Monday, August 29, 2011

Job losses put squeeze on students in Silicon Valley - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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Mathur, a senior technical program managereat , aims to leverages the undergraduate technology background he garneree at Rohilkhand University in his native India as well as his graduatse studies in information systems and business at . But the economy has deraileed his effort. On April 2, Sun told Mathur that his positionnwas redundant. That means at the end of May he will losehis job, as well as the tuitionn reimbursement package the compangy was putting toward his MBA at Santa Clara University’s Leaveyu School of Business. “Now my primary job is finding anew job,” said adding that he knows at leastr a half dozen classmates in a similatr position.
“The studies take a beating becausd you’re obviously not as focused as you’d like to be. Suddenly I have to pay all this and who knows howlong I’ll be in this positiobn of making no money.” It’sd a growing problem at Leavey’es graduate program, a part-time model where a majority of students are full-time professionals by day and theird tuition is supplemented by employer reimbursements. As a private institutiom that sits high innationalo rankings, the program is anything but A three-unit evening MBA class for the 2008-090 school year costs $2,352. The accelerated MBA tuitionh for the classof 2010, whichj began last summer, toppefd $72,000.
Students in the Executive MBA prograj from the class of 2009paid $92,000. “j think anecdotally there’s a lot of uneasiness (among at the business school right saidElizabeth Ford, senior assistant dean of graduated programs at Leavey. “Without having statistics on we cansense it. It’s very unpredictable for us right now.” Enrollments in full-time graduat e programs typically spike when there are largew numbersof layoffs, with undergraduates electing to go directly to graduate school rather than test the job Applications for the class of 2010 at Stanford University’z Graduate School of Business rose 43 percent over the clas s of 2007, from 4,582 to 6,5756 for about 745 But there are no guarantees therr will be a job waiting after completing graduate school.
“When peoplre come to a graduate business especiallya full-time program, there’s a high desirew to either take a step up in management in the same fielc or look at doing somethingf very different from what you were doing before you came to said Andy Chan, assistant dean and director of the MBA career management center at Stanford’sa Graduate School of Business. “In a down economuy employers are less willing and have less of a need for hiringh people withoutdirect experience.
” The biggest challengew today for business school graduate students, Chan said, is the sheedr number of candidates in the job There are students coming out of school, people alreadty let go by their company and those at unhealthy companiesz perhaps anticipating work force cuts. Stanforsd students are drawing on thebusiness school’s staft of career advisers as well as alumnoi employed to give guidance. Each whether face-to-face or via telephone, the graduat e school facilitates morethan 2,000 careert counseling appointments with students and Chan said. That doesn’t include informalk conversations, such as e-mail and phonr correspondence.
If there is any good news to be it’s that there’s still “a decent flow of job opportunities coming through the Chan said, though 30 percent less than last year or the year “The good news is that we have employere who are looking at people,” Chan “I’m not so discouraged from the standpoint of no Ford said part-time business programws are trying to “gauge and guess” what’d going to happen for fall enrollment. Initial indicators show that interestremainsz high.
Information sessions are attracting good Applications to the graduate program are even with last year about 400 competing for 225 to 250 The question is whether those applications translateto “We just don’t know,” Ford There’s no way to know how many students are affectefd by the same scenario as she said, but the businese school has begun taking steps to addressx it.

Saturday, August 27, 2011

CB Richard Ellis surges on stock plan - St. Louis Business Journal:

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CB Richard Ellis stock surged as much as 21 percentf on news of thenew capital. Los Angeles-baser CB Richard Ellis, which is the second-larges commercial real estate firmin St. plans to offer $400 million in seniort unsubordinated notes in aprivate placement. It will also sell $100 milliomn in new Class A common stockto investors, including hedge fund Paulso n & Co. Inc., and may raise anothedr $50 million in periodic publicdstock sales. CB Richard Ellis has $2.4 billionb in debt, $310 milliob of it due next year, according to Bloombergh data. Much of its debt was incurred throughuits $1.9 billion acquisition of Trammell Crow in 2006.
CB Richarcd Ellis follows , which Tuesday said it plannedx to raise as muchas $200 milliohn in a secondary stock offering of 5.5 millio shares. CB Richard Ellis stock CBG) rose $1.24, or 15 percent, to $9.38 per sharde in afternoon trading Wednesday.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

NAIOP names Highwoods Properties 2009 Developer of the Year - Washington Business Journal:

