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RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Company (NYSE:HRH - News), one of the world's largest insurance and risk management intermediaries, announced today that on August 27, 2008 it commenced mailing of proxy materials, to persons who were sha..
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OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With triple-digit heat consuming much of California this week, Cal/OSHA investigators are targeting Fresno, Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Napa, Sonoma, Yolo, Santa Clara counties for heat illness prevention inspections of outd..
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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DXP Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:DXPE - News) announced today the completion of the acquisition of PFI, LLC. The purchase price of approximately $65 million was financed with borrowings from a new $200 million senior credit facility..
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ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--3M announced today it has acquired Polyfoam Products Inc., a structural adhesives company specializing in foam adhesives for tile roofing and other adhesive products for the building industry. Terms of the transaction wer..
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has assigned the following ratings to Maryland Community Development Administration's (CDA) residential revenue bonds,
--$100 million 2008 series B and C 'AA';
--$50 million 2008 series D 'AA/F1+'.
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WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--It’s time to pull out the backpacks and clean the lunch boxes as children head back-to-school this month. Packing safe lunches for school and for work is critically important. Since September is also National Food Safety Edu..
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AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Annual percentage rates for new credit card offers dipped lower this week, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report.
Banks tweaked some offer rates this week, while minutes from the Federal Reserve's..
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NEWARK, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--What happens when two well-known, trusted exterior remodeling companies join forces? Area homeowners can now find “everything for the outside” expert installation of roofing, windows, siding, doors, insulation, fencing,..
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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE:KMP - News) today announced it has acquired two pipeline systems from Knight Inc., the private entity which owns the general partner of KMP. The purchase includes Knight’s one-third int..
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DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of IONA Technologies PLC (NASDAQ: IONA - News) announces that at meetings held today the Company’s shareholders voted in favour of each of the resolutions necessary to approve the Acquisition of t..
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CAYMAN ISLANDS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ:GRMN - News) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of SatSignal- Equipamentos de Comunicações e de Navegação, S.A., the distributor of Garmin’s consumer products in Portugal. The c..
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CAMDEN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The notion of ‘tackling’ is nothing new to a football mom, but the moms of 35 NFL players are giving tackling a whole new meaning this football season. The Professional Football Player’s Mothers Association (PFPMA) is..
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OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A.M. Best Co. has commented that all ratings and the under review with negative implications status of CastlePoint Insurance Company (CPIC) (New York), CastlePoint Reinsurance Company, Limited (CPRe) (Bermuda) and CastlePoi..
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PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center: WHO: Executives from the region's advanced manufacturing companies will join forces with economic development organizations and leaders from academia at Delaware County Commu..
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COLUMBIA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tecore Networks, a leading provider of GSM, CDMA, 3G and multi-protocol mobile networks, today announced that its portfolio of core and radio access network products has received Rural Development Acceptance and “Buy Amer..
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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--An Atwater-based farm labor contractor fined last month for work safety violations stemming from the heat death of a 17-year-old farm worker surrendered its license to operate for three years, the Department of Industrial R..
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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Stracka Design Company LLC, home of www.Stracka.com, Golf's premier social network, has acquired the assets of Texas-based GolfQ.com Inc. GolfQ (www.GolfQ.com) touts itself as being the World’s Largest Golf Community and ha..
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HENDERSON, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The board of directors of Bergamo Acquisition Corp (Pink Sheets: BGMO - News) is pleased to announce, in connection with the company's previous announcement concerning having entered into agreement with the appropriate go..
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Major business events and economic events scheduled for Thursday:
WASHINGTON -- Commerce Department reports preliminary second quarter gross domestic product, 8:30 a.m.
WASHINGTON -- Labor Dept. reports weekly jobless claims, 8:30 a.m.
ROUND ROCK, Texa..
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MALVERN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IKON Office Solutions (NYSE:IKN, IKON ), the world’s largest independent channel for document management systems and services, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Ricoh Company, Ltd. (TSE:7752, R..
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