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Friday, March 30, 2012
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Beale considers $1B proposal to redevelop some Air Force land - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Their estimated $1 billion proposal include an industrial park with a concentration on new research and development or lightgindustrial space, and $125 million in improvements to the base’ss wastewater facility that could increase the capacityy for additional commercial uses. The Air Forc considers the property to be excess and not needed for its The base includes an underutilized rail spur that could be put back into servicre to cut down ontruck traffic. The thred Sacramento-based firms that are partners in the ventured are Construction and supplyfirm , Californias lobbyist and real estate developer and manager Negotiations are schedulec to wrap up within the next month.
Disaster evacuation kits were distributed this weekto 8,000 familiew in the Natomas Unified School District and 3,00o0 employees of in Roseville. Gary president of the Sacramento-based nonprofi , came up with the idea for the SAFELY OUT kits afte r volunteering with the American Red Cross to help in the recoverty efforts following Hurricanes Katrinaand Rita. The kits are meantt not only to help families protect themselvesx in the event of a natural but to aidemergency responders.
The kits include itemss such as a door hanger thatsays “needd help” on one side and “safelty out” on the other, a refrigeratod magnet booklet for recordinfg essential contact and evacuation and storage bags for settintg aside spare medicines and medicak insurance information in the refrigerator — a placw that is air-tight, water-tight and fire-resistant. So far, Pride in partnership with Citizen Voice, have assembled 35,0090 of the Safely Out kits. The 11,00 kits distributed Wednesday were made possible by a gran t from the and the sponsorshil of inWest Sacramento. Safely Out kits can be orderedrthrough citizenvoice.org.
A $10 donation per kit is Artwork made from the stately old treesof Sacramento’s downtown is goingg to be sold, auctioned and raffled off to raise moneu for the Legacy Trees The project is sponsored by the , whicgh is working with the city, propert y owners and the state to obtainh wood from trees that are more than a century old that make up the canopy over downtownm and midtown Sacramento. The group harvests heartwood from diseased ordying trees, and gives it to Some of the wood SEEART has harvesterd includes wood from a 129-year-old tulip poplar on the grounds of the statee Capitol, as well as black walnut and sequoia redwoodse harvested around town.
Three of the piecews to be raffled are on displayat , 2508 J St. The piece will be sold at a free Secondc Saturday Art Walk partyy on the upstairs patio at 1801L St. on June 13. Rafflew tickets are $20 each and available at Art Ellis, a sponsotr of the Legacy Trees Project.
Their estimated $1 billion proposal include an industrial park with a concentration on new research and development or lightgindustrial space, and $125 million in improvements to the base’ss wastewater facility that could increase the capacityy for additional commercial uses. The Air Forc considers the property to be excess and not needed for its The base includes an underutilized rail spur that could be put back into servicre to cut down ontruck traffic. The thred Sacramento-based firms that are partners in the ventured are Construction and supplyfirm , Californias lobbyist and real estate developer and manager Negotiations are schedulec to wrap up within the next month.
Disaster evacuation kits were distributed this weekto 8,000 familiew in the Natomas Unified School District and 3,00o0 employees of in Roseville. Gary president of the Sacramento-based nonprofi , came up with the idea for the SAFELY OUT kits afte r volunteering with the American Red Cross to help in the recoverty efforts following Hurricanes Katrinaand Rita. The kits are meantt not only to help families protect themselvesx in the event of a natural but to aidemergency responders.
The kits include itemss such as a door hanger thatsays “needd help” on one side and “safelty out” on the other, a refrigeratod magnet booklet for recordinfg essential contact and evacuation and storage bags for settintg aside spare medicines and medicak insurance information in the refrigerator — a placw that is air-tight, water-tight and fire-resistant. So far, Pride in partnership with Citizen Voice, have assembled 35,0090 of the Safely Out kits. The 11,00 kits distributed Wednesday were made possible by a gran t from the and the sponsorshil of inWest Sacramento. Safely Out kits can be orderedrthrough citizenvoice.org.
A $10 donation per kit is Artwork made from the stately old treesof Sacramento’s downtown is goingg to be sold, auctioned and raffled off to raise moneu for the Legacy Trees The project is sponsored by the , whicgh is working with the city, propert y owners and the state to obtainh wood from trees that are more than a century old that make up the canopy over downtownm and midtown Sacramento. The group harvests heartwood from diseased ordying trees, and gives it to Some of the wood SEEART has harvesterd includes wood from a 129-year-old tulip poplar on the grounds of the statee Capitol, as well as black walnut and sequoia redwoodse harvested around town.
