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  • Globecomm Enters Into a New Credit Facility with Citibank Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:26PMGlobecomm Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: GCOM), a leading global provider of communications solutions and services, announced today that it entered into ...
  • Quebec contractor fined $425K for bid-rigging Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:22PMA Quebec construction contractor has been fined by the Competition Bureau of Canada after pleading guilty to bid-rigging.
  • Ratcliffe to lead the Chorus if split goes ahead Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:13PMTelecom chief executive Paul Reynolds will lose one of his top executives and be left heading a company with one-third less revenue if the firm splits up this year.Telecom revealed yesterday that Mark Ratcliffe will stay on as...
  • TREASURIES-US Govt debt prices gain in choppy trading Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:48PM* Treasuries prices rise in choppy trading * Debt reduction plan seen disappointing investors * US CDS costs fall, risk seen below that of Germany (Recasts, updates prices) NEW YORK, July 19 (Reuters) ...
  • Guilty Plea and $425,000 Fine for Bid-rigging in Montreal Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:29AMOTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - July 19, 2011) - The Competition Bureau announced today that Les Entreprises Promécanic Ltée has pleaded guilty to three charges of bid-rigging and has been fined $425,000 for its role in an agreement to rig bids for private sector ventilation contracts for residential highrise buildings in the Montreal area.
  • Lease a path of resistance Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:50AMLandlords with inflexible leases may fall victim to rising energy costs under a proposed low-carbon regime.
  • Manchester City Gives Developments Plans Behind Record Sponsor Agreement Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:44AMEnglish soccer team Manchester City today released plans for the neighborhood around its Etihad Stadium that would form the central part of a record sponsorship agreement.
  • Morgan Stanley owns 6.5% of Metro Pacific Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:20AMAmerican investment manager Morgan Stanley has acquired 6.5% of Metro Pacific Investments Corp.
  • Uganda: The Ministry of Works and Transport - Tender Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:19AMConsultancy services for preparation of concept paper for a long-term strategy and development plan for provision of transport services and infrastructure between the islands of Lake Victoria and the mainland.
  • Officials mull EMS contract Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:37AMBy Tom Smith Senior Staff Writer Lauderdale County commissioners and city council members in Florence are nearing completion of a process to award a new contract for emergency medical services.
  • JYJ to file case vs KBS over Jeju Island campaign Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:09AMJYJ (Photo courtesy of C-JeS Entertainment) MANILA, Philippines – K-pop trio JYJ, composed of Xiah Junsu, Kim Jaejoong and Micky Yoochun, will file a complaint against Korean TV station KBS for canceling the group’s scheduled TV appearance aimed at promoting Jeju Island to be one of the New 7 Wonders of the World. This is the latest issue on the saga involving JYJ, which has been banned by ...
  • Procurement Officer Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:18AMThe Health Care Support to the Poor of The Northern Uplands and Central Highlands (HEMA) is a European Commission project funded implemented by the Ministry of Health (2006 – 2012). From the total budget, an amount of €11.45 million is managed by the World Bank through a Trust Fund. The project aims to improve the health status of the poor and ethnic minorities in the Northern Uplands and ...
  • Gazette.Net: NewsWatch:?Foreclosure filings plummet in first half of year Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:10AMThe rate of foreclosure filings in Maryland in the first half of the year plunged 54.0 percent from the second half of 2010 and 68.5 percent from a year earlier, according to new data from RealtyTrac of Irvine, Calif.
  • Five indicted in North Chicago bus kickback scheme Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:28AMCHICAGO — A former North Chicago Unit School District board member and the district’s former transportation director were indicted Thursday on federal fraud charges for allegedly receiving kickbacks totaling at least $800,000 from school bus contracts over about 10 years.A total of five defendants were charged in a 26-count indictment alleging that, between 2001 and August 2010, they defraud the ...
  • Yen Gets Boost as Yields to Treasuries Shrink: Japan Credit Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:05PMThe yen is getting a boost as the prospect of further monetary easing by the Federal Reserve causes the difference in yields between Japanese government bonds and Treasuries to the least in almost 2 1/2 years.
  • Victorian government backtracks on eServices panel Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 8:39PMThe Victorian government has backtracked on changes to its eServices panel, announcing a restructure that will be finalised by the end of October.
