Archive for September, 2007

GE verifies that it’s the company Billings bagged

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

The Fortune 500 Company that was considering several Montana cities, including Great Falls, for a financial operations center is indeed General Electric ? and Billings is its choice.

Read More at Great Falls Tribune…

Company seeking tax abatement

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

A company?s request for a property-tax abatement at its proposed Petoskey manufacturing site will get the city council?s consideration Monday, Oct. 1.

Read More at Petoskey News-Register…

Business news briefs

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Annapolis - Bio-defense research company PharmAthene Inc., announced last week it had been selected for a $13.9 million federal contract to develop therapies against bacterial diseases.

Read More at The Capital…

Defense contractor heads to trial, accused of bribing congressman

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

SAN DIEGO ( Map , News ) - Defense contractor Brent Wilkes hosted fancy dinner parties and chartered jets for powerful members of Congress as his company racked up more than $100 million in government contracts.

Read More at The San Francisco Examiner…

UPI NewsTrack Entertainment News

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Radiohead publicist debunks countdown … Rodriguez accused of violating parole … ABC cutting ties to ‘Rocketboom’ star … AT&T Park enjoys a bit of operatic class … News from United Press International.

Read More at UPI…

Chinese company gains stake in 3Com after Bain Capital Partners’ acquisition

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

3Com Corp, an unprofitable computer networking company, said on Friday that it had agreed to be acquired by Bain Capital Partners for US$2.2 billion in cash in an arrangement that also gives Chinese company Huawei Technologies Co (????) a minority stake in the firm.

Read More at Taipei Times…

Somerset company laying off 80 Health care firm moving to China

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

A Somerset health care company is planning to lay off 80 workers and move its manufacturing to China, a move the company says is necessary to remain competitive here.

Read More at Cumberland Times-News…

p0266 BC-MeatRecall 09-29 0385 9/29/2007 New Jersey-based company expands ground beef recall amid E. coli worries

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Eds: Moving on general news and financial services. By TOM HESTER Jr.

Read More at Hays Daily News…

DGAP-News: n.runs AG english

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Corporate News transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ————————————

Read More at Stock World…

STANFORD NEWS: Stanford Management Company Report Issued

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

STANFORD, Calif.—-The Stanford Merged Pool generated a 23.0 percent investment return for the 12 months ended June 30, 2007, according to the Stanford Management Company .

Read More at Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance…

Bad news for those who applied to work at Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Gap Inc. has bad news this afternoon for 800,000 job applicants whose personal information was stored on a notebook computer that was stolen from one of its contractors. The company says the data includes some of the people who applied…

Read More at USA Today…

First On 5: Company To Bring 1,000 Jobs To Clermont Co.

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

An international company will bring a new facility and 1,000 new jobs to Clermont County, News 5 has learned.

Read More at WLWT ChannelCincinnati.com via Yahoo! News…

/C O R R E C T I O N — Raytheon Company/

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

News) over PR Newswire, we are advised by a representative of the company that the first paragraph, first sentence, should read “successful flight test conducted Sept. 28″ rather than “Sept.

Read More at PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance…

China launches state investment company to manage forex

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

China on Saturday launched its long-awaited state investment company which is intended to manage around 200 billion dollars of its massive foreign exchange reserves.

Read More at AFP via Yahoo! News…

China launches company to manage 200 bln dollars of forex

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

China launched Saturday a long-anticipated state-owned investment company that is intended to manage around 200 billion dollars, or nearly one sixth of the nation’s massive foreign exchange reserves.

Read More at AFP via Yahoo! News…

DGAP-News: IMMOFINANZ AG english

Friday, September 28th, 2007

Corporate News transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ————————————

Read More at Stock World…

WebAlert: Peace Arch President John Flock to Be Interviewed Today at 3 PM ET by Investor News Broadcaster MN1.com

Friday, September 28th, 2007

Peace Arch Entertainment Group Inc. (TSX: PAE), an integrated global entertainment company creating critically acclaimed television, film and DVD content for worldwide distribution, has announced that Company President John Flock will discuss recent Peace Arch initiatives and achievements in a live interview today with leading online microcap investor news broadcaster MN1.com, at 3 p.m.

