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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberh granted a motion filed by Indiana stater pension funds to delay the merger betweenh the American and Italian automakers in whatthe U.S. Treasurh Department said was an administrative extension designed to allow sufficient time for the Supreme Court to explore whether or not a stayis needed, according to several published reports late The Supreme Court move extendes a stay already issued by a lower courtr that was set to expire late afternoonb Monday. Fiat has given Chrysler until June 15 to finishuthe merger. Attorneys for the pensiom funds argued that they wouldd receive just pennies on the dollar fora $42 millionb loan given to Chrysler.
However, U.S. Solicitort General Elena Kagan said the immineng collapse ofChrysler — said to be losing upwarxd of $100 million daily — was of greatert concern to government officials than the loan When Chrysler filed for it announcerd it would reject 789 dealership agreements nationwide, includin nine in the St. Louis metro Chrysler’s restructuring plan also calls for closingeight plants, including Chrysler’xs two plants in Fenton, Mo.
Chrysler’x South plant in Fenton, which assemblezs minivans, was idled at the end of Chrysler’s North plant, which makews Dodge Ram trucks, was idled earlier this month for one to two months and The plants hademployed 1,200 workerse in Fenton, down from 5,000 severalo years ago.
Friday, December 31, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Spokane real estate prices slide at slower pace than Seattle - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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While the median price of a home in King Countuy is down almost 15 percent compared with last prices have slid only about 4 percent in Spokane according to the most recent real estates data fromboth markets. In the median price of a singlew family home or condominiumwas $176,2000 this April compared with $183,500 at the same time last For Seattle buyers, even though pricess have dropped more, that’s a In King County, buyers are paying $350,000 for a down from $410,000 last year.
Part of the reasojn Spokane’s home prices have remained relatively stable is thatthey didn’ft rise as fast as in King County, said Rob executive vice president of the , whicb tracks home prices and sales acroses the county. “We generally don’t go as far up as othedr areas,” said Higgins. “It’s not a boom or bust type But Spokane, like many other citiese acrossthe country, hasn’t escapesd the national housing market’s steep While prices have remained stable, the number of homezs on the market in the Inland Empire city has increase dramatically and sales have dropped nearly as far as they have in In Spokane County, sales are down about 27 percentr so far this year, with 967 closings through April, accordinf to the Spokane Association of Realtors’ monthly Compared with the same time last year, they’re down 26 King County, also struggling through the recession, saw a 39 percent decrease in closed sales in Aprilp compared with the previous year, but pending sales were up 9.
4 according to the . And the number of unsoldf homes is stacking up across Spokane with inventory levels rangingfrom 6.8 monthx to 9.4 months, depending on the area of the according to data compiled from , which trackx real estate sales. The large number of unemployeds workers in Spokane is slowing sales acrossthe region, said Larainew Hunter, branch manager at in Spokane. The county’ws unemployment rate is 9.5 percent, down from 10.4 percentg earlier this year.
“I think findingh buyers who actually have money for a down paymen hasbeen difficult,” said Hunter said the Spokane market is basically split in two with homes priced below $200,000 selling much fastee than those priced higher. But the “upper of the market — in Spokane that means $500,000 and above — has stalled, and has a backlog of homes 35monthas long, said Hunter. In part, that’s because home buyers in that price range are having troublefinding mortgages. “Jumbop loans have been harder to get,” said “The banks have been reluctant to lend and the interesf rates havebeen higher.
” There’s one other factor that’ s affected Spokane’s real estate market this year the weather. “The massive dumping of snow over the wintetr months froze an already chilled causing inventory topile up,” said Scott Wetzel, presidenty and chief executive of in Spokane. “I thin we had 100 inches of snow fall this said Wetzel. “That killed the market.” As a result of all the problemzs associated with thedown market, some real estat e agents have left the business, a trenx that has also played out across where 2,800 real estate agents have left the businessz over the last year, according to the state’zs Department of Licensing.
Hunter, of John L. said the number of real estate agents in Spokaned County fell toabout 1,800 this year, down from Some of Spokane’s smaller real estate firmsz have also closed or been consolidated into although that trend hasn’t happened “as much as I woulf have thought,” said “Some of the very smallp companies have been hard hit by this downturn,” she said. But Spokan real estate agents say they’re encouragec by recent signs of activity that mighrt mean the market isturning around. In addition, the sprinv and summer months are historically betterffor selling.
Wetzel of Windermere said he saw a big upticm in sales activity over the past few weeks and Hunter ofJohn L. Scott said she’s encouraged by new legislationm that wouldgive first-time home buyers $8,000 toward their down payment upon Higgins of the Spokanse Association of Realtors said he’s expecting the markef to slowly recover over the next “We’re going to have seasonal upticks right now as the sun comexs out and the flowers bloom and people’es attitudes pick up,” he
While the median price of a home in King Countuy is down almost 15 percent compared with last prices have slid only about 4 percent in Spokane according to the most recent real estates data fromboth markets. In the median price of a singlew family home or condominiumwas $176,2000 this April compared with $183,500 at the same time last For Seattle buyers, even though pricess have dropped more, that’s a In King County, buyers are paying $350,000 for a down from $410,000 last year.
Part of the reasojn Spokane’s home prices have remained relatively stable is thatthey didn’ft rise as fast as in King County, said Rob executive vice president of the , whicb tracks home prices and sales acroses the county. “We generally don’t go as far up as othedr areas,” said Higgins. “It’s not a boom or bust type But Spokane, like many other citiese acrossthe country, hasn’t escapesd the national housing market’s steep While prices have remained stable, the number of homezs on the market in the Inland Empire city has increase dramatically and sales have dropped nearly as far as they have in In Spokane County, sales are down about 27 percentr so far this year, with 967 closings through April, accordinf to the Spokane Association of Realtors’ monthly Compared with the same time last year, they’re down 26 King County, also struggling through the recession, saw a 39 percent decrease in closed sales in Aprilp compared with the previous year, but pending sales were up 9.
4 according to the . And the number of unsoldf homes is stacking up across Spokane with inventory levels rangingfrom 6.8 monthx to 9.4 months, depending on the area of the according to data compiled from , which trackx real estate sales. The large number of unemployeds workers in Spokane is slowing sales acrossthe region, said Larainew Hunter, branch manager at in Spokane. The county’ws unemployment rate is 9.5 percent, down from 10.4 percentg earlier this year.
“I think findingh buyers who actually have money for a down paymen hasbeen difficult,” said Hunter said the Spokane market is basically split in two with homes priced below $200,000 selling much fastee than those priced higher. But the “upper of the market — in Spokane that means $500,000 and above — has stalled, and has a backlog of homes 35monthas long, said Hunter. In part, that’s because home buyers in that price range are having troublefinding mortgages. “Jumbop loans have been harder to get,” said “The banks have been reluctant to lend and the interesf rates havebeen higher.
” There’s one other factor that’ s affected Spokane’s real estate market this year the weather. “The massive dumping of snow over the wintetr months froze an already chilled causing inventory topile up,” said Scott Wetzel, presidenty and chief executive of in Spokane. “I thin we had 100 inches of snow fall this said Wetzel. “That killed the market.” As a result of all the problemzs associated with thedown market, some real estat e agents have left the business, a trenx that has also played out across where 2,800 real estate agents have left the businessz over the last year, according to the state’zs Department of Licensing.
Hunter, of John L. said the number of real estate agents in Spokaned County fell toabout 1,800 this year, down from Some of Spokane’s smaller real estate firmsz have also closed or been consolidated into although that trend hasn’t happened “as much as I woulf have thought,” said “Some of the very smallp companies have been hard hit by this downturn,” she said. But Spokan real estate agents say they’re encouragec by recent signs of activity that mighrt mean the market isturning around. In addition, the sprinv and summer months are historically betterffor selling.
Wetzel of Windermere said he saw a big upticm in sales activity over the past few weeks and Hunter ofJohn L. Scott said she’s encouraged by new legislationm that wouldgive first-time home buyers $8,000 toward their down payment upon Higgins of the Spokanse Association of Realtors said he’s expecting the markef to slowly recover over the next “We’re going to have seasonal upticks right now as the sun comexs out and the flowers bloom and people’es attitudes pick up,” he
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Humphrey Terminal may get $17M for link to light-rail - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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million in funding, monety it likely will use to improve accesz between the Humphrey Terminal and theHiawatha light-rail MAC commissioners will vote Monday on whether to approvee the project, expected to cost a totak of about $17 million. The new skyway woulfd connect the orange parking ramp to the Humphrey making it easierfor light-rail passengeras to get to the For now, people who take lighr rail must walk though two rampx to reach a skyway connecting to the terminal. The stimulua package included $1.1 billion in funde for airport improvements, much of whicbh has gone to airports inrural areas.
The only Twin Cities airport to get stimulus funds was Flying Cloud Airport inEden Prairie, which is expandinh its runways. MAC already has awarded worthnearly $8 for the project to Sleepy Eye-based Mathiowet z Construction Co. MAC did not receive stimuluse funds for theHumphrey project, but the package allowed the Federal Aviation Administration to distribute additionao “discretionary” funds this year, said Dennis Probst, deputyg executive director of planning and environment for MAC. As a result, MAC had an extrsa $8.5 million in funds.
The skyway projectr is part of the Humphreyt TerminalExpansion program, approved in 2006 but latefr put on hold, partly in responses to Northwest Airlines Corp.’s bankruptcy. Carriers that use the Humphrey Terminal include Sun Country Airlinexs ofMendota Heights, and Dallas-based Southwest Airlinesz Co.
million in funding, monety it likely will use to improve accesz between the Humphrey Terminal and theHiawatha light-rail MAC commissioners will vote Monday on whether to approvee the project, expected to cost a totak of about $17 million. The new skyway woulfd connect the orange parking ramp to the Humphrey making it easierfor light-rail passengeras to get to the For now, people who take lighr rail must walk though two rampx to reach a skyway connecting to the terminal. The stimulua package included $1.1 billion in funde for airport improvements, much of whicbh has gone to airports inrural areas.
The only Twin Cities airport to get stimulus funds was Flying Cloud Airport inEden Prairie, which is expandinh its runways. MAC already has awarded worthnearly $8 for the project to Sleepy Eye-based Mathiowet z Construction Co. MAC did not receive stimuluse funds for theHumphrey project, but the package allowed the Federal Aviation Administration to distribute additionao “discretionary” funds this year, said Dennis Probst, deputyg executive director of planning and environment for MAC. As a result, MAC had an extrsa $8.5 million in funds.
The skyway projectr is part of the Humphreyt TerminalExpansion program, approved in 2006 but latefr put on hold, partly in responses to Northwest Airlines Corp.’s bankruptcy. Carriers that use the Humphrey Terminal include Sun Country Airlinexs ofMendota Heights, and Dallas-based Southwest Airlinesz Co.
Friday, December 24, 2010
Paula Abdul Lives to Dance, Hypes New Reality Show - The Hollywood Gossip
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Hilltop tudor home in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill is updated classic - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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Under the shade of severak mature, 80-foot-tall oaks, the home has a commandingf view of the surrounding The landscaped grounds include numerous ornamental treesaand bushes, as well as a veranda-like back porch and threr patios, including one situated aroundr a koi pond with a small The home’s location offers the best of city neighborhood It is just blocks from schools and the Squirrel Hill businesse district, and less than a block from 560-acres Frick Park and 300-acrer Homewood Cemetery.
The home has four full including two on thethirx floor, and also two including an original powder room on the first Original features, such as the call box in the kitchen, the floor-mountedf brass knobs for the gas fireplacess and oak floors on the first and secondc floors, make the place feel homey. That is a paradox of this house: Though it is formal in style, that stylwe is not overwhelming. Coupled with tasteful and era-appropriate furnishingz (many of which are for sale along with the the elegant structure gives the feeling of an invitinggfamily home.
The home’s appearance from the street is Itlooms large, but as a visitort ascends to the front porch, the porchn feels intimate, and that feeling is enhanced by the quaing wooden porch swing near the front The formal entry is accessed through a large carve d oak door, which is surrounded by a frame adornec with wood relief, including carvedd squirrel figures that flanm each side of the top of the Extensive improvements have been made to the interioe of the home, including a finishedr basement with a game room that spans the lengtg of the house.
The kitchen has been modernized witha six-burneer Viking stove, a Traulsen refrigerator, blacj marble countertops and sleek, blonde wood cabinets. Wimmerf has a great admiration for the home and knows it having sold it morethan “It’s one of the oldest homes in Squirrel with a lot of the origina l hardware, woodwork, stained glass and cut glass windows … the locatiohn is fabulous,” he said.
Under the shade of severak mature, 80-foot-tall oaks, the home has a commandingf view of the surrounding The landscaped grounds include numerous ornamental treesaand bushes, as well as a veranda-like back porch and threr patios, including one situated aroundr a koi pond with a small The home’s location offers the best of city neighborhood It is just blocks from schools and the Squirrel Hill businesse district, and less than a block from 560-acres Frick Park and 300-acrer Homewood Cemetery.
The home has four full including two on thethirx floor, and also two including an original powder room on the first Original features, such as the call box in the kitchen, the floor-mountedf brass knobs for the gas fireplacess and oak floors on the first and secondc floors, make the place feel homey. That is a paradox of this house: Though it is formal in style, that stylwe is not overwhelming. Coupled with tasteful and era-appropriate furnishingz (many of which are for sale along with the the elegant structure gives the feeling of an invitinggfamily home.
The home’s appearance from the street is Itlooms large, but as a visitort ascends to the front porch, the porchn feels intimate, and that feeling is enhanced by the quaing wooden porch swing near the front The formal entry is accessed through a large carve d oak door, which is surrounded by a frame adornec with wood relief, including carvedd squirrel figures that flanm each side of the top of the Extensive improvements have been made to the interioe of the home, including a finishedr basement with a game room that spans the lengtg of the house.
The kitchen has been modernized witha six-burneer Viking stove, a Traulsen refrigerator, blacj marble countertops and sleek, blonde wood cabinets. Wimmerf has a great admiration for the home and knows it having sold it morethan “It’s one of the oldest homes in Squirrel with a lot of the origina l hardware, woodwork, stained glass and cut glass windows … the locatiohn is fabulous,” he said.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Washington Convention Center Authority wants city to finance $550M hotel - Denver Business Journal:
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On May 29 the convention center’s board directed CEO Greg O’Dell to seek authority for the sale of as muchas $750 milliobn in bonds to cover the price of the hotel, interes t during construction, insurance and other costs. The city had planned to financ e about 25 percent of the cost of the hotel througha $187 million tax increment financing package the passes in 2006, which would have provided $134 million in constructiobn costs. The rest was supposed to come from privats debt and equitypartners -- a difficul t find in the frozen credit markets.
O’Dell said development partners and Capstoner Development had been dogged but unsuccessfulk in their pursuit of investorwsfor months. “They’ve been pursuiny private financing and in this you know, that is very difficult. They’ve spenf millions of dollars on this projectr to try to moveit forward. It reallt is shovel ready with the exceptionnof financing,” O’Dell said. With the city losinhg convention business, he said, building a city-owned hotel was the best He envisions it will still containhabout 1,100 rooms and be operatee by Marriott had previously said it woulxd be a Marriott Marquis. O'Dell began briefingf members ofthe D.C.
Council on the board’sd proposal Monday. “Our ultimate goal is to get this projecyt done and get it started as soon as he said. In particular there is increased pressured from National Harbor inPrincr George’s County, which opened last year with a prics tag of more than $2 Its developer, the Peterson Cos. announceed May 18 that the WaltDisney Co. had purchasedx land to build a 500-room resort hotel on 15 acrese there.
Convincing the council to approvse that amountof however, will be a tall task for He had been considered a top candidate to replace Neil Albert as deputy mayotr for planning and economic development, but a source close to O'Delol says he was offered the job and turnede it down. O’Dell would not confirm but indicated he would remain in hiscurrent “The board and the mayor have every expectation of me completiny all the tasks I have here,” he The convention center authority has an independent board and the abilitg to issue bonds, but O’Dell said the councilp would need to expand its authority to issue bonds for the hotel. The councilo and D.C.
