Regional

Regional council OK’s private partner for rail transit

WATERLOO REGION — Politicians have voted 8-1 to seek a private partner to build, maintain and operate rail transit, planned to open in 2017. In doing so Tuesday, regional councillors rejected a chorus of concerns that public transit is best operated ...

48 min ago on Record | preview

Regional Science Leader for Potato in Sub-Saharan Africa

The International Potato Center (CIP) is seeking a dynamic leader for its research program on potato in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). The post holder will lead a multidisciplinary team of scientists based in different countries within the region. Key ...

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Regional stocks: Flat Monday on Wall St.

Be it Super Bowl hangovers or general malaise, Wall Street is off to sluggish start. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 18 points Monday, a 0.13 percent drop, to close at 12,844. Nasdaq lost 3.67 points, closing at 2,901. The Standard & Poors ...

2 min 37 sec ago on The Business Journal | preview

U.S. Support to Regional Efforts To Counter the Lord's Resistance Army

In May 2010, President Obama signed into law the Lord’s Resistance (LRA) Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act, which reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to support regional partners’ efforts to end the atrocities of the LRA in central Africa.

33 sec ago on U.S. Department of State | preview

Mitsubishi Aircraft Selects PTC to Ensure New Regional Jet Meets Aircraft Reliability and Maintainability Goals

PTC ® (Nasdaq: PMTC - News) today announced that Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation has selected PTC as its strategic partner for developing a reliability and maintainability management platform for its Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) next ...

34 sec ago on Yahoo Finance | preview

Our View: Regional projects still must prove themselves

There were heartening developments on two projects of significant regional import last week. One was the appointment of Thomas Dubas as director of the new regional 911 dispatch center in Middleton. The second was the report from a key member of the team ...

25 sec ago on Salem News | preview

NWCA National Dual regional pairings announced

11 a.m. – No. 5 Northern Iowa vs. No. 4 Virginia Tech 11 a.m. – No. 3 Iowa State vs. No. 6 Wisconsin AMES - Cornell, Iowa, Minnesota and Oklahoma State all earned number one seeds for their respective regions as brackets are released for the ...

2 hr 0 min ago on Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier | preview

Northern Kentucky regional swim preview

Teams Participating: Ashland Blazer, Beechwood, Boone County, Boyd County, Calvary Christian, Campbell County, Conner, Cooper, Covington Catholic, Covington Latin, Deming, Dixie Heights, East Carter, Elliott County, Fleming County, Highlands ...

27 sec ago on Cincinnati.com | preview

Jeffersonville Wrestling Regional | 8 from Floyd Central in semistate

Floyd Central brought 12 wrestlers to the Jeffersonville Regional on Saturday and eight of those left as Evansville Semistate qualifiers. Floyd Central coach Brandon Sisson said he couldn’t have expected a whole lot more. “But there’s ...

29 sec ago on Courier-Journal | preview

Moore named chief medical officer at Athens Regional

Athens Regional Health System had named James Moore Sr. vice president and chief medical officer. Moore has more than 25 years of experience in private practice as a plastic surgeon with The Moore Center in Athens. Moore has been involved with ...

41 min ago on Athens Banner-Herald | preview