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RapidMiner: Headquarters from Dortmund to Boston

November 6, 2013

(c)rapidminer.com German-founded company RapidMiner has moved its Headquarters from Dortmund to Boston and raised a $5M Series A round. RapidMiner was founded in Dortmund and will maintain an R&D office there. RapidMiner provides software, solutions, and services in the fields of predictive analytics, data mining, and text mining. Their technology allows companies to use previously…

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USA Flights – Passengers may use Laptos during Takeoff and Landing

November 6, 2013

(c) www.onlinekosten.de Experts agree: switched-on mobile phones do not affect the technology of airplanes anymore. The US Federal Aviation Administration now permits the use of electronic devices during takeoffs and landings, starting by the end of the year. It remains prohibited to talk on the phone during flights or to surf in the internet via…

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Death of co-conspirator has no effects on claim

November 6, 2013

(c) freedigitalphotos.net The case: Koch Measurement Devices, Inc. is a Wilmington-based subsidiary of a German glass conglomerate. They distribute high-end glass beer growlers imported by the German company Wassermann. Koch’s principal shareholders are Karl Koch Thermometerfabrik Verwaltungs GmbH (75 %) and Defendant Kenneth Armke II (25 %). Armke was the only employee of the subsidiary…

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4 risky places to swipe your debit card

October 24, 2013

Did you know that you may give a thief direct access to your checking account just by regularly using your debit card? Debit cards may look identical to credit cards, but have one key difference. With credit cards you can simply decline the charges and not pay the bill. Debit cards draw money directly from…

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Upcoming ban on recyclables in roll-out garbage bins in Charlotte?

October 7, 2013

(c) recommunity.com Sorting trash for recycling still is a rarity. The green recycling bins can be found all-around, on public placed and in private backyards. All garbage items put into the gray garbage carts will end up in landfills. Throwing away recyclable items into ordinary garbage bins means throwing away valuable resources and future products.…

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Government Shutdown: US federal administration still paralyzed

October 7, 2013

(c) freedigitalphotos.net There has not been a government shutdown for 17 years. Last time, it took the federal government two weeks to end the shutdown. Again, public services are suspended. On October 1, 2013 the US fiscal period began without a continuing resolution or regular appropriations. Political conflicts between Democrats and Republicans caused this circumstance:…

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Federal government Lawsuit against the North Carolinas Voter ID Law and Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act

October 4, 2013

(c) freedigitalphotos.net As we have already discussed in several posts, North Carolina ratified the North Carolina Voter ID Law, which was finally signed from Governor Pat McCrory in August, following HB 589. The new law was criticized severely for different reasons, e.g. the elimination of seven days early voting. Massively attacked was also the new…

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Furloughing due to the Government Shutdown

October 3, 2013

The government shutdown this week would jeopardizes the paychecks of more than 800,000 federal workers who could be told to stay home. The federal government has almost 2 million employees. In Charlotte, there are about 12,000 federal government employees, according to The Washington Post. That’s about 1.4 percent of the city’s work force. It is…

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Forbes crowned Charlotte No. 4 in nation for hiring this fall

September 16, 2013

The hiring prospect for the Charlotte, NC area are amongst the highest in the United States for this fall, according to the US magazine Forbes. This figure came out from a survey of the ManpowerGroup company. That asked more than 18,000 employers throughout the country if they plan to hire or to fire this fall.…

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Mecklenburg County’s real property owners face revaluation pursuant to Senate Bill 159

September 5, 2013

On July 26, 2013, Senate Bill 159 became effective, requiring Mecklenburg County to review the values of all real property in the county. That is good news for everyone in Mecklenburg Countysuffering from their overvalued revaluations.The Bill is aimed at helping correct the 2011 property tax evaluation in Mecklenburg County and subsequently authorize refunds. On…

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