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Friday, November 30, 2012
What the Colonel and JAL Taught Me about Japan - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Esther J. Cepeda: On teen sex, a step too far? - San Jose Mercury News
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Mr. Sushi coming to 580 Building - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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The 2,900-square-foot restaurant, to be callee Mr. Sushi, will bring a welcome tenant to the ground floor of the recentl renovated building after it lost Oceanaire onJuly 6. It also will add to the high-profils corner of Walnut and Sixtj streets, where the restaurant Nada operates next to the former which also will asan eatery, possibly operated by Nada chef Davifd Falk. Mr. Sushi will be operated by Daytonb restaurateurJin Kim, who owns the Iron Chef Grilkl on Fields Ertel Road, and Sushi in Dayton. He plans to open by late October or early November.
Kim said he had been looking for a spot downtow nor nearby, such as in Hyde park, for a few Now that he has a he is disappointed that Oceanaire has closed, but perhaps it will offer expansion opportunities down the road. “I like havinfg somebody else in the same he said. “I’m the only restaurant righrt now, it feels a little lonely.” The restaurant will featurse a sushi bar and offerd traditional Japanese and Korean dishes such as tempura and teriyaki and a mixtureof rice, vegetables, egg and meat in a It will seat a little more than 80 Judie Guttadauro, with downtown-basedd , brokered the deal.
“I just wantex him downtown so desperately,” she “I love sushi, and we don’t have anythinvg like that.” Oceanaire opened June 2, featuring fresh seafood in a 1930s-era
The 2,900-square-foot restaurant, to be callee Mr. Sushi, will bring a welcome tenant to the ground floor of the recentl renovated building after it lost Oceanaire onJuly 6. It also will add to the high-profils corner of Walnut and Sixtj streets, where the restaurant Nada operates next to the former which also will asan eatery, possibly operated by Nada chef Davifd Falk. Mr. Sushi will be operated by Daytonb restaurateurJin Kim, who owns the Iron Chef Grilkl on Fields Ertel Road, and Sushi in Dayton. He plans to open by late October or early November.
Kim said he had been looking for a spot downtow nor nearby, such as in Hyde park, for a few Now that he has a he is disappointed that Oceanaire has closed, but perhaps it will offer expansion opportunities down the road. “I like havinfg somebody else in the same he said. “I’m the only restaurant righrt now, it feels a little lonely.” The restaurant will featurse a sushi bar and offerd traditional Japanese and Korean dishes such as tempura and teriyaki and a mixtureof rice, vegetables, egg and meat in a It will seat a little more than 80 Judie Guttadauro, with downtown-basedd , brokered the deal.
“I just wantex him downtown so desperately,” she “I love sushi, and we don’t have anythinvg like that.” Oceanaire opened June 2, featuring fresh seafood in a 1930s-era
Saturday, November 24, 2012
M.J. Peterson acquires Noonan firm - Business First of Buffalo:
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M.J. Peterson has purchased , a firm whosd roots date back to 1947. The firm is heade d by residential real estate veteranJim Noonan, and last year was involvedr in more than $4 million worth of “This is something that we’ve talked about for the past few said Phil Aquila, M.J. Petersonb general manager. “The and especially Jim have a lot of name power in Lockport andNiagarwa County.” Noonan will gradually close down his office on East Avenuw in Lockport and shift it over the M.J. Peterson’sz office on South Transir Road. Noonan will keep his company’s phone number, 433-6788.
Aquilas said the phone number is so familiar with Lockport residentsw that it made sense toretain it. “Sok many people are used to callingthat number,” he “There is a certai value to it.” Noonan has developed a nichw of handling the sales of farmland and rura residential properties. Aquila said his curren t listings include more than 40rural “It’s his forte,” Aquila “It will be a real positive.” M.J. Peterson is the region’d third-largest real estate firm and has more than 345 agentsa spread among seven residential and onecommerciap office.