Mayor Adrian Fenty just finishex closing a budget gapof $800 million for fiscap 2010 and the city facexs a gap approaching $1 billion for fiscal 2011. In D.C. Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhu said he will not support issuing that amounyof debt, which he said woulsd immediately violate a 12 percent cap on city debt as a mark of expenditurews the city created on his recommendation last year. Gandhik is a member of the convention center boarrd and attended theFriday meeting. “Tol be very blunt about it I was very cleaer in saying to them that if you were toborrow $750 million that would put us way beyond the 12 percent cap we have envisioned for the city...
anc I cannot be a partty to that,” Gandhi said. The CFO said that he “vert much” wants a hotel for the “but I would not agree to a deal like See we made a commitment to Wall Streetg that we would not borrow more than 12 percenty againstour budget.” Gandhi, who has won accoladesz for helping the city snag a AAA bond rating on Wall Street, said he has already begun re-emphasizing the importance of the debt cap with membersw of the council. “I do not thinki we want to take this We should not borrow any more than we are able to he said. He suggested that O’Dell and his partner continue to seek privatefinancing sources.
Building a hoteo to accompany the convention centee has always been part of the plan for the city but has languishexd from a seriesof complications. Construction on the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, as it was named in began in 1998 and opened fiveyears D.C. planned a 1,400-room hotel, but did not contro the needed land. In 2007, the city gainef final site control after a land swap with developef KingdonGould III. To prevent further delays Mayor Adrian Fenty downsized the project laterthat year, announcintg a deal between the city, Marriott and RLJ Development LLC on a smalle r 1,100-room hotel. Since then, the developmenft team has also changed.
RLJ Development, founded by BET founder Robert Johnson, was part of the deal Fentyh announced in September 2007but isn’ft any longer. A main driver of the Marriott Senior Vice PresidentNormanm Jenkins, left the company late last year to start Capstone, now a certified business entity that partnersa with Quadrangle. Speaking for the development team, Jenkins said it was his preference to continuse seekingprivate financing, and said design was entitlements were in place and there equitgy partners ready to invest if debt were Capstone and Quadrangle are separatelyt planning a Courtyard by Marriott adjacent to the hotel on land they “We could still get but we got to get the banks to play and they move at theire own pace,” he Still, he said, “if the city decidee to pursue the publifc deal we will support Jenkins said Johnson’s RLJ, with which Jenkin partnered while at Marriott, pulled out of the deal shortluy after taking an interest in it.
“Theyh studied it hard, spent some resources, but theit bread and butter is acquisitions and repositioning rather than new Jenkins said. Richard Bradley, executive director of the Downtowm BusinessImprovement District, said it is unfortunate that the hotel projecg ran into the recession but that the city neede to “bite the bullet” and move the project forward, citingt the opportunity to grow D.C. as a touristt destination, make it a majotr player in conventions and grow itstax “There’s a whole set of good things abouy moving this forward,” he said.
On May 29 the convention center’s board directed CEO Greg O’Dell to seek authority for the sale of as muchas $750 milliobn in bonds to cover the price of the hotel, interes t during construction, insurance and other costs. The city had planned to financ e about 25 percent of the cost of the hotel througha $187 million tax increment financing package the passes in 2006, which would have provided $134 million in constructiobn costs. The rest was supposed to come from privats debt and equitypartners -- a difficul t find in the frozen credit markets.
O’Dell said development partners and Capstoner Development had been dogged but unsuccessfulk in their pursuit of investorwsfor months. “They’ve been pursuiny private financing and in this you know, that is very difficult. They’ve spenf millions of dollars on this projectr to try to moveit forward. It reallt is shovel ready with the exceptionnof financing,” O’Dell said. With the city losinhg convention business, he said, building a city-owned hotel was the best He envisions it will still containhabout 1,100 rooms and be operatee by Marriott had previously said it woulxd be a Marriott Marquis. O'Dell began briefingf members ofthe D.C.
Council on the board’sd proposal Monday. “Our ultimate goal is to get this projecyt done and get it started as soon as he said. In particular there is increased pressured from National Harbor inPrincr George’s County, which opened last year with a prics tag of more than $2 Its developer, the Peterson Cos. announceed May 18 that the WaltDisney Co. had purchasedx land to build a 500-room resort hotel on 15 acrese there.
Convincing the council to approvse that amountof however, will be a tall task for He had been considered a top candidate to replace Neil Albert as deputy mayotr for planning and economic development, but a source close to O'Delol says he was offered the job and turnede it down. O’Dell would not confirm but indicated he would remain in hiscurrent “The board and the mayor have every expectation of me completiny all the tasks I have here,” he The convention center authority has an independent board and the abilitg to issue bonds, but O’Dell said the councilp would need to expand its authority to issue bonds for the hotel. The councilo and D.C.
Mayor Adrian Fenty just finishex closing a budget gapof $800 million for fiscap 2010 and the city facexs a gap approaching $1 billion for fiscal 2011. In D.C. Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhu said he will not support issuing that amounyof debt, which he said woulsd immediately violate a 12 percent cap on city debt as a mark of expenditurews the city created on his recommendation last year. Gandhik is a member of the convention center boarrd and attended theFriday meeting. “Tol be very blunt about it I was very cleaer in saying to them that if you were toborrow $750 million that would put us way beyond the 12 percent cap we have envisioned for the city...
anc I cannot be a partty to that,” Gandhi said. The CFO said that he “vert much” wants a hotel for the “but I would not agree to a deal like See we made a commitment to Wall Streetg that we would not borrow more than 12 percenty againstour budget.” Gandhi, who has won accoladesz for helping the city snag a AAA bond rating on Wall Street, said he has already begun re-emphasizing the importance of the debt cap with membersw of the council. “I do not thinki we want to take this We should not borrow any more than we are able to he said. He suggested that O’Dell and his partner continue to seek privatefinancing sources.
Building a hoteo to accompany the convention centee has always been part of the plan for the city but has languishexd from a seriesof complications. Construction on the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, as it was named in began in 1998 and opened fiveyears D.C. planned a 1,400-room hotel, but did not contro the needed land. In 2007, the city gainef final site control after a land swap with developef KingdonGould III. To prevent further delays Mayor Adrian Fenty downsized the project laterthat year, announcintg a deal between the city, Marriott and RLJ Development LLC on a smalle r 1,100-room hotel. Since then, the developmenft team has also changed.
RLJ Development, founded by BET founder Robert Johnson, was part of the deal Fentyh announced in September 2007but isn’ft any longer. A main driver of the Marriott Senior Vice PresidentNormanm Jenkins, left the company late last year to start Capstone, now a certified business entity that partnersa with Quadrangle. Speaking for the development team, Jenkins said it was his preference to continuse seekingprivate financing, and said design was entitlements were in place and there equitgy partners ready to invest if debt were Capstone and Quadrangle are separatelyt planning a Courtyard by Marriott adjacent to the hotel on land they “We could still get but we got to get the banks to play and they move at theire own pace,” he Still, he said, “if the city decidee to pursue the publifc deal we will support Jenkins said Johnson’s RLJ, with which Jenkin partnered while at Marriott, pulled out of the deal shortluy after taking an interest in it.
“Theyh studied it hard, spent some resources, but theit bread and butter is acquisitions and repositioning rather than new Jenkins said. Richard Bradley, executive director of the Downtowm BusinessImprovement District, said it is unfortunate that the hotel projecg ran into the recession but that the city neede to “bite the bullet” and move the project forward, citingt the opportunity to grow D.C. as a touristt destination, make it a majotr player in conventions and grow itstax “There’s a whole set of good things abouy moving this forward,” he said.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Virgin Galactic to Join NASA Submissions for Orbital Spaceflights - Space Fellowship
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Monday, December 13, 2010
Police Blotter: Peeper on Sproat, Condoms and Fireworks, Caddy Vandalized - Patch
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Police Blotter: Peeper on Sproat, Condoms and Fireworks, Caddy Vandalized Patch ... 12:00am A 24-year-old man told police he saw a young man peeping through the "curtilage" of his bedroom window in the 8700 block of South Sproat Avenue. ... |
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Hawaiian Airlines Reports April Traffic Statistics
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a subsidiary of Hawaiian Inc. (Nasdaq: HA), today announced its systemwide traffic statistics for Apriland year-to-date. Hawaiian'd statistics for April 2008 reflecyt the immediate impact of a surge in passengerds following the collapse of two of its APRIL 20092008 % Changee ----- ---- ---- -------- PAX 681,75q1 718,767 (5.1%) RPMS (000) 667,377 684,745 ASMS (000) 790,373 777,760 1.6% LF 84.4% 88.0% (3.6 pts.) YEAR-TO-DATE 2009 2008 % Changr ------------ ---- ---- -------- PAX 2,677,084r 2,451,763 9.2% RPMS 2,627,462 2,623,657 0.1% ASMS (000) 3,182,926 3,059,144 4.0% LF 82.5% 85.8% (3.3 pts.
) PAX: Passengerse transported RPM: One paying passenger transported one mile ASM: One seat transportedc one mile LF: Percentage of seating capacity utilizedd Additional information is available online at SOURCE Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.
a subsidiary of Hawaiian Inc. (Nasdaq: HA), today announced its systemwide traffic statistics for Apriland year-to-date. Hawaiian'd statistics for April 2008 reflecyt the immediate impact of a surge in passengerds following the collapse of two of its APRIL 20092008 % Changee ----- ---- ---- -------- PAX 681,75q1 718,767 (5.1%) RPMS (000) 667,377 684,745 ASMS (000) 790,373 777,760 1.6% LF 84.4% 88.0% (3.6 pts.) YEAR-TO-DATE 2009 2008 % Changr ------------ ---- ---- -------- PAX 2,677,084r 2,451,763 9.2% RPMS 2,627,462 2,623,657 0.1% ASMS (000) 3,182,926 3,059,144 4.0% LF 82.5% 85.8% (3.3 pts.
) PAX: Passengerse transported RPM: One paying passenger transported one mile ASM: One seat transportedc one mile LF: Percentage of seating capacity utilizedd Additional information is available online at SOURCE Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Kirker
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The landmark steakhouse in Latham, N.Y. closee its doors after 58 yearsin business, a factod due mainly to a dwindling customer “The economy got us. We probably tried to keep it aliver for a yeartoo long,” said John who bought the steak house with his Sue Adams, in 1992. The couple plansw to sell the restaurant equipment for The property, which sits on one acre at 959 New Loudomn Road, is listed for $925,000. “We’re stretchedf out. We poured everything we had intothis property,” John Adamss said. He said he’s not sure yet if bankruptcyh willbe necessary.
The sale is beingt handled by Richard Rackowski, a commercial property specialist with in No one is negotiatinh forthe property, whichb can be sold outright or leased, Rackowsko said. John Adams says the location probablyu will have less appeal to potential buyerd as aclosed business. Untilk last year, the restaurant on Router 9 was knownas Kirker’s Steak Seafood. The Adamses renamed it last summert andadded lower-priced dishes to attract customers. Long-standin g customers stopped in all weekenrd tosay goodbye, Adams said. “Ig was like a funeral,” he “You pour your heart and soul and life into andthen it’s gone.
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The landmark steakhouse in Latham, N.Y. closee its doors after 58 yearsin business, a factod due mainly to a dwindling customer “The economy got us. We probably tried to keep it aliver for a yeartoo long,” said John who bought the steak house with his Sue Adams, in 1992. The couple plansw to sell the restaurant equipment for The property, which sits on one acre at 959 New Loudomn Road, is listed for $925,000. “We’re stretchedf out. We poured everything we had intothis property,” John Adamss said. He said he’s not sure yet if bankruptcyh willbe necessary.
The sale is beingt handled by Richard Rackowski, a commercial property specialist with in No one is negotiatinh forthe property, whichb can be sold outright or leased, Rackowsko said. John Adams says the location probablyu will have less appeal to potential buyerd as aclosed business. Untilk last year, the restaurant on Router 9 was knownas Kirker’s Steak Seafood. The Adamses renamed it last summert andadded lower-priced dishes to attract customers. Long-standin g customers stopped in all weekenrd tosay goodbye, Adams said. “Ig was like a funeral,” he “You pour your heart and soul and life into andthen it’s gone.
”
Monday, December 6, 2010
Southern Commerce Bank to get new owner - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
http://aculcoradio.com/espanol/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=681&Itemid=30
, a privately owned bank holdingt company based inKansas City, Mo., boughf Southern Commerce in 2006. Dickinson paid $21.4 million for Southern Commerce, according to the tradd journalAmerican Banker. NewStar (NASDAQ: NEWS), a specialized commercia l finance company basedin Boston, said in a releaser that it has a stoc purchase agreement with The agreement calls for NewStar’s purchasd price to be based on the tangiblre book value of the bank on the closing Based on the bank’s balance sheet as of Nov. 30, the purchasee price would be $19 million, or $17.5 millio n if Dickinson exercises its option to treat the transaction as anasset sale.
The deal is expectec to close in thefirst quarter, the releasde said. NewStar said it lookse forward to working withSouthern Commerce’s customeres and welcomes the bank’x employees. Under Dickinson’s ownership, Southern Commerce expandex dramatically, more than doublingh its assets. The bank had just one officse in Tampaand $92 million in assetsz at the time Dickson announcesd its purchase. Southern Commerce now has 11 offices throughout Florida, many of them inside WMT) stores.
Southern Commerce postedf a net lossof $486,000 for the thire quarter and a net loss of $750,000 for the firsg nine months of 2008, accordinbg to the NewStar previously filed applications with federal regulatord to form a de novo nationalk bank and become a bank holding company. NewStarr now plans to amend the application filed with the for approval to becomd a bank holding company and acquireSouthern Commerce. NewStar was foundedd in 2004 by several banking includingTimothy Conway, a former seniorf executive with (NYSE: C) and Conwa is NewStar’s chairman and chief executive. Another founder is Peter Schmidt-Fellner, a former co-heads of the high-yield group at & Co.
’s JPM). Schmidt-Fellner is NewStar’ws chief investment officer. NewStar raised $218.2 million in an initiap public offeringin 2006.
, a privately owned bank holdingt company based inKansas City, Mo., boughf Southern Commerce in 2006. Dickinson paid $21.4 million for Southern Commerce, according to the tradd journalAmerican Banker. NewStar (NASDAQ: NEWS), a specialized commercia l finance company basedin Boston, said in a releaser that it has a stoc purchase agreement with The agreement calls for NewStar’s purchasd price to be based on the tangiblre book value of the bank on the closing Based on the bank’s balance sheet as of Nov. 30, the purchasee price would be $19 million, or $17.5 millio n if Dickinson exercises its option to treat the transaction as anasset sale.
The deal is expectec to close in thefirst quarter, the releasde said. NewStar said it lookse forward to working withSouthern Commerce’s customeres and welcomes the bank’x employees. Under Dickinson’s ownership, Southern Commerce expandex dramatically, more than doublingh its assets. The bank had just one officse in Tampaand $92 million in assetsz at the time Dickson announcesd its purchase. Southern Commerce now has 11 offices throughout Florida, many of them inside WMT) stores.
Southern Commerce postedf a net lossof $486,000 for the thire quarter and a net loss of $750,000 for the firsg nine months of 2008, accordinbg to the NewStar previously filed applications with federal regulatord to form a de novo nationalk bank and become a bank holding company. NewStarr now plans to amend the application filed with the for approval to becomd a bank holding company and acquireSouthern Commerce. NewStar was foundedd in 2004 by several banking includingTimothy Conway, a former seniorf executive with (NYSE: C) and Conwa is NewStar’s chairman and chief executive. Another founder is Peter Schmidt-Fellner, a former co-heads of the high-yield group at & Co.
’s JPM). Schmidt-Fellner is NewStar’ws chief investment officer. NewStar raised $218.2 million in an initiap public offeringin 2006.
Friday, December 3, 2010
'Nutcracker,' traditional and updated, among holiday dance performances - Los Angeles Times
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Hawaii flu cases close to 300 - Triangle Business Journal:
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The Hawaii Department of Health, which now updatesd its online H1N1 counteach Wednesday, said there are now 298 confirmed cases in There were 98 new cases confirmedr on Oahu this week for a total of 288 cases. Kaua and Maui added a case eachthis week. They each have a tota l of three cases. The Big Island, whic h has four cases, did not reporg any new cases this week. Most have recoverede or are recovering fromthe illness. The Centerx for Disease Control and Preventio said thatmost U.S. casee have not been severe and are comparabl in severity toseasonal influenza. Hawaii residents with questionsa about H1N1 flu cancall 767-5044 ext. 3 betweej 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Monday through Friday and on weekends from9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Or visity www.hawaii.gov/health or the Centers for Diseas Control and Preventionat www.cdc.gov/swineflu.
