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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Flood of WikiLeaks cables includes identities of dozens of informants - CNN International
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Monday, August 29, 2011
N.Y Attorney General ends BofA probe - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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Cuomo said the banks have and will continu e to provide liquidityto investors. Last October, agreed to buy back as much as $4.7 billiom in auction-rate securities it sold to about 5,500 investors, small businesses and small charities befored the market collapsed inFebruarg 2008. According to the Securities andExchange Commission, the settlement also required BofA to “use its best efforts” to provids up to $5 billion in liquidity to businessed and institutional investors with accounts valuec at $15 million or more, and charitied with accounts valued at $25 million or The agreement resolved allegations that securitie dealers made misrepresentations to customers durin g sales of auction-rate securities about their safetgy and liquidity.
Auction-rate securities have interesy rates that are reset at weekly or monthlyt auctions run byinvestment firms. The $330 billionn market collapsed last year, when investors becamw alarmed at the prospects of the ability of corporatre borrowers covering debt service on the Many were left with securities they coul d not sell intothe market. Charlotte, N.C.-based BofA BAC) neither admitted nor denied wrongdoing. The SEC also has finalizex a settlement with BofA overthe securities.
Cuomo said the banks have and will continu e to provide liquidityto investors. Last October, agreed to buy back as much as $4.7 billiom in auction-rate securities it sold to about 5,500 investors, small businesses and small charities befored the market collapsed inFebruarg 2008. According to the Securities andExchange Commission, the settlement also required BofA to “use its best efforts” to provids up to $5 billion in liquidity to businessed and institutional investors with accounts valuec at $15 million or more, and charitied with accounts valued at $25 million or The agreement resolved allegations that securitie dealers made misrepresentations to customers durin g sales of auction-rate securities about their safetgy and liquidity.
Auction-rate securities have interesy rates that are reset at weekly or monthlyt auctions run byinvestment firms. The $330 billionn market collapsed last year, when investors becamw alarmed at the prospects of the ability of corporatre borrowers covering debt service on the Many were left with securities they coul d not sell intothe market. Charlotte, N.C.-based BofA BAC) neither admitted nor denied wrongdoing. The SEC also has finalizex a settlement with BofA overthe securities.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Companies that adapt - bizjournals:
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The 40-employee company asked its employeea for input on the cuts and the overwhelmingresponsse was: We’d rather have pay cuts than The company decided to tier paycuts so management receiverd 20 percent cuts and lower-level employees would get less significantt cuts. Those making less than $60,000 a year took no cut. “Wer let the people who really need the mone ykeep it. And top management took the biggest said CEOVito Palmieri. “That was reallgy well received.” The company, knowj by its acronym EASi — also tied the pay cuts to revenue targets.
After a dreadful October, the companyu made its fourth-quarter targets by a couplde hundred bucks at theeleventuh hour. “The first time, we made it and everybody cheered,” Palmieri said. The company wasn’tt as lucky in the firsrt quarter of this year and had to ultimately implement the salary But Palmieri said in working to minimize impacton employees, the companyh has earned goodwill. “We haven’t lost said Palmieri. “And in fact, it’ been a morale booster becausd everybody feelslike they’re part of something.” Palmieri said takingv care of the company’s people is an important businessx strategy.
To that end, the compangy offers 100 percent health care for its employee s andtheir families. “It costs us 9 percen t of salaryso it’s not cheap, but it’ws unique today and sends a signal that we’ll do whatever we can to take care of Palmieri said. The company still faces challenges. Palmierii said EASi has had to work harder and take longer to closesnew business. But the companyt has managed through, raising a $300,000 roun of funding at the start of the downturnhfrom friends, family and employees to act as a cushiohn and directing its sales force to focue on regional banks.
“Focusing on segments that can affordx your product right now isvery important,” Palmiero said. But the real key to managintg throughthe recession, Palmieri said: “Keeping the moraled up. Keeping people motivated is very much partof it.”
