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UNITED NATIONS, Feb 22 2021 (IPS) - Legends are the lodestars of history, the marriage of Sir Dorabji Tata with Meherbai on Valentine’s Day of 1898 among the most lyrical of them. Two years later, he gifted her the Jubilee Diamond, the sixth largest diamond in the world, twice as large as the Kohinoor.
Less than fifty months later, Tata Steel, the business in which he played so pivotal a role, was enveloped in a financial crisis; Dorabji and Meherbai pledged the whole of their wealth, including the Diamond, to the Imperial Bank, to make it possible for wages to be paid and not a job sacrificed.
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The last of five former officials charged with misconduct related to their oversight of Bloomington s city-owned arena pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft on Friday and agreed to pay $20,500 restitution to the city.
Bart Rogers, 50, who served as general manager of what was formerly known as U.S. Cellular Coliseum, was among a group of staff named in more than 100 indictments accusing them of theft, money laundering, tax evasion and other felony charges. The complex scheme laid out by the state involved the alleged theft of more than $750,000 in public funds from operations at the downtown entertainment and sports venue.
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Joliet deputy chief of criminal investigations Marc Reid is being demoted back to lieutenant. Reid previously ran the police department s internal affairs unit. (Image via city of Joliet )
JOLIET, IL On his first day at City Hall, new City Manager Jim Capparelli named Lt. Dawn Malec as Joliet s new police chief, replacing Al Roechner, who lasted two years on the job. On Tuesday, Malec issued an order announcing that three of Roechner s deputy chiefs were being demoted to other ranks, according to a memo obtained by Joliet Patch.
The document indicated that Marc Reid, Darrell Gavin and Joe Rosado are being reassigned to other ranks and their demotions would take effect this Friday.