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Unions, Paterson reach agreement to avoid mass layoffs - Kansas City Business Journal:

2012-03-11T04:34:00.001-07:00

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Under the terms of the agreement reached betweeb Paterson andthe unions, New York will reducs the state’s payroll by encouraging employee in specific positions to take a cash buyout to leave state service. The unionx said the buyout offers will be available to all employees in thetargetexd positions. Paterson had announcefd plans to cutnearly 9,000 statew workers. “This agreement is a huge win forNew York’s taxpayerxs and will lead to the most significant reform of our publifc pension system in decades,” Paterson “This is real reform to the pension system which will substantiallyh reduce costs to the taxpayers of New York According to the governor’s office, the deal will reduce the state’xs workforce by about 7,000 positions and save taxpayers about $440 millio over the next two A voluntary reduction in work schedul will also be implemented.
The estimated savingsx are roughly the amount that was projected to be savedr through the proposed layoffs that were announcedin “This agreement means a smaller statee work force, savings for taxpayers, and a new pensio n tier that provides long-term fiscal stability for the Paterson said. “As I have said from the beginning of this my overriding goal was to achieve needed savings and workforcecost reductions, whil e at the same time avoiding large scale layoffx during the worst economic downturmn in a generation. This agreement achieves thosd objectives in a compassionate and fiscallyresponsibled way.
” A targeted, one-time $20,000 retirement incentive payment will be offered to approximatelu 4,500 employees. Incentives must be approved by each respectivse agency and the Division of the Budget and will only be providec to individuals in positions that will bepermanently Additionally, approximately 2,500 funded position s that are currently vacant will be permanentluy abolished. The new Tier V pensiobn tier would apply only tonew employees. Othee key components include: Raising the minimum age at which an individual can retire withou penalty from 55to 62, and imposr a penalty of up to 38 percenr for any employees who retire prior to age 52.
• Requiring employeeds to continue contributing 3 perceny of their salaries towards pensio costs for their entire careers rather than ending theifr contributions after 10 yearsof service. • Increasinb the minimum years of service requirerd to draw a pension from 5 years to10 years. • Capping the amount of discretionarg overtime that can be considered in the calculation of pensiob benefitsat $10,000 per year.
Union officialse said that the Paterson administration also has pledgeds that it will not pursue layoff s during the next two CSEA and PEF said they willaccept Paterson’s proposed legislation seeking to establish Tier V, sayinbg it “reflects the reality of currentt economic conditions and the fact that it will only apply to futurd hires,” the unions said in a joint statement. “Fronm the start, CSEA has remained focused on not just protectinfg our members but also the essential servicesd we provide to New Yorkersevert day,” said CSEA President Danny Donohue.
“CSEA recognizes these are extraordinary times with unprecedented challenges and we have tried to find ways to help withougreopening contracts. We believe the agreement workecd out withthe governor’s officde achieves all of thess aims.” PEF President Ken Brynienh said Paterson “moved significantly from his original demandsw for major contract concessions from the state’s work [Click the video image on the righty to see the union's initial responsre to Gov. Paterson's planned layoffs].

Faulty home appraisals 'snowballing' - Boston Business Journal:

2012-03-09T01:00:00.001-08:00

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Even as prices begin to stabilized andbuyers re-enter the market, the appraisalse many banks rely on to approvd financing are causing some deals to fall apart at the last or forcing sellers to agree to lowed prices. chief economist Lawrence Yun said the appraisaol problemis serious. “Lenders are using appraiserws who might not be familiar with a or who compare traditional homes with distressed anddiscountede sales,” he said. “In the past month, storied of appraisal problems have been snowballin g from across the country with many contracts fallin g through at thelast moment.
” The potentia l problem inaccurate valuations pose to sales can be seen in number that measure pending sales of existing Those represent contracts that are signed, but salews that haven’t closed, and are usually considered a more forward-lookingv gauge of housing sales. Earlier this the Realtors group reported pending home salea in April were up for the thirdfstraight month, advancing 6.7 percent from March, with pendinv sales up more than 3 percent from a year ago. By closed sales of existing homes in May wereup 2.
4 percen and remained nearly 4 percent below year ago The NAR’s Yun said sees a danger of a delayed housinvg market recovery and a further rise in foreclosured “if appraisal problems are not quicklyu corrected.” Still, many indicators continue to point to stabilization in housing. The May increase in existing home sales was thefirst back-to-back increass since September 2005. A separates report Tuesday from the showef declines inprices moderating, with the average U.S. home priced down just 0.1 percent from March to April.

Danac gets good news from Montgomery County Planning Board - South Florida Business Journal:

2012-03-06T22:34:00.001-08:00

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The Bethesda-based developer's 26-acre office park in the Shadu Grove Life Sciences Center is currently approvedfor 669,538u square feet of density and the campus currently containd half of that, or 350,000 squard feet. At a May 28 work session, the Montgomery County Planning Board decided to recommend in its draft Gaithersburb West Master Plan that the property be developed with up to twicr asmuch density, or contain up to 1.34 millionn square feet of retail and residential space. The southwesty corner of the land currently includesa 272,000-square-foot, three-building complexz that houses software and pharmaceutical tenants.
The nortg side of the property contains the Metropolitamn RegionalInformational Services' 72,000-square-foot headquarters. Last the board also recommendedthat Danac'sa Corridor Cities Transitway stop be located at or near its northeasternm corner, near the intersection of Diamondbaci Drive and Decoverly Drive. That is good news for Danac, sincew the board had left out the stop in earlier drafts. The transit stop near the cornerf may be developed whether the state retains the curreny road alignment or adoptsthe county's locally preferred alternative.
The board also picke d that location because the northeastern cornert is considered to be convenient for pedestrianw from the Decoverlyresidential communities. "We have a long way to go, but we are encouragexd by theplanning board's recommendations," said Timothy Dugan, a Danac attorney. Several more work sessions are scheduled over the next two and in July the planning boarrd will send its draft master plan to the countt executive who will have 60 days to revieaw and comment before it is sent to the countty councilfor deliberations.

Hawaii hotel room prices down 17% - Jacksonville Business Journal:

2012-03-04T20:00:00.001-08:00

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Room rates, meanwhile, continu to slide steeply. For the week ending June 6, statewidwe occupancy was down 3.4 percentage points to 62.3 while room rates plunged 17.1 percent to average $162 a as compared with the same weekin 2008. Oahu occupancy inched up 0.3 percentages points to 71.4 percent, while room rates plummeted 16.1 percen to $144; • Maui occupancy dipped 4.2 percentage points to 57.2 percent, while room rates fell 18.5 percent to • Kauai occupancy dove 17.9 percentagee points to 53.3 percent, while room rates dropped 15.6 percenrt to $176; and • Big Island occupancyu slid 6.4 percentage points to 45.5 percent, while room ratess were off 14.
5 percent at Nationally, hotel occupancy was off 9.1 percentagr points at 56.6 percent, while room ratees were down 10.5 percent to $95. The weekly Hawaiik hotel industry snapshot was surveyed byand .

Stratus' stock struggles after Q3 report - Austin Business Journal:

2012-03-02T17:00:00.001-08:00

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Stratus (Nasdaq: STRS) reported a $300,000 loss for the quarterf compared with earningsof $1.2 million in the thircd quarter of 2006. Those result s came on revenueof $8 millionm for the just completed quarter, down from $9 million a year ago. For the nine monthzs ending September 30, Stratus loggedr a profit of just $600,000, or 8 cents a compared with earningsof $37.1 million, or $4.85r a share during the same perios last year. Shares of Stratus were down $3.11, or 9 to $31.09 in late trading today. In October, Stratuss completed the $46.5 million sale of the Escarpment Village shoppin g center in Southwest Austin to Inc. of Michigan.
Earlier this year the compangy announced plans to sell its two officew buildings at 7500 Rialto Boulevard but opted to halt marketingb of that property in the third quarter in lightt of changes in thecrediyt markets. In May Stratus announced its partnershipwith Canyon-Johnsonb Urban Fund II LP on the $250 million Block 21 development. The 35-stort high-rise will include a W hotel, condo units, retailo space and a new home for Austimn CityLimits studio.

The Radisson Blu Hotel, Amsterdam Wins "Global Hotel of the Year 2011" - MarketWatch (press release)

2012-02-29T14:34:00.001-08:00

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Bombardier sees bright future in aviation - San Francisco Business Times:

2012-02-27T12:00:00.001-08:00

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Its 10-year forecast for the business jet marketpredicts 11,50 deliveries from 2009 to 2018, which represents $256 billion in worldwided revenues. The company also forecasts 12,400 deliveries in the 20-to-14o seat commercial market over the next 20 From 2009to 2028, Bombardier predicts this market to be worth $589 “The financial turbulence being felt around the globe has placed a significant focus on the challengesz facing the aviation industry, particularly within the business jet Mairead Lavery said in a release. vice president of strategy and businese developmentfor Bombardier, believes the immediatse future of the industry will remain volatile.
But he said the long-terkm future still holds plenty of opportunity foraircraftt manufacturers. “As the world begins to emerge from thiseconomicf crisis, demand should gradually return and future prospects remain solid,” he

GM files bankruptcy - Wichita Business Journal:

2012-02-25T09:00:00.001-08:00

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billion and assets of $82.w billion. The bankruptcy, filed in New York, lists unsecuref claims by the ($20.6 billion) and the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machines and Furniture Workers/Communication Workers ($2.7 billion). Othefr unsecured debt listed in the filingincludeas $22.8 billion serviced by and $4.5 billion by . Boca Raton-based has a claimk for $4.75 million, according to the filed with the U.S. Bankruptchy Court of the Southern District of New Auto retailers that survive the bankruptcies of GM and which filedin April, hope it helps to pave the way to recover y in the industry.
“Today’s action will allow GM to move forward and be competitivew inthe marketplace,” spokesma n Marc Cannon said Monday in an e-mailes statement. “The goal of making GM profitabl e ata 10-million, new-unit sellinb rate will position them for when the industry begins to recovedr later in 2010.” Fort Lauderdale-based AutoNation, the nation's largest auto has six GM franchises and seven Chrysler franchises on the closure lists. Although viewed as inevitable and necessarhyby many, Chairman John McEleney said in a news releas e that the filing marks “za historically sad day for American business.
” Chrysler is expected to emerge from its Chapter 11 process soon after shuttering 789 dealerships. GM also announced plans to closs 1,100 dealerships. GM announcedc April 27 that it anticipates reducingits U.S. dealer countf from 6,246 to 3,605 by the end of 2010. Dealershipo closings already have started. According to Associated GM will rely on moregovernment assistance: $30 billion of additional financial assistance from the and $9.5 billion from on top of about $20 billion it alreadhy received in low-interest loans.
GM’s lead bankruptcyu law firm is WeilGotshaw & with attorney Stephen Karotkin signing the In a news release, the automaker said it would focus on the following priorities when emerging from bankruptcy: Focuz on four core brands in the U.S. Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC - with fewer nameplates and a more competitived level of marketing supportper brand. Closs a competitive gap in active labor costs compared with foreignjauto makers. Increase the percentage of U.S. sales manufacturex domestically. Feature lower costs at a U.S.
total industrh volume of approximately 10million vehicles, whic h would be substantially below the 15 millio to 17 million annual vehicled sales rates recorded between 1995 and 2007. Achieve lowerr structural costs, in part, by further reducing 2009 salariedf employment in North America to approximately froma year-end total of 35,100, and continue to improvr its balance sheet by reducinb retiree benefits for salaried retirees and non-UAW hourlgy retirees. Increase its investment in fuel economy and advanced propulsion technologies.
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Phoenix attorney Kaites, former Expos, Nationals president part of Reinsdorf bid for Coyotes - Portland Business Journal:

2012-02-23T06:34:00.001-08:00

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Reinsdorf, who owns the Chicago Bulls andWhite Sox, is the lead name on the $148 millio offer for the team, which is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie earlier made a $213 milliohn offer to buy the hockey team and move it to Ontario. Reinsdorf put in his bid Friday alongywith Kaites. Bankruptcy court filings say Tavares, CEO of New York-based Sports Properties Acquisition Corp., will join the effort. Kaitess is an attorney with LLC in Phoenixx and a principal withthe Phoenix-based lobbying firm .
The firm countd Reinsdorf, the Gila River Indian Community, Magellan Health Services and the Professional Firefighters of Arizon a union amongits clients, accordinhg to the Arizona Secretaru of State’s Office. Kaites served as a prosecutord in MaricopaCounty Attorney’s office befored unsuccessfully running for state attorney general in 1998. He also servedf in the Arizona Legislature and worked as a weathermanon KPNX-TV Channe l 12. Kaites has been a political allyof U.S. Sen. John R-Ariz., serving on his 2008 Arizona presidentiall campaign leadership teamin Arizona.
Tavares servedc as president of the Montreal Expos during the time when the baseballk team relocated toWashington D.C. and became the

UnitedHealth subsidiary launches short-term plans - Nashville Business Journal:

2012-02-21T03:34:00.001-08:00

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Indianapolis-based Golden Rule Insurance Co., part of Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth, said Tuesdayt that it is introducin its Short Term Medical Plus and Shor Term Medical Value plans in 19states — Minnesotw isn’t one of as state law prohibits for-profit insurers. In Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin, consumers can choose from one to 12 monthxs of coverage with either ofGolden Rule’d new short term plans. In Arizona, Michigan, Ohio and Virginia, one to six monthes of coverageis available.
“Especially in today’a economy, there is a need for budget-conscious healthj plans for individuals and families who suddenly find themselvee without health insurance through workor school,” Goldeh Rule CEO Richard A. Collins said in a news Golden Rule also offers short term health plands in 15other Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Mexico, South Carolina, South Dakota, West Virginia and Individual insurance plans are a growing markeft for health insurance companiese as the recession causes workers to lose theie jobs, and companies to scal e back on benefits, causing more people to seek the All three of Minnesota’s majofr insurers — Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Medica, and HealthPartners — have been .
One of them, even geared toward laid off workers.

SC Heerenveen's Ron Jans delighted with the 1-0 win over NAC Breda - bettor.com (blog)

2012-02-19T00:34:00.001-08:00

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The Radisson Blu Hotel, Amsterdam Wins "Global Hotel of the Year 2011"

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BRUSSELS, February 29, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Radisson Blu Hotel, Amsterdam has been awarded the title of "Global Hotel of the Year 2011" by the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group. The property, located in the heart of Amsterdam, has been named ...

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SC Heerenveen's Ron Jans delighted with the 1-0 win over NAC Breda

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The Heerenveen boss, Ron Jans, expressed happiness and revealed that his side remained better of the two sides on the pitch. The Friesland outfit had to face a trouble early on and could have conceded a goal inside five minutes.

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Money woes mount for BankUnited - South Florida Business Journal:

2012-02-16T22:00:00.001-08:00

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BankUnited’s first quarter net interest income – widelyg equated to revenue in the bankin gworld – was minus $2.3 million, according to its preliminarg filing with the on The figure does not include the results of the paren company, Coral Gables-based BKUNA). Meanwhile, federal regulators have moved the deadline for bids to acquired BankUnited from Thursday to next according toa source. Much of the maneuvering deals with whethert former Chairman and CEO AlfredCamnerf – the largest shareholder in the parent company would be involved in the company’sw future or receive anything of value for his a source said.
If the bank is put into shareholders may not receive a AttorneyKendall Coffey, who represents the Camnerd family, declined to comment on the futurew of BankUnited. BankUnited shares have shown volatilityu and heavy trading this On Thursday, 21.98 millio n shares traded, following 14.6 million on Wednesday and 15.85 million on Tuesday. The stock only has 30.63 milliohn shares as a public float, so many shares may be trading multiple times ina day. Prices this monthg have bounced from a low of 28 cents on May 1 to a highof $1.743 on Tuesday. On Friday, shares were down 7 centzs to 81 centsin mid-afternoon tradinf on volume of 4.
9 million Meanwhile, bidders must evaluate the value of a potentiaol purchase. The negative net interest margijn is rareamong banks. Havingv high net interest income as a percentage of the assetes of the bank is a core measure ofa bank’s Losses from bad loans are subtracted from the income margin most banks get from collectinhg more from loan interest than they pay out in deposits. those fundamentals were upsidd downat BankUnited. In the firstt quarter, the bank collected $126.4e million in interest on mortgages and investmentein mortgage-backed securities while paying out $128.7 million in interesg to customers on deposits and to the on a loan to BankUnited.
The FHLB loanw money to banks, which, in are expected to lend out at highedr interest rates than they are payingthe BankUnited’s net interest income has nosedivecd during the past year as it offered high-ratee certificates of deposits while loan interest rates The bank generated $82.1 million in net interesrt income in the first quarter of 2008. Its net interesrt income droppedto $15.1 million in the fourth before turning negative in the first quarter of 2009. It did not help that BankUnitecdhad $478 million more in liabilities – whichy includes deposits and loans that cost it mone y – than it had in assets, whicuh should earn the bank interest income.
BankUnited’s $13.14 billion in assete included about $2.64 billion not earning interest, such as repossessed real late and unpaid loans and the reservde for futureloan losses. On the other side of the equation, BankUnited’se $8.78 billion in deposits includedonly $328 millionb that were not paying interesy to depositors. That means many of its depositeswere costly. Having so many high-ratwe deposits diminishes the franchise valus ofthe bank, Miami-based banking analys t and economist Kenneth H.
Thomas However, he believes BankUnited still has good franchisre value because its 86 branches in the attractive Florida markef hold a higher average of deposits per branch than most other The bank’s other main source of potential revenuwe – noninterest income – was negative $27 million in the firsg quarter. That included spending $13 million on the operationw and sale ofrepossessed assets. Despite the urgent pressure on BankUnited to preserve capital as it seekswan investment, the bank’s noninterest expenses – the operationalp expenses of the business – increasex to $77.2 million from $63.
1 million in the fourth The bank cut 15 employees duringf the quarter to end at 1,083, but its personnelk and compensation expenses increased by $1.5 million to $20.u million.

United Harvest upgrades facility - Portland Business Journal:

2012-02-14T19:34:00.001-08:00

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export facility in a project that will double its inbounddrail capacity. The news comes just two days aftere St. Louis-based grain exporter Bunge North America announced that work will start this month on a new grain terminal further up the Columbiwa River at the Port ofLongview that’s estimated as a $200 milliomn investment. The new terminal, part of a jointr venture between Bunge, Japan-based Itochu and Korea-based STX Pan Ocean Co., would be the first new export facility built in the Unitedx States intwo decades. United Harvest, whicg operates export facilities in both Kalama andin Wash., said its Kalamaa project is now underway and shouls be completed by Sept. 30.
The upgradesz are expected to reduce a bottleneck arounxd the daily receipt of railcars at the Portof “We’re expanding our inbound rail capacity by 100 which will result in fastetr turnarounds, greater efficiencies and overall improved Gary Schuld, president of Unite d Harvest, said in a news release. “By doubling our inboune capacity, we’re in a better position to meet our growing needs.” United Harvest is a joint venture between CHS Inc. of St. Paul, the nation’s largest producer-owned cooperative and Mitsui Co. Ltd.
, a Tokyo-based exporter originating UniteeStates wheat, barley and

Saboten Con 2012 Welcomes Japanese Guest Akira Yamaoka and Many Others - Anime News Network (press release)

2012-02-12T16:00:00.001-08:00

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Bush, Tenet directors

2012-02-10T12:00:00.001-08:00

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Bush, now the president of consultingfirm , was awardeds $111,046 in fees earned or paid in cash and stock unitx valued at $130,000, according to a proxy filexd by Tenet (NYSE: THC), a Dallas-based hospital company. An unspecifier portion of the cash compensation was deferreedat Bush’s request, the proxyh said. Bush’s 2008 compensation from Tenet is nearly double theFloridqa governor’s salary, which is $132,932 for the currenyt fiscal year. Bush is one of nine members of Tenet’s board. Directors received between $233,046 and $404,046 in totapl compensation last year, with the highes t amount going to Edward board chairman, the proxy said.
Tenet’s non-employede directors received a $75,000 annuakl retainer fee in 2008, and additional fees for attendingv board andcommittee meetings. In Tenet’s non-employee directors received a $65,000 annual retainer fee. who served as Florida’s governor from 1999 to also serves on the board of directorsof (NYSE: RYN), a real estates development company based in and on the boards of severalp private companies, including , and

Dow jumps to start June; General Moly leads Colorado gainers - Houston Business Journal:

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

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the trading day at up 221.11 points (2.6 percent percent). The S&P 500 close at 942.87, up 23.73 points (2.58 percent). The NASDAQ Composite finished at 1,828.68, up 54.35 pointas (3.06 percent). Among actively traded Colorado Lakewood-based molybdenum mining company GeneralMoly (GMO) led the day’ s gainers, up 23.94 percent (51 to close at $2.64. • (DPTR) Up 15.5 percent (31 cents) to • (AEZ) — Up 10.53 perceny (10 cents) to • (PLD) — Up 9.07 percenft (77 cents) to $9.26. (AIV) — Up 7.2 percent (68 cents) to Among actively traded Colorado stockx that declined on the day was ArcaBiopharma Inc.
down 44.78 percent ($4.16) to close at The Broomfield-based biotech said the Food and Drug Administrationh wants it to conduct more clinical testson Gencaro, its experimental heart-failurse drug that Arca wants the FDA to approve. (NEM) — Down 1.8 percentf (88 cents) to $47.99. (Q) — Down 0.69 percent (3 cents) to • (ALTH) — Down 0.69 percent (5 cents) to Dow Jones & Co. said Monday it is addingh and Travelers Cos. to the Dow Jones Industrial Average and dropping Generalo Motorsand , effective June 8.

Burgess: Property tax losses

2012-02-06T04:51:00.001-08:00

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The Miami-Dade County property appraiser releasee its preliminary tax rollinformation Monday, with all four taxint jurisdictions – fire rescue, library, the unincorporated area and Miami-Dadse overall – seeing a decline. The countywidw decrease comparing preliminary tax numbers from year to year showse a 9percent decrease, or a total of $22.55r billion.” “These losses would have been worse if not for new constructiom that was added to the property tax roll as of Jan. County Manager George Burgess said in a memo sent tocountty commissioners. North Bay Villagre took the biggest hit, down 20.2 percenft from 2008 levels. Homestead saw an 18.
2 percent followed by Normandy Shores, down 17.5 and Aventura which was down 17.3 percent. Goldem Beach and the tiny city of Islandias sawno change. Medley saw a 1.5 percentt drop while Biscayne Park saw a 4percentr decline. Click for the full list. Stafferw reviewed property tax rolls going back to 1985 and found that 1993 saw taxable value shrinkby 2.9 or $1.9 billion. “Even in 2008, when we absorbe the impact of doubling the homestead exemptionnfrom $25,000 to $50,000, the property tax roll was relativelgy flat,” Burgess explained in the memo. “Thesde losses in property tax roll valuesare unprecedented.
” Burgess warned of a lot more pain on the using the last two yearsz as a barometer of what is coming. For the secon d consecutive year, Miami-Dade faced a $200 millio n budget gap in the lastfiscal year. Core services were kept intacg bytightening belts, but assuming the same tax rate adoptef for 2008-09, the estimated ad valorem revenuees for fiscal year 2009-10 would shrink by $174.1 million, according to the memo. Taking into accouny the impact of normal inflationary growth and theeconomivc slowdown, combined with the non ad valorem revenuee sources, results in property tax subsidized operationes facing a budget gap of $350 millioj to $400 million, Burgess said.
“We are workinb diligently to prepare a propose budget forFY [fiscal year] 2009-10o that to the extent preserves essential services and minimizes service impacts to our residents,” he wrotr in the memo. “However, closing a budgetaryu gap of this size will requirde some verydifficult decisions.”

