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by Jen Thorpe | More from this Blogger This all started with a puddle on the floor. My husband and I filed a claim with our homeowners insurance company about the water damage that was done to the wall. I have been blogging about each and every step in the claims process. Today, we got [...]

By Katy Stech Select Onion Co.’s recent bankruptcy left three million pounds of onions in Oregon to sweat over their fate. Nearly out of money to pay his employees, President Farell Larson on Friday threatened to cut the power to a massive freezer that held those onions. The day before, the court had thrown out [...]

Market Capitalization of Companies I’ll admit, I’m a bit of a statistics nerd, but I’m an extremely visual person as well. Everyday, we talk about, invest in, and shop at tons of different companies. Often, we walk into these massive stores, and we just assume that they are these mega companies, but this is a [...]

The Medicines Company will collaborate with AstraZeneca to help sell Brilinta (ticagrelor), AstraZeneca’s struggling oral antiplatelet drug. The collaboration is the first stage of  ”a global collaboration for acute ischemic heart disease compound” announced by the two companies today. AstraZeneca will pay $15 million per year for The Medicines Company’s Brilinta-related sales activities, scheduled to [...]

Nat Worden 04/25/12 – 07:00 AM EDT The following commentary is from an investment professional with Clear Harbor Asset Management who is a participant in TheStreet’s expert contributor program. NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Last year was painful for Netflix(NFLX) shareholders, and 2012 isn’t shaping up very well either. Last summer, shares of the online video [...]

Strong employee profit-sharing incentive anchors 106-year-old business TORONTO, April 25, 2012 /CNW/ – Timed with today’s re-launch of Turco Persian Rug Company’s new website, this fourth-generation Armenian family-run company repositions itself for the 21st century and celebrates 106 successful years in business. The secret to their longevity: Never lose sight of an employee’s needs, and [...]

Oxford Royale Academy wins UK’s most prestigious business award http://www.oxford-royale.co.uk/oxford-summer-school.html OXFORD, England, April 25, 2012 /CNW/ – Oxford Royale Academy, a firm with a passion for international education, has been awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2012, in the International Trade category. This prestigious award is in recognition of Oxford Royale Academy’s outstanding success in offering thousands of international [...]

Oxford Royale Academy wins UK’s most prestigious business award http://www.oxford-royale.co.uk/oxford-summer-school.html OXFORD, England, April 25, 2012 /CNW/ – Oxford Royale Academy, a firm with a passion for international education, has been awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2012, in the International Trade category. This prestigious award is in recognition of Oxford Royale Academy’s outstanding success in offering thousands of international [...]

Dana Blankenhorn 04/24/12 – 11:50 AM EDT NEW YORK (TheStreet) — In the history of computing, an innovation has defined each decade and its technology leadership. The 1950s were about mainframes and IBM(IBM). The 1960s were about minicomputers and companies such as Digital Equipment Corp. The 1970s were about the microchip and companies such as [...]

Estimates have been rising for WD-40 Company ( WDFC ) after the company beat the Zacks Consensus Estimates on both the top and bottom lines, and management provided 2012 guidance above consensus. It is a Zacks #2 Rank (Buy). In addition, WD-40 Company has a solid balance sheet and strong cash flow, which has allowed [...]

Written by Karen Kovacs DydzuhnFriday, 20 April 2012 20:18 The consul general of Switzerland, Francois Barras, and his deputy, Nadine Olivieri, visited Monroe last week to tour Victorinox Swiss Army’s North American headquarters. Although Barras has traveled to Connecticut before, this was the diplomat’s first time at the Monroe campus of the large Swiss-based private [...]

HANDOUT PHOTO Opera soprano Catherine Malfitano is directing A Floretine Tragedy and Gianni Schicchi for the Canadian Opera Company, opening April 26. Apr 23, 2012 “Direct” isn’t just what Catherine Malfitano does; it’s what she is. The legendary operatic soprano, known for her Emmy Award-winning Tosca, her X-rated Salome and more 70 other roles on [...]