  • Dems, State Dept near resolution on Cuba money Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 7:24PMA top Senate Democrat is close to ending his hold on $20 million that the administration had ticketed for a program to promote democracy in communist Cuba, a monthslong challenge to President Barack Obama with possible ramifications for the 2012 election.
  • Colombia stakes its claim as major oil producer Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:27PMPumping more than 900,000 barrels of barrels of crude each day, Colombia is poised to become a major oil producer in coming years, experts said Thursday.
  • Davie Yards future in doubt after negotiations end with Italian buyer Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:53PMMONTREAL - The future of Davie Yards is in doubt a day after negotiations between the Quebec City area shipbuilder and an Italian prospective buyer ended.
  • Bonds Fizzle As European Crisis Stalls Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:06PMU.S. data released Thursday failed to develop the argument that the Fed will ease further, while a s
  • U.S. building new jails across Afghanistan despite drawdown Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 1:39AMThe U.S. is supposed to hand over control of its massive new detention center outside Bagram Air Field to the Afghans this year, but new contracts reveal plans to build more jails in the war zone.
  • Cetes Auction Demand Rebounds on U.S. Expansion Speculation: Mexico Credit Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 1:13AMInvestor demand for Mexican government bills is jumping from a 16-month low on speculation a rebound in the U.S. economy, the Latin American country’s biggest trading partner, will fuel gains in the peso.
  • Inside the Durham manhole disaster Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 11:25PMA loophole in the state system may be to blame for the deaths of two construction workers in Durham.
  • FF plan for struggling homeowners could extend mortgages by 20 years Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 8:26PMFIANNA Fáil has proposed that struggling mortgage holders be allowed to extend their mortgages by as much as 20 years.
  • Harry Sargeant civil case reads like a spy novel Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 7:11PMBy Marc Caputo, Miami Herald Tuesday, July 12, 2011 WEST PALM BEACH — Harry Sargeant, a one-time Republican political player snared in controversies over a corruption probe and pricey war-time oil shipments, took the witness stand Tuesday in a contract dispute that reads more like a spy novel. The case is replete with palace intrigue in the desert kingdom of Jordan, $2.7 billion in fuel ...
  • Lockdown: U.S. Builds New Jails Across Afghanistan Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 6:48PMThe U.S. military is supposed to turn its massive jail on the outskirts of Bagram Air Field over to the Afghan government this year. But the U.S. is going to keep holding detainees in Afghanistan for a long, looooong time to come — as new military construction contracts reveal.
  • Court fight pits former state GOP fundraiser against Jordan businessman with ties to royal family Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 6:40PMHarry Sargeant, a close friend of former Gov. Charlie Crist , is in federal court battling a relative of Jordan King Abdullah II over a lucrative Pentagon contract.
  • County audit finds favoritism and sloppiness Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 5:50PMAn audit of how Sarasota County awarded contracts found sloppy record-keeping, 56 instances in
  • Mayor Emanuel cuts government credit cards from 500 to 30 Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 5:35PMMayor Rahm Emanuel is cutting from 500 to just 30 the number of credit cards used by local government agencies — and banning the use of petty cash altogether —after alleged abuses that ousted the chiefs of the CHA and Chicago Park District.Government employees will also be expressly forbidden from spending taxpayers’ money on everything from alcohol, flowers, office decor and restaurant meals ...
  • Dubai may avoid sale of its main assets Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 5:04PMDubai may avoid selling some of its most prized assets as the lowest borrowing costs in more than two years make it easier to refinance more than $30bn of debt due by the end of 2012.
  • Time Running Out to Buy a Lighthouse -- or Get One Free -- from GSA Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:38PMThe General Services Administration is auctioning off lighthouses, but the opportunity to make a bid -- or get one free if you qualify -- is quickly winnowing away. By Wednesday, bidding will close on one lighthouse, with the deadlines for another not far behind. Between now and then, GSA expects to see a surge in interest, already evident through a bidding uptick.
  • AT&T is latest big-name customer for Bloom Energy fuel cells Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 1:01PMTelecommunications giant AT&T plans to install Bloom Energy fuel cells (aka "Bloom Boxes") at 11 of its sites in California, in a bid to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions.AT&T is in...
  • PSALM to bid out Naga power plant in October Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 12:34PMTHE 140-MEGAWATT (MW) Naga power plant complex, one of the last power assets to be put on the auction block, will be bid out in October in hopes of paying back government debt.
