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  • Gov. Nikki Haley in Conway to sign bill Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:58AMGov. Nikki Haley was on the Grand Strand Monday to sign a bill that allows construction companies an
  • Gov. Nikki Haley in Conway for bill signing Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:58AMGov. Nikki Haley was on the Grand Strand on Monday to sign a bill that allows construction companies
  • A Community Divided Over a Pool Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 8:57PMIn the words of that iconic sitcom father, Frank Barone, “Holy crap, it’s hot!” I just got back from a ride in the Wrangler with the top down. I think I got too much sun. I could go dunk myself in our little pool in the back yard, but instead (at least for now), I’ve taken refuge in an air conditioned room in the house, to try to update you on the discussions about Le Roy’s community pool, as ...
  • A community divided over a pool Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 8:57PMIn the words of that iconic sitcom father, Frank Barone, “Holy crap, it’s hot!” I just got back from a ride in the Wrangler with the top down. I think I got too much sun. I could go dunk myself in our little pool in the back yard, but instead (at least for now), I’ve taken refuge in an air conditioned room in the house, to try to update you on the discussions about Le Roy’s community pool, as ...
  • Yellowstone River levee concerns Laurel officials Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 7:50PMLAUREL - Mayor Ken Olson rides his loud, black motorcycle over the raging Yellowstone River and then walks back onto the bridge to point out a historic cabin perched on an undercut bank.
  • Laurel mayor worries about river levee worn down by flooding Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:35PMLaurel mayor Ken Olson rides his loud, black motorcycle over the raging Yellowstone River and then walks back onto the bridge to point out a historic cabin perched on an undercut bank.
  • County board discusses contractor’s work, Dundas dump Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:29PMRichland County Board discussed two complaints within the county during its monthly meeting Thursday.   County Engineer Dan Colwell said that he has been having an issue with a contractor who has been doing work on driveways in the county. Colwell said the contractor has been working on driveway entrances in right-of-ways without permission and that it is creating safety issues.   Colwell said ...
  • Port authority working to keep Cates Landing project on schedule Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:34AMThe Northwest Tennessee Regional Port Authority held its monthly meeting on Wednesday at the Dyersburg-Dyer County Chamber of Commerce. The timing on the Cates Landing Project continues to be very...
  • Making Good: Your Treasure Valley business community: accomplishments and promotions. Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:47PMVicki Stieha has been appointed director of the Foundational Studies Program at Boise State University. Stieha is interim director of general education at Northern Kentucky University. She will join Boise State in August.
  • Town pushing LEL to keep Coffee Creek Center promises Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 4:50PMIs Coffee Creek Center an eyesore? Chesterton Town Council Member Jeff Trout, R-2nd, is fearful at least that it may become one, with numerous brick pavers missing from the roadways in the development.
  • Commission favors insurance purchase for county fair Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 2:23PMWith less than a week until the Ellis County Fair gets started, Ellis County commissioners unanimously voted to purchase fair insurance policies, pending approval of county counsel.
  • ACE Westchester Expands Environmental Coverage through New Premises Pollution Package Policy Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 1:14PMPHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ACE Westchester, the U.S.-based wholesale-focused insurance division of the ACE Group, today announced the launch of its new ACE Westchester EliteSM Premises Pollution Liability form. The new policy provides a package of pollution coverages that can complement clients’ casualty and property programs, and is designed to offer additional enhancements for the complex ...
  • Cumberland Township buys insurance Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:54AMCUMBERLAND TWP. — Cumberland Township supervisors on Monday bought three insurance policies for a total of more than $95,000.
  • Renovating your home? Renovate your insurance Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:19AM(ARA) - Whether you are upgrading a kitchen, adding on a master suite, or gutting a newly purchased structure, you need to reassess your insurance needs both before and after your renovation.
  • Marsh Duncan Joins Argo Group as SVP of Environmental Division Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 8:32AMNEW YORK --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. (NasdaqGS: AGII), an internatio...
  • Gateway Insurance Company Goes Into Production with Duck Creek Policy Administrationâ„¢ Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 8:23AMBOLIVAR, Missouri, July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ Company processing Commercial Automobile, Workers Compensation, General Liability and Inland Marine. Duck Creek Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative software and services for the …
  • Gateway Insurance Company Goes Into Production with Duck Creek Policy Administration Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 8:00AMDuck Creek Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative software and services for the insurance industry, announced today that Gateway Insurance Company is in production and processing General Liability, Commercial Property, Commercial Automobile, and Workers Compensation policies on the Duck Creek Policy Administration⢠system.
