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Stuff.co.nz
December 6, 2017
The region's rural fire boss has urged people to check their old burnoffs as Marlborough moves into its restricted fire season. Marlborough Kaikōura principal ... But arsonists could come in all shapes and sizes, and genders, said Massey University clinical psychologist Dr Mei Williams. "Potentially it could beÃÂ ...
Reading Chronicle
July 21, 2017
BUDDING businessmen celebrated their success after landing top gongs at the prestigious Cultivate awards ceremony. The Cultivate programme challenges self-motivated and curious youngsters to take their first strides into the business world. Two youngsters from Theale Green School, Seamus Gate andÃÂ ...
West Virginia MetroNews
March 25, 2017
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Records from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons show imprisoned former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship is now being held at RRM Phoenix. It's a residential re-entry facility in Arizona, also called a “halfway house.” Blankenship is scheduled for release on May 10. He hadÃÂ ...
Stuff.co.nz
March 23, 2017
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) chief executive Ross McEwan has been awarded the Sir Geoffrey Peren Medal, named after Massey's founder, at the university's 2017 Distinguished Alumni Awards. McEwan has returned to New Zealand to receive the award at a function in Auckland on Friday. He saidÃÂ ...
Stuff.co.nz
July 12, 2016
The 17 students have come from high schools throughout New Zealand to spend four days at Massey University to get a taste of what engineers do. Demonstrations include chocolate blending, a working model jet engine tested on different fuels, a 3-D printer, a hydraulic ram pump, and the chance toÃÂ ...
DigitalJournal.com
May 20, 2011
Washington - An extensive investigation into West Virginia's coal mine disaster killing 29 workers last year has found the mine's operator, Massey Energy, ... On a long list of those practices were lack of air, illegal ventilation changes, water problems, ineffective fireboss systems, fraudulent fireboss practices,ÃÂ ...
Democracy Now
April 7, 2010
You have a union fire boss. At a non-union mine, the fire boss is regulated by the company person, a salary person. So, you know, being from a union mine and having a union fire boss to go in and inspect the mines, he had a lot more — a lot more care about his job, because it's his co-workers, it's hisÃÂ ...
This is Money
July 28, 2017
Profits at BT have fallen by more than 40 per cent in the first quarter as costs surrounding the Italian accounting scandal mount. The telecom giant was forced to pay and rivals and investors, Deutsche Telekom and Orange, a sum of £225million in the wake of the Italian scandal as they had a warranty ...
This is Money
July 12, 2017
Embattled BT fought off calls for boss Gavin Patterson to quit over the £530million accounting scandal which shareholders have branded 'the Italian Job'. During the company's annual general meeting in London, angry investors demanded explanations from outgoing chairman Sir Michael Rake about how ...
West Virginia MetroNews
March 25, 2017
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Records from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons show imprisoned former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship is now being held at RRM Phoenix. It's a residential re-entry facility in Arizona, also called a “halfway house.” Blankenship is scheduled for release on May 10. He had ...
CBS News
March 6, 2016
In December, for the first time in U.S. history, a CEO of a major company was convicted of a workplace safety crime. His name is Don Blankenship and he was once known as the "King of Coal." The company he ran, Massey Energy, owned more than 40 mines in central Appalachia, including the Upper Big ...
West Virginia MetroNews
October 23, 2015
Former Massey Energy coal group president Chris Blanchard was accused of “playing engineer” with safety issues by former Massey CEO Don Blankenship in a Feb. 2008 memo shown to the ... Earlier on Thursday, Scott Halstead, a former UBB fire boss, returned to the witness stand. On Wednesday, he'd ...
West Virginia MetroNews
October 20, 2015
Stanley “Goose” Stewart (front) and former Massey CEO Don Blankenship exited the Charleston Federal Courthouse at the same time Tuesday. The comment brought to a close Stewart's ... Larry Adams, a former UBB fire boss, wrapped up his testimony first thing Tuesday morning. Under questioning by the ...
Stuff.co.nz
December 14, 2014
Feilding's volunteer fire brigade has left the problems of the past behind and started afresh with the appointment of a new chief fire officer. Shane Watson, who has been with the brigade for 30 years, takes up his new role this week, following in the footsteps of his father Barry Watson, who held the post for ...
This is Money
May 21, 2013
Marc Bolland, the under-fire boss of Marks & Spencer, continued to put his faith in the retailer's upcoming women's clothing range as the 129-year-old firm said annual profits fell for the second year in a row today. When the new range hits the shelves in July it will be seen as a make-or-break moment for Mr ...
DigitalJournal.com
May 20, 2011
Washington - An extensive investigation into West Virginia's coal mine disaster killing 29 workers last year has found the mine's operator, Massey Energy, ... On a long list of those practices were lack of air, illegal ventilation changes, water problems, ineffective fireboss systems, fraudulent fireboss practices, ...
Democracy Now
April 7, 2010
You have a union fire boss. At a non-union mine, the fire boss is regulated by the company person, a salary person. So, you know, being from a union mine and having a union fire boss to go in and inspect the mines, he had a lot more — a lot more care about his job, because it's his co-workers, it's his ...
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