Review: 'Pudding Monsters' cute, creative puzzle game USA TODAY Now, the studio behind the successful Cut the Rope series hopes to strike similar magic with Pudding Monsters for Google Android and Apple iOS devices. Whether it matches the 250 million downloads of ZeptoLab's debut game remains to be seen, but ... |
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Review: 'Pudding Monsters' cute, creative puzzle game - USA TODAY
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Las Vegas police suspect casino worker killed young girl - Newsday
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Newsday | Las Vegas police suspect casino worker killed young girl Newsday LAS VEGAS - Police suspect that a casino worker killed a 10-year-girl before going to a Las Vegas resort and » |
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Eat your vegetables in the New Year - Burbank Leader
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Eat your vegetables in the New Year Burbank Leader ... care about our health, our environment and our treatment of animals. In January, First Lady Michelle Obama unveiled revamped federal guidelines requiring school cafeterias to serve more fruits, vegetables and whole grains and less sodium and animal ... |
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Blayne Barber Captures Winter Series Tournament at Southern Dunes Golf Club ... - The Ledger
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Blayne Barber Captures Winter Series Tournament at Southern Dunes Golf Club ... The Ledger Blayne Barber of Lake City fired a 7-under-par 65 in the final round on Thursday to win the NGA Bridgestone Winter Series golf tournament at Southern Dunes Golf Club in Haines City. Barber finished the 54-hole event at 11-under par, coming from four ... |
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Auditors voice 'doubt' about GM's future - Business First of Buffalo:
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That picture emerged Thursday in ’s annual where its auditors voiced “substantial doubt” abouyt GM’s ability to continue operating. In the report, the company said that cited recurrinf lossesfrom operations, a sharp decline in stock price and an inabilithy to generate enough cash to meet its obligationsw as casting doubt on GM beint able to continue as a going concern. The disclosurw about a company that has been inseparably linked to jobs and the economty of Western New York for nearlhy90 years, means that Chapter 11 protection for GM might not be far away, said a Buffalop expert in corporate bankruptcgy law.
“Unless the government comee up with additionalbailoutf assistance, it confirms that Chapter 11 will happeh in the near term,” said Garry Graber, a lawyee with . “They have a cash issue -- not enoughg cash flow without government infusion to continue to he said. “When a company gets into a position like they can only borrow inside of bankruptcy becauswe lenders are reluctant to lend to a company alreadythaving trouble. Loans get more protectionm inside (Chapter 11),” said Graber, who also is an adjuncf professor at the University at Buffalo Law where he has taught Chapterf 11 bankruptcy law for19 years. Even after havingg been approvedfor $13.
4 billion in federal aid, GM’s financial situation in the worsgt auto sales climate in nearly three decadeds spells trouble for its Town of Tonawandza engine plant andits 1,400 employees. It also complicatesw the future of its formerparts , which has operated under Chapter 11 protectioh since October 2005. Delphi was spun off as an independent companyu in 1999 and held the titleof world’x largest supplier of automotive componentes until a few years ago. Delphu has been counting on GM to help itout financially. Therwe have been discussions on the possibility of General Motors taking back fiveof Delphi'd plants, including the one in Lockport.
GM said Thursdayg that in 2008 itlost $30.9 the second largest loss in the company’s 100-year In addition to the federal the company also is seeking as much as $16.6 billion is restructuring by eliminatingg 47,000 jobs this year, closing or selling its Saab and Hummer brands, and is seekintg $6 billion in aid outside the United Bruce McCain, chief investment strategist for , describede the current environment as “a long-term restructuringv of the economy.” But for their suppliers and dealers, McCain agrees with one economist who said on Tuesday, the day that U.S.
automakere reported February sales plunged more than37 percent: “We are in an automotived depression amid ‘The Great Recession.’” GM had the biggest year-to-year decline amongg the largest companies with a 53.1 percentt drop.
That picture emerged Thursday in ’s annual where its auditors voiced “substantial doubt” abouyt GM’s ability to continue operating. In the report, the company said that cited recurrinf lossesfrom operations, a sharp decline in stock price and an inabilithy to generate enough cash to meet its obligationsw as casting doubt on GM beint able to continue as a going concern. The disclosurw about a company that has been inseparably linked to jobs and the economty of Western New York for nearlhy90 years, means that Chapter 11 protection for GM might not be far away, said a Buffalop expert in corporate bankruptcgy law.
“Unless the government comee up with additionalbailoutf assistance, it confirms that Chapter 11 will happeh in the near term,” said Garry Graber, a lawyee with . “They have a cash issue -- not enoughg cash flow without government infusion to continue to he said. “When a company gets into a position like they can only borrow inside of bankruptcy becauswe lenders are reluctant to lend to a company alreadythaving trouble. Loans get more protectionm inside (Chapter 11),” said Graber, who also is an adjuncf professor at the University at Buffalo Law where he has taught Chapterf 11 bankruptcy law for19 years. Even after havingg been approvedfor $13.
4 billion in federal aid, GM’s financial situation in the worsgt auto sales climate in nearly three decadeds spells trouble for its Town of Tonawandza engine plant andits 1,400 employees. It also complicatesw the future of its formerparts , which has operated under Chapter 11 protectioh since October 2005. Delphi was spun off as an independent companyu in 1999 and held the titleof world’x largest supplier of automotive componentes until a few years ago. Delphu has been counting on GM to help itout financially. Therwe have been discussions on the possibility of General Motors taking back fiveof Delphi'd plants, including the one in Lockport.
GM said Thursdayg that in 2008 itlost $30.9 the second largest loss in the company’s 100-year In addition to the federal the company also is seeking as much as $16.6 billion is restructuring by eliminatingg 47,000 jobs this year, closing or selling its Saab and Hummer brands, and is seekintg $6 billion in aid outside the United Bruce McCain, chief investment strategist for , describede the current environment as “a long-term restructuringv of the economy.” But for their suppliers and dealers, McCain agrees with one economist who said on Tuesday, the day that U.S.
automakere reported February sales plunged more than37 percent: “We are in an automotived depression amid ‘The Great Recession.’” GM had the biggest year-to-year decline amongg the largest companies with a 53.1 percentt drop.
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NCR a huge technology win - San Antonio Business Journal:
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The region’s marketers plan to leveragre the NCR relocation to sell Atlanta as a burgeoninytechnology hub, winning new corporate converts and continuing the virtuous cycle. “Brane names are very important to the identity of a city and to itscultural profile,” said Sam Williams, president of the . “When you begim to get brand nameslike , , Deltq ... NCR — these brane names start to tell a message about what your city Whilea world-class airport, workforce and low businesxs costs help Atlanta’s economid developers get corporate prospects to take theifr calls, having brand names like NCR and Corp. in the regionn helps close the deal.
The fact NCR picked Atlanta from anationwide search, “sayz it better than anything we can said Melanie Brandt, a business development managerd at the . The relocation, Brandt said, signalas NCR is confident it can recruit tech professionalsa from around the worldd to metro Atlantaand “know that they are goinv to be comfortable ... living and working and playinh and raising afamily here.
” Metro Atlanta is “almost on the short list for tech companies lookingy to relocate or expand on the East said Vicki Horton, a location consultant involved with Porsche’s North America headquarters relocation to While metro Atlanta is unlikely to be confuseed with tech meccas, such as Siliconj Valley or Silicon Alley, its relatively low cost of infrastructure and industry clusters keep it in the crosshairs of corporatde site selectors. “You don’tg have to be the fastesf gazelle, you just have to be at the fronty ofthe [herd],” said Kris president of Ackerman Co.
, a commercial real estate services The NCR deal is an economic development The maker of ATMs and self-servicew kiosks will relocate its global headquarters to Duluthu — bringing about 1,250 Atlanta Business Chronicle firs t reported June 1. NCR also plana to open a manufacturing operationin Ga., where it will employ nearly 900. As a companu that straddles both technologyand NCR’s relocation can be used to pitch to advanced manufacturingb companies, sources said. The NCR win will help open saidKen Stewart, commissioner of the Georgia Departmentg of Economic Development.
“Companieds that we go and sell to know that NCR has done its duediligencee [on the region as a headquarters site],” Stewart Luring a blue-chip firm such as NCR also givews economic developers a chance to markett the region to suppliers and said Horton, principal at LLC. “Oncr you have an NCR, or an Horton said, their support firms and vendors tend to gravitatw to the regionbecause “they like to be closere to the big dog.” NCR is the latest tech company to be sold on metrio Atlanta. On May 22, Atlanta Businesws Chronicle reported that BlackBerry developer plans to create about200 high-tech jobs at an Alpharettw data center and developmentf operation.
On May 11, Atlanta-based said it would add more than 600 These investments, sources said, are driven by the region’s highly educated workforce, researchj universities and technology business cluster. Clusters offet validation, Ackerman’s Miller “It’s kind of like double-checking your work in he quipped. “If everybody in the class gets 21 asan there’s good chance 21’s right.” Metro Atlanta’x demographic leans toward the “young and — educated 20- to 35-year-oldsd — that tech firms rely on to maintai vibrant and innovative workplace cultures.
NCR viewsa the city’s academic institutions, such as Georgiaq Tech, not only as a labor pool to fish from, but a partner for joinyt innovationand development, NCR CEO Bill Nuti said. The region’ s relatively robust economy, its supply-chain logistics infrastructure and itscorporatew base, also lured NCR. “We looked at all of thesee factors,” Nuti said, “and Georgiqa scored amongst the highest ofall states.
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The region’s marketers plan to leveragre the NCR relocation to sell Atlanta as a burgeoninytechnology hub, winning new corporate converts and continuing the virtuous cycle. “Brane names are very important to the identity of a city and to itscultural profile,” said Sam Williams, president of the . “When you begim to get brand nameslike , , Deltq ... NCR — these brane names start to tell a message about what your city Whilea world-class airport, workforce and low businesxs costs help Atlanta’s economid developers get corporate prospects to take theifr calls, having brand names like NCR and Corp. in the regionn helps close the deal.
The fact NCR picked Atlanta from anationwide search, “sayz it better than anything we can said Melanie Brandt, a business development managerd at the . The relocation, Brandt said, signalas NCR is confident it can recruit tech professionalsa from around the worldd to metro Atlantaand “know that they are goinv to be comfortable ... living and working and playinh and raising afamily here.
” Metro Atlanta is “almost on the short list for tech companies lookingy to relocate or expand on the East said Vicki Horton, a location consultant involved with Porsche’s North America headquarters relocation to While metro Atlanta is unlikely to be confuseed with tech meccas, such as Siliconj Valley or Silicon Alley, its relatively low cost of infrastructure and industry clusters keep it in the crosshairs of corporatde site selectors. “You don’tg have to be the fastesf gazelle, you just have to be at the fronty ofthe [herd],” said Kris president of Ackerman Co.
, a commercial real estate services The NCR deal is an economic development The maker of ATMs and self-servicew kiosks will relocate its global headquarters to Duluthu — bringing about 1,250 Atlanta Business Chronicle firs t reported June 1. NCR also plana to open a manufacturing operationin Ga., where it will employ nearly 900. As a companu that straddles both technologyand NCR’s relocation can be used to pitch to advanced manufacturingb companies, sources said. The NCR win will help open saidKen Stewart, commissioner of the Georgia Departmentg of Economic Development.
“Companieds that we go and sell to know that NCR has done its duediligencee [on the region as a headquarters site],” Stewart Luring a blue-chip firm such as NCR also givews economic developers a chance to markett the region to suppliers and said Horton, principal at LLC. “Oncr you have an NCR, or an Horton said, their support firms and vendors tend to gravitatw to the regionbecause “they like to be closere to the big dog.” NCR is the latest tech company to be sold on metrio Atlanta. On May 22, Atlanta Businesws Chronicle reported that BlackBerry developer plans to create about200 high-tech jobs at an Alpharettw data center and developmentf operation.
On May 11, Atlanta-based said it would add more than 600 These investments, sources said, are driven by the region’s highly educated workforce, researchj universities and technology business cluster. Clusters offet validation, Ackerman’s Miller “It’s kind of like double-checking your work in he quipped. “If everybody in the class gets 21 asan there’s good chance 21’s right.” Metro Atlanta’x demographic leans toward the “young and — educated 20- to 35-year-oldsd — that tech firms rely on to maintai vibrant and innovative workplace cultures.
NCR viewsa the city’s academic institutions, such as Georgiaq Tech, not only as a labor pool to fish from, but a partner for joinyt innovationand development, NCR CEO Bill Nuti said. The region’ s relatively robust economy, its supply-chain logistics infrastructure and itscorporatew base, also lured NCR. “We looked at all of thesee factors,” Nuti said, “and Georgiqa scored amongst the highest ofall states.
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DynCorp lands $915M aviation contract - Baltimore Business Journal:
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Falls Church-based DynCorp (NYSE: DCP) will provider the Department of State with aviation and aviatioj support services in Iraq undet the terms of the deal which has one base year andfour one-year options. If all options are exercised the total value of the projecrtis $915 million. DynCorlp reported $813 million in its latest quarter. “Thixs award is a tremendously important opportunity for DynCoro International to support the safety and securityof U.S. diplomatic personne serving in Iraq,” said DynCorp CEO Williamk L. Ballhaus.
“It’s an honor to contribute to our government’s effortsd to promote peace and stability in for us as a companyh and for every persoh who serveswith us.” DynCorp said the award, to provide ground and flight operations, as well as basing and maintenancr of rotary wing and fixed air assets, began with a transition period June 15, 2009 and will reac full operation on September 4, 2009.
Falls Church-based DynCorp (NYSE: DCP) will provider the Department of State with aviation and aviatioj support services in Iraq undet the terms of the deal which has one base year andfour one-year options. If all options are exercised the total value of the projecrtis $915 million. DynCorlp reported $813 million in its latest quarter. “Thixs award is a tremendously important opportunity for DynCoro International to support the safety and securityof U.S. diplomatic personne serving in Iraq,” said DynCorp CEO Williamk L. Ballhaus.
“It’s an honor to contribute to our government’s effortsd to promote peace and stability in for us as a companyh and for every persoh who serveswith us.” DynCorp said the award, to provide ground and flight operations, as well as basing and maintenancr of rotary wing and fixed air assets, began with a transition period June 15, 2009 and will reac full operation on September 4, 2009.
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Questionable cricket selection - DAWN.com
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Hallmark offers e-card subscription plan - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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The plan includes all the Kansad City-based company’s premium e-cards and licensed e-cards with hit music, TV showss and movies, Hallmark said in a release. The company sells its premium e-cards for 99 centsa each. Customers can personalize and Hallmark will send them anytimew during thesubscription period. Hallmark also offersw a reminder service andaddressx book. “We know people enjoy connecting with theirr friends and family byusing e-cards featuringy their favorite characters, movies and Hallmark Product Manager Shelley Mathews said in the release. “Thiws plan makes it easy and convenient to sendthose e-cardx when they’re needed.
Consumers can select and addresstheir e-cards aheaxd of time, and Hallmark will send them out righty on time.” The company didn’t say how much revenud it hopes the plan will A spokeswoman couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.
The plan includes all the Kansad City-based company’s premium e-cards and licensed e-cards with hit music, TV showss and movies, Hallmark said in a release. The company sells its premium e-cards for 99 centsa each. Customers can personalize and Hallmark will send them anytimew during thesubscription period. Hallmark also offersw a reminder service andaddressx book. “We know people enjoy connecting with theirr friends and family byusing e-cards featuringy their favorite characters, movies and Hallmark Product Manager Shelley Mathews said in the release. “Thiws plan makes it easy and convenient to sendthose e-cardx when they’re needed.
Consumers can select and addresstheir e-cards aheaxd of time, and Hallmark will send them out righty on time.” The company didn’t say how much revenud it hopes the plan will A spokeswoman couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.
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Six Flags, former Elitch Gardens owner, files for Chapter 11 - Triangle Business Journal:
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The board of Six Flags SIXF) voted last week to begin reorganization proceedingsin U.S. Bankruptcg Court for the District of The company listed assetsxof $3.03 billion and debts of $2.36 billio n in its filing. Cascade the investment firm for Microsoft founder Bill owns 11.1 percent of the voting securities in New York-basedr Six Flags, the largest share, bankruptcy documents show. Six Flags has 97.7 million shares of common stockoand 1.1 million shares of preferredx stock. "The current management team inheritefa $2.4 billion debt load that cannog be sustained, particularly in these challenging financial said Mark Shapiro, president and CEO of Six in a statement.
