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

2012-02-01T00:34:00.001-08:00

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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

Joy Global profits rise 67 percent - Phoenix Business Journal:

2012-01-29T20:17:00.001-08:00

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The Milwaukee-based mining equipment manufacturer now projectsw that its fiscal 2009 sales tobe $3.5 billion to $3.6 in the lower half of its previoues outlook of $3.5 billion to $3.7 billion. however, are expected to continue to benefit from cost reductionb efforts and are now projected tobe $3.8o to $4 per in the higher end of the firm'zs prior guidance of $3.60 to $4 a In the fiscal second quarter endedr May 1, net income surgexd to $120.5 million, or $1.17 per a 67 percent increase compared with $72.1 or 66 cents per share, for the comparable period a year ago. Net sales grew 10 percent to $923.65 million from $843.1 million.
Analysts polled by Thomson First Call projectedJoy Global'ds second-quarter earnings to be 89 cents per share, on average. Afte opening lower, shares of Joy Global (NASDAQ: JOYG) rebounded to $36.00, up 58 cents, in morninhg trading Wednesday. Joy Global management said sales were being hurtby $96 milliohn in canceled orders in the second quarter, raisin g the total value of canceled orders to $300 million over the past threed quarters. Sales were also being hurt by a slowdownm in aftermarketorder rates. Order cancellations were concentratecd in North American coppef andiron ore, U.S. Central Appalachian coal and Russia coal.
Joy Global now believes as muchas $525 million of its remaining original equipment backlogh could be at risk as well. Much of that risk is due to uncertaintyh with an oilsands project, Joy For the year to date, net income was $206.32 million, or $2 per share, comparex with $143.2 million, or $1.31 per share, the year before. Net salesd were up $1.68 billion from $1.48 billion.

Cox admits marijuana use in youth but says legalization isn't practical - The Detroit News

2012-01-27T16:00:00.001-08:00

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But during a symposium on the impact of marijuana reform, Cox stressed there are practical problems in legalizing marijuana, and that's why he wouldn't support changes some activists in Michigan are seeking. "I am not for it mostly because I don't know ...

Wayne State symposium looks at reforming marijuana laws

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Convera folding into U.K. company - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

2012-01-25T12:00:00.001-08:00

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Vienna-based Convera (NASDAQ: CNVR) will be dissolved. After the Patrick Condo, Convera's CEO, will becomes the chairman of the board, and Colibn Jeavons, Firstlight's CEO, will become the CEO. Convera'xs plan of dissolution contemplates an orderly wind down of its businesasand operations. After filing its certificated of dissolution, Convera intends to make one or more distribution to its stockholders of cash availablefor distribution, subject to applicablr legal requirements. Convera will then delist its common stockfrom Nasdaq. The new companu will bring together the vertical search technology of Convera and the advertising sales and marketing capabilitiezof Firstlight.
It will have over 60 corporate customert accounts and 120 existing Web sites withapproximately 1,500 When the merger becomes effective, Convera will own 33.3 percen and Firstlight will own 66.7 percent of the total outstanding common stock of the new company, subject to certainj adjustments which may enable Converwa to own up to 42 percent of the new compang prior to the distribution. The merger is subject to Converaq stockholders' approval and certain other customaryclosing conditions. The merger is expected to closdethis summer.

Loan pushes energy projects in Boulder - Phoenix Business Journal:

2012-01-23T07:51:00.000-08:00

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There are 394 residential projects, totaling aboutt $6.6 million in 15-year now under way, said Ann Boulder County’s sustainability coordinator. Projecta include installing such items asnew windows, insulation and rooftop solad panels. Solar-power projects accounty for about $2.3 million of About $12 million of the $40 million has been reserved forcommercial projects, with applications expectefd to be accepted late this Local solar-installation companies say the loan program is one of the few brighg spots in the local economy.
“The best stimulus work that we’ve had is in Boulder,” said JoElyn head of business development for the Colorado armof , a solar power installation company based in Bozeman, Mont. The company installed the solar system that powers the scoreboard atCoorsz Field. “Right now we have an eight-week wait to put a sola r system up. Without [the loan program], it would have been four We are hiring people forthe We’re definitely more cautious, but we’re hiring.
Without [it] we would not be In November, Boulder County voterws approved the new ClimateSmartLoan Program, by a margih of 64 percent to 36 It’s modeled on a $1 million loan programm sponsored by the city of Calif., that’s restricted to rooftop solart power projects. Boulder County’s prograkm has more money available and can be spenr on a wider scopeof projects. Property owners take out a loan from the progran tocomplete projects; the payback is roller into the property taxes, sticking with the buildinfg regardless of who owns it. It’s gainexd notice around the country.
Livingston said she’xs given presentations to local governments in states such as Coloradoand Texas. She’s also presentedf it to the and theClinton Foundation. Interest rates on the initial loansd rangefrom 5.2 percent to 6.68 Katie Lapins, a consultant in the pharmaceutical had considered putting solar panels on her Erie home for but thought it was too expensive to pursue. Then the ClimateSmarty Loan Program started. “It seemed a good opportunity to take advantage ofthe [Solar*Rewards] the 30 percent federal tax credi t and the financing program,” Lapins said. “It just pushesd you to do it.” 4.
2-kilowatt solar power installation is scheduled to be installedin mid-July by Louisville-basedd Bella Energy Inc. Lapins figures with all the rebatezs andtax credits, the $30,00o system will end up costing her about $10,00 0 to $12,000 — with the paymentz made through her property taxes. “Depending on what energh costs do, my payback will be sevej to 10 years tobreak even,” Lapinx said. “I plan on staying in the housethat long, but even if I do sell it, it makews the property more attractive [according to] the real estat agents I’ve talked to.
” One progranm drawback is there are higher-than-expected upfront loan fees, meantf to reassure the credit market that the program was a good Livingston said. Program participants paid into a reserve fund and also pay the firsy yearof interest, she said. “One of the thingws we’ve certainly learned is that when you’re doinb a bond offering of a type that’as never been offered anywhere in the country it results in extensive conversations with theStandard Poor’s rating agency,” Livingston said. “We needeed some credit enhancements.
” Some applicantsd balked at the higher fees and found cheapercredit elsewhere, such as through home equitg loans, Livingston said. “We’re excited about the $6.6 millioj in direct projects, and we also know there’ws been additional money infused into the economy by people who endeed up using a home equity line of creditt or some other methodof financing,” Livingstonj said. “But the loan program starteed them downthe path.
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Bank of America, Wells Fargo to accept California IOUs - Triangle Business Journal:

2012-01-21T04:00:00.001-08:00

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BofA says the state’s budget crisisa prompted its decision. “To support our while giving the state legislature additionalo time to passa budget, we will accept Californiw state-registered warrants — or IOUs — from existing customeras and clients,” Charlotte-based BofA (NYSE:BAC) says in a written San Francisco-based Wells (NYSE:WFC) says it is acceptinv the warrants for the sake of its "We are reluctant to take this but are doing so to help our customersw who are not at fault and with the expectation that the legislatured and governor will complete the budget withinb days," Wells says. On Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger blasted state lawmakers for failing to pluga $24 billionj hole in the state budget before the start of the new fiscalk year. And he called a special sessionm of the state legislature to fix the budget Failure to pass a budget by midnight Tuesday increases the shortfall to morethan $26 billion due to the loss of education-relates budget fixes, Schwarzenegger said at a press conference He also announced an executive order adding a thirxd furlough day each month for statde workers, a move expected to free up an additionall $425 million in the new fiscal year. Althougg the governor called for thespecial session, it is up to the legislaturw to schedule it.
When it will be held is yet tobe

Betty Mould swerves journalists over Woyome saga - GhanaWeb

2012-01-18T23:17:00.001-08:00

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Betty Mould swerves journalists over Woyome saga

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What was widely expected to be a press conference to offer Betty Mould-Iddrisu an opportunity to respond to the media and opposition attacks on her over the Woyome saga on Wednesday turned out to be a platform for the Education Ministry to tell ...

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NHL Network moves to popular Comcast channel lineup - Triangle Business Journal:

2012-01-16T19:51:00.001-08:00

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The Philadelphia-based cable-television giant and the network, which is basec in New York, didn’y reveal the agreement’s financial terms or specify its length beyonsd callingit long-term. Comcast has carried the networi on its Sports Entertainmenf Package the pasttwo years. That has abouty 2 million subscribers and usuallyu costs anadditional $5 to $7 a About two-thirds of Comcast’s 17.3 million digital customers get Digital which is one step above Comcast’s base level of digitap service. Comcast will still carry the network on its Sport s Entertainment Package for customers who get that but notDigital Classic.
The NHL Networlk carries regular seasonNHL post-game press conferences from the NHL All Star Game and Stanleyh Cup Finals, a dailty highlights show during the season, and many other NHL-related The deal also gives Digital Classic customers access to NHL On Demaned programming, which includes condensed games, historic games and playet profiles. Comcast last month resolvedd a dispute with the NFL Network that resulted in Comcast moving the NFL Network to the DigitalkClassic lineup.

While the Saints are PlayStation 3, the 49ers are playing Atari. - msnbc.com

2012-01-14T16:17:00.001-08:00

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The quarterback in San Francisco is almost incidental. Alex Smith is just a cog in the greater machine. 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh arrived from Stanford, took a look at his roster, and played to its strengths. San Francisco won 13 games and earned the ...

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County board rejects St. Michael plan for mental health complex - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

2012-01-12T12:00:00.001-08:00

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The Milwaukee County Board voteed 11-8 Thursday to reject the administration’ s proposal to purchase or lease the vacang north side hospital and instead seek proposalsw for the construction of a new facility on land adjacentt to the current Mental Healtbh Complex on WatertownPlank Road. and St. Michael’w owner Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, of Glendale, have been workinv with County Executive Scott Walker and his staff for nearlu two years onthe project. Walker’s perceived close involvement on the project and unwillingness to investigate othedr options were some of the reasons the board gave for rejectinghthe plan.
“This was a sole-source, non-bid contract and one of the largesg contracts the county has everentered into,” said Supervisor Lynn e De Bruin. Walker has said he wouldf veto a rejection ofthe St. Michael Hospital and supervisors would need 13 votes to override a Walker could not be reacheds for comment before BusinesxsJournal deadline. Supervisors who were in favord ofkeeping St. Michael under considerationj said it was the only proposal with concrete numbers behind it at this Weas lowered the price ofa long-term lease agreemengt with Milwaukee County by $9 milliohn earlier this month to $8.64 million At the same time, Wheatomn Franciscan announced it would give St.
Michaelk Hospital to the county, rather than charge $500,000 as originall y proposed. A cost analysis by county officials showed building a new facility wouldcost $421. 7 million while renovating the current Mental Healthn Complex wouldcost $379.6 million. Walker suggested in a memo sent to boards members Wednesday building a new facility could cost as muchas $5 millioj more than the St. Michael option over 25 Developers from Weas could not be reached forcomment Thursday. Wheaton will now move forward with plans todemolisgh St. Michael in early 2009, said Anne Ballentine, spokesperson for Wheaton Franciscan. Since closing St. Michael, 2400 W. Villard Ave.
, in June 2006 because of continuedfinanciall losses, Wheaton has spent $2.5 million a year just to maintai the vacant building, system officials “Our goal is to not continu carrying those costs past fiscal Ballentine said. “We continue to believe this isa win/wibn for Milwaukee County, behavioral health, taxpayersz and our system. We are certainlt disappointed.”

Tesla to get $465M in federal loans - Portland Business Journal:

2012-01-10T07:34:00.001-08:00

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San Carlos, Calif.-based Tesla said it will use $365 millionj for production engineering and assembly of the Model S, an all-electric family sedan that carriexs seven people and travels up to 300 milee per charge. The Model S has an anticipated base pricedof $49,900 after a $7,500 federal tax and Tesla said it expects to start Model S production in late 2011. The companyu will use $100 million for a powertrain manufacturing plangt tosupply all-electric powertrains for other automakers.Tesl is in the final stages of negotiatioh for facilities in California.
The loans are part of the Advancerd Technology VehicleManufacturing Program, which providezs incentives to new and established automakers to build more fuel-efficient vehicles. Created in 2007 and appropriated in September 2008, the $25 billion ATVM aims to reduce America’z dangerous dependence on foreign oil and create “green collar” “Tesla will use the ATVM loan precisely the way that Congresd intended -- as the capital needed to buildf sustainable transport,” said Tesla CEO Elon Musk. “We are honorec that the U.S. government selectec Tesla to be among the first companiez to participate in thisprogressive program.
” Daimlefr AG, the parent company of Portland-based Daimlerd Trucks North America, formerly know as Freightliner, in May acquiree an equity stake of nearly 10 percent in Tesla.

Gotham Gigs: Michael Hirsch is a believer - Crain's New York Business

2012-01-08T03:51:00.001-08:00

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Gotham Gigs: Michael Hirsch is a believer

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By Miriam Kreinin Souccar @miriamsouccar SPIKING INTEREST: Michael Hirsch says his job at Ripley's Believe it or Not! is never boring. A typical day at work for Michael Hirsch can include packing up Madagascar hissing cockroaches to send on a road show ...

Cognitive decline may start in middle age, a study finds - Los Angeles Times

2012-01-06T00:00:00.001-08:00

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Cognitive decline may start in middle age, a study finds

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If you're waiting for old age to see signs of cognitive decline, don't hold your breath. A study finds that brain function could start f »

Wind turbine firm to create 100 jobs in Darke County - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

2012-01-03T19:00:00.001-08:00

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Greenville-based , which has six employees, is embarkin on a $1 millioh project that will create 100 jobs withithree years, the state announced Tuesday. The is awardinbg a 50 percent job creation tax creditt fora six-year term to LAH worth $390,880, beginning in LAH had been heavy into site development and building fabrication. But it is morphing to engineering, manufacturiny and installation of wind turbine assemblies on wind farm according tothe state. Darke County Commissioner Michael Rhoades said the project has been wrappedin secrecy.
Rhoades suspecteds the project was related to wind farms becauser three wind turbine companieas have suddenly began courting farmers in Arcanuj and Union City to covert farm land into wind The Darke County Board of Commissionerse also is providingabout $188,000 for workforce training of about 120 employees, according to state records. The funding slid into place aftef word came about three weeks ago of a potential renewablseenergy project. The news prompted the county, city and stat to lock arms and bring the project to Ohio as opposed to numerouas statesincluding Illinois, Montana, Arizona and Missouri, officials said.
Greenville Mayorf Michael Bowers declined to commeng about the project until he could reachu the companyfor authorization. The maestrko of the project isGreg Hart, a Darke Count entrepreneur, Rhoades said. Hart couled not be reached for comment. LAH will purchass an existing facilityin Greenville, with a five-yearf lease to engineer, install and manage wind turbines on wind farm sites while selling the power to according to the state. LAH pland to hire wind turbinepress operators, back officed staff, information technology and researcj and development employees for the proposedc project, according to the state. The averagde wage of the new jobs willbe $22.355 per hour, plus $5.
83 per hour in benefits, accordiny to the state.

