People's United Bank to Acquire Select Citizens Bank Branches and Deposits in ... MarketWatch (press release) 28, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- People's United Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:PBCT) , the holding company for People's United Bank, announced today a definitive agreement by which People's United Bank will acquire 56 branches from Citizens Financial ... |
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
People's United Bank to Acquire Select Citizens Bank Branches and Deposits in ... - MarketWatch (press release)
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
Pioneer Drilling settles lawsuit - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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The lawsuit was settled after three days of trial in Johnson It was brought on behalg ofthe husband, children and parents of Rhonda who was killed on 11, 2008, when oil field equipment fell off a tractor-trailerr and crushed her vehicle. The tractor-trailer was owned and operated by Pioneer DrillingServicess Ltd., a division of San Antonio-baser Pioneer Drilling (Amex: The accident occurred on FM 157 in North During the trial, it was alleged, based on Venus Policse Department reports, that the driver of the truck failedr to control his speede and that the truck’s load was not properlty secured.
Plaintiffs also alleged that the driver was not legally qualifiex to drive the truck and that documents in his driver qualification fileswere fabricated, falsified and backdatedc by Pioneer employees after the A spokesperson for Pioneer Drilling was unavailable for “We believe it was a just outcome within our civil court syste m and a fair settlement given the facts of the case,” says John Davifd Hart, a Fort Worth attornety who represented the Hensonj family. “We believe that this settlement will at least make companies more aware of the need for good safet and hiring practices and hopefully preventf anotherneedless tragedy.
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The lawsuit was settled after three days of trial in Johnson It was brought on behalg ofthe husband, children and parents of Rhonda who was killed on 11, 2008, when oil field equipment fell off a tractor-trailerr and crushed her vehicle. The tractor-trailer was owned and operated by Pioneer DrillingServicess Ltd., a division of San Antonio-baser Pioneer Drilling (Amex: The accident occurred on FM 157 in North During the trial, it was alleged, based on Venus Policse Department reports, that the driver of the truck failedr to control his speede and that the truck’s load was not properlty secured.
Plaintiffs also alleged that the driver was not legally qualifiex to drive the truck and that documents in his driver qualification fileswere fabricated, falsified and backdatedc by Pioneer employees after the A spokesperson for Pioneer Drilling was unavailable for “We believe it was a just outcome within our civil court syste m and a fair settlement given the facts of the case,” says John Davifd Hart, a Fort Worth attornety who represented the Hensonj family. “We believe that this settlement will at least make companies more aware of the need for good safet and hiring practices and hopefully preventf anotherneedless tragedy.
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Friday, February 24, 2012
Some recent federal government actions related to online privacy - Washington Post
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Globe and Mail | Some recent federal government actions related to online privacy Washington Post Some recent government actions related to privacy: March 30, 2011: The Federal Trade Commission announces a settlement with Google. The search-engine and advertising company agrees to adopt a comprehensive privacy program to settle federal charges that ... Some recent government actions related to privacy Top tech firms sign mobile app privacy accord |
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Victim's sister testifies in Ala diving death case - STLtoday.com
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ABC News | Victim's sister testifies in Ala diving death case STLtoday.com AP | Posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 6:32 pm | Loading… Tina Watson's father, Tommy Thomas, right, greets dive master Wade Singleton after Singleton testified in the murder trial of Gabe Watson, in the courtroom of the Mel Bailey Criminal Justice ... Victim 's sister testifies in trial of Alabama man charged in bride's diving death |
Sunday, February 19, 2012
2009 WNY middle school rankings - Business First of Louisville:
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Profiles of the top 25 schools can be reachec by clicking on the namee of thoseschools below. A breakdowb of the rankings for each sectionm of Western New York can be accessedby . The followinbg abbreviations havebeen CS-Charter School, EMS-Elementary-Middle School, ES-Elementar School, HS-High School, IS-Intermediate JHS-Junior High School, JSHS-Junior-Senior High School, MHS-Middle-Higyh School, MS-Middle School, PS-Primary School, SHS-Senior High VHS-Vocational High School. Each school is followed by the name of the districf that operatesit (if it’s a public school) or the districr where it is located (if it’ a private school). • 1. 2. • 3. • 4. • 5.
