Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2011. TO: Jamie Dimon, Chief Executive Officer and President JPMorgan Chase & Co. 270 Park Avenue New York, NY 10017 Dear Mr. Dimon: In your recent annual letter to your company’s shareholders, you wrote a lengthy and dismissive critique of the debit interchange fee reform legislation that[Read More…]
Day: April 13, 2011
Durbin Announces a $37,000 FEMA Grant to Sauk Village Fire Department
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has awarded a $37,766 grant to the Sauk Village Fire Department, in Sauk Village, Illinois, for recruitment initiatives aimed at increasing the number of[Read More…]
Durbin, Kirk, Costello, Shimkus: Restarting Surgeries at Marion VA is Good News for Southern Illinois Veterans
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2011. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) joined Representatives Jerry Costello (D-IL) and John Shimkus (R-IL) today in saying that the announcement by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that inpatient surgeries at the Marion VA Medical Center in (VAMC) are restarting is good[Read More…]
FDA Approves New Treatment for Large Brain Aneurysms
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2011. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the cPAX Aneurysm Treatment System for surgery on brain aneurysms that are difficult to manage because of their size and shape. An aneurysm is a bulge in the wall of a blood vessel, which can rupture as[Read More…]
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Dialogue Lacking Between Patients, Providers
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2011. Despite their high use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), Americans over the age of 50 often do not discuss CAM use with their health care providers, a survey indicates. The results, from AARP and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the[Read More…]
Sister Marion Sitkiewitz Celebrates 60 Years as Springfield Dominican
Sister Marion Sitkiewitz, O.P. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Sister Marion Sitkiewitz, O.P., the Marian Catholic High School archivist and the Forensic Fine Arts Program’s cheerleader was inspired by the Dominican Sisters in the first grade at Our Lady of Grace grade school in Logan Square, Chicago. The Sister’s life-style of[Read More…]
At Doha Summit, Secretary General Ban Underscores Importance of United Global Action on Libya
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–13 April 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the vital need for united global action to tackle the ongoing crisis in Libya, where fighting between pro- and anti-Government forces rages on and the humanitarian situation is worsening, as well as to assist with the recovery once the conflict[Read More…]
Contact Group Needs to Respond to the Legitimate Demands of the Libyan People, Says NATO Secretary General
BELGIUM–(ENEWSPF)–13 April 2011. Today’s first meeting of the Contact Group on Libya represented an important step in developing a credible, workable and acceptable political solution to the Libya crisis, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen indicated. The meeting, which follows the 29 March London Conference, was held in Doha under[Read More…]
DOD Identifies Army Casualty, April 12, 2011
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 12, 2011. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Spc. Brent M. Maher, 31, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, died April 11 in Paktia province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive[Read More…]
Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, April 13, 2011 (10 AM EDT)
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 13, 2011 – UPDATE AS OF 10 A.M. EDT.Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are pumping radioactive water from the concrete enclosure near reactor 2 into a turbine condenser. A series of aftershocks that rattled the area Tuesday has put the work behind schedule. Tokyo Electric[Read More…]
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