WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va. (9th CD), issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Rick Boucher announced today the creation of 100, new technology based jobs for Southwest Virginia. "I am pleased to announce that DIRECTV will operate a virtual call center in Southwest Virginia, hiring 100 of our region's residents to serve as remote agents. The virtual call center marks another major success not only for my Showcasing Southwest Virginia Program in its effort  more

POTSDAM, N.Y., March 3 -- Clarkson University issued the following news release: A photograph for media use is available at http://www.clarkson.edu/news/photos/odonoghue.jpg] Calendars, sunspots and planning for 2013 will be discussed by St. Lawrence University Professor of Physics Aileen O'Donoghue at the next Science Cafe at Jack & Wezzie's Coffee House in Potsdam this Wednesday, March 10, at 7:30 p.m. In describing her presentation, O'Donoghue says, "In recent years, Hollywood and do  more

HOUSTON, March 2 -- American Express issued the following news release: Count Me In for Women's Economic Independence named Sarah Stevens of Charlotte, NC the grand prize winner of the Make Mine a Million $ Business RACE (M3RACE), a year-long business growth competition for women entrepreneurs at the American Express OPEN(R) Women's Business Summit in Houston. Stevens' company, Stevens Technologies, achieved the greatest year-over-year increase in gross annual revenue, growing 131% to reac  more

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 16 -- The Arkansas Attorney General issued the following opinion: Mr. George Hopkins, Executive Director Arkansas Teacher Retirement System 1400 West Third Street Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Dear Mr. Hopkins: I am writing in response to your request for an opinion on several questions regarding how the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System (ATRS) treats specific situations involving public higher-educational institutions. I have paraphrased your questions   more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- The National Association of Home Builders issued the following news release: Americans remain strongly committed to federal support for home buyers, according to a recent survey of U.S. households. Roughly 68 percent of those polled said the government should continue to support housing, and 65 percent believe the government should be doing more to keep families from losing their homes to foreclosure. The poll included both home owners and renters and was conduc  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- In an online competition, Count Me In has awarded business owner Sarah Stevens $100,000 for creating jobs and increasing revenues during a historic recession. Count Me In, a national non-profit movement, began ten years ago pledging to "promote economic independence and the growth of women owned businesses" through access to the right resources and the proper attitudes. In 2009, it announced the "Make Mine a Million Dollar Business Race" that encouraged women to get t  more

IOWA CITY, Iowa, March 18 -- The University of Iowa's College of Business issued the following news release: More and more surveys show that fewer and fewer Americans have the financial and economic knowledge to make wise money management decisions, especially when it comes to funding their retirement. A new center in the University of Iowa's Tippie College of Business hopes to help fix that problem. The Iowa Center for Wealth Management is an online resource that provides unbiased financi  more