BRIEFCASE GAS CO. WILL OFFER ENERGY REBATES.Byline: - Staff and wire Southern California Gas This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Co. announced Tuesday it is offering $3 million in rebates to residential customers who install qualified energy-saving appliances and measures. To request rebate rebate, partial refund of the total price paid for goods or services. In the United States, rebates were historically given by railroads to favored shippers as a return on transportation charges. information and an application, customers can call (888) 431-2226. Construction firm will pay overtime A Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. construction company agreed to pay $400,000 in back overtime wages to settle federal allegations that the business violated the Fair Labor Standards Act Fair Labor Standards Act or Wages and Hours Act, passed by the U.S. Congress in 1938 to establish minimum living standards for workers engaged directly or indirectly in interstate commerce, including those involved in production of goods bound , it was announced Tuesday. Tom Smith Inc. will compensate 58 employees for renovation work they did in Los Angeles and Orange counties during a two-year period ending in September 2000, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the U.S. Department of Labor. Investigators of the Wage and Hour Division found that the company paid its workers a fixed hourly wage for all hours worked, including overtime hours. The act requires that workers be paid at least 1 1/2 times their regular rate of pay for any work in excess of 40 hours within a seven-day work week. Daily Grill to open eatery in Houston Grill Concepts Inc. announced Tuesday it will join Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. in opening a Daily Grill restaurant at the Westin Galleria Hotel in Houston. The opening is scheduled for next month. Los Angeles-based Grill Concepts owns and manages full service restaurants under the brand names The Grill on the Alley and Daily Grill. Gemstone gemstone Any of various minerals prized for beauty, durability, and rarity. A few noncrystalline materials of organic origin (e.g., pearl, red coral, and amber) also are classified as gemstones. plans Inn renovations BEVERLY HILLS Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. - Gemstone Hospitality, the management company for the Inn at Beverly Hills, announced Tuesday that a hotelwide renovation will begin this month. The work, scheduled to be completed by October, will include renovations of restaurant and bar areas, lobby and reception areas, the pool area and guest rooms. Gemstone also announced that Jeffrey Solenberger is the new general manager of the Inn, formerly known as the Beverly Hills Inn. Senate panel OKs accounting bill WASHINGTON - A Senate panel on Tuesday approved legislation to tighten oversight of the accounting industry and restrict the consulting work accountants can do for companies whose books they audit. The bill, a compromise between Republicans and majority Democrats pushing a stricter measure, cleared the Senate Banking Committee on a 17-4 vote three days after Enron auditor Arthur Andersen For the U.S. Supreme Court case commonly known as Arthur Andersen, see . Arthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, was once one of the "Big Five" accounting firms (the other four are PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG), performing was convicted of obstructing justice. It is tougher than a measure passed by the GOP-led House in April in the aftermath of Enron's collapse. Both bills would create a new board to oversee the accounting industry and discipline auditors, replacing the current system in which the industry largely polices itself. United employees accept pay cuts CHICAGO - Managers and administrative employees of United Airlines have accepted pay cuts of 5 percent that will save the carrier $430 million as part of a broader financial recovery plan. UAL UAL United Airlines (ICAO code) UAL Unified Accelerator Library (Brookhaven National Laboratory) UAL User Account Lockdown UAL User Access Layer UAL Universal Auxiliary Language UAL User Agent Layer Corp., the parent company of the nation's second largest airline, announced the cuts Tuesday. Affected employees will receive grants of options in UAL stock. Shares of UAL rose 39 cents to $12.80 on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. . The announcement came after markets had closed. United spokesman Joe Hopkins said 7,900 management employees and 3,200 salaried administrative workers - or about 13 percent of United's total work force of 84,000 - are affected. The employees also did not receive annual merit raises that would have come in April. |
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