subcontractor for Medi-Cal and cover all services--...
Below is a look at some of the headlines for companies that made news in the healthcare sector on May 21, 2013.{ nfg} CytRx Corporation, a biopharmaceutical research and development company specializing in oncology, announced initial data from a Phase 1 b clinical trial evaluating the pharmacokinetics and safety of aldoxorubicin, its novel conjugate of the...
House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, R- Hiawatha, said progress on the outstanding issues holding up the session's end was "excellent" and he told reporters "I think that there's a very real possibility that we are done tomorrow." Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, D- Council Bluffs, concurred, but declined to put a timeline on when lawmakers might adjourn.
May 22-- Victoria's law enforcement is ramping up through June 2 for Click It or Ticket, the statewide seatbelt campaign sponsored by Texas Department of Transportation. Tickets for seatbelt violations cost $200 a piece, said Sheriff T. Michael O'Connor at a news conference hosted by the Texas Department of Transportation Tuesday morning.
Penn State had been billed a total of $44,452,243 for legal services, consulting and public relations work through Feb. 28. Penn State President Rodney Erickson has said some costs will be covered by various insurance policies, but others, such as work by the public relations firms, will be paid out of pocket. For work in that month, Penn State is being billed for more...
May 22-- Former Beaufort County Clerk of Court Elizabeth Smith will remain on probation through 2015 for embezzling public funds after the judge who sentenced her three years ago denied her request Tuesday for early release. Smith's attorney, Lionel Lofton, told Judge Brooks Goldsmith that the motion to end her probation early was filed so Smith could travel to...
May 21-- LIVERMORE FALLS-- Selectmen voted Monday to accept and sign two three-year contracts with the unions that represent the Police Department, the Public Works Department and sewer treatment plant workers, Town Manager Kristal Flagg said Tuesday. The town pays 92 percent of the Maine Municipal Association's Point of Service C Plan and the workers pay 8...
May 21-- Eastern Kentucky University will give buyout packages to 127 employees who applied for them and were accepted, officials announced Tuesday. Outgoing President Doug Whitlock announced the program in March as part of a $23 million, 10 percent cut to EKU's budget. Initially, members of the Strategic Budget Reallocation Task Force, which is recommending...
May 21-- AUGUSTA, Maine-- Senate Democrats on Tuesday rejected Republican efforts to separate an expansion of Medicaid from a plan to pay $484 million in Medicaid debt to Maine hospitals. Minority Republicans wished to detangle the issues and send the expansion of Medicaid to a study committee. The linked bill, LD 1546, now moves to the House, where Speaker Mark Eves,...
May 21-- Aiken County Board of Education members will go into a budget discussion tonight, highlighted at the moment by a $1.4 million shortfall from a tentative $162.4 million budget for the 2013-14 year. North Augusta City officials need the support of the School Board and Aiken County Council to move forward with projects that would included a minor league...
May 21-- CONCORD-- A Boston banker has been convicted of defrauding customers of Goss International of Dover in a scheme hatched with an executive of the commercial press manufacturer. James Bender, 48, of Sharon, Mass., was found guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud after a four-day jury trial in U.S. District Court that concluded on Friday.
DETROIT-- An expansive plan to merge two southeastern Michigan health systems into a single, $6.4 billion nonprofit organization with 10 hospitals has fizzled out. Detroit- based Henry Ford Health System trustees voted to end discussions with Beaumont Health System in Royal Oak, Henry Ford chief executive Nancy Schlichting told staff Tuesday in an email.
May 21-- After months of discussion, amendments to Newton's Nuisance Code will take effect a bit sooner than originally scheduled after the Newton City Council voted to waive the customary third reading of the amendments during Monday evening's regular meeting. After some discussion as to the unintended consequences the amendments have brought about--...
May 21-- The USD 457 Board of Education was presented with a migrant summer school program proposal to partner with Garden City Community College in providing technical and vocational training, and were introduced to a scholarship recipient. Darren Dennis, USD 457 assistant superintendent and director of learning services, told board members that the...
May 21-- OSKALOOSA-- The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors approved having the county attorney review a draft 28 E agreement to provide Haz Mat services in Mahaska County during its meeting Monday. Mahaska County Emergency Management Coordinator Jamey Robinson told the supervisors that insurance representatives wanted to review a 28 E agreement to...
LAS VEGAS, May 21, 2013-- Pinnacle Entertainment Chief Executive Officer Anthony Sanfilippo today announced two executive leadership promotions designed to accelerate the Company's growth and transformation into a leading gaming entertainment company. Carlos Ruisanchez, 42, has been promoted to President& Chief Financial Officer.
Not long after 11 a.m., when polls opened in the Tonawanda High School Wellness Gym, Elaine Schuh arrived to do what she called her civic duty. In the City of Tonawanda, voters are asked to decide on a $29.8 million budget with a tax levy rate that's up 3.2 percent from last year and vote on the sale of Central School for $220,000. Candidates running for three board seats...
May 18-- Chouteau had a tense board of trustees meeting concerning fire department staffing and the Insurance Services Office rating. Chouteau Fire Chief Ted Key used a marker board, handouts and newspaper clippings in a presentation to explain ISO. Engine three, tanker two and squad 40 are all pieces of equipment used by the Chouteau Fire Department.
May 21-- KNOXVILLE-- The Knoxville City Council agreed to purchase two buildings damaged in a March 25 arson fire, upon certain conditions be met. The owner of 110 East Robinson, Susan Vincent Lewis, offered the building to the City of Knoxville for no money. City Attorney Bob Stuyvesant reported to the council Monday night that a judgment in small claims court...
We require people to use real, verified names in order to comment on the editorials and letters at PilotOnline.com. Re "Better candidates" in which the writer says Virginia needs someone running for governor who will lead the state for the right reasons, unlike the current two candidates: I have to agree that the range of choices for people to fill elected...
Very early in my career, I elected to take a class on cooperative learning at Old Dominion University. At that time, the class was provided to serve Navy personnel who wanted to become teachers after leaving the service. They told me, "In the Navy, we work as a team.
ProtectCELL, a Fortegra Financial company, today announced a contest to name the company’ s new icon, a“ mobile superhero” of sorts. The contest runs now through June 20, 2013 with a grand prize of $1,000 and three“ first prizes” of $200 each. The contest is open only to legal residents of the United States who have the age of majority in his or her state of residence at the...
Mercury's Emergency Claims Team has been activated and stands ready to assist policyholders who may have been forced to evacuate their homes, or whose property has suffered damage from the devastating storms that cut through Oklahoma. Representatives are available to help with claims, arrange for temporary housing or provide assistance with living...
BEIJING, May 21, 2013/ PRNewswire/-- Concord Medical Services Holdings Limited, a leading specialty hospital management solution provider and operator of the largest network of radiotherapy and diagnostic imaging centers in China and the parent of Chang'an Hospital, today reported its unaudited consolidated financial results for the first quarter ended...
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., May 21, 2013-- Flushing Financial Corporation, the parent holding company for Flushing Bank, today announced that the Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend on its common stock of $0.13 per common share, payable on June 28, 2013 to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 7, 2013. John R. Buran, Flushing Financial's...
TRENTON, N.J.| Men who are bashful about needing help in the bedroom no longer have to go to the drugstore to buy that little blue pill. In a first for the drug industry, Pfizer Inc. told The Associated Press that the drugmaker will begin selling its popular erectile dysfunction pill Viagra directly to patients on its website. And for those who are bothered by...
May 21-- Hempfield Area school directors are dipping into their cash reserves to balance the 2013-14 budget, but that infusion of cash is not enough to stave off a 1.5- mill tax increase. The school board on Monday adopted a tentative budget that relies on $2.6 million from the surplus to balance the $84.2 million spending package. The millage rate would increase...
Send news- related tips to Times-Union suburban writer Jim Schoettler at jim.schoettler@jacksonville.com or 359-4385. FERNANDINA BEACHLAW ON STREET PERFORMERS TO BE DISCUSSEDA controversial amendment to the city's street performer's ordinance is among myriad agenda items slated for discussion at the City Commission meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
May 21-- A house that burned in 2010 on Rollins Avenue in Hamlet is being called an eyesore by Hamlet city officials and is causing a burden to the owner, but the owner said a code violation on the house is preventing him from moving forward with the demolition. Hamlet resident Roger Parker detailed the ongoing problems he's faced since his house caught fire in...
