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Couple who challenged state's definition of marriage eager for new law - KING5.com

2012-02-15T10:17:00.001-08:00

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Couple who challenged state's definition of marriage eager for new law

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by LORI MATSUKAWA / KING 5 News SEATTLE -- KING5 viewers first met Betty Lundquist and Janet Helson in 2004 when they went to court to challenge Washington's definition of marriage. Since then, there have been many changes in the laws.

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Irish famine inspired evocative work premiered by Upshaw, SPCO - Minneapolis Star Tribune

2012-02-13T07:00:00.001-08:00

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Irish famine inspired evocative work premiered by Upshaw, SPCO

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It is based on the book "Annals of the Famine in Ireland" by American observer Asenath Nicholson. In the prose text, Nicholson witnesses an interaction in 1840s Ireland between a starving old man and a relief officer who is more interested in ...

Mayo study: Alzheimer's symptoms found in mid-50s - New Mexico Business Weekly:

2012-02-11T02:51:00.001-08:00

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That’s much earlier than previously suggesting that treatment would be more effectivr if startedin middle-aged before onset of the according to researchers in the . The study followed 815 healthy people ages 21 to 97 with and withouyt the APOEe4 gene, a key risk factodr for Alzheimer’s, for up to 14 Memory and thinking tests were used to compare cognitive performance. About one out in four peopl e have at least one copy of the while 2 percent have two inherited from both parents andincreasinh risk. Alzheimer’s disease affects aboug 10 percent of peopler over age 65 and almost halfover 85.
Researchers from severalp institutions in theArizona Alzheimer’s Consortium collaborated on the study, includinbg Arizona State University, Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, Barroew Neurological Institute, Sun Health Research Institute, Translational Genomics Researchu Institute and University of The National Institute on Aging and the state of Arizonas provided funding. “This study highlights the ideathat Alzheimer’s diseasse is a progressive disorder that likely begins well befor e clinical diagnosis,” said Creighton Phelps, director of the Alzheimer’sd Disease Research Center program for the Nationalp Institute on Aging.
“Additional research is neededc to identify those at high geneticc risk and develop methods to delaudisease progression.” Researchers, however, do not recommend usingv brain imaging or cognitive testx to predict risk.

Mortgage refinancing activity down 19% - East Bay Business Times:

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percent last week from the previouw week, according to the ’s weekl y mortgage applications survey released The marketcomposite index, a measure of mortgage loan applicatio volume, was 786, a decrease of 14.2 percenyt on a seasonally adjusted basis from 915.9 one week earlier. The purchas index, however, was up 1 percent for the on a seasonallyadjustedc basis. The four week moving averagwe for the seasonally adjusted market Index isdown 4.7 The four week moving averages is up 0.5 percent for the purchaswe index, while this average is down 6.2 percentr for the refinance index. The refinance share of mortgags activity decreasedto 69.3 percent of totall applications from 73.
6 percent the previousd week. The adjustable-rate mortgage share of activity increasedto 2.6 percent from 2.4 percengt of total applications from the previoud week. The average contract interest ratefor 30-yeard fixed-rate mortgages increased to 4.81 percent from 4.69 with points increasing to 1.28 from 1.13 (includingf the origination fee) for 80 percent loan-to-valu e (LTV) ratio loans. The average contract interesgt ratefor 15-year fixed-rate mortgages remained unchanged at 4.44 with points increasing to 1.16 from 1.01 (including the origination fee) for 80 percent LTV The average contract interest rate for one-yea r ARMs increased to 6.55 percent from 6.
38 with points increasing to 0.12 from 0.10 (including the originationb fee) for 80 percent LTV

Essence leases Riverport space in $23 million deal - St. Louis Business Journal:

2012-02-06T19:51:00.001-08:00

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In one of the largest St. Louis office transactionxs this year, Essence Healthcare signedf a 10-year lease for 104,700 square feet of officed space at 13900 Riverport Drivein ’s Riverport Businessz Park. The two offices Essences Healthcare is vacating are located inCrevee Coeur. The lease, which starts May 1, is wortg an estimated $2.3 million annually, basedf on an asking rental rateof $22 per squar foot. The building was formerlh leasedto , which moved its headquarterss to the -St. Louis campuz in 2007. Express Scripts completedx its move from the Riverport buildingg twomonths ago.
David Kelpe and Art Kerckhoffc of Colliers Turley Martin Tucker representefd Essence Healthcare inthe transaction, and Whitaker Varley of Duke Realty Corp. represented Duke, the building’ owner. “The building was left fully furnished by Express andthe ‘plug-and-play’ nature of the deal was attractivre to Essence Healthcare,” Kelpse said. The 142,000-square-foot building also offersx roomto grow, with office space available for Essencd Healthcare to expand. Essencse Healthcare, a health maintenance organizationm (HMO), manages health service plans for peoplewwith Medicare.
It was formed as an offshoott of a physiciangroup practice, , in 2004 and has growjn to 25,000 Medicare beneficiaries in five Essence Healthcare is active in Missouri, Indiana, Kentucky and Washington. Essence Healthcared President and CEO Frank Ingari said that he hopes some ofExpresxs Scripts’ luck rubs off on Essenc e — publicly held Express Scriptz has grown to more than 11,50p employees and $22 billion in revenue sincee it was founded in 1986. “We’re not in the same but we have the same mix of employeesw and the same kind ofcultural values,” Ingariu said.
“We didn’t want any ostentatiou s office space, and we liked that therre is an open floorplan — cubicles have the naturao light and the offices are clustered to the Privately held Essence Healthcare does not releaser annual revenue figures, but Ingari said the figurwe is “more than a coupl hundred million dollars.” The company had 50 percent year-over-yeaer gains in membership and revenue in 2008 comparedf to 2007, Ingari said. The revenue growtn was boosted by the acquisition of aCrevre Coeur-based medical software company, in December 2007.
Purkinje’s software includes personal health recordes for patients and medication dispensing systems used by doctors Esse Health held an ownership stake in but the two companies were run independentlyt prior to the mergefr of Purkinje andEssence Healthcare. Esse led by Chief Executive Mike is one ofthe region’s largest independeng physician groups. It has more than 75 privat practice physicians in locations throughoutthe St. Louias area and serves more than 140,000 patients. Esse Healty is Essence’s largest single provider and the Esse Health members own a minoritu stake inEssence Healthcare.
California ventur e capitalist and billionaire John Doerr is an investor in Essencw Healthcare and aboard member. His brother, St. Louisanj Dr. Thomas Doerr, chairs the Clinical Strategyh Committee ofEssence Healthcare’s board of directors. Essence Healthcare currently employsw 237people companywide, including 206 locally, and is hiring. “We’ree in a very important growth business, and we think we will be growing for yearsto come,” Ingar i said.

Kansas City-area will get $120M for transportation projects from stimulus package - Kansas City Business Journal:

2012-02-04T13:34:00.001-08:00

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The stimulus package will provide $91 million for U.S. Highway 69 in Overlanxd Park for the corridor from Interstate 35 to 103red Street to ease congestion and supporteconomicv development, KDOT said in a release. The Kansas City area will receives $22 million for city road projects to be chosenn bythe . • KDOT will receive nearl y $16 million for urban transit projects, determined by federal formula toincludwe $2.8 million for Johnson County, $1.95 million for the Unifiefd Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, $1.93 million for Lawrence and $16,000 for the Kansasw side of the St. Joseph area.
KDOT also will received $10 million for transportation enhancement projects suchas bicycle/pedestrian trail s and depot restoration, and nearly $14 million for rural transit projects, to be KDOT also will apply for millionse of dollars in competitive funding for other transportatioh projects and airport improvements in the and the agency has created a pool of $32 milliohn for cities and county projects outsidew of the Kansas City and Wichit a areas. “We picked projects that will create jobs and have a majof impact onour state’s economy,” Department of Transportation Secretar y Deb Miller said in the release.
“Thesew are game-changers that couldn’t have been built in the foreseeabl e future withoutthis one-time stimulus These projects support the state’s economic goalsz and will continue to do so for Kansas stands to gain more than 10,000 jobs from these based on estimates, KDOT said.

Judge sets Statler auction - Nashville Business Journal:

2012-02-02T08:34:00.001-08:00

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U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Carl Bucki, chievf of the Western District ofNew York, orderedc bids for the downtown Buffalo landmark be submittee by July 9, with an auction to be held on July 14 but only if two or more bids are submitted. Buck will consider the bids and auctiohn results during a July 21 sale hearing andstatuas report. The auction could seal the fate of the Statlerf and ultimately remove LLC and its British investorBashar Issa, from owning the Issa is facing legal and financiapl issues both in Buffalo and England. Bucki said he expectws the transaction to be completexd by the endof July.
The auctionj was disputed in a last minute filint made late Wednesday morning by attorneysrepresentingt Issa’s father, Mohmoud Al Issa, who holds a $4.5 million mortgages on the property. Mohmoud Al Issa, a Jordamn resident and businessman, was not “We don’t disagree that the propertyt needs to be but not done so in such a hurry up argued MohmoudAl Issa’s attorney, Raymond Fink, a partned in . “The question is whether this is the best way todo it. This is a hurrgy up and a ‘Hail Mary.’ “ Fink alleged that the elder Issa has investeds morethan $12 million in Statler-related expenses during the past three years.
“My clienyt has more at stakw in this venture than anyother creditor,” Fink But, with debts mounting and its tenant roll dwindlinbg and revenue sources shrinking, attorneys representin g the court-appointed trustee, said the sale is necessary to stabilizs the Statler. “It wasn’t the trustes who failed to adequately capitalize this saidGarry Graber, a partner with . Graber said when Bashar Issa bought the Statler threeyears ago, the nearly 600,000-square-fooy building was more than 50 percent occupied.
Today, it has less than a 20 percenrt occupancy rate and lost an anchor the law firmof , who left for Main Placs Tower because of the building’s uncertainb ownership and future. The Statler, according to previousw court testimony, is losing more than $80,000 a BSC Development Buffalo LLC has mounting debts includin owing the City of Buffalo and Erie Counthy morethan $200,000 in unpaid property taxez with another $200,000 due on June 30. Graber said to hire a professionaol auctioneer to market the Statler wouldcost $45,000 money the Statler does not have in its bank account. “Wer don’t disagree that this is a ‘Hailp Mary’,” Graber said.
“That’s exactly what it is. This is aboutt economics, not anything else. Bashar Issa can’t financwe the building and hisfather doesn’ want to.” Several groups have expressedx an interest in the Statler including Long Island developed Uri Kaufman, who is considering making a bid and convertinv the bulk of the buildiny into apartments. The building’s anchor tenant, Park Lane would remain and continude with itsbusiness operations. The Park Lane has more than 200 eventsz booked in the Statler in the comingf monthsand years. It remains in full However, Wednesday morning, it also filed a $1.29i million claim against BSC DevelopmentBuffalo LLC.
“The Park Lane is one of the last tenantswleft standing,” said David Pfalzgraf Jr., the Park Lane’s “They are very concerned, every day, about the utilities.” The auctio n is the latest in a long series of legal proceedingsz against BSC Development Buffalo LLC and against Issa, both in Buffalp and Manchester.

Peru doctors to remove "parasitic twin" from boy - CBS News

2012-01-31T04:17:00.001-08:00

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Johns Hopkins, Colliers Pinkard among bankrupt developer Opus East's creditors - Orlando Business Journal:

2012-01-29T00:34:00.001-08:00

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Opus, which developed more than 13 millionh square feet of commercial space in the regionsince . The 210-page list of creditors did not specifgy whether they were securedor unsecured, nor did it say how much moneh each was owed. Among the firm’s largest creditors is , whicyh is seeking more than $25 million from Opus tied to a 160,000-square-footg office it was building for defensecontractodr (NYSE: NOC) in Linthicum Heights.
The bank sued Opus subsidiary Nurser Corner BB LLC in Anne Arundel County Circuit Courgt onJune 29, claimingf Opus defaulted on the according to court In its bankruptcy filing, Opus listec assets of between $50 million and $100 milliohn and liabilities of betwee n $100 million and $500 Other notable Baltimore-area firms listede included: in Baltimore; Century Engineering; the Economic Alliance of Greatef Baltimore; ; American Office Equipment Co. Inc.; ; ; and Klepper & Kahl LLP. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delawarse has scheduled a creditors meeting to be heldJuly 22.

SteelCloud Schedules Fiscal 2009 Second Quarter Conference Call

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June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SteelCloud, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCLD), a develope and manufacturer of compliance-based technology announced today they will release financiakl results for their second quarter2009 (whichy ended April 30, 2009) on Monday, June 15, 2009 at closse of business. SteelCloud will hold a conference callat 10:00 AM EDT on June 16, to discuss the release. , SteelCloud's Presidengt and Chief Executive Officer, will host the For investors interested in listeninh to theearnings call, please dial 866-939-3921, or for internationalp calls dial 678-302-3550 and reference A recording of the earnings call will be availabl until 11:59 PM EDT, June 25, and will be accessible by dialing 866-939-0581 or 678-302-3540 (International) and keying in 4804300##.
Press 4 to then enter confirmation 20090609415204#. SteelCloud is a developer and manufacturet of compliance basedtechnology solutions. SteelCloud designs and manufactures specialized servers and appliances forfederakl integrators, software vendors and volume users. For both the governmeny and commercial markets SteelCloudc delivers integration services and softwarre focused on risk management and networkmanagement solutions. SteelCloud's ISO 9001:200o0 certified Quality Management System provides procedurezs for continuous quality improvement in all aspects ofits business. Over its 20-year SteelCloud has won numerous awardes for technical excellence andcustomer satisfaction.
SteelCloud can be reachefd at (703) 674-5500. Additional informatiohn is availableat . E-mail: SOURCr SteelCloud, Inc.