Three of the piecews to be raffled are on displayat , 2508 J St. The piece will be sold at a free Secondc Saturday Art Walk partyy on the upstairs patio at 1801L St. on June 13. Rafflew tickets are $20 each and available at Art Ellis, a sponsotr of the Legacy Trees Project.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Gates Foundation, MDC give $1M grant - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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Valencia will get $743,000 over three years to creatd a centralizedremedial program, used acrosw four campuses. It planw to align high school, remedial and college-level standards, expand its remediapl learning communities, and embed reading skills into remedialmath courses. The announced June 22, will support remedial programe developed by Valencia through Achievinhthe Dream: Community Colleges Count, a multiyear national initiative aimed at increasing college graduation rates among disadvantaged students. The statr will get also get $300,000 over threwe years to collaboratewith K-12 to reduce the need for remediap education.
Connecticut, Ohio, Texas and Virginia also got the which will be used to develolp new policies acceleratingthe states’ remediao education programs. The Florida grantsa are part ofa $16.5 millionm effort to improve remedial education at community collegesz in five states, reaching about 45,000 students Four states and 14 other collegea received similar Gates grants for their Achieving the Dream program. Each community college will receive $743,00o over three years to expand its programs. Lumina Foundatiom for Education has alsocommittex $1.5 million to this initiative for evaluationb and communications.
About 375,000 Florida degree-seekinfg students annually attend a localcmmunity college, with nearlyu 40 percent of them takingv remedial classes to build basic academif skills. National studies have shown nearly two-third s of those taking remedial classesneveer graduate, but successful programs at several college s demonstrate these numbers can be
Valencia will get $743,000 over three years to creatd a centralizedremedial program, used acrosw four campuses. It planw to align high school, remedial and college-level standards, expand its remediapl learning communities, and embed reading skills into remedialmath courses. The announced June 22, will support remedial programe developed by Valencia through Achievinhthe Dream: Community Colleges Count, a multiyear national initiative aimed at increasing college graduation rates among disadvantaged students. The statr will get also get $300,000 over threwe years to collaboratewith K-12 to reduce the need for remediap education.
Connecticut, Ohio, Texas and Virginia also got the which will be used to develolp new policies acceleratingthe states’ remediao education programs. The Florida grantsa are part ofa $16.5 millionm effort to improve remedial education at community collegesz in five states, reaching about 45,000 students Four states and 14 other collegea received similar Gates grants for their Achieving the Dream program. Each community college will receive $743,00o over three years to expand its programs. Lumina Foundatiom for Education has alsocommittex $1.5 million to this initiative for evaluationb and communications.
About 375,000 Florida degree-seekinfg students annually attend a localcmmunity college, with nearlyu 40 percent of them takingv remedial classes to build basic academif skills. National studies have shown nearly two-third s of those taking remedial classesneveer graduate, but successful programs at several college s demonstrate these numbers can be
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Iridium earnings fall 42%; revenue up - Portland Business Journal:
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The Bethesda-based provider of satellite telephone services, which expects to become publicly traded this summer througuhan acquisition, posted a 42 percent decline in net income in the first quartet ended March 31, to $9.7 million from $16.7 millionh a year ago. Th company attributed the declind to costs related toits next-generatiomn satellite program. “Iridium continued to grow, althougbh the pace slowed given the currenteconomic climate,” said CEO Matt “In addition to the impact of phasingg out equipment amortization, we believe the economic climate is affectingb equipment sales, as is the transition of newlg introduced products into the distribution channel as our partnera move existing inventory to make way for new product.
” Companyt officials say either Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin or Thaleas Alenia Space will be selected as the program’s lead contractodr this summer. The program’s new network of satellites called Iridiujm NEXT is expected to be deployexin 2014. Iridium NEXT will provide higherdata speeds, greater bandwidth and the potential to delive r new data services and applications to The company says its EBITDA, or earnings beforre interest, taxes, depreciation and increased 4.9 percent to $27.6 millio n in the first quarter, up from $26.3 million a year ago, thougn most analysts do not use that as a reliablwe financial measure. Iridium’s revenue rose 2 percent to $75.
98 million for the quarter, compared to $74.3 milliojn for the first quarterd 2008. The slightly higheer revenue came from increased commercial services revenueof $36.8 million but was offset by a declins in subscriber equipment revenued to $20.5 million for the Iridium’s commercial markets include maritime, aviation and land mobile which grew by 11.5 percent for the The company’s sales to government customers, including the Department of grew 31 percent.
Despite a 31 percen increase in subscribersto 328,000, compares to 250,000 in the first quarte of 2008, a $2 million amortization of equipmenf related to prior year equipment added to the decline in subscriber equipmenrt revenue. The company is planning to go public this summer, but it is not taking the initiakl public offering route. It is acquirin a publicly tradedinvestment group, GHQ), an affiliate of Greenhilll & Co. Iridium has retainecd Deutsche Bank as its financial advise r forthe transaction.
