Government Contracts

* U.S.. Russia had hoped to start conference this month * Differences surface over who should represent opposition * Armed rebels refusing to negotiate with Assad government * Russia says a May start is "impossible" (Wraps various strands together)...

* Feeder futures benefit from bigger corn supplies * Most live cattle firm as beef keeps setting record highs * Most lean hogs weak on seasonal decline By Sam Nelson CHICAGO, May (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) feeder cattle futures rose on...

* Iran offers production sharing contracts * Indian companies reluctant * Agree to develop Iranian port for Afghan trade By Daniel Fineren and Nidhi Verma DUBAI/DELHI, May 9 (Reuters) - Iran has offered new, more alluring terms to reluctant Indian...

(David Rohde is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By David Rohde NEW YORK, May 3 (Reuters) - After helping coordinate the American civilian aid efforts in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Libya, Mark Ward arrived in Turkey last year to oversee...

By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Army will hold a flight demonstration on Tuesday of a newly upgraded version of the Vietnam-era OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter, an Army-led initiative that officials say will save $600...

State employees would get a raise of at least $1,000 under a deal struck Saturday by House and Senate negotiators, as the final pieces of the state budget fell into place. Under the plan agreed to by Senate Appropriations Chairman Joe Negron, R-Stuart,...

Just 24 hours after he was re-elected April 9, and less than a half-hour after Park Ridge aldermen unanimously approved the city's new $61.5 million budget, Mayor David Schmidt vowed to once again wield his veto pen. Five days later, Schmidt carried out...

As federal agencies pull back on spending, 7Delta's strategy is thinking big. The Columbia information technology firm, which grew by focusing on work for one federal agency, is going after larger contracts and broadening its reach. It's a...

Farming advocates are pressing Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski to reverse a little-noticed measure approved by Congress last month that rescinded tough new rules on the poultry industry — a move that has strained the already rocky relationship between mom-...

Nearly 100 government contract workers at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ Martinsburg facility recently lost their jobs as a result of across-the-board federal budget cuts. The 98 contractors laid off at the end of March...

Scheduled meetings this week of the Washington County Commissioners and Hagerstown Mayor and Council (the Washington County Board of Education is not scheduled to meet): WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS County Administration Building 100 W. Washington...

SBA training March 25 — The U.S. Small Business Administration will offer free Web-enabled, instructor-led training. 1 to 4 p.m. Financial Management for Government Contractors, March 25 and 26; Federal Contracting and Government Contract...