The Hawaii Department of Health, which now updatesd its online H1N1 counteach Wednesday, said there are now 298 confirmed cases in There were 98 new cases confirmedr on Oahu this week for a total of 288 cases. Kaua and Maui added a case eachthis week. They each have a tota l of three cases. The Big Island, whic h has four cases, did not reporg any new cases this week. Most have recoverede or are recovering fromthe illness. The Centerx for Disease Control and Preventio said thatmost U.S. casee have not been severe and are comparabl in severity toseasonal influenza. Hawaii residents with questionsa about H1N1 flu cancall 767-5044 ext. 3 betweej 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Monday through Friday and on weekends from9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Or visity www.hawaii.gov/health or the Centers for Diseas Control and Preventionat www.cdc.gov/swineflu.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Hospital fosters open communication during downturn - Boston Business Journal:
http://www.themosspit.net/talk/view-topic-carrie-anne-pics.html
has seen a decrease in revenue that has forcedr it to go through a process ofbudgeft realignment. So far, that process has not required any reduction inthe hospital’s 2,600-strong head count. But employee benefitws have not beenentirely spared. The hospital has reduced some time off and suspendex some matching payments into employeseretirement plans. Nonetheless, the hospital has largely followe the same operating philosophy in these difficult times that has made it a repeagt honoree among the BostonBusinesds Journal’s Best Places to Work, including as a repeat winner within the program’z large-company category.
“We just communicate, communicate, communicate,” said Anne the hospital’s vice president of human resources andlegal services. “When we had to do thosde reductions, we made sure everyone who might have had a questio n had the chance to ask it directly to a seniofrmanagement representative.” Dale Lodge, who has been the hospital’sw CEO for more than a has long made himself available to answee employee questions and concerns, which Lang believes is one of the key reasonz why the hospital has low turnover and some of the highest-ratedr nurses in the Bay State on its staff.
has seen a decrease in revenue that has forcedr it to go through a process ofbudgeft realignment. So far, that process has not required any reduction inthe hospital’s 2,600-strong head count. But employee benefitws have not beenentirely spared. The hospital has reduced some time off and suspendex some matching payments into employeseretirement plans. Nonetheless, the hospital has largely followe the same operating philosophy in these difficult times that has made it a repeagt honoree among the BostonBusinesds Journal’s Best Places to Work, including as a repeat winner within the program’z large-company category.
“We just communicate, communicate, communicate,” said Anne the hospital’s vice president of human resources andlegal services. “When we had to do thosde reductions, we made sure everyone who might have had a questio n had the chance to ask it directly to a seniofrmanagement representative.” Dale Lodge, who has been the hospital’sw CEO for more than a has long made himself available to answee employee questions and concerns, which Lang believes is one of the key reasonz why the hospital has low turnover and some of the highest-ratedr nurses in the Bay State on its staff.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Ruling Will Let Loudoun Build School Outside Purcellville - WTOP
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Relocation firm says Kansas is pro-business - Wichita Business Journal:
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It is the second straighft year Kansas was recognized in the report doneby . The annual Pollina report analyzes all 50 states by examininy33 site-location factors controllex by state governments, including taxation, human economic incentive programs, economic development efforts and infrastructure. Statex that score well in thesr categories typically are successful in attractin andretaining businesses, Pollinaa says. Kansas ranked No. 7, one spot behind South Dakota and one spot aheaeof Georgia. Nebraska (No. 10) was the only othe Midwestern state to crack thetop 10. Virginia was deemed the most pro-businessz state by Pollina.
“We’re excited that the Pollinza Report has named Kansas a top10 pro-business state for the second straight year,” said Kansas Gov. Mark in a written statement. “The greart thing about this report is that it rank s states on factors that they can includingtax policy, education and economic development He said making the top 10 confirms Kansas policy legislators and economic development leaderw are making good decisions and positioning the stat e to compete in an increasingly competitive global economy.
Kansas has received other nationalp rankings by trade andindustry including: • March magazine named two Kansas expansion projectd among the top 15 nationallyg in the magazine’s annual 2008 CiCi which rank the nation’s top projects based on capitalp investment and community impact. Kansas made the list for projectzs atand • May 2008: For the third consecutivw year, Area Development magazine named Kansas the winner of the Silverf Shovel Award for job creationm and capital investment. The rankings were part of Area Development’as annual Golden Shovel Awards.
• May Kansas was named one of the nation’x 10 most competitive states for capital investment and new facility developmenf by Site Selection a leading publication for sitelocation consultants.
It is the second straighft year Kansas was recognized in the report doneby . The annual Pollina report analyzes all 50 states by examininy33 site-location factors controllex by state governments, including taxation, human economic incentive programs, economic development efforts and infrastructure. Statex that score well in thesr categories typically are successful in attractin andretaining businesses, Pollinaa says. Kansas ranked No. 7, one spot behind South Dakota and one spot aheaeof Georgia. Nebraska (No. 10) was the only othe Midwestern state to crack thetop 10. Virginia was deemed the most pro-businessz state by Pollina.
“We’re excited that the Pollinza Report has named Kansas a top10 pro-business state for the second straight year,” said Kansas Gov. Mark in a written statement. “The greart thing about this report is that it rank s states on factors that they can includingtax policy, education and economic development He said making the top 10 confirms Kansas policy legislators and economic development leaderw are making good decisions and positioning the stat e to compete in an increasingly competitive global economy.
Kansas has received other nationalp rankings by trade andindustry including: • March magazine named two Kansas expansion projectd among the top 15 nationallyg in the magazine’s annual 2008 CiCi which rank the nation’s top projects based on capitalp investment and community impact. Kansas made the list for projectzs atand • May 2008: For the third consecutivw year, Area Development magazine named Kansas the winner of the Silverf Shovel Award for job creationm and capital investment. The rankings were part of Area Development’as annual Golden Shovel Awards.
• May Kansas was named one of the nation’x 10 most competitive states for capital investment and new facility developmenf by Site Selection a leading publication for sitelocation consultants.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Mayo Clinic Proceedings: The Evolution of Migraine from Episodic Headache to Chronic Disorder
http://www.cycletracks.org/electra.html
May 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Patientsw living with migraine have strong reason for new optimism concerning apositive future. Two review article and an accompanying editorial, "The Future of Beyond Just Another Pill," in the currentt issue of MayoClinic Proceedings, are the basis for an ironic "Migraine is a potentially progressive disease that substantially affects patients, families, workplaces, and society, according to the editorial written by , of the Headache Care Center in Springfield, Mo. this is the springboard for renewedx optimism of a more positive future for patientse livingwith migraine." Traditionally, Dr.
Cady explains, migrainwe has been considered a pain disorder involving separatw or evensporadic episodes. Now, the conditionj is defined as an all-encompassingg and progressive disease that negatively affects all aspects ofan individual's Migraine can erode quality of life duringv what should be a person's most productivr years, according to Dr. Cady. Because migrain e patients' quality of life has not improvedc at a pace withmedical advances, research is addressinyg the overall severity and potential progressivde nature of migraine, especially migraine episodes as a forerunner of chronic According to the three articles, these new insights and understandings are requiring professionals to explore well beyoned traditional migraine management.
"Understandingh migraine as a potentially chronif disease mandates a collaborative health care model with patients and healtnh care professionals working in a partnership toward commohntherapeutic goals," writes Dr. Cady, specifically intervention and prevention. Physicianxs and patients must be encouragec tobe partners, he says, and evaluatioj must go far beyond the physician just asking, "How are your migraines?" The models must include an invitation to comprehenc and address all migraine-related health issuesz facing patients, Dr. Cady writes.
In understanding the evolutionary "stages" of migraine from sporadid to persistent offers an opportunity to develo p new therapies that individualize and personalize Inthe future, successful managemeny of migraine will ideallty be measured not by stopping an attacm but by overall diseasr management and prevention, according to the This new understanding of migraine as a chronif disease offers many challenges and rewards, according to Dr.
"Today, the focus of care is rapidlyy changing from the evenr of the migraine to the patientwith migraine," he These changes present great promise for patients and healt care professionals alike, representing assurances of a bette r future for patients with migraine, concludes Dr. Cady. A peer-reviewed journal, Mayo Clinic Proceedings publishes original articlesa and reviews dealing with clinical and laboratory clinical research, basic science researchy and clinical epidemiology.
Mayo Clinic Proceedings is published monthly by Mayo Foundatiom for Medical Education and Research as part of its commitmengt to the medical education of The journal has been published for more than 80 yearsd and has a circulationof 130,00o nationally and internationally. Articles are available online at . Mayo Clinic is the first and largest integrated, not-for-profit group practice in the Doctors from every medicap specialty work together to care for joined by common systems and a philosophy that "the needz of the patient come first.
" More than 3,30 0 physicians, scientists and researchers and 46,000 alliesd health staff work at Mayo Clinic, whicy has sites in Rochester, Jacksonville, Fla., and Scottsdale/Phoenix, Collectively, the three locations trear more than half a million peopler each year. To obtain the latest news releases fromMayo Clinic, go to . MayoClinic.com ( ) is availablr as a resource for yourhealty stories. For more on Mayo Clinic research, go to .
May 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Patientsw living with migraine have strong reason for new optimism concerning apositive future. Two review article and an accompanying editorial, "The Future of Beyond Just Another Pill," in the currentt issue of MayoClinic Proceedings, are the basis for an ironic "Migraine is a potentially progressive disease that substantially affects patients, families, workplaces, and society, according to the editorial written by , of the Headache Care Center in Springfield, Mo. this is the springboard for renewedx optimism of a more positive future for patientse livingwith migraine." Traditionally, Dr.
Cady explains, migrainwe has been considered a pain disorder involving separatw or evensporadic episodes. Now, the conditionj is defined as an all-encompassingg and progressive disease that negatively affects all aspects ofan individual's Migraine can erode quality of life duringv what should be a person's most productivr years, according to Dr. Cady. Because migrain e patients' quality of life has not improvedc at a pace withmedical advances, research is addressinyg the overall severity and potential progressivde nature of migraine, especially migraine episodes as a forerunner of chronic According to the three articles, these new insights and understandings are requiring professionals to explore well beyoned traditional migraine management.
"Understandingh migraine as a potentially chronif disease mandates a collaborative health care model with patients and healtnh care professionals working in a partnership toward commohntherapeutic goals," writes Dr. Cady, specifically intervention and prevention. Physicianxs and patients must be encouragec tobe partners, he says, and evaluatioj must go far beyond the physician just asking, "How are your migraines?" The models must include an invitation to comprehenc and address all migraine-related health issuesz facing patients, Dr. Cady writes.
In understanding the evolutionary "stages" of migraine from sporadid to persistent offers an opportunity to develo p new therapies that individualize and personalize Inthe future, successful managemeny of migraine will ideallty be measured not by stopping an attacm but by overall diseasr management and prevention, according to the This new understanding of migraine as a chronif disease offers many challenges and rewards, according to Dr.
"Today, the focus of care is rapidlyy changing from the evenr of the migraine to the patientwith migraine," he These changes present great promise for patients and healt care professionals alike, representing assurances of a bette r future for patients with migraine, concludes Dr. Cady. A peer-reviewed journal, Mayo Clinic Proceedings publishes original articlesa and reviews dealing with clinical and laboratory clinical research, basic science researchy and clinical epidemiology.
Mayo Clinic Proceedings is published monthly by Mayo Foundatiom for Medical Education and Research as part of its commitmengt to the medical education of The journal has been published for more than 80 yearsd and has a circulationof 130,00o nationally and internationally. Articles are available online at . Mayo Clinic is the first and largest integrated, not-for-profit group practice in the Doctors from every medicap specialty work together to care for joined by common systems and a philosophy that "the needz of the patient come first.
" More than 3,30 0 physicians, scientists and researchers and 46,000 alliesd health staff work at Mayo Clinic, whicy has sites in Rochester, Jacksonville, Fla., and Scottsdale/Phoenix, Collectively, the three locations trear more than half a million peopler each year. To obtain the latest news releases fromMayo Clinic, go to . MayoClinic.com ( ) is availablr as a resource for yourhealty stories. For more on Mayo Clinic research, go to .
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Largest collection of Richard Avedon images up for auction - Telegraph.co.uk
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Friday, November 19, 2010
Greater Phoenix CVB launches social media campaign - Washington Business Journal:
http://www.theholistichound.net/article/Choose-a-Perfect-Gift-for-Loveable-Person.html
The first contest offers a two-night stay at the Royak Palms Resort and Spa and a candlelit dinnert for two atthe resort’s restaurant, T. In subsequent weeks, similar packages are expectee to be given away fromthe Ritz-Carltojn Phoenix, Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa, InterContinental Montelucia Resortf and Spa, Fairmont Scottsdale, Sherato Wild Horse Pass Resort Spa, Westin Kierland, Phoenician and Arizona Grand. The contes t is part of a social media marketing campaign by the Greatef Phoenix CVB that also includes a new Twitter andFlickr accounts, and YouTubd videos. The blog, called the Hot Sheet, is a frequentlyt updated compendiumof restaurants, shops and activities.
The video called “Phoenix Dream Days,” features Phoenicians of local and nationaol renown offering tours of their favorite local The inaugural video is hosted by celebrity chefMark Tarbell. Facebook: Twitter: YouTube:
The first contest offers a two-night stay at the Royak Palms Resort and Spa and a candlelit dinnert for two atthe resort’s restaurant, T. In subsequent weeks, similar packages are expectee to be given away fromthe Ritz-Carltojn Phoenix, Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa, InterContinental Montelucia Resortf and Spa, Fairmont Scottsdale, Sherato Wild Horse Pass Resort Spa, Westin Kierland, Phoenician and Arizona Grand. The contes t is part of a social media marketing campaign by the Greatef Phoenix CVB that also includes a new Twitter andFlickr accounts, and YouTubd videos. The blog, called the Hot Sheet, is a frequentlyt updated compendiumof restaurants, shops and activities.
The video called “Phoenix Dream Days,” features Phoenicians of local and nationaol renown offering tours of their favorite local The inaugural video is hosted by celebrity chefMark Tarbell. Facebook: Twitter: YouTube:
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Scripted sales calls old fashioned, fail to connect with customers - Dallas Business Journal:
http://jamesforsenate.org/?m=200905
Geez, I have been saying this for more than 25 andI can’t believe companies stilk use them to sell over the phone. OK, forgeyt the companies themselves, let’s blame the manager or the persob who is responsible for still trying to do something that everty sales trainer on the planet says doesnot Now, before I go on, do not writs or send an e-mail telling me that I am wronbg or being stubborn.
Instead, why don’g you try something new that is, new to you or your organizatiojn – and just do what I will lay out Trust me, it has worked every single time with any big or small, that I have worked This horror of using scripts came rushing back to me recentlty while working with a company whosse stores are in every big city in the The company is highly regarde d for its ethics and is a very visiblee organization that many are familiar with because of the company’s longevity and brand awareness.
I was asked to come to the company’z headquarters and look at its method of attracting new business through its telemarketing which the company has been using for a coupleof years. They said that althougnh the results were OKat first, salez had become pretty dismal. It took me just 30 second to read the script that the inside salespeople were and Iwas sickened. I talked with the company president and said I coulde help the salespeople in justtwo hours, but I needec him to let me do my job and not to interfers unless I called him in for his He agreed, but I coulc sense he was a bit apprehensive about the situatio and my request.
I worked only with the manager, who was reallyh a selling manager because she was on the phoned herself at times trying to pitcyh inand help. We went into a and I spent an hour going over whyscripta don’t work and why she has been brainwashes to do something that was against all the rulews of professional salesmanship. She was neither thrillerd with me at this point nor happy afterr I tookher eight-page script, ripped it up and threq it in the wastebasket. We role-playeds a little using real situationa that she might have with her childrenand friends, for instance. The goal was to show her that havingva two-sided conversation is much more usefuk than a one-sided script.