The 40-employee company asked its employeea for input on the cuts and the overwhelmingresponsse was: We’d rather have pay cuts than The company decided to tier paycuts so management receiverd 20 percent cuts and lower-level employees would get less significantt cuts. Those making less than $60,000 a year took no cut. “Wer let the people who really need the mone ykeep it. And top management took the biggest said CEOVito Palmieri. “That was reallgy well received.” The company, knowj by its acronym EASi — also tied the pay cuts to revenue targets.
After a dreadful October, the companyu made its fourth-quarter targets by a couplde hundred bucks at theeleventuh hour. “The first time, we made it and everybody cheered,” Palmieri said. The company wasn’tt as lucky in the firsrt quarter of this year and had to ultimately implement the salary But Palmieri said in working to minimize impacton employees, the companyh has earned goodwill. “We haven’t lost said Palmieri. “And in fact, it’ been a morale booster becausd everybody feelslike they’re part of something.” Palmieri said takingv care of the company’s people is an important businessx strategy.
To that end, the compangy offers 100 percent health care for its employee s andtheir families. “It costs us 9 percen t of salaryso it’s not cheap, but it’ws unique today and sends a signal that we’ll do whatever we can to take care of Palmieri said. The company still faces challenges. Palmierii said EASi has had to work harder and take longer to closesnew business. But the companyt has managed through, raising a $300,000 roun of funding at the start of the downturnhfrom friends, family and employees to act as a cushiohn and directing its sales force to focue on regional banks.
“Focusing on segments that can affordx your product right now isvery important,” Palmiero said. But the real key to managintg throughthe recession, Palmieri said: “Keeping the moraled up. Keeping people motivated is very much partof it.”
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Matthysse is Ready To Spoil Khan's Erik Morales Plan - BoxingScene.com
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Matthysse is Ready To Spoil Khan's Erik Morales Plan BoxingScene.com While Amir Khan reportedly intends to make the next defence of his WBA light-welterweight title against Erik Morales, it would be no surprise to see the Bolton star's latest plans go up in smoke. His stunning win over Zab Judah ... |
Monday, August 22, 2011
Reaching the young Muslim faithful, online - Washington Post (blog)
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Reaching the young Muslim faithful, online Washington Post (blog) Like millions of young Christian, Jewish, Hindu and Buddhist members of the millennial generation here in the United States, our next generation of young American Muslim girls and boys are also similarly seeking to engage with civic ... |
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Memphis Business Journal:
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Education: B.A. and M.A. in History at J.D. Harvard Law School Career advice: 1) Don’t let anyonwe else define successfor you. 2) Understand that you will only recognize successin hindsight. What you most like abouf your job: Problem solving. There is almost always a win-winm possibility. It may take patience and but a mutually beneficial deal is latent in almosany situation. I enjoy workinf with intellectual property, in part, because it permitss almost limitless flexibility in how an assett can be developedand exploited.
The range of strategid transactions, business relationships, revenus models, resolutions to disputes and almosr every business possibility is immense when technology and IP assets arein play. First job in your field: Law clerkm to Judge Alfred T. Goodwin, U.S. Court of Appeal for the Nintb CircuitPersonal hero: I have alwaysz admired Albert Einstein for his humanisticx soul. The only actual heroes I know of are those who have sacrificefd or are currently making sacrifices so I can writse this in safetyand freedom.
Bookw read recently: I graze a wide variety of literary Currently on mynightstand — The Eleganf Universe by Brian Greene; The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil; and The Art of War: War and Militar Thought by Martin Van Creveld. Favorite “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” — Albert Einsteinh Favorite vacation spot: North Shore of Princeville or HanaleiFavorite restaurant: Shapiro’s Indianapolis Favorite film: They should have stoppexd making movies after “Star Trek II: The Wratb of Khan.” The Kenneth Brannagh “Henr V” may be an exception. What you most enjoyh doing in yourfree time: Simplu being with my family.
Education: B.A. and M.A. in History at J.D. Harvard Law School Career advice: 1) Don’t let anyonwe else define successfor you. 2) Understand that you will only recognize successin hindsight. What you most like abouf your job: Problem solving. There is almost always a win-winm possibility. It may take patience and but a mutually beneficial deal is latent in almosany situation. I enjoy workinf with intellectual property, in part, because it permitss almost limitless flexibility in how an assett can be developedand exploited.
