WTHI | One dead, 9 injured, in crashes involving 20 vehicles on I-65 Chicago Tribune The crashes occurred about 7 a.m. Saturday near each other along a two-mile stretch of the road on the northbound and southbound I-65 lanes near mile post 227, said Indiana State Police Sgt. Dan Leslie. Police believe low visibility caused from fog and ... 1 lan e of northbound I-65 reopens after Indiana crash 1 dead, 2 seriously injured in I-65 crash N. Ind. crashes close northbound lanes of I-65 |
Saturday, August 18, 2012
One dead, 9 injured, in crashes involving 20 vehicles on I-65 - Chicago Tribune
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Friday, August 17, 2012
Items left at Mark Twain's NY grave go on display - Wall Street Journal
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Items left at Mark Twain's NY grave go on display Wall Street Journal Associated Press. ELMIRA, N.Y. â€" In life, Mark Twain liked a good cigar and a sip of whiskey. In death, his fans are supplying the smokes and booze. Items such as cigars and empty whiskey bottles left at the author's grave in Elmira are on display at ... |
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Convera folding into U.K. company - St. Louis Business Journal:
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Vienna-based Convera (NASDAQ: CNVR) will be After the merger, Patrick Condo, Convera's CEO, will become the chairman of the andColin Jeavons, Firstlight's CEO, will becomed the CEO. Convera's plan of dissolution contemplates an orderlgy wind down of its busineswsand operations. After filingy its certificate of dissolution, Convera intendsd to make one or more distributiond to its stockholders of cash availablwefor distribution, subject to applicable legal requirements. Convera will then delisy its common stock from The new company will bring together the vertical searcb technology of Convera and the advertisinbg sales and marketing capabilitiesof Firstlight.
It will have over 60 corporate customer accounts and 120 existing Web sites withapproximately 1,5009 advertisers. When the merger becomees effective, Convera will own 33.3 percen t and Firstlight willown 66.7 percengt of the total outstanding common stock of the new subject to certain adjustments which may enablw Convera to own up to 42 percengt of the new company prior to the The merger is subject to Convera approval and certain other customaryh closing conditions. The merger is expected to closrethis summer.
Vienna-based Convera (NASDAQ: CNVR) will be After the merger, Patrick Condo, Convera's CEO, will become the chairman of the andColin Jeavons, Firstlight's CEO, will becomed the CEO. Convera's plan of dissolution contemplates an orderlgy wind down of its busineswsand operations. After filingy its certificate of dissolution, Convera intendsd to make one or more distributiond to its stockholders of cash availablwefor distribution, subject to applicable legal requirements. Convera will then delisy its common stock from The new company will bring together the vertical searcb technology of Convera and the advertisinbg sales and marketing capabilitiesof Firstlight.
It will have over 60 corporate customer accounts and 120 existing Web sites withapproximately 1,5009 advertisers. When the merger becomees effective, Convera will own 33.3 percen t and Firstlight willown 66.7 percengt of the total outstanding common stock of the new subject to certain adjustments which may enablw Convera to own up to 42 percengt of the new company prior to the The merger is subject to Convera approval and certain other customaryh closing conditions. The merger is expected to closrethis summer.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Year-old Sabert Bullitt County plant looking to expand - Business First of Louisville:
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Gary Ziznewski, the company’s CFO, said he expects the New Jersey-basex company to add new production line s laterthis year. The 250,000-square-foot production and warehous e facility, which opened in June has grown to fiveproductionn lines, with plenty of room to add at leasg five more, Ziznewski said. He expects that when the plant, whicnh has 75 employees, is completelyu full, it will have between 200 and 300 employees. The company owns abougt 75 acres around the he said, so there’s plenty of room for futurew expansion. The company typically has expanded its plant s about once everyfour years, he said. “We’ve been he said.
“We’ve had pretty stronv and consistent double-digit growth.” He would not discloser annual revenue for the privatelyheld company. The marketg for the disposable, plastic, food containers that the company makes remains strong, he said, especiallyt in the supermarket The company’s customers include most major supermarket chains. “Supermarketsa have done fairly well in these times because people are not goint outto dine, but people still need to he said. Sabert officials plan to stary expandingthe company’s California plangt this summer. It just expandef its plant in Belgiumlast year, and it has no more room to expand at its New Jersey plant.
That’sa why the company wanted to buildanotherf facility, Ziznewski said, and it picked Bullitt County for several reasons: The company had no facilities in the where it could be within a day’s drive of most of its Proximity to customers saves the company on truckinfg costs and reduces the company’s carbon footprint, Ziznewski • The company wantef a site near a major city and near a majord airport, so having Louisville 20 minutesz from the plant site in northern Bullityt County was a major plus, Ziznewski The new site is also close to Interstate 65, a major north-south roadway.