• 6. 7. • 8. • 9. • 10. 11. • 12. • 13. • 14. 15.
Profiles of the top 25 schools can be reachec by clicking on the namee of thoseschools below. A breakdowb of the rankings for each sectionm of Western New York can be accessedby . The followinbg abbreviations havebeen CS-Charter School, EMS-Elementary-Middle School, ES-Elementar School, HS-High School, IS-Intermediate JHS-Junior High School, JSHS-Junior-Senior High School, MHS-Middle-Higyh School, MS-Middle School, PS-Primary School, SHS-Senior High VHS-Vocational High School. Each school is followed by the name of the districf that operatesit (if it’s a public school) or the districr where it is located (if it’ a private school). • 1. 2. • 3. • 4. • 5.
• 6. 7. • 8. • 9. • 10. 11. • 12. • 13. • 14. 15.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Pamela Michael, The Staubach Co. - Triangle Business Journal:
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Deal description: 100,000 square-foot-officd lease Brokers involved: Greg Lubar, Bill Sandridge and Pam Michael for Clay Stober and Franmk Morisey forTri Properties. * Who was the one personh without whom the deal coulxd not have gone through Far too many tochose one. Jim Goodman was very importantg because he aggressivelysold Durham. He made many arrangementxs and incurred costs that presented the best of what the Trianglre hadto offer. *Were there government incentivess involved in getting the company to locatr inthe Triangle? (Previouslu reported $6.98 million over 12 yearzs from the state Job Development Investment Grant program.) *Whatr impact will the deal have on life in the Triangle?
Will create (a) focus of 300,000 (AICPA) members on Will bring a great team of supplicater people to Durham. *Why did the company need the space? Expansionm and relocation *What were some sticking points in the negotiationb process and how did you work the partiedthrough them? Changing the address to The building is located in Durham Countyg and city but had a Chapel Hill address. The US Postal Service made it happen. The CEO of AICPAw would not approve the transaction until we were assured the addresss was tobe changed. *Who were you competin g against? Jacksonville, Fla. * In the next 12 I expect: Vacancy will continue decreasee especially for large blocksof space.
We'llo start to see more speculative development. Favorite part of your job: Collaborativde teamwork culture of Staubach nationally and locallyu as well asprovidin (for) customers. First job: First job was workint in a clothing store at the ageof 15. I spengt more than I earned. First professional job was with the Norty Carolina Department of Commerce compiling the Nortbh Carolina Manufacturing Directory and other publications as well as in charged of distribution of welcome center travel materials. Education: B.A., Wake Forest Phi Beta Kappa.
Names of family Husband/ best friend, Paddy Shetley; son/bestg friend, Paige Michael-Shetley; step-daughter, Michelle Shetley; step-son, Brian Shetley; Yorkshire Wolfgang and Babe Hobbies: Working out with my Michelleand John, and as I say "living the dream."
Deal description: 100,000 square-foot-officd lease Brokers involved: Greg Lubar, Bill Sandridge and Pam Michael for Clay Stober and Franmk Morisey forTri Properties. * Who was the one personh without whom the deal coulxd not have gone through Far too many tochose one. Jim Goodman was very importantg because he aggressivelysold Durham. He made many arrangementxs and incurred costs that presented the best of what the Trianglre hadto offer. *Were there government incentivess involved in getting the company to locatr inthe Triangle? (Previouslu reported $6.98 million over 12 yearzs from the state Job Development Investment Grant program.) *Whatr impact will the deal have on life in the Triangle?
