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Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (Chipotle, the Company, or We) operatea 837 restaurants in 33 states throughout the United the Districtof Columbia, and Canada as of December 31, 2008. Our restaurant s serve a focused menuof tacos, salads and burrito bowlas (a burrito without the tortilla), made usinhg fresh ingredients. People outside our company tend to categorize us as a fast casual conceptrestaurants that are a step up from traditionakfast food, but not casual, sit-down places. Weve neved worried much about what categorhywere in.
Instead, we remai focused on trying to find the highest quality ingredientsa we can to make great tasting on recruiting and retaining top performing peopls to ensure that the restauranrt experience we provide is and on building restauranta that areoperationally efficient, aesthetically pleasing and on doingt all of this with increasinf awareness and respect for the environment. Chipotle begah with a simple philosophy: demonstrate that food served fast doesntf have to be atraditional fast-foodc experience. Over the years, that visionm has evolved.
Today, our vision is to change the way the worls thinks about and eats fast We do this by avoiding a formulai approach when creating ourrestaurant experience, lookinyg to fine-dining restaurants for inspiration. ...
пятница, 30 декабря 2011 г.
среда, 28 декабря 2011 г.
Castle Key capital, profit declines lead to downgrade - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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The credit rating organization also issueds a negative outlook forCastle Key, which is headquartered in St. The rating downgrades and negative outlook are based onCastlee Key’s continued deterioration in risk-adjuste d capitalization as measured by A.M. Best on a catastrophew stress tested basis, a release said. The ratings also reflecty the group’s continued unprofitable operating therelease said. The financial strength rating for Castle Key was downgradecdto “B-” (fair) from “B+” (good).
The issuer credirt ratings were downgradedto “bb-” from “bbb-” for Castle Key Groul and four members: , , and Castle Key is the dedicatecd Florida property writer for its parent in Northbrook, Ill. The company continues to maintaibn significant exposure to hurricanes and is susceptible to marke dislocations andregulatory changes, the release Although Castle Key is separately capitalizefd and not reinsured by Allstate, the ratings recognizr the historical financial and operational supporty provided by Allstate. If Allstate discontinues A.M.
Best said it would re-evaluate Castlr Key ratings and potentially those of Allstatew and the remaining Allstate Insurance Groupmember companies.
The credit rating organization also issueds a negative outlook forCastle Key, which is headquartered in St. The rating downgrades and negative outlook are based onCastlee Key’s continued deterioration in risk-adjuste d capitalization as measured by A.M. Best on a catastrophew stress tested basis, a release said. The ratings also reflecty the group’s continued unprofitable operating therelease said. The financial strength rating for Castle Key was downgradecdto “B-” (fair) from “B+” (good).
The issuer credirt ratings were downgradedto “bb-” from “bbb-” for Castle Key Groul and four members: , , and Castle Key is the dedicatecd Florida property writer for its parent in Northbrook, Ill. The company continues to maintaibn significant exposure to hurricanes and is susceptible to marke dislocations andregulatory changes, the release Although Castle Key is separately capitalizefd and not reinsured by Allstate, the ratings recognizr the historical financial and operational supporty provided by Allstate. If Allstate discontinues A.M.
Best said it would re-evaluate Castlr Key ratings and potentially those of Allstatew and the remaining Allstate Insurance Groupmember companies.
понедельник, 26 декабря 2011 г.
Survey: Americans lack knowledge about generics - Triangle Business Journal:
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And, while research has showj that generics have saved the health care syste anestimated $734 billion in the last 10 years, two-thirds of thos surveyed don’t know the true cost differencesw between generic and brans name drugs, according to the survey conductex by , a leading pharmacy benefitt management organization. “Using generics helps make healtb care more affordable withoutcompromisinh results,” Jacqueline Kosecoff, Prescription Solutions CEO said in a news “Many Americans erroneously believe that the most expensive drug is always the most effectivwe drug, so by helping to change perceptions, we can help peoplde save money and still get the best treatment available.
” Thirty-one percent of respondente indicated they knew that a brand name drug cost 50-70 perceng more on average than its genericf counterpart. Seventy-one percent of consumers remainh concerned about drug costs with more than one infour (27 having either delayed filling, not filled, or not takehn as directed a prescription drug to save Twenty-one percent of all respondents say they have talked to theifr doctor recently about switching to a less expensive Fifty-seven percent of those polled said they take prescriptiobn drugs weekly. Of those, 83 percentr (or 47 percent of the totapl sample) take generics.
Of those who do not take generic drugs on aweeklt basis, 58 percent say it is because there is no generic available for the drug they need. Sixty-fourf percent of those who take generices say their doctor recommended them and 43 percent say theif pharmacistrecommended them. Of those who do not take generic druge on aweekly basis, 58 perceny say they would if their pharmacist brought a generif to their attention as a less identical substitute; and 52 percent say their doctot would have to recommend it.
And, while research has showj that generics have saved the health care syste anestimated $734 billion in the last 10 years, two-thirds of thos surveyed don’t know the true cost differencesw between generic and brans name drugs, according to the survey conductex by , a leading pharmacy benefitt management organization. “Using generics helps make healtb care more affordable withoutcompromisinh results,” Jacqueline Kosecoff, Prescription Solutions CEO said in a news “Many Americans erroneously believe that the most expensive drug is always the most effectivwe drug, so by helping to change perceptions, we can help peoplde save money and still get the best treatment available.
” Thirty-one percent of respondente indicated they knew that a brand name drug cost 50-70 perceng more on average than its genericf counterpart. Seventy-one percent of consumers remainh concerned about drug costs with more than one infour (27 having either delayed filling, not filled, or not takehn as directed a prescription drug to save Twenty-one percent of all respondents say they have talked to theifr doctor recently about switching to a less expensive Fifty-seven percent of those polled said they take prescriptiobn drugs weekly. Of those, 83 percentr (or 47 percent of the totapl sample) take generics.
Of those who do not take generic drugs on aweeklt basis, 58 percent say it is because there is no generic available for the drug they need. Sixty-fourf percent of those who take generices say their doctor recommended them and 43 percent say theif pharmacistrecommended them. Of those who do not take generic druge on aweekly basis, 58 perceny say they would if their pharmacist brought a generif to their attention as a less identical substitute; and 52 percent say their doctot would have to recommend it.
суббота, 24 декабря 2011 г.
Denver gives out 1,234 free building permits - The Business Review (Albany):
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The free permits issued under the city’ws “Home Renovation Bonanza” prograjm saved residents an estimated $85.774 in fees, officialws said. Building-permit fees normally range from $20 to several thousandd dollars, depending on the value of the project. The prograj aimed to boost the loca economy byencouraging home-improvement projects. The free available June 1-15, are for common improvemenft projectsinvolving single-family homes and duplexes. “We wanted a bonanz a and it seems wegot one,” Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper said in a “We hoped to stimulatw the local economy by offering an incentivew for residents to make improvementsw to their property.
This is a good sign that people are movinh forward and doing what they can to get our economyt backon track.” The permits are vali d for 180 days.
The free permits issued under the city’ws “Home Renovation Bonanza” prograjm saved residents an estimated $85.774 in fees, officialws said. Building-permit fees normally range from $20 to several thousandd dollars, depending on the value of the project. The prograj aimed to boost the loca economy byencouraging home-improvement projects. The free available June 1-15, are for common improvemenft projectsinvolving single-family homes and duplexes. “We wanted a bonanz a and it seems wegot one,” Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper said in a “We hoped to stimulatw the local economy by offering an incentivew for residents to make improvementsw to their property.
This is a good sign that people are movinh forward and doing what they can to get our economyt backon track.” The permits are vali d for 180 days.
среда, 21 декабря 2011 г.
St. Jude working on H1N1 virus vaccine - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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There are now 114 confirmef cases of H1N1 influenza virus in Tennessedeand 17, 855 across the country, which has resultedc in 45 deaths. The St. Jude Department of Virologyh in the Department of Infectious Diseases received the H1N1 virua from the inearly May. St. Jude is working with a numbere of other research centers fora vaccine. But of the five WHO collaboratinbg centers, St. Jude is the only one that focuseds solely on the transmission of animal viruses to Its work on theH1N1 strain, will involvd about 50 employees across the research Swiss drug maker Novartis AG announced todau that it has successfully made a vaccin for H1N1, though it hasn’t yet been clinicallg proven in humans.
Meanwhile, Memphis-based safety expertss say there is no need for surface disinfection of any of its A news release from the worldwide shipping gian saysthe company’s safety experts conferred with CDC officialzs and “have been advised that there is neither a generao need nor a recommendation for any speciao cleaning concerning surface infection.” 59 cases of H1N1 virusx have been reported in Mississippi and 13 have been reportede in Arkansas, according to the CDC. The virus is considere to be the most geographicallyu widespreadin Arizona, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. In New York, 13 have died from causesx related tothe disease.
There are now 114 confirmef cases of H1N1 influenza virus in Tennessedeand 17, 855 across the country, which has resultedc in 45 deaths. The St. Jude Department of Virologyh in the Department of Infectious Diseases received the H1N1 virua from the inearly May. St. Jude is working with a numbere of other research centers fora vaccine. But of the five WHO collaboratinbg centers, St. Jude is the only one that focuseds solely on the transmission of animal viruses to Its work on theH1N1 strain, will involvd about 50 employees across the research Swiss drug maker Novartis AG announced todau that it has successfully made a vaccin for H1N1, though it hasn’t yet been clinicallg proven in humans.
Meanwhile, Memphis-based safety expertss say there is no need for surface disinfection of any of its A news release from the worldwide shipping gian saysthe company’s safety experts conferred with CDC officialzs and “have been advised that there is neither a generao need nor a recommendation for any speciao cleaning concerning surface infection.” 59 cases of H1N1 virusx have been reported in Mississippi and 13 have been reportede in Arkansas, according to the CDC. The virus is considere to be the most geographicallyu widespreadin Arizona, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. In New York, 13 have died from causesx related tothe disease.
понедельник, 19 декабря 2011 г.
Execs should take a page from Sage of Omaha - Baltimore Business Journal:
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One person who probably isn’ty feeling the pain is Warren Buffett, the 77-year-ole CEO of and — officially — the richest personb in the world. His estimatef net worth is about $62 Buffett has a remarkably frugal life While other billionaires havemultiple estates, cars and trophu wives, Buffett still lives in the home he purchasef in Omaha, Neb., in 1958 for Today, that same house is wort h $700,000. And when it comese to annual compensation, Buffett’s salary is meager by most CEO $100,000. I have read many articles on this fascinatingy man as well as his collaborationj withLawrence Cunningham, The Essayz of Warren Buffet: Lessons for Corporatw America.
I’ve even visited the Berkshire HathawatyWeb site, www.berkshirehathaway.com. I now know the recentt problems on Wall Street present the typeof money-making opportunitty that Buffett most enjoys. He instinctivelgy knows how toturn today’e problems into tomorrow’s When other investors are panic-stricken, Buffett views downturne as perfect buying opportunities. He has a styler known as “value investing,” which meanzs that if a company is undervalued in relatioj to itsintrinsic value, it has the potential to be a good Berkshire Hathaway, originally a textile company, owns a varietyg of businesses that range from utilities to Half of Berkshire Hathaway’s annual net earninge come from insurance companies, such as and .
Buffett has historically bought family-owned companies wherd the purchase price is in exchange for retainingthe staff. Now he’a looking overseas and investingin Israel, China and the United Part of this strategy is becausde he’s bearish on the dollar and plans to buy firmsx that generate income outsidre the United States. Berkshire Hathaway shares sell for wellover $100,00 and have gained more than 4,000 percentf in the past 20 roughly six times the Standard & Poor’ss 500. Buffett’s background suggests that he has alwayz had a talent formaking money.
When he was 13, he filedr his first income-tax return and claimed his bicycle asa $35 work At 15, he and a friend boughtf a used pinball machine and placec it in a barbershop. Within a few they had machines in three By the time Buffetf was 19 yearsof age, he was at the in Philadelphia, and when he was 20, he enrolledr at in New York City. In what may have been his onlybusinesss stalemate, after graduating from Columbia, he purchased a Sinclaid gas station, but it didn’y succeed the way he hoped. During the same he worked as a stockbroker, took a Dale Carnegiwe course, and taught investment principles at an eveningh class atthe .
By the tenderd age 25, his personak savings account had morethan $140,00p — and that’s in 1956 Buffett’s wealth and financial partnerships grew almost exponentially, and by at age 49, Buffett’s name appearef on ’s famed 400 list for the firstt time with a net worty of $620 million. The trajectory of Berkshire Hathaway’s growtb and Buffett’s wealth has continued to this day. Two yearsa ago, Buffett announced that he plans to give away closeto $40 billioh worth of Berkshire Hathaway stock to five charitable The bulk of his philanthropy will be directedd to the , the philanthropi arm of founder Bill Gates.
His gift is the largestt charitable donationin history. Buffett’s three children (who will not inherit much of his run severalcharitable foundations. In his words, “jI want to give my kids just enougj so that they would feel that they could do but not so much that they would feel likedoinfg nothing.”
One person who probably isn’ty feeling the pain is Warren Buffett, the 77-year-ole CEO of and — officially — the richest personb in the world. His estimatef net worth is about $62 Buffett has a remarkably frugal life While other billionaires havemultiple estates, cars and trophu wives, Buffett still lives in the home he purchasef in Omaha, Neb., in 1958 for Today, that same house is wort h $700,000. And when it comese to annual compensation, Buffett’s salary is meager by most CEO $100,000. I have read many articles on this fascinatingy man as well as his collaborationj withLawrence Cunningham, The Essayz of Warren Buffet: Lessons for Corporatw America.
I’ve even visited the Berkshire HathawatyWeb site, www.berkshirehathaway.com. I now know the recentt problems on Wall Street present the typeof money-making opportunitty that Buffett most enjoys. He instinctivelgy knows how toturn today’e problems into tomorrow’s When other investors are panic-stricken, Buffett views downturne as perfect buying opportunities. He has a styler known as “value investing,” which meanzs that if a company is undervalued in relatioj to itsintrinsic value, it has the potential to be a good Berkshire Hathaway, originally a textile company, owns a varietyg of businesses that range from utilities to Half of Berkshire Hathaway’s annual net earninge come from insurance companies, such as and .
Buffett has historically bought family-owned companies wherd the purchase price is in exchange for retainingthe staff. Now he’a looking overseas and investingin Israel, China and the United Part of this strategy is becausde he’s bearish on the dollar and plans to buy firmsx that generate income outsidre the United States. Berkshire Hathaway shares sell for wellover $100,00 and have gained more than 4,000 percentf in the past 20 roughly six times the Standard & Poor’ss 500. Buffett’s background suggests that he has alwayz had a talent formaking money.
When he was 13, he filedr his first income-tax return and claimed his bicycle asa $35 work At 15, he and a friend boughtf a used pinball machine and placec it in a barbershop. Within a few they had machines in three By the time Buffetf was 19 yearsof age, he was at the in Philadelphia, and when he was 20, he enrolledr at in New York City. In what may have been his onlybusinesss stalemate, after graduating from Columbia, he purchased a Sinclaid gas station, but it didn’y succeed the way he hoped. During the same he worked as a stockbroker, took a Dale Carnegiwe course, and taught investment principles at an eveningh class atthe .
By the tenderd age 25, his personak savings account had morethan $140,00p — and that’s in 1956 Buffett’s wealth and financial partnerships grew almost exponentially, and by at age 49, Buffett’s name appearef on ’s famed 400 list for the firstt time with a net worty of $620 million. The trajectory of Berkshire Hathaway’s growtb and Buffett’s wealth has continued to this day. Two yearsa ago, Buffett announced that he plans to give away closeto $40 billioh worth of Berkshire Hathaway stock to five charitable The bulk of his philanthropy will be directedd to the , the philanthropi arm of founder Bill Gates.
His gift is the largestt charitable donationin history. Buffett’s three children (who will not inherit much of his run severalcharitable foundations. In his words, “jI want to give my kids just enougj so that they would feel that they could do but not so much that they would feel likedoinfg nothing.”
суббота, 17 декабря 2011 г.
Rose Hill Bank plans fall branch opening - Wichita Business Journal:
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Work on the 4,300-square-foot branch at 33rd Streetr and North Ridge Road started late last year and mostlh ison schedule, Waitt says. is the general designed the building. It will be Rose Hill Bank’as second branch in Wichita. It has a location at 21st Streety and Webb Road onthe city’s east side. “We’rse very excited about the west side,” Waitft says. “We’ve been happgy with our growth in Wichita onthat side. There’es actually more rooftops than where weare (on Rose Hill Bank will spend more than $1 millioj on the new branch.
Topeka-based Capitol Federal Savings helda ground-breaking ceremony Friday for its new branch in The 3,600-square-foot building is slated for completion by It will be the bank’es eighth location in the Wichit metro. The branch is in developer Paul Jackson’s Andover Marketplace development. Commerce and are doin g the work. “Capitol Federal is proud to become a part of thisstrongv family-oriented community,” said Rhonda Dennis, the bank’xs first vice president in a news “We recognize the Andover Marketplace as a ‘destination’ locatiob that will thrive within the We are so happy to be
Work on the 4,300-square-foot branch at 33rd Streetr and North Ridge Road started late last year and mostlh ison schedule, Waitt says. is the general designed the building. It will be Rose Hill Bank’as second branch in Wichita. It has a location at 21st Streety and Webb Road onthe city’s east side. “We’rse very excited about the west side,” Waitft says. “We’ve been happgy with our growth in Wichita onthat side. There’es actually more rooftops than where weare (on Rose Hill Bank will spend more than $1 millioj on the new branch.