"As a result, we are cleaning up the past and positionin g the company for futuregrowth ... Following a record year of performance in which completedthe three-year turnaround of our system-wide park this action to cleanb up the balance sheet paves the way for a full revivao of the company," Shapiro said. Elitch Gardensx had operated for more than a century at a northwest Denver site. The old Elitch Gardens shut down in and a new version of the amusement park opened a year later indowntown Denver. The local Gurtleer family and its financiakl partners sold the new park to PremierParks Inc.
in 1996 for $65 It became Six Flags Elitch Gardens twoyearzs later, when Premier acquired Six Flags Inc. and changed its corporatee name toSix Flags. Six Flags sold off Elitch' and other properties in 2007 in a serie s of transactions that left the Denver attraction in the handxs of CNL IncomeProperties Inc., a real estat e investment trust based in Orlando, Fla. CNL reportedlu paid $312 million for the CNL arranged for Parc Managemenr LLC of Florida tomanage Elitch's. Six Flagss now operates about 20 Norty Americanamusement parks.
The board of Six Flags SIXF) voted last week to begin reorganization proceedingsin U.S. Bankruptcg Court for the District of The company listed assetsxof $3.03 billion and debts of $2.36 billio n in its filing. Cascade the investment firm for Microsoft founder Bill owns 11.1 percent of the voting securities in New York-basedr Six Flags, the largest share, bankruptcy documents show. Six Flags has 97.7 million shares of common stockoand 1.1 million shares of preferredx stock. "The current management team inheritefa $2.4 billion debt load that cannog be sustained, particularly in these challenging financial said Mark Shapiro, president and CEO of Six in a statement.
"As a result, we are cleaning up the past and positionin g the company for futuregrowth ... Following a record year of performance in which completedthe three-year turnaround of our system-wide park this action to cleanb up the balance sheet paves the way for a full revivao of the company," Shapiro said. Elitch Gardensx had operated for more than a century at a northwest Denver site. The old Elitch Gardens shut down in and a new version of the amusement park opened a year later indowntown Denver. The local Gurtleer family and its financiakl partners sold the new park to PremierParks Inc.
in 1996 for $65 It became Six Flags Elitch Gardens twoyearzs later, when Premier acquired Six Flags Inc. and changed its corporatee name toSix Flags. Six Flags sold off Elitch' and other properties in 2007 in a serie s of transactions that left the Denver attraction in the handxs of CNL IncomeProperties Inc., a real estat e investment trust based in Orlando, Fla. CNL reportedlu paid $312 million for the CNL arranged for Parc Managemenr LLC of Florida tomanage Elitch's. Six Flagss now operates about 20 Norty Americanamusement parks.
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Lane4 completes purchase of three Kansas City-area shopping centers - Kansas City Business Journal:
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million. The Kansas City Business Journal reported that the Prairie Village the Corinth Square shoppint center in Prairie Village and the Fairwaty Shops in Fairway were under contract to investors led by aKansas City-based commercial real estate brokerager and development firm. Highwoods HIW), based in Raleigh, N.C., disclosexd the sale price in aThursday release. The threwe shopping centers have a combined 2009 appraised valuw ofabout $64 million, according to figures from the Johnsojn County Appraiser’s Office. The three shopping centers containm 416,000 square feet combiner and were, on 94.
5 percent leased and 55 years old, Highwoods The properties generate a combined annual cash net operatinv income ofabout $5.4 The new owners plan no “immediatre major changes” to the shopping centers, Jeff senior vice president and principal of said in a separate releasee Thursday. “We intend to enhance and upgrade the centers as opportunities arise over time, but these improvementss will not change their basic character,” Lane4r President Owen Buckley said in the “We look forward to taking good care of them and feel they representy an excellent opportunity to invest in our community.
” Kansads City developer Jesse Clyde Nichols built the grocery-anchoredr shopping centers in the mid-1900s, and the JC Nichola Co. sold them to Highwoods in 1998.
million. The Kansas City Business Journal reported that the Prairie Village the Corinth Square shoppint center in Prairie Village and the Fairwaty Shops in Fairway were under contract to investors led by aKansas City-based commercial real estate brokerager and development firm. Highwoods HIW), based in Raleigh, N.C., disclosexd the sale price in aThursday release. The threwe shopping centers have a combined 2009 appraised valuw ofabout $64 million, according to figures from the Johnsojn County Appraiser’s Office. The three shopping centers containm 416,000 square feet combiner and were, on 94.
5 percent leased and 55 years old, Highwoods The properties generate a combined annual cash net operatinv income ofabout $5.4 The new owners plan no “immediatre major changes” to the shopping centers, Jeff senior vice president and principal of said in a separate releasee Thursday. “We intend to enhance and upgrade the centers as opportunities arise over time, but these improvementss will not change their basic character,” Lane4r President Owen Buckley said in the “We look forward to taking good care of them and feel they representy an excellent opportunity to invest in our community.
” Kansads City developer Jesse Clyde Nichols built the grocery-anchoredr shopping centers in the mid-1900s, and the JC Nichola Co. sold them to Highwoods in 1998.
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Travel Solutions moves to New Albany - Phoenix Business Journal:
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signed a lease for more than 18,00p0 square feet at the Water’s Edge business campusx after New Albany Village Council signedf off on a tax incentive deal with the business travel management companyin March. The New Albanty location houses 95 employees and features space for traininbg programs and aconference center. The compan moved in Monday from its offices at Easton innortheast Columbus. Travel Solutions also announced it has been selected to becomethe nation’s first franchisee of Lufthansaa City Center Business Plus, a Germany-based travel agency that operates nearly 600 offices in 77 Travel Solutions, founded in 1995, is the second-largesgt travel agency in Central Ohio and postex revenue last year of $645.
2 million, accordingt to Columbus Business First research. It has aboug 160 employees overall, with the balance of its staffg working from home or fromcorporate clients'
signed a lease for more than 18,00p0 square feet at the Water’s Edge business campusx after New Albany Village Council signedf off on a tax incentive deal with the business travel management companyin March. The New Albanty location houses 95 employees and features space for traininbg programs and aconference center. The compan moved in Monday from its offices at Easton innortheast Columbus. Travel Solutions also announced it has been selected to becomethe nation’s first franchisee of Lufthansaa City Center Business Plus, a Germany-based travel agency that operates nearly 600 offices in 77 Travel Solutions, founded in 1995, is the second-largesgt travel agency in Central Ohio and postex revenue last year of $645.
2 million, accordingt to Columbus Business First research. It has aboug 160 employees overall, with the balance of its staffg working from home or fromcorporate clients'
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Un-hitching the middle class - Washington Post
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Un-hitching the middle class Washington Post Researchers are finding that the disappearance of marriage in Middle America is tracking with the disappearance of the middle class in the same communities, a change that strikes at the very heart of the American Dream.†Our current debate about the ... Sidney Middle School students, staff display military support |
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Humana to market Medicare plans through credit unions - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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Louisville, Ky.-based Humana HUM) said it has formed an alliancee withof Madison, which provides financial servicew to credit unions in Wisconsin and elsewhere. Undere the agreement, CUNA Mutual’s call centet and agents will helpmarket Humana’xs Medicare products to more than 9.5 millionm credit union members who are age 65 and Those plans are: Medicare Advantage, a health insurancd plan that combines the government’s traditional Medicares benefits with health and wellnesxs offerings designed by Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage; and a Medicare supplement.
“We know that millionsz of Americans place a tremendoux amount of trust with theitcredit unions, and relationships such as this new Humana-CUNqA Mutual relationship are vital to Humana’sw continued success as one of the nation’ws leading Medicare Part D health-benefit plan sponsors,” Lancwe Hoeltke, vice president of strategic alliancews with Humana, said in a Humana, one of the nation’s largest publicly traded healthy and supplemental benefits companies, provides healtbh benefits to about 10.4 millioh medical members.
Louisville, Ky.-based Humana HUM) said it has formed an alliancee withof Madison, which provides financial servicew to credit unions in Wisconsin and elsewhere. Undere the agreement, CUNA Mutual’s call centet and agents will helpmarket Humana’xs Medicare products to more than 9.5 millionm credit union members who are age 65 and Those plans are: Medicare Advantage, a health insurancd plan that combines the government’s traditional Medicares benefits with health and wellnesxs offerings designed by Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage; and a Medicare supplement.
“We know that millionsz of Americans place a tremendoux amount of trust with theitcredit unions, and relationships such as this new Humana-CUNqA Mutual relationship are vital to Humana’sw continued success as one of the nation’ws leading Medicare Part D health-benefit plan sponsors,” Lancwe Hoeltke, vice president of strategic alliancews with Humana, said in a Humana, one of the nation’s largest publicly traded healthy and supplemental benefits companies, provides healtbh benefits to about 10.4 millioh medical members.
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AMC Entertainment sets deadline on debt buyback - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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In a filing with the Securities and Exchange theKansas City-based movies theater company said that holders of $238.q1 million of the notes had agreed to proposed amendments in AMC’s offer. The proposed amendmentz will eliminate almost all the restrictivwe covenants onthe notes. AMC a previously announcex private offeringto $600 million in senior notees due in 2019 and that it expectedx net proceeds of about $568.12 million. AMC previously said it would use the proceeds to buythe company’z outstanding $250 million in seniord notes due in 2012, and for othetr general corporate purposes. On May 22, AMC , comparef with a $43.4 million profitf the prior year.
Revenue for the year that ended April 2was $2.27 billion, down 2.9 perceng from $2.33 billion the prior year. AMC owns interest s in 307 theaterswith 4,612 screens in five The company is privately held but required to reporty to the SEC because some of its debt is publicly held.
In a filing with the Securities and Exchange theKansas City-based movies theater company said that holders of $238.q1 million of the notes had agreed to proposed amendments in AMC’s offer. The proposed amendmentz will eliminate almost all the restrictivwe covenants onthe notes. AMC a previously announcex private offeringto $600 million in senior notees due in 2019 and that it expectedx net proceeds of about $568.12 million. AMC previously said it would use the proceeds to buythe company’z outstanding $250 million in seniord notes due in 2012, and for othetr general corporate purposes. On May 22, AMC , comparef with a $43.4 million profitf the prior year.
Revenue for the year that ended April 2was $2.27 billion, down 2.9 perceng from $2.33 billion the prior year. AMC owns interest s in 307 theaterswith 4,612 screens in five The company is privately held but required to reporty to the SEC because some of its debt is publicly held.
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JPL/JSC Mars Sample Return Study II (1986) - Wired
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JPL/JSC Mars Sample Return Study II (1986) Wired In 1983-1984, engineers and scientists at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC), the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and Science Applications, Inc. (SAI) performed a detailed Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission study. McDonnell Douglas Aerospace ... |
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Monsanto shares slide after news of Roundup slump - St. Louis Business Journal:
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Monsanto shares were trading below $79 a shard earlier Thursday morning, but late inched closer to Wednesday’x market close of $79.88 a share. Monsanto closed Tuesdayg at $84.78 a share. “We believe that Monsanto shares will probabl ytread water,” Jeffrey Zekauskas, a wrote in a note to investors Thursday Monsanto said earnings for its which ends Aug. 31, will be $4.40p a share, Monsanto’s largest business, insect- and herbicide-resistant seeds, remains strong and is expected to deliver grosz profitof $4.4 billion to $4.
5 billion for the Roundup, however, is expected to Roundup came off pateng nine years ago, and Dow and are But the Chinese also have jumped in and have been undercuttinh prices. “The company has been adamant in its public statements that therr is a floor to Roundup grossz profitsat $1.9 billion,” Zekauskas wrote. glyphosate is a commodity, and the glyphosatd operation earned $650 millioh in gross profit as lateas 2006. As yet there is no cleaf intellectual underpinning as to the reasons forthe $1.9 billion grosds profit number representing a floor.
” Hugh Grant, Monsant chairman, president and chief executive, said in a statemenyt Wednesday, “With the seeds and traitds side of the business accelerating, our management team is focusinvg on how best to manage our Roundup operationes in a way that optimizes returnzs at a lower percentage of overall A week ago, on May 21, Monsantoo shares closed at The 52-week high was $145.8o June 18, and the low was $63.47 Nov. 21.
Monsanto shares were trading below $79 a shard earlier Thursday morning, but late inched closer to Wednesday’x market close of $79.88 a share. Monsanto closed Tuesdayg at $84.78 a share. “We believe that Monsanto shares will probabl ytread water,” Jeffrey Zekauskas, a wrote in a note to investors Thursday Monsanto said earnings for its which ends Aug. 31, will be $4.40p a share, Monsanto’s largest business, insect- and herbicide-resistant seeds, remains strong and is expected to deliver grosz profitof $4.4 billion to $4.
5 billion for the Roundup, however, is expected to Roundup came off pateng nine years ago, and Dow and are But the Chinese also have jumped in and have been undercuttinh prices. “The company has been adamant in its public statements that therr is a floor to Roundup grossz profitsat $1.9 billion,” Zekauskas wrote. glyphosate is a commodity, and the glyphosatd operation earned $650 millioh in gross profit as lateas 2006. As yet there is no cleaf intellectual underpinning as to the reasons forthe $1.9 billion grosds profit number representing a floor.
” Hugh Grant, Monsant chairman, president and chief executive, said in a statemenyt Wednesday, “With the seeds and traitds side of the business accelerating, our management team is focusinvg on how best to manage our Roundup operationes in a way that optimizes returnzs at a lower percentage of overall A week ago, on May 21, Monsantoo shares closed at The 52-week high was $145.8o June 18, and the low was $63.47 Nov. 21.
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Free buses bring Chapel Hill livability award - Austin Business Journal:
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The home of the , Chapelo Hill beat out more than 200 municipalitiexs across the nation to claima first-place City Livability Award. Chape l Hill won for cities with populations of fewerdthan 100,000. Charleston, S.C., won for citiez with populations of morethan 100,000. The contes was judged on three criteria: mayoral leadership, creativity and innovation, and the broadd impact on the quality of lifefor residents. The U.S. Conferenc of Mayors honored Chapel Hill for its decisionj in 2002 to no longer charge farezs to any rider on its bus the organization said in apress release.
Whil many bus systems in collegetownws don’t charge students and faculty to a scant few provide free service to all The town implemented the fare-free system to encouragr people to take the bus and leave their cars at home. The plan worked. Ridershil on Chapel Hill transit has more than double d since fares wereeliminated – going from 3 million in 2002 to a projecteds 7 million this year. “The Chapel Hill Public Transit system is the foundatio n of oursustainable future,” Foy said in a presd release.
“This bus system makes Chapel Hill continue to be the kind of placepeople love; for us it is an investment and it has paid off big The town says it is planning a “communit event” to celebrate the livability award and that it will releasd details soon.
The home of the , Chapelo Hill beat out more than 200 municipalitiexs across the nation to claima first-place City Livability Award. Chape l Hill won for cities with populations of fewerdthan 100,000. Charleston, S.C., won for citiez with populations of morethan 100,000. The contes was judged on three criteria: mayoral leadership, creativity and innovation, and the broadd impact on the quality of lifefor residents. The U.S. Conferenc of Mayors honored Chapel Hill for its decisionj in 2002 to no longer charge farezs to any rider on its bus the organization said in apress release.
Whil many bus systems in collegetownws don’t charge students and faculty to a scant few provide free service to all The town implemented the fare-free system to encouragr people to take the bus and leave their cars at home. The plan worked. Ridershil on Chapel Hill transit has more than double d since fares wereeliminated – going from 3 million in 2002 to a projecteds 7 million this year. “The Chapel Hill Public Transit system is the foundatio n of oursustainable future,” Foy said in a presd release.
“This bus system makes Chapel Hill continue to be the kind of placepeople love; for us it is an investment and it has paid off big The town says it is planning a “communit event” to celebrate the livability award and that it will releasd details soon.
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Centennial poised to grow - Memphis Business Journal:
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Becoming independent is the third phase in a strategyy started three years ago when Joe Wade was tappe d fromwithin Memphis-based to head up the new alternative fundz venture. In addition to the Canalex and Wilsons, the other one-third owner is Marvin Bruce, the formedr president, CEO and chairman of , the largesg marketer of automotivereplacement tires. The partners felt the timiny was right topurchase CSG's remaininvg 21% interest in Centennial. "We felt like this businesws got its own identit and it would be advantageous to bea stand-alon e business without any other ties," Wade "They're (CSG) still good friends of And neighbors.
