Sunday, June 10, 2007

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State Supreme Court hears criminal, Sunday hunting appeals

ROMNEY - At least one student thinks that a Morgan County defendant convicted of sexual assault and other charges should get a new trial based on new evidence and West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Robin Davis noted that despite her personal feelings about the man, he is entitled to a fair trial.The comments came as part of LAWS Day, a program sponsored by the state Supreme Court to further legal education to high school and college students. The event was held in Hampshire County where Justices Robin Davis, Joseph Albright, Brent Benjamin and Elliott Maynard convened to hear four separate appeals. Students attending the day's activities were from Potomac State College, Pendleton, Hampshire and Hardy high schools and from the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind.In the first criminal case, Denver Youngblood was convicted by a Morgan County Circuit Court jury of two counts of sexual assault, two counts of brandishing a firearm, wanton endangerment involving a firearm and indecent exposure.

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Solaicx Closes $27.1 Million Series C Funding Round

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Solaicx, a leading manufacturer of mono-crystalline silicon ingots and wafers optimized for photovoltaic applications, today announced it has closed $27.1 million in Series C financing. The D. E. Shaw group is the lead investor in the funding round, which includes a new investment from Mitsui Ventures and follow-on investments from Applied Ventures, LLC (the venture capital arm of Applied Materials, Inc.), Firsthand Capital Management, Big Sky Ventures, and Greenhouse Capital Partners.

"We have a strong interest in emerging leaders in the alternative energy space and are delighted to support Solaicx through this investment," said Alexander Wong, head of venture capital at the D. E. Shaw group. "Solaicx plays a crucial role in the solar energy value chain.

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Johnson hire bolsters Citigroup's European prime brokerage wing

Citigroup has hired Todd Johnson from Deutsche Bank to head up the firm's prime brokerage business in the lucrative European market.

Mr Johnson joins the American bank after occupying positions with the German bank including head of hedge fund client services and latterly was charged with overseeing Deutsche Bank's European prime brokerage division.

The hire will see him reunited with former Deutsche Bank colleague Nick Roe, who is head of equity finance for Citigroup in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

News of the appointment follows Citigroup's fund service divisions hiring of a further two staff from Deutsche Bank, namely Richard Kennedy and Lane Hocking who are installed as global head of synthetic equity finance trading in New York and head of securities lending and synthetic equity trading in Hong Kong.