WASHINGTON-- The Senate voted Tuesday to keep a $400 million annual cut _ or roughly a half of 1 percent _ to the food stamp program as part of a major five-year farm bill. The House and Senate have differed sharply on how much the domestic food aid should be cut, with the House version of the farm bill proposing to cut five times more than the Senate bill and change...
May 21-- BAYBORO-- Pamlico County commissioners have approved more than $1.7 million in cuts for balancing a $15.7 million budget for 2013-14. The budget plans no tax increase on the current rate of 62.5 cents per $100 of property valuation. The board met in a special budget workshop Tuesday morning, a night after it received the final large piece in the budget...
Contact: Daniel van Hoogstraten o: 202-225-8050. Norton to Introduce Letter to President at Hearing Today on Low Wages Facilitated by the Federal Government. WASHINGTON, DC- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton will ask members of Congress to sign onto a letter to President Obama at a hearing today, held by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Whip Steny...
When Americans hear about the unraveling IRS scandal, they might not automatically think of their health care. The IRS now has an Affordable Care Act office, headed by the person who led the IRS's tax-exempt office. But the ACA office cannot actually be found on the IRS organization chart.
WASHINGTON- Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today announced the release of FY 2013 Funding Opportunity Announcements for eight U.S. Department of Homeland Security preparedness grant programs totaling over $1.5 billion to assist states, urban areas, tribal and territorial governments, non-profit agencies, and the private sector in...
Laredo Resident Charged with Defrauding the Department of Labor. LAREDO, TX-- Sergio Hinojosa, 55, a resident alien living in Laredo, has been arrested and charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, theft of public money, mail fraud, and wire fraud, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. According to the complaint, Hinojosa allegedly...
WASHINGTON, DC-- Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint ten individuals to the Presidential Commission on Election Administration. *Robert F. Bauer-- Co-Chair, Presidential Commission on Election Administration. *Benjamin L. Ginsberg-- Co-Chair, Presidential Commission on Election Administration.
May 21-- Two married South Whitehall employees-- one the utilities supervisor, her husband a police officer-- allegedly stole more than $850,000 that they gambled away and used to "live beyond their means," Lehigh County District Attorney James Martin said Tuesday. William Tonkin, 69, was a township police officer from 1969 to 1996 and most recently worked as a...
William Minford Chatham III, 38, of Vale, was arrested Monday on two charges of felony insurance fraud. He was released on $5,000 bond, the sheriff's office says. The trailer was valued at $2,748 and the motorcycle at $25,000, deputies say.
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah-- The lawyer for the family of missing Utah woman Susan Powell said Tuesday that there's an ongoing federal investigation into her disappearance, but the FBI declined to comment on that and police in Utah said they didn't know anything about it. Anne Bremner made the announcement at a Seattle news conference a day after local officials in...
Uncertainty over the eventual ebb of the Fed’ s QE3 effort has started to concern bulls in stocks and carry trade. Today, voting Fed members Bullard and Dudley added to that conversation. http://www.dailyfx.com/forex/market_alert/2013/05/21/Dollar_and_QE3_Take_in_Dudley_and_Bullard_Comments_Bernanke_Tomorrow. html. Despite record low...
Investment Professionals Inc., a leading provider of investment services to community banks, announced today that it will provide full wealth management services to The Palmetto Bank, a $1.1 billion community-oriented bank based in Greenville, South Carolina and wholly-owned subsidiary of Palmetto Bancshares, Inc.. Converting from Raymond James...
Hega, 37, currently practices family law at Duronio& Hega Law Office, 1002 McKean Ave., Charleroi. Hega grew up near the Charleroi Area high school campus, where he starred in baseball and football before graduating in 1994. He flirted with several NCAA Division I football programs like Pitt and West Virginia before garnering some valuable advice from then-...
May 21-- Richard Heinzelman walked into the Charleroi Wine and Spirits Store on Veteran's Day 2004, grabbed a bottle and used it to commit a strong-arm robbery. Heinzelman, 48, most recently living in Charleroi with family members, was charged with three counts of robbery and one count of theft by unlawful taking. He was arraigned before Magisterial District...
May 21-- The final segment of the Mon/Fayette Expressway in Fayette County was opened last summer, marking 20 years of continuous construction on the expressway and Southern Beltway. With the completion of the Uniontown- to- Brownsville project, three of the four Mon/ Fayette sections have been opened to traffic, creating 60 continuous miles of new expressway...
On May 16, 2013, the Debtors filed a proposed Joint Liquidating Plan of Capitol Bancorp Ltd. and Financial Commerce Corporation and related Disclosure Statement with the Bankruptcy Court for the resolution of outstanding claims against and equity security interests in the Debtors. The Debtors will continue to remain in possession of their assets and...
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah-- WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah _ In a story May 20 about the Susan Powell investigation, The Associated Press reported erroneously the day that Josh Powell committed suicide. West Valley police said the focus shifted to Michael C. Powell after Josh Powell killed the couple's two boys and himself in a deliberately set house fire 15 months ago.
City General Counsel Andrew MacKenzie maintained Tuesday that any closed-door session during which Mobility's contract was discussed met Georgia legal requirements for closed meetings, but declined to comment further, citing pending and potential litigation. The suit, which also alleges commissioner Bill Lockett, city transit contract manager Sharon...
May 21-- Richmond County authorities are investigating the discovery of three charred bodies found Tuesday in a wooded area of south Augusta. Monica Belser said about noon Augusta firefighters responded to a brush fire report in an area behind Deer Chase Elementary School. Authorities have requested the state Fire Marshal's Office to assist with the...
May 21-- MADISON-- Public workers would see a series of changes, including a longer wait after retirement before they could seek another government job and in some cases a prohibition on retirement benefits while working the new job, under a provision Republicans on the Legislature's budget committee adopted Tuesday. The changes by the Joint Finance Committee...
Members of the Legislature's powerful Joint Finance Committee are set Tuesday to consider the budget cuts proposed by Gov. Also Tuesday, the Joint Finance Committee is expected to take up a proposal requiring a job-- or basic training for one-- from about 63,000 able-bodied participants without children in the state's food stamp program, a step that would cause...
Audubon Chief Executive Officer Lee Beckett announced that Audubon Engineering has been named Owner's Engineer for the proposed Dominion Cove Point liquefied natural gas construction project, located in Lusby, Md., on the Chesapeake Bay. Adding liquefaction capabilities will transform the existing facility into one providing bi-directional services—...
May 21-- Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. said Tuesday it has awarded a total of $336,000 to 10 Wisconsin colleges to increase access to higher education for students who need financial aid. "Education is a driving force for any growing economy and healthy community," John Kordsmeier, president of the Northwestern Mutual Foundation, said in a statement, "...
May 21-- Daly's Pen Shop, a downtown Milwaukee fixture since 1924, will close its location in the Shops of Grand Avenue at the end of the year. Daly's opened a second location, at 7632 W. Burleigh St., about a year ago. It will continue there and with its online trade, which represents about 70% of sales, owner Brad Bodart said.
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements. This discussion and analysis contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor...
IRVINE, Calif., May 21, 2013-- WNC, a national investor in real estate and community development initiatives, announced today that its founder and Chairman of the Board, Will Cooper Sr., was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the California Housing Consortium. He received the award at the 2013 Senior Policy Forum& California Housing Hall of Fame Awards...
Loftware, Inc., the global leader in enterprise labeling, has announced that President and CEO, Robert O’ Connor Jr. will speak to attendees at the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. Loftware is a Silver Sponsor at the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix, Arizona from May 21– 23, 2013. Join Loftware at booth 107 and...
David B. Tysk, a Private Wealth Advisor with Ameriprise Financial, has earned membership in the company’ s exclusive Hall of Fame. Tysk works at 7820 Terrey Pine Court, Suite 200, Eden Prairie, MN 55347.. At Ameriprise Financial, we have been helping people feel confident about their financial future for over 115 years.
