Merrillville, IN (February 28, 2011) – The collection of nine White Lodging managed properties at Chicago’s Midway Hotel Center has a veteran professional leading the sales effort. Tom Egan was recently appointed the Area Director of Sales and Marketing and will be responsible for the Courtyard by Marriott, Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott, Hilton [...]
LOS ANGELES – Barnes & Thornburg LLP, a 500-lawyer national law firm, today announced its expansion into the Los Angeles market with the addition of five partners from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.
Barnes & Thornburg’s new Los Angeles partners include Stephen Mick, Kevin Rising, Jason Karlov, Kyle Kirwan and Scott Witlin. David Allen, [...]
South Bend, Ind. — Hacienda Mexican Restaurants might think that its drinks are “to die for,” but PETA knows that it’s the meat that’s served in restaurants and sold in grocery stores that’s killing people. That’s why the animal rights group wants to replace Hacienda’s controversial billboard on S. Main Street—which the restaurant is taking [...]
Geneva, 28 February 2011
Minister Frattini during the ministerial session of the Human Rights Council
Photo by Antonio Scattolon
Majority of U.S. Adults Wish People Practiced Better Etiquette When Using Mobile Devices
Using a mobile technology device while walking continues to be a top pet peeve for 28 percent of U.S. adults, as reported in an 2011 study on mobile etiquette commission by Intel Corporation. (Photo: Business Wire)
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Ninety-one percent of U.S. adults say that [...]
Additional Service Enhancements to Come with FedEx 2Day A.M. and Improvements to FedEx First Overnight
MEMPHIS, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the world’s largest express transportation company, is adding new services for customers including FedEx First Overnight® Freight and FedEx 2Day® A.M. and is making further enhancements to FedEx First [...]
Merrillville, IN (February 18, 2011) – White Lodging’s Courtyard by Marriott property in Golden, Colorado will have a new leader at it’s helm. Joshua Jorden has accepted the position of General Manager of the 106-room, four-suite hotel that is located just 15 miles west of downtown Denver.
A graduate of Texas Christian University with a degree [...]
LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SSP (the global food and beverage company that operates leading brands from Burger King and Upper Crust to Caviar House & Prunier and Marks & Spencer at airports and rail stations), has secured a multi-million pound deal to operate five cafés and restaurants at London City Airport, commencing on 1st April 2011. Two new [...]
Guy Wollaert elected Senior Vice President of the Company (Photo: Business Wire)
The Board of Board Approves 49th Consecutive Annual Dividend Increase
Elects Guy Wollaert as Senior Vice President
ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Board of Directors of The Coca-Cola Company today approved the Company’s 49th consecutive annual dividend increase, raising the quarterly dividend 7 percent from 44 cents to 47 [...]
An open letter from President and CEO Betty Cockrum
A movement is afoot to take away all of Planned Parenthood’s family planning funding both here in Indiana and across the country.
This is happening despite the fact that all of the federal funding Planned Parenthood receives is used for basic, preventive health services, from Pap tests to [...]
