NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The deadline to make an emergency Gulf of Mexico oil spill claim is over and the administrator of the $20 billion fund is laying out more details about what happens next.
Kenneth R. Feinberg is going to talk to reporters Wednesday about how the process will move forward from initial emergency payments to interim and final claims.
So far, Feinberg says about $2 …
WASHINGTON (AP) — For legal reasons, President Barack Obama rejects the word "hostilities" to describe U.S. involvement in Libya's civil war. Along the same lines, Defense Secretary Robert Gates calls American actions there "a limited kinetic operation."
Definitions are part of the debate over whether Obama is violating the War Powers Resolution by failing to obtain congressional approval for U.S. participation in the NATO-led air strikes against Moammar Gadhafi's government.
The international coalition assisting Libyan rebels in their efforts to oust Gadhafi from power is in its fourth month. Before dawn on Sunday, NATO airstrikes began pounding targets in Tripoli as part of …
CARTY'S COLLISION CENTER
Don't underestimate the power of relationships, especially in the collision repair industry. Carry's Collision Center of Ontario, Calif., has succeeded by tapping into the power of relationships.
"We try to develop relationships with our customers so that even if they go to a different insurance carrier, they're still our customer," says Kelly McCarty, who has managed the business for 10 years.
To increase the likelihood that a customer will stay with the company, Carry's is on five major direct repair programs, which generate about 85 percent of its business. No single program represents more than 25 percent of its business, however, and the …
The United States has told Israel repeatedly that Arab-American Palestinians must be treated as American citizens at border crossings or anywhere else, the State Department said Thursday.
Still, said spokesman Sean McCormack, "It's a continuing issue. It's a continuing problem."
McCormack's comments were in response to question about a letter that Arab-American community leader James Zogby sent to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that complained of the problem as "an issue for many decades" for Arab-Americans.
McCormack said the response had not been drafted to Zogby's request for a meeting on the subject.
Then …
Brian McCann's three-run double in the seventh inning provided the National League all the offense it needed to capture its first All-Star game since 1996 with a 3-1 victory over the American League on Tuesday.
In a year of dominant pitching, young starters David Price and Ubaldo Jimenez set the tone _ and got even more help from the tricky shadows. Nearly the entire field at Angel Stadium was bathed in odd patterns of sunlight for a twilight first pitch, creating more awkward swings and misses than usual in baseball's annual talent show.
The National League earns home-field advantage in this year's World Series.
"It's a big deal. I think home …
BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Medical device maker Hologic Inc. said Monday that its fiscal first-quarter net income rose 90 percent from a year ago as revenue grew across its business units. The results beat analysts' expectations and the company also boosted its annual earnings outlook.
Hologic shares rose $1.27, or 6.6 percent, to $20.47 in after-hours trading following the earnings announcement, after closing the regular session down 18 cents at $19.20.
Net income in the three months to Dec. 24 rose to $20.8 million, or 8 cents per share, from $10.9 million, or 4 cents per share, a year earlier.
Excluding the amortization of intangible assets and other items, earnings came to 34 cents per share, above the 32 cents expected by analysts polled by FactSet.
Revenue rose 9 percent to $472.7 million from $432.6 million a year ago. That was also higher than the $466.3 million expected.
The company said it expects second-quarter adjusted earnings of 33 cents per share on revenue of $470 million to $475 million. The per-share earnings was in line with analysts' forecasts, while the midpoint of the revenue guidance was slightly higher than the $470.9 million expected.
Hologic said it boosted its annual earnings guidance by a penny to $1.36 to $1.38 per share, but reaffirmed its revenue guidance of $1.9 billion to $1.93 billion. Analysts were looking for adjusted earnings of $1.36 per share on $1.91 billion in revenue.
by Talaam Acey
NRGOD, 2001, $15.00
ASIN 6-035-59974-2
On the first track of his second independently released CD, Morally Bankrupt Volume II, Talaam Acey explains what you can expect to hear on the album's fifteen tracks. In a conversational tone, he introduces each poem, something that's unusual for music releases, especially spoken-word recordings. But then everything about Acey's second CD is a departure from the norm.
"Revolutionary Malpractice was just a call for poets to check themselves," says Acey. "Half these cats with all this revolutionary stuff, they don't mean what they saying. They ain't snatching guns from no cops and taking over no governments. So you know, just keep it real. Ask yourself, am I saying some stuff that's useful, practical, or am I just talking some interesting things that people are going to enjoy."
A slam phenom, Acey has nurtured his lyrical and performance career at the Nuyorican Poetry Cafe and at the National Slam. Morally Bankrupt represents Acey's second attempt at social commentary, challenging established ideas of morality and revolution. Acey manages to avoid the didactic nature of such heavyweight issues by invoking a performance presence, both audible and spiritual, that is reminiscent of Gil Scott-Heron and the Last Poets.
While many of Acey's colleagues record with rock bands and DJs, he relies on his best instrument, his voice. Track number 11, "Lucidity II: Live Version," a well-known crowd-pleaser, attests to his verbal dexterity. There are poems that seem like rants or afterthoughts and probably would not stand up on the page, such as "Newark is for Niggaz II." But any shortcomings are easily silenced by the sheer enjoyment of the record.
