September 19th, 2008
The Mustard Seed of Central Florida received a $20,000 matching funds donation from the Abram & Ray Kaplan Foundation to assist uninsured flood victims and other families facing personal tragedy.
The foundation’s support will allow the nonprofit organization to provide basic household items and clothing to Central Floridians in need.
The Mustard Seed provides assistance to more […]
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September 11th, 2008
Anheuser-Busch said Wednesday that a lawsuit filed in an attempt to block InBev’s $52 billion takeover of the Budweiser maker lacks merit.
"We believe that the claims alleged in the lawsuit are without merit and we intend to vigorously defend against them," Gary Rutledge, vice president of legal and government affairs, said in a statement.
Joseph Alioto, […]
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July 8th, 2008
Sales of services and manufactured goods in the U.K. fell in the second quarter, posing “serious risks'' that the economy will tumble into a recession, the British Chambers of Commerce said.
An index based on a survey of 4,758 companies fell to minus 2, the lowest since 1992, from 17, according to the London-based […]
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June 27th, 2008
Spanish inflation accelerated to the fastest pace on record in June as oil and food prices surged.
Consumer prices rose 5.1 percent from a year ago after increasing 4.7 percent in May, based on the European Union's calculation method, the Madrid-based National Statistics Institute said today. That's the fastest inflation since the harmonized methodology […]
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June 25th, 2008
Terrence Cole, a former CFO for Heritage Mortgage, admitted on Monday to federal charges that he conspired to commit wire fraud and money laundering in connection with a wider mortgage fraud scheme that netted $14 million in illegally obtained loans.
Federal prosecutors in Kansas indicted Cole and other co-defendants in November for their […]
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June 9th, 2008
Federal Reserve Bank of New York President Timothy Geithner called for greater central bank authority over banks so the financial system can better withstand shocks and recover from the credit crisis.
In addition, the Fed's lending programs to commercial and investment banks will remain “until conditions in money and credit markets have improved substantially,'' […]
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May 26th, 2008
Singapore's industrial production unexpectedly declined in April, the biggest drop in 10 months, as drug companies and electronic manufacturers reduced output.
Manufacturing, which accounts for a quarter of Singapore's economy, fell 5.7 percent from a year earlier, following a revised 18.1 percent gain in March, the Economic Development Board said today. Analysts predicted a […]
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May 20th, 2008
Galen College of Nursing has selected Joan Frey to become the school's new dean of nursing.
Frey most recently was director of the Division of Nursing at Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences in Canton, Ohio.
She has spent more than 20 years in the nursing profession, Galen said in a […]
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May 17th, 2008
Alan Fabian, a Cockeysville entrepreneur facing criminal charges in an alleged $32 million computer leasing scheme, pleaded guilty Friday to counts of mail fraud and filing a false tax return.
The 43-year-old Fabian faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in federal prison and a $1 million fine on the mail fraud charge, […]
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April 24th, 2008
Energen Corp. reported a 12 percent boost in net income in the first quarter of 2008.
Energen’s first quarter net income jumped to $116.7 million in 2008 up from $103.9 million during the same time in 2007, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Its operating revenue rose to $521.6 million in the first […]
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