Sifting Through Energy Company Offers in a World of Deregulation: Part 2 Posted on | April 18, 2012 | 2 Comments As stated in my previous article, there are a few areas where aggregate sites like Powertochoose.org fall short when comparing electricity providers. I’d like to make things a bit clearer by providing some of [...]

TSX Venture Symbol: CFL CALGARY, April 23, 2012 /CNW/ – CERF Incorporated (“CERF”), is pleased to announce that on April 20, 2012, it completed the acquisition of all, or substantially all, of the assets used in the business of The Bin Company Inc. (“Bin Company”) through CERF’s wholly owned subsidiary, The Smart-Way Disposal & Recycling [...]

CEO and president Allan Wille offered up his basement as the headquarters, chief experience officer Peter Matthews sold his beloved 1998 Audi A4, chief technology officer James Scott chipped in his own money alongside the other two, and all three began working with no salary. In 2002, OBJ followed them for a 12-part series outlining [...]

When investors receive a paid promotional piece for a stock, there is often a temptation to act on the advice given within. On first glance, the investment thesis may sound promising and the pieces always contain predictions of spectacular profits. However, investors should act with extreme caution when approaching the shares of such firms. Deeper [...]

When a stock performs well, an announcement of a coming stock split can make investors even more optimistic. The announcement of a reverse stock split, more often than not, is a desperate act from a dying company. An announcement that a company is going to do a reverse split leaves investors wondering if their shares [...]

Tractor Supply Company ( TSCO ) is operating on all cylinders. The farm and ranch retailer recently preannounced first quarter sales that topped $1 billion for the first time in the company’s history. Shares of this Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) continue to scream higher, hitting new all-time highs almost daily. Tractor Supply Company operates [...]

Should Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Rovi (NASDAQ: ROVI) give up on buying TiVo? Granted, we don’t know for sure that any of those companies were seriously planning to buy the DVR manufacturer. But the rumors insist that someone, somewhere wants to buy TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO). (Read about whether Apple still wants to [...]

RINGING IN THE 38TH SEASON. Actors perform excerpts of the Great Canadian Theatre Company’s lineup for the 2012/13 season. Photo by Kristy Strauss Comedy and laughter will ring in the Great Canadian Theatre Company’s 38th season starting this September. The 2012-2013 season lineup was announced at the theatre on April 11, where artistic director Lise [...]

Municipal Theater Company of Cornwall City Council – Procedural By Law REDUX by Corneliu Kirjan – April 22, 2012 Added by admin on April 22, 2012. Saved under Corneliu Kirjan, Cornwall, Cornwall Area Politics, Politics Tags: headlines CFN – On Monday, April 16, I decided to get more involved in the city’s municipal life and [...]

Fotolia Introverts work better when it’s quiet, and extroverts when it’s loud, says Susan Cain, author of “Quiet: The Power of Introverts In A World That Can’t Stop Talking.” The best-case scenario is for everyone to be able to choose the office atmosphere they would prefer, instead of a one-size-fits-all workspace. Susan Cain, consultant and [...]

EDMONTON, April 19, 2012 /CNW/ – We are pleased to announce our new partnership with Gorgeous Getaways. Our joint collaboration will now allow Silky Skin Laser & Esthetics with the support of Gorgeous Getaways and Medaway Health trained consultants to promote medical, cosmetic surgery and dental holiday packages. For pricing and treatment options please visit [...]

TORONTO, April 18, 2012 /CNW/ – Front Door Organics (FDO) is hard at work addressing the serious concern of GMO (genetically modified organism) contamination of organic food. In response to customer queries about GMOs finding their way into organic food and the ever increasing presence of genetically engineered crops in North America, FDO has outlined [...]