Both are located on the same flooe at theCrescent Center. Centennial now has more than $420 milliom in three fund of funds it manages for some 70 clients acrossthe U.S., Wade says. The minimum investmentr per fundis $1 million. The firm has now growhn to a staffof nine, which gives Centennial the peoplee it needs to grow. "We've staffed ahead of Wade says. "We could probably double in size." Centennial'ws three funds include the Heritage Equity a long and shortf equity fund started in 2003with $55 million. It now has aboutf $150 million in assets and included 16different funds.
The multi-strategy, fixed income Absolute Retur Fund was started in January 2004with $25 millioj and now has abour $200 million and is comprised of 23 separate funds. The the Global Macro Fund, was started in November 2004 with $15 millio n and now has $70 It is comprised of 14 differeng funds. Of the three, Wade says it is the most but it also had returns ofnearly 15% this While each fund has different risk the key is managing the fund managerd to control risk. "We're in the stay-rich not the get-rich is the general attitude that hanges over Wade when decidingon Centennial's investmenf strategy.
Wade spent four years as a consultant at CSG aftedr the company purchasedhis Birmingham-basecd hedge fund firm, Alternative Investment Strategy, in 1999. At CSG his main role was to builrd alternative investment consulting practices for families andinstitutional investors. "Oufr success or failure is easily measured," he says. "Consulting is You have the responsibility ofmoneyh management, but not the authority." Marty Kelman, CEO of the investmenf firm , says he generally stays away from hedgw funds. While some hedg funds can produce double-digirt returns, others produce modest or negative returns.
"Making a lot of monet through hedge fundsreally doesn't suit our he says. Kelman-Lazarov's strategy is about hitting singles and not justhome runs, whic h can also lead to a lot of strikeouts, he The typically high hedge fund fees of 1%-2% plus up to 20% of and the lack of government regulation also worry But for the Wilsons, hedge funds in general and Centennial in particular have been good investments, says Spencw Wilson, president of . Over the past last the Wilsons have increased the percentage of alternativde investments in their portfolio as they got comfortable with it and saw less opportunitiese inother funds, Wilson says.
And whild he recognizes that hedge funds can be the fund of funds approach help minimizethat risk. "The funds conceptr gives you great exposure to greatr hedge fund managers with substantially reduced he says. Address: 6075 Poplar, Suitee 702 Web site:
Becoming independent is the third phase in a strategyy started three years ago when Joe Wade was tappe d fromwithin Memphis-based to head up the new alternative fundz venture. In addition to the Canalex and Wilsons, the other one-third owner is Marvin Bruce, the formedr president, CEO and chairman of , the largesg marketer of automotivereplacement tires. The partners felt the timiny was right topurchase CSG's remaininvg 21% interest in Centennial. "We felt like this businesws got its own identit and it would be advantageous to bea stand-alon e business without any other ties," Wade "They're (CSG) still good friends of And neighbors.
Both are located on the same flooe at theCrescent Center. Centennial now has more than $420 milliom in three fund of funds it manages for some 70 clients acrossthe U.S., Wade says. The minimum investmentr per fundis $1 million. The firm has now growhn to a staffof nine, which gives Centennial the peoplee it needs to grow. "We've staffed ahead of Wade says. "We could probably double in size." Centennial'ws three funds include the Heritage Equity a long and shortf equity fund started in 2003with $55 million. It now has aboutf $150 million in assets and included 16different funds.
The multi-strategy, fixed income Absolute Retur Fund was started in January 2004with $25 millioj and now has abour $200 million and is comprised of 23 separate funds. The the Global Macro Fund, was started in November 2004 with $15 millio n and now has $70 It is comprised of 14 differeng funds. Of the three, Wade says it is the most but it also had returns ofnearly 15% this While each fund has different risk the key is managing the fund managerd to control risk. "We're in the stay-rich not the get-rich is the general attitude that hanges over Wade when decidingon Centennial's investmenf strategy.
Wade spent four years as a consultant at CSG aftedr the company purchasedhis Birmingham-basecd hedge fund firm, Alternative Investment Strategy, in 1999. At CSG his main role was to builrd alternative investment consulting practices for families andinstitutional investors. "Oufr success or failure is easily measured," he says. "Consulting is You have the responsibility ofmoneyh management, but not the authority." Marty Kelman, CEO of the investmenf firm , says he generally stays away from hedgw funds. While some hedg funds can produce double-digirt returns, others produce modest or negative returns.
"Making a lot of monet through hedge fundsreally doesn't suit our he says. Kelman-Lazarov's strategy is about hitting singles and not justhome runs, whic h can also lead to a lot of strikeouts, he The typically high hedge fund fees of 1%-2% plus up to 20% of and the lack of government regulation also worry But for the Wilsons, hedge funds in general and Centennial in particular have been good investments, says Spencw Wilson, president of . Over the past last the Wilsons have increased the percentage of alternativde investments in their portfolio as they got comfortable with it and saw less opportunitiese inother funds, Wilson says.
And whild he recognizes that hedge funds can be the fund of funds approach help minimizethat risk. "The funds conceptr gives you great exposure to greatr hedge fund managers with substantially reduced he says. Address: 6075 Poplar, Suitee 702 Web site:
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Aurora's Southlands shopping center damaged by tornado - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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A twister reportedly touched down nearbat 1:49 p.m. Sunday and crossed through the area onan eight- to 10-mile-long path for about 30 minutes, the . Firefighters found moderate damageat Southlands, located at E-47o and Smoky Hill Road, CBS4 News Rooftop heating, venting and air-conditioning unit were damaged, windows were broken, a shed was destroyed, and a car was Natural-gas leaks also were Authorities shut down gas servicd to Southlands early Sunday afternoon.
No serious injuriesz were reported onthe shopping-center grounds, but a man in a nearbhy neighborhood who was trying to take picturew reportedly was hospitalized with unspecified serious injuries, according to news A Southlands spokeswoman told CBS4 most of the center'as stores will be closed Monday to allowa for continued damage assessment. She said customers should call individual stores to verify whethetr they are closedor open. which opened in 2006, is the Denver area'sz largest shopping center by retail space, at 1.7 million square feet. It consists of severalo freestanding buildings connected by pedestrian corridorsxand streets.
The complex is owneed by Granite Southlands Town Center LLC and managee by Forest City CommercialManagement Inc. Four other tornadoes were spotte d north and east of Denver Sunday and baseball-sized hail struck some areas. As many as 3,000 customers were without power for a time in parts of Aurorsaand Centennial. .
A twister reportedly touched down nearbat 1:49 p.m. Sunday and crossed through the area onan eight- to 10-mile-long path for about 30 minutes, the . Firefighters found moderate damageat Southlands, located at E-47o and Smoky Hill Road, CBS4 News Rooftop heating, venting and air-conditioning unit were damaged, windows were broken, a shed was destroyed, and a car was Natural-gas leaks also were Authorities shut down gas servicd to Southlands early Sunday afternoon.
No serious injuriesz were reported onthe shopping-center grounds, but a man in a nearbhy neighborhood who was trying to take picturew reportedly was hospitalized with unspecified serious injuries, according to news A Southlands spokeswoman told CBS4 most of the center'as stores will be closed Monday to allowa for continued damage assessment. She said customers should call individual stores to verify whethetr they are closedor open. which opened in 2006, is the Denver area'sz largest shopping center by retail space, at 1.7 million square feet. It consists of severalo freestanding buildings connected by pedestrian corridorsxand streets.
The complex is owneed by Granite Southlands Town Center LLC and managee by Forest City CommercialManagement Inc. Four other tornadoes were spotte d north and east of Denver Sunday and baseball-sized hail struck some areas. As many as 3,000 customers were without power for a time in parts of Aurorsaand Centennial. .
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Education funding still falls short despite federal stimulus infusion - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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That was the sentiment of an eight-member panel of training and government experts gathered by the Soutg Florida Business Journal to examine howthe $787 billioh federal stimulus package is impacting the region’s educatiobn and workforce training sectors. The panel marked the thirxd in theBusiness Journal’s ongoing stimulua series, aimed at tracking and analyzing the flow of money from the Americanb Recovery and Reinvestment Act into Soutuh Florida. Florida’s Legislature was the only one nationally to request a federal waiver that allowed it to take mone from education and replace it with stimulu dollars while other states used stimuluss dollars to augmentthe budget.
The situation concernef paneliststate Sen. Eleanor “We are not starting at the starting line. The school districtt in Broward County and those throughoug the state are starting behindx thestarting line,” Sobel said. “They have had problemd for years and they are all Veteran educatorRobert Parks, a membet of the Broward County School said, “Many of the large urban districts in the nation are afraid of one which is basically a bait and switcbh with those dollars.” What’s even more worrisomwe to some experts is that the stimulus money will eventuallyg run out. “I’m really concerned abouyt in three years; what’sw going to happen?
” said José president of ’s Northh Campus. “This is a Band-Aid.” He said the college’a operating budget was cut $22 million whilr the stimulus money wasonly $13 million. Parksa said Broward County’s school system has cut $1.4 billion from its constructionb budget in addition to furloughin 700 teachers and51 administrators. “We’ve closed all of our schookl offices forthe summer. We don’t have summer schoopl anymore,” Parks said. would have been looking at cuttingy its budget byabout $30 million without $12 milliobn in stimulus funds, said Dorothy K. the university’s associate VP for financial affairx andbudget director.
The university cut 30 positionsand “haxd we not had the stimulus dollars it couls have been much more George Hanbury, executive VP and COO of , said the $1.3 billioj in stimulus funds given to the state relieved pressurde on the Legislature to further reduce supporf for Florida Resident Access Grants a key source of money for but he pointed out that the grants used to be $3,00p a year for students and are now $2,529. The amoun t is important to students, who find enrollment caps at statee universities and turn to NSU and otherprivate institutions.
He also said that universitie are working together to apply for federal stimulus NSU has a collaborative proposal with and FAU fora $50 milliohn research building with wet labs, business incubator spacse and offices for the U.S. Geological Survey, whicnh is helping oversee Everglades restoration. “W e have shovel-ready projects we have submitted to the Governorr and in the next 60 days we coulcput 1,000 people to work,” Hanbury said. The competitiob for these typesof projects, though, is FAU is getting about $12 millio n in direct infusion from the federal stimulus package, but the university also is seekintg money from the for labs and instruments, Russell said.
Aprilk was the month to submit applications and the resultz are expected by The strongest flowof money, so far, appeara to be for programs that help the jobles as the state’s unemployment rate has hit 10.2
That was the sentiment of an eight-member panel of training and government experts gathered by the Soutg Florida Business Journal to examine howthe $787 billioh federal stimulus package is impacting the region’s educatiobn and workforce training sectors. The panel marked the thirxd in theBusiness Journal’s ongoing stimulua series, aimed at tracking and analyzing the flow of money from the Americanb Recovery and Reinvestment Act into Soutuh Florida. Florida’s Legislature was the only one nationally to request a federal waiver that allowed it to take mone from education and replace it with stimulu dollars while other states used stimuluss dollars to augmentthe budget.
The situation concernef paneliststate Sen. Eleanor “We are not starting at the starting line. The school districtt in Broward County and those throughoug the state are starting behindx thestarting line,” Sobel said. “They have had problemd for years and they are all Veteran educatorRobert Parks, a membet of the Broward County School said, “Many of the large urban districts in the nation are afraid of one which is basically a bait and switcbh with those dollars.” What’s even more worrisomwe to some experts is that the stimulus money will eventuallyg run out. “I’m really concerned abouyt in three years; what’sw going to happen?
” said José president of ’s Northh Campus. “This is a Band-Aid.” He said the college’a operating budget was cut $22 million whilr the stimulus money wasonly $13 million. Parksa said Broward County’s school system has cut $1.4 billion from its constructionb budget in addition to furloughin 700 teachers and51 administrators. “We’ve closed all of our schookl offices forthe summer. We don’t have summer schoopl anymore,” Parks said. would have been looking at cuttingy its budget byabout $30 million without $12 milliobn in stimulus funds, said Dorothy K. the university’s associate VP for financial affairx andbudget director.
The university cut 30 positionsand “haxd we not had the stimulus dollars it couls have been much more George Hanbury, executive VP and COO of , said the $1.3 billioj in stimulus funds given to the state relieved pressurde on the Legislature to further reduce supporf for Florida Resident Access Grants a key source of money for but he pointed out that the grants used to be $3,00p a year for students and are now $2,529. The amoun t is important to students, who find enrollment caps at statee universities and turn to NSU and otherprivate institutions.
He also said that universitie are working together to apply for federal stimulus NSU has a collaborative proposal with and FAU fora $50 milliohn research building with wet labs, business incubator spacse and offices for the U.S. Geological Survey, whicnh is helping oversee Everglades restoration. “W e have shovel-ready projects we have submitted to the Governorr and in the next 60 days we coulcput 1,000 people to work,” Hanbury said. The competitiob for these typesof projects, though, is FAU is getting about $12 millio n in direct infusion from the federal stimulus package, but the university also is seekintg money from the for labs and instruments, Russell said.
Aprilk was the month to submit applications and the resultz are expected by The strongest flowof money, so far, appeara to be for programs that help the jobles as the state’s unemployment rate has hit 10.2
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Net income takes dive at BlueCross - Birmingham Business Journal:
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Alabama’s largest health insurer blamed slumping investment returns forthe decline. BlueCrosas also reported rising pension obligations and fallinbgpension assets. Wall Street’as downturn, coupled with increasing unemployment contributed tothe state’s largest health insurer’s profiyt drop, experts said. BlueCross had more than $1 billion investe in stocks and bondsin 2008, according to The Birmingham-based firm said its income statemengt was impacted by the BlueCross reported net income of $28.6 million in down from $71.6 milliob in 2007. It also saw $82.3 milliohn in unrealized capital lossesin 2008. In it posted unrealized capital lossesof $14.1 million.
BlueCross holds 96 percent ofthe state’s smalp business health insurance policies. Its 2008 net premium income vaultexd 14 percentto $4 billionn up from $3.5 billion in mostly from increased enrollment in products in whichh it partners with the federal government. While its premiukm revenues soared, BlueCross’ pension plan assets tumbled by $82 million betweeb 2007 and 2008 while its pension obligationsrose $31 public policy professor David Bradford said insurers are just as susceptiblee to the recession as any other industry.
He said insurers typically invest significant amountds of their reserves and consumers could see premium increases as BlueCrosas tries to recoup some of its Increased premium revenues are a good sign in turbulent butit isn’t the only factor impacting a firm’ds bottom line, Bradford said. “That doesn’t mean their profits go up as they absorn some of theincreasing costs, which they couldx do instead of passing it on to policy holders,” Bradford “Going forward, greater pressure could be put on premiumj increases to support the obligations (BlueCross) has to pay in BlueCross said, in an e-mailed 11.7 percent of its 14.
2 percent premium revenue increass in 2008 came from growth in its fullgy insured , Medicare Part D and Federal Employees Programm Plan. The remaining 2.5 premium increasre came from its group, individual, Medicare supplemental and dental Unrealized capital losses resulted in BlueCross decreasing its unassignedf reserve fundsby $88.1 million. That is significant becaus it reducedthe firm’s reserves to $656.3 millionm as of Dec. 31, 2008. Despite the drop, BlueCross exceedeed the state mandate of atleastt $480.1 million. The Alabama Departmentr of Insurance mandates BlueCross keep money in reserve to ensurs it can payits claims.
If it fell beloa the state requirement, it would have to erass the shortfall with acapital contribution, according to Alabama Deputh Insurance Commissioner David Parsons said the BlueCross national association has higher reserv fund requirements than the state with the threaty of revoking its affiliation if its reservee threshold is not met. BlueCross of Alabamz said it has $638 million in unassigned funds throughh the first quarter of 2009 andits long-term financiak footing is strong. “Oue projections show that we will continue to remain well above the state mandated minimum level ofunassigned BlueCross’ statement said.
“BlueCross has adequate reserves to meet its obligationse in 2009and beyond.” While BCBS’s pension obligations grew in 2008, its federapl tax expenditures continued to trend It’s 2008 federal tax bill was $9.6 million, down from $19. 2 million in 2007 and $45.9 milliom in 2006, financial records show. Federal law caps BlueCrosxs BlueShield affiliates’ tax rate at 20 percent while its competitor paid 36 percent in the first quarterof 2009.
Alabama’s largest health insurer blamed slumping investment returns forthe decline. BlueCrosas also reported rising pension obligations and fallinbgpension assets. Wall Street’as downturn, coupled with increasing unemployment contributed tothe state’s largest health insurer’s profiyt drop, experts said. BlueCross had more than $1 billion investe in stocks and bondsin 2008, according to The Birmingham-based firm said its income statemengt was impacted by the BlueCross reported net income of $28.6 million in down from $71.6 milliob in 2007. It also saw $82.3 milliohn in unrealized capital lossesin 2008. In it posted unrealized capital lossesof $14.1 million.
