Solar Power Inc. announced that it has been selected to design and install photovoltaic (PV) solar systems on two of Ventura County’s buildings. This announcement came after a unanimous vote by the County of Ventura Board of Supervisors.

The Roseville, California based Solar Power Inc. will lead Ventura County’s entry into the solar energy field with the installation of a 328 kW system on the Fleet Services and Public Works buildings at the Saticoy Operations Yard and a 169 kW system on the County’s Vanguard building.

Prior to this agreement, there was a long-term effort on the part of the Ventura County government who have longed for solar energy for quite some time. Steve Morgan who serves as the Chief Deputy Director for the County was quoted as saying, “We have always been interested in renewable energy as a viable economic strategy. When we began to pursue LEED certification

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Monday August 17, 2009

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Kingstone Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ: KINS) today filed its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009. Barry Goldstein, Kingstone Companies (”KINS”) Chairman and CEO, said, “During Q2, we exited the distribution sector of the property and casualty insurance industry. We completed the sale of all of our retail locations in New York and Pennsylvania and no longer serve as an agent or broker. During the second quarter, we also sold our franchise operations.” Based upon the foregoing, substantially all of KINS’ operations for the period ended June 30, 2009 are reflected in the Form 10-Q as discontinued operations.

As an integral

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Recently, Georgia-based Genuine Parts Company (GPC) announced the 52-year old Paul D. Donahue as the new President of its Automotive Parts Group – the largest division of the company. Donahue replaces Larry Samuelson. Donahue had joined Genuine Parts in 2003 as the Executive Vice President of sales and marketing of S. P. Richards Company – Genuine Parts’ office products group. As President, Donahue will now look after the entire U.S. Automotive network of 58 distribution centers and 1,100 company owned stores. Further, he will develop and strengthen relationships and growth opportunities with the nearly 4,800 independently owned NAPA AUTO PARTS stores. However, Donahue will face several hurdles that overhang on Genuine Parts’ prospects. Product improvements by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and other technological advancements are pulling down revenue growth in the replacement parts sector of the Auto unit. Moreover, OEMs are favoring in-house repairing by ...