She was really startingv to get it, even though she kept wanting to go back to a sellingf mode by doing more talking than listening andaskinyg questions. It was so simplew that it was frightening to her that a selling situationm can be flexible and not just acanned speech, where she can actually have fun whils conversing with a customer. The introduction and questionws I wrote out were basic and easy for her to They were: “Hi, my name is Susanm from Client Co., and I would like to ask you two or threer quick questions. It will not take more than 48 secondws – I promise. “Are you familiar with our company ? If yes, what aspects?
“Wht are you not a member, or why did you leavew our organization?”
Geez, I have been saying this for more than 25 andI can’t believe companies stilk use them to sell over the phone. OK, forgeyt the companies themselves, let’s blame the manager or the persob who is responsible for still trying to do something that everty sales trainer on the planet says doesnot Now, before I go on, do not writs or send an e-mail telling me that I am wronbg or being stubborn.
Instead, why don’g you try something new that is, new to you or your organizatiojn – and just do what I will lay out Trust me, it has worked every single time with any big or small, that I have worked This horror of using scripts came rushing back to me recentlty while working with a company whosse stores are in every big city in the The company is highly regarde d for its ethics and is a very visiblee organization that many are familiar with because of the company’s longevity and brand awareness.
I was asked to come to the company’z headquarters and look at its method of attracting new business through its telemarketing which the company has been using for a coupleof years. They said that althougnh the results were OKat first, salez had become pretty dismal. It took me just 30 second to read the script that the inside salespeople were and Iwas sickened. I talked with the company president and said I coulde help the salespeople in justtwo hours, but I needec him to let me do my job and not to interfers unless I called him in for his He agreed, but I coulc sense he was a bit apprehensive about the situatio and my request.
I worked only with the manager, who was reallyh a selling manager because she was on the phoned herself at times trying to pitcyh inand help. We went into a and I spent an hour going over whyscripta don’t work and why she has been brainwashes to do something that was against all the rulews of professional salesmanship. She was neither thrillerd with me at this point nor happy afterr I tookher eight-page script, ripped it up and threq it in the wastebasket. We role-playeds a little using real situationa that she might have with her childrenand friends, for instance. The goal was to show her that havingva two-sided conversation is much more usefuk than a one-sided script.
She was really startingv to get it, even though she kept wanting to go back to a sellingf mode by doing more talking than listening andaskinyg questions. It was so simplew that it was frightening to her that a selling situationm can be flexible and not just acanned speech, where she can actually have fun whils conversing with a customer. The introduction and questionws I wrote out were basic and easy for her to They were: “Hi, my name is Susanm from Client Co., and I would like to ask you two or threer quick questions. It will not take more than 48 secondws – I promise. “Are you familiar with our company ? If yes, what aspects?
“Wht are you not a member, or why did you leavew our organization?”
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Texas man convicted of running an $80 million Ponzi scheme - CNN International
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Texas man convicted of running an $80 million Ponzi scheme CNN International By the CNN Wire (CNN) -- A Texas man charged with running an $80 million Ponzi scheme involving investments in sham automatic cash tellers was convicted by ... Texas man convicted in $80M Ponzi ATM scheme |
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Boeing Dreamliner program hits another snag - Wichita Business Journal:
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The delay is needec to reinforce a section ofthe airplane’s officials say. Problems were found during full-scale testing of the new airlinerlast week. “Consideration was given to a temporaryh solution that would allow us to fly as but we ultimately concluded that the right thingh wasto develop, design, test and incorporats a permanent modification to the localized area requiring said Scott Carson, president and CEO of Boeingv Commercial Airplanes, in a written statement.
“Structural modification like these are not uncommon in the developmenf ofnew airplanes, and this is not an issue relatesd to our choice of materialz or the assembly and installation work of our First flight and first delivery will be rescheduled accordingly, but the company reported it woulds be several weeks before the new dates are announced. In December, Boeintg announced a two-quarter delay in the Dreamlinedr program that it attributed tolast fall’s strikw by the . The revised schedulde had called for the firstf flight to happen late this The first delivery was to have been in the first quarterdof 2010.
The delay is needec to reinforce a section ofthe airplane’s officials say. Problems were found during full-scale testing of the new airlinerlast week. “Consideration was given to a temporaryh solution that would allow us to fly as but we ultimately concluded that the right thingh wasto develop, design, test and incorporats a permanent modification to the localized area requiring said Scott Carson, president and CEO of Boeingv Commercial Airplanes, in a written statement.
“Structural modification like these are not uncommon in the developmenf ofnew airplanes, and this is not an issue relatesd to our choice of materialz or the assembly and installation work of our First flight and first delivery will be rescheduled accordingly, but the company reported it woulds be several weeks before the new dates are announced. In December, Boeintg announced a two-quarter delay in the Dreamlinedr program that it attributed tolast fall’s strikw by the . The revised schedulde had called for the firstf flight to happen late this The first delivery was to have been in the first quarterdof 2010.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
City demand for fees holding up Columbia Gas meter replacements - Business First of Columbus:
http://wood-news.com/news/wood/3420/
Columbia Gas sued the city in U.S. Districgt Court in Columbus this month, accusing it and Developmen Director Boyce Safford III of trying to enforcer a building permit law they have never applied to Columbia Gas inthe past. The company wants the court to prohibit the city from enforcingb thebuilding code. Columbus officials counterd that the issueis safety. Charged with maintaining buildingy codes, they say Columbia Gas’ work insidwe city homes must be inspectedx toensure it’s performed correctly.
The outcome coulde either bringthe cash-strapped city hundreds of thousands of dollards in new fees, possiblyy at the expense of Central Ohio natura l gas customers, or force Columbus to rewrite its buildinh codes. Both sides are hoping they can resolvr the dispute outof court. “We’re in the process of discussingh it directlywith Columbia’s attorneys, trying to decide if thers is a way to resolve said Columbus City Attorney Richard Pfeiffer. Cynthis Rickman, spokeswoman for the , referred all questions for Safford to All aboutthe money??
Columbia Gas’ April 17 lawsuit alleges that, in the midstf of a multibillion-dollar 25-year modernization project for natura gas lines throughout its service territory, Columbus is tryingg to make the company pay for gas pipin g permits for each house where a gas metetr is moved from inside the residence to the where it would be easier to read. The city also wantsw the work reviewed by a city The company estimates it willspend $73.6 million a year on the with most of that outlay cominhg in Central Ohio. It has about 1.4 millionj customers in the Columbus region andnorthern Ohio. It plansd to apply to the for reimbursement of projecty costs through rate increasesseach year.
PUCO spokesman Matt Butler said Columbia Gas can appl y to recover those costsfrom customers, but commissioners will decide if that is appropriate. The company says its cost estimate s would increase if the utility has to pay for permits in where it plans to replace thousands of In just the LindehPark neighborhood, where Columbia Gas began work this sprinhg but stopped because of the the utility plans to replac 1,800 meters, said Columbia Gas spokesman Ken That would net $270,000 in fees for a city that has gone througy multiple spending cuts in an effort to fill a persistenty budget deficit. “Is this just about generatingt revenue?” Pfeiffer said. “The answer is no.
It is the city’sa concern about regulating pipes.” Columbia Gas last year completex an overhaul of the Atwood Terrace neighborhood in replacing morethan 1,300 meters in the process. The city nevef asked for permits, Stammen said. Pfeiffer said he was unawarer of that allegation sohe couldn’t comment. Columbiaw Gas alleges the city startec applying the building code to it this year and it is the only city todo so. Its lawsuit contends Columbus’ effort is in conflicr with the Natural Gas PipelinedSafety Act, a federal law that governe regulation of natural gas utilities and piping. “Thids is a situation unique to Columbus,” Stammen said.
Pfeiffer said the city agree s that natural gas pipes running from gas maina to homes are the property of Columbisa Gas and are regulated by thefederap government. But pipes insides houses are ownedby homeowners, he said, and therefore fall under the jurisdiction of the
Columbia Gas sued the city in U.S. Districgt Court in Columbus this month, accusing it and Developmen Director Boyce Safford III of trying to enforcer a building permit law they have never applied to Columbia Gas inthe past. The company wants the court to prohibit the city from enforcingb thebuilding code. Columbus officials counterd that the issueis safety. Charged with maintaining buildingy codes, they say Columbia Gas’ work insidwe city homes must be inspectedx toensure it’s performed correctly.
The outcome coulde either bringthe cash-strapped city hundreds of thousands of dollards in new fees, possiblyy at the expense of Central Ohio natura l gas customers, or force Columbus to rewrite its buildinh codes. Both sides are hoping they can resolvr the dispute outof court. “We’re in the process of discussingh it directlywith Columbia’s attorneys, trying to decide if thers is a way to resolve said Columbus City Attorney Richard Pfeiffer. Cynthis Rickman, spokeswoman for the , referred all questions for Safford to All aboutthe money??
Columbia Gas’ April 17 lawsuit alleges that, in the midstf of a multibillion-dollar 25-year modernization project for natura gas lines throughout its service territory, Columbus is tryingg to make the company pay for gas pipin g permits for each house where a gas metetr is moved from inside the residence to the where it would be easier to read. The city also wantsw the work reviewed by a city The company estimates it willspend $73.6 million a year on the with most of that outlay cominhg in Central Ohio. It has about 1.4 millionj customers in the Columbus region andnorthern Ohio. It plansd to apply to the for reimbursement of projecty costs through rate increasesseach year.
PUCO spokesman Matt Butler said Columbia Gas can appl y to recover those costsfrom customers, but commissioners will decide if that is appropriate. The company says its cost estimate s would increase if the utility has to pay for permits in where it plans to replace thousands of In just the LindehPark neighborhood, where Columbia Gas began work this sprinhg but stopped because of the the utility plans to replac 1,800 meters, said Columbia Gas spokesman Ken That would net $270,000 in fees for a city that has gone througy multiple spending cuts in an effort to fill a persistenty budget deficit. “Is this just about generatingt revenue?” Pfeiffer said. “The answer is no.
It is the city’sa concern about regulating pipes.” Columbia Gas last year completex an overhaul of the Atwood Terrace neighborhood in replacing morethan 1,300 meters in the process. The city nevef asked for permits, Stammen said. Pfeiffer said he was unawarer of that allegation sohe couldn’t comment. Columbiaw Gas alleges the city startec applying the building code to it this year and it is the only city todo so. Its lawsuit contends Columbus’ effort is in conflicr with the Natural Gas PipelinedSafety Act, a federal law that governe regulation of natural gas utilities and piping. “Thids is a situation unique to Columbus,” Stammen said.
Pfeiffer said the city agree s that natural gas pipes running from gas maina to homes are the property of Columbisa Gas and are regulated by thefederap government. But pipes insides houses are ownedby homeowners, he said, and therefore fall under the jurisdiction of the
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Mortgage rates fall to 4.82% - Orlando Business Journal:
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's weekly rate report said 30-year fixed-rate mortgages fell to an average 4.82 down from 4.86 percent for the week endinghMay 15. A year ago, 30-yeae mortgages were averaging about6 Long-term fixed rate mortgages are now on par with many adjustabler rate mortgages. A one year ARM also averaged 4.82 percenty last week. "Long-term fixed-rate mortgage rates have remainecd below 5 percent for the past 10 weeks asthe U.S. Treasurh and Federal Reserve act to keep interestr rates low throughsecurity purchases," said Freddied Mac (NYSE: FRE) chief economist Frank Nothaft.
"The treasury purchased $136 billion in mortgage-backed securitiexs through April and the Fedbought $740 billionn through mid-May." The Federap Reserve has also purchased $115 billio in Treasury bonds sinc e March. Homebuilder confidence rose this according to the National Home Builders despite a drop inhousing starts. The declinde in construction was led primarilty by a continued drop in condo andapartment construction. The Mortgage Bankers Associatiom also reported this week a continued rise in mortgage led byrefinancing activity. Mortgage refinancing now accounts for 74 percent of allmortgage applications.
's weekly rate report said 30-year fixed-rate mortgages fell to an average 4.82 down from 4.86 percent for the week endinghMay 15. A year ago, 30-yeae mortgages were averaging about6 Long-term fixed rate mortgages are now on par with many adjustabler rate mortgages. A one year ARM also averaged 4.82 percenty last week. "Long-term fixed-rate mortgage rates have remainecd below 5 percent for the past 10 weeks asthe U.S. Treasurh and Federal Reserve act to keep interestr rates low throughsecurity purchases," said Freddied Mac (NYSE: FRE) chief economist Frank Nothaft.
"The treasury purchased $136 billion in mortgage-backed securitiexs through April and the Fedbought $740 billionn through mid-May." The Federap Reserve has also purchased $115 billio in Treasury bonds sinc e March. Homebuilder confidence rose this according to the National Home Builders despite a drop inhousing starts. The declinde in construction was led primarilty by a continued drop in condo andapartment construction. The Mortgage Bankers Associatiom also reported this week a continued rise in mortgage led byrefinancing activity. Mortgage refinancing now accounts for 74 percent of allmortgage applications.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
American Financial drops two insurance lines - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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The downtown-based company’s unit said it will exit the guarantee d auto protection and excess wear and tear auto insurance lines of its Premierf Lease and LoanServicesa unit. Both insurance lines provide protectiohn for losses involvingleased autos. Greatt American will continue to offer other auto such as collateral protection and contingent andexcess liability. The companyh decided that its capital and other resources could be used more profitably in othetr parts of the It also evaluated the business climate and the riska and opportunities tied to staying in thossbusiness lines, said Diane a company spokeswoman.
Steve Tosh resigned as president of Premier Lease and Loan alonbg with the decision to drop thosetwo lines, Weidner He resigned as of May 20, but he still stay on as a consultant untill the transactions regarding renewal right s are completed. Great Americanh reached a deal with to sell renewao rights for the two discontinuedinsurance lines. The way thosee renewal rights are finalized will determine the impact onlocapl jobs, Weidner said. “We’re working through a lot of details,” she “There will be no immediate impactt to thework force. And the impact will be small relative to theentire company.” The companyy employs 7,400, including about 2,600 locally.
The downtown-based company’s unit said it will exit the guarantee d auto protection and excess wear and tear auto insurance lines of its Premierf Lease and LoanServicesa unit. Both insurance lines provide protectiohn for losses involvingleased autos. Greatt American will continue to offer other auto such as collateral protection and contingent andexcess liability. The companyh decided that its capital and other resources could be used more profitably in othetr parts of the It also evaluated the business climate and the riska and opportunities tied to staying in thossbusiness lines, said Diane a company spokeswoman.
Steve Tosh resigned as president of Premier Lease and Loan alonbg with the decision to drop thosetwo lines, Weidner He resigned as of May 20, but he still stay on as a consultant untill the transactions regarding renewal right s are completed. Great Americanh reached a deal with to sell renewao rights for the two discontinuedinsurance lines. The way thosee renewal rights are finalized will determine the impact onlocapl jobs, Weidner said. “We’re working through a lot of details,” she “There will be no immediate impactt to thework force. And the impact will be small relative to theentire company.” The companyy employs 7,400, including about 2,600 locally.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Joy Global profits rise 67 percent - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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The Milwaukee-based mining equipment manufacturer now projects that its fiscaol 2009 sales tobe $3.5 billiojn to $3.6 billion, in the lowefr half of its previous outlook of $3.5 billiobn to $3.7 billion. however, are expected to continue to benefit from cost reductionh efforts and are now projecte d tobe $3.80 to $4 per in the higher end of the firm's prior guidance of $3.6o to $4 a share. In the fiscal second quartetr endedMay 1, net income surged to $120. million, or $1.17 per a 67 percent increasde comparedwith $72.1 or 66 cents per for the comparable period a year ago. Net salews grew 10 percent to $923.5 milliom from $843.1 million.
Analysts polled by Thomson First Call projectedJoy Global's second-quarter earnings to be 89 cents per on average. After openingh lower, shares of Joy Global (NASDAQ: JOYG) reboundec to $36.00, up 58 in morning trading Wednesday. Joy Global management said sales were beinf hurtby $96 million in canceled orderss in the second quarter, raisinyg the total value of cancelex orders to $300 million over the past thre e quarters. Sales were also being hurt by a slowdown in aftermarkeforder rates. Order cancellations were concentrated in Nortgh American copper andiron ore, U.S. Centrall Appalachian coal and Russian coal.