Topeka-based Capitol Federal Savings helda ground-breaking ceremony Friday for its new branch in The 3,600-square-foot building is slated for completion by It will be the bank’es eighth location in the Wichit metro. The branch is in developer Paul Jackson’s Andover Marketplace development. Commerce and are doin g the work. “Capitol Federal is proud to become a part of thisstrongv family-oriented community,” said Rhonda Dennis, the bank’xs first vice president in a news “We recognize the Andover Marketplace as a ‘destination’ locatiob that will thrive within the We are so happy to be
четверг, 15 декабря 2011 г.
Coupons for your customers - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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Alfredo’s is located just a couple of minutes from my My wife and I go there frequently a few timesa month. This way we don’t have to stay out too We can be back in time to relad and read poetry to each The staffis friendly, but not too None of them sit in the bootjh with us when they take our They’re not wearing bling. They’re not chirpy or They don’t address me by first name. They appear to have recentlyt bathed. The food is great. Fresh. Straightforward. Steaks. Fish. Salads. Pasta. And always consistent. And the prices are No $30 steak the size of a bage l that sits lonely on a platwe without even a potato to keepit company.
No $15 glassess of wine that clearly came from a box underthe bar. No $4 cups of Maxwell House coffee servedin 4-ounce daintuy cups. Like I said … But it’s the coupons. That’s what makes a difference. All the stuffc above is really great. But Alfredo’s keepas us coming back with Because he’s got a differentg approach to coupons. His approach is this: rewardr your customers first. Duh. This isn’t some kind of a Pizza Hut offer, where you buy 87 pizzas and on your next orded you getfree pepperoni. And it’s not one of those buy-one-get-one free deals that are maileedby Val-U-Pak.
These are all marketing gimmicks to attracty new business fromnew customers. Alfredo’z goal is to continue bringintg in business from his existing A couple of times a year he givews out coupons onlyto customers. It’s like … like he appreciates us or something. I find this concept so so unnerving, that I get chills just writingaboutg it. So a customer eats at Alfredo’w and after they pay they get a $10 coupon personallyy made out to them for thenext That’s all. Simple. Alfredo is saying “thanks for eatinh at my restaurant. We really appreciatr you. We really want you to come Here’s 10 bucks off your next meal.” Refreshing.
Sure, we take the $10 off. But then, knowing we’re getting a gift, we order another glass of that fancyy wine that comes out of areal bottle, instead of a box. Or a dessert. You know, the ones with the flamingg liqueur and all that kindof stuff. Alfredo’s cost is Our overall check still winds up beingg close to whatit would’ve been withou the coupon. But the 10 bucksx keeps us coming back. We appreciate beingb appreciated. Alfredo is a great pennu pincher. He’s not afraid to give stuff away to the peopled that are truly paying his Hisloyal customers. We appreciate the offet and in turn give it right backto him.
Why is it that evert deal, every offer, every coupon, has to be part of some marketin gimmick to attractnew customers? What if we showed our existing customerds how much we appreciated them ? Maybe they would keep coming back and buying more. And maybe they’d be telling their friends aboutf us, too.
Alfredo’s is located just a couple of minutes from my My wife and I go there frequently a few timesa month. This way we don’t have to stay out too We can be back in time to relad and read poetry to each The staffis friendly, but not too None of them sit in the bootjh with us when they take our They’re not wearing bling. They’re not chirpy or They don’t address me by first name. They appear to have recentlyt bathed. The food is great. Fresh. Straightforward. Steaks. Fish. Salads. Pasta. And always consistent. And the prices are No $30 steak the size of a bage l that sits lonely on a platwe without even a potato to keepit company.
No $15 glassess of wine that clearly came from a box underthe bar. No $4 cups of Maxwell House coffee servedin 4-ounce daintuy cups. Like I said … But it’s the coupons. That’s what makes a difference. All the stuffc above is really great. But Alfredo’s keepas us coming back with Because he’s got a differentg approach to coupons. His approach is this: rewardr your customers first. Duh. This isn’t some kind of a Pizza Hut offer, where you buy 87 pizzas and on your next orded you getfree pepperoni. And it’s not one of those buy-one-get-one free deals that are maileedby Val-U-Pak.
These are all marketing gimmicks to attracty new business fromnew customers. Alfredo’z goal is to continue bringintg in business from his existing A couple of times a year he givews out coupons onlyto customers. It’s like … like he appreciates us or something. I find this concept so so unnerving, that I get chills just writingaboutg it. So a customer eats at Alfredo’w and after they pay they get a $10 coupon personallyy made out to them for thenext That’s all. Simple. Alfredo is saying “thanks for eatinh at my restaurant. We really appreciatr you. We really want you to come Here’s 10 bucks off your next meal.” Refreshing.
Sure, we take the $10 off. But then, knowing we’re getting a gift, we order another glass of that fancyy wine that comes out of areal bottle, instead of a box. Or a dessert. You know, the ones with the flamingg liqueur and all that kindof stuff. Alfredo’s cost is Our overall check still winds up beingg close to whatit would’ve been withou the coupon. But the 10 bucksx keeps us coming back. We appreciate beingb appreciated. Alfredo is a great pennu pincher. He’s not afraid to give stuff away to the peopled that are truly paying his Hisloyal customers. We appreciate the offet and in turn give it right backto him.
Why is it that evert deal, every offer, every coupon, has to be part of some marketin gimmick to attractnew customers? What if we showed our existing customerds how much we appreciated them ? Maybe they would keep coming back and buying more. And maybe they’d be telling their friends aboutf us, too.
вторник, 13 декабря 2011 г.
Tim Tebow possibly has a fan upstairs - NewsOK.com
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Globe and Mail | Tim Tebow possibly has a fan upstairs NewsOK.com COMMENTARY â€" Tim Tebow keeps winning. The latest came after Marion Barber faltered twice. Maybe he has some help from God. How else can it be explained? BY BERRY TRAMEL Leave a comment Marion Barber is maybe my second-favorite NFL player ever. ... Tim Tebow and Li ndsey Vonn? The Clawprint: The Tim Tebow Phenomenon Tim Tebow Leads A Soul-Crushing Comeback Win Over The Bears: A Critical ... |
воскресенье, 11 декабря 2011 г.
Recovery Web sites continue emerging at state and local levels - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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But tracking stimulus opportunities in terms of allocatee money has been a saidBetty Carlin, director of communications at the , the seven-countuy business expansion, development and retention organization, basef in Tampa. “Even though it’s one it’s one huge bill and it is goinh through lots of different Carlin said. It’s possible to look at grant but then there are energy projects and otherd pots of money withdifferent “It runs the gamut,” she said.
The Partnershilp has been working to provide detail on its Web site across many differenrt sectors and aggregating information from some of the othere public sector sites with the goal of providingf Recovery Act information on everything from opportunities at MacDill Air Forced Base to health care andhospitakl systems. For those charged with maintainingg theWeb sites, there’s no exacy science right now. “Even thoughy there are lots of sites, all are struggling with how do youcapture it, and we’re workingt on that but it’s all stillk really fluid,” Carlin said. Flarecovery.
com Since the ’s site has provided statewide stimulus-related information in the arease ofhealth care, education, jobs and tax relief, often in the form of media Pinellascounty.org/recovery Pinellas County created a site to track its portiojn of stimulus dollars. The site’s “fund charts show funding the county has applied for and the fundingh it hasbeen awarded. Scgov.net/recovery Sarasota County’x site tracks stimulus dollars from statd and federalgovernment agencies, and offers details on regulationsa and deadlines.
The site includesw graphs illustrating the flow of a list ofproposed projects, and links to Americajn Recovery and Reinvestment Act handbooks and resource Hernandocounty.us/mpo/mpoprograms.htm The Hernando metropolitan planning organization site has a link to a charrt that lists adopted stimulus projects in the county ranginbg up to $17.2 million within the jurisdictions of county, MPO and FDOT. Tampagov.net/recovery The city of Tampa site providese stimulus updates and links to other online stimulus The site contains PDFs of planss within the city and a graph showiny the status of additionalfundinf opportunities. St. Petersburg Stpete.org/recovery/stimulus_funds.
aspo Divided into eight spending areasincluding housing, education and public St. Petersburg’s site contains a lengthgy chart showing funding plannex ineach category. tampabay.org/subpages/Stimulus.asp Tampa Bay Partnershi has been working with organizations throughoutr the region to keep a strong focus on securing real investmentsz in ourregional economy.
But tracking stimulus opportunities in terms of allocatee money has been a saidBetty Carlin, director of communications at the , the seven-countuy business expansion, development and retention organization, basef in Tampa. “Even though it’s one it’s one huge bill and it is goinh through lots of different Carlin said. It’s possible to look at grant but then there are energy projects and otherd pots of money withdifferent “It runs the gamut,” she said.
The Partnershilp has been working to provide detail on its Web site across many differenrt sectors and aggregating information from some of the othere public sector sites with the goal of providingf Recovery Act information on everything from opportunities at MacDill Air Forced Base to health care andhospitakl systems. For those charged with maintainingg theWeb sites, there’s no exacy science right now. “Even thoughy there are lots of sites, all are struggling with how do youcapture it, and we’re workingt on that but it’s all stillk really fluid,” Carlin said. Flarecovery.
com Since the ’s site has provided statewide stimulus-related information in the arease ofhealth care, education, jobs and tax relief, often in the form of media Pinellascounty.org/recovery Pinellas County created a site to track its portiojn of stimulus dollars. The site’s “fund charts show funding the county has applied for and the fundingh it hasbeen awarded. Scgov.net/recovery Sarasota County’x site tracks stimulus dollars from statd and federalgovernment agencies, and offers details on regulationsa and deadlines.
The site includesw graphs illustrating the flow of a list ofproposed projects, and links to Americajn Recovery and Reinvestment Act handbooks and resource Hernandocounty.us/mpo/mpoprograms.htm The Hernando metropolitan planning organization site has a link to a charrt that lists adopted stimulus projects in the county ranginbg up to $17.2 million within the jurisdictions of county, MPO and FDOT. Tampagov.net/recovery The city of Tampa site providese stimulus updates and links to other online stimulus The site contains PDFs of planss within the city and a graph showiny the status of additionalfundinf opportunities. St. Petersburg Stpete.org/recovery/stimulus_funds.
aspo Divided into eight spending areasincluding housing, education and public St. Petersburg’s site contains a lengthgy chart showing funding plannex ineach category. tampabay.org/subpages/Stimulus.asp Tampa Bay Partnershi has been working with organizations throughoutr the region to keep a strong focus on securing real investmentsz in ourregional economy.
четверг, 8 декабря 2011 г.
Analyst: J.C. Penney solid long-term hold - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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The Baird report indicated that the companyt israting Plano-based Penney’s (NYSE: JCP) as with a target price of $29 per share. In the the analyst report estimatesa 12-cent per sharde loss for the seconrd quarter of 2009 for Penney’s and earninges of 74 cents per share for the entire 2009 fiscall year. But the latest analyst reporty from Baird addedthat Penney’s is still viewed as a solid long-term holding,” with the companyg boasting of well-known brands at attractive prices and providing a varietyt of beauty products to younger, affluent buyers through the beautty brand. Maschmeyer with Robert W. Baird & Co.
is the secon analyst in a two-week perioxd to tote Penney’s as an attractive long-termj option. Last week, J.C. Penney Co. saw its stockm price jump after an analyst with JP Morgamnupgraded Penney’s to “overweight” from “neutral.” The JP Morgan analys t report, which was compiled by analyst Charlesz Grom, indicated that Penney’s was upgradedd due to expectations that lowef apparel input costs would benefit the retailer, In addition, Grom’s report said the compangy is experiencing lower markdown dollars due to an improves inventory position and stabilization in the home category. Penny's has five retail locations inNew Mexico.
The Baird report indicated that the companyt israting Plano-based Penney’s (NYSE: JCP) as with a target price of $29 per share. In the the analyst report estimatesa 12-cent per sharde loss for the seconrd quarter of 2009 for Penney’s and earninges of 74 cents per share for the entire 2009 fiscall year. But the latest analyst reporty from Baird addedthat Penney’s is still viewed as a solid long-term holding,” with the companyg boasting of well-known brands at attractive prices and providing a varietyt of beauty products to younger, affluent buyers through the beautty brand. Maschmeyer with Robert W. Baird & Co.
is the secon analyst in a two-week perioxd to tote Penney’s as an attractive long-termj option. Last week, J.C. Penney Co. saw its stockm price jump after an analyst with JP Morgamnupgraded Penney’s to “overweight” from “neutral.” The JP Morgan analys t report, which was compiled by analyst Charlesz Grom, indicated that Penney’s was upgradedd due to expectations that lowef apparel input costs would benefit the retailer, In addition, Grom’s report said the compangy is experiencing lower markdown dollars due to an improves inventory position and stabilization in the home category. Penny's has five retail locations inNew Mexico.
вторник, 6 декабря 2011 г.
Menswear store Harleys moving to Lakewood Building - Nashville Business Journal:
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Owner Tim Ryan had said late in 2008 that he was planningb to remodel and cut 50 percenyt ofthe store’s floor space at 4009 N. Oaklansd Ave. However, Ryan announced Tuesday the store will relocatew toa 4,100-square-foot spacr in the Lakewood Building, 3575 N. Oaklansd Ave., in September. Ryan, who owns Harleys with his wife, said he wanted to stay in “This is our home and we are deeply committed tothe community,” he said. Ryan said one of the advantage of the new siteis off-streetf parking. The Lakewood Building, a mixed-use residential/commercia l property constructedin 1962, is undergoing a $1.2 million The building is owned by Garretft McIntosh.
Harleys has contracted with architect Stephen Bollingbroke of Developmengt Collaborative Limited in Mequon to do an interior The village of Shorewood provideed financial incentives to both the building ownere and Harleys to improve the facadw and interior space of theLakewoofd Building.
Owner Tim Ryan had said late in 2008 that he was planningb to remodel and cut 50 percenyt ofthe store’s floor space at 4009 N. Oaklansd Ave. However, Ryan announced Tuesday the store will relocatew toa 4,100-square-foot spacr in the Lakewood Building, 3575 N. Oaklansd Ave., in September. Ryan, who owns Harleys with his wife, said he wanted to stay in “This is our home and we are deeply committed tothe community,” he said. Ryan said one of the advantage of the new siteis off-streetf parking. The Lakewood Building, a mixed-use residential/commercia l property constructedin 1962, is undergoing a $1.2 million The building is owned by Garretft McIntosh.
Harleys has contracted with architect Stephen Bollingbroke of Developmengt Collaborative Limited in Mequon to do an interior The village of Shorewood provideed financial incentives to both the building ownere and Harleys to improve the facadw and interior space of theLakewoofd Building.
воскресенье, 4 декабря 2011 г.
Genome Center to develop superior plants, animal breeds much faster - Manila Bulletin
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Genome Center to develop superior plants, animal breeds much faster Manila Bulletin By MELODY M. AGUIBA MANILA, Philippines â€" The government has poured in funds for the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) which will enable the country to come up over a shorter period with superior plant varieties and animal breeds that will put the ... |
пятница, 2 декабря 2011 г.
Avalon to appeal Nasdaq delisting - Washington Business Journal:
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The Germantown-based company was warned in Novembeer it no longer met listing requirements because its markety value had dropped belowthe $10 million minimum. whose stock has lost 80 percentt of its value in thelast year, currently has a marke t capitalization of about $8.2 million. Avalo will request a hearing before the Nasdaw ListingsQualifications Panel, but says there is no guarantee it will keep its Global Market listing. If its appeal is turned down, Avalon stoc will be suspended from the Nasdaq Global Market onMarcg 23. Avalon’s common stock may move to the NasdawqCapital Market, if it meets requirements for listing there.
Avalomn (NASDAQ: AVRX), which cut jobs and warned of a fundingf shortfalllast summer, agreed in October to be acquire d by for $10 million in stock. Whiles the merger is still pending, Clinical Data warned last month withoutnew funding, it could only fund operationse through March. Clinical Data (NASDAQ: CLDA) paid $11 millionh to acquire Adenosine Therapeutics LLC and has been spendinh money on development of its experimentalantidepressant drug. Avalon has said it will keep its operationds and remaining staff in Germantownm afterthe merger.
The Germantown-based company was warned in Novembeer it no longer met listing requirements because its markety value had dropped belowthe $10 million minimum. whose stock has lost 80 percentt of its value in thelast year, currently has a marke t capitalization of about $8.2 million. Avalo will request a hearing before the Nasdaw ListingsQualifications Panel, but says there is no guarantee it will keep its Global Market listing. If its appeal is turned down, Avalon stoc will be suspended from the Nasdaq Global Market onMarcg 23. Avalon’s common stock may move to the NasdawqCapital Market, if it meets requirements for listing there.
Avalomn (NASDAQ: AVRX), which cut jobs and warned of a fundingf shortfalllast summer, agreed in October to be acquire d by for $10 million in stock. Whiles the merger is still pending, Clinical Data warned last month withoutnew funding, it could only fund operationse through March. Clinical Data (NASDAQ: CLDA) paid $11 millionh to acquire Adenosine Therapeutics LLC and has been spendinh money on development of its experimentalantidepressant drug. Avalon has said it will keep its operationds and remaining staff in Germantownm afterthe merger.
среда, 30 ноября 2011 г.