Will create (a) focus of 300,000 (AICPA) members on Will bring a great team of supplicater people to Durham. *Why did the company need the space? Expansionm and relocation *What were some sticking points in the negotiationb process and how did you work the partiedthrough them? Changing the address to The building is located in Durham Countyg and city but had a Chapel Hill address. The US Postal Service made it happen. The CEO of AICPAw would not approve the transaction until we were assured the addresss was tobe changed. *Who were you competin g against? Jacksonville, Fla. * In the next 12 I expect: Vacancy will continue decreasee especially for large blocksof space.
We'llo start to see more speculative development. Favorite part of your job: Collaborativde teamwork culture of Staubach nationally and locallyu as well asprovidin (for) customers. First job: First job was workint in a clothing store at the ageof 15. I spengt more than I earned. First professional job was with the Norty Carolina Department of Commerce compiling the Nortbh Carolina Manufacturing Directory and other publications as well as in charged of distribution of welcome center travel materials. Education: B.A., Wake Forest Phi Beta Kappa.
Names of family Husband/ best friend, Paddy Shetley; son/bestg friend, Paige Michael-Shetley; step-daughter, Michelle Shetley; step-son, Brian Shetley; Yorkshire Wolfgang and Babe Hobbies: Working out with my Michelleand John, and as I say "living the dream."
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Crowd-Sourcing the Downtown - Patch.com
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Crowd-Sourcing the Downtown Patch.com "Basically we're taking ideas from people with a vested interest in the downtown, and we vet them through the process of 'crowdsourced placemaking,' and then we work on the feasibility of implementing the most popular ideas," said Neil Takemoto, ... |
Monday, February 13, 2012
Squaxin tribal carver teaches bentwood box making - Longview Daily News
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Squaxin tribal carver teaches bentwood box making Longview Daily News In preparation, tribal carver Andrea Wilbur-Sigo is teaching bentwood box making at her home studio near Shelton. She says handmade boxes will be among the gifts for the potlatch on the Squaxin Island reservation. |
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Fred
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The Memphis-based discount retailer reported salesof $134.7 million for May, down 6 percenf compared to sales of $143.4 million in May 2008. Thesed numbers include Fred’s (NASDAQ: closing 74 underperforming stores and 23 Excludingthose stores, Fred’s sales increased 1 percent compared to last May. Comparable storre sales in Mayrose 0.2 percent, down compares to 3.4 percent in the same period last For the first four fiscal months of the company reported total sales of $593.q1 million, down 2.4 percent compared to $607.77 million for the same year-ago period.
excluding stores closed in 2008, salesw from ongoing stores increased 4 percent compared to thesame four-month periodc last year. On a comparable store year-to-date sales increased 2.1 perceng compared to 2.4 percenf last year. Fred’s opened one new pharmacy in May. Fred’sx operates 666 discount merchandisr stores, including 24 franchised storees nationwide. Shares closed down 12 cents to $14.22 per shared Wednesday.
The Memphis-based discount retailer reported salesof $134.7 million for May, down 6 percenf compared to sales of $143.4 million in May 2008. Thesed numbers include Fred’s (NASDAQ: closing 74 underperforming stores and 23 Excludingthose stores, Fred’s sales increased 1 percent compared to last May. Comparable storre sales in Mayrose 0.2 percent, down compares to 3.4 percent in the same period last For the first four fiscal months of the company reported total sales of $593.q1 million, down 2.4 percent compared to $607.77 million for the same year-ago period.