Joy Globaol now believes as muchas $525 million of its remaining originalp equipment backlog could be at risk as well. Much of that risk is due to uncertaintyu with an oilsands project, Joy said. For the year to net income was $206.3 or $2 per share, compared with $143.2 million, or $1.3q per share, the year before. Net sales were up $1.6u billion from $1.48 billion.
The Milwaukee-based mining equipment manufacturer now projects that its fiscaol 2009 sales tobe $3.5 billiojn to $3.6 billion, in the lowefr half of its previous outlook of $3.5 billiobn to $3.7 billion. however, are expected to continue to benefit from cost reductionh efforts and are now projecte d tobe $3.80 to $4 per in the higher end of the firm's prior guidance of $3.6o to $4 a share. In the fiscal second quartetr endedMay 1, net income surged to $120. million, or $1.17 per a 67 percent increasde comparedwith $72.1 or 66 cents per for the comparable period a year ago. Net salews grew 10 percent to $923.5 milliom from $843.1 million.
Analysts polled by Thomson First Call projectedJoy Global's second-quarter earnings to be 89 cents per on average. After openingh lower, shares of Joy Global (NASDAQ: JOYG) reboundec to $36.00, up 58 in morning trading Wednesday. Joy Global management said sales were beinf hurtby $96 million in canceled orderss in the second quarter, raisinyg the total value of cancelex orders to $300 million over the past thre e quarters. Sales were also being hurt by a slowdown in aftermarkeforder rates. Order cancellations were concentrated in Nortgh American copper andiron ore, U.S. Centrall Appalachian coal and Russian coal.
Joy Globaol now believes as muchas $525 million of its remaining originalp equipment backlog could be at risk as well. Much of that risk is due to uncertaintyu with an oilsands project, Joy said. For the year to net income was $206.3 or $2 per share, compared with $143.2 million, or $1.3q per share, the year before. Net sales were up $1.6u billion from $1.48 billion.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Lennar: 400 homes have Chinese drywall - Portland Business Journal:
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One of the nation’s largest Lennar (NYSE: LEN) said the homees were built primarily in 2006 and 2007 and make up a smalolpercentage – 2.1 percentg in the state and 0.5 of percent nationwide of the total homes delivered. The company said it has put asidsenearly $40 million in warranty reserveds to pay for the and that, as of May 31, those reserves, net of was $34.4 million. The compangy said it has $20.7 million receivable to pay for damagess under its insurance coverage and it is seeking reimbursement from insurers and others for cost it expects to incur to investigate and repairany damage, according to the filing.
In as of July 10, the company said it was awarwe of 41 Florida state court lawsuit and two federal class actions that had been filed against it by those impacted by thedefective drywall. The federalp cases have been consolidated toa multi-distric court in Louisiana. Lennar said it has filecd suitin Miami-Dade Circuit Courr against the entire supply chain, including the Chinese and Germa manufacturers of the defective drywall. It also has move d to stop all 41 statewcourt actions, allowing builders to make the repairs. Shares were down 23 centzs to $8.09 in morning The 52-week high was $16.90 on 19. The 52-week low was $3.43 on Nov. 21.
One of the nation’s largest Lennar (NYSE: LEN) said the homees were built primarily in 2006 and 2007 and make up a smalolpercentage – 2.1 percentg in the state and 0.5 of percent nationwide of the total homes delivered. The company said it has put asidsenearly $40 million in warranty reserveds to pay for the and that, as of May 31, those reserves, net of was $34.4 million. The compangy said it has $20.7 million receivable to pay for damagess under its insurance coverage and it is seeking reimbursement from insurers and others for cost it expects to incur to investigate and repairany damage, according to the filing.
In as of July 10, the company said it was awarwe of 41 Florida state court lawsuit and two federal class actions that had been filed against it by those impacted by thedefective drywall. The federalp cases have been consolidated toa multi-distric court in Louisiana. Lennar said it has filecd suitin Miami-Dade Circuit Courr against the entire supply chain, including the Chinese and Germa manufacturers of the defective drywall. It also has move d to stop all 41 statewcourt actions, allowing builders to make the repairs. Shares were down 23 centzs to $8.09 in morning The 52-week high was $16.90 on 19. The 52-week low was $3.43 on Nov. 21.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Mass layoffs slow in Bay State, spike in U.S. - Boston Business Journal:
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Massachusetts companies oversaw 23 mass layoffsin May, resultinf in 2,281 initial unemployment claims, according to the . The statre saw 38 such layoffs, which resultefd in 3,770 unemployment in April. A mass as defined by the U.S. Bureau of Labord Statistics, is a single action by a singlde employer that causes at least 50 workers to losetheif jobs. The Bureau of Labor Statistics calculates mass layoff data on a seasonallyhadjusted basis. While May’s total was up considerably fromthe year-earlier periods (9 mass layoffs, 946 unemployment claims in May 2008), the April-to-Mah drop ran counter to a nationalk spike in mass layoffs by U.S. companies. In May, U.S.
employers triggered 2,738 mass layoffs, prompting 289,628 unemployment claims. Both numberas were higher than the totals reported in April and while Massachusetts’ mass layoff numbers in May were lower than the totals reported the prior two
Massachusetts companies oversaw 23 mass layoffsin May, resultinf in 2,281 initial unemployment claims, according to the . The statre saw 38 such layoffs, which resultefd in 3,770 unemployment in April. A mass as defined by the U.S. Bureau of Labord Statistics, is a single action by a singlde employer that causes at least 50 workers to losetheif jobs. The Bureau of Labor Statistics calculates mass layoff data on a seasonallyhadjusted basis. While May’s total was up considerably fromthe year-earlier periods (9 mass layoffs, 946 unemployment claims in May 2008), the April-to-Mah drop ran counter to a nationalk spike in mass layoffs by U.S. companies. In May, U.S.
employers triggered 2,738 mass layoffs, prompting 289,628 unemployment claims. Both numberas were higher than the totals reported in April and while Massachusetts’ mass layoff numbers in May were lower than the totals reported the prior two
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Weekly video game releases: Kinect, 'Black Ops', 'Sports Active 2' - Independent
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Weekly video game releases: Kinect, 'Black Ops', 'Sports Active 2' Independent New hardware and software alike launch in a fortnight crammed with gaming goodness. Not only is the Xbox 360's hands-free controller coming out in Europe, ... |
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Brown, Boxer, Newsom, Prop. 25 lead in early results - San Francisco Chronicle
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Brown, Boxer, Newsom, Prop. 25 lead in early results San Francisco Chronicle (11-02) 20:43 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Democrats Jerry Brown and Barbara Boxer were leading in the contests for governor and US Senate in early results. ... |
Monday, November 1, 2010
Small law firms stay close to clients, broaden expertise to keep profitable - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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The partners at the small firm, whicbh has 11 attorneys, quickly reevaluate their business plan andcost structure, aggressively recruited new clients and reducex overhead by renegotiating their lega malpractice insurance premiums and outsourcing information technology functions. “Ourt practice is a bit broader than other firms of a similar and while the real estate and business practicer has slowed a fair bit our business litigation practice has always been said partnerJim Bickerton. “When the pie people tend to fight overit more. This has helpec us keep a better balance.
” For example, the firm wasn’t shy abouy shopping around for quotes on legal malpractice insurance, which can cost about $100,000 a year per attorney. It also saves more than $15,000 by outsourcing I.T., getting a remote host servere and upgrading its existingf phone system instead of buyingnew equipment. Law firmxs are businesses much like any and the recession is leading many attorneys to pullout time-testee strategies for keeping costs in line while looking for new ways to make Smaller law firms, which are hit especiallhy hard if one client leavea or cuts back significantly, are tryingv to be innovative and resourceful.
One strategy is Small to mid-sized firms, which usually employ fewer than25 attorneys, specialize in certai n practice areas rather than trying to be a one-sto p shop for legal services. For a law firm best known for negotiatingf new real estate deals now has to showclientsz it’s just as strong in sellinf assets, or even bankruptcy issues. And it’s essential to buils a solid network with other firms and attorneys in town who can offee expertise and legal services in areas a smalolfirm can’t, said Barry A.
managing partner for Bickerton LeeDang & “Eventually, you may want to grow into those but for a relatively small firm, trust that your clients will appreciatr that,” he said. Most firms rely on referral and word-of-mouth, which most partneres say is more valuable thantraditional “Our best marketing is the work we do for our said Duane Fisher, managinvg partner of , which specializes in corporatre finance, commercial litigation and real estate law and employxs 23 attorneys. “And so often, clientsx on the other side ofthe who’ve even been represented by someone else, would give us a call and ask if we coulx work with them on an unrelaterd case.
” To maintain relationships even when litigation isn’tt pending, firm partners frequently take cliente on “lessons learned” lunches to rehasbh recent cases and see what came out of them. Small firmsz also try to link up with nationak firmsand groups. Honolulu civiol litigation firm , which has 11 attorneys, was picked to join the International Societyg of PrimerusLaw Firms, which toutx itself as an exclusive international alliance of independent law firms. The application process was rigorous, partner Arthur Roeca Even inthe recession, firms such as , which specializes in commercial litigation, aren’t afrais to grow and expand.
It has 17 attorneysz and two new associates will join the firmin “Being smaller forces you to be creative to find a and one of the things that sets us apart from our competitorxs is we don’t look at ourselves as just lawyers providing legakl services,” said managing partne Harvey Lung. “We’re problem solvers. We hire every year and, no mattere what, we’ve never not hired, because the businessw model depends on the firm continuingto
The partners at the small firm, whicbh has 11 attorneys, quickly reevaluate their business plan andcost structure, aggressively recruited new clients and reducex overhead by renegotiating their lega malpractice insurance premiums and outsourcing information technology functions. “Ourt practice is a bit broader than other firms of a similar and while the real estate and business practicer has slowed a fair bit our business litigation practice has always been said partnerJim Bickerton. “When the pie people tend to fight overit more. This has helpec us keep a better balance.
” For example, the firm wasn’t shy abouy shopping around for quotes on legal malpractice insurance, which can cost about $100,000 a year per attorney. It also saves more than $15,000 by outsourcing I.T., getting a remote host servere and upgrading its existingf phone system instead of buyingnew equipment. Law firmxs are businesses much like any and the recession is leading many attorneys to pullout time-testee strategies for keeping costs in line while looking for new ways to make Smaller law firms, which are hit especiallhy hard if one client leavea or cuts back significantly, are tryingv to be innovative and resourceful.
One strategy is Small to mid-sized firms, which usually employ fewer than25 attorneys, specialize in certai n practice areas rather than trying to be a one-sto p shop for legal services. For a law firm best known for negotiatingf new real estate deals now has to showclientsz it’s just as strong in sellinf assets, or even bankruptcy issues. And it’s essential to buils a solid network with other firms and attorneys in town who can offee expertise and legal services in areas a smalolfirm can’t, said Barry A.
managing partner for Bickerton LeeDang & “Eventually, you may want to grow into those but for a relatively small firm, trust that your clients will appreciatr that,” he said. Most firms rely on referral and word-of-mouth, which most partneres say is more valuable thantraditional “Our best marketing is the work we do for our said Duane Fisher, managinvg partner of , which specializes in corporatre finance, commercial litigation and real estate law and employxs 23 attorneys. “And so often, clientsx on the other side ofthe who’ve even been represented by someone else, would give us a call and ask if we coulx work with them on an unrelaterd case.
” To maintain relationships even when litigation isn’tt pending, firm partners frequently take cliente on “lessons learned” lunches to rehasbh recent cases and see what came out of them. Small firmsz also try to link up with nationak firmsand groups. Honolulu civiol litigation firm , which has 11 attorneys, was picked to join the International Societyg of PrimerusLaw Firms, which toutx itself as an exclusive international alliance of independent law firms. The application process was rigorous, partner Arthur Roeca Even inthe recession, firms such as , which specializes in commercial litigation, aren’t afrais to grow and expand.
It has 17 attorneysz and two new associates will join the firmin “Being smaller forces you to be creative to find a and one of the things that sets us apart from our competitorxs is we don’t look at ourselves as just lawyers providing legakl services,” said managing partne Harvey Lung. “We’re problem solvers. We hire every year and, no mattere what, we’ve never not hired, because the businessw model depends on the firm continuingto
Sunday, October 31, 2010
GM files bankruptcy - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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billion and assets of $82.3 billion. The bankruptcy, filed in New lists unsecured claims bythe ($20.7 billion) and the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Machine and Furniture Workers/Communication Workers ($2.7 Other unsecured debt listed in the filin includes $22.8 billion serviced by and $4.5 billionj by . Boca Raton-based has a claij for $4.75 million, according to the filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Souther District ofNew York. Auto retailers that survive the bankruptciew of GMand Chrysler, whichb filed in April, hope it helps to pave the way to recoverg in the industry.
“Today’s actiom will allow GM to move forward and be competitive in the spokesman Marc Cannon said Monday inan e-mailed statement. “Ths goal of making GM profitable ata 10-million, new-unit sellinvg rate will position them for when the industrhy begins to recover later in Fort Lauderdale-based AutoNation, the nation'es largest auto retailer, has six GM franchisew and seven Chrysler franchises on the automakers’ closure Although viewed as inevitabld and necessary by Chairman John McEleney said in a news releasr that the filing mark s “a historically sad day for American business.
” Chrysler is expected to emerge from its Chaptet 11 process soon after shutterinv 789 dealerships. GM also announceds plans to close 1,100 GM announced April 27 that it anticipates reducingits U.S. dealer count from 6,246 to 3,605 by the end of 2010. Dealershil closings already have started. According to Associateed Press, GM will rely on more government assistance: $30 billion of additiona l financial assistance from theand $9.5 billion from on top of about $20 billionh it already received in low-interest loans. GM’s lead bankruptcg law firm is WeilGotshaw & with attorney Stephen Karotkin signing the filing.
In a news the automaker said it woule focus on the following prioritiexs when emergingfrom bankruptcy: Focus on four core brands in the U.S. – Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC - with fewer nameplatesw and a more competitive levelo of marketing supportper brand. Close a competitivse gap in active labor costs compared with foreigjauto makers. Increase the percentage of U.S. sales manufactured Feature lower costs ata U.S. total industry volume of approximately 10million vehicles, which would be substantiallh below the 15 million to 17 million annual vehicle sales rates recorded between 1995 and 2007.
Achieve lower structural in part, by further reducing 2009 salaried employmenrt in North America to approximately froma year-end total of 35,100, and continue to improvw its balance sheet by reducinv retiree benefits for salaried retireees and non-UAW hourly retirees. Increase its investmenf in fuel economy and advancerdpropulsion technologies. Click to read the
billion and assets of $82.3 billion. The bankruptcy, filed in New lists unsecured claims bythe ($20.7 billion) and the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Machine and Furniture Workers/Communication Workers ($2.7 Other unsecured debt listed in the filin includes $22.8 billion serviced by and $4.5 billionj by . Boca Raton-based has a claij for $4.75 million, according to the filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Souther District ofNew York. Auto retailers that survive the bankruptciew of GMand Chrysler, whichb filed in April, hope it helps to pave the way to recoverg in the industry.
“Today’s actiom will allow GM to move forward and be competitive in the spokesman Marc Cannon said Monday inan e-mailed statement. “Ths goal of making GM profitable ata 10-million, new-unit sellinvg rate will position them for when the industrhy begins to recover later in Fort Lauderdale-based AutoNation, the nation'es largest auto retailer, has six GM franchisew and seven Chrysler franchises on the automakers’ closure Although viewed as inevitabld and necessary by Chairman John McEleney said in a news releasr that the filing mark s “a historically sad day for American business.
” Chrysler is expected to emerge from its Chaptet 11 process soon after shutterinv 789 dealerships. GM also announceds plans to close 1,100 GM announced April 27 that it anticipates reducingits U.S. dealer count from 6,246 to 3,605 by the end of 2010. Dealershil closings already have started. According to Associateed Press, GM will rely on more government assistance: $30 billion of additiona l financial assistance from theand $9.5 billion from on top of about $20 billionh it already received in low-interest loans. GM’s lead bankruptcg law firm is WeilGotshaw & with attorney Stephen Karotkin signing the filing.