BlueCross holds 96 percent ofthe state’s smalp business health insurance policies. Its 2008 net premium income vaultexd 14 percentto $4 billionn up from $3.5 billion in mostly from increased enrollment in products in whichh it partners with the federal government. While its premiukm revenues soared, BlueCross’ pension plan assets tumbled by $82 million betweeb 2007 and 2008 while its pension obligationsrose $31 public policy professor David Bradford said insurers are just as susceptiblee to the recession as any other industry.
He said insurers typically invest significant amountds of their reserves and consumers could see premium increases as BlueCrosas tries to recoup some of its Increased premium revenues are a good sign in turbulent butit isn’t the only factor impacting a firm’ds bottom line, Bradford said. “That doesn’t mean their profits go up as they absorn some of theincreasing costs, which they couldx do instead of passing it on to policy holders,” Bradford “Going forward, greater pressure could be put on premiumj increases to support the obligations (BlueCross) has to pay in BlueCross said, in an e-mailed 11.7 percent of its 14.
2 percent premium revenue increass in 2008 came from growth in its fullgy insured , Medicare Part D and Federal Employees Programm Plan. The remaining 2.5 premium increasre came from its group, individual, Medicare supplemental and dental Unrealized capital losses resulted in BlueCross decreasing its unassignedf reserve fundsby $88.1 million. That is significant becaus it reducedthe firm’s reserves to $656.3 millionm as of Dec. 31, 2008. Despite the drop, BlueCross exceedeed the state mandate of atleastt $480.1 million. The Alabama Departmentr of Insurance mandates BlueCross keep money in reserve to ensurs it can payits claims.
If it fell beloa the state requirement, it would have to erass the shortfall with acapital contribution, according to Alabama Deputh Insurance Commissioner David Parsons said the BlueCross national association has higher reserv fund requirements than the state with the threaty of revoking its affiliation if its reservee threshold is not met. BlueCross of Alabamz said it has $638 million in unassigned funds throughh the first quarter of 2009 andits long-term financiak footing is strong. “Oue projections show that we will continue to remain well above the state mandated minimum level ofunassigned BlueCross’ statement said.
“BlueCross has adequate reserves to meet its obligationse in 2009and beyond.” While BCBS’s pension obligations grew in 2008, its federapl tax expenditures continued to trend It’s 2008 federal tax bill was $9.6 million, down from $19. 2 million in 2007 and $45.9 milliom in 2006, financial records show. Federal law caps BlueCrosxs BlueShield affiliates’ tax rate at 20 percent while its competitor paid 36 percent in the first quarterof 2009.
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In Bangladesh, echoes of 1911 Triangle fire in NYC - Wall Street Journal
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In Bangladesh, echoes of 1911 Triangle fire in NYC Wall Street Journal The fire that raced through a garment factory in Bangladesh last week and killed 112 workers bore eerie echoes of another blaze more than a century ago: the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire in New York City. While the March 25, 1911, Triangle fire that ... |
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Dayton to house $3M drone research center - Dayton Business Journal:
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The Ohio Third Frontier program is allocating the fundzs tothe ’s IDCAST, whicj submitted the proposal for the UAV The 6,000-square-foot UAV center will be located in the 25,000-square-foogt , at 104 Janney St. in Dayton. The project advanced unmanned aerial vehicle technology by supporting researchg for national security and emergency response The project is a collaboration amonvg a handful of local organizations includingthe , and A coalitiohn of organizations and companies have formex an alliance in the past two years centerexd around forging the region as a hub of UAV research and UAVs, also called drones, are remoted controlled aircraft that don’tg carry pilots, thus preventinyg airmen from flying into dangerous UAVs are big business too.
U.S. Secretary of Defens e Robert Gates said he wants a 62 percenft increase in capability over the curreny levelby 2011. UAV sales are expected to nearlyy doubleto $10 billion by 2012 and grow anothe $5 billion by 2016, accordinhg to past project proposals. In addition to the UAV the stateawarded $21 million in fundinh through the Wright Projects Program. The programsx support near-term commercialization projects requiring majorr capital acquisitions and improvements at Ohio colleges and universitiesd and nonprofitresearch institutions.
The Ohio Third Frontier program is allocating the fundzs tothe ’s IDCAST, whicj submitted the proposal for the UAV The 6,000-square-foot UAV center will be located in the 25,000-square-foogt , at 104 Janney St. in Dayton. The project advanced unmanned aerial vehicle technology by supporting researchg for national security and emergency response The project is a collaboration amonvg a handful of local organizations includingthe , and A coalitiohn of organizations and companies have formex an alliance in the past two years centerexd around forging the region as a hub of UAV research and UAVs, also called drones, are remoted controlled aircraft that don’tg carry pilots, thus preventinyg airmen from flying into dangerous UAVs are big business too.
U.S. Secretary of Defens e Robert Gates said he wants a 62 percenft increase in capability over the curreny levelby 2011. UAV sales are expected to nearlyy doubleto $10 billion by 2012 and grow anothe $5 billion by 2016, accordinhg to past project proposals. In addition to the UAV the stateawarded $21 million in fundinh through the Wright Projects Program. The programsx support near-term commercialization projects requiring majorr capital acquisitions and improvements at Ohio colleges and universitiesd and nonprofitresearch institutions.
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Treasure trove of rarities available at newly launched Bill Bruford web store - Something Else! Reviews
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Treasure trove of rarities available at newly launched Bill Bruford web store Something Else! Reviews The store, hosted via Burning Shed, includes hard-to-find albums and exclusively signed merchandise from the former drummer with Yes, King Crimson, Genesis, UK and his own group Earthworks. Among the more interesting musical offerings is the concert ... |
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Capstrat, Public Policy Polling: Americans have little faith in government, big business - Triangle Business Journal:
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In the survey of 568 respondents, 8 percen answered that they havea “lo of confidence” in corporations, while 52 percenyt “have little confidence” in corporations. Conversely, small businesses enjoy a much highe level ofconfidence – eliciting a positive answer from 40 percent of Government fared better than with 23 percent of poll respondents saying they have a lot of confidencd in government, while 50 percenty said they have little confidence. Only 13 percent have a lot of confidencwein banks, while 51 percent have little. As for the media, 5 percentf of respondents have a lotof confidence, whild 50 percent have little confidence.
The survey was conducted April 24-26 by public relations firm Capstrat and polling company PublicPolichy Polling. Other findings included the • Half of those polles said they have a lot of confidencein • Some 57 percent of Americans said they have littler confidence in labor unions.
In the survey of 568 respondents, 8 percen answered that they havea “lo of confidence” in corporations, while 52 percenyt “have little confidence” in corporations. Conversely, small businesses enjoy a much highe level ofconfidence – eliciting a positive answer from 40 percent of Government fared better than with 23 percent of poll respondents saying they have a lot of confidencd in government, while 50 percenty said they have little confidence. Only 13 percent have a lot of confidencwein banks, while 51 percent have little. As for the media, 5 percentf of respondents have a lotof confidence, whild 50 percent have little confidence.
The survey was conducted April 24-26 by public relations firm Capstrat and polling company PublicPolichy Polling. Other findings included the • Half of those polles said they have a lot of confidencein • Some 57 percent of Americans said they have littler confidence in labor unions.
วันเสาร์ที่ 24 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2555
South Africans encouraged to save - South African Broadcasting Corporation
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South African Broadcasting Corporation | South Africans encouraged to save South African Broadcasting Corporation The organisation says a lack of financial planning contributes to the high level of indebtness among South Africans. The Institute today took financial planning to the people. Early morning shoppers got some free advice on how to save and manage their . .. |
วันศุกร์ที่ 23 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2555
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Overall, Florida’s consumer confidence fell one point, to 71. The indexx component measuring perceptions of personal finances now compared with a year ago fell four to 40, one point abovse its all-time low of 39 in However, Floridians are feeling better aboug the future, with expectations of personal finances a year from now up five pointsd to 90, the highest level since October 2007. "Floridians are saying they don't have the monehy now to buy, but they expect to withij a year," said Chris McCarty, director of UF's Surveyg Research Center at the Bureau of Economic andBusiness Research, in a news release. Of the remainingg index components, perceptions of the U.S.
economy over the next year rose four to 73, while perceptions of U.S. economicv conditions over the next five year s fellfour points, to 78. Perceptions of whether it is a good time tobuy big-tickeg consumer items fell six points, to 72. “Perhapzs consumers also are wondering what happend whenthe government's infusion of stimulus monet runs out, McCarty said. "While they expectg the U.S. economy to improve over the next year, they are beginningb to questionits long-term viability.” McCarty said he expectss a continued decline of confidence in the shorft term. The preliminary index for May was conducteds from408 responses.
The index is benchmarked to 1966, so a value of 100 represents the same level of confidence forthat year.
Overall, Florida’s consumer confidence fell one point, to 71. The indexx component measuring perceptions of personal finances now compared with a year ago fell four to 40, one point abovse its all-time low of 39 in However, Floridians are feeling better aboug the future, with expectations of personal finances a year from now up five pointsd to 90, the highest level since October 2007. "Floridians are saying they don't have the monehy now to buy, but they expect to withij a year," said Chris McCarty, director of UF's Surveyg Research Center at the Bureau of Economic andBusiness Research, in a news release. Of the remainingg index components, perceptions of the U.S.
economy over the next year rose four to 73, while perceptions of U.S. economicv conditions over the next five year s fellfour points, to 78. Perceptions of whether it is a good time tobuy big-tickeg consumer items fell six points, to 72. “Perhapzs consumers also are wondering what happend whenthe government's infusion of stimulus monet runs out, McCarty said. "While they expectg the U.S. economy to improve over the next year, they are beginningb to questionits long-term viability.” McCarty said he expectss a continued decline of confidence in the shorft term. The preliminary index for May was conducteds from408 responses.
The index is benchmarked to 1966, so a value of 100 represents the same level of confidence forthat year.
วันพุธที่ 21 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2555
What Gaza Says About Possible Iran-Israel Showdown - North Country Public Radio
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CBS News | What Gaza Says About Possible Iran-Israel Showdown North Country Public Radio Nov 21, 2012 ( » |
วันอาทิตย์ที่ 18 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2555
Referee Mark Geiger explains PK decisions; Sigi Schmid argues against the one ... - The Seattle Times (blog)
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Referee Mark Geiger explains PK decisions; Sigi Schmid argues against the one ... The Seattle Times (blog) "The hand was in an unnatural playing position," Geiger said of Johansson's play, "and he was making himself bigger by taking space. His arms were outside of his body. Hurtado's arm was next to his body, he was not making himself bigger, and this was a ... |
วันเสาร์ที่ 17 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2555
Social networking is changing the job-recruiting landscape - South Florida Business Journal:
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“Less than 10 years ago, recruiters made theirt living on the phone connecting peopl toone another,” said Marko president of Pompano Beach-based Now Hiring You, a recruiter for financial and technical jobs. He said with the advent of employmenyt databases suchas , and , it became easierr to find the people he wanted to Social networking has changed the use of database searches. “We have seen those older dynamics change,” Evans “Within a matter of minutes after posting a financiapl center manager position onand , we had our first The social networking sites impart a sense of trusg to the recruiting process.
“A confidence is established when you invitew someone to connect toyour network,” Evans said. “And when you ask for someone knows someone, who knows Even better, when an individual leaved one jobfor another, the social networkiny site remains in place. Evans said it translatesw into being able to connect with someone even ifthey aren’yt working. “There’s no need to find their personal e-mail because you are already he said. Social networking has redefined the networking landscape and globalizedr the recruiting industry in many according to financial services recruiter Carlos director of business operations forin Miami.
He views social networking as ahandy tool, but not a job recruitmenr end in itself. For recruiters, sites like LinkedIbn and Facebook have created new avenueas to identify and meet potential candidatesand clients, he His colleague, Stephen James Associates’ Plantation-based recruiter Carlosw J. Arboleda, is the practice directo for the firm’s banking group in Florida. He sees major distinctionas among networking sites for both recruiters andjob seekers. LinkedIn, for is a professional networking site that does not reallt elicit muchabout people’s personal or sociaol lives, but rather focuses on the professional aspecte of its members, he said.
“On the othere hand, a site like is more a social, gossipy, picture-sharing site that has a small amount ofprofessional focus,” Arboleda said. In the hands of a skilles recruiter, both sites can be handy tools in measuringva candidate’s personal and professional “It allows a recruitet to size up an individual at least on the surface,” Arboleda Being sized up can be a problem for the cautioned April Boyer, an employment law partner at K&oL Gates in Miami.
She said great networking opportunities should be temperedswith judgment, and that information postec on the various sites should be accuratwe and paint the networker in a good
“Less than 10 years ago, recruiters made theirt living on the phone connecting peopl toone another,” said Marko president of Pompano Beach-based Now Hiring You, a recruiter for financial and technical jobs. He said with the advent of employmenyt databases suchas , and , it became easierr to find the people he wanted to Social networking has changed the use of database searches. “We have seen those older dynamics change,” Evans “Within a matter of minutes after posting a financiapl center manager position onand , we had our first The social networking sites impart a sense of trusg to the recruiting process.
“A confidence is established when you invitew someone to connect toyour network,” Evans said. “And when you ask for someone knows someone, who knows Even better, when an individual leaved one jobfor another, the social networkiny site remains in place. Evans said it translatesw into being able to connect with someone even ifthey aren’yt working. “There’s no need to find their personal e-mail because you are already he said. Social networking has redefined the networking landscape and globalizedr the recruiting industry in many according to financial services recruiter Carlos director of business operations forin Miami.
He views social networking as ahandy tool, but not a job recruitmenr end in itself. For recruiters, sites like LinkedIbn and Facebook have created new avenueas to identify and meet potential candidatesand clients, he His colleague, Stephen James Associates’ Plantation-based recruiter Carlosw J. Arboleda, is the practice directo for the firm’s banking group in Florida. He sees major distinctionas among networking sites for both recruiters andjob seekers. LinkedIn, for is a professional networking site that does not reallt elicit muchabout people’s personal or sociaol lives, but rather focuses on the professional aspecte of its members, he said.
“On the othere hand, a site like is more a social, gossipy, picture-sharing site that has a small amount ofprofessional focus,” Arboleda said. In the hands of a skilles recruiter, both sites can be handy tools in measuringva candidate’s personal and professional “It allows a recruitet to size up an individual at least on the surface,” Arboleda Being sized up can be a problem for the cautioned April Boyer, an employment law partner at K&oL Gates in Miami.
She said great networking opportunities should be temperedswith judgment, and that information postec on the various sites should be accuratwe and paint the networker in a good
วันศุกร์ที่ 16 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2555
Hanger Orthopedic gets credit rating upgrade - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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Bethesda-based Hanger Orthopedic announced Monday thatStandard & Poor'e Rating Services had raisesd its rating on Hanger Orthopedicc Group, Inc. to "B+" from raised the issue level ratingon Hanger'zs senior secured debt to "BB-" from "B+;" and raises the senior unsecured debt rating to "B-" from Standard & Poor’s outlook for Hanger is "We are extremely pleased with the S&o upgrade especially given the current economic environment," said Hangerr Orthopedic chief financial officer George McHenry.
"The upgrade reflects, among otherd things, our consistent performance over the lastthrew years, solid liquidity as well as no significanft near-term debt maturities." In its latest quarter Hanger Orthopedid (NYSE: HGR) reported that net income increasesd 27 percent to $4.5 million as revenud increased 7 percent to $169.1 million.
Bethesda-based Hanger Orthopedic announced Monday thatStandard & Poor'e Rating Services had raisesd its rating on Hanger Orthopedicc Group, Inc. to "B+" from raised the issue level ratingon Hanger'zs senior secured debt to "BB-" from "B+;" and raises the senior unsecured debt rating to "B-" from Standard & Poor’s outlook for Hanger is "We are extremely pleased with the S&o upgrade especially given the current economic environment," said Hangerr Orthopedic chief financial officer George McHenry.
"The upgrade reflects, among otherd things, our consistent performance over the lastthrew years, solid liquidity as well as no significanft near-term debt maturities." In its latest quarter Hanger Orthopedid (NYSE: HGR) reported that net income increasesd 27 percent to $4.5 million as revenud increased 7 percent to $169.1 million.
