WATERSHED MANAGEMENT. A $4.04 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank is for Integral Management of the Apanas and Asturias Watershed (NI-X1005). The operation seeks to promote the sustainable management of the land, forest and biodiversity of the Apanas and Asturias watershed. …
Byline: JAY GALLAGHER Gannett News Service
CHICAGO -- Team New York, a group of about 15 state and local economic development officials from the Empire State, was ready for the big game.
The team was set to try to impress on some of the more than 3,000 corporate real estate executives and consultants who had gathered at a convention in Chicago the advantages of doing business in New York.
They had rented a cavernous ballroom with a wall of windows overlooking the Chicago River in the convention's headquarters hotel. They had a jazz band playing softly in the background. They had tables groaning under the weight of a sumptuous breakfast buffet.
But early on a Sunday morning in May, they had the room mostly to themselves.
``This doesn't look good,'' said Jeffrey Janiszewski, the team leader and an official from the state agency that promotes economic growth, Empire State Development Corp.
But two hours later, his mood had brightened considerably. About 340 people, apparently most of them late risers, were in the room, many talking to team members, who stood out in their gray-and-blue ``Team New York'' golf shirts.
``A lot of states do events at night, but a breakfast is more businesslike,'' he said. ``The music isn't loud. We're insistent on an event where networking is possible.''
Networking was the main activity at the convention, run by a …
A U.S. government seizure of $7.6 million from a Marine Midland Banks Inc. account has observers questioning whether international correspondent banking procedures are adequate to comply with federal rules designed to thwart money laundering.
Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York seized the money last month from a HongkongBank Panama correspondent account held at a Marine Midland branch in New York. Both banks are units of HSBC Holdings PLC, based in Hong Kong.
The U.S. attorney's office for the district said much of the money was proceeds of drug sales by Columbian cartels.
Bank Countersuing
Marine Midland has filed a countersuit …
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Saskatchewan Roughriders have acquired the negotiating rights to Terrelle Pryor and have spoken to Pryor's lawyer about bringing the former Ohio State quarterback to the Canadian Football League.
Pryor's attorney, Larry James, said Wednesday that the CFL is a genuine possibility for the ex-Buckeye.
"Yeah, it's like I told (the Roughriders). My house is not for sale, but at the right price, it's on the market," James said.
James was in a meeting and had yet to speak with Pryor about the Roughriders, however. James said he did not believe Pryor had ever mentioned the CFL as a strong possibility in their conversations.
Pryor, a three-year …
Police working
to identify victim
PARKERSBURG - Wood County authorities have been working toidentify a woman who died after she was struck twice by motorists. The woman was crossing W.Va. 95 outside of Parkersburg at about11:50 p.m. Sunday when she was hit by a car driven by a 16-year-oldboy, Wood County Sheriff's Deputy Brett Pickens said Monday.
The victim hit the windshield and was knocked to the road whereshe was run over by a second car driven by a 17-year-old boy,Pickens said.
Neither driver saw the woman because of her dark clothing.
The woman, who is believed to be between 40 and 45 years old, waswearing black shorts and a dark shirt. She …
CANBERRA -- Australia's apple growers are angry that authorities have allowed Chinese imports while an inquiry into the risks is still under way, and amid fears a Chinese fruit fly could be mutating.
The Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) announced in June that Chinese apples can come to Australia under strict conditions. Seven apple growing provinces in northern China …
Deposed Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra has made a bid to buy Manchester City football club for A[pounds sterling]81.6 million but will not return to Thailand to face corruption charges, says his lawyer.
The Lebanese army's insistence on the surrender of Fatah al-Islam leaders holed up at the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp is complicating efforts to end the fighting, says a Palestinian source.
Greece's Orthodox Church leader, Archbishop Christodoulos, 68, has been diagnosed with cancer of the intestine and liver.
A Nato soldier died yesterday after a vehicle struck a landmine in …