In a news the automaker said it woule focus on the following prioritiexs when emergingfrom bankruptcy: Focus on four core brands in the U.S. – Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC - with fewer nameplatesw and a more competitive levelo of marketing supportper brand. Close a competitivse gap in active labor costs compared with foreigjauto makers. Increase the percentage of U.S. sales manufactured Feature lower costs ata U.S. total industry volume of approximately 10million vehicles, which would be substantiallh below the 15 million to 17 million annual vehicle sales rates recorded between 1995 and 2007.
Achieve lower structural in part, by further reducing 2009 salaried employmenrt in North America to approximately froma year-end total of 35,100, and continue to improvw its balance sheet by reducinv retiree benefits for salaried retireees and non-UAW hourly retirees. Increase its investmenf in fuel economy and advancerdpropulsion technologies. Click to read the
Friday, October 29, 2010
NASA Talk Highlights the 'New' Langley Research Center - PR Newswire (press release)
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DatacenterDynamics | NASA Talk Highlights the 'New' Langley Research Center PR Newswire (press release) Finelli's Center Operations Directorate at NASA Langley provides operations and research support services to the entire Center. He is the former director of ... NASA uses RFID in the data center |
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Startup snags $5M - Austin Business Journal:
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has raised at least $5 million from Pa.-based Adams Capital Management, according to filings with the PennsylvaniaSecuritied Commission. Those same filings call for the company to raiser upto $10 million. Gordon Burk, vice president of marketing for says the company is in the middle of its firsg round of private equity funding but declines to commentgon specifics. K.C. Murphy, president and CEO of NextIO, declinex to comment. George general partner with Adams couldn't be reached for Aside from landing $5 million, the 9-month-old startup is about to add toits workforce. NextIO has 12 employees now but plane to have 20 by the end of the year and hopexs to hire 10 moreduring 2004.
Thosee people will help designthe product, but Burk declinesz to give the expected launch date. NextIO has moved into 10,0000 square feet at 12401 Research Blvd. in Northwest Austin. NextI O was founded by former executives at Advance d MicroDevices Inc. and Austin chip startup Banderacom Inc. Banderacomj had been designing chips for theInfiniBand market, but aftert adoption of the technology slowed to a it changed its focus to design chipa for the gigabit Ethernet market. InfiniBanr is a technology that allows servers to sharr information more quickly thancurrent standards.
"I think that things in the economt are improving enough and high tech companiesd are starting to see orders comingbaround ... so we decided it was time to take the risk and start a company," Burk says. NextIO remain s in "stealth mode," but Burk says it is developinv a new chip architecture to be used forconnectingy servers. He says the chip woulxd lower the cost of servers dramaticallyt and increase the flexibility of information technology staffers. "It's pretty rare that a chip would lower costs andincrease flexibility; typically, you can do one or the Burk says.
"I think what has gotten the attentionm to our potentialcustomers is, 'Here's the best of both worlds and they are not trading one against the Potential customers are large server manufacturers such as N.Y.-based IBM Corp., Round Rock-based Dell Inc. and Palo Calif.-based Hewlett-Packard Co. Burk says the startupo is talking to customers but declines tocomment further. Michae l Krause, an engineering fellow at HP, declinesx to comment on NextIO. Krause, who workss with server interconnect technologiesat HP, says server connections are based on technologyh that most people don't want to understand.
"Thd challenge is to make the [interconnect] technology cost-effectiv and perform well and have the technology talk to the devicde efficiently so the devices are orchestratiny movementbetween servers," Krauswe says. He compares the technology drivinh communication between servers to the fuel injection system ofa car'd engine: "You don't know how it works; you just want it to Breaking into the server market could be lucrative for Research firm Interactive Data estimates $49 billion worth of serversw were sold in 2002, with the markety growing to $58 billion a year by 2007.
has raised at least $5 million from Pa.-based Adams Capital Management, according to filings with the PennsylvaniaSecuritied Commission. Those same filings call for the company to raiser upto $10 million. Gordon Burk, vice president of marketing for says the company is in the middle of its firsg round of private equity funding but declines to commentgon specifics. K.C. Murphy, president and CEO of NextIO, declinex to comment. George general partner with Adams couldn't be reached for Aside from landing $5 million, the 9-month-old startup is about to add toits workforce. NextIO has 12 employees now but plane to have 20 by the end of the year and hopexs to hire 10 moreduring 2004.
Thosee people will help designthe product, but Burk declinesz to give the expected launch date. NextIO has moved into 10,0000 square feet at 12401 Research Blvd. in Northwest Austin. NextI O was founded by former executives at Advance d MicroDevices Inc. and Austin chip startup Banderacom Inc. Banderacomj had been designing chips for theInfiniBand market, but aftert adoption of the technology slowed to a it changed its focus to design chipa for the gigabit Ethernet market. InfiniBanr is a technology that allows servers to sharr information more quickly thancurrent standards.
"I think that things in the economt are improving enough and high tech companiesd are starting to see orders comingbaround ... so we decided it was time to take the risk and start a company," Burk says. NextIO remain s in "stealth mode," but Burk says it is developinv a new chip architecture to be used forconnectingy servers. He says the chip woulxd lower the cost of servers dramaticallyt and increase the flexibility of information technology staffers. "It's pretty rare that a chip would lower costs andincrease flexibility; typically, you can do one or the Burk says.
"I think what has gotten the attentionm to our potentialcustomers is, 'Here's the best of both worlds and they are not trading one against the Potential customers are large server manufacturers such as N.Y.-based IBM Corp., Round Rock-based Dell Inc. and Palo Calif.-based Hewlett-Packard Co. Burk says the startupo is talking to customers but declines tocomment further. Michae l Krause, an engineering fellow at HP, declinesx to comment on NextIO. Krause, who workss with server interconnect technologiesat HP, says server connections are based on technologyh that most people don't want to understand.
"Thd challenge is to make the [interconnect] technology cost-effectiv and perform well and have the technology talk to the devicde efficiently so the devices are orchestratiny movementbetween servers," Krauswe says. He compares the technology drivinh communication between servers to the fuel injection system ofa car'd engine: "You don't know how it works; you just want it to Breaking into the server market could be lucrative for Research firm Interactive Data estimates $49 billion worth of serversw were sold in 2002, with the markety growing to $58 billion a year by 2007.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
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Monday, October 25, 2010
Atlanta Board of Realtors Million Dollar Club - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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Abrams arrived in Atlanta in 1963, and in 1972 she earneed her realestate license. Thirty-five years later, she has achieve another plateau of success few in thebusinessz have. She has been awarded the Platinumk Phoenix, given to those memberes of the who have earned membershilp to the Million Dollar Club for35 years. A Realtort with Harry Norman, Realtors, Abrams credits her experience in marketing as well as contractf negotiation for her consistent leadership in Atlantasreal estate. Abrams also creditss her community engagement with her succesx and knowledge of theAtlantas market.
Over the last she has had morethan $350 million in , Realtors Real estate and family converge in the Bagiatis household. Irene Bagiatis’ husband and son are in commercialpropertu management, and another son is a real estate attorney. Irene a 38-year industry veteran, is a Realtor with Dorsey-Alston Company, Realtors. Among the lessone she has learned during her nearlgy four decades in real estate is to alwaysbe honest, sinceree and compassionate. “I truly believe we are in a businesesof helping, and if we ever lose sight of that we have lost our objectivese and purpose,” she said of her Bagiatis is an Atlanta native.
She has been givenb the Miss Emmie Award for ProfessionalServicexs (in 2000 and 2001), and is a life member of the Atlanta Board of Realtors. Harry Norman, Realtores Harriet Koonin withHarry Norman, Realtords is committed to thorough industr knowledge and customer She is consistently ranked in the top 1 percenyt in production for both the brancjh office and the Koonin sells and lists homes and condominiums ranging from first-timd buyers to empty nesters and from entry-level prices to estate properties. The highlight of her careerr has been a flourishing referral business fromsatisfiesd customers.
She is an accredited buyer’s representative, a certified residential specialist and a licensedbroker associate. Through Harry Realtors she is a senior marketinbg consultant and a Miss Emmie Award She is a member ofthe Women’s Council of , Realtors Jenny Pruitt & Associates, Realtors foundin member Fran Shivers has been a memberr of the Atlanta Board of Realtors Million Dollaf Club for more than 30 Shivers credits her attitudd for her longevity and success. “I was told as a newl licensed agentthat ‘people do not care how much you know until they know how much you and that there is no substitut for honesty and integrity,” she said.
“These principles have been a constangt beacon to guide me throughout my realestatse career.” One of the highlights of her career was beint the recipient of the Jenny Pruitt & Associatesa Humanitarian Award in 1998, whichh is given to the agent who reachee beyond the realm of real estate through service toward a specificc action or belief with a purpos e or goal to benefit the surrounding community. Jenny Pruitt Associates, Realtors Jenny Pruitt & Realtors Realtor Mary Clark Caldwell considers herselfc aneffective communicator. Indeed, she creditsx her success to these andothet skills. Putting her clients at ease and developing rapportr and trust is key to the she said.
Abrams arrived in Atlanta in 1963, and in 1972 she earneed her realestate license. Thirty-five years later, she has achieve another plateau of success few in thebusinessz have. She has been awarded the Platinumk Phoenix, given to those memberes of the who have earned membershilp to the Million Dollar Club for35 years. A Realtort with Harry Norman, Realtors, Abrams credits her experience in marketing as well as contractf negotiation for her consistent leadership in Atlantasreal estate. Abrams also creditss her community engagement with her succesx and knowledge of theAtlantas market.
Over the last she has had morethan $350 million in , Realtors Real estate and family converge in the Bagiatis household. Irene Bagiatis’ husband and son are in commercialpropertu management, and another son is a real estate attorney. Irene a 38-year industry veteran, is a Realtor with Dorsey-Alston Company, Realtors. Among the lessone she has learned during her nearlgy four decades in real estate is to alwaysbe honest, sinceree and compassionate. “I truly believe we are in a businesesof helping, and if we ever lose sight of that we have lost our objectivese and purpose,” she said of her Bagiatis is an Atlanta native.
She has been givenb the Miss Emmie Award for ProfessionalServicexs (in 2000 and 2001), and is a life member of the Atlanta Board of Realtors. Harry Norman, Realtores Harriet Koonin withHarry Norman, Realtords is committed to thorough industr knowledge and customer She is consistently ranked in the top 1 percenyt in production for both the brancjh office and the Koonin sells and lists homes and condominiums ranging from first-timd buyers to empty nesters and from entry-level prices to estate properties. The highlight of her careerr has been a flourishing referral business fromsatisfiesd customers.
She is an accredited buyer’s representative, a certified residential specialist and a licensedbroker associate. Through Harry Realtors she is a senior marketinbg consultant and a Miss Emmie Award She is a member ofthe Women’s Council of , Realtors Jenny Pruitt & Associates, Realtors foundin member Fran Shivers has been a memberr of the Atlanta Board of Realtors Million Dollaf Club for more than 30 Shivers credits her attitudd for her longevity and success. “I was told as a newl licensed agentthat ‘people do not care how much you know until they know how much you and that there is no substitut for honesty and integrity,” she said.
“These principles have been a constangt beacon to guide me throughout my realestatse career.” One of the highlights of her career was beint the recipient of the Jenny Pruitt & Associatesa Humanitarian Award in 1998, whichh is given to the agent who reachee beyond the realm of real estate through service toward a specificc action or belief with a purpos e or goal to benefit the surrounding community. Jenny Pruitt Associates, Realtors Jenny Pruitt & Realtors Realtor Mary Clark Caldwell considers herselfc aneffective communicator. Indeed, she creditsx her success to these andothet skills. Putting her clients at ease and developing rapportr and trust is key to the she said.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Franchot: Financial questions on State Center project will require vigilance - Denver Business Journal:
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Franchot, who joined Gov. Martin O’Malley and Treasurer Nancy Kopp onthe state’s Board of Publi c Works in voting for the $1.4 billion Statse Center redevelopment project Wednesday afternoon, said he does not know enoug h about the project’s costs to the stated or whether the project is even practicap given the nationwide credit crunch. “I believw the project has a lot of promise and is deservingof support,” Franchot said in a telephonee interview Wednesday. “I voted for it, but am going to continuse to be vigilant about the fisca exposure tothe state.
” The deal involvea the state leasing its midtown Baltimorwe office complex to a private development which would then redevelop the propertty into a mix of offices, shops and homes. The state would then lease back a majority ofthe project’ws 2 million square feet of office space for use by its various state agencies. But the terms of the deal have not been hammere dout yet, as Franchoty and the Board of Public Works votedd Wednesday only on a master development agreement. With that agreement in the development team will now create design s for its planned buildingz and come back to the state for approvalo on morespecific designs, costs, and leases terms.
The development team, which include national housingdeveoper McCormack, Baron & would borrow $888 million to financer its work, according to the Departmenf of Legislative Services. The state would issue anothee $338 million in debt. State and federal tax credi t programs would pick upanother $234 millionj in project costs, with the remainder of the project’ costs being contributed directly by the developers or othedr investors. Franchot said that scenariop raisesseveral concerns, including the abilit y for the state or the developers to borrow money in the midstt of the nationwide credit crunch.
He said he’w also concerned about the state’s abilityy to negotiate fair lease terms with the developers given they woulcd both be heavily invested in makinb sure the projectis successful. “Thw problem is that the credi markets arebone dry,” Franchot “Obviously this is a long-term but I’m not confident that the private sector will financs this in a way that the state can afforr it.” In addition, Franchot said he isn’y sure why the state would make the project a priority above other pressing needs such as new collegwe dormitories or other state-fundedc construction projects.
Franchot, who joined Gov. Martin O’Malley and Treasurer Nancy Kopp onthe state’s Board of Publi c Works in voting for the $1.4 billion Statse Center redevelopment project Wednesday afternoon, said he does not know enoug h about the project’s costs to the stated or whether the project is even practicap given the nationwide credit crunch. “I believw the project has a lot of promise and is deservingof support,” Franchot said in a telephonee interview Wednesday. “I voted for it, but am going to continuse to be vigilant about the fisca exposure tothe state.
” The deal involvea the state leasing its midtown Baltimorwe office complex to a private development which would then redevelop the propertty into a mix of offices, shops and homes. The state would then lease back a majority ofthe project’ws 2 million square feet of office space for use by its various state agencies. But the terms of the deal have not been hammere dout yet, as Franchoty and the Board of Public Works votedd Wednesday only on a master development agreement. With that agreement in the development team will now create design s for its planned buildingz and come back to the state for approvalo on morespecific designs, costs, and leases terms.
The development team, which include national housingdeveoper McCormack, Baron & would borrow $888 million to financer its work, according to the Departmenf of Legislative Services. The state would issue anothee $338 million in debt. State and federal tax credi t programs would pick upanother $234 millionj in project costs, with the remainder of the project’ costs being contributed directly by the developers or othedr investors. Franchot said that scenariop raisesseveral concerns, including the abilit y for the state or the developers to borrow money in the midstt of the nationwide credit crunch.
He said he’w also concerned about the state’s abilityy to negotiate fair lease terms with the developers given they woulcd both be heavily invested in makinb sure the projectis successful. “Thw problem is that the credi markets arebone dry,” Franchot “Obviously this is a long-term but I’m not confident that the private sector will financs this in a way that the state can afforr it.” In addition, Franchot said he isn’y sure why the state would make the project a priority above other pressing needs such as new collegwe dormitories or other state-fundedc construction projects.
Friday, October 22, 2010
UnitedHealth
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“There’s a difference between havingg access to online health information and being able to talk live with your docto r or other available credentialed clinicians who understand your OptumHealth Care Solutions CEO Rob Webb said in anews “What we’re rolling out with American Well is the abilitg for someone to speak with a docto or clinician anywhere, anytime — whether it’s from home, at work or whilee traveling,” he said. The service will offere individuals immediate access to physicians and cliniciansvia two-way secure chat, the phone or a corporation’s healthb care portal.
The partnershiop involves leveraging twoproprietary technologies: OptumHealth’s eSync Platform, which synchronizes health information to deliver prioritized, clinically appropriate and personalized health care and American Well’s Online Care which enables real-time conversations between individuals and physicians. The servics will be available to their employees andindividual consumers. OptumHealthh is one of the nation’ s largest health and wellness companies, servint nearly 60 million people. It is a business of Minnetonka-basedx health insurance giant UnitedHealthGroup (NYSE: UNH).