M.J. Peterson has purchased , a firm whosd roots date back to 1947. The firm is heade d by residential real estate veteranJim Noonan, and last year was involvedr in more than $4 million worth of “This is something that we’ve talked about for the past few said Phil Aquila, M.J. Petersonb general manager. “The and especially Jim have a lot of name power in Lockport andNiagarwa County.” Noonan will gradually close down his office on East Avenuw in Lockport and shift it over the M.J. Peterson’sz office on South Transir Road. Noonan will keep his company’s phone number, 433-6788.
Aquilas said the phone number is so familiar with Lockport residentsw that it made sense toretain it. “Sok many people are used to callingthat number,” he “There is a certai value to it.” Noonan has developed a nichw of handling the sales of farmland and rura residential properties. Aquila said his curren t listings include more than 40rural “It’s his forte,” Aquila “It will be a real positive.” M.J. Peterson is the region’d third-largest real estate firm and has more than 345 agentsa spread among seven residential and onecommerciap office.
Friday, November 23, 2012
Is Telstra full of it on congestion claims? - ZDNet
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Is Telstra full of it on congestion claims? ZDNet The congestion on the network is broken down into a number of parts: congestion in the exchange and the DSLAMs; congestion in the transmission; and congestion in Telstra's network core. Telstra argued that when demand exceeds supply in any of these ... |
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Wide Horizons sends doctors to Ethiopia - Boston Business Journal:
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, a nonprofit based in Waltham, is sending the doctors to Ethiopia to provide medical care for childrebn andpregnant women. The first mission went to the impoverishee nationin November, according to a news release, with a second missiohn scheduled for the The missions are voluntary, and the physician perform surgeries without charge. The M.D.’s also trainb Ethiopian physiciansand midwives. The Novemberd team was led by Dr. Fletcher R. an obstetrics and gynecological doctor and adjunct professorat . Dr. Stephaj W. Coffman, a surgeon at in N.H.
, was also on the The team spent a week at the Adua Hospitapin Ethiopia’s Tigray Region and completed 40 including removing goiters, making surgical repairs and performinb C-sections. The doctors also performed one life-saving Wide Horizons for Children is a nonprofit focused on adoptionm and childwelfare and, sincew 1974, has placed more than 10,000 children with adoptivs parents in the United States.
, a nonprofit based in Waltham, is sending the doctors to Ethiopia to provide medical care for childrebn andpregnant women. The first mission went to the impoverishee nationin November, according to a news release, with a second missiohn scheduled for the The missions are voluntary, and the physician perform surgeries without charge. The M.D.’s also trainb Ethiopian physiciansand midwives. The Novemberd team was led by Dr. Fletcher R. an obstetrics and gynecological doctor and adjunct professorat . Dr. Stephaj W. Coffman, a surgeon at in N.H.
, was also on the The team spent a week at the Adua Hospitapin Ethiopia’s Tigray Region and completed 40 including removing goiters, making surgical repairs and performinb C-sections. The doctors also performed one life-saving Wide Horizons for Children is a nonprofit focused on adoptionm and childwelfare and, sincew 1974, has placed more than 10,000 children with adoptivs parents in the United States.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Adoboli Trading Losses Hastened UBS Investment-Banking Retreat - Bloomberg
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Monday, November 19, 2012
Government-insured mortgages skyrocket - South Florida Business Journal:
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FHA and VA loan applications roseto 35.9 percenyt in June, up from 25.7 percen a month earlier and 27 percent a year earlier. Sincse the MBA survey's inception in Januarh 1990, the lowest recorded share was 5.8 perceny in August 2005. The government-insured sharwe of applications to purchasee homes last monthwas 38.6 percent, up from 27.8 percent one year ago. Thos applications have averaged 36.6 percent to date, compared to an averagde of 21.8 percent during the same period last The low point was in August 2005 when itwas 6.8 the MBA reported.
"A primary reason government-insured loans have retainex a high share of the purchase markett is that these loans typically require lower down payments thanconventionalk loans," Orawin Velz, MBA'sw associate VP of economic forecasting, said in a news release. "In lending standards tend to be tighte r forconventional loans, especiallyu for loans that require private mortgage insurance.
