HP to trim staff by 8 percent companywide 
POSTED: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 04:53 PM PTBY: Brad Carlson
Tags: downsizing, layoffs, Technology
Hewlett-Packard Co. will eliminate 27,000 jobs, or nearly 8 percent of its workforce, by the end of fiscal 2014, President and CEO Meg Whitman said during the company’s fiscal second quarter conference call with analysts May 23. The cuts will affect every part of HP, she said. Calls to HP’s Boise operation were not returned. [...]
Idaho Credit Union League names Volunteer of the Year
POSTED: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 03:40 PM PTBY: IBR Staff
Joan Erickson, chairwoman of the supervisory committee at Clearwater Credit Union in Lewiston, is the Idaho Credit Union League’s Outstanding Volunteer of the Year. The league awarded Erickson a plaque and a diamond lapel pin. A $250 donation will also be made in her name to the National Credit Union Foundation. Erickson has worked professionally [...]
Social media privacy bill advances in California
POSTED: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 03:34 PM PTBY: Pat Murphy
Tags: Facebook, social media
Employers would be prohibited from asking employees and job applicants for their Facebook passwords under a bill in the California legislature. Assemblywoman Nora Campos, D-San Jose, introduced the bill in February. “I am proud to have received this overwhelming show of support for the protection of our privacy rights,” said Campos in a statement. “I [...]
Pollution solution: Energy Resource Group’s plan targets phosphorous
POSTED: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 03:00 PM PTBY: Brad Carlson
A Boise company hopes to use its settling pond system to clean up the Boise River’s lower reach in western Canyon County. Boise-based Energy Resource Group wants to build ponds and wetlands on more than 300 acres adjacent to the Dixie Drain, an irrigation water return drain near Parma. Too much phosphorous is entering the [...]
AAA: Holiday travel to inch up despite gas prices
POSTED: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 12:56 PM PTBY: Brad Carlson
Tags: consumer spending, gas prices, travel
Memorial Day weekend travel is expected to increase by 1.4 percent in Idaho from last year including a 1.6 percent rise in automobile trips, AAA Idaho reported. The organization said it expects nearly 167,000 Idahoans to drive or ride in vehicles more than 50 miles from home during the May 24-28 holiday period despite gas [...]
Fourteen stolen bikes worth $120K are found
POSTED: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 12:53 PM PTBY: The Associated Press
Tags: Exergy Tour
Boise’s mayor said May 23 that police recovered all 14 racing bicycles stolen by thieves who raided the trailer of a professional cycling team that is trying to get its top rider to the London Olympics. Mayor Dave Bieter said the bicycles appear to be in good shape. A police department spokesman says the bicycles [...]
United Pipe closure sends workers to competitors
POSTED: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 12:41 PM PTBY: Brad Carlson
Tags: closures, construction suppliers
Water infrastructure company United Pipe & Supply closed recently at 11420 W. Executive Drive in Boise. But H.D. Fowler Co., a competitor with many former United employees, is growing and plans a new Meridian office and warehouse building next year. The United chain closed in April. The company said on its website that it is closing all [...]
Firm adds partner, updates name
POSTED: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 11:30 AM PTBY: IBR Staff
Rathbone McReynolds & Daly Investment Consulting of Wells Fargo Advisors is now Rathbone Warwick & Daly Investment Consulting of Wells Fargo Advisors, after the firm announced Ryan Warwick as a partner May 17. Warwick joined the firm in 1997 after graduating from Northwest Nazarene University. He is a chartered financial analyst and a non-practicing certified [...]
Project Update: Bronco Stadium
POSTED: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 08:33 AM PTBY: Brad Carlson
Installation of steel framework for additional bleacher seating at Bronco Stadium was under way May 22 and foundation work on the football complex building of 68,000 square feet continued immediately north. The south end zone is getting 5,000 permanent seats and the north end zone 3,750 seats. They will replace portable bleachers and bring total [...]
AP, news groups sue Idaho over execution access
POSTED: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 08:24 AM PTBY: The Associated Press
The Associated Press and 16 other organizations sued the state of Idaho May 22 to force officials to let witnesses watch executions from start to finish, arguing that the media has a First Amendment right to view all steps of a lethal injection execution. The group asked a U.S. District Court judge to require the [...]
