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Bank notes: New branches, closing branches and a special district
Already in receipt of regulator approval to open its first office in Niagara County, Bank of Akron has now received New York state permission to create a special banking district in the town of Wilson. The “banking development district” program design...
Hawaii’s best public middle schools for 2020, according to Niche
University Laboratory School on Oahu is the best public middle school in the Islands according to a recent report from Niche.com Inc., a ratings and review company. Every year Niche.com's website releases a ranking of middle schools across the countr...
McClatchy’s losses, debt put its stock exchange listing at risk
Sacramento-based media company The McClatchy Co. said late on Friday that it's been warned that its shares could be delisted from the NYSE American stock exchange. McClatchy (AMEX: MNI) shares had fallen 57 cents, or 18.2%, to $2.57 on Friday, before ...
Disney chief Bob Iger resigns from Apple’s board as the two companies prepare competing streaming services
Bob Iger, chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Co, has resigned from the board of directors of Apple Inc. The news came via a one-line filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that indicated the move was made earlier this week on Sept. 10. N...
Peninsula-based accounting firm expands with East Bay office
The expansion represents the East Bay city's growing clout as a financial center.
Motorola Solutions opens innovation center
In a move to better connect with top engineering talent at the University of Illinois, Motorola Solutions is opening an innovation center at the school’s Research Park. Chicago-based Motorola (NYSE: MSI) announced Friday that it has opened an innovati...
Missouri, Illinois schools rank among U.S. News & World Report’s best colleges
More than 20 Missouri schools are among U.S. News & World Report's 2020 ranking of the best colleges, as well as a top 20 ranking for Washington University. In addition, we included four Illinois schools (those in the St. Louis region) in our slideshow...
The week in bankruptcies: Greg Homesley CPA PC Inc. and Wildwood Antique Mall LLC.
Jacksonville area bankruptcy courts recorded two filings with total debts above $1 million during the week that ended September 6, 2019. Year to date through September 6, 2019, the court recorded 32 Chapter 7, Chapter 9 and Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing...
The week in bankruptcies: CFW Resources LLC and PetroShare Corp.
Denver area bankruptcy courts recorded two filings — including two with total debts above $1 million — during the week that ended Sept. 6, 2019. Year to date through Sept. 6, 2019, the court recorded 64 Chapter 7, Chapter 9 and Chapter 11 bankruptcy fi...
Ed Goldman: So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu: This column closes up shop today
Today’s the final day of the Sacramento Business Journal column I’ve been writing for eight years. It usually ran five times a week online and in print once a week. Today also happens to be Friday the 13th. I may start getting superstitious. My column...
San Antonio report: Florida teams struggle with attendance as NFL turns a blind eye to better markets
Florida has more NFL teams than Texas, which has some 7 million more potential seat fillers than the Sunshine State.
UC Davis raked in $845 million in research funding in 2018-19
The University of California Davis brought in its second-highest level of research funding ever, in its last fiscal year, with a total of $845 million in funding. The total amount of research funding landed just $1.2 million below the previous year's...
Executives learn from instruction when they become the teachers
Corporate executives share why they've returned to the classroom as adjunct professors. The students, they say, aren't the only ones who've learned from the experience.
Bank notes: New branches, closing branches and a special district
Already in receipt of regulator approval to open its first office in Niagara County, Bank of Akron has now received New York state permission to create a special banking district in the town of Wilson. The “banking development district” program design...
Gov. Ige condemns hateful rhetoric surrounding TMT
In a press conference Friday, Gov. David Ige urged the community to condemn the hateful rhetoric surrounding Thirty Meter Telescope construction and law enforcement. According to Attorney General Clare Connors, law enforcement and public figures — su...
ManTech CEO: ‘Open architecture is here to stay’
It's becoming more clear which technology contractors get an edge with federal agency customers.
Health
OHSU receives $6M NIH grant to enhance high-resolution imaging
A new center for advanced imaging at Oregon Health & Science University has received a $5.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, enabling it to expand capabilities in electron microscopy. The Pacific Northwest Cryo-EM Center, a collab...
Sports
See where the Badgers rank among the NCAA’s most valuable football programs
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has the 23rd-most valuable college football team in the country. That’s according to a study done by Forbes which was released on Thursday. The Badgers have a three-year average revenue of $86 million and a three-...
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Florida is home to some of the nation’s best biz schools, says U.S. News & World Report
Florida has five of the top 150 business colleges in the nation, according to the new U.S. News & World Report annual rankings of best colleges. In addition to ranking the colleges for their overall performance, the survey of nearly 1,400 colleges a...
See where the Badgers rank among the NCAA’s most valuable football programs
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has the 23rd-most valuable college football team in the country. That’s according to a study done by Forbes which was released on Thursday. The Badgers have a three-year average revenue of $86 million and a three-...
Dead Bird Brewing opens first taproom on 5th Street in Milwaukee
Dead Bird Brewing got its name over 15 years ago when co-founders and former University of Wisconsin-Platteville roommates Nick Kocis and Jeremy Hach found a dead sparrow in the bottom of an aluminum pot housed in Hach's parent's attic. The two entre...
Bank notes: New branches, closing branches and a special district
Already in receipt of regulator approval to open its first office in Niagara County, Bank of Akron has now received New York state permission to create a special banking district in the town of Wilson. The “banking development district” program design...
Gov. Ige condemns hateful rhetoric surrounding TMT
In a press conference Friday, Gov. David Ige urged the community to condemn the hateful rhetoric surrounding Thirty Meter Telescope construction and law enforcement. According to Attorney General Clare Connors, law enforcement and public figures — su...
ManTech CEO: ‘Open architecture is here to stay’
It's becoming more clear which technology contractors get an edge with federal agency customers.
Hawaii’s best public middle schools for 2020, according to Niche
University Laboratory School on Oahu is the best public middle school in the Islands according to a recent report from Niche.com Inc., a ratings and review company. Every year Niche.com's website releases a ranking of middle schools across the countr...
McClatchy’s losses, debt put its stock exchange listing at risk
Sacramento-based media company The McClatchy Co. said late on Friday that it's been warned that its shares could be delisted from the NYSE American stock exchange. McClatchy (AMEX: MNI) shares had fallen 57 cents, or 18.2%, to $2.57 on Friday, before ...