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Sierra College gets $200K to train workers - Boston Business Journal:

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Sierra College Training & Development, a college division that provide s customized work force development help to Placert and Nevada County employers and manufacturerse throughoutNorthern California, secured the grant from the , a news releasde said Wednesday. The moneu will be used to provide customized traininv inprocess improvement, quality management and mechatroniczs technical skills to high-growthn businesses.
Farsighted businesses see this as a greag time totrain staff, Sandra Scott, directodr of Sierra College’s Grant Development and Career Technical said in the “By developing employees’ skills during the these businesses will be well positionede to take advantage of opportunitiez when the economy she said. The grant will allow more than 250 employeees to learn technical skills and tools that canincreass businesses’ competitiveness. The Responsive Training Fund for Incumbent Workersx willmatch companies’ commitmenr to training, the release said. Participatingt employers include Comtek ComputerSystems Inc.
, the Nortgh Valley Lean Training Group in partnership with Buttee College, and Northstar-at-Tahoe with other ski industry employers and the Californiq Ski Industry Association.

Nixon cuts $105 million, 200 state jobs from budget - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The governor also restricted the expenditureof $325 million which can be released later if revenure exceeds expectations. Among the cuts and freezes are $91 millionn for university building projects; $48 million for state building repairs; nearl $25 million from a $112 milliom contract for a new state radio and $12 million for the at . Nixon’sa state budget Director Linda Luebbering twoweeks ago. The 200 job cuts will be through attrition and layoffs starting July 1 and are in additiob to the Missouri hasabout 58,000 full-tim e employees. The cutbacks were made to offsett a drop in revenue in time for the start of fisca l 2010 onJuly 1, Luebbering said.
"This near-record amountt of line item vetoes was not made Nixon said at a news conference in Jefferson City, according to prepared remarks. "These fiscally responsiblr steps are necessary to ensurse that Missourians have a government we can without raising taxes and without sacrificing our shared priorities of health careand jobs." President Gary Forse e said he was disappointed with Nixon's decisioj to withold funds for new science labs at Benton-Stadle r Hall at the and other campus construction projects.
"Eliminatinbg or delaying fundingfor shovel-ready projects representds a missed opportunity to stimulatre the economy by providing jobs and better education and healthb care services for Missourians," Forsee said in a statement. The statew expects nearly $7.4 billion in revenue for fiscakl 2010, about $370 million less than the roughly $7.8 billiom that state had anticipatedin January, she said. More than 85 percenr of the state’s revenue stream comes from individual incomstaxes (60 percent) and salesd taxes (25 percent). Missouri's unemployment rate up from 8.1 percen in April. During this past General Assembly session, the legislaturew and spent nearly $1.
3 billion in federak stimulus funds, including $800 million for core such as health careand education. The rest was spent on one-timd projects. Stimulus funding will dry up after 2011.

Huntington prices stock offering - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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Columbus-based Huntington said it pricer an offering of 90 million sharesat $3.60 a share, whicgh would raise $324 million. The bank took order for the stock Wednesday and expect s to finish allocating sharez to investors byJune 9, said Jay who leads Huntington’s investore relations. Huntington announced the offering, originallhy set for only $300 million, on Wednesday after suspending a program launched in late May that resulted in the saleof $76 millionb in stock. Under the new underwriters havea 30-daty option to buy up 13.5 million more which would raise $48.6 million.
If underwriters take the over-allotment that will bring the capital raisec from the suspended program and new offerin g to acombined $448.6 The stock sale is part of a larger Huntington plan to build a cushion againsy a deeper economic downturn and eventually repay $1.4 billio n in government bailout The bank is looking to sell $75 million in preferredf securities and to generate $250 million from balancd sheet adjustments and the adoption of new accountinhg standards. Huntington (NASDAQ:HBAN) last month sold $120 milliomn of stock and said it expect s most ofthe capital-raising actions to wrap up beforw June 30.
CEO Stephen Steinour said in a release Thursdagy thatthe higher-than-expected proceeds from the stockl sale “reflects well on the increasing investo r confidence we sense in the marketplacw regarding Huntington’s future prospects.” “The depth of interest reflected both existinvg shareholders wanting to increasw their ownership, as well as indications of interesrt by a number of high-quality, long-term-oriented investors,” Steinour Huntington is the Tri-State'x fourth-largest bank, with local depositds of about $1.
7 billion, according to June 2008 figures from the

Atheists raise $40000 for scholarship fund for student in RI school prayer ... - Washington Post (blog)

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CRANSTON, RI â" A national association that says there's no proof for the existence of God is managing a scholarship fund set up for a teenage atheist at the center of a dispute over a prayer banner at a Rhode Island school.

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Exact to raise $8.2M, signs MAYO deal - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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million through a private stock sale and that it inkecd a licensing deal for exclusive rightsto cancer-diagnostic technologies developed by the for Medical Education and The company said it had commencef on June 11 the sale of 4.31 millioh shares of its common stock at a purchase pricee of $1.90 a share. Exact (Nasdaq: EXAS), based in Mass., announced a plan to acquire the worldwided licensing rights tothe blood-- or stool-based cancer diagnostics and screening technologieas developed the MAYO Foundation, which is based in Under the deals terms, Exact will: make upfront payments of $80,000 and a milestonew fee of $250,000 upon the commencemenft of certain clinical trials.
• pay a milestone fee of $500,000p if the approves any of the products coverede bythe agreement. • pay a minimum of $10,0090 on the deal’s third anniversary • pay a minimu royalty of $25,000 on the fourth anniversary of theagreemenyt • support certain research projects to the tune of $500,000 at a minimum — in the agreement’s firstt year. Exact is also obligated to grant MAYO two warrantd topurchase 1.25 million sharesz of its common stock. The warrantzs have six-year terms and are exercisable at a pricweof $1.90 per according to a regulatory filing.

SAHA to spend $14.5 million on local housing project upgrades - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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million in federal stimulue funds to repair and upgrade a numberd of publichousing properties. Out of 349 housinvg authorities in Texas that received money from the American Recovery andReinvestmenyt Act, San Antonio Housing Authority, or received the largest SAHA is required to use the money for capital improvementds and all the funds must be spenf within three years. “These fundws will allow us to make much-needex repairs to our public housing properties and improvre the safety and quality of life forour residents,” SAHA President and CEO Lourdes Castro Ramirez Among the properties slated for major upgradeas is the Lewis Chathajm Apartments, a 119-unit apartment complex for seniorsw on the city’s South Side.
Lewis Chathajm also will undergo an extensive In addition, stimulus funds will be used to upgradde the security, elevators and fire safetyh at nearly 20 elderly communities. Other projects will involve replacing fencing, roofing, cabinets, and heating, ventilation and air conditioningy systems. SAHA Board Chairman Ramiro Cavazos says the agenc y will encourage the participation of smalland minority-ownes businesses. “We will also give additional weight to contractors that commitf to actively recruiting employeesa from the neighborhoods in and around where this work will he says.
SAHA will issue requests for proposalx to perform engineering and architectural services relatedto stimulus-approved projects. Web site: www.saha.org

Association pitches large tent in Larkspur - Denver Business Journal:

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“The reason this is a good year for campinhg isthe economy,” said Linda Profaizer, presidengt and CEO of the (ARVC) in Larkspur. this is true any year the economyu is notso good. People are looking for somethintgmore basic, the simpler way of So as more people vacation closer to home to save a few campgrounds and RV parks expecr to produce more revenue. ARVC, which represents 8,0000 parks and campgrounds in theUnited States, relocateed in August 2008 to a five-acre site in Larkspur from Falls Church, Va., after the lattef began a redevelopment plan. “Rather than wait and see what we decided to be proactiver and find the best place for us to Profaizer said.
“Colorado and Denver really had everything we werelookinhg for.” One selling point was the 4,400-square-fooyt lodge on the property, which ARVC converted and uses as offic space. The lodge was constructed from logs burnt in the 1988Yellowstone fire. “We’ve had more visitorz than we ever had in all my years in Falls Profaizer said ofthe association’s new home, notinhg that it’s often hard to get work done in such a relaxingt space.
ARVC is an association of campgrounds, RV parka and resorts, industry suppliers, camping equipment manufacturerxsand franchisors, and has 4,200 It’s the only trade association of its kind, meaning RV and campgroundc owners look for products and services to use in their businesses, or to sell in their camp gift shops, snack bars and “We’re not a huge association, but we do a Profaizer said.
Park owners such as Ian Steyn, owner of the Castl Rock RV Parkand Campground, depend on ARVC to be a voicse for guidance and leadership, especiallu when making purchases for his “It provides us a voice of unified supporf services and for things we need for our said Steyn, who sold ARVC the land on whichb its headquarters sits. Membership in the ARVC offersw campground and park owners a constant source of information onindustry news, Steyn said. “Mosyt significant is the conventions and opportunitiexs to get together with colleaguea tolearn more,” Steyn said. When making purchases for his park, Steyj said he knows he can trust vendoras that are affiliatedwith ARVC.
having that referral is a benefit,” Steyn The ARVC operates on a $2 million budgert and employs eight full-time staff members. Membership benefitz include: • Help with running their businesses, including public relations and members-only benefits on services and suppliex needed to runtheir business. The monthly ARVC Report, a newsletter packed with industrh newsand information, as well as advertisements from businesses nationwide selling a wide variety of products and services. These includd camping supplies, RVs, developmentt of recreational parks, hospitality insurance and travel websites. There even are ads from financial services companies and Internetnetwork providers.
“Some peoplw don’t think about Profaizer said. “Campgrounds are like smalpl cities. It’s an opportunity to expand their market.”

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First and foremost, we enhanced our top two loan programs – 7(a) and 504 – whicu have so far resulted in $4.3 billion in new loans for small businesses. The SBA temporarily eliminated fees for borrower onits 7(a) loans and for both borrowerws and lenders on its 504 loans. The SBA also temporariluy raised the guarantee on most ofits 7(a) loansw to as much as 90 percent, up from 75-85 In this short time, there has been a 30 percenrt increase in average weekly loan dollar volume, compareed to the weekly averagde before the passage of the Recovery Act.
This SBA launched the America’s Recovery Capital (ARC) loan The ARC loans will provide a for many small businesses to better economictimed ahead. This program provides loans of upto $35,000 to viable but strugglingg small businesses to help them make debt ARC loans are interest free to the deferred repayment loans, which are 100 percenft guaranteed by the SBA. The SBA makes the interesg payments tothe bank. With the launchu of ARC loans, SBA has now put in placd programs implementing 88 percent ofthe $730 milliom provided to the agency by the Recoverhy Act. America’s small businesses are the key to our economic recovery.
The SBA is usingb every tool in ourtoolbozx – and creating new ones when necessary – to help smalp businesses lead us out of thesr tough economic times.

Foreclosure rates drop in three Tampa Bay counties - Nashville Business Journal:

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May was the third highest month of foreclosure activitton record, said , up 18 percent from the year before. Defaulta and scheduled foreclosure auctions were down from but bank repossessions were up 2 percent and could continude to grow as foreclosure delay s and moratoriums are lifted invariousa states, said James J. Saccacio, RealtyTrac’s chievf executive officer. Hernando Countyt posted the biggest decrease in the Tampa Bayregio year-over-year, falling more than 14.5 percent with 475 homez in some state of foreclosure.
That represents one in every 169 homess under the threat of being taken back by Sarasota County was not far behind with just under a 7 percenft dropaffecting 1,072 homes, or one in everyy 206 households. Manatee County had a 2 percenf drop since May 2008 that hit 590 or one in 287 On the other end ofthe spectrum, Pasco Countyy had the largest increase in foreclosures, jumping more than 62 percent to 1,500 That represents one in every 145 homes in ninth worst in the state. Despite falling more than 6 percentysince April, Polk County was up nearly 53 percent over the past year as 1,572 homes were in representing one in every 177 homes.
Pinellas Counthy jumped 48 percentto 2,458 Hillsborough County climbed nearly 20 percent in foreclosure rates as lenderas targeted 2,408 homes. rates were down well over 25 percentsincer April. Florida had the thirdd highest rate of foreclosure in the country affecting one in every148 homes. It had the seconed highest number of foreclosures at just fewer than 59,000, a 50 percent jump from May 2008. Three Floridsa metropolitan areas were ranked amonbg the 10 worst foreclosure rates in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers at No. 6 with one in 82 homews in foreclosure; Orlando-Kissimmee at No. 8 with one in 101 homews in foreclosure; and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beacj at No.
10 with one in 105 homew in foreclosure.

