Unemployment claims continue to climb

(Aug. 23, 2012) -- "While initial claims have inched higher for two consecutive weeks, the gains have been relatively modest, and, following earlier declines, the four-week moving average in the latest week, which also happened to coincide with the August payroll employment survey week, was still well below the previous survey week readings of 376,000 in July, 387,500 in June, and 375,500 in May," said Janzen.

Multistate operation targets marijuana cultivation on public lands

(Aug. 23, 2012) -- U.S. Attorneys in several states announced Operation Mountain Sweep, an eight-week, multi-agency and multistate marijuana operation targeting large-scale, illegal marijuana grows on public lands. In the course of Operation Mountain Sweep to date, federal, state and local law enforcement in Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington have eradicated more than 578,000 marijuana plants from public lands.

New SFC Energy website now online

(Aug. 23, 2012) -- “The new SFC website reflects our system approach. We do not just deliver reliable, environmentally-friendly power generators and electronic components, but complete system solutions exactly matching our customers’ requirements in their individual applications. And our customers have now even faster, direct and easy access to the website segment of their interest.”