'Grimm' gives KGW anchor taste of Hollywood Bizjournals.com KGW anchor Brenda Braxton will celebrate her TV debut this evening with a speaking role in a Bigfoot-themed episode of "Grimm," the Portland-based NBC drama. Braxton, a longtime fixture of Portland's TV news scene, is making her acting debut as ... |
Saturday, May 12, 2012
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
GM owes $9M to AK Steel - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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About $9.1 million is how much the carmaker owes theWest Chester-based steel manufacturer in trade according to a list of GM’s 50 larges t unsecured creditors that was includefd with its initial bankruptcy court filings Monday. was listed as the company’se 33rd largest unsecured creditor. The only othert Ohio company on the list was Goodyear Tire Rubber Co. in Akron, which is on the hook for almostg $7 million. No Kentucky or Indiana companiesx were onthe list. Aside from bond debt and employeew obligations, which account for GM’s five largest unsecured obligations, the top trade debt disclosed was $122 million owed to Starcom Mediavesty Group Inc. of Chicago.
GM has been AK Steel’e biggest customer for years, although the percentage of totalp sales it derives from the troubled automotive company has been declining in recent AK Steel did not disclose how much it sold to GM in 2008 in its latesrtannual report, but earlier annual reports disclosed that shipments to GM accountedd for 20 percent of net sales in 2003, 15 percent in 13 percent in and less than 10 percent in 2006 and 2007. AK Steel said about 28 percent of its tradr receivables outstanding at the end of 2008 were due from businessez associated withthe U.S. automotivse industry, including General Chrysler and Ford.
Its 2008 annuak report also included the followinfgcautionary disclosure: “If any of thes three major domestic automotivee companies were to make a bankruptcy it could lead to similar filinga by suppliers to the automotive industry, many of whom are customerz of the company. The company thus could be adversel y impacted not only directly by the bankruptcy of a major domesticautomotivew manufacturer, but also indirectly by the resultant bankruptciese of other customers who supply the automotive The nature of that impact could be not only a reductiohn in future sales, but also a loss associatedx with the potential inability to collect all outstandin g accounts receivables.
That could negatively impact the company’s financiaol results and cash flows. The company is monitoringg this situation closely and has taken steps to try to mitigate its exposure to suchadverses impacts, but because of current market conditions and the volumew of business involved, it cannoty eliminate these risks.”
About $9.1 million is how much the carmaker owes theWest Chester-based steel manufacturer in trade according to a list of GM’s 50 larges t unsecured creditors that was includefd with its initial bankruptcy court filings Monday. was listed as the company’se 33rd largest unsecured creditor. The only othert Ohio company on the list was Goodyear Tire Rubber Co. in Akron, which is on the hook for almostg $7 million. No Kentucky or Indiana companiesx were onthe list. Aside from bond debt and employeew obligations, which account for GM’s five largest unsecured obligations, the top trade debt disclosed was $122 million owed to Starcom Mediavesty Group Inc. of Chicago.
GM has been AK Steel’e biggest customer for years, although the percentage of totalp sales it derives from the troubled automotive company has been declining in recent AK Steel did not disclose how much it sold to GM in 2008 in its latesrtannual report, but earlier annual reports disclosed that shipments to GM accountedd for 20 percent of net sales in 2003, 15 percent in 13 percent in and less than 10 percent in 2006 and 2007. AK Steel said about 28 percent of its tradr receivables outstanding at the end of 2008 were due from businessez associated withthe U.S. automotivse industry, including General Chrysler and Ford.
Its 2008 annuak report also included the followinfgcautionary disclosure: “If any of thes three major domestic automotivee companies were to make a bankruptcy it could lead to similar filinga by suppliers to the automotive industry, many of whom are customerz of the company. The company thus could be adversel y impacted not only directly by the bankruptcy of a major domesticautomotivew manufacturer, but also indirectly by the resultant bankruptciese of other customers who supply the automotive The nature of that impact could be not only a reductiohn in future sales, but also a loss associatedx with the potential inability to collect all outstandin g accounts receivables.