TORONTO, April 22, 2012 /CNW/ – Gran Colombia Gold Corp. (TSX: GCM) announced today that its Executive Co-Chairman, Serafino Iacono, has purchased an aggregate of 1,165,000 common shares of the Company (705,000 shares purchased on April 19, 2012 and 460,000 shares purchased on April 20, 2012) at an average price $0.427 per share, on the [...]

class=”article_image_wide_inner_container”>At One Planet Catering, chef Tyler Day uses local, all-natural ingredients to make gourmet sandwiches and salads, packages them in reusable cedar boxes, and delivers them to local offices by bicycle.class=”article_image_wide_container”> class=’top_social_media_icons’> id=”links_wrapper”>id=”content_top”>class=”contributor-line”>When chef Tyler Day was looking to become his own boss—after a decade of putting in 16-hour days at some of Vancouver’s top [...]

Business development companies (BDCs) are a form of publicly traded private equity. They are required to distribute 90% of their taxable income to shareholders. As such, the majority of returns for shareholders comes in the way of dividends. In this article, I discuss four attributes of a successful BDC, and explain why Prospect Capital (PSEC) [...]

A few weeks ago, in our New Beer’s Eve feature, we mentioned the news of a new craft brewery coming soon to Yardley.  Two brothers, James and John Cain (JJC), have leased the former Bank Of America building on Main Street in Yardley with the intention of establishing The Vault Brewing Company.  Their plans have [...]

VANCOUVER, April 16, 2012 /CNW/ – Fireswirl Technologies Inc. (TSXV: FSW), “the Company”, is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Beijing Xingchang Xinda Technology Development Co., Ltd. (“XCXD”), has signed an agreement with A.O.Smith (China) Water Heater Co., Ltd. (“A.O. Smith China”) to exclusively operate its e-commerce platform in China. A.O. Smith is one of [...]

Rural Whitchurch-Stouffville residents unable to get Internet service may be able to test a possible solution.If approved by council Tuesday afternoon, Xplornet Communications Inc. will establish a demonstration site at the Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum and Community Centre to test the company’s 4G broadband service.Xplornet is a wireless broadband provider that aims to service hard to reach [...]

Sifting Through Energy Company Offers in a World of Deregulation: Part 1 Posted on | April 16, 2012 | No Comments Two weeks ago while shopping for electricity I gave up. By “giving up”, I mean that after finding out I would be charged a $9.95 base rate each month our electricity use is under [...]

When you have problems with your credit, choosing the best credit repair company can mean the difference between improving your credit scores dramatically, and seeing little or no change at all. Here are five tips to help you pick the best credit repair company for your particular situation. Best Credit Repair Company Tip 1: Know [...]

A LOVE OF OPERA. Westboro resident Maria Pellegrini heads Pellegrini Opera and is the artistic director the company’s upcoming show, La Traviata, which is taking place as Dominion Chalmers United Church on Cooper Street April 20 and 21, starting at 7:30 p.m. Photo by Kristy Strauss When Maria Pellegrini was only five years-old, she didn’t [...]

Friday, 13 April 2012 20:54 Nature’s First of Orange was one of five small businesses which qualified for a grant from the state’s Small Business Express Program (EXP). EXP is Governor Malloy’s signature small business program that was created as a part of the bi-partisan Jobs Bill passed during last year’s Special Session. Governor Dannel [...]

When Anderson Seed went out of business in Redfield two months ago, the company’s $100,000 surety bond was inadequate to cover the $2.6 million it owed farmers.  The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission is seeking receivership of the bond  — the hearing is May 1 in Circuit Court in Spink County — but even if [...]

By Amir Efrati When Google splits its stock into two halves — with the newer half getting no shareholder voting power – the Internet giant will join a rare group of companies including a liquor producer, a home builder, and several media conglomerates controlled by families. The move, which will give current shareholders a new [...]

Angie’s List (ANGI) suffered a blow Thursday as it wished farewell to outgoing Chief Operating Officer Scott Brenton, who had been with the company since 1999, just four years since its inception in 1995. Leaving to start his own company, Scott’s departure appears ill-timed as Angie’s List continues to search for ways to control its [...]

