| Tuesday's Sports Transactions
CINCINNATI REDS_Agreed to terms with RHP Richie Gardner, LHP Tyler Pelland, LHP Alexander Smit, RHP Daryl Thompson, RHP Sergio Valenzuela, C Ryan Hanigan, C Craig Tatum, INF Paul Janisch, INF Joey Votto and OF Chris Dickerson on one-year contracts. HOUSTON ASTROS_Agreed to terms with RHP Brian Moehler and INF-OF David Newhan on minor league contracts. Carolina League POTOMAC NATIONALS_Named Chris Fisher assistant director of promotions and broadcasting, Susanna Hall public relations manager, Paul Barrett assistant director of food services, Shawna Hooke accounting manager, Steven Ly and Christopher Healy stadium operations interns, and David Levasseur Jr. and Colin Walsh ticket office interns. Texas League .
Torch Today
Updated throughout the day, it's the Torch News Ticker with all the news and info that's not fit for print. Bookmark it every Monday! Tuesday, January 29, 2008 5:00 p.m. - TNA management was pleased with last weekend's turn-out in Ohio for the house shows in Troy and Youngstown, continuing what they believe has been "nothing but strong experiences in 2008." Steven Godfrey, TNA's public relations manager, tells the Torch: "It's exciting to start the year with this kind of momentum for our live shows, because we feel like this will create a buzz for our pay per view events in Greenville and Norfolk, as well as more live events slated for the coming months." TNA has a three-night tour of New York in late February, and they will be announcing another series of live shows soon. 4:00 p.m. - NWA Notes: The schedule for the "Pro Wrestling Showcase" TV tapings in Las Vegas includes: Feb.
Sarah Catz Joins MWW Group's Irvine Office as Senior Counselor
IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- MWW Group (www.mww.com), one of the nation's top 10 public relations firms, announced today that Sarah L. Catz has joined the company as Senior Counselor in its Irvine, CA office. Catz has served as California's acting Deputy Secretary of Transportation, as well as project manager for The Commission on Building for the 21st Century, California's infrastructure commission. While with the Governor's Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, which oversees the activities of 12 state departments, including CalTrans, the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Department of Housing and Community Development and the California Highway Patrol, Catz helped secure state funding for critical infrastructure projects throughout California. "Sarah is a powerhouse in transportation and public policy.
Effects of lax lending standards settling in
There are increasing signs that the subprime home mortgage pain is spreading to other forms of consumer credit, economic observers say.
On Thursday, the American Bankers Association released data showing that for many types of consumer loans, delinquency has reached the highest rate since mid-2001, when the nation was in the embrace of recession. Delinquency is defined as payments that are 30 days or more overdue.
"There has been an increase in certain categories of delinquencies," said Carol Kaplan, senior manager of public relations for the American Bankers Association. "We are seeing stress in housing-related loans and we anticipate that trend continuing."
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SCI FI Channel Names Howe President
NEW YORK, January 17: Dave Howe, currently the general manager and executive VP of SCI FI Channel, has been named president of the NBC Universal-owned network. Howe will oversee original development, programming and marketing, global brand strategy and market development, strategic planning, media relations and SCI FIs recently launched public affairs initiative, Visions for Tomorrow. He will also oversee SCI FI Magazine and SCI FI Digital, the division that operates SCIFI.COM, SCI FI Pulse and DVICE.com. Additionally, Howe is tasked with launching a new global brand identity for SCI FI and driving the brands expansion and diversification strategy beyond broadcast and digital media. The company has plans to expand into new areas such as video gaming, mobile, licensing and merchandising and the youth market.
Mexico issues warrant for missing Marine
Mexican officials have issued an arrest warrant for a U.S. Marine suspected of killing a pregnant colleague who had accused him of rape, a U.S. Embassy official said Tuesday. A cousin told reporters last week that Marine Cpl. Cesar Laurean visited family in the area of Guadalajara, Mexico, this month, but left without saying where he was headed. The burned remains of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach were found with those of her fetus earlier this month in a fire pit in the back yard of Laurean's house in Jacksonville, N.C., and Laurean, is being sought on an indictment charging first-degree murder. Both were stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Laurean was born in Mexico and fled after leaving a note for his wife in North Carolina saying that Lauterbach cut her own throat and that he had buried her body.
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