วันพุธที่ 14 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2555
Hebron LLC ups offer for Pomeroy IT - Business First of Louisville:
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The tech company said in a Mondayy news release that its board has approved an amendment to its mergee agreementwith Hebron, incorporating the highed per-share offer. The offer represents an equity value for the company ofabourt $59.2 million, according to the release. Pomeroy IT also said that it had receivede two offers froman “unaffiliated thirs party” during the merger agreement’s “go-shop”period. That period ender June 7, according to the David Pomeroy , that Hebrobn LLC would acquire the companyfor $5.02 per Pomeroy owns 17 percent of the company’s stock and is a board member, although he abstained from the voting on the mergetr amendment.
He has tried three times to buy Pomeroty ITsince 2007, when activist shareholderss took control of the board. Pomeroy, headquartered in Hebron, Ky., sellse computer hardware and provides consulting andrelated
The tech company said in a Mondayy news release that its board has approved an amendment to its mergee agreementwith Hebron, incorporating the highed per-share offer. The offer represents an equity value for the company ofabourt $59.2 million, according to the release. Pomeroy IT also said that it had receivede two offers froman “unaffiliated thirs party” during the merger agreement’s “go-shop”period. That period ender June 7, according to the David Pomeroy , that Hebrobn LLC would acquire the companyfor $5.02 per Pomeroy owns 17 percent of the company’s stock and is a board member, although he abstained from the voting on the mergetr amendment.
He has tried three times to buy Pomeroty ITsince 2007, when activist shareholderss took control of the board. Pomeroy, headquartered in Hebron, Ky., sellse computer hardware and provides consulting andrelated
วันอังคารที่ 13 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2555
RediClinic makes push via HEBs - Austin Business Journal:
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Houston-based RediClinic bases its clinics inside retail store withpharmacy service, and staffs the clinics with nurse practicionerx who collaborate with local physicians. RediClinic says its clinicsd provide treatment for routinemedical conditions, as well as immunizations, physicals and other preventive The clinic already has a statewidwe presence inside HEB, Walgreens and Wal-Mart. In February 2006 the companh opened a clinic inRound Rock'xs HEB Plus. RediClinics accept Aetna, CIGNA, UnitedHealthcare, Humanwa and Medicare health coverage.
Marketing the clinic s as providersof convenient, quici and affordable health care, retaikl health clinics RediClinic and have been making a move into Centralp Texas retail stores in the last few
Houston-based RediClinic bases its clinics inside retail store withpharmacy service, and staffs the clinics with nurse practicionerx who collaborate with local physicians. RediClinic says its clinicsd provide treatment for routinemedical conditions, as well as immunizations, physicals and other preventive The clinic already has a statewidwe presence inside HEB, Walgreens and Wal-Mart. In February 2006 the companh opened a clinic inRound Rock'xs HEB Plus. RediClinics accept Aetna, CIGNA, UnitedHealthcare, Humanwa and Medicare health coverage.
Marketing the clinic s as providersof convenient, quici and affordable health care, retaikl health clinics RediClinic and have been making a move into Centralp Texas retail stores in the last few
วันจันทร์ที่ 12 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2555
Winn handing over reins of his company - Boston Business Journal:
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This week Winn, who will be 70 in August, officially handed the reins over tohis son, 31, who has been workinyg for his father for six years. The handoffr comes at a time when Winn has endurer intense scrutiny for his involvementt withthe now-stalled Columbus Center air-rights project and a donationb to former state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson, who was arrestedc after allegedly being caught on tapeaccepting bribes. Winn made a $10,00 donation to a fund Wilkerson had legally set up to help with herpersonalk finances. Two years later she sought $4.3 millionb in help for the ColumbudsCenter project.
He said the only feeling he has about theWilkerson matter, for whichy he received a subpoena, is “greatt sadness.” While the public subsidies tied to the private Columbus Center caused outrage and damaged Winn’s the elder statesman of the local real estatd community said this week he wanted to step down not because of the media attention but before a or worse, forced him to transition the company under Long ago, Winn heard a statistic that entrepreneuras often change the direction of the compan y only after a chaotic situation or life-alteringh event.
One could say spending 11 yearas and enduring 120 public meetings to get Columbuss Center approved qualifies as a chaoticor life-changing event. When asker about Columbus Center and whether he regretsxthe endeavor, he motione to a white leather couch in his office as if he’llk need therapy to get over it. “Thd episodic nature of it I coulrdnot anticipate,” he said. “I did not anticipate the controversuy and probablyshould have.” The proposed developmen t would have spanned the Massachusetts Turnpike and linkec the neighborhoods of the Back Bay and Soutgh End.
The project, originally $600 million, escalated to $800 milliomn and he began lobbying the state for Winn invested morethan $40 million of his own moneyu to keep Columbus Cente going. The credit crunch took the project outof Winn’s hands and subjected it to market forces makinyg securing debt for construction projects impossible. The projecgt was unable to move forwardand Winn’s , backed out on a $430 millionh construction loan. Winn is now a minorituy partner in the project being run by the CaliforniaPublic Employees’ Retirement System since March 2007.
“Thias was like an insurmountable opportunity,” said “(It is) the opportunitt to unite two neighborhoods and do something that is long overdues andwould be, and still feel will be, an amazing development for the city.” Before Winn launched the Winn Cos. in 1971, he workedr for Ltd., getting his staryt in the business alongsideRonald Druker. Both worked for Druker’s now-deceased father, Bertram. Druker said Winn has viewes Columbus Center as both a source of greayt prideand aggravation. Close associates of Winn’s said the developer’s desire to leave a legacy prompter him to pursue the riskgy project and entangle himself in apoliticao fiasco.
“I suspect the last chaptetr has notbeen written,” said Druker of Columbusz Center. “Only time will tell whether all that work will bear fruitf and havebeen productive.” Winn’se reputation, before Columbus Center, was based on his years of work developinfg affordable housing. His credits includr being the largest owner and manager of affordable housing in New England and among the largesf inthe country. Winn owns 11,000 units and managesa 75,000 units of housing in 23 For Winn, the decision to dial it back has been in the makingb for afew years. Winn rarely works a full week and oftemn comes inafter 12:30 p.m.
Gilbert will assum e the role of managing principal and longtimwe partner Lawrence Curtis will be president of Winn anticipates Gilbert will capitalize onthe company’s solif financial footing and pursue acquisition opportunities in a distressed market. “They’re going to grow in the directiob theysee opportunity,” said Winn of his son and His own role at the real estate development company he founded 38 yearsz ago will now be one of cheerleader and consultant, advisingg and trying not to annoy his he said.
Winn describexd himself as hard-charging and a Type A personalityy who will have a hard time not inserting himselg in the daily operations ofthe “I think I’ve accomplished as much as I can and I’mm happy not to wait for a Winn said.
This week Winn, who will be 70 in August, officially handed the reins over tohis son, 31, who has been workinyg for his father for six years. The handoffr comes at a time when Winn has endurer intense scrutiny for his involvementt withthe now-stalled Columbus Center air-rights project and a donationb to former state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson, who was arrestedc after allegedly being caught on tapeaccepting bribes. Winn made a $10,00 donation to a fund Wilkerson had legally set up to help with herpersonalk finances. Two years later she sought $4.3 millionb in help for the ColumbudsCenter project.
He said the only feeling he has about theWilkerson matter, for whichy he received a subpoena, is “greatt sadness.” While the public subsidies tied to the private Columbus Center caused outrage and damaged Winn’s the elder statesman of the local real estatd community said this week he wanted to step down not because of the media attention but before a or worse, forced him to transition the company under Long ago, Winn heard a statistic that entrepreneuras often change the direction of the compan y only after a chaotic situation or life-alteringh event.
One could say spending 11 yearas and enduring 120 public meetings to get Columbuss Center approved qualifies as a chaoticor life-changing event. When asker about Columbus Center and whether he regretsxthe endeavor, he motione to a white leather couch in his office as if he’llk need therapy to get over it. “Thd episodic nature of it I coulrdnot anticipate,” he said. “I did not anticipate the controversuy and probablyshould have.” The proposed developmen t would have spanned the Massachusetts Turnpike and linkec the neighborhoods of the Back Bay and Soutgh End.
The project, originally $600 million, escalated to $800 milliomn and he began lobbying the state for Winn invested morethan $40 million of his own moneyu to keep Columbus Cente going. The credit crunch took the project outof Winn’s hands and subjected it to market forces makinyg securing debt for construction projects impossible. The projecgt was unable to move forwardand Winn’s , backed out on a $430 millionh construction loan. Winn is now a minorituy partner in the project being run by the CaliforniaPublic Employees’ Retirement System since March 2007.
“Thias was like an insurmountable opportunity,” said “(It is) the opportunitt to unite two neighborhoods and do something that is long overdues andwould be, and still feel will be, an amazing development for the city.” Before Winn launched the Winn Cos. in 1971, he workedr for Ltd., getting his staryt in the business alongsideRonald Druker. Both worked for Druker’s now-deceased father, Bertram. Druker said Winn has viewes Columbus Center as both a source of greayt prideand aggravation. Close associates of Winn’s said the developer’s desire to leave a legacy prompter him to pursue the riskgy project and entangle himself in apoliticao fiasco.
“I suspect the last chaptetr has notbeen written,” said Druker of Columbusz Center. “Only time will tell whether all that work will bear fruitf and havebeen productive.” Winn’se reputation, before Columbus Center, was based on his years of work developinfg affordable housing. His credits includr being the largest owner and manager of affordable housing in New England and among the largesf inthe country. Winn owns 11,000 units and managesa 75,000 units of housing in 23 For Winn, the decision to dial it back has been in the makingb for afew years. Winn rarely works a full week and oftemn comes inafter 12:30 p.m.
Gilbert will assum e the role of managing principal and longtimwe partner Lawrence Curtis will be president of Winn anticipates Gilbert will capitalize onthe company’s solif financial footing and pursue acquisition opportunities in a distressed market. “They’re going to grow in the directiob theysee opportunity,” said Winn of his son and His own role at the real estate development company he founded 38 yearsz ago will now be one of cheerleader and consultant, advisingg and trying not to annoy his he said.
Winn describexd himself as hard-charging and a Type A personalityy who will have a hard time not inserting himselg in the daily operations ofthe “I think I’ve accomplished as much as I can and I’mm happy not to wait for a Winn said.
วันศุกร์ที่ 9 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2555
Half-billion-dollar hydroelectric project moves forward - Denver Business Journal:
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SMUD has not decided whethe it will buildthe project, which it estimatesw would cost $553 million to $855 million. SMUD includesd the plan with its request for federalk reauthorization of the existing hydroelectric system so future construction wouldxbe possible. If built, the Iowa Hill project wouldd expandthe power-production capacity of SMUD’ Upper American River Project by aboutf 42 percent, enough extr a energy for up to 400,000 Just as important, the timing of the power productioh would be unusually flexible for a renewabls power source. Conventional hydroelectrix dams release water downstream through a powere turbine thatproduces electricity.
It’z a one-shot deal: The water leaves the reservoir andis gone. Iowa Hill woulc be a “pumped-storage project.” The utility would essentiallhy recycle water from Slab Creek Reservoir by pumpingv it up to a smallerf reservoir at the top of the hill and releasing back downhillk througha powerhouse. The projecrt would use more energy to pump water uphill than it woul produce by lettingit out. But it would act kind of like arechargeables battery, holding power so it’s available when electricit from other sources is more expensive or unavailable. SMUD woulr probably pump water uphill in the evening when its wind projects are spinning with Delta breezes.
It would release water duringf the day when electricity demand andprices “The energy we use to pump up will be very cheapo energy, what we call off-peak energy,” said Davidc Hanson, SMUD’s hydrorelicensing project manager. “We’re taking cheap energy and we’re saving it until it’sd more valuable.” The project proposal ran into some early opposition from environmentalists worried it would harm fish and neighbors concerned it would make the Eldorado NationallForest ugly. River advocates worried watef stored in the hilltop reservoir would warm up in the sun and changee the temperature of the reservoit and river below when itwas released.
SMUD’s modeling showed the project would not affect Hanson said. SMUD would nevere drain the upperreservoir completely, so the warm waterd at the top would not drain out. But just in environmentalists asked SMUD to sign a settlement agreemen that said SMUD will run the project withou t harming fish habitat or recreationa l uses ofSlab Creek. It’s up to SMUD’a engineers to design a project that meetethose qualifications, said Ron Stork, senior policy advocate with Friendsd of the River.
“There’s certainly an both in the environmentak communityand generally, in having our energu production go easier on fossil fuels,” Stork “Where we landed was if SMUD can make bindinv commitments to not screw up the resources of the reservoirr and the fisheries, then we ough to let them give it a try.” The aestheticf impacts might be tougher to The has standards for visual impact of projects in the Eldorado National Hanson said SMUD has been consulting with the Foresy Service and people living near Iowa Hill abourt ways to reduce the project’s such as coloring the reservoifr berm green and making the top unevenn instead of a straight line.
SMUD stilol needs a water qualitu permit from the state Water ResourceseControl Board. Hanson said he thinkxs SMUD will obtain that permit and the will approv the project license in the second halfof 2009. Designing the project and conducting studiexson transportation, fire protection and othert issues would take about three years, so SMUD’w staff might have a completed plan to take to the utility’d board of directors for a vote by Hanson said.
SMUD has not decided whethe it will buildthe project, which it estimatesw would cost $553 million to $855 million. SMUD includesd the plan with its request for federalk reauthorization of the existing hydroelectric system so future construction wouldxbe possible. If built, the Iowa Hill project wouldd expandthe power-production capacity of SMUD’ Upper American River Project by aboutf 42 percent, enough extr a energy for up to 400,000 Just as important, the timing of the power productioh would be unusually flexible for a renewabls power source. Conventional hydroelectrix dams release water downstream through a powere turbine thatproduces electricity.
It’z a one-shot deal: The water leaves the reservoir andis gone. Iowa Hill woulc be a “pumped-storage project.” The utility would essentiallhy recycle water from Slab Creek Reservoir by pumpingv it up to a smallerf reservoir at the top of the hill and releasing back downhillk througha powerhouse. The projecrt would use more energy to pump water uphill than it woul produce by lettingit out. But it would act kind of like arechargeables battery, holding power so it’s available when electricit from other sources is more expensive or unavailable. SMUD woulr probably pump water uphill in the evening when its wind projects are spinning with Delta breezes.
It would release water duringf the day when electricity demand andprices “The energy we use to pump up will be very cheapo energy, what we call off-peak energy,” said Davidc Hanson, SMUD’s hydrorelicensing project manager. “We’re taking cheap energy and we’re saving it until it’sd more valuable.” The project proposal ran into some early opposition from environmentalists worried it would harm fish and neighbors concerned it would make the Eldorado NationallForest ugly. River advocates worried watef stored in the hilltop reservoir would warm up in the sun and changee the temperature of the reservoit and river below when itwas released.
SMUD’s modeling showed the project would not affect Hanson said. SMUD would nevere drain the upperreservoir completely, so the warm waterd at the top would not drain out. But just in environmentalists asked SMUD to sign a settlement agreemen that said SMUD will run the project withou t harming fish habitat or recreationa l uses ofSlab Creek. It’s up to SMUD’a engineers to design a project that meetethose qualifications, said Ron Stork, senior policy advocate with Friendsd of the River.
“There’s certainly an both in the environmentak communityand generally, in having our energu production go easier on fossil fuels,” Stork “Where we landed was if SMUD can make bindinv commitments to not screw up the resources of the reservoirr and the fisheries, then we ough to let them give it a try.” The aestheticf impacts might be tougher to The has standards for visual impact of projects in the Eldorado National Hanson said SMUD has been consulting with the Foresy Service and people living near Iowa Hill abourt ways to reduce the project’s such as coloring the reservoifr berm green and making the top unevenn instead of a straight line.
SMUD stilol needs a water qualitu permit from the state Water ResourceseControl Board. Hanson said he thinkxs SMUD will obtain that permit and the will approv the project license in the second halfof 2009. Designing the project and conducting studiexson transportation, fire protection and othert issues would take about three years, so SMUD’w staff might have a completed plan to take to the utility’d board of directors for a vote by Hanson said.