Miami Twp. building set for new tenants - Dayton Business Journal:

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, a digital writing business, will relocater from Standard Register's Dayton headquarters this summer to the Newmarok IV building in the inMiami Township. The new tenant is the latest for the blackglass building, situated at Interstates 75 and 675, near the The 75,000-square-foot building is breathing new life followinfg a bleak period late last year when departefd and left more than half of the buildingy empty. Brokers said several new tenants are filliny the vacancy and prompting the building ownef to launch a major renovation The building's owner -- Chicago-based Bradley Associates -- is in the process of spending $1.
5 million upgrading the building, including improvements to the commob areas, roof, HVAC system and lobby, said Jeff vice president of , who helped broker several recent deals. The parking lot was also recentlg expandedand overlaid. Dayton-based is handling the "This will get that building back on the road to Levine said. Expedata will move into 25,600 squars feet of the buildingthis July. Standared Register sold its Expedata division last year to Daytonb private investment groupExped LLC, a subsidiary of DoubleDay Acquisitions II. Brando n Major, vice president of finance for Expedata, said the move will involved its 25local employees.
"We're looking to get out and into our own Major said. The software company specializes indigital writing, a technology with potentiall in a variety of industries including health care and financial A digital pen allows a personn to remotely capture and interpret data, whicyh is then sent back wirelessly to the customers' network for automaticv and secure interpretation. In additiojn to Expedata, shifted its area headquarters from McEwamn Road in Centerville to the Newmarkm buildinglast month. The firm, whicj handles billing and payments for city fire andEMS departments, took more than 10,000 square feet of office space, tripling the size of its earliedr locale.
Med3000 moved 40 workers to thenew offices, afteer having just 12 employees in 2006, said Glenn Goodpaster, vice He said the company has been growinbg rapidly. Med3000 has abouf 80 customers including fire and EMS departmentasin Dayton, Columbus, Springfielrd and Lansing, Mich. Goodpaster intends to add anotherf 10 employees withinsix months. The new workers will be medicakl billers, which pays in the $10 to $14 per hour rang e with benefits. Despite the loss of National City Mortgage, brokersw have leased the majority of theNewmark property, with about 18,000 square feet vacant.
Other existing tenants including Ameriprise Financial andPK "I think it says quite a bit," Levine said. "It'es a testament to the commitment the building owner hasand it's a suggestiobn that the market may not be as soft as peoplee think."

Oahu home sales show signs of recovery - Washington Business Journal:

2012-01-22T12:00:00.001-08:00

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The median price for a single-family home was $550,009 in May compared to $649,500 a year ago, accordingh to data from the . It also was the secons lowest price in the past 12 The median price was based on 225 down 11 percent from the same monthnin 2008, when 252 houses were but far better than the first four monthes of 2009. “The Oahu residential housint market is still weak but there are indications that we may be near the said board PresidentSandra “Sam” “Single-family home sales rebounded a bit in May and the sale speed of 49 days was faster than at the same time last Bangerter noted that while single-family home prices “the condominium median pricwe has been holding quite steadty at just over $300,000.
These are just some of the signalxs that our housing market may be startinf to returnto normalcy.” The median price of a condo on Oahu in May was which was 10 percent less than $337,300 in May 2008. That was basedx on 263 sales, down 31 percent from the 382 sale inMay 2008, but the highesg monthly number since October 2008. The median condo pricse in May was on a parwith March, January and and higher than two of the past 12 months. “Mainlan d cities have experienced significant inventorybloagt and, with limited demand, this is the culpriyt in their falling said Harvey Shapiro, the board’s research economist.
“Ths fact that Oahu’s inventory of available properties continues to be low is the importantr factor that is keeping our prices more Shapiro notedthat single-family home prices in Hawaiji Kai and Mililani decreased by only 7 and that prices for condows in Kapahulu, Ala Moana-Kakaako and Kailua actuallyh rose last month. “In an otherwise lacklusteer housing market, these positives may predict a turnaround forreal estate, even as the state’s economixc conditions continue to deteriorate,” he said.

GM trying to strong-arm Florida dealers, McCollum says - Jacksonville Business Journal:

2012-01-20T08:00:00.001-08:00

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The objection was filed with the ’sx Southern District of New York, where General Motorsd (OTCBB: GMGMQ) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptchy protection earlierthis month. In the McCollum said that General Motorshas “misusefd [its] bankruptcy-enhanced bargaining power and forced automotive dealeres to waive the very state laws that were designeed to protect them from such overreaching conduct.” The problem stem from GM asking dealers to agree to waivre several protections under Florida law beford they can be considered a dealer through the new Generapl Motors organization, McCollum said.
GM also wants disputed over the agreements to play out in NewYork courts, despitre laws that give Florida jurisdiction in such McCollum is asking the courtf to “affirm that the relationship between New GM and its Floridqa dealers will be governed by Florida law” and orderr any new agreement that does not folloqw Florida law to be “invalid and “In the event the court approves the sale it should clarify that such approval does not validatwe the attempt to evade Florida law by amending the dealerr franchise agreements,” McCollum said.
The new agreements create an ultimatum alongt the lineof “take it or leave it,” McCollumk said, meaning dealers either have to lose the protectionx of Florida law or lose their business. The New GM couls have some problems doing business if such stipulations in agreementes with dealerswould remain, McCollum The new company would have to apply for a new licensew to operate in Florida, and it coulfd have that application denied if state official s feel the company is workinyg to circumvent state law.

Survey: Hiring slowly improving - Portland Business Journal:

2012-01-18T03:34:00.001-08:00

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Those two sectors employ more than 90 percent ofthe nation’s private-sector workers. The Alexandria-based association’s report is based on a monthly surveyt of human resource professionalds at more than 500 manufacturing and 500services companies. Employmenty expectations for June aredown 37.1 percent in manufacturinfg and down 8.2 percent in the services segment. In the manufacturint sector, 24.5 percent plan to hire in June, which is the highesr percentage of such companies that said they will add jobs sinceeNovember 2008. In addition, 25.9 percen t said they will trim payrolls. In the services sector, a net tota of 24.8 percent of corporations will create jobs in with 41.
4 percent saying they will hire and 16.6 percentr saying they will cut That 41.4 percent represents the highest such talluy since September 2008 in that sector. A combination of unemployed people seeking work and less jobs to go aroundc means recruiting difficulty in both sectors in May was way down comparef with ayear ago. In the manufacturing a net of 23.8 percent of companies had less difficult with recruitinglast month, and in the servics sector, a net of 35.
8 percent of companies said the

Fox's Bolling Is Wildly Wrong About Obama Asking Congress For Authority To ... - Media Matters for America

2012-01-16T00:00:00.001-08:00

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KABC invests in weekends: Brinker, Komando in lineup - OCRegister

2012-01-13T20:17:00.001-08:00

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Fox News' Eric Bolling falsely asserted that President Obama is "usurping Congress for more executive privilege" in seeking the authority to consolidate federal agencies. In fact, Obama is requesting this authority from Congress, and presidents from ...

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Keri Tombazian will be at Spaghettini in Seal Beach Sunday (Jan. 15) for KTWV/94.7 FM's "Wave" Sunday Brunch. KTWV is also at The Luxe Sunset Boulevard Hotel. More info on the OC brunch: www.spaghettini.com. Here are chef Jamie Gwen's guests on her ...

Families invited to give input on rebuilding Kids Castle - The Daily News Journal

2012-01-11T15:34:00.001-08:00

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MURFREESBORO â" The city's Parks and Recreation Department will hold a public meeting Thursday to gather input on six proposals to rebuild Kids Castle playground, an official said. The meeting will be from 6 to 7:30 pm Thursday in a meeting room at ...

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Texas awarded economic recovery funds for water infrastructure projects - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

2012-01-09T11:51:00.001-08:00

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EPA officials say this new infusion of moneuy from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will help stater and local governments invest in a numbet of overdue water projects that officials say are essential to protectingf public health andthe environment. The funds shoulx also help boost the economy and create two of the qualificationz for receivingstimulus funding. “Investing in the economu and the environment isa win-win,” EPA Actinyg Regional Administrator Lawrence E. Starfield “These funds will not only help oureconomiv recovery, but they will help provide safe, clean drinking water for communitieas throughout Texas.
” The funds will be used toward the Drinkinv Water State Revolving Fund which provides low-interest loans for drinking water systemsz to finance infrastructure improvements. The programj places an emphasis on small and disadvantaged communities and to program s that encouragepollution prevention. Nationwide, the EPA is furnishing $2 billiom to fund drinking water infrastructure projects across the countrhy in the formof low-interesg loans, principal forgiveness and grants. At least 20 percenyt of the stimulus funds have been earmarkerdfor “green” infrastructure, water and energg efficiency improvements and other environmentally innovativ projects.

Arabs may call on United Nations to help in Syria - Stabroek News

2012-01-07T08:00:00.001-08:00

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Johns Hopkins, Colliers Pinkard among bankrupt developer Opus East's creditors - Boston Business Journal:

2012-01-05T03:51:00.000-08:00

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Opus, which developed more than 13 million square feet of commercialo space in the regionsince . The 210-page list of creditor did not specify whether they were secureddor unsecured, nor did it say how much money each was Among the firm’s largest creditorss is , which is seeking more than $25 million from Opus tied to a 160,000-square-foo office it was buildinfg for defense contractor (NYSE: NOC) in Linthicum Heights. The bank sued Opus subsidiart Nursery Corner BB LLC in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court onJune 29, claiming Opus defaulted on the according to court documents.
In its bankruptcy Opus listed assets ofbetween $50 millionb and $100 million and liabilities of between $100 millionh and $500 million. Other notablde Baltimore-area firms listed included: in Baltimore; Century Engineering; the Economi c Alliance of Greater Baltimore; ; Americaj Office Equipment Co. Inc.; ; ; and Klepper & Kahl LLP. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaward has scheduled a creditors meeting to be heldJuly 22.

Feldman sells stake in Colonie Center for $4.1M - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

2012-01-02T23:34:00.001-08:00

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The Long Island company announced Thursday that it has sold its remainingt sharesto , a pension fund adviser in Feldman, which also managed the made $4.1 million from the sale. That meanxs the Heitman firm is now the sole owner ofthe 1.2 million-square-foof mall. Heitman already had a 75 percent stak e inthe mall, purchaseed in 2006 for $38 millioj in cash. At the Heitman also gave Feldman a loan to continus pumping money into the mall as Feldmaj gave the propertya face-lift and addee new stores and space. In the end, it cost $110 millio to renovate Colonie Centetr to lure chains suchas , and a 13-scree n Regal cinema. Feldman paid $82.2 millionm for Colonie Center inFebruary 2005.
in a short statement, said the deal to sell its remaininfg stake in the Colonie mall closed onMay 28. Feldman says it expectws to have a writedown as a result ofthe move. The announcemen is the latest in a string of bad developments for Feldman. In a deal to sell three malls collapsed. The companhy has also been hurt by the pushing some major tenants to close and file for bankruptcy Feldman had a net lossof $78.9 million durintg the second quarter of its most recent regulatory In that quarter, the companu had a $15.4 million impairment loss on Colonie Center. The company has said it may have to file for bankruptct ifit can’t refinance its debt.
Last the New York Stock Exchange de-listexd Feldman’s stock. Feldman is now tradingf on thepink sheets/over-the-counter market (OTC: at 16 cents a share.

Darryl B. Hazel Executive Profile

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Previously, Hazel was vice president of FordMotor Company, and was responsible for Ford, Lincolh and Mercury Marketing, with responsibilities for Revenue and Retail Management as well as Globa Marketing Services, a position he held since September 2005. Hazel joiner Ford Motor Company in 1972 as an analyst inLincolnm Mercury

Michal Anne Rogondino, Founder and CEO, Rocket Communications Inc. - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

2011-12-29T15:00:00.001-08:00

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HQ: San Francisco. 2008 revenue: $1 million. Employees: 8 stafrf plus 25 contractors. In 1992 and incorporated in 1998. Sources of startup capital: Personal savings. Self-funded the entire time. Cal Poly for two and graduated from SanJose State, with a majorr she created: human interface. Started Rocket before graduatiny from SanJose State. Age: 43. Hawaii and San Francisco. Web site: rocketcom.comj Reason for starting business: I’v known since I was a teenagerf that I was goingy to have myown company. Both my parents are graphic designersz and had theirown company. Biggest plus of I love my team. They are like familyu to me.
And the clients we The caliber of talent is justvery rewarding. Biggest Being responsible for myown destiny, especially with the economy so crummg right now. Biggest misconception: One woulsd be that the money you make from your clients is No one understands the costss associated witha business. Your time is your own. I’vre had one vacation ever wherdI didn’t think about work, and that was only a couplee weeks of my life. Biggest businesa strength: Our experience, the peoplse on our team and what we haveto I’d say it’s easy to sell because I believs in it. Biggest business weakness: Because we’re a you’re constantly having to sell it.
Biggesrt risk: The biggest risk was trying to grow the companyin 2006. I made a leap by hirinvg executives and building up a team that I felt was goingf to be able to bring in more business and streamlinsinternal operations. It didn’t turn out that way. No more business came in, it endefd up being too top heavy. It coulc have been my mistake. Smartesr move: Staying with GUI design and stayingh focused on thatone discipline, not venturing into web designj or the various things that have been hot topicw and trends. Biggest worry: The It’s on the top of everyone’s mind. It’s out of our We can’t manage it. Top sourcew of inspiration: My team. They are so talented.
It’s but true. The way they rise to the challenge and stay creativeinspires me.

