FTC Approves Final Order Settling Charges That Irving Oils Acquisition of ExxonMobil Assets in Maine Was ...

07/19/11 Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission approved a final order settling charges that Irving Oils acquisition of Exxon-Mobils diesel and gasoline related assets in Maine was anticompetitive and would have led to higher prices for consumers. Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission approved a final order settling charges that Southwest Health ...

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FTC Seeks Public Comments on Dow Chemical Company's Application to Approve Amendments to Asset Purchase Agreement with ...

07/19/11 The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comments on an application by The Dow Chemical Company for approval of amendments to an asset purchase agreement executed on July 31, 2009, between Dow and Arkema Inc. The application is required by the FTCs final 2009 order regarding Dows acquisition of Rohm and Haas, which requires Dow to obtain FTC approval of any modifications to contracts and ...

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Southern Home Medical Announces Record Revenues and Profits for the Second Quarter

07/19/11 Revenues Increase 69% and Net Income Grows Sevenfold Year-Over-Year

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Urban Pace Sells Out The Flatiron of Bloomingdale in 5 Days

07/19/11 WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - Jul 19, 2011) - Lynn Hackney, President of Urban Pace , a new home sales and marketing company for urban developers located in Washington, DC, is pleased to announce that in less than one week Urban Pace has successfully sold out The Flatiron of Bloomingdale , a boutique condominium building located at 143 Rhode Island Avenue , NW in Washington, DC. These one and ...

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Maryland Native And New England Patriots Cornerback Leigh Bodden Gives Back To Area Youth

07/19/11 SB Nation D.C. was on hand as local native and New England Patriots cornerback Leigh Bodden held a bowling fundraiser in Washington D.C. Also, George Wilson, the Bills' player representative, discussed the ongoing NFL lockout. WASHINGTON, D.C - On Monday evening, NFL stars gathered at Lucky Strike in downtown Washington D.C. to bowl for a good cause.  It marked the first fundraiser for  New ...

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SocialCo-Op and Zen Rizing Drive Through Carmageddon and Help Launch Mycle Brandy's Walk Across America, San Diego to ...

07/14/11 SocialCo-Op Sponsoring Rockstars to Change the World By Collaborating & Recruiting to Fundraise for People; is trekking with Zen Rizing from Santa Monica to San Diego through Carmageddon on the Rastabus to support fellow life rockstar and 4time stroke survivor Mycle Brandy on his quest to inspire other stroke survivors to exercise and live healthy. (PRWeb July 14, 2011) Read the full story at ...

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Obesity May Be Fought With Molasses Extract

07/14/11 Obesity and weight management may have a new solution. A study in mice suggests dietary supplementation with molasses extract may provide a new approach to those problems, researchers in Australia say. Richard Weisinger of La Trobe University in Bundoora, Australia, and colleagues investigated the impact of adding molasses extract - rich in polyphenols, a group of chemical compounds found in ...

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DC report: Charlie Sheen police escort 'routine'

07/14/11 District of Columbia officers who gave actor Charlie Sheen an escort with flashing lights and sirens did not violate department policies, the city's inspector general said in a report this week.

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DC report calls Charlie Sheen police escort routine, faults casual manner in which done

07/14/11 WASHINGTON - District of Columbia officers who gave actor Charlie Sheen an escort with flashing lights and sirens did not violate department policies, the city's inspector general said in a report this week. The report calls such escorts routine and accepted practice.

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Clean Beach Coalition Releases Annual List of Clean and Healthy Beaches

07/14/11 The Clean Beaches Coalition today released its annual list of beaches which have been officially certified as clean, healthy and environmentally well managed. This year beaches in twenty states and U.S. territories, including American Samoa, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, U.S ...

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DC funded 300 abortions in 2 years

07/09/11 WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) - For decades Congress has used its power over the District of Columbia to ban the city from paying for abortions for poor women, but during a two-year period when lawmakers reversed course at least 300 women got city-funded procedures, according to data obtained by The Associated Press. That period when the city was free to pay for abortions ended earlier this year. The ...

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Feds name new leader for bay program

07/09/11 A former Delaware environmental secretary has been picked to head the EPA's Chesapeake Bay Program, which guides the federal-state cleanup effort. Nicholas DiPasquale was Delaware's environmental secretary from 1999 to 2002 and, more recently, a private environmental consultant. He is from Harrington, Del., which is about 14 miles east of Denton. EPA Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin ...

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Honeywell Loses Bid to Dismiss U.S. False Claims Lawsuit Over Body Armor

07/08/11 Honeywell International Inc. (HON) failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by the U.S. claiming the company sold the government defective material for use in body armor.

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Colorado: A stepping stone to space

07/08/11 KUSA - Our state has supplied pioneer astronauts and countless technological advances in the history of American space exploration. As Atlantis marks the end of the shuttle era, Colorado companies are working on the next generation of spaceflight technology.

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Operators unclear on new pollution rule's effect on plants

07/08/11 Power plant operators anticipated that the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule announced Friday would tighten pollution regulations. Now they're busy gauging what impact the 1,300-page rule will have on local plants. What's clear is that older, smaller coal-fired plants are most vulnerable to closure.

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Ky. company says DC ban on cigar wrappers illegal

07/08/11 A District of Columbia law aimed at making it tougher for kids to get materials that can be used to smoke marijuana is under fire from a tobacco company. AD: Helping Midsize Businesses Fuel Innovation Helping Midsize Businesses Fuel Innovation Take an interactive tour to discover how customized IBM solutions can help midsize businesses level the playing field on a Smarter Planet. ibm.com/engines ...

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Nigerian president swears in first sets of ministers

07/02/11 Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday swore in a first batch of 14 ministers following his election in April and asked them to "hit the ground running".

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Honoring our flag

07/02/11 The North Platte Telegraph It is not only one of the most enduring images of America, but around the world it represents our country more than any other. The American Flag has changed forms many times since it was created by a nation struggling to be born. George Washington's men flew a flag with 13 red and white stripes called the Grand Union Flag. In the place of the field of stars our modern ...

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Terps Lax All-Americans galore

07/02/11 Today nearly a dozen future Terps lacrosse All-Americans will take the field in the sixth annual Under Armour...

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Kathy Jordan: an artist who has soared through the glass ceiling of her career

07/02/11 The name of Kathy Jordan's business is The Art of Glass. While "art" and "glass" are the predominant factors of what Jordan has been doing for the past two decades in her Media studio, they do not, in any way, adequately explain the completeness of the endeavor. Art is a good place to start, however.

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