Pakistan accuses Iranian forces of killing 1 man, wounding another on its ... - Washington Post

2012-01-01T15:34:00.001-08:00

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Pakistan accuses Iranian forces of killing 1 man, wounding another on its ...

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Iranian forces took the two men, apparently smugglers, from the Mazah Sar area of Baluchistan province back across the border, said Mir Zafar Bangulzai. Pakistani border officials pursued them into Iran, retrieved the two men and brought them back t o ...

Iranians crossed border, killed one man: Pakistani officials

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Report: Workers' comp medical costs soar - Business First of Buffalo:

2011-12-30T10:34:00.001-08:00

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The research also found that thosse costs would have been billions more without systek reforms earlierthis decade. The California Compensation Institute, a research organizationb made up of insurersand self-insured employers, recentlyu released the study on post-reform changes in comp medical payments in the Goldebn State. The study is the fourthn in a five-part series updatinyg data on claim outcomes following systekm reforms between 2002and 2004. All the data in the repor t reflect when injuriesoccurred — knowm as the accident year — instea of when an acciden t was reported.
Since 2005, insurance companies’ payments have increasedc significantlyfor treatment, medications/durable medical equipment, medical-legap reports and medical management, the institute said. Between 2005 and average medical payments for all claims oneyear post-injury rose 23 to $2,582 from $2,100, the study Meanwhile, “average medical payments on more expensive indemnity claims climbed 28 percent (from $4,443 to the report said. Even though medica l costs are rising, the reforms are estimatedx to have saved cumulativelhybetween $12.8 billion and $25.3 billio in medical costs betweejn 2004 and 2008.
Some of the medical managemenr tools put in place by the reforms were medical treatmenytutilization schedule, mandatory utilization bill review and medical provider The institute estimates that without the reforms, workers’ comp medicalo inflation would have continued at somewher e between 8.2 percent a year — which is half the pre-reformm annual inflation rate and 16.4 percent, which is the average annual inflation rate between 1999 and 2002.

Plain Dealing drops Northwood in tourney contest - Shreveport Times

2011-12-28T06:51:00.001-08:00

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Plain Dealing drops Northwood in tourney contest

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Plain Dealing had four double-digit scorers to get past Northwood 73-53 in the Doc Edwards Invitational opener at Benton High's gym. Shantel Briggs pumped in 16 points with four 3-pointers, Shanice Brown added 15, Dornekia Gill 12 and Dennisha Chambers ...

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What recession? Revenue for Birmingham 100 up in '08 - Business First of Columbus:

2011-12-26T03:17:00.001-08:00

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According to the ’s Birmingham 100 list in this week’ s edition, the 100 largest privately held companiesd in the area had revenuetotaling $28 billion comparecd to $27 billion the previous year. In 58 percent of the companiesz who reported their revenue sawrevenue grow, compare d to 57 percent of those reportingt in 2007. Most diversifiefd companies inthe construction, technology, steel and metalds servicing fields showed year-over-year revenue growthb in 2008, while industries more directly connected to consumer spending, such as homebuilders and auto continued to show signs of distress.
The companiesd at the very top of the list fared very well as a with seven of the top 20 privater businesses posting at least a 10 percent increase in But local leaders said 2009 will be adifferentf story, defined by either flat or declining revenure growth and continued turmoil in the banking industry, as the local and nationalp economy continue to struggle back to its feet. Any growt h for private companies in 2009 woulrdbe surprising, said Andreas assistant professor of finance at the .
It’s likely that rising revenuew last year were the result of goods beinhg ordered in 2007 and deliveredin 2008, he But looking ahead, turmoil in the bankinyg industry and scarcity of capital will be a top concernb for companies as the rest of this year playsx out, he said. “You don’t have to be a publiclyt traded company to get publiclytraded debt, but you do have to provide the same he said. “And companies are reluctant to do so especially ifthey aren’t looking good righft now.
” Lack of liquidityu in the banking industry is a concern for Kevin Stump, president of , a local energy tradinb company that sells natural gas primarily to the fertilizert industry and municipalities. With $655 million in revenue last year a nearly 63percent year-over-year increase – and an 18 percenyt increase year-to-date in sales, Stump said the challengeas his company faces into 2010 are rising operating costs and increased banking fees.
“We don’t expect it to be resolvede anytime soon,” he “It’s caused us to think outside of the box and come up with And a lot of thosse alternatives are makingcompanies stronger, said Holmah Head, president and CEO of “The constraints of the economg have us doing things we shouldx have done all along,” he “It’s forcing us to be a bettere company and we’ll be a lot better for it long term.” Aftert a more than 22 percent increaswe in 2008 revenue, Head expectsa O’Neal Steel to see a decline of 20 to 30 percengt in 2009. But diversity is key.
Head said the compang is made up of severaol different metalsdistribution companies: Those that servse industrial fabricators and manufacturers, which were robust during the boom and those that serve aerospacr and energy, which are leadinfg industries today. Dave Wood, chairman of food distributio company , said he doesn’t expect much changw in his companythis year. The food distribution companuy saw nearly 22 percent growthin 2008. “I don’t think grocerymen do all that so when it getsbad it’es just a hiccup,” he “We never hit a home run.
A good day for us is But declining consumer spending contributes greatly to that hiccu and whenit lessens, Wood Fruitticher feela the pinch, he said. And diesepl fuel costs are on the rise adding more pressure to the Not allof Birmingham’s top 100 private companies saw revenue increase last Auto dealer Susan Schein Chevrolet’s revenue dropped more than 35 perceng and Anthony Underwood Automotive’s fell more than 30 percenyt – signaling the trouble that industry is seeingf today. A majority of subcontractors and homebuildersx on the list had decliningrevenued – anywhere from 2 percent to 62 perceng drops. But general contractors postefdmixed results.
Several of the area’s largest contractors, especiallty those specializingin construction, posted increased revenue, while several small and midsize contractors struggled. Usual list leaderzs , and remained unchanged from theprevious

Fired up: Art, community and business are one at Murray Hill Pottery - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

2011-12-23T22:17:00.001-08:00

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What burns inside of Flick is a desirr to share her love of pottery with the community in a way that helpds toease hunger, promote art awareness and alloww amateur potters the opportunity to practice their art. “It’ds very magical to watch a lump of claybecom something,” she said. “Some people like to I like tothrow pots.” Nestled behind a storefronft at 2458 N. Murray St., the studio has been in operatiomn for12 years. It includes a gallery where loca l artists and students selltheir work, from functiona l bowls and mugs to sculptural pieces from artists in Wisconsin and beyond.
Operated initiallyg as a cooperative, the studii includes 16 potters’ wheelz and offers classes and memberships for seasoned potterd who use the studio for amonthly fee. Now ownef exclusively by Flick and operated with the helpof volunteers, the businesx is self-sufficient but produce s only enough income — sales were about $250,000 last year to pay the rent and the salaries of three Any additional income is reinvested into the The studio has about 50 memberships.

The AT&T Merger Would Have Improved Mobile Service. The DoJ Was Wrong To Kill It. - Slate Magazine

2011-12-21T17:51:00.001-08:00

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The AT&T Merger Would Have Improved Mobile Service. The DoJ Was Wrong To Kill It.

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The $39 billion deal would have made it America's largest carrier; eliminated the fourth-largest carrier; and left the third-largest, Sprint, in precarious shape. As Annie Lowrey put it in Slate earlier this year, it would have nudged this country's ...

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Clearspring, Facebook ink deal with GSA - Washington Business Journal:

2011-12-19T14:00:00.001-08:00

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AddThis is a Web-based software application that lets users bookmark and shareWeb ClearSpring, which helps content publishers create small online applications — or widgets — to spreacd their content and connect with advertisers, bought AddThis LLC last September for an undisclosed sum. AddThixs reaches about a half billion users With thenew agreements, GSA and othed federal agencies will be able to create Web pages that alloa users to better display, access and use informatio n to educate users about government services and allow greateer interaction between government and the public-- a major objective of President Barac Obama.
Negotiations began in 2008 between the sociakl media companies and a group of agenciexs ledby GSA. Prior to GSA’s agreements, concernsz existed over the legal implications of standarde terms and conditions that usersa must agree to when usingonlins services. The GSA agreements resolved those issues, such as liability, advertising, freedom of information and governing law. Now, othed federal agencies can sign the same agreemenf and begin using the socialmedia “We are working at a feveredf pace to improve the public’s experienc when engaging with the government,” said Marthza Dorris, acting associate administrator for the Officw of Citizen Services and Communications, in a “USA.
gov is breaking new ground by migrating to new medias sites to provide a presence and to open up a dialoyg with the public,” she said. “Wde know that many other agencies want to do the and having these agreements is an importanftfirst step.” GSA’s also signedf service agreements with Flickr, Vimeo, Blist, and is discussing similarf arrangements with other providers of free, new medi services.

Muslims vow for economic empowerment at TCN annual convention - TwoCircles.net

2011-12-17T09:34:00.001-08:00

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Muslims vow for economic empowerment at TCN annual convention

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Focussing on the theme-Towards economic empowerment of Indian Muslims (Beyond Sachar), the eminent speakers laid the roadmap for the future of the community. Setting the tone, chief guest, Chief Economist, National Council of Applied Economic Research ...

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2011-12-15T04:51:00.000-08:00

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Councilwoman Cindy Circo is, too, and said after the presentation that she was pleasantly surpriseed none of her colleagues had expressed reservations aboutthe $300 million hotel, which wouldf require substantial public financing. “Let’s get at it and get off the said Circo, who joined her peers in advancing a proposall tospend $150,000 on the selection of a site, developmeny team and financing team. After the proceedings, however, sourcees outside City Hall suggested the exuberance might be abit “I just think we need to study it more,” said Kevinh Pistilli, president of the , whichg operates the 983-room .
“This thing seems to be moving awfully Proponents, led by officials with the , rampefd up their lobbying last year, aftefr said it was relocating a January meeting that had attracted as manyas 8,000 managers a year to Kansaws City since 1997. Pistilli said Wal-Martr cited several reasons for the moveto Orlando, including that city’s superior winter weather and airlinee connections. Proponents of the new conventionh hotel seizedon Wal-Mart’s contention that Kansae City doesn’t have enough hotel rooms near its conventiob center.
During the May 21 hotel discussion, City Managerr Wayne Cauthen cited a 2007 consultantg study showing that Kansas City needs to use seve hotels to accommodate a downtown conventionrequiring 2,000o rooms. An insufficient hotel packagse has cost thecity $4 billion in business, according to a report presented by Rick Hughes, CEO of the Kansasw City CVA. He said Kansase City is the only U.S. convention playe r that has not developeds a large convention hotelsince 1985, when the Marriotty Downtown opened. “It’s been like an arms race,” Tom executive director of the , said of the nationwidw rush to buildhotel space. With area hotel occupanct averaging 47.
1 percent through April down 6.3 percentage points from the same periodc in2008 — the city might be better off tryint to attract more small- to medium-sized or “selling what we have,” he said. Holden cited a 2005 report, “Space which found that U.S. convention attendance has been flat or in declinde sincethe mid-1990s and that cities, ignoring that trend, have createde a glut of convention “The report is dated,” he said. “Butr there’s still a lot of truth to it. I mean, we used to have one of the top 10conventionh centers, spacewise, in the country.
Now, all of the majorr and second-tier cities are trying to get a piecr of that convention andtourism buck. And it’s not 10 or 12 citiese going afterit anymore. It’s probably 200 to 300 Mayor Mark Funkhouser said during the May 21 hotel discussion that hewould “get on with the proposal only if a rigorouw third-party study shows that the project would create net new economicc benefit for the city. Jeffreu Marvel of Kansas City-based , which performd various types of hotel-project analyses, agreed with the mayor’s position.
Marvekl said the city’s hotel-financing consultants John Kaatzof Minneapolis-based and Mark Tobin of Denver-baserd — appeared to have done an adequater job of laying out the primary financing alternatives: privatse ownership with public subsidies and public ownership with tax-exempt bond “They get into some case studies involvinhg different cities, the structures they used (to finance new and the unique characteristics of each city’ s financial deal,” Marvel said. “But the one thinvg I found missingwas results. There’s nothinfg about how these projects haveturned out.
” Funkhouseer said that two hotel projectz cited in the report “are not making debt service.” Not citedf in the report is a convention hotelo on the other side of the statee — the 1,081-room in St. Louis. The hote l opened in 2003 but was forecloseed on in February after it failedf to meet revenue projections and itsprevious , defaulted on its bond payments. The hotel was put up for and its bondholders took ownership aftertheir trustee, , offered the sole bid of $98 million — the amoung of debt on the property.
Holdem of the Kansas City hotel and lodgintg association said the bondholders got a good considering that morethan $120 million in city, state and federao aid had gone into the Renaissance while its privatew investors chipped in about 10 percent of its “We should have bought it, floated it up the riverr on a barge and moved it right into Downtowh (Kansas City),” Holden To prevent such a debacle, Marvelk said, Kansas City needs to analyze local markeft supply and demand. Such a study, he would address the fact that convention business representxs only about 40 percent ofdowntownn hotels’ overall business.
The othere 60 percent comes from leisure and business travel markets that would be diluted by the introductionn of a largedowntown competitor, Marvep said. “I don’t know what I feel abouf a 1,000-room hotel yet,” Pistilli said. “But I’j concerned about a rush to builrda 1,000-room hotel without doing the other things that need to be done to increas leisure and business occupancy.
If we don’ty do those things, as well as the thingw we need to do to increasegrou occupancy, we could have a big challenge on our

Lockhart: Pace of economic decline slows - Jacksonville Business Journal:

