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The government of Canada released the following news on behalf of Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada:. The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada imposed administrative monetary penalties against seven Canadian businesses for violating the Proceeds of Crime and Terrorist Financing Act and the Proceeds…

EC13-138-000 ORDER AUTHORIZING DISPOSITION OF JURISDICTIONAL FACILITIES On August 22, 2013, Stony Creek Energy LLC filed an application pursuant to section 203 of the Federal Power Act requesting Commission authorization for the disposition of jurisdictional facilities resulting from a change in Stony Creek’s upstream ownership; Firstar…

The much anticipated Flagship Luxury Sedan for Hyundai has arrived at the Savannah Hyundai dealership. The new 2014 Hyundai Equus full-size sedan has attracted a following for both its high performance and luxury style. “We are one of the top-selling Hyundai dealerships in the country that sell the in-demand Hyundai Equus,” says Mark Medinger, owner of…

Oct. 01– SACRAMENTO– Most programs run by California using federal dollars will be unaffected by a U.S. government shutdown, but if the funding stalemate drags into November, money for food stamps and reduced-lunch programs for schoolchildren could be imperiled, the state Finance Department reported Monday. State officials think that unemployment insurance…

Oct. 01– In Ventura County, thousands of federal employees would face furloughs, national parks would close, and some businesses would have to suspend operations if the federal government shuts down Tuesday. From the outside, Naval Base Ventura County would appear mostly business-as-usual Tuesday if the federal government shuts down. The gates would work, and…

Colorado homeowners living in heavily forested areas would have their properties rated for wildfire risk and possibly face special fees and taxes to help fund fire mitigation efforts, under recommendations released Monday by the governor’s wildfire task force. John Hickenlooper created the Wildfire Insurance and Forest Health Task Force in 2012…

Last month I was driving down Veterans Parkway minding my own business. A Columbus Police motorcycle officer locked in behind me, his blue lights working overtime. I was able to pull into the Burger King parking lot and my new friend dutifully followed.

Oct. 01– The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing Farmers Insurance Exchange, alleging two Hmong employees were illegally fired by the company’s Fresno office because of their race, and a third was then let go for participating in an ensuing EEOC investigation. But the two Hmong employees– Chia Xiong and John Yang– and a third, Caucasian employee–…

Oct. 01– A Fresno dentist was negligent in caring for a patient who lost part her jaw to a tumor, a jury ruled Monday in Fresno County Superior Court. Su Nhia Ying Vang, who practices at Brite Care Dental on East Shields Avenue near Millbrook Avenue. Instead, jurors awarded Vue $350,000 for future wage loss, $100,000 for future medical expenses and $50,000 for pain and…

The National Park Service had ordered the closing of the road if Congress could not reach a resolution by 12:01 a.m. today to keep the government running. Mabry Mill, Peaks of Otter Lodge and Restaurant, the Blue Ridge Music Center, campgrounds and other sites will be closed for business. Those closures will be among the most visible effects of a government…

The purpose, according to city officials and Downtown Roanoke Inc., is to get unsightly trash off curbs while it waits for pickup, and to keep noisy, smelly garbage trucks off the streets during business hours. “It’s less service and I’m ending up paying more for it,” said Cornerstone Bar and Grill owner Mike Flanary. Skip Decker, Roanoke’ s head of solid waste…

Oct. 01– The city of Orlando will pay $750,000 to a credit-card-theft suspect who was shot by police in a crowded Target parking lot almost three years ago, the Orlando Sentinel has learned. Orlando police organized the Nov. 21, 2010, takedown of Cortes, who detectives said was driving a van filled with electronics that were purchased with stolen credit cards.

Oct. 01– Renee Hinson remembers the battle last year to get her insurance company to cover genetic testing as she was being treated for breast cancer. When the University Hospital Breast Health Center finally got approval, it turned out she had a BRCA2 mutation that put her at higher risk of ovarian cancer as well, and caused her to have her ovaries removed six weeks…

Forum Info-Tech, Inc. has been helping organizations move their on-premise Exchange installations to the cloud for a number of years. Although we were concerned about disrupting our business operations and reducing employee productivity, with Skykick and Forum Info-Tech, Inc., the migration was absolutely seamless to our employees and we experienced…

Emilio Lopez notched a goal and an assist on Sunday to lead the University of Wisconsin-Platteville to a 3-0 home victory over St. Norbert. Jake Tyler scored from 8 yards out early in the second half for the only goal the Pioneers needed. Platteville outshot St. Norbert by a 17-6 margin.

Until recently all of your company information was stored onsite, courtesy of bulky servers that devoured space, power, and time. Solution provided by Forum Info-Tech, Inc. IT/Marketing Director Eldrick Garcia of New Image Global, Inc., recently upgraded to the cloud and shared his experience: “I was the IT Manager for my current employer for 10 years, our computer…

Iowa Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhart and David Lyons, CEO of CoOportunity Health, one of two insurance companies offering plans statewide on the new market, will attend the sessions hosted by Iowa legislators Pam Jochum and Chuck Isenhart, both Dubuque Democrats. A meeting to discuss small-business options will be held at 1:30 p.m. in Room 200 of…

Oct. 01– NEW HAVEN– New Haven will be one of six “navigators” hired to help the public sign up for insurance under the Affordable Care Act, but a storefront office and the staff to do it will not kick in until later in the month. City spokeswoman Anna Mariotti said New Haven will soon have a dedicated hotline of its own for information on enrollment and there will be…

Sept. 30– No new buildings have risen around Memorial Hospital’s main campus off Boulder Street. But a year after Denver- based University of Colorado Health signed a 40- year lease to operate Memorial Health Systems, hospital officials say they finally have a sense of stability. As University of Colorado Health doles out millions to beef up the hospital system,…