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Senator stealth: how to advance radical causes when no one's looking
AFTER hearing about Barack Obama's ties to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn, Fr. Michael Pfleger, and the militant activists of ACORN the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, it should be clear to everyone that his extremist roots run deep. But the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee...
Tags: ACORN, America, CAREER, Chicago, church, Government, ideology, Illinois, Manufacturing, Obama, PRODUCTIVITY, SOFTWARE, Strategy, U.S., U.S. Senate
Research articles 2008-09-01
Examine the World Employment Services Market
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the Human resources industry is available in its catalogue. World Employment Services Market This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Employment Services in Millions of US$. The US market is analyzed by specific Service segments -...
Tags: Acorn, Adecco, Annual, Construction, France, Germany, Government of Canada, job, Labor, Manpower, Manufacturing, revenue, scientist, Search, staffing, Strategy, Titan, U.K.
Research articles 2008-03-26
Christopher & Banks Corporation Reports February and Fiscal Fourth Quarter Sales Results
Lowers Guidance for the Fourth Quarter of Fiscal 2008 MINNEAPOLIS -- Christopher & Banks Corporation (NYSE: CBK) today reported February and fiscal fourth quarter sales results. For the four-week period ended March 1, 2008 total sales were $29.5 million compared to $35.0 million for the five-week period ended...
Tags: Acorn, Christopher & Banks Inc.
Research articles 2008-03-06
"Primitive" cuisine now on the menu
DEAUVILLE, France AFP — Acorn syrup, root broth or wild bird's eggs? At the outer limit of organic cooking, some of the world's most innovative chefs currently are into a "primitive" back-to-nature cuisine whipped up with quintessentially natural produce. The most radical proponents of the back-to-nature trend were a...
Tags: acorn, Agence France-Presse, food, France, Manufacturing, vegetable
Research articles 2008-02-15
ACORN Calls on the U.S. Senate to Fix Bad Immigration Deal
To: FOREIGN EDITORSContact: Kevin Whelan, +1-985-960-1108, or Brenda Muniz, +1-202- 547-2500, Cell: +1-202-744-0472, both of ACORN WASHINGTON, May 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Last week, Senate leaders unveiled the key components of an agreement on a comprehensive immigration reform measure that the full U.S. Senate is expected to debate this week. The...
Tags: acorn, immigration, U.S. Senate, worker
Research articles 2007-05-21
U.S. Supreme Court tackles environmental cleanup
For decades, federal environmental law allowed companies sued by the federal government over contaminated industrial waste sites to sue another responsible party in an effort to get the other party to assume part of the cleanup costs. What happens if the polluter voluntarily cleans up the site? And...
Tags: acorn, cleanup, Cooper Industries Ltd., Government, SOFTWARE, U.S., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2007-05-10
Wal-mart-baiters seek entry, need no licence.
Byline: Mayur Shekhar Jha Apr. 14--NEW DELHI -- Even before Wal-Mart could set shop in India, one of America's most prominent anti-Wal-Mart activists responsible for dragging the retail behemoth to various courts in the US, Wade Rathke, is flying into the country next week...
Tags: acorn, behemoth, Retail, U.S. Congress, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Research articles 2007-04-14
ACORN Releases Legislative Scorecard ; Report grades members of Congress on immigration reform, voting rights, tax cuts, budget, education, bankruptcy reform, disaster relief for Katrina survivors
To: National DeskContact: Brenda Muniz of ACORN, 202-547-2500; Web: http:// www.acorn.orgWASHINGTON, Oct. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- On Tuesday, Oct. 10, the national community group ACORN will release the ACORN Legislative Scorecard for the 109th Congress, First and Second Session. The Scorecard gives a percentage score (0% to 100%) to each...
Tags: Acorn, bankruptcy, education, FINANCE, immigration, income, Litigation, Taxes, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2006-10-10
ACORN Statement on AP's Voter Registration Article
To: National DeskContact: Kevin Whelan of ACORN, 985-960-1108, communications@acorn.orgWASHINGTON, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-US Newswire/ -- The following statement was issued today by ACORN regarding AP's voter registration article:On Monday October 2, the Associated Press distributed an inaccurate and misleading news story ("Allegations trip up voting rights group") regarding ACORN's national voter...
Tags: Acorn, Associated Press, Ohio, Quality
Research articles 2006-10-04
ACORN Statement on AP's Voter Registration Article
To: National DeskContact: Kevin Whelan of ACORN, 651-642-9639, ext. 111 or communications@acorn.orgWASHINGTON, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Monday Oct. 2, the Associated Press distributed an inaccurate and misleading news story ("Allegations trip up voting rights group") regarding ACORN's national voter registration program, which has helped enfranchise more than 1.6 million...