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He cited several threats: global economic weaknesz as acontinuing risk; commercial real which is under stress; and the risk that consumef sentiment and resulting consumption could turn negative due to weak labore markets, pressures to repair householxd balance sheets and still tight credit conditions. In recent weeks, sentiment about the U.S. economy has clearly A modicum of optimismhas returned. I’m as readt as you are for a real turn of the For several weeksnow we’ve been hearing of so-called “greenm shoots” -- that is, littlee signs of life in the economy that foretell a This imagery coincides with spring havint sprung. It seems very human.
Our spiritsx rise with the better weather, the warmef temperatures, the return of baseball, and we see encouraging signs allaboutf us. As I said, I’m readty for recovery, but I’ve got to ask: Could we be kiddingt ourselves? Is it real? In my remarks I’ll respond to that question firsft by providingan up-to-date fix -- as curreng as the data allow -- on the economifc situation. Then, I’ll talk about the most serious risks I see in the economt along with my baseline outlook fora near-tern recovery.
I’ll close with some views on the tension I perceivdbetween short-term economic prospects -- which are net positive -- and longer-terk structural challenges that, in my view, must be facee with a sense of The tug and pull between immediate prospects for the economgy and over-the-horizon threats seem to me to be captures in the question of the moment: What’s causinv rising term U.S. Treasury yields? And in what way, if at all, should policy react? Here I must repeart my usual disclaimer: The viewas that follow are mine aloneand don’t necessarily reflecy those of my colleagues on the Federal Open Markett Committee (FOMC).
My view of the current economy is For themost part, the economy is still in decline, but the pace of declines has clearly slowed. I’d like to make a distinctioh between stabilizationand recovery, and I believes we’re seeing signs of stabilization. As regardsa stabilization, I’d like to highlight four areas: employment, housing, consumerr spending, and manufacturing. Employment: Unemployment insurance claims released this morning for the week endingJune 6, reinforcedx a two-month trend in labor markets, and that is, layoffw are gradually decelerating.
However, claims remai n near record-high levels, and firms’ reluctance to hire has liftexd the most recent unemploymen rateto 9.4 percent in May. Housing: Many of today’w problems started with housing, and by most measure a clear recovery in the housing markert has yetto emerge. My contacts here in the Southeasy confirm the most recent data on the nationalkhousing market, namely that house prices are still but the rate of decline has moderated Improved affordability combined with historically low mortgage rate and a new first-timde homebuyers’ tax credit have helped move a portion of the huge inventory of unsolcd homes off the market.
Preliminary results from the survey of homebuildersz and realtors in the Southeasft conducted by the Atlanta Fed indicate more optimism that sales will pick up in the Consumer spending: In data released this the Census Bureau reported that retail sales were up 0.5 percentg in May after posting declines in Marchj and April. Some of the increase may be relatefd to highergasoline prices. And there were areas of spendinvg weakness. Overall, last month’s retail sales numbers were more positiveethan negative. But compared to May of last sales are down astriking 9.7 percent.
So salee are nudging higher but from very low With consumersholding back, the personakl saving rate in Apriol climbed to 5.7 percent, marking the first time savings exceeded 5 percent of disposable income in more than 14 years. The industrial side of the economy has been especially hard hit this and the sector remains under considerable But there are recenrtsigns -- such as the latest Institute for Supply Management purchasing managers survey -- that the rate of manufacturin g decline may be slowing too.
As so many have said, a retur n to economic growth depends on working financial markets, and there’s been recenyt progress in several areas, including with short-term funding, corporate markets, and securitizationh markets. The number of so-callef problem banks is elevated and likely tokeep However, there’s been some betted news from the banking industry. For instance, the Supervisor Capital Assessment Program, also known as stress tests, has provided us with a bettere handle on the capital buffer the largest banks wouldd need to remain well capitalized and able to lend if the economgy performs worsethan expected.
Followinfg up on the stresx test results, the Federal Reserve Boardd on Monday announced that the 10 banks required to bolste r their capital have submitted plans to meettheitr requirements. Then on Tuesday, the U.S. Treasury announced that 10 of the largesrt institutions participating in the capital purchase program had met requirementws to repay the government for the Troubled Assety ReliefProgram (TARP) funds provided to I view these developmenta as signs that the banking system is healing, and risinfg confidence in the banking system is justified. Markets for short-term fundin also have improved, including the interbank lending marketws and commercialpaper markets.
Spreads between the Londonn Interbank OfferedRate (LIBOR) and the overnight index swap rate have declined to levels that are close to precrisis levels. Corporate bond issuance has increasedr recently. Although U.S. Treasury rates have been on the spreads between Treasury yields and rates paid by corporatse borrowers havenarrowed Overall, the cost of capital for highlyg rated businesses has come down.
Finally, as regards securitization markets, the asset-backed securities market collapsed in 2008 but this year has begubn to gradually revive with the aid of public programse designedto jump-start the securitization Issuance of new ABS, including credit card, auto and studenrt loans, and equipment leases, has totaled more than $40 billionb since the Fed launched the Term Asset-Backed Securitieas Loan Facility (TALF) in March. This activitu is still far short ofthe $200 billion annuao ABS issuance before the financial crisis, but it represents a marked improvementt from last year.
Furthermore, risk spreadsz on ABS have been declining steadilyt this year and should help ease the cost of credigt for both households and While credit market functioninghas improved, the pictures I’ve just painted of our current economif environment is framed with At this point, there’s still a debate abougt whether business activity has reaches a bottom.

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APEC's Seattle spark burns bright in Manila - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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We welcomed Pacific Rim leaders includingyPresident Clinton, showed off Seattle's charms, and talked about the potential promise of futurse activities. Then, the possibilitiesz seemed wide open, even though the organization was just beginning to find its feet and its mission was stillvaguely defined. Some observers might arguse that APEC is still learningto walk. But this week'd events at APEC's annual meeting in and their attendantintensive coverage, indicate that the organization is clearlu coming of age. What Seattled set in motion has become a focak point ofannual high-level discussion about issues vital to internationall trade.
The Pacific Northwest will be in the spotlight againhnext year, when APEC's ministers gather in Vancouver, B.C. While it will be Canada'd turn to shine, the meetingv will be another opportunity for Seattle to make its presence APEC started out as anideal that's now beginning to solidify into a formidable force for change. It's encouragingg that the promise we saw in Seattle is beginninhg to emerge on a meaningful internationalscale -- and gratifyint to know that we had a part in launching it.

Richard Rodier plays it cool as head of Balsillie legal team - Business First of Buffalo:

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In other words, he looked the opposite of the way most peoplwdescribe him. Rodier is the lead advisetr to CEO Jim Balsillie inthe billionaire’s bid to buy the out of bankruptcg and relocate the team to southern Over the course of the five yeards he’s advised Balsillie, Rodier has been describedr by people who have dealt with him as everythingv from the derogatory (Balsillie’s henchman) to the praiseworthy (a tough and uncompromising negotiator).
“He certainlty doesn’t mince words,” said Mayor Fred Eisenberger of Ontario, where Balsillie hopes to movethe “If you were a medical doctor, he’d have a lous bedside manner, but he’s very engaging and we’ve founr him good to work with. I respect his passionn for Mr. Balsillie, his passion for hockey and his directness inhis Rodier’s employer, Balsillie, declined to commenf about him, but a series of conversationa with those who have worked with him offert a glimpse of one of the central figurews in the Phoenix Coyotes’ bankruptcy case. The case will resume with argumentsz about relocationJune 9.
Rodier has nevetr closed a sportsbusiness deal, but his firstt deal has the potential to be one of the most unforgettabl acquisitions in sports. He grew up in a middle-class Jewish family in Montreal, where he played followed the Montreal Canadiens and read anything onhis family’sw bookshelf, from the Hardy Boys to every Jamex Bond thriller. As a young man, he wanted to work on the Canadianm equivalent ofWall Street, knownb as Bay Street, or become a business attorney. He attendex the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and graduatex with an undergraduate degree in economicsin 1978.
He then went on to the University of TorontoLaw School, earning a law degred in 1984 and cominh to the Canadian bar in 1986. Balsillie graduated from the Universityt of Toronto in 1984 with anundergraduate degree, but Rodier said they didn’ty know each other at the time. For two Rodier practiced business law at a varietyy ofCanadian firms, including McDonald & Hayden and Gardined Roberts. He specialized in corporate law, banking, securities and insolvency. It was working on his first bankruptcy case in 2003 that brought him into the worl d ofsports business.
The Ottawa Senators had recentlg filedfor bankruptcy, and he started to follow the case closely because of his mutualk interest in sports and the bankruptcy process. In reports surfaced in the Canadian medis that Rodier enteredan all-cash bid on behalc of a company called HHC Acquisitions to buy the Senators out of bankruptcy and move the team to Hamilton. But representativesd from the club who were with the team at the time said that no one recallas dealing with him or being presentec with a bidfrom HHC. Citingb solicitor-client privilege, Rodier decline d to comment. Rodier has been arounxd the NHL ever since and began workingy with Balsilliein 2004.
He served as the billionaire’z adviser in negotiations for the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2006 and the Nashvill e Predatorsin 2007. It was Rodier who told NHL Commissione Gary Bettman and Deputy Commissione Bill Daly in late 2006 that Balsillies would not agree toa seven-yeaer non-relocation covenant outlined in the league’s transfer of ownership papers for the and it was Rodier who helped manage the season-tickety deposits in Hamilton for the Predatorse in June 2007.
In NHL those efforts and others earned him a reputation as an At a 2008 sports businesss conference in Toronto runby then-Anaheik Ducks General Manager Brian Burke, several peoplw in attendance recount a tense moment when Rodief posed an antitrust question to Maple Leaf Sportd & Entertainment President Richard Peddie at the end of a panel “Why, if I’m in the city of can’t I watch the Ottawqa Senators?” Rodier asked. “I’m not going to debate antitrusrt lawwith you,” said who did not returnb calls requesting comment for this story.
Rodier defended the questiomn last week, saying that it was “To ask a question that makese someone who may be operating outside the law uncomfortablde is not in my view abad thing,” he That line of reasoning is similar to the one he uses when explainingh Balsillie’s pursuit of the Coyotes. Rodier believess that the NHL has put objective criteriq in its bylaws limiting the relocation of but that it cannot arbitrarilty control the right to movea “To characterize what we’re doing as rogue or agitato r or trying to get arounx the rules is a mischaracterization,” Rodief said.
“We’re trying to say, ‘Follow your own The rules are there to createw the fiction that the leagued is following applicableantitrust law, but it’es not.” While he argues that the case is simple and its significance is not. Even he says that regardless of its the case likely will be taught in sports law classees for yearsto come. But that’zs not what he said drivesw him.
Getting a team in southern Ontario

Baltimore County buys Perring Racquet Club - Baltimore Business Journal:

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million. County officials plan to spend $2.5 milliobn on remodeling the facility’se exterior, installing a new artificial grass surface and upgrading building codes. The 36-year-old facility holds two indootr fields for soccer and lacrosse and four indoortennisd courts. Work on the 93,000-square-foot Perring Racquett Club, at 7501 Oakleigh Rd., beganm Tuesday and is expected to last until October. will manage the Baltimore County purchased the racquet club from Oakleigy Property LLC with fundingfrom Maryland’s Program Open Space.
The county’s recreation council previouslu did not own an indoor venue in the area for soccedrand lacrosse, Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith said in a news Rec councils in Parkville, Overlea/Fullerton, Perry White Marsh/Kingsville, Greater Loch Raven, Towson and Towsontown will operate the The facility will be renamed the Northest Regional Recreationh Center.

Rhythm developer latest to sue would-be buyers - Nashville Business Journal:

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, the Brentwood-based developer of the 14-story, 105-unit condo building that came onlindethis spring, filed suit Friday against four buyer s who would not or coulr not close on their units. The suits, filed in Davidsobn County Chancery Court, accuse the buyers of violatinh the terms of their contractzs and ask for the developer to be awardedr the full purchase price ofthe units, plus legal The units range in price from $317,000p to $539,000. The sour economy, tight lendinb conditions for buyers and a glut of new condosd coming onto the market in the past year have combinerd to slow sales and create financia headaches forcondo developers.
There are legal conflicts with reluctantr buyers atseveral Nashville-area high-rise residential has filed suit against buyerz who pulled out of purchasing units at the Bristolk West End in Midtown Jamison Station in Franklin has successfully forced buyerx to the closing table with suits against them. Icon in the a joint venture of Bristol Developmentand , is also the defendanyt in several suits by buyers who signeds contracts on units there, but claim the developer s were deceptive in their promises and their dealings regarding the development.
Terrazzo in the Gulch has also been sued by buyersd claiming they were mislerd and that information was notdisclosed Terrazzo’s developer is Crosland Tennessee. Several locak condo developments have been put into receivership by They include the Braxton in Ashland 5th & Main in East Nashville and Rollingt Mill Hill in downtown Nashville.

Bullet train funding plan faulted - Los Angeles Times

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IBM makes bid for Sun Microsystems - Dallas Business Journal:

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billion in cash. The purchase price, first reported by the Wall StreegJournal , would be a 100 percent premium over Sun's closing pric e of $4.97 a share Tuesday. Sun shares opened tradinvg on Tuesday up more than 68 percentat $8.36. IBM was down almostt 4 percentat $89.46. Santa Clara-basedx Sun (Nasdaq: JAVA) reorganized into three business unite asits high-end servers and storage devices have struggler in the marketplace. It laid off more than 6,000 employees last fall aftere reporting anearly $500 million The deal would be the largesgt acquisition in IBM IBM) history.
The Journalo reported that despitethe talks, its sources said therw is no assurance that a deal will be The paper said that Sun approached a number of larg e tech companies, including (NYSE: HPQ) about an acquisition but was turned An IBM acquisition of Sun could give it powerfup weapons in the competition for the data center market which research firm IDC says will hit $100 billionm in 2009. "Big Blue" is going head-to-head in the market againstt HP andSan Jose, Calif.-based (Nasdaq: CSCO) whicn said earlier this week that it will start sellinh its own "server" computer in competition againsgt the other two. Cisco and HP had previously worker together inthe market.
Palo Alto, Calif.-baseds HP made a big move in the market when itpaid $13.89 billion to purchase of Plano, Texas-based in August, placing it squarely in competition with IBM on huge outsourcing In last year's fourth quarter, IBM led in the global serverr market revenue with $4.9 billion in sales, about 36 percent of the HP was No. 2 with $3.9 billioj in sales or about 29 percent ofthe (Nasdaq: DELL), with $1.4 billio in sales, and Sun, with about $1.3 were a distant No. 3 and No. 4.

Kroc Center seeking $3.9M in public funds - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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The goal is to raise $3.9 milliojn for the facility located just south of Centrap onEast Parkway. Once the money is raised, construction on the 15-acre, 100,000-square-foort facility can begin. The campaign has alreadgy raised morethan $21. million. Once the funding is raised, the centerd will receive a $50 million gift from the Kroc Trust, whicjh was created by McDonald’s Corp. founder Ray Kroc and his wife, A gift of $1.5 billiojn was given to the to build 25 Kroc Centerd acrossthe country. Kroc Centers are designed to servee the needs of families in the neighborhoods surroundingythe facilities.
Steve Carpenter, executivde director of the Kroc Center of says the center has alreadyg received donationsfrom individuals, organizationw and businesses in Memphis. “Wr are in a very uniqure position inthe non-profit community, becausre the structure of the Kroc grant ensures that we will be entirelyt self-sufficient from an operating standpoint from here on Carpenter said in a statement. “Our donorx know that by investing in the KrocCentef now, they are ensuring a significant return on thosed dollars for years to come in the form of programx and activities for the entir e community in perpetuity.
” The publid phase of the campaign will use print and television advertisingv and billboards, but will also use Faceboook and Twitter accounts to keep in touch with donors and

Eli Hurvitz, who built Israeli generic-drug giant, dies at 79 - Washington Post

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Boston launches solar power project - Boston Business Journal:

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Mayor Thomas M. Menino on Wednesday launched a two-year initiative, Solar Boston, to increases the use of solar powein Boston. The program is one of Mayor Menino's initiatives in positioning Boston to respond to climate risingfuel prices, and the need for alternativ sources of energy citywide. The goal of Soladr Boston is to increase the amounft of installed solar capacity in Boston from half a megawat t today to 25 megawattsby 2015.
Through a large procurement of solar energy systemsa on itsown buildings, Boston plans to lead by It also plans to support private sectotr solar projects as In addition, the and announced the installatioh of a solar water heating syste m to be installed in May. "We are as committed to makinbg Fenway Park an innovator in sustainable energy as we are to preservinvits history, beauty, and integrity," said Tom Werner, chairma n of the Boston Red Sox, in a The new solar water heating syste will replace 37 percent of the gas historically used in the said Werner.
Solar Boston is supported by thewith $150,0090 in financial assistance, which the city was requirer to match, and DOE will provide the Boston solar team with up to $250,000 in technical assistance over a two year Additional funding and in-kind support comes from the , National , and an anonymous In addition to Solar Boston program funding, Massachusettsx through its Division of Energy Resources, has provided $50,000 to support the city's solard thermal program. Upwards of $500,000 in capital fundw has been set aside leveraging a totalof $1 million worthb of solar energy projects to be installed on municipakl facilities, including , the , the , and the .
The mayot also announced plans to explore creative financing opportunities for othedrmunicipal facilities, such as third-party ownership arrangements where privater companies install solar energy on city roofs at no and sell power from the systems at prices competitive with grid electricity.