WASHINGTON-- The Senate has voted to keep a $400 million annual cut _ or roughly a half of 1 percent _ to the food stamp program in a farm bill it is considering this week. Pat Roberts of Kansas to expand the cuts to $3.5 billion a year. Kristen Gillibrand of New York to eliminate the cuts entirely.
Veritas Provides $6.5 Million Funding Solution Veritas Financial Partners successfully closed a $5.5 million senior secured revolving line of credit for the company secured by accounts receivables and inventory, and a $1 million capital expenditure facility secured by equipment. About Veritas Financial Partners Veritas Financial Partners is a...
On May 15, 2013, the Board of Directors of Arizona Public Service Company appointed Donald E. Brandt, its Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, to the additional position of President of APS. Mr. Brandt is also the Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, the parent company of APS.
American National's thoughts and prayers are with the people of Oklahoma who are dealing with the tragic aftermath of Monday’ s tornadoes and severe thunderstorms. The company’ s mobile“ command center” is currently stationed in the parking lot of American National agent Shelly Woolley’ s office, located at 1733 North Main Street in Newcastle.
Tripwire, Inc., a global provider of risk based security and compliance management solutions, today announced the availability of SecureCheq™, a lightweight, easy to use, free configuration utility that helps evaluate and repair the most common, critical configuration vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows ® desktops and servers. “One of the leading causes of...
Two of the three facilities cited, Dream Care, LLC, dba Evergreen Terrace of San Ramon and New Hope Community Care, Inc. dba Angela's Residential Care Home of Sunnyvale are residential adult care facilities while the third, Research and Results Team, LLC dba Beyond Potential Learning Center of Milpitas, is an adult day program facility serving developmentally...
CATAWISSA- The Southern Columbia Area School Board approved a new contract Monday night with the American Federation of State, Municipal and County Employees, the union that represents non-teaching staff. The contract, which is retroactive from July 1, 2012, and extends to June 30, 2015, was approved with no salary increases in the first year, a 25- cent per hour...
US Airways Group, Inc. announced today the pricing of $500 million of its 6.125% Senior Notes due 2018, which represents an increase of $100 million from the previously announced size of the offering. The notes will be general unsecured senior obligations of US Airways. When used in this press release and in other materials filed or to be filed with the SEC,...
"My friends, it is not extreme to fight for the people of Virginia and that is exactly what I'm going to do as your next governor," Cuccinelli said to thunderous applause Saturday in formally accepting the Republican nomination. Rather than soften his conservative credentials in a bow to election-deciding independents, Cuccinelli again crisply affirmed them-...
In fact, only about 135,000 have enrolled, but the cost of their claims has far exceeded White House estimates, exhausting most of the $5 billion provided by Congress. In most cases, payments to health care providers will be capped at Medicare rates, which are substantially less than the commercial insurance rates they have been receiving. Only about 135,000...
Atlantic Shores' Weston Ringer carded the only sub-70 score of the day with a 4- under-par 68, but Greenbrier Christian won the VISAA Division II championship Monday at Lake Chesdin Golf Club in Chesterfield. Cape Henry and Norfolk Academy finished seventh and eighth, respectively, in the VISAA Division I championship, won by Woodberry Forest.
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WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah-- In a story May 20 about the Susan Powell investigation, The Associated Press reported erroneously the day that Josh Powell committed suicide. West Valley police said the focus shifted to Michael C. Powell after Josh Powell killed the couple's two boys and himself in a deliberately set house fire 15 months ago. They also released the case...
Contract revenues of $437.4 million for the quarter ended April 27, 2013, compared to contract revenues of $296.1 million for the quarter ended April 28, 2012. Contract revenues for the quarter ended April 27, 2013 grew 6.2% on an organic basis after excluding $122.9 million of revenue from subsidiaries acquired from Quanta Services, Inc. on December 3, 2012....
SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 21, 2013/ PRNewswire-USNewswire/-- In a new online video released today, the California Hospital Association profiled an innovative mobile medical clinic program in Los Angeles County that would be jeopardized by the passage of Assembly Bill 975, a costly and unnecessary rewrite of the state's community benefit requirements for...
Nonetheless, a Brazilian Arbitration Panel awarded this officer a $12.5 million judgment against Lakeland. According to our local counsel, arbitration decisions in Brazil are very difficult to successfully appeal. In addition, the Brazilian government devalued its currency by 10% in 2012 which greatly reduced our margins in Brazil on imported fabrics.
Assembly Speaker Marilyn Kirkpatrick, D- North Las Vegas, wants to amend the constitution to cap costs for anybody receiving treatment in a hospital emergency room. Under the proposal, the Legislature would reserve the right to provide by law a different rate cap if necessary to preserve a "reasonable cost" of emergency care. The Legislature would also be able to...
May 21-- Twenty-one-year-old Daniel Lasprilla's life is measured in beats. The only thing standing in his way is the backing of Medicaid, which has failed to provide him with the immediate insurance a case like his requires. And Medicaid had taken a long time to review his case.
As the wide-ranging effects of the Midwest tornadoes continue to be assessed, Direct Relief today committed an initial $100,000 and its entire $30 million stockpile of available medical inventories to support medical relief and recovery efforts in communities affected by the storms that hit Oklahoma over the last two days and that continue to threaten...
May 21-- Faced with the possibility of laying off firefighters to meet proposed budget cuts, Columbus Councilor Gary Allen restored about $700,000 in Columbus Department of Fire and Emergency Services funding for fiscal 2014, temporarily at least. But Fire Chief Jeff Meyer submitted a proposed budget of almost $25.6 million, an increase of over $900,000...
Followed by 40 minute presentations to discuss topics such as: Importance of Maximizing Compliance Resources and How to Avoid Silos of Information, facilitated by Elliot Fisch of Easton-Bell Sports. A special feature of the day will be a keynote panel featuring board members from Bon-Ton Stores, Newell Rubbermaid, and Gibraltar Financial.
“The MarvinMatrix Survival Kit For Investors: Learn How to Find Bargain Stocks and Take the Emotion out of the Decision-Making Process” by Stanley Marvin Burnstein explains how to make money in the market using the author’ s algorithm. PR NewsChannel OVERLAND PARK, Kan.. In“ The MarvinMatrix Survival Kit For Investors: Learn How to Find Bargain Stocks and Take the...
Laura Woodworth-Ney has been named Idaho State University's new provost and vice president for academic affairs. Woodworth-Ney serves on the executive committee of the Western Academic Leadership Forum of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education and has recently been invited to speak at a Western Interstate Commission for Higher...
May 21-- By Dan Catchpole. City officials say a $4.7 million plan to buy every police patrol officer a take-home cruiser would improve community safety, a concern often expressed by Yakima residents. To pay for the program, O'Rourke's office negotiated a tentative agreement with the Yakima Police Patrolman's Association to forgo wage adjustments over the next...
George C. Freeman, III, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Universal Corporation, announced that net income for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, was $132.8 million, or $4.66 per diluted share, compared with last year's net income of $92.1 million, or $3.25 per diluted share. Segment operating income for fiscal year 2013, which excludes those...
Lakeland Industries, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of industrial protective clothing for industry, municipalities, healthcare and first responders on the federal, state and local levels, today announced that the Company accepted a commitment letter from a bank for a Senior Credit Facility subject to certain terms and conditions and is currently...
William Penn Bancorp, Inc. announced net income of $687,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2013 as compared to $725,000 for the same period last year. Net interest income for the three months ended March 31, 2013 was $2,184,000, representing a decrease of $161,000 as compared to net interest income of $2,345,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2012....
It's a dishonest practice that shows once again that Illinois lawmakers are poor stewards of the public's money. Bill Brady, R- Bloomington, asked for the audit, and he wasn't surprised. Illinois motorists pay hefty gas taxes and license fees with the understanding that the money is going to keep roads and bridges maintained.
May 21-- CHILHOWEE-- The school board public information meeting Saturday informed patrons about challenges facing the district. We wanted you to find out in May instead of in August and we also wanted to hear your ideas, "board member Patrick Harness said. Superintendent Jeff Blackford outlined reductions in state and federal funding and the loss of grants that...
