Government Contract News
- deCODE Discovers Four New Risk Factors for Prostate Cancer Sunday, September 20, 2009 @ 12:33PM-
- Pakistan police raid US-contracted security firm Sunday, September 20, 2009 @ 12:19PMWeapons seized, two arrested at U.S.-contracted firm
- 10 Post Harvest Strategies Sunday, September 20, 2009 @ 12:19PMHarvest is advancing rapidly across the Midwest and the opportunities that were presented in this spring and summer are long past. As producers, the next opportunity that lies ahead is what to do with the newly harvested crop.
- City Council approves cost of living raise Sunday, September 20, 2009 @ 12:09PMThe North Platte Telegraph The North Platte City Council approved a 2 percent cost of living raise for all city employees during their regular meeting Tuesday night. All city employees, union and non-union will receive the increase.
- Defense wraps up its case in Dallas City Hall corruption trial Friday, September 18, 2009 @ 10:16PMTestimony in the largest public corruption case in Dallas history wrapped up Friday, leaving only closing arguments before jurors begin deliberations next week.
- Improving living conditions in Halifax County Friday, September 18, 2009 @ 10:09PMWELDON — The Halifax Horizon business group, a cooperative venture of
- PV mayor files notice of claim against feds, seeks $2 million Friday, September 18, 2009 @ 9:59PMParadise Valley Mayor Vernon Parker, who long has maintained the federal government made false allegations against him, filed a notice of claim Friday seeking $2 million in damages.
- Contract talks net tentative SEA OK Friday, September 18, 2009 @ 9:53PMThe accord, which still faces a union vote, would add a furlough day, but maintain the health care plan.
- Construction of new homes remains at a standstill Friday, September 18, 2009 @ 9:13PMDANBURY -- While there is some glimmer of hope for the construction industry in Danbury, most builders are still having a difficult time finding work.The number of permits taken out for new home or condo construction tells the story. Permits are down significantly in just about every town, with the exception of Danbury, where the number of permits for new construction has actually increased.
- From Suffrage to Sufferance Friday, September 18, 2009 @ 8:55PMThe history of women’s suffrage and progression has taken an inordinant amount of time to reach fruitition and is stymied with history repeating itself, says the National Council of Women of New Zealand (NCWNZ).
- NuMobile Acquires Enhance Network Communication Friday, September 18, 2009 @ 11:45AMDatamonitor -- NuMobile has executed an agreement acquiring Enhance Network Communication. NuMobile is building a portfolio of security and software solutions for the mobile computing and smartphone market.
- Oil down to $72 on concerns demand recovery slow Friday, September 18, 2009 @ 11:42AMOil prices weakened Friday, dampened by concerns that a recovery in U.S. demand may be slower than expected and as stockpiles of refined products continued to rise.
- Hamburg receives explanation on lost funding Friday, September 18, 2009 @ 11:37AMWhen Hamburg city officials learned that the city would not be eligible for a grant to help fund its Inflow and Infiltration Abatement project in July, they knew they needed to find out what had happened to the city’s previously favorable status on the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s (MPCA) project priority list.
- Sworn testimony by ArmorGroup executive challenged Friday, September 18, 2009 @ 11:36AMA top executive of the private security contractor hired to protect the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan was informed in July 2008 of alleged illegal and immoral conduct by guards, attorneys for a whistleblower suing the company said Friday.
- Pandit to Revamp Phibro, Says $100 Million Too Much (Update1) Friday, September 18, 2009 @ 11:30AMSept. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Citigroup Inc. Chief Executive Officer Vikram Pandit said the bank will restructure its Phibro LLC energy-trading business as it faces what may be a $100 million payday for the unit’s chief, Andrew Hall .
- (AFX UK Focus) 2009-09-17 22:10 More space business beckons for private transporters Thursday, September 17, 2009 @ 4:11PMBy Irene Klotz
- Catch in Japan rail corridor loan Thursday, September 17, 2009 @ 4:09PMNew Delhi, Sept. 17: The Union cabinet today cleared a Rs 26,000-crore soft loan from Japan to build the Indian Railways’ western freight corridor.
- Airline workers may spread H1N1, expert says Thursday, September 17, 2009 @ 3:59PMAirline employees who report to work ill are more likely than sick passengers to spread infections such as the H1N1 swine flu virus aboard airplanes, with low-paid workers posing the greatest danger, a U.S. government expert said on Thursday.