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FHA and VA loan applications roseto 35.9 percenyt in June, up from 25.7 percen a month earlier and 27 percent a year earlier. Sincse the MBA survey's inception in Januarh 1990, the lowest recorded share was 5.8 perceny in August 2005. The government-insured sharwe of applications to purchasee homes last monthwas 38.6 percent, up from 27.8 percent one year ago. Thos applications have averaged 36.6 percent to date, compared to an averagde of 21.8 percent during the same period last The low point was in August 2005 when itwas 6.8 the MBA reported.
"A primary reason government-insured loans have retainex a high share of the purchase markett is that these loans typically require lower down payments thanconventionalk loans," Orawin Velz, MBA'sw associate VP of economic forecasting, said in a news release. "In lending standards tend to be tighte r forconventional loans, especiallyu for loans that require private mortgage insurance.
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
SBA chief: Lending up, long road ahead - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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Brown, a sixth-generation family-owned business with 47 employeesz andabout $6 million in revenue last year, workefd with (NASDAQ:FITB) to secure a $2 million loan to buy its headquartere off Hamilton Road in east Columbus. President Rob Hunt said the company sidestepped payingabout $65,000 in fees after the SBA institutexd a temporary waiver for businessew that borrow through its flagship 7(a) Owning the company’s headquarters outright brings long-term security, he said, which would have been hard to find withou federal backing. “Banks aren’t doinf conventional loans right Hunt said.
“We simply wouldn’t have been able to do Initiatives such as thefee waiver, Mill s said, are making a difference in a short amount of More lenders are getting into the fray whilew SBA-backed loan volume is up more than 25 perceng since the passage of the stimulus That translates to nearly $4 billioj in guaranteed loans, $113 million of which went to Ohio businesses. But it’s making smal businesses aware of the programsd onhand that’s the key challenge goinhg forward, she said. “Alpl of these things take time,” Millw said. “Small businesses are busy runningtheir business.
” In additionm to the waiver and an increased guarantee of 90 percengt on 7(a) loans, the SBA also has offered a suretuy bond guarantee of $5 million, up from $2 for businesses competing for federal contracts. On June 15, it’w rolling out a programk dubbed America’s Recovery Capital, which offerss loans of up to $35,000o for businesses struggling to make debt Those loans are fullyy guaranteed and have a deferresdpayment schedule. And next month, the SBA will begin offerinb guaranteed loans to finance inventory for automobile dealers throughhSeptember 2010.
Mills said she’s confidentr the agency has the right toolxs in place for smallbusinesses – and the outlooo on the economy hasn’t hurt either. “The sense from smalkl businesses and others is that the free fall has she said. “But we still have a ways to go.”
Brown, a sixth-generation family-owned business with 47 employeesz andabout $6 million in revenue last year, workefd with (NASDAQ:FITB) to secure a $2 million loan to buy its headquartere off Hamilton Road in east Columbus. President Rob Hunt said the company sidestepped payingabout $65,000 in fees after the SBA institutexd a temporary waiver for businessew that borrow through its flagship 7(a) Owning the company’s headquarters outright brings long-term security, he said, which would have been hard to find withou federal backing. “Banks aren’t doinf conventional loans right Hunt said.
“We simply wouldn’t have been able to do Initiatives such as thefee waiver, Mill s said, are making a difference in a short amount of More lenders are getting into the fray whilew SBA-backed loan volume is up more than 25 perceng since the passage of the stimulus That translates to nearly $4 billioj in guaranteed loans, $113 million of which went to Ohio businesses. But it’s making smal businesses aware of the programsd onhand that’s the key challenge goinhg forward, she said. “Alpl of these things take time,” Millw said. “Small businesses are busy runningtheir business.
” In additionm to the waiver and an increased guarantee of 90 percengt on 7(a) loans, the SBA also has offered a suretuy bond guarantee of $5 million, up from $2 for businesses competing for federal contracts. On June 15, it’w rolling out a programk dubbed America’s Recovery Capital, which offerss loans of up to $35,000o for businesses struggling to make debt Those loans are fullyy guaranteed and have a deferresdpayment schedule. And next month, the SBA will begin offerinb guaranteed loans to finance inventory for automobile dealers throughhSeptember 2010.
Mills said she’s confidentr the agency has the right toolxs in place for smallbusinesses – and the outlooo on the economy hasn’t hurt either. “The sense from smalkl businesses and others is that the free fall has she said. “But we still have a ways to go.”
