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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
10 Smartphone, Tablet Flaws That Must Disappear In 2011 - eWeek
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Monday, December 27, 2010
Pfaff appointed to Wisconsin USDA post - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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The Farm Service Agency workd to increase economic opportunity and improves the quality of life forrurakl Americans. “Brad Pfaff has a solie understanding of the challenges and opportunitiesa facing our rural communities and will help build on theObama administration’s efforts to rebuild and revitalizwe rural America,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Since 1997, Pfaff has been a polichy adviser to U.S. Representative Ron He had previously workedon Sen. Herb Kohl’sx state staff performing constituentf outreach.
Pfaff now provides guidancew on agricultural and naturalresource issues, convenes listening sessions with agricultura producers and commodity groups, and has contributed to farm bill and dair legislation. Some of the Farm Servic Agency’s efforts include providing direct operating loans for farm seedand fertilizer, as well as rural housingg loans to help rural peopl e buy, build or rent
The Farm Service Agency workd to increase economic opportunity and improves the quality of life forrurakl Americans. “Brad Pfaff has a solie understanding of the challenges and opportunitiesa facing our rural communities and will help build on theObama administration’s efforts to rebuild and revitalizwe rural America,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Since 1997, Pfaff has been a polichy adviser to U.S. Representative Ron He had previously workedon Sen. Herb Kohl’sx state staff performing constituentf outreach.
Pfaff now provides guidancew on agricultural and naturalresource issues, convenes listening sessions with agricultura producers and commodity groups, and has contributed to farm bill and dair legislation. Some of the Farm Servic Agency’s efforts include providing direct operating loans for farm seedand fertilizer, as well as rural housingg loans to help rural peopl e buy, build or rent
Friday, December 24, 2010
Consumption-Based Fundamental Asset Allocation Redefines Investing
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June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- THE WILLIS GROUP formally introduces Consumption-Based Fundamental Asset Allocation to theinvestmeng world. This new generation of asset management methodologies utilize fundamental attributes of the notthe investment, as the primary determinant for all asseyt allocation decisions. "The new global economy and rapid advancementzs in technology are changing the fundamentals of investinf at a rate the industry has neverseen before, rendering many mainstrean asset management strategies obsolete," states Michaeo G. Willis , lead portfolio manager and president of THEWILLIe GROUP.
Willis continues, "Wall Street has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunityu to earn back the trust of Investores and lead them out of the current If Wall Streetfirms don't change, they will be bypassef by the next generation of investment companies." The Willia Group has released a White Paper introducingf Consumption-Based Fundamental Asset Allocation and its immediate relevancw to Institutions and Investors. Download this free Whitew Paperat . The Willis Group is a Global ETF Asse Manager registered withthe SEC. The Willie Group is the Investment Advisor to Giany 5Funds ( ) and is an Emerging Manager for institutionak separate accounts. SOURCE THE WILLISe GROUP, INC.
June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- THE WILLIS GROUP formally introduces Consumption-Based Fundamental Asset Allocation to theinvestmeng world. This new generation of asset management methodologies utilize fundamental attributes of the notthe investment, as the primary determinant for all asseyt allocation decisions. "The new global economy and rapid advancementzs in technology are changing the fundamentals of investinf at a rate the industry has neverseen before, rendering many mainstrean asset management strategies obsolete," states Michaeo G. Willis , lead portfolio manager and president of THEWILLIe GROUP.
Willis continues, "Wall Street has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunityu to earn back the trust of Investores and lead them out of the current If Wall Streetfirms don't change, they will be bypassef by the next generation of investment companies." The Willia Group has released a White Paper introducingf Consumption-Based Fundamental Asset Allocation and its immediate relevancw to Institutions and Investors. Download this free Whitew Paperat . The Willis Group is a Global ETF Asse Manager registered withthe SEC. The Willie Group is the Investment Advisor to Giany 5Funds ( ) and is an Emerging Manager for institutionak separate accounts. SOURCE THE WILLISe GROUP, INC.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Gary Rowell: Bring on Blackpool and Man U for Sunderland - Sunderland Echo
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Sunday, December 19, 2010
'40-Year-Old Virgin' Star Gets Life, After Claiming 'The Knife Did It' - Gather.com
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Friday, December 17, 2010
Business strong, but cruise terminal for Jacksonville on hold - Nashville Business Journal:
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Since the authority pulled back on its pursuirtin March, the infrastructure bond markeft has improved and ships are being filled with passengers despiter cruise opponents’ warning that the recession woulr cripple the industry. But authority board chairman William Masonh said his priority isgetting Ltd’e $208 million terminal online, which is expected to be open at the site of the currengt cruise terminal in 2012. “I don’f think there is any chance we are goin g to lose thecruise industry,” said The authority last week signedf a two-year contract with to keep service of its 2,052-passengere Fascination.
Since October, the cruis ship has been running at nearly 113percenyt capacity, said Tony Orsini, the authority’s seniotr director of cruise He said Carnival has reduced rates for the Jacksonville-based cruised but not by as much as it has cut cruiser packages in other locations. The cruis industry as a whole has fared well inthe recession, but Jacksonville’es cruise industry has the addedd plus of being a heavy drive-to market, meaning passengers don’yt have to buy plane tickets. A third of the country is able to drive to Jacksonville in 24 hourszor less.
Despite being a drive-to Jacksonville International Airport has experienced an increasdin cruise-bound passengers, said Michaeo Stewart, Jacksonville Aviation Authority spokesman. He said aboutg 15 percent of the cruise-goers come through the airport and the majoritgy come inon Saturday, which is a slow day for the business-passenger heavy Jacksonville Port Authority Executive Director Rick Ferrihn said the latest construction of a new cruise terminakl could start is April 2012.
The cruisee lines could be diverteds to a temporary terminaol while a new terminal is built and the existing cruise terminal could be kept open longer by makingy it the last structure to be demolished to make way for theHanjihn facility. Although the authority’s call for design bids was the terminal was expected to includea five-story parking garage and about 25,000 squaree feet of retail space.
The constructiobn would createabout 1,500 jobs and have an annual $500 millioj impact on the area, said Louis Woods, a economics and geographu professor, based on an economic analysis commissioned by the With 40 percent of passengerz staying in Jacksonville before or afte r the cruise, hotels logged abou t 18,000 room-nights annually, Dan general manager of the , said previously. Hotels reported a 6 percen to 7 percent occupancy drop when cruiser service stopped between Apriland mid-September. Each cruise passenger spendes about $300 in the area, said Visit Jacksonville spokeswomanLyndsau Rossman, and the Fascination has a $25 millio n impact on the area per call.
Since the authority pulled back on its pursuirtin March, the infrastructure bond markeft has improved and ships are being filled with passengers despiter cruise opponents’ warning that the recession woulr cripple the industry. But authority board chairman William Masonh said his priority isgetting Ltd’e $208 million terminal online, which is expected to be open at the site of the currengt cruise terminal in 2012. “I don’f think there is any chance we are goin g to lose thecruise industry,” said The authority last week signedf a two-year contract with to keep service of its 2,052-passengere Fascination.
Since October, the cruis ship has been running at nearly 113percenyt capacity, said Tony Orsini, the authority’s seniotr director of cruise He said Carnival has reduced rates for the Jacksonville-based cruised but not by as much as it has cut cruiser packages in other locations. The cruis industry as a whole has fared well inthe recession, but Jacksonville’es cruise industry has the addedd plus of being a heavy drive-to market, meaning passengers don’yt have to buy plane tickets. A third of the country is able to drive to Jacksonville in 24 hourszor less.
Despite being a drive-to Jacksonville International Airport has experienced an increasdin cruise-bound passengers, said Michaeo Stewart, Jacksonville Aviation Authority spokesman. He said aboutg 15 percent of the cruise-goers come through the airport and the majoritgy come inon Saturday, which is a slow day for the business-passenger heavy Jacksonville Port Authority Executive Director Rick Ferrihn said the latest construction of a new cruise terminakl could start is April 2012.
The cruisee lines could be diverteds to a temporary terminaol while a new terminal is built and the existing cruise terminal could be kept open longer by makingy it the last structure to be demolished to make way for theHanjihn facility. Although the authority’s call for design bids was the terminal was expected to includea five-story parking garage and about 25,000 squaree feet of retail space.
The constructiobn would createabout 1,500 jobs and have an annual $500 millioj impact on the area, said Louis Woods, a economics and geographu professor, based on an economic analysis commissioned by the With 40 percent of passengerz staying in Jacksonville before or afte r the cruise, hotels logged abou t 18,000 room-nights annually, Dan general manager of the , said previously. Hotels reported a 6 percen to 7 percent occupancy drop when cruiser service stopped between Apriland mid-September. Each cruise passenger spendes about $300 in the area, said Visit Jacksonville spokeswomanLyndsau Rossman, and the Fascination has a $25 millio n impact on the area per call.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Stimulus highlights need for better oversight at SBA - Portland Business Journal:
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The SBA’s Office of Inspector General outlinecd its concerns in a memo that said agencyh action is overdue on 10 recommendations it made to addresds weaknesses in lender oversight andagencuy contracting. The Office of Management and Budget has directed agencies to address problems disclosedf by prior audits in programz that will receive funding through the American Recovery andReinvestmenyt Act. Lender oversight is particularlyt important because the bill temporarily increasesd the government guaranty onthe SBA’s 7(a) business loans to 90 percent.
“Because the higher guarantiee reducelender risk, which may lead to poor underwriting, a greater potential will exist for losses and fraud,” wrote Debra SBA assistant inspector general. That’s why it’xs important for the SBA to do onsite revieww for all SBA lenderswith high-risk ratings that have more than $4 milliom in guaranteed loan portfolios, the memo stated. The agency has agreec that’s needed but hasn’t done it yet. The SBA also hasn’tf implemented comprehensive policies and procedures that defines acceptable lender performance and risktolerancse levels, or what enforcement actions will be takenj when risk tolerance limits are exceeded.
The SBA also need s to do a better job collectinbg improper payments of loan guaranties to lenderdwho didn’t follow prudent lending practices or failedr to comply with SBA regulations, the inspector general’s offics said. More than $4 milliom in improper payments identifiexd by previous audits have not been theoffice found. “Increases in loan volumes and reducec lender risk under the recovery act are expected to lead to highef levels ofimproper payments,” the memo stated. The bill also providee $30 million in additional funding for the Microloan which makes small loans to aspirinv entrepreneurs through nonprofit organizations that also provide technical assistance.
The SBA needs to developo standard operating procedures forthis program, and collect information on whether the businesse that received these loansw became successful, according to the memo. SBA spokesma n Jonathan Swain said theagencyy “is working on a numbet of fronts” to implement the recommendation cited in the memo. The agencyu is particularly focused on lender oversight and risk managementy as it rolls outnew stimulus-related programs.
Its new $35,000 America’s Recovery Capital loans, for example, are designed to be “wa riskier loan program than the SBA hasever offered,” he said, becausr they’re an effort to help businesses that temporarily are havinh problems making loan payments. The SBA is lookinfg at ways to mitigate that risk as muchas possible, he guaranteed loans that dealers can use to finance theit inventory. Many lenders have stoppex making so-called floor plan loans becausethey haven’g been able to sell them on the secondaryg market.
Through these lines of credit, auto dealerse borrow against their vehicle repay the debt when vehiclesare sold, and then borrow again to add more John Lyboldt, NADA’s vice presidengt of dealership operations, applauded the SBA and Presidenr Barack Obama “for understanding that any effort to revitalizwe the auto industry simply will not work until deale r credit issues are resolved.” “Thw success and continued operation of thousanda of small, family- owned auto dealerships acros the country are directlhy connected to their ability to purchase both new and used vehiclesz to offer their Lyboldt said.
Beginning July 1, the SBA will guaranter 75 percent of floor plan lines of creditr throughits 7(a) business loan program. SBA lenders will make the which will rangefrom $500,00p to $2 million. Dealers in automobiles, recreational motorcycles, boats and manufactured homes are The loans will be availablethrougyh Sept. 30, 2010, possibly longer if the SBA extendzs thepilot program. Floor plan loands previously were ineligible forthe 7(a) “Countless small businesses, including across the country are faciny significant challenges as a result of the uncertaintg in the auto industry,” SBA Administrator Karen Millse said.
“Floor plan financing can offer some dealership the opportunity to get through thesee tough economic times by allowing them to keep theie inventory and cash flow as well as save the jobs these smallobusinesses provide.”
The SBA’s Office of Inspector General outlinecd its concerns in a memo that said agencyh action is overdue on 10 recommendations it made to addresds weaknesses in lender oversight andagencuy contracting. The Office of Management and Budget has directed agencies to address problems disclosedf by prior audits in programz that will receive funding through the American Recovery andReinvestmenyt Act. Lender oversight is particularlyt important because the bill temporarily increasesd the government guaranty onthe SBA’s 7(a) business loans to 90 percent.
“Because the higher guarantiee reducelender risk, which may lead to poor underwriting, a greater potential will exist for losses and fraud,” wrote Debra SBA assistant inspector general. That’s why it’xs important for the SBA to do onsite revieww for all SBA lenderswith high-risk ratings that have more than $4 milliom in guaranteed loan portfolios, the memo stated. The agency has agreec that’s needed but hasn’t done it yet. The SBA also hasn’tf implemented comprehensive policies and procedures that defines acceptable lender performance and risktolerancse levels, or what enforcement actions will be takenj when risk tolerance limits are exceeded.
The SBA also need s to do a better job collectinbg improper payments of loan guaranties to lenderdwho didn’t follow prudent lending practices or failedr to comply with SBA regulations, the inspector general’s offics said. More than $4 milliom in improper payments identifiexd by previous audits have not been theoffice found. “Increases in loan volumes and reducec lender risk under the recovery act are expected to lead to highef levels ofimproper payments,” the memo stated. The bill also providee $30 million in additional funding for the Microloan which makes small loans to aspirinv entrepreneurs through nonprofit organizations that also provide technical assistance.
The SBA needs to developo standard operating procedures forthis program, and collect information on whether the businesse that received these loansw became successful, according to the memo. SBA spokesma n Jonathan Swain said theagencyy “is working on a numbet of fronts” to implement the recommendation cited in the memo. The agencyu is particularly focused on lender oversight and risk managementy as it rolls outnew stimulus-related programs.
Its new $35,000 America’s Recovery Capital loans, for example, are designed to be “wa riskier loan program than the SBA hasever offered,” he said, becausr they’re an effort to help businesses that temporarily are havinh problems making loan payments. The SBA is lookinfg at ways to mitigate that risk as muchas possible, he guaranteed loans that dealers can use to finance theit inventory. Many lenders have stoppex making so-called floor plan loans becausethey haven’g been able to sell them on the secondaryg market.
Through these lines of credit, auto dealerse borrow against their vehicle repay the debt when vehiclesare sold, and then borrow again to add more John Lyboldt, NADA’s vice presidengt of dealership operations, applauded the SBA and Presidenr Barack Obama “for understanding that any effort to revitalizwe the auto industry simply will not work until deale r credit issues are resolved.” “Thw success and continued operation of thousanda of small, family- owned auto dealerships acros the country are directlhy connected to their ability to purchase both new and used vehiclesz to offer their Lyboldt said.
Beginning July 1, the SBA will guaranter 75 percent of floor plan lines of creditr throughits 7(a) business loan program. SBA lenders will make the which will rangefrom $500,00p to $2 million. Dealers in automobiles, recreational motorcycles, boats and manufactured homes are The loans will be availablethrougyh Sept. 30, 2010, possibly longer if the SBA extendzs thepilot program. Floor plan loands previously were ineligible forthe 7(a) “Countless small businesses, including across the country are faciny significant challenges as a result of the uncertaintg in the auto industry,” SBA Administrator Karen Millse said.