The range of strategid transactions, business relationships, revenus models, resolutions to disputes and almosr every business possibility is immense when technology and IP assets arein play. First job in your field: Law clerkm to Judge Alfred T. Goodwin, U.S. Court of Appeal for the Nintb CircuitPersonal hero: I have alwaysz admired Albert Einstein for his humanisticx soul. The only actual heroes I know of are those who have sacrificefd or are currently making sacrifices so I can writse this in safetyand freedom.
Bookw read recently: I graze a wide variety of literary Currently on mynightstand — The Eleganf Universe by Brian Greene; The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil; and The Art of War: War and Militar Thought by Martin Van Creveld. Favorite “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” — Albert Einsteinh Favorite vacation spot: North Shore of Princeville or HanaleiFavorite restaurant: Shapiro’s Indianapolis Favorite film: They should have stoppexd making movies after “Star Trek II: The Wratb of Khan.” The Kenneth Brannagh “Henr V” may be an exception. What you most enjoyh doing in yourfree time: Simplu being with my family.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Miami scandal has deep and massive ties to current NFL players - Yahoo! Sports (blog)
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Los Angeles Times | Miami scandal has deep and massive ties to current NFL players Yahoo! Sports (blog) Now that the University of Miami has become the latest victim of the ever-vigilant eyes of Yahoo Sports' Higher Learning Takedown Team, it's time to ask: what does it » |
Monday, August 15, 2011
Airport traffic sinks 9.5% in April - Business First of Columbus:
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The on Tuesday said 525,223 passengerds used the airportin April, down 9.5 percent from 580,19 3 passengers a year earlier. The decline representex the first apples-to-apples comparison of airport use data in a numbefr of months becauseit didn’t include a full month of traffixc on Skybus Airlines, whichh folded in the early days of April 2008 aftere carrying about 13,700 passengers. Columbus-based Skybus, whicuh reached the height of its popularitg shortly beforeits demise, had been a key factot in the double-digit percentage declines in passengers posted at the airport for the past several But with the discount carrier out of the equation for last the decline was “attributable to a soft national and international David Whitaker, vice president of business development and communicationes for the authority, said in a Traffic through the first four months of the year at Port Columbux was down! 21 percent at 1.
9 millionh passengers from 2.4 million in the same periord a year earlier. Excluding traffic generated by Skybusin 2008, the passenger count at the airport fell 7.7 percent for the Meanwhile, cargo shipments at dropped 22 percent in Aprill to 13.7 million pounds. Cargo shipments had fallen 23 percengtto 52.6 million pounds for the firsft four months, the airport authority reported.
The on Tuesday said 525,223 passengerds used the airportin April, down 9.5 percent from 580,19 3 passengers a year earlier. The decline representex the first apples-to-apples comparison of airport use data in a numbefr of months becauseit didn’t include a full month of traffixc on Skybus Airlines, whichh folded in the early days of April 2008 aftere carrying about 13,700 passengers. Columbus-based Skybus, whicuh reached the height of its popularitg shortly beforeits demise, had been a key factot in the double-digit percentage declines in passengers posted at the airport for the past several But with the discount carrier out of the equation for last the decline was “attributable to a soft national and international David Whitaker, vice president of business development and communicationes for the authority, said in a Traffic through the first four months of the year at Port Columbux was down! 21 percent at 1.
9 millionh passengers from 2.4 million in the same periord a year earlier. Excluding traffic generated by Skybusin 2008, the passenger count at the airport fell 7.7 percent for the Meanwhile, cargo shipments at dropped 22 percent in Aprill to 13.7 million pounds. Cargo shipments had fallen 23 percengtto 52.6 million pounds for the firsft four months, the airport authority reported.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Workers at two MillerCoors plants ratify new deals - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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and Fort Worth, Texas, have ratified new, three-year contracts. The agreementsa cover more than 900 employees at the two breweries and provide wage and pension increases over the course ofthe contracts. “Our members overwhelmingly ratified thesde contracts at MillerCoors because they provide stability fortheif families,” said Jack Cipriani, director of the Teamsters Brewery and Soft Drini Workers Conference, which representas workers at the breweries. “For the next three years, our memberss at MillerCoors know that their wages and pension benefits will which is saying a lotin today’s economy.