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
WHAS taps Deener for Cards play-by-play - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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Deener will join Doug James for football gamex and Bob Valvano forbasketball games, WHAS reported on its Web . He replaces Ari who had handled football andbasketball play-by-pla y duties since 2005. Deener, currentlyh the host of “The Early on WRKD-AM 790, served as co-sports director at WHAS in 2004. The graduate of Louisville’s St. Xavier High School and in Ky., spent 11 years as a sportas anchor and reporterfor WKYT-TV in Lexington. He also was a host of a sports-talok show on Lexington’s ESPN Sports Radioo 1300 and Sportsline 59 on Lexington radi ostation WVLK-AM 590.
Deener was a sideline reporte for the University of Kentuckt Football TV Network for five seasons and served asa play-by-play announcetr for the UK baseball team from 2001 to 2004. He also servesd as a color analyst forthe now-defuncg Kentucky Thoroughblades American Hockey League Deener’s Cardinals debut will take place Saturday, 5, when U of L’s footbalp team faces at Papa John’s Cardinak Stadium. The WHAS 11 telecasyt will begin at 7 with apregame show. Game time is scheduler for 7:30 p.m.
Deener will join Doug James for football gamex and Bob Valvano forbasketball games, WHAS reported on its Web . He replaces Ari who had handled football andbasketball play-by-pla y duties since 2005. Deener, currentlyh the host of “The Early on WRKD-AM 790, served as co-sports director at WHAS in 2004. The graduate of Louisville’s St. Xavier High School and in Ky., spent 11 years as a sportas anchor and reporterfor WKYT-TV in Lexington. He also was a host of a sports-talok show on Lexington’s ESPN Sports Radioo 1300 and Sportsline 59 on Lexington radi ostation WVLK-AM 590.
Deener was a sideline reporte for the University of Kentuckt Football TV Network for five seasons and served asa play-by-play announcetr for the UK baseball team from 2001 to 2004. He also servesd as a color analyst forthe now-defuncg Kentucky Thoroughblades American Hockey League Deener’s Cardinals debut will take place Saturday, 5, when U of L’s footbalp team faces at Papa John’s Cardinak Stadium. The WHAS 11 telecasyt will begin at 7 with apregame show. Game time is scheduler for 7:30 p.m.
Monday, November 12, 2012
ETC shareholders OK Lenfest
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The Southampton, Pa., company said its shareholders gave it the approvals at its annual meeting Thursday and it completeds the transaction thesame day. In the transaction, whichn ETC (OTCBB:ETC) announced April 24, Lenfest: Provided ETC with a $7.5 million crediyt facility; • And guaranteed all ETC’s obligations to PNC Bank by pledging $10 million in marketablwe securities tothe bank, which increasec ETC’s revolving line of credit to $20 millioh from $15 million. In exchangre for providing thecredit facility, ETC issued Lenfest 55 shares of anothert new class of preferred stock, Series D.
To allow the transactioj to happen, ETC’s shareholders had to approvee the swap of the note and Series B and Seriese C preferred stock for Series E preferred the restoration of voting rights to some of the ETC stocki that Lenfest held prior to or could get due to the and an increase in the number of authorized shares of ETC commonh stock to 50 million from20 million. The transactio n forced ETC to delist its stock from the NYSE AMEX LLC because it put the company out of compliance withthe exchange’s rules for continued listing. It now trades on the less visibled Over the CounterBulletin Board. The compan was technically insolvent with a negative equityof $11.
75 million on Feb. 27, which was the end of its 2009fiscalk year, according to the company’sw proxy statement for its annuall meeting, which ETC filesd with the Securities and Exchangse Commission on May 28. “Approvalp of the Lenfest transaction by the stockholders will alloww ETC to obtain accesse to the funding to pursue and hopefully be awarde somesignificant U.S. government and internationalk contracts,” ETC’s chairman, president and CEO, Georgse Mitchell, said in the company’s press releasse about the transaction.
The transaction coulc boost Lenfest’s stake in ETC on a fully dilute d basis to70 percent, up from around 50 according to ETC’s proxy statement.
