Medical center unloads ex-clinic - Omaha World-Herald
WAHOO, Neb. — Saunders Medical Center will soon clear out what’s left in a former clinic now owned by the county. The medical center’s board of trustees has decided to vacate the former Family Healthcare of Wahoo property in the next few weeks

Delaware high school wrestling: Spartans show No. 1 form, but focus - Delaware Online
Mark’s entered the match ranked No. 11 in the latest Prep 40 rankings by the Amateur Wrestling News. After Smyrna’s Anthony Ruggerio opened with a 9-6 decision over Joel Mey at 215 pounds, the Spartans won the next six matches. Iowa-bound Bobby

AP Interview: Saakashvili offers US a supply route - RealClearPolitics
Georgia’s President Mikhail Saakashvili says he has proposed to the United States that his country become a logistics hub for the expanding U.S.-led war in Afghanistan. The Obama administration may not be eager to accept the offer as it seeks to

Official: Russia tests 5th-generation fighter jet - Modesto Bee
Russian news agencies reported the highly maneuverable plane has a 5,500-kilometer (3,400-mile) range. The Raptor has a range of about 2,960 kilometers (1,850 miles), according to official U.S. data.

Medical center unloads ex-clinic - Omaha World-Herald
WAHOO, Neb. — Saunders Medical Center will soon clear out what’s left in a former clinic now owned by the county. The medical center’s board of trustees has decided to vacate the former Family Healthcare of Wahoo property in the next few weeks

Delaware high school wrestling: Spartans show No. 1 form, but focus - Delaware Online
Mark’s entered the match ranked No. 11 in the latest Prep 40 rankings by the Amateur Wrestling News. After Smyrna’s Anthony Ruggerio opened with a 9-6 decision over Joel Mey at 215 pounds, the Spartans won the next six matches. Iowa-bound Bobby

AP Interview: Saakashvili offers US a supply route - RealClearPolitics
Georgia’s President Mikhail Saakashvili says he has proposed to the United States that his country become a logistics hub for the expanding U.S.-led war in Afghanistan. The Obama administration may not be eager to accept the offer as it seeks to

Official: Russia tests 5th-generation fighter jet - Modesto Bee
Russian news agencies reported the highly maneuverable plane has a 5,500-kilometer (3,400-mile) range. The Raptor has a range of about 2,960 kilometers (1,850 miles), according to official U.S. data.

Merrill’s Asian real estate funds back in harness - BusinessWorld Online
HONG KONG/SINGAPORE — Bank of America (BofA) has dropped plans to exit Merrill Lynch’s Asia property funds business and will instead help it raise new money, cashing in on a recovery in the real estate sector, sources said. BofA was in talks with

Few tears shed here over USOC’s “ambush marketing ” woes - Seattle Times
The U.S. Olympic Committee put out a news release today saying how “disappointed” it is that some bad, bad American opportunists are engaging in “ambush marketing” to profit from Olympic fever heading into the 2010 Games. The group isn’t likely to

Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory announces layoffs - AZCentral.com
FLAGSTAFF - Lowell Observatory has laid off three of its 60 employees and reduced the hours of five others. Officials at the nonprofit Flagstaff institution cited a struggling economy and the need to shift operating resources to the $44 million

Pintek tapped to replace Honsberger in KDKA midday spot - PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Michael Young, the station’s senior vice president and marketing manager, said Pintek is “passionate about the news and issues affecting our listening area.” Pintek, whose history with KDKA goes back to 1982, has been substituting in Honsberger’s

Dealers swamped by worried Toyota drivers - YAHOO!
NEW YORK – Toyota dealers across the country were swamped with calls Wednesday from concerned drivers but had few answers a day after the company announced it would stop selling and building eight models because of faulty gas pedals. Toyota

Merrill’s Asian real estate funds back in harness - BusinessWorld Online
HONG KONG/SINGAPORE — Bank of America (BofA) has dropped plans to exit Merrill Lynch’s Asia property funds business and will instead help it raise new money, cashing in on a recovery in the real estate sector, sources said. BofA was in talks with

