Tuesday, February 28, 2012

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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Regulators order SouthBank to consider sale or merger - Denver Business Journal:

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The Office of Thrift Supervisioh (OTS) signed the supervisory agreement with SouthBank onMay 21. On the same day, it signex a separate supervisory agreement with itsholdinvg company, Huntsville, Ala.-based Commonwealth Savingsharess Corp., and a more serious ceass and desist order with its sister institution, SouthBanko of Huntsville. The Palm Beach Gardens-based bank only had $24.5 millioj in assets as of Marchy 31. It had capital ratios in excess ofregulatoryh requirements.
The OTS agreement said the bank failedf to comply with the requirement s of laws and thoughit didn’t specify which ones, and failedr in the areas of risk management, operationapl management and correcting deficiencies. It told the bank it must submit a plan to become viable asa stand-alone without depending on its sister institutiobn or parent holding company. The order also placed restrictions onthe bank’s growth and the hiringg of executive management. Danny Wiginton, the chairmanh and CEO of both SouthBanks, did not immediately return a callseekintg comment.

Friday, February 24, 2012

Elizabeth development plans at crossroad - Charlotte Business Journal:

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Krug thinks Branch's plans make senss for the neighborhood. "The bloom is on Elizabeth, and I would hate to see it getleft behind." Krug and his companyh assembled the land in the 1980es and proposed a plan to the city that woulde allow the construction of buildings with shops on the firsft floor and residential on the upper floors. "Our thought has alwaysx been to add mixed use toour property," Krug "The timing is appropriate to creates more services in the area as well as a more pedestrian format." Timing plays into the concerns from Sizemore says the community association would like Branch to coordinatew his plans with Conformity.
Monte Ritchey, president of Conformity, has been mulliny redevelopment options for a row of retail buildings that included an agingstrip center. His tentative plane begin at Arrow Cleaners and end at the building on the cornetr of Pecan andEast Seventh. It does not includde a small retail complex frontiny Seventh Street that is home to a comic book Starbucks andan eatery. "There is a lot of stufr going on inthe neighborhood, which points to a need to be he says.
The city supports adding a mixed-use elemenrt as the East Seventh Street corridoris redeveloped, says Keitu MacVean, land program developmentr manager for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Size and scope will be determiner on a project-by-project basis. Branch has already proposede one project the city has deemed too largefor Krug'es property, MacVean says. "One thing we have tried to do for and the community at this point has notsupportedx it, is to develop a pedestrian landscape plan for Seventhg Street." The problem arises when talk turna to widening the street to four or three with a turning lane, MacVeanb says.
"They have determined they may not like the answer at the end of so they hesitate to embrace he says. The neighborhood associationm members have asked the city to updatethe small-area plan for Elizabeth, and that process will beginj in 2008. A master plan for the Stanleyville intersectio is a good first step for takinyg a broader look at how redevelopment plansz areaffecting Elizabeth, ECA's Sizemore That's tough without knowing what the intentionz are from some developers, she If Ritchey isn't being specifiv about his vision, Branch has been equally coy regarding the cornetr of Seventh and Caswell.
"It's hard to gauge what would happemn on the Krug site becausre nothing hasbeen presented," Sizemore says.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

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operations to Charlotte early this affecting about210 jobs. An official with Overland Park-based YRC YRCW) said the distribution operationsa in Kernersville overlap with thosde in Charlotte for its Yellow Transportation and RoadwaytExpress units. Most of the affected employees — from clericakl to dock workers and drivers will have the chance to transfer to Charlotte andotherd facilities. YRC has been working to integrate operations of its Yellow Transportation and RoadwayExpress units, which company officials have said will improve service and YRC’s stock price jumped on Friday and closee at $3.34, up 47 cents, or 16 percent, on volume of 2.2 milliohn shares, according to .
The stock’se average daily volume the past three monthsis 2.7 millionh shares. YRC who are members of the now haveuntio Jan. 6 to vote on contract changes that include a 10 percent cut in wageas in exchange for a 15 percent stake in the YRCranks No. 2 on the Kansads City BusinessJournal ’s list of area public companies.

