RECYCLING AND WASTE-TO-ENERGY COMBINE TO BENEFIT A COMMUNITY TO THE EDITOR:.(MAIN)

Byline: LOU WILKINSON Regional Manager/Project Development American Ref-Fuel Co., Capital District GREEN ISLAND

Kenneth Dufty's letter of Dec. 12 comparing the jobs created by recycling to jobs from waste-to-energy wrongly suggests that we must choose between these waste management strategies. In fact, they're not in competition. The Capital Region can enjoy both the $150 million in economic stimulation from my company's proposed plant and the benefits of new jobs from any recycling industry that chooses to locate here.

Experience shows that recycling is most successful where waste-to-energy is also employed. Just ask the people of Newark, N.J., which …

Thai report: Pilot error caused Phuket plane crash

Pilot error and fatigue were the primary causes of a 2007 plane crash in the southern Thai resort island of Phuket that killed 90 people, Thai aviation authorities announced Monday.

The report by the Civil Aviation Department, released on its Web site, listed six factors it said contributed to the crash at Phuket airport of the One-Two-GO airways plane, which was carrying 130 passengers and crew members.

They included failure to follow standard operating procedure for a go-around after an aborted landing; failure to properly operate cockpit equipment; lack of coordination between pilot and co-pilot; pilot fatigue; sudden change in weather conditions; and …

Help for Home Buyers // Putting Loans Within Reach

You've got only a couple thousand bucks in the bank. Your jobpays you dog-food wages. Your credit history has been bent, stapledand mutilated. You declared bankruptcy in 1989.

Don't despair: You can still can buy a house.

Perhaps not on your own. But with the help of the agencies andprograms listed below you can, no matter how bad off you think youare.

For example, ACORN has arranged mortgages for people who havedeclared bankruptcy, recently gotten off public assistance and whoearn as little as $14,000 a year, said Michelle Edwards, projectsupervisor for the neighborhood-activist group.

Actually, you don't have to have such big negatives to be …

Medicine Shoppe International Inc. (MSI) has named Kirby Lester LLC its designated vendor for pharmacy counting technology.(TECH talk)(Brief article)

Medicine Shoppe International Inc. (MSI) has named Kirby Lester LLC its designated vendor for pharmacy counting technology. Kirby Lester will offer its complete line of automated counting devices to benefit nearly 800 MSI …

MTV, FOX IN CONTRACT DISPUTE.(BUSINESS)

Byline: Bloomberg News

NEW YORK CITY -- Viacom International Inc.'s MTV Networks is suing News Corp. and its Fox Kids Worldwide unit, claiming they illegally hired Richard Cronin, senior vice president of MTV.

The suit, filed Friday in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, also names Cronin as a defendant. Cronin, who started up …

US general warns of attacks on Afghan celebration

The top U.S. general in Afghanistan is warning Afghans that "credible intelligence" shows militants plan to attack civilian, military and government targets during Afghanistan's Independence Day celebrations.

Maj. Gen. Jeffrey J. Schloesser says the U.S. military decided to inform the Afghan public of a "heightened security …

ICRA gives LBBB to Legacy Foods' bank lines.

(ADPnews) - Aug 24, 2009 - ICRA assigned Monday an LBBB rating to the long-term instruments of Indian malt-based food maker Legacy Foods Private Ltd (LFPL).

The ratings, which indicates moderate credit quality, is supported by the promoters' long experience and expertise in the food & food processing industry, its strong relationship with local food company Glaxo Smithkline Consumer Healthcare (BOM:500676), or GSKCH, reflected by the increase in the market share for total malt-based food business done by GSKCH, and its modest financial profile.

The group Mann ventures as a whole provides dedicated manufacturing and packaging services to the companies like …