Day: April 28, 2011

Exxon Mobil Corporation Announces Estimated First Quarter 2011 Results

Irving, Texas—(ENEWSPF)—April 28, 2011. Remarks attributed to ExxonMobil’s Chairman Rex W. Tillerson:  “ExxonMobil’s earnings reflect continued leadership in operational performance during a period of strong commodity prices. Earnings were $10.7 billion, up 69% from the first quarter of 2010, reflecting higher crude oil and natural gas realizations, increased refining margins[Read More…]

Statement from Commerce Secretary Locke on the Advance Estimate of GDP for the First Quarter of 2011

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2011. The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis today released the advance estimate of gross domestic product (GDP) for the first quarter of 2011. Real GDP grew 1.8 percent at an annual rate, consistent with private-sector expectations. In the fourth quarter of 2010, GDP grew 3.1[Read More…]

Readout of President Obama’s Meeting with Influential Hispanics on Fixing the Broken Immigration System

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2011.  In a meeting in the Roosevelt Room today, the President and Senior Administration officials met with influential Hispanics from across the country to discuss the importance of fixing the broken immigration system for our nation’s 21st century economic and security needs so that America can win[Read More…]

Cook County Sheriff’s Office Declared Shakman Compliant

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2011. Forty-two years after a lawsuit was filed alleging elected officials in Chicago were improperly allowing politics to influence hiring and promotional practices, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office has become the first public office to be dismissed from that lawsuit. After two years of on-site monitoring and reports[Read More…]

Arson Awareness Week Begins Sunday, May 1st

SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2011. In conjunction with Arson Awareness Week 2011, the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM) is focusing attention on serial arsonists and is aiding law enforcement, fire departments, and communities with tools and tactics to help prevent arson. “A serial arsonist can devastate a community and[Read More…]

Attorney General Madigan Sues Chicago Area Company for Home Flood Control Scam

Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2011.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed suit against a Bensenville company for scamming Illinois homeowners out of thousands of dollars for flood control work in their homes that was never completed. Madigan’s lawsuit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, alleges Eveready Flood Control and its president, Patrick[Read More…]

Robert Marshall

Park Forest Man One of Four New NIU Board of Trustee Appointments Made by Governor Quinn

Robert T. Marshall Jr. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) DeKalb, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2011.  Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has announced four appointments to the governing board of Northern Illinois University. Newcomers Anthony A. Iosco and Robert T. Marshall Jr. begin new terms, while veteran trustees Marc J. Strauss and Cherilyn G. Murer were reappointed[Read More…]

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