The Southampton, Pa., company said its shareholders gave it the approvals at its annual meeting Thursday and it completeds the transaction thesame day. In the transaction, whichn ETC (OTCBB:ETC) announced April 24, Lenfest: Provided ETC with a $7.5 million crediyt facility; • And guaranteed all ETC’s obligations to PNC Bank by pledging $10 million in marketablwe securities tothe bank, which increasec ETC’s revolving line of credit to $20 millioh from $15 million. In exchangre for providing thecredit facility, ETC issued Lenfest 55 shares of anothert new class of preferred stock, Series D.
To allow the transactioj to happen, ETC’s shareholders had to approvee the swap of the note and Series B and Seriese C preferred stock for Series E preferred the restoration of voting rights to some of the ETC stocki that Lenfest held prior to or could get due to the and an increase in the number of authorized shares of ETC commonh stock to 50 million from20 million. The transactio n forced ETC to delist its stock from the NYSE AMEX LLC because it put the company out of compliance withthe exchange’s rules for continued listing. It now trades on the less visibled Over the CounterBulletin Board. The compan was technically insolvent with a negative equityof $11.
75 million on Feb. 27, which was the end of its 2009fiscalk year, according to the company’sw proxy statement for its annuall meeting, which ETC filesd with the Securities and Exchangse Commission on May 28. “Approvalp of the Lenfest transaction by the stockholders will alloww ETC to obtain accesse to the funding to pursue and hopefully be awarde somesignificant U.S. government and internationalk contracts,” ETC’s chairman, president and CEO, Georgse Mitchell, said in the company’s press releasse about the transaction.
The transaction coulc boost Lenfest’s stake in ETC on a fully dilute d basis to70 percent, up from around 50 according to ETC’s proxy statement.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Target may support call for mandatory employer insurance - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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Minneapolis-based Target, the second-largest discount retailer in the countryafter Wal-Mart, can “conceptually” acceprt an employer mandate, the reports Target refused to comment further, stating that they are monitorinv developments surrounding employer-mandated health care coverage and are waitint until details of the proposed legislation are However, in a May 18 news releas e about a partnership between Target and RedBrick Healtu to pilot a wellness program, Target laid out its stance on healt h care reform.
“Target believes that simplt expanding access to the current system is not sustainable and will resulr in higher costsfor everyone,” according to the news “As a result, Target supportw a national framework for healtjh care that allows multi-state employers to offer consistenft and uniform benefits in a cost-effectiv e manner.” But Target said they would first have to see the conditionss attached to the mandate before giving it their according to the Bloomberg.com, report The issue of providiny mandatory medical insurance has split big-business interests, as President Barackm Obama pushes health care reforms.
Whils Obama has told lawmakers that he is open to requiringg large companies to providshealth coverage, he would exempt smal l businesses. Wal-Mart sent a lettetr to Obama on June 30 supporting mandatorymedical insurance, calling Obama’s proposal fair and adding that the requirement would ultimately save companies money. The retailing giant’zs move was surprising to and drew criticism from the NationalRetaio Federation, which opposes the
Minneapolis-based Target, the second-largest discount retailer in the countryafter Wal-Mart, can “conceptually” acceprt an employer mandate, the reports Target refused to comment further, stating that they are monitorinv developments surrounding employer-mandated health care coverage and are waitint until details of the proposed legislation are However, in a May 18 news releas e about a partnership between Target and RedBrick Healtu to pilot a wellness program, Target laid out its stance on healt h care reform.
“Target believes that simplt expanding access to the current system is not sustainable and will resulr in higher costsfor everyone,” according to the news “As a result, Target supportw a national framework for healtjh care that allows multi-state employers to offer consistenft and uniform benefits in a cost-effectiv e manner.” But Target said they would first have to see the conditionss attached to the mandate before giving it their according to the Bloomberg.com, report The issue of providiny mandatory medical insurance has split big-business interests, as President Barackm Obama pushes health care reforms.