May 21-- LEETON-- Teachers will receive step increases next year, Superintendent Susan Crooks said Thursday. Crooks told the school board increases are in the preliminary 2013-2014 budget, projected at $3,534,541. Savings will come from changing the Bulldog Post from a monthly to a quarterly publication.
Jay Nixon, a Democrat, pushed to take hundreds of millions of dollars offered by the federal government for Medicaid to improve access for more people to health care. Some would call the failure of Medicaid expansion a success. Those who need Medicaid would not.
May 21-- MIDDLEBURG-- Faced with a firm deadline in which to adopt a preliminary budget for 2013-14, the Midd-West school board reversed its vote late Monday night and approved the $32.85 million plan. At that point, another vote was taken and it was approved by 5-4, with board member Corey Smith switching his vote to an approval. Sticking with their votes to reject...
--Failure to appear-insurance violation-- Zachary Seth Warren, 27, of Hartselle arrested at the Cullman- Morgan counties line. --Failure to appear-theft of property-- Robert Shawn Freeman, 31, of Decatur arrested at the Cullman- Morgan counties line. --Failures to appear-driving while license revoked, insurance violation-- Shane Allen Privett, 35, of Vinemont...
Manheim Historical Society presented its Red Rose Award to the Hess Agency at a banquet on May 2 at the restored Manheim railroad station, 210 S. Charlotte St.. Bea Kreiner, the historical society's curator, said the Hess Agency was being honored for its adaptive reuse of a 19th- century bank barn to house its offices. "Not only is the Hess Agency a longtime business in...
As of last Thursday, the transfer of Penn Manor's "commercial triangle" to the developer of Millersville Commons is a done deal, Superintendent Michael Leichliter announced Monday. Sheetz is the anchor store for Millersville Commons. As of now, Millersville Commons will be anchored by a Sheetz convenience store, a branch bank and up to nine more tenants.
The couple has crisscrossed the country in their many years together, living in California and the Midwest while Ron worked as a computer engineer and settling in the Philadelphia suburb of Ambler post-retirement. "We'd like to downsize," says Janet Nelson, who visited New Holland last month to tour the 104- acre Garden Spot Village community and view floor...
Lancaster-Lebanon League champion Lancaster Catholic, No. 1 seed Donegal and No. 6 Manheim Central all suffered upsets in Monday's opening round of the District Three Class AAA playoffs. Defending Triple-A champion and seventh seed Lampeter- Strasburg went nine innings to beat No. 10 Conrad Weiser, 7-6.. Greencastle- Antrim 9, Lancaster Catholic 6: Four days...
The following discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the accompanying consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2013 and 2012 and for the years ended March 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 that we included in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10- K. The following discussion and analysis...
Resource Furniture is excited to announce the unveiling of ConcreteWall, an entirely unique new photographic wall covering line designed and manufactured in Norway. ConcreteWall is the brainchild of photographer Tom Haga who uses his skills and ingenuity to capture genuine concrete and brick walls in locations across Norway. “Adding ConcreteWall to our...
Aeromedevac, the leading provider of air ambulance services to American tourists South of the border and abroad for more than 20 years, has announced that they are now extending their medical flights to cover all of Mexico. The new services will allow American’ s to travel anywhere in Mexico with the“ peace of mind” of knowing that they have a globally recognized...
Clay's No. 8 and No. 9 hitters combined for four hits and scored four runs to lead the Colonials to an 8-7 win over Adams Monday in the first round of the Class 4- A South Bend Sectional softball tournament at LaSalle Intermediate School. In the other first round game, Mishawaka dispatched Washington, 12-2, in five innings. Wednesday's semifinals will feature Clay...
May 21-- OLNEY-- Effingham senior Devin Mayfield made a promise to his fellow senior teammate Austin Webb Monday. Mayfield was the star, as he tossed a complete game as Effingham topped Olney 4-2 in 12 innings. Effingham coach Chris Fleener summed up the effort for his team in the regional play-in game.
The following discussion and analysis of our consolidated financial condition and results of operations for the three months and six months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and other information presented in our Annual Report on Form 10- K for the year ended September 30, 2012 as filed...
Today, Zane Benefits, Inc. published a new information on HRA, HSA and FSA accounts. Zane Benefits, which provides comprehensive and flexible alternatives to traditional employer sponsored health benefits, is the leader in defined contribution and http:// HRA Link: health reimbursement arrangements. Beginning January 1, 2011, over-the-counter medications...
Polk honored Mevotech Inc. and Performance Warehouse Inc. with the 2013 Polk Inventory Efficiency Award during a ceremony held today at the Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare near Chicago. "We are honored to recognize the efficient contributions of Mevotech and Performance Warehouse in this year's program," said Seng.
May 21-- The Ohio Department of Transportation today unveiled a map identifying interstate highway locations where motorists will be legally permitted to drive 70 miles per hour beginning this summer. The 70 mph speed limit is not new to Ohio. And according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 34 other states in the nation have some posted speed limits...
As traders, finding trade-able setups day-in and day-out can quickly become the bottleneck of our operations; and when markets are quiet or choppy ahead of big headline risk this can become not only a disastrous temptation, but a difficult time to avoid placing ill-advised trades....
For the seventh year in a row, Hill Physicians earned the highest rating possible from the California Association of Physician Groups in the Standards of Excellence Survey for integrated care. "It's important to continually reassess performance," said Wells Shoemaker, M.D., medical director of CAPG. The annual Standards of Excellence program assesses the...
Newly released police records show that Utah officials believe Josh Powell likely killed his wife and that his brother, Michael Powell, helped dispose of the body, but authorities felt they didn't have enough evidence to prove that theory in court. Both Josh Powell and Michael Powell committed suicide. Newly released police records show that Utah officials...
VCE, the leader in converged cloud infrastructure systems, today announced that it has been selected by Apollo Group, one of the world's largest private education providers, to provide the infrastructure for its next-generation Apollo Compute Platform as part of an initiative to reduce operational costs and enable advanced cloud-based education...
May 21-- CONCORD, Nc-- MAY 18: Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe's Patriotic Chevrolet, and Kasey Kahne, driver of the #5 Farmers Insurance Chevrolet, lead a pack of cars during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 18, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina. CONCORD, NC-- MAY 18: Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe's Patriotic...
Also, it's important to understand that all programs held at the "Pip" Moyer Community Recreation Center at Truxtun Park, or PMRC, require a membership prior to registration. As part of National Preservation Month, Annapolis Mayor Josh Cohen and MainStreets Annapolis Partnership, or MAP, President Steve Samaras have announced the 2013 Business Legacy Awards...
County Executive Laura Neuman stood before a packed house in Anne Arundel County Council chambers Wednesday, vowing to move beyond a history of "scandal and mediocrity." In her $201.4 million capital budget, Neuman included funding for a public boat ramp at Fort Smallwood Park in Pasadena and a new Lake Shore Fire Station. He also dinged Neuman for cutting...
When asked what the meeting was about, Mike Crabtree, Chairman of the Scioto County Commissioners said, "We had to move the appellate judge next door because of the flooding. He said even though some of those expenses will be reimbursed back to the county from the 13 other counties in the Fourth District, Scioto County will have to initially pay the entire cost.
May 21-- POMEROY-- Pomeroy Village Council addressed several items during the recent meeting held at Pomeroy Village Hall. Council adjourned into executive session to discuss continuing litigation with Solicitor Mick Barr with regard to the sale of the Pomeroy Village Hall property. Mitch Altier from ME Companies presented council with a recommendation...
On March 15, 2013, the registrant, Biozoom, Inc., through its wholly owned operational subsidiary, Biozoom Technologies, Inc., entered into an employment agreement with Hardy Hoheisel, the registrant's Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors. Under the employment agreement, Mr. Hoheisel agreed to serve as the Company's Chief Executive...
Adage Technologies, a leading website and application development firm, announced today the release of a new mobile website for patrons of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, an ensemble currently in its 132nd season. “We were very excited to help provide customers with mobile access to such an esteemed and talented organization,” Roy Chomko, president of Adage...