CareWorks deal for Plannet Group shines amid dull economy - Sacramento Business Journal:

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, a homegrown tech company with agrowiny clientele, was acquired May 21 by Dublin-based , which plans to add high-paying jobs to supporyt the purchase over the coming year. Termsz of the deal betweej the privately heldcompanies weren’t The sale also frees Plannet Group founder Jim Mazotaw to start another tech operation that coul d begin hiring over the coming year as “This first rush to the finishu line ended on a positive Mazotas said. “And it lookxs like there is going to be anothedr onepast this.” The 39-year-old Mazotas has been running the race for sevenm years. He founded Plannet Group in 2002 to develop networ k security andmanagement software.
He started the business afterf becoming unhappy with the directioj of the software development company where had he Mazotas decided to focus on developing a programm that could help compute r network managers visually managetheir environment, rather than forcing them to searcyh through lines of code for He called the progranm Mission Control and financed Plannet Grou p with $70,000 from savings and a second He focused on government clientws – including the city of Columbus and Cuyahog a County – because of the large computef networks they maintain.
Mazotas also moved into the gaming industry in March after signing a contractwith , owned of the Indiana Live Casinpo outside Indianapolis. Mission Control is what attractedCareWork Technologies, said President Todd Cameron. Part of the CareWorksa Family of Companies, a workers’ compensatioj management companyin Dublin, CareWorks Technologies provide s information technology services to a broader client base than the parentt company. Cameron said the additiom of Plannet Group and its services should increases revenue at CareWorks Technologies by 25 percenrtthis year, although he declined to be specifidc about either company’s financials.
“Wed hope it grows exponentiallyafter that,” Cameron “(Mazotas) doesn’t have a salesw team at all and we do. It’sd a diamond in the rough.” Mazotas said the lack of a saless team athis 10-employee company was one of the reasonss he decided to sell. He said the firm reached a “tippingf point” in early 2008 after hearing interest from othetr companies looking to purchasePlannetg Group, including one from out of state. “Shouls we continue as we were or take thenext step?” Mazotaas said. “We wanted to get (Plannet to the maturity that could be founde by linking up with a companylike CareWorks.
” It’sw fortunate for the region and its tech communitt that a local company bought Plannet said Ted Ford, CEO of , the industry advocacy groupl that housed Plannet Group at its businesd incubator from 2005 to 2008. “If you defins success as keeping jobs in the area and continuinbg with a foundationfor growth, then this is a success,” Ford “The goal is to grow technology jobs here, and Columbus is becomintg a very good place to do that sort of thing.” All of Plannetr Group’s Hilliard-based employees have joined CareWorks in Dublin and, over the next likely will be joined by five to 10 Cameron said.
Those jobs likelu will pay between $70,000 and $100,000 a While Mazotas is joining he does so asa consultant. His primary focus will be on his next venture – . Mazotas is building OnGuard around a behavioral analysis security tool that flages suspicious patterns that could harm acomputer network. A patent is beiny sought on the Mazotas said, and CareWorks Technologies has invested in the new By the time the producf is ready for general releasr in 2010, Mazotas hopes to have a 25- to 30-worker Mazotas hopes he will be telling a similar story a year from now. “It just goes to show that littlr guys can have a home he said. “Even in this economy.
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Denver cruising along as a bike/walk friendly city: report - Examiner.com

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Not only did Boston have the highest number of bike/walk commuters, it also topped the list of the lowest number of fatalities, followed by Minneapolis, Omaha, Seattle, Portland, OR, Washington, DC, New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Honolulu, ...

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Sara Lee will open Kansas City, Kan., plant, employ 250 - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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and open a sliced meat manufacturinv plant there in 2011 that it expect to employ more than250 people. Sara Lee SLE), based in the Chicago suburb ofDowners Grove, said in a Friday release that it expects the plantr at 4612 Speaker Road to become fullhy operational by 2011. Brent Miles, president of the , said Frida y that Sara Lee was grantera 10-year, 75 percent property tax abatement on $31 milliomn of planned improvements at the plant. The abatement’ds value is $9.67 million, he said.
In the company agreed hire 55 percent ofthe plant’sa workers from Wyandotte “This industry-leading facility will reinforce our competitivde advantage in value-added meats, one of Sara Lee’z top strategic categories and long-term growth CJ Fraleigh, executive vice president and CEO of Sara Lee’s North Americanb Retail & Foodservice said in the release. “It will help us further build our Hillshire Farm and Sara Lee both leaders inthe fast-growing category of premium Omaha-based ConAgra Foods (NYSE: CAG) that it had agreed to sell its refrigeratede meat business, including the Kansas City, Kan., plant, to SFD) of Smithfield, Va.
, owner of Kansaas City-based , for $575 million in cash and stock. Sara Lee’w brands include Ambi Pur, Ball Park, Douw Egberts, Hillshire Farm, Jimmy Kiwi, Sanex, Sara Lee and Senseo. Combined, the brandws generate more than $13 billion in annual net sales covering about200 countries. Sara Lee has 44,00p employees worldwide.

GM files for bankruptcy, plans to transfer operations to Wentzville - The Business Review (Albany):

2012-01-30T03:34:00.001-08:00

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Some operations and equipment from a steel stamping plant inGrand Rapids, Mich., whic is slated to close as part of the automaker's will be transferred to according to Bob Wheeler, a spokesman for the Wentzvillwe plant. It's not yet knowmn how many, if any, Michiganh employees will opt to transfer to he said. GM official called Wentzville Mayor Paul Lamboi at9 a.m. Monday to assur e him the local plant wouldremai open. "It's good that they are shippingh in work forthis plant," Lambij said. "That's a positive that corporate think s this plant willbe around.
" Still, Lambj said, rival automaker Chrysler plans to shutter its Fenton factoras after investing $130 million in so it was important for Wentzville to not rely on GM so much and diversif its revenue stream. When Lambi took office seven yearzs ago, Wentzville counted on GM for about 55 to 60 percen t of itstotal revenue. Today, that's more like 15 percentt of the city's $24 milliobn general fund, because GM pays the city abouft $3 million a year in real estate taxes, property taxes and othee fees, he said.
GM on Monday by the end of but the Wentzville plant was sparedxbecause it’s the only plant where Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans are made, The Wentzville plant will stil l undergo a previously announcedr and other production cuts in June and July that will resuly in the layoffs of 300 workers. Monday’s Chapte r 11 filing by the 101-year-old automaker is among the largestgin U.S. history and largest-ever U.S. manufacturin g bankruptcy. GM listed $173 billion in liabilitieas and $82 billion in assets, accordiny to the filed in New York. GM to St.
largest privately held company, Enterprisd Rent-a-Car, and to Chapter 11, which allows the company to operate while protected from its pushes GM intoa fast-trackl bankruptcy and provides $30 billion of additional taxpayed funds to restructure. The GM plan as detailed by U.S. officialas would allow a much smaller GM to emergew from court protection within 60 to 90 The automaker has not provided an updatec target for job cuts but was looking toeliminat 21,000 U.S. factory jobs from the 54,00p union members it now employs. General Motorsx employs 92,000 in the Unitedx States and is indirectly responsiblesfor 500,000 retirees. The U.S.
government woulf hold a 60 percent financial interest in areorganizerd GM, and the UAW would take a 17.5 percent stake. The governments of Canada and the province of Ontario have agreed to a 12 perceng ownership stake in exchange forfinancial aid. GM bondholders woulsd get 10 percent. "It’s a bittersweet thing," Wheelef said. "You hate to have to go througj the process of closing plants andeliminating jobs, but look that’s what's going on with a lot of Hopefully we can rebound, hire peoples in the future and be the vibrant company we once were.
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Group of GPs warns of 'peril' if NHS changes fail - BBC News

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More than 50 GPs in new clinical commissioning groups have warned the English NHS may be "in peril" if government reforms are derailed. Health Secretary Andrew Lansley is proposing the biggest shake-up since the NHS was founded in the 1940s.

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S.F. accounting firms to merge - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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LLP and LLP will unite July 1 as part of a deal alreadg approved by partners atboth firms. The combinefd company, which will operate under the name LLP, will have abouyt 70 accountants and expected annuap revenue ofabout $12 The merger will make DZH Phillipsd one of the top 20 largest accounting firms in the Bay Both firms sell tax, auditing and consultinfg help to privately held companies and wealthyh people. The deal is part of an ongoing trend amongh regional accounting firms to merge to attractlargedr clients.
While huge accounting firms like PricewaterhousreCoopers LLP, Deloitte LLP and Ernst & Younf LLP have a lock on Fortune 500 players like the newly created DZH Phillipd are trying to grow thei r businesses among middle-market clients. Burr Pilger Mayert LLP, for example, merged with two smallefr accounting firmslast year, growing its cliengt base. Smith Lange and Daori Zydel were both considering a merger when they begabn discussingthe deal. With the competitivse landscape changing, “Size matters,” said Bob Daoro, managing partner of Daorp Zydel. “In some casesw we looked at largeproposals (for and we felt we could not do alone.

Dish Network to hand out converter boxes in Houston - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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The estimates that 1.6 million people in the Houston area have orderexd coupons for their converter butonly 870,172 couponsd have been redeemed as of May 30. The “Coupoj Swap” program is a nationwide initiativwe to get customers ready for the conversion to digital television signals onJune 12. Converter boxes are only availablew to those with avalisd $40 coupon. Customers can go to Cossabook YMCA at 7903 South Loop East onJune 5, or M.D. Andersonm Family YMCA at 705 Cavalcade onJune 6. Dish Networj handed out about 400 boxes in Dallaslast weekend, accordinhg to Marcel Guajardo, a spokesman for the The current plan is to hand out about 400 to 500 boxeds in Houston.
Guajardo said representativezs from the FCC will also be on hand to answeer questions related to the digital conversio n and what households need to do to be ready forthe

SC voters search for alternatives to Romney after Gingrich ex-wife, Romney ... - Washington Post

2012-01-21T11:34:00.001-08:00

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CAYCE, SC â" For weeks, Renee Boling was sure she was going to vote for Mitt Romney in South Carolina's Republican presidential primary. But a series of events this week changed her mind, and seemingly the minds of many others across the state. ...

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Liberty National Life faces license revocation - Dallas Business Journal:

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Kevin McCarty’s order follows a five-monty onsite investigation last yearat Liberty’ National’se Birmingham, Ala., office, during which more than 7,0090 life insurance applications were reviewed. Investigators found 1,149 violations, of whichh 1,053 were for discriminatory according to a news releasre from the Florida Department ofInsurance Regulation. Liberty National has abou 182,000 policies in Florida.
“Discriminatioh of any kind by an insurance company will not be tolerater bythis office,” Deputy Commissioner Mary Beth Senkewicz said in a news “We will do everythin g within our power to ensure that Floridq consumers are protected from such unconscionable The company is alleged to have refused to issue life insuranc e policies based on national potential lawful travel and A significant number of consumers affected by the practicews were of Haitian origin or descent, according to the news Liberty National has more than 170 offices throughout the U.S. and more than 6,50p sales representatives, according to its Web site.
Effort to reach comment from Libertt National were notimmediately successful. in a SEC filing, the company'sd parent, ., said it believes the state's actions were not warrantexd and the company will vigorously respondx tothe allegations. "The Florida regulator's claims relatr to past underwriting practices of the company with regarx to applications submitted by persones who lived inthis country, but who were not Unitec States citizens. This legal status results in risk analysis, processinhg and proof differences whichy Liberty National believes an insurer lawfulluy may take into thecompany wrote.
"The company believes that the Floridwa Office of Insurance Regulation has misinterpreted the facts insignifican respects, believes that its past and current practicesa were consistent with Florida law at the time, and is optimistifc that a satisfactory resolution of this matter can be achievexd through appropriate administrative procedures." Liberty National has 21 days to respond to the state.

General Cable

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Kenny exercised stock options for 48,000 sharesa with a $4 exercise price on Monday and immediatelgy sold them for an average priceof $39.58. That nettedc him $1.7 million before taxes. He then sold anothe 7,101 shares on Tuesday for aboutt $40.32 each for an additional $286,000. His timintg was good, as General Cable's stock price had been risingb steadily from a 2009 low ofabout $14 in earlgy March. It peaked Tuesday at more than $41 then lost groundr on Wednesday, falling $2.30 to less than $39, as the broadert market also declined.
According to the company's latest proxgy statement, as of March 1, Kenny beneficially owne d morethan 600,000 shares of General Cable That included about 66,000 restricted shares over which he had voting power, 143,000 options exercisable within 60 days, and 340,0009 shares deferred under its deferred compensation General Cable (NYSE: BGC), based in Highland Heights, is a globapl manufacturer of cable and wire products for the energy, telecommunicationas and specialty industrial markets.

New Kubota Finance Package means turf professionals only 'pay when the grass ... - Materials Handling World Magazine

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New Kubota Finance Package means turf professionals only 'pay when the grass ...

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Turf professionals buying new mowers only need to 'pay when the grass is growing' thanks to a new finance package from Kubota Tractor and Groundcare. The company has teamed up with SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale Eq uipment Finance to provide a range of low interest ...

Georgia posts gain in online job ads - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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Georgia, which reported a 9.7 percent unemployment rate in May, experiencee a gain of 2,900. Since January, onlin labor demand has fallen 71,000, but that’s a significanyt improvement overthe 1.2 million decline in the previouw five months between August 2008 and January 2009. "Wre are not out of the woods yet, but job demane has definitely stabilizedsince January," Gad senior economist at The Conference said in a news release.
The numbef of advertised vacancies fell in June in all four regionxs of the country ranging from a modest dropof 3,40o in the Southern region to 18,100 in the 13,400 in the Midwest and 10,300 in the Nationally, computer and mathematical science saw the greatestt decline in demand, down 19,900, followed by salesz (-11,700), health practitioners and technical occupations and architecture and engineering Some areas that saw growth were in art, entertainment, sports and media, which posteds 98,200 advertised vacancies in June.

Metro finishes train car inspection prompted by brake problem on orange line ... - Washington Post

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Metro finishes train car inspection prompted by brake problem on orange line ...

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WASHINGTON â" Metro says it has finished inspecting more than 450 train cars as a result of an incident last week where a break part fell off an orange line train. Metro says that a metal disk called a âfriction ringâ fell off an orange line train ...

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iPad taken from Pearlridge caught on camera - KHON2

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Police are asking for the public's help to find an iPad that was taken from a Pearlridge eatery, after a Wahiawa mother left it behind. The person who walked off with it can be seen on surveillance video. It's lunchtime at Pearlridge Center and Adriane ...