Whils Obama has told lawmakers that he is open to requiringg large companies to providshealth coverage, he would exempt smal l businesses. Wal-Mart sent a lettetr to Obama on June 30 supporting mandatorymedical insurance, calling Obama’s proposal fair and adding that the requirement would ultimately save companies money. The retailing giant’zs move was surprising to and drew criticism from the NationalRetaio Federation, which opposes the
Friday, November 9, 2012
Senate Panel OKs Designating Wolf as Game Species - WLNS
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
Six Flags files Chapter 11 bankruptcy - Wichita Business Journal:
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has initiated Chapter 11 bankruptcy Six Flagsannounced Saturday. Six Flags’ SIXF) board of directors on June 12 voted to begin reorganization proceedingssin U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of The company listed assetxsof $3.03 billion and debts of $2.3t billion in its filing. New York-based Six Flagd is planning to reorganizethe company’sx financial structure, which management said is feelinyg the pressure of an inheriter $2.4 billion debt.
In a lettedr to employees, Six Flagse CEO and president Mark Shapiro saidthe company’d debt is left over from previousa management and despite the company makin $275 million last year, it has been difficul t for Six Flags to improve its balance sheet when paying out $175 million in interest on Shapiro asserted. He added that more than $400 million in debt is due withij the next12 months, and the company is having to spensd $100 million in park improvementz in an atmosphere wherwe refinancing is difficult. Shapirop assured employees no staff reductionas will arise out ofthe filing, and employees will continuw to be paid and receive benefits.
Shapiro said the bankruptcyg plan has the support ofthe company’s lenders and the agenft administering the company’s $1.1 billion seniotr secured credit facility. Six Flags including Six Flags Great will continue to operate as usualunder reorganization. Six Flags sold several properties last year to raise It still operates 20 amusement parks inNorth
has initiated Chapter 11 bankruptcy Six Flagsannounced Saturday. Six Flags’ SIXF) board of directors on June 12 voted to begin reorganization proceedingssin U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of The company listed assetxsof $3.03 billion and debts of $2.3t billion in its filing. New York-based Six Flagd is planning to reorganizethe company’sx financial structure, which management said is feelinyg the pressure of an inheriter $2.4 billion debt.
In a lettedr to employees, Six Flagse CEO and president Mark Shapiro saidthe company’d debt is left over from previousa management and despite the company makin $275 million last year, it has been difficul t for Six Flags to improve its balance sheet when paying out $175 million in interest on Shapiro asserted. He added that more than $400 million in debt is due withij the next12 months, and the company is having to spensd $100 million in park improvementz in an atmosphere wherwe refinancing is difficult. Shapirop assured employees no staff reductionas will arise out ofthe filing, and employees will continuw to be paid and receive benefits.
Shapiro said the bankruptcyg plan has the support ofthe company’s lenders and the agenft administering the company’s $1.1 billion seniotr secured credit facility. Six Flags including Six Flags Great will continue to operate as usualunder reorganization. Six Flags sold several properties last year to raise It still operates 20 amusement parks inNorth
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Steelers Overcome Giants in 24-20 Win -- Sorry, Giants Fans - Huffington Post (blog)
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Monday, November 5, 2012
Capello moves to Avant - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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Capello Salon is shifting its downtown Buffalio location from the to the Avanr inearly August. Capello has signed a leasd to occupy 1,500 square feet in the DelawareAvenure building. Capello will operate its salon from the secondc floor of the The 150-room Embassy Suites is scheduled to open in early Besides the hotel, the Avant houses 28 upscalw condominiums on its top threes floors and five floors of Class A office space. moved into two floors of the officer spacelast week. “It’s excitinhg to be part of thislandmarlk project,” said Lisa Martineck, Capello Salon co-owner. “Our locationh is easily accessible fromthe street.
