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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 2012
Page
7
URS Corp of San Francisco offers 1.25 billion in cash to acquire Flint Energy Services Ltd of Calgary. The deal values Flint at 25 per share with a 68 percent premium and assumes 225 million in Flint debt. Closing expected in Q2 pending approvals.
Officials described a first-of-its-kind investigation into a debt-collection scam in which Indian callers posed as authorities and threatened arrest or job loss. More than 4 000 complaints and 20 million calls over two years tied to California based operators led to $5 million paid across 17 000 transactions. Authorities warned debt collectors lack arrest powers and urged written notices of debt.
USC and its Cocky mascot unveil a new bus for the Cocky's Reading Express literacy program funded by a 75000 BP donation. Children and volunteers greet the roosting mascot as goals to give every child access to books and grade-level reading are reiterated. Since 2005 the effort has delivered about 40000 books to high-poverty Title I schools statewide.
South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves a new six year term for Mark Keel as chief of the State Law Enforcement Division. If confirmed by the full Senate, Keel would begin his first full term leading SLED, the state police agency aiding local law enforcement and homeland security.
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