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NASCAR Hall of Fame to open May 11 - Nashville Business Journal:

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The NASCAR Hall of Fame is under construction off SouthCollege Street, near the Charlottre Convention Center. Organizers will launch a saleds campaignthis fall, including ticket and membershilp sales, and will feature the marketing tagline “Where the race livezs on.” The campaign is being developed by Charlottw marketing communications firm Wray Ward. “I am thrillef to announce that Charlotte will proudly welcome visitor s to the NASCAR Hall of Fame with its granc opening onMay 11, 2010,” says Charlottw Mayor Pat McCrory.
“It is a testamentt to our strong history and an excitinfg glimpse intoour region’s dynami future to be able to announce this upcominy milestone date today, on our city’s 60th anniversaru of its first NASCAR race.” Charlotte hosted the first-ever NASCARe “strictly stock” race — later called the Graned National and now the Sprint Cup series on June 19, 1949. The NASCAR Hall of Fame brokre groundon Jan. 25, 2007.

Survey: Pay raises in 2009 to average 3.5% - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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consulting firm . The survey, which will be published latefrthis year, shows U.S. employers plan to give workerds merit increases that willaveragwe 3.5 percent in 2009. That's the same averages percentage increase given in 2008 and just slightlty lower thanthe 3.6 percent average increase in 2007. Companieas also plan to award bigger raise sto better-performing employees. Employees whose performancd ratings exceed expectations will receive an average meriy increaseof 4.2 percent, while those who far exceed expectations will receive an average 6 perceng increase, the survey shows.
"Thd economy is no doubt takinf its tollon workers, but theit 2009 merit increases appear safe -- at leasy for now," said Laur a Sejen, global director of strategicc rewards consulting at Watson Wyatt. "Employeed will view holding merit increase budgets steady as a positive sign that will help them offse t inflation and higher energy andfood costs." The surveyt also found that roughlu 33 percent of companies have not made any workforcr contingency plans should the economy continues its slowdown. For the roughly 66 percenf of U.S.
employers who do have contingency planning activity in the most common islayoffs (52 followed by plans to restructure theird organization (46 percent), freeze the hiring of additional workers (39 give smaller pay raises (27 percent) and freezr salaries (13 percent). The results are based on Watson Wyatt'as (NYSE: WW) Global Strategic Rewardsx Survey to be released laterthis year. About 1,39o0 employers participated in the including 276 employers in theUnited

Hylton graduate Ariana Moorer named MVP at Cavalier Classic - Inside NoVA

2011-12-30T18:00:00.001-08:00

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Hylton graduate Ariana Moorer named MVP at Cavalier Classic

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Oxford superintendent discusses PSSA scores - southern chester county weeklies

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By Marcella Peyre-Ferry - The Hopewell School and the Elk Ridge School have each received Keystone Awards for making AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) for two years in a row. The district as a whole also made AYP for the sixth year in a row, ...

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DMAX plant may cut 355 jobs - Dayton Business Journal:

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The announcement follows woes inthe region’s automotive including news in June that the same Morainre diesel engine plant was cutting 290 The cuts are a resulgt of announcements regarding the eliminationm of shifts at two major customersw of DMAX in Flint and Pontiac, Mich. “The shify has been from SUVs and trucks to cars and said DMAX spokesperonCourtney Strickler. “Thay was a general industry shift, but for us it is our direcf customers.” Production requirements have continued to dropsincwe then, which could lead to the permanent layofvf of up to 330 employees represented by the IUE-CWw in November, following a WARN notice.
In additioh to the hourly it is anticipated that up to 25 salarie d positions could alsobe affected, the companuy said. About 710 hourly and 160 salary employees work there now and receive the message atwork Wednesday. DMAX is a joint venturd between GeneralMotors (NYSE: GM) and and was establishecd as a diesel engine company in 1998. It producees the 6.6L Duramax diesel which is an optionin heavy-dutuy pickup trucks and vans. Stickler said the job cuts will not impacgthe $69 million GM is investing in the plant to produced the new Duramax 6.6-liter V-8 turbko diesel engine to be produced at the plant by 2010.

Horrific deaths prompted calls for reform - NewsOK.com

2011-12-24T06:00:00.001-08:00

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Beginning with Kelsey Smith-Briggs, a series of high-profile child deaths in Oklahoma have prompted demands for reform. For many, awareness of the fractured state of Oklahoma's child-welfare system began in 2005 with the death of a 2-year-old Meeker ...

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Bids on stimulus road projects save $10M - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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percent lower than expected for a savings of morethan $10 The total engineering estimate for the 38 statw and local road and bridge projects let out for bid Wednesdagy was $87,167,221. The low bids submitted totaled Gov. Jim Doyle said Wednesday. The Aprikl 28 bids for the first 26 statde and 19 local road and bridge projects in Wisconsin camein 7.2 percentr lower than expected for a savings of $8,910,690. “Thw competitive bids that we have received for road and bridge projects represent significant savings for our Doyle said.
"These projects will provide thousandsof good-paying jobs this summerd for our residents, and improve the qualit y of life in our state for generations to come.” The statwe intends to get construction activities underway on the state and locak projects during this summer construction

CEO Magazine honors McColl School - Charlotte Business Journal:

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The school is part of . The publicationm considers factors such as research anddevelopment facilities, faculty quality, diversity and internationapl reach, career progression and alumni It also looks at innovation, ethics, environmental initiativex and community service. Other N.C. universitiez on the list are Duke University’s Fuquw School of Business and UNCChapelk Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. The McColl School EMBA program is designed for professionals seeking to strengthen their leadership andmanagement skills. Students meet for 20 monthw of study, with classes held on alternatinf Fridaysand Saturdays.
They also must completre an international studytour (usually seven to 12 and do consulting work with a nonprofiy agency during their enrollment. Queens University of Charlotteehas 2,300 undergraduate and graduate studentx through its College of Arts and Sciences, the McCol School of Business, the Presbyteria n School of Nursing, the Waylans H. Cato, Jr. School of Education, the Schoo l of Communication and Hayworth College for adult andevening

Law firms launch leaner summer associate classes - Boston Business Journal:

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But the programs look a bit more modest comparerd with the typical wining and dininhg that law students have experienced in years Indeed the length of the the number of summer associates and the number of lavish parties have all been scalede back atmost firms. At , eightg summer associates will spend 10 weekxs inthe firm’s Boston officw starting May 18, instead of 12 weeks, which has been the norm in past Weil Gotshal’s summer associates come from a mix of law schoolss including Law School, Law School, Law School, Harvared Law School, Vermont Law School and Law School.
The firm anticipates that the associates will be busy with a varietg of bankruptcy and corporaterestructurinyg matters, although they won’t be as busy as in previoux summers. The students will also work on pro bono assignmentd andcommunity service. Although the firm is spendinb less money on social activities comparee withlast year, Weil’s summed class will attend at least one Red Sox as well as attend cocktail parties and othet events at partners’ homes. “We are goinyg to make sure theirt summers are substantiveand enjoyable,” said Davi P. Kreisler, a partner at Weil Gotshal and theBostom office’s hiring partner.
“I’m sure they’re nervous. I’m gointg to allay as many fears asI can.” Boston-basex Ropes & Gray LLP also is trimmingg two weeks off of its summert program. Firm-wide, 200 law students will spene the summer atRopes Gray’s offices, starting on May 18. In additiojn to giving on-the-job experience, Ropes & Gray will hold training sessionz for the corporate andlitigation departments, according to a firm The summer associate program at Boston-based LLP has always been conservativde and this year will be no different. The firm has shaved two weekzs off of thenormally 10-week program.
The 125-lawyer firm is hosting two summer associates this year from Suffoljk University Law School and the Universityu of ConnecticutLaw School. They will attends a Red Sox game and abowlinvg night, among other outings. “We’ve never been lavish in our activitiewfor them,” said Davide Rosenblatt, managing partner at Burns Levinson. Summer associates will likely be anxious to impress partnerx and strive to dogreat work, in hopes of snagging a job offert in such a lean job market. There are a few guidelinesd to help ensure summer associates make the most of theireshorter summers.
“They’re probably gettingt a lot of advice telling them that they should do a good job more than everbecausde they’ll stand out if they do good said Stephen Seckler, president of in Bostonb and author of the blog CounseltoCounsel. “Butt I think they really need to make sure to cultivatr relationships withthe partners. Don’t thinl if you’re in your office, doing a good job on a memo that you’rer making a good impression. You need to show up at the public eventsbecause that’s wherr you’re going to meet the partners who will make decisionse about your future,” Secklerf said.
Seckler also advises summer associates to be proactive about findinb projectsto handle. “Try to create an assignment rathefr than have them handedto you,” Secklerd said. Although much of the legak job marketremains static, partners are still a sought-aftert commodity in Boston. C. Hunter Baker has joinerd the Boston-based intellectual property firm as counsel inthe firm’s pharmaceutical Baker joins from crosstown law firm LLP, where he was a partnerr representing universities, research startups and medium-size companies in developingh intellectual property strategies, among other IP-related matters.
At Wolf Baker will focus his practice on patent prosecution and strategifc counseling in the areasof pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, chemistry, materials and medicak devices. Baker is the latesf in a recent string of partners to jump ship for otheflaw firms. Among the beneficiaries of these crosstownb movesare Ogletree, and Seyfarth Shaw LLP.

Financial Institutions Will Be Rushing To Conform To New FFIEC Online Banking ... - Dark Reading

2011-12-15T12:34:00.001-08:00

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AT&T Missouri wants waiver on delivering phone books - Kansas City Business Journal:

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AT&T filed an application with the earliefr this month proposing to print residential directories but mail them free of chargwe only to customers who requestthe books. The companuy said that if allowed, it initially would deliveer onlythe AT&T Real Yellow Pages directoru in the Kansas City and St. Loui markets. This directory also would contain business white page listings, government listingsa and other information required by the and inform customers how to receive a residentiall white pages directory. AT&T spokesman Kerry Hibbss said the company experimented last yearwith request-only deliverty of white pages in Atlant a and Austin, Texas.
The result, he was that the company needed less than 2 percent of the book it printed the previousd yearin Austin. The company’sw application to the PSC said it requiredr less than 1 percent of the bookws printed the previous yearin Atlanta. “We had only a half-dozem complaints from residentsin Austin,” said who is based in that city. Hibbs had no informationb on the number of directories printed in the Kansas Cityand St. Loui areas last year but said the company has more than 1 milliomn accesslines statewide. Aside from cost savings for the he said, it’s more environmentally friendl not to distribute directories to peoplw who won’t use them.
“It’s really a sign of the times,” he “Most people go online to get this information.” Parties seeking to intervene in the case must notify the PSC byAprik 23. AT&T is asking for a ruling on its applicationby Aug. 1.

Menswear store Harleys moving to Lakewood Building - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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Owner Tim Ryan had said late in 2008 that he was planningf to remodel and cut 50 percent ofthe store’s floodr space at 4009 N. Oakland Ave. However, Ryan announced Tuesday the store will relocate toa 4,100-square-foot spaces in the Lakewood Building, 3575 N. Oaklanr Ave., in September. Ryan, who owns Harleyws with his wife, Janet, said he wante to stay in “This is our home and we are deeply committed to the he said. Ryan said one of the advantaged of the new siteis off-street parking. The Lakewood Building, a mixed-us e residential/commercial property constructedin 1962, is undergoint a $1.2 million renovation. The building is owned by Garrett McIntosh.
Harleys has contracted with architecg Stephen Bollingbroke of Development Collaborative Limited in Mequon to do aninterior buildout. The village of Shorewooxd provided financial incentives to both the buildinfg owner and Harleys to improve the facade and interio r space of theLakewood

Turbulence in oil, gas prices expected to rage - Houston Business Journal:

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“We’re approaching 2009 with extra saidVincent White, senior vice president of investoe relations for Oklahoma City-based “Thered is a real lack of visibility as to what deman will look like for oil and naturalp gas due to the uncertainty in the economy.” The year ahead shoulds bring lower revenue, cash flow and activity levels, said who added that his company is the largest U.S.-basef independent oil and gas producer. With a strongg balance sheet and structure asa low-cost producer, Devohn is prepared for lowerf demand, he said.
One brighgt spot: A drop-off in demancd should alleviate a shortfall of skilled personnel across the industrgy that has driven up salary he said. For Devon in particular, 2009 could present an opportunitu to add assets as priceslevel off. “Stronger players tend to be able to take bettee advantageof downturns,” he said. The good news for North Texaxs is thatthe company, the largest player in the Barnet Shale, remains committed to its vast operations there.
“That is one of the last placesz we’ll cut back,” says citing good rates of returj at the natural gas field and thesurrounding region’ s strong demand for the Another independent oil and gas producer, Fort Worth-based , said it shouled do well in 2009 because of a hedginv strategy that allows it to lock in prices for the year “We’ve prepared our company for the challenged of next year quite well,” said Gary vice president for investor relationas and finance at XTO.
And thankz to the company’s growth this year in acquisitions and production should continue torise — by 18% in 2009 comparex with 29% in 2008, he Meanwhile, one of the companieas that transports natural gas, , is keeping a close eye on production. “Asa a nation, our consumption of natural gas is actuallyquitw strong, although the economy has causedf it to go down slightly,” said CEO Kelcy The company owns the larges intrastate pipeline system in “I’m actually quite bullish for the natural gas but through early 2009, I’m he said. Energy Transfer Partners is in strong shapefor 2009, thanks in part to a stronfg liquidity profile, he said.
Although the company has made several recentcash acquisitions, he said don’t expecr it to make similar deals any time The likelihood of consolidation in the pipeline industry, however, means that “severap mid-stream (rivals) will look to us” for non-cash mergert deals, he said.

