| Champaign-based real estate firm growing in Florida (The Champaign News-Gazette) |
| CHAMPAIGN – The Florida real estate market may seem bleak, given falling home prices and rising foreclosures. But Coldwell Banker Devonshire Realty senses opportunity there. The Champaign-based real estate company on Friday announced it has acquired the assets of the Coldwell Banker residential affiliate in Jacksonville, Fla. |
| 11/22/2008 |
| Champaign man gets 7 years in prison for DUI fatality (The Champaign News-Gazette) |
| URBANA – A Champaign man who admitted that his drunken driving killed a Gibson City woman has been sentenced to seven years in prison. Marc Featherstone, 24, who listed an address in the 3400 block of Stoneway Court, pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated driving under the influence, admitting that on Jan. 24, he drove while intoxicated, causing the death of Kara Lynn Holt, 29. |
| 11/21/2008 |
| Coldwell Banker agencies merge (Daytona Beach News-Journal) |
| PALM COAST -- Coldwell Banker franchises Walter Williams Realty Inc. of Jacksonville and Devonshire Realty of Champaign, Ill., have merged, creating the seventh largest Coldwell Banker affiliate and 54th largest real estate brokerage in the nation. No financial details were released. |
| 11/22/2008 |
| News-Gazette owner turning dividends into charitable help (The Champaign News-Gazette) |
| CHAMPAIGN – The foundation that owns The News-Gazette Inc. has begun making charitable contributions of dividends paid out by the newspaper. The Marajen Stevick Foundation has distributed $190,000 to the University of Illinois Foundation for journalism-related projects and set aside an additional $50,000 for a potential project on campus. |
| 11/23/2008 |
| People in Business (The Tennessean) |
| National League for Nursing awarded Susan Moore Russell, associate professor of nursing at Columbia State Community College, the designation of certified nurse educator. The league also appointed Russell to serve as an ambassador. |
| 11/23/2008 |
| CENTRAL NY BUSINESS NEWS (The Post-Standard) |
| • Yahoo Must Choose San Francisco With Jerry Yang quitting as Yahoo Inc.'s chief executive, the Internet company's board will confront pivotal questions as it looks for a new leader. |
| 11/22/2008 |
| CENTRAL NY BUSINESS NEWS (The Post-Standard) |
| • Automakers make cuts, try to hold on Detroit - When Chrysler was near death and awaiting a government bailout in 1979, then-CEO Lee Iacocca ordered drastic spending cuts and required all checks above $1,000 to be approved by a senior vice president. |
| 11/22/2008 |
| CENTRAL NY BUSINESS NEWS (The Post-Standard) |
| • State cuts could delay patient care Syracuse hospital CEOs predict emergency room patient waiting times will get longer and the overall availability and quality of care in their institutions will suffer if the state goes ahead with proposed cuts in Medicaid payments. |
| 11/21/2008 |
| CENTRAL NY BUSINESS NEWS (The Post-Standard) |
| • Agency awards grants for company improvements, job retention Staff reports Directors of Empire State Development, the state's economic development arm, Thursday approved grants to companies in central and northern New York. |
| 11/21/2008 |
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