Few tears shed here over USOC’s “ambush marketing ” woes - Seattle Times
The U.S. Olympic Committee put out a news release today saying how “disappointed” it is that some bad, bad American opportunists are engaging in “ambush marketing” to profit from Olympic fever heading into the 2010 Games. The group isn’t likely to

Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory announces layoffs - AZCentral.com
FLAGSTAFF - Lowell Observatory has laid off three of its 60 employees and reduced the hours of five others. Officials at the nonprofit Flagstaff institution cited a struggling economy and the need to shift operating resources to the $44 million

Pintek tapped to replace Honsberger in KDKA midday spot - PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Michael Young, the station’s senior vice president and marketing manager, said Pintek is “passionate about the news and issues affecting our listening area.” Pintek, whose history with KDKA goes back to 1982, has been substituting in Honsberger’s

Dealers swamped by worried Toyota drivers - YAHOO!
NEW YORK – Toyota dealers across the country were swamped with calls Wednesday from concerned drivers but had few answers a day after the company announced it would stop selling and building eight models because of faulty gas pedals. Toyota

Bernanke future in doubt as Democrats defect - MSNBC
Aides said to expect the vote “sometime next week,” according to NBC News. Assistant Senate Democratic Leader We’re going to work our side pretty hard, and we are working with people in the business community who are going to push pretty hard

Bernanke future in doubt as Democrats defect - MSNBC
Aides said to expect the vote “sometime next week,” according to NBC News. Assistant Senate Democratic Leader We’re going to work our side pretty hard, and we are working with people in the business community who are going to push pretty hard

Obama tells Senate not to ‘jam’ through healthcare plan - Focus Infomation
Washington. US President Barack Obama has warned Democrats not to “jam” healthcare reforms through the Senate after a Republican won a seat in Massachusetts, BBC reported. Mr Obama told ABC News any vote should wait until Scott Brown had taken up his
Source: www.focus-fen.net

Stocks Slide as China Curbs Lending, IBM Weighs - ABC News
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street suffered its worst slide of 2010 on Wednesday as investors worried that lending restrictions in China could hurt the global economic recovery, while a conservative outlook from IBM dented recent optimism about the
Source: abcnews.go.com

Michigan’s unemployment rate drops to 14.6 percent - FederalNewsRadio.com
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan’s unemployment rate improved in December for the third straight month, dropping slightly to 14.6 percent, state officials said Wednesday. The new rate was down from a national high of 14.7 percent in November. The state
Source: federalnewsradio.com

Former Commissioner Moore gets $144k piece of real estate deal - WBIR
Moore did not return calls for comment Wednesday afternoon and evening to his home and cell phone. In federal bankruptcy court Tuesday, Randy Hinton spoke on behalf of the SHE Group, LLC.  The SHE Group’s primary business was the Dean Stallings Ford
Source: www.wbir.com

President-CEO Gordon T. Hughes to Leave American Business Media in - Advertising Age
CHICAGO (AdAge.com) — Gordon T. Hughes II, president-CEO of American Business Media, is leaving the organization in July, BtoB reported today. Gordon T. Hughes II Mr. Hughes has led ABM for 16 years as the business-media industry has been
Source: adage.com

Preferred Bank Announces Preliminary 2009 Fourth Quarter and Full Year - Stockhouse
Preferred Bank (Nasdaq: PFBC), today announced plans to release its preliminary financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2009 at the close of the market on Wednesday, January 27, 2010. In conjunction with the release
Source: www.stockhouse.com

Obama tells Senate not to ‘jam’ through healthcare plan - Focus Infomation
Washington. US President Barack Obama has warned Democrats not to “jam” healthcare reforms through the Senate after a Republican won a seat in Massachusetts, BBC reported. Mr Obama told ABC News any vote should wait until Scott Brown had taken up his
Source: www.focus-fen.net

Stocks Slide as China Curbs Lending, IBM Weighs - ABC News
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street suffered its worst slide of 2010 on Wednesday as investors worried that lending restrictions in China could hurt the global economic recovery, while a conservative outlook from IBM dented recent optimism about the
Source: abcnews.go.com