Jann Arden Q&A - CBC.ca

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More older workers worry about retirement - Washington Business Journal:

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The Arlington-based human resource firm says among workersz 50 to 64years old, only 44 percent are confident they will have enough money to live comfortably five years into That is down from 63 percent in 2007. The outlookk 15 years into retirement is even with just 18 percengt of older workers confident of beingfinancialluy comfortable, compared to 34 percent in 2007. “Retirement security is a huge concerhn as individuals have seen significanf amounts of their pension and retiremenytsavings decline,” says Watson Wyatt senior retirement consultantf David Speier.
“The financial crisie has been especially damaging to older worker s who are worried aboug potential job losses and have experienced higher stress levelws over thepast year.” As retirement older workers are scrambling to shore up theifr savings, with 19 percent increasing their savings rate and 34 percenft considering doing so, the Watsonh Wyatt (NYSE: WW) survey says.

Colorado ski visits down nearly 6%, but ahead of some forecasts - Denver Business Journal:

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percent in January and February from ayear earlier, and 5.9 percentg for the full season to date, But the trade group said that visitx for the first two months of 2009 were slightl above the five-year average for Colorado The percentages are actually beating some pre-season forecastws for skier visits. , operator of resorts in the Aspen-Snowmass had forecast a skier drop of 5 to 15 percent beforr theseason began, . Colorado Ski Country USA count s a person skiing or snowboarding for any part of one day at a mountaij resort as oneskier visit. It did not release the numbere ofskier visits.
, Melanise Mills, president and CEO of Colorado SkiCountry USA, said the latesr visitation figure in comparison to the multi-year trensd "speaks to Colorado's worldwide reputation as the best placde to ski." The association's figures do not includre Vail, Breckenridge, Keystone and Beaver Creek resorts, whichu have withdrawn from Colorado Ski Country USA. Vail Resorts, the operatorr of those four resorts, said season-to-date visits were up 9 percenty at Vailand 7.2 percentg at Beaver Creek, but down 1.7 percent at Breckenridg e and 9.8 percent at Keystone, .

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Former Onyx boss Renton joins Affymax board - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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Hematide is in a Phase III Renton led Onyx for nearly 15 stepping down in February 2008as president, CEO, chairmamn and a member of Onyx’s board. At the he helped negotiate a research, development and commercialization partnershi p with that resulted inthe anti-cancer drug Nexavar tablets, which cost abouty $5,000 a month in the United Statezs and are approaching $1 billionh in annual sales, are approved in more than 80 countriez to treat kidney cancere and 70-plus countries for liver cancer. Prior to joininf Onyx, Renton was president and COO of which acquired Cetusin 1991. Renton had been presidenrt of Cetussince 1990, COO since 1987 and CFO from 1983 to 1987.
Rentob also serves on the boardsof , Cepheic and the Special Olympics of Northern California.

E.S. Bankest receiver seeks $170M in damages from BDO - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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On Aug. 13, a statr circuit court jury in Miami ordered BDO Seidman topay $170 million in compensatorh damages to after determining that the auditort was negligent in not detecting fraudr at E.S. Bankest. The Portuguese bank and its subsidiar in Miami were major investorsin E.S. which failed in 2003. They are now Bankest's major Receiver Lewis B. Freeman's in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern Districtt of Floridain Miami, has claimd of breach of fiduciary duty and deceptive and unfair practices.
Freemahn will seek $170 million in compensatory hoping Espirito Santo would receive that payment or the statecourf award, said Warren Trazenfeld, the Miami-based attorney for the "One has to wonderd how many times must a plaintiff be paid," BDO Seidmanm said in a statement. The Chicago-based accountingv firm is preparing an appeal of thestate court's award. Court-appointed receivetr Freeman claims BDO Seidmanb had a conflict of interest because it was a consultantt to and an alleged strategic partnertof Miami-based , an Internet consulting firm that was one of Bankest'x largest clients.
The suit maintains that Stratasysapledged "over $30 million in fake account to Bankest. Dominick Parlapiano was CEO and a directorof Bankest. In 2004, he pleadec guilty in federal court to bank fraud and wire fraudinvolvinv Bankest, and was sentenced to 12 and a half years in Freeman maintains that BDO Seidman's audits of Bankesr from 1998 to 2002 were "grossly negligent." Like the statse case, Freeman's case names BDO Seidman and affiliatd BDO International as defendants. Freeman also namesz Sandor Lenner andKeithb Ellenburg, two BDO Seidman partners who audited Bankest, as defendants. Lennee remains a partner in BDO Seidman's Miamoi office.
Ellenburg is now a partnee in Miami-based accounting firm Kaufman Rossindecline comment. BDO Seidman said: "Given recent events, the continue pursuit of this case in the bankruptcy courf and in the media would seem to indicate that the receiver and those whosr interests he is supposed to protect have serious concernsz that the state court verdicft and the subsequent damages awarded against BDO will ever survive theappeal process." Trazenfeld said lawyers for the two sidese had agreed to put the federal filed in 2004, on hold until the circuit court issued its ruling.
The accounting firm noted that several Bankest officials whowere "perpetrators" of the fraud have been convicted of money laundering and other criminal activities and ordered to pay $164 million in Freeman is seeking compensatory damaged of $170 million and undetermined punitive Trazenfeld said. The state court jury also orderefBDO Seidman, the country'zs seventh-largest accounting firm, to pay $351.7 millioh in punitive damages for losses Espirito Santo sustained due to Bankest's fraud.
BDO Seidmamn will appeal the jury's order to the 3rd Districy Court of Appeal as soon as that order is entered in thecircui court's records, said Jerryu Walsh, a New York-based spokesman for the accounting firm. BDO Seidman woulf continue appeals to the FloridzaSupreme Court, if necessary, he "We have a separated lawsuit, and it speaksw for itself," said Freeman, a partner in Miamiu accounting firm . "As an officer of the I believe it is best that I not comment otherwise onpending litigation." In the bankruptcy court denied a motionh by BDO Seidman and the two auditore that it lacked standing to hear the countsa brought by the receiver.
In a response and in a countersuit filedin U.S. district court, BDO Seidman maintained the receiver did not assert that it had a requisitew fraudulent intent in its auditds and thatthe receiver's assertions were "ar best, non-core" in relation to the bankruptcy. Trazenfeld said attorneys this fall will resumw arguments inbankruptcy court. Barrinyg a settlement, the receiver's case would be scheduled for triallin U.S. district court. Trazenfeld expects a trial could begimnin mid-2008. Web site: 130 E. Randolph, Chicagok 60601 Miami office: 1111 Brickell Ave.
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Unisys extends debt exchange deadline - San Francisco Business Times:

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The latest extension movesz the deadline to midnight Wednesday from midnight last It was midnight May 28 when Unisysx announced the offer onApril 30. The Blue Pa.-based information-technology company is trying to get holdersz of four sets of senior noted to exchange them in a private placement for new seniot secured notes thatpay 12.625 percent interest and are due 2014. The seniot notes eligible for the offerare 6.875 percentr notes due in 2010; 8 percent notese due 2012; 8.5 percent notesd due 2015; and 12.5 percenf notes due 2016.
In addition to the seniorr secured notesdue 2014, holders of the senior notes due 2010 also will receive cash and holders of the seniot notes due 2015 and 2016 can also buy additionapl senior secured notes in the Unisys won’t issue more than $375 million of the new seniorf secured notes. Unisys (NYSE:UIS) said that $35.8 million of the 2010 $33.5 million of the 2012 notes, $600,00 of the 2015 notes and $3.4 million of the 2016 note had been tendered as of the close ofbusiness Friday. That’ss $73.3 million, up only $100,000 from the total tenderedc twoweeks previously, when Unisys last extendedd the offer.
The company said it and its representativezs are continuing to talk to representatives of seniodr note holders regardingthe offering.

Feds halt plan to lie about public documents - Tucson Citizen

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ATS Services is now Talagy, with new owner - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

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Derek Mercer, the nephew of ATS foundef Delores Kesler, acquired the company and will servseas chair. Kesler will retain the titlew ofchairman emeritus. Amy McGeorge will assums the role of presidentand CEO. Terms of the acquisition were not “This is an exciting time in the growth and evolutionof ATS, and I’ pleased to allow the next generationb of leadership to take the helm,” said Kesler. Kesletr created Jacksonville-based ATS Services in 1977, eventuallu forming a parent company that merged with thre e otherstaffing firms, including .
The business split into two , which became a publicly tradedd company and isnow , and ATS Mercer worked as the director of information technology at ATS Services before creating his own company, , a globalo provider of on-demand talent management software, in 1996. Kesle r provided a loan that helped start the Vurv Technology was acquiredby TLEO) in 2008 for $128.8 Talagy, which has 11 offices around the countryh and 80 employees, will continue to offerd the same products and services, but instead of operatinfg under multiple brands and busineszs units the company will consolidate into a singlee brand.

AT&T cuts iPhone prices - Dayton Business Journal:

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Customers can purchase the iPhone 3G immediatelyat AT&gT company-owned stores or online. The iPhone 3G S is available for preordering and will be in storesJune 19. The prices cut came in conjunctionwith AT&T's reaffirmancre of its financial guidance for 2009 that targetx wireless service operating income margins in the low 40 percengt range. Dallas-based AT&T (NYSE: T) said its cost of customere acquisition for iPhone 3G S and the newlhy priced iPhone 3G are expecte to be very similar to the costs associatefd with the originaliPhonr 3G. In the firsy quarter, AT&T’s iPhone activations totaled morethan 1.
6 more than 40 percent of them for customera who were new to the “iPhone 3G S is the fastest, most powerful iPhonde yet, and we’re extremely proud to offer it to our customersz on the nation’s fastest 3G network,” said Ralph de la president and CEO of AT& T Mobility and Consumer Markets. “We’re also pleasede to offer these innovative phones and plans atincredibles values, including free Wi-Fi access at nearly 20,00o0 hot spots.
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Sources: Yanks eye CC Sabathia deal - ESPN

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Magazine honors The Children's Hospital - Houston Business Journal:

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The hospital qualified for the magazine’s “Honor in its 2009 edition of America’s Best Children’x Hospitals. The Honor Roll is reserved for hospitals that achieved rankinbg in all surveyed specialty areas covered by the monthlyhnews publication. Children’s ranked in the top 10 in six specialty areas, including cancer (No. 10), diabetes and endocrine disorderse (No. 10), digestive disorders (No. 5), neonata l care (No. 8), orthopedics (No. 8) and respiratory disorders (No. 5). Last Children’s was ranked No. 7 overalo among the nation’s pediatric hospitals. In 2007, it finished at No. 4.
Becaused of a change in how the reporwas compiled, there was no general numerical ranking this year.

Target Recalls Frog Masks That Could Suffocate Kids - The Consumerist

2011-10-24T06:34:00.001-07:00

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D.C. Sports & Entertainment Commission gets $2.5M city subsidy - Washington Business Journal:

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million subsidy from the District in its 2009 money it badly needs to continue The money will likely mean majorf upgrades tothe D.C. Armory, which hosts only abouf three events per month and is closed all summerd because it has shoddy bathrooms and electricity and no air The commission's chief executive officer, Gregory said an array of professional sports leagues have expresse d interest in holding events in the Armory, including arena football, the , lacrosse and Renovating the Armory could attract new tenants and creates a long-term source of revenue for the The Armory and RFK Stadium have been the focus of the commission since the move from RFK to their new ballpark, but neither brings in enough revenue to sustaij the agency.
Some members of the council, particularlyy Kwame Brown, D-at large, considered pullin g the subsidyfrom D.C. Mayotr Adrian Fenty's proposed budget, particularlt because O'Dell, is a candidate to take over the . O'Dellp and Matthew Cutts, the chairmaj of the commission's 13-member board, have cut back on $1.2 millioj in expenses but still faceda $500,000 shortfall for fiscal 2008, and said without a subsidyt they might have to close down this fall. "[Thed $2.5 million] is consistent with our budget requesr and our business plan for holding event atthe D.C. Armory and RFK Stadium," said commission spokeswoman Chinyere Hubbard.
Hubbard noted that commission is also trying to host more events at the new ballpari when theNationals aren't there. It will hold its firsty May 31, a high school baseball tournament that will includsthe (DCIAA) championship, a title game between two local private schools and an all-star game.

Vybz Kartel Releases Skin Bleaching Line While Awaiting Trial For Murder - MTV.com (blog)

2011-10-19T23:00:00.001-07:00

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Delphi closing Vandalia plant, slashing 116 jobs - Triangle Business Journal:

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On June 10, the Michigan-based automotive supplierd (OTC: DPHIQ) alerted Ohio officialas to the pending December closure of its facilitu northof Dayton. The facility engineers air seat belts andsteering wheels. A company spokespersohn said Delphi has a very extensivre safetyproduct list, but the product line engineered in Vandalia is not competitive on a global basis. The company said it will begin cutting workersin August. Vandalia city officials were not immediatel y availablefor comment. Delphi had 10,000o local employees in 2002, according to Daytonj BusinessJournal research, but has withered, slashing jobs and abandoninyg facilities across the Dayton region.
Delpho has about 800 jobs remain in the Dayton It was formed in 1999when (NYSE: GM) spun off its partas manufacturing division. Although it is GM’s largesrt supplier, Delphi filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcg protection inOctober 2005.

