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Pitchers looking to change things up Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 8:45PMThe changeup is becoming the trendy pitch in A's camp. Left-handers Brett Anderson and Gio Gonzalez have added the pitch and were satisfied with their results against Cubs hitters Monday - in a game the A's lost 10-3. Most of the damage came with Fautino De...
Carter will anchor A's lineup, but not yet Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 8:35PMCONTRA COSTA TIMES First baseman Chris Carter hit .329 with 28 home runs, 115 RBIs in minor leagues last season.
Polansky case taxing Milford ed board's legal budget Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 8:19PMMILFORD -- The Board of Education 's legal bills are continuing to mount as it moves to fire suspended Superintendent Harvey Polansky . Already projected to be substantially over budget in that account, the board agreed 9-1 Monday night to hire a Bridgeport law firm to handle the termination hearing.
Hoak's good news has strings attached Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 8:03PMHoak Motors has received a reprieve from General Motors . The Sioux City dealership is among 661 nationwide that GM targeted for removal from its network last year, but now wants to retain.
Sexton: Pierson has 'excellent chance' of keeping GM franchise Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:41PMBy Andy Powell Times Staff Writer Pierson Chevrolet Buick has an “excellent chance” of keeping its General Motors franchise after GM last week said it was reversing a decision on dropping more than 600 dealers,
Officers can already be tested for drugs if just cause is shown Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:32PMPROVIDENCE - Police officers already may be tested for impermissible drug-taking if their superiors have "just cause" to require it, according to police managers and the officers' labor union.
Mediated talks break off Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:21PMWatch Video [...]
Inbox: Should Sizemore bat third? Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:03PMInbox: Should Sizemore bat third?
State budget proposal would cost cities Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:02PMA bad financial situation for the city of Kewanee could get worse, if an idea being discussed in Springfield comes to pass. At Monday’s City Council meeting, City Manager Kip Spear said Gov. Pat Quinn’s budget director had just recommended a 30 percent cut in the allocation to municipalities from the state income tax. If that proposal is adopted, Spear said, it would cost Kewanee about $300,000 ...
City of Zanesville Approaches Finalized Budget Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 6:57PMIt's getting down to the wire as the deadline for a finished budget for the city of Zanesville approaches. Tonight at council, an ordinance was passed allowing city officials to enter into a labor agreement with the Fraternal Order of Police/Ohio Labor Council.
MetLife Confirms First Quarter 2010 Preferred Stock Dividends Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:25PMNEW YORK----MetLife, Inc. today confirmed its previously announced declaration of the first quarter 2010 dividends of $0.2500000 per share on the company’s floating rate non-cumulative preferred stock, Series A , and $0.4062500 per share on the company’s 6.50% non-cumulative preferred stock, Series B .
GM to reinstate 600 dealerships slated to be cut Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:22PMNEW YORK — General Motors Co. will reinstate more than half the dealerships it targeted to drop from its network.
GM Voluntarily Restores Dealers- TACH Resident Dealer Guru Opines Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:15PMGM's decision to restore 580 dealerships outside of arbitration is laudable. I have been very critical of GM in my writing. GM has failed to deliver on virtually every bankruptcy commitment they made: nixed sales of Saturn, Opel, and Hummer, sacrificing planned cash infusions.
GM Plans to Reinstate 661 Dealers to Shore Up U.S. Market Share Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:14PMMarch 5 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Co. said it plans to reinstate 661 dealers as the automaker attempts to shore up declining market share. GM offered franchise agreement letters to the dealers, North America President Mark Reuss said today in a statement.
GM offers 600 scrapped dealers a second chance Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:10PMShuttered General Motors dealers hoping to get their business back should stay near the phone. General Motors is in the process of calling 661 dealers targeted for shutdown to offer them their franchises back, company executives said Friday afternoon.
GM to reinstate 600 dealerships scheduled to be cut Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:07PMNEW YORK — General Motors Co. will reinstate more than half the dealerships it targeted to drop from its network. GM executives said Friday that about 600 dealerships out of the 1,100 seeking to stay with GM will receive letters giving them the...