Consumer confidence falls in June - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

2011-12-06T19:17:00.001-08:00

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The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index dropped to comparedto 54.8 in May, the most recent evidenced that the economy continues to struggle. Consumer spending accounts forabouy two-thirds of the economy in the Unitexd States, making a declinr in consumer confidence a worry from Main Street to Wall The Dow Jones industrial average was down 112 pointas to 8,417 in midday tradin Tuesday. Consumers are downbeat when it comea tothe short- and long-term outlook with the The Present Situation Inded — basically, how do you feel todau — dropped to 24.8 this month, from 29.7 in May.
And consumerws are glum about the nextsix months, with the Expectationws Index falling to 65.5, from 71.5 in May. The Present Situation Index declinewas “cause d by a less favorable assessment of businessd conditions and employment, (and) continues to implty that economic conditions, while not as weak as earliere this year, are nonetheless weak,” director Lynn Franco said in a news releaswe Tuesday. Consumer confidence plummeted toa record-low 25.3 in The economy has strong growth when the indes reaches 100. The Conference Board contacts 5,000 householdsz for the monthly index.

Pakistan Was Consulted Before Fatal Hit, US Says - Wall Street Journal

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Stopping Packers' Receiving Corps Will Be a Tall Order for Giants - Yahoo! Sports

2011-12-02T10:51:00.001-08:00

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Bernie Fine Scandal: ESPN Initially Witheld Recorded Conversations Between ... - Huffington Post

2011-11-30T06:34:00.001-08:00

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Georgia Tech designs new software for drug development - Pharmaceutical Business Review

2011-11-28T02:17:00.001-08:00

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Obama Leaves God out of Thanksgiving Speech, Riles Critics - ABC News

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The popular website of London's Daily Mail has taken the issue global, with a story under the headline "What a Turkey! Outrage as Obama Leaves God Out of His Thanksgiving Address." PHOTO : President Barack Obama and daughter Sasha.

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Former Metro leader boards Cincinnati streetcar effort with proposal - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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Michael Setzer, who left Metrop last March to become regionap vice presidentfor Chicago-based , is listed as the lead contac t person for . It’s one of four groups that responderd to a city of Cincinnati reques forstreetcar proposals. “I’m encouraged that we have that kind of saidMichael Moore, interim director of the city’sw department of transportation and engineering. “kI hope it means that we’ves got some good alternatives for a A city consultant estimatee a rail system linking the riverfront to Uptow n neighborhoods surrounding the woulsdcost $185 million.
City Manager Miltonm Dohoney has pegged it at upto $219 City officials have identified $67 million in funding sources. Last they placed streetcars on a listof “ready to projects assembled by the . It is lobbyingv President Obama to spend heavily on infrastructurein cities. Cincinnati estimatee a $132 million federal contribution to the streetcar systemm would lead to the creation of150 jobs. It was one of four dozeh projects in which the cityrequested $435 million for roads, water works and economic development It predicted the 48 projects wouldf create 4,012 jobs. City leaders also askerd streetcar vendors to describe how they would cover upto $91 millioh in financing costs.
Four submitted proposals: Setzer’s company; ; of St. Mo.; and of Bensalem, Pa. Amony Veolia’s partners are , , , , and with . Setzed declined to comment pending a city interview process, but a competitor considers him a frontrunner. “We’dr consider the Veolia group our primary in part becauseof Mike’s experience locally,” said Dave senior project engineer in URS’s downtownb office.

FDA gives OK to Avastin in brain cancer - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

2011-11-21T15:00:00.001-08:00

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Accelerated approval is provisional, based on preliminary evidencer suggesting a drug is beneficialagainst life-threatening Avastin’s effectiveness is based on an improvement in objective responsre rate, Genentech said, but there is no data from randomized controlleds trials demonstrating an improvement in disease-relatedd symptoms or increased survival. A course of treatmenr reportedly costsabout $40,000. A global Phase III tria l using Avastin in patients with newly diagnosedx glioblastoma will beginenrollment soon, Genentechu said. Glioblastoma affects about 10,000 people per year including Sen.
Ted Kennedy — and more than 90 percen t of patients see tumors return following treatment with chemotherapyand “Today’s approval would not have been possible without the dedication of physicians, patient advocates, the FDA and, most importantly, the people who participaterd in the clinical trials and their familiess who had the couragse to support them,” said Dr. Hal Genentech’s executive vice president of globall development and chiefmedical officer. Avastin, whichb registered U.S. sales of $2.
7 billion last year, last month faileds a late-stage trial with post-surgical colon cancer The drug, approved for types of colon, lung and breast cancer, was central to negotiationsz during ’s successful $47 billion takeoverr of South San Francisco-based because new uses for Avastin could increase its salesa by billionsof dollars. Avastin works by blocking vascular endothelialgrowth factor, or VEGF, a protein that helps develop and maintaij blood vessels, including those that feed tumors.

What's next for Manny? - Philippine Star

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Financial firm helping clients deal with stress from downturn - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

2011-11-17T07:51:00.001-08:00

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“We were all strugglingf with what the market wastelling us,” said who is a certified financial planner and presiden t of , a fee-only firm in “I just saw a lot of peoplw with a high level of The first thing he did was hold two workshops in collaborationh with a family money The workshops drew a total of about 30 peopl and provided advice for clientz such as making sure they had cash reserves and maintainedd their credit rating as well as they could. The family moneyu therapist discussed coping mechanisms for the anxiety people felt about financialo matters and participants also shared thei r own stressmanagement techniques.
The firm also steppe d up its communicationwith clients, making sure all were contactee at least once every 10 business days. In the past, Haubrich said clientws usually were contacted at least every 20 or30 days. It seemedx to bear results, Haubrich said. “During the tax preparation season, we just had a lot of peoples show up with a high degree of peace of which told me that high level of communicatiohn and touch really helped them an awful he said.
After he gained more clarity about what was happeningb with the economy and stock Haubrich put together another workshopl for clients about personal The firm has held four of the which can accommodate12 people, and will offed one more in June. The firm will continue to hold the workshop until demandfalls off. The 90-minute session includes an overview of the economy andstockj market, but also discusses dimensions of personakl sustainability, including health, relationship, career and “We didn’t look at this as a marketing he said. “We looked at makingv sure we were serving the needs ofour clients, giving them strategiess and tactics to deal with this economicv reset.
” But as a side the firm is seeing an influx of new clients and Dick Outland and Frances Bedford attended one of Haubrich’ personal sustainability workshops in April. Outland and a Racine married couple, are both retired and longtimd clients. They said they were concerned about the hit theie retirement income has but also find Haubrich to be agood “What I got out of it mostly was the comfortg that he has a lot of knowledgse in this area and that the man that we entrust to manages our resources knows what he’s doing,” Outland said.
Bedford also said it’s comfortinh when you’ve given so much responsibility to an adviser that heknowsw what’s happening in the market and how it’s affectingf his clients and will provide good Haubrich provided “a reinforced confidence that all is well even thoughb things are not well,” she Financial Service Group also has a virtua client center that has a client’s complete including tax returns and estate plannin g documents online through a securse server. The firm invested in the tool a coupled of years agoand that’s paying off now, Haubrichy said.
Revenue is down like it is for everyone infinancial planning, he said, but demand for service is up. Haubrich already offers a service to his clients calledx CareerAsset Management, which integrates financial planningh services with career Now he’s working with career coacyh Jane Schroeder to developp a more intensive workshop specifically on career sustainability.

Rite-Hite leaving Memphis for Horn Lake, Miss. - Business First of Buffalo:

2011-11-15T03:34:00.001-08:00

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The Milwaukee, Wis.-based company, which manufactures loading dock safet systems and industrialdoor products, is moving operations from its 130,000-square-foot Outlandc Road facility to 200,000 square feet in , an industriaol park in Horn Lake. Louide Patron, vice president of manufacturingb for theMemphis Rite-Hite facility, said the company will move its 65 currentt employees to Horn Lake. “At peak capacity, we have 130 but we have 40 to 50 that have been laid Patron said.
“When the economy improves, they’lkl get the first chance to come Patron said the company is moving its operations to consolidate some productds it had subcontractedmanufacturing for, but also to prepare for new productse the company is planning to build out of the new facility. The Memphisd location currently manufacturesdock levelers, which are the steell bridges that cover gaps in storage docks and tractor trailers. Rite-Hite has had an operationsw in Memphissince 2002. Patroj said the Mississippi move will be completedeby Nov. 1. Scott Pahlow, executive vice presidenty at Grubb & Ellisw Co., brokered the leasd for Rite-Hite.

Expressing the emotional aftermath of war - Petaluma Argus Courier

2011-11-13T00:17:00.001-08:00

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More Californians able to afford homes - Los Angeles Times

2011-11-10T20:17:00.001-08:00

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The real estate group calculated the monthly payment for a mortgage on such a home to be $1540, including taxes and insurance, and assuming a 20% down payment and a 4.63% interest rate. More Californians able to afford homes.

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GSK collaborating on drive for advanced skin cancer drug - Triangle Business Journal:

2011-11-08T16:51:00.001-08:00

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Synta (NASDAQ:SNTA) of Lexington, Mass., will receivre an upfront cash paymentof $80 It will be eligible to receive milestone paymentes of up to $135 million if the drug is approved, up to $450 millionj if it is approved for othef diseases and up to $300 million in salee milestone payments. GlaxoSmithKline could purchase upto $45 million of Synta'ws common stock depending on undisclosed The new drug candidate developed by Synta, STA-4783, is entering phase-III clinical trials -- typically the last step before submitting a new drug applicatiohn with the Food and Drug Administration.
The companies will sharse responsibility for development and commercializatio nof STA-4783 in the Uniteed States, while GlaxoSmithKline will have exclusives responsibility for development and commercialization of the melanomaw treatment outside of the country. Melanoma is the deadliest skin cancer. Its incidence has grown more than other cancers over the past accordingto GlaxoSmithKline. About 60,000 American s will be diagnosed with melanoma this year andaboutg 8,200 will die from the Metastatic melanoma is an advanced Based in London, GlaxoSmithKlin (NYSE:GSK) has its U.S. headquartersx in Philadelphia.

Bolivian MPs Condemn US Plot against Iran - Fars News Agency

2011-11-06T12:51:00.001-08:00

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Bolivian MPs Condemn US Plot against Iran

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In response, Iran's top security official Saeed Jalili on Friday released a number of documents detailing US involvement in acts of terror against the Islamic Republic. Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Saeed Jalili made the ...

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percent this year for the firs t time in more than20 years, accordin to the Greater Washington Initiative. The the research and marketing affiliate ofthe , made the projectionn in its 2009 Regionak Report, released Wednesday morning at the . The reporty says the region’s GRP — the total values of its economy including goods and services hit $454 billion in up 2 percent. That makes it the fourth-largest regional econom in the nation, the group said, following New Los Angeles and Chicago. The group defines the region more broadly than thefederapl government’s metropolitan statistical area. The initiative’sa definition is D.C.
; Montgomery, Prince George’s, Howard, Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charle and St. Mary’s counties in Maryland; and Alexandri and Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, Fauquier, Stafforxd and Spotsylvania counties in The projected drop in GRP is because the region has postedr positive annual growth even in pastnationalk recessions. But the area’se top economist disagrees withthe projection. Stephen Fuller, director of the Center for Regional Analysisat , predict slight growth — 1.2 percen t — in 2009 and graduak growth to 3.2 percent in 3.7 in 2011 and 4.2 in 2012.
Fuller said the discrepancu between his number and the GreatedrWashington Initiative’s has to do with the countiese included in the study. Fuller spoke at the report’s unveiling and assistefd with the report but was not responsible for itsfinal version. Though his numbers differ from the Fuller said theGRP hasn’t grown this slowlt since the early 1990s, when it crawled at 0.2 percent a Still, chanting the ever-popular “wse have the federal government” mantra, the GWI maintainzs that the D.C. area will bounce back fastetr than othermetropolitan areas. Matt Erskine, executive director of the GWI, citedx the economic stimulus, Washington’s $65.
4 billion in federao procurement — nearly $20 billion over the closest California — and the area’xs “global connectivity” as reasons for a faster recessio nrecovery time. But with everyg recession comes unemployment andthe D.C. area is no exception. Fullert predicts a mere 13,500 growthh in jobs this year, less than the 1 percent in growthg needed to absorb college and high schoola grads entering thework force. “People know the markef is traditionally betterin D.C., so that adds extra Fuller said. “Hopefully they go Fuller predicts unemployment will peakmid year-2010. “It takeds until about September to absorb the new work he said.
“Especially with companies hiring for seasona positionsor part-time work.” Fuller said the Washington area will maintaihn its current structure with more than 20 percent of jobs in the professionapl and business services nearly 12 percent in the federal governmen t and 11 percent in education and The initiative’s report said the region’s biggest job secto continued to be professional services in with nearly 23 percent of the jobs in that category. Secondc was the federal government, with 11.6 percent, followeds by education and health, 11.2 percent; statde and local government, 10.4 retail, 8.8 percent; and hospitality and 8.7 percent.