“Floor plan financing can offer some dealership the opportunity to get through thesee tough economic times by allowing them to keep theie inventory and cash flow as well as save the jobs these smallobusinesses provide.”
Sunday, December 12, 2010
City Room: Let's Race! If Only in Our Minds - New York Times (blog)
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
Howrey launches junior associate program - San Francisco Business Times:
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Under the D.C.-based firm’s new two-year which is designed much like amedica residency, selected participants will spend one-third of their time durint the first year on client billable work and the rest on pro bono projectw and taking classes on legal writing and In the second year of the associates will work at a slashed billinv rate of $150 to $200 an They will also continue to take classes on litigatiojn skills such as trial tactics, cross and mediation and arbitration. “Thr beginning of a young lawyer’s career is a criticakl time. We want our young lawyers to hone their skillsd and realize theirfull potential,” said Bob chairman and CEO of Howrey. “...
Byy reducing the billable hours requirement, significantly discounting rates and trainint our associates consistentlyand creatively, we know we can develoo them more effectively and provide more value to our In addition to an annual salary of first year participants will get $25,000 upon acceptancee of their job offer to help defrayh their law school loans or thirc year law school expenses, said the In their second year, participants will get an annualp salary of $125,000 and a $25,000 bonu s upon finishing the program. The program will not affect the compensation of currentHowreyh associates.
Founded in 1956, Howrey has more than 750 attorneys
Under the D.C.-based firm’s new two-year which is designed much like amedica residency, selected participants will spend one-third of their time durint the first year on client billable work and the rest on pro bono projectw and taking classes on legal writing and In the second year of the associates will work at a slashed billinv rate of $150 to $200 an They will also continue to take classes on litigatiojn skills such as trial tactics, cross and mediation and arbitration. “Thr beginning of a young lawyer’s career is a criticakl time. We want our young lawyers to hone their skillsd and realize theirfull potential,” said Bob chairman and CEO of Howrey. “...
Byy reducing the billable hours requirement, significantly discounting rates and trainint our associates consistentlyand creatively, we know we can develoo them more effectively and provide more value to our In addition to an annual salary of first year participants will get $25,000 upon acceptancee of their job offer to help defrayh their law school loans or thirc year law school expenses, said the In their second year, participants will get an annualp salary of $125,000 and a $25,000 bonu s upon finishing the program. The program will not affect the compensation of currentHowreyh associates.
Founded in 1956, Howrey has more than 750 attorneys
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
World Telecom Exchange opens HQ in Tysons - Portland Business Journal:
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World Telecom opened a 2,000-square-foot office recentlgy at 8201 Greensboro Drive, a 361,000-square-foott commercial building in McLean ownecby D.C.-based B.F. Saul and Co. The a wholly-owned subsidiary of Worldwide Telecom Xchangs CarrierFZ LLC, a Dubai-based telecommunications investment company focusexd on aggregating wholesale telephony and data traffic in emerginy markets, is a network services company that provides engineering, sales and marketing, billing and outsourcec technical support services. To start, about six employees will be basee at the new headquarters with room forfurthef expansion.
World Telecom’s services include call satellite services, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), TDM network, code divisiobn multiple access (CDMA), WiMaxx and network management outsourcing. “WTXC’as success illustrates that our region remainw a great place to start and growa business,” said Mike a vice president at Rockville-based Scheer Partners Inc., who brokeredr the lease. “And the commercial real estate markert is yielding opportunities for business ownerdthat haven’t existed since the earlg part of the decade.
” Scheer Partners broker Ben Heller, who also worked on the added that the company “evaluated a handful of locations in McLeanh and Vienna... deciding on 8201 Greensborlo Drive forseveral reasons,” that included its “a very fair market deal” and othefr appealing terms such as a “good cure periox on defaults.”
World Telecom opened a 2,000-square-foot office recentlgy at 8201 Greensboro Drive, a 361,000-square-foott commercial building in McLean ownecby D.C.-based B.F. Saul and Co. The a wholly-owned subsidiary of Worldwide Telecom Xchangs CarrierFZ LLC, a Dubai-based telecommunications investment company focusexd on aggregating wholesale telephony and data traffic in emerginy markets, is a network services company that provides engineering, sales and marketing, billing and outsourcec technical support services. To start, about six employees will be basee at the new headquarters with room forfurthef expansion.
World Telecom’s services include call satellite services, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), TDM network, code divisiobn multiple access (CDMA), WiMaxx and network management outsourcing. “WTXC’as success illustrates that our region remainw a great place to start and growa business,” said Mike a vice president at Rockville-based Scheer Partners Inc., who brokeredr the lease. “And the commercial real estate markert is yielding opportunities for business ownerdthat haven’t existed since the earlg part of the decade.
” Scheer Partners broker Ben Heller, who also worked on the added that the company “evaluated a handful of locations in McLeanh and Vienna... deciding on 8201 Greensborlo Drive forseveral reasons,” that included its “a very fair market deal” and othefr appealing terms such as a “good cure periox on defaults.”
Saturday, December 4, 2010
UnitedHealth CEO: Flexibility will help weather 'disruptive change' - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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“Leading companies actually take advantage of disruptivs change andchallenging markets,” Hemsley said at the company’ws annual meeting in Minnetonka. Also at the stockowners approvedthe company's slate of directora and voted down a shareholder-proposed measure regulating executive compensation. The meetingh comes at an unsettler time for theinsurance industry. UnitedHealt h (NYSE:UNH) in April , though it still beat expectations. Profir was $984 million, or 81 cents per share, versus $994 million, or 78 cents per share, duriny the first quarter of 2008.
UnitedHealth’s insurance plan enrollment has been shiftinhtoward lower-margin, government-sponsored health planxs — that has worried investores because of the government’s plans to tighten Medicare Advantage reimbursementf rates. There’s also a great deal of uncertainty overPresidenyt Obama’s plans for a major health care reform this year. Still, investors'' worries appear to have been allayed some in recent After hitting a low ofabout $16 per sharw in March, UnitedHealth’s stock is now trading at about $28 per The company has been actively engaging in the health reform process, rather than oppose it as many healtu insurers did when the Clinton administration sought to overhaupl the system in the 1990s.
UnitedHealth CEO Hemsleg last month , saying the skyrocketing cost of healthu care was hurtingthe country.
“Leading companies actually take advantage of disruptivs change andchallenging markets,” Hemsley said at the company’ws annual meeting in Minnetonka. Also at the stockowners approvedthe company's slate of directora and voted down a shareholder-proposed measure regulating executive compensation. The meetingh comes at an unsettler time for theinsurance industry. UnitedHealt h (NYSE:UNH) in April , though it still beat expectations. Profir was $984 million, or 81 cents per share, versus $994 million, or 78 cents per share, duriny the first quarter of 2008.
UnitedHealth’s insurance plan enrollment has been shiftinhtoward lower-margin, government-sponsored health planxs — that has worried investores because of the government’s plans to tighten Medicare Advantage reimbursementf rates. There’s also a great deal of uncertainty overPresidenyt Obama’s plans for a major health care reform this year. Still, investors'' worries appear to have been allayed some in recent After hitting a low ofabout $16 per sharw in March, UnitedHealth’s stock is now trading at about $28 per The company has been actively engaging in the health reform process, rather than oppose it as many healtu insurers did when the Clinton administration sought to overhaupl the system in the 1990s.
UnitedHealth CEO Hemsleg last month , saying the skyrocketing cost of healthu care was hurtingthe country.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Trial To Recount AIM's Early Days - KELOLAND TV
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Monday, November 29, 2010
Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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Museum of Contemporary Art, will assumr her new responsibilities in San Josebeginning 15. She will oversee the museum’s $5 millionj budget as well as a stafcf of32 full-time employees, 40 seasonap employees and 150 volunteers. Appointefd in 2001 to the Scottsdale post, Krande was formerly director of Universityu of Colorado Art Museumin Boulder. She succeedds Dan Keegan, who resigned in Februarh after seven years in the positionh to take over management of the MilwaukeeArt Sunnyvale-based Liga Systems Inc. named Jim Hogan to its boards of directors.
Hogan has worked in the semiconductor design and manufacturiny industry for33 years, serving as a senior executive in electronivc design automation, semiconductor intellectual semiconductor equipment and fabrication companies. Hogann has held a variety of executiver positions at severalpublic companies, including senio vice president of business development at Artisan Componentsa and senior vice president of business development and the senior membedr of the office of chiefr technologist at Cadence Design Systems Inc. San Jose-basedx netCustomer Inc. named David Hare chairman of the board.
Hare has more than 30 yearw of enterprise software support most recently as the seniorr vice president of global product support at Oracle Before that he was group vice president of supportt services atPeopleSoft Inc. Foster City-based Gileaxd Sciences Inc. named Dr. Richard J. Whitley to the He is a professorrof pediatrics, microbiology, medicine and neurosurgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Sunnyvale-based Ariba Inc. name d Harriet Edelman to its board of During a career that spannex more than 25 years at AvonProductas Inc., Edelman served in key leadershil positions, including her most recent post as senioe vice president and chief information officer.
Santq Clara-based XenoPort Inc. named Per G. H. Lofberg to its boarrd of directors. Lofberg is currently chairman and a managing director of Pharma Capital Until recently, he was president and chief executived officer of Merck Capital Ventures LLC.
Museum of Contemporary Art, will assumr her new responsibilities in San Josebeginning 15. She will oversee the museum’s $5 millionj budget as well as a stafcf of32 full-time employees, 40 seasonap employees and 150 volunteers. Appointefd in 2001 to the Scottsdale post, Krande was formerly director of Universityu of Colorado Art Museumin Boulder. She succeedds Dan Keegan, who resigned in Februarh after seven years in the positionh to take over management of the MilwaukeeArt Sunnyvale-based Liga Systems Inc. named Jim Hogan to its boards of directors.
Hogan has worked in the semiconductor design and manufacturiny industry for33 years, serving as a senior executive in electronivc design automation, semiconductor intellectual semiconductor equipment and fabrication companies. Hogann has held a variety of executiver positions at severalpublic companies, including senio vice president of business development at Artisan Componentsa and senior vice president of business development and the senior membedr of the office of chiefr technologist at Cadence Design Systems Inc. San Jose-basedx netCustomer Inc. named David Hare chairman of the board.
Hare has more than 30 yearw of enterprise software support most recently as the seniorr vice president of global product support at Oracle Before that he was group vice president of supportt services atPeopleSoft Inc. Foster City-based Gileaxd Sciences Inc. named Dr. Richard J. Whitley to the He is a professorrof pediatrics, microbiology, medicine and neurosurgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Sunnyvale-based Ariba Inc. name d Harriet Edelman to its board of During a career that spannex more than 25 years at AvonProductas Inc., Edelman served in key leadershil positions, including her most recent post as senioe vice president and chief information officer.
Santq Clara-based XenoPort Inc. named Per G. H. Lofberg to its boarrd of directors. Lofberg is currently chairman and a managing director of Pharma Capital Until recently, he was president and chief executived officer of Merck Capital Ventures LLC.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Madera Tribune - Madera Tribune
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Milwaukee minority firm counsels $1.5B Wisconsin bond sale - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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The Milwaukee firm served as underwriter’d counsel to a syndicate led by , New York in the sale of $1.5 billiom of Series A Wisconsin General Fund Annual Appropriations Proceeds from the bond sale will be applied tothe state’d budget deficit. For the first quarter of GonzalezSaggio & Harlan was ranker the seventh-largest bond underwriter’s counsekl in the nation based on the dollar valus of the bonds. The firm is rankedx fourth in Wisconsinand Illinois.
“Our role as sole underwriter’s counseo in the Wisconsin bond offering, coupled with our nationalk andregional ranked, affirmj the hard work we’ve done to win the confidence of bond issueres and underwriters,” said Jerr y Gonzalez, the managing partner of the The Gonzalez law firm is expanding its expertis e to include Build Americas Bonds that have been created as part of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act to reduce municipall borrowing costs.
The Milwaukee firm served as underwriter’d counsel to a syndicate led by , New York in the sale of $1.5 billiom of Series A Wisconsin General Fund Annual Appropriations Proceeds from the bond sale will be applied tothe state’d budget deficit. For the first quarter of GonzalezSaggio & Harlan was ranker the seventh-largest bond underwriter’s counsekl in the nation based on the dollar valus of the bonds. The firm is rankedx fourth in Wisconsinand Illinois.
“Our role as sole underwriter’s counseo in the Wisconsin bond offering, coupled with our nationalk andregional ranked, affirmj the hard work we’ve done to win the confidence of bond issueres and underwriters,” said Jerr y Gonzalez, the managing partner of the The Gonzalez law firm is expanding its expertis e to include Build Americas Bonds that have been created as part of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act to reduce municipall borrowing costs.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Free Chick-fil-A meal on July 10 - San Francisco Business Times:
http://www.lamontanita.org/January08Newsletter_000pdf.html
The giveaway is part of the Atlanta-based chain’e fifth-annual Cow Appreciation Day, which honors its "Eayt Mor Chikin" Cows. In a related promotion, parentz can enter photos of theitr cow-clad children as part of a "Shosw Us the Cow" online photo contest, for a chancd to win a $1,000 U.S. Saving s Bond. Between now and Aug. 31, childrenn ages 10 and younger are encouraged to work with an adultg to submit creative photos of themselves dressedas cows. The contesf Web site, www.CowAppreciationDay.com, has details about uploading photow forthe contest. Once the pictures are uploaded, the public can vote for their favorite photothroughb Aug. 31.
The 20 photographs that get the most Internet votesz will benamed semifinalists. From the semifinalists, Chick-fil-A will selecty five finalists and one grandd prize winner based onoverall appearance, originality, creativity and skill. The entrant's age will be taken into accoungfor judging, Chick-fil-A said. The granr prize winner will receivea U.S. Seriex EE Savings Bond with a maturityg valueof $1,000, a catered party for theidr classroom, free Chick-fil-A Kid's Meals for a year and a digitalk camera, among other gifts. Also each Kid'd Meal from June 22 to July 25 will include miniature Cow whilesupplies last.
One out of every 100 of the cows will have gold spotsz instead of the traditionall black spots and will be packagec with a card redeemable for a freeIce cream.
The giveaway is part of the Atlanta-based chain’e fifth-annual Cow Appreciation Day, which honors its "Eayt Mor Chikin" Cows. In a related promotion, parentz can enter photos of theitr cow-clad children as part of a "Shosw Us the Cow" online photo contest, for a chancd to win a $1,000 U.S. Saving s Bond. Between now and Aug. 31, childrenn ages 10 and younger are encouraged to work with an adultg to submit creative photos of themselves dressedas cows. The contesf Web site, www.CowAppreciationDay.com, has details about uploading photow forthe contest. Once the pictures are uploaded, the public can vote for their favorite photothroughb Aug. 31.
The 20 photographs that get the most Internet votesz will benamed semifinalists. From the semifinalists, Chick-fil-A will selecty five finalists and one grandd prize winner based onoverall appearance, originality, creativity and skill. The entrant's age will be taken into accoungfor judging, Chick-fil-A said. The granr prize winner will receivea U.S. Seriex EE Savings Bond with a maturityg valueof $1,000, a catered party for theidr classroom, free Chick-fil-A Kid's Meals for a year and a digitalk camera, among other gifts. Also each Kid'd Meal from June 22 to July 25 will include miniature Cow whilesupplies last.
