University of Texas getting Walter Cronkite's papers, plans to exhibit them in MayOctober 20th, 2009 University of Texas getting Cronkite's papersAUSTIN, Texas — A University of Texas official says Walter Cronkite's papers and photographs will be permanently housed at the Austin campus and then exhibited in May. Don Carleton, director of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History Center, told The Daily Texan student newspaper that the papers are the "most influential documents in the history of broadcast journalism."
The center already has most of Cronkite's papers stored in its archives, including all of his reporter's notebooks from his 1968 tour through Vietnam.
GAIL completes funding for Assam petrochemical plantOctober 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - GAIL India has achieved financial closure for its petrochemical plant in Assam, company chairman B.C. Tripathi said Thursday.
Sun-Times signs 3-year printing agreement with Journal SentinelSeptember 21st, 2009 Sun-Times, Journal Sentinel in printing agreementCHICAGO — Journal Sentinel Inc. and Sun-Times Media Group Inc.
Caterpillar to close plant in South Africa, 193 jobs affectedJuly 31st, 2009 Caterpillar to close South African plantPEORIA, Ill. — Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc.
Financial closure for Anil Ambani's Butibori power projectJuly 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group has tied up finances for its 300 MW power plant at Butibori in Mahrashtra and expects the project to be operational by 2011-12, it said in a statement Monday. Announcing the financial closure with Axis Bank as the lead institution, the group said that the project would meet the power requirements of Butibori, Hingna and other industrial areas in Maharashtra.
ITC plans greenfield paper plant, major hotel expansionJuly 24th, 2009 KOLKATA - Tobacco-to-hotels major ITC Ltd is planning to set up a $1-billion greenfield paper plant and expand its hotel business, a top company official said here Friday. "We are looking at an investment of Rs.4,000-5,000 crore for paper plant.
Corus faces thousands' SOS in poor English regionJuly 18th, 2009 LONDON - Thousands of British steelworkers and their families are holding a protest march Saturday in a town in northeast England where the looming closure of a Corus steel plant threatens to throw families into poverty. Corus, which is owned by Tata Steel, has warned it may have to close down its plant in Redcar because a consortium of clients has pulled out of a 10-year contract to buy its steel, prompting the Save Our Steel march.
Union says General Motors plans to close Shreveport, La., truck plant no later than June 2012June 24th, 2009 Union: GM's Shreveport, La., plant to shut by 2012SHREVEPORT, La. — The General Motors Corp.
Morehouse College to teach first class using Martin Luther King Jr. personal library of papersJune 23rd, 2009 MLK's papers to be basis of first rights courseATLANTA — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s vast personal collection of papers will be used for the first time to teach a college course on civil rights this fall.
GM considers expanding truck-building operations in Fort Wayne amid bankruptcy restructuringJune 16th, 2009 Fort Wayne GM plant in running for expansionFORT WAYNE, Ind. — General Motors' plant in Fort Wayne is in the running for a proposed $46 million expansion even as the automaker closes plants as part of its reorganization under federal bankruptcy laws.
Three labourers killed in West Bengal accidentMay 24th, 2009 KOLKATA - Three contract labourers were killed in an accident at a process vehicle in the Haldia Petrochemicals Limited plant in West Bengal Sunday, an official said. "Three people died in the accident.
Cessna Aircraft announces 2,300 layoffs, closure of Ore. plant as plane orders fallApril 29th, 2009 Cessna announces 2,300 layoffs as orders fallWICHITA, Kan. — Wichita-based Cessna Aircraft Co.
Motor Coach Industries, owner of Pembina bus plant, emerges from bankruptcy protectionApril 21st, 2009 Motor Coach emerges from bankruptcy protectionBISMARCK, N.D. — Motor Coach Industries Inc., which makes commuter buses and luxury motor coaches, says it has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with a new majority owner.
Chennai firm plans new project's financial closure by MayFebruary 26th, 2009 CHENNAI - The city-based Coastal Energen, the Indian arm of Coal and Oil group of Dubai that is promoting a Rs.45-billion (Rs.4,500-crore) thermal power plant in Tuticorin, hopes to achieve financial closure within two months, said a top company official Wednesday. 'We are talking with an 18-bank consortium led by State Bank of India.
Bosch to suspend production to avoid inventory build-upJanuary 8th, 2009 BANGALORE - Leading automotive and industrial major Bosch Ltd will suspend production from Saturday to avoid building inventory, the company said Friday. In a notification to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the listed German subsidiary said it would suspend manufacturing of starters and generators at its Naganathapura plant on the outskirts of Bangalore for 21 days from Jan 10.
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