- Less sport in new citizenship test (AAP) Thursday, September 17, 2009 @ 2:48AMImmigration Minister Chris Evans has unveiled new citizenship test material as ceremonies were held across the country to induct hundreds of new Australians.
- Most recent polls Thursday, September 17, 2009 @ 2:44AMDo you trust the Tories more than Labour to impose spending cuts? Is Andrew Flintoff right to reject a contract from the ECB and become a freelancer? Should smoking in parks be banned?
- 400 jobs go in VHA deal cancellation Thursday, September 17, 2009 @ 2:40AMVodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has cut its ties with an outsourced call centre, which has left around 400 Melbourne staff jobless.
- Aust stocks higher continuing strong run Thursday, September 17, 2009 @ 2:39AMThe Australian share market has continued its strong momentum, closing up more than 1.3%.
- SK Energy to operate new refinery Thursday, September 17, 2009 @ 2:36AMQUANG NGAI — The Binh Son Petro-chemical Refinery Co signed a contract worth US$65 million with the SK Energy Co of South Korea in the central Quang Ngai Province on Tuesday.
- Pak placed orders worth USD 4.5bn for arms purchase from US Thursday, September 17, 2009 @ 2:36AMPakistan placed its largest ever arms purchase orders worth USD 4.5 billion with America between 2005 and 2008 and its weapons shopping list include more F-16 fighters and over hundred 155 MM artillery guns.
- Hill expected to finish testimony today in City Hall corruption trial Thursday, September 17, 2009 @ 2:34AMAfter a weeklong recess, former Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill is expected to finish his testimony today in the Dallas City Hall public corruption trial.
- Chevron, Exxon, Shell Agree to Build Gorgon LNG Plant (Update2) Sunday, September 13, 2009 @ 11:38PMSept. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Chevron Corp. and its partners approved development of Australia’s Gorgon project, clearing the way for a venture forecast to earn A$300 billion ($258 billion) in gas sales to China, India and Japan in its first 20 years.
- System fails to protect individual liberty Sunday, September 13, 2009 @ 11:35PMI used to be one of those limited government types who believed that returning to limited government would be key to preserving individual liberty.
- BRAC: Nonprofit group PDI promotes defense jobs, technology Sunday, September 13, 2009 @ 11:20PMA rocket scientist discovered that mining explosions often are caused by a reaction involving compressed air and loose rocks. Dr. Jeffrey Riggs, president and CEO of a startup company called CAUSwave, plans to mimic nature and use compressed air to launch rockets and generate electricity.
- Cash strapped towns look to share services Saturday, September 12, 2009 @ 10:24PMSeven Hunterdon County towns are talking about consolidating their police departments. Five central Morris County towns have floated the idea of forming a joint health department to save money. And two bordering towns in Essex and Union counties commissioned a...
- Legendary agent Tank Black is tackling his biggest project: Rebuilding his reputation Saturday, September 12, 2009 @ 10:17PMC OLUMBIA, S.C. | A rental car idles where a landscaped lawn meets a suburban avenue. The man in the passenger seat looks toward a six-bedroom mansion he used to own. It has been nine years since he’s been here, and he says that in that time he’s had no desire to revisit his old life. But he remembers what that house once represented: Success, power and the satisfying exhale after the long climb ...
- P1.8B for 1.2M kids in pre-school Saturday, September 12, 2009 @ 9:12PMA total of P1.8 billion has been earmarked to reinforce the government’s Pre-School Education Program, Cotabato Representative Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza said Sunday.
- BC firm gets $5 million to build new high-speed boats for coast guard Saturday, September 12, 2009 @ 9:09PMThe federal government has awarded a $5-million contract to a Delta, B.C., company to build 25 high-speed boats for the Canadian Coast Guard.
- State Department Has Rocky History of Managing Guard Contracts Saturday, September 12, 2009 @ 8:53PMIn 2005, the State Department hired a Northern Virginia company to provide security for the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan. Diplomats quickly became concerned about whether the new guards, who barely spoke English, could protect such a sensitive site. "They had serious problems," recalled Ronald E. ...
- Storm system: One year after Ike, Lufkin and Angelina County have instituted new policies to help combat events like ... Saturday, September 12, 2009 @ 8:39PMOne year ago today Hurricane Ike struck Texas.
- Evochron Legends PC review Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 7:35PMPublisher: Starwraith 3D Games Developer: Starwraith 3D Games System requirements: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Win 7; 2 GHz CPU; 128 GB video card; 250 MB hard-drive space Genre: Space RPG Release date: Available now It’s amazing the things we humans can do if we put our minds to them. We can cure diseases, build monuments, even go to [...]