EDCI Holdings, Inc. Announces 4Q2009 and FY2009 Results Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:05PMEDCI Holdings, Inc. , today reported 4Q2009 and FY2009 financial results. Â As of January 2010, EDCI is engaged in a final Plan of Complete Liquidation and Dissolution that was approved by EDCI's shareholders at a Special Meeting held on January 7, 2010. Â EDCI is the majority shareholder of Entertainment Distribution Company, LLC , a European provider of supply chain services to the optical ...
GM to reinstate 600 dealerships slated to be cut Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:04PMGM executives said Friday that about 600 dealerships out of the 1,100 seeking to stay with GM will receive letters giving them the option to remain with the automaker.
GM May Save Some Local Dealerships Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:02PMGeneral Motors said on Friday afternoon it will not close 600 dealerships nationwide it had said would be dropped from its network.
GM will keep about 600 dealerships slated to be dropped from sales network Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 12:56PMNEW YORK - General Motors Co. will reinstate more than half the dealerships it targeted to drop from its network.GM executives said Friday
Senior Counsel to be new A-G Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 4:01AMSENIOR Counsel Sundaresh Menon, 47, has been appointed the next Attorney-General, taking over from Professor Walter Woon, who is completing his two-year term on April 10 and is returning to the National University of Singapore's Law Faculty to resume teaching. Mr Menon, managing partner of Rajah & Tann LLP, will take office from Oct 1, after he has cleared his other commitments, said a statement ...
Venezuela Owes $12 Billion for Seized Assets, Chamber Says Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 3:49AMMarch 3 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuela owes $12 billion to more than 20 companies that belong to the Venezuela-U.S. Chamber of Commerce for assets the government seized over the past three years, chamber president Carlos Henrique Blohm said.
Military may suspend Choo's career Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 3:33AMGOODYEAR, Ariz. -- As one of baseball's rising young stars, Shin-Soo Choo has a bright future.
Obama missed opportunity to be bold Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 3:16AMPublished: Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 4:01 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 1:13 a.m.
Quest begins to trim $1M from tax levy in Madison Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 2:47AMMADISON – Borough Council members have their work cut out for them as they begin to meet publicly with municipal department heads in a deliberative process to trim finances wherever possible.
"We will have to look beyond the Indus Water Treaty." Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 2:39AMIndus Water Commissioner Jamaat Ali Shah meets the press in Lahore. - Reuters At the recent foreign secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan in New Delhi, Pakistan’s foreign office team presented a paper on water issues to India prepared by Pakistan’s Indus Water Commission.
DQG concludes training program on EFQM arbitrators' rehabilitation Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 2:31AM03 March 2010 Dubai: Dubai Quality Group Dubai Quality Group ( DQG DQG ) concluded today its exclusive accredited training program to rehabilitate arbitrators in EFQM 2010 from the European Foundation for Quality Management according to the amended EFQM 2010, at Al Bustan Rotana in Dubai.
Salary schedule freeze proposed for Appleton teachers Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 2:27AMAPPLETON The struggling economy will play a major role in contract negotiations between the Appleton Education Association and Appleton Board of Education, with the school board proposing a salary schedule freeze.
Meet Egypt: The best team in Africa... why England must be on their guard Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 1:55AMMatt Barlow examines how good the undisputed champions of Africa are - and what makes them tick - ahead of their visit to London for the friendly international at Wembley.
Scor Profit More Than Doubles on Investment Income (Update2) Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 1:50AMMarch 3 (Bloomberg) -- Scor SE , France’s largest reinsurer, said fourth-quarter profit more than doubled, helped by higher investment income.
Kumba halts cheap ore to Mittal SA Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 3:37AMKumba stops the supply of cheap iron ore to ArcelorMittal SA, which has requested a trading suspension of its shares on the JSE.
Baidu Online Video Company to Receive $50 Million Investment from Providence Equity Partners Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 3:27AMBEIJING, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Baidu, Inc.
Judge Fines Ex-Chief of Kmart $10 Million Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 2:56AMA federal judge ordered a former chief executive of the Kmart Corporation , Charles Conaway, to pay more than $10 million for misleading shareholders about the retailer’s prospects before its 2002 bankruptcy.
Big deficits may give towns like Ridgefield a stonger voice on cost-cutting Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 2:52AM“They are listening now as they never have listened before,” Lyn Merrill told fellow school board members. “... They’re looking at unfunded mandates!”
