Pelton Book Says Mercenaries Are Big Business -- for Suppliers Bloomberg.com
Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- How lucrative is being a soldier of fortune? The $500 to $600 per diem beats the alternative for the men who fight in Iraq and Afghanistan on private contracts, according to Robert Young Pelton, author of ``Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror.''
Cross Country Healthcare Reports Third Quarter 2006 Results Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
BOCA RATON, Fla.----Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. today reported revenue of $162.9 million and net income of $0.1 million, or $0.00 per diluted share for the third quarter ended September 30, 2006.
Tuesday's election could be historical Mobridge Tribune
As South Dakota residents go to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 7, they will be asked to make decisions on issues, measures and laws that will change laws, change the manner in which the Legislature will function and make changes in taxing methods.
Sides sum up views in County Board size debate Fond du Lac Reporter
A debate that began shortly after the April election will end Tuesday night when the final vote tally is reported.
County payroll shrinks slowly The Beaver County Times
BEAVER — Beaver County has significantly reduced staffing and employee costs over the past two years, but still has more workers than all but one fourth-class county in the state.
Medical Staffing Network Holdings Announces Third Quarter 2006 Operating Results Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
BOCA RATON, Fla.----Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. , a leading healthcare staffing company and the largest provider of per diem nurse staffing services in the nation, today reported revenues of $95.6 million for the third quarter of 2006, a slight increase from second quarter 2006 revenues of $95.3 million and a decrease of 6.6% from third quarter 2005 revenues of $102.4 million,
Four CPA officials will attend DOI conference Saipan Tribune
Two board members of the Commonwealth Ports Authority and two management officials will attend the Department of the Interior-sponsored business conference this month in Hawaii.
Water Department moving in positive direction with desalination Long Beach Press-Telegram
The Long Beach Water Department is bubbling with pride - the stuff of expectant parents. Throughout the year, the news front has been percolating with positive growth in a cutting-edge technology that might prove essential to nothing less than survival: the desalination industry.
U.S. Climate Technology Plan Spectrum Online
On 20 September, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released its Climate Change Technology Strategic Program Plan, a 243-page report that evaluates prospects for all relevant greenhouse-gas mitigation technologies and identifies the various sources of government support for development of the technologies.
Stanley faces young challenger The Daily News of Newburyport
When voters in the Second Es District go to the polls Tuesday to vote for their state representative, they aren't likely to get the two candidates confused.