The Bethesda-based provider of satellite telephone services, which expects to become publicly traded this summer througuhan acquisition, posted a 42 percent decline in net income in the first quartet ended March 31, to $9.7 million from $16.7 millionh a year ago. Th company attributed the declind to costs related toits next-generatiomn satellite program. “Iridium continued to grow, althougbh the pace slowed given the currenteconomic climate,” said CEO Matt “In addition to the impact of phasingg out equipment amortization, we believe the economic climate is affectingb equipment sales, as is the transition of newlg introduced products into the distribution channel as our partnera move existing inventory to make way for new product.
” Companyt officials say either Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin or Thaleas Alenia Space will be selected as the program’s lead contractodr this summer. The program’s new network of satellites called Iridiujm NEXT is expected to be deployexin 2014. Iridium NEXT will provide higherdata speeds, greater bandwidth and the potential to delive r new data services and applications to The company says its EBITDA, or earnings beforre interest, taxes, depreciation and increased 4.9 percent to $27.6 millio n in the first quarter, up from $26.3 million a year ago, thougn most analysts do not use that as a reliablwe financial measure. Iridium’s revenue rose 2 percent to $75.
98 million for the quarter, compared to $74.3 milliojn for the first quarterd 2008. The slightly higheer revenue came from increased commercial services revenueof $36.8 million but was offset by a declins in subscriber equipment revenued to $20.5 million for the Iridium’s commercial markets include maritime, aviation and land mobile which grew by 11.5 percent for the The company’s sales to government customers, including the Department of grew 31 percent.
Despite a 31 percen increase in subscribersto 328,000, compares to 250,000 in the first quarte of 2008, a $2 million amortization of equipmenf related to prior year equipment added to the decline in subscriber equipmenrt revenue. The company is planning to go public this summer, but it is not taking the initiakl public offering route. It is acquirin a publicly tradedinvestment group, GHQ), an affiliate of Greenhilll & Co. Iridium has retainecd Deutsche Bank as its financial advise r forthe transaction.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Streamline jumps into black for 1Q - Portland Business Journal:
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The software company reported net income of or zero centsper share, compared to a net loss of or 9 cents per share, in the year-ago quarter. Revenues grew to $3.8 million from $3.6 The one analyst who coverws the company expected a net loss of 2 centz on revenuesof $3.5 million. Systems sales and maintenance and support revenues both rose 12 percenft duringthe quarter, whilwe application hosting services revenues fell 23 the company said in a news “We continue to make progress in moving this business forwarxd to the point of becoming consistently profitable; that is our main strategic said CEO Brian Patsy in the release.
In earlhy June, Streamline won a contrac t valued at morethan $1 million to integratwe its document workflow solutions into an electronic medicapl records system at a Canadian health care Patsy said. It is the secondr Canadian contract the company has won in the past Despite thebetter news, shares of Streamlinwe (NASDAQ: STRM), followed most tech stocks down on Wednesdahy morning, losing more than 8 percent, or 26 to $2.89. Streamline Health Solutions, based in is a supplier of workflow and documengmanagement tools, applications and services to specifically health-care organizations.
The software company reported net income of or zero centsper share, compared to a net loss of or 9 cents per share, in the year-ago quarter. Revenues grew to $3.8 million from $3.6 The one analyst who coverws the company expected a net loss of 2 centz on revenuesof $3.5 million. Systems sales and maintenance and support revenues both rose 12 percenft duringthe quarter, whilwe application hosting services revenues fell 23 the company said in a news “We continue to make progress in moving this business forwarxd to the point of becoming consistently profitable; that is our main strategic said CEO Brian Patsy in the release.
In earlhy June, Streamline won a contrac t valued at morethan $1 million to integratwe its document workflow solutions into an electronic medicapl records system at a Canadian health care Patsy said. It is the secondr Canadian contract the company has won in the past Despite thebetter news, shares of Streamlinwe (NASDAQ: STRM), followed most tech stocks down on Wednesdahy morning, losing more than 8 percent, or 26 to $2.89. Streamline Health Solutions, based in is a supplier of workflow and documengmanagement tools, applications and services to specifically health-care organizations.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Ex-Aveda specialists
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Minneapolis-based , founded last year by former executives Davi d Adams andVirginia Meyer, provides extensivr hair-color training for salon groups, promising to boost color sales and, in turn, overalp revenue and profitability. The company works closelyy with stylists and managers to enhancew every aspect ofa salon’s color service, from client consultations and advanced coloring techniques to pricing and wast reduction. Salons that have completed the trainingprogram — which included six days of training spread out over a few weeksd — report that their hair-coloe sales have increased at least 5 said Meyer, the company’s chief operating officer. Some see much St.
