Business news briefs: Scrutiny urged for Opel plan – Detroit Free Press The announcement brings to 56 the number of stores that the owner of Sears and Kmart has said over the past year that it will close. About 1,000 jobs will be affected when the stores close this spring. Spokeswoman Kimberly Freely said the closings
PRESS DIGEST-Australian Business News – Feb 24 – Reuters UK Compiled for Reuters by Media Monitors. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW (www.afr.com) –Packaging products group Amcor ( AMC.AX ) yesterday announced results for the six
Business News – Am770chqr.com NEW YORK – Oil and other energy prices sank Tuesday after job worries sent a monthly measurement of consumer confidence sharply lower. The U.S. Conference Board said its consumer confidence index for February fell much more than expected as Americans
BUSINESS NEWS: Charles Kochka joins Meridian Bank lending team – Mercury DEVON Meridian Bank announces the appointment of Charles D. Kochka as vice president of commercial lending. Kochka brings more than 30 years of Delaware Valley banking experience to Meridian’s Commercial Lending Team. His career includes success
Stateline Area Business News in Brief – Beloit Daily News The Greater Beloit Chamber of Commerce 83rd Annual Dinner will be held March 2 at the Eclipse Center, 100 Eclipse Center, Beloit. Cocktails will be served and a social hour will begin at 5:30 p.m. with dinner and the program set to begin at 6:45 p.m
Business News – Am770chqr.com TORONTO – Canada’s Task Force on Financial Literacy is launching a series of cross-country conversations with Canadians about savings, debt, and their overall financial know-how as it drafts a national strategy to create more financially educated
Ausdrill to deliver $21m H1 net profit – ninemsn Africa-focused drilling services provider Ausdrill Ltd says it will deliver its best ever operational result for the first half, with a net profit of $21.2 million. The company on Monday forecast its net profit for the six months to end December
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First District s Congressman Roe, who landed in political spotlight – TriCities.com Having made 21 television appearances in the past eight months, U.S. Rep. Phil Roe, R-1st District, admits he s become quite the political celebrity during his first term in office. According to his YouTube page, the Northeast Tennessee congressman
Business news in briefs – Detroit Free Press A jury in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., has awarded a woman $23.4 million in a civil judgment against Ford for a 2007 freeway accident that left her a quadriplegic. Cynthia Castillo lost control of her 1997 Ford Explorer when the tread separated from her
Business news in brief – Philadelphia Inquirer J.C. Penney Co. reported a 5.2 percent decline in fourth-quarter earnings, dragged down by a big expense for its pension plan, but the profit topped its own expectations. The retailer said sales slipped 3.6 percent to $5.5 billion as shoppers
Consumer Protection Agency Vows Crackdown on Defective Cribs (Washn) – Oregonian AP) c ()-2010, The Washington Post WASHINGTON-Inez Tenenbaum, chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), warned for the annual meeting of the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization. “While we are on the
Who’s Goldilocks? International Bear Rendezvous – San Francisco Chronicle You may have noticed a bunch of large, furry men running around San Francisco last weekend. They packed Muni trains, piled onto shuttle buses and spilled out of bars. They toured the Barbary Coast landmarks and held court in the downtown Parc 55
Pakistan arrests nine Taleban commanders – Arab News ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities said Thursday they have apprehended more militant chiefs following the capture of the Afghan Taleban’s No. 2 figure arrests that together represent the biggest blow to the militant organization since the US-led
Latinas and Breast Cancer Target of Major International Study with $1 – Forbes BusinessWire – The largest study ever of breast cancer in Latin American women is being launched this year in a unique multi-country, public/private partnership with $1 million in additional funding from the world’s largest breast cancer organization
Jonathan Karl: Doing good, grunt work of TV news – Weblogs.baltimoresun.com getting the report a day early, putting the facts before the public, getting the administration’s response, and then attempting to offer the best explanation that the news organization can. This is not a big, showy story. It is rather the grunt
A New School for the Mission? – San Francisco Chronicle Other schools affiliated with the organization in East Boston, Cleveland and Denver have shown strong performance. In her meetings with dozens of parents and community leaders over the last several months, Henzerling said, one thing is clear