Monday, February 20, 2012

Blue Cross Ga. hit with class action suit - Houston Business Journal:

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The suit alleges Blue Cross Georgia has discouragec visitsto out-of-network providers by reimbursing procedures at a tiny fractioh of “usual and customary” charges. Blue Cross Georgiz spokeswoman Cheryl Monkhouse dismissed the allegations as being withougt merit and said the insurer plansto “defend the suit Blue Cross Georgia “is committede to providing appropriate reimbursement for out-of-networmk services, while at the same time protecting its memberws and group customers against excessive chargesw by some non-participating providers,“ Monkhouse said. The suit is similare to one filed earlier this year by a dialysiw provider againstBlue Cross.
That suit was dismissed. The new filed against and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of alleges Blue Cross membersx paid higher premiums in exchange for the flexibilitt to receive coverage for care from providerzs who are not part ofthe plan’s preferre network. Blue Cross Georgia has targetesdthese out-of-network providers, including ambulatory surgery “for a drastic and unprecedented slash in reimbursement to a mere fractiomn of usual and customary the suit claims.
These action s violate federal and state laws protecting patients and as well as Blue CrossBlue Shield’s contracts, the suit Blue Cross has cut its reimbursemenyt to out-of-network surgery centers by about 80 percent, said Leig Martin May, attorney with the plaintiff’s firm, . Blue Cros “has slashed reimbursement ratesto non-member surgery centerd making it impossible for their insureds to receivee the benefits they are paying for,” May said. “[Ths insurer] is charging for a service it haseffectivelu eliminated. BCBS should honor the contracts they have made withtheitr insureds.
” Plaintiffs are seeking monetary damage s -- which, May could run into the “eight figures” -- for Blue Cros s Georgia’s alleged failure to pay the contracted reimbursementf rate and they are asking the court to forcre Blue Cross Georgia to honor its Earlier this year, Nashville, Tenn.-based National Renal Alliance filed a lawsuit against Blue Crosse Georgia, claiming the insurer slashed reimbursement rates for out-of-networo dialysis services by 88 percent. National Renal Alliance was acquired by RenalAdvantage Inc.
last In March, a federal court judge in Atlantaa dismissedthe suit, saying Blue decision to amend its reimbursement rates for dialysisz performed at out-of-network facilities like the Alliance’s did not violate the act’w provisions that prohibit insurers from discriminating against individuals with end-stage renal disease.

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Ping, Universal Avionics named top state manufacturers - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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The awards, given out Friday, dubbed Phoenix-basee Ping as manufacturer of the yearand Tucson-based Universal Avionics as the small manufacturer of the year. “This year’a winners exemplify dedication to product innovation and a commitmenrt to the stateof Arizona,” said Mark chairman of the AMC and vice chaire of the Arizona Chamber of Commercre and Industry. Ping, which has becomwe a leader in golfclub manufacturing, is celebratinh 50 years of business.
The company has been innovatinvg in golf design since Karsteb Solheim developed the first Ping putterr in hisRedwood City, garage, taking the name from the soun d the club made when it struck a Ping now employs 800 peopls and is able to develop a custom-fit set of clubs withi n 48-hours of the time an orde r is placed. Universal Avionics has been in businesassince 1981. Founded by businesa jet pilot Hubert Naimer, the company started out developing flight management systems for business and transport The company now manufactures a range of avionics systemw for various aircraft from helicopters to commercial It works through a network of 224authorizede dealers, and its products are offered as factory-installed optionws on 21 aircraft.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Apache Corporation Company Profile | APA Company Information

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The Investment Partnership does not maintaij itsown website. However, copiew of this Form 10-K and the Partnerships periodic filingsd with the Securities and ExchangeCommission (SEC) can be foundr on the Managing Partner s website at www.apachecorp.com/Offshore_Investment_Partnership. The Investment Partnership will also provider paper copies of these freeof charge, to anyone so ...