One out of every 100 of the cows will have gold spotsz instead of the traditionall black spots and will be packagec with a card redeemable for a freeIce cream.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Stimulus money for technology available, could be hard to get - Baltimore Business Journal:
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Unlike sectors such as transportation, energty and health care, the stimulus package does not include formulaw fundingfor technology, according to John chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Mazie Hirono, Instead, fewer than a dozen competitivde grantsare available, tied to specific technology projects. And thosse grants have strict guidelines andtight deadlines, which have put off smallerd companies. John Strom, director of businesxs development and technologyfor , said few local companies have expresse interest in pursuing the grants. “Yoyu have to put out a tremendous amount of he said. “You have to find matchinv funds and then write theactual grant.
” Whil details of some of the grangt opportunities have yet to be finalized, Stro m said he’s aware of eight stimulue grants that Hawaii companies and government agencies could qualify for, worth a total of more than $100 He said the nonprofit Enterprisde Honolulu has participated in three proposalx so far, including a $22 millio n grant through the federal Department of Energyu called the Clean Cities The program, with total fundinb of $300 million, aims to encourage the use of plug-ihn electric vehicles or otherf emerging electric vehicle technologies. Those eligiblr to apply include state andcity governments, transportatiomn authorities and private and nonprofir companies.
Strom said Hawaii’s grant proposal includesz commitments from to buy electric vehicles for part of itsservice fleet; the City and Countty of Honolulu to invest in hybricd buses; and California-based Better Placew to build 200 public charging stations on Clean Cities proposals were due last month; recipients won’ft be notified until August. The technology grantes made available through the stimulus package focus on proven technologied and do not include money for researchand “A key criteria is that the money be used for shovel-readu projects and to create jobs,” Strom “This is not R&D money.
” Other tech-relatede grants — which are listed at grants.gov include: • Up to 15 grants for $50 million each to build integrated biorefineries to produce • Up to two grants for $3 millioj each for large-scale photovoltaic systems. • A $4.5 million grant to develop photovoltaic and concentratedsolar technologies. Up to 15 grants for $10 millioh each for energy-efficient communication technologiex such as data centers andtelecomm systems. • Up to 60 grants for $5 million each for geothermaol technologies. Strom said most of the grants involver projects that individual Hawaii companies likelyu cannot qualify for or complete on their own.
He said the stimulus projects require ateam effort, usually involvinvg a state agency, which in Hawaii’s case would be the statde Department of Business, Economic Development and “That’s where Enterprise Honolulu can help,” he said. “We can put together small teams of companies or individuals because Hawaiiioften doesn’t have that one big company that can handle a Applying for stimulus granty money involves registering with the federal government’s FedConnect Web Applicants also need to request a DUNS (Datw Universal Numbering System) number and register with the Central Contractot Registry. Grant applications can be submitted onlineat fedconnect.
net.
Unlike sectors such as transportation, energty and health care, the stimulus package does not include formulaw fundingfor technology, according to John chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Mazie Hirono, Instead, fewer than a dozen competitivde grantsare available, tied to specific technology projects. And thosse grants have strict guidelines andtight deadlines, which have put off smallerd companies. John Strom, director of businesxs development and technologyfor , said few local companies have expresse interest in pursuing the grants. “Yoyu have to put out a tremendous amount of he said. “You have to find matchinv funds and then write theactual grant.
” Whil details of some of the grangt opportunities have yet to be finalized, Stro m said he’s aware of eight stimulue grants that Hawaii companies and government agencies could qualify for, worth a total of more than $100 He said the nonprofit Enterprisde Honolulu has participated in three proposalx so far, including a $22 millio n grant through the federal Department of Energyu called the Clean Cities The program, with total fundinb of $300 million, aims to encourage the use of plug-ihn electric vehicles or otherf emerging electric vehicle technologies. Those eligiblr to apply include state andcity governments, transportatiomn authorities and private and nonprofir companies.
Strom said Hawaii’s grant proposal includesz commitments from to buy electric vehicles for part of itsservice fleet; the City and Countty of Honolulu to invest in hybricd buses; and California-based Better Placew to build 200 public charging stations on Clean Cities proposals were due last month; recipients won’ft be notified until August. The technology grantes made available through the stimulus package focus on proven technologied and do not include money for researchand “A key criteria is that the money be used for shovel-readu projects and to create jobs,” Strom “This is not R&D money.
” Other tech-relatede grants — which are listed at grants.gov include: • Up to 15 grants for $50 million each to build integrated biorefineries to produce • Up to two grants for $3 millioj each for large-scale photovoltaic systems. • A $4.5 million grant to develop photovoltaic and concentratedsolar technologies. Up to 15 grants for $10 millioh each for energy-efficient communication technologiex such as data centers andtelecomm systems. • Up to 60 grants for $5 million each for geothermaol technologies. Strom said most of the grants involver projects that individual Hawaii companies likelyu cannot qualify for or complete on their own.
He said the stimulus projects require ateam effort, usually involvinvg a state agency, which in Hawaii’s case would be the statde Department of Business, Economic Development and “That’s where Enterprise Honolulu can help,” he said. “We can put together small teams of companies or individuals because Hawaiiioften doesn’t have that one big company that can handle a Applying for stimulus granty money involves registering with the federal government’s FedConnect Web Applicants also need to request a DUNS (Datw Universal Numbering System) number and register with the Central Contractot Registry. Grant applications can be submitted onlineat fedconnect.
net.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Art review: Linda Ekstrom at Sherry Frumkin - Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles Times | Art review: Linda Ekstrom at Sherry Frumkin Los Angeles Times The Santa Barbara-based artist conceals at least as much as she reveals in her new work at Sherry Frumkin, and that purposeful restraint is key to the ... |
Thursday, November 18, 2010
BFC Financial, Woodbridge to merge - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
http://www.cppofiutiles.com/?p=1413
In a joint press releasde Monday, the Fort Lauderdale-based companies said they enterex into a merger agreement whereinWoodbridge (Pink Sheets: WDGH) woule become a wholly ownee subsidiary of BFC (Pink Sheets: BFCF). BFC currentl y controls majority voting stakes in both Woodbridgeand BBX). BFC lost $58. million on revenue of $487.5r million in 2008. Woodbridge owns , whicnh is building Tradition Florida inPort St. and has investments in various companiezs includingand . Woodbridge lost $140.3 millio on revenue of $25.5 million in 2008.
In its firstg quarter earnings report, Woodbridge warned that Core Communities coulx default on the loans for Tradition Floridaz if its lenders demand that it put more equitycapitapl down. Under the merger deal, all shareholderd of Woodbridge Class A commonm stock except BFC wouldreceive 3.47 shares of BFC’w Class A common stock per share. With shared of BFC opening at 40cents Monday, it equal nearly $1.39 a share for each shard of Woodbridge, which opened at $1.10 Levan and Abdo are chairman and vice respectively, of both companies. The merger woulc save between $1 million and $2 millionn in professional fees and SEC reporting costs for the Levan said.
It would also reduce the taxes Woodbridge would pay on its earnings once it returnasto profitability, he said. Currently, Woodbridge pays taxes on its and then BFC pays taxes on the portiobof Woodbridge’s earnings that it countsx on its balance sheet. The move will not cause any staff reductions, Levan noted. Woodbridge will continude operate independently. The agreement would include all current boardf members of Woodbridgeon BFC’s new board and add Woodbridge Presidenrt Seth Wise and BankAtlantic Bancorp President Jarett Levan to BFC’s 12-member board, as well. Wise woulf also become executive vice presidentof BFC. The deal is expectesd to close before the endof 2009.
BFC shareas closed unchanged at40 cents. The 52-weekm high was 95 cents on 2. The 52-week low was 6 centxs on Feb. 5. Woodbridge shares closed down 2 centszto $1.08. The 52-week high was $6.60 on Aug. 21. The 52-wee k low was 2 cents on Oct. 24.
In a joint press releasde Monday, the Fort Lauderdale-based companies said they enterex into a merger agreement whereinWoodbridge (Pink Sheets: WDGH) woule become a wholly ownee subsidiary of BFC (Pink Sheets: BFCF). BFC currentl y controls majority voting stakes in both Woodbridgeand BBX). BFC lost $58. million on revenue of $487.5r million in 2008. Woodbridge owns , whicnh is building Tradition Florida inPort St. and has investments in various companiezs includingand . Woodbridge lost $140.3 millio on revenue of $25.5 million in 2008.
In its firstg quarter earnings report, Woodbridge warned that Core Communities coulx default on the loans for Tradition Floridaz if its lenders demand that it put more equitycapitapl down. Under the merger deal, all shareholderd of Woodbridge Class A commonm stock except BFC wouldreceive 3.47 shares of BFC’w Class A common stock per share. With shared of BFC opening at 40cents Monday, it equal nearly $1.39 a share for each shard of Woodbridge, which opened at $1.10 Levan and Abdo are chairman and vice respectively, of both companies. The merger woulc save between $1 million and $2 millionn in professional fees and SEC reporting costs for the Levan said.
It would also reduce the taxes Woodbridge would pay on its earnings once it returnasto profitability, he said. Currently, Woodbridge pays taxes on its and then BFC pays taxes on the portiobof Woodbridge’s earnings that it countsx on its balance sheet. The move will not cause any staff reductions, Levan noted. Woodbridge will continude operate independently. The agreement would include all current boardf members of Woodbridgeon BFC’s new board and add Woodbridge Presidenrt Seth Wise and BankAtlantic Bancorp President Jarett Levan to BFC’s 12-member board, as well. Wise woulf also become executive vice presidentof BFC. The deal is expectesd to close before the endof 2009.
BFC shareas closed unchanged at40 cents. The 52-weekm high was 95 cents on 2. The 52-week low was 6 centxs on Feb. 5. Woodbridge shares closed down 2 centszto $1.08. The 52-week high was $6.60 on Aug. 21. The 52-wee k low was 2 cents on Oct. 24.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Notebook: Rutgers football team has specialized in close games - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
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Monday, November 15, 2010
Apple stock down on new iPhone, but no Jobs - bizjournals:
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The stock finished trading at down 0.57 percent, afte being down as more than 3 percent earlier in the day. Speculation aheas of the San Francisco event centered on if CEO Steves Jobs would make his first appearance since taking medical leave earlie this year and whether the companuy would unveil its nextgeneration iPhone. Jobs didn't make an but Bloomberg News cited unnamed sources Mondahy who said that he had been actively involved inthe company' s preparation for Monday's conference. The new iPhonwe is nearly three times faster to download Web page and comes witha 3-megapixelk autofocus camera. It also has voice-controk features and a built-in compass.
The 3GS also has improvesd battery life with up to nine hours on 10 hours whilewatching video, 30 hourw using audio, 12 hours using 2G talk and five hoursa using 3G talk. It also features a new built-in digitao compass for instant navigation. The new iPhone, available in blackl and white onJune 19, will sell for $199 for a 16GB modelp and $299 for — New versions of the MacBook Pro. A 15-inch versionh that starts at $1,699, a lower-price 17-inch that starts at $2,499 and a 13-incjh version that starts at $1,199.
— Lowedr prices for the MacBookkAir ultra-thin line, cutting $700 off the 128GB model to $1,799 and cuttinvg $300 off the base model at — A new version of the Mac operating Snow Leopard, that is faster to install and takexs up 6 gigabytes less hard drive The new operating system comes with a new versionb of the Safari Web browset that Apple says is more robust and faster than previous — New iPhone software including abilityu to cut and paste data and an alert feature that helps users find their devicee or remotely wipe its memory clean if it gets stolenm and later restore it using an iTunes Apple said at the conferenced that it has now sold more than 40 milliomn iPhones and iPod Touchesa and that users of the devices have a choice of more than 50,0000 software applications they can download.
The stock finished trading at down 0.57 percent, afte being down as more than 3 percent earlier in the day. Speculation aheas of the San Francisco event centered on if CEO Steves Jobs would make his first appearance since taking medical leave earlie this year and whether the companuy would unveil its nextgeneration iPhone. Jobs didn't make an but Bloomberg News cited unnamed sources Mondahy who said that he had been actively involved inthe company' s preparation for Monday's conference. The new iPhonwe is nearly three times faster to download Web page and comes witha 3-megapixelk autofocus camera. It also has voice-controk features and a built-in compass.
The 3GS also has improvesd battery life with up to nine hours on 10 hours whilewatching video, 30 hourw using audio, 12 hours using 2G talk and five hoursa using 3G talk. It also features a new built-in digitao compass for instant navigation. The new iPhone, available in blackl and white onJune 19, will sell for $199 for a 16GB modelp and $299 for — New versions of the MacBook Pro. A 15-inch versionh that starts at $1,699, a lower-price 17-inch that starts at $2,499 and a 13-incjh version that starts at $1,199.
— Lowedr prices for the MacBookkAir ultra-thin line, cutting $700 off the 128GB model to $1,799 and cuttinvg $300 off the base model at — A new version of the Mac operating Snow Leopard, that is faster to install and takexs up 6 gigabytes less hard drive The new operating system comes with a new versionb of the Safari Web browset that Apple says is more robust and faster than previous — New iPhone software including abilityu to cut and paste data and an alert feature that helps users find their devicee or remotely wipe its memory clean if it gets stolenm and later restore it using an iTunes Apple said at the conferenced that it has now sold more than 40 milliomn iPhones and iPod Touchesa and that users of the devices have a choice of more than 50,0000 software applications they can download.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Television review: Wolverine – Chasing the Phantom - MiamiHerald.com
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Television review: Wolverine â€" Chasing the Phantom MiamiHerald.com There's a whole lot of cuddly, cute stuff in Wolverine: Chasing the Phantom, Sunday's episode of the PBS documentary series Nature, ... |
Friday, November 12, 2010
Jaguars earn repeat title - Houston Chronicle
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
Delta, Air France sign new partnership - Business First of Columbus:
http://www.cbcenterprise.com/salvation
The trans-Atlantic alliance between the Atlanta-based carrier, one of the threee busiest at Port ColumbusInternational Airport, and Europe’e largest airline group will offer more flights, better schedulin and more competitive fares, the carriers said in a joiny announcement from Paris. The $12 billion revenue estimate is base d on flights operated byDeltza (NYSE:DAL), KLM and Air France to respectivde hubs, plus connecting service. Delta signede a joint venture deal with Air Francedin 2007. , which Delta acquirede last October, has been a partneer with KLM since 1997. The new partnership representd a quarter ofall trans-Atlantic air service, the carrierd said.
Delta and Air France/KLMj will coordinate as a single carrieron trans-Atlantic The pact includes routes between North America and North America and Africa, Europe and Latinj America and the Middle East and India. “The structured of this joint venture, in which we operate as a singld business where we consensually develop our strategies and shares revenuesand costs, provides the incentivew for us to collaborate in a way that generated benefits for customers, shareholderx and employees of our three airlines,” Delta CEO Richarrd Anderson said in a statement.
The carriersw said the venture will increase the visibility through coordinated marketinhg of all three airlinesacrossa 400-plus airports worldwide, and the respective brandes will link at Northu American and European ports. The partnership includes a network of more than 200daily flights. Flights are structured arounc six main hubsin Amsterdam, Atlanta, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York and as well as Delta’s Memphis and Salt Lake City bases andAir France’s Lyon hub.
The trans-Atlantic alliance between the Atlanta-based carrier, one of the threee busiest at Port ColumbusInternational Airport, and Europe’e largest airline group will offer more flights, better schedulin and more competitive fares, the carriers said in a joiny announcement from Paris. The $12 billion revenue estimate is base d on flights operated byDeltza (NYSE:DAL), KLM and Air France to respectivde hubs, plus connecting service. Delta signede a joint venture deal with Air Francedin 2007. , which Delta acquirede last October, has been a partneer with KLM since 1997. The new partnership representd a quarter ofall trans-Atlantic air service, the carrierd said.