First Niagara pays back TARP funds - Washington Business Journal:

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The Pendleton-based company (NASDAQ: FNFG), the parent of First Niagars Bank, has redeemed all $184 millioj received from the preferred stock purchased by the under the Trouble d Asset ReliefProgram (TARP). During its seven-montyh investment in First Niagara, the government earnee more than $4.8 millionn in preferred stock dividends, exclusive of any valuwe it may realize related to the repurchase of the warranyt byFirst Niagara, said a company statement. In First Niagara raised $380.4 million in a follow-onb stock offering.
Those funds, coupled with another $115 millioj raised in October 2008, put the “companh in a stronger capital position than that which existed prioe to the government investment in officials said. First Niagara management also reaffirmed its belief that itis “welo positioned to withstand extreme and unprecedented economiv conditions, based on even more severer economic assumptions than those used by the in last month’xs Supervisory Capital Assessment Program, or stress of the nation’s largest banks.
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Universities serve as fertile ground for green projects - Kansas City Business Journal:

2011-10-13T11:00:00.001-07:00

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“Universities are taking it more seriouslu every day because they are learning more and more aboug the potential to integrate theseprojects (with existing said Matt Malten, ’a assistant vice chancellor for “There are investments that we can make today regardless of the economy, we know we’lkl reap tremendous returns on.” Washingtonb University has drawn up a list of more than a dozejn energy conservation projects that range from retrofitting classroomk lighting to recommissioning campus buildings.
Malten said he has been asked to submit a number of budgett scenarios that show flexibility during times of financial but allocations for sustainability initiatives have remained levelso far. He wouldn’gt disclose the budget for Washington U’ sustainability department, which is part of the university’w central fiscal unit. One of the university’s projects is an ongoing effort betweenits student-manageds farm, Burning Kumquat, and dining service provider Bon Appetit to purchase ingredients locally in order to cut down on greenhouse gas Another sustainable investment is the $1 million Living Learninvg Center, which boasts net-zero water and energuy usage.
Across town, ’s $67 milliohn Doisy Research Center is another example of environmental responsibilityin academia. Kent Turneer of Cannon Design, the principal architect for the 2007 saidthe building’s many eco-friendly featurez include temperature controls, water conservation systemw and a green roof. The university’s $80.5 million Chaifetzz Arena also makes useof energy-efficient mechanical and lighting systems to reducse energy consumption and lower associated costs. “Wde made every attempt to purchase materials as closde to home as possible sothey didn’t have to be shippexd long distances,” said Clayton Berry, director of universitu communications.
“And the 1,000 tons of structura l steel used in the facilit came fromrecycled material.” Berry said SLU is launching two new degree programws this fall that have a sustainablr focus. The additions are a civipl engineering degree with an emphasis on green desigjn and an environmentalstudies major, which will offer environmentallyu focused courses in science, communication, business and At , plans are under way to expandc the single-building Wildwood campus into a full-size green Located on 132 acres, the curreng building has a LEED (Leadershil in Energy and ) Gold certification from the .
Its featurees reduced energy use and correspondinbg costs by30 percent, according to Patricia a spokeswoman for the Wildwood The existing green building is serving as the archetyp for future construction projects at the Wildwood Aumann said. “Over the next six to nine months, we’rw doing data gathering, but obviousl the economy has affected our ability toprojecgt out, so we don’t have an official time line Aumann said. “We’re beinf careful with university finances.
” At , Kenn vice chancellor for administration and chairr of the sustainabilityadvisory group, said the university had signed a sustainability The compact committed to initiatives such as acquiringb at least 3 percent of the energy for the campusw from renewable sources; completing at least one stormwater managemengt project, such as installing permeabls pavement in a parking lot on and reducing water usage on campus by at least 15 percent. Nehert said the university planned to reac h these benchmarks by the endof 2010.
SIUE’s approximately $11 millioj Student Success Center, a 68,000-square-foot buildin currently under construction, was designed with sustainability in including “cradle-to-cradle” carpet and polished concretre floors. The carpet is comprised of recycled plastics and will be recyclef and turned into new carpet by the manufactureer at the end of its The polished concrete reduces construction costs and the environmenta impact of transporting and disposal of also has taken heed of the green forming its own sustainability coalitiohn to bring existing green initiatives underone umbrella.
Underf the oversight of Deborah Dey, vice president for students andenrollmentg management, the coalition has begun centralizing eco-friendly efforts, includinb recycling programs, providing biodegradable containers and organicx ingredients in campus cafeterias, and replacing paper towel dispensers in

Kinetic Cuts Bond Sale to $1.65 Billion as Spreads Widen - Bloomberg

2011-10-11T06:51:00.001-07:00

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Stratford Oldtimers name honorees for annual Gold Crown Awards Dinner - Ct Post

2011-10-09T02:51:00.001-07:00

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Tickets ($35) may be reserved by calling President Ray Zera at 203-296-4035 or dinner chairman Ron Fiorella at 203-521-8099. Doors will open at 6 pm and no tickets will be sold at the door. Tickets may also be purchased at the regular monthly meeting 8 ...

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Hearing set to certify Chinese drywall class - San Francisco Business Times:

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The plaintiffs’ homes were constructed with what they allegs was defectiveChinese drywall. , built the The judge also set a possible trial date for September 2010. Lawyers working on the case say it may be the firsf Chinese drywall case set fortriao nationwide. High-sulfur Chinese drywall is believed responsiblwe forstrong odors, metal corrosion and health complaints in thousandsd of homes in Florida and the Federal class action suits were combined recently in New , The Blumstein Law Firm and allege in the Miami-Dadew suit that the defective drywall emits including carbon disulfide, carbonyl sulfide and hydrogen sulfide.
They believe drywall manufacturexd in China was used in as manyas 60,000p Florida homes and as many as 100,000 in the U.S. durin the building boom between 2004and 2007. The statse case was filed in Februarhy on behalf of Jason and Melissa Harrel l and other homeowners who purchasecdefective homes. In a press release, the firmas said the defective drywall was installefd inthe Harrell’s home by the South Kendall Construction Corp., and supplied by In an intervies in January, South Kendall Construction’s president told the Business Journapl he was investigating the but he has not responded to additional requestd for comment.
Repeated attempts to speako to officials at Banner Supplyh have notbeen successful.

Credit union effort creates bridge for college funding - San Antonio Business Journal:

2011-10-04T20:17:00.001-07:00

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The program is designed specifically for memberw who have completed two years of community college and have been acceptesd ata four-year college or university. The prograk will take effect forthe 2009-109 academic year. In celebratiobn of this program, SACU plans to awards up to 14 scholarships toqualified full-time students who are also memberzs in good standing at SACU for a minimum of one Each scholarship will be for payable in two installments, at the beginningv of the fall 2009 and spring 2010 In a prepared statement, SACU presideng and CEO Jeff Farver said the new scholarship program shoule serve as a bridge for students moving from a communitt college to a four-year college.
“The scholarshiop recipients of SACU’s program will be students who are primef for success in completingva bachelor’s degree at a four-year college or university,” Farver “SACU wants to be thers to support their move into the next stage of their education.” Programm applications and details about qualifications can be foundx at the credit union’s Web site at then click on the NEW icon on the home Applications must be submitted and postmarked by May 10. Names of the scholarship recipients will be announcexin June. SACU has $2.7 billion in assets, more than 100 and 17 full-service branches in San Antonio and one branchyin Houston.
Field technicians oftebn put out fires to get the job But one installation and repair tech for literally foune himself in such aspot recently. Gary Schroeder was finishingg a call inRed Rock, locate d east of Austin, when he saw voluntee firefighters battling a blaze at a mobile The 25-foot flames had spread to nearbgy brush, menacing other residences. “I knew if we didn’t have a fast it would have spread toother structures,” Schroeder says. “It couled have been a real disaster.” So, Schroedetr — the chaplain of the Gonzales Volunteer FireDepartment — jumpef out to assist, even though the fire was miles from his department’s territory.
He helped the three other firefighters on the scense contain the blaze and keep it from spreadinv toother houses. Fortunately, no one was injured, but Schroedeer knows things could have turnedout worse. Additionakl trucks from the Five Points Volunteer Fire Departmen that serves RedRock didn’t arrivde until 20 minutes later. “The house was on the ground by the time the rest of the unitagot there,” he says. Chief Kevin Giesalhartt of the Five Points Voluntee Fire Department sent GVTC a letter praising Schroeder for goingv above and beyond hiscivic duty. “Ww are indebted to him,” the chievf said in the letter.
“Your company should be proucd to have this type of perso n inyour employ, and I hope that you will give him our sincerew thanks for a job well done.” Headquartered in Smithson GVTC is a comprehensive communicationws provider with offerings that include cable TV, high-speed Internet, long-distance, advanced data servicex and more. Efficient refrigeration is a necessitt forfoodservice companies, including Edible Arrangements.

Sprint releases LG Marquee video overview - Ubergizmo

2011-10-02T17:17:00.001-07:00

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Son of Rangers fan who died in fall throws out first pitch - USA Today

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Michaels Stores to lay off 100 - Dallas Business Journal:

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In the letter, Michaels says the staff reductions will take place at its corporatee facility at 8000 Bent Branch with the first date of separation occurring onMarch 27. No reaso n was provided in the letter for the staffing Michaels Stores deepened its loss duringg the most recent third quarter ondeclining sales. Michaels reported a $20 milliom loss on sales of $906 millionj during the third quarter, which ended Nov. 1. That compares to a loss of $18 million on salesa of $934 million during the same quarter the year Duringthe quarter, same-store sales, or salezs at stores open for more than one year, also fell 6.5 percenft when compared to the third quarter of 2007.
Michaels also inked a deal with Tata Consultanch Services to partner with the agency in handlinvcertain in-house functions such as information information services and accounts payable

Levant Power Develops Green Shock Absorber With Autodesk Simulation Software - MarketWatch (press release)

2011-09-26T08:17:00.001-07:00

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5 Who Thrive: Four key changes enabled SuperGeeks to prosper - Business First of Columbus:

2011-09-24T05:17:00.001-07:00

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Hawaii-based opened three new computer service and repairf centerslast month, one each on Maui, Oahu and the Big bringing the total to seven locationsw statewide. He expects revenues to exceed $1.8 million this up almost 40 percent from twoyearsw ago. Kerr, who founded the business in 1998, creditds most of the success to four changed he made in running the company asits CEO: • Hiriny a chief operating officer. • Hiring businesss consultants. • Improving hiringt standards. • Tapping into customefr feedback. Last August, Kerr hired Elena Ledou x to handle day-to-day operationsw as chief operating officer.
“I see good companiez as having three legs the evangelizer, or workers to do the and management to handle daily Kerr said. “We were sort of limping along on Ledoux, a lawyer who is based at the main servicse center at2304 S. King St., oversees SuperGeeks’ stafg of 25 and is implementing ways to measuredaily performance. That enables her to reward employees when goalzs are met and address issues when theyare not. “We’vd learned how to keep Kerr said.
“We measure everything from performancerper technician, warranty rates per turnaround time, customer We measure it, post it and make the team aware of SuperGeeks services computer systems at customers’ homesz and offices as well as at its Hourly rates range between $60 and $130. Half its businesxs comes from direct consumers and half is from corporate customers who outsource their informatiomn technology supportto SuperGeeks. Arounxd the same time that he hired Ledoux, Kerr said he soughft outside business help from twolocal consultants.
“I’m not a big fan of but sometimes your vision is restrictedwhen you’ves been in the business for so long,” he SuperGeeks has been workinhg with Ron Martin of , who refere to himself as a sales instead of consultant, and Mike Hulser, who runs , a Honolulu management and financial consulting firm. “Ron’s a top-of-the-line guy and Mike’ws a bottom-line guru,” Kerr “I brought them on becausee I want to spongerwhat they’ve learned and help our company develop a sensew for learning. Their impact has been For example, he said Martinh has helped set daily goals andaction plans.
He also helped to createw an incentive program for employees to reware performance and create a sense of accountability for Kerr said Hulser has brought aCFO mind-seft to the company. “We want to conquer the but we have to do it with a very stablfinancial footing,” Kerr said. “Having the dream and ambitiob is just one partof it.” He said one of his biggesyt challenges has been to deliver consistent qualituy to customers and the key is hirin g high-quality workers.

Collegiate appoints board members - Business First of Louisville:

2011-09-22T01:51:00.001-07:00

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• Nelea Absher, vice president and associate general • Anne-Marie Brown, • Suzanne Oldham, founder, • Tuffhy Wood, managing director, Morgan Keegan & Co. Cindy Skarbek, director of the Bashar Masri, director and senior engineef of . Four trustees were reappointed tothe school’sd board. They are: • Marine managemenft consultantBarker Price, who will serve as boardx president for the 2009-10 school year; • Merrell Wall Grant, generapl manager of the Monogram line for , and 1974 who will serve as vice • Former Brown-Forman vice chairwoman and CFO Phoebde Wood, who will serve as and • Former management consultang Leslie Geoghegan, who will serve as secretary.
Corrie Nichols, presidenyt of the Louisville Collegiatee SchoolParents Association, will serve as parent representative on the Former Brown-Forman president Bill whose term on the board was named a director emeritus.

Higgins wants more NYPA funds in WNY - New Mexico Business Weekly:

2011-09-19T21:51:00.001-07:00

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The Buffalo Democrat, a frequent criticd of the , which oversees the plant, has askexd the state to turn over 36 percent of net revenue for economic development and tourism effortsin Niagara, Chautauqua and Orleans counties. That would amountf to some $65 million per year, Higgins and could create 14,000 jobs in five yearx time. "This community must stand up and claim what isnaturally ours,” he said. “Like Florids profits from its sunshine and California profits from itsPacificx surf, Western new York must demand our right to benefiyt from our lake that feeds our river, which generates the power produceds by Niagara falls.
” According to in 2008 NYPA had a surplus of $309 over 75 percent that was directly attributable to the Niagara Powefr Project in Lewiston. He the state agency’s own study founcd that only 14 percent of the economic benefit derivexd from that plant remains in WesternhNew York. In a letter to both Gov. Davicd Paterson and NYPA President and CEORicharf Kessel, Higgins outlined his plan. Amon the projects noted is developmentof Buffalo’sz waterfront, including the Inner Harbor area, as well as the Darwinm Martin House, Albright-Knox Art Gallery and Buffalo Zoo.

Donnelley gets OK to use cash - Triangle Business Journal:

2011-09-17T17:51:00.001-07:00

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Judge Kevin Gross of the U.S. Bankruptc Court in Wilmington, on June 1 granterd R.H. Donnelley (OTC:RHDC) authority to access more than $300 milliob of its available cash to ensure continued supply of products toits customers. "Thd relief granted yesterday ensures R.H. Donnelley can continue businessw as usual as we take steps to restructurdthe company's balance sheet and place R.H. Donnelleu on a more solid financial foundation," Davir C. Swanson, chairman and chief executive officeeof R.H. Donnelley, said in a written statement.
The company addeed that the judge also granted othercustomary "first day hearing" including motions to continur paying employee wages and benefits and to honot obligations to the firm's R.H. Donnelley, which employs 450 people in Cary and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy onMay 28, 2009.

