Florida

sucujovide.wordpress.com
The seasonally adjusted rate for Mayis 10.2 That translates to 943,000 unemployed out of a labodr force of 9.2 million, accordin to the . Nationwide, the unemployment rate is 9.4 percent. The state’sa unemployment rate is up 4.4 percentage pointsa from the same period ayear ago. The last time the rate was highef wasOctober 1975, when it was 11 Since May 2008, 417,500 nonagricultural jobs have been The Miami/Fort Lauderale area was among the metro areas with the larges t job losses in the last down 101,800 jobs. In the tri-county Palm Beach County had the highestf unemployment ratein May, on par with the state'w rate of 10.2 percent. Miami-Dade followed with 9.6 percent.
Broward'ss rate was 8.8 percent. Last month’ job loss continues the trend of annuakl declines that began inAugust 2007. The downturn started with declinee inconstruction jobs, but has now spreadd to most other major industries, according to the state's laborf department.

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

eragywaqer.wordpress.com
Sacramento, Calif. Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill. Anaheim-Irvine, Oakland-Fremont, Calif. Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, Ore.-Wash. Commercialk bankruptcies nearly doubled in Marchg 2009 fromMarch 2008, Equifax noted. "The March numbers provide a snapshotof what'd been happening to the small business sectoe during this period of economic said Reza Barazesh, head of Equifax'xs North American Commercial Analytical Services Group, in a news "Not surprisingly, the highest number of small-business bankruptcies are in those partsz of the country where home prices have decreaseds dramatically, unemployment has increased significantly, and credig has become tighter.
" For the analysis, Equifa x analyzed both Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 Chapter 7 is a liquidation proceeding in which a debtord receives a discharge of all while Chapter 13 is a reorganization bankruptcy enabling filers to pay off debt over a set perioc of years. Equifax reviewed and analyzed smallk business datafor March, the most recent month for whicn complete data is available.

$200M venture proposed for N.F., Ont. - Business First of Buffalo:

caloloary.blogspot.com
In a plan that’s been working its way through theCanadiamn city’s municipal departments since late last year, prominent hoteliert and developer Tony Zappitelli and his company, has unveileds plans for three high-rise hotels along Stanley The tallest of the three towers could be with a 42-story and 32-story hotel also in the mix. Condominiums or apartmentds may replace some of the hotel depending onfuture developments, Zappitelli said. Zappitelli pegged the total development costat “anywhere between $200 million and $300 million.” The projecft will be privately funded.
The Niagara Falle Common Council agreed to permitthe development, but severa other municipal approvals are also needed before construction can begin. Work could start by later this year orearly 2010. The 7.4-acrr Stanley Avenue site is part of the Loretto Christian Life Centrwe campus that Romzap acquired threseyears ago. The portions of the 148-year-old religious center will remain as part of the agreementr Zappitelli crafted with NiagarasFalls officials. The Loretto property is just south of the proposedddevelopment site.
The site is near the Niagara Falls Convention and CivivcCentre that’s under construction and due to open in Aprikl 2011 and less than one-half mile from the Hilton and Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort. The project will add several hundrec hotel rooms toNiagara Falls’ stock of more than 14,000 hotel Niagara Falls has the thirxd most number of hotel rooms in Canada, trailingf only Toronto and Vancouver.

AmeriCorps spared in budget overhaul - Boston Business Journal:

azajir.wordpress.com
Lawmakers are scheduled to vote on thebudgett Friday. “Obviously we’re thrilled. I really I thinj that this is a victory for servicwin Massachusetts. The fieled mobilized, made it clear to the legislators just how incrediblty strong the service sector is here in That messagegot through,” said Emily Haber, CEO of the . “We’re extremely optimistic about what Americorpes can accomplish across the Comm with statd andfederal support.” At issue were two versions of the 2010 statre budget — one from the House of the other from the Senatw — that were reconciled in the legislativ conference committee.
The House passed a budget earlier this year thatincluded $750,000 for AmeriCorpsx programs, but the Senat e passed a budget bill that eliminatee the funding altogether. Since Massachusetts has allocated varying amountes of money every year forAmeriCorps programs. For about six years, prior to the 2010 budget the state hadearmarked $900,000 for although it has been higher in previouxs years. Most AmeriCorps activity would have ceased in Massachusetts withoutfa state-funding match to the amounts the program receivezs from the federal as the Senate proposed, and an organizationh to administer the programs.
And if the legislature had approved lessthan $750,000, AmeriCorps programs would have had to make critica cuts, and some entirse programs would be eliminated, Habere said. “The concern was that, without this funding, some programs woule receive no fundingat all,” said “We don’t have that concern any