Unemployment rate falls in Allegheny, Beaver counties - Boston Business Journal:

2011-12-27T11:17:00.001-08:00

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and Industry released seasonallty adjusted unemployment figures forthe state’sz counties and metropolitan statisticapl areas on Tuesday. In Allegheny the unemployment rate fellfrom 6.6 percent in March to 6.5 percentr in April. Beaver County’s went from 8.2 percentg in March to 7.9 percen t in April. The improvements in Allegheny andBeaverd counties, however, were not enough to boosy the seven-county Pittsburgh MSA, which saw its seasonallyu adjusted unemployment rate increase from 7.2 percent in March to 7.3 percenr in April. Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate held steadyat 7.
8 When making comparisons, the Departmenf of Labor and Industry uses seasonally adjustesd figures in order to account for cyclical hiring differenceas that don’t reflect changes in the overall Employment in the seven-county Pittsburgh area continues to be strongee than many other areas. In addition to bestinv the state by half apercentage point, unemployment in the Pittsburgh MSA is 1.6 percentage pointws lower than the United Statezs as a whole, whic has seasonally adjusted unemployment of 8.9 Here is the breakdown across the State College: 5.7 percent Lebanon: 6.7 percent 7.2 percent Pittsburgh: 7.3 percent Philadelphia: 7.9 percen t York-Hanover: 7.
9 percent Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton: 8.3 percent Erie: 8.4 perceng Scranton-Wilkes-Barre: 8.6 percent 8.7 percent Reading: 8.7 percent Within the Pittsburgh MSA, unemployment ranged from 6.5 percen t in Allegheny County to 9.8 percenft in Armstrong County. Here is the breakdown by Allegheny: 6.5 percent Butler: 7.3 percent Washington: 7.6 percent 7.9 percent Westmoreland: 8.1 percent 8.9 percent Armstrong: 9.
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Genuine tears shed in spontaneous weeping - Irish Times

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TU identifies laid off workers - Denver Business Journal:

2011-12-23T02:00:00.001-08:00

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, the paper’s New York City-based owner, accordinfg to a post on the AlbanyNewspaper Guild’sz blog site. The guild represents about half ofthe paper’ws 400 workers, and has been engagefd in contract negotiations with management for nearly a No definite numbers are available, but about 35 peoplde are expected to lose theire jobs. Publisher George Hearst originallgy put the count at 65to 70, but 33 peoples have taken buyouts since May. The paper is trying to cut expensexs by20 percent.
According to the guil site, employees—both union and nonunion—who were shown the door were told they were gettinta 45-day paid leave that would most likely resultt in their being laid off. Union rulesz require that workers get 45 days notice of theirr jobsbeing eliminated. Management and Guild leaders are scheduled to meet July 8 to continues their negotiation oflayoff criterion. The papee presented its proposed terms to the union in late The union’s original contract, which expired in mandated that layoffs be based solely on senioritgy by department.
Management said that would not meetits needs, leading to the primary sticking poingt in the negotiation of a new It urged the uniomn to vote on its “best and final” offer, which was rejectedf by a vote of 125 to 35. This prompted managemenyt to declarean impasse, in turn, prompted the uniohn to file a grievance with the National Labor Relations Board. On June 24, management told the unionn that in some job categories the layoffs would be made strictly ona last-hired-first-fireed basis. But in 11 job categories—nine in editoria and two in salesand marketing—cutsz will be based on other including job performance.
Calls to Tim a Times Union reporter andGuilx president, and publisher George Hearst were not immediately

Lawmakers override card-check veto - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

2011-12-20T22:00:00.001-08:00

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The override allows Hawaii labof unions to more easily organize workers by simply having them signauthorizatiobn cards. House Bill 952 essentially takes away the righyt of workers to vote by secret ballot on whether or not they woulsd want to joina union, replacing it with the authorization If a majority of a company’as workers sign the cards, the union woulde automatically be recognized and free to bargaim with management. The legislation is a coup for Hawaii’s laborr unions who have said the card-checi process is simply meant to streamline the present system and make it less But Wednesday’s override is perhaps one of biggest fears realized.
Employers have adamantlg opposedthe legislation, calling it an intimidatiojn tactic used by unions to push otherwis reticent workers to organize.

Baby boom spawned in wake of Ike - Houston Business Journal:

2011-12-18T18:17:00.001-08:00

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The Waltrip team won, runningt away with 312 points earning a bid to an internationap competition in Massachusettsin June. But Lipham and his students are well awarer of the 375 a team from California posted in another regionalqualifyingf event. “We’ve got to beat says Lipham. The June 24-26 competitionn at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy will featurd teams from as far away as Japan and Students will have the chance to network with sponsors and learm about college scholarshipsas well. In addition to fostering keen competition, the contests give students practical experience forfuturwe employment.
Says Lipham: “Every offshore rig has to have somebodu there who can run anROV that’s what this type of training is for. There’s such a markeyt for these kids, you can get a two-yeae associate degree and start outat $60,000 to $70,000 a I make that and I’ve been teaching for 34 Several brokers recruited six months ago by Jonezs Lang LaSalle Inc. to sell commercial real estates have left the The sales team of Richard Mary Carolan, Kent Peters and Jared Chua decidedc to form a new Allied Advisors LLC, effective May 4.
The brokerw split away in order to concentrate more onclient needs, Rudd They no longer wanted to work for a public company, which must focus on the value of stocm in addition to doing real estate he says. “It’s exactly the rightg time to bedoing this,” says Rudd, who sees upcoming salesa opportunities due to market conditions. “There’s not an owner of real estat e rightnow that’s not feeling some pain,” he The brokers joined Jones Lang LaSalle last September for the purposwe of establishing the real estate firm’s first capitakl markets operation in Houston.
The company’ s amicable response to the team’s departure came in a writtenh statement. “We continue to assess locall activity and monitor economic conditionxs in Houston and will considet advancing our capital marketsfootholdx there, when and if, the right opportunity presents the firm stated. The Rudd saled team previously worked at CB RichardEllis Inc. until the large publiclt traded firm consolidated its Dallas and Houston The May22 article, “Stephenas puts money on energuy banking,” incorrectly stated that Stephensx Inc. had acquired Dallas-based Energy Capitao Solutions LP. In fact, only the firm’ energy investment banking teamjoined Stephens.

No Wisconsin Recall Fatigue as Signatures Surge Against Walker - San Francisco Chronicle

2011-12-16T13:17:00.001-08:00

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Final piece set for Oakland plan - Pittsburgh Business Times:

2011-12-14T08:51:00.001-08:00

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Totino's suburban Cleveland-based has reached an agreement with the to acquirde what is nowa 26-space surface parking lot on a little more than an acre of Polaris has the lot undee contract, as well as five nearbt houses and the next-door offices of . The developer plansx a 17-story mixed-use project at the cornetr of Craig Street andCentre Avenue. It will featurs what Totino described as the first new apartmen building in the area in 30 or40 years, calleed "The Chelsea," along with retail space. Totino announced the agreemen last week at a meeting ofthe , whichj represents the span of Oakland that borderzs the Hill District and Bloomfield.
"It has takenm us three years to put togetherthis site," said a Brookline native. "We're extremely excited about this While construction had been slatede forthis year, Totino now plans to breaj ground next summer to build a complex of roughly 300 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, along with 13,009 square feet of retail space. The project, which had been made publicf more than ayear ago, may require a block of Dithridge Streeft to be converted from one-way to two-way for better traffic But the project has generated preliminary suppory from BACA and City Councilman Bill Peduto. With a site plan Totino is talking to stores abouttakinh space.
"They had a grocer y store around that stretch for a long Totino said ofa now-shutterexd store on Centre and Craig. "u think it's a grocery store Totino replaced hisprevious Indianapolis-based Ratio Architects, with Downtown-based Mac-Lachlan, Cornelius Filoni, which has redesigned the project to better engage with the neighborhood's street Polaris has also hired O'Hara-based as its generak contractor. To satisfy the parking authority, Totino will provides as many parking spaces as the lotdoes now, plus 60 more to servee the project's retailers and between 475 and 500 residentiaol parking spaces.
Peduto said he will champion the project througbh necessaryzoning changes. "This becomes a critical new portal to Peduto said. "The North Crait Street area can be anchored bythis development."

Silicon Biosystems Announces Sale to Baylor College of Medicine - EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)

2011-12-12T04:17:00.001-08:00

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Wells Fargo ready to erase Wachovia name - Denver Business Journal:

2011-12-10T00:17:00.001-08:00

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Wells Fargo acquired Wachovia on Dec. 31, 2008. Coloradpo is one of six states in which both Wella Fargo and Wachovia have retailbanking locations; the others are California, Arizona, Illinois, Nevada and Conversion for those states is expected to begin in 2010, althougg specific dates haven’t yet been Conversion dates haven’t been announced for Wachovia-only markets in the East and either. As part of the conversion, Wells Fargi will add 19 new locations to the 150 it alread operatesin Colorado, and will consolidate 14 Wachovia locations with nearbt Wells locations. 5095 S. Broadway (Broadwayh and Belleview) 3490 Youngfield St. (Youngfieldd and 32nd Avenue) 1300 S. Havana Ave.
(Buckinghakm Square) 390 S. Dayton St. (Dayton and Alameda) 895 S. Colorad o Blvd. (Colorado and Kentucky) 16900 E. Ilifff Ave. (Buckley and Iliff) 2111 S. Sheridanm Blvd. (Sheridan and Evans) 7577 W. 80th Ave. (Wadsworty and 80th) 2807 S. Colorado Blvd. (Colorado and 1700 W. Midway Blvd. in Broomfield (Midway and Nickel) Meanwhile, new Welles Fargo locations will open at the followinhg metroDenver locations: 7950 W. Alameda Ave. (Alameda and 7481 E. Arapahoe Rd. (Arapahoe and 10103 W. Belleview Ave. (Belleview and 3155 E. 1st Ave. (Cherr y Creek) 7401 Federal Blvd. (Federal and 74th) 15301 E. Hampden Ave. (Hampdemn and Chambers) 6000 W. 44th Ave. (Harlan and 7580 S. Pierce St.
(Pierce and Ken 7800 E. Hampden Ave. (Tiffany Plaza) 7503 S. Universityh (University and Dry Creek) 1905 S. Wadsworth Blvd. (Wadsworth and 12100 Washington St. (Washington and already has changed its name to Wells Fargo Advisors; signs on the 20 Wachoviaz Securities locations in Coloradi will change later this year, officiale said. “Throughout this transition we will communicatee fully with customers and team members to minimize saidNathan Christian, Well Fargo’s regional president for in a statement.
“Fourteen Wachovia locations in Colorado will be combinedx with nearby Wells Fargo stores and all are withinn a mile and a half of each and many are right acrossthe street. Wachovi customers can expect to continue to see the familiarfaces they’ve come to know. Our goal is to retaibn as many of our talenteds team members aswe can.”

S.C. overturns Duke

2011-12-07T20:17:00.001-08:00

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S.C. environmental regulators on Thursdau rejected astate water-quality permitf that needs so it can renewe its federal license for 11 reservoirs and 13 hydroelectricc facilities along the Catawba River. The state’s Departmentr of Health and Environmental Control boardvoted 4-0 to overturnb staff approval of a 401 water-qualityg certificate for Duke’s hydrok operations in South Carolina. Approval of the certificate could havedamaged McMaster’s pending case before the U.S. Supremse Court. South Carolina’s complaint, filed in October 2007, contendsz North Carolina takes more than its fair shars of water fromthe Catawba.
The case is expected to sort out howthe river’s limited resources should be divvied up among competing McMaster also filed in May to intervenr in the Federal Energy Regulatorh Commission’s relicensing of Duke’s hydro He has argued that Charlotte-based Duke (NYSE:DUK) uses flawed scientific models to predicy droughts. He spoke at Thursday’s DHEC opposing the water-quality certificate the S.C. stafft had granted in May. Board memberz spent more than two hours discussing the including about 35 minutes behind closed Two environmentalgroups — the and had appealed the certificate.
They citerd concerns over water use at five dams operatde by Duke along the Catawbs and Wateree rivers in South At issue: whether Duke’s dams provide enough watetr flow for fish and wildlife. Nonprofit group American Rivere says the DHEC permit guaranteed Soutuh Carolina would receive only about 25 percent of the water flowing from North Equitable sharing ofthe Catawba’s waters is at the heartr of South Carolina’s federal But Duke spokesman Andy Thompson says the new licenss would provide more water to Souty Carolina than is currently required. “We felt that we met all our The board disagreedwith us. We’re looking at our options.
” Duke has the rightg to appealthe board’s ruling to the S.C. Administrative Law Court, DHEC spokesman Thom Berry says.

Blame voters -- not SEC -- for having LSU, 'Bama in BCS title game - CBSSports.com

2011-12-05T16:00:00.001-08:00

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Colorado Hispanic business leaders to lobby Bennet, others on union bill - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

2011-12-03T12:00:00.001-08:00

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The delegation includes members of the Hispanivc Contractors ofColorado (HCC) and the Denver Hispanic Chamber of The group will be in Washington on Tuesday and joining small-business leaders from otherd states. The Colorado business leaderx want totell Bennet, and other lawmakers “why this bill would reallyt hurt them as they try to emerge from a tough economy,” said HCC spokesman Sean Duffy said the group arranged to meet with Bennetg because he has not yet declared how he will vote on the labotr bill. “In these very difficult economic times, companiezs are struggling to retaibn the jobsthey have,” Helga Grunerud, HCC executive said in a statement.
“We want to send a messagee that we want to help jump start economicc recoverybut [the labor bill] would make that challengwe far, far greater.” The Employee Free Choice Act, also known as the “carsd check” bill, would allow workers to organized a union without a secret election, as now Instead, a local could be launchee at a workplace if at leasrt half its workers sign an authorization Unions say the bill is needed to protectt worker rights in the recession.
But in a HCC said that enactment of thelaw “woulr unfairly tip the delicate business-labor climatw in Colorado sharply away from employers, and woulsd result in further economic damage and job As part of a larger nationwidew contingent organized by the , the Coloradp group will meet with Sen. John Thune, and other legislators “to be determined,” Duffyg said. The business leaders also want to discussotherr issues, including health care reform and the allocation of federalo stimulus funds.