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21-- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New York. ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21-- Gyrus Productions, Bellport, N.Y., has been assigned a patent developed by Kathryn Ko, New York, for a "method of performing a decompressive craniectomy." Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21-- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in New Jersey. ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21-- Custom Spine, Parsippany, N.J., has been assigned a patent developed by Mahmoud F. Abdelgany, Rockaway, N.J., for a "spring-loaded, load sharing polyaxial pedicle screw assembly and method." Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Anand Kumar.
Targeted News Service Targeted News Service. ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21-- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Kentucky. ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 21-- Philip Scott Barnhill, Lexington, Ky., has developed a patent for a "stone waterfall with integrated planter and water distribution system."
PuraMed BioScience ®, Inc.,, a researcher, developer, and marketer of over-the-counter medicinal and healthcare products, announced the results of clinical trials that found its over-the-counter migraine medication product, LipiGesic ® M, has "robust efficacy". The original double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial for LipiGesic M, completed in...
McCleskey, Harriger, Brazill& Graf LLP, one of the oldest and largest law firms in Lubbock, Texas, is celebrating its 85 th anniversary this month. "From the little law office that began in Tahoka, Texas, in 1928, to the full-service firm that thrives today in Lubbock, we are proud to have been a part of the growth and history of West Texas," says The McCleskey Law Firm...
May 21-- It has a pretty simple name: the Road Fund. "Whereas, concerns have been raised that a significant portion of Road Fund receipts are being used for purposes not directly related to road construction." The resolution directed Auditor General William Holland to audit the Road Fund.
GLENVILLE, N.Y., May 21, 2013-- TrustCo Bank Corp NY today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.065625 per share, or $0.2625 per share on an annualized basis. TrustCo Bank Corp NY is a $4.4 billion savings and loan holding company and through its subsidiary, Trustco Bank, operates 138 offices in New York, Florida,...
National Wildlife Federation, America's largest conservation and education organization inspiring Americans to protect wildlife for our children's future, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square. In honor of the occasion, Larry Schweiger, President and CEO of National Wildlife Federation will ring the Closing Bell. NASDAQ MarketSite– 4 Times...
May 21-- CURTIS-- Like many residents in Boistfort Valley, Lewis County Fire District 13 Chief Gregg Peterson clearly remembers the devastation from the 2007 flood. The flood waters completely destroyed the fire department's secondary station on Curtis Hill Road, taking three fire trucks with it and severely damaging their main station on Boistfort Valley...
May 19-- The Tiger team that showed up in Chehalis on Saturday wasn't exactly the same team the Bearcats had beaten three times in the regular season. West kept an ace up its sleeve-- and needed him in a 7-4 victory over rival Centralia to win the Chehalis regional title and return to the State 2 A semifinals for the fourth time in five years. Bearcat coach Tommy Elder...
3 months ended March 31, 2012 A $1.00= US $1.0386 3 months ended March 31, 2013 A $1.00= US $1.0420 3 months ended March 31, 2012 A $1.00= CDN $1.0357 3 months ended March 31, 2013 A $1.00= CDN $1.0602 GENERAL. On January 18, 2013 the Company announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell 24,000,000 ordinary shares being approximately 16.9% in MED at a price of...
May 16-- WASHINGTON-- The House Agriculture Committee on May 15 approved a new farm bill that would make most of the same changes proposed last year, but would also repeal the section of the 2008 farm bill that directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration to address practices by meatpackers and poultry...
May 16-- WASHINGTON-- The Senate is expected to begin debate May 21 on a new farm bill that the Senate Agriculture Committee approved on May 14. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D- Mich., said May 16 that debate would begin the last week before the Senate takes a break for Memorial Day, but final votes might take place after it returns in early...
May 20-- Some soybean and corn farmers in the region may take a second look at enrolling in the federal Average Crop Revenue Election program in 2013, according to North Dakota State University agricultural economists. Farmers still have the option of enrolling in either ACRE or the Direct and Counter-cyclical Payment program through the June 3 enrollment...
May 19-- LENOIR-- Caldell Memorial Hospital was built for only $1.25 million with money raised by local factory owners, businesses and individuals, and supplemented by federal and state grants. The hospital was easily accessible, within walking distance of the heart of Lenoir. From its beginnings, the hospital was intended to help all of Caldwell County.
Vincent de Paul for years has issued vouchers to people in need so they can get free medications at Dean Clinic, said Ernie Stetenfeld, associate executive director. Donations, including a lead gift from the Oscar Rennebohm Foundation, covered most of the $200,000 in set-up costs. Volunteer pharmacists and students from the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy will...
LOS ANGELES-- A corporate lawyer for concert giant AEG Live LLC on Tuesday revised his testimony and said the tour director of Michael Jackson's ill-fated "This Is It" concerts had a signed contract. AEG Live General Counsel Shawn Trell told jurors that he had forgotten that Kenny Ortega was working under a signed contract. Trell testified as a witness for AEG Live...
--9:05 a.m.: Thomas Edsall, opinion contributor to the New York Times; Mimi Abramovitz, professor of social policy at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College; and Tyler Cowen, professor of economics at George Mason University, participate in a discussion on "American Politics in the Age of Austerity". --10 a.m.: Lee Gardner, editor for finance and policy at...
Richard T. Wright, a business and tax attorney with the Wright Firm in Annapolis, identifies some of the costly traps often seen with so-called "implied partnerships." How does the IRS look at partnerships? Some are surprised to learn that all the tax reporting rules will change if the new venture that they entered was in reality an "implied partnership"-- at least by...
Beth Behegan, a lifelong Glen Burnie resident, was named the 2013 Richard Carter Award winner by the Glen Burnie Improvement Association. The awards committee received two separate nominations for Behegan from Pat Kasuda, a prior Carter Award recipient, and Behegan's niece Heather Gray. Behegan said she was honored to be associated with the late Carter, a...
Two prominent health systems were chosen from more than 1,000 hospitals nationwide to receive the 2013 Crimson Physician Partnership Awards presented today by The Advisory Board Company at its national Crimson ® summit in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Awards honored Covenant Health, a five-hospital system serving western Texas and eastern New Mexico, and...
That is the message that Dennis Chaney, director of the Barren River District Health Department, brought to leaders from around the region gathered for the Barren River Area Development District meeting Monday. The latest health rankings for the state show a broad range of health for the region from Warren County being 15th healthiest to Metcalfe County...
Aflac Inc. rose$. 59 or 1.1 percent, to $56.17. American International Group rose$. 27 or. 6 percent, to $45.16. MBIA fell$. 28 or 1.8 percent, to $15.08.
American Electric Power has scheduled a live audio webcast of remarks by Nicholas K. Akins, AEP president and chief executive officer, at the Sanford C. Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference May 29 in New York City. American Electric Power is one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, delivering electricity to more than 5.3 million...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.-- At least 200 union workers picketed FirstEnergy Corp.' s annual shareholder meeting in West Virginia on Tuesday, demanding the Ohio- based utility hire enough people to keep the power on without forcing an ever-shrinking labor force to work as many as 1,800 hours of overtime a year. Chuck Cookson, FirstEnergy executive director of labor...
They don't have bank accounts, or rarely use them, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Those are folks who can be easy prey for high-interest lenders, said Anthony Moore, CEO of Greater Charleston Empowerment Corporation, part of the group of 30 nonprofits, community groups, local governments and financial institutions that make up Bank On...
Members of the Legislature's powerful Joint Finance Committee are set Tuesday to consider the budget cuts proposed by Gov. Last year, a key measure of counties' effectiveness in establishing who a child's father is and ordering child support from him fell by nearly 17%, according to a letter to lawmakers from the Wisconsin Child Support Enforcement...
May 21-- COLUMBUS-- Members of the Columbus Public Schools board gave Superintendent Troy Loeffelholz a vote of confidence Monday evening-- and a hefty pay raise. We've got a good team here in Columbus. " Loeffelholz's 2013-14 package includes a $183,976 base salary and a total package of $200,0257, including health insurance, Social Security and retirement.
