Finance Law

FARMINGTON, Conn., Aug 7, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) – Horizon Technology Finance Corporation /quotes/zigman/626803/quotes/nls/hrzn HRZN -0.06% (the “Company” or “Horizon”), a leading specialty finance company that provides secured loans to venture capital and private equity backed development-stage companies in the technology, life science, healthcare information and services, and clean-tech industries, today announced its financial results [...]

ABA turns down accrediting request from a Chinese school. Educational accreditation is essential for colleges and universities, and is a way for an external body to assess a program to determine whether it meets generally accepted quality standards. Meet the body’s accreditation standards and your educational institution will attract top faculty and students that feel [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana threatened Tuesday to sue a northeastern Louisiana charter school if it doesn’t change rules that keep pregnant students out of the classroom and require girls under suspicion of being pregnant to be tested. The four-paragraph “Student Pregnancy Policy” in Delhi Charter School‘s policy manual says that if a [...]

INDIANA, Pa., Aug. 6, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ – First Commonwealth Financial Corporation (NYSE:FCF) recently named Stephen Cobain head of the company’s Corporate Bank.  In this role, Mr. Cobain will oversee all aspects of First Commonwealth’s Corporate Banking efforts, including Pittsburgh and community market franchises, corporate finance, investment real estate, middle market lending, public finance, and cash [...]

WASHINGTON — A few months after finishing college, Angela Achen sat in a hospital waiting room and took stock of her assets: A degree in art history, a knack for women’s studies and almost no marketable job skills. She asked her father, who doctors told her was in his final hours, whether he had any [...]

The state Attorney General’s Office has ordered top leaders of the Sunnyside Unified School District to undergo training on state election laws after it found the district violated statutes. In addition to the Governing Board and Superintendent Manuel L. Isquierdo, the district’s principals, athletic department administration and its coaches must undergo training on the laws [...]

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At the event, an academic seminar on the impact of ASEAN Economic Community’s formation on the country’s legal system, led by Chairman of Thai Chamber of Commerce’s trade and services committee Chatchai Mongkolvisadhkaiwon, will be held. The event will also feature a free legal consulting service, a simulated court room, a legal quiz competition, a [...]

August 7, 2012 Updated Aug 7, 2012 at 10:28 AM PDT A public school has sparked outrage by forcing its female students to take pregnancy tests – and then kicking out those that come back positive or refuse to do so. Delhi Charter School, in Delhi, Louisiana, has come under fire for its policy that [...]

Mumbai: Overseas direct investment by Indian companies declined to $1.24 billion in July from $3.53 billion a month earlier. As many as 459 deals took place last month involving Indian firms, leading to an overseas equity investment of $436.14 million as compared to $341.71 million in June, RBI data showed. Investing abroad. Reuters Investments through [...]