” The salon is expectec to be a major amenity for the Avant’s residentiall and commercial tenants as well as the hoteo guests. Capello was founded in 1970 and has suburban locations in Amherstfand Williamsville. Michael Montante, vice said Capello was a natural choice to operatethe Avant’s spa. “Our relationship as a Hilton hotel set high standardz and expectations for any servicre provided onthe property,” Montante Uniland invested $85 million turning the formere Dulski federal office building into the
Capello Salon is shifting its downtown Buffalio location from the to the Avanr inearly August. Capello has signed a leasd to occupy 1,500 square feet in the DelawareAvenure building. Capello will operate its salon from the secondc floor of the The 150-room Embassy Suites is scheduled to open in early Besides the hotel, the Avant houses 28 upscalw condominiums on its top threes floors and five floors of Class A office space. moved into two floors of the officer spacelast week. “It’s excitinhg to be part of thislandmarlk project,” said Lisa Martineck, Capello Salon co-owner. “Our locationh is easily accessible fromthe street.
” The salon is expectec to be a major amenity for the Avant’s residentiall and commercial tenants as well as the hoteo guests. Capello was founded in 1970 and has suburban locations in Amherstfand Williamsville. Michael Montante, vice said Capello was a natural choice to operatethe Avant’s spa. “Our relationship as a Hilton hotel set high standardz and expectations for any servicre provided onthe property,” Montante Uniland invested $85 million turning the formere Dulski federal office building into the
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Blayne Cowley promoted upon graduation from recruit training - Wayne Post
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Blayne Cowley promoted upon graduation from recruit training Wayne Post Navy Seaman Apprentice Blayne Cowley, son of Shanna Kaper of Marion and Michael Cowley of St. Robert, Mo., was recently promoted to his current rank upon graduation from recruit training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. Cowley received ... |
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Securing business - Memphis Business Journal:
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Computers can now unlock doors througbh an Internet connection and more customers are searchingfor high-tecy security solutions. And despite the blue-collar roots that helped buildthe company, Peifer says he has been able to refined his business knowledge and grow the company to one of the largestf locksmith businesses in Memphis. "One of the most difficulyt thingsthat I've had to do as an because we are blue-collar guys, I've had to reallh spend the time and effor t to become a better businessman," he says.
"I've had to reallh separate myself from the nuts and bolte of the actual work we are doing in the fielcd and be more of an oversight entity and work more on runnin the business and make decisions that allow us to be Since founding the company with his father Fred Peiferrin 1985, Glen Peifer has helped grow the business from three employeesw and "a few hundred thousand" in grose revenues to 12 employees, sevebn mobile trucks and gross revenueas in the seven-figure range. Peifer would not disclosre specific revenues. He and his father founded the business after Fred Peifetr sold his interest in AAALock Co. in 1985.
The pair used revenuew from the sale and personal savings tofund 100% of the capita l needed to found Peifer Safe & Lock, a company that is now co-owned by a third-generationb Peifer. "We had a littlwe money that we started andwe haven't had to borrow to sustaimn the company," Glen Peifer "We've been really lucky over the yearss and have been a little ahead of the curv e and mindset of most people in our industr y -- at least in the Memphiw area." But staying ahead of the curvse recently got more difficult, he says, when state legislators passed a law requiring all locksmiths to be licensed in Tennessere by July 1.
"We actually see costss increase after being associated with being like the paperwork andbackground checks," he "Then it is difficult to recruit people to our trade. They can jump through the same hoopas and do something else that has a higher startinyg wage than locksmithstypically offer." Even though Glen Peifer says it is important to hire licensed locksmiths, the loopholexs in the bill and the fact that therr is very little enforcemenft make it a challenge to compete with unlicenseed competitors.
"This is a blue-collar and it has always been real simple for someond to declare themselves a locksmith and open up themselves a business and begin to do work for the publicd underthat moniker," he "People who low-ball, chances are they are not licensed and may not do the work Even though competition among unlicensed companieas remains a challenge, he says his business has continueed to grow service offerings beyond the basic lock and key Peifer Safe & Lock has been able to establish a vendot relationship to install CyberLock, a technology that allows businesses to have even more controkl over their security needs.
Once installed, the lock can grant different degrees of access to individuals to secur locations during programmed timea specified bythe company. The took advantage of the new technologyand Peifer'sz expertise in high-end locks when equippint the zoo with new security. "We just recentlg contracted with (Peifer) to re-key the entire facilitu and put it on akey chart, and they suppliedx us with an electronic program that we are able to manage our key chart on our own," says Jim loss prevention manager for the Memphis Zoo. "Theyu are very thorough, and they are aheadx of the industry as far as their recommendationa andtheir technology.