EtQ, a leading provider of Quality Management, EHS, and Compliance Software, today announced its upcoming webinar,“ Integrating Risk and Quality Management in Life Sciences,” to be held on May 23rd at 1:00pm EDT. About LNS Research LNS Research provides advisory and benchmarking services to help Line-of-Business and IT executives make critical decisions.
TAMPA, Florida-- Shareholders at JPMorgan Chase voted to let Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO, keep both his jobs. Shareholder groups lobbying for the split gained momentum from a surprise $6 billion trading loss last year, which tarnished the reputation of both JPMorgan Chase& Co. and Dimon. But his reputation has been hurt over the past year over fallout from the...
May 20-- FORT IRWIN-- Fort Irwin will host its 3rd Annual "Cali Swag Car Show" on June 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.. The event is hosted by the Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers and base Morale, Welfare and Recreation. The annual BOSS Cali Swag Car Show is a highly anticipated event for the Fort Irwin community and the surrounding High Desert, according to the Fort Irwin...
The accident happened at 7:26 a.m. at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Third Street Northeast. Brent Wilkinson, 38, 1021 Third Ave., SE, was driving a 1996 Chevrolet south on Fourth Avenue approaching the intersection. William R. Dunaway, 56, 329 12th Ave., NE, was driving 2011 Ford west on Third Street and proceeded through the intersection after stopping at a...
TAMPA, Fla. _ Shareholders at JPMorgan Chase voted to let Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO, keep both his jobs. WASHINGTON _ Leading senators working to resolve a key issue on immigration legislation have agreed to a compromise covering expansion of a high-tech visa program, officials said Tuesday, resolving one of two major hurdles to committee passage of the...
TAMPA, Fla. _ Shareholders at JPMorgan Chase will let Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO, keep both his jobs. WASHINGTON _ Leading senators working to resolve a key issue on immigration legislation have agreed to a compromise covering expansion of a high-tech visa program, officials said Tuesday, resolving one of two major hurdles to committee passage of the...
May 21-- Two married South Whitehall employees-- one the utilities supervisor, her husband a police officer-- allegedly stole more than $850,000 that they gambled away and used to "live beyond their means," Lehigh County District Attorney James Martin said Tuesday. William Tonkin, 69, was a township police officer from 1969 to 1996 and most recently working as a...
"Our thoughts and sympathy are with all those impacted by these horrific tornadoes," said Trevor Riggen, vice president of Disaster Operations and Logistics for the Red Cross. The Red Cross deployed almost 30 emergency response vehicles to distribute food and relief supplies and more are on alert. Meanwhile, the Red Cross continues to provide shelter in Shawnee...
WASHINGTON _ The man who led the Internal Revenue Service when it was giving extra scrutiny to tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status told Congress on Tuesday that he knew little about what was happening while he was still commissioner. WASHINGTON _ Two people familiar with the Senate immigration deliberations say the White...
Former IRS chief: Can't say how targeting happened AP Sources: Obama ok punting gay immigration idea Officials: Senators reach deal on high-tech visas Policy, discretion guide media sources probes Court: US can keep bin Laden photos under wraps O'Malley using agenda, fundraising to explore 2016 Poll: Teens migrating to Twitter Peace Corps to accept same-sex...
Former IRS chief: Can't say how targeting happened AP Sources: Obama ok punting gay immigration idea Officials: Senators reach deal on high-tech visas Policy, discretion guide media sources probes Court: US can keep bin Laden photos under wraps O'Malley using agenda, fundraising to explore 2016 Poll: Teens migrating to Twitter Obama pledges urgent aid to...
Opening Statement of Chairman Patty Murray. Nomination of Brian Deese as Deputy Director of OMB. "Before we begin, I want to take a moment to join the President in expressing my sadness at the heartbreaking destruction in Oklahoma.
Additionally, the current effective FIRM and FIS report for each community are accessible online through the FEMA Map Service Center at www.msc.fema.gov for comparison. FEMA-B-1311, to Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, FEMA, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, 646-4064, or...
ADDRESSES: Each LOMR is available for inspection at both the respective Community Map Repository address listed in the table below and online through the FEMA Map Service Center at www.msc.fema.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, FEMA, 500 C Street SW.,...
SUMMARY: Base Flood Elevations and modified BFEs are made final for the communities listed below. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, 646-4064, or Luis.Rodriguez3@fema.dhs.gov.
SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency is withdrawing its proposed rule concerning proposed flood elevation determinations for Lake County, Illinois, and Incorporated Areas. FEMA-B-1196, to Luis Rodriguez, Chief, Engineering Management Branch, Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street...
Written testimony of ICE, CBP, and NPPD for a House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security hearing titled "Visa Security and Overstays: How Secure is America?" Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the efforts of the Department of Homeland Security to prevent the exploitation of our non-immigrant visa system by terrorists and...
Commencement remarks of U.S Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at Morgan State University-- Baltimore, Maryland. The brilliant captain of the Honda All Stars, Craig Cornish, is heading to Princeton on a full-ride to get a Ph.D in History. Senior Christian Kameni became the 131st MSU student or faculty member to become a Fullbright Scholar.
SUMMARY: As required by the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the RRB is issuing a public notice in the Federal Register of its intent to renew an ongoing computer matching program. In this match, we provide certain Medicare and benefit rate information to state agencies allowing them to review and if necessary, adjust amounts of benefits in their public...
SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a recently-filed Postal Service notice announcing a proposal to include, for no additional charge, insurance up to $100 on most Priority Mail pieces. On May 10, 2013, the Postal Service filed notice, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 3622 and 39 CFR 3010, announcing a plan to automatically include, at no additional charge, $50 or $100 of...
We are publishing final rules for portions of the rules we proposed in October 2007 that relate to persons, other than the claimant or any other party to the hearing, appearing by telephone. EFFECTIVE DATE: This rule is effective June 20, 2013. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brent Hillman, Social Security Administration, 5107 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA...
The Department of the Treasury will submit the following information collection requests to the Office of Management and Budget for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, on or after the date of publication of this notice. ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other aspect of...
In one simple click, the solution's " Ask Watson" feature will quickly help address customers' questions, offer feedback to guide their purchase decisions, and troubleshoot their problems. Leading brands from a variety of industries are exploring how the IBM Watson Engagement Advisor can help them engage with their customers, including ANZ, Celcom, IHS, Nielsen...
Former IRS chief: Can't say how targeting happened AP Sources: Obama ok punting gay immigration idea Officials: Senators reach deal on high-tech visas Policy, discretion guide media sources probes Court: US can keep bin Laden photos under wraps O'Malley using agenda, fundraising to explore 2016 Obama pledges urgent aid to Oklahoma town Senate to debate crop...
May 21-- An O'Fallon veteran and former sports journalist has announced his intention to run for congressman in the 12th District as a Republican. Doug Bucshon, a 20- year veteran of the Illinois Army National Guard, has never held a political office. "I will focus on creating high-wage jobs for the people in the St. Louis, metro-east and Southern Illinois regions," he...
TAMPA, Fla.-- Shareholders at JPMorgan Chase will let Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO, keep both his jobs. Shareholder groups lobbying for the split gained momentum from last year's surprise $6 billion trading loss, which tarnished the reputation of both JPMorgan Chase& Co. and CEO Dimon. At the meeting, held at company offices on the outskirts of Tampa, Fla., off a...
May 21-- No single reason led to the recent decision by Internal Medicine Associates to stop following their patients in the hospital beginning in July, said Dr. Reduced reimbursement rates, including a 2 percent reduction in Medicare payments since April, ongoing medical malpractice concerns, ongoing implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the complex web...
BlackRock Inc. said Tuesday it would purchase MGPA, an investment group with significant real estate assets in Asia and Europe. The purchase, for an undisclosed sum, would nearly double BlackRock's real estate holdings, adding $12 billion in assets to its portfolio, BlackRock said. "When you think about investment styles, there's no doubt we are seeing...
Office Address: Department of Agriculture; Agricultural Research Service; South Atlantic Area, Tifton, GA; 2316 Rainwater Road Tifton GA 31793. Contact: Thomas D. Maze, Purchasing Agent, Phone 229-386-3496, Fax 229-386-7225, Email Tom.Maze@ARS.USDA.GOV. South Atlantic Area, Tifton, GA.