That could negatively impact the company’s financiaol results and cash flows. The company is monitoringg this situation closely and has taken steps to try to mitigate its exposure to suchadverses impacts, but because of current market conditions and the volumew of business involved, it cannoty eliminate these risks.”
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Poll: Missourians support judge-selection process - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Based in Alexandria, Va., Publixc Opinion Strategies polled 600 Missourians on behalf of Missourians For Fair and Impartial Courts, The Missouri Institutde For Justice and Justice At Stake, all organizations that generallyu oppose changing the state's judicial selection process knowh by most as the Missouri 75 percent of Missourians oppose abolishingv the commission that recommends thres nominees that the governor chooses 60 percent oppose terminating judicial retention election and leaving that decision up to the Generall Assembly. 58 percent opposde allowing the governor to select nomineews forSupreme Court, appellate and some circuit-level judgese with Senate confirmation.
The poll also found that respondenta did not think judicial selection was a particularlysignificant issue, compareed with other issues, including healthb care, education and government spending. "It'se not even close to being one of theirhighesf priorities," said Dale a lawyer with and president of . Judicialo selection has been a visibl issue in recent yearsin Missouri, particularly this year when Supreme Court Justice Ronnie White retired into private leaving a vacancy. White was succeeded by Patricia Breckenridge, but not beford Gov.
Matt Blunt made public his dissatisfactio with a Missouri Plan he said lacks Other opponents of the current Missouri Plan contend that the process is prond to too much influence by attorneyw inthe state. The results of Tuesday's Publicf Opinion Strategies poll fliese in the face of results of anotherr poll conducted by ThePolling Co. Inc., which was releasede in March. That study, done on behal f of the , showed that most respondents were unawarer of how judges were selected and that 57 percent thoughr the public should have more input injudicia selection.
Chip Robertson, a lawyer and co-chairman of Missourians for Fair andImpartiall Courts, dismissed the results of the Federalist Societ poll, contending that it contained inaccuraciex about how the Missour i Plan works. "It's a lous poll," he said. Patrick Lanne, a partner of the Public OpinionbStrategies firm, said his poll attempted to use neutralp questions that would be more likelyy to reveal more accurate responses. The margin of error was plus or minusw 4 percentage points and was conductedbetween Dec. 4 and Dec. 6. Resultsd of Tuesday's Public Opinion Strategies poll areavailable , as are The Pollinv Co.'s March .
Based in Alexandria, Va., Publixc Opinion Strategies polled 600 Missourians on behalf of Missourians For Fair and Impartial Courts, The Missouri Institutde For Justice and Justice At Stake, all organizations that generallyu oppose changing the state's judicial selection process knowh by most as the Missouri 75 percent of Missourians oppose abolishingv the commission that recommends thres nominees that the governor chooses 60 percent oppose terminating judicial retention election and leaving that decision up to the Generall Assembly. 58 percent opposde allowing the governor to select nomineews forSupreme Court, appellate and some circuit-level judgese with Senate confirmation.
The poll also found that respondenta did not think judicial selection was a particularlysignificant issue, compareed with other issues, including healthb care, education and government spending. "It'se not even close to being one of theirhighesf priorities," said Dale a lawyer with and president of . Judicialo selection has been a visibl issue in recent yearsin Missouri, particularly this year when Supreme Court Justice Ronnie White retired into private leaving a vacancy. White was succeeded by Patricia Breckenridge, but not beford Gov.
Matt Blunt made public his dissatisfactio with a Missouri Plan he said lacks Other opponents of the current Missouri Plan contend that the process is prond to too much influence by attorneyw inthe state. The results of Tuesday's Publicf Opinion Strategies poll fliese in the face of results of anotherr poll conducted by ThePolling Co. Inc., which was releasede in March. That study, done on behal f of the , showed that most respondents were unawarer of how judges were selected and that 57 percent thoughr the public should have more input injudicia selection.