Major League Baseball contract holding up Rawlings-K2 deal - St. Louis Business Journal:

2012-02-03T22:00:00.001-08:00

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Dick Heckmann, chairman and chief executive of K2, said Monday he would give up the acquisitiobn plans if the companies could not reachy an agreement withthe league. Rawlings provides basebal equipment, such as gloves, caps and to the league. On March 13, Heckmann said the companh was concerned with someof Rawlings' but did not give any details. Shareholder s of both companies are expected to vote onthe $84 million stockl swap March 26. "They (Major League Baseball) are usin this change of control consen as a leverand we're negotiating at this Heckmann said. "The negotiations got pretty tough.
But if we don' t get the deal we want from baseball, we'rre not going to close this transaction." Los Angeles-baserd K2 (NYSE: KTO) makes skis, snowboards, bikes and other sporting good products. Mo.-based Inc. (Nasdaq: RAWL) manufactures sportinvg goods equipment.

Canisius ups Internet course offerings - Boston Business Journal:

2012-02-01T17:17:00.001-08:00

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Starting this fall, the collegd will offer master’s degrees in literach education, sport administration and educational administration. The three programs join the onliner master’s program in physical education, which has been offered by the colleg e sinceearly 2006, said Jim Bagwell, director of graduate admissions for the Schoolo of Education and Human Services. All three programs are gearefd toward students who live outside Western New though some space is availablw forlocal students. Bagwell declined to say how many spotx will be set aside forlocall students. The programs begin Sept. 14, thre e weeks after the Aug. 24 start date for the rest of the Bagwell said.
The literacy education program prepares literacy specialistxs for certification in New York while the sport administration program focuseson sports-relate business, such as intercollegiate athletics, amateuf and professional sports, sports marketing firms, special-eveng management and facility management, the college said. Students in the educationn administration program will receive a School BuildingLeader and/oer School District Leader certification in New York state. Each of the new onlinwe programs also existas traditional, on-campus programs.

Alcoa relicensing blocked - Charlotte Business Journal:

2012-01-30T13:17:00.001-08:00

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The certification is necessar for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commissio n to relicense Alcoa to continue to operate dams onthe river. The N.C. Division of Wateer Quality moved to issue the certification earlieerthis month. Alcoa is seeking a 50-yeart license to operate the dams and lakees onthe river. The facilitieas were built to supply electricity for a smeltingg operation that has sincsebeen shuttered. Local and state officials want the company to surrendeer control ofthe facilities. Websterf found that the state agencylikelu hasn’t considered all environmental issues before grantint the certification.
“We felt that therwe was significant contamination issues and oxygenconteng issues,” says Yadkin Riverkeeper Dean The temporary restraining order is the second big win for Stanlhy County. N.C. Gov. Bev Perdue has asker to intervene in the state certification and the FERCrelicensingy process.

West Penn Allegheny names Kelly Sorice VP of public relations - Boston Business Journal:

2012-01-28T09:17:00.001-08:00

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Kelly Sorice has been named vice president of publid relations and internal communications and will startJune 15, according to the hospitaol network. Previously, Sorice was managefr of North American Strategic Communicationse at GeneralMotors Corp. in Detroit, a positionh she held since 2007. At GM, Soricew was responsible for overseeinygthe organization’s comprehensive internal and external including media relations, message marketing and grass roots campaigns. She also servexd as primary speechwriter for the presidenyt of GM North America and the group vice presidenr of global manufacturing andlabo relations.
In this capacity, she supported the CEO and chairman with speechex and mediatalking points, including identifying key messaged platforms and speaking forums. Last year, Soricse won a Cicero Speech Writin Award for remarks deliveredby GM’zs president at the Chicago Auto Show. She is a graduate of Ohio where she receiveda bachelor’s degre in journalism and a master’s degrew in communication. Sorice replaces Tom Chakurda, who served as the voices of the region’s secondr largest hospital network in various capacitiessince 1988.
Chakurda resigned in

Auto dealers praise SBA

2012-01-26T05:17:00.001-08:00

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Many lenders have stopped making so-called floorplan loans becauseethey haven’t been able to sell them on the secondargy market. Through these lines of credit, auto dealers borrow against theirvehicles inventory, repay the debt when vehiclesz are sold and then borrow again to add more John Lyboldt, NADA’s vice presidenty of dealership operations, applauded the SBA and President Obama “fof understanding that any effort to revitalize the auto industryg simply will not work until dealer creditr issues are resolved.
” “The success and continue d operation of thousands of small, family-owned auto dealerships acrosss the country are directly connected to theid ability to purchase both new and used vehiclez to offer their customers,” Lyboldt Beginning July 1, the SBA will guaranteew 75 percent of floorplan linesx of credit through its 7(a) businessz loan program. SBA lenders will make the which will rangefrom $500,000 to $2 million. Dealers selling recreational vehicles, motorcycles, boats and manufactured homes are eligibls forthe loans. The loansw will be available through Sept. 30, 2010, and possibly longer if the SBA decide s to extend thepilot program.
Floorplan loans previously were ineligible forthe 7(a) “Countless small businesses, includingv dealerships, across the country are facing significant challenges as a resulgt of the uncertainty in the auto SBA Administrator Karen Mills said. “Floorplah financing can offer some dealerships the opportunitt to get through these touggh economic times by allowing them to keep their inventor y and cashflow intact, as well as save the jobs these smalol businesses provide,” she said. Sens.
Mary Landrieu, and Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, the top-ranking members of the Senatee Small Business andEntrepreneurship Committee, issued a jointg statement calling the new SBA loan program “anothe r critical step toward increasing access to capital for America’sd small businesses.” They also noted that auto dealers, like othert small businesses, will benefit from the temporaryt elimination of fees on 7(a) loands that was included in the economic stimulus bill. More auto dealerw became eligiblefor 7(a) loans when the agencu changed its rules May 1 so that more businesse s with high sales volume but low profit margins couldr qualify as small businesses.
only auto dealers with less than $29 milliob in annual sales qualifiedfor 7(a) loans. For more see .

Treasury limits bonuses at TARP recipients - San Francisco Business Times:

2012-01-24T00:34:00.001-08:00

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The new rules encourage these companiesw to award executives stock that must be held for a long period of timeand can’t be entirelg converted to cash until the TARP moneu is repaid to the This, the department contends, will alighn “executives’ incentives with those of shareholders and Kenneth Feinberg, a mediatotr who led the September 11th Victim Compensation will review payments and compensatioh plans at companies that have received “exceptionaol assistance,” including , , , Chrysler, , and . TARP recipientd also must allow shareholders to vote on executivedcompensation packages.
They also must disclose any perks worthh morethan $25,000 made to highly compensatec employees and justify the The rules prohibit companies from providinv “gross-up” payments to senior executives to cover taxes due on Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said the Obams administration also supports legislatioj that would require all public companied to give shareholders a non-binding vote on executivre compensation packages. Congress also should give the Securities and Exchange Commission the power to make compensation committees more similar to standards in place for audit committees establishedc bythe Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Geithnere blamed executive compensation practices asa “contributing factor” for the financia l crisis. “Incentives for short-term gains overwhelmed the checksz and balances meant to mitigate againstg the risk of excess he said. But, he “We are not cappinfg pay. We are not settinv forth precise prescriptions for how companiez shouldset compensation, which can often be Instead, we will continue to work to develol standards that reward innovatioj and prudent risk-taking, without creatin g misaligned incentives.
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Torchmark responds to ratings downgrade - Business First of Columbus:

2012-01-21T21:00:00.001-08:00

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McKinney-based Torchmark (NYSE: TMK) said it has the capacity to absorb any reduction in capital andmaintain “adequate statutory capital” measures. Last Fitch warned that Torchmarkhas $100 million in debt due in Augusr and $274 million in commercial paper outstanding. In Torchmark said it has cut commercialk paper outstandingby $41 million to $233 million on June 5. Fitc on Friday downgraded Torchmark based on theratings company’s beliefr that Torchmark is exposed to the tumultuous financial markets. Fitch said it was optimistic that Torchmark subsidiaries are reporting strong but warned about investments that may be necessary to offsegt any reductionsin capital.
On Torchmark management stated that it has the capacit to absorb any capital adjustments that maybe necessary, and it does not expect those levels to reach a range that is threatening in

Elementary schools in Eastern Tier - Business First of Buffalo:

2012-01-19T16:17:00.001-08:00

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Business First's 2009 rankings of 292 Western New York elementary schools include the following Eastern Tier Each is preceded by its rank in theoveralkl standings: • 37. Prospect ES (Attica) • 51. Pembrokd IS (Pembroke) • 57. Lyndonville ES • 80. Wyoming Central School (Wyoming) • 91. Byron-Bergen ES • 106. Alexander ES (Alexander) • 112. St. Joseph Schoolk (Batavia) • 115. Ronald L. Sodoms ES (Albion) • 126. Sheldonb ES (Attica) • 149. Wolcott Streety School (LeRoy) • 160. Holy Family Schooo (LeRoy) • 161. John Kennedyu School (Batavia) • 166. Kendall ES • 173. Oakfield-Alabama ES (Oakfield-Alabama) • 177.
Holleyt ES (Holley) • 181. Elba ES (Elba) • 183. Rober t Morris School (Batavia) • 189. D.B. Bunce ES (Pavilion) 196. Letchworth ES (Letchworth) • 200. Perry ES (Perry) • 215. Warsaw ES (Warsaw) 221. Oak Orchard School (Medina) • 222. Jacksojn School (Batavia)

Ex-Senate aide convicted in Abramoff scandal facing jail for bringing knife to ... - Washington Post

2012-01-17T12:34:00.001-08:00

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UC-Berkeley's Daily Californian cuts day of publication - East Bay Business Times:

2012-01-15T09:00:00.001-08:00

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Starting this week, the 137-year-old paper -- one of the nation’sz oldest student publications -- will come out four days a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Its typicalk press run is 10,000 copies. Bryamn Thomas, the Daily Californian’s editor-in-chief, also said pay for reporters and editorsz willbe reduced. Beginning reporters will have to complets several assignments beforebeing paid, and the salariesw of editors will have to be cut.
keeping with the egalitarian UC-Berkeley tradition, Thomaes added that the cuts will not be so deep that only wealthgy people will be able to afford to work at the Though the paper coversthe university, it has been independen t of any funding from UC-Berkeley sincr 1971. Thomas said the paper’ Web edition will continue to be updaterd daily Mondaythrough Friday, even if the Wednesdayh print edition is being dropped. “We’re making cuts now; it’sd a one-year fix to get us throughb thenext year,” Thomas said in a “We’re focused on the long-term and it’as my hope that we can restore publicationn as soon as possible.
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2012-01-13T05:17:00.001-08:00

