Grubb & Ellis Directors Receive Support From Another Leading Proxy Advisory Firm

Grubb & Ellis Company, a leading real estate services and investment firm, today announced that RiskMetrics Group (formerly Institutional Shareholder Services or ISS) recommends that Grubb & Ellis stockholders vote “FOR” the re-election of all three of the Board’s incumbent directors — Harold H. Greene, Devin I. Murphy and D. Fleet Wallace — at the company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders on Wednesday, December... 

Society for the Preservation of Continued Homeownership Selects National Loan Auditors for Forensic Loan Audits

Walnut Creek, Calif.-based National Loan Auditors (NLA), a company providing quality control, pre-close, and post-close auditing, risk assessment consulting, and fraud prevention to the mortgage and banking industries, has been selected by New Jersey-based Society for the Preservation of Continued Homeownership (SPOCH), who facilitates favorable mortgage loan workouts through forensic audits. NLA is a neutral third-party assisting entities with loan... 

URS-Led Team to Manage Sellafield UK Nuclear Complex

URS Corporation announced that an international team led by the company’s Washington Division has entered into a contractual arrangement with the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) to become the new Parent Body Organization (PBO) responsible for the management and operations of the Sellafield sites in North West England. The consortium will manage a scope of work with a maximum annual value of approximately £1.3 billion, or approximately... 

Fannie Mae Holds 21st Annual Help the Homeless Walkathon

November 22, thousands of people from the D.C. metropolitan area came together on the National Mall for the 21st annual Help the Homeless Walkathon. The Help the Homeless Program provides assistance to 165 organizations that work to prevent and end homelessness. The program also seeks to educate people about the issues facing homeless people. “We are facing one of the most serious housing and economic crises in our lifetime. In trying economic... 

Company Profile for Habitat for Humanity of Colorado

Habitat for Humanity of Colorado is a nonprofit 501c3 corporation whose purpose is to build the capacity of affiliates by increasing access to resources, facilitating communication between affiliates and the community, and providing statewide leadership toward the creation of thriving communities that support healthy families. To accomplish this we: 1. Develop sources of funds, in-kind donations, services and other resources, and distribute these... 

Regions Program Helps Keep Residential Mortgage Foreclosures Low

Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF) announced that it has reached out to over 103,000 residential first mortgage and home equity customers in the first year of its program to help customers avoid hardship. As a result, Regions has taken steps including renegotiating the terms of mortgages, keeping families in their homes and allowing the company to maintain a foreclosure rate of less than one percent for residential first mortgages. “We have... 

Omnicare Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

The Board of Directors of Omnicare, Inc. (NYSE:OCR ), a leading provider of pharmaceutical care for the elderly, declared today a quarterly cash dividend of 2.25 cents ($0.0225) per share on its common stock. The dividend is payable December 19, 2008 to stockholders of record on December 5, 2008. Omnicare, Inc. (NYSE:OCR), a Fortune 500 company based in Covington, Kentucky, is a leading provider of pharmaceutical care for the elderly. Omnicare serves... 

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... 

Dahlin Group Noted for Seniors Design

Dahlin Group Architecture Planning announces top honors for innovative senior housing design in The Green House® Design Charrette, sponsored by the Ideas Institute of Kirtland, Ohio. The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA) hosted the awards as part of its annual conference, held in mid October in Philadelphia. The Green House model aims to de-institutionalize long-term care by eliminating the need for large nursing facilities,... 

His Excellency, Andre Kimbuta, Governor of Kinshasa, Visits U.S. to Meet With Prime Income Asset Management and Balkan Energy Officials

His Excellency, Andre Kimbuta, governor of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, along with a 7-person government delegation, visited the U.S. recently on a fact-finding mission regarding possible assistance for infrastructure development for his country. Governor Kimbuta and his team were met by officials from Dallas-based Prime Income Asset Management LLC, an advisory and management company to real estate and energy sector companies and Balkan...