” The contracts call for no health care cost increasea for workers in the first year of the contractf and only minor increases for the second and third according to the union. The new deal also guaranteesa that employees who have retired or who will retire during the course ofthe three-year contracts won’f be required to pay health care “We value all generations of our so we made sure that there were improvementsx for both active members at MillerCoors and the retireesw who had paved the way beforew with their long yearsz of service,” Cipriani The Teamsters union represents 1,200 MillerCoors workers nationwide.
The unionh also represents workers at the MillerCoors breweryyin Irwindale, Calif. Negotiations for a new contract covering employeeds at the plant areunded way. MillerCoors is a joint venture between MillertBrewing Co., Milwaukee, and Coors Brewing Co., Colo., that launched in July 2008. MillerCoors operatesw a major brewery and regionall officeon Milwaukee’s west side. Workers at the Milwaukewe brewery are represented by Brewery Workers Local 9 of the Unitef AutoWorkers union.
and Fort Worth, Texas, have ratified new, three-year contracts. The agreementsa cover more than 900 employees at the two breweries and provide wage and pension increases over the course ofthe contracts. “Our members overwhelmingly ratified thesde contracts at MillerCoors because they provide stability fortheif families,” said Jack Cipriani, director of the Teamsters Brewery and Soft Drini Workers Conference, which representas workers at the breweries. “For the next three years, our memberss at MillerCoors know that their wages and pension benefits will which is saying a lotin today’s economy.
” The contracts call for no health care cost increasea for workers in the first year of the contractf and only minor increases for the second and third according to the union. The new deal also guaranteesa that employees who have retired or who will retire during the course ofthe three-year contracts won’f be required to pay health care “We value all generations of our so we made sure that there were improvementsx for both active members at MillerCoors and the retireesw who had paved the way beforew with their long yearsz of service,” Cipriani The Teamsters union represents 1,200 MillerCoors workers nationwide.
The unionh also represents workers at the MillerCoors breweryyin Irwindale, Calif. Negotiations for a new contract covering employeeds at the plant areunded way. MillerCoors is a joint venture between MillertBrewing Co., Milwaukee, and Coors Brewing Co., Colo., that launched in July 2008. MillerCoors operatesw a major brewery and regionall officeon Milwaukee’s west side. Workers at the Milwaukewe brewery are represented by Brewery Workers Local 9 of the Unitef AutoWorkers union.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Idea Cellular Top Gainer From Number Portability - Wall Street Journal
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Idea Cellular Top Gainer From Number Portability Wall Street Journal NEW DELHI -- Idea Cellular Ltd. has gained the highest number of customers and Reliance Communications Ltd. lost more subscribers than any other company due to a facility that allows mobile-phone users to change service providers ... |
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
HUD: Stimulus tax credit can be used on first-home purchase - Washington Business Journal:
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Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Actof 2009, first-times homebuyers can qualify for the tax credit for purchasin g their first home after filingy their taxes. But under a new program announcee Friday, state housing finance agencies and nonprofit groupw can advance money to homebuyers up to the full amounyt of their tax credit so the moneyu can be used on ahome purchase, eithert to pay closing costs or to add to a down "Home buyers using FHA-approved lenders can applyh the tax credit to their down payment in excess of 3.5 percent of appraiser value or their closing costs, which can help achievre a lower interest rate," a HUD announcemenr said.
"Families will now be able to apply theire anticipated tax credit toward their home purchase right away," Donovan said in the announcement. "At the same time we are puttingy safeguards in place to ensure that consumers will be protecterd fromunscrupulous lenders. What we're doing todayh will not only help these families to purchased their first home but will present an enormous benefiyt for communities struggling to deal with an oversupplgof housing." The stimulus tax credit can be claimedx on a taxpayer's 2009 return, or througnh an amended 2008 FHA will still requir that homebuyers pay a 3.