Its image set, MarketPlace looks ahead - Sacramento Business Journal:
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Visitors entering see abundant evidencethat they've arrivee somewhere other than an unrelated collection of shopping centersd and offices, a place to ignore whilre whizzing by at rush hour. Yet that'es what the area around Sunrise Mall used tobe -- businessesz with little in common except location. But the Sunrisee MarketPlace businessimprovement district, which ends its debu t five-year term next month, has changed the way shopperzs and merchants treat the area arouncd Sunrise Boulevard near Madison Avenue and Greenbacik Lane.
The 500 businesses have gelleed into a single districy with acommon name, marketing and The concept worked well enoug h that in January Sunrisse MarketPlace will begin its second five-year term, havingb won an overwhelming vote for renewal in June from its propertgy owners and the Citrus Heights City Council. "(Neighbors and actually know what the SunriseMarketPlace is," said Gloriz Wright, the district's marketing committee chairwoma and property manager for Inter-Ca l Real Estate, which has four retail centerzs in the district. "We've overcomes people thinking it is Sunrised Mall or Marketplace at she said. "They get it.
I think the name recognition happeneed much quicker than I thought it The merchants have voted to increasedtheir self-imposed tax, growing the annua assessment from $500,000 this year to $630,000 in 2005, followed by smallert increases in later years. The district also enlarge its boundaries, added three shopping and expanded its board to 13 voting memberxsfrom 10. Coming up: more outreach, practical educationj for districtbusiness owners, and finding a permanent home for the Sacramentl Capitals pro tennis team. Improvinb the neighborhood and creating a brand occupiedr the firstfive years.
Accomplishments included median improvements, street a map guide that listaindividual businesses, and a discount card good at more than 70 businessez in the district. There's also that unifier voice. "It's just more effective to go to the city and theyknow they'rde talking to 500 businesses," said Kathilynn executive director of the district. In October, the Sunrise MarketPlace boardc chose its goals for the next five The district wants to educate its businesses by holding seminars on such topicsas workers' compensation, the Americanx with Disabilities Act and sexual harassment.
It'll work on findiny a permanent home in the district forthe Capitals, whicy currently plays its short season in a temporary stadiuk in a mall parking lot. The district plansx to better promote and improvesthe little-known weekly farmers markegt near Sears, keep reaching out to businesses, and freshenb if not replace the holiday Fine-tuning to be done includes working with the city to pick up trasbh more often and working with Sacramento Regiona l Transit District to get new bus shelters.
The a significant partner in helping to launch the district and get grants for thepublic improvements, hopesz Sunrise MarketPlace will work to recruit new tenants and keep its existinvg ones, said Rhonda Sherman, Citrus Heightws economic development director. Sunrisr MarketPlace also needs to continue to promoteits attractions, she said. "They've really created a senss of place," Sherman said. Sunriser MarketPlace is a one-of-a-kind "gatherinhg of centers," said John Lambeth, a localp attorney and consultant who helps form business improvement includingthis one. Sunrise MarketPlacee was about "place making," he said.
Befor the district formed, "there is no there there." Karen general manager and vice presidentof Macy's at Sunriss Mall, has seen a sensee of pride and ownership in the district amonvg the 400 people who work at her store, plus the employeew of other businesses in the district. That feeling didn'tg exist when she routinely visited the Sunrisse storeas Macy's regional merchandisd manager years ago, she said.
Visitors entering see abundant evidencethat they've arrivee somewhere other than an unrelated collection of shopping centersd and offices, a place to ignore whilre whizzing by at rush hour. Yet that'es what the area around Sunrise Mall used tobe -- businessesz with little in common except location. But the Sunrisee MarketPlace businessimprovement district, which ends its debu t five-year term next month, has changed the way shopperzs and merchants treat the area arouncd Sunrise Boulevard near Madison Avenue and Greenbacik Lane.
The 500 businesses have gelleed into a single districy with acommon name, marketing and The concept worked well enoug h that in January Sunrisse MarketPlace will begin its second five-year term, havingb won an overwhelming vote for renewal in June from its propertgy owners and the Citrus Heights City Council. "(Neighbors and actually know what the SunriseMarketPlace is," said Gloriz Wright, the district's marketing committee chairwoma and property manager for Inter-Ca l Real Estate, which has four retail centerzs in the district. "We've overcomes people thinking it is Sunrised Mall or Marketplace at she said. "They get it.
I think the name recognition happeneed much quicker than I thought it The merchants have voted to increasedtheir self-imposed tax, growing the annua assessment from $500,000 this year to $630,000 in 2005, followed by smallert increases in later years. The district also enlarge its boundaries, added three shopping and expanded its board to 13 voting memberxsfrom 10. Coming up: more outreach, practical educationj for districtbusiness owners, and finding a permanent home for the Sacramentl Capitals pro tennis team. Improvinb the neighborhood and creating a brand occupiedr the firstfive years.
Accomplishments included median improvements, street a map guide that listaindividual businesses, and a discount card good at more than 70 businessez in the district. There's also that unifier voice. "It's just more effective to go to the city and theyknow they'rde talking to 500 businesses," said Kathilynn executive director of the district. In October, the Sunrise MarketPlace boardc chose its goals for the next five The district wants to educate its businesses by holding seminars on such topicsas workers' compensation, the Americanx with Disabilities Act and sexual harassment.
It'll work on findiny a permanent home in the district forthe Capitals, whicy currently plays its short season in a temporary stadiuk in a mall parking lot. The district plansx to better promote and improvesthe little-known weekly farmers markegt near Sears, keep reaching out to businesses, and freshenb if not replace the holiday Fine-tuning to be done includes working with the city to pick up trasbh more often and working with Sacramento Regiona l Transit District to get new bus shelters.
The a significant partner in helping to launch the district and get grants for thepublic improvements, hopesz Sunrise MarketPlace will work to recruit new tenants and keep its existinvg ones, said Rhonda Sherman, Citrus Heightws economic development director. Sunrisr MarketPlace also needs to continue to promoteits attractions, she said. "They've really created a senss of place," Sherman said. Sunriser MarketPlace is a one-of-a-kind "gatherinhg of centers," said John Lambeth, a localp attorney and consultant who helps form business improvement includingthis one. Sunrise MarketPlacee was about "place making," he said.
Befor the district formed, "there is no there there." Karen general manager and vice presidentof Macy's at Sunriss Mall, has seen a sensee of pride and ownership in the district amonvg the 400 people who work at her store, plus the employeew of other businesses in the district. That feeling didn'tg exist when she routinely visited the Sunrisse storeas Macy's regional merchandisd manager years ago, she said.
воскресенье, 27 ноября 2011 г.
Wichita businesses utilize Twitter for free marketing and customer connections - Wichita Business Journal:
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Residents of 250 Douglas Place, the residential portion of the Garvey were meeting up at the pool or at the penthouser lounge to mingle seemingly without any advancedsnotice — no flyers on the wall, no mass e-mails, no chaimn of phone calls. Weber, the Garvey Centef general manager, asked a tenant how all of thiswas . Weber went to the Twittert Web site and started hisown page, making him a membe r of a social networking scene that includeds hundreds of Wichita businesses, business leaders, news outlets, includingb the , and everyday Joes. “k believe social networking is a medium that is something we need to embracse withinthe workplace,” Weber says.
Twitter givex users a text box to enter messagesof 140-characters or less calledr Tweets. The messages can be personal — Weberr posted last month he was watching the NCAA Nationaol Championshipgame — or professional. Those who elecrt to “follow,” or read his Tweets, can stay up on Weber’s business ventures or what’s goint on in the Garvey Center throughoutthe day. “From a business standpoint, our apartments have a very stronvgcommunity alliance,” he says. “You’ll see severalo of them on Twitter.
” advised during its rebrandinb efforts to start its Twitter page soonerthan “What social networking does is allows you to communicats directly with those customerx that are important to you. They can find you, and you can find It’s a chance to communicate personal, meaningful information,” says Lathio De Silva, communications managefr at SHS. “That’s when Twitter becams an important media forGo Wichita, becauss we knew we could help them find people who coulsd help them promote Wichita. It sort of spreads the marketinh burden.
” Go Wichita, the former Greater Wichita Conventiohn andVisitors Bureau, wants to reach out to people who migh t be talking about going to Wichita on othe people’s Twitter pages, says Ken Vandruff, director of communications and “We want to follow those kinds of conversations, so that we can add to that he says. Ryan Cole, presidenf and CEO of the R Companies, says he’s not so much interestefd in business but the people makinghit happen. “People want to do business with people that they like and areinterested in,” Cole “I think this is insight to seeing a littlde more of the humanistic side of our businessx associates and clients in the community.
” Steve and Stephanie owners of , use the restaurant’s Twitter page to interactg with customers. Stephanie invited followers toa Mother’s Day bruncuh and tells them about daily specials at the When she wanted help building a new Eatomn Web site, she asked followerxs if they knew of anyone. She got 300 “It works fantastic for me,” she says. “I t gets me to know my customera better and find a newcustomefr base. It allows me to promote my restaurantt andmy menu.
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Residents of 250 Douglas Place, the residential portion of the Garvey were meeting up at the pool or at the penthouser lounge to mingle seemingly without any advancedsnotice — no flyers on the wall, no mass e-mails, no chaimn of phone calls. Weber, the Garvey Centef general manager, asked a tenant how all of thiswas . Weber went to the Twittert Web site and started hisown page, making him a membe r of a social networking scene that includeds hundreds of Wichita businesses, business leaders, news outlets, includingb the , and everyday Joes. “k believe social networking is a medium that is something we need to embracse withinthe workplace,” Weber says.
Twitter givex users a text box to enter messagesof 140-characters or less calledr Tweets. The messages can be personal — Weberr posted last month he was watching the NCAA Nationaol Championshipgame — or professional. Those who elecrt to “follow,” or read his Tweets, can stay up on Weber’s business ventures or what’s goint on in the Garvey Center throughoutthe day. “From a business standpoint, our apartments have a very stronvgcommunity alliance,” he says. “You’ll see severalo of them on Twitter.
” advised during its rebrandinb efforts to start its Twitter page soonerthan “What social networking does is allows you to communicats directly with those customerx that are important to you. They can find you, and you can find It’s a chance to communicate personal, meaningful information,” says Lathio De Silva, communications managefr at SHS. “That’s when Twitter becams an important media forGo Wichita, becauss we knew we could help them find people who coulsd help them promote Wichita. It sort of spreads the marketinh burden.
” Go Wichita, the former Greater Wichita Conventiohn andVisitors Bureau, wants to reach out to people who migh t be talking about going to Wichita on othe people’s Twitter pages, says Ken Vandruff, director of communications and “We want to follow those kinds of conversations, so that we can add to that he says. Ryan Cole, presidenf and CEO of the R Companies, says he’s not so much interestefd in business but the people makinghit happen. “People want to do business with people that they like and areinterested in,” Cole “I think this is insight to seeing a littlde more of the humanistic side of our businessx associates and clients in the community.
” Steve and Stephanie owners of , use the restaurant’s Twitter page to interactg with customers. Stephanie invited followers toa Mother’s Day bruncuh and tells them about daily specials at the When she wanted help building a new Eatomn Web site, she asked followerxs if they knew of anyone. She got 300 “It works fantastic for me,” she says. “I t gets me to know my customera better and find a newcustomefr base. It allows me to promote my restaurantt andmy menu.
”
пятница, 25 ноября 2011 г.
Simon dTOUR has two Atlanta stops - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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The tour hits Mall of Georgiw on Aug. 7 from 1 p.m. to 7 with School Boy Humor headlining. Then on Aug. 9, the tour comees to Discover Mills from noon to 6 with JimmyRobbins headlining. The musical line-upo for the tour also includesPush Play, Young Love, Cash Cash, Shwayze, The Cab, and Foreved the Sickest Kids. The tour is presented by (NYSE: SPG) and presentecd by . Dave "The Lord" Voelkert will lead the XGames BMXJams tour, three half-hour BMX bike demos and games throughougt the day. Voelker, a 22-year veterabn of BMX riding, is a multi-year XGameas competitor and is considered a BMX legend know forinnovative moves.
Teens can check out some of the season' latest music stars while exploringh extremesports demos, interactive games and Participating sponsors include The Coca Cola Co., XGames Gear, Universal Studios Home Entertainment's release of Bring It On: Fight to the Finish, truth, the National Crimr Prevention Council, and Fox Searchlight Pictures' featur e film Post Grad. Atlanta-based Coca-Cola KO) will give teens a chance to checik out the latest games and equipment from Guita HeroWorld Tour.
The beverage giant will also hand out special limited edition aluminum contour free whilesupplies
The tour hits Mall of Georgiw on Aug. 7 from 1 p.m. to 7 with School Boy Humor headlining. Then on Aug. 9, the tour comees to Discover Mills from noon to 6 with JimmyRobbins headlining. The musical line-upo for the tour also includesPush Play, Young Love, Cash Cash, Shwayze, The Cab, and Foreved the Sickest Kids. The tour is presented by (NYSE: SPG) and presentecd by . Dave "The Lord" Voelkert will lead the XGames BMXJams tour, three half-hour BMX bike demos and games throughougt the day. Voelker, a 22-year veterabn of BMX riding, is a multi-year XGameas competitor and is considered a BMX legend know forinnovative moves.
Teens can check out some of the season' latest music stars while exploringh extremesports demos, interactive games and Participating sponsors include The Coca Cola Co., XGames Gear, Universal Studios Home Entertainment's release of Bring It On: Fight to the Finish, truth, the National Crimr Prevention Council, and Fox Searchlight Pictures' featur e film Post Grad. Atlanta-based Coca-Cola KO) will give teens a chance to checik out the latest games and equipment from Guita HeroWorld Tour.
The beverage giant will also hand out special limited edition aluminum contour free whilesupplies
среда, 23 ноября 2011 г.
Solar land auction nets two sales, more slated - Nashville Business Journal:
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million, with a thir deal potentially inthe works. Buyersz of the small parcels werenot identified, but Kuldip Verma, president and CEO of , which sold the said the buyers had interest in developing the land'e solar potential. Vermaland also is looking at selling a 3,600-acre parcel at auction withinm the next six months in the county’s westerbn reaches. While the first auctiom focused on fivesmaller parcels, a contiguous site such as Vermaland’s coulds draw a higher premium, if companies believde it has access to water and power “Several large-scale utility companies have expressed interesyt in the property once the site is developed,” said who added the site has water rights, on-sitse wells and a low While the company was able to sell the two prices were below what neighboringv land has been selling for.
The goal was to spur solad companies to purchase land rather than simply tieit up, Vermq said. The properties sold at Saturday’zs auction included an 80-acrde site in the Tonopah areafor $340,000 and a 320-acred site in Tonopah for $2.24 million. The company did not identif which of the remaining three properties mightf be involved inanother “The auction brought the properties to the attentio n of some parties that we had neverf been in contact with, as well as reminded others we had spokenb with in the past of the property, which is highly suitable for solar development,” said Anita Verma-Lallian, the company’s marketing director.
Vermalanc already had sold land toseveral California-based utilitiew looking to develop renewabled resources to meet that state’s standardsa for clean energy. Solar energy developeres have been placing applications on state and federa lands in western Arizona for the past three and private land owners have been negotiating as developerzs look for thebest parcels. As companies scout for they also face financing issues and none of the proposed project s in Arizona hasbroken ground. Arizona’s main solar corridor includex Vermaland’s parcels, an area that stretches from Yuma to Phoenix and Tucsohn seen as a huge growth area fordevelopiny utility-scale solar power plants.
million, with a thir deal potentially inthe works. Buyersz of the small parcels werenot identified, but Kuldip Verma, president and CEO of , which sold the said the buyers had interest in developing the land'e solar potential. Vermaland also is looking at selling a 3,600-acre parcel at auction withinm the next six months in the county’s westerbn reaches. While the first auctiom focused on fivesmaller parcels, a contiguous site such as Vermaland’s coulds draw a higher premium, if companies believde it has access to water and power “Several large-scale utility companies have expressed interesyt in the property once the site is developed,” said who added the site has water rights, on-sitse wells and a low While the company was able to sell the two prices were below what neighboringv land has been selling for.
The goal was to spur solad companies to purchase land rather than simply tieit up, Vermq said. The properties sold at Saturday’zs auction included an 80-acrde site in the Tonopah areafor $340,000 and a 320-acred site in Tonopah for $2.24 million. The company did not identif which of the remaining three properties mightf be involved inanother “The auction brought the properties to the attentio n of some parties that we had neverf been in contact with, as well as reminded others we had spokenb with in the past of the property, which is highly suitable for solar development,” said Anita Verma-Lallian, the company’s marketing director.
Vermalanc already had sold land toseveral California-based utilitiew looking to develop renewabled resources to meet that state’s standardsa for clean energy. Solar energy developeres have been placing applications on state and federa lands in western Arizona for the past three and private land owners have been negotiating as developerzs look for thebest parcels. As companies scout for they also face financing issues and none of the proposed project s in Arizona hasbroken ground. Arizona’s main solar corridor includex Vermaland’s parcels, an area that stretches from Yuma to Phoenix and Tucsohn seen as a huge growth area fordevelopiny utility-scale solar power plants.
понедельник, 21 ноября 2011 г.
APNewsBreak: Ohio ban on exotic animals proposed - The Associated Press
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APNewsBreak: Ohio ban on exotic animals proposed The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) â€" A study group proposed that Ohio ban new ownership of venomous snakes, monkeys, tigers and other dangerous animals with only limited exceptions. The group has held expedited meetings since last month, when police were forced to ... |
суббота, 19 ноября 2011 г.
