Nearly 20,000 people have signed a petition calling for Gillette to pull its sponsorship of the New England Patriots' home stadium in response to charges against team owner Robert Kraft. Kraft was arrested in late February in an operation around a chain of spas, that included Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, Florida, targeting suspected sex trafficking and prostitution. The Patriots' owner has pushed back against the charges.Thousands of people are calling on Proctor and Gamble to pull the Gillette name from the New England Patriots' home stadium following prostitution charges brought against team owner Robert Kraft. 22 PHOTOS Robert Kraft through his career See Gallery Robert Kraft through his career New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft answers a reporters question as coach Bill Parcells (L) laughs during a morning press conferenece January 22. The Patriots will meet the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XXXI January 26. SPORT SUPER BOWL U.S. President … [Read more...] about Nearly 20K people have signed a petition asking Gillette to pull its name off of Patriots’ stadium
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State agency buys Verizon building in Little Rock for $26M
The Arkansas Development Finance Authority says Verizon Building 4 is “an ideal space” because of its proximity to the Capitol. The Arkansas Development Finance Authority paid $26 million last month for an office building and parking lot at 1 Verizon Drive. Alltel Corp. was still listed as the owner of the property on county records, and therefore as the seller. But Verizon was the actual owner since it bought Alltel for about $28 billion in 2009. The finance authority is the state's largest source of financing for low-cost housing. It also is responsible for the financing of most state buildings, said Brad Henry, vice president for development finance for the agency. The state government will use the building for additional office and administrative space, said Derrick Rose, spokesman for the finance authority. Rose said he had no information on which agencies will move into the building. The building purchased was Verizon Building 4, a six-story structure with more … [Read more...] about State agency buys Verizon building in Little Rock for $26M
State agency buys Verizon building for $26M; offices in plans
The Arkansas Development Finance Authority says Verizon Building 4 is “an ideal space” because of its proximity to the Capitol. The Arkansas Development Finance Authority paid $26 million last month for an office building and parking lot at 1 Verizon Drive. Alltel Corp. was still listed as the owner of the property on county records, and therefore as the seller. But Verizon was the actual owner since it bought Alltel for about $28 billion in 2009. The finance authority is the state's largest source of financing for low-cost housing. It also is responsible for the financing of most state buildings, said Brad Henry, vice president for development finance for the agency. The state government will use the building for additional office and administrative space, said Derrick Rose, spokesman for the finance authority. Rose said he had no information on which agencies will move into the building. The building purchased was Verizon Building 4, a six-story structure with more … [Read more...] about State agency buys Verizon building for $26M; offices in plans
Systematics marks 50 years of building software
This Systematics Inc. advertisement, circa 1968, features executives (from left) Dan Grundl, Ray Waters, Walter Smiley, Hunter Gammill, J.C. McChristian, Jim Gattis and Robert Crisp Jr. As a vice president with First National Bank of Fayetteville in the late 1960s, Walter Smiley kept running into the same problem. Smiley had worked for IBM and came to the bank to install a computer system. At the time, the bank and other similar banks in Arkansas had access to computers, but usable banking software didn't exist. "As I worked through it, I began to find colleagues all over the state who were having the same problem I was," Smiley said. "We had scraps [of software] put together from here and there, but it was horrible." He and several of his colleagues decided to start a company, the 80-year-old Smiley said last week from the west Little Rock office of Smiley Technologies -- also a bank software company -- which his children started. Seeking funding, Smiley and his colleagues went to … [Read more...] about Systematics marks 50 years of building software