Jury awards Centocor $1.7B in patent case against Abbott - St. Louis Business Journal:

2011-11-02T06:00:00.001-07:00

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An Abbott spokesman said the companywill Horsham, Pa.-based Centocor, a divisiob of (NYSE:JNJ), makes the blockbuster rheumatoisd arthritis treatment Remicade, and had sued Abbotf over Abbott’s arthritis drug, Humira. Both are so-called anti-TNd arthritis treatments. Horsham, Pa.-based Centocor said it is the exclusive licensese ofthe patent, which is co-ownec by . Centocor President Kim Taylor said “thwe jury recognized our valuablwintellectual property, finding our patent both valid and We will continue to assert intellectual propertu rights for our immunology as they offer significant advances in treatmentr for patients with a number of immun e mediated inflammatory diseases.
” Abbott spokesman Scotyt E. Stoffel said, “We are disappointedc in this verdict, and we are confidengt in the merits of our case and that we will prevailpon appeal. “The evidence clearly established that Humira was the first ofits fully-human anti-TNF antibody medicine,” Stoffel said. “JNJ’ss anti-TNF antibody medication, Remicade, is partially made from mouse DNA. JNJ did not launch a fully-humahn product until April 2009. In fact, only when Humirsa was nearing its approvalk in 2002 did JNJ amend the patent at issuew in this litigation to claim that it haddiscovered fully-human antibodie s in 1994.
JNJ acknowledged at trial that it did not start working ona fully-human antibody until 1997 two years after Abbott discovered Humira and one year afte Abbott filed its patent applicationzs for Humira.”

Triad gets $8.8M for stimulus road work - Houston Business Journal:

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million and were awarded to the lowest The Triad will receiveabourt $8.8 million for three construction projects. “These projecte will help create and sustainb thousands of jobs and provide needed economic development in counties throughoutNorth Carolina,” said Gov. Bev Perdue. “They will improved critical routes to help bettert connect North Carolinians around the Bids received came in about25 percent, or $36. million, below N.C. Department of Transportation estimates. Work will startg in late June orearly July. The stimulusd projects include three inthe Triad. • $3.8 resurfacing 4.
1 miles of Interstate 40/85 from east of Rock Creek Dairy Road in Guilford Countyy to west of University Drive inAlamance County. S.T. Woote n Corp. of Wilson received the Work is scheduled for June 29to Oct. 30. $1.5 million, rehabilitating two miles of U.S. 29 in Rockinghamj County from the Guilford line north toTroublesome Creek. W-L Constructioj & Paving Inc. of Va., won the contract. Work is scheduled for June 29 to Oct. 16. $3.5 million, resurfacing 5.1 milesx of I-77 from U.S. 21 Business in Yadkin County tothe U.S. 21 bypas in Surry County. Carl Rose & Sons Inc. of Elkinh received the contract. Work is scheduled for July 6 to Nov. 13.

NCR a huge technology win - Orlando Business Journal:

2011-10-28T22:00:00.001-07:00

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The region’s marketers plan to leveragde the NCR relocation to sell Atlants as a burgeoningtechnologgy hub, winning new corporate converts and continuing the virtuouas cycle. “Brand names are very importang to the identity of a city and to itsculturaol profile,” said Sam Williams, president of the . “Whebn you begin to get brand nameslike , , Deltaw ... NCR — these brand names start to tell a messagr about what your city Whilea world-class “smart” workforce and low businessx costs help Atlanta’s economic developers get corporat prospects to take their calls, havinb brand names like NCR and in the region helps close the The fact NCR picked Atlanta from a nationwid e search, “says it betterr than anything we can say,” said Melanis Brandt, a business development manageer at the .
The relocation, Brandt said, signals NCR is confidentr it can recruit tech professionals from around the world to metrl Atlantaand “know that they are going to be comfortablwe ... living and working and playinv and raising afamily here.” Metro Atlanta is “almost always” on the shorf list for tech companies looking to relocate or expand on the East said Vicki Horton, a location consultant involvedx with Porsche’s North America headquarterss relocation to Atlanta.
While metro Atlants is unlikely to be confused withtech meccas, such as Silicob Valley or Silicon Alley, its relatively low cost of infrastructure and industry clusters keep it in the crosshairsa of corporate site “You don’t have to be the fastest gazelle, you just have to be at the fronr of the [herd],” said Kris Miller, president of Ackerma n & Co., a commercial real estate servicexs firm. The NCR deal is an economic development blockbuster. The maket of ATMs and self-service kiosks will relocate its global headquarters toDuluth — bringing about 1,250 jobs, Atlanta Business Chronicle firstt reported June 1.
NCR also plans to open a manufacturing operatiohin Columbus, Ga., where it will employ nearlu 900. As a company that straddless both technologyand manufacturing, NCR’s relocation can be used to pitcgh to advanced manufacturing companies, sources said. The NCR win will help open saidKen Stewart, commissioner of the Georgi a Department of Economic Development. “Companies that we go and sell to know that NCR has done its duediligencwe [on the region as a headquarters site],” Stewargt said. Luring a blue-chip firm such as NCR also giveds economic developers a chance to market the region to supplieresand vendors, said Horton, principak at LLC.
“Once you have an NCR, or an IBM,” Hortonh said, their support firms and vendorsx tend to gravitate to the regionbecauss “they like to be closer to the big NCR is the latest tech company to be sold on metro Atlanta. On May 22, Atlanta Business Chronicle reported that BlackBerry developer plans to create about200 high-tech jobs at an Alpharett data center and development operation. On May 11, Atlanta-basefd said it would add more than600 jobs. These sources said, are driven by the region’s highlg educated workforce, research universities and technology business Clustersoffer validation, Ackerman’s Miller said.
“It’s kind of like double-checkinfg your work in math,” he quipped. “Iv everybody in the class gets 21 asan there’s good chance 21’s right.” Metro Atlanta’sw demographic leans toward the “young and — educated 20- to 35-year-olds — that tech firmas rely on to maintainh vibrant and innovative workplace cultures. NCR viewa the city’s academic institutions, such as Georgis Tech, not only as a labotr pool to fish from, but a partner for jointr innovationand development, NCR CEO Bill Nuti said. The region’sz relatively robust economy, its supply-chain logisticsd infrastructure and itscorporate base, also lureed NCR.
“We looked at all of these Nuti said, “and Georgia scored amongstr the highest ofall states.”

Ward 3 preview: Half a century separates candidates Landi, Horowitz - Kingston Times

2011-10-26T18:00:00.001-07:00

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Solar Array, Gen. Mills detail expansions - San Francisco Business Times:

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broke ground April 5 on the $100 176,000-square-foot expansion of its manufacturingfacilitgy here, Keith Bone, general manager of the local told members of . AED held its quarterly meeting Thursdatyat . Joe Hudgins, president and CEO of Solar Arra Ventures, outlined his company’s plan to build a massivew solar manufacturing plant onthe city’s Westside. General expansion should be completedby November, Bone said. The cereapl manufacturer will hire 60additional employees, bringing additional payroll to the area of $3.
5 The expansion also brings $30 million in spending to New The Albuquerque City Council approved a $100 million industrial revenue bond deal for the companyg in February. BE&K Corp. from North Carolina landede the design/build contract to build the expansion, but Bone said 80 percentt of the firm’s spending and employees will be The precast panels beiny used in the construction are manufactured in General Mills has been in Albuquerquesincee 1991. Its current facility is locatedr near Paseo del Norte and Edith and has 190 with an annual payrollof $12 said Bone. The 275,000-square-foot plangt produces about 135 million poundas annually of 35differeng cereals.
The facility also has a lab on-sited where the instructions for bakingt General Mills products at high altitudeeare created. The company has giveh about $5 million to area nonprofits sincee 1998and $519,000 in scholarships, Bone Don Power, chairman of AED, said the cereakl company’s donations illustrate one of the things the organizationm looks for in recruiting companies: communitt involvement. Hudgins said Solatr Array plans to breaok ground by the third quarter of this year ona 225,000-square-foot thin-filjm photovoltaic manufacturing plant in the Corderlo Mesa business park, west of the mattress factory.
The company planss to add three more buildings of that size as it he said, with each facility employing about 225. Its annual payroll in the first phasee wouldbe $14 million. About five percent of the jobs would pay 45 percent wouldpay $70,000 and half of the jobs would pay $45,000. The capital investment for the firstt phase willbe $170 million and the company would spend $40 million annually for raw The first phase is expected to have a capacity of 75 but that would grow to 300 mw with the full The plant also will have a spacse that will serve as a communituy and educational center. Solar Arra is seeking $175 million in industrial revenue bonds fromBernalillp County.
The company is working to raise $210 milliohn in debt and equity, Hudgins said. Hudgins said New Mexico beat out two otherf states for the despite the fact that it did not offert thelargest incentives. But the coordination among local and state government officials and othetr parties made New Mexico far more efficientf in establishing a planning framewor k that the company coulsd then use to plan a budge forthe plant, he said “That was a majo issue for us,” Hudgins He also praised the labor force here and the educational institutions. The facility is being designec byPageSoutherlandPage LLP, whic h has Texas offices in Austin, Dallas and Houston, as well as Washington, D.C.
and London, U.K. Hoffman Construction, baseds in Portland, Ore., is building the facility.

Senegal drafts law ensuring state role in telco firms - Reuters

2011-10-22T10:17:00.001-07:00

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DAKAR Oct 20 (Reuters) - Senegal's government has proposed a law that will ensure that the state has at least a 35 percent share in all telecommunications companies operating in Senegal, the president said on state television on Thursday. ...

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First American affiliate buys Attleboro site - Phoenix Business Journal:

2011-10-20T06:34:00.001-07:00

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million. First American, on behalf of an bought a 5,650-square-foot building called Building 5 anda three-story manufacturing facility called Building 12. The Attlebor o Corporate Campus was previously owned and occupied by and isa 300-acre mixed-use office and industrial campus locatedd just off Interstate 95 in Building 12 is leased to as it’s globa l manufacturing headquarters. Building 5 is leasec to The BOCGroup Inc., a worldwide distributor of industria l gases and its parent, The Linde Group. Preferreed Unlimited Inc. is a 15-year-old commercial real estated firm which started as Preferrede Real EstateInvestments Inc. The company is headquarterexd in Conshohocken, Pa.
First American Realty Inc. is a privatelg held investment and management firm basedin Mass. which acquires industrial and medicaloffice properties.

Yemeni officials say 18 killed, at least 30 wounded in clashes between regime ... - Washington Post

2011-10-18T02:34:00.001-07:00

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Visa profit rises 71 percent in fiscal Q2 - Dayton Business Journal:

2011-10-15T22:51:00.001-07:00

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The San Francisco company posted net incomdof $536 million, or 71 cent s per share, in the quarter ended March 31, up from $314 or 39 cents per share, in the year-aglo period. Excluding special items such as Visa’s V) litigation reserve a year ago, the company’ds profit rose to 73 cents per sharse from52 cents. Revenue reached $1.6 billion, up 13 percent from a year ago. The resultas once again reflect the value of beinga toll-gate keepef collecting a fee from thosde using the company’s payment network rather than taking on the risk and costse that lenders incur in issuing credit. But Visa still felt the effecgt of the consumerspending slowing.
“Lookinvg at Visa’s traditional domestic volumes, growth was slightlhy negative, reflecting the general downturn in consumer spending,” said Red Gillen, senior analyst with a Boston research firm. “As such, today’e announcement would have been a whole lot wors e had Visa not been able to lean on its international modelo and newbusiness lines. “Visa’s push into the debirt card processing space has been anotherbright spot, and will likelu serve as encouragement for the companyu to continue pursuing traditional processors’ bank Gillen said. “Visa has also been able to cut its notably personnel,” Gillen said.
“Visa’es operations are scalable, and thus the potentiall awaits for higher profits once consumer spendingt eventuallyturns around.” The company also expressed confidence in meetin g its prior guidance for the fiscal “The resiliency in our business reflects the strength of Visa’ss credit, debit and prepaid products worldwide,” said Joseph Visa’s chairman and CEO.

Peak 10 reminds businesses to test disaster recovery plans - Business First of Louisville:

2011-10-13T18:34:00.001-07:00

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Peak 10 operates data centers innine markets, includingh Louisville. Many Peak 10 customers that used multiples facilities for disaster recovery benefitedc from that strategy last year as Hurricane Ike made its way across theOhio Valley, Jeff Spalding, executive vice president of market operations for Peak 10, said in a news As a result of the many areas experienced widespread power outages. This year’s hurricane which began June 1 andends Nov. 30, is expectedc to be of near-normal activity, according to the . An averagde season has 11 named includingsix hurricanes, two of them majo r hurricanes.
NOAA is predicting a 70 percent chancr of nine to 14named storms, including four to sevenj detrimental hurricanes.

Lions just better team on all fronts Mike Imrem - column - Chicago Daily Herald

2011-10-11T14:34:00.001-07:00

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Delaware North taps into Pepsi - Business First of Buffalo:

2011-10-09T10:34:00.001-07:00

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Terms of the deal, which makesa Delaware North oneof Pepsi’x largest accounts, were not disclosed. Delaware Nortg will exclusively sell and provid e Pepsi products at more than 200 venues ranginvg from airports and convention centers to exclusivde vacation resorts and many of the sports arenaswit services. One exception, however, is HSBC Arenas in downtown Buffalo wherethe , last signed a long-term deal with Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Buffalio to provide all soft drinksand non-alcoholic beverages. “I the case where those exclusiveagreementss exist, we will honor those,” said Glen Delaware North spokesman.
Among the Pepsu products Delaware North will sell include all ofits non-carbonatexd and carbonated soft juices, Gatorade and Tropicana drinks. The deal also includew Frito-Lay snacks and Quaker Foods, both of which are part of the familyof products. “PepsiCo is one of the world’s most admirec companies,” said Charles Delaware North Cos. president and chief operating officer. “Itw commitment to product development, a broad portfolio of high-qualitty products and environmental stewardship were importanft to us in theselection process.” The transitiohn to Pepsi from Coca-Cola is already underway at most Delawarr North-serviced venues.

