Interactive courses train tellers, others

Eleven interactive multimedia courses for tellers and other new banking employees are now offered through the BVS Performance Systems Multimedia Learning Library, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

The new series of courses on CD-ROM uses the latest in training technology to prepare new bankers to perform better on the job and to provide refresher training for more experienced employees, according to company officials.

Courses feature audio narration, full-motion video scenarios, interactive exercises and demonstrations, and instant quiz and test …

EU steelmakers ArcelorMittal and ThyssenKrupp upbeat about demand this year

Europe's two biggest steelmakers, ArcelorMittal SA and ThyssenKrupp AG, were upbeat about weathering a global economy storm this year, saying Wednesday they expected strong steel demand and higher prices to cover soaring costs.

Chinese efforts to hold back cheap steel exports and recent stockpile selloffs in North America and Europe are expected to boost demand, particularly as fast-growing economies in Asia, Latin America, Russia and eastern Europe call for steel for more buildings, cars and machines.

ArcelorMittal chief executive Lakshmi Mittal said he believed the steel industry was growing "in favorable conditions" especially as his company …

New hotel plans for city centre

Planners in Aberdeen are recommending the go-ahead for a new city-centre hotel.

They have suggested councillors approve the 203-bedroom buildingand car parking spaces at Aberdeen's Union Square retail and leisuredevelopment - currently under …

Telling the Mennonite story in Ukraine [Exhibition: "Mennonites in Tsarist Russia & the Soviet Union" at the Dnepropetrovsk Historical Museum]

Seventy five years after his departure from the Soviet Union, William Harder would be astonished to see his granddaughter in Ukraine on the news trying to explain what a Mennonite is.

He would be in horror that a granddaughter would voluntarily return to a country that caused him so much grief, and that present-day Ukrainians would not know what a Mennonite is. I am that granddaughter.

Thanks to the exhibition, "Mennonites in Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union" at the Dnepropetrovsk Historical Museum, Mennonites are again invading the consciousness of Ukraine.

The exhibition is the result of the phenomenal rebirth that Russian Mennonite history has experienced …

Embattled Big East goes 8-for-8 in Week 1

Doug Marrone, Charlie Strong, Skip Holtz, Butch Jones, Greg Schiano, Dana Holgorsen, Paul Pasqualoni and Todd Graham have something in common, and it's music to the ears of Big East commissioner John Marinatto as he tries to chart the best future path for the much-maligned conference.

All eight Big East football coaches have their teams at 1-0 after a week that saw the conference outscore its opponents, 304-100. Since it was formed in 1991, the Big East never before had a week when it started a season 8-0.

The Big Least?

Try the Beast. Well, for one week, at least.

"That's right. That's the first time," said Marinatto, who remains confident his league will survive …

Consumer confidence unexpectedly falls in Sept.

Americans' worries about job security flared up in September, causing a widely watched barometer of consumer confidence to fall unexpectedly and raising more concern about the upcoming holiday shopping season.

The New York-based Conference Board, a private research group, said that its Consumer Confidence Index dipped to 53.1 in September, down from the revised 54.5 reading in August. Economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters had expected a reading of 57.

The index _ fueled by signs that the economy might be stabilizing _ had enjoyed a three-month climb since hitting a historic low in February of 25.3 but has been bumpy since June as rising unemployment has caught …

Woman Guilty in Murder Of a Mom and Daughter

One of three women accused of killing an 11-year-old and hermother to keep the child from testifying at a rape trial has beenconvicted in both murders.

Kerrie Major, 26, of the 5000 block of South Federal, was foundguilty late Wednesday after a three-day bench trial before CircuitJudge Vincent M. Gaughan.

Major was accused of killing Diandra Jones and her mother, EmmaR. Jones, 30, in 1991. The victims died of multiple stab wounds froma knife, screw driver and broken bottle.

Diandra was to testify against Sanantone Moss, 29, who wasaccused of raping her. Moss is Major's brother, said AssistantState's Attorney James McKay.

Major and her mother, …