Debra Borchardt 04/13/12 – 06:00 AM EDT NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Facebook values Instagram at $1 billion and LinkedIn(LNKD) has a market cap of $10 billion. Twitter claims it is worth $8 billion. So where does that leave the new kid on the block Pinterest? Well, it looks like you can pin $7.7 billion on [...]

By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI and YOSHIO TAKAHASHI In his first strategy address since becoming chief executive of Sony Corp. this month, Kazuo Hirai said he will implement major changes at the struggling Japanese electronics conglomerate, including deep cost cuts at its unprofitable television business, and outlined the company’s need for a “sense of urgency” in executing [...]

Stephen Harper’s ambition to feed Canadian resources to customers in Asia is going to hit a thunderous clash of opposition in Vancouver after a major U.S. pipeline company announced that it will go ahead with a $5-billion plan to more than double the output of a pipeline moving oil from Alberta to the Vancouver harbour, [...]

How much is your money earning inside your company pension plan? If you change jobs, can you take your contributions with you?  Don’t know?  Don’t feel bad.  Most people are wildly ignorant about company pension plans. But that’s your money working in the plan.  You owe it to yourself to find out what’s going on.  [...]

by Jen Thorpe | More from this Blogger This all started with a puddle on the floor. It seemed that the puddle was caused by rain that had seeped through the wall. We called our homeowners insurance company, and made a claim. The insurer arranged to have a repairman come to our home. Here is [...]

ATLANTA, April 12, 2012 /CNW/ – Atlanta-based Precision Aviation Group (PAG) subsidiary Gardner Aviation Services (GAS), announces the completion of its 3rd Enstrom 480B Garmin G-500H installation and Avionics upgrade. The Rotorcraft Services Division (RSD) performed the upgrade for Denver, Colorado based Mountain One Helicopters. The RSD provides Helicopter-specific Avionics Upgrades/Installs, Airframe Maintenance, and MRO [...]

Daniel Kaszor  Apr 11, 2012 – 12:08 PM ET | Last Updated: Apr 11, 2012 12:38 PM ET EA Electronic Arts has a few people angry at it. Each Tuesday in Download Code, Daniel Kaszor looks inside the business of video games with news, analysis and a peek at the week’s major releases. This week I’m [...]

Jamie Sturgeon  Apr 11, 2012 – 8:36 AM ET | Last Updated: Apr 11, 2012 2:40 PM ET Tim Fraser for National Post Ian Greenberg, chief executive of Astral Media Inc., at the company’s annual meeting with shareholders in December. TORONTO – BCE Inc. is betting its $3-billion purchase of Astral Media Inc. can help [...]

Bloomberg News  Apr 11, 2012 – 10:19 AM ET | Last Updated: Apr 11, 2012 11:11 AM ET By Chris Burritt Best Buy Co., after saying chief executive officer Brian Dunn had resigned Tuesday because the company needed new leadership, later said the resignation came amid a board investigation into Mr. Dunn’s “personal conduct.” The [...]

Tuesday, 10 April 2012 12:40 The Fairfield Theatre Company is in the midst of a sold-out run of eight consecutive shows. Thanks to the overwhelming support from area music lovers, FTC has sold out Tommy Castro, The Wood Brothers, Toots and The Maytalls, Shawn Colvin, Shelby Lynne, Lez Zeppelin, The English Beat, and Bernie Worrell [...]

Maine Public Utilities Commission indicates intent to approve Emera’s continued investment in Algonquin OAKVILLE, ON, April 10, 2012 /CNW/ – Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (“APUC”) (TSX: AQN) is pleased to announce that, following deliberations held today, Maine Public Utilities Commission (“MPUC” or the “Commission”) has indicated it intends to approve increased investment by Emera [...]

