Companies Reach Out To Help Day Care Centers
Seattle banks and corporations fund and train child care workers, donate equipment, and partner with nonprofits to improve local centers. Washington Mutual employees provide CPR training, Boeing donors supply items, and executives push public private partnerships as businesses see gains in staffing and reduced absenteeism.
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Brenda Frost
Seattle
Clinton
Treasury
Robert Rubin
Marcy Whitebook
Center For the Childcare Workforce
Treasury Panel
Bill Larrabee
Cial
Becki Clark
Evergreen
Starbucks
Boeing
C.A. Newell Inc
Carol Larson
Partial birth abortion bans face multi state legal challenges
Laws restricting late term abortions are being struck down or blocked across states. Michigan and Ohio courts have ruled bans unconstitutional, while other states enforce or challenge similar laws. Federal action in Congress stalls as abortion rights groups push Roe v Wade protections amid ongoing legal battles.
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Clinton
Republican Congress
Ohio
Michigan
Catherine Weiss
Reproductive Freedom Project
The
American Civil Liberties Union
New York
Alabama
Illinois
Indiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Utah
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
Georgia
Louisiana
Montana
Nebraska
New Jersey
Rhode Island
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Capitol Hill
Clinton White House
Congress
Charles Canady
R-Fla
Mr. Can
Stocks fall for third straight session on uncertainty
New York stocks dropped for a third day as investors worried about Asia’s crisis and potential White House instability. The Dow fell 30.14 to 7700.74 amid volatility, with financials hit and bonds pressured by upcoming auctions and domestic concerns.
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New York
U.S
White House
Dow
Clinton
Alfred E. Goldman
A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc
St. Louis
J.P Morgan
Canadian banks plan merge to form global financial giant
Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal announce a planned merger creating a 90,000-employee, 35-country firm with 17 million customers and a $312 billion asset base. Regulators and shareholders must approve. final decision expected next year.
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Toronto
Canada
U.S
Royal Bank of Canada
Bank of Montreal
Matthew Barrett
Royal Bank
Imperial Bank of Commerce
Harris Bank
Grupo Financiero Bancomer of
Mexico
Paul Martin
Martin
John E. Cleghorn
Lockheed Martin Wins Navy Missile Launcher Contract
Lockheed Martin gains a $365 million Navy contract to supply MK41 Vertical Launching Systems for cruisers and destroyers. The Middle River subsidiary will manage most work in Baltimore with portions in Aberdeen, Minneapolis, and other sites. Completion targeted for 2006.
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Middle River
Lockheed-Martin
Maryland
Balltimore
Baltimore
Aberdeen
S.C
Minneapolis
Senators
Office 2000 to showcase area companies in Frederick
More than 50 Frederick County businesses will display products and services from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday January 27 at the FSK Holiday Inn. The Chamber of Commerce of Frederick County sponsors the event with executives stressing cost effective marketing benefits and a diverse lineup across banking, computer services, design, staffing, and more. For more information call 301 662 4164. Target announces July 26 openings for Frederick Riverview and Silver Spring stores. The new 122 000 square foot Frederick location off Urbana Pike joins a 136 000 square foot Silver Spring store the same day, bringing the region Total to 13 Target stores. Approximately 200 employees will be hired and 5 percent of pre tax income donated to nonprofits.
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Hong Kong
New York Stock Exchange
NYSE
Standard & Poor
Jomega
Europe
Frankfurt
London
Frederick County
FSK Holiday Inn
Joseph Leichert
Chamber of Commerce of
Frederick
Urbana Pike
Silver Spring
Target
Target Company
Dayton Hudson Corp
Creamery Road
Emmitsburg
William Carr
Terre Rhoderick
Emmitsburg Glass Co
Emmitsburg Glass Co opens new facility at Creamery Road
Emmitsburg Glass Co formerly Emmitsburg Panel Inc marks open house at its 2 Creamery Road building near U S 15. Greg Beaver says location serves wide area with Baltimore Washington Harrisburg within reach. Five project managers, a large window shop, and plans for future expansion accompany a catered luncheon and tours by local officials.
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Emmitsburg Glass Co
Emmitsburg Panel Inc
Creamery Road
U.S. 15
Greg Beaver
Baltimore
Washington
Harrisburg
Ed Reaver
Greg
Dan
Glass Company
Dan Reaver
Frederick County
Terre Rhoderick
William Carr
Greg Reaver
Propane surcharge hits Thompson Gas customers in Frederick
Thompson Gas adds a 3.97 surcharge in Frederick as new DOT rules require extra crew members or costly excess flow valves on propane delivery trucks. President J Randall Thompson says the measure offsets regulatory costs after a North Carolina incident and notes safety and compliance charges beyond product cost. Other suppliers report no surcharge yet.
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Thompson Gas
Frederick
J. Randall Thompson
Thompson
Roscoe Bartlett
Roth
U.S. Department of Transportation
North Carolina
Mr. Thompson
Federal Register
Sam Marshall
United Propane
Mount Airy
Ken Smith
Ferrell Gas
Baltimore
Bartlett
DOT
Allegheny Energy
IRS Year 2000 glitch incorrectly flags tax installments
About 1,000 taxpayers in current installment plans were put in default due to a programming error tied to the Year 2000 fix. The IRS corrected the issue, noting the problem involved low balance agreements and affected a small fraction of the 2.5 million installments yearly. The Y2K effort costs the IRS roughly $900 million through 2000.
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Washington
IRS
Russell George
House
Steve Horn
R-Calif
Taxpayer Advocate
Congress
Dallas
Cathy van Horn
Steve Pyrek
Pyrek
LAN Design and On-site Systems Support
LAN design and implementation on-site systems support for computer telephony and virtual office flexiplace environments. Details describe network planning, deployment, maintenance, and user support across mixed hardware and software platforms.
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