воскресенье, 30 октября 2011 г.
U.S. Bank returns TARP money - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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
Haitilibre.com | Haiti - Security : PM to the Senate this Thursday, about the National Security ... Haitilibre.com Rodolphe Joazile, the President of the Senate confirmed having received the letter signed by the 6 senators http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-4087-haiti-security-pm-and-the-minister-of-the-interior-will-explain-the-new-force.html , and met with the ... |
среда, 26 октября 2011 г.
Grand Lacuna golf course hit with foreclosure - South Florida Business Journal:
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:
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:
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
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:
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
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
Bleacher Report | Steve Smith Taking the High Road Not Demanding Apology from Roman Harper Bleacher Report âYou best believe I'm not looking for an apology,'' Smith said Thursday. âI'm not looking for one, don't think I deserve one,â Smith said today. âI 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
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:
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:
, 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:
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:
"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.