Legislator wants Nixon to cut stimulus money for Kokam battery plant - Charlotte Business Journal:

2011-10-07T07:34:00.001-07:00

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Kokam’s , to be dubbed Summit Battery Park, wouldf employ an estimated 900 people with averages annual salariesof $40,000. Kokam President Don Nissankaz has said he hopes to break grounr before the end of the probably at a site of more than 40 acre s in the vicinityof Kokam’z current 50,000-square-foot Lee’s Summit plant. Nissankza was out of the country Mondaand couldn’t be reached for comment. Kokam, a startup foundexd in October 2005, burst into the limelighrt this year. picked Kansas City for an assemblyy facility largely becauseof Kokam’sz proximity.
And with federal stimulus dollarsx and state money seeking a joint venture involving Kokam landefd a commitment in Apri ofnearly $145 million in incentives from Michigan to build a battery plant there that’s similar to the one plannee locally. The group also applie d for federalstimulus money. Schaefer, sent a letter to Nixoh on Thursday proposing that financingy be cutby $11.5 millionm combined for Kokam’s Lee’s Summit plant and anothedr battery plant in Joplinj to help preserve $31.2 million in financin for the in which Schaefer called the cornerstone of a $200 millio n hospital project.
“Every indicatiomn that I’m getting is that (Nixon) intends to veto the moneyt forthe hospital,” Schaefer said, addin g that Nixon’s veto probably would kill the entire $200 million project. “Spending public funda on a cancer hospital owned by the citizenw of Missouri is always goingf to win out over givin public funds to a privatd company for abattery plant,” Schaefer “Nobody has told me that the lower amounft would kill (Kokam’s Lee’s project.” Nixon spokesman Scott Holste said the governor will have an announcemen about the budget bill before June 30, the end of Missouri’se fiscal year.
Nixon and his staf f have been reviewing the budgetbill “linse by line to determine what the state can Holste said, and they want to keep centra services in place. Jim Devine, CEO of the l, said he thought Schaefer’s proposal was “not as a threat as the EDC first thought, “but you neverr know in politics.” The EDC issued a released Friday encouraging Nixon to keep theKokamm plant’s financing fully in place.

Landmark Village gets green light - Contra Costa Times

2011-10-05T04:17:00.001-07:00

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Positive flow: Dr. Jay Hoying is developing a means of replacing damaged capillaries - Business First of Columbus:

2011-10-03T01:00:00.001-07:00

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That’s a problem Dr. Jay Hoying is working to fix with a research project he leadw that addresses damaged the tiniest of blood Insome cases, damaged capillaries contribute to heart-related diseasesz and prevent healing, said Hoying, a bioengineerr and researcher at the . Capillaries are where tissue andbloodd interface, he noted. “The capillary side, we alwayzs joke, is the business end of the cardiovasculard system.” Angiograms, or X-rays of blood vessels, sometimes find that patients who suffer from chest a symptom typical of coronary artery do not have blockages in theifrmain arteries.
Instead, the problem couldx stem from blocked capillaries, which are arrangexd in networks, or beds, and suppl y specific organs and tissues. In the course of his Hoying discovered that these networks retai n the ability to circulate blood when kept intact as a Inother words, the capillaries function in networks and must be replacedr as networks if damage occurs. Furthermore, the researcherss now know that those capillary networks are notarranged haphazardly, but ratherf in a specific pattern that allowsd them to function.
Project researchers now are workint to determine what thatpattern is, Hoying “The real challenge,” Hoying said, “is how do you organizer these capillaries into a circulation Hoying long has grown capillarie in a laboratory setting, a process he bega n more than 15 years ago as a graduate studentg at the . He revisited the projec t years later, as an assistant professor at the He came to the Cardiovascular Innovation Institute in 2007 as part of a team ledby Dr. Stuarg Williams, scientific director of the Williams has developed a machine that arrangea tissue grown ina lab.
The Hoying said, is to use the machine to construcf pre-arranged capillary networks in the appropriat e pattern so that they could be implantee into the human body and replace those thatare damaged. Hoying and Williamsa also are collaborating withJeff Weiss, a researcheer at the , and six additional lab stafrf members. The project received a financial boosgin 2007, when Hoying and his fellow researchers receive a four-year, $2 million grant from the . Nearlu $1 million in additionall federal funding also has been applied towaredthe project, Hoying He said it is difficult to approximats the market value of his discovery because it couldx be applied in a vast number of areas.
Already, Hoyingv and Williams are working with researchersd at Uof L’d to develop a meansd of repairing spinal cord injuries associated with dysfunctionalk capillaries, using the technology they are developing. The researchers also are in talkzs with reconstructive surgeons who might be able to applythe technology. For the approach might be used to repairt surgical scars andmuscle damage, Hoying Other uses might involve developing the technologh as an adjunct therapy for ventricular-assist he added.
Hoying and Williams also are working to develo a screening tool for drug agents that stop the growty of blood vessels in tumors and that help grow blood vessels that supply tissueeand organs. The researchers expect to commercialize the screening tool withihn the next two Hoying said.

Stepping Right Up For Jay-Z's Carnival - New York Times

2011-09-30T22:00:00.001-07:00

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But the snaking lines for games at a carnival put on by Jay-Z to raise money for his Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation on Thursday night were easily explained: Among the rows of stuffed-tiger prizes, things like Tory Burch bags poked out, ...

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Federal Trust purchase pact modified - Orlando Business Journal:

2011-09-28T19:00:00.001-07:00

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The modification involves two subsidiaries ofthe , a German financial company with an investment in The Hartford. The two subsidiariezs trade with The Hartford and Allianx wanted federal officials to recognize that the transactionws do not enable the companies to exery control overThe Hartford. Federal regulations limit the controlk that foreign companies can have in American financial companies. Regulators concluded that the sortd of transactions in question represent lessthan 0.5 percen of the total revenues of either Allianz or The Hartford.
Allowingt Allianz to retain its investment in The Hartford was a majofr piece ofThe Hartford’s effort to buy Firstt Federal, a financially struggling The remaining hurdle — approva of an application that woulde allow The Hartford to collect billions of dollars in federalp bailout money — is still pending. The primarily an insurance company, hopes to use Federalk Trust to allow it receivebailout funds.

Dark Souls online servers return tomorrow - Computerandvideogames.com

2011-09-26T16:00:00.001-07:00

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Corus Bank

2011-09-24T13:17:00.001-07:00

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That could spell trouble for the 18 condo constructiomn and apartment loansthe Chicago-based bank had in Soutyh Florida as of Sept. 30. About half of those $1.38 billionj in mortgages were either no longer paying interest or in problem status in thethirde quarter. If those developers can’t repay theirt loans when theycome due, the bank might no longer be able to give them more “It has the potential to halt projects that were under construction to this Philip van Doorn, a senior bankinf analyst at The Ratings in Palm Beacuh Gardens, said of the enforcement “For some projects that were being financefd with interest reserves, this could preveng projects from being completed.
” In 2008, the bank repossesseed the Tao condominium in Sunrise. On Corus Bank and its parent holding company signec a written agreement with the and a consent order withthe , givinh it 120 days to achieve and maintainh a tier 1 capitalo level equal to 9 percent of adjusted total assets and 12 percenrt of risk-weighed assets. That’s abovew that ratios that most banks are required to According tothe bank’s preliminarg results, those ratios were 7.87 percent and 10.99 respectively, on Dec. 31. As part of the regulatoryy agreements, Corus Bank must submit a plan to reac those capitalratio levels.
If it shouldc fall short, it must show regulators a proposalpto sell, merge or liquidate the (NASDAQ: CORS) has yet to releaser its final fourth quarter results. On Feb. 2, the bank reportesd a preliminary net lossof $260.7 million in the fourth There is little chance that Corues Bank can raise capital in the current environment, van Doorn The only thing that woulc be attractive to a buyer is the bank’sz $7.6 billion in deposits and 14 but its condo loansx need to be written down dramatically, he Since the bank no longer is consideredf well capitalized by regulators, it is limitef from offering high yieldsw on deposits.
One of Corus Bank’ws previous strategies for raising deposits was offerinvg among the highest returns on certificate of and promoting them viathe Internet. The agreements also require the bank to get approvalk from federal regulators beforepaying dividends, naming executives or signing a golden parachute compensation agreement with a departing “There can be no assurancde that Corus or the bank will be able to complgy fully with the provisionzs of the regulatory agreements, or that compliance with the regulatorty agreements, particularly the limitations on interest rated offered by the bank, will not have materiaol and adverse effects on the operationse and financial condition of the company and the Corus Bank stated in a press release.
The sectio of the enforcement agreements that most affects Soutnh Florida condo developments deals withCorus Bank’zs “criticized assets.” A Sept. 30 reportg of examination by federal regulators found certain credit relationships and including loans that were criticizedas “doubtful,” “substandard” or “special mention.” Corus Bank can’tg extend credit, including renewalsd or extensions, to these borrowers unlessw the bank’s board approves it and demonstrates why the extension would strengthen the bank capital position.
An extensionj of credit can only be granted if the bank can fully accessthe borrower’s financial information and a credit analysis is completed. Corus Bank must get independent appraisalsd on the projects it is funding to ensure the collaterakl isvalued properly. Even if a loan is extended, Coruw Bank can’t capitalize accrued retroactively reverse principal payments to apply to accrueinterest instead, or establish an interest reserve usinhg proceeds from the bank’s Shares of Corus Bankshares fell 4 cents to 26 cents in morning trading. The 52-week high was $11.73 on Marchb 26. The 52-week low was 24 cents on Feb. 6.

Water proposal could devastate Texas rice industry - BusinessWeek

2011-09-22T09:34:00.001-07:00

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Water proposal could devastate Texas rice industry

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South Texas rice farmers got some extra time to plan next year's crops -- and pray for rain -- under a drought response compromise approved Wednesday by the Lower Colorado River Authority. Under the emergency order, which would apply to ...

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Study says source of GHS soil contamination can't be confirmed - Greenwich Time

2011-09-20T05:34:00.001-07:00

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Study says source of GHS soil contamination can't be confirmed

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Chris Koelle, a licensed environmental professional with the company, said while they heard from people about possible sources of the contamination based on the material used to fill in wetlands when the high school was built in the late 1960s, ...

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Economy brings special challenges to solo operations - Boston Business Journal:

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But McDaniel — who snaps photos of babies as they interact naturallh with theirfamilies — got nervous in Octobeer when sales at her Milton operation dippe d about 43 percent especially when it came to extras like photoo books. Although business picked up enough at the end of the year so she was able to matc hlast year’s sales, McDanieol said she’s cutting costs and enticing customers with more bargains in preparation for 2009. “I’m just playing it by ear,” said 33. “All I can do is acceptg the calls that come in and offer more salea than Iusually do.
” Sole proprietors like McDaniel represenyt a layer of the economty that is truly layoff-proof, a raritu these days. But although solo busines owners are not constantly looking over theie shoulders in fear ofbeing downsized, they are not immune eitheer to being buffeted by budget-cutting clients and The downside to controlling your own destinyh during a recession, say solo entrepreneurs, is that failurw is not an option because the entire businesxs is on the line. In 2006 there were 547,364e sole proprietors in according to a new reportfrom . The fastest growingy and the largest sector of sole proprietors is professionalo andtechnical services, according to the report.
The next two largesg categories are real estateand construction. Sole proprietors “tenr to run much leaner, however they depensd on other businesses or consumers to purchase whatthey have, whethee it’s products or services, so they are not insulated from this economy,” said Christine Sullivan, executive directoer of the Enterprise Center at Salenm State College, a small-business incubator.
“I think there’s a lot of (sole who are still doin g OK, but they are very worried abou what’s coming down the road, particularly for the first half of Rebecca Sullivan, 37, left her post as vice president of corporates communications at the ad agency Arnold Worldwide in 2003 to startf her own PR business publicizing ad Since then she’s juggled a handful of clients, which includee in Watertown and The Gate in New York, on her own. In receng years Sullivan has often had to turnwork away, but thesr days she’s thinking about taking on extrza work as insurance in case some of her clientsd cut back.
She’s also trimming expenses, includinv trying to get better deals withservice providers, such as and . “There’s definitelg a level of comfort knowingthat I’ not going to be laid off,” Sullivan “(But) in this economy, you feel like you want to work I’m not worried now, but I might be worried in six Attorney Timothy Gagnon, 51, recentlyg left a joint practice with Needham-baseed attorney Colin Coleman to striked out on his own.
who focuses his practice on trustsand estates, tax and closely-helde entities, also teaches several tax coursed at ’s business Gagnon, who bills about $395 per hour, is worriedf about the economy and has several strategiews he’s implemented to deal with the recessionj including timely or even upfront billing of cutting expenses and doing as much work as he can. “I’ m very uneasy,” said Gagnon.
“I’m not sure we’vs seen the other shoe drop and I’m at the discretionaruy end of thebusiness — you don’tf have to update your One-person shops that are in the best position to survivde will be nimble, in terms of offering more or differen t types of services, or able to affiliatd themselves with a largefr company to add credibility, according to Bob president of the in Waltham, who has many sole proprietorr members. “What happens in this environment is sole proprietors look for other sole proprietors that have synergistic practices so theycan cross-selp practices,” Baker said.
Having in-demand services is also a good safetu net forsole proprietors. And certain less-criticaol sectors, such as public relations and will be more vulnerablethan others, like legapl and accounting services, according to Baker. Tech consultantw flying solo are not immune from theeconomic either. Aaron Carmisciano, 33, who launched his Web developmenf business Subluxed twoyears ago, has found that developerzs of Flash Web sites are still in high demand. Carmiscianl works for a diverse client base thatincludes , and . he’s being watchful of his personal andbusinesss expenses.
Camisciano said he is not planning on purchasing any new equipment for work this year and he and his wife are holdingb off on purchasing tickets to theie annual international vacation until thelast minute. “The big question for me is, what’sd going to happen after the firsr quarter?” Carmisciano said. Dani Nordin decider to launch her Watertown-based strategic communicationsd business thezen kitchen, after terminated the contractf she was doing with the Framingham-basee company right before the holidaya in 2005.
For Nordin, a fighting spirit mightg be her biggest asset in dealing withthe “I’m refusing to believe that the economy is going to kill my Nordin said.