Scott Deveau  Apr 10, 2012 – 1:29 PM ET | Last Updated: Apr 10, 2012 7:08 PM ET CP Rail/Handout CP chief executive Fred Green said the results will demonstrate that the company’s multi-year strategy to improve its lagging performance were taking hold. Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. said Tuesday it is expecting its first quarter [...]

TORONTO, April 10, 2012 /CNW/ – Gran Colombia Gold Corp. (TSX: GCM, GCM.WT, GCM.WT.A) announces that, since the blackout period ended on April 2, 2012 following the release of the Company’s 2011 financial results, co-chairman, Serafino Iacono, has bought a total of 2,022,890 shares in the company at an average price of $0.367 per share. [...]

CNW Group/Exploration Orbite Orbite’s Grande Vallée clay deposit. MONTREAL – Orbite Aluminae Inc., the Quebec junior miner that struck a preliminary collaboration deal with Russian aluminum giant United Co. Rusal, says a research report casting doubt on the economics of its alumina-making processes is error-riddled and that the analyst who wrote it is “mixed up.” [...]

Bloomberg News  Apr 10, 2012 – 11:26 AM ET | Last Updated: Apr 10, 2012 11:52 AM ET By Ari Levy Silicon Valley is one of the few places where a 27-year-old Web entrepreneur can parlay a photo- sharing application with no known source of revenue into US$1-billion — in two years. Evidence of that [...]

An investment company known for its frugal approach to stock selection has seen its own shares reach lofty levels on Wall Street. WisdomTree Investments (WETF) shares have gained 38% this year — nearly four times the broad U.S. stock market’s gain. The company now has a stock market value of $965 million. Last year it [...]

KABUL, Afghanistan, April 9, 2012 /CNW/ – Founded by entrepreneur and philanthropist Mr. Ehsanollah Bayat, Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) is pleased to celebrate a decade of providing essential wireless telephony services reconnecting Afghans in even the most remote parts of the nation with the world. Based on his fierce desire to assist the people [...]

Wanted: an opera lover with a keen interest in new music, deep pockets and a big Canadian heart. Assignment: donate $1-million to help the Canadian Opera Company live up to its name by producing a new Canadian opera. The COC is an international-calibre opera company that routinely sells out houses with powerful productions of European [...]

YARDLEY BOROUGH – Modern, Old World and regal. That’s how the owners of the future Vault Brewing Company describe their vision for the former Bank of America building on Yardley’s South Main Street.Brothers James and John Cain are busy transforming the interior of the stone building, originally built for the Yardley National Bank, into a [...]

By Trish Crawford Entertainment ReporterApr 07, 2012 “Beer, beer, beer, wine, wine, wine” is the rousing opening line of the opera Tales of Hoffman. But it’s still a little surprising to find opera under discussion Wednesday in the basement bar of the Adelaide St. Duke of Westminster. This is Opera 101, the Canadian Opera Company’s [...]

Wise spoke to an array of community leaders on Thursday morning, at the Northern Lights Casino. Spearheaded by SIAST and supported by more than 30 community members and organizations, Wise has given 11 different talks in Regina, Saskatoon and now in Prince Albert. When we treat each other as less than human, we say and [...]

By BENOÎT FAUCON, SUMMER SAID and LIAM MOLONEY Authorities in the U.S. and Libya are investigating oil giants such as Italy’s Eni SpA and France’s Total SA over their past relations with the fallen Libyan regime, potentially casting a cloud on the companies’ ambitions to expand their foothold in the country with the largest oil [...]

[6 min 38 sec]Download John Burnett/NPR Gideon Shoes co-founder Matt Noffs with youth from The Street University, the nonprofit youth center that launched the fair trade company. April 7, 2012 You don’t go through corporate communications to meet the executive steering committee at Gideon Shoes. Instead, you walk through a basketball court with graffiti-covered walls [...]