Chick-fil-A to rebuild on Roadhouse site - Nashville Business Journal:

2011-09-15T14:51:00.001-07:00

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The fast-food chain signed a 25-year leasd deal effective May 7 to take overa 10,000-square-foot shuttereed Roadhouse Grill near the corner of Michigan Street and Oranger Avenue, said Mary Hurley, real estates and leasing manager for landlord Chick-Fil-A’x plans include demolishing the existinvg building and building a 3,800-square-foot restaurant with Hurley told Orlando Businessx Journal. The companies involvec would not disclose financia details ofthe transaction. Jorgwe Rodriguez with in Orlandorepresented Orlando-based Pineloch in the deal.
Chick-fil-Aw was not represented by a Chick-fil-A is slated to meet with the cityof Orlando’a engineer for a pre-construction meeting this week, Hurleuy said. Roadhouse Grill in May 2008 convertedc from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protectio n to Chapter7 liquidation, closing restaurants in Daytona Longwood, Orlando, Titusville and Winter Park.

Equifax: Small biz bankruptcies double in March - Nashville Business Journal:

2011-09-13T10:51:00.001-07:00

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Sacramento, Calif. Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill. Calif. Oakland-Fremont, Calif. Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, Ore.-Wash. Commercial bankruptcies nearlu doubled in March 2009 fromMarch 2008, Equifax noted. "Thse March numbers provide a snapshotof what's been happening to the smalkl business sector during this perios of economic turmoil," said Reza head of Equifax's North American Commercial Analytical Services Group, in a news release. "Not surprisingly, the highestr number of small-business bankruptcies are in those partas of the country where home pricez havedecreased dramatically, unemployment has increased and credit has becomse tighter.
" For the analysis, Equifax analyzed both Chaptefr 7 and Chapter 13 filings. Chapter 7 is a liquidation proceedingv in which a debtor receives a discharge of all while Chapter 13 is a reorganization bankruptcy enabling filers to pay off debt over a set periodrof years. Equifax reviewed and analyzedd small business datafor March, the most recengt month for which complete data is available.

House keeps cork in wine bill - Houston Business Journal:

2011-09-11T06:17:00.001-07:00

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Senate Bill 2523, authored by Sen. Tommy Williams R-The Woodlands, quietly cleared the Texas Senate late last montnbut isn’t expected to advance. The sessioh ends June 1. The bill has proven controversialp within therestaurant industry. Rep. Edmonds Kuempel, R-Seguin, the bill’s sponsoer in the House, suffered a massive heartf attack the day the bill was slated for vote in the Houssin mid-May.
Kuempel is recuperating, but supporters don’t expecft the bill will make it out of committese in the waning days of the Jerry Lasco is ready for the bill to be The ownerof , with locations in Houston and considered the measure an inappropriate intrusion into his business judgment and a threat to his wine-centric busines model. “We sell retail as so our pricing is basedc onretail pricing,” Lasco said. “Fotr our business to survive, our pricee have to be competitive, and we have to do a large volume” of wine sales. Lascok believes restaurants should have the option of allowing or not allowing patrons to bringy in theirown wine.
Under the bill, restaurantw would have been allowed to charges a corkage fee for opening and serving the but the consumer couldtake what’s left afte r meal ends. The bill did not include beer or othealcoholic beverages.

David Rodriguez brings his fashions to Stage Stores - Houston Business Journal:

2011-09-09T02:00:00.001-07:00

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Rodriguez’ designs has been featured on “Sex and the “The Devil Wears Prada” and “Friends,” and have been worn by celebritiee including Oprah Winfrey and EvaLongoria Parker. Houston-basedr Stage Stores (NYSE: SSI) operates undetr the Bealls, Palais Royal, Peebles and Stage names. The by D. Rodriguez” collection is the first line of clothing designedr specifically forthe chain, said Kim Bell, a spokeswoman for the Stage Stores. Most of the items cost less than $45, she In the Houston area, the line will be availabl in 21 PalaisRoyal stores.
Rodriguez will be in town on June 24 at the CincopRanch store, and on June 25 at the Meyerlandc and Pearland stores for informal fashion shows. Rodriguez’sd line also will be carriedd by Bealls and Stage stores and will be sold in a total of100 stores.

Helicos pins turnaround on cost cuts, partner search - Boston Business Journal:

2011-09-06T20:51:00.001-07:00

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Officials at the Cambridge company hope cost cuts late last year and curren efforts to find a partner to take over the sales part of the business will put it on morefinancial footing. Helicod is the maker of the Helicos GeneticAnalysixs System, which has the capabilityy of reading long genetic sequenceas at a fraction of what it usually costs. This technologyg could make it easier to learj abouta person’s genetic makeup, including his or her predisposition to certain diseases.
The company has the supportr of big-name scientists — George Church, the and Massachusettsd Institute of Technology professor who helped initiatew the Human Genome Projectin 1984, sits on the company’s scientifivc advisory board. Helicos realized producr revenue for the first time in the first quarter of2009 $963,000 from the sale of one system to in late 2008. The companhy has sold a second justlast month, to an undisclosedf company in Maryland. Helicos has also placec a few systemsat institutions, including the Broadf Institute and the , on a “try beforr you buy” basis.

City of Phoenix, Thomas J. Klutznick Co. win round one vs. Goldwater Institute over CityNorth tax subsidy - Phoenix Business Journal:

2011-09-04T15:34:00.001-07:00

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The conservative research organization had filed a lawsuit to stop the city from proceedint witha $97.4 milliob tax subsidy it had awarded Klutznick for construction of the CityNorthb mixed-use project, near 56th Street and Loop 101. The Goldwater Institutr initiated the court action on behalf of sixbusiness owners, all claiminhg the financial arrangement between the private developerr and the municipality was unconstitutional and that they had not received similar benefits.
Maricopa County Superiort Court Judge RobertMilex ruled, however, that "the benefits of the agreement server a public purpose and, the first prong of the (state constitution's) gift clause analysis has been satisfied." The judge went on to say that the "contemplatee benefits, particularly the substantial tax revenues," were advantageous to the publivc and would not likely be realizerd on that site in any othert way. The Goldwater Institute intendd to appealthe decision. "The ruling creates such a gapinbg loophole in the Arizona Constitution that you could drivd a Mack truck throughit ...
a Mack truck filledd with taxpayer dollars," said Clint litigation director for the in anews release. The lawsuit arguedd that the Arizona Constitution forbids corporatr subsidies and that the agreement with Klutznick constitutes acorporatwe subsidy. The court ruling essentiaol agreed withthe city's claims that the projecrt will result in millions of dollars in tax revenuse when it is The first phase is schedulef to be completed in October.
"The revenue generated by CityNorth will allow us to better serve our communitgy with more police officers and In fact, we've already seen $2 million in new revenued from CityNorth, long before its completion," said Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon in a news release. Klutznicok also issued a statemenft followingthe ruling. "The Goldwatetr Institute's claims that the gift clauses of the Arizona Constitution was violated were more mediza hype thanlegal substance," said Lisa attorney for the The CityNorth project is just east of the Desertt Ridge Marketplace. When built out, CityNorth will include 5.5 million squarde feet of retail, residential and offic space.
The company says it will generates $1.9 million a year in economic benefits and creatwnearly 20,000 new jobs.

MCW to recruit more minorities for health careers - The Business Review (Albany):

2011-09-02T10:51:00.001-07:00

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million grant from the that will be used to increas e the number of minorities and othee disadvantaged individuals pursuingbiomedical careers. The program will recruitr college undergraduatesand first-year medical students from populationsx that are under-represented nationally in health-related sciences. The students will undertaked a 10-week period of hands-ojn laboratory experience during the summeer at theMedical College. Under the guidance of MedicalkCollege faculty, the students will develop investigative knowledg and skills, particularly in the areas of cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologicv or sleep research.
The experience is intended to builcdvaluable skills, self-confidence and interest in the healtjh sciences, and aid the successful entry into graduate schook or medical school. Dr. Kenneth senior associate dean of academic affairs and professor of ophthalmology and pathology, and Jeannette Vasquez-Vivar, associate professor of will lead the program, calles the Summer Research Education Program to Increase Diversit y in Health Related Research. “The goal is to work one-on-one with each student to help them map out a plan for advancin to the next step on their academicv path and providing them with the tools they need to get Simons said.

Flood of WikiLeaks cables includes identities of dozens of informants - CNN International

2011-08-31T06:00:00.000-07:00

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N.Y Attorney General ends BofA probe - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

2011-08-29T01:17:00.001-07:00

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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.

Companies that adapt - bizjournals:

2011-08-26T19:34:00.001-07:00

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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.”

Matthysse is Ready To Spoil Khan's Erik Morales Plan - BoxingScene.com

2011-08-24T14:17:00.001-07:00

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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 ...

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Reaching the young Muslim faithful, online - Washington Post (blog)

2011-08-22T09:00:00.001-07:00

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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 ...

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Memphis Business Journal:

2011-08-20T04:00:00.001-07:00

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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.

Miami scandal has deep and massive ties to current NFL players - Yahoo! Sports (blog)

2011-08-17T22:34:00.001-07:00

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Airport traffic sinks 9.5% in April - Business First of Columbus:

2011-08-15T16:51:00.001-07:00

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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.

Workers at two MillerCoors plants ratify new deals - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

2011-08-13T11:17:00.001-07:00

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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.

Idea Cellular Top Gainer From Number Portability - Wall Street Journal

2011-08-11T05:51:00.001-07:00

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HUD: Stimulus tax credit can be used on first-home purchase - Washington Business Journal:

2011-08-09T00:51:00.001-07:00

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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. .

HVCC moves 2 programs to Rensselaer Tech Park - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

2011-08-06T19:17:00.001-07:00

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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

Labatt expects growth in Buffalo - Houston Business Journal:

2011-07-26T16:17:00.001-07:00

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When New York-based KPS, a $1.8 billion private-equitt firm, bought Labatt USA last winter, it pledged to keep the populaerCanadian beer’s U.S. headquarters in downtownn Buffalo. Labatt USA moved the headquarters from Connecticutto downtown’x Key Center at Fountain Plazaq complex two years ago. Many feared the sale of Labatgt USA would translate intothe U.S. headquarterd being relocated. Those fears can be tosseds aside, said Richard Lozyniak. He is the newlh named chief executive officerof , the KPS affiliated that owns Labatt USA and Rochester’zs High Falls Brewing Co. LLC. High Fallas produces the GeneseeBeer brand, as well as the Dundee Ales and the Seagram’s Co.
Ltd. line of wine coolers and malt Labatt USA, which had 20 peoplse working in the downtown Buffalo office, expectse to nearly double the local workforce by hiringf as many as 16 people to focus on sales, marketin g and administrative support. To put things into consider that with as many as 40 people working from the KeyCentee offices, that would be more than half of the 77 people the beer manufacturerr has working on sales and marketingf throughout the United States. All of the out-of-town salesd and marketing personnel will report to theBuffalo office.
“u guess that puts an exclamation poing to the fact that Labatt remains fully committed to keeping Buffaloi asits headquarters,” Lozyniak said. “Buffalo is absolutely criticalto Labatt’es future in the Unitex States.” North American Breweries, however, will be headquartered at High offices on St. Paul Street in downtown Rochester. Lozyniak will live in but he said he expectw to be spending a fair amoungt of time in High Falls has 370 employeesin Rochester. The plan t has the capacity to annuallyh produce 3 million barrelsof beer. A barrelp is equal to 13.8 cases of beer.
North American Breweriesx will beinvesting $10 million in equipment upgradew for the High Falls plant, which it acquired last shortly before it bought Labatt USA. The U.S. Department of Justice orderedLabatt USA’ss former owner, Interbrew International B.V. – an affiliatwe of beer-making giant InBev – to sell the Canadianj beer because of possible concernsover monopolies, givejn the market strength of Labatt and Budweiser brandd in Upstate New The Buffalo Niagara region alone account for approximately 3.3 million cases of beer of the estimated 21 millionh cases that Labatt sells in the Unitecd States each year.
Beer Marketers Insight lists Labattg USA asthe country’s nintnh most popular beer. High Falls, through the Genesee and Dundew beers, sold approximately 5.5 million casea of beer last year. Anheuser-Busch topped the Beer Marketerxs Insight rankingwith 1.5 billion cases of beer sold last “Looking at what KPS is doing, it looks like they are puttingb their money where their moutgh is,” said Ben Steinman, Beer Marketersx Insight editor. “They are placing theirf bets,” he said. “They must see something the otherf ownerseither didn’t see or couldn’t execute. It does appear they do have a definite game plan for Labatt and Genny.
” Lozyniak agrees. The game plan is to grow both Labatty andGenesee beers. Labatt’s focu s will be more national, especiallyt with so many Canadians living or workingg in theUnited States. The beefed-u Buffalo sales and marketing force will play a significant rolein Labatt’d future. “Especially in the Grea Lakes states, people can relatr to Labatt,” Lozyniak said. “Everyone has a favorable impressionh of Canada and its People don’t feel like a snob when they are drinkingv a Canadian beer. The image of Labatft is a bunch of guys hanginy out and having agood time.
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Wichita ranks high for economic performance - South Florida Business Journal:

2011-07-24T09:51:00.001-07:00

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Brookings ranked the 100 largest U.S. metro areas on six key indicators: employment, unemployment rates, wages, grosa metropolitan product, housing prices and foreclosure The organization says the reportis “by far the most comprehensiv e analysis to date of how metro areas acrosse the nation are faring during this economic downtur n …” Wichita ranked high despite an unemployment rate of 7.1 percent and thousands of layoffs associated with the aircraft San Antonio ranked No. 1, followed by Oklahomz City, Austin, Houston and Dallas. Four of the last five are in Jacksonville, Lakeland, Tampa and Bradenton.
Detroit is the metrop with the worst economic performance in thefirst quarter. The reportf says all the metro areas lost jobs durinvgthe recession, and nearly all metro areas have seen a declinw in economic output.

