HanesBrands makes $1.b offer for socks and jocks maker Pacific Brands

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 28 Apr 2016
US intimate apparel company HanesBrands has made a $1.1 billion takeover offer for socks and jocks maker Pacific Brands in a deal that would take ownership of iconic brands such as Bonds, Holeproof and Sheridan offshore ... Pacific Brands also proposes to pay a fully franked special dividend of 9.4c per share if the transaction proceeds....

The Union Pacific Railroad Museum, Council Bluffs, Iowa

Edit The Examiner 28 Apr 2016
The Union Pacific Railroad may have not been the first railroad in North America, but it became the largest railroad in the United States covering ......

Cardin, Gardner, Menendez, Schatz Introduce Asia-Pacific Maritime Legislation to Enhance U.S. Regional Leadership, Support Allies (US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Apr 2016
Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of both the Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and the SFRC East Asia Subcommittee, Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Chairman of the SFRC East Asia Subcommittee, Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), a senior member of the SFRC, and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) introduced legislation Wednesday to enhance American maritime capacity and leadership and increase support to our allies in the Asia-Pacific region....

The Golden Spike Monument, Council Bluffs, Iowa

Edit The Examiner 28 Apr 2016
It was where the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads met to form the Transcontinental Railroad where passengers were able to ride the train from the East Coast of the U.S....

Cairns to host Olympic volleyball qualifier (Cairns Regional Council)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Apr 2016
(Source. Cairns Regional Council). A major Olympic Games qualifying event will bring the Asia-Pacific region's best international volleyball talent to Cairns in June. Volleyball Australia has today announced that the AVC Beach Volleyball Continental Cup Final will be played on the Cairns Esplanade on 20-26 June. Mayor Bob Manning said the event was expected to attract 64 teams from eight countries, along with officials and supporters....

Elaine Farquharson-Black relishing Curtis Cup task

Edit Scotsman 28 Apr 2016
You have to go back fully 
40 years, to the 1976 match at Royal Lytham, to find the last Scot to captain Great Britain & Ireland in the Curtis Cup ... In doing so, a team that included Bothwell Castle's Pamela Pretswell completed an unprecedented clean sweep of major trophies for Europe's golfers against the United States as the Curtis Cup joined the Ryder Cup, Walker Cup and Solheim Cup in either GB&I or European hands....

Pervolarakis Highlights Pilots on All-WCC Men’s Tennis Team (University of Portland Athletics)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Apr 2016
(Source. University of Portland Athletics) 4/27/2016 3.29.00 PM- Men's Tennis. SAN BRUNO, Calif ... 1 position ... 3 position ... Pacific senior Sem Verbeek garnered WCC Player of the Year honors, while Roberty Seby of Santa Clara was the league's freshman of the year. Pacific's Ryan Redondo was named the WCC Coach of the Year ... 4 Pacific at 10 a.m ... Sem Verbeek, Pacific ... Ryan Redondo, Pacific ... Sem Verbeek, Pacific ... Sem Verbeek and Jose Chamba, Pacific....

Western Pacific Trust Company Announces Closing 2nd and Final Tranche of Private Placement of Series ...

Edit Stockhouse 28 Apr 2016
Western Pacific Trust Company (TSX VENTURE.WP) (the "Company") announces that it has closed the second and final tranche of its private ... About Western Pacific Trust Company. Western Pacific Trust Company is a non-deposit taking financial institution ... Western Pacific Trust Company has one wholly owned subsidiary ... WESTERN PACIFIC TRUST COMPANY....

Alumni Update March 2016 (Fresno Pacific University)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Apr 2016
Fresno Pacific University). Graduates are being featured in and with publications! Share your news here and/or in Pacific magazine by checking out fresno.edu/alumniupdate ... Fresno Pacific University issued this content on 12 April 2016 and ......

Westfield FFA Cup: Stags to Host First Goulburn Cup Match (ACT Football Federation Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Apr 2016
History will be made on Thursday 28th April as the City of Goulburn prepares to host its first ever Westfield FFA Cup match as the Canberra Qualifying process begins in earnest. The Goulburn Stags will welcome Canberra City to the Goulburn Workers Arena hoping that their young side can create some cup magic ... 'Giving the youth of our club a pathway through to the Westfield FFA Cup is important in small communities,' Norris said....

Westfield FFA Cup: Lanyon Aim for Knights Cup Scalp (ACT Football Federation Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Apr 2016
The first opportunity for a potential upset in the 2016 Westfield FFA Cup Qualifiers ... The high-flying Lanyon, currently second on their ladder and with three wins to their name this season, will be out to pinch a cup scalp with the Knights standing in their way ... 'Our current goal is to focus on our upcoming match against the O'Connor Knights this Thursday and come away with a win, progressing to the next round of the Cup,' he said....

England coach Eddie Jones' tantrums may not work, says former Wallabies star Owen Finegan

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 28 Apr 2016
World Cup-winning Wallaby Owen Finegan is wondering how England's Six Nations champions will cope with one of Eddie Jones' famous temper tantrums during this year's historic series in Australia ... But 13 years after being dumped from Australia's 2003 World Cup squad, Finegan remains bitter and has questioned whether Jones' famously abrasive coaching style will work with England's Six Nations champions....
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