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“The markets are pricing in a scenario in which the swoon is worse than expected. The markets are worried about the extent and duration of the recession”

Stocks fell on Wednesday after United Parcel Service Inc slashed its earnings forecast and oil prices hit a record high above $112 per barrel, darkening the outlook for corporate results. via WNED.org

A major quarry operator in the region is operating under new ownership. Eastern Industries Inc. via Easton Express-Times

“I always felt uncomfortable when he was doing that”

Last fall, in an interview with New York magazine, a former Citigroup executive called George David 'a rock star.'

For many people on Wall Street, the outgoing chief executive of United Technologies Corp.

neatly fits the bill: In 14 years as CEO, he's made money by the hundreds of millions, raced his own sailboat across oceans and wed a countess half his age. To 225,600 people around the world - nearly twice the population of Hartford - David is the boss.

But unlike some CEOs of his stature, David isn't a household name, even in his hometown. Cultivating renown has never been his game. The man with the Midas touch has always preferred talking productivity to posing for the press. Read more

“Philosophically, the big thing that we wanted to avoid was an atmosphere of retaliation, where inmates would do something, staff would retaliate, then inmates would retaliate, then things would spiral downhill”

Kunta Kenyatta struggles to describe the 33 months he spent in the tight four walls of a super-maximum security cell at the Ohio State Penitentiary.

'It's extreme isolation, sensory deprivation. It's hard to explain really,' said Kenyatta, 39, out since 2001.

Supermax prisons _ where inmates spend roughly 23 hours a day locked in soundproofed cells _ were trendy when Ohio cut the ribbon on its angular, steel-bedecked penitentiary April 9, 1998.

A decade later, the winds favoring ultrasecure incarceration have shifted. Read more

The state prison agency says it has fired nine correctional officers in an investigation of alleged brutality against an inmate at Roxbury Correctional Institution near Hagerstown.

At least eight of the officers had previously been recommended for firing for their alleged involvement in the beating of an inmate on March 8th and 9th.

The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services says it also is investigating alleged assaults on seven inmates at the North Branch Correctional Institution near Cumberland on March 6th. Read more

“We vociferously dispute the charges in the lawsuit, and we'll make our case in court”

Eight immigrant teenagers held at a facility for unaccompanied minors filed a federal lawsuit Thursday claiming they were abused and denied access to attorneys. via KRISTV.COM Corpus Christi

“The PW545C is the most recent example in our strategy to continually innovate and build on the great dependability of our market-leading engine families”

Pratt & Whitney Canada has received type certification from Transport Canada for its new PW545C turbofan engine to power the Cessna Citation XLS+ business aircraft. via WebWire

“I won't say the radio station is wrong. "We are not allowed to comment until they (the correctional services department) tell us.”

Convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik has been readmitted to Durban's Inkosi Albert Luthuli Hospital with health problems related to his blood pressure. via Daily News

“It's been going around Peterborough and Durham, which are our catchment areas”

The Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay has been under lockdown since Thursday as staff work to contain a stomach flu outbreak, officials say. via Brock Citizen

TOWSON , Md. - State prison inmates will get a start this week on planting a million trees across the state. via WTOP-FM Washington

Digimarc, a Beaverton-based company which makes digital watermarks used for security, said Monday it has agreed to sell its ID Systems business to L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. via KGW-TV Portland

A burglar erroneously released from prison last month was back in custody Friday after turning himself in to police, officials said. via WINS-AM New York

“We had a lot of questions, a lot of concerns, and so far they haven't put it in”

Some workers are doing it at Dunkin' Donuts, at Hilton hotels, even at Marine Corps bases. via WWJ-AM Southfield

An inmate who had his ear ripped off during an attack by another prisoner in Wayne County has filed a lawsuit against Nashville-based prison operator Corrections Corporation of America.

According to the lawsuit, 33-year-old Kevin Swafford claims his ear couldn't be reattached because he did not receive proper treatment after the attack. He also says the staff was negligent and his civil rights were violated.

Prison officials say Swafford was attacked in March 2007 at the South Central Correctional Center in Clifton in Wayne County. Read more

Add women's rights groups to the list opposing the federal judicial nomination of Gus Puryear IV, the embattled general counsel for the Corrections Corporation of America. via The Tennessean

“GreenTouchscreen offers us the ability to not only provide information on energy use and climate implications, but also on a broad variety of internal initiatives”

In its raw form building energy consumption data is not likely to reveal much to building owners, occupants or others about its impact on the environment. via Imaging Magazine

“It's ridiculous to have anybody live like that”

Authorities in Tennessee say they are investigating why a mentally ill inmate never left his cell for nine straight months, not even to shower or see a doctor. via The Post Chronicle

Digimarc to focus on growing demand for Digital Watermarking Solutions Digimarc has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its ID Systems business to L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc. via SecureID News

Officials say construction is about 60% complete at a new private prison in southwest Mississippi. via WREG-TV Memphis

Pure Technologies Ltd., TSX-V: PUR, announces revenues of $14,747,000 for the year ended December 31, 2007. via Huliq.com