วันพุธที่ 7 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2555
Il Tempio delle Clessidre e Egoband in concerto al Muddy Waters - GenovaToday
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Il Tempio delle Clessidre e Egoband in concerto al Muddy Waters GenovaToday Già molte sono state le esibizioni realizzate, alcune in appoggio a grossi nomi come Soft Machine Legacy, Goblin, Locanda delle Fate, Arti&Mestieri. La band ha partecipato nel 2011 al prestigioso Nearfest in Pennsylvania (USA), uno dei festival rock ... |
วันอังคารที่ 6 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2555
Hercules Technology Growth is living up to its name - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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Observers say the firm's aggressive strategy to lend to high-risk early-stage, venturse capital-backed companies and its solid relationships with venture investorsd has helped build the value of its loan portfolio beyond $530 million in just four years, whilse traditional financiers tighten lending standardxs and struggle to grow revenue. And Hercules says the credit crunch might just be playing tothe firm's Hercules posted record revenue in the fourth quarter of 2007 of $15. 8 million, an 82 percent increase over 2006. The compan grew its net income by 424 percentfto $20.6 million. For the year, the compan grew net income in 2007 by 273 percenrto $42.4 million.
And it loaned out $367 Hercules credits several factors forits performance: recorx venture capital raised and invested in a lengthening of venture-backed companieds time to exits and the volatile capital markets that make publif offerings more risky. "Thosde are the interesting phenomena that really bode well forour business," says Herculee CEO Manuel Henriquez. The firm says it's built an aggressive team that has helpedr it win more deals likeits $15 million loan announced Jan.
29 to 30-million-user socia network hi5 Hercules has positioned itself to bea front-runned in high quality deals by the relationshipe its forged with venture capitalists, says Dave Feinlib, a partnet at Mohr Davidow Ventures and a boarrd member of hi5. Since Dec. 2, the firm has announced $94 million in financiny to venture-backed companies. "They'r looking for a sort of blue chip VC firm to have made a reasonablse investment intothe company," Feinlibb says. "We've certainly done tons and tons of due diligence in the companiee that we invest inand they'rd leveraging that.
" Hercules is set up as a businesz development company, which requires it to distribute 90 percent of its taxabler income as dividends but exempts the company from payintg corporate income tax. That helps the firm compete onloan rates, Henriquea says. Competition among venture debt providers, whicnh include commercial banks such as SiliconValley Bank, and Squarde 1 Bank, has heightened over the last severall years as venture capital money has continue to flow here. "Venture debt providere have become more aggressive lately and are providing betterf termson debt," says Ian Patric k Sobieski, managing director of Band of Angels.
But if recorf revenue is something tocheer about, Wall Street hasn'rt been greatly impressed. Hercules saw barely a blip in its stocjk price from its earningsannouncementt Feb. 7. And its stock was trading near squarely in the middle ofits 52-weem range, at press time. "Thr problem is, it's like whack-a-mole," Henrique z says. "It doesn't matter how well we do. Our othetr brethren in the mid-markert get whacked and we get painted with thisbroaed brush.
"
Observers say the firm's aggressive strategy to lend to high-risk early-stage, venturse capital-backed companies and its solid relationships with venture investorsd has helped build the value of its loan portfolio beyond $530 million in just four years, whilse traditional financiers tighten lending standardxs and struggle to grow revenue. And Hercules says the credit crunch might just be playing tothe firm's Hercules posted record revenue in the fourth quarter of 2007 of $15. 8 million, an 82 percent increase over 2006. The compan grew its net income by 424 percentfto $20.6 million. For the year, the compan grew net income in 2007 by 273 percenrto $42.4 million.
And it loaned out $367 Hercules credits several factors forits performance: recorx venture capital raised and invested in a lengthening of venture-backed companieds time to exits and the volatile capital markets that make publif offerings more risky. "Thosde are the interesting phenomena that really bode well forour business," says Herculee CEO Manuel Henriquez. The firm says it's built an aggressive team that has helpedr it win more deals likeits $15 million loan announced Jan.
29 to 30-million-user socia network hi5 Hercules has positioned itself to bea front-runned in high quality deals by the relationshipe its forged with venture capitalists, says Dave Feinlib, a partnet at Mohr Davidow Ventures and a boarrd member of hi5. Since Dec. 2, the firm has announced $94 million in financiny to venture-backed companies. "They'r looking for a sort of blue chip VC firm to have made a reasonablse investment intothe company," Feinlibb says. "We've certainly done tons and tons of due diligence in the companiee that we invest inand they'rd leveraging that.
" Hercules is set up as a businesz development company, which requires it to distribute 90 percent of its taxabler income as dividends but exempts the company from payintg corporate income tax. That helps the firm compete onloan rates, Henriquea says. Competition among venture debt providers, whicnh include commercial banks such as SiliconValley Bank, and Squarde 1 Bank, has heightened over the last severall years as venture capital money has continue to flow here. "Venture debt providere have become more aggressive lately and are providing betterf termson debt," says Ian Patric k Sobieski, managing director of Band of Angels.
But if recorf revenue is something tocheer about, Wall Street hasn'rt been greatly impressed. Hercules saw barely a blip in its stocjk price from its earningsannouncementt Feb. 7. And its stock was trading near squarely in the middle ofits 52-weem range, at press time. "Thr problem is, it's like whack-a-mole," Henrique z says. "It doesn't matter how well we do. Our othetr brethren in the mid-markert get whacked and we get painted with thisbroaed brush.
"
วันเสาร์ที่ 3 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2555
Sprint Nextel has Palm Pre exclusively through year
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The Overland Park-based company (NYSE: S), the third-largest wirelesz carrier, with about 49 million still wouldn’t give exact dates of its exclusivit period. The Pre, a touch-scree phone with a slide-out keyboard made by Palm Inc. (Nasdaq: . The phone operates on a new webOaS platform that enables users to integrate informatio from multiple places into one contacts listor e-mail and it supports professional, entertainment and personal data. CEO Lowell McAdam reportedlu saidthe company, the No. 1 wirelese carrier, will offer the phone within six months. Sprint clarified its claim on the phone through theholiday season.
The Pre is intendex to help Sprint combatthe iPhone, made by (Nasdaq: and offered by No. 2 wireless carrier (NYSE: T). Sprint has been losinh customers, including about 4.1 million contract subscribers last Sprintranks No. 1 on the Kansas City BusinesseJournal ’s list of the area’s top publid companies.
The Overland Park-based company (NYSE: S), the third-largest wirelesz carrier, with about 49 million still wouldn’t give exact dates of its exclusivit period. The Pre, a touch-scree phone with a slide-out keyboard made by Palm Inc. (Nasdaq: . The phone operates on a new webOaS platform that enables users to integrate informatio from multiple places into one contacts listor e-mail and it supports professional, entertainment and personal data. CEO Lowell McAdam reportedlu saidthe company, the No. 1 wirelese carrier, will offer the phone within six months. Sprint clarified its claim on the phone through theholiday season.
The Pre is intendex to help Sprint combatthe iPhone, made by (Nasdaq: and offered by No. 2 wireless carrier (NYSE: T). Sprint has been losinh customers, including about 4.1 million contract subscribers last Sprintranks No. 1 on the Kansas City BusinesseJournal ’s list of the area’s top publid companies.
วันศุกร์ที่ 2 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2555
CMA Awards: Best and worst of the broadcast - Entertainment Weekly (blog)
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ABC News (blog) | CMA Awards: Best and worst of the broadcast Entertainment Weekly (blog) Best performance: I'm a sucker for the CMA Awards' tribute performances (I still get a little teary thinking about last year's Glen Campbell effort), and this year's Willie Nelson-centered medley was no exception. Charles Kelly and Hillary Scott (of ... Blake Shelton takes CMA Awards entertainer of the year CMA Awards celebrates country music CMA Awards 2012: Seen and Heard Backstage |
วันพฤหัสบดีที่ 1 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ. 2555
Port San Antonio tenant begins air cargo service to Mexico - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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, the port’s foreign trade zone operator, will host the servicde on Mexpress. LOGITEX USA will serve as the sales Mexpress is an air cargoi transportation company that catersto small-- to medium-sized companies that need to ship less than a traile load of supplies. Mexpress, in turn, will aggregate the cargpo andship customers’ materials out via air cargo shipperd at the port three times a “This service will be very important to companiese in need of air cargo transporf between our region and the strategic cargop centers in Mexico,” says Jorge Canavati, vice presidengt of business development for Port San Antonio.
“At the same time it is an efficiengt tool for small and medium sized companiew that need to ship a pallert or two ata time.” The companies involved in this partnership envision offering this service to other marketsa in Mexico and Central America. The companieas could also serve as a feeder to and from Asia throug international aircargo hubs. “Wer are opening new trades horizons in dealing with PortSan Antonio.” Mexpresd President Carlos Duron says.
, the port’s foreign trade zone operator, will host the servicde on Mexpress. LOGITEX USA will serve as the sales Mexpress is an air cargoi transportation company that catersto small-- to medium-sized companies that need to ship less than a traile load of supplies. Mexpress, in turn, will aggregate the cargpo andship customers’ materials out via air cargo shipperd at the port three times a “This service will be very important to companiese in need of air cargo transporf between our region and the strategic cargop centers in Mexico,” says Jorge Canavati, vice presidengt of business development for Port San Antonio.
“At the same time it is an efficiengt tool for small and medium sized companiew that need to ship a pallert or two ata time.” The companies involved in this partnership envision offering this service to other marketsa in Mexico and Central America. The companieas could also serve as a feeder to and from Asia throug international aircargo hubs. “Wer are opening new trades horizons in dealing with PortSan Antonio.” Mexpresd President Carlos Duron says.
วันจันทร์ที่ 29 ตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2555
Report: MediaNews Group, Verve Wireless to partner on mobile news - Business First of Louisville:
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Encinitas, Calif.-based Verve is initiating partnerships with MediaNews as well as otheenewspaper companies: The Hearst Corp., a minority owner of the Post and most other MediaNewsd newspapers, as well as Belo Corp. and Cox . Verve's business is building mobile sitedsfor newspapers. Its CEO, Art is a 30-year newspaper veteran who won a Pulitze Prize in 1986 as a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer for his articles on the Internal Revenue Verve already is working with the Associateds Press news service as well asMcClatchyt Co., New York Times Regional Group and Media Mediaweek said. Another mobile-news company, Cris p Wireless, is working with Gannett Co.
America's largest newspaper chain, as well as the Washingtob Post. The Denver Post currentl offers a that features a list of recent headlines. But newspapers nationwide are looking for ways to generatee more revenue from their mobile news feeds througn such means as targeted local Mediaweek quoted a forecasy from the Kelsey Group that local mobilee ad revenue willtop $3.1 billion by 2013, up from $160 millioh in 2008. The New York Timesw Co. has said recently it may start charging readers for news delivered tomobild devices, Mediaweek said. Last month, MediaNewe executives said they and will develop ways to charge readers for some of itsweb content.
"Wse cannot continue to give all of our content away for MediaNews CEO William Dean Singleton and PresidengJoseph "Jody" Lodovic .
Encinitas, Calif.-based Verve is initiating partnerships with MediaNews as well as otheenewspaper companies: The Hearst Corp., a minority owner of the Post and most other MediaNewsd newspapers, as well as Belo Corp. and Cox . Verve's business is building mobile sitedsfor newspapers. Its CEO, Art is a 30-year newspaper veteran who won a Pulitze Prize in 1986 as a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer for his articles on the Internal Revenue Verve already is working with the Associateds Press news service as well asMcClatchyt Co., New York Times Regional Group and Media Mediaweek said. Another mobile-news company, Cris p Wireless, is working with Gannett Co.
America's largest newspaper chain, as well as the Washingtob Post. The Denver Post currentl offers a that features a list of recent headlines. But newspapers nationwide are looking for ways to generatee more revenue from their mobile news feeds througn such means as targeted local Mediaweek quoted a forecasy from the Kelsey Group that local mobilee ad revenue willtop $3.1 billion by 2013, up from $160 millioh in 2008. The New York Timesw Co. has said recently it may start charging readers for news delivered tomobild devices, Mediaweek said. Last month, MediaNewe executives said they and will develop ways to charge readers for some of itsweb content.
"Wse cannot continue to give all of our content away for MediaNews CEO William Dean Singleton and PresidengJoseph "Jody" Lodovic .
วันศุกร์ที่ 26 ตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2555
Conference Board employment index edges up in May - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:
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The organization’s Employment Trends Index was 89.9, up 0.2 percent from 89.7 in Aprikl and down from 113 in May The Conference Boardsaid Monday. The index numbef is relative to 100for 1996. “While it is too early to say that the ETI has the moderation of the last two months is certainlh a sign that the decline in job losses is real and signalsx that the worstis over,” Gad The Conference Board’s senior economist, said in a release.
as the economic recovery over the coming monthds is likely to bevery slow, we still expect the unemployment rate to continuer to increase to double digits by the end of this year and into Percentage of respondents who say they find “jobws hard to get,” gathered from The Conferencre Board Consumer Confidence Survey. Initial claims for unemploymenf insurance, from statistics. Percentage of firmsw with positions not able to fill right now becausr of inability to find suitable fromthe . Number of employees hire by the temporary-help from the . Part-time workerx for economic reasons, from Bureau of Laboer Statistics. Job openings, from the Bureau of Labot Statistics.
Industrial production, from the . Real manufacturingg and trade sales, from the . The Conference Board is an independent NewYork City-based nonprofit organization whos mission is to providew organizations with the practical knowledge they need to improvde their performance and better servr society.
The organization’s Employment Trends Index was 89.9, up 0.2 percent from 89.7 in Aprikl and down from 113 in May The Conference Boardsaid Monday. The index numbef is relative to 100for 1996. “While it is too early to say that the ETI has the moderation of the last two months is certainlh a sign that the decline in job losses is real and signalsx that the worstis over,” Gad The Conference Board’s senior economist, said in a release.
as the economic recovery over the coming monthds is likely to bevery slow, we still expect the unemployment rate to continuer to increase to double digits by the end of this year and into Percentage of respondents who say they find “jobws hard to get,” gathered from The Conferencre Board Consumer Confidence Survey. Initial claims for unemploymenf insurance, from statistics. Percentage of firmsw with positions not able to fill right now becausr of inability to find suitable fromthe . Number of employees hire by the temporary-help from the . Part-time workerx for economic reasons, from Bureau of Laboer Statistics. Job openings, from the Bureau of Labot Statistics.
Industrial production, from the . Real manufacturingg and trade sales, from the . The Conference Board is an independent NewYork City-based nonprofit organization whos mission is to providew organizations with the practical knowledge they need to improvde their performance and better servr society.
วันพฤหัสบดีที่ 25 ตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2555
bizjournals: The small business owner's guide to the presidential election -- bizjournals
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Neil Golub, chief executive officer of PriceChopperxs Supermarkets, a 116-store chainj based in Schenectady, N.Y., said the Employee Free Choicre Act is the union movement's "last stand" to change "ther playing field for collective bargaining." Golub, who has been workingy on coalitions opposing the Employee Free Choice Act for the past two said the bill should be calles the "Forced Choice Act" becausr employees would be coercedc by union organizers to sign the union But Bill Samuels, the AFL-CIO' director of government said the only people circulatinv these cards would be co-workers -- uniomn organizers are not allowed on a company'es property.
Some employers already voluntarily recognizwe the results of card check organizing and "there's no history of coercion to sign authorizatiobn cards."
Neil Golub, chief executive officer of PriceChopperxs Supermarkets, a 116-store chainj based in Schenectady, N.Y., said the Employee Free Choicre Act is the union movement's "last stand" to change "ther playing field for collective bargaining." Golub, who has been workingy on coalitions opposing the Employee Free Choice Act for the past two said the bill should be calles the "Forced Choice Act" becausr employees would be coercedc by union organizers to sign the union But Bill Samuels, the AFL-CIO' director of government said the only people circulatinv these cards would be co-workers -- uniomn organizers are not allowed on a company'es property.
Some employers already voluntarily recognizwe the results of card check organizing and "there's no history of coercion to sign authorizatiobn cards."
วันอังคารที่ 23 ตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2555
San Antonio remains a fertile market for apartment investors - San Antonio Business Journal:
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Those investors include newcomers like Conciergew AssetManagement (CAM) a multifamily investor that is dually headquarterer in Houston and Tiburon, Calif. CAM recently purchasede SunriseCanyon — a 208-unit property locates in Universal City, just northeasgt of San Antonio. Also last month, Atlanta-basee (ARA) announced the sale of three multifamilh properties: Wall Street, a 232-unit propertyu in Northwest San Antonio; and North Central Side communities Blue Swan and which feature 285 units and258 units, “(San Antonio’s) economy is stillo healthy relative to other areas,” says Caseyg A. Fry, an associate with the Austinh officeof ARA.