  • Unions dish dirt on shady Siemens Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 12:29PMA dossier of evidence suggesting that German rail firm Siemens is not fit to take on a key government carriage construction contract will be presented to Transport Secretary Philip Hammond tomorrow.
  • San Miguel seeks license to sell power under retail competition Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 10:16AMFOOD-to-power conglomerate San Miguel Corp. has stolen a march on the competition by applying for a license to sell, broker, market or aggregate electricity to end-users under the retail competition regime.
  • REC responds to Government plans to open up public services Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 4:37AMThe REC today commented ahead of the Cabinet Office’s announcement on opening up the delivery of public services. The Government today will announce that it will allow companies, charities and community groups to bid to run everything from local health services to schools, libraries and parks.
  • POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 4:36AMThe CNN Washington Bureau’s morning speed read of the top stories making news from around the country and the world....
  • News That Matters Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 4:25AMBy www.thetrader.se Ft.com Alcoa, the integrated aluminium producer, reported that its second-quarter earnings more than doubled and expressed confidence in its outlook despite recent weakness in metal prices, the FT reports. Kicking off the North American second-quarter reporting season, http://ftalphaville.ft.com/thecut/2011/07/12/619026/alcoa-sees ...
  • New allegations besiege Murdoch media empire Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:55AMRupert Murdoch’s media empire was besieged Monday by accusations two more of his British newspapers engaged in hacking, deception and privacy violations that included accessing former Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s bank account information and stealing the medical records of his seriously ill baby son.
  • Oil falls 3rd day on Europe debt contagion fears Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 2:43AMBy Alejandro Barbajosa
  • Seaspan unhappy with shipbuilding contract extension Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 8:28PMA worker examines the underside of a ship at Seaspan’s shipyard in North Vancouver. The company has pooh-poohed the federal government’s decision to extend the bid deadline for a multi-billion-dollar shipbuilding contract in response to a request from its competitors.
  • Locked and Loaded: Pentagon Contractor Helped Write Its Own Armored-Truck Deal Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 6:48PMHow badly did the Pentagon want special trucks that could protect against insurgent bombs? So badly that it let the contractors responsible for providing them essentially write their own contracts.
  • The Italian Job Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 6:19PMBy the 11:00 o’clock hour conditions in gold turned far less enthusiastic than they had been this early morning, and the yellow metal was showing a loss of $1 per ounce ($1,542). Meanwhile, silver fell hard and fast as well.
  • Former Dauphin County program administrator pleads guilty to taking kickbacks Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 8:57PMWhile the program he ripped off remains in limbo, a former Dauphin County housing rehabilitation administrator pleaded guilty Friday to running a kick-back scheme.
  • Plans for made-in-Niagara miracle drug put in jeopardy Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 6:50PMIn a scruffy patch of west St. Catharines, a cancer treatment revolution might be ready to bloom. Farmer Henk Sikking Jr. points to his harvested daffodil field that harbours 80,000 bulbs.[...]
  • eHealth contract contender says executives linked to scandal won’t be involved in new bid Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 10:23AM‘Lots of bench strength’ at Telus Health allows it to keep VPs away from proposed prescription-tracking system
  • India’s Gold, Silver Imports Surge 200% in Q2 Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 10:19AMWhile all the focus will be on the US jobs market today, the more important long term factor of robust global and massive Asian demand should continue to support gold around the $1,500/oz level and silver around the $36/oz level.
  • Megawide taps Sy-owned bank for debt refinancing, infra funds Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 12:08PMMEGAWIDE Construction Corp. will raise new debt to refinance maturing loans and fund possible infrastructure projects. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Megawide said it obtained board approval to enter into an agreement with the Sy family’s BDO Private Bank for the issuance of fixed-rate corporate notes worth up to P3 billion. The [...]
  • First ship from reserve fleet at Mare Island for recycling Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 11:58AMThere is nothing easy - or pretty - about disposing of an old ship. Call it scrapping. Or recycling. Or ship-breaking. By any name, what is taking place slowly at a dry dock at the former Mare Island Naval Shipyard is gritty, loud work.
  • Chinese firm Huawei eyes U.S. talent Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 5:19AMSAN JOSE — The question often comes up in job interviews, says Huawei executive John Roese, who has been recruiting scores of Silicon Valley engineers and programmers to help the Chinese tech giant take on Cisco Systems and other Western rivals.