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“When researching the latest developments in GPS tracking solutions, iSECUREtrac consistently came up as being in touch with the most current advancements in this area. They were a natural to appear on this edition of 'World Business Review.'”

OMAHA, NE, November 30 / MARKET WIRE/ -- iSECUREtrac Corp. , iSECUREtrac, an industry leader in electronic monitoring, will be featured on "21st Century Business," hosted by General Alexander Haig on December ... via TMCnet

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Ethertronics Inc., a leading provider of standard and customized embedded antenna solutions for wideband and multi-band wireless devices, today announced that it has supplied its high-performance antennas to ... via Freshnews

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“This application represents a whole new market for our fuel cell technology”

UTC Power, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., announced Wednesday that it has signed a contract to develop a fuel cell power module for a Spanish Navy submarine. via Norwalk Advocate

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Decided November 27, 2007 Before Judges Skillman and Yannotti. On appeal from a Final Determination of the New Jersey Department of Corrections. via Rutgers Law Library

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Satellite Standard Group at 1:10 pm EST Satellite radio sector watchers who follow these equities closely are well aware that Directed Electronics is the distribution partner for Sirius Satellite Radio's ... via Sirius Satellite Radio News

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Correctional Services has dismissed claims that 29 inmates have died of Aids-related illnesses at Westville prison since January. via SABC News

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“We are not at liberty to implicate people by name until they have appeared in court of law. "We can only confirm that we have arrested a 53-year-old man ... for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol”

The possible breach of the parole conditions of former ANC chief whip Tony Yengeni was under investigation after he was arrested in Cape Town for driving under the influence, Correctional Services said on ... via News24.com

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“We would be very pleased to have them back, and we look forward to it if that is the case”

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is reconsidering its July decision to pull its detainees from a downtown Albuquerque jail. via Las Cruces Sun-News

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Corrections officers followed proper procedures while Howard Hyde, the man who died a day after being jolted with a Taser by police, was in their custody, officials said Monday. via CBC

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When David Brooks, the founder of DHB Industries, was arrested by federal agents last month at his posh Upper East Side apartment on securities fraud charges, he traded a life of lavish living and ... via Newsday.com

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Another of the 10 dangerous prisoners who escaped from Empangeni's Qalakabusha Correctional Centre in August has died in a shootout with police in northern Zululand. via Pretoria News

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WESTWOOD, Mass.- A subsidiary of LoJack Corporation has began arbitration proceedings to press its former licensee in China to fulfill the terms of their contract. via Telegram & Gazette

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Convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik is back in prison after spending 10 days in Durban's Albert Luthuli Hospital after suffering a mild stroke, Correctional Services said on Saturday. via News24.com

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Checkpoint Systems, a manufacturer and marketer of shrink management solutions for the retail industry and its supply chain, announced that it has acquired SIDEP, a provider of Radio Frequency Electronic ... via TMCnet

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“They are very committed people. They were very frank and open and it was a very good briefing.”

Members of parliament say that the escape by ten inmates from Empangeni's Qalakabusha Correctional Centre earlier in August "should never have happened". "We are greatly shocked and dismayed," they said in a ... via Daily News

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Covidien Ltd , the medical products company spun off by Tyco International Ltd earlier this year, said on Friday it will record a non-cash charge of about $225 million in the fourth quarter for the impairment ... via Earth Times

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“We found items (in his cell) which suggested he may be a threat to people in Correctional Services and outside. These items also indicate he had the intention of getting out of prison.”

CORRECTIONAL Services officials have found a fresh hit list in the jail cell of David Best, who plotted to murder his unborn baby. via The Daily Dispatch

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“Part of his parole conditions is that if it comes to the attention of the head of Community Corrections that [a] crime/criminal offence is being investigated against you a warrant for re-imprisonment may be issued and your parole may be revoked.”

The parole of former bouncer Gary Beuthin is to be revoked following his re-arrest in connection with an assault case, the Department of Correctional Services said on Thursday. via Independent Online

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Maryland correctional authorities are investigating the death Monday night of a Baltimore City Detention Center inmate as a homicide, a prison spokesman said.

Correctional officers found Xavier A. Tilghman, 21, lying in grave condition about 7:20 p.m. in his cell. Paramedics transported him to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he died the next day, according to Mark Vernarelli, a spokesman for the state Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.

Vernarelli said that investigators in the public safety department's internal investigative unit are handling the case as an apparent homicide. Autopsy results are pending. Read more

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“We're hoping to have 150 operators within the next 18 months.”

CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks American Medical Alert Corp. Operations Manager Nichelle Davidson oversees an operator training session Monday afternoon with Christina Ortiz, left, and Omar Molette. via Clovis News-Journal

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“In reality he ends up going back out to the street with the same game and he end up coming back to jail”

Reported by: Amy Andrews The California Men's Colony has a unique program designed to rehabilitate inmates through art. via KSBY-TV San Luis Obispo

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“If he was in Guantanamo Bay in these situations, people would be waving placards and writing letters to politicians.”

SERIOUS criminal offenders will receive shorter jail sentences because of record prison overcrowding, a judge has warned. via AdelaideNow...

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London, Nov.20: Britain has been declared the shoplifting capital of Europe, with more than 1.5 billion pounds worth of products a year being stolen by customers. via Daily India

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“With these product additions we can focus the Cyber Tracker more on machine-to-machine applications.”

Homeland Integrated Security Systems, Inc. announced today that the company has taken steps to expand its GPS product line. via Telematics Journal

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“We're real excited about this opportunity”

This story originally appeared in the Star Feb. 2, 2006. Aearo Technologies, once chasing a spot on the stock exchange, has decided it would rather be bought than go public. via The Indianapolis Star

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Agriculture producers who suffered losses caused by natural disasters from 2005 to 2007 are reminded to sign up for the new ad hoc disaster programs. via Quay County Sun

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“The end result is potentially an additional spend that has the same damage as an interest rate rise to every household”

Employees rather than customers were more likely to steal from retailers in Australia, and the cost to households was as damaging as a rise in interest rates, new research shows. via The Age

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“He is under very strict surveillance and this activity has been discovered as a result of that”

CONVICTED sex killer Bevan Spencer von Einem has again been charged with breaching internal prison regulations. via News.com.au

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Fewer prisoners escape - commissioner By Mercury reporter About 200 of South Africa's most dangerous prisoners will be transferred to the maximum-security prison in Kokstad as the Correctional Services ... via The Star

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“They (for-profit prisons) have an incentive to extend inmate stays as long as possible, and so are liable to reduce prisoners' chances for parole or good time off by exaggerating or fabricating disciplinary infractions.”

A brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang. Syndicate - A group involved in secret or criminal activities. via Louisiana Weekly

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“This is a very worrying development which suggests that the majority of service point managers feel the responses by the back office operations for issuing identity documents and passports are unacceptably weak”

By Deon de Lange Not only are nearly 40 percent of citizens dissatisfied with the performance of home affairs service centres, but officials at these centres are even less happy with the help they, in turn, get ... via Daily News

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“Our two companies share a similar culture of innovation and operational excellence, and the Aearo team is excited about working with 3M colleagues around the world.”

Sam Black - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal 3M Co. this morning announced its biggest acquisition in two years. via The Birmingham News

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The Department of Correctional Services has confirmed that convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik has suffered a mild stroke. via SABC News

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“This suggests that lower rates are the outcome of strategy, policy and investment, not of factors related to the national environment.”

Figure represents an annual 'tax' on honest consumers of $287.70 per household in the U.S. and Europe THOROFARE, N.J., November 14 /CNW/ - The first edition of the Global Retail Theft Barometer, conducted by ... via Canada NewsWire

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“Our results for the fourth quarter and the full year reflect good revenue growth, improved operating performance and strong cash flow”

Tyco International Inc., which recently spun off its heath care and electronics units, said Thursday its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings fell 85 percent, hurt by restructuring and separation costs and a higher ... via Jersey Journal

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Sikorsky Aircraft Corp, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp , and the United Arab Emirates announced on Monday that they have entered into a direct commercial sale contract for 10 S-70A BLACK HAWK ... via M2.com

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“Overall, we have successfully delivered adjusted EBITDA improvement by reducing costs even while total RMR has decreased since the merger”

Nov 14, 2007 , LAWRENCE, KAN. -- Security monitoring provider Protection One Inc. via Security Sales & Integration

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“The reputation of the PW900 series APUs as an industry benchmark was a key factor in the selection of P&WC to develop the APU for the Airbus A380”

Longueuil, Que.- Pratt & Whitney Canada salutes today the first flight to Montreal of the world's largest commercial passenger jet, the Airbus A380. via WebWire

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Cross Match Technologies has again postponed its initial public offering due to volatile market conditions. via Bizjournals

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Sikorsky Aircraft Corp, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp , announced on Monday that it has completed delivery of eight UH-60L BLACK HAWK helicopters to the Kingdom of Jordan. via M2.com

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“With more than 20 years of design, development and component rig testing, we are confident that this demonstrator engine will meet all performance expectations and validate the game-changing characteristics of the Geared Turbofan engine.”

