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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.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Arte France names president - C21Media
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
'Botox Bandit' gets 5 years for burglaries - UPI.com
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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:
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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:
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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
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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
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