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7 hrs ago | ABC2 Maryland

3 walk out front door of halfway house

Police need your help to find three Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services pre-release offenders that walked away from a halfway house Sunday.

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Related Topix: Correctional Services

Sat May 26, 2012

Business Journal

CCA prison riot: A lesson in crisis

It's an issue any business of size has to consider: How might this shocking thing that happened on our watch affect us long-term? dealing with the fallout of a weekend prison riot in Mississippi.

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Related Topix: Corrections Corporation of America, Riot

Reuters

TEXT-S&P affirms Tyco International ratings

Overview -- Tyco International Ltd. has outlined its preliminary post-separation capital structure and dividend objectives, and the business strategy for its remaining commercial security and fire protection business.

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Related Topix: TYCO International, Construction, Tyco International, American Buildings, Management Dynamics, ADT Security Services

Seeking Alpha

UTX Deal Marks Historic Day In Bond Market

For what was supposed to be a quiet finish to the week before Friday's early bond market close preceding the Memorial Day holiday, the one corporate bond deal that was printed Thursday proved noteworthy.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Industrial Machines, United Technologies Corporation, Financial Markets

Fri May 25, 2012

The Wichita Eagle

Analysis: CEO median pay rises to $9.6 million

Among the CEOs identified by Associated Press as earning the top paychecks at publicly traded companies are some with connections to Kansas and Wichita.

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Related Topix: Wichita, KS, Honeywell International, Aerospace-Defense, Honeywell, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Manufacturing, Industrial Machines, United Technologies Corporation

Barron's

United Technologies $9.8B Mega-Bond Deal Surges

While it might not be a great time to be selling super-sized social media IPOs, the same can't be said about giant corporate bond offerings.

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Related Topix: Sikorsky Aircraft, Manufacturing, GE Aircraft Engines, Industrial Machines, Hamilton Sundstrand, Paper, Aerospace-Defense, United Technologies Corporation, Pratt Industries, Clipper Windpower

Freshnews

LoJack Helps Law Enforcement Make Two Great Rescues In One Week

CANTON, Mass., May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Thanks to a pair of services from LoJack Corporation and its subsidiary LoJack SafetyNet, law enforcement agencies on opposite coasts of the U.S. were able to make two great saves this week, rescuing two young kidnapped children who were inside a stolen Lexus in Burien, WA, and an elderly Marshfield, MA ... (more)

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Related Topix: LoJack, Canton, MA, Marshfield, MA, Family, Elderly (Senior Citizen)

Seeking Alpha

Friday Failure: Weak Bounce Levels Turn Into Resistance

On Monday we discussed our expectations for a 2% weak bounce for the week, which would be a 20% retrace of the 10% drop I had predicted we'd have way back in March.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance, Caterpillar, Travelers Express Company, Financial Services, HP, Oil & Gas, Chevron Corporation, Energy, Computers, Industrial Machines, United Technologies Corporation, Exxon Mobil

Medical News

No contract renewal for CEO tied to billing collection controversy

Fairview Health Services of Minnesota opted not to renew the contract of CEO Mark Eustis after investigations into the role of bill collection company Accretive Health at the hospital.

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Related Topix: Accretive Health, Medical Equipment, Armor Holdings, Health

Reuters

Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 1000 GMT on Friday: ** The US corporate bond market has shown Facebook how it's done today, by pricing a bond offering of almost $10 billion from United Technologies Corp , making it the biggest investment-grade deal of the year.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Industrial Machines, United Technologies Corporation

Seeking Alpha

United Technologies - The 2012 Mega Deal

Thursday was a big day in the corporate bond market. The secondary market printed nearly $19 billion in trades, but that wasn't the big news.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Hamilton Sundstrand, Aerospace-Defense, Sikorsky Aircraft, GE Aircraft Engines, Industrial Machines, Paper, United Technologies Corporation, Pratt Industries, Clipper Windpower

Thu May 24, 2012

AmericanBankingNews.com

Piper Jaffray Analysts Begin Coverage on Life Technologies Corporation

The firm set a "neutral" rating on the stock. A number of other analysts have also recently weighed in on LIFE.

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Related Topix: Lifeline Systems, Telecom

Forbes.com

Brinks Stock Ready To Roll Higher

The Brink's Company engages in the provision of secure transportation, cash logistics, and other security-related services to banks and financial institutions, retailers, government agencies, mints, jewelers, and other commercial operations.

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Related Topix: Brink's, Inc, Financial Markets

Patch.com

Are You a Victim of Chronic Vehicle Theft? The LAPD Wants to Help

The LAPD Northeast Community Station is in discussions with a private theft-prevention company to offer victims of vehicle thefts who reside in Northeast Los Angeles a free security system for retrieving stolen vehicles.

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Related Topix: LoJack

CBS 3 Springfield

Jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney cuts 300 US jobs

Jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney is cutting 300 salaried jobs in the United States, including 200 in Connecticut.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Industrial Machines, United Technologies Corporation, Holyoke, MA, Springfield, MA

Iol.co.za

Naidoo moved to C-Max

While the Department of Correctional Services maintains that Naidoo had been transferred because of the prison's rehabilitation programmes, a prison source said Naidoo was being punished for speaking to the media.

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Related Topix: Prison, Correctional Services

Tyler Morning Telegraph

Lon Morris Employees Furloughed, Not Fired, Trustee Says

John Kroll, a Lon Morris trustee and economist with the firm Haley Romero Winick & Kroll Inc., said today that employees haven't been terminated, as has been reported in other media outlets, but "a great number of employees" have been furloughed as the school goes through reorganization over the next 30 to 60 days.

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Related Topix: Kroll, Morris College

Wed May 23, 2012

WDBO-AM Orlando

2nd lawsuit filed for Hawaii inmate death in Ariz.

The family of a Hawaii inmate strangled to death at a private prison in Arizona is suing the state of Hawaii and Corrections Corporation of America, saying the death would have been prevented if the state didn't ship prisoners to a mainland facility that neglects them.

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Related Topix: Prison, Corrections Corporation of America, Saguaro Correctional Center, Eloy, AZ, State Prisons

Customer Interaction Solutions

InvenSense Opens Proprietary Nasiri Fabrication Platform to Broader MEMS Developer Community

InvenSense, Inc. , the leading provider of MotionTracking devices for consumer electronics, continuing on a tradition of pioneering MEMs technology breakthroughs, today came forward with another game-changing strategy.

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Related Topix: Scientific Instruments, Electronics, Invision Technologies, Startups, InvenSense, UC Berkeley, Stanford University, UC Davis

Memphis Commercial Appeal

Shelby County chief jailer Moore named top administrator

The latest sign that the Shelby County Jail continues to leave a troubled past behind is a first-of-its-kind award from a state agency for the jail's administrator.

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Related Topix: Prison, Shelby County, TN, Corrections Corporation of America

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