News from February 2009
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Laura Pendergest-Holt, the chief investment officer of Houston-based Stanford Financial Group (SFG), was arrested today by agents of the FBI’s Houston Field Office on a criminal complaint charging her with obstruction of a proceeding before an agency of the United States, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Rita M. Glavin and Special Agent in Charge of the Houston Division of the FBI, Andrew R. Bland, III.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Miguel Caro Quintero, the alleged former leader of the now-defunct Sonora Cartel, was extradited by the government of Mexico to the United States on Feb. 25, 2009, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 26, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in Lubbock, Texas, has charged 17 members and associates of the violent gang known as the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (ALKQN) with various charges related to their alleged narcotics and weapons trafficking violations, a well as a variety of alleged violent crimes ...

By Fed Newswire | Feb 26, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Cape Fear Bank Corporation, Wilmington, North Carolina, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.

By Labor Gazette | Feb 26, 2009
News Release: EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION USDL 09-179-NAT Program Contact: TRANSMISSION OF MATERIAL IN THIS Scott Gibbons (202) 693-3008 RELEASE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL Tony Sznoluch (202) 693-3176 8:30 A.M. (EST), THURSDAY Media Contact : Feb. 26, 2009 (202) 693-4676 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS ...

By Labor Gazette | Feb 26, 2009
News Release: Recovery Act also extends Emergency Unemployment Compensation WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today announced a weekly increase in unemployment compensation, as provided for in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, enacted on Feb. 17.

By Labor Gazette | Feb 26, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $500,000 grant to assist approximately 275 workers affected by layoffs at International Paper in Bastrop, La.

By Labor Gazette | Feb 26, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $2,199,132 grant to assist approximately 574 workers affected by layoffs from automotive industry suppliers across Missouri and in nearby Kansas.

By Labor Gazette | Feb 26, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $523,935 grant to assist approximately 130 workers affected by layoffs at JD Lumber Inc. in Priest River, Idaho; Sterling Mining Co. in Kellogg, Idaho; and U.S. Silver Corp. in Wallace, Idaho.

By Labor Gazette | Feb 26, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an $880,286 grant to assist approximately 165 workers affected by layoffs at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Conn.

By Labor Gazette | Feb 26, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor has notified all former Mallinckrodt Chemical Co., Destrehan Street Plant workers about a new class of employees added to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act's (EEOICPA) Special Exposure Cohort (SEC). The EEOICPA provides compensation ...

By Labor Gazette | Feb 26, 2009
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today published information to help employers, workers and their families understand the COBRA stimulus provisions under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 26, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 26, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 26, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 26, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a five page notice on Feb. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 26, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Feb. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Feb 26, 2009
The US Agriculture Department published a two page rule on Feb. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 26, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Feb. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Feb 26, 2009
The US Agriculture Department published a two page rule on Feb. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.