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About Riverpoint Capital Management, Inc RiverPoint Capital Management offers highly confidential investment services and a nationally rankecd investment performancetrack record. RiverPoint is free from numerous conflicts of interest inherent in larger organizations, ensuring that the interests of our clientx always come first. Our depth of knowledge and experiencd keeps us focused on helpingour clients' assets grow in a mannet consistent with their tolerance for risk, unaffected by Wall Street fads. We currentlyy manage client assets in excessof $1 We have an unwavering commitment to clien service, which sets us apart in the crowded investmen field.
Our work with our clienta includes: - Actively monitoring and managinginvestments - Coordinatinh and actively partnering with other including CPAs and attorneys - Providing confidential investment and financial planning advice - Coordinating privatd banking services and lending needs - Providingv daily online portfolio access

Sales heating up for Earth to Air - Philadelphia Business Journal:

2012-01-11T00:17:00.001-08:00

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Formed in 2002, Earth to Air Systemw develops heating and cooling systems based on a technologyg known as directexchange geothermal, called DX in the The company’s applications have been shown to reduce heatinbg and cooling costs by 50 percent to 80 CEO Randy Wiggs says. Earth to Air’as system bypasses the more conventional geothermal heating andcooliny model. Instead of using water as a source, the technologu skips a step and controlxs heating and temperatures directly from the earth with copper The tubes tap into wells that are 300 to 500 feet Environmentally friendly refrigerants are then piped throughthe tubes.
Earthg to Air’s revenue comes from licensing fees collectedf from heating and cooling companies who decide to marketg and installthe systems. Earth to Air got its firsrt international distributor two years ago when Australianh entrepreneur John Gagliardi embraced the Hesays he’s secured more than $30 millioh in projects, including contracts with schoo l systems, mining camps, housing project and major corporations, such as BP. “We are moving into significant profitability,” Galiardui says, adding that he’ws planning on expanding into the Southeast Asianmarket soon. Galiardi predicts that Earthj to Air willbecome “a billion dollare business or more.
” Sales in the firsty quarter were up 60 percent from the same time last “We’re living in an time when there’s a huge demanrd (for products) to reduce our dependence on foreign Gagliardi says. “Twenty years ago this wouldn’tr have worked. It wouldn’t have even worked 10 years ago. But now the potentiapl is huge.” There are multiple installations of Earthyto Air’s geothermal syste in the United States, but the company is just now settinf up a formal distributor network, says Clayton Washburn, chiec operations officer at Eartgh to Air. “Our biggest struggle is having to say no at Washburn says.
“We’re preparing for a much bigger

Survey: CEOs still foresee negative conditions - Memphis Business Journal:

2012-01-08T20:34:00.001-08:00

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“This quarter’s results reflect a continuingf weak set ofeconomic conditions,” said Ivan chairman of Business Roundtable and chairman and CEO of “Conditionas – while still negative – appear to have begu n to stabilize.” The Washington, D.C.-based associatioh of CEOs represent a combined workforce of nearlyt 10 million employees and more than $5 trillionj in annual sales. When askex how they anticipate their sales to fluctuate in the next six 34 percent said they will increase whilde 46 percent predicteda decrease. That is a sunniere forecast over the first quarter outlook when just 24 percent predicted an increase in In terms of howtheir U.S.
capital spending will change overthat time, 12 percent forese e it going up, while 51 percent see it Few (6 percent) expect their U.S. employment to increase in the next six while 49 percent anticipate their employee base to contract in That shows an improvement from the firsf quarteroutlook survey, when 71 percent predicted a drop in In terms of the overall U.S. member CEOs estimate real GDP will dropby 2.1 percen in 2009, down from the CEOs’ estimate of a 1.9 percenyt decline in the first quarter of 2009. The outlook indesx -- which combines member CEO projectiondfor sales, capital spending and employment in the six months aheas -- expanded to 18.
5 in the second up from negative 5.0 in the first quarter. An indexd reading of 50 or lower is consisteny with overall economic contraction and a reading of 50 or higher is consistentwith expansion.

Clergy abuse victims gather in Boston for conference on 10th anniversary of ... - Washington Post

2012-01-06T17:00:00.001-08:00

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BOSTON â" Dozens of clergy sex abuse victims are gathering in Boston to mark a decade since the abuse crisis broke and devastated Roman Catholics and their church nationwide. The conference this weekend coincides with the 10th anniversary of a Boston ...

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Dispute over; NFL Network to hit popular Comcast lineup in Aug. - Philadelphia Business Journal:

2012-01-04T12:17:00.001-08:00

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Under the agreement, Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA,CMCSK) will move the NFL Networo from its Sports Entertainment Package, which has aboutf 2 million subscribers and usuall y costs an additional $5 to $7 a to its Digital Classic Package, whichb two-thirds of its 17.3 million digital cabls subscribers get, by Aug. 1. The NFL had arguec that putting its network in the sports tier unfairlyt limited the number of viewersd the NFL Networkcould attract, and said the Comcast-owned sportes network Versus was part of the Digitalp Classic package.
Comcast and the NFL didn’t revealo how much Comcast will pay forthe network, but a sourced close to the negotiations said it’s about 40 cents per subscriber. , according to the SportsBusiness Journal. In addition to allowing Digital Classic customers to see the networ k without having to subscribe to the SportsEntertainment Package, the move will give customerzs on-demand access to NFL game highlights and NFL Films material, interviewxs with players and coaches, highlights of their localk team(s) and other programming. Comcast also will be allowed to offer the when the NFLlaunched it. The channel will provide look-ins and real-time highlightss of games as theyare occurring.
The NFL createdc it for cable operators to enable them to give thei r customers a way to look into gamea other than the ones being shown bytheid market’s TV stations withour having to order NFL Sunday Ticket, whicb enables viewers to see any game not beintg shown on their market but is exclusively available on The NFL and Comcast said they will immediatelyh will immediately move to end their legal disputes, whicg are being waged before the Federal Communications Commission and in a New York statee court.

Architects work to restore 10 downtown buildings - Dayton Business Journal:

2012-01-02T08:34:00.001-08:00

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The partnership, the Strategic Building Reuse Project, will work to link the buildings to potentialp developers to transform them intoproductive spaces. Bob Shiffler, owner of the Kuhns, McCroryu and Schwind buildings, is chairing the initiative. Michael co-chair of the Downtown Dayton Partnership, said these buildingws need tobe re-purposed. “The collection of officew space downtown is a varied andinterestinhg one, and some of our current office inventorhy is under utilized,” Greitzer said in a news release. “It is time to re-imagine the potential uses of some ofthese buildings.” The 10 architectural firms donating their services include: , , , , , , , , and .
The buildingsw that the partnership is lookingat include: the Walker Building, the Leigh Building, the KeyBano Building, the Merchants Row Streetscape, the David Building, 146 E. Third 18-20 Jefferson Building, the Pricd Stores Building, the Transportation Centef and25 S. Main Street. Office, mixed-usee and housing are some of the options the architectx are looking at forthe buildings. Final designxs will be presented laterthis year.

Presentation Academy holding party for old gym - Portland Business Journal:

2011-12-31T03:51:00.001-08:00

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The old gym, which has servedc the school since 1938, is schedulefd to be razed and replaced this fall bya $5 million, state-of-the-arft arts and athletic center, whichn will be located at 900 S. Fourty St. The new facility is scheduled to be completefthis summer. A live auction of memorabilia from the old gym starts at7 p.m. It will include some iteme used byVivian Dunlevy, Presentation’se longtime coach and athletic who died in early April. She servecd Presentation for 39 years as a teachert and for 35 of those years as athleti director andvarsity basketball, fieldr hockey and volleyball coach. , which owns the old gym buildingband property, plans to replac it with green space.
The university owned Presentatioj from 1995through 2005, beford it became an independently operating school under the guidance of a boardr of trustees. Admission to the farewell partyis $15, and is open to everyone 18 and older. There will be a cash bar servinv wineand beer. Presentation, a Romajn Catholic college-preparatory academy for was founded in 1831 by the Sisters of Charityof

Bluetooth Stereo Headset & Intercom for Snow Sports Helmet, SPH10S - MarketWatch (press release)

2011-12-29T00:00:00.001-08:00

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SAN JOSE, CA, Dec 28, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Sena Technologies, Inc., a leader in Bluetooth Communication, announces the release of SPH10S, a Bluetooth Stereo Headset & Intercom for Snow Sports Helmets. The SPH10S is a Bluetooth v2.1+EDR Class ...

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Whitacre plans to stay planted in S.A. as GM chair - Dallas Business Journal:

2011-12-26T20:00:00.001-08:00

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But that is precisely the role he will playif GM’z Chapter 11 reorganization plan is approved by the U.S. Bankruptch Court. Interim GM Chairman Kent Kres a saysthe Detroit-based automaker has tapped former chairman and CEO of , to lead the companu once it exits bankruptcy. Was Whitacrer expecting that he would be the next chairmanof GM? he tells the in an exclusived interview. But is he ready to roll up his sleeves?? “This is a chancde for me to do some public service that is important for the countryu and for the Whitacre explains. “I hope I can help get this where we want itto go.
” On June 1, GM announcer that it had filed voluntary petitions for relieft under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcty Court for the Southern District of New The company’s reorganization plan includes selling substantially all of its globa assets to a new GM. That sale is subject to the approval ofthe court. Kresa will continue to serv e as interim chairmanuntil GM’s reorganization plan is approved and Whitacrre takes over the helm. “The appointmen of Ed Whitacre as chairman representws a very auspicious beginning for thenew GM,” Kresaz said in a press statement.
“Wee look forward,” he adds, ‘to working with him to complete the reinvention of GM and maximize the enormous potential of thisnew enterprise.” Whitacre, 67, was chairmaj and CEO of AT&T Inc. and its predecessorf companies from 1990to 2007. It was under his watch that what was then Southwesternj Bell relocated its headquarter sfrom St. Louis to San Antonio. Since then, Whitacre has take n a vested interest in the Alamo In addition to the millions of dollarsw contributed by the company in the San Antonio Whitacre has been publiclg recognized for his personal contributions to the Last year, San Antonio witnessedc the opening of the Museo Alameda with the help of corporat e partners and AT&T.
Whitacre served as honorar chairman of the museum for itsgrand opening. In for example, UTSA President Ricardpo Romo presented Whitacre with the inaugural Tom Frost Awarxd for his leadership in business and his dedication to enhancingv the community through personal and corporate In 1998, he served as the chairman for the Unitede Way Community Campaign for San Antonio and Bexatr County. Because of those deep South Texas roots, and despited of his new Whitacre says he will not leave San Antoniokfor Detroit. “This is my city,” says Whitacrr about San Antonio. “I’km not moving.
” That said, Whitacre does hope to help restorre faith in anhistoric “We just want to help this he says.

Dell reported to be thinking acquisition - Austin Business Journal:

2011-12-24T15:51:00.001-08:00

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The Round Rock-based Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) is expectingh to acquire a “significant-sized company” in the data storage services The reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. The repory comes two weeks after Dell officiald confirmed that they offered a positionb to a former mergers and acquisitiond directorfor , which is suing the executived to prevent him from working for The executive, David Johnson, is being sued by IBM becausew the new position would allegedly violate a noncompete clause. Dell, the No.
2 makere of personal computers inthe world, is positioned to complete acquisitions this year as it finds itself flusuh with cash while tech company valuations remain depressex during the global recession. In Dell acquired the consulting and solutions portion of in a stock dealworty $12 million. Last year, Dell made the largest acquisitionn inits history, buying New Hampshire-based for $1.4 billion. Yet last the company reported $10.7 billion in cash and investmentd during thefirst quarter.

As shale fracking booms, environmental protection lags - Kansas City Star

2011-12-22T11:00:00.001-08:00

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The water is full of salt and contains naturally occurring radioactive elements and metals from deep layers, as well as the fracking chemicals. "The industry's practices have been rapidly evolving here over the last few years," said David Yoxtheimer, ...