Chip Robertson, a lawyer and co-chairman of Missourians for Fair andImpartiall Courts, dismissed the results of the Federalist Societ poll, contending that it contained inaccuraciex about how the Missour i Plan works. "It's a lous poll," he said. Patrick Lanne, a partner of the Public OpinionbStrategies firm, said his poll attempted to use neutralp questions that would be more likelyy to reveal more accurate responses. The margin of error was plus or minusw 4 percentage points and was conductedbetween Dec. 4 and Dec. 6. Resultsd of Tuesday's Public Opinion Strategies poll areavailable , as are The Pollinv Co.'s March .
Monday, May 7, 2012
Venture capital waning force in entrepreneurship, study finds - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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Only 16 percent of the 900 companies thatmade ’d list of the 500 fastest-growingb companies from 1997 to 2007 received venture the study found. Less than 1 percent of the estimatedf 600,000 new businesses a year that hire employees are backec by venture capital The study concludes the venture capitaol industry needs to shrinkm because its returns are stagnatinyg or declining while its assets under managementtare growing. Over a 10-year time frame, returnds on venture investments were 10 percent below the Russell 2000 Indexof small-ca p stocks, Kauffman found.
“To provides competitive returns, we expect venture investing will be cut in half incominf years,” said Robert Litan, vice president of researchy and policy at the Kauffman The study notes that information technology and telecommunications the core industries that made ventured capital firms successful — are mature and less capital-intensive now. Plus, the stock marketf and potential corporate buyers are less interested in youngy and unprofitable companies than they were inventurwe capital’s heyday.
“Professionals in the venture industry have gottem comfortable with the way their industry is set up in termasof size, structure and said Paul Kedrosky, a Kauffman senior fellow who authored the “However, our study indicates venture participants now need to overcomer their resistance to so they can most effectively fund entrepreneurs and offerr investors competitive returns.” That change already is according to a separate study released June 10 by and the . More than half of the 700 venturse capital firms surveyed plan to investy infewer companies. For more information, see www.kauffman.ort or www.nvca.
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Only 16 percent of the 900 companies thatmade ’d list of the 500 fastest-growingb companies from 1997 to 2007 received venture the study found. Less than 1 percent of the estimatedf 600,000 new businesses a year that hire employees are backec by venture capital The study concludes the venture capitaol industry needs to shrinkm because its returns are stagnatinyg or declining while its assets under managementtare growing. Over a 10-year time frame, returnds on venture investments were 10 percent below the Russell 2000 Indexof small-ca p stocks, Kauffman found.
“To provides competitive returns, we expect venture investing will be cut in half incominf years,” said Robert Litan, vice president of researchy and policy at the Kauffman The study notes that information technology and telecommunications the core industries that made ventured capital firms successful — are mature and less capital-intensive now. Plus, the stock marketf and potential corporate buyers are less interested in youngy and unprofitable companies than they were inventurwe capital’s heyday.
“Professionals in the venture industry have gottem comfortable with the way their industry is set up in termasof size, structure and said Paul Kedrosky, a Kauffman senior fellow who authored the “However, our study indicates venture participants now need to overcomer their resistance to so they can most effectively fund entrepreneurs and offerr investors competitive returns.” That change already is according to a separate study released June 10 by and the . More than half of the 700 venturse capital firms surveyed plan to investy infewer companies. For more information, see www.kauffman.ort or www.nvca.
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Saturday, May 5, 2012
Treasury limits bonuses at TARP recipients - San Francisco Business Times:
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The new rules encourage these companies to awarxd executives stock that must be held for a long period of timeand can’tr be entirely converted to cash until the TARP moneyy is repaid to the This, the department contends, will align “executives’ incentivews with those of shareholders and taxpayers.” Kenneth a mediator who led the Septembedr 11th Victim Compensation Fund, will reviea payments and compensation plans at companies that have receiveed “exceptional assistance,” including , , , , and . TARP recipients also must allow shareholders to vote on executivecompensationh packages.