Michigan’s unemployment rate drops to 14.6 percent - FederalNewsRadio.com
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan’s unemployment rate improved in December for the third straight month, dropping slightly to 14.6 percent, state officials said Wednesday. The new rate was down from a national high of 14.7 percent in November. The state
Source: federalnewsradio.com

Former Commissioner Moore gets $144k piece of real estate deal - WBIR
Moore did not return calls for comment Wednesday afternoon and evening to his home and cell phone. In federal bankruptcy court Tuesday, Randy Hinton spoke on behalf of the SHE Group, LLC.  The SHE Group’s primary business was the Dean Stallings Ford
Source: www.wbir.com

President-CEO Gordon T. Hughes to Leave American Business Media in - Advertising Age
CHICAGO (AdAge.com) — Gordon T. Hughes II, president-CEO of American Business Media, is leaving the organization in July, BtoB reported today. Gordon T. Hughes II Mr. Hughes has led ABM for 16 years as the business-media industry has been
Source: adage.com

Preferred Bank Announces Preliminary 2009 Fourth Quarter and Full Year - Stockhouse
Preferred Bank (Nasdaq: PFBC), today announced plans to release its preliminary financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2009 at the close of the market on Wednesday, January 27, 2010. In conjunction with the release
Source: www.stockhouse.com

How to mend a broken heart, and make millions - Salem News
DANVERS — It was a revolutionary achievement in 2001, an artificial heart called AbioCor that could be installed in the human body and made to work reliably. The device put its Danvers-based manufacturer, Abiomed, on the map. “Most of the time

Rumyana Zheleva’s withdrawal comments in the foreign media (FOCUS - Focus Infomation
and candidate to become the European Union’s humanitarian aid chief, has resigned both her national job and Brussels nomination after questions emerged over her background and business links, the Daily Telegraph writes. “Please accept my

2nd UPDATE:Kinder Morgan Builds Ethanol Business,Buys Terminals - NASDAQ
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (KMP) bolstered its fledgling renewable fuels operations by agreeing to an ethanol terminal joint venture with storage and distribution company U.S. Development Group LLC. The deal, under which

Los Angeles City Council passes medical marijuana dispensary ordinance - Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to adopt a comprehensive medical marijuana ordinance that clamps strict controls on dispensaries, which have spread with a velocity that stunned city officials and angered some residents. Settling the last

Her father’s name opened doors for Debby Boone, but she did the rest - Naples Daily News
Debby Boone is a jack of all trades. She sings, stars on Broadway and writes children’s books. Her 1977 hit “You Light Up My Life” spent a record ten weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart and proved she was more than just the baby

Molina Healthcare To Acquire Unisys’ Health Information Business For - RTT News
RTTNews) - Healthcare services provider Molina Healthcare, Inc. (MOH: News contract to provide drug rebate administration services for Florida Medicaid program. Blue Bell, Pennsylvania-based Unisys’ HIM business represents nearly $110 million in

Evacuations begin in Los Angeles before 3rd storm blows through - Minneapolis Star Tribune
LOS ANGELES - Police officers and firefighters are going door-to-door in the Tujunga neighborhood of Los Angeles, asking residents of about 200 hillside homes to evacuate by morning. City and county officials warned Tuesday that significant rainfall

Rite Aid Names Bryan Shirtliff to New Position of Senior Vice President, Business Development - Businesswire.com
CAMP HILL, Pa.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) announced today that Bryan Shirtliff, currently the company’s Senior Vice President of Category Management, has been named to the new position of Senior Vice President, Business Development. “Segmentation is one of our top

Chevron to shrink refining business, cut jobs - San Jose Mercury News
NEW YORK — Chevron plans to shrink its international refining business in a move that will cut jobs throughout the San Ramon company. Chevron, the second-largest U.S. oil company, did not say how many of its employees will be affected and whether

How to mend a broken heart, and make millions - Salem News
DANVERS — It was a revolutionary achievement in 2001, an artificial heart called AbioCor that could be installed in the human body and made to work reliably. The device put its Danvers-based manufacturer, Abiomed, on the map. “Most of the time

Rumyana Zheleva’s withdrawal comments in the foreign media (FOCUS - Focus Infomation
and candidate to become the European Union’s humanitarian aid chief, has resigned both her national job and Brussels nomination after questions emerged over her background and business links, the Daily Telegraph writes. “Please accept my