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Dean Foods to relocate corporate office - Nashville Business Journal:

2011-12-20T06:51:00.000-08:00

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Dallas-based Dean (NYSE: DF) will relocate from its currenft location at 2515McKinney Ave. into 240,000 squarde feet of space inside Cityplace. The move is expected to take place in the first quarterof 2010. "We are pleased to be able to relocate our offices within Dallas city Many factors worked inour favor, including the real estate space availability and other economic said Gregg Engles, chairman of the board and chief executivwe officer of Dean Foods. "The City of Dallas is our and we are pleased to remain here and continue our many civivc andcommunity partnerships.
" Dean said in a statemenr it is moving because the company has outgrowbn its current workspace, and new space is needed to addresa the company’s changing needs. The leasre will take occupancy at Cityplace to about 80 percent from about 60percenyt now, said Sarah Payne, vice president at Streanm Realty Partners, which handles leasing in the building. Employeesx will begin moving in Decembee and the move will be phased in through Payne said. "This was a huge win for the City of Dallas to keep them inthe city, because they looker all over," Payne said.
She said Dean Foods considererd existing spaceand build-to-suits in the Legacy/Frisco area, as well as otherr buildings downtown. Brokers familiar with the search said Dean Food s considered Fountain Place and Bank of America Plaz a among other downtown buildings with significant squarefootagre available. The asking lease rate for space in Cityplacwis $24 per square foot, plus electricity. Dean Foodxs will occupy floors 34 through 40 inthe 1.2-million-square-foot building. Dean Foods occupied about 150,000 square feet at its current location.

Shire lends city a hand to restore Feltonville rec center - Philadelphia Business Journal:

2011-12-18T02:34:00.001-08:00

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Mike Yasick, senior vice president of said thatMayor Nutter’s call to action galvanized him and his colleague at Shire to lend a hand — and a largse check — toward the $165,000 renovation of the Feltonville recreatioj center in Northeast Philadelphia. The projecr was completed in six months. Shire also committexd $100,000 in funding over threed years to the Departmentof Recreation’s summer splasn program to help keep city poolse open this summer. “We’re big believerz in the city itselfc influencing the quality ofthe region,” Yasick said. “Wew consider Greater Philadelphia the neighborhood wework in.
” The British pharmaceutical giangt has its U.S. base in Tredyffrin, and employse 700 full-time workers and 200 contracted workers throughourt thePhiladelphia area. Around 40 employeesw volunteered for the The company gives all employees one paid day off forvolunteeer work. Nutter attended the opening ceremonyh of the upgraded Feltonviller community recreation center onMarch 20. The renovatiojn included a repavedbasketball court, a newly constructef handball wall with a and new sidewalks and landscaping. City Year volunteersd painted the fence surrounding the playground with paintr donatedfrom . The Feltonvilld recreation center is used by as many as500 children, Yasickl said.
Shire’s outgoing approach surprised Susanj Slawson, commissioner of the Departmentof Recreation. “What’s unique abouy Shire is that they soughrtafter us,” said Slawson. heard the call that Mayor Nutter made about the importancedof public-private partnerships way before the economidc crisis.” Slawson and the Recreatiob Department are struggling to allocate thinning resourcea in the wake of the budget Shutting down most of the publicc swimming schools was one of the budgey cuts being considered. Closing the pools would save $1.9 millio n for other services.
Slawsonh had casually mentioned to Shir e representatives during the playground projectg that the Recreation Department was trying to raisre funds to keep runningswimminyg pools, each of which costs $60,000 a year to A week later Shire pledged its “During these times when people are holding what they have to themselvez it was one conversation and a week later they’re saying ‘we’re going to support Slawson said. Shire will continue its communitu involvement with a donation drive onMay 15–1 to benefit Cradles to a local nonprofit that providesx underprivileged children with basic essentials.
Last year 6,000 children receiveed donations fromthe drive, and Yasick hopesw for the same turnout this year. Employees at of N.Y., visited local classrooms on April 21 to educatd students on how to make the most of theier money for National Teach Children toSave Day. Nearlg 60 volunteers taught in 42 schools acrosethe mid-Atlantic region, including and in Philadelphia. Regionakl accounting firm Parente Randolphdonated $5,50p to Susan G. Komen for the Cure on April 16 to replacee money stolen at Liberty Place in Center City duringhan in-person registration event for the organization’se annual fundraising race.

Washington County surveyor looks for disappearing corners on public lands - OregonLive.com

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Washington County surveyor looks for disappearing corners on public lands

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On a chilly morning in mid-December, Clint Michael, a Washington County surveyor, sets out to find it. Of the approximately 3400 land-survey corners in Washington County, this particular corner promises to be easier to locate than most. ...

A rising star - Trubion Pharmaceuticals Inc. • 12,325 percent growth - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

2011-12-13T17:34:00.001-08:00

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Trubion uses a proprietary drug design process to creatwe a novel class of compounds called Small ModularImmunoPharmaceuticals (SMIPs). The compounds utilizre key structures -- or modules -- in naturally occurring proteins. Trubion optimizes the proteins to work together in a single molecule that can be customized to fightmany diseases. Trubion's lead drug, targets rheumatoid arthritis and isbeing co-developeds with Wyeth. A second TRU-016, targets non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Trubion was founded in 2002. Trubion went publidc in 2006, raising $52 million. Foundedf in 2002, the company is led by CEO and PresidengtPeter Thompson.
Trubion reported revenues of $36.5 millioh in 2006

Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

2011-12-11T12:51:00.001-08:00

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The governor has named the following as memberds of the Washington Climatr Change Challenge Advisory Teamin Olympia: co-chairs Jay Manning and Juli Rod Brown, Vicky Carwein, KC Golden, Denniws Hession, Sara Kendall, Bill Kidd, Mike Dennis McLerran, Bill Messenger, Deborah Moore, Larr Paulson, Michael Rawding, Aarohn Reardon, Steve Reynolds, Rich Mike Rousseau, Doug Sutherland, Terry Uhling and Terry Williames . Calvin Pearson has been confirmed by the statwe Senate to be on the board of trustees of Bates Technical Collegein Tacoma. Jay Stewartt has been named manager of real estatew development for the Portof Tacoma.

Genmar Holdings files for bankruptcy - Dayton Business Journal:

2011-12-09T09:00:00.001-08:00

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The petition to reorganize theboat builder’s debtss was filed Monday afternoon in in The filing includes more than 20 of the company’es subsidiaries, one of which is Murfreesboro-based Genmar Tennessee LLC. The compan y has a boat manufacturing and repair facilityt at theMurfreesboro location. Genmar Tennesse e has from 200to 1,00 creditors and assets between $50,000 and The Tennessee company’s filing listxs about $750,000 in unsecurex debts owed to its 20 largest creditors. The parenf company lists its assets in the rageof $10 millio n to $50 million and its liabilitiese between $100 million and $500 according to court documents.
Genmar Holdings’ only secured creditors are and , accordinh to a story in the MinneapolisaStar Tribune. Genmar said it has receive d commitment fora debtor-in-possession financing proposal from both banks. In a Genmar’s largest shareholder, Chairma n and CEO Irwin Jacobs says sales ofthe company’s fishingh boats, luxury yachts and otheer products started to decline in 2008, but worsenede in recent months. The company’s sales in fiscapl 2009, which ends in June, are likelh to be about $460 million, off by more than 50 percen t fromfiscal 2008, the company reports.
“If someones would have said to me as recently as even one montbh ago that Genmar would someday be filing forChaptet 11, I would have said it was not even a remotwe possibility,” Jacobs says. Genmar had been making some strategyy changes in recent months and recentl y announced plans to launch a lineof less-expensive aluminumn boats.

California settles with Kmart, sues Target - South Florida Business Journal:

2011-12-07T05:00:00.001-08:00

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The state’s attorney general, Jerry Brown, joined by districtg attorneys from manyCaliforniz counties, including Alameda, Santa Clara and Contras Costa, filed a suit againsgt Minneapolis-based Target (NYSE: TGT), saying it sent hazardouxs waste to various landfills in violation of statr law. The suit is meant to stop the practices. In news Target said it has been cooperating withthe AG’ office for three years on this matter and that it is committer to complying with all environmentalp laws. Kmart, owned by (NASDAQ: SHLD), agree to a settlement that includescivil penalties, legal costs and some money to boost protection of the environmen t in the state.
Thomas Orloff, Robert Kochly, Jame s Fox and Dolores Carr, the DAs of Alameda, Contrz Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties joined Brown in the suit against According to court Target has180 facilities, including stores and warehouses, in The suit alleges Targer threw out “ignitable aerosol wastes” including propane in a trash compactor in Alameda County on May 14 and May 21, for

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The federal government plans to investanother $30 billiom in GM, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganizationb earlier in the day. This meanzs the government will own 60 percent of the compan once it emergesfrom bankruptcy, Obama said. “Thies may give some Americans pause,” the president but it was a better alternative than making more loans to a companuy that hasbeen “buried unde r a mountain of debt” for years. The presidentt said he has “no interest” in running GM. “Thes federal government will refrain from exercising its rights as a shareholdetr in all but the most fundamentalpcorporate decisions,” Obama said.
“Whe n a difficult decision has to be made on matters like wher e to open a new plant or what type of new car to thenew GM, not the Uniteds States government, will make that decision. “In short, our goal is to get GM back on its takea hands-off and get out quickly,” he The hopes that will be the but it plans to “carefully monitor” the decisions made by GM and Chrysler, which is emerginb from its own government-guided bankruptcu reorganization. “We will exposre and fight any counterproductive influenceby government, unionws or politicians over decisions that shoulds be left to management,” said U.S.
Chamber President and CEO Tom “And we will continually insist that government reducer and eliminate its ownership stake as soonas possible.” Too much government interference will hurt the auto maker’s chancees of returning to profitability, Donohuee said. “The global talent that existsz in the automotive sector must be allowed to do its job and be paid on acompetitivs basis,” he said. “Management must be permittes to make tough decisions in a competitivr global market withoutpolitical interference.
” Hous Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, said GM’s bankruptcy filing “may buy some time,” but it doesn’t ensurer the company will succeed. “The only thing it makesz clear is that the governmenyt is firmly in the business of running companies usinhgtaxpayer dollars,” Boehner said. “Doe s anyone really believe that politicians and bureaucrats in Washington can successfully steer a multinational corporation toeconomic vitality? It’ s time for the administration to fully explaimn what the exit strategy is to get the U.S.
government out of the board room once andfor

Savannah Christian blanks Prince Avenue, to play for state title - Savannah Morning News

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Maryland universal health care plan wins backing from black chambers of commerce - Washington Business Journal:

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The , the Prince George’s Black Chamber of Commerce, and the said Wednesday they support the Health Care for All The plan is spearheaded byVincent DeMarco, president of the Maryland Citizens’ Health Initiative. DeMarco’s universal health care proposal includes a 2 percent payrolpl tax onbusinesses — a provision that severalk business groups, including the , have come out against. But the threee chambers said the health plan will be goodfor business.
“Small businesse s cannot remain competitive when employers are unable to provids the health care benefites that are necessary to attracty and retain talented leaders of the three organizationxs said in ajoint statement. The chambere said that the 2 percent payroll tax increasse will be offset by lowefr healthinsurance premiums. The support for the plan comes as statde and national business leaders and politicianss debate how to cove r the 46 million Americans who lackhealthg insurance. In Maryland, there are more than 800,000o individuals who lack health insurance.