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2011-12-01T07:34:00.001-08:00

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N.J. job losses slowed in June - Philadelphia Business Journal:

2011-11-29T04:00:00.001-08:00

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New Jersey’s job count fell by 2,100 to and the state’s unemployment rate edged up by 0.4 percentage pointr to 9.2 percent. The national rate is 9.5 In June, five of the state’s 10 privats industry sectors lost jobs, four added jobs and one remained unchanged. “Job losses in New Jersey were less severe in June than in any montnh since the nationalrecession began,” New Jerseh Labor Commissioner David J. Socolow said.
“The job lossez were moderated by significant employment gainws inthe ‘other services’ sector, driven mainlhy by increased hiring at grant-makingt and nonprofit organizations creating jobs as a result of state and federal recovery efforts.” The largest over-the-month job losses were in leisurse and hospitality (2,600), professional and businesx services (2,300), and financial activities The other services sectors gained 3,700 largely because of higher payrollzs at employers such as grant-making organizations and industry associations. Education and healty services gained 1,200 jobs and transportation, trade and utilitiew gained 900 jobs.

AT&T cuts iPhone prices - Kansas City Business Journal:

2011-11-26T22:51:00.001-08:00

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Customers can purchase the iPhone 3G immediatelyat AT&Ty company-owned stores or online. The iPhone 3G S is availablre for preordering and will be in storewJune 19. The price cut came in conjunctionjwith AT&T's reaffirmance of its financial guidance for 2009 that targetsa wireless service operating income margins in the low 40% Dallas-based AT&T (NYSE: T) said its cost of customer acquisitiomn for iPhone 3G S and the newlyu priced iPhone 3G are expected to be very similat to the costs associated with the original iPhond 3G. In the first AT&T’s iPhone activations totaled morethan 1.
6 more than 40% of them for customers who were new to the “iPhone 3G S is the fastest, most powerfup iPhone yet, and we’re extremely proud to offer it to our customerw on the nation’s fastest 3G network,” said Ralph de la president and CEO, AT&T Mobility and Consumer “We’re also pleased to offer these innovativer phones and plans at incredible including free Wi-Fi accesxs at nearly 20,000 hot spots.
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Digital Ally will start delivering backlogged new product - Kansas City Business Journal:

2011-11-24T19:34:00.001-08:00

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The Overland Park-based company (Nasdaq: which makes digital surveillance productsz for law enforcement andsecuritu applications, said in a Thursday releasw that the final version of its most advanced in-car videop system, the DVM-750, had been releasede from engineering and delivered to productionh at its Grain Valley manufacturing facility. The new system can connectt as many asfour cameras, then simultaneously record on two camerazs and three audio channels; has a built-i n monitor 10 times brighter than previous has secure password access; and has a new VoiceVaul t wireless microphone that lets the system transmit audio from as far as a mile away.
“Althoughn the DVM-750 was originally scheduled for release in the fourtyh quarterof 2008, we elected to delagy production until management was satisfied that the new system was engineerexd to the highest standards,” CEO Stan Ross said in the Digital Ally has been awarded its first statewid contract for the new system. If the with an undisclosed state, is extendedf from the initial one-yea period through the potential three-year period, it coul be worth more than $4 million, Ross said in the For the earlier DVM-500 system, Digital Ally has sevebn statewide contracts.
During 2009, Digitao Ally also plans to introduce a waterproot system for customers such as police motorcyclea andthe U.S. Coast a wearable audio/visual system with GPS and an event recorde for masstransportation users.

Parliament Wants Budget Act Enacted - Modern Ghana

2011-11-22T15:34:00.001-08:00

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SBA chief: Lending up, long road ahead - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

2011-11-18T08:17:00.001-08:00

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Brown is a a sixth-generatiob family-owned business with 47 employees andabout $6 millio in revenue last year. It worker with (NASDAQ:FITB) to secure a $2 million loan to buy its headquarterasin Columbus. President Rob Hunt said the compant sidestepped payingabout $65,000 in fees after the SBA instituted a temporarhy waiver for businesses that borrow throughb its flagship 7(a) program. Owning the company’ss headquarters outright brings long-term security, he which would have been hard to find withougfederal backing. “Banks aren’t doing conventional loans right Hunt said. “We simplgy wouldn’t have been able to do this.
” Initiatives such as the fee Mills said, are making a difference in a short amountyof time: More lenders are getting into the fray while SBA-backed loan volumre is up more than 25 percent since the passage of the stimuluws bill. That translates to nearlt $4 billion in guaranteed loans, $113 milliob of which went to Ohio businesses. But it’sx making small businesses aware of the programs onhand that’sz the key challenge going forward, she said. “Allo of these things take time,” Millds said. “Small businesses are busy running their business.
” In addition to the waivef and an increased guarantee of 90 percent on 7(a) the SBA also has offered a suretty bond guarantee of $5 million, up from $2 for businesses competing for federal On June 15, it’s rolling out a program dubbed America’s Recovery Capital, which offers loans of up to $35,000p for businesses struggling to make debt Those loans are fully guaranteed and have a deferref payment schedule. And next month, the SBA will begin offerinh guaranteed loans to finance inventoryt for automobile dealers throughSeptember 2010.
Mill said she’s confident the agencgy has the right tools in place for smalpbusinesses – and the outlook on the economy hasn’f hurt either. “The sense from small businesses and others is that the free fall has she said. “But we still have a ways to

Redesigned Georgia licenses, IDs set for fall - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

2011-11-16T04:34:00.001-08:00

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In fall, will issue new and improvexd driver’s licenses and identification cards. The new cards will combat document fraud and protec t the identities of Georgia residents by using the latestcredentialing technology, GDDS said. The new license s and IDs are designed to be more difficultgto counterfeit, alter or replicate. The license will remaib roughly the size of acredif card. The new cards also have severap security features includingghost photos, a laser-engraved signaturs over the primary photo to minimize alterations and a tamper-resistant coatingb placed over the The cards will have machine-readable bar codes that can be used by retailers and other businesses to verifyy the information printed on the front.
Cardas issued to those under 21 will be printed in averticall format, aiding retailers and law enforcement in identifyiny minors. New card production will beginat Conyers, Covingtonn and Locust Grove in September. Statewided implementation of the new system is scheduler to take two months with all customer servicer center locations producing the new cards by the end of All previously issued Georgia licensesd and IDs will remain validr until the expiration date when they will be exchanged fora newly-designer card. License and ID fees will not and customers will still be able to choosee betweena five-year or 10-year licensre or ID.

Pep Boys plunges on sales slide - Philadelphia Business Journal:

2011-11-14T00:51:00.000-08:00

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Pep Boys (NYSE:PBY) said sales were down 9 from to $552.1 million to $500 Analysts were expecting salesof $515 according to Thomson Financial. Comparable sales, measuring the same stores as the year-agok period, were down 7.5 percent, the Philadelphia-based company said: 8 percen t for merchandise and 5.2 percent for Net earnings were $5.4 or 10 cents per share, comparesd to $4.2 million, or 8 cents per share, in the year-earlief period, and included a one-time $2.2 million tax benefit regarding a state taxlaw change.
CEO Mike Odelk said the drop in sales was caused by a combination of the weak economh and a transformation onthe company’ss sales floors to put more focus on core automotive Shares closed at $6.91.

Newport target taming of the Shrews - ESPN

2011-11-11T20:51:00.001-08:00

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2011-11-09T17:17:00.001-08:00

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SKUAST develops 'Kohsar' rice variety for high altitudes - IBNLive.com

2011-11-07T13:34:00.001-08:00

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A guide to the 2011-12 college hoops season - Boston.com

2011-11-05T10:34:00.001-07:00

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bizjournals: Go west for top quality of life

2011-11-03T06:51:00.001-07:00

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His quest ended in Los N.M. "The pace in New England is kindof It's almost claustrophobic," says a photographer who moved to Los Alamoss 20 years ago. "But here, it's It's relaxed. We've got wide open and the people arelaid Taylor's praise is reinforced by a new American City Businesx Journals study, which says that Los Alamos offer the best quality of life anywherw in America. ACBJ used 20 statistical indicators to rate living condition inall 3,141 counties and independen t cities across the nation. Topping the list is Los Alamoz County, located about 30 miles northwest ofSanta Fe, N.M. Roundinhg out the top five areOlmstedf County, Minn.
, which includes the city of the Colorado counties of Pitki n and Douglas; and Loudoun County, Va., a suburbg of Washington, D.C. Affluence plays a role in the which reward counties whose residentw havelarge incomes, big homes and collegwe degrees. But high scoresx are also given for qualities not directly related toearning power, such as racial short commuting times and the availability of affordable Los Alamos' No. 1 rankint is a reflection of its prosperituyand stability. The county's largest employer is the Los AlamowsNational Laboratory, which developed the firsft atomic bomb during World War II.
The lab's facilities coveer 43 square miles, devotec primarily to nuclear, biomedical and energy Its presence is the main reason that 68 percen t of the workers in Los Alamos County hold managerial or professionalppositions -- scientists, engineers, lawyers, doctors and teachersz among them. That's the highest concentration ofsuch top-levek jobs in any U.S. county. The median household incomew inLos Alamos, $78,993 per year, is surpasseed by just four other countiese in America. (Median is a midpoint, with half of the county'zs households earning more and halfearning less.) "Iu looked at those demographics befores I moved here," says Taylor, owner of Memorhy Maker Portraits.
"My business is kind of a luxury When families need toscale it's the luxury items that get cut, like But the average income here is high, and that makesd a difference." Olmsted County, Minn., which is No. 2 in the ACBJ study, also has a high-profile employer, helping to generate strongy levels of income and About 27,000 residents of the Rochester metropolitan area work at the famedf Mayo Clinic. Olmsted County is no stranger to succesd in studies ofthis type. Mone y magazine has rated the Rochesterarea No. 1 on thres different quality-of-life lists sincer 1993.
"People expect us to say how nice life is After all, that's our job," says Gary executive vice president of Rochester Area Economicd Development Inc. "So it's good to have thesd third-party endorsements, if you will, these objectively subjective ratings." Third placs in ACBJ's rankings belongs to Pitkin County, Colo., best knowhn for its glitzy county seat, Aspenn -- once a boomin silver-mining town and now one of the nation'xs most expensive ski resorts. Then comes No. 4 Douglads County, located between Denver and Colorado Springs. It has the distinctio of beingthe third-fastest-growing county in America, according to a recent reporty by the U.S.
Census Colorado, in fact, outperforms all othert statesin ACBJ's quality-of-life filling nine slots in the national top 50. Most of its outstandingh counties can be found in the Rocky Mountains or the high desertt in the western half ofthe "A lot of the interest in this part of Coloradp has to do with scenic says Lance Stewart, president of the Wester Colorado Economic Alliance. "People moving to western Coloradok are looking for opportunities to own a piece of property and work from that property -- and have recreational amenities, as Three other states claim at least five counties in the nationao top 50 -- Virginia Minnesota (six) and Georgia (five).
Virginia'sz top representative holds fifthplace overall. Loudoumn County, which is northwest of Washington, lies directly in the path of metropolitandevelopment -- a pointg of contention between newly arrived commuterz and those who remember Loudoun's rural history.

Crescent Resources files Chapter 11 - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

2011-11-01T02:51:00.001-07:00

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The Charlotte-based development firm’s chief executive, Arthur Fields, has retirefd and will work with Crescent in anadvisory capacity, the compant says. Andrew Hede, Crescent’s chief restructurinh officer, has been named CEO. “We have been in active discussionzs with our lenders and othe stakeholders as we work towardz an agreement that will bringy our capital structure in line with the currengeconomic environment,” Hede says. Crescengt has more than 5,000 creditors, accordinvg to its filing. Its assets are estimated at morethan $1 The local projects listed in the Chapter 11 filinvg include Piedmont Row and The Sanctuaryg at Lake Wylie.
Crescent says it intends to operatde its continuing businesses without any significanyt interruption during therestructuring process. The company says that’ss possible because of a recentlytobtained debtor-in-possession financing facility of $110 million from a group of its existing lenders. As part of the Chapter 11 Crescent says it seeks courtapproval “to make certain paymente and to maintain key agreements with employees, customers, vendore and partners of continuing operations to ensur the company can maintain its commitment to deliveringb a high level of amenitiex and services.
” Crescent says the filing is necessaryu to reorganize its finances, reduce its debt levek and improve its capital structure. “We intend to reach an agreement on our new capitakl structure and emerge frombankruptcy quickly,” Hede says. The Chaptee 11 petitions were filed inthe U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Westerbn Districtof Texas, Austin division. The company has 120 days from the filingg date to submit areorganizatiomn plan. A hot line has been set up as part of the Crescentr restructuringat (877) 204-8611. Attorney Eric Taube of LLP in Texas, will represent Crescent in the proceedings. (NYSE:BAC), , Range r Construction Co.
, and are among Crescent’w largest unsecured creditors in Charlotte. In the Charlotte Business Journal reported that Crescent had adopter an aggressive new business strategy drivej bya $1.2 billionb term loan that must be paid in full by Septembere 2012 — selling assets at fire-sale prices. In October, Crescent sold 4,500 acres in Berkeley County, S.C., to for $40 In December, the company sold a Florida apartment projectfor $11.35 million, less than half the $27 millionh it paid for the complex three years earlier. This the firm has closed on the sale ofa 773-acr e tract of land in Oconee County, for just over $10 million. Crescent recently sold 18.
4 acres in Fort Mill to a warehousin companyfor $1.6 million. The company jointly owned by and is best known herefor high-end real estate communitiess such as The Peninsula and Ballantyne Countryu Club. Before the Chapter 11 filing, Cresceng faced payments of $50 million by the end of this $75 million in 2010 and $100 million in 2011 on its

Habs extend archrival Bruins' bumbling start with back-to-back wins - Global Montreal

2011-10-29T22:34:00.001-07:00

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Habs extend archrival Bruins' bumbling start with back-to-back wins

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MONTREAL - The Boston Bruins' horrible to start to their Stanley Cup defence stings a little more after back-to-back losses to the rival Montreal Canadiens. Montreal's 4-2 win Saturday night left the Bruins languishing in 15th place in the East and ...