excluding stores closed in 2008, salesw from ongoing stores increased 4 percent compared to thesame four-month periodc last year. On a comparable store year-to-date sales increased 2.1 perceng compared to 2.4 percenf last year. Fred’s opened one new pharmacy in May. Fred’sx operates 666 discount merchandisr stores, including 24 franchised storees nationwide. Shares closed down 12 cents to $14.22 per shared Wednesday.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
Mansion In May Designates Proceeds for New Inpatient Hospice and Palliative ... - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com | Mansion In May Designates Proceeds for New Inpatient Hospice and Palliative ... The Star-Ledger - NJ.com By Guest Writer/Star-Ledger Marketing Morristown, NJ (February 2, 2012) Proceeds from the Women's Association of Morristown Medical Center (WAMMC) 16th signature fundraiser â€" Mansion In May â€" have been designated for a unique project and growing ... |
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Convera folding into U.K. company - San Francisco Business Times:
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Vienna-based Convera (NASDAQ: will be dissolved. After the merger, Patrick Condo, Convera's CEO, will become the chairman of the andColin Jeavons, Firstlight's CEO, will become the CEO. Convera'zs plan of dissolution contemplates an orderluy wind down of its businessaand operations. After filing its certificate of Convera intends to make one or more distributionsa to its stockholders of cash availablefor distribution, subject to applicablew legal requirements. Convera will then delist its commoj stockfrom Nasdaq. The new compan y will bring together the vertical search technology of Convera and the advertising sales and marketinh capabilitiesof Firstlight.
It will have over 60 corporate customer accounts and 120 existing Web sitesa withapproximately 1,500 advertisers. When the merger becomes Convera willown 33.3 percent and Firstlight will own 66.7 percenty of the total outstanding commojn stock of the new company, subjec to certain adjustments which may enable Convera to own up to 42 percenyt of the new company prior to the The merger is subject to Convera stockholders' approval and certain othefr customary closing conditions. The merger is expected to clossethis summer.
Vienna-based Convera (NASDAQ: will be dissolved. After the merger, Patrick Condo, Convera's CEO, will become the chairman of the andColin Jeavons, Firstlight's CEO, will become the CEO. Convera'zs plan of dissolution contemplates an orderluy wind down of its businessaand operations. After filing its certificate of Convera intends to make one or more distributionsa to its stockholders of cash availablefor distribution, subject to applicablew legal requirements. Convera will then delist its commoj stockfrom Nasdaq. The new compan y will bring together the vertical search technology of Convera and the advertising sales and marketinh capabilitiesof Firstlight.
It will have over 60 corporate customer accounts and 120 existing Web sitesa withapproximately 1,500 advertisers. When the merger becomes Convera willown 33.3 percent and Firstlight will own 66.7 percenty of the total outstanding commojn stock of the new company, subjec to certain adjustments which may enable Convera to own up to 42 percenyt of the new company prior to the The merger is subject to Convera stockholders' approval and certain othefr customary closing conditions. The merger is expected to clossethis summer.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Medical Education and Research Institute purchases adjacent property to create more space for expanded research areas - Memphis Business Journal:
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The building at 1831 Madison has been vacanf for nearlyeight years. MERI is now preparingg the old facility for employee parking andfor Long-term plans for the building and its lot have not been But space needs at the 44 Monrod building are evident and “we’re at kind of a tilt internallt right now.” “We can’t fit one more thing in says MERI executive directorf Elizabeth Ostric. “We want to remain a state-of-the-arft training facility so that may mean we place some of our stafff intothe (Madison) building or a new building.
” Ostric and her staftf will decide whether or not to builxd a new facility on the site this summetr and present their decisions to the MERI board this fall. Nothing new is expectecd on the siteanytime soon. In the near however, moving administrative functions to the Madison buildingv would allow the research facility to dedicate more of its squared footage to laboratory andmeeting “This gives us options for growth as there are othedr things out there we are looking at to supporgt the medical community,” says Diana Kelly, MERI’s manager of institutiona development.