Petersburg, Fla.-based Missio Aveda Salon & Spa reportedc that hair-color services now account for nearlgy 58 percent of allservice revenue, up from 42 percenty before. Those gains can have a major impact ona salon’d bottom line because colorintg services are a highly profitable piece of the The salon industry grew at a rate of 2.8 percentg in 2008, according to a market stud by Plano, Texas-based Professional Consultantxs & Resources (PCR). That’s down from 4.2 percent in 2007 and representss the lowest growth rate inthe 20-plus years PCR has tracked the Hair-color service grew at 3 percent in down from 5.
6 percenrt in 2007, largely due to increasexd use of at-home coloring products. Red Chocolate’s core training “Creating Confidence and Success withHair Color,” costs $2,9090 per participant, but the training more than pays for itself, Meyer said. “Understanding how to strengthen our relationships with existing guestes and use them to send in new guests is more importanytthan ever,” she said. “Salon ownersz know that and that’s why they’red making the big investment.
” Adams and Meyer developedr the Red Chocolate program in early while still workingat Blaine-based Aveda, a subsidiarh of New York cosmetics giant The Estée Laude r Cos. Inc. Adams was the company’s technical artisticc director and Meyer was vice presidentof education; Adams remains under contract with serving as the face of its hair-colodr business. Red Chocolate now has completed fivetrainingf sessions, attended by hundreds of participantsd from salon groups across the country, and the companyu expects to complete at least threw more by the end of the Two local salons — Plymouth-based New Reflections SpaSalonn and Eden Prairie-based Sanctuary Salonspa — were among six Midwestern salon groups that attended a session in New Reflections president and owner Diane Keller said she was so impressed with the initial resulta from the six stylists she sent to the Februarh session that she now plans to have anotherf 20 stylists go through the traini ngv this summer.
Then some of those participants will attenda “train the program this fall, so they can teach the Red Chocolate program to the rest of the New Reflections’ 46 stylists by the end of the “This is bringing us up to that next levek — the master’s level,” Kellert said.
Minneapolis-based , founded last year by former executives Davi d Adams andVirginia Meyer, provides extensivr hair-color training for salon groups, promising to boost color sales and, in turn, overalp revenue and profitability. The company works closelyy with stylists and managers to enhancew every aspect ofa salon’s color service, from client consultations and advanced coloring techniques to pricing and wast reduction. Salons that have completed the trainingprogram — which included six days of training spread out over a few weeksd — report that their hair-coloe sales have increased at least 5 said Meyer, the company’s chief operating officer. Some see much St.
Petersburg, Fla.-based Missio Aveda Salon & Spa reportedc that hair-color services now account for nearlgy 58 percent of allservice revenue, up from 42 percenty before. Those gains can have a major impact ona salon’d bottom line because colorintg services are a highly profitable piece of the The salon industry grew at a rate of 2.8 percentg in 2008, according to a market stud by Plano, Texas-based Professional Consultantxs & Resources (PCR). That’s down from 4.2 percent in 2007 and representss the lowest growth rate inthe 20-plus years PCR has tracked the Hair-color service grew at 3 percent in down from 5.
6 percenrt in 2007, largely due to increasexd use of at-home coloring products. Red Chocolate’s core training “Creating Confidence and Success withHair Color,” costs $2,9090 per participant, but the training more than pays for itself, Meyer said. “Understanding how to strengthen our relationships with existing guestes and use them to send in new guests is more importanytthan ever,” she said. “Salon ownersz know that and that’s why they’red making the big investment.
” Adams and Meyer developedr the Red Chocolate program in early while still workingat Blaine-based Aveda, a subsidiarh of New York cosmetics giant The Estée Laude r Cos. Inc. Adams was the company’s technical artisticc director and Meyer was vice presidentof education; Adams remains under contract with serving as the face of its hair-colodr business. Red Chocolate now has completed fivetrainingf sessions, attended by hundreds of participantsd from salon groups across the country, and the companyu expects to complete at least threw more by the end of the Two local salons — Plymouth-based New Reflections SpaSalonn and Eden Prairie-based Sanctuary Salonspa — were among six Midwestern salon groups that attended a session in New Reflections president and owner Diane Keller said she was so impressed with the initial resulta from the six stylists she sent to the Februarh session that she now plans to have anotherf 20 stylists go through the traini ngv this summer.
Then some of those participants will attenda “train the program this fall, so they can teach the Red Chocolate program to the rest of the New Reflections’ 46 stylists by the end of the “This is bringing us up to that next levek — the master’s level,” Kellert said.
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