Conference Calling News

Chicago gangs to top cop: You're not playing fair
Calling the Chicago police chief's ultimatum to stop resorting to violence a waste of time, current and former members of some of the city's most notorious street gangs held an unlikely news conference on Thursday to send their own message to police: You're not playing fair.

Volunteerism Conference slated for Sept. 23
Area volunteers in public, private and nonprofit organizations will be able to learn more about how to help others and their own development during the Southern Illinois Volunteerism Conference.

ACG Chicago To Host Food Industry Conference
ACG Chicago will host a Food Industry Conference, "Feasting on Opportunities in the Food Industry," on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at The Standard Club, Chicago. The conference will offer an intensive look at the risks and opportunities facing middle market businesses in the food industry

WEST BANK: Anti-negotiations conference broken up
Crowds started to arrive at the Protestant church hall in downtown Ramallah in the West Bank shortly after midday Wednesday to attend an anti-negotiations conference. They were responding to a call by local Palestinian leaders opposed to plans by Palestinian...

Conference to help area veterans
Educating veteran advocates — and the estimated 400,000 veterans in metro Detroit — about benefits available from the Department of Veterans Affairs is the focus of a two-day seminar sponsored by the Canton Community Foundation (CCF) with the support of the Holbrook Charitable Trust.

Who's calling the shots at HP?
Less than a month after Mark Hurd's abrupt departure as CEO, HP is making headlines with a takeover battle and a buyback plan. How the company can continue business as usual without a leader.

Karzai's brother calling for U.S. to shore up Kabul bank
As depositors thronged branches of Afghanistan's biggest bank, Mahmoud Karzai, the brother of the Afghan president and a major shareholder in beleaguered Kabul Bank called on Thursday for intervention by the United States to head off a financial meltdown.

Conference on exports planned
Rep. Frank Wolf, R-10th, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Commerce, will host a conference on exporting on Sept. 14 in Loudoun County.

Chicago gang members criticize 'gang summit'
Several current and ex-gang members lashed out at Chicago's police chief on Thursday, calling his so-called "gang summit" initiative to crack down on crime a wasted effort that will have little effect on the streets of the county's third largest city.

Christian conference leader calls Democratic nomination ‘racist’
The head of the Birmingham chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference says the appointment of a black woman over a white woman for a judgeship position is a racist act...