  • New Homes Warranties Are Not Working Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:36AMLONDON, ENGLAND--(Marketwire - July 12, 2011) - According to data from Wilkins Kennedy, the Top 22 accountancy firm, 948 construction companies went bust in the first quarter of 2011.
  • Pillar To Post Has It Covered From A to Z Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 9:20PMHartford - (Newington, Conn.)---When it comes to buying or selling a home, nothing is more important than trust. Buying a home will likely be the biggest investment you will ever make.
  • Philadelphia Insurance Companies Launches New Surety Division Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 1:11PMPHLY now offers surety bonds to the contract and construction industries, as well as selective commercial surety bonds. (PRWeb July 11, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8629178.htm
  • Beehive Insurance Celebrates Golden Anniversary Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 12:42PMMURRAY, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Beehive Insurance, a full-service insurance agency, is today celebrating 50 years of insuring and protecting businesses, contractors and neighbors across the Intermountain West. A small operation that opened its doors 50 years ago has now grown into one of Utah’s largest insurance groups. “This is an important milestone for our organization,” said Doug Snow, who ...
  • Insurance: Fireman’s Fund names new CEO Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 9:14AMLori Dickerson Fouché has been named the new president and chief executive officer of Novato-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co.
  • From A to Z, Pillar To Post Has it Covered Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 9:19PMNew York - (Sackets Harbor, NY)---When it comes to buying or selling a home, nothing is more important than trust. Buying a home will likely be the biggest investment you will ever make.
  • Pillar To Post Has It Covered Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 8:20PMSeattle - (Duvall, WA)---When it comes to buying or selling a home, nothing is more important than trust. Buying a home will likely be the biggest investment you will ever make.
  • Gov. Rick Perry signs bills benefiting ASA-Houston Chapter into law Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 1:32PMConstruction subcontractors in Texas will have more assurances they will be paid for their work, more confidence in the integrity of the bidding system for public work, and fewer concerns about risk-s
  • Temping increases as permanent way to work Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 12:33PMWhen Kevin Giley started working at a local meatpacker, helping to make pepperoni, he never expected to like it. He just needed a job after his former employer went belly-up.
  • Lawsuits July 4 Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 12:00AMLawsuitsInvolving businesses or public entities and filed in Knox County Circuit Court in May
  • Check Out New Hawaii Laws Starting July 1 Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 5:35PMDozens of new state laws begin on Friday. Find out which ones may affect you.
  • Governor appoints new SCF board member Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 2:43PMGovernor Jan Brewer has appointed Ken Kirk to succeed Brett Jones on the SCF Arizona board of directors. Kirk has a deep background in finance and insurance. He began his career as an audit manager CPA with Arthur Andersen; from there he served as chief financial officer with the Crescent Hotel Group and then chief executive officer with Insurance West, a Scottsdale firm. Insurance West was ...
  • California’s Post Insurance Services, Inc. Provides Local Companies with Tips on How to Save Money via Business ... Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 3:37AMLocal California insurance agency, Post Insurance Services, Inc., is educating businesses statewide regarding good tactics for saving money through proper business insurance. (PRWeb June 29, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/6/prweb8604852.htm
  • Fulton couple looking to rebuild -- WITH VIDEOS Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 1:03PMA Fulton couple are working to possibly rebuild a downtown building destroyed in a fatal November fire.
  • GOP helps pass tort reform legislation Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 4:36AMTort reform had proved so elusive in Alabama during the past decade that the business lobby had all but given up on it.
  • First tort reform bills since 1999 become law in Alabama Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 11:28PMMONTGOMERY — The first successful efforts at tort reform in Alabama in more than a decade now are law.
  • Priority shifts from funding to building Cates Landing Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 10:09PMBy KEVIN BOWDEN Staff Reporter It’s apparently full steam ahead for the $20 million Cates Landing project in Lake County.
  • Book Release: Construction Insurance: A Guide for Attorneys and Other Professionals Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 11:05AMCHICAGO, June 24, 2011 – An understanding of insurance as a tool to manage, transfer and finance risk of construction projects is critical for lawyers representing the range of parties involved in such ventures. A new book, published by the American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry, Construction Insurance: A Guide for Attorneys and Other Professionals, examines the intersection ...