Read More at Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance…

Florida’s top defense company buoyed by news of war funding

Friday, September 28th, 2007

Lockheed Martin Corp. opened near its 52-week high on Wall Street today as defense stocks in general hit new highs on news of billions of additional funds for the wars in Iraq/Afghanistan.

Read More at Orlando Sentinel…

News Service Accused of Discrimination

Friday, September 28th, 2007

Bloomberg L.P., the news and financial services company, was accused by the federal government Thursday of discriminating against women who became pregnant and took maternity leave.

Read More at AP via Yahoo! Finance…

Big American names join Chinese company

Friday, September 28th, 2007

The Chinese news and broadcast company Xinhua Finance Media Ltd. added two big names in American media to its board, appointed two other new directors and named a new internal auditor Thursday.

Read More at AP via Yahoo! News…

Local News

Friday, September 28th, 2007

Pina Bausch, artistic director and choreographer of the noted German Tanztheater Wuppertal company, attends a news conference in Taipei Wednesday to announce that she will lead the company’s modern dance troupe in staging four performances of “Masurca Fogo” at the National Theater beginning Sept. 27.

Read More at Taiwan Headlines…

Company At Center Of FBI Probe Selling Assets

Friday, September 28th, 2007

There is new information about the company at the center of the FBI’s investigation at Dallas City Hall. CBS 11 News has learned Southwest Housing is in the process of selling its affordable housing complexes. Sources also report that the city claims the company owes the city hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Sweet News For Local Brownie Company

Friday, September 28th, 2007

BRUNSWICK (NEWS CENTER) — A local business has made it to the final five in a contest that could mean $100,000 for its bottom line.

Read More at WLBZ Bangor…

DGAP-News: Uranium Energy Corp. english

Friday, September 28th, 2007

Corporate News transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ————————————

Read More at Stock World…

Hacked iPhones encounter problems with Apple software update as company had warned

Friday, September 28th, 2007

SAN JOSE, Calif. ( Map , News ) - True to its warning, Apple Inc. issued a software update Thursday that the company said would create problems for iPhones that have been modified to use a cellular carrier other than AT&T Inc.

Read More at The San Francisco Examiner…

Dow Jones and RavenPack Collaborate to Deliver Dow Jones News Analytics with API for Customers’ Proprietary Trading …

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

NEW YORK, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Dow Jones&Company ( Nachrichten ) today announced the launch of a Dow Jones News Analytics Developer’s Kit, an application programming interface (API) that seamlessly integrates Dow Jones News Analytics’ enriched data directly into a customer’s proprietary trading platform.

Read More at FinanzNachrichten…

Dow Jones teams with RavenPack on news analytics for prop trading

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ) today announced the launch of a Dow Jones News Analytics Developer’s Kit, an application programming interface (API) …

Read More at Finextra…

Video Shows Rattlesnake Bite Reptile Company Employee

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

Store surveillance video showed a Florida pet store employee get bit while cleaning a western diamondback rattlesnake’s cage Wednesday. SLIDESHOW: Images From Surveillance Of Snake Attack RAW VIDEO: Rattlesnake Bites Reptile Company Employee ANIMAL NEWS: More Stories Of Animals In The News

Read More at WFTV 9 Orlando…

Wall Street News Alert: Breaking News Alert - PNHD! September 27, 2007

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

Wall Street News Alert’s “stocks to watch” this morning are: Planet Nutrition Holdings, Inc., Cognos (NASDAQ: COGN), Christopher & Banks Corporation and McCormick & Company, Incorporated.

Read More at Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance…

Latest news from the Middle East

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

This week’s business news from the Middle East: Abu Dhabi buys Canada’s PrimeWest for $5 billion; Delta Two enters discussions with Sainsbury’s pension trustees; Dubai World extends its cash tender offer for MGM Mirage’s stock.

Read More at CNN.com…