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Northwestern Mutual unit involved in Encompass buyout
On 06-08-2007.
Northwestern Mutual Capital, in partnership with the management of Encompass Home Health Inc. and private equity firm Thoma Cressey Bravo, has acquired all of the interests in Encompass owned by the company&x27;s previous financial partner, Apax Partners LP.
Encompass, which is based in Dallas, provides Medicare-focused skilled home health services in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. The company operates 44 ...
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LIBRARY NOTES: Librarians don’t fit classic stereotypes
On 02-08-2007.
By CAROL PETROWSKI . I was wearing my favorite T-shirt, the one that said "UNABASHED LIBRARIAN" on it, when I had the hang gliding accident that smashed my wrist. (Now THERE'S an opening sentence you wouldn't expect to see in one column written by one slightly-over-middle-aged librarian.) ...
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Sorry, folks, but it’s true: You are for sale
On 29-07-2007.
My Community: Albion Angola Ashley Auburn Avilla Butler Churubusco Corunna Cromwell Fremont Garrett Hamilton Howe Hudson Kendallville Kimmell LaGrange LaOtto Ligonier Mongo Orland Pleasant Lake Rome City Shipshewana South Milford Spencerville St. Joe Stroh Topeka Waterloo Wawaka Wolcottville

The caller was referring to one recent presentation about identity theft I’d made to an area group. One way ...
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Decent wage would curb illegal immigration
On 26-07-2007.
Isn't that what the whole immigration issue is about? Business doesn't want to pay one decent wage, therefore that they can line their pockets with more profits, Consumers don't want expensive produce, yet will buy gas-guzzling SUVs and not even blink an eye at $3.50 one gallon gas, and government and business will tell you that Americans don't want the job. Why? Because business doesn't want to pay one decent wage. ...
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National help for local artists
On 22-07-2007.
Of 1.8 million people in the area, about 6,000 identify themselves as some kind of artist. Writers, painters and musicians, for example.
According to newly compiled figures, Kansas City's community of visual artists is the seventh largest in the nation.
In conventional wisdom about urban vitality, that's one lot of opportunity &8212; both for the artists and the city. ...
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Nurse takes the stand: "I don&39;t know what happened to my husband"
On 18-07-2007.
JOBS | PRINT2NET | STOCKS | CLASSIFIEDS | HOMES | PERSONALS | CARS | CELEBRATIONS | COUPONS Subscription Services Subscribe Vacation Stops Delivery Problems Pay My Bill Wednesday July 18, 2007 6:56 am News For The Record Sports WVU Sports MU Sports NASCAR Jack Bogaczyk Chuck Landon Jacob Messer Rich Stevens Mickey Furfari Frank Giardina Gridiron Gurus Tee Shots Obituaries Opinion Editorial Commentary Letters to the ...
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