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Timeshare Relief, Inc, a Torrance, California, company, will offer over $91,000 in consumer refunds and pay $50,000 to the State of Vermont to settle claims that it violated Vermont law in three different ways in arranging for the repurchase of timeshares.
The Vermont Public Service Board rejected yesterday the Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring plan put forth by FairPoint Communications. The board simply did not believe what it considered overly optimistic revenue projections.
Each year National Geographic Traveler, the number one magazine for global travel, culture, and nature, features 50 trips that deserve the award of ‘Tour of a Lifetime.’ These carefully designed trips offer much more than classical or emerging destinations. They are carefully crafted and operated with superb dedication to service and attention to detail.
In 2008, public school systems spent an average of $10,259 per pupil, a 6.1 percent increase over 2007. Eighteen states and the District of Columbia spent above this amount; 32 spent less. Vermont was fifth highest at $14,300.
The Vermont Teddy Bear Company will be closing their 11-year-old Newport facility, which employs 70 stitchers, at the end of June 2010.
All Newport employees will be offered employment in the Shelburne factory.
The Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce today unveiled a first-ever collaborative marketing campaign that might be thought of as “I Love New York!” on a Vermont scale.
Lyndon State College has announced that Michigan-based clothing company Carhartt, Inc, has made a $1 million gift in support of the college’s first comprehensive fundraising campaign, A New View: The Second Century Campaign. ‘This is a significant gift that will benefit our students and the surrounding Northeast Kingdom,’ said Lyndon President Carol A Moore.
The Supreme Court today issued a ruling in Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. In a 5 to 4 decision, the Court found unconstitutional a key provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the anti-fraud law Congress enacted in the aftermath of the Enron and WorldCom accounting scandals.
During a visit to Denver, Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today announced $75 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funds for On-the-Job Training, National Emergency Grants to 41 states, the District of Columbia and three federally recognized Native American tribes. Vermont's share is $293,000.
A local design team modernized a student center that was slated for demolition and received a first place Education Design Award for the project this spring. Two members of the design team from Burlington, New England Floor Covering and Freeman French Freeman architects, were recognized at the Starnet Worldwide Commercial Flooring Partnership awards ceremony in Marco Island, Florida.
As part of its continuing network investment to support growing demand for advanced mobile devices and applications, AT&T* today announced the activation of three new 3G cell sites in Ludlow.
The Vermont Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the highly anticipated 2010 – 2011 Top Ten Winter Events. The 2010 - 2011 award recipients display a wide variety of unique Vermont activities that will provide something fun for everyone in all corners of the Green Mountain State.