Charter schools plan lotteriesWednesday, July 23, 2008 @ 3:21PMSilver Hill Horace Mann Charter School will fill its remaining eight seats by lottery. The school has 572 students enrolled; there is an enrollment cap of 580. The eight available seats are in grade one. The lottery is open to residents who live anywhere in the city.
Pacific Northwest osteopathic medical school opens in YakimaWednesday, July 23, 2008 @ 3:17PMThe region’s first medical school in more than 60 years, the Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences in Yakima, opened Wednesday.
Rockefeller Center builder opens Phoenix officeWednesday, July 23, 2008 @ 3:13PMThe real estate company that built Rockefeller Center in New York some 70 years ago announced Wednesday that it has opened a Phoenix office at 2347 E. Camelback Road. Rockefeller Group Development Corp., which is based in New York City, is developing three projects in Chandler, two in Gilbert and an industrial commercial center in Tucson.
Auto supplier Dakkota to cut 85 jobsWednesday, July 23, 2008 @ 3:04PMAuto-parts manufacturer Dakkota Integrated Systems LLC will lay off 85 workers at its operations near Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant.
Ethiopia: PM Appoints Director General of New Revenue AuthorityTuesday, July 22, 2008 @ 3:38AMPrime Minister Meles Zenawi has appointed former Minister of Revenue (MoR) Melaku Fanta as director general of the newly established Revenue and Customs Authority (RCuA), a merger of the former three revenue collecting agencies.