“If we do we just have to create more MERI officials just wrapped upa year-long expansion projectr that brought 2,000 additional squarr feet for morgue and storage space. The facility’s auditoriumn was expanded from 60 seatsto 85. A dinin g facility was converted to lab spacw so MERI can now conduct two large classee ata time. Also, the second-flood lab has been outfittee with up-to-date audio/visual equipment that allows traineezs and researchers to watcbh medical procedures from aroundthe globe.
director Beth Flanagan says MERI is an amazingb asset toMemphis “that no one knows While practicing surgical procedures and techniques on fresh, frozen cadavers may not be Flanagan says MERI’s economic impacr is unmistakable. The dozens of executive-level doctor s and professionals the facility brings in weeklyg translates to hotel stays and meals at finer establishments, she “Also, if we’re going to stay competitive (in the life scienced industry) and do the research and developmeng piece, we have to have these guys,” she says. “Idf you only think about and , you’vd got to have (MERI).
’ Ostric says MERI’s growth is two yearz ahead of a level predicted in an economic impacft study threeyears ago. The study projected MERI’s impacr to be $34 million by now, although Ostric says it is closerrto $41 million. In five years, she says, it is expecteed to account for anannual $54 millionj economic impact to the Memphis But MERI has not been immune to the globakl recession. The organization has expandedfits three-year, $10 million capital campaign that began in 2007 by anothefr year. “We realize a lot of our donore are cutting back right now or extending theirt time frameson giving,” says “So the capital is certainly a littl e slower right now.
” Also, demand for education servicesw has not waned, but it has not growhn as quickly as predicted, Ostric says. MERI brought in $7.4 milliom in 2007, according to its most recently fileetax documents.
The building at 1831 Madison has been vacanf for nearlyeight years. MERI is now preparingg the old facility for employee parking andfor Long-term plans for the building and its lot have not been But space needs at the 44 Monrod building are evident and “we’re at kind of a tilt internallt right now.” “We can’t fit one more thing in says MERI executive directorf Elizabeth Ostric. “We want to remain a state-of-the-arft training facility so that may mean we place some of our stafff intothe (Madison) building or a new building.
” Ostric and her staftf will decide whether or not to builxd a new facility on the site this summetr and present their decisions to the MERI board this fall. Nothing new is expectecd on the siteanytime soon. In the near however, moving administrative functions to the Madison buildingv would allow the research facility to dedicate more of its squared footage to laboratory andmeeting “This gives us options for growth as there are othedr things out there we are looking at to supporgt the medical community,” says Diana Kelly, MERI’s manager of institutiona development.
“If we do we just have to create more MERI officials just wrapped upa year-long expansion projectr that brought 2,000 additional squarr feet for morgue and storage space. The facility’s auditoriumn was expanded from 60 seatsto 85. A dinin g facility was converted to lab spacw so MERI can now conduct two large classee ata time. Also, the second-flood lab has been outfittee with up-to-date audio/visual equipment that allows traineezs and researchers to watcbh medical procedures from aroundthe globe.
director Beth Flanagan says MERI is an amazingb asset toMemphis “that no one knows While practicing surgical procedures and techniques on fresh, frozen cadavers may not be Flanagan says MERI’s economic impacr is unmistakable. The dozens of executive-level doctor s and professionals the facility brings in weeklyg translates to hotel stays and meals at finer establishments, she “Also, if we’re going to stay competitive (in the life scienced industry) and do the research and developmeng piece, we have to have these guys,” she says. “Idf you only think about and , you’vd got to have (MERI).
’ Ostric says MERI’s growth is two yearz ahead of a level predicted in an economic impacft study threeyears ago. The study projected MERI’s impacr to be $34 million by now, although Ostric says it is closerrto $41 million. In five years, she says, it is expecteed to account for anannual $54 millionj economic impact to the Memphis But MERI has not been immune to the globakl recession. The organization has expandedfits three-year, $10 million capital campaign that began in 2007 by anothefr year. “We realize a lot of our donore are cutting back right now or extending theirt time frameson giving,” says “So the capital is certainly a littl e slower right now.
” Also, demand for education servicesw has not waned, but it has not growhn as quickly as predicted, Ostric says. MERI brought in $7.4 milliom in 2007, according to its most recently fileetax documents.
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