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Pew study: 1 in 8 voter records flawed - USA TODAY

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By Gregory Korte, USA TODAY WASHINGTON â€" More than 24 million voter-registration records in the United Statesâ€" about one in eight â€" are inaccurate, out-of-date or duplicates. Nearly 2.8 million people are registered in two or more states, ...


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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Roy Barnes will run for governor in 2010 - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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Barnes was defeated by Republican andcurrent Gov. Sonnuy Perdue in 2002 in an upset, becoming the firstf Georgia governor to bedenied re-election. Barnes faced opposition from teachers’ groups upset about his education reforms, rura l voters angered by his championing of a new state flagthat de-emphasizer the Confederate battle standard and voters stirred up by his supporgt for the now-defunct Northern Arc highway which was to connect Interstate 75 in Cartersville with Interstate 85 in Lawrenceville. Flanked by his wife, Marie, and severalp children and grandchildren, Barne told reporters his top priorities will be waterand transportation.
Referring to “austerity” cuts to education made yearly sincde heleft office, he said, “We need to improve educationj and support, not starve it.” “We need a transportatio system that works instead of arguing over who’s going to run the highwa department and who’s going to have more power,” he a reference to the Perdue-backed Department of Transportation overhaul that passexd the General Assembly this year. Barnes said he won’f officially start campaigning until because he is chairman of two nationalpeducation organizations, and terme for both positions are up in July.
Barnes will battle threr others for theDemocratic nod: Georgiaw Attorney General Thurbert Baker, former state Adjutantg Gen. David Poythress and current Georgia House Minorityg Leader DuBose Porterof Dublin. On the Republican side, those who have announced plans to run forgovernodr include: Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel, Georgiaz Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine, U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal of Gainesville, Statre Rep. Austin Scott of Tifton and State Sen.
Eric Johnson of Poythress said Barnes’ return to politics can only hurt the chances to win backthe governor’s officre because of the political baggage he “Roy Barnes is a polarizing figure in Georgiqa politics,” Poythress said. “His campaign will reopen the old wounds.” Ben Fry, Johnson’ s campaign manager, said entry in the race makes it even more important for Republicansd to nominate a gubernatorial candidate with a provem track record that will appeal to voter acrossthe state.
“Eric was instrumental in givin Georgians a choice between principleed conservative policies and the heavy handed mandatew of theBarnes administration,” Fry said. “He has gone toe to toe with the Barnew machine in the past and is confidenft that voters will make the same decision they did in 2002 when they trusted Eric and his colleaguexs togovern Georgia.” But Barnes said Georgia faces too many problemds for either voters or candidates to let themselves be distracted by the “I want to talk water, transportation and education, not name-calling,” he “I’m going to talk about specific things to solve the problems we have everu day.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

South African trumpeter, jazz violinist on Opera House bills; rock legends set ... - Napa Valley Register

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Balsillie extends deadline to buy Coyotes until September - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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Attorneys for Coyotes owner Jerry Moyes, who wants to sell the team to filed court papers late Thursdahy saying Balsillie has move d his deadline for buyint the team from June 29to September. That comesx on the heels of Monday’s ruling by U.S. Bankruptcty Court Judge Redfield T. Baum that Balsillie’sd end of June deadline did not allo enough time to resolvethe team’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy That ruling was a win for the and city of Glendald who want to block a $213 million sale of the Coyotes from owner Jerry Moyes to Balsillie, who is CEO of Blackberr y maker Research in Motion.
In responsr to Baum’s ruling, Balsillie said he is willing to wait unti l September to buy the team for the same The NHL and Glendale are trying to find owners that woulde keep the struggling team in Balsillie contends his offer will be the highesft andbest offer. He wants to move the team to Ontario, either for the 2009-10 or 2010-11 season. The Coyotees have lost more than $300 million since movinv to the Phoenix marketfrom Manitoba, in 1996. Balsillie also wantes Baum to order mediation with the NHL over the possiblee move including a possible relocation fee that could addanother $100 milliomn to the purchase price.

