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• Events, drive keep DOT chief in the spotlight

  - 2008-02-06

  WASHINGTON -- U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters doesn't hesitate when asked her worst day in office. She was home in her native Arizona last Aug. 1 when she got the jarring phone call from Washington. The eight-lane Interstate 35 bridge near downtown Minneapolis had collapsed, hurtling...

  Tags: Arizona, DOT, FAA, job, Mary, Minneapolis, Phoenix Technologies, Republican, secretary, Washington

• Glendale on center stage

  - 2008-02-04

  The phone calls started Jan.22, two days after the NFL conference championship games, about 100 a day from people wanting information about Glendale, Ariz. "That's a 286% increase from what we're used to getting," said Jennifer Stein of the city's marketing/communications department. ...

  Tags: Arizona, Games, NFL, Phoenix Technologies

• 'Hispanic panic' as Arizona immigration crackdown bites

  - 2008-01-26

  PHOENIX, Arizona AFP — One month after Arizona introduced a law cracking down on businesses which employ illegal immigrants, Latino workers are fleeing the state and companies are laying off employees in droves, officials and activists say. Arizona has become one of the frontlines of the US immigration debate...

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• Arizona economy bracing for immigration crackdown

  - 2007-12-30

  PHOENIX, Arizona AFP — New laws targeting employers who hire illegal immigrants take effect here on January 1, with experts predicting the move may cost the state's economy billions of dollars in lost income and taxes. The new laws are described as the toughest local anti-illegal immigration legislation in...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Arizona, FINANCE, immigrant, Phoenix Technologies, Strategy, Taxes

• Seattle Business Leaders Join SF Fed's Economic Advisory Council

  - 2007-12-20

  SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank announced today that Rick R. Holley, president and CEO of Seattle-based Plum Creek Timber Company (NYSE:PLC), and Henry L. "Skip" Kotkins, Jr., chairman and CEO of Skyway Luggage Company, also based in Seattle, have joined the San Francisco Fed's Economic Advisory...

  Tags: Arizona, bank, Federal Reserve Board, Phoenix Technologies, Seattle

• SIMULA AEROSPACE AWARDED CONTRACT FOR ENHANCED SMALL ARMS PROTECTIVE INSERTS

  - 2007-12-12

  Simula Aerospace and Defense Group., Phoenix, Ariz., is being awarded a maximum W$46,436,400.00 firm fixed price, indefinite quantity, and indefinite delivery contract for enhanced small arms protective inserts.Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.There are no other locations of performance.The original proposal was web solicited with six...

  Tags: Air Force, Arizona, arm, Phoenix Technologies

• USA: SIMULA AEROSPACE AWARDED CONTRACT FOR ENHANCED SMALL ARMS PROTECTIVE INSERTS.

  - 2007-12-12

  Simula Aerospace and Defense Group., Phoenix, Ariz., is being awarded a maximum W$46,436,400.00 firm fixed price, indefinite quantity, and indefinite delivery contract for enhanced small arms protective inserts.Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.There are no other locations of performance.The original proposal was...

  Tags: Air Force, Arizona, arm, Phoenix Technologies

• Mike Tyson checks in for overnight prison stay

  - 2007-11-20

  PHOENIX, United States AFP — Former heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson checked into an Arizona jail on Tuesday to serve a 24-hour prison term for drugs and driving under the influence charges, officials confirmed. Tyson, 41, was given a one-day prison sentence, three years probation and ordered to perform...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Arizona, celebrity, Phoenix Technologies, Tyson

• SCOREBOARD

  - 2007-11-14

  Calendar College WOMEN'S BASKETBALL UMKC at Kansas, 7 p.m. VOLLEYBALL Kansas at Kansas State, 7 p.m. Today's line College football Tonight FavoritePointsUnderdog MIAMI OHIO81/2Akron Thursday Oregon12Arizona...

  Tags: Arizona, Charlotte, conference, Detroit, director, Games, Jones, Lewis, Miami, NBA, Nelson, NHL, Phoenix Technologies, South, U.S., Washington, Williams

• Francis shines as Rockies draw first blood in baseball playoff

  - 2007-10-12

  PHOENIX, United States AFP — Brad Hawpe hit a crucial two-run single and pitcher Jeff Francis pitched 6 2/3 innings as the Colorado Rockies beat Arizona 5-1 in game one of the National League Championship Series. Francis struck out four and allowed one run in a game that was...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Arizona, bottle, Games, Phoenix Technologies