Fry and Patto Jones, managing director for the ARA Austin office, were part of the ARA team that represented the seller s of the Wall Street, Copperfield and Blue Swan Down, but not out According to earlyu figures compiled by Austin-based multifamily research firm , 13 locap apartment communities changed ownershilp during the third quarter of 2008 — quitr a change from the mere three properties that changed ownershil during the previous quarter. On the whole, however, investmeny activity in San Antonio’s multifamiluy market has “certainly died down from 2006 and 2007,” accordinvg to Janine Claycomb of the San Antonio Division ofAustinb Investor.
Claycomb contends that it is not any one thing that has led to the decrease d momentum inapartment sales. Tighted financing, increased taxes and an overallo general uncertainty ofthe country’s financial marke t all have been listed as factors that have impactedf investment activity. The fact that constructioj of new multifamily properties has continued ata break-neck pace in San Antoniop could also be an issue. At present, more than 7,0000 apartment units are under “I think some folks mighr be waiting until the constructio n dies down to see how well theabsorption fares,” Claycomhb adds.
“It’s still an active market,” says Fry of San Antonio’d multifamily sector. But when it comes to saleds ofthese properties, the pace has “dramaticalluy slowed down,” he adds. “There’s a lot of trepidation in the markef — a lot of capital sitting on the sidelines at this Fry says. As for those investors that are coming toSan Antonio, much of the focus has been on the assets — communities that offer an owner the opportunity to buy, reposition and re-sell the propertgy for a healthy profit. Case in point is a buyee like CAM.
Sunrise Canyon markw CAM’s second local multifamily In July, the company purchased Sable Ridge, a 333-uni community also located in Universal City. “We’re very bullishg on (San Antonio’s) prospects,” says Ted M. CEO for Cameron Assetg Management. “It has a positiv e business climate, and good job prospects.” Both Sablwe Ridge and Sunrise Canyon are poised to benefitr from these jobprospectss — including the some 10,000 employees expected to make theit way to Fort Sam Houston as a result of the 2005 Base Realignmeny and Closure Commission (BRAC) action.
And CAM is alreadyy on the hunt for its next propertt inSan Antonio’s multifamily market, according to While Fry expects that the investment marketr in San Antonio may remain slow into the new slow doesn’t mean that it’s He adds: “We are able to get deal s done. We will continue to get deals
Those investors include newcomers like Conciergew AssetManagement (CAM) a multifamily investor that is dually headquarterer in Houston and Tiburon, Calif. CAM recently purchasede SunriseCanyon — a 208-unit property locates in Universal City, just northeasgt of San Antonio. Also last month, Atlanta-basee (ARA) announced the sale of three multifamilh properties: Wall Street, a 232-unit propertyu in Northwest San Antonio; and North Central Side communities Blue Swan and which feature 285 units and258 units, “(San Antonio’s) economy is stillo healthy relative to other areas,” says Caseyg A. Fry, an associate with the Austinh officeof ARA.
Fry and Patto Jones, managing director for the ARA Austin office, were part of the ARA team that represented the seller s of the Wall Street, Copperfield and Blue Swan Down, but not out According to earlyu figures compiled by Austin-based multifamily research firm , 13 locap apartment communities changed ownershilp during the third quarter of 2008 — quitr a change from the mere three properties that changed ownershil during the previous quarter. On the whole, however, investmeny activity in San Antonio’s multifamiluy market has “certainly died down from 2006 and 2007,” accordinvg to Janine Claycomb of the San Antonio Division ofAustinb Investor.
Claycomb contends that it is not any one thing that has led to the decrease d momentum inapartment sales. Tighted financing, increased taxes and an overallo general uncertainty ofthe country’s financial marke t all have been listed as factors that have impactedf investment activity. The fact that constructioj of new multifamily properties has continued ata break-neck pace in San Antoniop could also be an issue. At present, more than 7,0000 apartment units are under “I think some folks mighr be waiting until the constructio n dies down to see how well theabsorption fares,” Claycomhb adds.
“It’s still an active market,” says Fry of San Antonio’d multifamily sector. But when it comes to saleds ofthese properties, the pace has “dramaticalluy slowed down,” he adds. “There’s a lot of trepidation in the markef — a lot of capital sitting on the sidelines at this Fry says. As for those investors that are coming toSan Antonio, much of the focus has been on the assets — communities that offer an owner the opportunity to buy, reposition and re-sell the propertgy for a healthy profit. Case in point is a buyee like CAM.
Sunrise Canyon markw CAM’s second local multifamily In July, the company purchased Sable Ridge, a 333-uni community also located in Universal City. “We’re very bullishg on (San Antonio’s) prospects,” says Ted M. CEO for Cameron Assetg Management. “It has a positiv e business climate, and good job prospects.” Both Sablwe Ridge and Sunrise Canyon are poised to benefitr from these jobprospectss — including the some 10,000 employees expected to make theit way to Fort Sam Houston as a result of the 2005 Base Realignmeny and Closure Commission (BRAC) action.
And CAM is alreadyy on the hunt for its next propertt inSan Antonio’s multifamily market, according to While Fry expects that the investment marketr in San Antonio may remain slow into the new slow doesn’t mean that it’s He adds: “We are able to get deal s done. We will continue to get deals
วันจันทร์ที่ 22 ตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2555
Help a MassChallenge startup: Cellanyx Diagnostics - Boston.com (blog)
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Help a MassChallenge startup: Cellanyx Diagnostics Boston.com (blog) [Editor's Note: Attend the MassChallenge Awards Ceremony to celebrate startups on October 23rd, 2012. The event is part of Innovation Week in Massachusetts during which time 8 conferences are happening simultaneously. Join the conversation on Twitter ... |
วันอาทิตย์ที่ 21 ตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2555
Landmark health reform bill passes Senate - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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Also winning passage on Thursdayg was a the creation of a state agency charged with improvinf the delivery of health care acrossthe state. The “Health Kids — Healthy Oregon” bill, which will increase taxesx on hospitals and health insurersby $150 million per marks a major victory for Gov. Ted who proposed the measure. It faced fierce opposition by hospitapl groups, who were pacified when their proposedf tax hikewas moderated. Insurers still maintaij that the measure will increase the cost of health coveragd for thousandsof Oregonians, by adding a 1 percent premiu to the cost of commerciall health insurance.
By raising additional funds, the state will receivd $500 million in unclaimed federal health care Thesecond bill, which allocates two-yeaf funding of $3 million from the state’ s general fund, creates the Oregonb Health Authority to oversee existing state programz that touch on health care. The new state agency is chargerd with establishing health industry cost control measureas and with promoting health care reform at anationap level. Both bills now head to the governorf forhis signature.
Also winning passage on Thursdayg was a the creation of a state agency charged with improvinf the delivery of health care acrossthe state. The “Health Kids — Healthy Oregon” bill, which will increase taxesx on hospitals and health insurersby $150 million per marks a major victory for Gov. Ted who proposed the measure. It faced fierce opposition by hospitapl groups, who were pacified when their proposedf tax hikewas moderated. Insurers still maintaij that the measure will increase the cost of health coveragd for thousandsof Oregonians, by adding a 1 percent premiu to the cost of commerciall health insurance.
By raising additional funds, the state will receivd $500 million in unclaimed federal health care Thesecond bill, which allocates two-yeaf funding of $3 million from the state’ s general fund, creates the Oregonb Health Authority to oversee existing state programz that touch on health care. The new state agency is chargerd with establishing health industry cost control measureas and with promoting health care reform at anationap level. Both bills now head to the governorf forhis signature.
วันศุกร์ที่ 19 ตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2555
With DHL move, Astar unit adds office, NKY jobs - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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The German-owned parcel service is scheduled to relocate its hub from the Wilmingtob Air Parkto Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in Boonde County by the end of the month. It and its supplierxs will take hundreds ofjobs along. leased 34,00 square feet of office spacre at the Turfway Ridge office complec in Florencelast month. It will house its executive team andofficd operations. The lease was valued at $4.2 according to Colliers Turley Martin whichrepresented Astar. The Florida-basefd air cargo service is 49 percent ownesd by DHL and will continu e to provide air lift services to DHL undert a contract that runsuntilo 2019.
Wilmington-based , a subsidiary of , also will providw air cargo services in Boone County under a contract with DHL that runs througyAugust 2010. Astar had earlier received approval from the Kentucky Economid Development Finance Authorityfor $2.3 million of job-creatioj tax incentives. It said it expecta to create 77new full-time jobs for Kentuckyu residents, out of projected total employment of 148 peopl in Northern Kentucky. Average wages of the new Kentuckh jobs will be more than it said in its application for tax A company spokesmansaid Astar’ds relocation from Wilmington will begin when the build-out of its office is complete in which is expected to be in August.
All of its current employee s in Wilmington have been offered jobs in Florenc e or at the Boone Countgairport facility, he said. announced in Aprill that it would be movingits U.S. air cargo and package sorting operations back tothe Cincinnati/Northernm Kentucky International Airport. As first reported by the , the move will create about 830jobs – 180 650 part-time – at a DHL sorting facility in Boon e County that had been mothballedf for the past four years. Those new positionz will be in addition to about 200existinhg jobs, mostly in back-officde operations, that DHL has kept there since it relocated its sortint operations to Wilmington in 2005.
That move had followerd its acquisition of as partof DHL’s expansionh of parcel delivery services in the U.S. market. It announced last May that it was abandoninvthe U.S. domestic market, wherre it has been losing billionss ofdollars annually, to focus on its international It will continue to ship international packages into and out of the Unitedf States through the reactivated Boone Countu hub. Officials in Wilmington have saidthat DHL’s decision would causw a direct loss of more than 8,009 jobs in that Clinton County community. Thousands of jobs have alreadyybeen eliminated.
The German-owned parcel service is scheduled to relocate its hub from the Wilmingtob Air Parkto Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in Boonde County by the end of the month. It and its supplierxs will take hundreds ofjobs along. leased 34,00 square feet of office spacre at the Turfway Ridge office complec in Florencelast month. It will house its executive team andofficd operations. The lease was valued at $4.2 according to Colliers Turley Martin whichrepresented Astar. The Florida-basefd air cargo service is 49 percent ownesd by DHL and will continu e to provide air lift services to DHL undert a contract that runsuntilo 2019.
Wilmington-based , a subsidiary of , also will providw air cargo services in Boone County under a contract with DHL that runs througyAugust 2010. Astar had earlier received approval from the Kentucky Economid Development Finance Authorityfor $2.3 million of job-creatioj tax incentives. It said it expecta to create 77new full-time jobs for Kentuckyu residents, out of projected total employment of 148 peopl in Northern Kentucky. Average wages of the new Kentuckh jobs will be more than it said in its application for tax A company spokesmansaid Astar’ds relocation from Wilmington will begin when the build-out of its office is complete in which is expected to be in August.
All of its current employee s in Wilmington have been offered jobs in Florenc e or at the Boone Countgairport facility, he said. announced in Aprill that it would be movingits U.S. air cargo and package sorting operations back tothe Cincinnati/Northernm Kentucky International Airport. As first reported by the , the move will create about 830jobs – 180 650 part-time – at a DHL sorting facility in Boon e County that had been mothballedf for the past four years. Those new positionz will be in addition to about 200existinhg jobs, mostly in back-officde operations, that DHL has kept there since it relocated its sortint operations to Wilmington in 2005.
That move had followerd its acquisition of as partof DHL’s expansionh of parcel delivery services in the U.S. market. It announced last May that it was abandoninvthe U.S. domestic market, wherre it has been losing billionss ofdollars annually, to focus on its international It will continue to ship international packages into and out of the Unitedf States through the reactivated Boone Countu hub. Officials in Wilmington have saidthat DHL’s decision would causw a direct loss of more than 8,009 jobs in that Clinton County community. Thousands of jobs have alreadyybeen eliminated.
วันพฤหัสบดีที่ 18 ตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2555
Jon Jones, Chael Sonnen discuss UFC title fight - Los Angeles Times
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Jon Jones, Chael Sonnen discuss UFC title fight Los Angeles Times Jon Jones, Chael Sonnen discuss UFC title fight. print. Comments. 0. Chael Sonnen says of landing the fight against light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones: 'I talked a cat out of a tree today. Good for me. Chalk one more up for the bad guy.' (Jonathan ... |
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Turkey puts armed forces into high state of readiness - Focus News
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Fars News Agency | Turkey puts armed forces into high state of readiness Focus News According to information of Hurriyet, frigate, armed with missile systems, 127-mm weapons, and guided missile boats from different regions headed to the bases of the Turkish naval forces in the Mediterranean Sea. One of the tasks of the reinforcement ... Sy rian Army Takes Back Key Air Defense Base in Damascus Syria Real News - October 12 & 13 roundup Blasts, clashes continue in Syria as tension gains momentum with Turkey |
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Former Onyx boss Renton joins Affymax board - Triangle Business Journal:
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Hematide is in a Phase III Renton led Onyx for nearly 15 stepping down in Februaryt 2008as president, CEO, chairman and a member of Onyx’s board. At the he helped negotiate a research, developmenr and commercialization partnership with that resultex inthe anti-cancer drug Nexavar. Nexavart tablets, which cost aboutf $5,000 a month in the United States and areapproachinf $1 billion in annual are approved in more than 80 countries to treart kidney cancer and 70-plus countries for liver Prior to joining Onyx, Renton was presiden and COO of Chiron, whicnh acquired Cetus in 1991. Renton had been presidentt of Cetussince 1990, COO since 1987 and CFO from 1983 to 1987.
Rentojn also serves on the boardsof , Cepheir and the Special Olympics of Northern
Hematide is in a Phase III Renton led Onyx for nearly 15 stepping down in Februaryt 2008as president, CEO, chairman and a member of Onyx’s board. At the he helped negotiate a research, developmenr and commercialization partnership with that resultex inthe anti-cancer drug Nexavar. Nexavart tablets, which cost aboutf $5,000 a month in the United States and areapproachinf $1 billion in annual are approved in more than 80 countries to treart kidney cancer and 70-plus countries for liver Prior to joining Onyx, Renton was presiden and COO of Chiron, whicnh acquired Cetus in 1991. Renton had been presidentt of Cetussince 1990, COO since 1987 and CFO from 1983 to 1987.
Rentojn also serves on the boardsof , Cepheir and the Special Olympics of Northern
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Gates Foundation gives $16M to colleges - Nashville Business Journal:
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million to 15 community collegew and five states in an efforf to help struggling studentscomplete college. The Development Education Initiative will awarxd the fundingto Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Texas and Virginia, as well as communitg colleges in each state plus one more in Nortbh Carolina. No colleges or programs in Washingtonm state will receive funding underthe program. For a complete list of recipients, . The first announced in December oflast year, will be awarded to and distributeed by , a North Carolina-based “They wanted us to identifu initiatives, programs and policies that are already being tried and had promise,” said Richar d Hart, spokesman for MDC.
The initiativew seeks to support programs that help students enrolled in remedialkprograms — so-called refresher coursees for students who are not up to grades level in a given The goal is to improvre classroom performance so students can go on to take advanced coursesw and eventually graduate with a degrese or certificate. A cited by the Gatex Foundation found that nearly 60 percent of student s enrolling inthe nation’s community colleges must take remedial Such courses cost taxpayers $2 billion a according to the report.
The grant s are part of the Gates Foundation’s work to help more studentd graduate from college oruniversity programs, an importangt education milestone that the foundation says is essential to earnin g a living wage in today’s economy. The grantsz will support various state andcollege programs, includingv efforts to collect data and betterf track the performance of remedial students. The Development Education Initiative is also being supportewith $1.5 million from the of Indianapolis to pay for evaluatiojn and communications.
million to 15 community collegew and five states in an efforf to help struggling studentscomplete college. The Development Education Initiative will awarxd the fundingto Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, Texas and Virginia, as well as communitg colleges in each state plus one more in Nortbh Carolina. No colleges or programs in Washingtonm state will receive funding underthe program. For a complete list of recipients, . The first announced in December oflast year, will be awarded to and distributeed by , a North Carolina-based “They wanted us to identifu initiatives, programs and policies that are already being tried and had promise,” said Richar d Hart, spokesman for MDC.
The initiativew seeks to support programs that help students enrolled in remedialkprograms — so-called refresher coursees for students who are not up to grades level in a given The goal is to improvre classroom performance so students can go on to take advanced coursesw and eventually graduate with a degrese or certificate. A cited by the Gatex Foundation found that nearly 60 percent of student s enrolling inthe nation’s community colleges must take remedial Such courses cost taxpayers $2 billion a according to the report.
The grant s are part of the Gates Foundation’s work to help more studentd graduate from college oruniversity programs, an importangt education milestone that the foundation says is essential to earnin g a living wage in today’s economy. The grantsz will support various state andcollege programs, includingv efforts to collect data and betterf track the performance of remedial students. The Development Education Initiative is also being supportewith $1.5 million from the of Indianapolis to pay for evaluatiojn and communications.
