Sunday, March 4, 2012

JAMES V. HARLEY, SR.(CAPITAL REGION)

TROY -- James V. Harley, Sr., 80, long time resident of Troy, died Tuesday after a brief illness. Born in Troy, he was son of the late Edward S. and Clara Lewis Harley, and husband of Margaret Hildebrandt Harley. He was educated at St. Francis de Sales School and Catholic Central High School, Class of 1936. He trained for the insurance business at the Life and Casualty Insurance School in New York City. Mr. Harley was office manager for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for 43 years. He spent three plus years in the US Air Force during World War II in the European Theatre. He was a member of Special Services and active in the American Review, a show which appeared in the US, …

Shell FCU, SECU Select Open Solutions.

GLASTONBURY, Conn. -- Two more CUs have moved to Open Solutions. The $240-million Shell FCU in Deer Park, Texas has selected OSI's The Complete Credit Union Solution to address its in-house enterprise-wide data processing needs. In addition to The Complete Credit Union Solution, Shell FCU will also implement Open Solutions' Investor Reporting; Loan Participations; Loan Origination (consumer and mortgage), Business Intelligence tools (cView); Safe Deposit Module; Asset Collection Management System; Real- time ATM/Debit; Financial Accounting Suite; Maxxar voice response technology (touchtone and speech); Premium Overdraft; Interaction Management Center (IMC); Training …

Supporters hold vigil for Taiwan's ex-president

About 400 supporters of Taiwan's former president held a candlelight vigil outside a suburban Taipei prison Wednesday, a rare gesture of sympathy for a man whose detention on graft allegations has provoked little public condemnation.

A three-judge panel ordered Chen Shui-bian jailed Nov. 12 to allow prosecutors to investigate the allegations, which include money laundering, looting a special presidential fund and accepting bribes.

Under Taiwanese law, Chen can be held up to four months without indictment to prevent him from colluding with alleged conspirators.

Chen has consistently professed his innocence and says he is being persecuted by …

Breakaway mounting fixture design simplifies headlamp repair

ABRN STAFF REPOBTS Someone backed into the headlamp of your customer's Mercedes-Benz without damaging the lens, but the impact broke the mounting fixture that secures the headlamp to the body. The headlamp is functional, but loose. The customer prefers a repair to a replacement, so what do you do?

Depending on the year and model of the vehicle, Mercedes-Benz offers a headlamp repair fixture that allows techs to restore the headlamp to "like new" condition.

Mercedes-Benz offers repair fixtures that can be installed onto the headlamp housing to existing mounting points, replacing the original mounting fixture. Headlamps for most current model Mercedes-Benz vehicles are …

Bury beaten by late goal.

<strong>EAST MENS LEAGUE</strong>

<strong>DIVISION TWO NORTH EAST </strong>

<strong>Rutland 2 Bury Men's 1st XI 1</strong>

RUTLAND opened the scoring half an hour into the game after a long spell of pressure, against the stretched Bury defence of Tom Rash, Dan Tasker, Whitebottom and Swan.

Bury raised their game just before the break and equalised when captain Steve Jackson tucked home a Nik Ciappi cross

After the break, it was a scrappy end to end affair with neither side taking the advantage until the last four minutes of the game when the home team snatched the lead and victory with a well worked …

Delta announces additional new routes.(Delta Air Lines Inc.)(Brief article)

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Delta Air Lines (Other OTC:DALRQ.PK) has said that it will add two new cities and four more domestic routes to its network in addition to the more than 19 new destinations already announced for this summer.

The airline is planning to add services from its United States hubs and gateways in Los Angeles, Salt Lake City and New York City.

Saturday, March 3, 2012

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS DOWN FROM 1991.(Business)

Byline: James Denn Business writer

Future construction contracts in the Capital District and surrounding counties dropped 42 percent in the first three months of the year compared to the first three months of 1991.

According to F.W. Dodge, a division of McGraw-Hill Inc. that publishes authoritative reports on the construction trade, $83.2 million worth of contracts were signed in 1992's first quarter, compared to $142.92 million in the comparable period a year ago.

Local construction activity bucks the statewide trend. According to the industry trade group's report released Friday, statewide future construction contracts jumped 22 percent in the …