| City district, ex-chief set to move on
John Q. Porter committed any criminal act. In fact, a number of documents discovered in the possession of the school district tended to exculpate or explain away most of the allegations made against Dr. Porter by the board," Prater said. Prater added that he was surprised that investigators were "very easily" able to obtain documents that exonerated Porter. But the 278-page report issued by the district attorney's office doesn't leave its subjects unblemished. The revelation of internal financial processes is prompting the district to review all of its policies and procedures, and some school district employees and board members who were interviewed were critical of Porter's behavior while he was superintendent. The report from Prater's office covers 15 allegations. Prater said possible criminal acts that could have applied were fraud and other "white collar-type crimes." Retired U.S.
Two Republicans vie in clerk’s race
Experience and plans make up the platforms for the two Republicans vying for their party's nomination for the Clerk of Courts spot on the November ballot.Cheyrl Jenkins, Rome Township Clerk, is focusing on her 20 years' experience working with Ashland Inc.She first worked in Ashland's corporate law department as a paralegal, then moved to Atlanta with Ashland's construction division. Her next step was as office manager and administrative assistant of Ashland's federal government relations department in Washington, D.C.While in Washington, she took a leave to finish her bachelor's degree in business management from Marshall University, which she earned in 1986. Then she returned to Ashland full-time in crude oil and asphalt sales. After she left Ashland and returned to Proctorville in 1998, she continued her sales career as regional sales manager for Clark Material Handling, a forklift manufacturer based in Lexington, and with Avon, where as district manager she was responsible for seven counties.
How to Spot the Next Hot IPO
VMware is pioneering virtualization software. FCStone provides risk management services to commodity traders. In short, you are unlikely to see these five companies rubbing shoulders at any particular industry trade show. So what ties all of these hot issues together? It isn't necessarily pent-up market demand. Yingli shares actually fell by 5% on its first day of trading. Redemption came after investors flocked to the shares as a way to play the hot -- literally and figuratively -- sector of solar energy. Sometimes a hot IPO shows its winning ways right away, of course. Longtop Financial (NYSE: LFT) went public at $17.50 last year, soaring 70% higher on its first trading day. A hot financial IPO in a subprime-shaky 2007? Yes, but this is actually a software company providing enterprise solutions to the banking industry in China.
GM's CFO says U.S. auto prices could increase significantly
DETROIT U.S. automobile prices could rise significantly in the near future because of industry restructuring and rising raw material and regulatory costs, General Motors Corp.'s chief financial officer said Tuesday. Fritz Henderson said the industry has less manufacturing capacity than in the past and therefore less pressure to sell vehicles cheaply just to move inventory. .
TUNE IN TONIGHT: PBS’ Seeger celebration is one-sided
American Masters" (9 p.m., PBS, check local listings) presents “Pete Seeger: The Power of So ng," a celebration of the sing er/activist who has been collecting, singing and popularizing folk music for most of his nearly 90 years. Fellow musicians Arlo Guth rie, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Bruce Springsteen, Natalie Maines and Bonnie Raitt discuss their admiration for Seeger. The number of songs that Seeger introduced is clearly impressive, such as the civil-rights anthem “We Shall Overcome," “Where Have All the Flowers Gone," “If I Had a Hammer" and the African folk song that would become “The Lion Sleeps To night." Seeger's songs even hit the top of the charts, including “Goodnight, Irene" with the Wea vers and the Byrd's version of “Turn, Turn, Turn." This “American Masters" film makes a nice addition to earlier “Masters" profiles of Woody Guthrie and Dylan, but falls far short of those efforts.
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