2nd UPDATE:Kinder Morgan Builds Ethanol Business,Buys Terminals - NASDAQ
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (KMP) bolstered its fledgling renewable fuels operations by agreeing to an ethanol terminal joint venture with storage and distribution company U.S. Development Group LLC. The deal, under which

Los Angeles City Council passes medical marijuana dispensary ordinance - Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to adopt a comprehensive medical marijuana ordinance that clamps strict controls on dispensaries, which have spread with a velocity that stunned city officials and angered some residents. Settling the last

Her father’s name opened doors for Debby Boone, but she did the rest - Naples Daily News
Debby Boone is a jack of all trades. She sings, stars on Broadway and writes children’s books. Her 1977 hit “You Light Up My Life” spent a record ten weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart and proved she was more than just the baby

Molina Healthcare To Acquire Unisys’ Health Information Business For - RTT News
RTTNews) - Healthcare services provider Molina Healthcare, Inc. (MOH: News contract to provide drug rebate administration services for Florida Medicaid program. Blue Bell, Pennsylvania-based Unisys’ HIM business represents nearly $110 million in

Evacuations begin in Los Angeles before 3rd storm blows through - Minneapolis Star Tribune
LOS ANGELES - Police officers and firefighters are going door-to-door in the Tujunga neighborhood of Los Angeles, asking residents of about 200 hillside homes to evacuate by morning. City and county officials warned Tuesday that significant rainfall

Rite Aid Names Bryan Shirtliff to New Position of Senior Vice President, Business Development - Businesswire.com
CAMP HILL, Pa.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) announced today that Bryan Shirtliff, currently the company’s Senior Vice President of Category Management, has been named to the new position of Senior Vice President, Business Development. “Segmentation is one of our top

Chevron to shrink refining business, cut jobs - San Jose Mercury News
NEW YORK — Chevron plans to shrink its international refining business in a move that will cut jobs throughout the San Ramon company. Chevron, the second-largest U.S. oil company, did not say how many of its employees will be affected and whether

Stocks Bounce Higher as Kraft Reaches Cadbury Deal - ABC News
Stock futures remained mixed Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, after Citigroup Inc.’s news of a Mark Lennihan) (AP) The market rose Monday as investors looked past a disappointing profit from Citigroup Inc. and bought health care stocks on hopes that a
Source: abcnews.go.com

NJ governor wraps up unfinished business - Trentonian
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine has signed 53 bills on his last full day in office, including a measure requiring restaurant chains to list calorie counts of selections sold on their menus. The outgoing governor also signed bills
Source: www.trentonian.com

Bankruptcy filings sharply increase in Louisiana - Yahoo Finance
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sharply higher numbers of people and businesses in Louisiana sought refuge from debt in federal bankruptcy court, crippled by the housing collapse, credit cards and sharply lower retail sales. According to the Administrative
Source: finance.yahoo.com

Stocks Bounce Higher as Kraft Reaches Cadbury Deal - ABC News
Stock futures remained mixed Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, after Citigroup Inc.’s news of a Mark Lennihan) (AP) The market rose Monday as investors looked past a disappointing profit from Citigroup Inc. and bought health care stocks on hopes that a
Source: abcnews.go.com

NJ governor wraps up unfinished business - Trentonian
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine has signed 53 bills on his last full day in office, including a measure requiring restaurant chains to list calorie counts of selections sold on their menus. The outgoing governor also signed bills
Source: www.trentonian.com

Bankruptcy filings sharply increase in Louisiana - Yahoo Finance
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sharply higher numbers of people and businesses in Louisiana sought refuge from debt in federal bankruptcy court, crippled by the housing collapse, credit cards and sharply lower retail sales. According to the Administrative
Source: finance.yahoo.com

SC utility files for 9.5 percent rate hike - Tacoma News Tribune
Colorado Democratic state lawmakers want to increase the amount of electricity coming from renewable sources, saying the move will help the environment and create jobs. Under current law, investor-owned utilities like Xcel Energy must get 20 percent
Source: www.thenewstribune.com