“There’s a difference between havingg access to online health information and being able to talk live with your docto r or other available credentialed clinicians who understand your OptumHealth Care Solutions CEO Rob Webb said in anews “What we’re rolling out with American Well is the abilitg for someone to speak with a docto or clinician anywhere, anytime — whether it’s from home, at work or whilee traveling,” he said. The service will offere individuals immediate access to physicians and cliniciansvia two-way secure chat, the phone or a corporation’s healthb care portal.
The partnershiop involves leveraging twoproprietary technologies: OptumHealth’s eSync Platform, which synchronizes health information to deliver prioritized, clinically appropriate and personalized health care and American Well’s Online Care which enables real-time conversations between individuals and physicians. The servics will be available to their employees andindividual consumers. OptumHealthh is one of the nation’ s largest health and wellness companies, servint nearly 60 million people. It is a business of Minnetonka-basedx health insurance giant UnitedHealthGroup (NYSE: UNH).
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Former school building potential site for Interpretive Center? - Sauk Centre Herald
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Former school building potential site for Interpretive Center? Sauk Centre Herald With an empty 10500- square-foot building located in the heart of Main Street, and the Interpretive Center looking for a new ... |
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Monsanto
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The product provides protection from feedingt damage caused by insects and tolerancew to Roundupagricultural herbicides. Monsanto anticipates the product’s value will be betweenh $300 million and $500 million in 2020. This is the first biotech insect-protected product in soybeans and Monsanto's firstg biotech product targeted primarily at a market outside theUnitefd States, the biotech giant said. The company expectsx to commercialize the soybeans in Brazil in the early to middle part of the next decade pendingb globalregulatory approvals. Submissions to the and the have also been Submissions to the and import marketds will occur over the nextseverakl months, Monsanto said.
Crevre Coeur, Mo.-based Monsanto Co. (NYSE: led by Chairman, President and CEO Hugh Grant, developes insect- and herbicide-resistant crops and other agricultural products. It is one of the largest employersin St. Louis with 4,000 localo employees.
The product provides protection from feedingt damage caused by insects and tolerancew to Roundupagricultural herbicides. Monsanto anticipates the product’s value will be betweenh $300 million and $500 million in 2020. This is the first biotech insect-protected product in soybeans and Monsanto's firstg biotech product targeted primarily at a market outside theUnitefd States, the biotech giant said. The company expectsx to commercialize the soybeans in Brazil in the early to middle part of the next decade pendingb globalregulatory approvals. Submissions to the and the have also been Submissions to the and import marketds will occur over the nextseverakl months, Monsanto said.
Crevre Coeur, Mo.-based Monsanto Co. (NYSE: led by Chairman, President and CEO Hugh Grant, developes insect- and herbicide-resistant crops and other agricultural products. It is one of the largest employersin St. Louis with 4,000 localo employees.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Tread wisely on job cuts - Business First of Buffalo:
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The layoffs, which took effect Jan. 26, are just a few of the hundreds of thousands that have taken place across the countryh as the economic recessionh deepens and spreads into virtuallyevery industry. But whil it seems like every news cycle is dominated by the human toll that the mass layoffware taking, little attention is devotedf to the businesses themselves — which are tasked with not only stayinv afloat in an uncertaihn economy but navigating a host of legal challengee that could arise if the layoffs aren’ executed properly.
“When people lose thei jobs, they might feel there’s nothing to lose (and sue,” says Bob Doren, a veterabn labor lawyer who representss employers against employees and the government at the Buffalol officeof . “If a company is going to engage in a reductiobin force, it must do some planning.” The first step, says Doren, is to look at alternatives to the If they cannot be avoided, it’s importang to document – on paper – just why the cuts are “Next is determining what positions will exist afterr the layoffs, and the criteria to determine how to selecgt employees for layoff,” says Doren, BSK’s regional managingg partner.
“The third step is to ascertain the skills necessarty for the jobs that willexist thereafter.” The point of documenting is to show that a detaileed and fair analysis has been made something that could come in handy in front of a However, says Lisa Sofferin, a partner at , record-keepingv can also expose a company to “The company that doesn’gt keep records might not be able to defend but the record-keeping can bite you in the such as a smoking-gun memo that shows, for example, a companyy terminated an employee becausd of age,” says who represents both employers and employees in labod and employment matters.
“Sometimes it’zs just circumstantial for the plaintiff anddefendant … the courtw don’t entangle themselves in business judgment of the which is why using objectivse criteria and being able to show layoffs were made with a plan in mind is That said, a company can certainly add to its liability duringh layoffs. The first way, says Sofferin, is by engaginb in anything that could be considereddiscriminatory — from targetingy too many in one class of employeews (such as employees of a certain, race, etc.). “Doing it in a way that’ s callous and disrespectful of employees also adds to she says. “Those that are treateds fairly are less aptto sue.
” Indeed, says employmeng lawyer and commercial litigator Mark Walling, the perceptioh of a laid-off employee is important. “If an employee believes (a layoff) is arbitrary, that employee will file a claimn of discrimination or says Walling, a solo practitioner in Williamsville who’s a formed New York assistant attorney general. “It’s importangt for there to be arationao explanation. A disproportionate impact on a particuladr group increases chances that a claimm willbe made.
” For companies in layofvf mode, the most importantr thing to do is make sure they complty with all of the relevant employment statutes, says Walling, includintg laws banning discrimination as well as laws protecting employees againsgt retaliatory action. “There’s also the requirement that the employeesw can maintainhealth coverage, and companies have to make sure they complyh with laws having to do with paying unemployment says Walling.
“Another key issue is whether to offed severancepackages … the advantagee of severance is that you can conditionh the severance on a waiver of any employmenty claims, which is another way to minimiz possible exposure to lawsuits,” according to Walling. Doren “When employers think about preventing they have to think about theseverancew agreement,” he says, notin that it’s a simplee question of economics. “The average cost of a federal-courrt lawsuit to get dismissedis $75,000-$120,000.” But the real 800-pounds gorilla in the room? New York state’s revise d WARN Act, which went into effect Feb.
1 and offeres broader coverage than a similarfederak statute. Under WARN, an employer with at leastr 50 workers laying off more than 25 employees must give 90 advance notice of thecuts — which could be problematic for small- to mid-sized employers strugglingb to keep their doors “The best thing for employers to do is get good legapl advice,” says Walling. “I can’t think of a singlwe area of law that changes as quicklu asemployment law.
”
The layoffs, which took effect Jan. 26, are just a few of the hundreds of thousands that have taken place across the countryh as the economic recessionh deepens and spreads into virtuallyevery industry. But whil it seems like every news cycle is dominated by the human toll that the mass layoffware taking, little attention is devotedf to the businesses themselves — which are tasked with not only stayinv afloat in an uncertaihn economy but navigating a host of legal challengee that could arise if the layoffs aren’ executed properly.
“When people lose thei jobs, they might feel there’s nothing to lose (and sue,” says Bob Doren, a veterabn labor lawyer who representss employers against employees and the government at the Buffalol officeof . “If a company is going to engage in a reductiobin force, it must do some planning.” The first step, says Doren, is to look at alternatives to the If they cannot be avoided, it’s importang to document – on paper – just why the cuts are “Next is determining what positions will exist afterr the layoffs, and the criteria to determine how to selecgt employees for layoff,” says Doren, BSK’s regional managingg partner.
“The third step is to ascertain the skills necessarty for the jobs that willexist thereafter.” The point of documenting is to show that a detaileed and fair analysis has been made something that could come in handy in front of a However, says Lisa Sofferin, a partner at , record-keepingv can also expose a company to “The company that doesn’gt keep records might not be able to defend but the record-keeping can bite you in the such as a smoking-gun memo that shows, for example, a companyy terminated an employee becausd of age,” says who represents both employers and employees in labod and employment matters.
“Sometimes it’zs just circumstantial for the plaintiff anddefendant … the courtw don’t entangle themselves in business judgment of the which is why using objectivse criteria and being able to show layoffs were made with a plan in mind is That said, a company can certainly add to its liability duringh layoffs. The first way, says Sofferin, is by engaginb in anything that could be considereddiscriminatory — from targetingy too many in one class of employeews (such as employees of a certain, race, etc.). “Doing it in a way that’ s callous and disrespectful of employees also adds to she says. “Those that are treateds fairly are less aptto sue.
” Indeed, says employmeng lawyer and commercial litigator Mark Walling, the perceptioh of a laid-off employee is important. “If an employee believes (a layoff) is arbitrary, that employee will file a claimn of discrimination or says Walling, a solo practitioner in Williamsville who’s a formed New York assistant attorney general. “It’s importangt for there to be arationao explanation. A disproportionate impact on a particuladr group increases chances that a claimm willbe made.
” For companies in layofvf mode, the most importantr thing to do is make sure they complty with all of the relevant employment statutes, says Walling, includintg laws banning discrimination as well as laws protecting employees againsgt retaliatory action. “There’s also the requirement that the employeesw can maintainhealth coverage, and companies have to make sure they complyh with laws having to do with paying unemployment says Walling.
“Another key issue is whether to offed severancepackages … the advantagee of severance is that you can conditionh the severance on a waiver of any employmenty claims, which is another way to minimiz possible exposure to lawsuits,” according to Walling. Doren “When employers think about preventing they have to think about theseverancew agreement,” he says, notin that it’s a simplee question of economics. “The average cost of a federal-courrt lawsuit to get dismissedis $75,000-$120,000.” But the real 800-pounds gorilla in the room? New York state’s revise d WARN Act, which went into effect Feb.
1 and offeres broader coverage than a similarfederak statute. Under WARN, an employer with at leastr 50 workers laying off more than 25 employees must give 90 advance notice of thecuts — which could be problematic for small- to mid-sized employers strugglingb to keep their doors “The best thing for employers to do is get good legapl advice,” says Walling. “I can’t think of a singlwe area of law that changes as quicklu asemployment law.
”
Saturday, October 16, 2010
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Thursday, October 14, 2010
Finances, technology head board meeting - Ingleside Index
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Finances, technology head board meeting Ingleside Index Among these, the Helix property value appeal, the TCEQ exemption request and the Cogeneration plant protest stand to cost IISD millions. â€Å"We asked what ... |
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
9 teams qualify for equestrian at 2012 Olympics - USA Today
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9 teams qualify for equestrian at 2012 Olympics USA Today LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) â€" The International Equestrian Federation confirmed the first teams to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics on Wednesday. ... London 2012 Olympic places announced following » |
Monday, October 11, 2010
Failure Fridays: Ga. banking crisis may be gaining speed - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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The dual failures of Villa Rica-based a and Newnan-basesd (full stories on the failures, click and ) are a firsft in the on-going banking crisis, and a departurr from the FDIC’s early strategy in this “They’re ramping up a little bit,” said Chip Atlanta-based banking attorney. “With their efforts to staff up, rais money for the deposit insurance fund througjh the special assessments and the Iexpect they’ll try to resolve these fastedr throughout the remainder of the The national deposit insurer, which backstops accounts to avoid customerds pulling their money from a bank and hasteningg its demise, previously avoidede seizing two banks in the same metro area durinbg this crisis.
The reason, industry insiderd said, was to avoid the perception one geographic area was weaker than otherw inthe country. Yet as the financial condition of Georgi a banks continueto weaken, industry analystss and experts said the velocity of Georgia’zs bank failures would continue, if not accelerate. As of first quarte r 2009, the ratio of proble m loans to total loans at statd banks reached a new highof 7.4 nearly double the peak the state reported during the Savings & Loan Crisis of the late 1980’s and earlyy 1990’s. The ratio compares past due anddelinquenyt loans, along with foreclosed real estatde repossessed by the bank, to total loans outstanding.
The states has set new highs for that figurwe in each quarter dating back to the summedof 2007, when the credig crunch and financial crisis began in earnest. One industry attorney, who decline to be named, said the failures, and the represent the worst banking crisis in Georgia The industry termof “Failure — or the most common day when federalp and state regulators seize failes banks — insiders said, will become ubiquitous for some time.
“This is a perpetuation of what we’ve been talkingb about for a while saidBrian Olasov, an Atlanta-based managinyg director at LLP, who notedc Georgia banks have an imbalance between fewefr customer, or core, deposits and more outstanding loans. “Thse numbers indicate Georgia banks got way out overtheit skis. This was a great place to lend in the butnow they’re paying the Olasov said. president Joe Branneh said the seizures are a difficult part of the natura leconomic cycle.
“Bankers and regulators make tremendous efforts to keepinstitutions open, but in some unfortunates cases, these actions are part of the necessary healingv process for our bankinf system to ensure overall stability,” Brannen said. Georgia’s failurde woes began in earnest inAugust 2008, when Alpharetta-based , once the state’s fastest growing bank, , concentrated amongst a smalkl group of borrowers. Ever the failures have followed an increasingltyfamiliar formula. Delinquent real estate coupled with high levels of foreclosedsreal estate, equals failure.
The pattern includes a high number onthe so-callecd Texas Ratio, an industry metric createdd in the 1980’s to measure the healtbh of lenders throughout Texas. The ratiop measures total problem loans to total equity and is designed to provide a roughy measureof bank’s problems to its ability to absorgb them through existing capital. In the ratio, 100 perceng indicates problems are larger than available equity In Georgia, most of the bank failures have reportede a Texas Ratio in excess of 300 percent at the time of As of first quarter 2009, 92 Georgia bankxs reported a Texas Ratio higher than the statewidse average of 58 In Atlanta, banks reported an average Texas Ratio of 72 nearly 20 points higher than the statewide Each of the 11 banks with the highestt Texas Ratios were based in metrk Atlanta.
Since March 31, the end of first quarter, three of those banks have been seized.
The dual failures of Villa Rica-based a and Newnan-basesd (full stories on the failures, click and ) are a firsft in the on-going banking crisis, and a departurr from the FDIC’s early strategy in this “They’re ramping up a little bit,” said Chip Atlanta-based banking attorney. “With their efforts to staff up, rais money for the deposit insurance fund througjh the special assessments and the Iexpect they’ll try to resolve these fastedr throughout the remainder of the The national deposit insurer, which backstops accounts to avoid customerds pulling their money from a bank and hasteningg its demise, previously avoidede seizing two banks in the same metro area durinbg this crisis.
The reason, industry insiderd said, was to avoid the perception one geographic area was weaker than otherw inthe country. Yet as the financial condition of Georgi a banks continueto weaken, industry analystss and experts said the velocity of Georgia’zs bank failures would continue, if not accelerate. As of first quarte r 2009, the ratio of proble m loans to total loans at statd banks reached a new highof 7.4 nearly double the peak the state reported during the Savings & Loan Crisis of the late 1980’s and earlyy 1990’s. The ratio compares past due anddelinquenyt loans, along with foreclosed real estatde repossessed by the bank, to total loans outstanding.
The states has set new highs for that figurwe in each quarter dating back to the summedof 2007, when the credig crunch and financial crisis began in earnest. One industry attorney, who decline to be named, said the failures, and the represent the worst banking crisis in Georgia The industry termof “Failure — or the most common day when federalp and state regulators seize failes banks — insiders said, will become ubiquitous for some time.
“This is a perpetuation of what we’ve been talkingb about for a while saidBrian Olasov, an Atlanta-based managinyg director at LLP, who notedc Georgia banks have an imbalance between fewefr customer, or core, deposits and more outstanding loans. “Thse numbers indicate Georgia banks got way out overtheit skis. This was a great place to lend in the butnow they’re paying the Olasov said. president Joe Branneh said the seizures are a difficult part of the natura leconomic cycle.
“Bankers and regulators make tremendous efforts to keepinstitutions open, but in some unfortunates cases, these actions are part of the necessary healingv process for our bankinf system to ensure overall stability,” Brannen said. Georgia’s failurde woes began in earnest inAugust 2008, when Alpharetta-based , once the state’s fastest growing bank, , concentrated amongst a smalkl group of borrowers. Ever the failures have followed an increasingltyfamiliar formula. Delinquent real estate coupled with high levels of foreclosedsreal estate, equals failure.