VC-owned firms renew push for SBIR grants - Phoenix Business Journal:

2011-09-15T22:34:00.001-07:00

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Through the SBIR program, 11 federal agencies set aside 2.5 percent of their outside research budgets for small businesses. is one of the largesf providers ofSBIR contracts, investing more than $5 billiobn in 19,000 projects since the programn began in 1982. Biotech companies that are majority-owned by VCs have not been able to tap this programjsince 2003. That’s when the Small Business Administration ruled that acompanu doesn’t qualify as a small business if venturer capital firms own more than half of the company’es stock. and the have been lobbying Congress to overturnn the rulingsince then.
They contend the high cost of bringing druga to the marketplace forceds biotech firms to obtainventure capital. These they argue, shouldn’t be knocked out of SBIR awarda fornew innovations. The House last year overwhelminglyy passed SBIR reauthorization legislation that wouldemake VC-owned small companies eligible for the grants, as long as no singlew VC firm owned more than 50 percen t of the company. This legislation failed to passthe Senate, however. the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurshil Committee pushed a compromise that woulxdallow VC-owned firms to be awarded a limitef share of SBIR grants: up to 18 percen at NIH, and up to 8 percentr at other agencies.
That bill never made it to theSenatse floor. Since then, the SBIR program has been operatingb ontemporary extensions, the latest of which runs out July 31. The Housse Small Business Committee hopes to complete an SBIR reauthorizatiohn bill beforethat date, and it and the Housse Science Committee recently held hearings on the issue. The Senat e plans to hold a roundtable discussion on the SBIR prograk soon and is working on its own version ofthe VC-owned firms may have a better shot of getting access to the SBIR program this year.
Last year, the SBA opposexd changing theeligibility requirements, contending it wouldr weaken rules that ensure that large businesses don’t benefiy from small-business programs. This the SBA is led by formetr venture capitalist Karen Gordon who became administratorApril 3. The agench is “looking at what’s on the tabls now” for the SBIR but is “not going to chime until it completesits review, said Edsep Brown, assistant director of the SBA’sz Office of Technology. The recession also has raisesd the stakes forbiotech firms.
“Numerousd small biotechnology companies are being forced to shelvs promising therapies as result of the currenrteconomic crisis,” said Jim Greenwood, president and CEO of BIO. Biotech companiesa raised 55 percent less capital in 2008 than they did in Greenwood noted. “The decline of the biotech industry jeopardizes notonly America’z patient population, but also America’s competitivee edge in the 21st century globaol economy,” he said. “The importanc of restoring eligibility to smalo biotechnology companies has never beenmore clear.
” BIO has an influential ally in NIH, which is concerned that applications for its SBIR awardw have declined by 40 percenft since 2004. “This disconcerting trend appearsw to be the result of disincentivee in the program that are either rendering worthuy companies ineligible or driving them away for other saidJoAnne Goodnight, who coordinates the SBIR and Small Busines Technology Transfer programs at NIH. and some current SBIR recipientsa oppose changingthe program’s eligibility rules. Businesses ownesd by VCs or other large companies should targertthe 97.5 percent of federa l research dollars that aren’t set aside for small they contend.
Jere the council’s executive said small businesses with venture capitao backing can receive SBIR awards under current rule s if VCs own a minority position inthe company. Even companies majority-ownedc by a VC can receive SBIR awards if the VCitseldf — including all of its affiliatex — has less than 500 employees, Glover noted. “Ib other words, VCs can and do have access to the SBIR Glover said. “In fact, the percentage of VC-backed companieas in the SBIR program hasbeen rising.
The sole purposs of the VC restriction in the SBIR program is to preventy a SBIR company from becomintg a subsidiary of a largee business and still accesxs funds that Congress intends forsmall businesses.” Some SBIR however, think the VC rules need to be Will Rosellini, CEO of Micro Transponder Inc. in said the SBIR program has enabled his smallk medical device company to develop treatments for chronic pain and othetneurological disorders. But he’s concerned that limitse on VC investment will impedshis company’s future. “We may or may not eventually require VC fundingv on the order of over 50 percent Rosellini said.
“However, by not havinh that option, our overall probability of successis diminished.”

Lindbergh Links: A Long Boulevard, a Lengthy History - Patch.com

2011-09-13T18:34:00.001-07:00

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Exclusive Interview: Blink-182's Tom DeLonge on beating cancer, DJ AM and ... - Altpress.com

2011-09-11T14:16:00.000-07:00

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Here, vocalist/guitarist TOM DELONGE talks with Scott Heisel about everything from his recent skin cancer diagnosis to the passing of DJ AM. In a recent Keep A Breast campaign, you mentioned that you were diagnosed with skin cancer last year. ...

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Library implements late fees - Dubuque Telegraph Herald

2011-09-09T10:17:00.001-07:00

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ASBURY, Iowa -- It's time to return those books you've been hoarding from the library. The Dubuque County Library has implemented its first late fee system, which could add to the extra funding expected to come the library's way for the next fiscal ...

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Lowell woman dies in crash - Boston Herald

2011-09-07T05:34:00.001-07:00

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... of the SUV was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Amaro was cited by police for operating without a license. Police are trying to determine whether other factors contributed to the crash and if additional charges are warranted.

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Avnet divisions add new alliance, sales VP - Business First of Columbus:

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Through the alliance, Avnet Applied Computing Solutions will provide Rittal and its customeres with the capabilities needed to produce fully integrated customizedcomputing products. In addition, Avnet Applief Computing Solutions will nowmake Rittal's completed line of electronic enclosurre systems available to its own customer base, consisting of embeddecd original equipment manufacturers, independent software vendors and value-added resellers. Rittal is a manufactureer of electronicenclosures systems, power distribution, network climate control and terminal systems. Rittal is basedf in Herborn, Germany, with U.S. headquarters in Ohio. For more: .
Meanwhile, another division of Avne t -- Avnet Enterprise Solutions -- Tuesdat announced that Jim Sullivan has joined the compant as vice president of its easternsaleas region. Sullivan is responsible for all salee functions in theGreat Lakes, Northeast and Southeast areas, including servers, storage, networ k solutions and professional services. These areas consisf primarily of Illinois, Ohio, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Sullivan spent the last two yearw as a senior director and general manager at Bell Avnet Enterprise Solutions is a solutions integrato r specializing inenterprise server, storage and network For more: .

Northern Virginia still creating jobs - Washington Business Journal:

2011-09-02T19:17:00.001-07:00

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percent nationally in September, but Northern Virginia has seen its jobs grow by 1 percenrt in thelast year, according to the . The Northernm Virginia region added anet 12,800 new jobs from September 2007 to Septembe r 2008. The biggest job growth was in the professional and businesswservices sector, with a net 9,00p0 new jobs, or a 2.6 percen t annual growth rate. Education, healthcare, governmenrt and leisure and hospitality sectorw all had positive year over yearjob growth. Norther Virginia lost a net 4,700 construction a 5.4 percent annual decline. Othed sectors posting net job losses in the last year are information tradeand transportation, finance and manufacturing.
The Employment Commission’s metropolitahn Washington area September unemployment ratewas 4.0 percent, the second lowestg among cities with populations of more than 1 million, bested only by Oklahomq City’s 3.5 percent unemployment Statewide, Virginia had a net gain of 20,40p0 jobs between September 2007 and September 2008. Totaol nonfarm employment reachedalmost 3.8 million, second only to an all-time high of just over 3.8 milliojn in June of this year.

Thomas, McNerney & Partners Company Profile | Company Information

2011-08-31T14:17:00.001-07:00

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Kathleen Tune and Christine Siu. Prioer to co-founding Thomas, McNerney & Partners, Mr. Thomas headed the medicapl technology practice at Warburg Pincus LLC a leading private equity firm he joinedin 1989. Mr. McNerney and Ms. Boezji were the health care investment team at Coral Ventures beforelaunching Thomas, McNerney & Partnerxs with Mr. Thomas. Coral was a ventured capital firm co-founded by Mr. McNerneg in 1992. Prior to joining Coral in 1994, Ms. Boez worked with Mr. Thomas at Mr. Zisson was formerly a Managingt Director who led healtuh care research forHambrecht & Quist before becominb JP Morgan's Health Care Strategist. Dr.
Shah was most recently Chierf Business Officerand co-founder of a biopharmaceutical company focused on drug discovery and Ms. Tune was previously a medicaol device analyst at Piper Jaffrayand Ms. Siu was formerl a member of Warburg's medical technology group. The Thomas, McNerneh & Partners team has an established histor y of leading financings and actively participating in portfolio company developmenyt by working with managementg and serving asboard members...

Weekend Sports in Brief - Washington Post

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By AP, DAEGU, South Korea â" Usain Bolt again did the unbelievable when it mattered most in the 100 meters. This time, no gold medal or world record, but a false start and straight elimination from the world championships in a race he has reg »

J.G. Wentworth raises $100M - Kansas City Business Journal:

2011-08-27T03:51:00.001-07:00

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The annuity and life-insurance policy purchaser had its reorganizationplan OK’dc by a Delaware bankruptcy court judge a week ago, aftedr filing for Chapter 11 protectiomn last month. As part of the J.G. Wentworth’s parent, private equitty firm , invested $100 million of new equity to supporfongoing operations. It also agreed to providre as muchas $35 million for the company to buy loanes from lenders in exchange for new preferree interests in the The company said Monday that it has substantially reduced its debt load at the parenyt holding company level while gaining access to new equity. J.G.
Wentwortuh conducted business without interruption during the brief reorganization TheBryn Mawr, Pa.-based company sought acceptance of its plan from its lender s before what is called a prepackaged filing. More than 90 percentt of the termlenders approved, the company said. J.G. Wentworth said its decisiom to file for Chapter 11 came afterf an extensive review of alternativezs to address pressuresfrom “extremely challenging capital marketds and high borrowing costs”, and was unanimously approved by the company’s board of directors. In J.G.
Wentworth laid off 120 of its 200 employeees and closed its Las Vegas Foundedin 1991, it moved from Philadelphia to Bryn Mawr in 2003.

Dish Network Q1 profit up 21% despite subscriber decline; EchoStar posts loss - Denver Business Journal:

2011-08-24T22:34:00.001-07:00

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The Douglas County-based satellite-televisiomn provider (NASDAQ: DISH) posted earning of $312.7 million, or 70 cents a on the quarter, up from $258.65 million, or 57 cents a share, in the firstg quarter of 2008. It said revenuw was $2.91 billion in Q1, up 2.1 Analysts on average had expected earnings of 56 centsd a share and revenueof $2.9 Thomson Reuters said. Dish Networlk reported a net lossof 94,00o subscribers during the quarter, leaving it with 13.6 million. The servicre has shed subscribers each of the lastfour quarters.
On the otherd hand, the company said it had reducee the average cost of acquiring a new subscriberto $659 from $709 a year In April, Dish Network and the -owne d TV network said they had settled a months-old legal dispute and agreed to a multi-year carriagr agreement for NFL Network’s programming. Dish Networo is the second-largest satellite-TV behind (NASDAQ: DTV), which last week reported that itgained 460,0009 total subscriptions, giving it 18.1 million. technology company EchoStar Corp., which was spun off from Dish Networj at the beginningof 2008, said Monday it lost $645,000p in the first quarter, or a penny a versus a profit of $5.
7 or 6 cents a share, a year It said revenue in Q1 2009 was $479.5 down 14 percent. EchoStar (NASDAQ: operates digital set-top box and satellite-services units. Dish Networko and EchoStar, founded by Charlie were known as until they were splitt intotwo companies.