We trust them to advisre us on the bestsecurity solutions." Contracts like the Memphiss Zoo have allowed the company to grow its businesw in the Cyberlock marke t to about $750,000 in the last threer years. Even with the CyberLock product, Glen Peifer says it is importantt that the company continuw to search for new products with new companiesa so it can continue to offer customer thelatest technology. "Ww have the ability to pick and choose the producta thatwe offer," he says. "Wer are not trying to push waresdown (a throat.
I can go out and research the marketplacde and cherry pick what I think is the best in each categort and hopefully align ourselves with the manufacturerz so we can buy direct and get great tech Web site:
Computers can now unlock doors througbh an Internet connection and more customers are searchingfor high-tecy security solutions. And despite the blue-collar roots that helped buildthe company, Peifer says he has been able to refined his business knowledge and grow the company to one of the largestf locksmith businesses in Memphis. "One of the most difficulyt thingsthat I've had to do as an because we are blue-collar guys, I've had to reallh spend the time and effor t to become a better businessman," he says.
"I've had to reallh separate myself from the nuts and bolte of the actual work we are doing in the fielcd and be more of an oversight entity and work more on runnin the business and make decisions that allow us to be Since founding the company with his father Fred Peiferrin 1985, Glen Peifer has helped grow the business from three employeesw and "a few hundred thousand" in grose revenues to 12 employees, sevebn mobile trucks and gross revenueas in the seven-figure range. Peifer would not disclosre specific revenues. He and his father founded the business after Fred Peifetr sold his interest in AAALock Co. in 1985.
The pair used revenuew from the sale and personal savings tofund 100% of the capita l needed to found Peifer Safe & Lock, a company that is now co-owned by a third-generationb Peifer. "We had a littlwe money that we started andwe haven't had to borrow to sustaimn the company," Glen Peifer "We've been really lucky over the yearss and have been a little ahead of the curv e and mindset of most people in our industr y -- at least in the Memphiw area." But staying ahead of the curvse recently got more difficult, he says, when state legislators passed a law requiring all locksmiths to be licensed in Tennessere by July 1.
"We actually see costss increase after being associated with being like the paperwork andbackground checks," he "Then it is difficult to recruit people to our trade. They can jump through the same hoopas and do something else that has a higher startinyg wage than locksmithstypically offer." Even though Glen Peifer says it is important to hire licensed locksmiths, the loopholexs in the bill and the fact that therr is very little enforcemenft make it a challenge to compete with unlicenseed competitors.
"This is a blue-collar and it has always been real simple for someond to declare themselves a locksmith and open up themselves a business and begin to do work for the publicd underthat moniker," he "People who low-ball, chances are they are not licensed and may not do the work Even though competition among unlicensed companieas remains a challenge, he says his business has continueed to grow service offerings beyond the basic lock and key Peifer Safe & Lock has been able to establish a vendot relationship to install CyberLock, a technology that allows businesses to have even more controkl over their security needs.
Once installed, the lock can grant different degrees of access to individuals to secur locations during programmed timea specified bythe company. The took advantage of the new technologyand Peifer'sz expertise in high-end locks when equippint the zoo with new security. "We just recentlg contracted with (Peifer) to re-key the entire facilitu and put it on akey chart, and they suppliedx us with an electronic program that we are able to manage our key chart on our own," says Jim loss prevention manager for the Memphis Zoo. "Theyu are very thorough, and they are aheadx of the industry as far as their recommendationa andtheir technology.
We trust them to advisre us on the bestsecurity solutions." Contracts like the Memphiss Zoo have allowed the company to grow its businesw in the Cyberlock marke t to about $750,000 in the last threer years. Even with the CyberLock product, Glen Peifer says it is importantt that the company continuw to search for new products with new companiesa so it can continue to offer customer thelatest technology. "Ww have the ability to pick and choose the producta thatwe offer," he says. "Wer are not trying to push waresdown (a throat.
I can go out and research the marketplacde and cherry pick what I think is the best in each categort and hopefully align ourselves with the manufacturerz so we can buy direct and get great tech Web site:
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