Latest John Sweeney Stories
MCLEAN, Va., June 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) today announced it has appointed John Sweeney as senior vice president, Investor Relations for the planned National Security, Health and Engineering Solutions company, Leidos, following SAIC's planned separation into two independent, publicly traded companies, as announced Aug. 30, 2012. With more than 10 years of investor relations experience, Sweeney has served as the...
WASHINGTON, May 31, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust (HIT) announced today the launch of its HITWIRE service. The news service will inform union members, working families and the public on the many ways that labor unions are building stronger communities through pension capital investments creating affordable housing, union jobs, and economic growth. The HITWIRE at www.aflciohitwire.com will tell the stories of union men and women helping to...
Pension dollars fund urgent repairs, reduce operating costs at labor-sponsored cooperative NEW YORK, March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust (HIT) today announced that it is providing $89 million of pension capital to repair damage from Hurricane Sandy at Amalgamated Warbasse Houses, one of New York's largest union-sponsored housing cooperatives located in Brooklyn's Brighton-Coney Island community. The loan allows the co-op to replace the...
Lighthouse 7mm LED video display is integral part of world class modern pentathlon event held in Palm Springs, California Irvine, CA (PRWEB) March 26, 2013 LED display leader Lighthouse Technologies teamed with Mobile View to deliver the action to fans at the first World Cup of the 2013 Modern Pentathlon season, held in Palm Springs, California, February 20-23. Mobile View rents LED video screens to sporting and special events throughout North America. Their company credo is to do...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A gigantic symbol etched into the desert in New Mexico holds below it a secret "alien space cathedral" built by Tom Cruise's Scientology church, according to one man's account. The symbols are supposedly a welcoming message to aliens designed in a crop-circle fashion that can only be seen from high above the ground, BBC reporter John Sweeney says. The cathedral is hidden about 30 miles from the nearest town, and it reportedly...
Construction of Mixed-Use Development to Generate Over 300 Union Construction Jobs ST. PAUL, Minn., July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust (HIT) today announced a commitment of $41 million of union pension capital to help finance construction of the Penfield, a $62 million mixed-use development in downtown St. Paul. The six-story building will have 254 rental units, a Lunds grocery store on the first floor, and three levels of parking....
(Ivanhoe Newswire) – Weight-loss surgery is now proving to be safe for chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients who are obese. The study led by Nicole Turgeon, MD and John Sweeney, MD of Emory University School of Medicine is the largest of its kind to focus on the impact of kidney function on patients' health following weight-loss surgery. Turgeon, Sweeney, and their colleagues analyzed information from 27,736 patients who underwent weight-loss surgery between 2006 and 2008. They found...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO's 40th Constitutional Convention will be held at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel, 17th and Race Streets, Philadelphia, PA, from Tuesday, March 27 through Thursday, March 29. Richard Trumka, President of the AFL-CIO, will address the Convention's general session on Tuesday, March 27. President Trumka is the nation's top labor leader, representing 12.2 million workers in the United States....
Comptroller Liu, HIT Chairman Sweeney Applaud the Union Pension Investments NEW YORK, Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust (HIT) Chairman John J. Sweeney today joined with city and state labor leaders, New York City Comptroller John C. Liu and other public officials to announce that the HIT has invested $640 million of union pension capital over the last 10 years to create or preserve more than 24,000 housing or healthcare units in New York's five...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Formed in 1888, the Sheet Metal Workers' International Association (SMWIA) was born in an era that saw America dominated by wealthy big money interests. It was a time when not a single banker or corporate executive was punished for behavior that saw families destroyed, thrown out of their homes and penniless while workers were arrested for the simple act of standing up for their First Amendment rights. Because of the efforts of the working...