Office Address: Department of the Army; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; USACE District, Philadelphia; 100 Penn Square EastWanamaker Bldg Philadelphia PA 19107-3390. Subject: Y-- Jet Blast Deflectors, Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Place of Performance: USACE District, Philadelphia 100 Penn Square East, Wanamaker Bldg Philadelphia PA19107-3390 US.
Office Address: Department of the Army; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; USACE District, Philadelphia; 100 Penn Square EastWanamaker Bldg Philadelphia PA 19107-3390. Subject: Y-- Fire Protection Water Storage, Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Place of Performance: USACE District, Philadelphia 100 Penn Square East, Wanamaker Bldg Philadelphia PA19107-3390 US.
Office Address: Department of the Army; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; USACE District, Philadelphia; 100 Penn Square East, Wanamaker Bldg, Philadelphia, PA 19107-3390. Subject: Y-- Fire Protection Water Storage, Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Place of Performance: USACE District, Philadelphia 100 Penn Square East, Wanamaker Bldg Philadelphia PA.
Office Address: Department of the Army; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; USACE District, Philadelphia; 100 Penn Square EastWanamaker Bldg Philadelphia PA 19107-3390. Subject: Y-- Northern Clinic, Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Place of Performance: USACE District, Philadelphia 100 Penn Square East, Wanamaker Bldg Philadelphia PA19107-3390 US.
Office Address: Department of the Army; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; USACE District, Philadelphia; 100 Penn Square East, Wanamaker Bldg, Philadelphia, PA 19107-3390. Subject: Y-- Jet Blast Deflectors, Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Place of Performance: USACE District, Philadelphia 100 Penn Square East, Wanamaker Bldg Philadelphia PA.
Office Address: Department of the Interior; National Park Service; NPS- All Offices; NPS, NER- NE MABOBoston National Historical ParkCharlestown Navy YardBuilding I-1BostonMA02129-4543US. Subject: S-- Solid Waste Collection and Disposal at Cape Cod National Seashore. The National Park Service is issuing this Combined Synopsis/Solicitation under...
Office Address: Department of Commerce; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Western Acquisition Division-Boulder; 325 Broadway- MC3 Boulder CO 80305-3328. Subject: JANITORIAL SERVICES FOR THE POCATELLO WEATHER FORECASTING OFFICE IDAHO OFFICE. Place of Performance: National Weather Service 1945 Beechcraft Ave.
Office Address: Department of Veterans Affairs; VISN 7 Network Contracting Activity; 501 Greene Street; Hatcher Building- Suite 2; Augusta GA 30901. Place of Performance: Department of Veterans Affairs; Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center; One Freedom Way; Augusta GA. Description: Department of Veterans Affairs.
Office Address: Department of State; Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Grants, Acquisitions, Procurement and Policy Division; SA-4 Navy Hill, South Building2430 E Street, N.W. Washington DC 20037. Subject: POLICE ADVISOR, COUNTERNARCOTICS PROGRAM MANAGER, Port-au-Prince Haiti. Bureau of International Narcotics and Law...
Combine Solicitation- NON-PERSONAL SERVICES EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR COUNSELING SERVICES OF NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYEE HEALTH SERVICES IN BOULDER, CO. Office Address: Department of Commerce; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Western Acquisition Division-Boulder; 325 Broadway- MC3 Boulder CO...
Office Address: Department of the Air Force; Air Force Space Command; 50 CONTRACTING SQUADRON; 210 Falcon Parkway STE 2116 Schriever AFB CO 80912-2116. Description: Department of the Air Force. General Information Document Type: Solicitation Solicitation Number: FA2550-13-T-1002 Classification Code: J NAICS Code: 238290- Other Building Equipment...
Office Address: Department of the Army; Army Contracting Command, MICC; MICC- West Point; Directorate of Contracting, ATTN: SFCA-NR-WP, 681 Hardee Place, West Point, NY 10996-1514. Description: Department of the Army. MICC-West Point is looking for sources that can provide maintenance on the Rappelling Tower located at Camp Smith, Cortland, NY.
Office Address: Department of the Air Force; Air Force Materiel Command; AFLCMC- Hanscom; 9 Eglin Street Hanscom AFB MA 01731. Contact: Daniel R. Koble, Contract Specialist, Phone 7812250147, Email daniel.koble@hanscom.af.mil- Jason Rapaglia, Contracting Officer, Phone 7812250179, Email Jason.Rapaglia@hanscom.af.mil. Description: Department of the Air...
Office Address: Great Lakes Acquisition Center; Department of Veterans Affairs; 115 S 84th Street, Suite 101; Milwaukee WI 53214-1476. Description: Department of Veterans Affairs. This Request for Information supersedes RFI# VA69D-13-I-0331.
Resources Connection, Inc., a multinational professional services firm and parent company of Resources Global Professionals, is pleased to announce that Kevin Deely has joined the Company as senior practice director of the Supply Chain Management practice. Based in Washington D.C., Deely comes to RGP from KPMG where he was one of the key leaders in the Supply...
Office Address: Great Lakes Acquisition Center; Department of Veterans Affairs; 115 S 84th Street, Suite 101; Milwaukee WI 53214-1476. Description: Department of Veterans Affairs. This Request for Information supersedes RFI# VA69D-13-I-0332.
Office Address: Department of Commerce; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Western Region Acquisition Division; 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast Seattle WA 98115-6349. Subject: Advancing Bottomfish Assessments in the Pacific Islands Region. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Office Address: National Mediation Board; Office of Administration; 1301 K Street, NW Suite 250 East Washington DC 20005-7011. Subject: National Mediation Board is issuing request for Proposal for website redesign. Contact: Michael Alston, Supervisory Administrative and Management Specialist, Phone 202-692-5010, Fax 202-692-5081, Email Alston@NMB.gov-...
Notice Type: Sources Sought Notice. Office Address: Department of Energy; Federal Locations; All DOE Federal Contracting Offices; Various Various locations NA 20585. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve's Project Management Office located in New Orleans, Louisiana, is seeking information about potential sources interested and capable of providing North...
Office Address: Department of Justice; Bureau of Prisons; FCI/FDC Tallahassee; 501 Capital Circle, NE Tallahassee FL 32301. The Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Correctional Institution, Tallahassee, Florida, intends to issue solicitation RFQP03141300022, for the requirements of: Subsistence Foods. This solicitation is restricted to 100% set aside for...
Office Address: Department of Justice; Bureau of Prisons; FCI/FDC Tallahassee; 501 Capital Circle, NE Tallahassee FL 32301. The Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Correctional Institution, Tallahassee, Florida, intends to issue solicitation RFQP03141300021, for the requirements of: Frozen meats and foods. This solicitation is restricted to 100% set aside for...
Office Address: Department of Justice; Bureau of Prisons; FCI/FDC Tallahassee; 501 Capital Circle, NE Tallahassee FL 32301. The Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Correctional Institution, Tallahassee, Florida, intends to issue solicitation RFQP07001300020, for the requirements of: RELIGIOUSLY CERTIFIED MEALS FOR INMATES. This solicitation is restricted to...
Office Address: Department of Justice; Bureau of Prisons; FCI/FDC Tallahassee; 501 Capital Circle, NE Tallahassee FL 32301. The Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Correctional Institution, Tallahassee, Florida, intends to issue solicitation RFQP03141300019, for the requirements of: Dairy. FOB Destination, at the Federal Correctional Institution, 501 Capital...
Office Address: Department of Justice; Bureau of Prisons; FCI/FDC Tallahassee; 501 Capital Circle, NE Tallahassee FL 32301. The Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Correctional Institution, Tallahassee, Florida, intends to issue solicitation RFQP03141300018, for the requirements of: Bread. FOB Destination, at the Federal Correctional Institution, 501 Capital...
Office Address: Department of Justice; Bureau of Prisons; FCI Williamsburg; 8301 Highway 521 P.O. The Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Correctional Institution, Williamsburg, South Carolina intends to issue solicitation RFQP03161300017 for the requirements of: QUARTERLY SUBSISTENCE. Deliveries will be made to the Federal Correctional Institution, 8301...