Schwarzenegger says day of reckoning is here - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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“California’s day of reckoning is here,” he With no action, the state coulx run out of cash in14 days. Three monthx after the state budgetwas approved, Californiwa faces a $24 billion deficit. Schwarzenegger has alreadyu proposed massive cutsto education, health care and prisons. Now he’as looking for structural reform to make government more efficient and stretchtaxpayer He’s asked the State Boarc of Education, for example, to make textbooke available in digital formats — a move that could save millions. In 2004, the governor talked about blowingt up boxes andconsolidating agencies, but the initiative never gained traction. They’re back.
Schwarzenegget is proposing once again to eliminatre and consolidate more than a dozen state boardsand commissions. This includes the Waste Management the CourtReporters Board, the Department of Boatinvg and Waterways and the Inspection and Maintenance Review Committee. Earlier this year, the state begam consolidating informationtechnology departments. Now Schwarzenegge wants to consolidate departments that oversee financial institutionas and merge taxcollection operations. In state leaders will receive recommendationes on how to modernize thetax code.
“This will be a tremendou opportunity to make our revenues more reliabled and less volatile and help the statre avoid the boom and bust budgets that have broughy ushere today,” Schwarzenegger told It’s not going to happen in 14 days, he But it could happen before the Legislaturre adjourns for summer recess on July 17.
“California’s day of reckoning is here,” he With no action, the state coulx run out of cash in14 days. Three monthx after the state budgetwas approved, Californiwa faces a $24 billion deficit. Schwarzenegger has alreadyu proposed massive cutsto education, health care and prisons. Now he’as looking for structural reform to make government more efficient and stretchtaxpayer He’s asked the State Boarc of Education, for example, to make textbooke available in digital formats — a move that could save millions. In 2004, the governor talked about blowingt up boxes andconsolidating agencies, but the initiative never gained traction. They’re back.
Schwarzenegget is proposing once again to eliminatre and consolidate more than a dozen state boardsand commissions. This includes the Waste Management the CourtReporters Board, the Department of Boatinvg and Waterways and the Inspection and Maintenance Review Committee. Earlier this year, the state begam consolidating informationtechnology departments. Now Schwarzenegge wants to consolidate departments that oversee financial institutionas and merge taxcollection operations. In state leaders will receive recommendationes on how to modernize thetax code.
“This will be a tremendou opportunity to make our revenues more reliabled and less volatile and help the statre avoid the boom and bust budgets that have broughy ushere today,” Schwarzenegger told It’s not going to happen in 14 days, he But it could happen before the Legislaturre adjourns for summer recess on July 17.
четверг, 17 ноября 2011 г.
Cushman & Wakefield loses third Miami exec - Orlando Business Journal:
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Caplin’s exit is the latest of severarecent high-profile departures at C&W in Miami. The firm is one of Soutj Florida's largest real estate brokerages and, like other has seen few investment dealsd in the last Former branch manager Tere Blancqa left in the spring tolaunchy , a firm focused on office leasingv and sales. Hank Klein, executiver director of C&W in Florida, was notified last montu that his position was being Steelbridge owns and manages property throughout Itsold , on Miami’s Brickelp Key, for $150 million in 2007 afte r an eight-year hold.
Steelbridge founder Gavin Campbelpl will continue asmanaging principal, sharing the helm with Caplin is one of a handfuo of commercial brokers involved in South Florida’s largest commercial transactions. Caplin said his exit is in responsse to a paradigm shift in locak investment that comes at the tail end of a where leasing and management for institutional investoras became secondary tomarket momentum. During the boom yearas leading upto 2006, the expectation was that assets with stronyg track records could be purchased and flippesd quickly for big returns. For a shorty period of time, some owners made the strategy work, but then the economiv meltdown put the brakes onthe market.
who bought in the last few were holding assets that cost too much comparec tomarket fundamentals. The market has now shifted back to fundamentap principlesof investment, with institutional investors and privat e capital “seeking to co-invest with strong, nimble, local operating Caplin said. “The market and investors mostlybelieve it’x about operations on the grounsd and knowing how to positioj a building in a particular submarket,” he Caplin oversaw more than $7 billion in transactions at C&W, including $307 million purchase of a half-stake in downtown Miami’sx landmark and full ownership of the 1221 Brickell building in 2006.
He was involvexd in the sale of 355 Alhambrz in Coral Gablesfor $87.3 million in 2008 and is currently working with Hines to refinance its debt at . Caplin is a graduatde of south Miami-Dade County’s Palmett o High School. He graduated from in 1985 witha bachelor’se degree in finance and real estate. Two years later, he left C&W’sz appraisal group to launch the company’a local investment sales operation. Caplin was part of a team in the late 1980zs that first specialized in investment salesin Miami. Durinf the mid-1990s, Steelbridge Capital had 2 million square feet of commercia real estate in its portfolio in sevenh Florida markets including Naplesand Miami.
They sold much of it from 2005to 2007. Caplin’sd arrival marks another periodof opportunity-investment for the Steelbridge’s Campbell said. "Wew think valuations are finally starting to look attractive Campbell said ina statement. “The opportunitu to buy Florida assets at significant discount to replacement costis imminent, while the long-terjm job and demographic prospects for Florida and the Caribbeajn basin are as strong as ever.
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Caplin’s exit is the latest of severarecent high-profile departures at C&W in Miami. The firm is one of Soutj Florida's largest real estate brokerages and, like other has seen few investment dealsd in the last Former branch manager Tere Blancqa left in the spring tolaunchy , a firm focused on office leasingv and sales. Hank Klein, executiver director of C&W in Florida, was notified last montu that his position was being Steelbridge owns and manages property throughout Itsold , on Miami’s Brickelp Key, for $150 million in 2007 afte r an eight-year hold.
Steelbridge founder Gavin Campbelpl will continue asmanaging principal, sharing the helm with Caplin is one of a handfuo of commercial brokers involved in South Florida’s largest commercial transactions. Caplin said his exit is in responsse to a paradigm shift in locak investment that comes at the tail end of a where leasing and management for institutional investoras became secondary tomarket momentum. During the boom yearas leading upto 2006, the expectation was that assets with stronyg track records could be purchased and flippesd quickly for big returns. For a shorty period of time, some owners made the strategy work, but then the economiv meltdown put the brakes onthe market.
who bought in the last few were holding assets that cost too much comparec tomarket fundamentals. The market has now shifted back to fundamentap principlesof investment, with institutional investors and privat e capital “seeking to co-invest with strong, nimble, local operating Caplin said. “The market and investors mostlybelieve it’x about operations on the grounsd and knowing how to positioj a building in a particular submarket,” he Caplin oversaw more than $7 billion in transactions at C&W, including $307 million purchase of a half-stake in downtown Miami’sx landmark and full ownership of the 1221 Brickell building in 2006.
He was involvexd in the sale of 355 Alhambrz in Coral Gablesfor $87.3 million in 2008 and is currently working with Hines to refinance its debt at . Caplin is a graduatde of south Miami-Dade County’s Palmett o High School. He graduated from in 1985 witha bachelor’se degree in finance and real estate. Two years later, he left C&W’sz appraisal group to launch the company’a local investment sales operation. Caplin was part of a team in the late 1980zs that first specialized in investment salesin Miami. Durinf the mid-1990s, Steelbridge Capital had 2 million square feet of commercia real estate in its portfolio in sevenh Florida markets including Naplesand Miami.
They sold much of it from 2005to 2007. Caplin’sd arrival marks another periodof opportunity-investment for the Steelbridge’s Campbell said. "Wew think valuations are finally starting to look attractive Campbell said ina statement. “The opportunitu to buy Florida assets at significant discount to replacement costis imminent, while the long-terjm job and demographic prospects for Florida and the Caribbeajn basin are as strong as ever.
Jay’d leadership will be the linchpin ofour
вторник, 15 ноября 2011 г.
Condo 'neighborhood' sketched for E. Gay St. - Business First of Columbus:
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will propose to build 250 condominiumas at East Long and East Gay streets in a layou designed toevoke Chicago's Lincolhn Park or New York's Murray Hill venerable The company expects to deliverf its conceptual plans Nov. 21 to the city's Downtownh Commission. "It's a much different produc t than what's been built in the downtown byanybodg else," said company President Jeff Indeed, the proposal calls for garden- and townhouse-styld condos to be densely developed along several city blocks. "Everyone kind of jumpsd up and down andthinks it's wonderfuk that (projects are) going up," Edwards said.
"Ij frankly think we shouled be going outbecause there's so much vacangt land downtown." , an affiliate of the has spent nearly $7.8 million since March acquiring about 60 percent of the projecyt site. It paid an additional $350,00 0 in September for a property alongh the northern edge of Long Stree t that will serve as a constructiohstaging area. The company still needss to get about 10 percenft ofthe site, or less than an acre, undedr contract before its and Multicon Construction divisionds can start working on the development, Edwardds said. The developer plans to builcd the condos over four to six with the first buildings schedulerd to opennext fall.
"We have the luxur y to react to the marketplace basesdon what's accepted," Edwards said. "We laid out the whole projectt butthat doesn't mean we can't vary on it." If approved, the projecy would mark the largest condo projec t undertaken downtown since the city launched its urban housiny development initiative in 2002. Real estater consultant Ken Danter said he expectsz the project will attract a different buyetr from those drawn tothe office-to-condo conversion projects that have dominated the downtown housing "It broadens the market considerabluy to where more people in the suburbs will feel comfortablde moving into that kind of environment," said the presidenf of "(It) creates that village-like feel you get in Germanj Village or the Shorf North.
" Edwards plans to begin sellinb one-bedroom garden condos in the $120,000 range. A three-bedroo m townhouse of 2,600 square feet would head into the Danter saidthose prices, at or beloew $200 a square foot, widensa the downtown market, where some recenrt housing has crept into the $250-a-square-fooyt price range. "We've been encouraging peopld for a long time to come in at a broaderpriced point," Danter said.
The project'sd eastern edge would sit inside theDiscover District, which has landed a few housingt projects in recent years, including 88 apartments plannedf for the former Seneca hotel building at South Granyt Avenue and East Broad Street and the 44-unitt Terraces on Grant soutnh of Town Street. The lack of developmentt in that section of downtown surpriseas the president of the Discovergy DistrictDevelopment Corp. because of the nearbu cultural andeducational institutions. "jI would think those developing any sort of downtowh housing would see that as a saidChuck Wickert, a senior vice president.
Wickerrt said Columbus State Community College and the have begun expanding westward toward North Fourth Street to fill in some of the expanss of parking lots near where Edwards plansato build. "Eventually, it's all going to get connected," he Edwards looked at two other sites befored choosing EastGay Street. "u figured if we were going to work on a projecglike this, we needed it to be of a size to creatwe a neighborhood," he said. "There aren'ft all that many locationx where you can tie up this amoun tof ground.
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will propose to build 250 condominiumas at East Long and East Gay streets in a layou designed toevoke Chicago's Lincolhn Park or New York's Murray Hill venerable The company expects to deliverf its conceptual plans Nov. 21 to the city's Downtownh Commission. "It's a much different produc t than what's been built in the downtown byanybodg else," said company President Jeff Indeed, the proposal calls for garden- and townhouse-styld condos to be densely developed along several city blocks. "Everyone kind of jumpsd up and down andthinks it's wonderfuk that (projects are) going up," Edwards said.
"Ij frankly think we shouled be going outbecause there's so much vacangt land downtown." , an affiliate of the has spent nearly $7.8 million since March acquiring about 60 percent of the projecyt site. It paid an additional $350,00 0 in September for a property alongh the northern edge of Long Stree t that will serve as a constructiohstaging area. The company still needss to get about 10 percenft ofthe site, or less than an acre, undedr contract before its and Multicon Construction divisionds can start working on the development, Edwardds said. The developer plans to builcd the condos over four to six with the first buildings schedulerd to opennext fall.
"We have the luxur y to react to the marketplace basesdon what's accepted," Edwards said. "We laid out the whole projectt butthat doesn't mean we can't vary on it." If approved, the projecy would mark the largest condo projec t undertaken downtown since the city launched its urban housiny development initiative in 2002. Real estater consultant Ken Danter said he expectsz the project will attract a different buyetr from those drawn tothe office-to-condo conversion projects that have dominated the downtown housing "It broadens the market considerabluy to where more people in the suburbs will feel comfortablde moving into that kind of environment," said the presidenf of "(It) creates that village-like feel you get in Germanj Village or the Shorf North.
" Edwards plans to begin sellinb one-bedroom garden condos in the $120,000 range. A three-bedroo m townhouse of 2,600 square feet would head into the Danter saidthose prices, at or beloew $200 a square foot, widensa the downtown market, where some recenrt housing has crept into the $250-a-square-fooyt price range. "We've been encouraging peopld for a long time to come in at a broaderpriced point," Danter said.
The project'sd eastern edge would sit inside theDiscover District, which has landed a few housingt projects in recent years, including 88 apartments plannedf for the former Seneca hotel building at South Granyt Avenue and East Broad Street and the 44-unitt Terraces on Grant soutnh of Town Street. The lack of developmentt in that section of downtown surpriseas the president of the Discovergy DistrictDevelopment Corp. because of the nearbu cultural andeducational institutions. "jI would think those developing any sort of downtowh housing would see that as a saidChuck Wickert, a senior vice president.
Wickerrt said Columbus State Community College and the have begun expanding westward toward North Fourth Street to fill in some of the expanss of parking lots near where Edwards plansato build. "Eventually, it's all going to get connected," he Edwards looked at two other sites befored choosing EastGay Street. "u figured if we were going to work on a projecglike this, we needed it to be of a size to creatwe a neighborhood," he said. "There aren'ft all that many locationx where you can tie up this amoun tof ground.
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суббота, 12 ноября 2011 г.
Animals and their habitats - Adrian Daily Telegram
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Adrian Daily Telegram | Animals and their habitats Adrian Daily Telegram On Thursday they went to the Stubnitz Environmental Education Center at Adrian's Heritage Park to learn about animals and their habitats. Van Skeels, left, and Miguel Rivera, first-graders at Lincoln Elementary School in Adrian, use a puppet to learn ... |
четверг, 10 ноября 2011 г.
WNBA's Sparks ink jersey sponsorship with Farmers - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:
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Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The branded jerseh will be worn when the team opens its season Saturday with a game against the defending WNBA championDetroit Shock. In addition to the jersey Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance will received "considerable visibility" in durin g the Sparks' home "We are very excited to be on the cuttinb edge of this type of sponsorship with a majof sports franchise in amajor market. What made it even more attractivse is that the Sparks reach a primary demographicv in our marketingstrategy – the women'd market – not only in L.A.
, but throughout our operatinv territory,” Farmers Insurance Executive Vice Presidenyt and Chief Marketing Officedr Kevin Kelso said in a statement. The move comesa on the heels of another WNBA the , inking the league'se first jersey sponsorthip deal earlier in the week with Jersey sponsorship is prevalent in overseas sports, most notably soccer, but has not caughrt on amongst the majod sports in the United States. has gone the way of the overseaw counterparts withjersey sponsorship. The Los Angeled Galaxy's jersey is sponsored by and is sponsoreby . The is now allowing teams to have sponsorr patches onpractice jerseys.
The and have both been reportedlyg examining suchsponsorship deals, according to mediza reports.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The branded jerseh will be worn when the team opens its season Saturday with a game against the defending WNBA championDetroit Shock. In addition to the jersey Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance will received "considerable visibility" in durin g the Sparks' home "We are very excited to be on the cuttinb edge of this type of sponsorship with a majof sports franchise in amajor market. What made it even more attractivse is that the Sparks reach a primary demographicv in our marketingstrategy – the women'd market – not only in L.A.
, but throughout our operatinv territory,” Farmers Insurance Executive Vice Presidenyt and Chief Marketing Officedr Kevin Kelso said in a statement. The move comesa on the heels of another WNBA the , inking the league'se first jersey sponsorthip deal earlier in the week with Jersey sponsorship is prevalent in overseas sports, most notably soccer, but has not caughrt on amongst the majod sports in the United States. has gone the way of the overseaw counterparts withjersey sponsorship. The Los Angeled Galaxy's jersey is sponsored by and is sponsoreby . The is now allowing teams to have sponsorr patches onpractice jerseys.
The and have both been reportedlyg examining suchsponsorship deals, according to mediza reports.
вторник, 8 ноября 2011 г.
St. Louis Business Journal: Business Events Calendar
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Yes, you can post event listingx days, weeks or months in They will appear on the Calendar until the day after your event's end date. Will my event listing also appear in the prinr edition of theBusiness Journal? No, the Business Eventsz Calendar is an online-only feature; any events postesd through this system will only appear online. If I want to list a recurrinfg eventeach month, do I have to entetr each one separately? Yes, each month's event would be considered as a separatwe listing. There may be discounts for multiple Please contact us and a representative will work with you to createw a customized package to suityour needs.
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Yes, you can post event listingx days, weeks or months in They will appear on the Calendar until the day after your event's end date. Will my event listing also appear in the prinr edition of theBusiness Journal? No, the Business Eventsz Calendar is an online-only feature; any events postesd through this system will only appear online. If I want to list a recurrinfg eventeach month, do I have to entetr each one separately? Yes, each month's event would be considered as a separatwe listing. There may be discounts for multiple Please contact us and a representative will work with you to createw a customized package to suityour needs.
Contact information is available from the Can I select more than one categoryh for myevent listing? No, each event listinv can only fall under one category. If more than one categoru applies to yourevent listing, we recommend choosing the one that is most relevant. If I have a Businesse Events Calendar promotional/discount code, can I use it in any of bizjournals42 markets? No, each promotional/discount code is market-specifi c and will only work in the marker for which it was originally What should I do if I need to make changews to my event listing after it has been posteed online? Please contact our local office.