- Easley gets price break Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 7:13PMMARK HIBBS BEAUFORT — Town Mayor Richard Stanley, the attorney who handled the real estate transaction for former Gov. Mike Easley’s purchase of a lot in the upscale Cannonsgate development in western Carteret County, said today he had no direct contact with the Easleys in the deal, but he was assured all parties had agreed on a 25 percent price discount given at the closing.
- Home Buyers Rush To Meet $8,000 Deadline Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 6:04PMRealtors are hosting Super Weekend of Open Houses to make sure buyers can meet the deadline to get the $8,000 first-time buyer federal stimulus tax credit.
- Oil Continues Trading Within Range Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 6:04PMCrude oil has been range-bound for the last couple of months, trading between $65 and $75 a barrel. Despite numerous bullish rallies to break out of the range, the price remains pretty steadily range-bound.
- Hillary to discuss counter-terrorism India: US Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 2:08PMWashington, Sept 11 : US Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, in his daily press briefing at the Department of States, said Secretary Hillary Clinton will be discussing how to combat terrorism with India.
- Moon-bound Internet network proposed as space agency faces shifting future Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 2:07PMInternet and aerospace providers in Ottawa will have the chance to try their hand at building a prototype network for a lunar base as the Canadian Space Agency continues to formulate a policy able to deal with shifting space priorities in the United States.
- Govt asks Cairn to pay production tax Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 2:01PMWill have to pay Rs 2,500 per tonne oil cess in proportion to its 70% interest in Rajasthan fields.
- IT’S YOUR BUSINESS: Business news releases Friday, Sept. 11, 2009 Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 1:53PMAfter all, it’s your business. So we have added this feature to naplesnews.com called It’s Your Business. Have news about your business to share with Southwest Florida? Send it to business@naplesnews.com and to our Business and Government Content Editor Dave Osborn at djosborn@naplesnews.com. We’ll post these on the Business page at ...
- Shumenov Sues Campillo For Drug Violation; Shumenov Welshes On Purse Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 1:51PMLas Vegas, Nevada (September 10, 2009) – Beibut Shumenov and his promoter, KZ Event Productions, Inc., have filed a lawsuit in Kazakhstan against Gabriel Campillo, Sampson Boxing, LLC and Sampson Lewkowicz seeking a judicial declaration that, as a result of Campillo’s blatant violation of the drug testing rules of the Kazakhstan Federation of Professional Boxing and the WBA, Campillo, Sampson ...
- Latha Jishnu: Who is afraid of trade unions? Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 1:49PMLabour relations usually go for a toss when industry is unwilling to deal with workers as stakeholders with legitimate concerns and demands. Pilots, you could argue, are, strictly speaking, not workmen. They earn six-figure salaries, fly sophisticated aircraft—and not always under supervision.
- Markets: Friday, September 11, 2009 @ 1:49PMEquities are crossing bull-market milestones. The UK FTSE-100 index this week climbed above 5,000, while the US S&P 500 has been above 1,000 for more than a month. The MSCI World index is at its highest level since last October. But why?
- Shares in positive territory at noon Thursday, September 10, 2009 @ 9:27PMTHE share market was stronger at noon, winding down to the end of the week with confidence across most sectors.
- Natural Gas Soars to Biggest Gain Since 2004 on Economy Outlook Thursday, September 10, 2009 @ 9:22PMSept. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Natural gas futures soared 15 percent, the biggest one-day gain in almost five years, on speculation a recovery in the U.S. economy is gaining momentum, spurring demand for industrial fuels.
- Whistleblower sues Afghanistan security firm Thursday, September 10, 2009 @ 9:17PMA former manager for the private contractor that provides guards for the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan said he tried to blow the whistle more than a year ago about inadequate staffing and improper behavior by guards, including going to brothels and sex trafficking.
- The Steel Mills case Thursday, September 10, 2009 @ 9:09PMSO, the media has now become a tool for better governance. At least this is the impression one gets from the prime minister’s recent sacking of the Pakistan Steel Mills’ (PSM) chairman for his alleged corruption and making the concern lose Rs21bn.
- When Did U.S. Know about Embassy Problems? Thursday, September 10, 2009 @ 9:07PMWhistleblowers Expose Understaffed Force Frequenting Brothels, Storing Illegal Weapons and Engaging in Human Trafficking
