Month: February 2014

Two Executives Indicted In Alleged $190 Million Equipment Financing Fraud Scheme That Caused $100 Million Loss To Lenders

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2014.  An owner of a bankrupt Palatine company that sold refurbished semiconductor-making machinery and the owner of a Pennsylvania company that sold machine tools were indicted for allegedly engaging in a scheme to fraudulently obtain approximately $190 million from banks and financing companies and, eventually, causing those lenders[Read More…]

Owner Of Elk Grove Village Company Indicted For Allegedly Defrauding 200 Investors Of $9 Million Through Stock Sales

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—February 28, 2014. More than 200 investors in an Elk Grove Village company that purportedly made homeland security and food safety products lost more than $9 million through the offer and sale of stock, according to a federal fraud indictment against the company’s majority owner and chief executive. The defendant,[Read More…]

DePaul University Selects Roanoke VP to Head Student Affairs

Gene Zdziarski has been named vice president for student affairs at DePaul University. He will assume his new role July 1. (Photo courtesy of Roanoke College/Brendan Bush) CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—February 28, 2014. Gene Zdziarski, a national leader at student success and safety in higher education, has been named vice president for student[Read More…]

Marijuana-Positive Drug Tests Not Associated With Elevated Risk Of Workplace Accidents

  Evansville, IN–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2014.  Past use of cannabis, as identified by the presence of the inert carboxy THC metabolite on a standard urine test, is not positively associated with workplace accidents, according to data published online in the Journal of Addictive Diseases. The study’s author assessed whether there exists[Read More…]

Center for American Progress on EPA Taking Action to Protect Alaska’s Bristol Bay

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2014.  Today, the Environmental Protection Agency used its authority under the Clean Water Act section 404(c) to initiate the process of protecting the Bristol Bay watershed from potential open pit mining activity. Michael Conathan, Director of Ocean Policy at American Progress, released the following statement: Today’s decision reflects[Read More…]

Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, Feb. 28, 2014

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2014. U.S. Ranks Just 19th in Retirement Security Worldwide U.S. retirees are facing worse conditions for their golden years than retired workers in many other developed countries — from Canada and the United Kingdom to South Korea, CNN reports. The U.S. ranked 19th in retirement security for[Read More…]

EPA Moves to Protect Bristol Bay Fishery from Pebble Mine

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2014.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is initiating a process under the Clean Water Act to identify appropriate options to protect the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery in Bristol Bay, Alaska from the potentially destructive impacts of the proposed Pebble Mine. The Pebble Mine has the potential[Read More…]

A Conversation With Trans Rights Activist Janet Mock

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2014.  By Chase Strangio, Staff Attorney, ACLU & Keely Mullen at 4:10pm In a 2011 Marie Claire article, successful People.com editor Janet Mock, publicly told her story about growing up transgender. Though at the time she had only shared her transgender identity with a few people in[Read More…]

IDOT Weather Crews Prepared Statewide to Deploy for Winter Storm Titan, Feb. 28, 2014

Snow, Sleet, Freezing Rain to Create Slick Roads and Bridges Starting Saturday Night SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–February 28, 2014.  The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced today that snow and ice from Winter Storm Titan will create slick and dangerous road conditions for the traveling public statewide. The National Weather Service forecasted a[Read More…]

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