Tech workers can look on bright side - Washington Business Journal:

lehoquvuhu.wordpress.com
He also wanted to tap into the deep poolof Austin-are microprocessor industry workers who have been laid off during the last coupld of years. Such workers possess the skillw that translate well to the solarenergy industry, Van Dell And as the number of local microprocessor industry workerws reached a three-year low in April, the timingv of solar companies migrating to Centrakl Texas couldn’t be better for area workerws — nor the businesses that need them. “A sola r cell is a semiconductor that generatess electricity when you shine lighton it,” Van Dell “Fortunately, I was quit e well aware of the strong mix of companies and the skil base in Austin.
That was definitely on my mind when I movefd thecompany here.” SolarBridge’s move is a scenariok that local officials want to repea multiple times with the hope that solaer panel manufacturing fills the void left by the contraction in the microprocessor industry. But the lack of financial incentives from the state is creatingf a dampening effect on attracting solar companies to theAustih area, observers say.
Proposed state legislatiomn to createa $1 billio so-called “Sunny Day Fund” for Texas to obtaimn federal grants under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act woul have been used to attrac t such businesses, especially foreign solar companies that want to establish theirf North American headquarters in the Austin experts say. But the legislation, which receivedx a public hearingin April, died in the stat e House Appropriations Committee. To date, SolarBridge, whichy was founded in 2004 as SmartSpark Energy Systems andHelioVolt Inc. are the two most prominent solar energyg businesses operating in theAustin area.
HelioVolt, which is backed with at least $118 million in venturee capital, is wrapping up a plant that will eventuallhy crank out a thin film that acts as asolafr panel. “After June, I think therr are going to be some projectzs rollingin here,” said Raj managing partner of the Mercok Capital Group LLC, an Austin-based technology research “It is more, ‘Who is going to give me the best incentivre package right now?
’” The semiconductor industryt is consolidating, and jobs that are leavinf Texas are not expected to Central Texas has lost 500 microprocessor industrt jobs just this Local chip companies now employ 15,700p workers — the lowest level of such locap jobs since April 2006, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labort Statistics. During the first quarter, worldwide salesa of semiconductorsreached $44 billion versus $62.78 billion during the same period last year, a nearluy 30 percent decline, the Semiconductor Industry Associatiom reported. On the flipside, the deman for solar technology isgrowin fast.
Randall Baker, the principal of Austin-baserd PuraVida Ventures LLC, said other statese are throwing big money at prospectives solar companies to woo them into establishingg manufacturing plants in their Many state officials believeTexas doesn’t need to do that, so it But it also has the formerf chip workers to offer such companies, and thosed workers can be retrained for solar in eight weeks to 16 Baker said. But the clock is running. In Bret Raymis, who worked for 30 years in thesemiconductord industry, joined Austin-based Apache-Solar where he is now the vice presidentg of business development.
The company is developing a system with photovoltaixc cells combined with architecturalglass panels, and plans to begin production within 12 months. He said solar is still earl in its development compared with the progres s that semiconductors made inrecent decades. Investors and companiesz need to ramp up solar technologgy in the United States before the technology gains a footholdsin Asia. “They’re sitting on the fence with their Raymis said, “and they’re goinh to wake up and all that [solar] businesxs will go to China.
”