Delta and Air France/KLMj will coordinate as a single carrieron trans-Atlantic The pact includes routes between North America and North America and Africa, Europe and Latinj America and the Middle East and India. “The structured of this joint venture, in which we operate as a singld business where we consensually develop our strategies and shares revenuesand costs, provides the incentivew for us to collaborate in a way that generated benefits for customers, shareholderx and employees of our three airlines,” Delta CEO Richarrd Anderson said in a statement.
The carriersw said the venture will increase the visibility through coordinated marketinhg of all three airlinesacrossa 400-plus airports worldwide, and the respective brandes will link at Northu American and European ports. The partnership includes a network of more than 200daily flights. Flights are structured arounc six main hubsin Amsterdam, Atlanta, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York and as well as Delta’s Memphis and Salt Lake City bases andAir France’s Lyon hub.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Vail Resorts profits off 29%, but they're ahead of Wall Street forecast - Houston Business Journal:
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For the three months ending April 30, whichh Broomfield-based Vail Resorts (NYSE: MTN) regardss as its third quarter, the mountain-resort and lodgings company posted earningsof $61.6 million, or $1.68 a share, down from $87.3 million, or $2.24 a in the same quarter a year earlier. Nevertheless, the company'ds profits beat Wall Street analysts' Analysts on average had expected earningxsof $1.56 per share, Thomson Reuters Vail Resorts reported Q3 revenue of $333.5 down 21 percent from the year-ago quarter. Analysts had expectedd $339.7 million on average. It said operating expenseas were down20 percent, to $198. million.
The company has saved considerably through pay cuts andother means. Vail Resorts operateds the Breckenridge, Vail, Keystone and Beaverr Creek ski areas in Colorado and Heavenly at Lake Tahoee onthe California-Nevada line. It also operates , a chain of luxury hotels. The companyg said its earnings were helpedd by a 26 percent increasein 2008-09 season-passd revenue through increased sales and higher pass prices. But lift-tickett revenue was down 11 percent and skier visitds were off9 percent. retail and ski school revenue also Real estate revenue was down 82 the company said it sold only one condo unit in the quartet versus 17 ayear ago.
The quarterlyy results "were impacted by the continuee severe downturn in the driving lower destination visitation inthe quarter," CEO Rob Katz said in a Vail Resorts said its outlook for the full fiscal year is for earning s of $41 million to $51 "We are extremely pleased with the significany increase in our advance spring period pass sales for our upcomingy 2009/2010 ski season," Katz said. .
For the three months ending April 30, whichh Broomfield-based Vail Resorts (NYSE: MTN) regardss as its third quarter, the mountain-resort and lodgings company posted earningsof $61.6 million, or $1.68 a share, down from $87.3 million, or $2.24 a in the same quarter a year earlier. Nevertheless, the company'ds profits beat Wall Street analysts' Analysts on average had expected earningxsof $1.56 per share, Thomson Reuters Vail Resorts reported Q3 revenue of $333.5 down 21 percent from the year-ago quarter. Analysts had expectedd $339.7 million on average. It said operating expenseas were down20 percent, to $198. million.
The company has saved considerably through pay cuts andother means. Vail Resorts operateds the Breckenridge, Vail, Keystone and Beaverr Creek ski areas in Colorado and Heavenly at Lake Tahoee onthe California-Nevada line. It also operates , a chain of luxury hotels. The companyg said its earnings were helpedd by a 26 percent increasein 2008-09 season-passd revenue through increased sales and higher pass prices. But lift-tickett revenue was down 11 percent and skier visitds were off9 percent. retail and ski school revenue also Real estate revenue was down 82 the company said it sold only one condo unit in the quartet versus 17 ayear ago.
The quarterlyy results "were impacted by the continuee severe downturn in the driving lower destination visitation inthe quarter," CEO Rob Katz said in a Vail Resorts said its outlook for the full fiscal year is for earning s of $41 million to $51 "We are extremely pleased with the significany increase in our advance spring period pass sales for our upcomingy 2009/2010 ski season," Katz said. .
Monday, November 8, 2010
Church to join big-box retailers at former jai-alai fronton site - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
http://world-geography.org/page/69/
paid $3.3 million for the 13-acred site adjacent to The just soutn ofGandy Boulevard. negotiated the sale on behal of property ownerof Largo. The church worked with in acquiringthe site, where it will develolp school facilities as well. The site is one of the last remaininb large infill sites in the South Tampa Colliers Arnold negotiatedthe $2 million sale of a formef Winn-Dixie distribution warehouse at 210 Century Blvd. in Bartow to IP 210 of Nortnh Palm Beach on behalf ofthe seller, The sale includecd 11.3 acres in addition to the 54,565-square-foort warehouse. handled the sale of the 15,410-square-fooy building and 6.5 acres at 8021 60th St. N. in Pinellasx Park to negotiatedthe $3.
5 million sale of a 2-acrw site along 17th Street North in St. Petersburgf to by Miles, based in Atlanta, has several high-qualitg downtown residential developments under constructionin St. Petersburg, includinbg 1010 Central and The Sage. negotiated a 6,800-square-foot lease to in the new International Fastenerz building at Tampa EastIndustrial Park, 1341 Massaro Blvd. This is the first Bay area locationof Contractor's a Fort Myers-based cabinet distributor and installer. GVA Advanti negotiated the $5.
4 million sale of 535 acrexs at Handcart Road and Clinton south of State Road 52 in Dade to of Palm Harbor by The property was previouslt used for agriculture with an activs orange grove andgrazing land, and will likelyy be redeveloped for residential use. GVA Advantie also negotiated the $5.7 million sale of the and IX officde buildings in Tampa to by Cloverleafv also hired GVA Advantis to handle leasing and management at both GVA Advantis also negotiateda 51,736-square-foot lease by The at One MetroCented in Tampa for its systems represented the landlord, negotiatedr a 15,000-square-foot industrial lease to at 4507 W. Hillsboroughy Ave. in Tampa. The landlord is ARA Properties No.
7 Ltd. Ospret handled the $1.2 million sale of a 10,000-square-foot building at 733 Central Ave. in St. Petersburtg from the Cohen Family Truststo , led by Jimmy Aviram, plans to renovat e the building as a condominium sales office for its high-rise development called Art Village. Osprey also leased 7,000 squared feet at its office building on Rock Pointto . negotiated the $1.6 million purchase of a 43,000-square-foot building at 6442 Parkland Drivde in Manatee County toUflex USA, whicbh has leased the property for the past threed years. Real Estate handled the $3.7 milliomn sale of 23 acres along U.S. 19 in Hudsonj to N/ by Bayonet Point Floridwa Properties.
The buyer intends to build a retail center onthe site. handledc the $2.9 million sale of the 20,218-square-foo Building at 9700 Nintb St. N. in St. Petersburg to by Donald R. Colliers Arnold represented the buyer.
paid $3.3 million for the 13-acred site adjacent to The just soutn ofGandy Boulevard. negotiated the sale on behal of property ownerof Largo. The church worked with in acquiringthe site, where it will develolp school facilities as well. The site is one of the last remaininb large infill sites in the South Tampa Colliers Arnold negotiatedthe $2 million sale of a formef Winn-Dixie distribution warehouse at 210 Century Blvd. in Bartow to IP 210 of Nortnh Palm Beach on behalf ofthe seller, The sale includecd 11.3 acres in addition to the 54,565-square-foort warehouse. handled the sale of the 15,410-square-fooy building and 6.5 acres at 8021 60th St. N. in Pinellasx Park to negotiatedthe $3.
5 million sale of a 2-acrw site along 17th Street North in St. Petersburgf to by Miles, based in Atlanta, has several high-qualitg downtown residential developments under constructionin St. Petersburg, includinbg 1010 Central and The Sage. negotiated a 6,800-square-foot lease to in the new International Fastenerz building at Tampa EastIndustrial Park, 1341 Massaro Blvd. This is the first Bay area locationof Contractor's a Fort Myers-based cabinet distributor and installer. GVA Advanti negotiated the $5.
4 million sale of 535 acrexs at Handcart Road and Clinton south of State Road 52 in Dade to of Palm Harbor by The property was previouslt used for agriculture with an activs orange grove andgrazing land, and will likelyy be redeveloped for residential use. GVA Advantie also negotiated the $5.7 million sale of the and IX officde buildings in Tampa to by Cloverleafv also hired GVA Advantis to handle leasing and management at both GVA Advantis also negotiateda 51,736-square-foot lease by The at One MetroCented in Tampa for its systems represented the landlord, negotiatedr a 15,000-square-foot industrial lease to at 4507 W. Hillsboroughy Ave. in Tampa. The landlord is ARA Properties No.
7 Ltd. Ospret handled the $1.2 million sale of a 10,000-square-foot building at 733 Central Ave. in St. Petersburtg from the Cohen Family Truststo , led by Jimmy Aviram, plans to renovat e the building as a condominium sales office for its high-rise development called Art Village. Osprey also leased 7,000 squared feet at its office building on Rock Pointto . negotiated the $1.6 million purchase of a 43,000-square-foot building at 6442 Parkland Drivde in Manatee County toUflex USA, whicbh has leased the property for the past threed years. Real Estate handled the $3.7 milliomn sale of 23 acres along U.S. 19 in Hudsonj to N/ by Bayonet Point Floridwa Properties.
The buyer intends to build a retail center onthe site. handledc the $2.9 million sale of the 20,218-square-foo Building at 9700 Nintb St. N. in St. Petersburg to by Donald R. Colliers Arnold represented the buyer.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Salary scales for WNY teachers - Business First of Buffalo:
http://auto-topnews.com/news/19993
Three figures are providedc for eachdistrict -- the salariesw at the start, median and peak of a typicap teacher’s career. Here’s how they were derived: • The startinv salary is the fifth percentile figure for agivemn district. (Percentiles indicate where a teacher’s paycheck ranks within a district. A salary at the fifthn percentile is bigger than5 percent, and smallet than 95 percent, of salaries in a district.) • The medianb salary is the midpoint, larger than half and smallere than half of all pay levela for teachers within a district. • The peak salary is the 95th which is larger than the annual pay earned by 95 percent of all teacherx ina district.
Each salary is followeds by its rank amongthe region’s 98 Akron’s starting pay of $38,637 is followed by (13). That means it’s the 13th-highest startinfg salary in all of Western New Its median salary is 42nd in that and its peak salary is 21st onthat • • • (Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming counties) (Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties)
Three figures are providedc for eachdistrict -- the salariesw at the start, median and peak of a typicap teacher’s career. Here’s how they were derived: • The startinv salary is the fifth percentile figure for agivemn district. (Percentiles indicate where a teacher’s paycheck ranks within a district. A salary at the fifthn percentile is bigger than5 percent, and smallet than 95 percent, of salaries in a district.) • The medianb salary is the midpoint, larger than half and smallere than half of all pay levela for teachers within a district. • The peak salary is the 95th which is larger than the annual pay earned by 95 percent of all teacherx ina district.
Each salary is followeds by its rank amongthe region’s 98 Akron’s starting pay of $38,637 is followed by (13). That means it’s the 13th-highest startinfg salary in all of Western New Its median salary is 42nd in that and its peak salary is 21st onthat • • • (Genesee, Orleans and Wyoming counties) (Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties)
Friday, November 5, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Shaw University hires ex-Johnson C. Smith president - Charlotte Business Journal:
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Yancy was president of Johnson C. Smith for 14 She left the university a year ago for a career in While at theCharlottes school, she ran two capital campaigns, raising $145 She also expanded the university’se endowment to $53 million from $14 million. Undeer her leadership, the school became the first historically black university in the nation to issue laptoop computers to allits students. “Dr. Yancy’sw qualifications as a university president are second to none anywhere in the saysWillie Gary, chairman of Shaw’sx board of trustees. Yancy earned her bachelor’zs degree in history and social sciencr fromJohnson C.
Smith, a master’x degree in history from the University of Massachusettz at Amherst and a doctorat e in political science fromAtlanta University. Shaw, foundesd in 1865, is the oldesrt historically black college inthe South.
Yancy was president of Johnson C. Smith for 14 She left the university a year ago for a career in While at theCharlottes school, she ran two capital campaigns, raising $145 She also expanded the university’se endowment to $53 million from $14 million. Undeer her leadership, the school became the first historically black university in the nation to issue laptoop computers to allits students. “Dr. Yancy’sw qualifications as a university president are second to none anywhere in the saysWillie Gary, chairman of Shaw’sx board of trustees. Yancy earned her bachelor’zs degree in history and social sciencr fromJohnson C.
Smith, a master’x degree in history from the University of Massachusettz at Amherst and a doctorat e in political science fromAtlanta University. Shaw, foundesd in 1865, is the oldesrt historically black college inthe South.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Stimulus money flows to Texas - Dallas Business Journal:
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The funding will flow to local communitiesz through a varietyof sources, includingf stimulus funding, local bond disaster recovery programs and nonstimulus grants. The influx of dollars will resulgt in thousands of opportunitiesx to buildnew facilities, renovate and modernize existinyg buildings, upgrade and enhance existingt technology and provide infrastructure improvements. New and newluy renovated facilities also will requireupgraded security, fixtures and equipment. Despite all the talk surroundingb the American Recovery andReinvestment Act, the vast majority of fundas have not yet started flowing.
A recenf report stated that lessthan 6% of the totall funding has been release d by the federal government. Watch for Texas schoo l districts to receive large chunksw ofthe funding. Some school districtzs already have authorization tobegin spending, but most of the activityy is still a month or so
The funding will flow to local communitiesz through a varietyof sources, includingf stimulus funding, local bond disaster recovery programs and nonstimulus grants. The influx of dollars will resulgt in thousands of opportunitiesx to buildnew facilities, renovate and modernize existinyg buildings, upgrade and enhance existingt technology and provide infrastructure improvements. New and newluy renovated facilities also will requireupgraded security, fixtures and equipment. Despite all the talk surroundingb the American Recovery andReinvestment Act, the vast majority of fundas have not yet started flowing.
A recenf report stated that lessthan 6% of the totall funding has been release d by the federal government. Watch for Texas schoo l districts to receive large chunksw ofthe funding. Some school districtzs already have authorization tobegin spending, but most of the activityy is still a month or so
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Big Bob
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Sales had moved from up to flat to and founder David Elyachar was beginning to doubt hisbusinessa savvy. “We had never been facedd with anything likethis before,” said who started the company 25 years ago. “All I knew was if I didn’tr do something, it wouldn’t So he initiated an arrayg of changes at his three stores everything from uniformsand thank-you notexs to new products and higher expectationws for salespeople — and touted them to franchisees of the 55 Big Bob’ stores nationwide. At the stores Elyachar and his CEO andCFO Adam, own in Overland Park, Independencw and St.
Joseph, the measures have triggered 24percentg year-to-year growth so far in 2009. Elyachar isn’rt sure which changes triggeredthe results, so he’s goint to keep hammering away at all of Many franchisees have yet to implement the strategies Big Bob’s stores nationwide have seen salesx decline 4 percent year to year. “It’s been very, very said Steve Russell, COO of , whicjh owns five Cincinnati-area Big Bob’s stores and has just begun tomake “Back a few years ago, you couldd just roll out of bed and grow sales 20 perceng a year.” He said business is down about 20 percent, thoug still operating in the black.
Accordingv to trade publication Floor CoveringWeeklty , industrywide sales fell an estimate d 30 percent in 2008 from the $21.67 billion benchmarm in 2007. Sales this year are expected to slip to 40 percentr below2007 levels. But Elyachar said his ideas coulf yieldsuccess companywide. Chainwids revenue in 2008 was $65 million, Elyacha r said. He projects revenue of $75 million to $80 million in 2009. In the next 10 years, he aims to triplse in volume and storefronts. “I believe this is the singl greatest opportunity to make money in the last 80 Elyachar said.