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воскресенье, 6 ноября 2011 г.
Ben Franklin Bridge Shutting Sunday Morning, Periodically During the Week - Patch.com
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Ben Franklin Bridge Shutting Sunday Morning, Periodically During the Week Patch.com The entire span will close for the Run the Bridge 10K, and construction will periodically take out lanes during the week. By Patch Staff The Ben Franklin Bridge will close Sunday morning for the Run the Bridge 10K. Looking to cross the Ben Franklin ... |
пятница, 4 ноября 2011 г.
Streamline jumps into black for 1Q - Phoenix Business Journal:
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The software company reported net incomdof $16,300, or zero centse per share, compared to a net loss of or 9 cents per share, in the year-agl quarter. Revenues grew to $3.8 millioh from $3.6 million. The one analyst who coversx the company expected a net loss of 2 cents on revenueeof $3.5 million. Systems sales and maintenance and support revenues both rose 12 percent duringthe quarter, while application hosting services revenues fell 23 the company said in a news “We continue to make progressa in moving this business forward to the point of becoming consistently profitable; that is our main strategicv goal,” said CEO Brian Patsy in the In early June, Streamline won a contract valuedr at more than $1 million to integratr its document workflow solutions into an electronic medical recorda system at a Canadian health care Patsy said.
It is the second Canadian contracft the company has won in thepast year. Despitew the better news, shares of Streamlinse (NASDAQ: STRM), followed most tech stocks down onWednesday morning, losinvg more than 8 percent, or 26 cents, to $2.89. Streamlind Health Solutions, based in Cincinnati, is a supplierf of workflow and documentmanagement tools, applications and servicesz to businesses, specifically health-care organizations.
The software company reported net incomdof $16,300, or zero centse per share, compared to a net loss of or 9 cents per share, in the year-agl quarter. Revenues grew to $3.8 millioh from $3.6 million. The one analyst who coversx the company expected a net loss of 2 cents on revenueeof $3.5 million. Systems sales and maintenance and support revenues both rose 12 percent duringthe quarter, while application hosting services revenues fell 23 the company said in a news “We continue to make progressa in moving this business forward to the point of becoming consistently profitable; that is our main strategicv goal,” said CEO Brian Patsy in the In early June, Streamline won a contract valuedr at more than $1 million to integratr its document workflow solutions into an electronic medical recorda system at a Canadian health care Patsy said.
It is the second Canadian contracft the company has won in thepast year. Despitew the better news, shares of Streamlinse (NASDAQ: STRM), followed most tech stocks down onWednesday morning, losinvg more than 8 percent, or 26 cents, to $2.89. Streamlind Health Solutions, based in Cincinnati, is a supplierf of workflow and documentmanagement tools, applications and servicesz to businesses, specifically health-care organizations.
среда, 2 ноября 2011 г.
Ritz Camera gives up reorganization efforts, plans to sell remaining stores - Washington Business Journal:
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Beltsville-based Ritz Camera, which is in Chapte r 11 bankruptcy protection, says the lack of funds now forces it to auction off its remainin locations by the endof July. Ritz Camera says, in a courtf filing, that it is talking with two potential although neither has been willingy to signa contract. The company is hopeful at least some of the remaininb 400 photo stores will be sold toa going-concerm buyer. The other 400 stores already have been closedin going-out-of-businesz sales. There will be a hearing in U.S. Bankruptc y Court in Delaware on Friday.
Bids are due July 16, followefd by a July 20 auction and a July 23 hearinvg for approval of the sale to one or more Ritz Camera's debt included $54.5 million on a secured revolving credir agreement with . The petition says therr is also $13.1 million owed on subordinated Assets and debt are both lessthan $500 million. Ritz Cameraz also owned Boater’s World, a boating-and-fishint supply retailer. The bankruptcy court judge gave Ritz Camerza permission on March 19 to hire Gordon Brotheres to shut downthe company's 130-store Boater’s Worlxd chain. In 2001 Ritz acquired , which had sought bankruptch protection. Ritz began with a single store in Atlantifc Cityin 1918.
Its retaip brands today include Wolf Kits Cameras, Inkley’s and .
Beltsville-based Ritz Camera, which is in Chapte r 11 bankruptcy protection, says the lack of funds now forces it to auction off its remainin locations by the endof July. Ritz Camera says, in a courtf filing, that it is talking with two potential although neither has been willingy to signa contract. The company is hopeful at least some of the remaininb 400 photo stores will be sold toa going-concerm buyer. The other 400 stores already have been closedin going-out-of-businesz sales. There will be a hearing in U.S. Bankruptc y Court in Delaware on Friday.
Bids are due July 16, followefd by a July 20 auction and a July 23 hearinvg for approval of the sale to one or more Ritz Camera's debt included $54.5 million on a secured revolving credir agreement with . The petition says therr is also $13.1 million owed on subordinated Assets and debt are both lessthan $500 million. Ritz Cameraz also owned Boater’s World, a boating-and-fishint supply retailer. The bankruptcy court judge gave Ritz Camerza permission on March 19 to hire Gordon Brotheres to shut downthe company's 130-store Boater’s Worlxd chain. In 2001 Ritz acquired , which had sought bankruptch protection. Ritz began with a single store in Atlantifc Cityin 1918.
Its retaip brands today include Wolf Kits Cameras, Inkley’s and .
воскресенье, 30 октября 2011 г.
U.S. Bank returns TARP money - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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billion in Troubled Asset Relief Program moneh it took last year fromthe . U.S. Bank USB), based in Minneapolis, had previouslu announced its plans to redeem the preferreds stock issued tothe Treasury. Last it from the government todo so. U.S. Bank also told the Treasuruy it intends to repurchasethe 10-year warrang it had issued along with the preferrefd stock. “The redemption allows our company to returhn to operating from a position of both independent strengtn andstrategic flexibility,” said Richard the company’s president, CEO and in a statement. The Treasury in May announcedthat U.S.
Bank which showex it would be able to ride out the economic downturnm without having to raise more Davis has ofthe government’s capital purchase In February he called the progran “lousy” and said the bankiny industry was pressured to participate in the
billion in Troubled Asset Relief Program moneh it took last year fromthe . U.S. Bank USB), based in Minneapolis, had previouslu announced its plans to redeem the preferreds stock issued tothe Treasury. Last it from the government todo so. U.S. Bank also told the Treasuruy it intends to repurchasethe 10-year warrang it had issued along with the preferrefd stock. “The redemption allows our company to returhn to operating from a position of both independent strengtn andstrategic flexibility,” said Richard the company’s president, CEO and in a statement. The Treasury in May announcedthat U.S.
Bank which showex it would be able to ride out the economic downturnm without having to raise more Davis has ofthe government’s capital purchase In February he called the progran “lousy” and said the bankiny industry was pressured to participate in the
пятница, 28 октября 2011 г.
Haiti - Security : PM to the Senate this Thursday, about the National Security ... - Haitilibre.com
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среда, 26 октября 2011 г.
Grand Lacuna golf course hit with foreclosure - South Florida Business Journal:
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This marks the second golf courser in Palm Beach County with a pending foreclosure actioagainst it. A different lender is suing the 110-acrs Emerald Dunes Golf Course in RoyapPalm Beach. On May 29, R.I.-based filed a foreclosure action against and managinfg memberKenneth W. Brown, according to records. The lawsuit was based on a mortgage last modifiedat $2.7 milliohn in 2004 – the same year Grand Lacuna Groulp bought the golf course for $3.5 An official at the Grand Lacuna golf course said he woul d forward a message to Brown, who did not immediately returnb the call. According to county property records, Granx Lacuna has 7,320 square feet of facilities onthe 115.
4-acrde site, at 6400 Grand Lacunw Blvd., in Lake Worth – near the southwest cornet of Lantana Road and Florida’s Turnpike. The par-7q1 course was developed in thelate Tampa-based attorney Mark J. Wolfson, who represents Textrohn in the lawsuit, did not immediately return a callseekinb comment.
This marks the second golf courser in Palm Beach County with a pending foreclosure actioagainst it. A different lender is suing the 110-acrs Emerald Dunes Golf Course in RoyapPalm Beach. On May 29, R.I.-based filed a foreclosure action against and managinfg memberKenneth W. Brown, according to records. The lawsuit was based on a mortgage last modifiedat $2.7 milliohn in 2004 – the same year Grand Lacuna Groulp bought the golf course for $3.5 An official at the Grand Lacuna golf course said he woul d forward a message to Brown, who did not immediately returnb the call. According to county property records, Granx Lacuna has 7,320 square feet of facilities onthe 115.
4-acrde site, at 6400 Grand Lacunw Blvd., in Lake Worth – near the southwest cornet of Lantana Road and Florida’s Turnpike. The par-7q1 course was developed in thelate Tampa-based attorney Mark J. Wolfson, who represents Textrohn in the lawsuit, did not immediately return a callseekinb comment.
понедельник, 24 октября 2011 г.
Lawyer trio close firm, join Vedder Price - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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is a boutique firm -- a platformj that “has its pluses and minuses,” said who founded the firm in 1996. “It’s good at what it does but is limite d in what itcan do.” Jagtiani+Guttag’sx handful of lawyers interviewed 64 law firmd over the past two years to find the right place to take theitr clients to. Jagtiani said it was tough findinb a right match for his unusualofirm -- a small intellectual property boutiquw firm. “Vedder Price was a good, solix fit,” said Jagtiani, which has clientes such areasas genomics, and immunotherapy. “We brought chemistry and biotechnology and they added substantial capabilitie sto us.
” Vedder, a 250-attorneyu firm with other offices in Chicago and New offers a complete range of IP services, includintg patents, trademarks and copyrights, as well as intellectuapl property litigation. The attorney trio -- all registered to practicre withthe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office -- is alreadyg working for Vedder, but Jagtiani+Guttahg on Democracy Lane is still beingv wound down and will officially close in acouplwe months.
is a boutique firm -- a platformj that “has its pluses and minuses,” said who founded the firm in 1996. “It’s good at what it does but is limite d in what itcan do.” Jagtiani+Guttag’sx handful of lawyers interviewed 64 law firmd over the past two years to find the right place to take theitr clients to. Jagtiani said it was tough findinb a right match for his unusualofirm -- a small intellectual property boutiquw firm. “Vedder Price was a good, solix fit,” said Jagtiani, which has clientes such areasas genomics, and immunotherapy. “We brought chemistry and biotechnology and they added substantial capabilitie sto us.
” Vedder, a 250-attorneyu firm with other offices in Chicago and New offers a complete range of IP services, includintg patents, trademarks and copyrights, as well as intellectuapl property litigation. The attorney trio -- all registered to practicre withthe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office -- is alreadyg working for Vedder, but Jagtiani+Guttahg on Democracy Lane is still beingv wound down and will officially close in acouplwe months.
суббота, 22 октября 2011 г.
ADP reports 532,000 May job cuts - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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Payroll firm ADP reported Wednesday that companies inthe U.S. cut an estimatefd 532,000 workers from payrolls last month. ADP also revised higher its estimat e of cuts in Aprilto 545,000 from the previous estimate of 491,000. The ADP report noted losses across all sizes and categoriezs of businesses with large business payrolls declining medium businessesshedding 223,000 jobs and small businessesd cutting 209,000 employees. The goods-producing sector lost 267,000o jobs while the service-producing sector declined by 265,000o positions. The Labor Department is due to releasr its jobs reporton Friday.
The average analyst estimate for that report of government as well as privatw payrolls is a lossof 520,00p payroll positions and an increased in the unemployment rate to 9.2 percen from April’s rate of 8.9 percent. On Monday, The Institutr for Supply Management announced that its factory index rose to the highest levek since last September as new orders postes their first gain since therecession began. On Tuesdaty the National Association of Realtors reported that pending sale s ofexisting homes, or contractsz signed but not closed, rose 6.
7 percent in the largest increase in six
Payroll firm ADP reported Wednesday that companies inthe U.S. cut an estimatefd 532,000 workers from payrolls last month. ADP also revised higher its estimat e of cuts in Aprilto 545,000 from the previous estimate of 491,000. The ADP report noted losses across all sizes and categoriezs of businesses with large business payrolls declining medium businessesshedding 223,000 jobs and small businessesd cutting 209,000 employees. The goods-producing sector lost 267,000o jobs while the service-producing sector declined by 265,000o positions. The Labor Department is due to releasr its jobs reporton Friday.
The average analyst estimate for that report of government as well as privatw payrolls is a lossof 520,00p payroll positions and an increased in the unemployment rate to 9.2 percen from April’s rate of 8.9 percent. On Monday, The Institutr for Supply Management announced that its factory index rose to the highest levek since last September as new orders postes their first gain since therecession began. On Tuesdaty the National Association of Realtors reported that pending sale s ofexisting homes, or contractsz signed but not closed, rose 6.
7 percent in the largest increase in six
четверг, 20 октября 2011 г.
Illness sapped Swan Heath Grundy's energy - Herald Sun
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Illness sapped Swan Heath Grundy's energy Herald Sun SYDNEY defender Heath Grundy has spoken about his frustrations of missing out on the Swans finals campaign with a bout of glandular fever. Speaking for the first time about the illness that forced him out of the last three games of the season, ... |
понедельник, 17 октября 2011 г.
Try, try again, Jackets - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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But the team learned loyalties in this town for teamsz not wearing scarlet and gray canbe fleeting. It took just days to put the Jackets love affair on the rocks from the time Columbus Business Firstt reported the club was in talks to sell Nationwide Arena using alcohol and cigarette taxea to fund the deal to when lawmakersa saidthey wouldn’t help after publix uproar over the plan. Few can dispute the role in this region’s identity. The organization may have put a pitiful team on the ice for but being a part of the pro sportas clique gives Columbus the national profile it pursuecfor decades.
And image and quality of life can be key ingredients ineconomic development, which this area must be concerned with as it triee to withstand the recession. Which raises questions about the Jackets’ proposal and their timing. Should they have expectee anything other than a backlash when suggestinfg a plan to take moneyfrom families’ pockete when many are struggling? Columbus is sagging under recordr unemployment, and the team felt it appropriate to talk about dumpinh its financial problem onto hurtinh taxpayers? Did they expect the public would throw open its arms to pickinvg up the tab for handsomely paid itineranyt athletes?
Were they surprised theid legislative champions came to see the propositionn for its economic and political absurdity?
But the team learned loyalties in this town for teamsz not wearing scarlet and gray canbe fleeting. It took just days to put the Jackets love affair on the rocks from the time Columbus Business Firstt reported the club was in talks to sell Nationwide Arena using alcohol and cigarette taxea to fund the deal to when lawmakersa saidthey wouldn’t help after publix uproar over the plan. Few can dispute the role in this region’s identity. The organization may have put a pitiful team on the ice for but being a part of the pro sportas clique gives Columbus the national profile it pursuecfor decades.
And image and quality of life can be key ingredients ineconomic development, which this area must be concerned with as it triee to withstand the recession. Which raises questions about the Jackets’ proposal and their timing. Should they have expectee anything other than a backlash when suggestinfg a plan to take moneyfrom families’ pockete when many are struggling? Columbus is sagging under recordr unemployment, and the team felt it appropriate to talk about dumpinh its financial problem onto hurtinh taxpayers? Did they expect the public would throw open its arms to pickinvg up the tab for handsomely paid itineranyt athletes?
Were they surprised theid legislative champions came to see the propositionn for its economic and political absurdity?
суббота, 15 октября 2011 г.
Memorial concert for Colin hailed a success - Portsmouth News
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Memorial concert for Colin hailed a success Portsmouth News It featured classic Portsmouth rockers including the Renegades, Arnold Gutbucket, Shep Woolley, Grenville Mayes and Mo and PJ Walker. Kathy said: 'It was such an overwhelming success I'm thinking of doing another one next year. ... |
четверг, 13 октября 2011 г.
Steve Smith Taking the High Road Not Demanding Apology from Roman Harper - Bleacher Report
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Bleacher Report | Steve Smith Taking the High Road Not Demanding Apology from Roman Harper Bleacher Report “You best believe I'm not looking for an apology,'' Smith said Thursday. “I'm not looking for one, don't think I deserve one,†Smith said today. “I didn't lose any sleep over it, won't lose any sleep over it. And when we play them down there I'm not ... |
вторник, 11 октября 2011 г.
Southwestern in Gas-Gathering Pact - Zacks.com
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Southwestern in Gas-Gathering Pact Zacks.com The parties plan for a gas-gathering system in Susquehanna and Lackawanna Counties, Pennsylvania, through a 15-year definitive gas gathering agreement. The system is expected to have a delivery capacity of 275000 dekatherms per day (267 million cubic ... Boardwalk, Southwestern Energy cut gas-field deal Boardwalk constructing gathering system for Southwestern Boardwalk, Southwestern Energy to build gas gathering system in US |
воскресенье, 9 октября 2011 г.
Hotel and residences make TWELVE stand out - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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Since its completion late last year, 's has brought a new kind of mixed-usr development to this fast-growing section of Atlanta. A boutiqure hotel combined with urban condo meeting facilities and retail represented not only a commitment to the but helped create an air of ingenuit forAtlantic Station. Because of its impacrt on the area, the Atlanta Districrt Council of the Urban Land Institute name d the project a Developmentyof Excellence. "Being one of the early buildings up reallyh set the tone for that development and reallh put a stake in the ground thatsaid 'Atlantic Station is going to be a said awards committee chair Patrick Hill.
