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Dan Feeney, President of North Star Leasing in South Burlington, has announced the acquisition of Nordic Funding s book of business in late January. Nordic Funding s lease originator, John Desrochers, brings his 18 years of experience to the North Star Leasing team.
(Vermont Biz April 6, 2010) – Comcast, a leading provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services, today announced it has made the leap from broadband to wideband with the launch of next-generation DOCSIS 3.0 in 29 communities across Vermont.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) of Waterbury, Vermont, has announced that Pebbles Acquisition Sub, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of GMCR, has extended its previously announced $35.00 per share cash tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock of Diedrich Coffee, Inc. (NASDAQ: DDRX).
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced the first installment of funding to the Vermont State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) to help Medicare beneficiaries in Vermont get more information about their health care choices.
Representative Peter Welch on Monday announced a $450,000 federal grant for Vermont Law School to conduct Smart Grid research and analysis aimed at updating the US power grid. The grant, which was secured by Welch, will help VLS Institute for Energy and the Environment become a national leader in Smart Grid implementation standards.
Average retail gasoline prices in Vermont moved just 0.8 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.86/gallon today. This compares with the national average that has increased 4.6 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.85/g, according to gasoline price website VermontGasPrices.com.
U-Haul International, Inc has released the results of the annual U-Haul National Migration Trend Report, with Kentucky and Vermont as the top states in their categories, reflecting the nation's top growth states for families who moved during 2009.
A new company that would make stainless steel chimney liners has been authorized to earn nearly $68,000 worth of state job creation incentives if it opens its plant in Chittenden County.
Vermont Yankee's parent company, Entergy Corporation of New Orleans (NYSE: ETR), announced this morning that it will no longer pursue a plan to spin off the Vernon nuclear power plant and five others in its fleet into a new company called Enexus. The plan took a serious blow on March 25 when New York state effectively denied Entergy's application to do so.
Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 162,000 in March, and the unemployment
rate held at 9.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Temporary help services and health care continued to add jobs over the month.
Employment in federal government also rose, reflecting the hiring of temporary
In a statement issued yesterday, Vermont Yankee said that recent news reports have focused less on the tritium resolution and more on the other isotopes found in the soil at the plant. Despite the recent media coverage, Vermont Yankee said the presence of Cesium-137 and other radionuclides found in the soil at the plant is not new news.
Northeast Kingdom Chamber of Commerce today issued a statement saying it was dropping its trade name infringement case against the St Johnsbury Chamber of Commerce. The NEK Chamber was begun and until 1990 was known as the St Johnsbury Chamber. It then changed its name to the NEK Chamber name it now has in an effort to broaden its reach in the three northeastern counties of Vermont.