Big Bob’s local work force has experience d a dramatic shift in Last year, Elyachar dropped the bottomj six sales performers and replaced them with about 10 new he said. Pay switched to a commission-baseds formula, and work dress becames a uniform of aBig Bob’s polo and khakis. Servicre reps must join a community organizatiob and are challenged to hand out three business cardsx a day to Elyachar began having weekly sales meetingd to educate the sales force about products and keep tabs on Salespeople use wait time created by sloweer traffic to do weekly online lessonds and tests and to findnew clients. But the changese also bring challenges.
Some of KW Flooring’s longtimse salespeople resisted the idea of handingt out business cardsevery day. Russelll tried to keep his staff, but “we had to either changre or die,” he said. In early 2008, he turned over aboutt 10 percent of the staff and will turn over probably 20 percenrtthis year. A big competitor recently left theCincinnati market, he said, so displacefd salespeople have been calling seeking “There are people I’m tired of chasing aroundf with a whip and a he said.
Sales had moved from up to flat to and founder David Elyachar was beginning to doubt hisbusinessa savvy. “We had never been facedd with anything likethis before,” said who started the company 25 years ago. “All I knew was if I didn’tr do something, it wouldn’t So he initiated an arrayg of changes at his three stores everything from uniformsand thank-you notexs to new products and higher expectationws for salespeople — and touted them to franchisees of the 55 Big Bob’ stores nationwide. At the stores Elyachar and his CEO andCFO Adam, own in Overland Park, Independencw and St.
Joseph, the measures have triggered 24percentg year-to-year growth so far in 2009. Elyachar isn’rt sure which changes triggeredthe results, so he’s goint to keep hammering away at all of Many franchisees have yet to implement the strategies Big Bob’s stores nationwide have seen salesx decline 4 percent year to year. “It’s been very, very said Steve Russell, COO of , whicjh owns five Cincinnati-area Big Bob’s stores and has just begun tomake “Back a few years ago, you couldd just roll out of bed and grow sales 20 perceng a year.” He said business is down about 20 percent, thoug still operating in the black.
Accordingv to trade publication Floor CoveringWeeklty , industrywide sales fell an estimate d 30 percent in 2008 from the $21.67 billion benchmarm in 2007. Sales this year are expected to slip to 40 percentr below2007 levels. But Elyachar said his ideas coulf yieldsuccess companywide. Chainwids revenue in 2008 was $65 million, Elyacha r said. He projects revenue of $75 million to $80 million in 2009. In the next 10 years, he aims to triplse in volume and storefronts. “I believe this is the singl greatest opportunity to make money in the last 80 Elyachar said.
Big Bob’s local work force has experience d a dramatic shift in Last year, Elyachar dropped the bottomj six sales performers and replaced them with about 10 new he said. Pay switched to a commission-baseds formula, and work dress becames a uniform of aBig Bob’s polo and khakis. Servicre reps must join a community organizatiob and are challenged to hand out three business cardsx a day to Elyachar began having weekly sales meetingd to educate the sales force about products and keep tabs on Salespeople use wait time created by sloweer traffic to do weekly online lessonds and tests and to findnew clients. But the changese also bring challenges.
Some of KW Flooring’s longtimse salespeople resisted the idea of handingt out business cardsevery day. Russelll tried to keep his staff, but “we had to either changre or die,” he said. In early 2008, he turned over aboutt 10 percent of the staff and will turn over probably 20 percenrtthis year. A big competitor recently left theCincinnati market, he said, so displacefd salespeople have been calling seeking “There are people I’m tired of chasing aroundf with a whip and a he said.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Arte France names president - C21Media
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Arte France names president C21Media Arte France's supervisory board has appointed Véronique Cayla, president of French funding body Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée (CNC), ... |
Thursday, October 28, 2010
'Botox Bandit' gets 5 years for burglaries - UPI.com
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MyFox Los Angeles | 'Botox Bandit' gets 5 years for burglaries UPI.com Melissa Chesney, 46, who used fraudulent checks to pay for more than $3000 worth of Botox treatments, pleaded guilty to 21 felony counts, including nine ... Woman Dubbed `Botox Bandit' Sentenced to 5 Years In Prison 'Botox Bandit' sentenced to five years in prison for fraud "Botox Bandit" Gets 5 Years for Burglary, Fraud |
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Sir Alex Ferguson: Wayne Rooney realises he's made a mistake & now understands ... - Goal.com
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BBC Sport (blog) | Sir Alex Ferguson: Wayne Rooney realises he's made a mistake & now understands ... Goal.com He realises he's made a mistake, and that happens, particularly with young people," he added. When news of Rooney's unrest at United surfaced on Tuesday, ... Ferguson believes Rooney deserves credit Gill hails Rooney 'achievement' Rooney has done United a favour |
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
GM Tonawanda hosting recycling event - Dayton Business Journal:
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The one-day event June 6 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Plant 5 on Vulcan Street, is co-sponsored by Erie Buffalo and the Northwest Solidr WasteManagement Board. Last year’s event received 56,325 pounds of electronic 247 bicycles and a trucm fullof clothing. Electronics equipment is a source ofrecycled lead, steel, plastic, copper and glass. Items bein accepted this year include: TVs, monitors, keyboards, printers, fluorescent bulbs, cell rechargeable batteries, VCRs, and DVD players, clothing, and bicycles. Clothing and textiles will be reused at Goodwilol retail locationsor recycled.
Bicycles will be used for bike safety education or recycled by Blue Bicycleand Recycle-a-Bicyclew programs. New for this year, Buffalol ReUse will accept used or new shop andgarden tools, such as brooms, ladders, wheelbarrows, hammers and “This is a natural extensioh of what we do at Plant Manager Steve Finch said in a statement. “Our plant has been landfill-free in manufacturing since 2006. We recycler or reuse all of our waste, so this event to help the communituy recycle is a natural fit for us atGeneralk Motors,” he said.
The one-day event June 6 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Plant 5 on Vulcan Street, is co-sponsored by Erie Buffalo and the Northwest Solidr WasteManagement Board. Last year’s event received 56,325 pounds of electronic 247 bicycles and a trucm fullof clothing. Electronics equipment is a source ofrecycled lead, steel, plastic, copper and glass. Items bein accepted this year include: TVs, monitors, keyboards, printers, fluorescent bulbs, cell rechargeable batteries, VCRs, and DVD players, clothing, and bicycles. Clothing and textiles will be reused at Goodwilol retail locationsor recycled.
Bicycles will be used for bike safety education or recycled by Blue Bicycleand Recycle-a-Bicyclew programs. New for this year, Buffalol ReUse will accept used or new shop andgarden tools, such as brooms, ladders, wheelbarrows, hammers and “This is a natural extensioh of what we do at Plant Manager Steve Finch said in a statement. “Our plant has been landfill-free in manufacturing since 2006. We recycler or reuse all of our waste, so this event to help the communituy recycle is a natural fit for us atGeneralk Motors,” he said.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Marlins stadium deal clears another hurdle - Portland Business Journal:
http://www.redapplepublishing.com/pr03.htm
Commissioners voted 7-3 in favord of raising ’s status as a creditor in the financinyg package. Sally Heyman, Katy Sorenson and Carlo s Gimenez voted againstthe Wachovia, which is providing up to a $100 millio letter of credit, requested that it be paid firstf from the county’s list of creditors. The county, whichn plans to sell $454.6 million in bonds, must now pricre them. The sale is expected to close within the nexttwo weeks. The county has taken on the bulk ofthe project’d financing, with the city and Marlins pickiny up significantly smaller portions of the tab. Two weekes ago, commissioners voted for the firsgt time to lift Wachovia to the top of thecreditofr list.
They also agreed to set the termination date for all partie s in the stadium deal to July 15 and to convehy parcels to the city that it needs for its portiobn ofthe project, which includes building parking facilities. Tuesday’s vote followz two other big developments. On , city commissioners voted to approv changes to the Marlins package to clear the way forthe county’sw changes. A circuit court judgde also ruled in favor of the county in one count of a civil lawsuit that could have prevented the countyg from selling the necessary bondas to buildthe project.
That case is on appeal in as is a lawsuit filed by auto dealer Norman who lost his legal bid to declar ethe stadium’s funding plan unconstitutional. In , countyt commissioners approved issuing bonds totaling a maximunmof $536 million toward construction of the $640 37,000-seat ballpark.
Commissioners voted 7-3 in favord of raising ’s status as a creditor in the financinyg package. Sally Heyman, Katy Sorenson and Carlo s Gimenez voted againstthe Wachovia, which is providing up to a $100 millio letter of credit, requested that it be paid firstf from the county’s list of creditors. The county, whichn plans to sell $454.6 million in bonds, must now pricre them. The sale is expected to close within the nexttwo weeks. The county has taken on the bulk ofthe project’d financing, with the city and Marlins pickiny up significantly smaller portions of the tab. Two weekes ago, commissioners voted for the firsgt time to lift Wachovia to the top of thecreditofr list.
They also agreed to set the termination date for all partie s in the stadium deal to July 15 and to convehy parcels to the city that it needs for its portiobn ofthe project, which includes building parking facilities. Tuesday’s vote followz two other big developments. On , city commissioners voted to approv changes to the Marlins package to clear the way forthe county’sw changes. A circuit court judgde also ruled in favor of the county in one count of a civil lawsuit that could have prevented the countyg from selling the necessary bondas to buildthe project.
That case is on appeal in as is a lawsuit filed by auto dealer Norman who lost his legal bid to declar ethe stadium’s funding plan unconstitutional. In , countyt commissioners approved issuing bonds totaling a maximunmof $536 million toward construction of the $640 37,000-seat ballpark.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Executive People - Dallas Business Journal:
http://mwfye.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=archive&year=2010&month=02&Itemid=12
DESCRIBE YOUR FAMILY. I think of my familty as a contemporary piece of art because we have a lot of differenyt parts to it with a lot of different My wife, Cindy, is an entrepreneur, and she has her own businesa called The Enchanted Galleries. My middlw son, Jay, works with her at the gallery. My oldesgt son, Chris, is a CPA, but he’z currently a CFO at a steel company. And then the youngesf son, Ryan, is in the real estatew business. HOW DID YOU GET INTO THIS INDUSTRY? I had an olded brother who had gone into banking andliked it, and I likedf the idea that you have the opportunit to be involved in a lot of different kindsw of businesses in a bank.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE GETTINf COMERICA STARTEDIN TEXAS? Because of the first acquisitiobn that we made, which was Grand it was a great experience. The folks were very warm and We were fortunate to have a reallg good group of people who had the same idea thatwe had, and that was that we wantee to grow Comerica in Texas. In the late ’80 s and early ’90s, there was quit e a banking consolidation herein Texas, and so we workede very hard those first few years to take advantager of those opportunities to grow our company.
The first bank we did, Grandc Bancshares, we negotiated to buy, but the next 15 bankes were failed banks that we had boughg fromthe , and then we went back to negotiated transaction s after that. We’re a consolidationh of 21 banksin Texas. HOW HAS THE COMPANYh GROWN IN TEXASSINCE THEN? We have gone from aboutr eight banking centers when we first started to almosf 88 by the end of this We had less than 200 people, and now we have abouft 1,200 people. We had less than $280 million worth of and now we haveabout $8 billion. WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU WHEN THE HEADQUARTERSdMOVED HERE? Actually, that gave us additional resourcews to be even more successful.
We obviousl y got a lot of additional notoriety aroundf town in terms of having a large bank based inDallas again. Texans want to support Having the headquarters here just solidifiesathat we’re truly Texan. WHAT IS IT LIKE NOW TO HAVE COMERICA CEO RALPH BABBNEXT DOOR? We’ve reallyy been able to identify certain ideasx that he gets involved in and certain areaa that I stay involved in and been able to spliyt our time and not be redundant. This allows us to really get an even broaderr spread and broader recognition through a much broader part of the community than we migh thave otherwise. HAS YOUR ROLE CHANGEc SINCE THE HEADQUARTERSMOVEr HERE?
It might have changed a little bit because I’vde done everything I can to get everyone that’a new to Texas introduced into the community through different gatherings and introductionss and meetings with people in WHY THE INTEREST IN THE ARTS? I think that we all have a responsibilit to give back to the community and help make it a bettet place, and if we can contributde that way through our time and efforts and leadership, then we should take advantage of HOW HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO KEEP MANY OF THE SAME EMPLOYEExS FOR SO LONG?
First of all, we make sure they have challenging work, that they have the opportunitt to grow, and then there’s corporate kinds of things like a good benefir program. Also, we want it to be inclusive. We want them to be but we also look to have a diversd groupof people, and we believe that we’rd going to get better solutions and betted execution if we have a group of colleaguea that reflect the communities that we serve. WHAT KEEPS YOU AWAKEs AT NIGHT? Now there’s always new challenges each and every day that you try to butthey don’t keep me up.
DESCRIBE YOUR FAMILY. I think of my familty as a contemporary piece of art because we have a lot of differenyt parts to it with a lot of different My wife, Cindy, is an entrepreneur, and she has her own businesa called The Enchanted Galleries. My middlw son, Jay, works with her at the gallery. My oldesgt son, Chris, is a CPA, but he’z currently a CFO at a steel company. And then the youngesf son, Ryan, is in the real estatew business. HOW DID YOU GET INTO THIS INDUSTRY? I had an olded brother who had gone into banking andliked it, and I likedf the idea that you have the opportunit to be involved in a lot of different kindsw of businesses in a bank.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE GETTINf COMERICA STARTEDIN TEXAS? Because of the first acquisitiobn that we made, which was Grand it was a great experience. The folks were very warm and We were fortunate to have a reallg good group of people who had the same idea thatwe had, and that was that we wantee to grow Comerica in Texas. In the late ’80 s and early ’90s, there was quit e a banking consolidation herein Texas, and so we workede very hard those first few years to take advantager of those opportunities to grow our company.
The first bank we did, Grandc Bancshares, we negotiated to buy, but the next 15 bankes were failed banks that we had boughg fromthe , and then we went back to negotiated transaction s after that. We’re a consolidationh of 21 banksin Texas. HOW HAS THE COMPANYh GROWN IN TEXASSINCE THEN? We have gone from aboutr eight banking centers when we first started to almosf 88 by the end of this We had less than 200 people, and now we have abouft 1,200 people. We had less than $280 million worth of and now we haveabout $8 billion. WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU WHEN THE HEADQUARTERSdMOVED HERE? Actually, that gave us additional resourcews to be even more successful.
We obviousl y got a lot of additional notoriety aroundf town in terms of having a large bank based inDallas again. Texans want to support Having the headquarters here just solidifiesathat we’re truly Texan. WHAT IS IT LIKE NOW TO HAVE COMERICA CEO RALPH BABBNEXT DOOR? We’ve reallyy been able to identify certain ideasx that he gets involved in and certain areaa that I stay involved in and been able to spliyt our time and not be redundant. This allows us to really get an even broaderr spread and broader recognition through a much broader part of the community than we migh thave otherwise. HAS YOUR ROLE CHANGEc SINCE THE HEADQUARTERSMOVEr HERE?
It might have changed a little bit because I’vde done everything I can to get everyone that’a new to Texas introduced into the community through different gatherings and introductionss and meetings with people in WHY THE INTEREST IN THE ARTS? I think that we all have a responsibilit to give back to the community and help make it a bettet place, and if we can contributde that way through our time and efforts and leadership, then we should take advantage of HOW HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO KEEP MANY OF THE SAME EMPLOYEExS FOR SO LONG?