New Analysis Shows Efficacy of SIMPONI(TM) (golimumab) in Anti-TNF Experienced Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

2011-07-22T03:51:00.001-07:00

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Patients continued to receive stable dosesof methotrexate, sulfasalazinse and/or hydroxychloroquine if receiving them at baseline. These data were presented at the 2009 European League AgainstRheumatism (EULAR) Annual Congress. Findings from the GOlimumanb AfterFormer anti-TNF Therapy Evaluated in RA study, demonstrated that patients previousl treated with adalimumab, etanercept or infliximav responded to and toleratef SIMPONI regardless of the type of priord anti-TNF therapy, as well as the number of priof therapies or reason for discontinuation.
Accordinfg to the study, 39 percent of patients receiving SIMPONI whoserprior anti-TNF-alpha therapy had been discontinuedc due to a lack of efficacy achievedr at least a 20 percent improvement in arthritias symptoms (ACR 20) at week 14, comparedc with 18 percent of patients receiving placebo Thirty-four percent of patients receiving SIMPONI whose prior anti-TNF-alpha therapy had been discontinuexd for all other reasons achieved ACR 20, comparecd with 20 percent of patients receiving placebo (p=0.027). "Golimumab has shown promise in the treatmentg of rheumatoid arthritis patients who have previously discontinuedotheer anti-TNF-alpha therapies," said Josef S.
Smole , MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Medical Universityof Vienna, Vienna, Austria, lead investigator. "Regardless of the reasonzs for discontinuation ofprior anti-TNF-alphaa agents, golimumab has demonstrated efficacy and tolerability, and providesw hope for people struggling with rheumatoid arthritis."" Regardless of the particular anti-TNF-alpha agentf previously used in treatment (adalimumab, etanercept or the findings were consistent and showed SIMPONI to be effective in improving signs and symptoms of RA. Eight percent of patients receivedprior anti-TNF-alpha therapy for at leasft 12 weeks and 49 percent received priodr anti-TNF-alpha therapy for at leas t 48 weeks.
At week 14, 32 percent of patients previousluy treatedwith adalimumab, 41 percent of patients previouslyy treated with etanercept and 41 percent of patientsd previously treated with infliximabh achieved ACR 20. At week 24, 34 44 percent and 48 percentof respectively, achieved ACR 20. Patients also experiencedc significant improvement in disease activity at six months as measurefdby DAS28. Investigators reported that the safety profile of SIMPONoamong anti-TNF-alpha experienced patients in the GO-AFTEtR trial was similar to findingzs from two additional Phasse 3 trials that evaluated SIMPONI in biologic-naive "The efficacy of SIMPONI demonstraterd in this Phase 3 study is encouraging news for patientd with moderately to severelgy active rheumatoid arthritis who have been previously treated with anti-TNtF agents," said Robert J.
Spiegel , MD, chief medical officer, Schering-Plough Researcnh Institute. "The study demonstrates that evert four-week subcutaneous injections of golimumab may benefit these patients by reducing the signd and symptoms ofrheumatoied arthritis." GO-AFTER is the first placebo-controlled, double-blind, Phaswe 3 registration trial that demonstrates the efficacy and safety of an anti-TNF-alphqa agent in patients previously treated with othere anti-TNFs. The trial included 461 patients with activr RAof 8.65 years mean duration. Discontinuatiomn of previous anti-TNF-alpha therapy was to occure at least 8 to 12 weeks prior to enrollmentg inthe study.
Reasons for discontinuatioj ofprior anti-TNF agent included lack of efficacy (58 percent), intoleranced (17 percent), and other reasons (40 percent). Patients were randomizeed to one of threetreatment groups: subcutaneoue placebo, SIMPONI 50 mg or SIMPONI 100 mg everg four weeks. (The approved dose in the US and Canadq is 50 mg administered by subcutaneous injection once a At baseline, 66 percenyt of patients were receiving methotrexate; 5 percenf and 8 percent of patients were receivingf sulfasalazine and hydroxychloroquine, respectively. Patients continuer to receive stable dosedof methotrexate, sulfasalazine and/ofr hydroxychloroquine if receiving them at baseline.
Subgroup analysesd were performed for ACR 20 responsde at week 14across disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug use, numberf of prior anti-TNF-alpha agents and reason for discontinuation of prior TNF Ninety-five percent confidence intervalse were calculated comparing the proportions of ACR 20 responderss at week 14 in the combine SIMPONI vs. placebo A subset of patients receiving a singleprior anti-TNF-alpha agent was also examined to assess the impactg of TNF inhibitor types (P75 receptor-fusionn protein versus monoclonal antibody) on SIMPONjI response.
The occurrence of adverss events (AEs) through week 24 was similad among patients previously receiving onlyadalimumab (76 percent), etanercept (70 and infliximab (78 percent), as well as among patient s who received one, two and three priore anti-TNF-alpha agents in both placebo (74 percent, 77 71 percent, respectively) and SIMPONI (75 70 percent, 77 percent treated patients. SIMPONI was generally well toleratec inthis study. Through week 24, 72 66 percent and 78 percent of patients in the SIMPONI 50 mg and SIMPONI 100mg respectively, experienced at least one AE.
Seven percent of patients in the placebp group experiencedserious AEs, compared with 5 percengt and 3 percent of patients in the SIMPONk 50 mg and SIMPONI 100 mg respectively. Serious infections were reportef in3 percent, 3 percenrt and 1 percent of patients, and injection site reactions (ISR) throughb week 16 occurred in 3 4 percent and 11 percent of patients in the SIMPONI 50 mg and SIMPONI 100 mg respectively. The most commonly reported ISR was No serious or severe ISRs were and none led to the discontinuation of patients in the Antibodies to SIMPONI were detected in 4 percenftof golimumab-treated patients (50 mg and 100 mg).
The GO-AFTER study was supported by Centocor OrtholBiotech Inc. and Schering-Plougb Corporation. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic and debilitatingf disease that affectsapproximately 1.3 milliohn people in the United States and more than threde million people in Europe. Signs and symptoms of RA includr pain, stiffness and motion restrictio inmultiple joints. Because RA is a progressive it can cause permanent joint deformity and severer disability if not diagnosed early or if initial treatmenftis delayed. RA can occur at any age, but is most commomn in adults 30-50 years old and is two to threew times more prevalent in women thanin men.
The causew of RA is unknown, althougj genetic factors may contribute tothe disease. SIMPONI is a human monoclonalk antibody that targets and neutralizes excess a protein that when overproduced inthe body, due to chronicd inflammatory diseases, can cause inflammationh in the joints of people with rheumatoic arthritis. The first once-monthlgy subcutaneous anti-TNF-alpha therapy, SIMPONI is approved in Canadaz and the United States and is availabler either through theSIMPONI SmartJect(TM) autoinjector or a prefille d syringe. The approved dose for SIMPONI in the US and Canada is a 50 mg subcutaneou injection given oncea month.
In the United SIMPONI is indicated for the treatment of moderatel to severely active rheumatoid arthritis in in combinationwith methotrexate; active psoriatic arthritiss in adults, alone or in combination with and active ankylosing spondylitis in adults. In Canada, in combination with methotrexate (MTX), is indicated for reducinb the signs and symptoms in adulft patients with moderately to severelyactive RA; reducing signs and symptoms in adulft patients with moderately to severely active PsA, alonwe or in combination with MTX; and reducinhg signs and symptoms in adult patientsx with active AS who have had an inadequate responsre to conventional therapies.
SIMPONI is also being studie d as an intravenous infusion therapy for the treatmeny of moderately to severely activerheumatoidd arthritis. In March 2008, Centocore Ortho Biotech Inc. and Schering-Plougyh Corporation announced that a Marketing Authorizatio nApplication (MAA) had been submittede to the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) requestiny the approval of SIMPONI as a once-monthly subcutaneouss treatment for adults with RA, PsA and AS. Centocore Ortho Biotech Inc. developed and discovered SIMPONIj and has exclusive marketingh rights to the producft in theUnited States.
Following regulatory approvals, Schering-Plougb will assume exclusive marketing rights outsidew the United States exceptyin Japan, Indonesia and Taiwan, where SIMPONI will be co-marketef by Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation and Janssen Pharmaceuticalo Kabushiki Kaisha; Hong Kong, where SIMPONoI will be exclusively marketed by and China, where SIMPONI will be exclusively marketedr by Xian-Janssen. SIMPONI(TM) is a prescription medicine. can lower your ability to fighyt infections. There are reports of serious infection causedby bacteria, fungi, or viruses that have spread throughout the including tuberculosis (TB) and histoplasmosis. Some of thes infections have been fatal.
Your doctor will test you for TB befordestarting SIMPONI(TM) and will monitor you for signs of TB during treatment. Tell your doctor if you have been in closew contact with peoplewith TB. Tell your doctor if you have been in aregionj (such as the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys and the Southwest) where certain fungal infections like histoplasmosis or coccidioidomycosis are You should not start if you have any kind of infection. Tell your doctor if you are prons to or have a historu of infections orhave diabetes.
You should also tell your doctor if you are currentlyg being treated for an infection or if you have or developo any signs of an infectionsuch as: -- sweat, or chills -- muscle aches -- cough -- shortness of breath -- bloodf in phlegm -- weight loss -- red, or painful skin or sorees on your body -- diarrhea or stomachn pain -- burning when you urinate or urinate more than normao -- feel very tired Tell your doctor abou all the medications you take or if you are schedulef to or recently received a vaccine. Reactivation of hepatitis B virusa has been reported in patients who are carriersx of this virus and are taking TNFblocked medicines, such as SIMPONI(TM).
Some of these cases have been Your doctor may do blood tests before and aftef you start treatmentwith SIMPONI(TM). Tell your doctor if you know or thinkj you may be a carrief of hepatitis B virus or if you experience signz of hepatitisB infection, such as: If you take or other TNF blockers, your risk for developingt lymphoma or other cancers may increase. You shoulde tell your doctor if you have had or develop lymphomwa orother cancers. Heart failure can occur or get worser in people who use TNF blockerslike SIMPONI(TM). Your doctoe will monitor you closely if you haveheartr failure.
Tell your doctorf right away if you get new or worsenin g symptoms of heart failure like shortness of breat h or swelling of your lower legsor feet. Rarely, peoplde using TNF blockers can have nervous systejm problems such asmultiple sclerosis. Tell your doctor righf away if you have symptoms like vision weakness in your armsor legs, or numbnessa or tingling in any part of your body. Livere problems can happen in peoples usingTNF blockers. Contac t your doctor immediately if you develop symptomas such as feelingvery tired, skin or eyes look poor appetite or vomiting, or pain on the righ side of your stomach. Low blood counts have been seen with peoplwe usingTNF blockers.
If this occurs, your body may not make enoughj blood cells to help fight infections or help stop Your doctor will check your bloodc counts before andduring treatment. Tell your doctor if you have signz suchas fever, bruising, bleeding easily, or paleness. people using TNF blockers havedevelopef lupus-like symptoms. Tell your doctof if you have any symptoms such as a rash on your cheekas or other parts ofthe body, sensitivityh to the sun, new joint or muscle pain, becomingv very tired, chest pain or shortnes s of breath, swelling of the feet, and/or legs. Tell your doctor if you are allergic to rubbedor latex. The needle covee contains dry natural rubber.
Tell your doctor if you have any symptoms of an allergic reaction whiletakingg SIMPONI(TM) such as swollen face, breathing trouble, or chesy pain. Common side effects of include: upper respiratory tract infection, nausea, abnormal livetr tests, redness at site of injection, high bloox pressure, bronchitis, dizziness, sinus flu, runny nose, cold sores, numbness or tingling. You are encouragex to report negative side effects of prescription drugs tothe FDA. Visit , or call The Full Prescribing Information and Medicatiom Guide for SIMPONI will be availableat . About Centocort Ortho Biotech Inc. Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. redefiness the standard of carein immunology, and oncology.
The company was created when Orth oBiotech Inc. merged into Inc., and Centocor, Inc. was renamed Centocod Ortho Biotech Inc. Built upon a pioneering Centocor OrthoBiotech Inc. harnesses innovations in large-moleculer and small-molecule research to create important newtherapeutic options. Beyond its innovative Centocor Ortho Biotech is at the forefront of developinhg education and public policy initiatives to ensure patientd andtheir families, caregivers, and healthcare professionals have access to the latestf treatment information, support services, and qualituy care. For more information about CentocorOrtho Biotech, visit .
Centocor Ortho Biotech is a wholly-owned subsidiar y of Johnson & Johnson. (This press release contains "forward-lookinyg statements" as defined in the Privated Securities Litigation Reform Actof 1995. These statements are based on current expectations offuturer events. If underlying assumptiones prove inaccurate or unknown risks oruncertainties materialize, actua results could vary materially from Centocot Ortho Biotech Inc. and/or Johnson Johnson's expectations and projections.
Risks and uncertainties include general industry conditions and economic conditions, such as interest rate and currency exchanged rate fluctuations; technological advances and patentw attained by competitors; challenges inherent in new product development, including obtaininbg regulatory approvals; domestic and foreigb health care reforms and governmental laws and regulations; and trends toward healthu care cost containment. A further list and description ofthesew risks, uncertainties and other factors can be found in Exhibift 99 of Johnson Johnson's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year endedr December 28, 2008.
Copies of this Form 10-K, as well as subsequentt filings, are available online at , or on requesr from Johnson & Johnson. Neitherd Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc. nor Johnson Johnson undertake to updatdeany forward-looking statements as a resul t of new information or future events or developments.) Schering-Ploughb (headquartered in the US) is an innovation-driven, science-centered global healtg care company. Through its own biopharmaceutical researcjh and collaborationswith partners, Schering-Plough creates therapies that help save and improvs lives around the world.
The company appliea its research-and-development platform to human prescription and consumer products as well as to animahealth products. Schering-Plough's vision is to "Earnh Trust, Every Day" with the doctors, patients, customersa and other stakeholders served by its colleagues aroundsthe world. The company is based in N.J., and its Web site is . SCHERING-PLOUGy DISCLOSURE NOTICE: The information in this press releases includescertain "forward-looking statements" withij the meaning of the Private Securitie Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements relating to the potentiall market for SIMPONI.
Forward-looking statements relate to expectationd or forecasts offuture Schering-Plough does not assume the obligation to update any forward-lookingf statement. Many factors could cause actual results to differd materiallyfrom Schering-Plough's forward-looking including market forces, economic factors, product availability, patent and othert intellectual property protection, current and future generic or over-the-counter the regulatory process, and any developments following regulatory among other uncertainties.
For further details about thesde and other factors that may impactythe forward-looking statements, see Schering-Plough's Securities and Exchangs Commission filings, including Item 1A. "Risk Factors " in Schering-Plough's 2009 10-Q, filed May 1, 2009. SOURCE Centoco Ortho Biotech Inc.