It’s been a busy week for Electronic Arts, one of the leading game publishers in the world today. The Consumerist.com, inundated with votes by irate Mass Effect 3 fans, ended up awarding its annual Worst Company in America award to EA, beating out companies that actually impacted the world in negative ways [...]

Whenever you hear that a company is a “growth-through-acquisition story,” you should be cautious. Investors tend to shun these types of stocks, as acquisitions bring plenty of risk. The acquired company may not generate the revenue growth that management had been banking on, or hoped-for cost cuts or other synergies may simply never materialize.But a [...]

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Lee Westwood made 10 straight pars to hold onto his lead at the Masters on Friday, though a big group of familiar names was beginning to crowd him near the top of the leaderboard. During a blustery second round at Augusta National, Peter Hanson made three straight birdies to tie Westwood at [...]

Isabelle Mille named Vice President, Retail and Marketing, Lolë and Pierre-Louis Lacoste named Vice President, Lolë Europe LONGUEUIL, QC, April 5, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ – Coalision, the Canadian lifestyle and sports apparel company, today announced a merger with French underwear company, Pull-in. With this merger, Coalision will achieve $110M in sales for this year, positioning [...]

SEARCH online for “company incorporation” and you’ll be spoilt for choice. Hundreds of so-called formation agents ply their trade online, offering to set up companies, trusts and foundations cheaply and discreetly, with minimal fuss (and in some cases minimal documentation) almost anywhere in the world. The customer need only click on the company desired, perhaps [...]

TORONTO, April 4, 2012 /CNW/ – Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Investment Company Limited (the “Company”) (TSX: FAP), a closed-end investment company trading on The Toronto Stock Exchange, today announced performance data and portfolio composition details as of February 29, 2012. The Company’s total returns for various periods through February 29, 2012 are provided below. (All figures [...]

SAN FRANCISCO – Yahoo’s turnaround attempt is going to be messy. In his first three months on the job, CEO Scott Thompson has imposed the largest layoffs in the company’s 17-year history, reshaped the board of directors, picked a potentially disruptive fight with a major shareholder and sued Facebook for patent infringement. He says there’s [...]

Stopping by the Javits Center for a preview of the New York International Auto Show, which starts tomorrow and is expected to attract over 1 million visitors, one can feel the excitement in the air. Car manufacturers had the best quarter since the start of the recession, as buyers pushed aside concerns [...]

McDonald’s (MCD) runs over 33,000 restaurants worldwide, 80% of which are independently owned and operated by franchisees. Revenue of $27 billion dwarfs that of competitors: Wendy’s (WEN) with $2.4 billion, Jack in the Box (JACK) with $2.2 billion, and Yum Brands (YUM) with $12.6 billion. Click to enlarge McDonald’s stock has been unstoppable over the [...]

TORONTO, April 3, 2012 /CNW/ – Mercedes-Benz Canada and its national dealer network reported today that the company has delivered a grand total of 3,403 Mercedes-Benz and smart units throughout the month. This represents the best March on record for the group, and propelled overall sales growth to 13.8% or 952 vehicles on a year-to-date [...]

TORONTO, MONTREAL and HALIFAX, April 4, 2012 /CNW/ – Fiera Properties Limited and Roycom Inc. today announced that they are merging their businesses in order to create a new national real estate investment platform that will be focused on providing clients with pooled fund and segregated account management services. “When Fiera Capital Corporation (TSX: FSZ) [...]

Executives Leigh Salvo – Investor Relations Dixon R. Doll – Chairman David Wagenseller – Acting President and Chief Executive Officer Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. (NWK) Recent Actions and Near Term Strategy Conference Call April 2, 2012 5:30 PM ET Operator Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Network Equipment Technologies Comments from Acting [...]

BRISTOL BOROUGH – Before the end of the year, a new engine pumper will be responding to fire alarms in the borough.Thanks to a $304,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Bristol Consolidated Volunteer Fire Company, which operates out of borough hall, will be able to purchase the new 2011 truck and [...]