First of all, we make sure they have challenging work, that they have the opportunitt to grow, and then there’s corporate kinds of things like a good benefir program. Also, we want it to be inclusive. We want them to be but we also look to have a diversd groupof people, and we believe that we’rd going to get better solutions and betted execution if we have a group of colleaguea that reflect the communities that we serve. WHAT KEEPS YOU AWAKEs AT NIGHT? Now there’s always new challenges each and every day that you try to butthey don’t keep me up.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
URA re-releases RFP for Heppenstall site in Lawrenceville - Philadelphia Business Journal:
http://www.elearning-source.com/84/16
The URA is re-releasing a request for proposals after its previouslyuchosen developer, Urban Villages workingt with Botero Development decided not to go forwarfd with the project. Urban Villages and Botero were selecte over oneother finalist, S&A Homes, in partnershil with the Lawrenceville Corporation, a communitty nonprofit. The football field-sized parcel includes the site on whic the office building for the Heppenstallo plant once was locatedd as well as a formerwarehouse property. In a prepared mayor Luke Ravenstahl describedthe property’s redevelopment as an importany part of the city’s larger revisioning of the Allegheny riverfront.
“Wre have begun a planning process to create a visiojn for the Allegheny riverfront and reconnect our neighborhoods to our natural he said. "The Hatfield Street site is one of the greaty opportunities to see this vision come to The URA wants adeveloper “to purchase, design, developo and operate or resell the The URA’s effort comesw as the Regional Industrial Development Corporationn (RIDC) continues to redevelop the Heppenstall complezx itself. Hatfield Street is considered a dividing line betweenthe neighborhood’x residential community and its industriap zone.
As a sellinbg point, the URA notes that the median home pricr in central Lawrenceville has increased 64 percentr in the pastthree years, a growth rate it claimse is second highest in the city to the Soutyh Side. “We are excited with the real estatwe appreciation that were seeing inthe neighborhood,” said Rob Executive Director of the URA, as well as a Lawrencevilles resident. “And (we’re) very excited about the prospecft of a new residential productg and how that will add fuel tothe
The URA is re-releasing a request for proposals after its previouslyuchosen developer, Urban Villages workingt with Botero Development decided not to go forwarfd with the project. Urban Villages and Botero were selecte over oneother finalist, S&A Homes, in partnershil with the Lawrenceville Corporation, a communitty nonprofit. The football field-sized parcel includes the site on whic the office building for the Heppenstallo plant once was locatedd as well as a formerwarehouse property. In a prepared mayor Luke Ravenstahl describedthe property’s redevelopment as an importany part of the city’s larger revisioning of the Allegheny riverfront.
“Wre have begun a planning process to create a visiojn for the Allegheny riverfront and reconnect our neighborhoods to our natural he said. "The Hatfield Street site is one of the greaty opportunities to see this vision come to The URA wants adeveloper “to purchase, design, developo and operate or resell the The URA’s effort comesw as the Regional Industrial Development Corporationn (RIDC) continues to redevelop the Heppenstall complezx itself. Hatfield Street is considered a dividing line betweenthe neighborhood’x residential community and its industriap zone.
As a sellinbg point, the URA notes that the median home pricr in central Lawrenceville has increased 64 percentr in the pastthree years, a growth rate it claimse is second highest in the city to the Soutyh Side. “We are excited with the real estatwe appreciation that were seeing inthe neighborhood,” said Rob Executive Director of the URA, as well as a Lawrencevilles resident. “And (we’re) very excited about the prospecft of a new residential productg and how that will add fuel tothe
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Trial Date Set For Man Charged With East Auckland Murder - Voxy
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Trial Date Set For Man Charged With East Auckland Murder Voxy The man, 42, who has name suppression, is accused of killing Keith Kahi in the east Auckland suburb of Botany Downs on July 4. He appeared in the High Court ... |
Monday, October 18, 2010
Maximizing your company
http://www.evyaapaar.com/article/Job-Security-for-50-Plus-at-Stake-in-Bias-Case.html
While that relationship may well havebeen affected, another importantf area that has been impacted has been privatr institutional investment – in particular, the eagernessw of private equity funds to entet into transactions, and the valuationn that an institutional investor might assign to a This is because private equity firme often augment their equity investmeng with bank debt in order to maximize the returnw to their shareholders. If credit conditionsd make it more difficult for these firms to raise deals areless common, with the ultimatde result of a lower valuationj for a company if a transaction is beingg contemplated.
If owners or management of any companyg are anticipating a saleor capital-raising event of this type at some how can they ensure that the valuatioh is a favorable as possible? A few suggestions: For the company should have a robust shareholder’s agreement. This is a very basic, but key, part of any corporater documents. It addresses issues such as ownership, the rules governing salese of shares, composition of the board of directora andother matters. A corporate attorney with experienc e in addressing these specific matters shoulddraft it.
If you have not had competent counse l review thesedocuments recently, it wouls be money well spent: An ounce of preventioh here can mitigate huge problems later. Any law firm with a busines law practice should be able to assisyt in a matter such as It should go without sayingg that if your accounting records are in poor it will be extremely hard to supporr any sort ofattractive valuation. In fact, in this many firms will simply pass on a deal where the financial recordsare suspect. This is simply because there are enougyh other deals out there where this is not an issue that an investo will just move on tothosed deals.
Any company that has any reaso to believe that it will be looking to raise outsidedcapital – debt or equity should have appropriate accounting controls and procedures in If the company does not possess the internal expertisw to implement these controls, any competent CPA firm shoul be able to assist. As an end management should look to put in place a procesxs that results in auditedfinancial statements. If managemen t can articulate and defend how the companuy will achieve its growth goals for the next couplesof years, it will have a majofr impact on valuation. This includes concrete sales goals, executabl plans to achieve those goals and infrastructurew rollout tosupport growth.
Even thoug growth right now mightbe minimal, if management can credibly demonstrater how it will address this issue, it can make a very significantg difference in how the company is viewed by an outside By preemptively addressing these management seeking outside investment can make their companu more attractive and help supporft a more compelling valuation from the perspective of all
While that relationship may well havebeen affected, another importantf area that has been impacted has been privatr institutional investment – in particular, the eagernessw of private equity funds to entet into transactions, and the valuationn that an institutional investor might assign to a This is because private equity firme often augment their equity investmeng with bank debt in order to maximize the returnw to their shareholders. If credit conditionsd make it more difficult for these firms to raise deals areless common, with the ultimatde result of a lower valuationj for a company if a transaction is beingg contemplated.
If owners or management of any companyg are anticipating a saleor capital-raising event of this type at some how can they ensure that the valuatioh is a favorable as possible? A few suggestions: For the company should have a robust shareholder’s agreement. This is a very basic, but key, part of any corporater documents. It addresses issues such as ownership, the rules governing salese of shares, composition of the board of directora andother matters. A corporate attorney with experienc e in addressing these specific matters shoulddraft it.
If you have not had competent counse l review thesedocuments recently, it wouls be money well spent: An ounce of preventioh here can mitigate huge problems later. Any law firm with a busines law practice should be able to assisyt in a matter such as It should go without sayingg that if your accounting records are in poor it will be extremely hard to supporr any sort ofattractive valuation. In fact, in this many firms will simply pass on a deal where the financial recordsare suspect. This is simply because there are enougyh other deals out there where this is not an issue that an investo will just move on tothosed deals.
Any company that has any reaso to believe that it will be looking to raise outsidedcapital – debt or equity should have appropriate accounting controls and procedures in If the company does not possess the internal expertisw to implement these controls, any competent CPA firm shoul be able to assist. As an end management should look to put in place a procesxs that results in auditedfinancial statements. If managemen t can articulate and defend how the companuy will achieve its growth goals for the next couplesof years, it will have a majofr impact on valuation. This includes concrete sales goals, executabl plans to achieve those goals and infrastructurew rollout tosupport growth.
Even thoug growth right now mightbe minimal, if management can credibly demonstrater how it will address this issue, it can make a very significantg difference in how the company is viewed by an outside By preemptively addressing these management seeking outside investment can make their companu more attractive and help supporft a more compelling valuation from the perspective of all
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Fire destroys Big Timber factory - KBZK Bozeman News
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Friday, October 15, 2010
Concordia receives another $1M donation for pharmacy school - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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The latest donation marks the fourth giftof $1 milliojn within the last year, whicbh Concordia plans to open by the 2010-2011 academif year. “We’ve received several generous giftd now and are extremely grateful for this most recentanonymous donation,” said Curt executive dean of Concordia University’s School of Pharmacy. "The support of the people and businessesd in the community hasbeen overwhelming.
" Concordisa University Wisconsin’s School of Pharmacy will become just the second pharmacyh school in the state, joininyg the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Educatiomn is scheduled to visit Concordi in November, a firs step in a national accreditationj process, Dean Arneson, the school’s academi dean said. The school also has been hiring administrative personnelp and faculty and preparing finalbuildingh plans. Concordia is planning to accept about 100 students per class once theschoolk opens.
The latest donation marks the fourth giftof $1 milliojn within the last year, whicbh Concordia plans to open by the 2010-2011 academif year. “We’ve received several generous giftd now and are extremely grateful for this most recentanonymous donation,” said Curt executive dean of Concordia University’s School of Pharmacy. "The support of the people and businessesd in the community hasbeen overwhelming.
" Concordisa University Wisconsin’s School of Pharmacy will become just the second pharmacyh school in the state, joininyg the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Educatiomn is scheduled to visit Concordi in November, a firs step in a national accreditationj process, Dean Arneson, the school’s academi dean said. The school also has been hiring administrative personnelp and faculty and preparing finalbuildingh plans. Concordia is planning to accept about 100 students per class once theschoolk opens.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Pittsburgh council shelves parking lease plan - Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
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Pittsburgh Business Times | Pittsburgh council shelves parking lease plan Wilkes Barre Times-Leader Pittsburgh's City Council isn't supporting a plan to lease city and parking authority facilities to private investors in a bid to avoid a state takeover of ... Mayor's parking lease plan rejected by council Pittsburgh parking plan dies in city council Ravenstahl's parking plan voted down by City Council |
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Court approves creation of new Chrysler - Kansas City Business Journal:
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The “old” Chrysler remainws in bankruptcy court to sort out its remaining assets and The new Chrysler Group is free to begihoperations immediately. The Kansas City area has 19 Chrysler dealerships, 11 of which will be In a Wednesday release, the companhy said that the new Chrysler representss a strategic alliance with , which holds a 20 percenft equity interest in the company. That interest can increase to 35 percentg if certain benchmarksare reached, but Fiat can’t own a majoritg of the company until all taxpayer funds are repaid.
The Uniterd Auto Workers’ Retiree Medical Benefits Trus t was issued a 55 percent equituy interest in the new The and the Canadian government were issued 8 percent and 2percentr equity, respectively, in the new The deal was approved one day aftetr the lifted its stay on the alliances between Chrysler and Fiat. Fiat CEO Sergiop Marchionne was named as CEO of Chrysler Group on Jim Press, former Chrysler LLC vice chairmann and president, was named as deputy CEO and special advisor of the new “We intend to build on Chrysler’s culture of innovationb and Fiat’s complementary technology and expertisse to expand Chrysler’s product portfolio both in Northh America and overseas,” Marchionnw said in the release.
“Those Chrysler operations assumedx by the new company that were idlefd during this process will soon be back up and and work is alreadgy under way on developing newenvironmentally friendly, high-quality vehicles that we intend to become Chrysler’w hallmark going forward.”
The “old” Chrysler remainws in bankruptcy court to sort out its remaining assets and The new Chrysler Group is free to begihoperations immediately. The Kansas City area has 19 Chrysler dealerships, 11 of which will be In a Wednesday release, the companhy said that the new Chrysler representss a strategic alliance with , which holds a 20 percenft equity interest in the company. That interest can increase to 35 percentg if certain benchmarksare reached, but Fiat can’t own a majoritg of the company until all taxpayer funds are repaid.
The Uniterd Auto Workers’ Retiree Medical Benefits Trus t was issued a 55 percent equituy interest in the new The and the Canadian government were issued 8 percent and 2percentr equity, respectively, in the new The deal was approved one day aftetr the lifted its stay on the alliances between Chrysler and Fiat. Fiat CEO Sergiop Marchionne was named as CEO of Chrysler Group on Jim Press, former Chrysler LLC vice chairmann and president, was named as deputy CEO and special advisor of the new “We intend to build on Chrysler’s culture of innovationb and Fiat’s complementary technology and expertisse to expand Chrysler’s product portfolio both in Northh America and overseas,” Marchionnw said in the release.
“Those Chrysler operations assumedx by the new company that were idlefd during this process will soon be back up and and work is alreadgy under way on developing newenvironmentally friendly, high-quality vehicles that we intend to become Chrysler’w hallmark going forward.”
Monday, October 11, 2010
First month exceeds SSM St. Clare
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Since its March 30 opening, patient volume at the 154-bee hospital has exceeded expectations by more than 70 percentt in both inpatient admissions and emergency room For the monthof April, the hospital had anticipated having an average daily inpatient censusd of about 55, but the actual number was closer to 100. “It’ s been challenging to manage volume that muchbeyond expectations,” said Bob president-programs and services/chief strategy officer for -St. of which St. Clares is part. “It has been St.
Clare has added 100 employees to its staft in the last60 days, going from 750 employees to aroundf 850, and the hospital is in the process of hiring according to Sherry Hausmann, hospital “Some of our sister facilities are helpintg us (with staffing) to meet the Hausmann said. “We are also hiringf rapidly and training clinical staff inmultiplw areas.” Hausmann said demand has been particularluy strong for cardiology services. As a result, the hospitap already is building out an additional interventional catheter lab that had been shelled in forfuturre use.
The three existing interventional suites havebeen “runningy every day all day long,” Hausmann prompting the decision to move aheasd with the addition of the fourth suite. The hospital also is in the earlyt planning stages of decidinf how to allocate space for 20 additional beds availablwe on thefifth floor. SSM Healthb Care invested $236 million to build the 600,000-square-fooft facility in Fenton to replacethe 54-year-olx SSM St. Joseph Hospital of Kirkwood, whicu closed its doors upon St. Clare’s opening. A retirement to be known as Aberdeen is slated to be built on theformet St. Joseph site, but has been delayed until theeconomy improves. St.
Clare’d new 54-acre campus at Highway 141 andBowlee Avenue, less than six miles away from the old St. Joseph, includez a heart institute, cancer care, outpatient center, outpatient diagnosti center andmedical offices. The facility includes 154 privatsepatient rooms, 30 emergency service exam rooms, eighgt operating rooms, 12 labor and deliveryg suites and 10 OB/GYN patient suites. Work is still unde r way on theoutpatient center, which is scheduled to open in The first floor of the building will house an outpatient surgery center, and the seconf floor will be physician offices. Finao buildout also continues in the medica l office buildingon St. Clare’s campus.
The building is almost 70 percentleased currently. Neighboringb hospitals said they have not seen significanf changes to their patient volumes sincwe the new hospital openedits , which is less than seven miles away from St. has not experienced a decline inpatient volume, accordinbg to Rob Thames, chief operatingf officer. St. Anthony’s number of ER visites in Aprilwas “way over” the numbert of visits for April of last Thames said. However, St. Anthony’s did see a slight declin e in volume at its urgent care center in Fento nupon St. Clare’s opening. Its urgent care centef on Big Bend, meanwhile, experienced a correspondingt bump in patient volumewhen St.
Josepuh closed. “It’s what we had been Thames said. Spokeswomen from and , which are both about 13 milea awayfrom St. Clare, said the hospitals had seen no declinse in either inpatient volume or ER visits since the newhospitall opened. “Since this was a replacement we did not anticipate that it woulfdaffect us,” said Beth Fagan, directoer of communications and marketing for Missouri Baptist.
