Finance Law

KANSAS CITY, MO, May 23, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) – HR Block, Inc. /quotes/zigman/219890/quotes/nls/hrb HRB +2.04% , the world’s largest tax services provider, today named Gregory J. Macfarlane as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Macfarlane will lead all aspects of the company’s finance and reporting functions, effective June 4, 2012. “The Board and I [...]

Print E-mail By Wayne Washington The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Baffled. Hurt. Angry, but determined. Jennifer Brett, jbrett@ajc.com David and Tina Long and their son Troy attended an advance screening of the documentary “Bully” in April. The movie shared the story of their son Tyler, who hanged himself in 2009 at age 17. Such were the reactions [...]

JACKSON, MS (WLBT) – Flanked by supporters of the respective new laws, Governor Phil Bryant sealed with his signature what he calls important steps in combating an educational obstacle.   “I believe this is some of the most significant legislation that we’ve had for education in many, many years,” said Bryant. Two pieces of legislation are [...]

The injection, which has been planned for some time, comes as Greek businesses and consumers continue to withdraw substantial amounts of money from their bank accounts amid uncertainty about the country’s political and economic future. More than 23 billion euros in deposits was withdrawn from Greek banks in the eight months that ended in March, [...]

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass., May 23, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Watts Water Technologies, Inc. /quotes/zigman/245827/quotes/nls/wts WTS +1.55% today announced that William C. McCartney, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, has decided to retire after more than 27 years of service, including more than 12 years as Chief Financial Officer. The Company is commencing a search for a [...]

I Swear Vic Fleming Updated 1:56PM In 1975-76, I had Ken Gould for Torts. Two years later, I had him for Practice Skills. In the latter, he surprised us one day with a written exercise. “Take out a sheet of paper and write out, informally, what you think would be your ideal legal career. Take [...]

<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 2–> Shumlin joins Outright Vermont to celebrate new anti-harassment laws Gov. Peter Shumlin thanked Outright Vermont today for its work advocating for stronger anti-harassment legislation in schools this year as staff members, volunteers and youth gathered at space for gay and lesbian youth. “We have all the tools we need to deal [...]

By Jonathan Stempel and Dan Levine Wed May 23, 2012 7:59pm EDT (Reuters) – Facebook Inc and lead underwriter Morgan Stanley were sued by shareholders who claimed they hid the social networking company’s weakened growth forecasts ahead of its $16 billion initial public offering. The lawsuit came as Facebook and the banks that took it [...]

STATE COLLEGE, Pa., May 23, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) – Rex Energy Corporation /quotes/zigman/107011/quotes/nls/rexx REXX +1.89% today announced the appointment of Michael L. Hodges as Chief Financial Officer and Curtis J. Walker as Chief Accounting Officer of the company. Hodges is a Certified Public Accountant and brings over 10 years of oil and gas experience [...]

Police on horseback charge into a crowd of students protesting against tuition hikes in Montreal, Tuesday, May 15, 2012. A recent court injunction ordered the reopening of College Lionel-Groulx near Montreal. After several days of student pickets, which included some parents and teachers who wanted to support the declared strikers, riot police used chemical irritants [...]