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Posted Jul 2, 2009 by William March The Florida Supreme Court has ruled against Gov. Charlie Crist in a case that arose from a fight over diversity in judicial appointments. The court said Crist must choose an appointee from a judicial nominating commission’s list that Crist said didn’t include enough racial diversity. Last year, Crist rejected the list of potential appointees for a vacancy on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal. He told the judicial nominating commission to reconsider its nominees, in particularly three black applicants it had rejected. The nominating commission refused and the issue ended up going to court. Today, the Supreme Court issued a decision saying Crist didn’t have the authority to tell the commission to reconsider its list, and is bound by law to choose an appiontee from the list. It... [read full story]
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- The president of the National Association of Business Economists said the "jobless" U.S. recovery should start adding jobs by the second quarter of 2010. "While the recovery has been jobless so far,...
HAVANA, Cuba - Fidel Castro was 32 and building his new government on the fly. He nationalized Cuba's U.S.-run telephone company, tapped Che Guevara as head of the National Bank and claimed he was ...
TORONTO - The Toronto stock market racked up solid gains late Monday morning as a weaker U.S. dollar boosted commodity prices while investors were also encouraged by the latest U.S. housing data. T...
Todd Crosland was named a national finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of the Year® 2009 award for the success and innovations he has brought to the Utah region’s financial sector. Ernst & Young program recognizes...