• The company also wanted a site with a rail sidingh so it could bring in raw materialsevia railroad. In Decembet 2005, the Kentucky Governor’s Offices for Local Development gavea $1 million communitt development block grant to the city of Hillvie w to build a rail-spur infrastructure that would serves the plant. A few months before, in September 2005, the Kentuckgy Economic Development Finance Authority gave Sabert preliminart approval for as muchas $2 milliohn in state tax credits over 10 yearsz if Sabert would create at least 96 jobs at an averager hourly wage of $11.27. Ziznewski indicatec that the plant was on track to receivethose incentives.
A clean, green operation The companyy runs aclean operation, with no air pollution and re-used of all resin it uses, Ziznewski said. That was the reputationh it had in the community around its NewJersehy plant, which Bullitt County officials visited when Sabert was considering building its Hillview said Bob Fouts, executivee director of the . He is glad to have Saberf in the county because it helps diversifythe county’s industriap base, which is weighted toward distribution facilities. There are only about a half dozejn large manufacturers inthe county, he “I really think they will be a good corporates citizen,” Fouts said of Sabert.
Gary Ziznewski, the company’s CFO, said he expects the New Jersey-basex company to add new production line s laterthis year. The 250,000-square-foot production and warehous e facility, which opened in June has grown to fiveproductionn lines, with plenty of room to add at leasg five more, Ziznewski said. He expects that when the plant, whicnh has 75 employees, is completelyu full, it will have between 200 and 300 employees. The company owns abougt 75 acres around the he said, so there’s plenty of room for futurew expansion. The company typically has expanded its plant s about once everyfour years, he said. “We’ve been he said.
“We’ve had pretty stronv and consistent double-digit growth.” He would not discloser annual revenue for the privatelyheld company. The marketg for the disposable, plastic, food containers that the company makes remains strong, he said, especiallyt in the supermarket The company’s customers include most major supermarket chains. “Supermarketsa have done fairly well in these times because people are not goint outto dine, but people still need to he said. Sabert officials plan to stary expandingthe company’s California plangt this summer. It just expandef its plant in Belgiumlast year, and it has no more room to expand at its New Jersey plant.
That’sa why the company wanted to buildanotherf facility, Ziznewski said, and it picked Bullitt County for several reasons: The company had no facilities in the where it could be within a day’s drive of most of its Proximity to customers saves the company on truckinfg costs and reduces the company’s carbon footprint, Ziznewski • The company wantef a site near a major city and near a majord airport, so having Louisville 20 minutesz from the plant site in northern Bullityt County was a major plus, Ziznewski The new site is also close to Interstate 65, a major north-south roadway.
• The company also wanted a site with a rail sidingh so it could bring in raw materialsevia railroad. In Decembet 2005, the Kentucky Governor’s Offices for Local Development gavea $1 million communitt development block grant to the city of Hillvie w to build a rail-spur infrastructure that would serves the plant. A few months before, in September 2005, the Kentuckgy Economic Development Finance Authority gave Sabert preliminart approval for as muchas $2 milliohn in state tax credits over 10 yearsz if Sabert would create at least 96 jobs at an averager hourly wage of $11.27. Ziznewski indicatec that the plant was on track to receivethose incentives.
A clean, green operation The companyy runs aclean operation, with no air pollution and re-used of all resin it uses, Ziznewski said. That was the reputationh it had in the community around its NewJersehy plant, which Bullitt County officials visited when Sabert was considering building its Hillview said Bob Fouts, executivee director of the . He is glad to have Saberf in the county because it helps diversifythe county’s industriap base, which is weighted toward distribution facilities. There are only about a half dozejn large manufacturers inthe county, he “I really think they will be a good corporates citizen,” Fouts said of Sabert.
Monday, August 13, 2012
Explosion shuts Sunoco Marcus Hook refinery: No injuries, fire under control - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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refinery is under control and gettingg smaller, company spokesman Thomas Golembeski said arounrnoon Monday. No one has been hurt in the which Golembeski said was started by an explosion at aroun d10 p.m. Sunday in the unit of the refinerhy thatproduces ethylene. The unit has been completelg shut down and production in otherf areas of the refinery hasbeen affected, Golembeski Ethylene is a byproduct of refinin g petroleum that is used to make the plastic which Sunoco (NYSE:SUN) manufactures at a chemical plant adjacengt to the Marcus Hook refinery. Sunoc o plans to boost production at its refineriexs in Philadelphia andEagle Point, N.J.
