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• Organizing a small, efficient army; Large events pose unique problems for waste workers.(Special Report)(special events waste management contracts and reports)

  Byline: Jim Johnson Timing and manpower. Successful solid waste management and recycling at sporting events and special events requires enough workers quickly doing their jobs, often during tight windows of opportunity, before the crowds ...

  Research articles 2005-06-06

  Tags: game, Republic Services Inc., stadium, worker

• NSWMA introduces worker safety video.(News)(National Solid Wastes Management Association)

  Byline: Jim Johnson Dallas - Solid waste companies around the country have a new tool to help them promote worker safety, and it's not anything to wear. A new national safety video aimed at employees operating ...

  Research articles 2004-05-24

  Tags: Republic Services Inc., video, worker, workers compensation

• Teamsters target trash industry; Firms ready themselves for national campaign.

  Byline: Jim Johnson Labor battles may loom as the Teamsters launch what they promise to be a sustained, national campaign to organize trash workers. The stakes are high in a business that already has tens of ...

  Research articles 2004-03-29

  Tags: company, Farmer, industry, job, Republic Services Inc., Teamsters, worker

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• Republic, Allied Waste shareholders OK merger

  Shareholders of Republic Services Inc. and Allied Waste Industries Inc. on Friday approved a merger creating the second- largest U.S. trash-hauling company. Shareholders approved Republic Services' purchase of Allied Waste in an all-stock deal that was valued at $6.07 billion when it was announced in June. It's...

  Articles 2008-11-15

• Republic Services and Allied Waste Stockholders Approve Merger

  - Companies Expect to Complete Merger in the Fourth Quarter of 2008 - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. & PHOENIX -- Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) and Allied Waste Industries, Inc. (NYSE: AW) today announced that their respective stockholders have approved the proposed merger of Republic and Allied at separate...

  Articles 2008-11-14

• All Three Leading Independent Proxy Advisors Recommend Stockholders Vote "For" the Merger of Republic Services and Allied Waste

  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. & PHOENIX -- Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) and Allied Waste Industries, Inc. (NYSE: AW) today announced that RiskMetrics Group formerly Institutional Shareholder Services, Glass Lewis and PROXY Governance, Inc., the three leading independent proxy advisory firms, have all recommended that stockholders vote "FOR" the proposals with...

  Articles 2008-11-04

• Republic Services Announces Agreement to Settle Class Action Lawsuits Related to Pending Merger with Allied Waste

  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) today announced that Republic, the individual members of Republic's board of directors and Allied Waste Industries, Inc. (NYSE:AW) have agreed in principle with the shareholder plaintiffs to settle the purported class action lawsuits filed in Delaware and Florida relating to the...

  Articles 2008-10-30

• Republic Services, Inc. Reports Third Quarter Earnings of $0.48 Per Share

  - Operating margins at 20 percent - Internal growth of 4.2 percent - Free cash flow on target to achieve full year guidance FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Republic Services, Inc. today reported that revenue in the third quarter of...

  Articles 2008-10-30

• Allied Waste Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results

  - Q3 Earnings Increase to $0.26 Per Share, Including $0.02 Per Share of Merger-Related Costs - Strong Pricing Drives Revenue to Record $1.6 Billion - Operating Income Increases 27% to $318 Million - Company Provides Update on Proposed Merger with Republic Services ...

  Articles 2008-10-29

• Richmond transfer station fails to pay about $500,000 in tipping

  RICHMOND -- A garbage transfer station has failed to pay Contra Costa more than $500,000 in fees in the past two years, jeopardizing the county's monitoring of solid waste disposal. Golden Bear Transfer Station, one of five waste facilities in the county, is the only one not...

  Articles 2008-10-23

• Republic Services and Allied Waste Complete Merger Integration Planning

  Companies Set November 14 as Meeting Date for Stockholder Votes on Proposed Merger And Begin Mailing of Joint Proxy Statement FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. & PHOENIX -- Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) and Allied Waste Industries, Inc. (NYSE: AW) today announced that their joint integration planning team has substantially...

  Articles 2008-10-16

• Bay Trail loop to be previewed Saturday

  It has been 2 1/2 years since a 1.4-mile section of the Bay Trail opened south of the West County Landfill. A companion section that will complete a loop of about 3 miles around the landfill site is still a year away from opening, but the...

  Articles 2008-10-16

• Waste Management won't acquire Republic

  HARTFORD, Conn. -- Waste Management Inc., the nation's largest garbage hauler, on Monday withdrew its $6.73 billion bid to acquire smaller rival Republic Services, saying the move wouldn't be prudent, given current financial-market turmoil. The announcement ends a three-month takeover struggle that began in July, when Houston-based...

  Articles 2008-10-14

• Fitch Affirms Waste Management's IDR at 'BBB'; Outlook Stable

  CHICAGO -- Following this morning's announcement that Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WMI) has withdrawn its unsolicited offer for Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG), Fitch Ratings has affirmed and removed WMI's ratings from Rating Watch Negative, as follows: -- Issuer Default Rating IDR at 'BBB'; -- Senior...

  Articles 2008-10-13

• Waste Management Announces Preliminary Third Quarter 2008 Earnings Per Diluted Share Above Wall Street Expectations

  Company Withdraws Proposal to Acquire Republic Services HOUSTON -- Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WMI) today announced preliminary revenue and earnings per diluted share results for the third quarter of 2008. Waste Management expects to report revenues of $3.53 billion, a 3.6% increase compared with the third quarter of 2007....

  Articles 2008-10-13

• Weitz & Luxenberg PC, Steven D. Bell Co and Kennedy & Madonna File Environmental Lawsuit

  Odor case takes on Countywide Recycling and Disposal Landfill in Ohio NEW YORK -- Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. (www.weitzlux.com), Steven D. Bell Co., and Kennedy & Madonna today filed an environmental lawsuit against Republic Services of Ohio and Waste Management of Ohio on behalf of over 600 citizens...

  Articles 2008-10-08

• Republic Services, Inc. Sets Date for Third Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call

  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- In conjunction with Republic Services, Inc.'s (NYSE: RSG) announcement of third quarter earnings, you are invited to listen to the company's investor conference call that will be broadcast live over the Internet on Friday, Oct. 31, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern. Who: Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE:...

  Articles 2008-10-03

• Inside OUT

  Jim O'Connor has seen it happen again and again. Competitors in the solid waste industry make acquisitions that they thought would help their business but instead it created major problems. "A number of my competitors have overpaid and destroyed value with some of the acquisitions they have done," O'Connor says....

  Articles 2008-10-01

• Republic Services Completes $1.75 Billion Credit Facility for Merger with Allied Waste Industries

  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) today announced that it has successfully completed its $1.75 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility arranged by Bank of America Securities LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. In addition, Republic today announced that it has entered into an amendment to its...

  Articles 2008-09-23

• Elliott Expresses Strong Disappointment With Decision by Republic's Board Regarding Waste Management Bid

  Shareholder Urges Republic to Start Negotiations with WMI Immediately NEW YORK, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Elliott Associates, L.P. together with funds under common management, a shareholder of Republic Services, Inc. , today announced that recently it sent the following letter (parts having been redacted in this press...

  Articles 2008-09-12