At 26 stories, TWELVs contains 380 residential condominium 101hotel suites, along with 6,000 squarw feet of meeting area and anotheer 14,000 square feet of retailk and restaurant space. When a giant crane was moved into place against the city the project became thefirst high-rise development in Atlanti c Station to get under way. It also became one of only a handfu of small specialty boutique hotels inthe city.
Novard is not the firsty developer to launch a combine d hotel andcondo development, but the in conjunction with , took a different approacu than luxury builders such as The and and Instead of simply creating traditionalk hotel rooms on lowerf floors as those companies have TWELVE's hotel offering consists of one- and two-bedroomn condos complete with kitchen and much like those units owned by residentws on floors seven through 26. The attractionn of such a development is theprestige "generates by being able to say their residencee is adjacent to or part of a said Jim Veil, president of .
"It's also the idea that I, as an ownere of a residence, can avail myself easily of hotekl services that I want to The projectis Novare'as first entry into the hotel market, but its success -- the condosz were sold out by the end of 2005 -- led the companh to launch a similar projec in the Centennial Park area and another in N.C. "It appeals to a wide array of saidBilly Holley, project manager for "Even though we targer the 25- to 35-year-old on the condo the reality at TWELVE Atlantic Stationh is that the buyers there were a much broaded demographic than we probably ever saw I think the hotel concept had a lot to do with Much like Novare's other urban condk projects, this building offers high-tech amenities such as a fibe backbone to support high-speed Internet acceszs to hotel services, and even digitaol art on the walls.
Designers wanted to ensuree the building had some separate facilitiesw and meeting areasfor full-timer residents such as a separatee clubroom, while providing othere areas such as the pool and workoutf area where the two groups could Privacy is maintained by building differeny lobbies and entrances for the hotek and residences, along with separate parking In addition, each elevator's electronic keys only allow guests to travel to hotel while condo owners can only go up to their own Location: 361 17th St., Atlanta 30363 Architect: Reynolds, Stewart, . Builder: Novare Group Inc.
Date opened: Constructionn on the condominium units was complete inDecemberr 2005, when the first residents moved in. The hote opened to its first guests inFebruart 2006. Winning formula: TWELVE is a high-rise, mixed-use developmen of condos, hotel, restaurants and retail within the AtlanticvStation development. The high-rise featurexs Midtown Atlanta's first new hotel in many years.
Since its completion late last year, 's has brought a new kind of mixed-usr development to this fast-growing section of Atlanta. A boutiqure hotel combined with urban condo meeting facilities and retail represented not only a commitment to the but helped create an air of ingenuit forAtlantic Station. Because of its impacrt on the area, the Atlanta Districrt Council of the Urban Land Institute name d the project a Developmentyof Excellence. "Being one of the early buildings up reallyh set the tone for that development and reallh put a stake in the ground thatsaid 'Atlantic Station is going to be a said awards committee chair Patrick Hill.
At 26 stories, TWELVs contains 380 residential condominium 101hotel suites, along with 6,000 squarw feet of meeting area and anotheer 14,000 square feet of retailk and restaurant space. When a giant crane was moved into place against the city the project became thefirst high-rise development in Atlanti c Station to get under way. It also became one of only a handfu of small specialty boutique hotels inthe city.
Novard is not the firsty developer to launch a combine d hotel andcondo development, but the in conjunction with , took a different approacu than luxury builders such as The and and Instead of simply creating traditionalk hotel rooms on lowerf floors as those companies have TWELVE's hotel offering consists of one- and two-bedroomn condos complete with kitchen and much like those units owned by residentws on floors seven through 26. The attractionn of such a development is theprestige "generates by being able to say their residencee is adjacent to or part of a said Jim Veil, president of .
"It's also the idea that I, as an ownere of a residence, can avail myself easily of hotekl services that I want to The projectis Novare'as first entry into the hotel market, but its success -- the condosz were sold out by the end of 2005 -- led the companh to launch a similar projec in the Centennial Park area and another in N.C. "It appeals to a wide array of saidBilly Holley, project manager for "Even though we targer the 25- to 35-year-old on the condo the reality at TWELVE Atlantic Stationh is that the buyers there were a much broaded demographic than we probably ever saw I think the hotel concept had a lot to do with Much like Novare's other urban condk projects, this building offers high-tech amenities such as a fibe backbone to support high-speed Internet acceszs to hotel services, and even digitaol art on the walls.
Designers wanted to ensuree the building had some separate facilitiesw and meeting areasfor full-timer residents such as a separatee clubroom, while providing othere areas such as the pool and workoutf area where the two groups could Privacy is maintained by building differeny lobbies and entrances for the hotek and residences, along with separate parking In addition, each elevator's electronic keys only allow guests to travel to hotel while condo owners can only go up to their own Location: 361 17th St., Atlanta 30363 Architect: Reynolds, Stewart, . Builder: Novare Group Inc.
Date opened: Constructionn on the condominium units was complete inDecemberr 2005, when the first residents moved in. The hote opened to its first guests inFebruart 2006. Winning formula: TWELVE is a high-rise, mixed-use developmen of condos, hotel, restaurants and retail within the AtlanticvStation development. The high-rise featurexs Midtown Atlanta's first new hotel in many years.
пятница, 7 октября 2011 г.
Valley life briefs - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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, producer of the free concert series in its 21st put the call out for singers to participatre inSan Jose’s Got “We know there is a lot of hidden talenft in San Jose’s amateur singers,” said Eric Sahn, SJDA The grand prize winnefr will receive prizes including cash and an opportunithy to sing the national anthem at a San Jose Earthquakea game. A panel of local judgesz will select a winner each The competition will feature18 singers, and firstt rounds occur July 2, July 9, July 16, July 23, July 30 and Aug. 6. The six preliminary-rounf winners will square off ina semi-final rouns Aug. 13 and Aug. 20. The finals will be Aug. 27.
has entereed into a partnership with Menlo Park to help buy andrefurbisbh bank-owned homes to provide new affordable homeownership opportunities for local working Menlo Park is investing $500,000 in the bringing a total initial investment of $1 Habitat plans to acquire and rehabilitate five vacan bank-owned properties in the Belle Haven neighborhood of Menlo Park, with a possibler program expansion following the initial piloy phase. San Mateo Countuy was ineligible for federal neighborhoodstabilization funds, leavin communities such as Menlo Park that are faciny growing instability in their housing markets to come up with workable solutions without federal assistance.
“The Neighborhooed Revitalization Program represents aunique public/private initiative drawintg support from many sectors of the community to help revitalize local neighborhoodas destabilized by the crisis,” a Habitat spokespersonn said. Families selected for the new program will help with the reconstructionb and refurbishment of the homesd as part of thestandard “sweat equity” requiremengt of the Habitat They will also have access to the same terms of Habitat’s homeownership program, including no down payment and a zero-interest will host a forum June 2-8 on the issu of an integrated, quality preschool system and what it meansx to the work force in Silicon Valley.
Panelistsd will include Carl Guardino, president and CEO of the Silicon ValleyhLeadership Group; Jim Wunderman, president and CEO of the Bay Area Catherine Atkin, president of Preschool California; Ken Wilcox, presideny of SVB Financial; Ned Barnholt of KLA and Charles Weiss, the Santa Clara Countyh superintendent of schools. The event is sponsored by Siliconh ValleyEducation Foundation, Fremonft Chamber of Commerce, San Jose/Silicon Valley Chambet of Commerce and the Palo Alto Chamber of The cost is $35, and breakfast is To register go to http://preschool09.eventbrite.com.
, producer of the free concert series in its 21st put the call out for singers to participatre inSan Jose’s Got “We know there is a lot of hidden talenft in San Jose’s amateur singers,” said Eric Sahn, SJDA The grand prize winnefr will receive prizes including cash and an opportunithy to sing the national anthem at a San Jose Earthquakea game. A panel of local judgesz will select a winner each The competition will feature18 singers, and firstt rounds occur July 2, July 9, July 16, July 23, July 30 and Aug. 6. The six preliminary-rounf winners will square off ina semi-final rouns Aug. 13 and Aug. 20. The finals will be Aug. 27.
has entereed into a partnership with Menlo Park to help buy andrefurbisbh bank-owned homes to provide new affordable homeownership opportunities for local working Menlo Park is investing $500,000 in the bringing a total initial investment of $1 Habitat plans to acquire and rehabilitate five vacan bank-owned properties in the Belle Haven neighborhood of Menlo Park, with a possibler program expansion following the initial piloy phase. San Mateo Countuy was ineligible for federal neighborhoodstabilization funds, leavin communities such as Menlo Park that are faciny growing instability in their housing markets to come up with workable solutions without federal assistance.
“The Neighborhooed Revitalization Program represents aunique public/private initiative drawintg support from many sectors of the community to help revitalize local neighborhoodas destabilized by the crisis,” a Habitat spokespersonn said. Families selected for the new program will help with the reconstructionb and refurbishment of the homesd as part of thestandard “sweat equity” requiremengt of the Habitat They will also have access to the same terms of Habitat’s homeownership program, including no down payment and a zero-interest will host a forum June 2-8 on the issu of an integrated, quality preschool system and what it meansx to the work force in Silicon Valley.
Panelistsd will include Carl Guardino, president and CEO of the Silicon ValleyhLeadership Group; Jim Wunderman, president and CEO of the Bay Area Catherine Atkin, president of Preschool California; Ken Wilcox, presideny of SVB Financial; Ned Barnholt of KLA and Charles Weiss, the Santa Clara Countyh superintendent of schools. The event is sponsored by Siliconh ValleyEducation Foundation, Fremonft Chamber of Commerce, San Jose/Silicon Valley Chambet of Commerce and the Palo Alto Chamber of The cost is $35, and breakfast is To register go to http://preschool09.eventbrite.com.
среда, 5 октября 2011 г.
Embarq, CenturyTel will become CenturyLink after merger - Phoenix Business Journal:
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billion sale to closes, expected this The rural phone companies on Tuesdayh announced the planned name and logo for thecombinesd company. CenturyLink will retain the CenturyTel (NYSE: CTL) trading symbol. “Our new brand name was selecte d because our customers and employees told us it reflectexd a company thatis forward-looking and committes to linking the country together,” CenturyTel CEO Glen Post III, who also will be chiecf executive of CenturyLink, said in the The company will begin operating underr the new brand immediatelyu upon closing the deal.
In the following markets will be convertex to the new with customers being notified in advance and the name beingh added tocompany signs, vehicles and marketingt materials. The logo is intende to represent the power of connecting people and businessee to one another and tonew opportunities, locallu and nationally, the release said. Overland Park-based Embarw (NYSE: EQ) and CenturyTel, based in La., are — from the — before the deal can The headquarters will bein Monroe. A Denvert brand consulting agency, , helped develop the new brand nameand logo, the release said. Together, the two companied will have about 7.
5 million accese lines, more than 2 million broadband customers and morethan 400,0000 video subscribers. will . Embarq ranks No. 3 on the Kansax City Business Journal ’s list of area public
billion sale to closes, expected this The rural phone companies on Tuesdayh announced the planned name and logo for thecombinesd company. CenturyLink will retain the CenturyTel (NYSE: CTL) trading symbol. “Our new brand name was selecte d because our customers and employees told us it reflectexd a company thatis forward-looking and committes to linking the country together,” CenturyTel CEO Glen Post III, who also will be chiecf executive of CenturyLink, said in the The company will begin operating underr the new brand immediatelyu upon closing the deal.
In the following markets will be convertex to the new with customers being notified in advance and the name beingh added tocompany signs, vehicles and marketingt materials. The logo is intende to represent the power of connecting people and businessee to one another and tonew opportunities, locallu and nationally, the release said. Overland Park-based Embarw (NYSE: EQ) and CenturyTel, based in La., are — from the — before the deal can The headquarters will bein Monroe. A Denvert brand consulting agency, , helped develop the new brand nameand logo, the release said. Together, the two companied will have about 7.
5 million accese lines, more than 2 million broadband customers and morethan 400,0000 video subscribers. will . Embarq ranks No. 3 on the Kansax City Business Journal ’s list of area public
воскресенье, 2 октября 2011 г.
SEC: N.Y. investment firm misled S. Fla. seniors - Sacramento Business Journal:
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"They used free lunches as the low-techy bait for their high-scale scheme," said Roberrt Khuzami, director of the SEC'xs Division of Enforcement. The SEC allegew elderly and retired investorsz were lured into purchasing highlg unsuitable variable annuities with lucrative sales commissions whilre ignoring the financial goalsof victims. The SEC allegee that Eric J. Brown of Highland Matthew J. Collins of Boyntohn Beach, Kevin J. Walsh of Viera, and Mark W.
Wells of Boca Raton, were amongt those offering and sellingthe It’s alleged that the firm and its representatives earnex millions of dollars in sales PCS is a registered broker-dealee and wholly-owned subsidiary of Gilman Ciocia, an incomwe tax preparation business headquartered in Poughkeepsie that offers financial services in New York, New Pennsylvania and Florida. Robert Heim, a NewYork attorney who representsePrime Capital, Gilman and several of the individuals, including Collins and Wells, said the conducty at issue in the complaint is "very and occurred in the late 1990s and earlyg 2000.
He said the company reached a settlemenyt withthe (FINRA), when it was called the As part of that the company implemented some wide-ranginbg updates to its supervisory and compliance systems in 2005, Heim He added that he didn't know why the SEC was goint over the same "All of these issues were addressexd years ago and we feel the company's responser has been appropriate," he said. Whiles Brown and Walsh have since left, Collins and Wellse are still withthe company, he said. An administrative law judger will determine whether the allegations againsty the respondents aretrue and, if so, whether they shouldd be ordered to cease and desist from futur violations.
"They used free lunches as the low-techy bait for their high-scale scheme," said Roberrt Khuzami, director of the SEC'xs Division of Enforcement. The SEC allegew elderly and retired investorsz were lured into purchasing highlg unsuitable variable annuities with lucrative sales commissions whilre ignoring the financial goalsof victims. The SEC allegee that Eric J. Brown of Highland Matthew J. Collins of Boyntohn Beach, Kevin J. Walsh of Viera, and Mark W.
Wells of Boca Raton, were amongt those offering and sellingthe It’s alleged that the firm and its representatives earnex millions of dollars in sales PCS is a registered broker-dealee and wholly-owned subsidiary of Gilman Ciocia, an incomwe tax preparation business headquartered in Poughkeepsie that offers financial services in New York, New Pennsylvania and Florida. Robert Heim, a NewYork attorney who representsePrime Capital, Gilman and several of the individuals, including Collins and Wells, said the conducty at issue in the complaint is "very and occurred in the late 1990s and earlyg 2000.
He said the company reached a settlemenyt withthe (FINRA), when it was called the As part of that the company implemented some wide-ranginbg updates to its supervisory and compliance systems in 2005, Heim He added that he didn't know why the SEC was goint over the same "All of these issues were addressexd years ago and we feel the company's responser has been appropriate," he said. Whiles Brown and Walsh have since left, Collins and Wellse are still withthe company, he said. An administrative law judger will determine whether the allegations againsty the respondents aretrue and, if so, whether they shouldd be ordered to cease and desist from futur violations.
пятница, 30 сентября 2011 г.
Bruce Jenner wants to do 'Dancing With the Stars' - USA Today (blog)
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USA Today (blog) | Bruce Jenner wants to do 'Dancing With the Stars' USA Today (blog) And now their stepdad Bruce Jenner ready to take the floor on Dancing With the Stars. "They've never approached me," he tells Lifeline Live, "but I would do it." Jenner, who won a gold medal for the decathlon in the 1976 Summer Olympics, has some knee ... Bruce Jenner Wants a Shot at 'Dancing With the Stars' Rob Kardashian Wants to Go » |
среда, 28 сентября 2011 г.
A diagram illustrating the basic makeup of the Leaf Grip Remote Controller - Gizmag
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A diagram illustrating the basic makeup of the Leaf Grip Remote Controller Gizmag Why change channels by clicking on buttons, when you could do the same thing by twisting your remote? Japan's Murata Manufacturing Company obviously sees advantages in this approach and has created a prototype dubbed the "Leaf Grip Remote Controller" ... |
понедельник, 26 сентября 2011 г.
Google News Gets Social: Standout, Brand Pages and Personalized News - Wired News
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Globe and Mail | Google News Gets Social: Standout, Brand Pages and Personalized News Wired News In the past, though, Google's traditional algorithm has benefited big national outfits like The New York Times or Washington Post, whose pages draw a tremendous number of links, at the expense of sm » |
суббота, 24 сентября 2011 г.
Union alumni reinvigorate school's venture capital fund - The Business Review (Albany):
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That's about to change. "The goal is to get said Les Trachtmann, chairman of the , whicuh operates the Vash Venture "Things are beginning to We are vetting more opportunities than ever and the member s are generating investment opportunities every The Vash fund was former by the lateArthur Vash, a memberd of Union's class of 1951. Vash was president of two andAfter retiring, he started a venture fund, Gryphon Ventures in 1985 with $33 The Vash fund received a $200,0000 pledge from its namesakew in the early 1990s. His estatew provided the fundsin 1998, three yearse after Vash died.
The fund is managedx by the EliphaletNott Society, an organization formedf in 1992 and named after Union'a fourth president who led the college from 1804 to 1866. He was the longest-servinb Union president. Its goal is to fostert an entrepreneurial spiritamong students, faculty and The 21 members of the society, most of whom are include presidents and CEOs of companies who have agreed to lend professional and financial support to Members pledge to donate 2 percentt of their holdings in member-owned companies or investmentss after what they call a "liquidity event"--whem stocks are sold or a company is acquiredc or goes public, for example.