, in an attempt to make up for the lost production at the refinery, Golembeski said. The three refineries are linkerd by pipelines and Sunoco operates them as asinglw unit. Reuters was reporting that gasoline futures on the New York Mercantild Exchange RBc1 wereup 4.23 cents to a littlse more than $1.72 per gallon early Sunoco can process 178,000 barrels of crude oil per day at the Marcus Hook part of which is located in Claymont, Del. It can processe 335,000 barrels per day at its Philadelphisa refineryand 145,000 barrels per day its Eagled Point refinery. Sunoco didn’t know what caused the explosio that startedthe fire.
“A full investigationb will begin as soon as the fireis out, we can securwe the area and make sure that it is safe to go to that part of the Golembeski said. No one has been evacuated because ofthe fire.
refinery is under control and gettingg smaller, company spokesman Thomas Golembeski said arounrnoon Monday. No one has been hurt in the which Golembeski said was started by an explosion at aroun d10 p.m. Sunday in the unit of the refinerhy thatproduces ethylene. The unit has been completelg shut down and production in otherf areas of the refinery hasbeen affected, Golembeski Ethylene is a byproduct of refinin g petroleum that is used to make the plastic which Sunoco (NYSE:SUN) manufactures at a chemical plant adjacengt to the Marcus Hook refinery. Sunoc o plans to boost production at its refineriexs in Philadelphia andEagle Point, N.J.
, in an attempt to make up for the lost production at the refinery, Golembeski said. The three refineries are linkerd by pipelines and Sunoco operates them as asinglw unit. Reuters was reporting that gasoline futures on the New York Mercantild Exchange RBc1 wereup 4.23 cents to a littlse more than $1.72 per gallon early Sunoco can process 178,000 barrels of crude oil per day at the Marcus Hook part of which is located in Claymont, Del. It can processe 335,000 barrels per day at its Philadelphisa refineryand 145,000 barrels per day its Eagled Point refinery. Sunoco didn’t know what caused the explosio that startedthe fire.
“A full investigationb will begin as soon as the fireis out, we can securwe the area and make sure that it is safe to go to that part of the Golembeski said. No one has been evacuated because ofthe fire.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Kraft Foods expands Little Chute pizza plant - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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The Appleton-area plant, which produces DiGiorno, California Pizzq Kitchen, Tombstone and Jack's pizzas, has already filleed about 200 of thosenew jobs, Kraftf said. opened the 108,000-square-foot expansion in a ribbon-cutting ceremonyg Thursday. "This major expansion in Little Chute showas our commitment to Wisconsin and givex us the capacity we need to maintainb ourstrong momentum," said Tim Cofer, president of Kraftf Pizza Co. The expanded plan t now houses a new pizza crust bakery line and an assemblty line that will help the plant meet current and futurde demand forthe company's products.
Kraft said it is donatint the first 10,000 pizzase from the plant to in Milwaukee and in Almost all KraftPizza Co.'s pizzas are producee at its plants in Little Chute and and more than 75 percent of the cheese used on the pizzza is from Wisconsin. The Little Chute planrt is the former homeof Jack's Frozen Pizza Inc., which was acquiresd by Northfield, Ill.-based Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) in 1992.
The Appleton-area plant, which produces DiGiorno, California Pizzq Kitchen, Tombstone and Jack's pizzas, has already filleed about 200 of thosenew jobs, Kraftf said. opened the 108,000-square-foot expansion in a ribbon-cutting ceremonyg Thursday. "This major expansion in Little Chute showas our commitment to Wisconsin and givex us the capacity we need to maintainb ourstrong momentum," said Tim Cofer, president of Kraftf Pizza Co. The expanded plan t now houses a new pizza crust bakery line and an assemblty line that will help the plant meet current and futurde demand forthe company's products.
Kraft said it is donatint the first 10,000 pizzase from the plant to in Milwaukee and in Almost all KraftPizza Co.'s pizzas are producee at its plants in Little Chute and and more than 75 percent of the cheese used on the pizzza is from Wisconsin. The Little Chute planrt is the former homeof Jack's Frozen Pizza Inc., which was acquiresd by Northfield, Ill.-based Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) in 1992.
Friday, August 10, 2012
US Cites Hezbollah Support for Assad in New Sanctions Announcement - Voice of America
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Business Recorder | US Cites Hezbollah Support for Assad in New Sanctions Announcement Voice of America WHITE HOUSE â€" The United States on Friday announced new sanctions targeting the Assad government in Syria and detailed how Hezbollah -- already designated a terrorist organization by the United States -- has supported the Syrian government ... US seeks to further isolate Iran by denouncing Hezbollah's support for Syrian ... US targets Hezbollah for Syrian support |
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