AMERISAFE to Present at the FBR Capital Markets Fall Investor Conference

AMERISAFE, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMSF), a specialty writer of high hazard workers’ compensation insurance, today announced that it will participate in the FBR Capital Markets Fall Investor Conference to be held December 2-3, 2008 at the Grand Hyatt New York. Allen Bradley, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, and Janelle Frost, Chief Financial Officer, are scheduled to present on Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The... 

S&P Launches Condo Indices; Adds Seasonally-Adjusted Data to its Suite of S&P/Case-Shiller Home Prices Indices

Standard & Poor’s, the world’s leading index provider and publisher of the widely followed S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, announced today that it will launch new indices designed to track condominium prices in five major metropolitan areas in the United States — Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco. Standard & Poor’s also announced that it will publish seasonally-adjusted versions of the... 

Paradise Found in the Heart of Arizona

Tucked away in the elevated desert hills above Phoenix is Paradise Reserve, one of the last luxury gated communities and multi-acre parcels bordering the Phoenix Mountain Preserve. Poised at the “crossroads” of Paradise Valley, Scottsdale, downtown Phoenix and the Biltmore area, Paradise Reserve is a rare gem and outstanding investment opportunity, offering a lifestyle of prestige, exclusivity and environmental stewardship and responsibility.... 

Prime Group Realty Trusts Continental Towers Named BOMAs Suburban Chicago Outstanding Building for the Fourth Time.

Prime Group Realty Trust Chicago-based real estate investment trust (REIT), announced today that the premier, Class A, 975,000 square-foot Continental Towers office complex in Rolling Meadows, IL, controlled and managed by Prime Group Realty Trust, was recently named “The Outstanding Building of the Year” (TOBY) for the Chicago Suburban market by the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) of Suburban Chicago. This is the fourth time in... 

Citi Foundation Awards $500,000 to Enterprise Community Partners Grant to Further Leadership and Innovation in Green, Affordable Housing

Citi Foundation awarded Enterprise Community Partners a $500,000 grant in support of its Green Communities ® initiative, the largest effort in the U.S. to bring the benefits of green building to low-income people. The grant will support the continued growth and expansion of Green Communities by enabling Enterprise to create more green affordable developments, deepen technical support in improving building energy performance and tap the emerging... 

December 22 Is Deadline to Apply for SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans

The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses of the deadline to submit disaster loan applications for economic injury as a result of the severe storms and tornadoes that occurred March 14-16, 2008. The deadline to file applications for Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) is December 22, 2008. Small businesses and small agricultural cooperatives that suffered substantial economic injury in the following counties are eligible... 

Grubb & Ellis Company Forms Financial Services Asset Management Practice to Help Clients Create Value in Current Environment

Grubb & Ellis Company, a leading real estate services and investment firm, today announced that it has formed the Financial Services Asset Management Practice designed to provide critical services to financial institutions, special servicers and government agencies dealing with challenged real estate and mortgage assets. “The current environment is placing significant stress on a variety of our clients who are managing real estate debt as... 

Schréder Lighting USA Introduces Versatile ALBANY Street Lighting Series Featuring Sealsafe® Optical System in the US

Offering classic street lighting styles for a broad range of applications, Schréder Lighting USA introduces Albany luminaires with the world-famous Sealsafe® Optical System. Schréder Lighting USA, the newest of the 40-member Schréder Group G.I.E. located in 36 countries on four continents, is marketing the Schréder brand in the fields of Public Lighting, Floodlighting, Tunnel/Transit Lighting, Industrial and Urban Lighting. A classic of the Victorian... 

Trane Launches First High Performance Systems Portfolio for K-12 Schools at U.S. Green Building Council’s GreenBuild in Boston

Specifiers and school engineers attending the U.S. Green Building Council’s International Conference and Expo in Boston, will be the first to try Trane’s new “High Performance Systems Portfolio for K-12 Schools.” Where: Booth #1201 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center When: Nov. 19-21, 2008 The High Performance Systems Portfolio is the first and only web-based tool available at www.trane.com/K12Systems... 

ABM Green Care Helps Companies Secure the Benefits of Green Cleaning and Achieve U.S. Green Building Councils LEED® Certification

A growing number of companies are seeking the benefits of “green cleaning” as a way to enhance employee health and productivity and to have a positive impact on the environment, according to ABM Industries Incorporated, one of the United States’ leading facility services contractors. The need for green cleaning is acute: According to the Environmental Protection Agency, Americans on average spend 90 percent of their time indoors – and poor...