Mokena, police union still at odds over contract Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 2:17AMMokena and its police union could be headed toward arbitration to hammer out a new contract after a mediation session Thursday failed to produce an agreement. Though village administrator John Downs called Thursday's three-hour meeting at village hall "a good session," he said the two sides still are far apart on money matters. He declined to provide specifics on the sticking points between ...
Government Reviewing AbitibiBowater's Demands Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 2:04AMThe provincial government is reviewing AbitibiBowater's Notice of Arbitration under the North American Free Trade Agreement. In the document AbitibiBowater says it wants at least $500-million from the province for the expropriation of its assets and rights in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Fish Processors Disappointed With Government Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 2:03AMProcessors appear to be resigning themselves to another shutdown of the fishery this year. They're disappointed with government's decision not to introduce changes to the current price dispute settling mechanism, which consists of a three-person arbitration panel.
Baidu Online Video Company to Receive $50 Million Investment from Providence Equity Partners Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 2:00AMBaidu, Inc. , the leading Chinese language Internet search provider, today announced that Baidu and Providence Equity Partners have signed an agreement pursuant to which Providence will invest $50 million in Baidu's new online video company to develop an advertising supported online video business providing premium licensed content in China.
France FA pay for Obilale return Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 1:37AMThe French Football Federation are to pay for injured Togo goalkeeper Kodjovi Obilale to return to France.
Slugger Reynolds in talks for new contract Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 5:10PMTUCSON, Ariz. -- Arizona slugger Mark Reynolds says his agent is in "pretty heavy talks" on a new contract with the Diamondbacks.Reynolds, one of many prominent Arizona position players who have arri...
Arbitration ruling reverses personnel changes at Weslaco PD Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 4:39PMWESLACO — An arbitration ruling handed down this week reverses promotions, demotions and other transfers made by Weslaco Police Chief Jose Perez. The American Arbitration Association, a New York City-based private organization that administers...
White Sox go with Buehrle on opening day Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 4:27PMOzzie Guillen wasted little time Sunday in clearing up one question as the Chicago White Sox opened spring training for pitchers and catchers, saying Mark Buehrle will start the season opener April 5 against Cleveland.
Leaner Howard already in the groove for Phillies Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 4:23PM(AP) — CLEARWATER, Fla. - Ryan Howard stepped into the batter's box for his first round of swings this spring and immediately sent a ball soaring over the left-field fence.
Texas Supreme Court Complicates Long Running Waco Case Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 4:20PMAfter years of hearings, the case of a fired Assistant Police Chief in Waco has taken another twist. The Texas Supreme on Friday ruled that an arbitrator over-stepped his jurisdiction by reinstating Larry Kelley, but left open the possibility of his return to the force.
Australia to take Japan to court over whaling Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 4:11PMJapan's Foreign Minister said yesterday that he was disappointed with Australia's threat to take his country to court over its Antarctic whale hunts, while Australia vowed to approach the International Whaling Commission as soon as today.
Slugger Reynolds in talks for new contract Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 3:43PM(AP) — TUCSON, Ariz. - Arizona slugger Mark Reynolds says his agent is in "pretty heavy talks" on a new contract with the Diamondbacks.
Pitching competition to begin in earnest Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 3:41PMPitching competition to begin in earnest
D-backs, Reynolds working on extension Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 2:45PMD-backs, Reynolds working on extension
Lessons of war: WNC Iwo Jima veteran wants youths to understand the true meaning of 'casualties of war' Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 12:59PMSKYLAND — Edward Lannigan has a box full of medals that testify to his heroic service in the Pacific Theater during World War II, including his presence at Iwo Jima, the bloodiest battle in the history of the U.S. Marine Corps. The battle began 65 years ago this weekend.
24 years no final report Eradi Panel faces axe Sunday, February 21, 2010 @ 12:16PMThe panel headed by an 88-year-old retired Supreme Court judge to resolve the water dispute between Punjab and Haryana — the Eradi Commission — is being wound up 24 years after it was set up. The dispute remains unresolved. The panel headed by Justice V. Balakrishna Eradi, has so far cost the country around Rs nine crore to the country. Manish Tiwari and Nagendar Sharma examine...