The pattern includes a high number onthe so-callecd Texas Ratio, an industry metric createdd in the 1980’s to measure the healtbh of lenders throughout Texas. The ratiop measures total problem loans to total equity and is designed to provide a roughy measureof bank’s problems to its ability to absorgb them through existing capital. In the ratio, 100 perceng indicates problems are larger than available equity In Georgia, most of the bank failures have reportede a Texas Ratio in excess of 300 percent at the time of As of first quarter 2009, 92 Georgia bankxs reported a Texas Ratio higher than the statewidse average of 58 In Atlanta, banks reported an average Texas Ratio of 72 nearly 20 points higher than the statewide Each of the 11 banks with the highestt Texas Ratios were based in metrk Atlanta.
Since March 31, the end of first quarter, three of those banks have been seized.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
UnitedHealth CEO: Flexibility will help weather 'disruptive change' - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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“Leading companies actually take advantage of disruptive changr andchallenging markets,” Hemsley said at the company’sd annual meeting in Minnetonka. Also at the stockowners approvedthe company's slate of directorss and voted down a shareholder-proposed measure regulating executivwe compensation. The meeting comes at an unsettled time for theinsurancew industry. UnitedHealth (NYSE:UNH) in April , thoughg it still beat expectations. Profig was $984 million, or 81 cents per share, versua $994 million, or 78 cents per share, durinb the first quarter of 2008.
UnitedHealth’s insurancr plan enrollment has been shiftingtoward government-sponsored health plans — that has worried investorw because of the government’s plans to tighten Medicarre Advantage reimbursement rates. There’e also a great deal of uncertaintu overPresident Obama’s plans for a major healty care reform this year. Still, investors' worrieds appear to have been allayed some inrecenr months.
After hitting a low of about $16 per sharew in March, UnitedHealth’s stock is now trading at about $28 per The company has been actively engagingh in the healthreform process, rathert than oppose it as many health insurers did when the Clintonj administration sought to overhau l the system in the UnitedHealth CEO Hemsley last month , saying the skyrocketinvg cost of health care was hurtin the country.
“Leading companies actually take advantage of disruptive changr andchallenging markets,” Hemsley said at the company’sd annual meeting in Minnetonka. Also at the stockowners approvedthe company's slate of directorss and voted down a shareholder-proposed measure regulating executivwe compensation. The meeting comes at an unsettled time for theinsurancew industry. UnitedHealth (NYSE:UNH) in April , thoughg it still beat expectations. Profig was $984 million, or 81 cents per share, versua $994 million, or 78 cents per share, durinb the first quarter of 2008.
UnitedHealth’s insurancr plan enrollment has been shiftingtoward government-sponsored health plans — that has worried investorw because of the government’s plans to tighten Medicarre Advantage reimbursement rates. There’e also a great deal of uncertaintu overPresident Obama’s plans for a major healty care reform this year. Still, investors' worrieds appear to have been allayed some inrecenr months.
After hitting a low of about $16 per sharew in March, UnitedHealth’s stock is now trading at about $28 per The company has been actively engagingh in the healthreform process, rathert than oppose it as many health insurers did when the Clintonj administration sought to overhau l the system in the UnitedHealth CEO Hemsley last month , saying the skyrocketinvg cost of health care was hurtin the country.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Walgreens Buys Wahiawa Site - KITV Honolulu
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Walgreens Buys Wahiawa Site KITV Honolulu Servco Pacific opened in Wahiawa in 1930. It closed about two years ago and moved operations to a newly renovated location in Waipahu. BRIEF: Walgreens buys former Servco Wahiawa dealership Walgreens buys land in Central Oahu |
Monday, October 4, 2010
Bankruptcy filings soar in Florida
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percent increase in filingsa in the for the Middlee District of Florida in the 12 months endedMarcb 31, compared to the same period a year earlier. The increasw in bankruptcy filings in the Middle District of Florida outpacedd the national increase inbankruptcy filings. Nationally, bankruptcg filings for the 12-month period endingg March 31, 2009, were up 33.3 percent over bankruptcg filings forthe 12-month period ending March 31, according to statistics released by the administrativ office of the U.S. Courts. In the Middle Districg of Florida, there were 47,04 bankruptct filings in the 12 months endedMarch 31, 2009, comparesd to 30,031 in the year ended March 31, 2008.
Therd had been 18,017 bankruptcy filings in the year endedMarcyh 31, 2007. During the quarter ended March 31, there were 13,3323 total filings in the Middle Districtgof Florida, including 9,687 Chaptetr 7 filings, 127 Chapter 11 filings, and 3,51e Chapter 13 filings. There were 683 business bankruptcies filedf in the quarter endedMarch 31, including 507 businesses that soughtg to liquidate through Chapter 7, and 116 that sought to reorganizde their debts through Chapter 11. There also were a total of 12,64o non-business bankruptcies filed in the three months endeedMarch 31.
percent increase in filingsa in the for the Middlee District of Florida in the 12 months endedMarcb 31, compared to the same period a year earlier. The increasw in bankruptcy filings in the Middle District of Florida outpacedd the national increase inbankruptcy filings. Nationally, bankruptcg filings for the 12-month period endingg March 31, 2009, were up 33.3 percent over bankruptcg filings forthe 12-month period ending March 31, according to statistics released by the administrativ office of the U.S. Courts. In the Middle Districg of Florida, there were 47,04 bankruptct filings in the 12 months endedMarch 31, 2009, comparesd to 30,031 in the year ended March 31, 2008.
Therd had been 18,017 bankruptcy filings in the year endedMarcyh 31, 2007. During the quarter ended March 31, there were 13,3323 total filings in the Middle Districtgof Florida, including 9,687 Chaptetr 7 filings, 127 Chapter 11 filings, and 3,51e Chapter 13 filings. There were 683 business bankruptcies filedf in the quarter endedMarch 31, including 507 businesses that soughtg to liquidate through Chapter 7, and 116 that sought to reorganizde their debts through Chapter 11. There also were a total of 12,64o non-business bankruptcies filed in the three months endeedMarch 31.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
BART extension may get $40M - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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It would be the firstr installment of upto $240 million the commissioh is expected to spend on the 16.1-mile extension of BART from Fremon t to San Jose and Santa Clara. This is in additio to $400 million commission members previously allocaterd forthe project. Federal funds will also be used to coved the total costof $6.1 billion to build the Last November, Santa Clara County voters approved a 1/8-cent salesd tax increase to operate the extension, which will be overseen by the . The Bay Area Rapied Transit District, based in Oakland, currently operates 105 miles of trackin Alameda, Contras Costa, San Francisco and San Matel counties.
Carl Guardino, president and CEO of the , is a membert of the commission. The 11-member group is responsible for programmingv and allocating funds for the construction of passenger rail and transitimprovements
It would be the firstr installment of upto $240 million the commissioh is expected to spend on the 16.1-mile extension of BART from Fremon t to San Jose and Santa Clara. This is in additio to $400 million commission members previously allocaterd forthe project. Federal funds will also be used to coved the total costof $6.1 billion to build the Last November, Santa Clara County voters approved a 1/8-cent salesd tax increase to operate the extension, which will be overseen by the . The Bay Area Rapied Transit District, based in Oakland, currently operates 105 miles of trackin Alameda, Contras Costa, San Francisco and San Matel counties.
Carl Guardino, president and CEO of the , is a membert of the commission. The 11-member group is responsible for programmingv and allocating funds for the construction of passenger rail and transitimprovements
Friday, October 1, 2010
KnowledgeWorks forms Ohio education unit - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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Chad Wick, president and CEO of the Cincinnati-based foundation, said in a publicluy released letter that the new unit will focus onschook funding, work-force development, community engagemenr and other state education issues. “Asa a nonpartisan entity, Ohio Education Matters will act as a catalysrt of an education transformation in the stated byconducting research, advocacy, engagement and policy development that will inspire others to make the syste changes needed to prepare Ohio’sz children for the future,” Wick said in the letter.
Andreqw Benson, most recently the policy directo rfor KnowledgeWorks, will head the new which will be launched in August, accordinb to the letter. KnowledgeWorks’ initiatives include a community partnership that focuses on preparing childrenb to succeedin school; Ohio Collegw Access Network, which helps disadvantaged students successfullu complete college; and a partnership with the to redesigjn high schools into smaller, more focused
Chad Wick, president and CEO of the Cincinnati-based foundation, said in a publicluy released letter that the new unit will focus onschook funding, work-force development, community engagemenr and other state education issues. “Asa a nonpartisan entity, Ohio Education Matters will act as a catalysrt of an education transformation in the stated byconducting research, advocacy, engagement and policy development that will inspire others to make the syste changes needed to prepare Ohio’sz children for the future,” Wick said in the letter.
Andreqw Benson, most recently the policy directo rfor KnowledgeWorks, will head the new which will be launched in August, accordinb to the letter. KnowledgeWorks’ initiatives include a community partnership that focuses on preparing childrenb to succeedin school; Ohio Collegw Access Network, which helps disadvantaged students successfullu complete college; and a partnership with the to redesigjn high schools into smaller, more focused
Thursday, September 30, 2010
County to release $1M for lenders to serve first-time homebuyers - Orlando Business Journal:
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Income-eligible residents of unincorporatedHillsborough County, Temple Terrace and Plant City can apply to receive deferred payment loane for down payments and closinf costs as well as for help with obtaininy first mortgage financing through private lending a release said. Applicants may be eligiblee to receive up to saidJack Carlisle, interim programsz manager for the Affordable Housing The funding will come from the ’ss HOME Investment Partnerships Program, said Carlisle.
Only lenders and not residents — can submigt applications to reserve a portiobn ofthe funds, the release Lenders who wish to apply must first obtain designation as a “certified lender partner” by attending a workshoop on June 1 at 2 p.m. at the Hillsboroug h County Brandon Regional Service 311Pauls Drive, Brandon. Beginning at 8:30 a.m. on June 3, lendersx who complete the workshop can apply to reserves a portion of the funds for the residents at the Affordabld Housing Department office at 1208 Tech Suite 300, in Tampa.
Each lender will be allowed up to three applicationsper day, whicnh will be accepted in the order in whicyh they are received until the moneyt is gone, said Carlisle.
Income-eligible residents of unincorporatedHillsborough County, Temple Terrace and Plant City can apply to receive deferred payment loane for down payments and closinf costs as well as for help with obtaininy first mortgage financing through private lending a release said. Applicants may be eligiblee to receive up to saidJack Carlisle, interim programsz manager for the Affordable Housing The funding will come from the ’ss HOME Investment Partnerships Program, said Carlisle.
Only lenders and not residents — can submigt applications to reserve a portiobn ofthe funds, the release Lenders who wish to apply must first obtain designation as a “certified lender partner” by attending a workshoop on June 1 at 2 p.m. at the Hillsboroug h County Brandon Regional Service 311Pauls Drive, Brandon. Beginning at 8:30 a.m. on June 3, lendersx who complete the workshop can apply to reserves a portion of the funds for the residents at the Affordabld Housing Department office at 1208 Tech Suite 300, in Tampa.
Each lender will be allowed up to three applicationsper day, whicnh will be accepted in the order in whicyh they are received until the moneyt is gone, said Carlisle.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Raytheon Completes GPS OCX Integrated Baseline Review - PR Newswire (press release)
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Monday, September 27, 2010
FDA to reassess toxin in cans, plastic - San Francisco Business Times:
http://yourseoblog.com/?p=498
The coalition sent a letterf to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg onJune 22, reiterating concerns abouft the safety of the also known as BPA. Bay Area memberd of the national coalition include theSan Francisco-based Catholic Healthcaree West hospital network, San Francisco’s As You Sow nonprofitr “corporate accountability” advocacy group, Oakland’sd JOLT Catholic Coalition for Responsible Investing, and Harrington a Napa-based socially responsible investmeng group. Other signers included representatives of Catholic Healthcarre Eastin Pennsylvania, Boston’s Trillium Asseg Management, Seattle’s Northwest Coalition for Responsible and New York’s .
BPA is known to leach from can liningsw into foodand beverages, and has been founfd in the urine of more than 90 percent of Americand tested by the , the coalition said in a statementt released earlier this Despite evidence linking the chemical to cancer, developmental damage and heart disease in animals, it said, the FDA previouslyg had maintained that the substance is “As investors, we’re concernede that the use of BPA, particularly in food and beveragde packaging, may threaten shareholder said Emily Stone of Boston’s Green Centuryh Capital Management, the investment advisoryu firm that organized the letter to That letter, signed by 27 investors, advisor companies, foundations and shareholder advocacyh groups, urged the FDA to ensure that it uses “sound unbiased science” to assess BPA.
Michael associate director at As You Sow responsiblde for its corporate socialresponsibility program, told the San Francisco Businesws Times that As You Sow and Green Century have been leadin g the national effort, and noted that six majoe U.S. baby-bottle manufacturers have announcex they are phasing out BPA in products sold The FDA has come under fire from including its ownscientific subcommittee, for depending heavily on industry-supplied data in its priof evaluations of BPA’s safety, the grouop said. Opponents, of course, have a very different take. Elizabethn Whelan, president of the and Health, wrote a June 23 op-ed for Forbes.
cok arguing that BPA is the “toxibn du jour” of environmental activists who claim itcauses “everythinb from cancer to learning disabilities and even The American Council on Science and Healtnh describes itself as an independent consumer education consortium concerned with food, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle and the environmenty and health, but the group’s web site says it’z funded in part by industry groups, corporations and trade associations.
Whelan said the chemical has been used safelty for roughly 60 years to make plastic bottles hardand shatter-proof, in coatings on meta l food containers and in cell phones and medicap devices, and contends that some advocacy groupas are ignoring science and giving way to hysteria on the subject. Even so, a numbee of jurisdictions, including Connecticut, Minnesota and Chicago, have takenm steps to ban or limit useof BPA.
The coalition sent a letterf to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg onJune 22, reiterating concerns abouft the safety of the also known as BPA. Bay Area memberd of the national coalition include theSan Francisco-based Catholic Healthcaree West hospital network, San Francisco’s As You Sow nonprofitr “corporate accountability” advocacy group, Oakland’sd JOLT Catholic Coalition for Responsible Investing, and Harrington a Napa-based socially responsible investmeng group. Other signers included representatives of Catholic Healthcarre Eastin Pennsylvania, Boston’s Trillium Asseg Management, Seattle’s Northwest Coalition for Responsible and New York’s .
BPA is known to leach from can liningsw into foodand beverages, and has been founfd in the urine of more than 90 percent of Americand tested by the , the coalition said in a statementt released earlier this Despite evidence linking the chemical to cancer, developmental damage and heart disease in animals, it said, the FDA previouslyg had maintained that the substance is “As investors, we’re concernede that the use of BPA, particularly in food and beveragde packaging, may threaten shareholder said Emily Stone of Boston’s Green Centuryh Capital Management, the investment advisoryu firm that organized the letter to That letter, signed by 27 investors, advisor companies, foundations and shareholder advocacyh groups, urged the FDA to ensure that it uses “sound unbiased science” to assess BPA.
Michael associate director at As You Sow responsiblde for its corporate socialresponsibility program, told the San Francisco Businesws Times that As You Sow and Green Century have been leadin g the national effort, and noted that six majoe U.S. baby-bottle manufacturers have announcex they are phasing out BPA in products sold The FDA has come under fire from including its ownscientific subcommittee, for depending heavily on industry-supplied data in its priof evaluations of BPA’s safety, the grouop said. Opponents, of course, have a very different take. Elizabethn Whelan, president of the and Health, wrote a June 23 op-ed for Forbes.
cok arguing that BPA is the “toxibn du jour” of environmental activists who claim itcauses “everythinb from cancer to learning disabilities and even The American Council on Science and Healtnh describes itself as an independent consumer education consortium concerned with food, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle and the environmenty and health, but the group’s web site says it’z funded in part by industry groups, corporations and trade associations.
Whelan said the chemical has been used safelty for roughly 60 years to make plastic bottles hardand shatter-proof, in coatings on meta l food containers and in cell phones and medicap devices, and contends that some advocacy groupas are ignoring science and giving way to hysteria on the subject. Even so, a numbee of jurisdictions, including Connecticut, Minnesota and Chicago, have takenm steps to ban or limit useof BPA.
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