  • Pan Ameri Energy LLC UK Regulatory Announcement: Annual Financial Report Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 2:13AMBUENOS AIRES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Translation from the original prepared in Spanish for publication in Argentina FINAL – 23/6/11 PAN AMERICAN ENERGY LLC(ARGENTINE BRANCH) FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2010 COMPARATIVE WITH THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR CONTENTS Page Independent auditors’ report 2 Legal information 4 Balance sheet 5 Statement of income 6 Statement of cash flows 7 Notes to the ...
  • BUSINESS BRIEFCASE for June 26, 2011 Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 7:17PMCredit union celebrates 50 years
  • Models can determine hurricane wind, water damage, panel told Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 6:29PMWASHINGTON — When Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma hit in 2005, all that was left of homes along the Gulf Coast for miles were slabs of concrete. For many homeowners, that was just the beginning of the problem.
  • IndividualRestaurant - Directorate Change Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 12:48PMIndividualRestaurant - Directorate Change
  • Pahrump museum reorganized, reopens Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 10:18AMThe Pahrump Valley Museum is open again, after being closed since January except for the monthly lecture series. The closure was blamed on the need to draw up a new contract between Nye County and the Pahrump Valley Museum and Historical Society on allocating the tax receipts. Property owners pay a tax of 1.1 cents[...]
  • Dunbars insurance is lower this year Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 9:45PMCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Dunbar City Council renewed its liability and workers compensation policy Tuesday night at a lower rate than previous years. "We were glad to do it," said Mayor Jack Yeager. "People are struggling to find good...
  • Owner files lawsuit to fund cleanup Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 9:42AM‘It’s a financial nightmare.” SEYMOUR — Alex Budzinski didn’t want it to come to this. For the past nine months, since fire destroyed the Housatonic Wire Company buildings on his River Street property, Budzinski has been trying to finance clean-up and demolition on the burned-out factory site. The site looks much as it did on Sept. 12, 2010, the day after fire ravaged the historic factory that ...
  • National, local firms bid on Frostburg tree removal Sunday, June 19, 2011 @ 11:12PMFROSTBURG — Both a national and a local company are interested in removing Frostburg’s 19 problem trees along Frost Avenue.
  • Faking hail damage not new Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 7:40AMTwo Bucks County contractors awaiting hearings on insurance fraud charges while residents from PA and NJ are wary of scam.
  • McComb hires four new police officers Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 4:10PMOn May 3, McComb Mayor Whitney Rawlings suggested the city board dissolve the Department of Community Relations and Tourism and reallocate its funds to bolster the city’s police force. A week later, the department was closed.
  • Former Hillsborough commissioner Kevin White indicted on federal charges Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 7:48AMBy Sue Carlton, Jodie Tillman and Tia Mitchell, Times Staff Writers Wednesday, June 15, 2011 TAMPA — Former Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin White was arrested Wednesday morning on federal charges alleging he took bribes in exchange for his influence in getting tow truck permits as chairman of the Public Transportation Commission. White was indicted on 10 charges including bribery ...
  • Water Authority tours new plant facility on New River Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 3:44PMINDEPENDENCE, Va.—Following a meeting last Thursday, the Virginia-Carolina Water Authority took a tour of the new water treatment facility that is still under construction near the end of Moxley Ridge Road just over the North Carolina state line.
  • Household Manager Makes Estate Safer Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 8:07AMFormally trained household managers who live onsite make homes and estates safer and more secure. They often screen vendors, manage contractors, oversee domestic employees, direct home maintenance, coordinate home security, monitor groundskeepers, and run background checks on new household staff.
  • Blue Cod Technologies, Inc. and Mercer Insurance Group to Present, “Don’t be that Kid: How to Successfully Meet Bureau ... Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 9:30AMMARLBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blue Cod Technologies, Inc. today announced an educational webinar that will discuss the key challenges of statistical reporting and provide practical guidance on how to improve the filing process.
  • How area lawmakers voted this past week in Raleigh Saturday, June 11, 2011 @ 4:17AMCapital Correspondence June 9, 2011 House Roll-Call Votes HB12 _ Stop Methamphetamine Labs: Increases the regulation on pseudoephedrine products to curtail methamphetamine production and to reduce costs to local governments for lab cleanup costs....