FLIR Systems Inc. , which makes thermal imaging and stabilized camera systems, said Thursday it received an $11.1 contract modification from the U.S. Army to provide service, upgrades and logistics support for Army and Marine Corps programs. The ...

China's Top 500 Enterprises catching up with global giants - Xinhua News Agency

¡¡BEIJING, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- The country's top 500 giants are narrowing gap with foreign counterparts, but they still lag behind, the China Enterprise Confederation announced in its release of the 2008 Top 500 Chinese enterprises list on Saturday ...

Suburban school districts, police working out protest logistics - Chicago Tribune

They don't know how many children will report for school Tuesday, when they will arrive, who will accompany them or what they'll do. But educators, police and New Trier Township residents are preparing for what could be an unprecedented influx of ...

State Tax Breaks Approved For Rocky Hill Warehouse - Hartford Courant

ROCKY HILL — - A Delaware -based company building a controversial frozen food warehouse and distribution facility on Brook Street will receive more than $3 million in tax breaks from the state, Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced Friday. The state ...

Dallas County, Texas preps for Hurricane Gustav evacuees - Dallas Morning News

Dallas County Judge Jim Foster said Gov. Rick Perry's emergency management office asked him to accept the New Orleans evacuees. Robie Robinson, Dallas County's emergency management director, told commissioners that the request to shelter the evacuees ...