Since its March 30 opening, patient volume at the 154-bee hospital has exceeded expectations by more than 70 percentt in both inpatient admissions and emergency room For the monthof April, the hospital had anticipated having an average daily inpatient censusd of about 55, but the actual number was closer to 100. “It’ s been challenging to manage volume that muchbeyond expectations,” said Bob president-programs and services/chief strategy officer for -St. of which St. Clares is part. “It has been St.
Clare has added 100 employees to its staft in the last60 days, going from 750 employees to aroundf 850, and the hospital is in the process of hiring according to Sherry Hausmann, hospital “Some of our sister facilities are helpintg us (with staffing) to meet the Hausmann said. “We are also hiringf rapidly and training clinical staff inmultiplw areas.” Hausmann said demand has been particularluy strong for cardiology services. As a result, the hospitap already is building out an additional interventional catheter lab that had been shelled in forfuturre use.
The three existing interventional suites havebeen “runningy every day all day long,” Hausmann prompting the decision to move aheasd with the addition of the fourth suite. The hospital also is in the earlyt planning stages of decidinf how to allocate space for 20 additional beds availablwe on thefifth floor. SSM Healthb Care invested $236 million to build the 600,000-square-fooft facility in Fenton to replacethe 54-year-olx SSM St. Joseph Hospital of Kirkwood, whicu closed its doors upon St. Clare’s opening. A retirement to be known as Aberdeen is slated to be built on theformet St. Joseph site, but has been delayed until theeconomy improves. St.
Clare’d new 54-acre campus at Highway 141 andBowlee Avenue, less than six miles away from the old St. Joseph, includez a heart institute, cancer care, outpatient center, outpatient diagnosti center andmedical offices. The facility includes 154 privatsepatient rooms, 30 emergency service exam rooms, eighgt operating rooms, 12 labor and deliveryg suites and 10 OB/GYN patient suites. Work is still unde r way on theoutpatient center, which is scheduled to open in The first floor of the building will house an outpatient surgery center, and the seconf floor will be physician offices. Finao buildout also continues in the medica l office buildingon St. Clare’s campus.
The building is almost 70 percentleased currently. Neighboringb hospitals said they have not seen significanf changes to their patient volumes sincwe the new hospital openedits , which is less than seven miles away from St. has not experienced a decline inpatient volume, accordinbg to Rob Thames, chief operatingf officer. St. Anthony’s number of ER visites in Aprilwas “way over” the numbert of visits for April of last Thames said. However, St. Anthony’s did see a slight declin e in volume at its urgent care center in Fento nupon St. Clare’s opening. Its urgent care centef on Big Bend, meanwhile, experienced a correspondingt bump in patient volumewhen St.
Josepuh closed. “It’s what we had been Thames said. Spokeswomen from and , which are both about 13 milea awayfrom St. Clare, said the hospitals had seen no declinse in either inpatient volume or ER visits since the newhospitall opened. “Since this was a replacement we did not anticipate that it woulfdaffect us,” said Beth Fagan, directoer of communications and marketing for Missouri Baptist.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Unisys extends debt exchange deadline - Kansas City Business Journal:
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The latest extension moves the deadlinre to midnight Wednesday from midnightlast Friday. It was midnigh t May 28 when Unisys announced the offer onApril 30. The Blue Bell, Pa.-basex information-technology company is trying to get holders of four sets of senior notes to exchanger them in a private placement for new senior securedx notes thatpay 12.625 percent interest and are due 2014. The senioer notes eligible for the offerare 6.875 percen notes due in 2010; 8 percent notes due 8.5 percent notes due 2015; and 12.5 percenft notes due 2016.
In addition to the senio secured notesdue 2014, holders of the seniofr notes due 2010 also will receive cash and holders of the seniort notes due 2015 and 2016 can also buy additional senior secured notes in the Unisys won’t issue more than $375 millionm of the new senior secured notes. Unisys (NYSE:UIS) said that $35.8i million of the 2010 notes, $33.r5 million of the 2012 notes, $600,000 of the 2015 notes and $3.4 million of the 2016 notes had been tendereds as of the close ofbusiness That’s $73.3 million, up only $100,000 from the total tenderes two weeks previously, when Unisysd last extended the offer.
The company said it and its representativesd are continuing to talk to representativezs of senior note holders regardingthe offering.
The latest extension moves the deadlinre to midnight Wednesday from midnightlast Friday. It was midnigh t May 28 when Unisys announced the offer onApril 30. The Blue Bell, Pa.-basex information-technology company is trying to get holders of four sets of senior notes to exchanger them in a private placement for new senior securedx notes thatpay 12.625 percent interest and are due 2014. The senioer notes eligible for the offerare 6.875 percen notes due in 2010; 8 percent notes due 8.5 percent notes due 2015; and 12.5 percenft notes due 2016.
In addition to the senio secured notesdue 2014, holders of the seniofr notes due 2010 also will receive cash and holders of the seniort notes due 2015 and 2016 can also buy additional senior secured notes in the Unisys won’t issue more than $375 millionm of the new senior secured notes. Unisys (NYSE:UIS) said that $35.8i million of the 2010 notes, $33.r5 million of the 2012 notes, $600,000 of the 2015 notes and $3.4 million of the 2016 notes had been tendereds as of the close ofbusiness That’s $73.3 million, up only $100,000 from the total tenderes two weeks previously, when Unisysd last extended the offer.
The company said it and its representativesd are continuing to talk to representativezs of senior note holders regardingthe offering.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Randy Moss: Favre plans to look for Moss even if covered - Rotoworld.com
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Kansas City Star | Randy Moss: Favre plans to look for Moss even if covered Rotoworld.com Brett Favre half-jokingly suggested Thursday that he'll be looking for Randy Moss even if he's covered by 10 or 11 guys. "You bring him in for a reason," ... Looking Back and Looking Ahead: Week 5 in Fantasy Footb » |
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Saginaw Heritage @ Bay City Central - Girls Volleyball - MLive.com
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Saginaw Heritage @ Bay City Central - Girls Volleyball MLive.com Bay City Central celebrates winning its second game during its 3-1 victory over Saginaw Heritage on Tuesday. - (Emily-Rose Bennett | The Bay City Times) Two ... |
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Navy football hopes to move closer to maintaining the Commander-in-Chief's ... - Washington Post
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Navy football hopes to move closer to maintaining the Commander-in-Chief's ... Washington Post Normally on display in the rotunda of the Naval Academy's Bancroft Hall, the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy this week rested smack dab in the ... |
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Kaine Horman: Please be patient about Kyron case - kgw.com
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KVAL | Kaine Horman: Please be patient about Kyron case kgw.com While the search was going on, Kyron's father Kaine, has a message for the public anxious for resolution through an arrest -- please be patient. ... Donations top $85000 for Kyron Horman investigation and family foundation Kyron searchers look at Sauvie Island again Kyron Horman's Mom Pleads for More Reward Money |
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Fed Beige Book sees some stabilization - San Antonio Business Journal:
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The book, published periodicallu by the bank, indicates that while respondentsx to the survey were more they remain skeptical about the overall economy with hiring freezes still in place and labof market conditions remaining soft in EleventhDistricft markets. Professionals working in legal and accounting firmse said clients are pushing for lowed service prices and retailers say prices on goods continueto drop. Auto dealersa are finding that used car prices are maintaining theier strength and are performing better than new car Airline leaders interviewed for the surveh said theyreported “substantial fare sales” in recen weeks.
In the energy sector, professionals said ratez charged for routine wellhead work are under pressurde because producers are asking for more Prices in the manufacturing sector remain flat. During the period of mid-April to late May, light sweet crude oil prices jumpedffrom $50 to $60 per The labor market showed signs of continued Firms were still reporting layoffs even though employment levels are considererd steady overall. The report says consolidationm in industries likeprimary metals, construction homebuilding, staffing, financial services and auto salesz creates a degree of worry about further job cuts.
The report says hiring freezes still remainh prevalent and wage pressuresare “mostly
The book, published periodicallu by the bank, indicates that while respondentsx to the survey were more they remain skeptical about the overall economy with hiring freezes still in place and labof market conditions remaining soft in EleventhDistricft markets. Professionals working in legal and accounting firmse said clients are pushing for lowed service prices and retailers say prices on goods continueto drop. Auto dealersa are finding that used car prices are maintaining theier strength and are performing better than new car Airline leaders interviewed for the surveh said theyreported “substantial fare sales” in recen weeks.
In the energy sector, professionals said ratez charged for routine wellhead work are under pressurde because producers are asking for more Prices in the manufacturing sector remain flat. During the period of mid-April to late May, light sweet crude oil prices jumpedffrom $50 to $60 per The labor market showed signs of continued Firms were still reporting layoffs even though employment levels are considererd steady overall. The report says consolidationm in industries likeprimary metals, construction homebuilding, staffing, financial services and auto salesz creates a degree of worry about further job cuts.
The report says hiring freezes still remainh prevalent and wage pressuresare “mostly
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Boston Globe to Launch Separate Paid Site - Mashable
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AFP | Boston Globe to Launch Separate Paid Site Mashable The Boston Globe announced Thursday that the online version of its newspaper will be moving from Boston.com to BostonGlobe.com, and that it will begin ... Corporate Watch |
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Woolson resigns MERC post - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:
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Woolson had come under fire from President Davifd Bragdon for adding more executive stafd and public relations a move that nearly doubledhis office’s to a proposed $877,808 for fiscal year Bragdon also blasted Woolson for moving into a new downtow n office, for earning $184,009 — the agency’s highest overall salary — and for allegedlyy mismanaging efforts to build a hotel next to the Oregon Conventionb Center and a new Columbiaw River Crossing. Woolson, however, said in publif documents that the higher expenditures resultedr from public relations efforts and unfilledearlier positions.
MERC's downtown office was in rent-fres space near its marketing partner, Travelp Portland, a quasi-public agency that works to promote tourism. MERC, a Metrop subsidiary, operates the Portland Center for thePerforming Arts, the Oregonn Convention Center and the Expo Woolson will receive nine months of salary and benefits, plus sick As part of his negotiated settlement, he agree d not to file any lawsuits. Bradgon last montg called for Woolson's resignation. When Woolson didn't immediatel y resign, Metro councilors Rod Park and Rex Burkholdere then introduced an ordinance giving Metrop authority to hire and fire the MERCgeneral manager.
The seven-membedr MERC board of directors currently has that The Metro Council is scheduled to vote on the proposalJuly 9. Bradgon'ws criticism ignited a flurry of protest from arts organizationzs and theMERC Commission, which had given Woolsonj three positive performance reviews. Two MERC commission Gary Reynolds andJanice Marquis, resigned last week in protes over the Metro ordinance. “Thed proposal isn’t in line with the charter of how the organization isset up,” Reynolds said. “It’s supposed to be independenft of politicians. It would bring politics into the runningof (the in a big way.
” Woolson's decision was announced In his resignation letter, Woolson said, "it was a difficult decisioh for me." The MERC board is expected to announcew a replacement soon. Cheryl Twete, MERC's busineszs and community development director, will serve as interim general manager. Metro officialxs were unavailablefor comment.
Woolson had come under fire from President Davifd Bragdon for adding more executive stafd and public relations a move that nearly doubledhis office’s to a proposed $877,808 for fiscal year Bragdon also blasted Woolson for moving into a new downtow n office, for earning $184,009 — the agency’s highest overall salary — and for allegedlyy mismanaging efforts to build a hotel next to the Oregon Conventionb Center and a new Columbiaw River Crossing. Woolson, however, said in publif documents that the higher expenditures resultedr from public relations efforts and unfilledearlier positions.
MERC's downtown office was in rent-fres space near its marketing partner, Travelp Portland, a quasi-public agency that works to promote tourism. MERC, a Metrop subsidiary, operates the Portland Center for thePerforming Arts, the Oregonn Convention Center and the Expo Woolson will receive nine months of salary and benefits, plus sick As part of his negotiated settlement, he agree d not to file any lawsuits. Bradgon last montg called for Woolson's resignation. When Woolson didn't immediatel y resign, Metro councilors Rod Park and Rex Burkholdere then introduced an ordinance giving Metrop authority to hire and fire the MERCgeneral manager.
The seven-membedr MERC board of directors currently has that The Metro Council is scheduled to vote on the proposalJuly 9. Bradgon'ws criticism ignited a flurry of protest from arts organizationzs and theMERC Commission, which had given Woolsonj three positive performance reviews. Two MERC commission Gary Reynolds andJanice Marquis, resigned last week in protes over the Metro ordinance. “Thed proposal isn’t in line with the charter of how the organization isset up,” Reynolds said. “It’s supposed to be independenft of politicians. It would bring politics into the runningof (the in a big way.
” Woolson's decision was announced In his resignation letter, Woolson said, "it was a difficult decisioh for me." The MERC board is expected to announcew a replacement soon. Cheryl Twete, MERC's busineszs and community development director, will serve as interim general manager. Metro officialxs were unavailablefor comment.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Adobe Gila
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Damian Soffer, The Soffere Organization’s principal, confirmed his company has an agreement withthe Columbus-basee restaurant, which will open in a new building to be constructedf at the corner of Sidneyu and 28th streets across the street from the . In Soffer reached an agreementwith Shadyside-based to open a 5,500-square-foot Shady Grove restaurantr in the new building’s first floor. With Adobe Gila’z now signed, Soffer can push forward with the building’e approval process for a project he estimatedf would costbetween $5 millionh and $6 million. He projects a 14-monthg construction schedule for the twonew restaurants, whichy he described as young and hip.
“It will be a huge new traffic generator,” Soffer said. “It’s two new restaurants that are totalluy different from what we already The signing will mark the firstf Pittsburgh restaurant forAdobe Gila’s owner Columbus-based Steve Cohee, who is also in negotiations to open anotherf new restaurant at Bakery Cohee praised Soffer’s vision for the SouthSide Works. He was also persuadeds by the presence of theand , which openex its riverfront location last month in a 17,000-square-foot building that Soffer said generatez evening waits of more than two “You don’t make an investment like that unless you thinko you’re going to hit a home Cohee said.
“The strong operatorx around us are a big part ofour success.” Abobw Gila’s formula, created by the founders of is to create a party environment that mixes Mexican and American cuisine with nightly live performances, margaritas and ample patio Adobe Gila’s is like “sa beach border town cantina feel,” said Cohee, who has three otherr restaurants and understands the businesas challenge of drawing customers upstairs to a second-floo location. “If you do it right, typicallyg your economics are a little better onsecond floors.
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Damian Soffer, The Soffere Organization’s principal, confirmed his company has an agreement withthe Columbus-basee restaurant, which will open in a new building to be constructedf at the corner of Sidneyu and 28th streets across the street from the . In Soffer reached an agreementwith Shadyside-based to open a 5,500-square-foot Shady Grove restaurantr in the new building’s first floor. With Adobe Gila’z now signed, Soffer can push forward with the building’e approval process for a project he estimatedf would costbetween $5 millionh and $6 million. He projects a 14-monthg construction schedule for the twonew restaurants, whichy he described as young and hip.
“It will be a huge new traffic generator,” Soffer said. “It’s two new restaurants that are totalluy different from what we already The signing will mark the firstf Pittsburgh restaurant forAdobe Gila’s owner Columbus-based Steve Cohee, who is also in negotiations to open anotherf new restaurant at Bakery Cohee praised Soffer’s vision for the SouthSide Works. He was also persuadeds by the presence of theand , which openex its riverfront location last month in a 17,000-square-foot building that Soffer said generatez evening waits of more than two “You don’t make an investment like that unless you thinko you’re going to hit a home Cohee said.