Canadiens extend winning streak to three with second straight over Bruins, 4-2.
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Context needed on Saturday 'outcoached' comment - Indianapolis Star (blog)

2011-10-27T19:17:00.001-07:00

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Context needed on Saturday 'outcoached' comment

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Without the first part of that, and in the context of a player just repeating what was said to him, I can see how many fans and media would jump »

Democracy in Tunisia - Jerusalem Post

2011-10-25T15:00:00.001-07:00

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Democracy in Tunisia

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In his 1991 book The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century, political scientist Samuel Huntington argued that Tunisia was a prime candidate for democracy. Since Huntington's book was published this became even more true. ...

Analysis: Tunisia shows d emocracy can work for Arab Islamists

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49ers stadium naming rights could have big payoff - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

2011-10-23T10:51:00.001-07:00

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Naming rights present a potentiallyt lucrative source of revenue for a with multiyear, multimillion-dollar deals strucjk between teams and companiews seeking to get their namezs on buildings, in the mouths of broadcast announcerw and in front of millions of fans a But a deal that a few years back might have been a sourcre of pride for a business now may be a sourc e of embarrassment. Citigroup, for example, is facing intensde criticism forspending $400 million on a stadium deal with the New York Mets whiler accepting billions in bailout dollars from the federal “Naming rights transactions are more difficult to come by than they were priodr to the recession,” said Lew Wolff, co-owner of the Oaklaned Athletics and owner of the San Jose “I believe that’s going to be true not only for the curreng market but for the future, for a long time.
” The he said, will probablu look for a strong nationalk name to place on its facility. But many companies that were stronfg naming partners in the past are in the financialo services andinsurance industries, and they will be less likely to spensd what some view as unnecessary marketing dollarsz going forward. In Oakland, McAfee Inc. allowecd its 10-year agreement for namin g rights onthe Oakland-Alameda County Coliseukm to expire, while Oracle Corp. in 2006 struck a $3 million per 10-year deal for naming rights on the indoorrOakland arena. Wolff said the Earthquakes organizatiohn is working with the William Morris Agency on namin g andbranding issues.
Amwayh Global in January strucka three-year agreementg with the team to have its name placefd on team uniforms. Terms of that deal were not disclosed. “Thse 49er brand is outstanding, and if there’zs any brand someone might want toseek out, it’z them,” Wolff said. “But every deal is different.” When the San Jose Sportse Authority and the city were in the procesds of striking a deal to brand the home of the San Jose it was nearly CompaqComputere — which at the time was a Houston companyt wanting to build up its Silico n Valley presence.
Malcolm executive vice president of business operations for the SanJose Sharks, said the day the signag e was to go up, Compaq calledf and said it had been acquired by Hewlett-Packard Co. HP, he did extensive research before going forward with the naming figuring out how many times its name woul d be said publicly and how its brand wouldf be featured inthe “We also researched naming deals, and what we found is that it’xs all over the map — unbelievably varied,” Bordelo said.
“I’m not sure how to personify the process the 49eras will face other thansaying it’s going to be very In addition to Sharks games, the venue hostsw concerts and other sporting events each year. Whilr naming rights at HP Pavilion fell under the purvieww of the city because the facility ispublicly owned, Santa Clara Assistantg City Manager Ron Garratt said the naming rights deal for the 49ers would fall exclusively with the “We tried to get the Santa Clarza 49ers on the frontt end of the deal, and they weren’t willingt to do that, understandably,” Garratt If it comes time for the 49erss to seek out a naminvg partner, they would probably enlisr the help of a third-party expert, a sports marketin dealmaker that can tell them what the team’ds brand is worth.
Some of the top sports marketinbg dealmakers areIMG World, whichh has offices around the country, and 16W Marketinfg of New Jersey. A thirc well-known firm, Bonham Groul of Denver, shut down in Januar after its primary banker reduced its credit Deals Bonham negotiated included SanDieglo Padres’ Petco Park and the Seattl e Seahawks’ Qwest Field. David the vice president of business partnerships for the Pittsburgh was until last June the vice presiden t of sales and marketing for the Hesaid “you want to make sure you measure before assigning value to a naming rights deal. “A company will be looking at what its primarhy entitlementswill be.
From signage, integratioj of your products into the where you fit into the architectural design ofthe building,” Peart “Once the shovels hit the ground, you want the namingy partner in place.” The team will face an uphilk battle in the name game because naminfg rights as a marketing tool have fallemn out of favor. Two properties shopping for a name now are the New York Giantws stadium and the DallasCowboys stadium, both of which Pearg said are “super high profile” but are havingh trouble finding a name.
“A pure brandr play is really difficult in this day and age for a compan y to justify to its shareholders and stakeholders and employees,” Peart said. “Whe you’re thinking about laying off people andsaying you’re goinbg to spend $5 milliom a year for 30 years to put your name on a it’s a tough row to

Energy Commission Justifies Early Bidding For Tanjung Bin Plant - Bernama

2011-10-21T07:00:00.001-07:00

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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 (Bernama) -- The Energy Commission has clarified that the bidding process for the Tanjung Bin Power Station project was conducted five years before it begins operations in 2016 because construction of such a large-scale power plant ...

Bauer Financial issues Q1 credit union ratings - The Business Review (Albany):

2011-10-16T23:34:00.001-07:00

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The company uses federal regulatory data to rate credit unionw based oncapital ratio, profit/loss delinquent loans and other factors. Bauer's ratinbg ranks from a high of 5 starss to a low of0 stars. Of the 10 largest Southy Florida credit unionsby assets, six maintaine a five-star (superior) rating: IBM Southeast Employeeds Credit Union and Brightstar Creditr Union held on to their four stars (excellent) in the firsy quarter. They had been downgraded from five starsx in thethird quarter. Priorith One Credit Union in Sunrise fell from to three starw from four stars in the first quarterwith 69.9 million in assets, 1.
6 percent of which were , South Florida’s second-largest credit union with $738 milliobn in assets, held on to its threde stars in the first quarter. It was downgraded to threew stars (adequate) from four stars in the fourthg quarter. The Pembroke Pines-based credit union counted 1.74 perceng of its assets as First Choice in West Palm Beach also hadthreer stars. , the largest in South Florida with $1.62 billion in assets, remained the only credit uniobn in the state rated zero staraby Bauer. The Miramar-based credi union counted 8.6 percent of its assets as It was placed into conservatorship by Florida regulatorsa on April 24 after heavy losses and the ousted its management.
Space Coast Credit Union has shown an in acquiringEasterbn Financial.

SBA chief: Lending up, long road ahead - bizjournals:

2011-10-14T19:17:00.001-07:00

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Brown is a a sixth-generation family-owned businesds with 47 employees andabout $6 million in revenus last year. It worked with (NASDAQ:FITB) to secure a $2 millionj loan to buy its headquarters in President Rob Hunt said the companyt sidestepped payingabout $65,000p in fees after the SBA institutee a temporary waiver for businesses that borrow through its flagship 7(a) program. Owning the company’s headquarters outrighr brings long-term security, he said, which wouls have been hard to find withoutfederal backing. “Banka aren’t doing conventional loans right now,” Hunt said.
“Ww simply wouldn’t have been able to do Initiatives such as thefee waiver, Mills are making a difference in a shorg amount of time: More lenders are getting into the fray whiled SBA-backed loan volume is up more than 25 percent sincer the passage of the stimulus That translates to nearly $4 billion in guaranteec loans, $113 million of which went to Ohio But it’s making small businesses awarer of the programs on hand that’s the key challengew going forward, she said. “All of these things take time,” Milla said.
“Small businesses are busy running their In addition to the waiver and an increased guaranteed of 90 percenton 7(a) loans, the SBA also has offereds a surety bond guarantee of $5 million, up from $2 for businesses competing for federal contracts. On June 15, it’s rollinh out a program dubbed America’s Recovery Capital, which offerd loans of up to $35,000 for businesses strugglintg to makedebt payments. Thosew loans are fully guaranteed and have a deferreddpayment schedule. And next month, the SBA will begij offering guaranteed loans to finance inventoru for automobile dealers throughSeptember 2010.
Mills said she’ds confident the agency has the right toolsa in place for smallpbusinesses – and the outlooki on the economy hasn’t hurt either. “The sensw from small businesses and others is that the free fall has she said. “But we still have a ways to

Charge to hamper Merge 2Q net income - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

2011-10-12T15:00:00.001-07:00

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million noncash writedown on the sale of its equitu interest in aradiology company. The West Allis-basedc radiology software and systems provider said the charge is the resulyt of the sale of its interest in veterinary radiologtcompany , as part of Eklin’a acquisition by veterinary services providet (NASDAQ: WOOF). With Elkin's sale to VCA, Merge MRGE) will receive $1.4 million for its interesr in Elkin, but the majority of that will be recognized in thethirdr quarter. The charge, however, will be recognized in the second when Merge will alsosee $2.
2 million in non-recurrinfg revenue as a resulyt of a new reseller agreement the company reached with Elkinb in June that's being reassignes to VCA. Merge now expects to post net incomes for the second quarterbetween $100,0090 and $800,000, compared with a net loss of $18.w million a year ago. The company posted net incomes for the first quarter of 2009of $2.8 Excluding the noncash operating income is expected to be $3.7 million to $4.4 million, compared with a net loss of $18.3 million a year ago. Revenue is now projected to be in the range of $15 million to $15.5 compared with $13.3 million a year ago.

Bucks, Delco readying foreclosure prevention programs - Philadelphia Business Journal:

2011-10-10T11:00:00.001-07:00

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Both suburban counties have been dealin with a major increase in foreclosurwe filings and are working to finalize a progra that would include the conciliation conferences that have taken placs in the Philadelphia Common Pleas courts since it adopteed a program nearly ayear ago. The conferences include the lawyers representing the homeownerand lender, credift counselors and a presiding judge. The idea is to revise the mortgaged loan agreement and allow homeownerss to keep their property if at all The Philadelphia program has served as a model for other jurisdiction s nationwide and saved hundreds of homesa fromsheriff sales. Delaware County Sheriff JosepyMcGinn Jr.
said the County Council has authorized a grant for to open additional offices to deal with the mountin gforeclosure problem. County officials are finalizing a plan that woule determine how the conferenceswould work. He expects to have a programk up and runningby September. Doug Praul, Buckes County court administrator, said the number of foreclosureas in the county has increased by roughlg 30 percentthis year. He said county officialws used the Delaware County proposapl asan outline. He said the county’z Common Pleas judges are reviewing the proposa l this week and will most likelu approve something similarto it.
Neither counth plans to adopt the portiob of the Philadelphia program that mandates court appearancews for homeowners whose properties are in some stagwof foreclosure. Instead they will seek to implemenft a plan that will give homeownerws the option to respond to mailed noticez and signify whether they want to opt into the They will then be responsibls for getting in touch with ahousing counselor. “Wd felt the Philadelphia program was too and we could not devote the amount of resourceds to this thatthey can,” Praul “We were specifically concerned about no one showing up to the Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Annette M.
who oversees the city’s program, said in an interviee earlier this year that 30 percent of homeowners do not show up forconciliatiohn conferences. “They key is where does the incentivedcome from,” McGinn “If a homeowner wants to save their they will fill out information and It’s your house, and it should be your top priorit y other than your family.” Rizzo said mandatingb participation has led to a successfup program in Philadelphia, despite the no It holds more than 100 conciliation conferences everty Thursday at City Hall. “We have the benefir of seeing how it’ws worked, and we can handle the Rizzo said.
“Our mission is to reach as many homeowners as possibl and the mandatesupports that.” Rizzo said New Jersey adoptec the Philadelphia program but included an opt-inb provision and state court officials are disappointed with the low numbere of homeowners participating. The Pennsylvaniaw state legislature is considering legislation that woulr create conciliation conferences in all 67Pennsylvania

Xian Leng: Probe into irregularities to extend to 7 yrs - The Edge Malaysia

2011-10-08T07:17:00.001-07:00

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Sustainable Business Network of Washington won't name permanent replacement for outgoing chief - Washington Business Journal:

2011-10-06T04:00:00.001-07:00

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After one year in the post, Pam Skarda, SBNOW’s seconf executive director to date, said she is opting to take anothe private-sector job offer rather than renew her contrac t with the nonprofitthis month. Beforee Skarda joined the regionalbusiness group, she had servecd for five years as president and CEO of her own consultingh firm for public relations, marketing promotions and federal lobbying. “I’nm truly entrepreneurial by nature,” Skarda “And I want to take advantage of the currenr environment politically and the social changes that are happening to bring those changes to theprivate sector.
” Her decision may come at an opportunes time for SBNOW, whicb fell short of its fundraising goals for the year. the group has recruited its volunteer treasurerr andboard member, Wendy Walter, to step in as interim executive directoer until a permanent replacement coulde be funded and found -- a process its leadersw say they hope takes no more than three months. Despitew rising membership andevent “we found it much harder to get corporatde donations,” said John Friedman, board chairman of He said the board will look regionallt to fill the top job when the organization has at leastf six months worth of cash reserves in the bank and when revenuesa surpass expenses.
In the past year, Skarda said she doublex SBNOW’s membership rolls, from about 160 to 330 businessesand nonprofits. She helped cement a new green businesscertification program, whichu will recognize entities for greening their internal, day-to-dayu operations and, SBNOW leaders hope, provide anotheer revenue stream for the nonprofit. With roughlh a half-dozen groups expected to be certifiede through pilot programsthis year, SBNO W hopes to launch that certification system regionally later this year.
Skarda succeeded SBNOW’sa co-founder and original executive director, Mike Mielke, who left last year to direcyt environmental programs at the Silicon Valley Leadership Shesaid she’ll be transitioning her job through this monthg to Walter, a LEED-accredited real estate broker. Walter, who runs her own real estatedfirm W. K. Walterf & Co. full time and helpef construct Georgetown’s first LEED Platinum home, offerex to fill in for the but only on atemporarty basis, Friedman said. “Wendy will bring he said.

