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IBM Capitalizes on a Need to Make Cities Smarter
8:30AM 6/15/2011
Last week, IBM announced its Intelligent Operations Center for Smarter Cities, aimed at providing in one easy package a software platform for cities to use in monitoring and managing city resources. Trefis sees this as a potentially huge boost IBM's lucrative middleware business.
Walgreen CFO Arrested on Drunk Driving Charges ... Again
9:03AM 10/19/2010
Walgreen Chief Financial Officer Wade Miquelon was arrested on drunk driving charges last month -- his second such arrest in a little more than a year. The drugstore chain calls it a personal matter, but when it comes to executives, when does personal irresponsibility become a corporate problem?
Talk about a personal delivery! Gloucester, Mass. police say US Postal Service worker Stephen Hale, 30, sold OxyContin while on his mail delivery route.
Police busted him after allegedly finding drugs in his mail truck after investigators received information from sources about his dealing as...
G-20 Summit: Toronto Welcomes Leaders With Violent Protests
2:00PM 6/27/2010
As G-8 leaders wrapped up their summit in Huntsville, Ontario, and prepared to travel south to Toronto for the full G-20 summit, the city witnessed some of the most violent protests in its history. What city would ever want to host a summit again?
Police and Fire Departments Struggle as Local Budgets Tighten
8:00AM 6/23/2010
Police and fire departments nationwide are getting hit hard by city budget cuts as federal funds dry up -- resulting in layoffs, salary cuts or freezes and pared benefits. The public remains adamantly opposed to tax increases, even for services that protect them.
Black Friday 2009 Security Alert: Safety drills are already starting
1:00PM 10/02/2009
The day after Thanksgiving is both the best shopping day of the year or the worst. Combine a store offering its lowest prices all year with a crowd of anxious, cash-strapped consumers who've been standing in line for many pre-dawn hours, and you're asking for trouble. Last year, we saw how...
If you're looking for love in all the wrong places, Craigslist is still in a position to help. The online ad machine, founded by Craig Newmark (right), vowed to get rid of its red-light district two months ago, by taking the "drastic" step of changing its "Erotic Services" section to "Adult...
Small town Texas police accused of fleecing motorists
8:00AM 5/07/2009
The old saying, don't mess with Texas, is especially fitting if you happen to find yourself traveling through Tenaha, where local police are accused of stealing from Hispanic and African American motorists. Victims assert that police in this town of 1,000 have used trumped up charges and other...
Just when you think there's nothing dumb left to report, up pops "Disgruntled drug buyer calls police to complain."Now, granted, this is Cape Cod, where it was winter right through the end of April, and where rain has been and continues to be the forecast through May 9. Cape Codders aren't at their...
Too friendly: New 'approachable' banks make robbers' job easy
4:00PM 4/07/2009
My favorite local banks here in Portland offer comfy chairs for customers to hang while they're waiting to see a banker, complete with a selection of herbal teas, free coffee, the latest magazines, and toys for their children.
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Bank: GMAC Bank (Midvale,...
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