EMC closer to attaining office park; Planning board approves subdivision on 5-0 vote.
Byline: Priyanka Dayal SOUTHBORO - EMC Corp. has moved closer to constructing a 10-building office park on the Westboro-Southboro line, with the Southboro Planning Board's approval of its subdivision plan. The approval came after four hours of discussion last Monday night, said Town Planner Vera...

Wrightwood Capital Announces the Integration of Hanover's High Yield Investment Fund Management.
CHICAGO, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Wrightwood Capital, a real estate finance and investment firm, today announced the acquisition of the Investment Fund Management team of Hanover Financial Company. The transaction includes the transfer of capital commitments from investors of Hanover Real Estate Partners Fund III into the Wrightwood Capital...

Astec Industries Reports Third Quarter Results With Historical Quarterly Highs in Revenues and Net Income.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Astec Industries, Inc. today reported results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2008. Revenues for the third quarter of 2008 were $237.4 million compared with $206.2 million for the third quarter of 2007 for a 15.1% increase. Domestic sales accounted...

Torrey criticizes Piercy vote on parkway.
Byline: Whitney Malkin The Register-Guard Eugene mayoral candidate Jim Torrey on Wednesday attacked an August city transportation plan vote by Mayor Kitty Piercy that Torrey said could jeopardize development and jobs in west Eugene. Piercy responded that Torrey's criticism is baseless and that his allegation...

Voters approve spending $1.3M for Common work.
Byline: Bradford L. Miner BARRE - For decades, townspeople have talked about, planned for and spent upward of $150,000 to design traffic and parking improvements to the Town Common. Last night, voters admitted grudgingly that it was "lousy timing" for a great project, and voted...

Voters may cut road repairs.
Byline: J.P. Ellery WARREN - Voters will be asked at a special town meeting tomorrow night to rescind action taken at the May annual town meeting to spend an extra $100,000 on road improvements. The Board of Selectmen has decided that a shaky economy dictates...

Private roads spending takes public heat.
Byline: J.P. Ellery WEST BROOKFIELD - Town officials had to explain this week why $10,000 was sought for upkeep of private roads in town, but no extra money was requested to maintain public roads. "Our public roads are in deplorable condition," former Selectman Lynda D....

London line-up.
Butcher's is a new project set up by curators Ben Borthwick and Cylena Simonds. The duo, who are currently presenting work from a shop window in Camden, aim to provide a platform for artists, designers and producers to develop projects and practices using the economic model of bartering. The...

In affirming dismissal of garnishment action against Congo based on sovereign immunity despite Congo's waiver of immunity in underlying contract, Ninth Circuit rules, as matter of first impression, that Congo's assets were not being "used for" commercial activity within FSIA Section 1610(a).
Af-Cap, Inc. (Plaintiff), the judgment creditor, filed garnishments and liens against any property of the judgment debtor, the Republic of Congo (Defendant), held by the third party Chevron Texaco Corporation (CT Corp.) and its U.S. subsidiaries (jointly Chevron Texas). The Defendant's assets held by CT Corp and Chevron Texas...

Turkey has simplified its currency.
As of January 1, 2005, Turkey has made a major adjustment in its currency by getting rid of the last six zeros on its currency notes. A bank note for 1 million lira has thus become a one-lira note now worth about 74 cents in U. S. money. In...