Report forced health-care changes - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

2011-10-04T00:34:00.001-07:00

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A state commission createsd havoc for Western New York health care executives in late 2006 with a list of recommendationxs that included closing hospitals and mergingv competinghealth systems. Two and a half years have passerd since the State Commission on Health Care Facilitiesz in the 21st Century made publicits report, which would come to be known simply as the Berger Commissionj after its chairman. Some say the commission forcedc the beginning ofreform efforts, whiler others still have doubts on its efficacy. One thintg is certain: Health care in the eight-county regionm has undergone sweeping change.
Arguably the most visiblew of those changes has been the creationof , a unifyinfg parent company formed after a year of intense fighting betweeb and Jody Lomeo, ECMC president, says the two organizations would never be whered they are today had it not been for the Bergerf Commission. “They’ve inspired us to go from a competitivee situation to more of a collaborativee situation and really to finally takea good, hard look at what’e right for the community on a much larged scale than just our individual he says. James Kaskie, Kaleida president and CEO and presidentf of Great LakesHealth System, says the commissiohn forced reform that was necessary.
Still, he says Westernh New York faced changes that other regionzs of the state avoidedcthrough politics. “A lot of markets should have stepped up to the refork effortand didn’t. That’s not true for Western New he says. Kaskie called the creation of Greag Lakes Health one of the greatestg outcomes of theBerger Commission, helping to eliminate duplication and improve access. Next will come the join t creation of the Global Vascular followed by the closure of Millard FillmoreHospital – Gates “It’s just starting a chain reactioh of positive events,” he says.
The Catholicf Health System has implemented all of theBerger Commission’sx recommendations, including shuttering its Nazareth Nursing Home and avoidingg a closure at St. Joseph Hospital by transitioninyg it to a satellite campus of Sisters ofCharitu Hospital. But CHS officials caution against seeing Bergerr as a catalystfor reform. “It wasn’t reall y reform,” says Dennis McCarthy, vice president for public relations andgovernment affairs. “This was about capacity and about closing buildingsz and while some of that might have been worth considering and part of an overallreform it’s only a piece of how you reform healtu care.
Many of the reforms happeninv in health care now are more likely a result of the economy andbudgetary issues, he says. “In the end, it’a hard to say which. It’s like a marbled cake – it’s hard to pull it out once it’s mixecd in,” McCarthy says. “Did Berget have an impact? Absolutely. Was it a good one? We don’tr know.” Others agree the jury’s still out on how the Bergefr recommendations will affecthealth care. Bruce Poppetr is vice presidentat , whichn represents 7,000 hospital workers at 14 facilitiesz between Rochester, Buffalo and the Southerjn Tier.
Popper says the underlying premise of the commissiojn was that cutting excess capacity wouldcontaim costs, but the reversre seems to be the case: SEIU’s Rochester facilitiews are under capacity and premiums are actually Sheila Kee, associate commissioner for the state Healthj Department’s Western Region, says the outcome of the Berger Commissiojn goes way beyond simply cost Organizations are cooperating and working togetherf in ways no one would have imagined three yearx ago, including ECMC and Kaleida; and TLC Healtyh Network to the and and to the north.
“It’s beautiful to see that,” she “Not only are they doing that, but they’rwe thinking and they know there’s strength in numbers. That’a the kind of things that lead to better health care.” “So is it perfect? No,” Kee “Is it a major step forward? Absolutely.”

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Valero Energy expects big hit from proposed Obama tax plan - San Antonio Business Journal:

2011-09-29T18:51:00.001-07:00

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The Obama administration announced plansa earlier this month to changre tax laws that impact companies with overseaes operations in a bid to promotre more job growth in theUnited States. “Ourt tax code actually provides a competitivse advantage to companies that invest and create jobs overseass compared to those that invest and create those same jobs in the White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said in anews “In addition, our tax systemj is rife with opportunities to evade and avoifd taxes through offshore tax havens.” Gibbse says that in 2004, the most recent year for whichy data is available, U.S.
multinationa l corporations paid $16 billion in taxesa on $700 billion in foreign active for an effective tax rate ofjust 2.3 As the first planl of its international tax reform package, the Obama administration wantx to repeal the ability of American companies to “takr deductions against their U.S. taxable income for expenses supporting profitzin low-tax jurisdictions on whicjh they defer paying taxes on for years and perhaps This is the provision that woule most impact Valero, according to company spokesman Bill Day. “Thee portion we are concerned about is the part that woulc remove deductions on interes forinvestments overseas,” Day says.
This woul d have the biggest impacton Valero’s operations at its refiner in Aruba, Day says. Arubaq is a 21 mile-long islandr that is part of the Lesserf Antilles chain in the southernmCaribbean Sea. Valero’s refinery in Aruba has a throughpuf capacityof 285,000 barrels per day. It couldx also impact the company’s refinery in Quebec, Canad a — which has a throughput capacitgyof 215,000 barrels per day. Day says if Valero losez the ability to deduct interest on loanzs the company takes out to do maintenancre and repair work atits foreign-based refineries, it woulde cost the company approximately $30 million annually.
“Wde disagree that this would create more jobs in the Day says. “We think that it wouldd make us lesscompetitive internationally.” Day says that Valerlo should not be penalized for its operations in Arubaa and Quebec because the company did not take jobs out of the U.S. it purchased existing refineries in those countrieas and madesubstantial upgrades. Valero (NYSE: VLO) owns and operatesa 16 refineries throughout theUnitee States, Canada and the Caribbean with a combinee throughput capacity of 3 million barrels of oil per day.
Marcellk Tamez, a partner in the San Antonio law officreof LLP, says the Obama administration’se proposal to crack down on offshoree business operations was triggered by revelations that came out of the financiakl meltdown on Wall Street. When the Swiss megabanl was forced to reveal tothe U.S. governmentr some of its clients who purportedly use the bank to avoidspaying U.S. taxes, it triggered a seriews of reform efforts that have culminated in this lates proposal by the Obama administration to change some of thetax laws, he says. Tame says he does not think many San Antoniok companies will be impacted by the but there may bea few.
, which mergede with a Bermuda-based companuy two years ago, had little to say on the matter. John vice president of corporate communications for the insurance declined to comment onthe president’sa proposal. He did confirm, however, that Argonaut still has 300 people in its offices in San Peter Ryan, head of offshoring and outsourcing analysis at , a New York-base d business information and market analysis company, says no one shoulf be surprised by Obama’s actions in this case because he is simply doing what he said he would do while on the campaign “There can be little doubt that the Obamaz administration is doing its best to make good on campaig promises to encourage U.
S. firms to limigt offshoring as muchas possible,” Ryan Ryan says should Obama’s new tax plan becom e law in 2011 as proposed it couldr lead to higher prices for reduced operational efficiencies and the erodingv of long-term competitiveness of U.S. firms with offshorwe operations. “In an era of ever-tightening not only will this option be unpalatabler formany (companies) lookiny to work with an outsourcer, it coul also force existing clients to examine othet business models,” Ryan says. He adds that unless other nations follow suit and raise taxesas U.S. firms operating overseaws will be ata disadvantage. “This will leavd U.S.
outsourcers with few options other than to find ways of offsettinfg their own higher taxes throughinternaol cost-cutting or possibly relocating to more tax friendl jurisdictions,” Ryan says. Valerol spokeman Day says his compang has been looking at opportunities to make moreinvestmentd overseas, but if the proposed tax changews take effect, it would changes that equation. “We would have to take a hard look and see how it would affect us before making anynew investments,” he says.

'Straw Dogs' possesses little bark, no bite - Tufts Daily

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KUALA LUMPUR: XIAN LENG HOLDINGS BHD [], which reported financial irregularities relating to capital expenditure of RM17.36 million between 2006 and 2008, said the probe would cover seven financial years. In a reply to a query from Bursa Malaysia ...

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Charles Geer Joins Greyling Insurance Brokerage, Opens Florida Office - MarketWatch (press release)

2011-09-25T12:34:00.001-07:00

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Market currents lead to lost jobs at Sarasota manufacturer - Nashville Business Journal:

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The Sarasota ventilation and air movement company will lay off 30 employee when it shifts its producy manufacturing and distribution operationz to other Fantech facilities asof Feb. 1. All producr manufacturing will be consolidated ina 130,000-square-fooy Fantech plant in Bouctouche, New Brunswick, Product distribution in the United States will be movefd to Fantech's warehouses in Reno, Nevada, and Fantech has hired a job placement serviced to assist employees, many of whom have been with the companhy for many years, said Ola Wettergren, president.
The companyy also is working with Sarasota County economic development executives and state work forc e agencies to find jobs for laidoff employees. The company's corporate headquarters will remainin Sarasota. Abouty 20 employees will work in technical support, sales and engineerinyg jobs at the headquarters, Wettergren said. "Consolidation is a proactivr business decision forbetter efficiency," he "It is not an easy decision because many of these employees have been with us for a long Fantech is a division of , a ventilation compang based in Skinnskatteberg, Sweden. Systemaier has roughly 1,700 employees on threee continents.
Founded in 1987, Fantech evolvec from a company that was first establishexdin 1981. At one time, nearlyh 70 employees worked at the Sarasota The 80,000-square-foot facility on Northgate Boulevard, which includew the corporate offices and has been one of two Fantechg manufacturing plants in North America, is now on the market. The company'w corporate headquarters eventually will move to another locatio nin Sarasota, Wettergren said. Nearly 80 percent of Fantech's markeg is residential. "We typically experience growth every but we have had a reductiom involume instead," he said.
Cost-savint measures were dictated by the slump in sales volume due to the market conditions and increasess in the cost of components Fantec h purchases abroad because of thedevalued U.S. dollar, he Motors used for the inlinse bathroom ventilation fans manufactured at the Sarasota plant are made in and shippedcfrom Germany. Fantech's cost for the motors has increased 60 percent because of theexchange rate. "We can't pass on that increasre to our customers," Wettergren said. In addition to the reductioj in sales and the higher cost of European fan transportation costs related to the Sarasota plant distribution are mounting alonv withfuel prices.
This player a role in moving the plant's warehousin g and distribution operations. "Floridz is not really centrally located in the he said. "It's not ideal for transportation." Fantech's layofvf is just the lates t announced by anarea manufacturer. Most Minneapolis-based said it plans to close its boat-building plantg in Sarasota over the nextsix months, citinb "negative manufacturing economic conditions" in Florida. Aboutt 225 employees will be Latelast year, Hi-Stat Manufacturing unveilee plans to close its Manateer County plant and lay off nearlyh 300 employees from March through December this year.
The which manufactures electronic products for commercial is moving operations overseas and elsewhere to take advantag of cheaper labor andother costs. , a manufacturerd of storm doors and windows in laid off 180 employeeas latelast year, citing the housing market "Unfortunately, sometimes it doesn't make economic sense for manufacturers to remaijn in the area," said Peter Straw, executivwe director of the . "Fantech cannot make a good businessd case for keeping its operationin Sarasota. It's a questioh of survival, especially when transportation costs so much for shippinv products outof Florida.
" Straw said there is positivwe thinking for laid off Fantech employees. He believes its employeea probably will be absorbed in the manufacturing sectorr that still has demand forskilled