Carolina First to expand small-business lending efforts by hiring 17 employees - Greenville News
Carolina First Bank said today it is expanding its small-business lending efforts by hiring 17 employees and using a Small Business Administration program designed to streamline the procedures to provide financial assistance. The banking subsidiary for The South Financial Group said the new
Source: www.greenvilleonline.com

Deere & Company President & CEO Samuel Allen Elected Chairman of - Stockhouse
The Council on Competitiveness announced today that Samuel R. Allen, President & CEO of Deere & Company, has been elected Chairman by the executive committee. Allen succeeds Charles O. Holliday Jr., retired Chairman of DuPont, who will become the
Source: www.stockhouse.com

Banks Weigh on Wall Street After JPMorgan Earnings - ABC News
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street stumbled on Friday, weighed by banking stocks after disappointing results from JPMorgan Chase & Co set a gloomy tone for the coming week’s earnings. JPMorgan , the second-largest U.S. bank by assets, posted revenue
Source: abcnews.go.com

Epolito leaves Delta Dental of Michigan - Lansing State Journal
It was a mutual decision and it was done because he was looking to focus on business development,” Adler said. “He has some things locally, as well as some things with his family’s business in Pennsylvania.” Adler did not have further details
Source: www.lansingstatejournal.com

Verizon Lowers Wireless-Plan Prices - Wall Street Journal
NEW YORK—Verizon Wireless introduced lower prices on its wireless plans, a move that’s likely to force rival AT&T Inc. to follow and could pressure margins on the carriers’ high-end business. Verizon Communications, which jointly owns Verizon
Source: online.wsj.com

MediaFunnel Announces Tweet-to-Lead for Salesforce and New Tweeting - YAHOO!
MediaFunnel (formerly TweetFunnel) manages the workflow for companies eager to engage more people in creating content for their social media sites. Multiple users, designated as administrators, publishers or contributors and identified by cotags, can
Source: news.yahoo.com

A Disagreement Over The Quality of Verizon - Metro News
Verizon officials are defending the product they intend to sell to Frontier Communications. Under cross-examination on Friday, the fourth day of testimony before the state Public Service Commission, Communications Workers of America legal counsel
Source: www.wvmetronews.com

SC utility files for 9.5 percent rate hike - Tacoma News Tribune
Colorado Democratic state lawmakers want to increase the amount of electricity coming from renewable sources, saying the move will help the environment and create jobs. Under current law, investor-owned utilities like Xcel Energy must get 20 percent
Source: www.thenewstribune.com

Carolina First to expand small-business lending efforts by hiring 17 employees - Greenville News
Carolina First Bank said today it is expanding its small-business lending efforts by hiring 17 employees and using a Small Business Administration program designed to streamline the procedures to provide financial assistance. The banking subsidiary for The South Financial Group said the new
Source: www.greenvilleonline.com

Deere & Company President & CEO Samuel Allen Elected Chairman of - Stockhouse
The Council on Competitiveness announced today that Samuel R. Allen, President & CEO of Deere & Company, has been elected Chairman by the executive committee. Allen succeeds Charles O. Holliday Jr., retired Chairman of DuPont, who will become the
Source: www.stockhouse.com

Banks Weigh on Wall Street After JPMorgan Earnings - ABC News
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street stumbled on Friday, weighed by banking stocks after disappointing results from JPMorgan Chase & Co set a gloomy tone for the coming week’s earnings. JPMorgan , the second-largest U.S. bank by assets, posted revenue
Source: abcnews.go.com

Epolito leaves Delta Dental of Michigan - Lansing State Journal
It was a mutual decision and it was done because he was looking to focus on business development,” Adler said. “He has some things locally, as well as some things with his family’s business in Pennsylvania.” Adler did not have further details
Source: www.lansingstatejournal.com

Verizon Lowers Wireless-Plan Prices - Wall Street Journal
NEW YORK—Verizon Wireless introduced lower prices on its wireless plans, a move that’s likely to force rival AT&T Inc. to follow and could pressure margins on the carriers’ high-end business. Verizon Communications, which jointly owns Verizon
Source: online.wsj.com

