Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana Joins Its Other Colombian Partners in the

As part of its focus

on corporate responsibility and citizenship, Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana

(OTC: GIVSY) last week formally announced that it has become a member of the

Global Compact, joining another 190 Colombian companies that are partners in

this important initiative. In this way Gruposura has ratified its commitment

to the 10 universal principles that businesses should uphold in the areas of

human rights, labor standards, the environment and anti-corruption.

Mr. David Bojanini Garcia, CEO of Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana,

together with Mr. Gustavo Galvis Hernandez, Chairman of ANDESCO, which is

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Celebrated Photographer, Rob Atkins, Turns His Camera on the Southwest

The photography of Rob Atkins has been exhibited widely and included in virtually every North American photography magazine. His new book, Neon Mesa: Wonders of the Southwest, is a stunning photographic record of the vernacular landscape of the American Southwest - the roadside landscape littered with the signs, relics, sights and debris of countless anonymous road trips. The Four Corners is a unique region where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah meet. Rob Atkins' photos capture the irony and pathos of the place in icons of the American Dreams, be they those of the Nuclear Age, the Frontier, the Cowboy, or the Native American, all caught in the stark majestic images of a present alread ...

Financial Security Sentiment Improves For First Time Since August 2008

For the first time in more than a year, more Americans are feeling confident about their financial security. The COUNTRY Financial Security Index(r) jumped 3.6 points in October, marking the largest single shift in sentiment since the measure began in February 2007.

"It is very encouraging to see people feeling better about their finances. This is especially true when you consider that the economy has not yet experienced a full recovery," says Keith Brannan, vice president of Financial Security Planning at COUNTRY. "Many things have changed in our economic lives. Now that we are beginning to experience a little optimism, we want to be sure we put the recent lessons of this recessio ...

The First American Corporation Successfully Completes Exchange Offer for

The First American Corporation (NYSE: FAF), America's largest provider of business information, today announced the expiration of the initial offering period for its offer to exchange all publicly held shares of the common stock of its subsidiary, First Advantage Corporation (Nasdaq: FADV), and that all of the conditions to the exchange offer have been satisfied. First American also announced the commencement of a subsequent offering period for the exchange offer that will expire at 5 p.m. Eastern time on Nov. 17, 2009, unless extended.

The initial offering period of the exchange offer expired as scheduled at 5 p.m. Eastern time on Nov. 10, 2009. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., the exchange ...

Fly The American Flag Respectfully And Responsibly

Back in the Norman Rockwell universe which might or might not have ever existed, an American dwindle upon any front porch seemed commonplace. That isn't the box so most now, though in the arise of the Sept. eleven militant attacks, the use is gaining the brand new life. More as good as some-more Americans have been wanting to uncover their await for their homeland, their beliefs as good as the group as good as women who have been oversees upon their behalf. Flying an American flag, however, comes with the small responsibilities. There is the small resplendence as good as commercial operation to the effort.

There have been essentially manners for drifting the flag. No, not the ...