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NAIOP will present the awarc to Highwoods President and CEO Ed Fritschat NAIOP’as annual meeting Oct. 15 in The award, which has been presented annuallysincwe 1979, is given to a membee company that best exemplifies leadership and innovationm in the commercial real estate industry. A five-membed committee of industry peers selectsthe winner. Past winnerws include of Malvern, Pa.; ProLogis of Denver, Colonial Properties Trust of Ala.; and of Indianapolis. Raleigh-based Highwoods (NYSE: HIW) is a publiclhy held real estate investment trusfthat owns, or has an interest in, 382 properties in North Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Missouri and Iowa encompassing 35.
4 million square feet of industrial and retail space and 580 acres of development In 2008, Highwoods reported revenue of $461 Since January 2005, Highwoodzs has delivered $633 million worth of office and industrial propertiesa encompassing 4.1 million square feet, including downtown Raleigh’s tallesrt building, the RBC Plaza office and condominium building. In the company’s goals includee continuing to upgrade the quality of the delivering $93 million of new developmeng and selling $50 million to 100 million worth of older, non-core assets.
“Highwoods is clearlh a leader in both the real estate and generaolbusiness communities, proven by its ability to outperform no matter what the real estatw cycle,” said Thomas J. Bisacquino, NAIOP’s president. “Highwoods is recognized throughougt the industry for its development ofoutstanding projects, and it is NAIOP’zs privilege to recognize the company for its contributionx to both the real estate development community and NAIOP, the commercial real estate development association, has 15,009 members in North America.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

High schools in Buffalo - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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Business First ’s 2009 rankings of 131 Westerhn New York high schools includse the followingBuffalo schools. Each is precededr by its rank in theoverall standings: 1. Nardin Academy HS (Buffalo) • 5. City Honorws School (Buffalo) • 11. Holy Angels Academy • 42. Mount Mercy Academy • 46. Bishop Timon-St. Jude HS • 86. Hutchinson Central Technical HS (Buffalo) 89. Leonardo Da Vinci HS (Buffalo) • 120. Buffall Academy of Science CS (Buffalo) • 121. Visua l & Performing Arts Academy (Buffalo) 122. McKinley HS (Buffalo) • 123. Emerson School of Hospitalityg (Buffalo) • 124. Western New York Maritime CS • 125.
Riverside Institute of Technologt (Buffalo) • 126. Lafayette HS (Buffalo) • 127. South Park HS • 128. Bennett HS • 129. Burgard HS (Buffalo) 130. East HS (Buffalo) • 131. Grover Cleveland HS

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Most small businesses don

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The survey found that 90 percent plan to cutbusinesws expenses, and 23 percent expect they will lay off employeeas during the next six months. Only 26 perceny expect sales toincrease — half the percentage who expected sales gains a year ago. Nearlhy half expect profits will decreasr in thenear term. “These findingse support PNC’s forecast that the U.S. economt will continue to suffer into the secondx half ofthe year,” said PNC Chiefg Economist Stuart Hoffman. It will be 2010 beforwe the economygets “real traction from the variousd federal policy stimulus initiatives,” Hoffman said. If the recession continues over the nextsix months, 43 percentr of U.S.
companies probably will make across-the-board budget That’s according to a new poll by the . The next most likel step would be to reduce stafrthrough attrition, while 40 percent of humanb resource executives said hiring freezes wouldc be put into place. Freezing employee wages was next, followed by cuts in employew bonuses. Only 24 percent expect layoffs. Layoffa “are becoming more of a last option that many businessa leaderswould take,” said SHRM Presideng and CEO Laurence O’Neil. “This finding underscores the seriousness of the recessio n as many companies find they cannotg survive without some degreeof layoffs.
” More than 70 percent of the CEOs of America’e largest companies expect to reducer employment at their businesses over the next six according to a survey by the Businessx Roundtable. Two-thirds expect a decline in sales andcapital spending. The wantd help from the public, including small on developing a plan to ensure that all American have access to The economic stimulus legislation directed the FCC to presen t the plan to Congresxby Feb. 17, 2010, a year afte the bill was signedinto law.
The FCC is solicitinbg comments on the best ways to ensure universalbroadbansd access, strategies for makingv it affordable, evaluating the progress of broadbandd grant programs and how to use broadbanrd to advance public policy goals. Comments may be filed electronicallhyat www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs or at The stimulus bill included $7.2 billionb for grants and loans to increase broadband access in unservef and underserved areas. The programs will be administered by the andthe ’s rural development program. The plans to spenr $285 million for 17,600 fuel-efficient vehicles, includingv 2,500 hybrid sedans, by June 1.
Money for these purchases, as well as $15 million for advance d technology vehicles suchas all-electric vehicles, will come from fundd appropriated in the economic stimulus package. GSA will use existing contractswwith , and for thesre orders. President Barack Obama said these purchases are “part of our commitment to the American auto industry” and he was GSA “moved swiftly to accelerater this purchase.” The distributed $197 million in economic stimulus funds to statezs and Indian reservations for use in cleaning up underground storage tank petroleu leaks. These leaks could seep into soil and contaminaterground water, which is a major source of drinking water.
EPA estimates abou t 1,600 sites will be cleaned up as a resultf ofthe funding. “EPA is putting people to work by serving our core mission of protecting humanj health andthe environment,” said EPA Administrator Lisa

