In India domestic banks dominate the market for helping local companies raise debt.
Eric Lichtblau reports that the major cellphone companies are coming under Congressional scrutiny for helping local police departments conduct surveillance on cellphone users, often without a warrant, after The Times detailed the widespread practice in an April 1 article.
The new procedures introduced by Mr. Lacy are part of a much larger plan for helping local, county and state health agencies, as well as hospitals and other health care providers deal with attacks by weapons of mass destruction.
John Gomez, president of the Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy, said the list is Preservation New Jersey's most effective tool for helping local groups get "much-needed recognition and empowerment that otherwise might not be as accessible".
Laws wants responsibility for improvements to be handed from the Department for Education to a "middle tier" of local authorities and academy chains, backed by successful schools and headteachers who will be rewarded for helping local underperforming peers.
Though it has been in operation only since 2005, Cake Shop, at 152 Ludlow Street, has earned a reputation for helping local bands develop, and though it is a small, unpretentious club, it has become an important tour stop on the national circuit for alternative groups.
