| Bus company upset by bids
An Illinois company is likely to win many of the 29 contractor-operated bus routes being bid this spring by the Greater Clark County Schools, leaving longtime local operators concerned about the bidding process. "I think it's tainted," Don Tetley, a partner in K and T Inc., said after his Clarksville-based company apparently lost its five routes in the Jeffersonville area to Illinois Central School Bus Services. .
Patent auctions generate big sales
An innovativeChicago intellectual property firm is creating a live auction marketplace, which is rare in an age where many companies are shifting their business online. More than 200 attended Ocean Tomo Auctions LLCs auction Thursday at the Union League Club of Chicago. It was the third such event hosted by Ocean Tomo. This is like the Christies or Sothebys of patent auctions, said George Kelakos of Kelakos Advisors LLC. Opening bids ranged from $10,000 to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Bids were solicited in at least $5,000 increments. The main advantage of the auction is simply that it is one-stop shopping for patents, said Bruce Lehman, former head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. There really isnt any other place you can go to get a wide variety of patents.
Decatur receives 4 bids on building fire stations Apparent lowest ...
An apparent winning bid to build three fire stations in Decatur barely met Tuesday's deadline when the construction company's secretary slid the envelop through malfunctioning elevator doors. The elevator temporarily trapped Kim Tham, of Building Construction Associates, as she tried to join the 2 p.m. meeting on the seventh floor of City Hall. With the elevator doors only an inch or two apart, Fire Chief Charlie Johnson couldn't pry them open. "I told her to push the door-close button," Johnson said. "But she said no," slid the bid envelope through the door "and said 'just take this over there.' " Johnson took the bid and said, "someone should call the fire department." The doors opened about a minute later, and the meeting began with a chuckle. Building Construction Associates was the apparent low bidder among four companies, offering to build three fire stations for $4,009,700 in 395 consecutive calendar days.
Virginia Tech student from Tequesta describes scene
Kelsey Hoffman, a junior at Virginia Tech, was headed to the academic athletic building Monday morning when police cars sped past with their sirens on. "I really didn't think much of it," said Hoffman, whose parents live in Tequesta. "I just thought maybe someone was speeding or something. I was like, it's Blacksburg, nothing's going on." .
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