MediaFunnel Announces Tweet-to-Lead for Salesforce and New Tweeting - YAHOO!
MediaFunnel (formerly TweetFunnel) manages the workflow for companies eager to engage more people in creating content for their social media sites. Multiple users, designated as administrators, publishers or contributors and identified by cotags, can
Source: news.yahoo.com

A Disagreement Over The Quality of Verizon - Metro News
Verizon officials are defending the product they intend to sell to Frontier Communications. Under cross-examination on Friday, the fourth day of testimony before the state Public Service Commission, Communications Workers of America legal counsel
Source: www.wvmetronews.com

Medical Care Technologies plans to focus on new business strategy in - News-Medical.Net
Medical Care Technologies Inc. ( OTCBB : MDCE) would like to provide its shareholders with a corporate update. On October 6, 2009, MDCE entered into a non-binding Letter of Intent with Great Union Corporation (”GUC”), a Hong Kong corporation, with

Sunday Mirror’s Rupert Hamer killed in Afghan blast - Focus Infomation
London/Kabul. A British journalist has been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the UK’s Ministry of Defence has said, BBC reported. Sunday Mirror defence correspondent Rupert Hamer, 39, was embedded with the US Marine Corps when his

Medical Care Technologies plans to focus on new business strategy in - News-Medical.Net
Medical Care Technologies Inc. ( OTCBB : MDCE) would like to provide its shareholders with a corporate update. On October 6, 2009, MDCE entered into a non-binding Letter of Intent with Great Union Corporation (”GUC”), a Hong Kong corporation, with

Sunday Mirror’s Rupert Hamer killed in Afghan blast - Focus Infomation
London/Kabul. A British journalist has been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the UK’s Ministry of Defence has said, BBC reported. Sunday Mirror defence correspondent Rupert Hamer, 39, was embedded with the US Marine Corps when his

L.A. Times Closing Costa Mesa Printing Plant - Orange County Business Journal
The Los Angeles Times said Thursday it plans to close its printing plant in Costa Mesa in its continuing quest to cut costs. The Times, part of bankrupt Tribune Co. of Chicago, plans to consolidate its printing operations into one facility in Los
Source: ocbj.com

AIG bailout secrecy at NY Fed prompt lawmakers to demand hearings and - Minneapolis Star Tribune
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers are preparing to investigate revelations that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, led at the time by Timothy Geithner, pushed for greater secrecy on controversial bailout decisions. Senate and House Republicans called
Source: www.startribune.com

Final stats are in, and 2009 was a mild year for wildfires in - San Jose Mercury News
The economy struggled, unemployment was sky-high and swine flu raged across the landscape. But California actually got lucky in 2009 in one big area: fires. Despite enduring a third year of drought and some major blazes in Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara
Source: www.mercurynews.com

Groups protest Finger Lakes route restrictions - Ithaca Journal
The groups — the New York State Motor Truck Association, the Northeast Ag & Feed Alliance, the National Federation of Independent Business, and the Farm Bureau of New York — watched Wednesday as several big truck rigs circled the State Capitol
Source: www.theithacajournal.com

L.A. Times Closing Costa Mesa Printing Plant - Orange County Business Journal
The Los Angeles Times said Thursday it plans to close its printing plant in Costa Mesa in its continuing quest to cut costs. The Times, part of bankrupt Tribune Co. of Chicago, plans to consolidate its printing operations into one facility in Los
Source: ocbj.com

AIG bailout secrecy at NY Fed prompt lawmakers to demand hearings and - Minneapolis Star Tribune
WASHINGTON - Lawmakers are preparing to investigate revelations that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, led at the time by Timothy Geithner, pushed for greater secrecy on controversial bailout decisions. Senate and House Republicans called
Source: www.startribune.com

Final stats are in, and 2009 was a mild year for wildfires in - San Jose Mercury News
The economy struggled, unemployment was sky-high and swine flu raged across the landscape. But California actually got lucky in 2009 in one big area: fires. Despite enduring a third year of drought and some major blazes in Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara
Source: www.mercurynews.com

Groups protest Finger Lakes route restrictions - Ithaca Journal
The groups — the New York State Motor Truck Association, the Northeast Ag & Feed Alliance, the National Federation of Independent Business, and the Farm Bureau of New York — watched Wednesday as several big truck rigs circled the State Capitol
Source: www.theithacajournal.com

