Lisa Von Ahn

Type: Person

Name: Lisa Von Ahn

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Brazil port modernization bill clears less chamber of Congress

BRASILIA - Legislation that President Dilma Rousseff says is vital to her efforts to modernize Brazil's clogged and costly ports cleared the less chamber of Congress after a marathon discussion and is presumed to win Senate permission later on Thursd ... [Published The Oregon Herald - May 16 2013]

Entities: Brazil, Ports, Modernization, Dilma Roussef

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

US Securities and Exchange Commission

Empire State Building REIT closes in on investor approval

A plan to roll the Empire State Building into a real estate investment trust is a whisker away from obtaining the necessary investor approval for a stock offering allowing the public to own a piece of the iconic skyscraper, according to a regulatory filing ... [Published International Business Times Australia - May 16 2013]

Entities: Lisa Von Ahn, Investment Trust, US Securities and Exchange Commission

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Wal-Mart Stores Inc

Wal-Mart profit up despite sales weakness in the United States

(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc posted a higher quarterly profit on Thursday even as sales fell 1.4 percent at its Walmart U.S. stores open at least a year because of a delay in income tax refund checks, cool weather, less grocery inflation than expected, ... [Published WDBJ7.com - May 16 2013]

Entities: Wal-Mart Stores Inc, United States, Jessica Wohl, Lisa Von Ahn

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

US Department of Agriculture

U.S. corn farmers plant crop before rain arrives

* Corn planting pace seen improving* Planting pace at record low* Corn production prospects seen threatenedCHICAGO, May 15 (Reuters) - Warm and dry weather in the U.S. Midwest on Wednesday will help boost corn plantings that have fallen to a record low ... [Published CNBC - May 15 2013]

Entities: Corn, Chicago May, United States, US Department of Agriculture

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Vermont set to become third U.S. state to allow assisted suicide

Scott MaloneReuters BOSTON (Reuters) - Vermont is poised to become the third U.S. state to allow doctor-assisted suicide, after its legislature passed a bill allowing physicians to prescribe lethal drugs to terminally ill patients.The bill passed late ... [Published Orlando Sentinel - May 14 2013]

Entities: Vermont (United States), Drugs, Patient, Scott Malone, Peter Shumlin

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

IRS Internal Revenue Service

COLUMN-Coming clean on your taxes

4:50pm BST(The writer is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are her own.)By Amy FeldmanNEW YORK, May 14 (Reuters) - It goes without saying that you should file your tax returns each year and pay what you owe. But if you mess up, there are ways ... [Published Reuters UK - May 14 2013]

Entities: Taxes, IRS Internal Revenue Service, Putney (United States)

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

U.S. corn farmers to get brief respite from rain this week

* Early-week dry spell to boost plantings* Showers quickly return to the Corn Belt* U.S. corn planting pace falls to record lowCHICAGO, May 14 (Reuters) - Drier weather early this week in the U.S. Midwest will boost corn plantings that have fallen to ... [Published CNBC - May 14 2013]

Entities: Corn, Soybean, US Department of Agriculture, United States, Chicago May

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 7 reports

Doctor found guilty of murder in Philadelphia abortion trial

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Philadelphia abortion doctorHe was accused of delivering live babies during late-term abortions and then deliberately severing their spinal cords.The case focused a spotlight on the controversial practice of late-term abortions ... [Published Yahoo! News - May 13 2013]

Entities: Abortion, Homicide, Testimony

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 3 reports

BP Cherry Point, Washington refinery back to normal ops-sources

(Adds BP no comment)HOUSTON, May 13 (Reuters) - BP Plc (LSE: BP.L - news) 's225,000-barrel-per-day Cherry Point, Washington refinery wasoperating normally on Monday after a Saturday malfunctiontemporarily slowed production, according to sources famil ... [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - May 13 2013]

Entities: BP plc, Refinery, Sulfur, Erwin Seba

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Four children, two adults die in Pennsylvania house fire: report

(Reuters) - A late-night house fire in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, has killed four children and two adults, a television station reported on Monday. A Schuylkill County dispatcher told Philadelphia's NBC10 that the fire broke out just before midnight on ... [Published Hampton Roads Daily Press - May 13 2013]

Entities: Lisa Von Ahn, Ian Simpson, Scott Malone

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Dell committee asks Icahn for more information

- The special committee of Dell Inc's board of directors on Monday asked Carl Icahn for more details on the activist investor's proposed propose for the computer maker.Last week Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management Inc challenged Michael Dell's $24.4 ... [Published The Oregon Herald - May 13 2013]

Entities: Michael Dell, Carl Icahn, Lisa Von Ahn, Southeastern Asset Management

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Dell committee asks Icahn for more information

The special committee of DellMust ReadLast week Icahn and Southeastern Asset ManagementBut in a letter to Icahn, the committee said it was not clear if he intended to make "an actual acquisition proposal that the Board could evaluate" or if he intended ... [Published International Business Times Australia - May 13 2013]

Entities: Lisa Von Ahn, Southeastern Asset Management, Silver

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