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Minnesota coalition debuts health info tool - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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The group’s application, called will be launched next montbh at several Minnesota employer s and healthcare organizations, including Minnetonka-basedf Carlson Cos. Inc. The application, designed for BHCAGt by Minneapolis-based , utilizes the Microsoft HealthVault platform. This will allow people to exchanged the information they store with various health providersand services. Controlled solelyy by the individual, myHealthfolio will allow users to tracmk their individual and familyhealth history, includin care received and medications taken.
They will also have access to wellness andfitnesx information, online services to help them manage and improve theid health, and information generated by home monitoring “Employers and health care companies need to unite in this efforrt to give employees the tools and information access they need to take chargs of their health and maximize their precious health care dollars,” Carolyn Pare, presiden and CEO of BHCAG, said in a news The goal, the group said, was to buils a tool connected disparate organizationzs and sources of information into one
The group’s application, called will be launched next montbh at several Minnesota employer s and healthcare organizations, including Minnetonka-basedf Carlson Cos. Inc. The application, designed for BHCAGt by Minneapolis-based , utilizes the Microsoft HealthVault platform. This will allow people to exchanged the information they store with various health providersand services. Controlled solelyy by the individual, myHealthfolio will allow users to tracmk their individual and familyhealth history, includin care received and medications taken.
They will also have access to wellness andfitnesx information, online services to help them manage and improve theid health, and information generated by home monitoring “Employers and health care companies need to unite in this efforrt to give employees the tools and information access they need to take chargs of their health and maximize their precious health care dollars,” Carolyn Pare, presiden and CEO of BHCAG, said in a news The goal, the group said, was to buils a tool connected disparate organizationzs and sources of information into one
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Dublin, Columbus schools get grants for diesel-cutting - Triangle Business Journal:
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million is headed to Dublin and under a seconsd round of state grants aimed at cutting diesellengine emissions. The on Monday announced recipients of the second and final round of Diesel EmissionxsReduction grants, a $19.8 million program created in 2008. The firsgt round sent nearly $7.3 million to 10 organizations, includinfg the , operator of the region’sx bus system. In the winners disclosed Monday, Dublin was cleared for $464,658 while the Columbus school system receiveda $918,020 grant. Officialw from Dublin and the school district told thestate they’re using the money to replace vehicles with lower-emissioh alternatives.
Dublin plans to replacr eight 1999- or 2000-model short-haul diesel while the school district is using its grant to replaces 15 buses producedin 1990. Projects that receivexd awards are required to put up at least 20 percentf of the cost inmatching funds. The grant program looks specificallg at public and private dieselp equipment owners in Ohio counties that fall shorty of airquality standards. The largest granf among the 16 went to the and to refit four locomotivews withnew engines. That Cincinnati-area project was awarded $4.
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million is headed to Dublin and under a seconsd round of state grants aimed at cutting diesellengine emissions. The on Monday announced recipients of the second and final round of Diesel EmissionxsReduction grants, a $19.8 million program created in 2008. The firsgt round sent nearly $7.3 million to 10 organizations, includinfg the , operator of the region’sx bus system. In the winners disclosed Monday, Dublin was cleared for $464,658 while the Columbus school system receiveda $918,020 grant. Officialw from Dublin and the school district told thestate they’re using the money to replace vehicles with lower-emissioh alternatives.
Dublin plans to replacr eight 1999- or 2000-model short-haul diesel while the school district is using its grant to replaces 15 buses producedin 1990. Projects that receivexd awards are required to put up at least 20 percentf of the cost inmatching funds. The grant program looks specificallg at public and private dieselp equipment owners in Ohio counties that fall shorty of airquality standards. The largest granf among the 16 went to the and to refit four locomotivews withnew engines. That Cincinnati-area project was awarded $4.
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Spirit spurs aviation subcontractor growth with Columbus fuselage work - Kansas City Business Journal:
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The news also comes with concern about filliny what could add up to thousands of jobs createe throughthe work, suppliers say. Spirit last week announced planz to build anew 375,000-square-foot factory to accommodatr the manufacturing and testing of the Columbus And the company plans to hire 700 workers for that work as well as existinh products and other programs, says Debbie Gann, Spiriy spokeswoman. Cessna is investing $780 milliom into developing the Columbus, includinvg building a new plant in Wichit and hiring morethan 1,000 new employees.
That has locakl subcontractors trying to land a share ofthat “We are putting together quotese now,” says Peter vice president of Centedr Industries Corp., which already makes parts for all of Cessna’ss aircraft and does some work for Spirit. “My goal is to buildx those parts forthe Columbus.” Dependinbg on the size of the Jonas says Center may have to hire more Carl Best, president of , supplies interiors for some Cessnaz aircraft and figures the company is a likely candidate to supply the interior for the “We believe we will have a good opportunity to win the business for the furniture and the airplane interior,” Best says.
The compant already is building theColumbus mock-uop for the ’s conference next month, he says. If the compant is awarded the contract, it likely will have to hire 30 to 50 more Best says. With or without the Cessnwa contract, Precision already planned on hirint about 100 new workers next Doug Oliver, Cessna says it’s too early to tell which localo suppliers could be tapped. “Certainly, it’z always a possibility when you look at a new producty and how tosource it, you go to the high-performing companies that you currently already have a relationship he says. Gann says the company is lookint at the best way to handleextrqa work.
“We are looking at how much we are goinfg to make inside and can we produce it more cost effectivelgy or is it somethingg that our supply base can buildfor us,” she The company has about 600 suppliersw worldwide, including 100 in Kansas — 73 of whicy are in Wichita, Gann says. The economic trickle down from buildinv the Columbus in Wichita is difficulto calculate. However, the uses a multiplierr that suggests for every job created at placew such as Spiritand Cessna, 2.91 jobs are createdr in the community. Those jobs could be in retail, restaurant or elsewhere. “I can’t tell you specifically what thos ejobs are,” says Vicki Pratt GWEDC president.
“But the more people you have they have more moneyto spend. So the service in addition tothe suppliers, all becom e part of the multiplier effect.”
The news also comes with concern about filliny what could add up to thousands of jobs createe throughthe work, suppliers say. Spirit last week announced planz to build anew 375,000-square-foot factory to accommodatr the manufacturing and testing of the Columbus And the company plans to hire 700 workers for that work as well as existinh products and other programs, says Debbie Gann, Spiriy spokeswoman. Cessna is investing $780 milliom into developing the Columbus, includinvg building a new plant in Wichit and hiring morethan 1,000 new employees.
That has locakl subcontractors trying to land a share ofthat “We are putting together quotese now,” says Peter vice president of Centedr Industries Corp., which already makes parts for all of Cessna’ss aircraft and does some work for Spirit. “My goal is to buildx those parts forthe Columbus.” Dependinbg on the size of the Jonas says Center may have to hire more Carl Best, president of , supplies interiors for some Cessnaz aircraft and figures the company is a likely candidate to supply the interior for the “We believe we will have a good opportunity to win the business for the furniture and the airplane interior,” Best says.
The compant already is building theColumbus mock-uop for the ’s conference next month, he says. If the compant is awarded the contract, it likely will have to hire 30 to 50 more Best says. With or without the Cessnwa contract, Precision already planned on hirint about 100 new workers next Doug Oliver, Cessna says it’s too early to tell which localo suppliers could be tapped. “Certainly, it’z always a possibility when you look at a new producty and how tosource it, you go to the high-performing companies that you currently already have a relationship he says. Gann says the company is lookint at the best way to handleextrqa work.
“We are looking at how much we are goinfg to make inside and can we produce it more cost effectivelgy or is it somethingg that our supply base can buildfor us,” she The company has about 600 suppliersw worldwide, including 100 in Kansas — 73 of whicy are in Wichita, Gann says. The economic trickle down from buildinv the Columbus in Wichita is difficulto calculate. However, the uses a multiplierr that suggests for every job created at placew such as Spiritand Cessna, 2.91 jobs are createdr in the community. Those jobs could be in retail, restaurant or elsewhere. “I can’t tell you specifically what thos ejobs are,” says Vicki Pratt GWEDC president.
“But the more people you have they have more moneyto spend. So the service in addition tothe suppliers, all becom e part of the multiplier effect.”
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OSU recognizes alumni - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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Cheryl Dorman, West Coast Bank vice presidentand Tualatin-Sherwood branch managerd received the Tualatin Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year The Oregon Tourism Commission announced severall 2008 Tourism and Hospitality Industry Achievemenft Awards. The Governor’s Tourism Award was presented to Bonnie Lippityt for her contributions throughoutthe state, including: Oregom Birding Trails, Oregon Scenic Oregon Scenic Byways, Central Cascadesx Geotourism Initiative (with National Geographic) and Sustainable Tourism Advisory The 2008 Tourism and Hospitality Industry Achievement Awards were announcex in these categories: The Gene Leo Memoriap Award was presented to Mt.
Ashland Ski Area for its Youtj SummerService Program, which provides teens an opportunity to learn about the mountain environment through hands-on projects and coordinated fieled study. The Creative Tourism Development Award was givebn to Travel Salem andCorvallis Tourism. The Volunteer Achievement Award was presented to David and Shirlehy Bridgham for their leadership managingythe “Holiday Lights” volunteers at Shore Acres. The Partnership Award was presented toCoos Bay-North Bend-Charleston Olympiv Trials Partnership, which secured premium booth placemenyt at Eugene 08 and promoted the area by highlightin g its connection to Steve Prefontaine.
The Sustainable Touriskm Award was presented to Full SailBrewing Co. for its commitment to The Heritage Tourism Award was given to Mission Hill Museumjfor “Facing Statehood,” a sesquicentennialo exhibition that reflects on the yearsx leading up to Oregon’s admissiom to the Union as the 33rd state. Outsidre In in Portland elected Darci Swindelld to the boardof directors.
Cheryl Dorman, West Coast Bank vice presidentand Tualatin-Sherwood branch managerd received the Tualatin Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year The Oregon Tourism Commission announced severall 2008 Tourism and Hospitality Industry Achievemenft Awards. The Governor’s Tourism Award was presented to Bonnie Lippityt for her contributions throughoutthe state, including: Oregom Birding Trails, Oregon Scenic Oregon Scenic Byways, Central Cascadesx Geotourism Initiative (with National Geographic) and Sustainable Tourism Advisory The 2008 Tourism and Hospitality Industry Achievement Awards were announcex in these categories: The Gene Leo Memoriap Award was presented to Mt.
Ashland Ski Area for its Youtj SummerService Program, which provides teens an opportunity to learn about the mountain environment through hands-on projects and coordinated fieled study. The Creative Tourism Development Award was givebn to Travel Salem andCorvallis Tourism. The Volunteer Achievement Award was presented to David and Shirlehy Bridgham for their leadership managingythe “Holiday Lights” volunteers at Shore Acres. The Partnership Award was presented toCoos Bay-North Bend-Charleston Olympiv Trials Partnership, which secured premium booth placemenyt at Eugene 08 and promoted the area by highlightin g its connection to Steve Prefontaine.
The Sustainable Touriskm Award was presented to Full SailBrewing Co. for its commitment to The Heritage Tourism Award was given to Mission Hill Museumjfor “Facing Statehood,” a sesquicentennialo exhibition that reflects on the yearsx leading up to Oregon’s admissiom to the Union as the 33rd state. Outsidre In in Portland elected Darci Swindelld to the boardof directors.
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Romney shines a rare spotlight on his Massachusetts record - Los Angeles Times
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Romney shines a rare spotlight on his Massachusetts record Los Angeles Times Romney has barely mentioned his stint as governor in his campaign advertising and rarely talks about it in public remarks. He has fought especially hard to avoid the subject of the landmark healthcare law that he signed as governor, lest he remind ... |
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Obama administration buying Illinois prison over Hill objections - Politico (blog)
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CBS2 Chicago | Obama administration buying Illinois prison over Hill objections Politico (blog) The Federal Bureau of Prisons is buying the Thomson, Ill. Correctional Center from the state for $165 million, Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin's office announced Tuesday. The unusual move to “reprogram†existing Justice Department funding bypassed House ... US buys Thomson prison from state for $165 million Justice Department buys idle Illinois prison U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON APPROPR ... |
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Scientific Properties project transforms textile mill campus - Triangle Business Journal:
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Situated in downtown Durham, Golden Belt is a $26 155,000-square-foot rehabilitation of a six-building, seven-acre historic textile mill Inspired by the local cultureand nation’s best urbahn settings, the complex unites a blenc of people, arts, entertainment and commerce with 35 artisrt studios, 37 loft apartments, a live musid venue, restaurants and retail and office space. Golden Belt openede in July 2008 and anticipates receivinf at least a LEED Silvet rating later this What arethe project’s specific sustainable features and what was the cost of thesse additions?
Project construction focused heavily on wise use of materials and resourced – 95 percent of the existing structure was recycled and 10 percent to 20 percent of construction materials came from recycled and/or locap sources. Insulated glass, tinted to reduce solart heat gain, was paired with historic windowss and highefficiency heating/cooling systems to reduce energyt use. Drought-tolerant landscaping reduces the heat effect of the while bicycle racks anda ride-share program promotee sustainable transportation. Utilizing non-hazardous, renewable and organicf materials was a key focus of the constructioh methodology andmaterials selection.
Why did you includre these features, and do these featurews provide anycommercial benefits? Green building is a core goal for Scientifixc Properties as a developer that focuses on urban projects with a strong commitment to the community. With the inclusiohn of sustainable features such as EnergytStar appliances, high efficiency heating/coolin systems, energy-efficient windows and water-saving energy and water costs for tenants are thereby affecting their total operating expenses. Did you attract any tenants/buyerds because of these sustainable features?
Which ones Potential tenants have been excited to discover that the green feature of Golden Belt do notsacrifice – and frequentl y complement – the cutting-edge design of the project. Residents have bamboo stair treads, polished concrete floors, stainless steel Energty Star appliances, dual-flush toilets and abundant natural Several prospective tenants have emphasized theirr attraction toGolden Belt’s history and green buildinyg principles.
Situated in downtown Durham, Golden Belt is a $26 155,000-square-foot rehabilitation of a six-building, seven-acre historic textile mill Inspired by the local cultureand nation’s best urbahn settings, the complex unites a blenc of people, arts, entertainment and commerce with 35 artisrt studios, 37 loft apartments, a live musid venue, restaurants and retail and office space. Golden Belt openede in July 2008 and anticipates receivinf at least a LEED Silvet rating later this What arethe project’s specific sustainable features and what was the cost of thesse additions?
Project construction focused heavily on wise use of materials and resourced – 95 percent of the existing structure was recycled and 10 percent to 20 percent of construction materials came from recycled and/or locap sources. Insulated glass, tinted to reduce solart heat gain, was paired with historic windowss and highefficiency heating/cooling systems to reduce energyt use. Drought-tolerant landscaping reduces the heat effect of the while bicycle racks anda ride-share program promotee sustainable transportation. Utilizing non-hazardous, renewable and organicf materials was a key focus of the constructioh methodology andmaterials selection.
Why did you includre these features, and do these featurews provide anycommercial benefits? Green building is a core goal for Scientifixc Properties as a developer that focuses on urban projects with a strong commitment to the community. With the inclusiohn of sustainable features such as EnergytStar appliances, high efficiency heating/coolin systems, energy-efficient windows and water-saving energy and water costs for tenants are thereby affecting their total operating expenses. Did you attract any tenants/buyerds because of these sustainable features?
Which ones Potential tenants have been excited to discover that the green feature of Golden Belt do notsacrifice – and frequentl y complement – the cutting-edge design of the project. Residents have bamboo stair treads, polished concrete floors, stainless steel Energty Star appliances, dual-flush toilets and abundant natural Several prospective tenants have emphasized theirr attraction toGolden Belt’s history and green buildinyg principles.
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Dana White: Fans, critics should stay patient as UFC builds toward its future - MMAjunkie.com
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MMAjunkie.com | Dana White: Fans, critics should stay patient as UFC builds toward its future MMAjunkie.com UFC President Dana White on Saturday reiterated what he's said before â€" the UFC and MMA are blowing up, big time, and fans need to take a leap of faith that things are going to work out for everyone's benefit. "I can't tell you everything we're doing ... Jeff Wagenheim: No shortage of crossroads fights on Saturday's UFC on Fuel TV ... Stefan Struve Impresses With Win Over Stipe Miocic UFC on FUEL TV 5 post fight press conference full video replay for 'Struve vs ... |
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