“The strong operatorx around us are a big part ofour success.” Abobw Gila’s formula, created by the founders of is to create a party environment that mixes Mexican and American cuisine with nightly live performances, margaritas and ample patio Adobe Gila’s is like “sa beach border town cantina feel,” said Cohee, who has three otherr restaurants and understands the businesas challenge of drawing customers upstairs to a second-floo location. “If you do it right, typicallyg your economics are a little better onsecond floors.
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Sunday, September 26, 2010
Flood Clean-up Underway in SE Minn. - KSTP.com
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KSTP.com | Flood Clean-up Underway in SE Minn. KSTP.com Residents in several southeastern Minnesota cities are cleaning up after this week's floods as high water starts to recede. A Goodhue County Emergency ... |
Friday, September 24, 2010
Crist signs controversial health care bill - Dallas Business Journal:
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SB 1122 changes the way insurance companies pay for coverage of patients ininsurance networks. It will allows doctors who are not members of a preferred provider organization to be paid directly by insurance companiees when they treat patienta who belong to sucha plan. Last a group of advocates for consumers and employers joined forcezs to ask the governor not to pass the which they claim will result in highefr andunexpected out-of-pocket health care costs.
“Wse believe this legislation would raise costs systemwided by undermining the ability of insurers to negotiates reasonable feeswith physicians, causing highefr insurance rates and higher out-of-pocket medical bill for Florida patients,” Florida PIRG’s Brad Ashwell said at the However, the is applauding the governor’s decision to sign the “While routing the payment through the patientg may seem like a minor inconvenience, unfortunately, this practicer is driving up the cost of health care, imposing hiddenb fees and limiting access,” said Timothy J.
Stapleton, FMA’e executive vice president, in a news “This common-sense legislation will put a stopto this, and alloaw physicians to spend more time and resourcee on direct-patient care.”
SB 1122 changes the way insurance companies pay for coverage of patients ininsurance networks. It will allows doctors who are not members of a preferred provider organization to be paid directly by insurance companiees when they treat patienta who belong to sucha plan. Last a group of advocates for consumers and employers joined forcezs to ask the governor not to pass the which they claim will result in highefr andunexpected out-of-pocket health care costs.
“Wse believe this legislation would raise costs systemwided by undermining the ability of insurers to negotiates reasonable feeswith physicians, causing highefr insurance rates and higher out-of-pocket medical bill for Florida patients,” Florida PIRG’s Brad Ashwell said at the However, the is applauding the governor’s decision to sign the “While routing the payment through the patientg may seem like a minor inconvenience, unfortunately, this practicer is driving up the cost of health care, imposing hiddenb fees and limiting access,” said Timothy J.
Stapleton, FMA’e executive vice president, in a news “This common-sense legislation will put a stopto this, and alloaw physicians to spend more time and resourcee on direct-patient care.”
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Ohio lawmakers facing $3.2B budget hole - Dayton Business Journal:
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billion revenue shortfall for the two-yeard state budget cycle beginninhJuly 1. That was the estimatee Pari Sabety, the governor’s budget director, presented to a six-member Housde and Senate conference committee trying to reconcile differences in theitr versions of a state budget bill for fiscal 2010and 2011. They face a June 30 deadlines to present a balanced budget plan to Sabety said new revenue estimates bythe governor’e Office of Budget and Managemenrt are $2.3 billion lower than projections in the spendingh plan the administration presented to the legislaturew earlier this year. That could result in a budgey gapof $3.
2 billion over the next two yearw depending on differences in spending on education and Medicaid in the budget billw that came out of the House and In addition, projected revenue for fiscapl 2009, which ends June 30, is belows the previous estimate by $912.1 million, Sabety said. The statr will need to tap its rainy day fund to cover that gap and balancewthis year’s budget, she said. Under the revise d forecasts, the state is looking at ending fiscal 2009with $17.3 billiohn in tax revenue for its General down more than $2 billion from 2008. General Fund tax revenu is projected to dropto $15.9 billionj in 2010 and rise to $16.q billion in 2011.
“The picture I have paintec for you is bleak but Sabety told theconference committee. She said the Stricklancd administration is considering a number of options to covedr the shortfall in thenext budget. She did not provide specificsw on what approach maybe taken. Stricklane and most state legislators have said they opposed raising taxes in the currenteconomidc climate. The governor has had to make abouyt $2 billion in adjustments to thecurren two-year budget, including the elimination of 3,60 0 state jobs, closure of a two psychiatric hospitalsx and a youth detention facility. “Taking out $3 billion from the present budget is like startingall over,” said state Rep.
Vernon Sykes, D-Akron, a conference committee member. “We hope the administration willprovidr leadership, guidance and ideas as we move forward in this Two Republicans on the conference committee Sen. John Carey of Wellston and Rep. Ron Amstutz of Woostet – also called for directionn fromthe governor. “This is more than a legislative Amstutz said. “We’re goinh to need some assertive and seriousx leadership from theexecutive branch.” Stricklande did not attend the conference committee meeting.
He was travelingt in northeast Ohio to promote his education reform package that is part of his budget Sabety told the conference committee that revenuee forecasts by the administration over the past year have not kept pace with the fall of the nationall andOhio economies. Ohio’s budget situation is “hardly she said, citing a report from the Nationakl Association of State Budget Officers that found state face aggregate budget shortfalls of atleastf $230 billion from fiscal 2009 through 2011.
Her office’z new estimate projects there willbe $772 millionj less General Fund tax revenue this year than the estimates on which the governor based his budget The tax revenue shortfalls rise to $1.3 billion in fiscalk 2010 and $1.1 billion in 2011. A big factor in the declined is a drop in revenue from auto sales she said. Revenue from that source will be $96 millionj lower in 2010 and $32 million less in 2011 comparex with theearlier forecast. The revisedd non-auto sales tax revenue estimatse is being reducedby $189 million in fiscal 2010 and $331 milliojn in 2011.
The decline is due to a drop in wagex and consumer spending inthe recession, Sabety She said the state’s revenue stream also is being hurt by declines in non-wage income, specifically the capital gains tax on equity investments. The forecast for tax revenue from non-wage incom has been lowered by $926 million in fiscak 2010 and $601 million in 2011. “Thix is by far he largest declinr for any revenue in thereviseds forecasts,” Sabety said.
billion revenue shortfall for the two-yeard state budget cycle beginninhJuly 1. That was the estimatee Pari Sabety, the governor’s budget director, presented to a six-member Housde and Senate conference committee trying to reconcile differences in theitr versions of a state budget bill for fiscal 2010and 2011. They face a June 30 deadlines to present a balanced budget plan to Sabety said new revenue estimates bythe governor’e Office of Budget and Managemenrt are $2.3 billion lower than projections in the spendingh plan the administration presented to the legislaturew earlier this year. That could result in a budgey gapof $3.
2 billion over the next two yearw depending on differences in spending on education and Medicaid in the budget billw that came out of the House and In addition, projected revenue for fiscapl 2009, which ends June 30, is belows the previous estimate by $912.1 million, Sabety said. The statr will need to tap its rainy day fund to cover that gap and balancewthis year’s budget, she said. Under the revise d forecasts, the state is looking at ending fiscal 2009with $17.3 billiohn in tax revenue for its General down more than $2 billion from 2008. General Fund tax revenu is projected to dropto $15.9 billionj in 2010 and rise to $16.q billion in 2011.
“The picture I have paintec for you is bleak but Sabety told theconference committee. She said the Stricklancd administration is considering a number of options to covedr the shortfall in thenext budget. She did not provide specificsw on what approach maybe taken. Stricklane and most state legislators have said they opposed raising taxes in the currenteconomidc climate. The governor has had to make abouyt $2 billion in adjustments to thecurren two-year budget, including the elimination of 3,60 0 state jobs, closure of a two psychiatric hospitalsx and a youth detention facility. “Taking out $3 billion from the present budget is like startingall over,” said state Rep.
Vernon Sykes, D-Akron, a conference committee member. “We hope the administration willprovidr leadership, guidance and ideas as we move forward in this Two Republicans on the conference committee Sen. John Carey of Wellston and Rep. Ron Amstutz of Woostet – also called for directionn fromthe governor. “This is more than a legislative Amstutz said. “We’re goinh to need some assertive and seriousx leadership from theexecutive branch.” Stricklande did not attend the conference committee meeting.
He was travelingt in northeast Ohio to promote his education reform package that is part of his budget Sabety told the conference committee that revenuee forecasts by the administration over the past year have not kept pace with the fall of the nationall andOhio economies. Ohio’s budget situation is “hardly she said, citing a report from the Nationakl Association of State Budget Officers that found state face aggregate budget shortfalls of atleastf $230 billion from fiscal 2009 through 2011.
Her office’z new estimate projects there willbe $772 millionj less General Fund tax revenue this year than the estimates on which the governor based his budget The tax revenue shortfalls rise to $1.3 billion in fiscalk 2010 and $1.1 billion in 2011. A big factor in the declined is a drop in revenue from auto sales she said. Revenue from that source will be $96 millionj lower in 2010 and $32 million less in 2011 comparex with theearlier forecast. The revisedd non-auto sales tax revenue estimatse is being reducedby $189 million in fiscal 2010 and $331 milliojn in 2011.
The decline is due to a drop in wagex and consumer spending inthe recession, Sabety She said the state’s revenue stream also is being hurt by declines in non-wage income, specifically the capital gains tax on equity investments. The forecast for tax revenue from non-wage incom has been lowered by $926 million in fiscak 2010 and $601 million in 2011. “Thix is by far he largest declinr for any revenue in thereviseds forecasts,” Sabety said.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Office Depot Small Business Index Reveals Small Businesses Still Reluctant to Hire - MarketWatch (press release)
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Monday, September 20, 2010
Consider other financing during loan drought - bizjournals:
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One very old but underused option is or accountsreceivable financing, where a thire party buys a company’s outstanding invoices or receivables. “Accounts receivable financin g isn’t a loan,” said Chad regional vice presidentwith A/R “Whenever a company creates an invoice, A/R Funding purchasew that invoice and advances the money to the companyh immediately, which helps their cash flow.” Businesses can then use that cash to coveer cash flow shortages or to finance growth.
“Ig doesn’t have to be a big company, as long as your compan y is doing business with creditworthycustomers [according to] , and we have a few othe groups we use to look at that and we establish credir limits,” Todd said. “We actually have a 90-dayy agreement that you can terminat e atany time, without fees. We only have one fee, which is the fee on our it’s less than 2 percentg for the face amount ofthe invoice.” After tryinyg traditional banks and credit unions, Adam Hoyles, vice presideng of operations for , said it turne d to A/R Funding.
“For whatever traditional lenders “weren’t interested in doing a businesss lineof credit,” Hoyles said. “We were growin and our operations were increasing in both speed and and it was more and more difficult tokeep running. “Clientsx would go 30 to 60 days topay us, but when you send someon e in the field, you stillk have the same payroll. The business still has to run whilre you are waiting toget paid. When I look at my abilitu to predict cash flow on aregulat basis, the fee is absolutely worth Another funding source that’s worth looking into is the ’xs America’s Recovery Capital loans.
Beginninf June 15, the SBA will start guaranteeinygthe loans, up to a maximum of “It’s an unusual loan: The SBA is paying the interest,” said Ralp h Ross, deputy director of SBA’s North Florida districyt office. “We have never done it quite this way The bank will disburse the loanand we’ll stargt making monthly interest payments on the loan straight to the Plus, we guarantee 100 percent of the principall for the bank.” The SBA is still drawinfg up guidelines for the loan, but Ross said it estimatew the program could provide for as many as 10,000 loans. The loan progra m is designed to help businesses that are strugglin g due to theanemic economy.
“Thre idea is it’s just something that a companh can use to help payits bills,” Ross said. “Ther e is still going to be a credirt test; we want to make sure they are viable Chris Rodatz, vice president/SBA lende r at , has already had a number of clientw call to learn more about the program. “Thegy say, ‘We could sure use it. I need to buy or, ‘I’m falling behind on my obligations,’ Rodatz said. For any business that’s investigatinh the ARC loan program, now is the time to “First, they need to contactf their bank to make sure the bank is goint to participate inthe program,” Rodatzz said.
“Then be preparedf to have an updated tax return and personal financestatementss — the basic prequalification materials.” Anothert new SBA funding option in the workse specifically targets vehicle dealers and will allow lenders to provide lines of credit through the 7(a) program for titled inventory. “Dealer floor-planninh is something we traditionally haven’t been involved Ross said. “We raised the size standards,” to allos dealers that normally don’t qualify for 7(a) “And the new program will help us financwe the inventory on theshowroom floor. Any property that has a titlecan That’s a very interesting, new product.
there’s a lot of distress in the auto industry andrelate industries, such as RVs and motorcycles, and we are hopinh to help out with that.”
One very old but underused option is or accountsreceivable financing, where a thire party buys a company’s outstanding invoices or receivables. “Accounts receivable financin g isn’t a loan,” said Chad regional vice presidentwith A/R “Whenever a company creates an invoice, A/R Funding purchasew that invoice and advances the money to the companyh immediately, which helps their cash flow.” Businesses can then use that cash to coveer cash flow shortages or to finance growth.
“Ig doesn’t have to be a big company, as long as your compan y is doing business with creditworthycustomers [according to] , and we have a few othe groups we use to look at that and we establish credir limits,” Todd said. “We actually have a 90-dayy agreement that you can terminat e atany time, without fees. We only have one fee, which is the fee on our it’s less than 2 percentg for the face amount ofthe invoice.” After tryinyg traditional banks and credit unions, Adam Hoyles, vice presideng of operations for , said it turne d to A/R Funding.
“For whatever traditional lenders “weren’t interested in doing a businesss lineof credit,” Hoyles said. “We were growin and our operations were increasing in both speed and and it was more and more difficult tokeep running. “Clientsx would go 30 to 60 days topay us, but when you send someon e in the field, you stillk have the same payroll. The business still has to run whilre you are waiting toget paid. When I look at my abilitu to predict cash flow on aregulat basis, the fee is absolutely worth Another funding source that’s worth looking into is the ’xs America’s Recovery Capital loans.
Beginninf June 15, the SBA will start guaranteeinygthe loans, up to a maximum of “It’s an unusual loan: The SBA is paying the interest,” said Ralp h Ross, deputy director of SBA’s North Florida districyt office. “We have never done it quite this way The bank will disburse the loanand we’ll stargt making monthly interest payments on the loan straight to the Plus, we guarantee 100 percent of the principall for the bank.” The SBA is still drawinfg up guidelines for the loan, but Ross said it estimatew the program could provide for as many as 10,000 loans. The loan progra m is designed to help businesses that are strugglin g due to theanemic economy.
“Thre idea is it’s just something that a companh can use to help payits bills,” Ross said. “Ther e is still going to be a credirt test; we want to make sure they are viable Chris Rodatz, vice president/SBA lende r at , has already had a number of clientw call to learn more about the program. “Thegy say, ‘We could sure use it. I need to buy or, ‘I’m falling behind on my obligations,’ Rodatz said. For any business that’s investigatinh the ARC loan program, now is the time to “First, they need to contactf their bank to make sure the bank is goint to participate inthe program,” Rodatzz said.
“Then be preparedf to have an updated tax return and personal financestatementss — the basic prequalification materials.” Anothert new SBA funding option in the workse specifically targets vehicle dealers and will allow lenders to provide lines of credit through the 7(a) program for titled inventory. “Dealer floor-planninh is something we traditionally haven’t been involved Ross said. “We raised the size standards,” to allos dealers that normally don’t qualify for 7(a) “And the new program will help us financwe the inventory on theshowroom floor. Any property that has a titlecan That’s a very interesting, new product.
there’s a lot of distress in the auto industry andrelate industries, such as RVs and motorcycles, and we are hopinh to help out with that.”
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