Finance Law

The movement to allow houses of worship to meet in schools is gaining momentum – in Albany. The state Senate Education Committee recently approved an amendment to education laws that would allow school sites to be used for religious meetings outside school hours. The vote is merely a first step on a long road to [...]

Get Business Mobile Text Alerts By KENNETH R. GOSSELIN The Hartford Courant 12:02 p.m. EST, January 30, 2012 Bank of America said today it will boost the number of its small business bankers in three New England states, adding 50 positions including 14 in Connecticut. Connecticut’s largest bank said the hires are part of the [...]

Enlarge image Fat Boys on Great Wall Help Harley Cut Yields Kevin Lee/Bloomberg The company added 35 new dealers internationally in 2011 including places like China and India, part of a plan to increase the number by as much as 150 from the 2009 level. The company added 35 new dealers internationally in 2011 including [...]

CAMDEN — The proposal to merge Rutgers University in Camden with Rowan University under Rowan’s name has been met with skepticism, bordering on disbelief, by alumni, faculty members and students at the Rutgers campus. “They have never seen anything like this in the history of the United States,” said Rutgers historian Jacob Soll, an award-winning [...]

Fultondale, AL (WVTM) — Meet some sophmores at Jefferson County’s Fultondale High School.  They just finished their semester long Driver’s Ed class.  A couple have driver’s licenses, the rest have permits or are waiting to take a permit test. Some know first-hand teens can be wreckless. Has License, Wes Smith said, “Going too fast and [...]

UBS AG (UBSN), which sold its Brazilian lending unit in 2009, is trying to buy another as it steps up efforts to restart an investment-banking business in the country, a person familiar with the company’s plans said. UBS has sought a license for the past two years to open its own business trading stocks and [...]

Enlarge image Fat Boys on Great Wall Help Harley Cut Yields Kevin Lee/Bloomberg The company added 35 new dealers internationally in 2011 including places like China and India, part of a plan to increase the number by as much as 150 from the 2009 level. The company added 35 new dealers internationally in 2011 including [...]

Haiti – Social : Law students protest against a program of Sophia Martelly30/01/2012 14:38:50 Several students of the Faculty of Law of Jacmel protested last Friday on a distribution of food baskets, organized by the office of the presidency within the faculty, as part of a program launched by the First Lady Sophia Martelly, through [...]

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– A report released today by the National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) indicates charter school closures have declined over the past three years. These findings are shared in 2011 State of Charter School Authorizing: Fourth Annual Report on NACSA’s Authorizer Survey. In 2010-2011, 6.2 percent of charter schools that were reviewed for [...]

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