MINORITY CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIESFriday, September 18, 2009 @ 5:58PMCITY OF ENCINITAS PUBLIC NOTICE INVITING BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Encinitas, California, is inviting sealed bids for construction of a Public Works Project titled “CITYWIDE CONCRETE REPAIR (A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROJECT).” State of California Class “A” General Engineering Contractors and State of California Class C-8 (Specialty Concrete Contractor) may bid [...]
Stimulus funds for Luke bolster small businessesFriday, September 18, 2009 @ 4:14PMGlendale base received $15.3 million for infrastructure improvements.
CBOT Rice Review: Higher On Harvest Delays; Lower On WeekFriday, September 18, 2009 @ 3:32PMCHICAGO (Dow Jones)--Chicago Board of Trade rice futures ended higher Friday amid concerns about rains in Arkansas that are delaying harvest. November rice ended up 1/2 cents to $13.46 1/2 per hundredweight, and January rice ended up 19 cents to $13.70 1/2.
Bruno played no role in CMA contract with stateFriday, September 18, 2009 @ 2:26PMALBANY -- The private Latham-based technology firm where powerful ex-Senator Joe Bruno is now CEO has hooked a $22 million deal with the state Office of General Services, but both Bruno and the state say the former Senate Majority Leader had nothing to do with coordinating that contract.
Changes in flood plain maps impact McCloud insurance ratesFriday, September 18, 2009 @ 1:14PMKathleen Schaefer, representing the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Region 9 office in Oakland, made a presentation to the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors at its Tuesday meeting about the new computer-generated digital flood plain maps now in effect in the county. “We work to keep flood waters away from people and/or to keep people away from flood waters,” said Schaefer.