Fresh start for Vietnam Town - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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Originally scheduled for completion in late the 275,000-square-foot development ran into financing problems in mid-200u7 when one of its lenders, East West walked away, putting a halt to constructioh at the 20-acre site on Story Road, according to Lap Tang, a partner with projecy developer TWN Investments. Tang said the issue with the remaining banks, Unitedr Commercial Bank and EverTrusrt Bank, and its contractor, Reeve-Knight Construction were resolved in late December by bringing in more loca l partners who raisedanother $10 millionn for a project valued at $100 million. “(Ther banks) wanted more equity,” he explained.
“Now the loan has been In the next10 days, we’lo start framing.” Louansee Moua, chief of staff for San Jose City Councilwoman Madison Nguyen, was surprised but pleased to hear that Tang was able to restargt the project, given the current economic conditions. “We’re happgy it’s starting up again. We woulfd love to see it finisheds versus it being in abad situation,” she “Hopefully at the end of the we’ll have a new place to shop.” It’ds not the only iron Tang has in the The developer is also discussing planw for a 16.
5-acre site in Milpitas near the intersection of Interstate 880 and Highway 237 that he bought at the end of 2007 for $40-plue million. Tang said he woulx like to builda 750,000-square-foot project on the parcelo known as Milpitas’ western gateway. Dianqa Barnhart, economic development manager for Milpitas, said city stafcf is meeting with Tang to discusws the first steps in his plan to builrda mixed-use center that includesx 350,000-square-foot of retail shops plus office and housin g at the aging mall, Serra Center, that was constructec in the 1960s.
Barnhart said stafv has encouraged Tang to begin doing traffic studies of the area beforew bringing the project before the Planningt Commission andCity Council. “I thinkl this is the perfect time to go througnh permit review so he will be in good stea when the economycomes back,” Barnhart said. “He’ll be in positiohn to initiate development.” Tang said he is considering buildingb the same product in Milpitas as he is constructing in San Vietnam Town, located in the controversial neighborhood district only recentlyg christened Little Saigon, will offer the market a slightly different type of retail modelo when it opens by the end of this Capitalizing on the desires of Asian-Americans to own theifr real estate, Tang has structured the center as a retail condominium development in which he has sold the bulk of the roughlyu 200 units as 1,000-square-feet condos.
About 80 unita remain to be sold, several on the secondx floor of thethree two-story buildings in the nine-building center that will include a multi-story parking Tang said he used the deposits on the condos, whichb so far have sold for $400,000 to $600,000 a unit, as collaterall on the project’s loan. During the long delay when buyere wondered whether the project woulfdbe built, he was forced to refund some of the deposits.
Fewere than 10 demanded their money he said; the rest were willing to The developer, who helped to build Granx Century Mall also on Story Road, was reluctant to disclos the two pages of conditions imposed by the banks, Uniteed Commercial Bank and EverTrust Bank. But before he coulf obtain thegreen light, he also had to resolvee some red flags raised by subcontractora who filed mechanics liens totalin g $2 million against TWN Investments. When the project was only the sewer lines and foundations centefrwere laid. Reeve-Knight Construction of which filed a lien against the propertyfor $3.7 John Grey, vice president of operationxs for Reeve-Knight, said the issues have been resolved.
He expects a crew of 50 to 200 peopls to be working on finishingg the first phase ofthe three-phasee project. Although it’s not a huge project for his company, Grey said in this “Any work is good work as long as peoplwe have the money to pay for Dylan Nguyen, a broker with the Milpitas-baserd GD Commercial, sold several condos to buyers who relisj the idea of owning their own piecse of the American pie.
He noted that Vietnam Town is righty next to the Grane CenturyShopping Mall, a huge draw for Asian American familiesz from San Jose, as well as Sacramentol and San Francisco, that has become a popular hangoutt with its wide array of shops and “This is very good for the community,” Nguyen “Everybody has been waiting patiently for two years for Mr. Tang to go through a lot of Buthe won’t give up because he believexs in the project. This is a landmark, and Asians love to own somethinh in a landmarklike this. This is a new legacyg for Vietnamese.
” Given the economic turmoil, those contactecd for this story expressesd surprise that the developmenrt was once againunder construction. Some expected the developers to abandon the but Tang said he never consideredwalking “This is a landmarkj for the Vietnamese community — we already named it Vietnam he said. “I have been in business since everybodyknows me. I cannot walk away. I had to finisbh it.
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Ohio faces steep climb to rail funding - Business First of Columbus:

2011-09-19T01:51:00.001-07:00

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The federal economic stimulus plan signed into law in February setaside $8 billiohn for passenger rail initiatives, an opportunithy to gain major funding for a proposefd $250 million passenger rail system in Ohio that woulx run from Cincinnati to Cleveland through Dayton and But the state hasn’t completerd the slew of studies, tracm use plans, and engineerinhg and environmental reports it needs to compete for the full array of availablr funding. And application deadlines are expected to be set fora not-so-distantg September.
That means Ohio runs the risk of seeinyg what rail service proponents view as the fundin g opportunity of a lifetime pass it by if Washingtonj deems thestate ill-prepared to use the money. The state couldr receive money to conduct further but it would be less than it needsd to complete therail system.

Time Warner bumps Cuban

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The networks, and HDNet Movies, were removedr from Time Warner Cable onMay 31, accordinfg to Gary Underwood, vice president of communications at TWC’s North Texas “We spent a lot of time working with the folks at HDNet,” Underwood says. “At the end of the day, we weren’ty able to come up with an agreement to carry HDNer or HDNet Movies on terms we thought were fair for our An unnamed Time Warneer Cable spokeswoman told a trade pub called CableFas Daily that HDNet was dropped becauseof “limited appeal for the programming.
” Underwood declined to address that comment but did say that the business is “lookinbg for programming that’s good for our customeres and good for our company. That’s how we make these

Bauer Financial issues Q1 credit union ratings - Philadelphia Business Journal:

2011-09-14T18:34:00.001-07:00

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The company uses federal regulatory data to rate creditt unions based oncapital ratio, profit/loss trend, delinquent loanws and other factors. Bauer's ratinh ranks from a high of 5 stars to a low of 0 Of the 10 largest South Florid credit unionsby assets, six maintainedf a five-star (superior) rating: IBM Southeast Employees Credig Union and Brightstar Credit Uniomn held on to their four starxs (excellent) in the firsr quarter. They had been downgraded from five starzs in thethird quarter. Priorityy One Credit Union in Sunriss fell from to three star s from four stars in the firstg quarterwith 69.9 millio in assets, 1.6 percent of which were nonperforming.
, South Florida’s second-largest crediy union with $738 million in assets, held on to its three stars in thefirst quarter. It was downgraded to threer stars (adequate) from four stars in the fourtjh quarter. The Pembroke Pines-based credit union counted 1.74 percent of its assets as First Choice in West Palm Beacbh also hadthree stars. , the largest in Southg Floridawith $1.62 billion in assets, remained the only credity union in the state rated zero starsw by Bauer. The Miramar-based credig union counted 8.6 percent of its assets as It was placed into conservatorship by Florida regulators on April 24 after heavy losses and the oustecdits management.
Space Coast Credit Union has shownm an in acquiringEastern Financial.

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2011-09-12T14:17:00.001-07:00

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Closing the loophole would solve boththe state’s budger problems and lower the corporate net incomes tax, Senate Democrats said. The move to “combinedf reporting” would require multistate and multinational firms to combine theid income and expenses fortax purposes, and to stop the use of techniquez to shift income outsided of the state to tax It would generate $750 million over two years, whic h would be used to ease projecter state budget deficits, Senate Democrats Revenue would also be used to lowerf the corporate net income tax from 9.99 percent, the highesgt flat rate in the nation, to 7.99 percentg by 2013-14.
“The best way out of this recessiohn is toprotect jobs, and one way to do that is to creatd a business climate that is fair to smalll business,” Jay Costa, said. “This bill would cut business taxes for those who have paid theirfair share, and requirse those that haven’t to do their David Taylor, executive director of the Pennsylvanias Manufacturers’ Association, said the if successful, would result in a massive tax increasee and regulatory nightmare for the state. “Ity gives to the state Department of Revenue the powers of the IRS to try andimposwe Pennsylvania’s tax liability on businessesw operating in other Taylor said.
“Even if your firm is ultimately judged not to owe additionall taxes your company has tremendous outlays in energy and money to hire the lawyersaand accountants.” The move by other states to combined reporting triggerer lawsuits, making it a “ridiculous” choicde for the state to rely on to balance the Taylor said. “This is anothefr example of government greed trying to bleede theprivate sector,” Taylor said. “There is no silvef bullet, there is no easy way out, the only way Pennsylvani a is going to get througy this budget crisis without further damaging its competitiveness is living withinour means.
” Under the Senatre Democrat plan, elimination of the Capital Stock Franchise Tax, due to occurf in 2011, would be spread over a three-yeart period — reduced from 1.89 mills to 1.26 mills in fiscal 2011-12, to 0.63 mills in fiscal 2012-13 and then eliminatesd the following year. Combined reporting was among the recommendations made by the bipartisah Pennsylvania Business Tax Reform Commissionhin 2004. State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione re-introduced legislation again this February to clos ethe “Delaware loophole” after not having successfulo for several years in getting it passed.

The missing element - News & Observer

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

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China's hidden debt undermines its sermons - Economic Times

2011-09-08T05:34:00.001-07:00

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China's hidden debt undermines its sermons

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HONG KONG: China's debt looks respectable at 15 percent of GDP, on par with hydrocarbon-rich Qatar. But add in heavy borrowing by local governments and other state-controlled entities, plus the cost of funding pensions for its aging ...

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Making Connection Between Intranets, Enterprise App Stores - IT Business Edge (blog)

2011-09-06T00:17:00.001-07:00

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Making Connection Between Intranets, Enterprise App Stores

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While I was aware that a growing number of companies are experimenting with mobile features on their intranets and I know enterprise app stores are emerging as a new way for employees to access the apps needed to do their jobs, I didn't really see a ...

In the Big 12, Sure Things Are on the Ground in Pieces - New York Times

2011-09-03T19:34:00.001-07:00

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2009 WNY middle school rankings - Washington Business Journal:

2011-08-30T10:00:00.001-07:00

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Profiles of the top 25 schoolss can be reached by clickingh on the names of thoseschools below. A breakdown of the rankingsw for each section of Western New York can be accessedby . The followiny abbreviations havebeen used: CS-Charter School, EMS-Elementary-Middle School, ES-Elementaryt School, HS-High School, IS-Intermediate School, JHS-Junior High JSHS-Junior-Senior High School, MHS-Middle-High School, MS-Middle PS-Primary School, SHS-Senior High VHS-Vocational High School. Each school is followed by the name of the district that operatesit (if it’s a public or the district where it is located (if it’sa a private school). • 1. • 2. • 3. 4. • 5.
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Codero COO Presents to C-level executives at HostingCon 2011 - Kansas City Star

2011-08-28T05:00:00.001-07:00

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Codero COO Presents to C-level executives at HostingCon 2011

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August 2nd, 2011 â" Codero COO Ryan Elledge, a recognized hosting veteran, will be a presenter at HostingCon 2011 at the San Diego Convention Center along with Francis Stiff, President of Cheval Capital, Inc. Their presentation on August 8 at 2:00 pm, ...

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Senate looks to gut $1B from budget - Austin Business Journal:

2011-08-23T18:00:00.001-07:00

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That would include $417 million in targeted cuts to agency budgets resultinyg ina still-to-be-determined number of state job Senate GOP leaders said Friday as they unveilee their plan to balance the two-yeadr budget that begins July 1. Their budgetg bill would trim morethan $1 billion from the $114 billionn spending plan passed by the Democrat-controlled Ohio House in At the same time, however, Senate Republicane said their budget proposal would boost spending for primary and secondary school rather than cut funding for them as propose d in House-approved budget. It would raise funding for gradesx K-12 school district by 0.
25 percent in fiscall 2010 compared to the current year andanotheer 0.5 percent in 2011. Senate Republicansw also rejected Gov. Ted Strickland’s sweeping evidence-based schookl reform plan, calling it “fundamentally because it is based on school staffing needs instea d ofstudent needs. They want the governor’se proposed education model to be reviewed by a bipartisanstudy council. Senate Presiden Bill Harris, R-Ashland, said he wants the where Republicans holda 21-12 majority, to pass a budget bill June 4 or 5.
That woulfd set the stage for a House-Senat e conference committee to hash out the differences in theitr versions of the bill and present a balanced budgegtfor Strickland’s signature by a June 30 deadline set by state law. “W want to work with the governotrand House,” Harris said, “top do what is right for this great state. This budgett is part of that.” Like the House version, the Senatw Republicans’ bill does not call for tax increases and safeguards the broad tax reforms favore d by the business community and approved by legislatorsin 2005.
It also protectw a two-year tuition freeze at community colleges, such as Columbus State, and one-year freeze and 3.5 percent cap on increasee in fiscal 2011at four-year state universities, including , that were proposeds by Strickland and passed by the Senate Republicans were able to provide such safeguarde despite having to work with $912 million less than what the Hous had counted on when it passed its budget bill. The revenue shortfallp became apparent in early May when the Stricklandr administration reported state income tax receiptes through April 30 were 15 percent lower than a year ago and well beloewthe administration’s revised budget forecast in December.
Besides the $417 millionj in cuts for statee agencies, Senate Republican budget-balancing moves include mandating $42 milliomn in cost-containment measures for the Medicaid health-care program for the poor and lockinbin $200 million in agency service cuts ordered by Strickland earlierr this year. “We thinkk spending more money is not the Harris said. “The answer is gettinv more Ohioans back to work and helpingy more businesses and industries in Ohiobe successful.” Eliminating 34 proposed fee increasex for employers, including ones affecting the coal, agriculture and constructio industries.
• Requiring state regulatory agencies to eliminates bureaucracy and red tapefor businesses. • Holdingb the line on new health-care mandates that drive up the cost of healtuh insurancefor employers. • Eliminating a proposed fee ofapproximatelgy $8 million per year for the disposal of constructionj and demolition debris. Preserving funding for the and Ohio Statew University Extension for research andinnovation programs. • Enhancint a $100 million film tax credit to attract the motion picture industryto • Supporting expansion of the state’as Job Retention Tax Credit and Technology Investmeny Tax Credit.
• Providing more funding for state Rapidf Outreach grants to attract and retain businessesin

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Urgent-care centers offer emergency-care alternative - Denver Business Journal:

2011-08-19T07:51:00.001-07:00

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First appearing in the 1970s, the number of urgent-care clinics in the United States has grown to more than according to the By contrast, there are abouty 4,600 hospital emergency departments in the United according to a 2008 survey from the . Lou Ellen Horwitz, executiv director of the Chicago-based said because the organization just started keeping statistics on urgenty care clinicsin 2008, it’s hard to quantifh industry growth.
But based on Google alerts she receivesx about urgent care and anecdotal evidenceefrom members, she said it’s clea r the numbers are Doctors and hospitals own most urgent-care But corporately owned centers are emerging in stripp malls and inside groceries, drug stored and discount stores. According to the UCAOA, 18 percentr of urgent care centersa arecorporately owned, with no ties to doctorss or hospitals. , a wholly ownes subsidiary of , manages more than 330 clinicsw inthe country, including five in the Denver The clinics provide treatments for people with respiratoru illnesses, skin conditions and minor injuries. They also provided health evaluations, vaccinations and physicals.
Urgenyt Care, based in Tucson, Ariz., operates five clinics in Coloradol and plans to open a sixtjh in Highlands Ranch laterthis year. The companhy runs 49 such clinics in storefrontsor stand-alond sites nationwide. Laurel Stoimenoff, president of NextCare, describes the company as “az family practice on steroids.” Along with general medical NextCare clinicsprovide X-rays and onsite prescriptions. “Wer try to be an extension of the family Stoimenoff said. With standard visits costing between $125 and $175 for someonew without insurance, NextCare costs more than a trip to the famildoctor (which is generally around $100).
But it’s significantlt less expensive thana $700 trip to a hospital emergency department, Stoimenoff said. She added that NextCare’s growth and the popularitty of urgent-care centers is a direct response to the shortagewof primary-care physicians in the country. Stoimenofg said the concept works because NextCare providees a wide range of services and leasewspace that’s close to a parking lot. Last several operators of in-store healtnh care clinics, including Greenwood Village-based Family Medicap Centers, closed amid high operating SmartCare operated15 in-store clinicsz in stores.
Stoimenoff declined to speculatw why somany in-store clinics shuttered, but she questioned whether patientx were willing to walk throughy a discount store to seek medicak attention. But despite the Stoimenoff maintains that urgent care is agrowingb industry. She added that the concept of working atan urgent-card center appeals to many doctorx who seek regular hours (the NextCare clinics are open from 8 a.m. to 8 and to avoid the administrative hassles associated with runnintg aprivate practice. Stoimenoff said the doctorxs who work at NextCare command salaries comparable tofamilyt practice.
Shana Johnson, director of the , a departmengt of , agreed the lifestyle of an urgent-carw physician is attractive tomany doctors. “There’e a lot of frustration in the medical Johnson said. “The practices are becominfg more complicatedwith bureaucracy.” But patients are drawn to the free-standinv clinic because of convenience. The clinic, which has a CT Scan and MRI is open from7 a.m. to 11 p.m., sevem days a week. “Americans are a prettgy driven people,” she said.
“They like being able to get care any time ofthe

Church to Fight Washington State Decision to Prohibit Baptism in Public Park - Fox News

2011-08-17T02:17:00.001-07:00

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Sekulow claims the US Constitution prohibits the government from suppressing or excluding speech of private parties. But the state refused to back down. âSo now you've got a state saying this is too much religious activity so it's not re »

Holding his own - Deccan Herald

2011-08-14T20:34:00.001-07:00

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Nissan's new electric car to create 1,300 jobs in Smyrna - Nashville Business Journal:

2011-08-12T15:17:00.001-07:00

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The Japanese automaker, whose North American headquarters arein Franklin, says it will roll out the firsty electric car in Japan on Aug. 2 and begim selling the vehiclesnext year. Plans to mass produce the car will begimin 2012. The plant’s output will being around 100,0000 cars per year but will riseto 150,000o when at full production. The all-electric car will be able to drivew 100 miles solely off ofa battery. Chie Executive Carlos Ghosn says the company is moving towardca zero-emission platform. He did not explaih specifics, but says the price of the vehicle willbe “verg reasonable.” “If it’s not affordable, it’s not goingv to work,” Ghosn says.
Nissam accepted a $1.6 billion loan from the U.S. Energyt Department to make the batteries and retooo its factoryin Smyrna. The loan initiative beganb to help automakers meet the35 miles-per-galloj fuel-efficiency benchmark by 2020. Ghosnj says the market for hybrid carsremainas small. The vehicles accounted for 2.3 percentg of the American auto markety in 2008 and 1percent globally. The Energuy Department announcedTuesday $8 billion in loana to Ford, Nissan and Tesla to spur developmenty of more fuel efficient vehicles. (NYSE: F) will get $5.9 billiojn to transform factories across the country to make more fuelefficienr vehicles. , of San Carlos, Calif.
, got $465 millioj to manufacture electric vehicles. "By supporting key technologiews and soundbusiness plans, we can jumpstart the productioj of fuel efficient vehicles in Energy Secretary Steven Chu, says in a “These investments will come back to our countrg many times over – by creating new jobs, reducingy our dependence on oil and reducing our greenhouse gas The Advanced Vehicle Technology Program is part of the $789 billion economix stimulus package the federal government passe d in January.

Colorado business conditions improve, Goss index shows - Houston Business Journal:

2011-08-10T09:51:00.001-07:00

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But the index, based on a survey of the state's supply managers, still fell below a poin that would indicate likelyeconomic growth, Goss said. May'as business index for Colorado rose to 44 in May from 38in 41.3 in March and 43.5 in said Goss, head of the Goss Instituts for Economic Research, which conducts the survey. The state'sx index was 30.5 in January and 41.5 in December 2008. The index ranges between 0 and 100. An indexc greater than 50 indicates expectations of an expandingy economy over the next three tosix months; 50 is growth neutral. New 68.6, up sharply from 37.2 in April, 37.8 in Marcg and 47.8 in February. Production: up from 36.0 in April, 38.
2 in Marcnh and 35.6 in February. Delivery lead time: down from 50.8 in April, 41.4 in Marchn and 52.2 in February. Inventories: up from 30.8 in April, down from 49.4 in Marcbh and just over the February figureof Employment: 42.7, up from 35.4 in April, 39.6 in March and 40.6 in Still, Goss said his survey suggests Coloradko still has a way to go to emergd from the downturn. "Manufactureras in the state, as a resulty of a sharp pullback ineconomix activity, have terminated and cut back on constructiojn projects in the state," Goss said in a statement.
"Art the same time, firms with ties to the energ sector continue to report somewhat weaker conditions as a result of downturns in energy commodity prices sinces the beginning of the nationaleconomic recession." The Goss Instituts uses the same methodology for its surveyu as the Institute for Supply formerly the Purchasing Management in its national survey of its Goss separately released a three-state compositse index that includes Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. Across the three-state the Business Conditions Index stoodat 38.9 in May, up slightly from 37.8 in April, down from 39.2 in Marcbh and 44.6 in February, but up from 31.
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Namibia: Endemic Violence in Postcolonial Nation - AllAfrica.com

2011-08-08T04:00:00.001-07:00

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Namibia: Endemic Violence in Postcolonial Nation

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In post-colonial society, this displaced aggression continues to be connected to the shame of a low social-status or a subordinate identity. The continuation, or even intensification, of violence is consequently to be expected. ...

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Pocono Raceway owner Doc Mattioli retires - Pocono Record

2011-08-05T23:00:00.001-07:00

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Pocono Raceway owner Doc Mattioli retires

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Tribune, WFLA cut another 25 positions - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

2011-07-28T01:51:00.001-07:00

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“This is unfortunately the same song in the sixth saidJanet Coats, executive editort of the publishing group, in a storyg published on the company’s TBO.com. The publishing group is ownedf byin Richmond, Va. The cuts affect 17 positions at the Tribuned and six from WFLA along with two open according to the This most recent round follows the eliminationj of 65 positions Marcj 30 and the increase of mandatory unpaid leave days from 10to 13. There’sx some sunlight peering throughthe clouds, however. The medi a group locally is gaining share in the localadvertisingv market, Coats said, which coule help bring revenues back up. Mediaq General (NYSE: MEG) reported a loss of $21.
w million, or 96 cents per in the most recent quartefr endedMarch 29, compared to a $20.3 million, or 92 cents per loss the year before. Revenue was $159.5 million for the quarter, down from the $194.t5 million posted the year Media General shares were tradingat $3.267 just before noon Wednesday, up nearly 1 percent from the day beforw and more than $2 over their 52-week low. Shares had traded as high as $27.
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NHL chiefs to be deposed on Reinsdorf bid, Gretzky fights Glendale request to see tax returns - Sacramento Business Journal:

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U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Redfield T. however, shot down an effort by legal team todeposre Reinsdorf. The Bettman and Daly depositions will occur laterfthis month. Reinsdorf, Phoenix attorney and lobbyis John Kaites and former Los Angeles Angelx and Montreal Expos President Tony Tavares put forwarda $148 milliohn offer to refinance and reworko the Coyotes debt — a deal that callas for keeping the team in Glendale. That rivals a $213 cash offer from Research in Motion CEOJim Balsillie, who wante to move the team to Ontario.
Moyes’ attorneys had sought more information from Reinsdorr and the NHL regardingthe bid’s including how much cash, if any, is A federal bankruptcy official administeringf the Phoenix Coyotes Chapter 11 reorganization also wants more informatiojn regarding Reinsdorf’s bid. U.S. Trustee attorneyes Ilene Lashinsky and Larry Watson are amonyg those seeking more details on the Reinsdorf bid submittedlast U.S. Trustee is a federal entity that administere bankruptcy cases and sometimes puts forth its opinioj inmaterial matters.
There are also efforts by Moyexand Balsillie’s attorneys to see what happened to the threr other possible bids to keep the team in Glendale, whicyh the NHL had talkedc about. Baum also is considering a reques t by the city of Glendale to have Coyotes coachand part-owner Wayne Gretzky’s tax records and financee disclosed. Gretzky’s attorneys are fighting that effort. The Coyotes coachg makes $8 million according to bankruptcy court He would geta $22 million pay-out if the team movesx to Canada and he stepsa down as part owner and

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2011-07-23T13:34:00.001-07:00

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Bowling Hall of Fame to move to Arlington - Dallas Business Journal:

2011-07-21T07:17:00.001-07:00

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The new Museum and Hall of Fame will be locate d in a new development that willhouse bowling's two nationak entities, the and the . As part of the plannes move, the IBM/HF reached an agreement to sell the existinhg hall andmuseum structure, which also is home to the St. Louies Cardinals Hall of Fame and its land to the Ballparkk Village partnership consisting ofthe St. Louis Cardinalsw and the Cordish Co. The IBM/HF had two offer s to move its facility, according to the United StatesBowlingb Congress.
"Ballpark Village presented a wonderful opportunityy for the Hall of Fame to relocats within Ballpark Village in the general vicinity of itscurrent location," the organization said. "Inn the end, however, the trustees felt it was best to honor the strong desire of the bowling industry to havethe IBM/HFg join the other major national bowling entities in a new consolidaterd headquarters at 621 Six Flags Drive in The new Hall of Fame in Arlingtonb will be on the first level of the 103,000-square-footf building shared by USBC and BPAA.
The Hall of Fame is expecterd to reopen in Arlington within 18 Web site:

Michael Mendenhall Executive Profile

2011-07-19T01:17:00.001-07:00

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Michael Mendenhall is senior vice president and chiec marketing officerat HP, wherw he directs all aspects of the compang

Human Capital: People on the move, June 12 - Washington Business Journal:

2011-07-16T18:17:00.001-07:00

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George Snell joined Weber Shandwick , a publiv relations agency with loca l officesin Cambridge, as a senior vice president in its digital communications Snell previously a senior vice president at . The intellectual propert y law firm of in Concors added Christopher Albert asan associate. Albert practicee in the areas of biotechnology, chemistry, clean energy and

Discipline pending for Tennessee school officials faulted in audit - Watchdog

2011-07-14T11:34:00.001-07:00

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Discipline pending for Tennessee school officials faulted in audit

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Officials at a Rutherford County public school mismanaged thousands of dollars in school funds and accepted outside payments from a school fundraising organization when school rules prohibited them from doing so, according to ...

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Dallas unemployment drops to 6.6 percent - Dallas Business Journal:

2011-07-12T04:34:00.001-07:00

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percent in April, according to the . That is down slightlu from 7 percent in but still higher thanthe 4.1 percent unemploymentr rate recorded in the area in April of U.S. Department of Labor Bureay of Labor Statisticssaid Wednesday. The Department of Labor'sd statistics in this report were notseasonallt adjusted. The North Texas regional area included in the surveuy had a civilian labor forcewith 3.158 million workers in and 209,000 were unemployed within that labor group, the report The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington market in April had a civiliam labor force of 3.112 million workers a year ago, when only 126,0000 were unemployed.
In Texas, McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Brownsville-Harlingen and Beaumont-Portt Arthur all had April unemploymenr rates greater than8 percent, while Austin'd was at 5.8 percent, Houston was 6.3 percent and San Antoniop was 5.4 percent. The U.S. unemployment rate in Aprio was 8.6 percent.

Hugo Chavez reasserts power in Veneuzela - Washington Post

2011-07-09T21:17:00.001-07:00

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Hugo Chavez reasserts power in Veneuzela

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A former lawmaker who in 2002 was among those who helped restore Chavez to power after a brief coup, Albornoz said Chavez's fears of being unseated prevent him from delegating. âThe president does not confide in anybody â" because of his own history, ...

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Programs try to save students from 'summer slide' in academics - Los Angeles Times

2011-07-07T13:34:00.001-07:00

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Programs try to save students from 'summer slide' in academics

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Melding education with typical summer fun, the program is part of a statewide campaign aimed at combating a growing problem known as the "summer slide," the loss of academic skills during the vacation months. Decades of research, including a new study ...

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Heiwa Target for Mitsubishi Estate Exploiting 49% Value Discount: Real M&A - Bloomberg

2011-07-05T06:00:00.001-07:00

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Heiwa Target for Mitsubishi Estate Exploiting 49% Value Discount: Real M&A

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Heiwa Fudosan Co., which owns some land and six buildings including the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the historic Nihonbashi district, trades at a 51 percent discount to the value of its net assets, the cheapest of any Japanese real estate developer, ...

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Officer Identified In Van Incident - myfoxny.com

2011-07-02T23:34:00.001-07:00

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Officer Identified In Van Incident

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85-year old deputy inspector Shuck Seid was behind the wheel of the van outside of the 5th Precinct in Chinatown. Seid has accident »