Office Address: Department of the Army; Army Contracting Command; ACC-APG- Adelphi; ATTN: AMSRD-ACC, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20783-1197. Contact: Daniel Balizan, 505-678-4349 mailto: daniel.balizan@us.army.mil. Description: Department of the Army.
Office Address: Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health; National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Rockledge Dr. Bethesda, MD; Office of Acquisitions6701 Rockledge Dr RKL2/6100 MSC 7902 Bethesda MD 20892-7902. Description: Department of Health and Human Services.
Office Address: Department of Health and Human Services; National Institutes of Health; National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Rockledge Dr. Bethesda, MD; Office of Acquisitions6701 Rockledge Dr RKL2/6100 MSC 7902 Bethesda MD 20892-7902. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Rockledge Dr.
Office Address: Department of the Army; U.S. Army Medical Command; Western Regional Contracting Office; ATTN: MCAA W BLDG 9902, 9902 Lincoln Street, Tacoma, WA 98431-1110. Contact: Angela Dexter, 253-968-4912 mailto: angela.dexter@us.army.mil. Description: Department of the Army.
The following information is provided for the purpose of providing additional supplemental information to be incorporated by reference into the registration statements filed or to be filed by AMREP Corporation in connection with a forthcoming rights offering. Unless otherwise indicated, reported ownership is as of May 17, 2013, and the Company...
We coordinate with agents in North America, Europe, South America, Australia, Asia, and Africa. Our revenues for the first quarter of 2013 decreased by 36.6% as compared to the same period in 2012. Our gross profit margin increased to 16.0% in the first quarter of 2013 from 15.0% for the same period in 2012. Our operating expenses increased by $4,700 in the first...
DES MOINES, Iowa, May 21, 2013/ PRNewswire/-- Whether you live in the Deep South, the Midwest or on the West or East Coast, storm season is here and with that comes the increased threat of tornados, floods, hurricanes and wildfires. "The horrific images from yesterday's tornado in Moore, Oklahoma have saddened us all and reminded us that disaster can strike at any moment,"...
"I am appalled that you could even think about a 281/ 2 percent raise for yourselves," said city resident Victoria Thomas. Robert Lynch, a resident of the Dorchester Court neighborhood, said the council's approval this year of a plan for two hotels on the site of the Huff Lane school showed it does not listen to residents. City resident William Drewery said he felt the...
Senator Thad Cochran, ranking Republican on the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, today encouraged his colleagues to support the Agriculture, Food and Jobs Act of 2013-- the new farm bill that substantially reforms federal agriculture and nutrition programs. Cochran and Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow on Monday launched...
Chairwoman, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. Mr. President, I want to thank the Majority Leader, the Republican leader and all of our colleagues for allowing the Senate to move forward today on the Farm Bill. I want to thank my ranking member, Senator Thad Cochran for his friendship and his leadership and I want to thank all of the members of...
Contact: Brian Rogers or Rachael Dean 224-7130. The Congressional Budget Office estimates this amendment will save taxpayers $333 million. This is in addition to the $10 billion financed under the tobacco buyout law that Congress passed a decade ago.
May 21-- LEWISBURG-- The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine will celebrate its 36th commencement ceremony with three leaders of the state's Higher Education Policy Commission serving as featured speakers. He has a Ph.D. in biology and chemistry from the University of Louisville's Systems Science Institute. The founding managing partner of...
Natalie Harvey, public information spokesperson for the state Division of Motor Vehicles, summed it up pretty well last week in an interview with The Register-Herald. Impaired driving costs thousands of lives in the United States every year-- unnecessarily. An effort is on by the National Transportation Safety Board for states to redefine their DUI-statuses,...
Each year, the Truckload Carriers Association presents its prestigious Clare C. Casey Award to a safety professional whose actions and achievements have had a profound and positive impact on safety on our highways. The 2013 recipient is Thomas Lansing, vice president of safety and driver services for Hogan Transports, Inc., of Bridgeton, Missouri.
The American Red Cross and National Swimming Pool Foundation ® today announced upgrades to the online Home Pool Essentials™: Maintenance and Safety course website, which teaches pool and spa care and water safety techniques to help homeowners and guests stay safer year-round. A recent Red Cross survey of more than 1,000 adults found that nearly half of...
TAMPA, Florida-- Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO JPMorgan Chase, told shareholders Tuesday that last year's $6 billion trading loss had been expensive and "extremely embarrassing," but he also asked shareholders not to fixate on the issue. His reputation has been tarnished over the past year over fallout from the so-called " London whale" trading loss, nicknamed for...
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service, Treasury. SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to a notice of proposed rulemaking and notice of public hearing that was published in the Federal Register on Friday, February 1, 2013. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sue-Jean Kim or John B. Lovelace, 622-4960.
Pharma just sped through an unprecedented period of patent expiries, during which some $30 billion in brand revenue went over the cliff. The sluggish economy, combined with what Michael Kleinrock, director, research development for the IMS Institute, calls "an unprecedented period of patent expiries," led to a drop in overall drug spend of 1% last year to $325.8...
Preliminary data from the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions shows the 27 credit unions in the metro area enjoyed a whopping 128- percent earnings gain- to $33.8 million in 2012.. Statewide, net income rose 45 percent, to $133 million, and the National Credit Union Administration said credit union earnings nationwide rose 36 percent, to $8.5 billion-...
Last summer, Brian Campedelli sat in a client's backyard, enjoying a lobster dinner, while soft music played and low-voltage lighting lit up the plantings, firepit, and other improvements made to the property. "You could hear the waterfall in the background and the sound of the grasses rustling, and my client told me she felt like she was in Hawaii," said the president...
Guggenheim Partners, a global diversified financial services firm, today announced that for the third straight year it received high honors at Creditflux's 2013 Manager Awards, an annual event honoring the best performing collateralized loan obligations, credit funds, and investment managers. Guggenheim was selected from among a roster of highly...
Lockheed Martin's Aircraft System Will Combat Evolving Threats. As threats against global security continue to grow and evolve, the United States and its allies are preparing to counter them with the most advanced aircraft weapons system in the world today: Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. "As we see more and more threats being...
Many cashed in on their reimbursement for meeting the objectives set by the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, commonly known as "meaningful use." According to the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services, 27,500 Medicare physicians received $425 million in reimbursements, 5,500 Medicaid clinicians and eligible professionals received $100...
Today, that detour into marketing has taken him to managing director of a 300- person operation in Philadelphia for Digitas Health. Pantello will do that, in part, by transforming parts of the business model at Digitas to position the firm for other types of clients. Digitas can take advantage of this opportunity because they are "a very different agency," he points...
"There's too much emphasis in college marketing education on the traditional sales-rep approach to marketing-a paradigm that's decades old," says Partha Anbil, an adjunct professor of global marketing strategy at Temple University. Indeed, undergraduate business programs are including "more relevant" healthcare and pharma marketing courses, but they're...
TAMPA, Fla.-- Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO JPMorgan Chase, told shareholders Tuesday that last year's $6 billion trading loss had been expensive and "extremely embarrassing," but he also asked shareholders not to fixate on the issue. His reputation has been tarnished over the past year over fallout from the so-called " London whale" trading loss, nicknamed for its...
WASHINGTON _ The man who led the Internal Revenue Service when it was giving extra scrutiny to tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status told Congress on Tuesday that he knew little about what was happening while he was still commissioner. WASHINGTON _ Officials say leading senators trying to resolve a key issue on immigration...
Many banks in Indiana and across the nation are thinning their existing branch networks and thinking twice about opening new locations. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. data show the number of branches in Indiana grew 20 percent from 2000 to 2009, when they peaked at 2,107. But by 2011, the latest year available, they had slipped to 2,056, the lowest level...
NATIONAL POETRY MONTH- A reading by Hilario Treviño, "Añoranjos de mi Tierra," as well and Spanish reading by Alfredo Avalos and Erik Said. The meeting will be held Tuesday, April 30, 2013 beginning at 6 p.m. in the Heritage Room of the Campus Center Building at St. Philip' s College, 1 80 1 Martin Luther King Drive. TEEN PREVENTION- Proj ect WORTH is hosting The National...