Organization will sponsor No. 95 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series entry beginning at Bristol Motor Speedway CONCORD, N.C. – Leavine Family Racing has announced a multi-race partnership this season with Thrivent Financial for the No. 95 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race…

Leclerc Foods USA, a North American leader in the cookies, snack bars and crackers industry, is pleased to announce the acquisition of a 166,500-square-foot building in the Freeport Business Center for expansion of its food manufacturing operations in Phoenix, Arizona.…

URBANA, IL—Sentencing has been scheduled for May 16, 2014, for Bourbonnais, Illinois businessman Gregory Yates, 54, and his son, Terrance Yates, 32, who have entered pleas of guilty to defrauding a federal business loan program of $1.7 million. Both appeared…

A former Bank of America executive has plead guilty to his participation in a conspiracy and scheme to defraud related to bidding for contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and other municipal finance contracts. Phillip D. Murphy, the…

BHP Billiton has announced the appointment of Mr Tony Cudmore as President, Corporate Affairs. Tony will join the Group Management Committee (GMC) and commence in his role on 3 March 2014. He will report to the Chief Executive Officer Andrew…

Fidelity National Financial, Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that its proposed $2.9 billion acquisition of Lender Processing Services, Inc. (LPS) would likely substantially lessen competition by combining the firms’ title plant assets in several local markets…

The city’s Finance Department has launched Phoenix Open Checkbook, a web application to provide residents with information about city spending in an online website. The searchable format, available at phoenix.gov/finance and updated monthly, allows city purchases to be reviewed by…

PHOENIX, AZ, December 23, 2013 – Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX) has entered into restructured employment arrangements with its President and Chief Executive Officer, Richard C. Adkerson. FCX and Mr. Adkerson have mutually agreed to terminate Mr. Adkerson’s…

SAN DIEGO—Jeffrey Spanier, a 48-year-old former owner of Amerifund Capital Finance, LLC located in Boca Raton, Florida, was convicted by a federal jury today for his role in an elaborate stock loan fraud scheme in which executives and shareholders of…

Phoenix city leaders this afternoon learned that Standard and Poor’s has adjusted the city’s bond rating, from AAA to AA+ with a stable outlook. With the adjustment, Phoenix’s bond rating remains the highest of the six largest U.S. cities. According…

Industry leader\'s installed capacity in Europe now exceeds 4GW MAINZ, Germany & TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced that its advanced thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules will power four solar energy plants in France, with a combined…

Sanctions Others for Securities Violations PHOENIX, AZ—The Arizona Corporation Commission has penalized a former Scottsdale man for defrauding investors in connection with a multimillion-dollar hedge fund. In two other cases, the Commission sanctioned a Phoenix stockbroker for his dishonest and…