TPS audit results to shed light on investigation of Dan Burns - WTOL-TV
That’s when TPS requested an independent audit to investigate the purchasing practices from when Burns was assistant business manager and business manager for TPS. Since the investigation began, the district has made internal financial control

Midwest bracing for heavy snow, wind chills of -50 - Atlantic City Press
Snow was piled so high in Iowa that drivers couldn’t see across intersections and a North Dakota snowblower repair shop was overwhelmed with business as residents braced Thursday for heavy snow and wind chills as low as 50 below zero. Frigid weather

Japan Finance Minister Says Want Yen to Weaken More - ABC News
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s new finance minister, Naoto Kan, said he wanted the yen to weaken more and would work with the Bank of Japan to bring the currency to an appropriate level given its impact on the economy. The dollar jumped half a yen after

Sigma Designs Expands the Z-Wave Network by Bridging to Zigbee Devices - Yahoo Finance
MILPITAS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM - News ), a leading provider of system-on-chip (SoC) solutions used to deliver entertainment and control throughout the home, today announced the availability of the Z-Wave™ to Zigbee

Brr! It’s cold: Businesses prepare for arctic blast - Alexandria Daily Town Talk
The folks at ACA Corp. are bracing for a busy winter. “We’ve started meeting with our folks, our employees, to prepare them for what’s coming,” said Robert Taylor, service manager at the plumbing and heating specialists. “We are expecting it to be

Day4 Energy Expands Contract for Solar Electric Projects in Ontario to - Stockhouse
3.1MW of Rooftop Arrays Adds to Announced Newcastle, ON Project Day4 Energy Inc. (TSX: DFE), a leading supplier of high performance, cost-effective solar electric solutions, today announced that it has entered into a supply contract to provide a

Road preps ready Triangle for worse - WTVD
ABC11 Eyewitness News Accuweather Meteorologist Glenn Willey says the fast moving front that is moving in from the west does not have enough moisture to produce heavy snow. Expect light snow beginning Thursday night and early Friday morning, ending

TPS audit results to shed light on investigation of Dan Burns - WTOL-TV
That’s when TPS requested an independent audit to investigate the purchasing practices from when Burns was assistant business manager and business manager for TPS. Since the investigation began, the district has made internal financial control

Midwest bracing for heavy snow, wind chills of -50 - Atlantic City Press
Snow was piled so high in Iowa that drivers couldn’t see across intersections and a North Dakota snowblower repair shop was overwhelmed with business as residents braced Thursday for heavy snow and wind chills as low as 50 below zero. Frigid weather

Japan Finance Minister Says Want Yen to Weaken More - ABC News
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s new finance minister, Naoto Kan, said he wanted the yen to weaken more and would work with the Bank of Japan to bring the currency to an appropriate level given its impact on the economy. The dollar jumped half a yen after

Sigma Designs Expands the Z-Wave Network by Bridging to Zigbee Devices - Yahoo Finance
MILPITAS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM - News ), a leading provider of system-on-chip (SoC) solutions used to deliver entertainment and control throughout the home, today announced the availability of the Z-Wave™ to Zigbee

Brr! It’s cold: Businesses prepare for arctic blast - Alexandria Daily Town Talk
The folks at ACA Corp. are bracing for a busy winter. “We’ve started meeting with our folks, our employees, to prepare them for what’s coming,” said Robert Taylor, service manager at the plumbing and heating specialists. “We are expecting it to be

Day4 Energy Expands Contract for Solar Electric Projects in Ontario to - Stockhouse
3.1MW of Rooftop Arrays Adds to Announced Newcastle, ON Project Day4 Energy Inc. (TSX: DFE), a leading supplier of high performance, cost-effective solar electric solutions, today announced that it has entered into a supply contract to provide a

Road preps ready Triangle for worse - WTVD
ABC11 Eyewitness News Accuweather Meteorologist Glenn Willey says the fast moving front that is moving in from the west does not have enough moisture to produce heavy snow. Expect light snow beginning Thursday night and early Friday morning, ending