Nov. 29– RICHMOND– Competing with other companies often is a major aspect of running a business, especially a small one when the profit margin is thin and the market can be small. She is the owner of EZ Care Uniforms and Medical Supplies in Richmond. About three years ago, Teague-Kelley received a call from the owner of the nearby Merle Norman store, Linda West.
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Nov. 29– While investigating a report of a person trying to break into houses and vehicles in the community of Monaville, West Virginia State Police were told by neighbors that a person had ran down the road. The officer located some footprints leading from the scene to a residence at 66 Rail Road Ave. The officer spoke with Matthew Dotson, who owned the residence.
Loretta Cline, 41, of Oak Street in Williamson, was placed under arrest by Williamson Patrolman Bert Gibson on charges of burglary, petit larceny and conspiracy. Shawna Fay Bailey, 29, of W. 4th Avenue in Williamson, faces charges of destruction of property after she was taken into custody by Williamson Police Chief Barry Blair and Patrolman Gibson.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 29– The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California. ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 29– Boston Scientific Scimed, Maple Grove, Minn., has been assigned a patent developed by David E. Silverman, Palo Alto, Calif., and Alan Stein, Moss Beach, Calif., for a “method for treating morbid obesity.” ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 29– AMS Research, Minnetonka, Minn., has been…
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 29– The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Washington. ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 29– Honeywell International, Morristown, N.J., has been assigned a patent developed by five co-inventors for a “multichannel, multimode, multifunction L-band radio transceiver.” The co-inventors are James B. Jones, Carnation, Wash., Pal Meiyappan, Bellevue,…
At the Nov. 20 school board meeting, assistant superintendent Ian Magness announced that the district’s iPlan has been recognized as an Apple Distinguished Program for 2013-15– a distinction granted to just a handful of districts in Pennsylvania. Blairsville- Saltsburg is in the midst of a multi-year agreement with Apple that has provided use of an iPad…
Nov. 29– When Kathleen Putnam Foreman graduated from a tiny high school east of Houston in 1978, the petite homecoming queen and class president wasn’t considering a career in the male-dominated military. Yet this year she became one of only a few hundred women promoted to the U.S. Army rank of colonel. While she’s never seen combat, Foreman is a highly trained…
An insurance company contends that a bad runway built by the city of Macon, Ga., caused a corporate jet to crash after it skidded at Macon Downtown Airport…
AS AMERICANS of all stripes lament the polarized condition of politics in Washington, D.C., a new hope is rising among those who are disillusioned with massive government programs and are wondering whatever happened to states’ rights. It is, in fact, the Founding Fathers’ own plan- to rein in the power of the federal government through an Article V ” Convention of…
Nov. 29– It has become a dreaded routine for the Miami-Dade County Commission: asking public employees to give up some of their benefits and wages to keep the government financially afloat. Greg Blackman, president of the Government Supervisors Association of Florida OPEIU Local 100, which represents professionals and supervisors, said commissioners have…
Back in May, Asiya partnered with Eurofin Asia Group to launch an Asia Islamic Trade Finance Fund, which invests in select short-term trade flows in Asia and the Middle East. Traders along the old Silk Road were no doubt familiar with financial contracts based on Islamic principles, and today buyers and sellers along the New Silk Road, joining Asia and the Middle…
Nov. 29– The Cathedral Prep Ramblers, paced by two goals and three assists from Trevor Faulkner, overwhelmed the McDowell Trojans 10-1 in PIHL non-league action Wednesday night. Jax Stone, a 9- year-old student at Tracy Elementary School, dropped the ceremonial puck before the game. Besides Faulkner, Ben Eliason and Brandon Gotkin also scored twice for the…
Top talent in Michigan is becoming a limited resource. Only 101 companies that have demonstrated exceptional commitment will be honored by the Michigan Business and Professional Association and named “Metropolitan Detroit’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For.” October 30, at the Henry Hotel located at 300 Town Center Drive in Dearborn.
Blue Cross and its affiliated HMO, Blue Care Network of Michigan, offer some of the lowest-priced plans across Michigan’s 16 rating regions. In the majority of counties in Michigan, BCBSM or BCN bronze and silver plan options offer some of the most affordable premiums on the Health Insurance Marketplace. “Blue Cross and Blue Care Network have worked very hard to…
1849- The man considered the first Black historian in America is born. 1855- John Mercer Langston, probably the first Black elected to public office in America- wins the race for Clerk of the Brownhelm Township, Lorain County, Ohio. 1901- Booker T. Washington becomes the first Black leader to dine at the White House with the president when Theodore Roosevelt invites…
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius recognized more than 900 Champions For Coverage nationwide. These organizations and businesses have volunteered to help Americans without affordable insurance learn more and get coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace, which opened for business October 1 and will give consumers a whole…
The plot and scheme by conservative Republican members of Congress to shut down the United States government is less about political disagreement and more about trying to kill the legacy of America’s first African American President. Political bigots were not sent to Washington to help insurance companies, they were not elected to assist east bankers, and…
Two and a half years into his first term in public office, Florida Republican Gov. At the same time that Gov. Scott is deliberately forfeiting millions in much-needed health care grants for the poor, disabled and seniors by rejecting the Medicaid Expansion Plan, he is continuing to press to have the state’s corporate taxable income exemption on businesses…
Community leaders, politicians, entrepreneurs and concerned citizens from across the state gathered in Harrisburg in early October to address health care reform, education, job training, immigration and many other issues effecting African-Americans and Latinos. An event hosted by Luther J. and Roxanne N. Sewell of Talk Magazine, the African American/Latino…