Pratt & Whitney's Geared Turbofan demonstrator engine successfully completed its first ground test, ahead of schedule, at the company's advanced test facility in West Palm Beach, Fla.. The full-scale ... via Earth Times

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“I decided to plead guilty because I took part in wrong things and I just want to tell the court the truth”

Two of the C-Max prisoners who were involved in an armed escape plan in which two top Correctional Services officials and two prisoners lost their lives three years ago, were on Tuesday sentenced to long terms ... via Daily News

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“We remain cautiously optimistic that this trend can continue going forward throughout fiscal 2008”

Napco Security Systems, the maker of burglar alarms and other surveillance equipment, continued to be caught in the downdraft of the falling housing market, reporting Monday that profits dropped a stunning 61 ... via Newsday.com

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RDATE:12112007 New York, NY -- StockProfilers' "Stock News" For This Morning: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION ; BOEING COMPANY ; NYMEX HOLDINGS, INC. via TMCnet

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NAPCO Security Systems, Inc., , one of the world's leading suppliers of high performance electronic security equipment for over 30 years, today announced financial results for its first quarter ended September ... via TMCnet

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“Our cash position is such that we can continue to fund operations and drive revenue growth, however, we do recognize the need for a capital infusion and are actively pursuing various financing options.”

Revenue up 36% from same period previous year; highest quarterly revenue in history TORONTO, Nov. via Canada NewsWire

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“Do not shout from the sidelines”

By Fred Kockott and Juggie Naran Schabir Shaik, one of South Africa's most talked about prisoners, this week ended his first year of imprisonment for fraud and corruption, in a semi-private hospital ward once ... via Independent Online

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“It is expected that all existing cameras at the 3,500 sites will require replacement with REG cameras within a five year timeframe.”

Extreme CCTV Inc issues the following news release to clarify statements made in its October 24, 2007 release concerning Trafficmaster Plc of Bedfordshire, UK. via Market Wire

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Cornell Companies, Inc. announced today that James E. Hyman, Chairman and CEO, will present at Avondale Partners' "The Future of Prison Services and Privatization" Conference at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in ... via PrimeNewswire

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“We're proud to have the opportunity to recognize local law enforcement agencies that have been so instrumental in fighting vehicle and equipment theft in California-not only for this milestone, but for all the recoveries over the past several years”

LoJack Uncovers Milestone 300th Theft Ring in California - Auto News from November 9, 2007 WESTWOOD, Mass., Nov. via Automotive

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The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services is not commenting on the future activities or plans of Arthur Bremer, the man released today after 35 years in prison for the shooting that ... via WMDT-TV Salisbury

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“The application has been served on the departments, and we expect to hear whether or not they will oppose the matter shortly.”

The departments of Health and Correctional Services have been served with an application to re-instate a doctor who blew the whistle on poor conditions in Cape Town's Pollsmoor Prison. via The Star

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By CATHERINE TOMASKO, ESQ., Andrews Publications Staff Writer The Securities and Exchange Commission says the former CEO of a military body armor manufacturer falsified financial records and looted millions ... via FindLaw

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“Will business be bad next year in the residential market? Absolutely”

The weakening U.S. housing market will have an impact on the Carrier heating and ventilating division of United Technologies Corp., though international sales should provide some offset, a company executive ... via Creative Mac

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About NAPCO Security Systems, Inc. NAPCO Security Systems, Inc. is one of the world's leading manufacturers of technologically advanced -electronic security equipment including intrusion and fire alarm systems, ... via PR-inside.com

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The whistleblower doctor, who was suspended after speaking to the Inspecting Judge of Prisons about the health conditions at Pollsmoor Prison, is to take on the Department of Correctional Services. via The Star

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“By bringing enforcement actions, like those announced today, we will ensure that the small number of bad actors pay a price for not adhering to the law and respecting consumers' privacy requests”

Federal regulators on Wednesday announced nearly $7.7 million in settlements with six companies - including Craftmatic Industries and ADT Security Services - accused of calling people on the national Do Not ...