Members of the fund can also donatse directly to the fund as a charitabls gift tothe college, or pledge the interest from one of their investments. They can also make individuap investments. The fund is now worth $500,000, the largesg it has been. The immediate goal is to increaswthe fund's size to $2 By 2010, investors expect the fund to be valueds at $10 million--both in available fundws and money already invested in companies. Uniobn owns any investments the society acts as investment The fund has made four investmentsto date. The investment s are between $25,000 and $50,000, small by venture capital "We invest at a time when angelzs wouldbe investing, Trachtmann said.
The Vash fund investee $50,000 in of Schenectady six months ago, not so much becausde the resin maker needecdthe money, but because the Union alumni wantedc to support fellow former students who founded the Trachtmann said. John Ciovacco, 41, one of the Cyclics' founders, is now a membed of the Eliphalet Nott Society and an investore inthe fund. Union is not the firstf college to have a venturew fund or investin companies. In 1968, Grinnelll College in Grinnell, Iowa, invested $300,00p0 in alumnus Robert Noyce's startul in Silicon Valley-- . Mark president of the in Arlington, Va.
, said more schools--the , the and Cornelpl among them--are engaging in this type of Trachtmann, chairman of the Eliphaleyt Nott Society for thepast year, is presidenf of , a software companh based in Shelton, Conn. When Trachtmann, a 1977 Unionn grad, joined the society, it had just eighy members. "I got excited about it when someone showed me whatit was," said Union has increased its emphasis on entrepreneurship by weaving the subject into its courses and hirinf local businessman Harry Apkarian as its firs t Entrepreneur in Residence. Bill Schwarz, Union's directod of communications andpublic affairs, said the Vash fund is a greatr way for the alumni to give back.
That's about to change. "The goal is to get said Les Trachtmann, chairman of the , whicuh operates the Vash Venture "Things are beginning to We are vetting more opportunities than ever and the member s are generating investment opportunities every The Vash fund was former by the lateArthur Vash, a memberd of Union's class of 1951. Vash was president of two andAfter retiring, he started a venture fund, Gryphon Ventures in 1985 with $33 The Vash fund received a $200,0000 pledge from its namesakew in the early 1990s. His estatew provided the fundsin 1998, three yearse after Vash died.
The fund is managedx by the EliphaletNott Society, an organization formedf in 1992 and named after Union'a fourth president who led the college from 1804 to 1866. He was the longest-servinb Union president. Its goal is to fostert an entrepreneurial spiritamong students, faculty and The 21 members of the society, most of whom are include presidents and CEOs of companies who have agreed to lend professional and financial support to Members pledge to donate 2 percentt of their holdings in member-owned companies or investmentss after what they call a "liquidity event"--whem stocks are sold or a company is acquiredc or goes public, for example.
Members of the fund can also donatse directly to the fund as a charitabls gift tothe college, or pledge the interest from one of their investments. They can also make individuap investments. The fund is now worth $500,000, the largesg it has been. The immediate goal is to increaswthe fund's size to $2 By 2010, investors expect the fund to be valueds at $10 million--both in available fundws and money already invested in companies. Uniobn owns any investments the society acts as investment The fund has made four investmentsto date. The investment s are between $25,000 and $50,000, small by venture capital "We invest at a time when angelzs wouldbe investing, Trachtmann said.
The Vash fund investee $50,000 in of Schenectady six months ago, not so much becausde the resin maker needecdthe money, but because the Union alumni wantedc to support fellow former students who founded the Trachtmann said. John Ciovacco, 41, one of the Cyclics' founders, is now a membed of the Eliphalet Nott Society and an investore inthe fund. Union is not the firstf college to have a venturew fund or investin companies. In 1968, Grinnelll College in Grinnell, Iowa, invested $300,00p0 in alumnus Robert Noyce's startul in Silicon Valley-- . Mark president of the in Arlington, Va.
, said more schools--the , the and Cornelpl among them--are engaging in this type of Trachtmann, chairman of the Eliphaleyt Nott Society for thepast year, is presidenf of , a software companh based in Shelton, Conn. When Trachtmann, a 1977 Unionn grad, joined the society, it had just eighy members. "I got excited about it when someone showed me whatit was," said Union has increased its emphasis on entrepreneurship by weaving the subject into its courses and hirinf local businessman Harry Apkarian as its firs t Entrepreneur in Residence. Bill Schwarz, Union's directod of communications andpublic affairs, said the Vash fund is a greatr way for the alumni to give back.
четверг, 22 сентября 2011 г.
SBA offering car dealers help - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:
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The government-guaranteed loans will be availabls to dealers to finance their eligible auto andothere inventory, otherwise known as a floor Through SBA lenders, the Dealet Floor Plan financing will provide lines of credi through its 7(a) program for titled inventor y including cars, RVs, manufactured homes, boats and motorcycles. Dealere can borrow between $500,000 and $2 million against thei inventory and repay the debt as theysell vehicles. The loansz have a maximum repayment term offive years, and will have 75 percentg government guarantee.
As part of the America’s Recoveryt and Reinvestment Act, fees also are being eliminated temporarilyon 7(a) Countless small businesses, including dealerships, across the country are facing significany challenges as a result of the uncertaintt in the auto industry,” said SBA Administrator Karehn Mills, in a statement. “Floor plan financing can offerf some dealerships the opportunity to get throughj these tough economic times by allowing them to keep their inventoruy and cashflow intact, as well as save the jobs these small businesses provide.” Amid the economic turmoil and low auto sales, car dealerw throughout the U.S.
in the last severa months have run into problems keeping their floor plans througjh banks andauto makers. Most need them in ordetr to be able to finance andstocik inventory. The program will run untip September 2010, when the SBA will decide whetherd it willextend it.
The government-guaranteed loans will be availabls to dealers to finance their eligible auto andothere inventory, otherwise known as a floor Through SBA lenders, the Dealet Floor Plan financing will provide lines of credi through its 7(a) program for titled inventor y including cars, RVs, manufactured homes, boats and motorcycles. Dealere can borrow between $500,000 and $2 million against thei inventory and repay the debt as theysell vehicles. The loansz have a maximum repayment term offive years, and will have 75 percentg government guarantee.
As part of the America’s Recoveryt and Reinvestment Act, fees also are being eliminated temporarilyon 7(a) Countless small businesses, including dealerships, across the country are facing significany challenges as a result of the uncertaintt in the auto industry,” said SBA Administrator Karehn Mills, in a statement. “Floor plan financing can offerf some dealerships the opportunity to get throughj these tough economic times by allowing them to keep their inventoruy and cashflow intact, as well as save the jobs these small businesses provide.” Amid the economic turmoil and low auto sales, car dealerw throughout the U.S.
in the last severa months have run into problems keeping their floor plans througjh banks andauto makers. Most need them in ordetr to be able to finance andstocik inventory. The program will run untip September 2010, when the SBA will decide whetherd it willextend it.
вторник, 20 сентября 2011 г.
Local executive to lead GE's $6B health care initiative - Baltimore Business Journal:
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Barber was named head of a GE program focused on improving health care for more peoples atreduced cost, by GE chairma n and CEO Jeffrey Immelt. 48, is a 27-year veteran of GE and since 2005 has served as chief technology officer for GE He joined GE in 1982 and has held a variety of roles of increasing responsibility withinGE Healthcare. In Barber was general manager forComponents Engineering, and from 2002 to 2005 he was the generall manager for Global Components Operations for GE Healthcare, which has significanr operations in Milwaukee, Wauwatosa and Waukesha.
Barber was a 1994 winner of TheBusiness Journal's Forty Under 40 which recognizes young Milwaukee-arewa executives making a difference in their professions and "Over the last four years, Mike has led all aspects of producg development for advanced health care technologies," Immelt said. "Mikde knows how our technology can help he knowswhat doctors, clinics and hospitals need to improv e care and cut costs and he knows how to lead With his deep experience in engineering and technology and his strontg operations and process-driven expertise, Mike is the righty leader to lead healthymaginationh and to grow our health care partnerships globally.
" that can be offerede in rural and underservecd regions of the world, where qualith health care can be difficult to obtain. It is also designe d to reducethe company's own health care costs for employeess and expand profitability for the GE Healthcare business. GE Healthcare, which produces medical imaging equipment and medicakl information technology products fromits Milwaukee-area will spend $3 billion by 2015 to develop at leasft 100 new products designed to lower improve access and improve quality of care by 15
Barber was named head of a GE program focused on improving health care for more peoples atreduced cost, by GE chairma n and CEO Jeffrey Immelt. 48, is a 27-year veteran of GE and since 2005 has served as chief technology officer for GE He joined GE in 1982 and has held a variety of roles of increasing responsibility withinGE Healthcare. In Barber was general manager forComponents Engineering, and from 2002 to 2005 he was the generall manager for Global Components Operations for GE Healthcare, which has significanr operations in Milwaukee, Wauwatosa and Waukesha.
Barber was a 1994 winner of TheBusiness Journal's Forty Under 40 which recognizes young Milwaukee-arewa executives making a difference in their professions and "Over the last four years, Mike has led all aspects of producg development for advanced health care technologies," Immelt said. "Mikde knows how our technology can help he knowswhat doctors, clinics and hospitals need to improv e care and cut costs and he knows how to lead With his deep experience in engineering and technology and his strontg operations and process-driven expertise, Mike is the righty leader to lead healthymaginationh and to grow our health care partnerships globally.
" that can be offerede in rural and underservecd regions of the world, where qualith health care can be difficult to obtain. It is also designe d to reducethe company's own health care costs for employeess and expand profitability for the GE Healthcare business. GE Healthcare, which produces medical imaging equipment and medicakl information technology products fromits Milwaukee-area will spend $3 billion by 2015 to develop at leasft 100 new products designed to lower improve access and improve quality of care by 15
суббота, 17 сентября 2011 г.
GM enters bankruptcy filing - Baltimore Business Journal:
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Monday’s Chapter 11 filing by the 101-year-olcd automaker — once the world’s biggestr company and WesternNew York’ws largest manufacturing employer for decades — is among the largest in U.S. histor and largest-ever U.S. manufacturingb bankruptcy. Chapter 11, whicu allows the company to operate while protected from its pushes GM intoa fast-track bankruptcy and providess $30 billion of additional taxpayer funds to restructurs itself. General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson said in a prepared statemenrt that GM was being reinvented and that the compan y is ready for the jobat hand.
"The economic crisis has causedr enormous disruption in theauto industry, but with it has come the opportunitgy for us to reinvent our We are going to do it once and do it The court-supervised process we are pursuint provides us with powerfulo tools to accelerate and completd our reinvention, as well as strong safeguardsw for our customers and our he said. The GM plan as detailes by U.S. officials would allow a much smaller GM to emergw from court protection within 60 to 90 GM also plans to close11 U.S. facilitiee and idle another three plants by the endof 2010. GM’x Tonawanda engine plant, where 1,100 people work, will remain open.
The automakerd has not provided an updated target for job cuts but was lookinv toeliminate 21,000 U.S. factory jobs from the 54,0090 union members it now employs. Also not immediately clead is what GM’s bankruptcy filinbg will meanfor ’s plants in Rochester and three others. Genera Motors plans to take back the facilitiesd from the former parts subsidiary that it spun off in according to a tentative deal reached last week between GM andthe UAW. The factorie s in New York, Michigan and Indianq would operateunder Delphi’s union rules, but be considerex part of GM, once again.
The Lockporg plant — Delphi Thermal which has 2,100 employees — was founded as Harrison Radiator Co. in 1910 and became part of GM in 1918. For 81 yearsw it operated under General Motors ownershipl until the independentDelphi Corp. was formed. Delphij itself is operating under bankruptct court supervision having filed for Chapter 11 inOctober 2005. The Mich.-based company was ready to emerge from bankruptcy in April 2008 but thosr plans fell apart when a key investor dropped out ofa $2.55 billion stock deal with the General Motors employs 92,000 in the United Statesw and is indirectly responsible for 500,000 retirees. The U.S.
government wouldd hold a 60 percent financial interesy in a reorganized GM and the UAW woulds takea 17.5 percent stake. The governments of Canad a and the province of Ontari have agreed to a 12 percent ownershipl stake in exchange forfinancial aid. GM bondholderw would get 10 percent.
Monday’s Chapter 11 filing by the 101-year-olcd automaker — once the world’s biggestr company and WesternNew York’ws largest manufacturing employer for decades — is among the largest in U.S. histor and largest-ever U.S. manufacturingb bankruptcy. Chapter 11, whicu allows the company to operate while protected from its pushes GM intoa fast-track bankruptcy and providess $30 billion of additional taxpayer funds to restructurs itself. General Motors CEO Fritz Henderson said in a prepared statemenrt that GM was being reinvented and that the compan y is ready for the jobat hand.
"The economic crisis has causedr enormous disruption in theauto industry, but with it has come the opportunitgy for us to reinvent our We are going to do it once and do it The court-supervised process we are pursuint provides us with powerfulo tools to accelerate and completd our reinvention, as well as strong safeguardsw for our customers and our he said. The GM plan as detailes by U.S. officials would allow a much smaller GM to emergw from court protection within 60 to 90 GM also plans to close11 U.S. facilitiee and idle another three plants by the endof 2010. GM’x Tonawanda engine plant, where 1,100 people work, will remain open.
The automakerd has not provided an updated target for job cuts but was lookinv toeliminate 21,000 U.S. factory jobs from the 54,0090 union members it now employs. Also not immediately clead is what GM’s bankruptcy filinbg will meanfor ’s plants in Rochester and three others. Genera Motors plans to take back the facilitiesd from the former parts subsidiary that it spun off in according to a tentative deal reached last week between GM andthe UAW. The factorie s in New York, Michigan and Indianq would operateunder Delphi’s union rules, but be considerex part of GM, once again.
The Lockporg plant — Delphi Thermal which has 2,100 employees — was founded as Harrison Radiator Co. in 1910 and became part of GM in 1918. For 81 yearsw it operated under General Motors ownershipl until the independentDelphi Corp. was formed. Delphij itself is operating under bankruptct court supervision having filed for Chapter 11 inOctober 2005. The Mich.-based company was ready to emerge from bankruptcy in April 2008 but thosr plans fell apart when a key investor dropped out ofa $2.55 billion stock deal with the General Motors employs 92,000 in the United Statesw and is indirectly responsible for 500,000 retirees. The U.S.
government wouldd hold a 60 percent financial interesy in a reorganized GM and the UAW woulds takea 17.5 percent stake. The governments of Canad a and the province of Ontari have agreed to a 12 percent ownershipl stake in exchange forfinancial aid. GM bondholderw would get 10 percent.
четверг, 15 сентября 2011 г.
Modernista braces as Hummer deal advances - Boston Business Journal:
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Boston-based Modernista’s largest client is General Motorsd Corp. (NYSE: GM) in Detroit. The agency works on creative advertising for both Cadillacfand Hummer. The combined business was at one point worthabout $850 million annually in billings, according to Billings for Cadillac and combined, now are likely less, as GM has said it will cut back its totao ad spend and announced months ago that it plannec on unloading its Hummer brand. Modernista’e spokesperson had no comment on the Other local ad agencies that will likely feel the affecteof GM’s bankruptcy filing include Digitas and both in Boston.
Digitas handles a varietg of GM work including Pontiac and GM is looking to sellboth brands. Mullen handled work for GM’s used car and credift card business. GM’s planned cuts in advertising spending is expected to impacty all of its marketing andad firms. In GM spent about $2.1 billion on advertising, accordinfg to press reports.
Boston-based Modernista’s largest client is General Motorsd Corp. (NYSE: GM) in Detroit. The agency works on creative advertising for both Cadillacfand Hummer. The combined business was at one point worthabout $850 million annually in billings, according to Billings for Cadillac and combined, now are likely less, as GM has said it will cut back its totao ad spend and announced months ago that it plannec on unloading its Hummer brand. Modernista’e spokesperson had no comment on the Other local ad agencies that will likely feel the affecteof GM’s bankruptcy filing include Digitas and both in Boston.
Digitas handles a varietg of GM work including Pontiac and GM is looking to sellboth brands. Mullen handled work for GM’s used car and credift card business. GM’s planned cuts in advertising spending is expected to impacty all of its marketing andad firms. In GM spent about $2.1 billion on advertising, accordinfg to press reports.
вторник, 13 сентября 2011 г.
LCA-Vision Announces Management Changes
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Ms. Sebastian replaces Stephen M. Jones , who has left the companh to pursueother opportunities. "Dave has continually provebn his leadership ability by developing and implementing initiativexs that increase our operational allowing us during this recessionarg period to control costs and conservse cash while maintaining our commitment to quality patientf experiencesand outcomes. He also is leading our marketinh activities and managedcare programs, and is overseeing operationss at our national call center. This is a well-deserved promotion, said Steven C. Strau s , LCA-Vision's Chief Executive Officer. "I'm delighted to welcomr Rhonda on her returnto LCA-Vision.
She is an accomplishecd human resources executive with demonstrated success in developing and implementin organizational strategies inchanging environments. Rhonda also brings a working knowledgeof LCA-Vision, our corporate cultur e and operations. We thank for his contribution and wish him well infutured endeavors." Ms. Sebastian has more than 30 yearss experience inhuman resources, includintg the past 10 years in senior management Most recently, she was Vice President Organization & Management Development at Cincinnati-baseed SENCORP, with responsibilities that included developing and leading a strategy to align corporate-level organization and management with the compan business model.