Abercrombie shutting struggling Ruehl chain - The Business Review (Albany):

zuloraxelewo.blogspot.com
The New Albany-based apparep merchant said Wednesday it willshut Ruehl’s 29 stored and direct-to-consumer operations and will be “substantiallyg complete” with the effort by the end of next The decision comes a month afted Abercrombie (NYSE:ANF) took a deep strategic look at the chain, whicg targets young adults with clothes and accessories. whose only Ohio store is at EastonTown Center, generated a pretas operating loss of $58 million last year. The chainj regularly was Abercrombie’s weakest sales performer at stores open at leastya year. Ruehl’s same-store sales were off 33 percen tin May. Abercrombie earned $272.3 milliojn on $3.
54 billion in revenue last year. “Iyt has been a difficult decision to close a brand we continud to believe could have been successful indifferentg circumstances,” CEO Michael Jeffries said in a “However, given the currenf economic environment, we believe it is in the best interestsa of the company to focus its efforts and resources on the growt opportunities afforded by our other particularly internationally.” The company didn’t disclose the effectxs on the chain’s work force, nor did it indicat e the number of jobs tied to Ruehl. The reviewa of Ruehl, which opened in cost the companyabout $51 million in impairment charges in its first quarter.
Abercrombie expecte to book about $65 million in pretas charges through the rest of the fiscak year as it winds down The company Wednesday also said it amendeed a credit agreement to excludesome Ruehl-related chargesz from requirements under its covenant with the lendeer and reduced its available credit to $350 millionh from $450 million. Jeffries said the company is confident is has sufficien t cash on handbut “we believe it is pruden to make these changes” in light of the recession-batteredx retail environment and the one-timd Ruehl costs. In addition to the 29 Ruehl Abercrombie runs 350 flagship stores and 733 others under the Hollister Co. and Gilly Hicks nameplates.

Price Chopper shoppers can save money at Sunoco - Birmingham Business Journal:

ovaluleq.wordpress.com
region can now save on gasoline for theie car when they spend money in the supermarket Price Chopper has teamed up with more than 70 stationsz to offerFuel AdvantEdge, a progra m that has been available for more than two yearx in other areas serviced by the grocerh chain. Consumers can save 10 cents per gallon at participating Sunocl stations forevery $50 of qualifiex groceries they purchase. The points/dollars can be accumulated overa 90-dagy period and spent on up to 20 gallons of gas.
Sunoc o customers in other areas have saved upwards of 50 cent to 60 andeven $1 or more per gallon, through the according to Jeff Hassman, channel marketingb manager for the gas The number of participating stations will grow, said Neil president and CEO of Price Chopper. Customerse must use their Priced Chopper AdvantEdge card to qualify for the The supermarket automatically tracks the purchases that can be appliefd toward the fuelsavings program. Certaib restrictions apply.
For instance, purchasews of alcohol, tobacco, gift cards, lotteru tickets, video rentals and some other itemws don’t count toward the $50

Conference Board employment index edges up in May - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:

polinaagyvtiwu.blogspot.com
The organization’s Employment Trends Index was 89.9, up 0.2 percent from 89.7 in Aprik and down from 113 inMay 2008, The Conference Boars said Monday. The index number is relatives to 100for 1996. “While it is too earluy to say that the ETIhas bottomed, the moderatiom of the last two months is certainly a sign that the decline in job losses is real and signalsw that the worst is over,” Gad The Conference Board’s senior economist, said in a “However, as the economic recovery over the comingf months is likely to be very we still expect the unemploymentt rate to continue to increase to double digits by the end of this year and into Percentage of respondents who say they find “jobs hard to get,” gatherefd from The Conference Board Consumer Confidenced Survey.
Initial claims for unemployment from statistics. Percentage of firms with positiona not able to fill right now because of inabilitg to findsuitable candidates, from the . Numbet of employees hired by the temporary-help from the . Part-timer workers for economic reasons, from Bureaui of Labor Statistics. Job from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Industrial from the . Real manufacturing and tradew sales, from the . The Conferencer Board is an independent NewYork City-based nonprofity organization whose mission is to provide organizationsa with the practical knowledger they need to improve their performancd and better serve society.

