Finance Law

Bonds of Associated Materials LLC (3214694Q) (3214694Q) are plummeting as widening losses and executive departures leave the residential building products maker owned by Hellman Friedman LLC with limited ability to pay down its bank debt. The company’s $730 million of 9.125 percent notes due November 2017 have fallen 6.1 cents this month to 91.3 cents [...]

COLUMBIA — Gary Myers has been selected as the next dean of the MU School of Law, Provost Brian Foster announced Monday. Myers, 49, will begin serving as dean Aug. 15. He succeeds R. Lawrence Dessem, who is stepping down to teach full-time after 10 years as dean. His salary will be $250,000 a year, [...]

Elmore, Vt. – Tradition and state education laws stand at odds in the small town of Elmore. With a large incoming class expected next fall, the one-room schoolhouse would be unable to meet the Vermont’s required student to teacher ratio. Residents and administrators see different solutions to the problem. Elmore’s one-room schoolhouse is the last [...]

By James Glynn – National Australia Bank downgrades 2012 growth forecast for economy – Survey shows small improvement in business confidence and conditions in March – Index shows near two-year slump in construction set to continue (Recasts story, adds details throughout.) SYDNEY -(MarketWatch)- One of Australia’s biggest banks on Tuesday downgraded its growth forecast for [...]

Spokane, WA US, Apr 09, 2012 (Filing Services Canada via COMTEX) – Mines Management, Inc. (MGT – TSX, MGN – NYSE Amex)(the “Company”) is pleased to announce financial and operating results for the year ended December 31, 2011. Overview 2011 Highlights * On April 4, 2011, the Company completed an underwritten public offering of 5,120,000 [...]

West Virginia University’s College of Law will add six new energy law classes to its curriculum during the 2012-13 academic year, bring the total to 10. The College of Law also announced April 9 that it is boosting its energy law faculty with the addition of Joshua Fershee in the fall. Fershee, a former practitioner [...]

Proposal to limit Church’s role in schools By Niall Murray, Education Correspondent Tuesday, April 10, 2012 Removing Communion and Confirmation preparation from the school day, and changes to laws that allow schools restrict places to children of their own faith, have been recommended in a blueprint for the primary education system. The advisory group that [...]

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian business sentiment on future sales rose to its highest level in two years in the first quarter, and companies also expect to increase investment and hire more staff, the Bank of Canada‘s spring survey showed on Monday. The survey also found that the percentage of companies that see the inflation rate [...]

Apr 09, 2012 (ACCESSWIRE-TNW via COMTEX) – Vancouver, BC–Enertopia Corporation (TOP) (the “Company” or “Enertopia”) announces its intention to complete a non-brokered private placement financing, consisting of 5,000,000 units at US $0.10 per unit, to raise gross proceeds of up to US$500,000 (the “Private Placement”). Each unit will consist of one common share in the [...]

IRVINE, Calif., Apr 09, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) – The UCI Law Center for Land, Environment and Natural Resources is co-sponsoring “Pesticides: Domestic and International Perspectives from Science, Law Governance” on April 12-13. WHAT: The conference is part of the “Toward a Sustainable 21st Century” initiative at UC Irvine. The program will focus on controversial issues [...]