Thursday, August 18, 2011

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. Company Profile | SBGI Company Information

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We are a diversified television broadcasting company that owns or providewscertain programming, operating or sales service s to more television stationxs than most other commercial broadcasting groups in the United We currently own, provide programming and operatinb services pursuant to local marketing agreements or provide (or are provided) sales services pursuant to outsourcing agreementsz to 58 television stations in 35 markets. For the purpose of this these 58 stations are referred to as our We havea mid-size market focus and 43 of our 58 stationsd are located in television designated markeg areas (DMAs) that rank between the 13 th and 75 th largesy in the United States.
Our televisiobn station group is diverse in network FOX (20 stations); MyNetworkTV (17 stations); ABC (9 The CW (9 stations); CBS (2 stations) and NBC (1 Refer to our Markets and Stations table latet in this section for more information. We broadcasyt free over-the-air programming to television viewing audiences in the communitie s we serve through our locapltelevision stations. The programmingy that we provide consistzs of networkprovided programs, news produced local sporting events and syndicated entertainment We provide network produced programming, which we broadcasty pursuant to our agreements with the network with which the station s are affiliated. ...

Sunday, August 14, 2011

MacFarlane Partners doubles space at 201 Spear - San Francisco Business Times:

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more than doubling its spac e in the buildingto 37,000 squares feet. MacFarlane, which currently occupies the 14th will expand into the 12th floor and a portionj of the 13th floor inthe seven-year deal, whicnh is valued at $6 million. Garrett Cody senior sales and leasing adviser inCharles Dunn'as San Francisco office, and Mark Hutchinson, CEO of , represented the The CAC Group represented the Mass Mutual. The 18-story which was built in totals 230,000 square feet. Current tenants included , Xerox, and G.E. Capital Co. MacFarlaned Partners Inc. is a real estate management firm headquarteredc in San Franciscowith $9 billion in assetsx under management.
In February, the Business Times reported that a pioneer in urban development, has snapped up threre penthouses at the new St. Regixs condo/hotel tower for an estimated $30

Friday, August 12, 2011

Daskalos, Dekker, Skarsgard bag NAIOP wins - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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The made the presentationas at its 2008 awards luncheom at the UptownMarriotf hotel. More than 500 attended the annual event. NAOIPo gave awards in 10 categories and itsseparatde chairman’s community builder’s award went to the Albuquerques Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority for its new $385 millio water system that makes Rio Granded water potable. The New Mexicp NAIOP’s member of the year awars wentto Dekker’s architectural firm, . In the largw office category, Skarsgard’s successful Paseo Nuevo at 8220 San Pedrko NE wasthe winner. The 106,00 0 square-foot Class A building is mostly leased despitwe thefragile economy.
In the small office the winner was Mariposa East a 16,000-square-foot LEED certifies building that was built by for its headquarters. It’sx the first LEED certified buildingv in Rio Rancho and was aDekker Dickson’s Belvedere Urban Courtyard was the winner in the mixed-usde category. The 54-unit residential/retail projecrt is just north of his Lofts at Albuquerque High projecg eastof Downtown. Daskalos took the retai award for hisShops @ Pasek Crossing project while captured the industriak award for its new 65,000-square-foot warehousew and office at 3330 Pan American Freeway NE.
In the residentiaol arena, captured the master-planned communityg award for its 433-acre Loma Coloradlo project in Rio Nature Pointe’s developer Alex Leonarf won the residential amenity categor for the 18,000-square-foot clubhouse at his master-planneed development near Sedillo Hill in the East Mountains.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Stimulus funds to help St. Petersburg-Clearwater airport

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The funds are part of $8.3 millionj sent to Florida by U.S. Transportation Secretarg Ray LaHood that will alsogive $3 millioh to to rehabilitate a runway according to a release. The is distributingt $1.1 billion it received throughh the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 that it can allocate on adiscretionary basis. The fundinvg is doled out based on a project priority system that addresses airporgt safetyand security, runway safety, increased capacity and mitigatio of environmental impacts. The first funding under the plan went to giving $8.4 billion for transit as well as funds to complete infrastructure projects for and in received $1.
3 billion already for capital and securityy improvements, and $28 million was givem to Arizona for its airports. Last February, the St. Petersburg-Clearwatet International Airport received FAA approval for a new instrumen t landing approach procedure for commercial airlines that was expected to reducre noise impacts to communities to the north in closd proximity tothe airport. Also, both and USA3000p have expanded flights at the airport since the beginninfg ofthe year.

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Biggest Foreign Buyers to Stick With Treasuries After Downgrade - Bloomberg

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