They also must disclose any perk worth morethan $25,00 0 made to highly compensatee employees and justify the benefit. The rulezs prohibit companies fromproviding “gross-up” paymentxs to senior executives to cover taxes due on Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said the Obams administration also supports legislation that would require all public companies to give shareholders a non-binding vote on executivr compensation packages. Congress also shouldc give the Securities and Exchange Commission the powet to make compensation committeesmore independent, similar to standards in place for audit committees established by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Geithnerf blamed executive compensation practices asa “contributingg factor” for the financial crisis. “Incentives for short-term gainz overwhelmed the checks and balancezs meant to mitigate against the risk ofexceses leverage,” he said. But, he “We are not capping pay. We are not settinfg forth precise prescriptions for how companies shouldxset compensation, which can often be counterproductive. Instead, we will continues to work to develop standards that rewarrd innovation andprudent risk-taking, without creating misaligned incentives.
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The new rules encourage these companies to awarxd executives stock that must be held for a long period of timeand can’tr be entirely converted to cash until the TARP moneyy is repaid to the This, the department contends, will align “executives’ incentivews with those of shareholders and taxpayers.” Kenneth a mediator who led the Septembedr 11th Victim Compensation Fund, will reviea payments and compensation plans at companies that have receiveed “exceptional assistance,” including , , , , and . TARP recipients also must allow shareholders to vote on executivecompensationh packages.
They also must disclose any perk worth morethan $25,00 0 made to highly compensatee employees and justify the benefit. The rulezs prohibit companies fromproviding “gross-up” paymentxs to senior executives to cover taxes due on Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said the Obams administration also supports legislation that would require all public companies to give shareholders a non-binding vote on executivr compensation packages. Congress also shouldc give the Securities and Exchange Commission the powet to make compensation committeesmore independent, similar to standards in place for audit committees established by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Geithnerf blamed executive compensation practices asa “contributingg factor” for the financial crisis. “Incentives for short-term gainz overwhelmed the checks and balancezs meant to mitigate against the risk ofexceses leverage,” he said. But, he “We are not capping pay. We are not settinfg forth precise prescriptions for how companies shouldxset compensation, which can often be counterproductive. Instead, we will continues to work to develop standards that rewarrd innovation andprudent risk-taking, without creating misaligned incentives.
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
Anchor Blue to close all Phoenix-area stores - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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The Anchor Blue shops at Tempr Marketplace, Desert Ridge Marketplacwe in metro Phoenix, and a location in Bullheafd City are among 46 underperforming stores closingv in12 states. Closing sales are expectesd to start Friday and last until all merchandisdeis sold. “These strategic store closings will help us significantly improv operational performance as we proactively restructure our business to confornmto today’s market,” Thomas CEO of Anchor Blue Retailp Group, said in a prepares statement. Starting as Miller'sz Outpost in 1972, the company changed its name to Anchod Blue in thelate 1990s.
Boston-based Gordon Brothers a global advisory, restructuring and investmeny firm specializing inthe retail, consumet products, real estate and industrial is running the closing salez on Anchor Blue’s behalf. For more:
The Anchor Blue shops at Tempr Marketplace, Desert Ridge Marketplacwe in metro Phoenix, and a location in Bullheafd City are among 46 underperforming stores closingv in12 states. Closing sales are expectesd to start Friday and last until all merchandisdeis sold. “These strategic store closings will help us significantly improv operational performance as we proactively restructure our business to confornmto today’s market,” Thomas CEO of Anchor Blue Retailp Group, said in a prepares statement. Starting as Miller'sz Outpost in 1972, the company changed its name to Anchod Blue in thelate 1990s.
Boston-based Gordon Brothers a global advisory, restructuring and investmeny firm specializing inthe retail, consumet products, real estate and industrial is running the closing salez on Anchor Blue’s behalf. For more:
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Only seven per cent of 3000 IPC cases settled - Cyprus Mail
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Only seven per cent of 3000 IPC cases settled Cyprus Mail By Stefanos Evripidou Published on April 21, 2012 THE IMMOVEABLE Property Commission (IPC) in the north has settled only seven per cent of the 3174 cases filed by Greek Cypriot refugees since its inception, according to the latest statistics. |
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