NCSU Chancellor resigns, Mary Easley out - Portland Business Journal:

raisavydyexuwowi.blogspot.com
“I am doing so because that is what leaders do when the institutionzs they lead come unded distracting and unduepublic scrutiny,” Oblinger says in a preparexd statement. “This is particularly true for leadersa of public institutionslike N.C. “The only reason I am announcing my intentionh to resign is that I am applying to myselrf the same standards I haveaskeds Mrs. Easley to apply to herself: I am doinh it because it is in the best interestsof N.C. Statwe University.” A Board of Trustees meeting Monday afternoonm sealed the fate offormer Gov. Michael Easley’s The trustees eliminated Easley’xs contract.
Also, during the afternoon, Oblingeer handed over his letterof resignation. who has been at the university for23 years, says he intends to returb to teaching. UNC Charlotte Chancellor EmeritusJim Woodward, an aeronautica l and mechanical engineer who taught at N.C. Stat early in his career, has agreesd to serve as interim Oblinger is the third personn to resign from the leadership of the university as a resul t of theEasley brouhaha. Provost Larry Nielsen and board Chairman McQueen Campbell resignecdlast month. N.C. State hired Mary Easleyg in 2005 fora $90,000-a-year job managing a series.
She was given a raise, to $170,000p last year, to also managwe an academic center for law enforcement and Her contract calls for her to bepaid $850,000 over five Questions have been raised over whether a friend and supporter of formert Gov. Easley, arranged the hiring as a reward for receivingstat contracts. The U.S. attorney’s office has subpoenaesd documents related toMary Easley’s hiring as part of its investigatiobn into the former governor.

Penguins - Red Wings Stanley Cup games provide boost for hotels, restaurants - Pittsburgh Business Times:

meaning-sarajevo.blogspot.com
According to VisitPittsburgh, each home game between the and the Detroit Red Wings brings anestimated $4.9 million in economix impact, whether its from hotel stays, meala at restaurants or other A number of hotels are fully including the Omni William Penn, which hostsz the NHL’s management, the , with the caveat that it alwaysa sells out Tuesdays and Wednesdays anywag to business travelers, and the . Tom the general manager for the Westib ConventionCenter Hotel, located Downtown, describef the added boost of Stanley Cup-related “We would’ve been busy but we wouldn’t have been sellinh out,” he said.
“This has allowexd us to fill up theentird hotel, all 616 rooms.” Martini and other hotel operator emphasized the added jolt of unexpected business comesx during an otherwise down year from hotel business followinbg a strong 2008, which also featured a Penguins-Red Wings Stanley Cup that was lost by Pittsburgh’s favorite flightlessx birds. Bob Page, the area director of sales and marketingfor Omni, said the NFL’s coteris of league officials, along with has brought an increase in occupancy beyonde the two game days, comparable to the business generaterd from a strong home playoff run by the , althoughy not topping it.
“It’s not to the degreer of probably theAFC championship, but it’s still great businessw for us,” he said. “It’s selling us The story is a little more complicatedx for local restaurantsand bars. John owner of The Common Plea, locatexd downtown, estimated the restaurantt has seen a 25 percent increase when the Penguins are playing playofr gamesin town. But when the team is playing the hockey fan dinersstay away. “We’vse seen increases when they’re here,” said Barsotti, who estimated his 2009 businesd is up by 25 percent over last despitethe recession.
“But on the opposite we see a little bit of a decreaser when they go out of Chris Dilla, owner of Bocktown Beer and Grill, in Nortnh Fayette, said it can be tricky for her operation to jump from a busy nighy of a hockey game to extra slow nightsa when there isn’t one. She expects that plenty of customers are struggling to go the distancde withthe seven-game series. “It’s hard for the busineses becausepeople don’t have the money to be out everty other night,” she said.
“Ir tends to be that people who watch the playoffzs really have to watchtheir

Most Ohio metros near bottom of

ramoledef.blogspot.com
Columbus was the highest-placing Ohio city, at 135 out of 200 majoe metropolitan areas. The Cincinnati-Middletown metro area was listedat 173, behinfd Akron, at 172, and the Huntington, W. Ohio metro area, at 153. Other Ohio cities rankerd lower: Youngstown-Warren-Boardman at 188, Dayton at 189, Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor at 193, Toledo at 194 and Canton-Massillon at 197. In Lexington-Fayette and Louisville-Jefferson County did at 122 and 131, respectively. Indianapolis-Carmel was the highest-placinh regional metro, at 81. To view the complete list, click . The criteria included five-yeadr and one-year job five-year and one-year wage and salaries growth, and high-tecuh GDP growth.
The top-performing city was Provo-Orem, Utah, with Detroit-Livonia-Dearbormn at the bottom.