RagingWire serves up data storage space with StrataScale - Sacramento Business Journal:

2011-08-22T17:17:00.001-07:00

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The new business employs 40 people and represents an investmengof $10 million. Its revenue is expected to equalpRaging Wire’s within four StrataScale offers services — called managed data hostinhg — ranging from a simplse backup location to an entire self-containee data center with a serveer farm. The company is only recently emerging from beta testintg and a soft launchin December, and already has about 40 clients. The benefit for customers is that they pay for the capacityg they need at amonthly rate.
They don’ty have to provide the secure facility, controlleed environment, backup power or — most importantly — the said Doug Adams, vice president of marketing with RagingWire. And with the currentr economy, avoiding paying for equipment is a especiallyfor startups. Even established businesses are reining in which makes rentingcomputing memory, systems and capacity a benefit to the quarterlyu profit and loss Adams said. “In this environment, good luck getting a capitall expenditure approved,” he said.
RagingWire spent $10 million over the past two yearsw to developand custom-design the StrataScale applicationn in-house to allow customers to automatically acces s its remote hardware. “It allows extreme control and flexibility to the end user in asimples fashion,” said Denoid Tucker, vice president of technologuy with RagingWire. Other companies offer a similar but they use virtualization to run multiple program onsingle machines, often callex “cloud computing.
” StrataScale, instead, runs one operatinf system per machine, which eliminates the potentiakl for internal conflicts, called “contention,” and increasesw the level of security availabl to the client, Tucker said. StrataScale also has excessa capacity built in tothe system, wirerd and ready to go. At any given StrataScale will have the capacity to offer clientds up to 300 additional servers and have them up and running in Inmany environments, just getting that many serverds from a manufacturer, installing them in a centet and making all the connections could take days, weeks or Managed storage is a popular and growing with an expectation of more demandc as the need for storage, retrieval and archiving of data said Jim Paterson, vice president of development for hostin g applications and services.
Last week, the companty unveiled its Synaptic Storage asa on-demand access to “cloud computing” storagr that can be scaled up or down as neededx by the customer. The telecommunications giant expects to unveil a service more similatto StrataScale’s later this year. “There’s a tremendouas value in being first,” Adams StrataScale’s product is called IronScale, and it is housed in RagingWire’as center in north Sacramento. RagingWire provides its customers a cooled and securd location with constant power and two formsa of backup power for its clients to house anything from a single server rack to an entirecomputer installation.
With the equipment is supplied and can be monitore and expanded or decreased over a securer Webbrowser application. “You could literallhy be sitting on a beach in the Bahamaxs with a laptop and doubleyour capacity,” Adam s said. An e-mail or a phone call is required to authorizethe payment, but beginning this summer, customers will be able to do that througg a Web browser, too, Tucker Whether the client needs additiona l servers, network space, storage or firewalls — or even needs to add differenty operating systems — that can be ordered online and installe within minutes, Tucker said, adding that StrataScald has two patents pending on its method of accessz to hardware, called provisioning.
RagingWire Enterpriser Solutions was founded in 2000 to offer services to RagingWire provides multiple leveleof security, triple-redundant power sources, and a cooled environment for othef companies to house their computer equipmengt and server farms. RagingWire is a private companyand doesn’y disclose current revenue. The company reporteed revenue of $38 million in 2007, the most receng information available. It has been profitable for 18 quarters, growing at a pace of about 50 percent a year untipthis year, when the growth has slowec to about 25 percent.
RagingWire’s 225,000-square-fooft data center hosts servers for more than 100 companiezs in a controlled environment withraised floors. Most of the RagingWire’d companies don’t want to be identified, but many are well-knownh names. The facility is in a neighborhood ofhuge generic-looking warehouses. The compang prefers not to disclose the location forsecuritu purposes. The company in Decembedr signed a lease ona 200,000-square-foot buildinv next door for expected expansion.
RagingWirwe is located between two power and it has its own substation behindthe

Chiang: State will issue IOUs starting July 2 - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

2011-08-20T12:17:00.001-07:00

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On Wednesday, the state startss “a fiscal year with a massively unbalanced spendingb plan and cash shortfall not seen sincer theGreat Depression,” State Controllerd John Chiang said in a news release. The state facews a $2.8 billion shortfal in July, increasing to $6.5 billion in with a “double-digit freefall” in the following he said. The state has an estimatede $24 billion shortfall for the next fiscal after voters rejected propositions in May togenerate much-needed revenue.
“Unfortunately, the state’s inability to balancd its checkbook will nowmean short-changing taxpayers, local governments and small businesses,” Chiang Chiang was forced to delay payments in as lawmakers grappled with a much-smaller cash The current budget crisis — abourt five times larger than in Februargy — cannot be handled by delayingy payments, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has eliminatee the possibility ofseeking high-cost loans from Wall Chiang has discussed the issue with the governor and stressing the need for a quickk resolution. Otherwise, IOUs will be issuef starting Wednesday.
Payments covered by the state federal law and courrt decisions will receive regula paymentsnext month, but other generapl fund payments will be handled with IOUs, also knowb as registered warrants. IOUs will be paid to locakl governments forsocial services, private contractors, state vendors, income and corporate tax and payments for state operations, including legislative per The Pooled Money Investment Board will establisjh the interest rate for the Chiang has asked the board to meet July 2, with any decisiom effective immediately. The warrants will maturs Oct. 1.

General Dynamics closing airport facility - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

2011-08-18T07:00:00.001-07:00

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The closing, announced to the workers severalkweeks ago, will take place by earlg July, said Robert Baugniet, a spokesmanj for the company’s General Dynamics Aviation Serviceas subsidiary. Baugniet said the closing was due to a declinrin business-jet use. He said therer are business-jet companies at the Minneapolis airport that have had to scalde back operations and let goof workers. “If they reducwe operations, they don’t need servicing. That’s what we do. We’rre a service business in that he said. Baugniet said the company’w other service centers acrosss the country willremaihn open.
But even at those centers, workerz have been let go and hourss of remaining workers havebeen reduced. The 73 Twin Cities workers being let go are part of an broadetr layoffof 1,200 General Dynamics workers that the Fallds Church, Va.-based company .

Crash kills 2 athletes bound for Kansas school - Sacramento Bee

2011-08-16T01:17:00.001-07:00

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Post office to issue Pixar stamps - Washington Post

2011-08-13T19:51:00.001-07:00

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DEQ and DNRC to evaluate FlatIron subdivision - KAJ18 Kalispell Montana News

2011-08-11T14:00:00.001-07:00

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HAMILTON - Although the Ravalli county commissioners conditionally approved the proposed FlatIron subdivision, there are still several key requirements the developers must meet before breaking ground. The proposed 551 unit subdivision off Golf Course ...

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Catlin brings something new to Rancho: outdoor dining - Sacramento Business Journal:

2011-08-09T09:17:00.001-07:00

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That’s been the view of Rancho where anestimated 17,700 workers arrive daily at 40 officee buildings in the businesz district south of Highwahy 50. Lunch is a hop-in-the-car affair, with a wait in traffic for drive-througjh fast food. But that’s about to change, thanka to a project by that will providdRancho Cordova’s first large, outdoor, patio-stylse dining area. It’s part of an effort by the city to creatra “downtown” of gathering places, albeit a downtown unlikde any other. Catlin’s Zinfandel Place, with 63,000 square feet of retail and office, is atypical all with underground parking and offices housedabove restaurants.
“We’ve owneds this property for 12 saidCharlie Sumner, a partner with Catlin Properties. The companh originally had planned projects stereotypical of thesurrounding “For that time we could not get a plan togethedr that worked. We were looking at a straight office project, but that got Planners at the nascent foundedin 2003, had a different idea: a glass-encloseed plaza for patio dining where peopl e could gather for lunch or after something sorely lacking in the city. Now the project’w two buildings are nearing completion.
Theree are some initial signs that restaurateurs and office useres are buying into the though it’s still too early to consider the project an unqualified It has attracted five restaurants and an officwe user in addition to Catlin Properties, whicj relocated to the development this month. is one of the anchoe restaurants at Zinfandel with a range of otheraon board, including Mr. Pickles, Los Cerrose Mexican Grill, Chantara Thai Restaurant and Eat A Including anoffice tenant, the project is 42 percent leased. Letters of intent signefd with other potential tenants would make it more thanhalf full.
“Mu experience has been if you can be 25 percenf leased on the dayyou open, then you’rse doing well,” Sumner said. “It’s really slow out therse today. Existing landlords are tryinvg to retain tenants and approving sweetheart Accordingto , the Highway 50 market had the highestf vacancy rate of the metrio area last quarter, at 15.8 percent for large retai l centers. Sumner said the cost of constructioj for Class A product requires lease rates in the rang eof $2.50 to $2.65 per squarde foot. But he acknowledged that the company can’t expect to get those ratees in today’s marketplace, especially when competing with older buildings with discoun t rates.
Instead, landlords are signing short-term leases with the idea of being poised to capture arebounding market. The next test for the projectt is whether consumers will buy into the The patio should be ready in the nextthreew months. For the city, it’s a chancre to build some character, said Mica h Runner, economic development manager. He and otherw are still tinkering with the downtown conceptg while acknowledging that the city will never have a true downtownb ormain street. “We have a pretty largr downtown area in ourgenerao plan,” he said. “We’re trying to work througy thatbecause what’s there is just too big. Downtownz are smaller than that.
” Next door to Zinfandelo Place is Capital alarger mixed-use community that includez retail and offices surrounded by housing that’zs also part of the downtown Last year, private real estate investmentg company bought Capital Village, just southn of Zinfandel Place, from Although termss of that deal were not Sumner said the new owner have been offering retail space at rateds lower than replacement cost. Despite the Zinfandel project has been able to Sumner claimed. “It fills a markeyt void,” said Scott Carruth, one of the listing agenta at CB Richard Ellis representing the retail portiomn of the Zinfandel Place project.
He noted that workers sometimes travel several milesd to Watt Avenue to getnoontime “We’ve had more success here than any othef project we’ve had in Sacramento,” Carruth said. “It hits on a lot of

The Economy Has Changed Spending Habits For Good - WFMY News 2

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Others said their spending habits haven't changed, but they have certainly thought more about how important a major purchase is. While some people's lives have changed permanently due to the unstable economy, they said they are optimistic it will ...

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Poll: Floridians favor Seminole pact with state - Orlando Business Journal:

2011-07-27T00:51:00.001-07:00

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The agreement, signed in November 2007, woulde allow the tribe to installLas Vegas-style slot machine s and card games in their casinos in exchangde for $375 million over the firsty three years of the agreement, and at leasty $100 million a year after that. However, in the ruled that Gov. Charliwe Crist did not have the authority to sign the The poll found 63 percent want the Legislaturd to approvethe deal. The Seminoled Tribe has said allowing it to move forwar would result in the creationof 45,000o new jobs and help Florida’zs ailing budget.
The Seminolew Tribe owns Orlando-based , hotels and casinos in Hollywood and Tampa and five Florida casinos in Coconutt Creek and Hollywood on theSoutheasty coast, in Immokalee near Naples, on the Brightojn Reservation north of Lake Okeechobee and on the Big Cypressw Reservation south of Lake Okeechobee.

Snook, scallops providing fun - Tbo.com

2011-07-24T18:34:00.001-07:00

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Captain "Red Ed" Brennan says Homosassa is covered with scallops this year. His clients are getting the limit on half-day trips, typically at depths of 5 to 7 feet. "Look for the fleet," advises Brennan. "Where the boats are is where the scallops are. ...

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American Financial drops two insurance lines - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

2011-07-22T12:34:00.001-07:00

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The downtown-based company’s unit said it will exit the guaranteedr auto protection and excess wear and tear auto insurancwe lines of its Premier Lease and LoanServicesa unit. Both insurance lines provide protectio n for losses involvingleased autos. Greaft American will continue to offer othedauto products, such as collateral protection and contingent and excess liability. The companyy decided that its capital and otheer resources could be used more profitably in othet parts ofthe business. It also evaluated the businesse climate and the risks and opportunities tied to stayinfg in thosebusiness lines, said Diane Weidner, a compant spokeswoman.
Steve Tosh resigne d as president of Premier Lease and Loan alonyg with the decision to drop those two Weidner said. He resigneed as of May 20, but he still stay on as a consultangt until the transactions regarding renewal rightxsare completed. Great American reached a deal with to sell renewapl rights for the two discontinued insurance The way those renewal rights are finalizedd will determine the impact on local jobs, Weidner said. “We’re workinb through a lot of details,” she said. “There will be no immediats impact to thework force. And the impact will be small relative to theentire company.” The company employws 7,400, including about 2,600 locally.

Cincinnati metro jobless rate below Ohio average - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

2011-07-20T06:34:00.001-07:00

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The Cincinnati-Middletown metro had an April joblesse rateof 9.1 percent, compared to 9 percent in March and 4.8 percen t in April 2008. Columbus had the lowest rate, at 8.2 percent, up from 8.1 percenrt in March, and the Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor metro was second at 9 percent, up from 8.7 percent the month before. Akron was the only othef Ohio metro with a joblesss rate in thesingle digits, at 9.8 percent, unchanged from The statewide jobless average for April was 10.2 percent, up from 10.1 percengt in March. The other nine metro areae in the state all had ratese abovethat average, with Mansfield the at 13.2 percent.
In Kentucky, Lexington-Fayetts had the state’s lowest unemployment rate for metros, at 7.6 down from 8.1 percent in March. Louisville-Jefferson County’z rate was 9.3 percent, down from 10.2 percentg the month before. Both areax were better than the statewide jobless rateof 9.7

With 2011 hopes gone, Mariners must turn focus to the future - The Seattle Times

2011-07-17T23:51:00.001-07:00

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With 2011 hopes gone, Mariners must turn focus to the future

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The Mariners could deal the slumping Ichiro (to the Yankees?) for a decent prospect... (July 17, 2011, by bhamdogdad) Read more With the Mariners, it's always "Wait til' next year." Time to fight out... (July 17, 2011, by EvergreenStater) Read more ...

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Danac gets good news from Montgomery County Planning Board - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

2011-07-15T17:17:00.001-07:00

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The Bethesda-based developer's 26-acre officwe park in the Shady Grove Life Sciences Center is currently approvedfor 669,538 square feet of densitgy and the campus currently contains half of or 350,000 square feet. At a May 28 work the Montgomery County Planning Board decide d to recommend in its drafyt Gaithersburg West Master Plan that the property be developecd with up to twice asmuch density, or contaibn up to 1.34 million square feet of office, retai and residential space.
The southwest corner of the land currentlyy includesa 272,000-square-foot, three-building complex that houses software and pharmaceutical The north side of the property contains the Metropolitan Regional Informational Services' 72,000-square-foot headquarters. Last the board also recommendedthat Danac's Corridor Cities Transitwayu stop be located at or near its northeastern near the intersection of Diamondbacm Drive and Decoverly Drive. That is good news for since the board had left out the stop in earlier The transit stop near the corner may be developed whether the state retainws the current road alignment or adoptsathe county's locally preferred alternative.
The board also pickedd that location because the northeastern corner is considerexd to be convenient for pedestrians from the Decoverlyuresidential communities. "We have a long way to go, but we are encouragefd by theplanning board's said Timothy Dugan, a Danac Several more work sessions are schedulesd over the next two months, and in July the planningg board will send its draf t master plan to the county executive who will have 60 days to review and comment before it is sent to the countuy council for deliberations.