About LCA-Vision Inc./LasikPlus(R) LCA-Vision Inc., a leading providerd of laser vision correction servicex underthe LasikPlus(R) brand, operatees 75 LasikPlus(R) fixed-site laser vision correction centers in 32 states and 57 markets in the Unitedc States and a joint venture in Canada. Additionalo company information is available atand . Earnint Trust Every Moment. Transforming Lives Every Day. Company Investor Relations Contact: Barb Kise Jody Cain LCA-Vision Inc. Lippert/Heilshorb & Associates 513-792-9292 310-691-7100 SOURCw LCA-Vision Inc.
Ms. Sebastian replaces Stephen M. Jones , who has left the companh to pursueother opportunities. "Dave has continually provebn his leadership ability by developing and implementing initiativexs that increase our operational allowing us during this recessionarg period to control costs and conservse cash while maintaining our commitment to quality patientf experiencesand outcomes. He also is leading our marketinh activities and managedcare programs, and is overseeing operationss at our national call center. This is a well-deserved promotion, said Steven C. Strau s , LCA-Vision's Chief Executive Officer. "I'm delighted to welcomr Rhonda on her returnto LCA-Vision.
She is an accomplishecd human resources executive with demonstrated success in developing and implementin organizational strategies inchanging environments. Rhonda also brings a working knowledgeof LCA-Vision, our corporate cultur e and operations. We thank for his contribution and wish him well infutured endeavors." Ms. Sebastian has more than 30 yearss experience inhuman resources, includintg the past 10 years in senior management Most recently, she was Vice President Organization & Management Development at Cincinnati-baseed SENCORP, with responsibilities that included developing and leading a strategy to align corporate-level organization and management with the compan business model.
About LCA-Vision Inc./LasikPlus(R) LCA-Vision Inc., a leading providerd of laser vision correction servicex underthe LasikPlus(R) brand, operatees 75 LasikPlus(R) fixed-site laser vision correction centers in 32 states and 57 markets in the Unitedc States and a joint venture in Canada. Additionalo company information is available atand . Earnint Trust Every Moment. Transforming Lives Every Day. Company Investor Relations Contact: Barb Kise Jody Cain LCA-Vision Inc. Lippert/Heilshorb & Associates 513-792-9292 310-691-7100 SOURCw LCA-Vision Inc.
воскресенье, 11 сентября 2011 г.
Express Scripts
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The pharmacy benefits manager anticipates the deal willadd $1 billionn to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization once it is fullh integrated, which should take between 12 and 18 months. That woulfd be a more than 70 percent increasre toExpress Scripts’ EBITDA, which was $1.39 billion in 2008. The deal could make Expresse Scripts the largest public company inthe St. Louixs region, with annual revenue estimated tobe $39 With ’s sale to InBev Emerson currently ranks as the region’s top public companhy with $24.8 billion in 2008 revenue.
Expresas Scripts announced April 13 its plans to buy the NextRzx subsidiaryfrom WellPoint, one of the nation’s largest health insurers with $61.6 billion in NextRx is the country’s fourth-largest pharmacy benefit Express Scripts currently ranks third. NextRx serves over 25 millio n members and manages more than 265 millionnprescriptions annually. Revenue for the divisionh has been estimatedat $17 billion. Expresa Scripts processed just over 500 million prescriptionss last year andhad $21.98 billion in revenue. “Thde acquisition of NextRx significantly increaseas the size and scale ofthe company,” Charles Rhyee, an analyst with in New said in a report.
This increase in scale will allos Express Scripts to negotiate bette r prices with drug companies and bettetr compete with thecurrent No. 1 and 2 players in the pharmacy benefitmarketplace — and CVS Caremark. “Thiws will bolster their position to moreeffectively compete,” said Scotg Harrison, senior analyst with Clayton-based . “One of the knockxs against the company has been the relative size of Expreses Scripts versus Medcoor CVS. This transaction essentially takethat away.” The $4.67 billio n transaction price includes $1.4 billion in Expresz Scripts stock.
The remaindeer will be financed through cash on hand andcommittedc financing, according to Chief Financial Officer Jeff Hall. The deal included a 10-year contract for Express Scriptss to provide servicesto WellPoint. That contract will be a majoe contributor to the increase in expected Hall said. “Also, this will allow us to continure to get better at what we do and increase Hall said. Express Scripts stock has responde favorably tothe deal, rising 13.4 percenty since Monday’s announcement to close at $59.30 a shared on April 15. “There are fewer (locaol public companies) today to watch, so to see one continue to strengthenh its positionis nice,” Harrison said.
Hall said no specificd plans are currently in place to expand Express local staffor campus, whichg is located on the -St. Louisx campus in north St. Louis Express Scripts has 11,000 employees companywide with justover 3,000 in the St. Louis region. NextRx has more than 2,000 employeee in offices in Indiana, Texas and California. Express Scripte has a history of growingthrough acquisitions, makingf six major acquisitions sincse 1998. The company’s most recent deal was the $248 millionn purchase last year of the compensation pharmacy benefit business of privately heldfrom , a Mass.-based private equity investment firm.
“Oudr industry-leading ROIC (return on invested capital) is a testament to our abilitu to acquire and integrate major President and CEO George Paz said in aconferencd call. “In each case we were able to integrate the new businesw and pay down the debt in very short Express Scripts also made an unsuccessful attempg two years ago topurchase , offering $26 billionm for the company which was eventually acquired by CVS.
The pharmacy benefits manager anticipates the deal willadd $1 billionn to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization once it is fullh integrated, which should take between 12 and 18 months. That woulfd be a more than 70 percent increasre toExpress Scripts’ EBITDA, which was $1.39 billion in 2008. The deal could make Expresse Scripts the largest public company inthe St. Louixs region, with annual revenue estimated tobe $39 With ’s sale to InBev Emerson currently ranks as the region’s top public companhy with $24.8 billion in 2008 revenue.
Expresas Scripts announced April 13 its plans to buy the NextRzx subsidiaryfrom WellPoint, one of the nation’s largest health insurers with $61.6 billion in NextRx is the country’s fourth-largest pharmacy benefit Express Scripts currently ranks third. NextRx serves over 25 millio n members and manages more than 265 millionnprescriptions annually. Revenue for the divisionh has been estimatedat $17 billion. Expresa Scripts processed just over 500 million prescriptionss last year andhad $21.98 billion in revenue. “Thde acquisition of NextRx significantly increaseas the size and scale ofthe company,” Charles Rhyee, an analyst with in New said in a report.
This increase in scale will allos Express Scripts to negotiate bette r prices with drug companies and bettetr compete with thecurrent No. 1 and 2 players in the pharmacy benefitmarketplace — and CVS Caremark. “Thiws will bolster their position to moreeffectively compete,” said Scotg Harrison, senior analyst with Clayton-based . “One of the knockxs against the company has been the relative size of Expreses Scripts versus Medcoor CVS. This transaction essentially takethat away.” The $4.67 billio n transaction price includes $1.4 billion in Expresz Scripts stock.
The remaindeer will be financed through cash on hand andcommittedc financing, according to Chief Financial Officer Jeff Hall. The deal included a 10-year contract for Express Scriptss to provide servicesto WellPoint. That contract will be a majoe contributor to the increase in expected Hall said. “Also, this will allow us to continure to get better at what we do and increase Hall said. Express Scripts stock has responde favorably tothe deal, rising 13.4 percenty since Monday’s announcement to close at $59.30 a shared on April 15. “There are fewer (locaol public companies) today to watch, so to see one continue to strengthenh its positionis nice,” Harrison said.
Hall said no specificd plans are currently in place to expand Express local staffor campus, whichg is located on the -St. Louisx campus in north St. Louis Express Scripts has 11,000 employees companywide with justover 3,000 in the St. Louis region. NextRx has more than 2,000 employeee in offices in Indiana, Texas and California. Express Scripte has a history of growingthrough acquisitions, makingf six major acquisitions sincse 1998. The company’s most recent deal was the $248 millionn purchase last year of the compensation pharmacy benefit business of privately heldfrom , a Mass.-based private equity investment firm.
“Oudr industry-leading ROIC (return on invested capital) is a testament to our abilitu to acquire and integrate major President and CEO George Paz said in aconferencd call. “In each case we were able to integrate the new businesw and pay down the debt in very short Express Scripts also made an unsuccessful attempg two years ago topurchase , offering $26 billionm for the company which was eventually acquired by CVS.
пятница, 9 сентября 2011 г.
Sponsored: What Does a Real Witch Think of The Secret Circle? - Wetpaint
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Sponsored: What Does a Real Witch Think of The Secret Circle? Wetpaint Vampires, werewolves, and zombies, move aside: It's the “Season of the Witch†on HBO's True Blood and the new witch-centric show The Secret Circle is about to debut on CW. Of course, none of those supernatural creatures had anything to say about their ... |
среда, 7 сентября 2011 г.
Bennet cites Colorado examples in Senate plea for health-care reform - Denver Business Journal:
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Coloradans, he said, "speak for countless otherw acrossthe nation. All they ask for is a health care syste m that worksfor them, a health care system that doesn’t crush them with unreasonablre cost increases, and a health care systemn that doesn’t deny them coverages just because they have pre-existing Bennet, D- Colo., also touted his own proposals to make patienty transition care more cost-effective and successful. "In we haven’t waited on Washington," he "We’ve made real progress in showing how to providw high quality health care at alower Bennet, formerly superintendent of the Denver Public Schools, was appointe d to the Senate by Gov.
Bill Rittef to fill the seat vacated by Ken Salazar when Salazatr was picked by President Barack Obama as secretary ofthe Interior. Here is the full text of Bennet'x Senate-floor speech as prepared for delivery provide by his Inthe speech, he is addressing the president of the Senate. Mr. I rise today to discusd the urgent need for healthcare reform. The peoplre of Colorado, and the American people, have waites for too long for Washingtonto act. We should begin with a basi principle: if you have coverage and you like it, you can keep it. If you have your and you like himor her, you should be able to keep them as We will not take that choice away from you.
But even as we keep what we must confront the challengesd of soaring health care costs and the lack of access to affordable, quality healt h care. The status quo is Every day, families in Colorado and across America facerisinf premiums. Their plans offer fewer benefits. They are denie d coverage becauseof pre-existing conditions. And untik we fix the health care system, we won’tg be able to fix the fiscaol mess in which wefind ourselves. Sinc e 1970, the share of healthcare as a part of the GDP has gone from 7 percen to17 percent.
The United States spends over $2 trillion in health care costs, includinh over $400 billion on Medicare President Obama has said that the biggestg threat toour nation’se balance sheet is the skyrocketing cost of health And he’s right. In Colorado, we haven’t waitedf on Washington. We’ve made real progress in showing how to providse high quality health care at alower cost. Last the New Yorker magazine published an articleentitlee “The Cost Conundrum” that highlights the important work that’s been done in Mesa Colorado.
Over thirty years ago this communit yserving 120,000 people came together—doctors, and the non-profit health insurancer company. They agreed upon a system that paid doctor s and nurses for seeingb patients and producing betterquality care. They realizedf that problems and costs go down when care is more InMesa County, the city of Grand Junctioh implemented an integrated health care system that provided follow-up care with patients. This follow-up care has helpex lower hospital readmissions rates in Grand Junction to just 3 Compare that to the 20 percentgrate nationwide, and it is clead that our community on the Western Slopde of Colorado is onto something groundbreaking.
High readmissioj rates are a huge problem for our Nearly one in five Medicare patiente who leave a hospital are readmitted within thefollowingh month, and more than three-quarters of these readmissions are preventable. Rehospitalization costs Medicareover $17 billiom a year. It’s painful for patientsa and families to be caughrt up in these cyclesof treatment. All too often, care is fragmentede – you go from the to the hospital, to a nursing back to the hospital and then back to thedoctor again. Patients are given medication instructions as they are leavintgthe hospital, many times after coming off of strongf medications.
They don’t know whom to call, and they are not sure what to ask theier primarycare doctor. The solution, both our Denver and Mesa Countuy health communitieshave found, is to provide patients leavinh the hospital with a This coach is a trained health professionao connecting home and the hospital. This coachy teaches patients how to manag their health onthei own.
Coloradans, he said, "speak for countless otherw acrossthe nation. All they ask for is a health care syste m that worksfor them, a health care system that doesn’t crush them with unreasonablre cost increases, and a health care systemn that doesn’t deny them coverages just because they have pre-existing Bennet, D- Colo., also touted his own proposals to make patienty transition care more cost-effective and successful. "In we haven’t waited on Washington," he "We’ve made real progress in showing how to providw high quality health care at alower Bennet, formerly superintendent of the Denver Public Schools, was appointe d to the Senate by Gov.
Bill Rittef to fill the seat vacated by Ken Salazar when Salazatr was picked by President Barack Obama as secretary ofthe Interior. Here is the full text of Bennet'x Senate-floor speech as prepared for delivery provide by his Inthe speech, he is addressing the president of the Senate. Mr. I rise today to discusd the urgent need for healthcare reform. The peoplre of Colorado, and the American people, have waites for too long for Washingtonto act. We should begin with a basi principle: if you have coverage and you like it, you can keep it. If you have your and you like himor her, you should be able to keep them as We will not take that choice away from you.
But even as we keep what we must confront the challengesd of soaring health care costs and the lack of access to affordable, quality healt h care. The status quo is Every day, families in Colorado and across America facerisinf premiums. Their plans offer fewer benefits. They are denie d coverage becauseof pre-existing conditions. And untik we fix the health care system, we won’tg be able to fix the fiscaol mess in which wefind ourselves. Sinc e 1970, the share of healthcare as a part of the GDP has gone from 7 percen to17 percent.
The United States spends over $2 trillion in health care costs, includinh over $400 billion on Medicare President Obama has said that the biggestg threat toour nation’se balance sheet is the skyrocketing cost of health And he’s right. In Colorado, we haven’t waitedf on Washington. We’ve made real progress in showing how to providse high quality health care at alower cost. Last the New Yorker magazine published an articleentitlee “The Cost Conundrum” that highlights the important work that’s been done in Mesa Colorado.
Over thirty years ago this communit yserving 120,000 people came together—doctors, and the non-profit health insurancer company. They agreed upon a system that paid doctor s and nurses for seeingb patients and producing betterquality care. They realizedf that problems and costs go down when care is more InMesa County, the city of Grand Junctioh implemented an integrated health care system that provided follow-up care with patients. This follow-up care has helpex lower hospital readmissions rates in Grand Junction to just 3 Compare that to the 20 percentgrate nationwide, and it is clead that our community on the Western Slopde of Colorado is onto something groundbreaking.
High readmissioj rates are a huge problem for our Nearly one in five Medicare patiente who leave a hospital are readmitted within thefollowingh month, and more than three-quarters of these readmissions are preventable. Rehospitalization costs Medicareover $17 billiom a year. It’s painful for patientsa and families to be caughrt up in these cyclesof treatment. All too often, care is fragmentede – you go from the to the hospital, to a nursing back to the hospital and then back to thedoctor again. Patients are given medication instructions as they are leavintgthe hospital, many times after coming off of strongf medications.
They don’t know whom to call, and they are not sure what to ask theier primarycare doctor. The solution, both our Denver and Mesa Countuy health communitieshave found, is to provide patients leavinh the hospital with a This coach is a trained health professionao connecting home and the hospital. This coachy teaches patients how to manag their health onthei own.
воскресенье, 4 сентября 2011 г.
Business Alliance joins corporate tax fray - Houston Business Journal:
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The proposal, put forward by Houswe and Senate Democrats, would boosft the state’s corporate minimum tax from thecurrent $10 levep to between $150, for companiese earning less than $500,000, and $100,000 for companies earning more than $250 “The $10 Oregon corporate minimum tax has becomd a source of public scrutiny and controversy,” wrote Steve the group's chair, in a news release. “We agree that the minimumm tax shouldbe adjusted, but believe the changes must be modesr and reasonable as the minimum taxes all whether they are profitable or not.
” Holwerda, chiefc operating officer of Portland’s Ferguson Wellman Capitak Management, added that the proposal “woulde be a major disincentive to operating a business in Oregojn and is particularly harmful to businesses that are alreadg losing money.” Holwerda sent a letterr to the group's members a day aftert Democrats have revised a May proposal that would have chargef a minimum between $250 and $60,000. The group also calledf for the state to use rainyhday funds, reserve funds and stimuluxs money to help solve Oregon’e $4.2 billion shortfall.
The group further expressed concern about “what appears to be an ‘anti-business’ sentiment” in “For our state to be all sectors need to be successful and we need to join togethee to make that happen,” Holwerda
The proposal, put forward by Houswe and Senate Democrats, would boosft the state’s corporate minimum tax from thecurrent $10 levep to between $150, for companiese earning less than $500,000, and $100,000 for companies earning more than $250 “The $10 Oregon corporate minimum tax has becomd a source of public scrutiny and controversy,” wrote Steve the group's chair, in a news release. “We agree that the minimumm tax shouldbe adjusted, but believe the changes must be modesr and reasonable as the minimum taxes all whether they are profitable or not.
” Holwerda, chiefc operating officer of Portland’s Ferguson Wellman Capitak Management, added that the proposal “woulde be a major disincentive to operating a business in Oregojn and is particularly harmful to businesses that are alreadg losing money.” Holwerda sent a letterr to the group's members a day aftert Democrats have revised a May proposal that would have chargef a minimum between $250 and $60,000. The group also calledf for the state to use rainyhday funds, reserve funds and stimuluxs money to help solve Oregon’e $4.2 billion shortfall.
The group further expressed concern about “what appears to be an ‘anti-business’ sentiment” in “For our state to be all sectors need to be successful and we need to join togethee to make that happen,” Holwerda
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