JERSEY CITY, NJ, and MONTREAL, QC, April 3, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ – Evergreen Shipping Agency (America) Corporation announced today that it has named CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) as its 2011 Railroad Company of the Year in recognition of CN’s “consistent high level of performance.” Evergreen Shipping Agency (America) Corporation serves as North American General [...]

Don’t count out manufacturing just yet. The Timken Company ( TKR ) is still expected to grow earnings by 15.4% in 2012 even though it had a record 2011. This Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) is also cheap with a forward P/E of just 9.6. Timken manufactures antifriction bearings and power transmission products and services [...]

A private equity fund run by Goldman Sachs Group Inc, under fire over its business ethics, has agreed to sell back its stake in a media company that critics say facilitates sex trafficking. GS Capital Partners III on Friday signed a deal to sell its 16% stake in Village Voice Media, which owns the website [...]

By MIKE MICHALOWICZ I have an altar to Bruce Springsteen in my house. On it sits my prized possession: a guitar pick Bruce tossed out into the audience at one of his concerts. If you come to my house, I will tell you a long, drawn-out, mostly truthful story about where I got it, why [...]

THE chaotic vibe in the densely crowded lobby at the Brooklyn Academy of Music before the New York City Opera’s production of “La Traviata” (pictured) seemed fitting. The company’s recent evolution from uptown mainstay to peripatetic organisation was similarly tumultuous.   New York City Opera has struggled with financial problems for some time, but the [...]

Volatility in the global financial markets is at unprecedented levels. 2011 saw record volatility, including 4 consecutive 400 point swings in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA). The financial crisis has turned the markets into what seems like a permanent position of trading the headlines and asking questions later. And a prime beneficiary of that [...]

Published reports from Argentina indicate the government has decided to take control of the country’s largest energy company, YPF S.A. (YPF). The information was published in the Pagina 12 newspaper, which is a paper considered to be friendly to government policies. If the information is accurate – this is Argentina after all – both YPF [...]

Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD) is a restaurant chain that offers casual dining with a full (sports) bar. It is usually set in a suburban or rural environment. As of the time of writing, Buffalo Wild Wings had 817 restaurants, of which 319 were company-owned, while 498 were franchised. In 2012, it plans to open 90 [...]

Business Wire 03/30/12 – 02:41 PM EDT A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a+” of National Lloyds Insurance Company (National Lloyds), as well as the FSR of A (Excellent) and ICR of “a” of American Summit Insurance Company (American Summit). Additionally, A.M. [...]

Put Your Financial House in Order like Company’s Coming Over Posted on | March 28, 2012 | 7 Comments People act differently when they think other people are watching. It’s only natural to not want people to think we are weird, outcasts, gross, broke, etc. And it’s even more natural to finish projects, clean in [...]

( Editor’s note: the stop-loss for this trade has been revised.)The global energy picture is changing so fast that it’s getting hard to keep up. In just the last five years, we’ve seen:• Crude oil briefly spike above $140 a barrel in 2008• A number of governments — especially in Europe and China — subsequently [...]

Business Insider  Mar 28, 2012 – 2:25 PM ET | Last Updated: Mar 28, 2012 2:34 PM ET REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/Files Facebook currently has 3,200 employees worldwide.That number, already up from a mere dozen people in 2005, is going to grow a lot in the next couple years as Facebook begins life as a public company. [...]

Company a dominant player in concrete mixer market AND YOU ARE?: Robert Monchamp, Vice-president and general manager of London Machinery By DALE CARRUTHERS, The London Free Press Last Updated: March 27, 2012 6:20pm Robert Monchamp, vice-president and general manager of London Machinery, says the company has built a solid reputation in manufacturing mixers for concrete [...]

Lucy, it turns out, had company — another prehuman that also walked but spent more of its time in trees. Until now, there was no proof of another human relative living around the same time as the species made famous by the Lucy skeleton. But a fossil discovery reveals there was another creature around 3 [...]

THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA, Ont.—More than 10,000 “malevolent” Internet addresses were used in an effort to jam the NDP leadership convention’s online voting system on the weekend, according to the tech company that ran the vote.The denial-of-service attack delayed voting for several hours and pushed the crowning of new NDP leader Thomas Mulcair late into [...]

Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) March 28, 2012 2:00 am ET Executives Juan R. Luciano – Chief Operating officer, Executive Vice President and Member of Risk Management Committee Matthew J. Jansen – Senior Vice President and President of Oilseeds Business Unit Greg Morris – Valmor Schaffer – President of South America Brent Arthur Fenton – [...]

LAVAL, QC, March 27, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ – UNIBOARD®, a North American leader in engineered wood products, last night unleashed the glitzy spirit of Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival at local Montreal restaurant Chez Ma Grosse Truie Chérie. The private cocktail event celebrated the launch of Uniboard’s RIOTM and Hi-Gloss thermofused melamine surface textures. Clients were [...]

From its offices on the east side of Manhattan, IntelliCell BioSciences makes what ceo Steve Victor likes to call a soup – physicians remove fat from their patients and send this to IntelliCell, which has the fat removed and returns the remaining cells to the doctors, who can administer these to their patients to treat [...]

The time has come for every company to develop an energy strategy that improves its bottom line and benefits the broader community — not as a bare-minimum attempt at conservation, writes Nick Main, Global Managing Partner at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu United Parcel Service (UPS) is a package delivery and logistics company, not an energy company. [...]

Company a dominate player in concrete mixer market AND YOU ARE?: Robert Monchamp, Vice-president and general manager of London Machinery By DALE CARRUTHERS, The London Free Press Last Updated: March 26, 2012 8:40am Robert Monchamp, vice-president and general manager of London Machinery, says the company has built a solid reputation in manufacturing mixers for concrete [...]

Beef Products Inc. told the Associated Press on Monday that it’ll shut down operations at three of the four plants where it makes the meat product that critics have nastily taken to calling “pink slime.” But some food industry experts say that the company’s trip through the grinder is unfair.BPI could have done more to [...]

Last August, Y Combinator-backed Leaky had one of those “good news, bad news” startup launches. The good news — the launch got plenty of attention, and (thanks in part to some coverage from TechCrunch), the site attracted 10 times as much traffic as expected, according to co-founder Jason Traff. The bad news — that attracted [...]

Circle your calendars for March 28. That’s when investors will start to talk about the biggest growth opportunity for smartphones in the months and years ahead.On that day, China Unicom ( CHU ) , China Telecom ( CHA ) and China Mobile ( CHL ) plan to roll out a new phone to counter the [...]

Special to BucksLocalNews.comFAIRELESS HILLS – The Yardley-Makefield Fire Company hosted its 2012 Installation Banquet in memory of past chief/life member Nelson “Snooky” Margerum at the Fairless Hills Fire Company Station 31 Westaby Hall on Saturday, March 17.In 1992, Margerum suffered a massive heart attack after returning from a fire call. Emergency medical personnel rushed him [...]

“If you had told me 10 years ago that Flynn would have 57 owners some day, I would have said, ‘No way,’” says Doug Flynn, president and CEO of Flynn Canada, a Toronto-based trade contractor that makes and installs the outer layers of buildings, known as the building envelope. “But now, looking over the last [...]

Details Published on Friday, 23 March 2012 00:00 Written by Michael James | © DrumhellerMail.com     Drumheller has hit the fitness map with the introduction of the Dinosaur Valley Half Marathon and the construction of the Badlands Community Facility. One man wants to add another event to the list.    Morgan Syvertsen, science camp coordinator at [...]

MUSKOKA – In an economy such as Muskoka’s, which is dominated by small business, it is very important to encourage young people to consider entrepreneurship as a career, and to give them the chance to experience it while they are young, so they are better prepared to take on the challenge when they are finished [...]