The bond was posted with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to employ Jeff Pfaff, previously named in a PACA action. Any PACA licensee wishing to employ persons who have failed to pay a reparation award, or have been subject to a USDA disciplinary action, must post a USDA- approved surety bond. USDA will hold the $110,000 bond for four years, providing assurance to the…
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SUMMARY: The NCUA Board is proposing to amend NCUA’s regulations regarding prompt corrective action to restructure the part, and make various revisions, including replacing the agency’s current risk-based net worth requirements with new risk-based capital requirements for federally insured “natural person” credit unions. The proposed risk-based…
Feb. 27– The co-founder of a defunct Chicago escrow company was indicted on federal fraud charges on Wednesday for allegedly engaging in a Ponzi-like scheme and using more than $500,000 of customer funds for personal expenses and to operate other businesses. Derek Lurie, was charged with five counts of mail fraud. Earlier this month, Jacqueline Cruz, a former…
Feb. 27– A Granite City man faces felony charges after what police say is his fourth time being caught driving while intoxicated. Gary Phelps, 33 of 2604 Meadow Lane, crashed into a utility pole in a single-vehicle accident at just before 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of W. Chain of Rocks and Maryville roads near Granite City. He was jailed on $100,000 bail.
Higher interest rates drove a turnaround for annuities in 2013, boosting profits at Allianz Life…
Vance C. Dalton, Jr., CEO of Carolina Farm Credit announces that Russell Hedrick of Catawba County is the winner of the first annual Innovative Young Farmer Award. The award, sponsored by the Tobacco Farm Life Museum and the Farm Credit Associations of North Carolina, was created to promote and encourage the continuation of the agriculture industry in North…
Mark Stanley, a partner at Lancaster, Pa. full-service law firm Hartman Underhill& Brubaker LLC, recently was honored by the Building Industry Association of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Stanley represents local, regional and national development clients in South Central Pennsylvania, including Lancaster, Lebanon, Dauphin, York and Berks Counties.
Patriot National Insurance Group, Inc., a leading provider of workers’ compensation insurance solutions, is pleased to announce the promotion of Jamie O’Connor to Vice President of Human Resources. In her new role, Ms. Steven Mariano, Chief Executive Officer of Patriot National Insurance Group said, “Jamie’s extensive background in Human Resources makes her…
John Moran has accepted the position as Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board for Intelomed, Inc. “We are thrilled that John has accepted this position. He is a thought leader with terrific experience and a passion to improve patient care, “said Frank Amoruso, President and CEO. His advice and guidance are very highly regarded, and we feel privileged to have him…
It also shows that the Medicaid fraud caseload at the S.C. Attorney General’s Office increased 65 percent between fiscal years 2008 and 2010.. These cases involved only health care providers, such as doctors or pharmaceutical companies, who allegedly defrauded the Medicaid system. Between fiscal years 2008 and 2010, the amount Gambrell’s office recovered…
NEW YORK, Feb. 27, 2014/ PRNewswire-USNewswire/– Today, the 104,000- member Office and Professional Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, announced its endorsement of Kevin Strouse for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 8 th District as a Democrat. “Kevin has proven he’s a true leader that can be counted on to make things happen for the working families of…
When Hostess Brands went bankrupt in 2012, it triggered anxiety among employees at Ottenberg’s Bakery, a family-owned enterprise in Maryland. Gary League, 53, who has delivered Ottenberg’s bread for almost three decades, worried he might lose his nest egg, maybe even his job. Things are dire enough that a coalition of employers and labor unions is asking…
“The team at Stanley Wong Insurance Agency is honored to receive this award from CIG– it is a testament to our mission of offering high quality customer service and insurance solutions for each of our clients,” said Stanley Wong, Agency Principal of the Stanley Wong Insurance Agency. Capital Insurance Group bestows an Agency of the Year award to only one agency in…
The Connector, the online health insurance marketplace created by the federal Affordable Care Act, needs $15 million a year to operate but expects to earn only $1 million this year from fees. But to generate $15 million in fees, the Connector estimated it would need to enroll between 152,000 and 184,000 people in 2016. Between its Oct. 15 launch and last week, the…
That is the power of NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing. NHRA fans and competitors know that the only way to function in this sport is to “Go on Yello,” and it’s what makes NHRA Drag Racing the most intense, quickest, and loudest form of motorsports. The four categories in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series will be full of young, freshfaced competitors as well as seasoned…
The U.S. House of Representatives rallied Jan. 1 to pass a deal preventing tax hikes for most Americans and postponing temporarily billions of dollars in cuts that were to take effect. About $42.7 billion in defense spending cuts put hundreds of Connecticut residents employed by defense contractors out of work. Connecticut lawmakers approved bipartisan gun…
Feb. 27– Tumwater School District’s recent investigation into the behavior of former Black Hills High School head football coach and teacher Dominic Yarrington included a look at racy texts between him and the mom of a player, allegations that the two were caught making out on school property during a football event and complaints that he belittled a student…
The new engine also returns much better EPA estimated fuel economy figures than the 2.5- liter engine. While the actual fuel economy varies by model, the Jetta equipped with the 1.8 T and a six-speed automatic transmission now gets 36 mpg on the highway, up from 31 mpg for the 2.5- liter engine. At the same time, the city mileage improves from 24 to 25 mpg, and the…
Privacy laws rely on the unexamined assumption that the collection of data is not speech. Privacy scholars, recognizing an imminent clash between this long-held assumption and First Amendment protections of information, argue that data is different from the sort of speech the Constitution intended to protect. But they fail to articulate a meaningful…