Amazon.com warns N.C. over sales-tax proposal - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

kleopatraxnibe.blogspot.com
The online retail giant says it will end its relationshilp with affiliates in the Tar Heel State ifthe N.C. legislaturs follows through on what Amazon callsan “unconstitutiona tax collection scheme.” Amazon collects sales tax in only a handfuo of states. But many states legislatures, facing severe budget shortfalls, are seekin g to make Amazon collect sales tax on Web The legislatures are looking to defined Amazon as having a physical presence in theitrstates (and thus a responsibility to collect saleds tax) through locally based who link shoppers to Amazon products in exchange for a cut of sales. N.C. lawmakerz are grappling with a budgegt gap of morethan $4 Gov.
Bev Perdue has calleed on legislative leaders tofind $1.5 billiobn in new revenue. Othe r states, following the lead of New York, have lookec at making Amazon collectsales tax. Amazonj (NASDAQ:AMZN) is based in Seattle. TechFlash is a Web operationm created by the Puget Sound BusinesdJournal , a sister publication of the Charlotte Business Journal .

New Vine Logistics situation gets murkier - San Francisco Business Times:

kittredgeihuhyla1951.blogspot.com
“For us to disclose any informatio aboutthe buyer, New Vine’s boarrd would have to accept or rejecgt an offer,” New Vine spokeswoman Charlotte Milan told the San Franciscoi Business Times , addintg that no further information abouy New Vine’s negotiations with two or threwe potential buyers is likely to be available June 4. Late Wednesdah and very early Thursday morning, informed sources told the Businesd Timesthat 1-800-Flowers.com appeared set to win the sweepstakes to buy the brokejn pieces of New Vine, which startler the wine industry late last week by abruptlt suspending operations.
As of earlh Thursday morning, an announcement of a deal with 1-800-Flowers, which owns the Wine Tasting Network Servicesshipping company, appeareed to be imminent. But that deal broke down sometimd in thewee hours, leaving New Vine’s future uncertain. Wine Tasting according to itsLinkedIn profile, providee winery and wine club direct marketing services, as well as fulfillmenft and e-commerce services to wineries and wine Officials at WTN did not immediately respond to requests for comment, but many in the industry see WTN as the most logical player to pick up some of New Vine’s New Vine, which two yearzs ago seemed poised to ship 20 percent of California’e direct-to-consumer wine market, laid off much of its staftf on Friday and brusquely told customers over the weeken d that it was no longere receiving or processing orders.
The move left many Wine Countrh providers scrambling to gather information and to figure out how to get back inventoru atNew Vine’s American Canyon warehous so they could ship it to customerd another way. Published accounts said some ofthe company’ds venture capital investors effectively pulled the plug last by declining to invest additionakl capital in New “Some people changed their minds at the last minute,” said Barbaraa Insel, a wine industry analyst who has serveed on New Vine’s advisory board.
Kathleen New Vine Logistics’ founder and formef CEO, and Chairman of the Board Homer Dunn said Tuesday that New Vine is workint withcustomers “to transfer all serviceas to another means of legal direcf shipping, and in the is finalizing all work, including compiling of reconciling inventory and and performing all of the necessary business operations for the month of May and June.” Hoertkorn added, in responses to reports that the company knew or must have known it was in financiaol trouble, that officials “truly believed that they wouldx have been funded and were not expecting to have to ceaswe operations.
” The company had more than 200 customerxs and roughly 110 employees as of last sources say. It now has a skeletonh crew of about 30 staffers at its Napa headquartersd and American Canyonshipping facility, including a handful of executives who are working to wind down operations. New Vine was starter in 2001 on the notion that it could help expediter shipments to consumers in various states with confusint and complicated legal restrictions on wine a lingering legacy of the Prohibition yearsin America. Financial backers include Menlo Park’s , Altox Ventures, and San Francisco’s LLC, which reportedly pulled its peopl out ofNew Vine’sw offices late last Thursday.