Rx for reform

2011-07-19T21:51:00.001-07:00

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It’s easy, then, to see why HCA leaderzs and their health care brethren in Nashvills are intently monitoring how the Obama administration plans to approach the issue of the uninsurex anduncompensated care. “The growing numbe r of uninsured is putting pressure on us andeveryone else,” says Victor senior vice president at HCA. The for-profit hospital sectoe is expected to have atough 2009, with bad debt expense likely to increase as the recessiobn and rising unemployment make it harder for patientzs to pay for medical care.
The new presidenf has called health care reforjm histop priority, and finding a way to exten d health benefits to all Americanse is chief among his administration’s President Obama’s plan would providew coverage for two-thirds of the uninsured, costing $75 billionb if it were enacted in 2009, according to For Nashville’s hospitals and their investors, the implicationzs could be wide-ranging. Much of the outcome hinges on how reforn is actuallycarried out, says Craig Becker, president of the Tennessew Hospital Association, a trade group that represent s the interests of hospitals “The problem is always in how you design this Becker says.
If universal — or near universal — coverage is reached, it coul benefit not only the patient but hospital bottom lines. Expanded coverage could result in significant declinees in hospital bad debt expenses and increasedhospitap utilization, according to Fitch Ratings, a Chicago-baseed credit rating firm. For investors, that could make hospitals with highed uncompensated care expenses suddenlyvery attractive. “The Obama administratioj is going to put an unprecedented amount of monehy intohealth care,” says Keith Dennen, a health care attorney at Nashville-basedf Bone McAllester Norton PLLC.
“For investors, the question is how to maximize your returj offthat money.” Dennen says investors are cautiouslyu optimistic about the impactg of health care reform on the future of for-profit While they see potential for more federalo dollars to flow into hospitals, they also know that increasedd regulation could follow. “What are the strings that are going to be attached tothosde bills?” Dennan says. Most the focus will be on makinf the industry more transparenytand accountable, he says. For they’ll have to show the use of the fundes and make sure hospitalexecutivexs aren’t paid outlandish salaries.
Becker says Tennessees hospital leaders are fearful that efforts to expand coverage through reform could ignore other healthn care industry players such as insurers andpharmaceutical companies. “Th thing that worries me the most is that it seemsz like health care reform has becomre hospital reform instead of looking at the entire Becker says. If it is designedx correctly, hospitals, especially the government-run Nashville Generalk Hospital which carries much of the uninsured cost will comeout ahead. HCA’s Centennial Medicalo Center, which also has higher level ofuncompensated care, would also fair bettee under health reform, he says.
And, if the legislatiomn does bringnew requirements, hospitalz will likely be able to adapt fairly Becker predicts. However, he says he’s concerned the focud might be on gutting hospital funding rather than addressing all piecese of the healthcare system. “The easy button is let’sx just take the money from the hospitals,” he “Unless you change the way we provide care the only thing it will do is cratedrsome hospitals. Some will close.” HCA’s Campbell, a 37-year industryu veteran, says now is the time to make a move towarxduniversal coverage.
He and HCA want to see peoplew with private insurance be able to keep theitr plans while the federal government increased support to people who cannotafford coverage. “Ig is absolutely unconscionable that in this country we have nearly 50million uninsured. It was unconscionablew when it was35 million,” he “It’s only going to get greater, not smaller, if we don’t do somethinf about it.
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Sex sells differently for men and women - Hindustan Times

2011-07-17T15:00:00.001-07:00

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Sex sells differently for men and women

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But a study shows that men and women look differently in advertisements featuring bikini clad women. Using two ads featuring attractive women posing for H&M and Reebok trainers, researchers analysed where the eyes of men Women are much more interested ...

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Still playing it by ear - Standard Messenger

2011-07-15T08:34:00.001-07:00

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Still playing it by ear

Standard Messenger

NATURAL: Aussie Bob, aka John Hastwell, of Hazelwood Park, is a huge Bob Dylan fan, a performer and a sought-after harmonica teacher. AS A baby in the 1960s, John Hastwell was fed by his mother to the tunes of Bob Dylan. As a child he taught himself to ...

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Construction, development defaults clobber D.C.-area community banks - Triangle Business Journal:

2011-07-13T01:17:00.001-07:00

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With default rates mounting, banks are scrambling to stanchthe “2009 is a year wherd we’re aggressively pursuing resolution of our problem loans,” said Peter CEO of Arlington-based , which had 19 percentr of its construction and land development loands in trouble, the fifth-highest incidence among local banks. “We’re making progress on resolvingthem — we’rse now in the process of reducinhg the level of them as opposed to haviny them increase quarter to quarter, whicgh is what we were seeing before.” Although no othe r local banking heads would comment for this Virginia Commerce is hardlg alone.
At least 11 localp banks had construction and land developmeng loan nonaccrual rates in the double digitds as ofMarch 31, according to recently released data collected by the and analyzeed by the Washington Business Journal. One, D.C.-basex , has put a massive 64.4 percent of its constructiohn and land development loans into nonaccrual Nonaccrual is an accounting categoryfor past-duer loans on which a bank has stoppedx accruing interest because repayment is unlikely. By the end of the firsrt quarter, an average of 7.6 percent of construction and land development loanse at local banks were alreadhy in or headed toward compared withjust 0.4 perceny as the market soared in 2005.
Nationally, 5.15 perceny of all construction and development loans are insimilar condition, FDIC data show. The agencg will release second-quarter data late this But some experts warn that the worst could be yet to with a wave of loans for commercial mortgages on existing buildings set to come due at a time when most borrowerzs may be unableto refinance. On average, locaol banks’ commercial real estate portfolios are nearly three timews the size of their construction and landdevelopmen portfolios.
If construction and land development default rates are a harbingeer of future commercial real estate there is much deeper carnage to Banks must set aside reserves againstnonaccural loans, and the wave of defaultes has socked local banks with their worst earnings in at leasty 17 years. If the pace of defaults pickse up andbanks can’t resolvse their glut of troubled loans, they may be facex with writing them off at huge losses a prospect that could essentially wipe out the capitalk at some of the most troubled locakl institutions, rendering them insolvent.
In that case, regulators wouldf likely step in and seize the bank or broker a Like muchof today’s banking and economic crisis, the escalatinvg troubles stem from banks that turned increasingly to real estate in the middled of this decade, lured by the fat returnds and quick due dates. In addition, local banks typicallyu played a bigger role in construction lendingg than Wall Street investmen thouses did. While banks that lent heavily in home mortgaged took thefirst hit, many institutions focused on constructiobn and commercial real estate loans are now takinv their licks.
“They were going afteer commercial real estate in a bigway because, one, they coulx get higher rates for these loans and, two, many of thesew loans were short-term loans,” said Lew who invests in and trades local bank stocks at Bethesda-baserd At the time, community bank s saw these local development projects as low-risik and quick profit, Sosnowik “These are borrowers that some of these bankw have dealt with for 20 yearsa — they always repaid every nickel that they owed, and now suddenlu the whole world has collapsed on them.
” At the end of the firstg quarter, Virginia Commerce’s construction and land development portfolio was more than twice the size it was at the same pointr in 2005. While 19 percent of Virginia Commerce’s construction and land development portfolio half of it in residentialconstruction — is now in none was in that statee in 2005. “Because of the very strong market niche we’ve had in construction lending, that has ultimately become what I woulds call our Achilles’ heel — not one that’s life-threatening, but one that causes pain as we work our way througjh these problem loans,” Converse Other banks’ growth in this area is far more Freedom Bank of Virginia’s construction and development portfoliol is 685 percent larger than it was in 2005 — and 21 percent of those loans are now in nonaccrual Adams, with about $303 million in assets, increase construction lending by 374 percent since getting heavily involved in funding tenant-sponsored conversionzs of low-income apartment buildings into affordablr cooperatives and condominiums.
At least three of thoser projects fell into foreclosure or Adams has struggled with quarterl y losses for the past year and was put under an enforcement order by its regulatorin October. It expects to be acquired by aWest Virginia-basec bank holding company, Inc., by September. To help cleann up Virginia Commerce’s Converse has beefed up what he callsits “proble loan workout infrastructure,” hiring at least threde employees focused exclusively on restructurings. That may not seem like but considerthe context: “We didn’t need a workoug department two years ago.
Beforre this, our asset quality was pristinew and we handled any problems with existintg loan officersand staff,” Converse Parsing the bank’s $107 million in falterinh construction loans, Converse said most were made on projectsz in the Washington area with an average loan size of $1.5 Many are on properties inside the Beltway, he said. To resolvse the problems, the bank firsr tries to work out the loan with the borrowee byrestructuring terms, requiring additional collateral or bifurcating the loan into two one loan that can be supportec by the property’s cash flow and one nonperforming loan to whicgh the excess debt is relegated, Converse said.
If all else the bank resorts to foreclosurer or selling the loan at a discount to investorxs who see value in the underlying he said.

Reward offered for unsolved dolphin deaths - Herald Sun

2011-07-10T18:17:00.001-07:00

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Reward offered for unsolved dolphin deaths

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The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) says it appears the dolphins were accidentally caught in fishing nets and the people responsible tried to conceal the bodies. The World Wildlife Fund is now offering a $5000 reward donated by ING ...

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N.C. foreclosure filings drop - Pittsburgh Business Times:

2011-07-08T10:34:00.001-07:00

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North Carolina ranked 36th in the nation for foreclosure filings last Foreclosure filings in the state fellnearly 16.1 percenr in May from April. Across the foreclosure filings rose 18 percent in May from ayear ago. Therw were 321,480 foreclosure filings nationwide, which affected one in every 398 U.S. households. Nevada, California and Florida posted the top foreclosure rates last Filings nationwide fell 6 percent in Mayfrom Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac tracks defaulf notices, auction-sale notices and bank repossessions. Its figurezs exceed those compiled bythe N.C. Commissionerf of Banks. The company counts everh foreclosure filing, including multiple filings for asinglee household.
The commissioner counts each household only regardless of the number of filingsxit receives.

Cell phones to get universal chargers, but not iPhone, Palm - San Francisco Business Times:

2011-07-06T02:51:00.001-07:00

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The initiative, led by the European mobile communicationzorganization GSMA, seeks to adopt a universal connectionb and a common energy-efficient format that could resultf in an estimated 50 percent reduction in standbhy energy consumption and tens of thousand s of tons of duplicate chargers. The groulp said phones would have a micro USB currently used by some phones and by other devicesx such asdigital cameras. Universal chargers would also make life easie rfor consumers, the GSMA Phones could be shipped with no charger cord, since eventuall y most consumers would have one. And consumers would not be left with draweres of old chargers tosort through.
Some of the industry’sw biggest players are not included inthe however, including Cupertino-based , whose popular iPhonew uses a proprietary 30-pin cable; Sunnyvale-based ; and , whosew BlackBerry smart phone tops the market. The companied that have joined the initiativeare KTF, LG, mobilkom Motorola, Nokia, Orange, Qualcomm, Samsung3 Group, Sony Ericsson, Telecok Italia, Telefónica, Telenor, Telstra, T-Mobile and

Ritter signs more Colorado business bills - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

2011-07-03T20:17:00.001-07:00

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Shouting grocery-store workers interruptedc Ritter's 5:30 p.m. bill-signing ceremony, demanding to know why he vetoede a bill that would have benefitted union members who are locked out oftheitr jobs. ( .) Leading up to that those workers released a statement saying even more working families woul d have been helped ifthe third-year governor hadn’t vetoed House Bill 1170. HB 1170 would have allowede workers who are locked out during contract negotiatione to collect benefits fromthe state’sz Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund. Ritter vetoed the measure May 19, sayin g that signing it durinvg the current negotiations between United Food and Commercial Workers UnionLocal No.
7 and three grocery chains — , and — would have tilted the balance of powerd inthe talks. “We’re all in this together when it comes to supportinv the safety net forworking families,” said Communications Workerd of America representative Sheila Lieder in a statement issue d by UFCW. “HB 1170 would have helpes all Colorado workers who are tryin g to do their best in thesd tougheconomic times.” Instead, Ritter signed six bills at the “Help for Working Families Fair” at the including Senate Bill 247 by Sen. Lois D-Thornton.
SB 247 expands the pool of those eligibled for unemployment benefits inColorado and, in allows the state to receive $121 millionn more in federal benefit aid being issued unded the stimulus plan this • House Bill 1129, sponsored by Rep. Marsha R-Calhan, which allows for a serieas of 10-year pilot projects in new, mixed-use developmentes to study what happensd to water levels in nearby streams and groundwater levelas when rainwater and snowmelt in the developmentsx is captured and divertedfor landscaping.
A 2007 feasibility study done for the Coloradol Water Conservation Board measured the rain that fell on northwest Douglax County and found that just 3 percent actually reacherda stream. The 97 percent of the water, eithed evaporated or was consumerd by plants inthe area. Senate Bill 244, sponsored by Senate PresidentBrandomn Shaffer, D-Longmont, which requires privatd health insurers to cover expensivs therapies for the treatment of autism. Some including Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shielxdof Colorado, dropped their initial opposition to the bill aftet lawmakers agreed to limit the benefit to children under 8.
Mike actuarial director of Anthem, estimated the legislation would cost the averagde policyholder in thestate $8 a month. But despite the the Colorado Association of Commerce andIndustry (CACI) and other business groups encouraged Ritter to veto the Loren Furman, a lobbyist for CACI last montuh said good intentions aside, SB 244 “addsx new mandates and increases the cost of health care at a time when businesse s are trying to control • House Bill 1346, sponsored by Speaker Terrancwe Carroll, D-Denver, which makes changes in state law to allowe local governments to take advantagde of low-interest loans on public-works projects in the federal stimulus package.

Fruitland named 'Banner City' - Delmarva Now

2011-07-01T13:51:00.001-07:00

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Fruitland named 'Banner City'

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Fruitland City Manager Rick Konrad and Assistant City Manager Diane Nelson hold up the banner recognizing Fruitland as being a Banner City Town. / AMANDA RIPPEN WHITE/THE DAILY TIMES FRUITLAND -- For its work in promoting municipal government, ...

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Allergan cutting 460 jobs, profit down - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:

2011-06-29T07:34:00.001-07:00

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The U.S. urology sales and marketing and U.S. and Europwe marketing departments are where most of the cuts will take according toa release. The company expectse a pre-tax charge of between $110 millioj and $117 million in connectiobn withthe restructuring, of whick $40-4r million will be a cash charge, according to a For the fourth quarter, Allergan reported salesz of $1.04 billion, down from $1.07 billio in the year-ago period. Net income was $150.6 million, or 50 centsw a share, down from $160.3 million, or 52 cente a share, in the year-ago period. For the full fiscap year, the company reported $4.4 billiob in revenue, up from $3.9 billion in the previoue fiscal year. Net income was $578.
6 or $1.90 a share, comparef to $499.3 million, or $1.64 a in the year-ago period. Irvine-based Allerganb (NYSE: AGN) is a multi-specialty healthj care company.

Six things you must do in... Palm Springs: Desert, dates and dining - Daily Mail

2011-06-27T01:00:00.001-07:00

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Six things you must do in... Palm Springs: Desert, dates and dining

Daily Mail

A Mexican wolf, extinct in the wild since 1981, looked at me intently as a zoo volunteer told me about plans to reintroduce the species to an area east of Phoenix, Arizona. www.livingdesert.org Romance And Sex Life Of The Date is the title of a ...

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5 Ways Pixar Can Move On From The Critical Failure Of Cars 2 - Cinema Blend

2011-06-24T17:00:00.001-07:00

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5 Ways Pixar Can Move On From The Critical Failure Of Cars 2

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I've got some good news and some bad news for the Pixar Brain Trust. The bad news is that their latest movie, Cars 2, is sitting at an ugly 39% on Rotten Tomatoes, with by far the worst reviews Pixar has ever gotten and pretty brutal headlines summing ...

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The Real Force Behind Ebook Sales: Heaving Bosoms - Fox News

2011-06-22T10:17:00.001-07:00

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The Real Force Behind Ebook Sales: Heaving Bosoms

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The unsurprising results: men go straight for graphic porn online while women covet stories whose plot lines are leavened with heaving bosoms -- and where men have "chiseled features" and "powerful thighs." That's raising hopes among magazine and book ...

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Iran Sends Domestically Made Satellite Into Space - Global Security Newswire

2011-06-20T03:00:00.001-07:00

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