Author: Ken Chan

Washington Post / Associated Press: Executives Arrested in Immigration Raids. Immigration agents arrested seven executives and hundreds of employees of a manufacturer of crates and pallets Wednesday as part of a crackdown on employers of illegal workers.

And all this happening on the eve of Congress fumbling over various plans to offer amnesty to millions of undocumented workers—or illegal aliens—depending on which arguments in the immigration debate you favor. I’ve added IFCO Systems NV contracts to the site.

Reuters: Conte Tells of Steroids Debate in Prison. According to his letter, Conte was involved in activities from both of his previous careers at Taft, a federal prison run by the GEO Group, a publicly traded company. “I have also been giving inmates music lessons on both the bass and guitar,” he said. “In addition, I have assembled a track team and have been teaching some of the inmates how to sprint.”

I’ve updated the GEO Group contracts.

MEDIAWEEK: Post iVillage, Big Media Eye Sites . If you can deliver the traffic, the time is coming to cash in. One look at NBC Universal’s $600 million purchase of women’s portal iVillage last week shows that it’s a good time to be an independent Web publisher.

I’ve posted the Merger Agreement between NBC Universal and iVillage under iVillage contracts.

I’ve posted the Merger Agreement between Disney and Pixar. Other merger-related agreements available on the Pixar contracts page.

San Francisco Chronicle/New York Times: Rescuers too late to save trapped miners. An agonizing two-day wait came to a tragic end on Saturday when rescue workers found the bodies of two coal miners who were trapped by a fire that began on a conveyor belt 900 feet underground…. The mine is operated by Aracoma Coal, a subsidiary of the Massey Energy Company, based in Richmond, Va.

Massey Energy contracts are now online. However, there’s not as much to see as with International Coal Group.

Other recent postings include Cavion Technologies contracts and Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services contracts.

Burnham’s Beat: Top 10 Best Performing Internet Stocks of 2005. 2005 was a good year to be long Internet advertising and online gambling. 3 of the year’s Top 10 performers, including the top 2, provide online advertising services to corporate clients, while 2 operate online gambling sites (3 if you consider online trading to be online gambling).

I’ve posted aQuantive contracts to the site.

Forbes: Mine Deaths May Bring Scrutiny to Ross’ International Coal. Rolling up a host of smaller companies can bring a host of risks, but they are usually more financial than physical. That was not the case yesterday at a coal company brought under the umbrella of billionaire investor Wilbur Ross, and his group is now facing the consequences.

I’ve added International Coal Group contracts to the web site. There are a number of coal leases, as well as an Advisory Services Agreement with W.L. Ross & Co. and an Employment Agreement between International Coal Group and Bennett Hatfield.