California Independent Bancorp News

“The Civil War is finally over”

Political Hay Goodbye to the New Deal By William Tucker Published 4/28/2008 12:08:25 AM I don't want to sound too optimistic, but it appears that, in a year when the Democrats were supposed to make their ... via American Spectator

“We have never done anything like this here before. It's about time for Bucyrus to get on the acceptance boat and celebrate diversity”

BUCYRUS -- Julez Bilowich is taking a vow of silence Friday for an important cause. via Telegraph-Forum

“Davis is also flat, so driving around will take less energy.”

If you live in central California and have a hankering for a Zap Xebra sedan or Zap Xebra truck, do we have good news for you. via Jalopnik

“Can't lift their arms above their heads, can't comb their own hair - 'yeah”

Is John McCain Bob Dole? : Or is he Dwight Eisenhower? A handicapping. So if McCain is no longer the bracing iconoclast he was in 2000, who the hell is he? "I'll tell you," this person says. via BrothersJudd Blog

Once home to America's largest concentration of pump-jacks and oil derricks, Texas is now the best region in the country to install wind turbines. via The South Mississippi Sun Herald

British megaretailer Tesco plc pulled its best Alfred E. Neuman impression yesterday , coolly posting an earnings increase of 12% despite a global economic slowdown. via Motley Fool

East Bay Business Times - by Mavis Scanlon Staff reporter It is his second term as a director. via East Bay Business Times

Loans4Less.com, Inc. announces the closing of its Regulation A Common Stock Offering and the start of our stock quotation as a DTC/DRS eligible security. via Earth Times

At Madison Square Garden in February, watching the Knicks and the Spurs Rubber-faced Frank TV star Frank Caliendo is going to have a field day with this... As part of its 10th anniversary edition, the upcoming ... via FilmStew

“We urge Congress to look at the merits of this agreement and to vote their approval.”

The USA Rice Federation has called on Congress to approve the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. via Delta Farm Press

Dublin's National Investment Managers Inc. has brought its managed assets past the $1 billion mark with a deal to buy a California annuity seller, the company said Tuesday. via Business First of Columbus

“Charlton Heston was seen by the world as larger than life”

Charlton Heston at Paramount Pictures' 90th anniversary celebrations in Hollywood on July 14, 2002. via The Times

Aura Systems, Inc. announced today that having completed the reporting requirements by filing all outstanding financial reports with the SEC, the Company is qualified to and has filed for a listing on the OTC ... via Business Wire

“None of the 14 other states have come close to Florida”

More than six working-age Floridians die each day because they don't have health insurance, according to a report released Wednesday by a health advocacy group. via The Orlando Sentinel

Historians will argue over whether George W. Bush is the worst president the United States has ever endured. via The Toronto Star

“Due to delays in funding, obtaining final governmental approvals and in light of current adverse biodiesel market conditions, we have pushed back our target commercial production date to the fourth quarter.”

Kreido Biofuels, a California company with plans to build a biodiesel plant in Wilmington, again has pushed back its construction schedule. via Triangle Business Journal

“If changes like this were happening here in Wendell, we'd be having public hearings and getting input from people”

This week is National Sunshine Week in America. And, no, Sunshine Week advocates aren't pressing for the federal government to make Daylight Savings Time a year-round occurrence. via Eastern Wake News

Sushee, Inc. recently effected a share exchange with all of the shareholders of VidShadow, Inc., a California corporation pursuant to which the Company issued an aggregate of 51,237,494 shares of its common ... via Market Wire

“We are very pleased to have the energy savings of the EnerLume validated by an independent third party with the credentials of Lighting Sciences Inc.”

David. J. Murphy, 203-248-4100 CEO, President or The Investor Relations Group Investor Relations: Erika Moran / Tom Caden, 212-825-3210 Media: Lynn Granito / Steven Melfi, 212-825-3210 EnerLume Energy ... via PR-inside.com

“If you can't win in the Southwest, if you don't win Ohio, if you don't win Pennsylvania , you've got problems in November”

Posted on 03/09/2008 10:01:35 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach Democrats in Wyoming will hold caucuses today and -- following what is now a familiar pattern -- are expected to give Sen. via Free Republic