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SERVIDYNE ACQUIRES ATLANTIC LIGHTING AND SUPPLY, STRENGTHENING ......

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:40:02 -0600

ATLANTA – June 9, 2008 – SERVIDYNE, INC. (NASDAQ – SERV), a building performance expert services and real estate company, today reported that it has acquired Atlanta-based Atlantic Lighting and Supply Company, a distributor of cutting-edge energy efficient lighting products. The acquisition brings Servidyne more than 1,250 new lighting customers. Rob Edwards, a selling co-owner of Atlanti...

Dan Flannery column: Post-Crescent looks different, but it's all ......

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:40:02 -0600

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State Bank issued order from FDIC...

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:40:02 -0600

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has issued a cease-and-desist order against State Bank of Park Rapids, citing unsafe banking practices the institution must take steps to remediate.

Many are already u...

Slump means identity crisis for Las Vegas...

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:40:03 -0600

This is not just a place people are born and live. Las Vegas is an enterprise.

It is a deal people enter, a set of givens agreed upon: More is better. Biggest is best.

To live in Las Vegas is to stake your future on this enterprise _ for better or worse.

For the past 20 years, it has been for better. The unemployment rate was minuscule. Gleaming new casinos were built on "old"...

Great expectations...

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 04:40:03 -0600

IT MAY not promise to look anything like it, but here's wishing all a Happy New Year. Despite the gloomy global economic scenario, there is much euphoria and hope that things will change for the better.

The past year, after all, showed that Malaysians can bring about change if they really want to, as seen by the altered political landscape.

But it has also proved that some things a...

Government to ensure completion of all projects...

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:40:20 -0600

The UAE Contractors' Association yesterday said it had received no complaints from companies regarding overdue payments from the federal or local governments or developers.

"No contracting company has informed us about stoppage of projects and nor have the engineers," said Chairman Dr Ahmad Saif Belhasa.

"The association has received strong assertions from the government that it wi...

Dubai braces for new year filled with uncertainty...

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:40:19 -0600

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The skyscrapers here have not stopped rising, and planeloads of hopeful migrant workers still fill a gleaming new airport terminal in the center of this modern Gulf metropolis.

The arrival this week of football star David Beckham for winter training and pop diva Shakira for a concert in nearby Abu Dhabi have added an electric charge to the air &#x...

Dismal holiday sales weigh on mall owners...

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:40:03 -0600

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SW Idaho proposed site for high-tech corridor...

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:40:01 -0600

The Associated Press • Published December 28, 2008

A coalition of private businesses and state and local government officials say they have a plan to entice big, high-tech companies to relocate to southwest Idaho.

The group of more than 100 individuals and companies said it will officially launch the Eagle-Star Technology Corridor, called ESTech, on Jan. 24. The plan calls for...

David Williams column: With 52 more columns under my belt, I'm as ......

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:40:02 -0600

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Chinese shares keep sliding, close with big losses...

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 04:40:07 -0600

Beijing, Dec 26 (Xinhua) Chinese equities failed to reverse the slack run of the past four trading days and ended Friday 0.05 percent lower, creating a record weekly loss of 8.27 percent in 11 weeks.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index shed 0.05 percent to 1,851.52. The Shenzhen Component Index fell 1.19 percent to 6,704.25.

Combined turnover shrank to 57.2 billion yuan ($8.2 bil...

WSF proposal: no second Keystone ferry...

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:40:02 -0600

Major service cuts included in Washington State Ferries' newly released draft long-range plan have sparked concern in Whidbey Island's business community.

The plan released Dec. 18 lays out two options the agency could take over the next 20 years. The first is to maintain the current level of service and make needed improvements, while the second reduces service levels to address massiv...

Oakland : A Tale of Two Cities...

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:40:03 -0600

It has become something of a cliche to describe Oakland as a city of extremes, but perhaps nothing better illustrates the kernel of truth in that statement than the vagaries of its real-estate market.

For it is possible to buy a single family home in Oakland today for either $68 per square foot, or $680 per square foot: your choice.

For the princely sum of $59,150 (or $68/sq ft), yo...

More companies lining up for piece of bailout fund...

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:40:02 -0600

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The National Association of Realtors is expected to report that sales of existing homes in the U.S. for November fell 1.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.9 millio...