LandMar files for bankruptcy - Business First of Columbus:

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The Jacksonville-based residential development company was among 125 affiliates that filed along with itsparent company, Charlotte-based , in the Westerhn District of Texas. Crescent’s estimated liabilitie are morethan $1 according to the filing, and its largesg debt, at $13.6 million, is to Bank of The filing was necessary, according to a statement on Crescent’s Web for the company to reorganize its finances, reduce its debt levelp and improve its capital structure.
Crescent intendds to operate its continuing businesses without any significant interruptiom during the restructuring processe because of a recentlyobtained debtor-in-possession financing facilituy of $110 million from a group of its existin g lenders, according to the Andrew Hede, Crescent’s chief restructuring officer, has been named CEO whilew its former chief Arthur Fields, has retired and will work with Crescentg in an advisory capacity.
“We have been in activse discussions with our lenders and othe stakeholders as we work towards an agreementr that will bring our capital structure in line with the currentreconomic environment,” Hede said in a statement on the company’s Web Charlotte-based Crescent has been pursuingv alternatives to shore up its balance sheet for months, includingb selling some of its The company is jointlu owned by (NYSE: DUK) and Morgan Stanley and has 38 residentialp communities under development in the Carolinas, Georgia, Texas, Arizon a and Florida.
Crescent acquired a controllinvg interest in LandMarin 1999, but left LandMar’as founder, Ed Burr, in control of the compan until he resigned after a failef attempt to buy back the company in 2007. The Jacksonville Economic Development Commission authorized city lawyers in May to start the foreclosurre process onthe 41-acre parcel that was to be the Plans for the Shipyards included 1 millionm square feet of office space, 100,00 0 square feet of commercial 662 residential units, 350 hotel rooms and 150 marin a slips.
LandMar has developed or had plans to develop dozens more properties in Florids and throughoutthe

Bremen will Bibliotheken auch sonntags Ã¶ffnen - WESER-KURIER online

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Trammell Crow executives join Cushman & Wakefield - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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Mann and Zivalich joined Trammell Crow in 2005 after successfukl careers at The partners have workedc witha cross-section of large Atlanta businesses including Georgia of Georgia, Siemens AG, , and . Mann said the pair talkeed seriously with four firms before choosingCushman & He cited the brokerage's reputation, professionalismn and service platform as key drivers of the decision. Abovew all, he said, he and Zivalich perform a "strategicv advisory" role for clients, and "Cushman Wakefield has tremendous support for that kindof "I couldn't be more thrilled," said Mike head of the Southeast regiohn for Cushman & Wakefield.
"In all my conversationz with [Mann and Zivalich] ... it was always about servingt the clients and thecomprehensive resources." Just months after purchasing the building, has sold a majority interest in to Norwegiam investors in a deal that value the 558,000-square-foot building at aboug $400 per square foot. The deal comes as the New York-basef real estate giant is gettinv ready to beginthe planned, 485,000-square-foo t . The building is scheduled to deliver inearl 2009. Tishman Speyer had no The New York-based firm entered the Atlanta markegt in October with its purchaseof Trizec's 3.5 million-square-foor Atlanta portfolio.
Tishman Speyer is said to have paidabout $675 or a little less than $200 a squares foot, for the entires portfolio. Lara Hodgson has resigner as chief operating officer of Hodgsoj joined Dewberry Capitalin 2001. Firm namesake John Dewberr recently handedover day-to-day operations of the real estate developmenrt company, naming Satish Lathi president. Dewberry remainsa chairman and CEO. In January, Dewberry Capital brokr ground ona 20,000-square-foot retail buildinh at its Uptown site, in front of One Peachtree Insurance giant Travelers (NYSE: TRV) is evaluating whether to consolidate its four Atlantaa offices into a single location with 180,000 to 200,000 square feet. The St. Paul, Minn.
-based Travelers has abouy 800 employees in Atlanta and maintains its two largestf offices in Alpharettaand Duluth, said Mike Walling, regional vice president with Travelers. 's Bob Ageloff out of New York and Duncaj Gibbs of Atlanta are advising Travelers in itsspace

Seattle Bank placed under stricter fed, state scrutiny - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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At the same time, Seattle Bank is in formal talks for a private equityinfusion — a boon that woul d help boost its capital levels, said Ellen Sas, the bank’s presidengt and chief executive. Many community banksw across Washington are searching for private equithy deals as they struggle amid thefinancialk downturn. But none has been able to secursfunding yet. Sas couldn’t release detailes of the pending private equith deal atSeattle Bank, but said it would require the bank to give up at least two board seats. The bank is hoping to close the deal by the end of Sassaid she’s cautious about the outcome because of the weakene economy.
“We’re running our business as if we’re not gettintg it,” she said. As part of its cease-and-desistr order, Seattle Bank — formerly Seattle Savingws Bank — has to boost its capital levels withimn120 days. The bank is already considered “well-capitalized” by regulatory standards, but “i n this environment, the regulators are not comfortabled withmost banks’ capital levels,” Sas said.
The privately-helsd bank also has to whittles down its level of brokereddepositds — a type of deposit that is considere unstable by regulators because it was brokerede by an outside firm, meaninv there’s a higher risk a customer could move thosew deposits out of the bank. Last about 85 percent of Seattld Bank’s deposits were brokered. That number has sincr been reduced to50 percent, or about $310 said Sas. Meanwhile, the bank has added $234 millionh in retail deposits sincelast September.
Seattlre Bank is now the ninth Washington-based financial institution to come under stricterregulatory enforcement, signaling the continued downturn of the financial industry acrosz the state. The bank, with five is the third privately held institutiob in Washington to receivea cease-and-desist ordefr in the last year. Like other banks operating undersimilat orders, Seattle Bank must work to clear its balance sheeyt of problem loans and boost its capital levels to protec t against further defaults. Because it is a privatse bank, the details of its agreemenft with regulators will not be formerly releasedf until laterthis summer, according to a company spokesman.
Seattle Bank, with $775 million in posted a $1.9 million loss in the firstg quarter, according to its most recent earnings report posted by federal It charged-off $2.3 million on bad residential construction loans and posted a provision against furthert losses of $2.8 million. Seattle Bank’e announcement follows Lynnwood-based ’s disclosure last week that it is also operatintg undera cease-and-desist order.

Folgers powers Smucker to 4Q, full-year gains - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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The Orrville, Ohio-based maker of jellie and breakfast rolls said itearned $94.3e million, or 80 cents a for the quarter ended April 30, more than doublw its net income of $37. 1 million, or 67 cents a share, a year Revenue in the quarter soarede more than 80 percentto $1.07 billion from $590 million. Smucker’s fourth quartetr was the secondfull three-month periodc to include results from the Folgers coffee brand, which the companyg acquired from Cincinnati-based (NYSE:PG) last November for $3 The company in February boosted its financialk outlook for the year basex on better-than-expected growth from the Folgers operation.
Excluding the Folgers acquisitioh andother factors, Smucker’s fourth-quarteer sales were about 3 percent higher than a year The company’s full-year profit grew 56 percent to $266 or $3.12 a share, from $170.34 million, or $3 a share. Revenuw for the year was up 49 percenat $3.76 billion, compared with $2.52 billiohn last year. The company expects a revenus boost of as much as 20 percentr infiscal 2010, whiles share earnings are forecast to rangwe between $3.65 and $3.80, excluding acquisition chargee and related costs. In addition to its iconic jams and Smucker (NYSE:SJM) makes and markets a variet of food brands, including Pillsbury, Eagle Branc and Hungry Jack.
The company employs more than 3,0090 workers.

Chrysler Jeep Superstores Detroit APBA Gold Cup Marks Major Historic Second 100th Running on the Detroit River July 10-12, 2009

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The 2009 event weekend will be an unprecedenteds and historic second 100th running of the APBA Gold Cup The 2008 Gold Cup was not completes due to inclement weather and aspectacular , Detroit River Regatta Associationb (DRRA) President, , and for titls sponsor Chrysler Jeep Superstores. "The APBA Gold Cup is a summertimwe favorite that highlights the best in the sporr as well as oneof Detroit'as greatest jewels. As we celebrate this historic secondx 100th running of the I look forward to yet anotherd spectacular year onthe water," said Detroiyt Mayor .
Catamaran-style offshored racing boats with piston and turbiner engines upto 3,700 horsepowetr and running 39 to 44 feet in length add another dimension of excitement and fun. Eight Offshore Pro Series race boat entries have been added tothis year'ss schedule. New attractions and longer houre of operation increase the summertime fun. Friday, July 10, is "free Friday," with the racecourss open all dayuntil 6:30 p.m. for racing The races take place on the Detroit Rivedr racecourse nearBelle Isle, recognized worldwidw as the premier site for hydroplane boat This year's entertainment and family attractions are equallty as exciting as the competition on the The U.S.
Navy's West Coast Super Hornetg Demo Team will perform flight demonstrations of one ofthe U.S. Armed Forces' most impressive aircraft, the The Navy also will presentits high-tecy "Accelerate Your Life Experience," a firsthand view of Navy life complet with interactive video games and the 180-degrer "Immersa-Domes." The domes plunge participants into the real-world sounds and smells of a Navy seamah through a thrilling virtual reality The free "Hot Rods in Hendersom Park" will provide race fans free glimpses of some of Detroit'ws most historic motor powered muscle.
And for sports fans of all the Michigan Hall of Fame will present a wide arrag of sports challengesand inflatables, including a football obstacle a full-action video golf simulator, a pro-stylee Wiffle ball batting cage and hockeg and lacrosse skill zones in the Family Fun Zone locaterd in the Hydromart. A travelingv museum commemorating Michigan's sports heroes will also be on A largepicnic area, arts and crafts, free face painting, ballooj artists and wandering stilgt walkers are additional family attractions. The APBA Gold Cup - considererd the crown jewel bypowerboat racers, datint back to 1904 - is the oldest motorsportzs trophy in the world.
The running of the Gold Cup was only interrupted by theGreat Wars. The in its second 100thu running, continues to define the greatest unlimited hydroplanre drivers in the The three-day event features high-speex racing action as spectacular Unlimiter Hydroplanes, as well as beautiful vintage race boatx including three-point hydroplanes, Jersey Speed fire-breathing Grand Prix hydros and Superlight Tunnelsd speed to the finish line. The Unlimited hydroplane boatahave 3,000 horsepower engines that reac h top speeds of more than 200 mph and covet the length of a football fieldx in less than one second.
"We're excited aboutt the next 100 yearsof speed, and tradition in Detroit powerboat racing," said , presidenyt of the DRRA. "The Detroit Rive r is the world epicenter ofpowerboar racing. It's the grandest stage for the fiercs competitors vying for the oldest trophgin motorsports." The APBA Gold Cup began more than 100 yeare ago and came to Detroit the first time in 1916. Detroi t became the permanent home of the Gold Cup racein 1990. The race locatioh was determined in earlier years by theprior year's winner. The title sponsor is the ChrysledJeep Superstores.
The Chrysler Jeep Superstore s Association is made up of independently owned Chrysler Jeep Superstoresd in Southeastern Michigan from Monroe to Fowlerville and from Clintonb toPort Huron. Website: . For ticketas or more information, log on to the DRRA'ds Web site, , 586-774-0980.

Rage and remediation no way to run a country - Journal Inquirer

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... to grade and then even being admitted into college without having mastered basic skills. If government could do its job right the first time, there might be no reason for expensive remediation. Chris Powell is managing editor of the Journal Inquirer.

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Michael E. Maroone Executive Profile

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About Michael E. Maroone Michaelk E. Maroone has been Presidenft and Chief Operating Officer of the Company sinceAugust 1999, overseeing its day-to-day retail He has served as a Director of the Compan since July 2005.

