Lawsuit Filed by Law Grads Over Tuition

8/27/2011   Two lawsuits were filed in New York and Michigan on Wednesday against the New York Law School and Thomas M. Cooley Law School. The suits were seeking class action status. The plaintiffs are graduates of the two schools. They are demanding tuition refunds amounting to $200 million from New York Law School and […]

Updated Brand Marks the Entry of Toastmasters International into a New Era

8/26/2011   Toastmasters International, the largest non-profit organization in the world, is updating its brand for the first time in seventy years. The organization, which is focused on harnessing communication and leadership skills of its members, revealed its new brand identity today in Las Vegas, Nevada at its International Convention. As part of the effort […]

Price of Australian Paper to Go Up

8/26/2011   The rise in its manufacturing cost will be passed on by Australian Paper to its consumers with a 5% price increase across its whole range of offset grades. The company blamed their increases on “ongoing rising labour costs and increase in raw material, including energy and oil”, which had been counter-balanced by a […]

Consultancy Dalziel & Pow Working with A Retailer in South Africa – Mr Price

8/26/2011   Mr. Price, a South African retail group benefits from Dalziel & Pow, since the latter is the one working on their brand new store concepts and identity. The three retail chains of Mr Price namely: sport, apparel and homeware, shall be the ones to enjoy the new concepts created by Dalziel & Pow. […]

NFL Stadium Proposal Gets the Support of the L.A. Council

8/26/2011   A City Council endorsement was granted Tuesday to the developers who wish to build an NFL stadium in Los Angeles’ downtown area. The developers had been stressing that such endorsement was necessary to prove to the league officials that their plan has the support of the public. Tim Leiweke, the president and chief […]

NYC Labor Deals With Unions Affirmed By Appeals Court

8/26/2011   A Manhattan judge has ruled that the labor agreement of the city of New York with fifty unions is not in violation of the federal labor law. The city said that this court ruling will pave the way to finally finish some $6 billion worth of infrastructure projects. Two construction trade groups last […]

Peach Growers in South Carolina Depend on Mexican Labor

8/25/2011   South Carolina’s peach industry is heavily dependent on Mexican farm workers, who arrive each ear with H2A visas to a state where the illegal immigrant sentiment has deepened. Russel Ott of the South Carolina Farm Bureau said that without Hispanic labor, the lucrative peach industry would not exist. He specifically mentioned those farm […]

College Charged By The Justice Department Of Breaking The Law

8/25/2011   The Obama administration and four other states, is accusing a private, for-profit college of unlawfully disbursing money to recruiters to enroll students in an $11 billion scam. This is the latest action in the long-running investigation of the recruitment techniques of the industry. The Justice Department, along with the attorneys general of Illinois, […]

Farmers Aiming For Guest Worker Program

8/24/2011   While the bill that seeks to crack down on illegal immigrants is being debated in Congress, farmers in California are trying to find a way to bring foreign guest workers into the United States. They say that it might be the only way for them to stay in business. For many weeks now, […]

Groups Ask Obama to Use ‘Any Legal Means’ to Stop Fracking

8/24/2011   President Barack Obama is being pressed by a coalition of environmental groups to use every means necessary to stop the controversial extraction method of natural gas, which is known as “hydraulic fracturing.” The goal of the environmental coalition is far beyond the current posture of the administration, which actively supports expanded gas development […]