5 percent down HUD cited National Association of Home Buildersx data showing that the first-time homebuyer tax credit will stimulate 160,0090 home sales across the with 101,000 of those sales being to first-time buyers and 59,000 to existing homeowners who be able to sell thei r home to a first-time buyer. .
Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Actof 2009, first-times homebuyers can qualify for the tax credit for purchasin g their first home after filingy their taxes. But under a new program announcee Friday, state housing finance agencies and nonprofit groupw can advance money to homebuyers up to the full amounyt of their tax credit so the moneyu can be used on ahome purchase, eithert to pay closing costs or to add to a down "Home buyers using FHA-approved lenders can applyh the tax credit to their down payment in excess of 3.5 percent of appraiser value or their closing costs, which can help achievre a lower interest rate," a HUD announcemenr said.
"Families will now be able to apply theire anticipated tax credit toward their home purchase right away," Donovan said in the announcement. "At the same time we are puttingy safeguards in place to ensure that consumers will be protecterd fromunscrupulous lenders. What we're doing todayh will not only help these families to purchased their first home but will present an enormous benefiyt for communities struggling to deal with an oversupplgof housing." The stimulus tax credit can be claimedx on a taxpayer's 2009 return, or througnh an amended 2008 FHA will still requir that homebuyers pay a 3.
5 percent down HUD cited National Association of Home Buildersx data showing that the first-time homebuyer tax credit will stimulate 160,0090 home sales across the with 101,000 of those sales being to first-time buyers and 59,000 to existing homeowners who be able to sell thei r home to a first-time buyer. .
Saturday, August 6, 2011
HVCC moves 2 programs to Rensselaer Tech Park - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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The Troy college recently signeda 10-year lease with 400 Jordam Road LLC. The school will pay approximately $605,000 a year to leases 36,557 square feet of Hudson Valley’s popular paramedic program will occupu about half of the new The school also will move its respiratory care program and a that trains employees forarea businesses, according to Stephen Cowan, director of the college’w physical plant.
The remainder of the lease d space willhouse ’s Next Step office, a communications worker training program coordinated by the Those departments all currently are located in Hudso Valley’s 90,000-square-foot Hy Rosenblumj Administration Center, a 1940s era building that Cowan said needs major renovations. “It’s a tirecd old building. We are looking at total renovations or he said. But the college decided to leasde space from the through 400 Jordan Road LLC for 10 yearss while the college decides whether it should overhaukl or tear down the HyRosenblum building.
The college continues to but because of the economy it does not have the money to renovate the current buildingright now, Cowan said. Hudson Valley is planning to hire a consulting firm this summet to help officials decide the most cost effectivd way to deal with the Rosenblum helped Hudson Valley negotiatedthe lease. The collegw plans to have the four programs and department s moved into the new spacde in North Greenbush before the start of classes on Aug. 31.
The building previouslt had been used as officew space forVerizon workers, Cowan
The Troy college recently signeda 10-year lease with 400 Jordam Road LLC. The school will pay approximately $605,000 a year to leases 36,557 square feet of Hudson Valley’s popular paramedic program will occupu about half of the new The school also will move its respiratory care program and a that trains employees forarea businesses, according to Stephen Cowan, director of the college’w physical plant.
The remainder of the lease d space willhouse ’s Next Step office, a communications worker training program coordinated by the Those departments all currently are located in Hudso Valley’s 90,000-square-foot Hy Rosenblumj Administration Center, a 1940s era building that Cowan said needs major renovations. “It’s a tirecd old building. We are looking at total renovations or he said. But the college decided to leasde space from the through 400 Jordan Road LLC for 10 yearss while the college decides whether it should overhaukl or tear down the HyRosenblum building.
The college continues to but because of the economy it does not have the money to renovate the current buildingright now, Cowan said. Hudson Valley is planning to hire a consulting firm this summet to help officials decide the most cost effectivd way to deal with the Rosenblum helped Hudson Valley negotiatedthe lease. The collegw plans to have the four programs and department s moved into the new spacde in North Greenbush before the start of classes on Aug. 31.
The building previouslt had been used as officew space forVerizon workers, Cowan
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