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FEMA accused of misusing trained disaster workers as public-relations workers

Monday, September 12, 2005 The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is being criticized for misallocation of personnel in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. FEMA representatives said they requested volunteers from fire departments around the U.S., to handle its community relations campaign. However, a document FEMA sent to local fire departments asked for firefighters with very …

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Several groups seek to purchase Saturn auto brand

Thursday, May 7, 2009 Penske Automotive Group, Inc., an Ohio based investment group and Telesto Ventures have indicated separately that they are interested in purchasing the Saturn auto brand from General Motors (GM). According to The Wall Street Journal, Nissan–Renault is interested in purchasing Saturn. Bloomberg, however, indicated that Nissan-Renault may be a partner of …

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Cruise Ship Employment Tough Competition But Opportunities Galore

See More About: Government Relations Government Relations Agencies By Rohit Chopra Once you are out of college, the different student loans begin to haunt you. Getting a job fast becomes imperative but the thought of spending a few decades toiling behind a desk frightens you. If only there were a job that offered some fun …

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Buffalo, N.Y. restaurant to end nearly 30-year tradition

Monday, August 21, 2006 Buffalo, New York — After nearly thirty years, Pano’s Restaurant at 1081 Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo, New York will end a tradition of being open 24 hours a day, seven days a week by ending its overnight food service. The tradition for Buffalonians, who are able to enjoy drinks at the …

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Commonwealth Bank of Australia CEO apologies for financial planning scandal

Thursday, July 3, 2014 Ian Narev, the CEO of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, this morning “unreservedly” apologised to clients who lost money in a scandal involving the bank’s financial planning services arm. Last week, a Senate enquiry found financial advisers from the Commonwealth Bank had made high-risk investments of clients’ money without the clients’ …

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Owner and manager of Moroccan factory arrested over 55-fatality fire

Sunday, April 27, 2008 Police have arrested the owner of a mattress factory in Hay Hassini, Casablanca, Morocco which burned down in a disaster that claimed 55 lives. His son, who was the factory’s manager, was also arrested. Those killed — 35 of whom were women — were trapped inside by locked fire exits, which …

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Microsoft releases Windows Phone 7 to manufacturing

Friday, September 3, 2010 On Wednesday, Microsoft announced that the next version of Windows Mobile OS series, Windows Phone 7, had been released to manufacturing after more than 6 months of its development. The announcement outlined some of the changes in this version, and was generally positive about the milestone. The term “release to manufacturing”, …

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