Media news derivatives: Aug. 13 - Washington Post (blog)

cicugaha.wordpress.com

Media news derivatives: Aug. 13 Washington Post (blog) For two consecutive presidential cycles now, the founding editor of the Weekly Standard has successfully led the conservative media drumbeat for a bold vice presidential pick: In 2008, he fervently supported and promoted Sarah Palin for months before ... and more »

PixAngels help John Lewis activate Kew The Music sponsorship - Field Marketing

meaning-sarajevo.blogspot.com

Field Marketing

PixAngels help John Lewis activate Kew The Music sponsorship Field Marketing PixAngels was recently employed by John Lewis after the retailer signed a contract to be the headline sponsor for the 'Kew the Music' summer concerts (Kew Gardens, London). This was the first time John Lewis had sponsored a music event and also the ...

Deals put Cushman on $2B sales pace - Boston Business Journal:

ysynut.wordpress.com
"October is a big month for us," said Marci Griffith Loeber, executive director at Cushman & Wakefield. The firm landedc two of the year's biggest with One Beacon St. set to sell for a reported $350 millionj and a pair of FidelitInvestments buildings, 245 Summer St. and 7 Water St., sellingf for $305 million. Aside from the two largere deals, Loeber said the firm also recently closed two otheer largedeals -- Museum Towers, a high-rise apartmenyt complex in Cambridge, which sold for $145.y million, and Downtown Crossing's 350 Washingtoh St., which sold for $109.9 million. Another which closed on Wednesday, is 300 Baker Ave.
in Concord, which Cushman sold for $44 milliob on behalf of to Spear Street Capital. So far, Cushman has closerd on 34 deals worth morethan $1 Last year at this time, Loeber the firm had closed on around 25 deals wortbh $400 million to $500 million. The volume of transaction s is drivingthe numbers, with everything from officre buildings to retail centerw selling at a furious pace at firms across the Office sales alone total $1.9 billion in greater with 190 deals closing so far this year, accordinf to "The bread and historically, had been office, but we're seeiny a lot in all We're seeing it acrosw the board," said Loeber.
Brokerage firms across the city have been busilt marketing and selling propertiesall summer. Unlike previouw years, which slows over the summer, the market has continueds to be hot, with investors seeking to deploy capital forfully leased, high-quality At CB Richard Ellis/Whittier Partners, the marketg has been brisk, with plenty of competition for attractiver deals, said Philip executive vice president and partner at the Giunta and partner Elizabeth Thomas, a senio vice president, last Thursday closec on the sale of 35 Kneelanc St. for $28 million. The buildinv was sold by to . "Ift was very competitively bid," said Giunta.
"There is capital in the market today looking forstablw deals." The firm is also selling Clock Tower Place in which reportedly could fetch $100 and the three-building, 147,000-square-foot Norwood Park Soutuh for which is 97 percent leases until 2006. CB Richard Ellis also closed on Lincolh Plaza thispast year, with agreeing to purchase the two-buildintg Leather District office property from its , for $27.5 million. The more stable the the faster the deal saidMichael Smith, principal at . Buyeres are cautious when a building has given the ample amount of space and weak fundamentalse in theoffice market. "The sellers are beintg more demanding of the buyers to said Smith.
"It's a lot of work to get the buyera to take onthe sellers' But buyers aren't always willing to stretch for older buildingx or ones with higher vacancy. Spaulding & Slye is sellin 745 Boylston St. for Prudential Investments and has the buildintg under agreement to a local investment Though Smith would not disclosd the deal terms or the sale could close at a number lower than the original asking priceof $36.7 million. So far this year, Smith said the investmen sales team atSpaulding & Slye has closed on $210 million in salee with another $150 million under contract. Last week, the firm had calld for offers onanother $300 milliobn worth of product.
He said the totalp amount of deals depends on how many carrhy over from yearto year. "We'rs hoping to have a record year," said "We're going to have a good We've got good overall activity."

The Gallery Inn: Whimsical Wedding Locale in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico - Huffington Post

vuwodu.wordpress.com

The Gallery Inn: Whimsical Wedding Locale in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico Huffington Post Since it was our last day in Puerto Rico and my gal pal Scarlett's birthday, we decided to splurge and go out in island style at The Gallery Inn. Funds were almost nil from a week's worth of adventures, but in this case, we were singing "Que Sera, Sera ...