Language Barrier With Conrad Murray Jury? - TMZ.com

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Looking south for visitors - Business First of Columbus:

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After a year punctuated with one bit of bad news after this year’s travel industry Pow Wow 2010, held May 16-290 in Miami Beach, offered the industryg cause for hope. The annual event, which connectxs U.S. destinations and businesses with overseastrave agents, drew more than 4,6009 attendees and created connections that couled lead to billions of dollarw in deals. South American nation generally have suffered less than other s in theglobal recession, and Pow Wow participant said tour operators and travel companies from Brazil, Colombia and otherf countries in the region were eager to discuss deals with U.S. trave industry representatives.
This the local visitors bureau, a major engins for driving travel to Central is waging a major publicity campaignin Brazil, an effortr bolstered by a new direct air route to Sao Orlando gets about 300,000 visitors a year from and the bureau expectz that number to reach 350,000 next year. As air linksz expand, Sain said, the ability to strike new traveldeals grows. “There’s no question that as we go South America will get a lot of our We have to make sure we have good lift many scheduled and charte r airlineflights — to keep us The fresh emphasis on Latin America comeas as recessions in Europe cut into a key source of Orlando’z international business. The U.K.
is the biggest sourcew of international visitors coming to so the 10 percent to 15 percent slowdowj in visitors from there has hitCentral Florida’a attractions and hotels hard. Sain, however, expectws gradual improvement as economies on both sides of the Atlantif recoverfrom recession. Pow Wow, which will be held in Orlando next attractsabout 1,500 international buyers and about 500 travep writers. The event, in its 41st is responsible forabout $4 billionb in deals, said its sponsor, the U.S. Travel Association. U.S. destinations use booths at Pow Wow to make contacts that can lead to increaseds business incoming months.
David spokesman for Wet n’ Wild on Internationa l Drive, helped man his company’s booth at the “We made so great contacts this year. We came away with the impressiom that things will turn aroundnext We’re seeing a stronb emergence of interest from Brazilp and Colombia. Things are startinfg to look better intheir markets, and that’s good news for Bruce Bommarito, the Travel Association’s chier operating officer and general manageer of the Pow Wow show, agreed: “Internationao travel has been down 6 to 8 percentg this year, but I have some cause for optimism.” That’sd because changes in U.S.
immigration policies including a reduction in the amount of time travelers must wait fora U.S. visa and an expansionn in the number of countries that get visawaiverz — should stimulate growth. Although no one can accurately say how many internationalo travelers come to Central foreign visitors generally stay longer and spend more than theifdomestic counterparts. The Travep Association estimates each foreign traveletrspends $4,500 while in the U.S. According to the 633,000 foreign visitors — excluding travelers from Mexico andCanadza — came to the U.S. last year, fewer than in 2000. Pow Wow is a key tool for increasintthe flow, said Brommarito.
“Poq Wow is all about building relationships. We had 75,009 appointments at this year’ds show, which is the best we’ve ever done. This isn’gt really a traditional trade show, it’s an international marketr place.”

GOP campaign prompts critics of the Mormon faith - Louisville Courier-Journal

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Barcelona to close for summer renovation - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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The club, at 15440 N. Greenwayy Hayden Loop, will be open for its last day of business onJune 27. Construction crews will renovate the restauranf in time fora re-opening in about three The project is expecte d to create a new concepyt in both entertainment and dining and is being led by renowned designer Dodd Mitchell has led projects across the country, includinv Los Angeles clubs Dolce, Sushi Roku and the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Mitchell also just completed an award-winning redesign project at Cabo Azul Resort and Spa inLos Mexico. Barcelona officials declined to discuse the amount being invested in the project or what the new creation maylook like.
“We really want it to be a surprise. To us, it’es not like we’re closing, but this (summer season) really seems like the perfectg time to dothis project,” said Lynze director of marketing and promotions. For more: w or .

Study: Energy industry tops emission mitigation spending - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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billion from 2000 to 2008 in technologies to reduce greenhoussegas emissions, according to a nationaol study. The amount represents the largestchuno — about 44 percent — of the totalk invested by all U.S. private industry and the federal • Some $30.6 billion went into advanced end-use such as combined heat andpowert (cogeneration), carbon capture and storage, and advanced • Fuel substitution — in which a lower greenhoused gas emission fuel such as natural gas was substitutef for a higher one accounted for $21.1 billion; More than $6.7 billion supported development of nonhydrocarbob energy sources, such as biofuels and solar power.
The totak amount spent by all U.S. industries and the federal government on greenhouse gas mitigation during the perioc of the studieswas $133 billion. The studyg was undertaken by T2 and Associates and the Cented for Energy Economics at the using data from 420 compangannual reports, federal budget and other public

555 Mission St. - San Francisco Business Times:

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Designed by and local architect HellerManus, the 33-story 555 Missiojn St. fits in seamlessly alongy one of the most dynamic parts of San The 556,000-square-foot building sits on the livel mixed-use Mission Street a stretch that includes office towers 101 Second St. and 560 and ’ new condo tower at 333 Mission. The buildinyg hit the market righ as the country sank into a but still managed to nail four leasing The biggest of these was for anchor tenantf law firmDLA Piper, which snaggec just under 83,000 squarre foot deal to take floors 22 throug h 26. Other tenants included a , whicgh took 60,000 square feet. At the top of the snagged the penthouse forabouty $80 a square foot.
Managing Director David who led the local brokerage activitiesz for DLA andGibson Dunn, said 555 Missionn boasts “some of the most impressive, efficientt and cost-effective law firm spac e in the city.” The greenish glasds curtain tower rising at 555 Mission St. is San Francisco’s firstg speculative office tower builtsince 2002, when Myersa Development completed 101 Second. While the highrise was originallh designed withoutLEED certification, once the building was under constructiohn Tishman Speyer made the decision to registert the building for gold designatiomn under the Leadership in Energy and Environmenta Design criteria.
“I think Tishman was very bold on goinfg ahead with the building especiallyg on the whole efforft togo LEED,” said architect Jeffrey Heller of “It was the correct thinv to do and they deserve a lot of That decision was key in attracting the four tenantx who have inked deals there, according to decision makers at the “It’s a great, great building,” said Fred partner in charge of Gibson Dunn’s San Francisco “It provides great natural lightr not only for the lawyers but the Every employee in the office has a ton of natural light.” Stephen A.
Cowan, head of the West Coasy real estate practicefor DLA, who was responsible for the transactiom said: “We are excited to be in an eco-friendly building of such high quality.” “The new Tishmanh Speyer building in San Francisco is one of our best office locations in the “ said Jay Epstien, chair of the U.S. real estatde practice for DLA. While leasing rates have dropped significantly since most of the dealas at 555 Mission were Brown of Gibson Dunn called the deal theysigner “economical.” “I think it has helped and will help with Brown said.
“We are in it for the long

Asthma Burden On Hispanic Sufferers Highlighted in New Report - ThirdAge

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House bill would expand SBA training programs - Portland Business Journal:

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Legislation reauthorizing the SBA’s entrepreneuriakl development initiatives would establish newgranty programs. Those programs would enable Small Business Developmentf Centers to provide specializede training to small firms on how to find win local, state and federal and start a clean-energy business. SBDCs are located at universities and receiv funding from local sources as well asthe SBA. The bill also calla for grants that woule enable SBDCs to establish statewide Small Businessw Helplines that would offer immediate assistance tosmal companies. Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.
) sponsored the which also expands Women’x Business Centers and creates new servicefor veteran-owned and Native American-owned small businesses. “As a small-business owner I know these programs provide the counseling and technicap resources that can make the difference for an entrepreneud trying to get offthe ground,” says who owned a real estate business aftefr ending his career in professional football.
“Businesses that take advantagee of these resources are twice as likely to Underthe legislation, SBDCs could receivd up to $150 million in federal funding in fiscal 2010 and up to $160 million in fisca l 2011 — far aboved the $110 million they received this year. Presidentg Barack Obama’s budget proposal would trim federalo funding for SBDCsto $97 million next The bill also directs the SBA to contracy with third-party vendors to offer online entrepreneurial training.
Business organizations are criticizing President Barack Obamaz for encouraging regulatory agencies to refrainfrom pre-emptintg state laws when issuing new A May 20 memo from Obama also directede agencies to review regulations issued during the past 10 yeares to see if they contained pre-emption that are not justified. If they do, agencies shoulds consider amendingthe regulations, the memo stated.
“Pre-emptiomn of state law by executive departments and agenciexs should be undertaken only with full consideration of the legitimates prerogatives of the states and with a sufficieny legal basisfor pre-emption,” the memo During the Bush administration, regulatory agencies sometimed included pre-emption language in the preamblesw of regulations. The National Association of Manufacturersz andthe U.S. Chamber of Commerced contend Obama’s policy against federal pre-emption of state laws will result in more lawsuitwagainst businesses, particularly in the area of producyt liability.
“Manufacturers sell products into anationao market, and a single, national regulatorg standard helps ensure predictable treatment in the courts,” says NAM Vice Presidenft Rosario Palmieri. “It’s unwise to replace a regulatoryh system based on objective science and agency experts witha 50-state patchwork of often arbitrary jury “The litigation industry is thrilled at the prospecy of bringing more lawsuits and finding venuees where frivolous suits stand a better chance of Palmieri adds. But the American Associatiojn for Justice, formerly known as the Association of Trial Lawyersof America, praises Obama’s memo.
It “makes clea r that the rule of law will once agaihn prevail over the over the ruleof politics,” says Les association president. “The memo overturned actions taken by Bush administration bureaucratsz who were influencedby powerful, well-connectede corporations who wanted to rewrite and reinterpret congressional legislation, underminer the constitutional system of checks and and put the public at risk and compromise laws designed to give Americans basicc rights to hold wrongdoers accountable.” President Obam a has selected a venture capitalist to be chiefc counsel of the Small Business Administration’s Offic of Advocacy, a post usually held by an attorney.
Winsloq Sargeant, a managing director in the technologty practiceof Madison, Wis.-basecd Venture Investors, is Obama’s choice to head the Officer of Advocacy. The office is an independent entity insidw SBA that ensures federal agencies consider the impact of theirf regulations onsmall businesses. The office also conducts researchon small-business Sargeant is the second venturr capitalist to be selected for a top post at the SBA. Agencyg Administrator Karen Mills worked as a principalin private-equity and venture-capital firms for 26 years before she took over the SBA in WHAT ISSUES ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU? •Need information from Washington ?
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Richfield-based Best Buy said Wednesday it selectexdLiz Haesler, the company’s current vice president of Home Life and Trend, and Mary vice president and territory genera l manager, to lead WOLF. Haesler has been in chargw of developingthe company’s Home Life segment, which covera products such as home appliances. Stoddart overseas Best Buy’x operations in the Southeast andPuertpo Rico. Both women are expected to continus in theircurrent roles. WOLF, founded in aims to grow the number of female employees at BestBuy BBY), as well as make inroad with women customers. Best Buy estimatews female consumers controla $90 billiobn share of the U.S. consumer electronicsd market.
Former Best Buy executive Julie Gilbert founded WOLF and led the effortyfor years, before taking a buyout and leavingf the company earlier this year. She went on to start her own firm, which is marketing the WOLF conceprt toother companies.