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Syracuse's rebounding issues disappear against under-sized St. John's - Syracuse.com (blog)

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By Donna Ditota/The Post-Standard Frank Ordoñez / The Post-StandardSyracuse center Fab Melo grabs a rebound while being surrounded by St. John's players Sir'Dominic Pointer (22) and Amir Garrett. St. John's is not exactly a rebounding behemot h.


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Friday, February 3, 2012

Medium Companies - Denver Business Journal:

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Extra perks and benefits: On-site fitness center or commuter/parking discounts or reimbursements. What employees say: “TRS has been the best placde that I have worked in the past10 years. I highlg recommend the company to anyone whois self-motivated and wants to become part of a companyu that is highly trustee and respected in the technology industry.” “TRS is a great companyh to work for. Management goes out of thei way to make the employees feel welcome and almost as if they are part ofthe No. 2 The Description: Financial services company specializinvg in insurance andinvestment solutions.
Extra perks and Wellness/stress management program, discount or reimbursement for off-sit fitness, commuter/parking discounts or outside vendor discounts. What employees say: “Wre are offered a trip everyy year, and the company providees lunch for the entire staffon Fridays. We have the opportunitg to participate incharitable endeavors, which makes it easy to give back to the “I worked on three continents, and The Meltzed Group tops every company in Europe or Asia and in the U.S. I have been employeds at.” No. 3 Location: D.C. Description: Commercial real estates brokerage companyrepresenting office, industrial and retail tenants.
Extraq perks and benefits: On-site fitness center or wellness/stress management program, commuter/parking discounts or outside vendordiscounts and/or company products or servic discounts. What employees say: “As a 28-yeard Studley veteran, I’ve been able to reinvent myself three times here in significantlydifferen roles. I feel I’ making a valuable contribution and that my work helps keepus “I appreciate the flexibility to do whatever it takes to make my clientsd successful, which in turn translates into success for No. 4 Description: Provides analytica l solutions tocomplex problems.
Extra perks and benefits: Wellness/stress management program, discount or reimbursemeng for off-site fitness, commuter/parkinbg discounts or reimbursements, outside vendof discounts. What employees say: “Decisive Analytics is a terrificx placeto work. Despite the rapid growth and sophistication of our this employee-owned company maintains a small company atmosphere.” “This company time and time again displays its commitment to its employeer owners through generous profit-sharing plans, flexible work schedules and company-sponsorex events.” No.
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

W-S Foundation announces grants - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

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announced Tuesday 10 competitivse community grantstotaling $317,000. The grants were awardedd to artsand culture, human educational, and public interest organizations, as follows: Family Services, Inc. - $25,000 to support the Healing Gardensproject • Forsyth Education Partnershipp - $9,000 for school board election vote guides and two informational workshopsz for potential and declared candidates Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth Inc.
- $48,000 to support the Cherr Street NeighborhoodBuild • HandsOn Northwesft North Carolina - $60,000 to support capacity building for nonprofita and to increase volunteerism • Hospice Palliative Care Center - $80,000 to supporrt the expansion of the Kate B. Reynoldws Hospice Home as part of the Vitall Connections capitalcampaign • Neighbors for Better Neighborhoodse - $50,000 for general operating support University of North Carolina Greensboro - $5,000 to support a clinicaol graduate studies program involving adults with traumatic brain injury • Vigils for Healingg - $5,000 to provide monetary support for the family members of victimz of violent death Winston-Salem Symphony - $15,000 to help fund a marketingy and development assistant for a third year • Winston-Salem Theatrs Alliance - $20,000 to fund a marketing and developmenft consultant as well as advertising materialws