SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bishop Gerald E. Wilkerson, president of the California Catholic Conference and head of the San Fernando Pastoral Region of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, issued the following statement today in reaction to a federal court ruling rejecting Proposition 8, the voter-approved initiative that defines marriage solely in terms of one man and one woman. The ...

( American Institute of Physics ) The latest news and discoveries in medicine, physics, environmental science, and interdisciplinary fields will be featured at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society. The following summaries highlight a few of the meetings many noteworthy talks.

Antionette Kerr, executive director of the Lexington Housing Community Development Corp., was recently elected vice chairwoman of the North Carolina Housing Coalition.

At least 88 people are dead and/or missing. The country has tried to upgrade its disaster-response capability in recent years but is regularly stretched by such catastrophes.

Q&A with Ernst & Young Americas CIO David Nichols: Everyone wants cloud, but no one has a clear strategy yet for managing it.

BILOXI -- Those who want smoking banned in all public places in the city and those who said a smoking ban would be bad for business and personal freedom presented their arguments Tuesday to the Biloxi Council, which took no action.

As chair of Community Board 1 in Lower Manhattan, Julie Menin has been at the center of 9/11 rebuilding, Zuccotti Park protests, and ground zero mosque debates.

Immigration bill would sanction those hiring undocumented workers By DAVID MONTERO The Salt Lake Tribune Published Feb 7, 2012 05:45PM MDT The sponsor of Utah’s enforcement-only immigration law will launch from the House floor Wednesday an employer-sanctions bill that would suspend or revoke business licenses for those hiring undocumented immigrants. Rep. Stephen Sandstrom, R-Orem, said his bill ...

When the Tunisian revolt erupted last year, Tunisia's president fled power in weeks. When Egyptians took to the streets, longtime leader Hosni Mubarak was swiftly ousted as well.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP), the professional society for treasury and finance, is pleased to announce the development of the first certification ...

Yahoo! News - Search Results for Business and Society