Tags: ACORN, Associated Press, handwriting, Litigation, Ohio, Quality
Research articles 2006-10-03
ACORN to Lobby, March for Fair Immigration Reform
News Advisory: On Thursday, more than 300 ACORN members and allies will deliver American flags with a message to Congress: "Put aside political grandstanding and pass a comprehensive immigration reform policy that provides a path to earned legalization and citizenship for the millions of hard-working immigrants." Events, Sept. 7: --...
Tags: Acorn, Benefits, Government, immigration, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2006-09-06
At Deadline.(New York Community Bank and Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now in contract)(Attorney General is delaying state approval of the pending merger between the Health Insurance Plan of New York and Group Health Inc. Mr. Spitzer)(
New York Community Bank and the community organization Acorn are nearing an agreement that calls for the bank to more strictly enforce the "good repair'' clause in mortgages. The housing advocates hope the move will force landlords to fix housing code violations at their properties. Acorn...
Tags: Acorn, bank, Benefits, FINANCE, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Investment, merger, Mortgages, New York Times Co., NHL
Research articles 2006-04-03
They're mel-l-l-ting... and we're chortling
On the short list of sequels superior to the originals - alphabetically betweenThe Godfather, Part II andToy Story 2 - you may enterIce Age: The Meltdown. The new film is set as the Pleistocene Era faces the Big Thaw, giving way to the Tupperware Era. Evidently, global warming...
Tags: 20th Century Fox, acorn, Manufacturing
Research articles 2006-03-31
Filling the radar screen
DISCUSSING THE PROMISE OF TECHNOLogy and the sometimes-related overcapacity among lenders hungry for origination volume, Jeff Lebowitz, founder and president of survey company MORTECH LLC, Guilford, Connecticut, mused, "In 1992, Angelo Mozilo of Countrywide [Financial Corporation] said that all the elements were in place for processing an eMortgage; and this...
Tags: acorn, Cook, FBI, fraud, Government, Litigation, overcapacity, radar, Texas
Research articles 2005-12-01
A new era: the 2004 Manny Award winners represent a new breed of manufacturers.(2004 Manny Awards)
GONE ARE THE DAYS when massive manufacturers drove the economy in Northeast Ohio. In their place is a growing family of smart, nimble enterprises. There's proof in the success stories on the following pages, stories of companies making products in innovative ways. Inside Business...
Tags: Acorn, Airbus S.A.S., aircraft, manufacturer, Manufacturing, revenue
Research articles 2004-05-01
Indiana Residents Able to File Federal Tax Returns Online for Free.
By Linda Lipp, The News-Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Ind. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 8--The land is flat, the weather is unpredictable, but there's one real advantage to living in Indiana this year. Hoosiers can e-file their federal tax returns for free. ...
Tags: Acorn, FINANCE, income, Internal Revenue Service, refund, Taxes
Research articles 2004-03-08
Preparers Will Advance Refunds on Taxes but at High Fees.
By Jonathan D. Epstein, The Buffalo News, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 8--Samantha Reese had a whopping gas bill to pay -- more than $1,300 for 2 1/2 months. She needed money fast, and the best source was the tax refund...
Tags: Acorn, Buffalo, FINANCE, H&R Block Inc., refund, Taxes
Research articles 2004-03-08
Pittsburgh Group Warns Consumers about Tax Preparers Offering Refund Loans.
By Patricia Sabatini, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 14--As tax season gears up, the community action group Acorn is warning taxpayers to beware of tax preparers offering a type of speedy refund that actually is a high-cost loan that can...
Tags: Acorn, FINANCE, H&R Block Inc., refund, Taxes
Research articles 2004-01-14
ACORN President Maude Hurd's Comments on J. P. Morgan's Proposed Merger With Bank One
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a statement by ACORN President Maude Hurd on J. P. Morgan's proposed merger With Bank One "ACORN has real reservations about this potential merger. We call on the Fed and other regulators to closely examine this deal, and to hold hearings...
Tags: acorn, Bank One Corp., FINANCE, Investment, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., merger
Research articles 2004-01-14
Taming the banking predators.(Victories!)
WHAT'S ROBBING A BANK compared to owning one, famously asked the playwright Bertrold Brecht. What can citizens do when the banks start robbing them--and the political system fails to protect them from corporate abuses? The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now...
Tags: ACORN, bank, banking, borrower, regulator, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2004-01-01
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