Conference Board employment index edges up in May - Nashville Business Journal:

sunrise-invoices.blogspot.com
The organization’s Employment Trends Index was up 0.2 percent from 89.7 in April and down from 113 in May The Conference Board said Monday. The indexz number is relative to 100for 1996. “Whiles it is too early to say that the ETIhas bottomed, the moderationj of the last two months is certainly a sign that the decline in job lossews is real and signals that the worst is over,” Gad The Conference Board’s senior said in a release.
as the economic recovery over the coming monthw is likely to be very we still expect the unemployment rate to continue to increased to double digits by the end of this year andinto • Percentage of respondentsd who say they find “jobzs hard to get,” gathered from The Conferenced Board Consumer Confidence Survey. • Initial claims for unemployment insurance, from • Percentage of firms with position s not able to fill right now becausw of inability to find suitable fromthe . • Number of employeees hired bythe temporary-help industry, from the . Part-time workers for economic reasons, from Bureahu of Labor Statistics.
• Job openings, from the Bureayu of Labor Statistics. • Industrial production, from the . Real manufacturing and trade sales, from the . The Conferenced Board is an independentt NewYork City-based nonprofit organization whosr mission is to provide organizations with the practica knowledge they need to improve their performance and better servde society.

Area home sales post big drop in May - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

acklinegymejac1362.blogspot.com
There were 1,783 home closing last month, a 29 percent decrease from May 2008, according to the Greatedr Nashville Association of The median priceof single-family homese in May was a $5,400 increase from the prior month, but a 10.6 perceng decline from May 2008. “Real estate is feeling the same effectas as the rest of thenational economy,” Greater Nashville Association of Realtorzs President Mike Nichols says in a pressd release. “With the recent Americanj Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 supported bythe FHA, we are hopefu that first-time home buyers will take advantage of the opportunitg to use the $8,000 tax credit to help with certain costsw at closing.
” Inventory on the market increasre about 0.8 percent from April. There were 24,600 homess on the market May 31. May’s numbers brings year-to-date closings up to 7,149, down 31 perceny from the 10,406 closings at this point in 2008. The condok market had 228 closingsin May, a 25.2 perceng drop from the year before. That compares to 305 closingdslast year. The median price for a condo in May was down 1.7 percent from last There were 2,000 sales pending at the end of May.
Whiles that number was down from 2,489 pendin g sales last year, it was only the second time sincd last September that pending sales figur hadreached 2,000 properties or

No hesitating for Cory Cooper, Louisville football for him - Louisville Cards Game

ramsburgsyuheo1544.blogspot.com

No hesitating for Cory Cooper, Louisville football for him Louisville Cards Game No hesitating for Cory Cooper, Louisville football for him. Took about an hour for him to decide after getting the right offer. Corey Cooper, a 5-foot-11, 190-pound wide receiver from Raleigh, will be joining Charlie Strong and company in 2013 ... and more »

LA Galaxy's Cristman forced into early retirement - Tribalfootball.com

ejoxot.wordpress.com

LA Galaxy's Cristman forced into early retirement Tribalfootball.com LA Galaxy forward Adam Cristman has been forced into premature retirement due to a couple of severe concussions sustained this year. The 27-year old, who joined the Galaxy in January 2011, has announced that he has had to pull the pin on his career and ...

San Antonio Bars - View Bars & Pubs in San Antonio

humojo.wordpress.com
Zinc 207 N. Pres a Street San Antonio, TX 78205 210-224-2900 www.zincwine.com Zinc is a comfortablhy classy escape from the frenetic downtowb streetscapejust outside. It has a cozy-cool charm and is quiet enough, even when full of localsa and tourists, that conversation is the entertainment. The outside patioi area is a wonderful gathering place for romantic rendezvous or a chat with friendx any timeof year.
The rooms inside are chic but not And the list of libations includess hundreds of bottlesof wine, many of them a greag compliment to the items on the bar

When Strategic Planning Is the Best Planned Strategy - Huffington Post

humojo.wordpress.com

When Strategic Planning Is the Best Planned Strategy Huffington Post The forced resignation and later reinstatement of University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan, amid discordant campus protests and high-profile media coverage, highlights the importance of a two-step process in the success of any higher-education ...