Nurse Manager-Cardiac Cath Lab needed in Oregon - FierceHealthcare

2011-10-20T16:00:00.001-07:00

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AG objects to GM bankruptcy - Business First of Buffalo:

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“While we hope that in the end, GM will emerge strongerd and more resilient,” Cordray said in a “we cannot let big-business bankruptcies in federal court trample overstatew law.” Much like the Chrysler Cordray’s objections involve issues over workers’ compensatio benefits liability and reconciling the bankruptcy with state law regulatinyg automobile dealerships. GM has notified 1,323 dealerships that they will not have their franchiseagreement renewed, including 79 in Ohio. Individuapl dealerships haven’t been publicly disclosed.
Cordray also filesd a limited objection over the effect it could haveon Ohio’s Lemon Law and tax refunds owed to the stat e Taxation Department.

Peco II 1Q loss widens - Business First of Columbus:

2011-10-16T08:34:00.001-07:00

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Galion-based Peco said Wednesday it lost $2.4 million, or 9 cents a compared with a loss of or 4 centsa share, in the firsy quarter of 2006. Revenue for the quarter ended Marchj 31 stoodat $8.1 million, down 22.7 percent from $10.65 million last year. The company attributed the loss to excess factoryg and production costs and lower sales to an undisclosedkey customer. "Recognizing the ongoinv uncertainty, the company implemented a cost-reduction program during the first quarterr of2007 that, when fully implemented, is expectef to deliver $4.
2 million of annualized cost savings with improvement s being realized starting in the second quarter of CEO John Heindel said in a He also said the company plan to outsource certain manufacturing operations to cut Peco (NASDAQ:PIII) provides engineering and installatiom services and makes communications power systems and equipment for the telecommunicationss industry.

Education funding still falls short despite federal stimulus infusion - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

2011-10-14T04:17:00.001-07:00

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That was the sentiment of an eight-membet panel of education, training and government experts gathered by the South Florida Business Journal to examine howthe $787 billiomn federal stimulus package is impacting the region’s education and workforce training sectors. The panep marked the third in theBusiness Journal’sa ongoing stimulus series, aimed at tracking and analyzing the flow of monehy from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into South Florida’s Legislature was the only one nationallh to request a federal waivee that allowed it to take money from education and replace it with stimulus dollars while other statee used stimulus dollars to augment the budget.
The situatiohn concerned paneliststate Sen. Eleanor “We are not starting at the startintg line. The school district in Broward Countyu and those throughout the state are starting behind thestarting line,” Sobel said. “They have had problems for years and they are all Veteran educatorRobert Parks, a memberf of the Broward County School said, “Many of the large urban districts in the nation are afraid of one thing, whicuh is basically a bait and switch with those dollars.” What’x even more worrisome to some expertz is that the stimulus money will eventually run out. “I’k really concerned about in three years; what’x going to happen?
” said José Vicente, president of ’z North Campus. “This is a He said the college’s operating budget was cut $22 million while the stimulus money wasonly $13 Parks said Broward County’s school system has cut $1.4 billion from its construction budget in additiojn to furloughing 700 teachers and 51 “We’ve closed all of our school offices for the We don’t have summer school Parks said. would have been looking at cutting its budgef byabout $30 million withouf $12 million in stimulus funds, said Dorothy K. the university’s associate VP for financial affairs andbudgeg director.
The university cut 30 positionssand “had we not had the stimulus dollars it coulxd have been much more severe.” George Hanbury, executive VP and COO of , said the $1.3 billioh in stimulus funds given to the statde relieved pressure on the Legislature to furthefr reduce support for Florida Resident Access Grants (FRAG), a key sourcw of money for students, but he pointed out that the grantsa used to be $3,000 a year for studentz and are now $2,529. The amount is important to who find enrollment caps at state universities and turn to NSU and otherprivate institutions. He also said that universities are working togethefr to apply for federalstimulus funding.
NSU has a collaborative proposalk with and FAU fora $50 milliobn research building with wet business incubator space and offices for the U.S. Geological which is helping overseeEvergladess restoration. “We have shovel-ready projects we have submitted to the Governod and in the next 60 days we couldput 1,00o people to work,” Hanbury said. The competitionb for these typesof though, is fierce. FAU is getting aboutr $12 million in direct infusion from the federalstimulus package, but the universithy also is seeking money from the for labs and Russell said.
April was the month to submit application and the results are expected by The strongest flowof money, so far, appears to be for programs that help the joblesas as the state’s unemployment rate has hit 10.2

Software engineer funds nonprofit studies program at Gordon College - Boston Business Journal:

2011-10-12T00:00:00.001-07:00

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The entrepreneur, Joe Krivickas, has a careerf that has spanned a number ofsuccessfuk start-up businesses, in addition to his MBA from the . But he couldf not ignore his other passion: Two years ago, he began meeting with two professors at theCollegs — Casey Cooper, an assistant professor of economics and and Ted Wood, a professor of economicsx and business — who were part of the on-campus team that were helpinf to get the center off the ground.
Krivickasa decided that the centetr is exactly where he wantesd to focus his time and Launchedin October, the Center has begun offering new courses for a minorf in Nonprofit Organization Management and Socia Entrepreneurship that is designerd to support a student’s supplementing the student’s primary academic pursuite with an understandin g of how nonprofits function in Whether they are studying youth ministry or social work, recreatiomn or the arts, business or economics, Gordon studentsw who pursue the new non-profit minor also will be equippef either for careers or volunteer opportunitiea in nonprofits, the collegwe said.
The minor requires students to take threes courses that cover topics of interestfor non-profift leaders, including social entrepreneurship, grant funding sources, public relations and managemenft principles. In addition to creating this new course of the center also plans tohost conferences, campusw speakers and offer online noncredit certificats courses.

Investors flock to online advertising market - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

2011-10-09T20:00:00.001-07:00

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Though many investors say online advertising is the industry is still growinv because oftwo factors: the massivre adoption of high-speed Internet and the migration of dollarsd away from print and broadcast media. "Youi really have dollars flowing from traditional media toonlinwe media," said Jeffrey Glass, a partner at in "So even though there's generallyh a soft economy out there, you're seeing a massivr flow of dollars from offlinr to online." Burlingame-based predicted online advertisinv spending would best advertising spending for TV, radioo and movies in 2008 for the firsrt time. Companies are projected to spened $108 billion online and $98.
5 billionm on TV, radio and movie ads. Print mediz will still take inthe lion's shard of advertising dollars, capturing a projected $147 The company includes in its tallg for online media, the amount a company spendsz developing its web site, since web sites are used to markeft a company. Still, online advetising is growing at the fastest pace of thosrethree sectors, with 12.3 percent growth projected in 2008, while spending on print medias is expected to fall 2.4 percent. The $105 billio n online advertising market has attractedheavy investment, on the coattailes of 's $3.1 billion acquisition of in April 2007.
Earlierr this year, took in $80 million in venture capital investment from Indedx Ventures and Wellington No longera startup, Adconion ranked 11th in its ad network'sz total reach -- meaning how many web sites its ads appear on -- in behind big players like Yahop Network, Google Ad Networkm and others. And , with officess in Brisbane andNew York, said it had raiserd $80 million in debt and equity in March for its ad networ k and content site targeting women. 's Digitalp Marketplace Model and Forecast, which does not include the company'sw spending on its own web siteas inits data, said online advertising spendinf will reach $65.
8 billion this year and $106 billioj by 2011 and will grow from 10 percen of all advertising spending this year to 13.6 percentr by 2011. However, investment in digital media, whicnh includes advertising networks, showed some signes of slowing during the early part ofthe year, according to a biannual VentureDeal Investment fell 18 percent to $329 millliobn in the first quarter of the compared to the previous quarter. Only three startupl companies were known to havereceived first-round funding "possibly signaling a slow- down in early-stage investment in digital media startups," the report said.
A lot of generix ad networks are out there lookinf for new roundsof funding, said Deepak general partner at , a Menlo Park-basef venture capital firm. But in this said Kamra, it's getting tougher to raise them. "Unless (they've) got something really very they're going to get hurt just like the overall ad he said. Canaan has put its bets on Tremor a video ad network that focuses on brand marketingv and ranks 17th based on the numbefr of web sites where itsads appear.
And whil Kamra said advertising revenue is likely to droop in theweak "This quarter, we (Tremor) didn't see a hit at all," he Adweek reported two recent studies that showed what traditionalo media lose in advertisingf dollars to the economic downturn, online media gain. The obvious reason: online advertising is cheaper. Online advertising is also more which means advertisers can see direct Chris Dornfeld, a St. Louis-base consultant, said advertising that involvesx product placement in online media and videlo games is still inits infancy, but opportunities to hit it big "I think there's a massive industry that has to evolvwe to take advantage of he said.
New York-baseds , which delivers advertising withijnvideo games, pulled in $5 milliom from , and earlierf this year.

Target to showcase video games at E3 - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

2011-10-07T17:00:00.001-07:00

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For the first time, the Minneapolis-basede retail giant is participating in the ElectronicEntertainmentg Expo, held in Los Angeles from Tuesda y through Thursday. The expo is taking place at a time when the industry is struggling with the effects of agloball recession, as well as cheap gaming alternatives that are available on the Internet and over mobile Still, the event is expected to draw 40,00 attendees, a big uptick from last year, when E3 scale back to focus on industry For Minneapolis-based Target (NYSE: TGT), the event is a chancs for the retail giant to partner with videl game publishers to show off family-friendlyt titles — and, of course, get its name in frontt of thousands of gamers.
The 2,113-square-foot Target Bullseye Lounged will be situatedin high-traffic corridot connecting two main halle at the Los Angeles Convention The lounge will be staffed by 10 peopled at any given time, and will featurre eight Nintendo Wii systems showcasing three upcoming Activision Blizzard Inc.’s Transformers: Revenge of the and Ubisoft’s Press Your Luck 2010 and The Prices is Right 2010. There will also be Targe store brand ArcherFarms snacks.

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2011-10-05T13:51:00.001-07:00

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This Bauer bankruptcy traces back to Spiegel events - Boston Business Journal:

2011-10-03T10:34:00.001-07:00

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In 2003, , which had owned Eddide Bauer since 1988, filed for bankruptcy And as part ofthe restructuring, the compan y famous for its women’s wear catalobg gave its creditors its stake in Eddir Bauer. So, in 2005, Eddie Bauer emerged as a stand-alone compang for the first time in 34 The company also emerged witha $300 million senioer secured term loan agreement with lenders and the task of rebuilding a brandr that had drifted away from the company’s roots. Under Spiegel, grew from 58 to 399 retail storesa and from three to102 outlets. The company also addeed internet sales.
But it also was a time when the Eddis Bauer brand lost its as the company shifted from its heritag e as an outdoor outfitter to a seller of casual clothezs targeted primarilyat women. Company executives have said the debt termss from the Spiegel bankruptcy case have continued to hamper efforts to turn things around atEddie Bauer. Despite efforts to recapture some of theold magic, Eddie Bauer has not been able to establisuh a sustainable run of profitable quarters. The company racked up nine consecutivwe quartersof loses, and has seen losses of nearly a half-billiomn dollars in the past threde years.
The struggle became a financial crisis as the recession has worsened and consumers haveslowed spending.

Kannapolis honored for economic strategy - Portland Business Journal:

2011-10-01T07:51:00.001-07:00

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The city received the award in the categorg of Excellence in EconomicDiversification Strategies, whicjh recognizes responses to plant closures and other economic that promote economic diversification. The competitioh is open to nonprofits; state and regional governments; and universitiesd and colleges. Cabarrus and Rowan counties lost 4,300 manufacturinf jobs when textilemanufacturer Kannapolis-basedPillowtex Corp. closed in July 2003. Two yeard later, California billionaire David Murdoclk announced plans forthe N.C. Research Campus at the 350-acre former Pillowtex headquarters andmanufacturingh site.
The life-sciences hub includes the participationb ofDuke University, the UNC System, the N.C. Community Colleg System, other educational institutions and business The total investment is expected toreacjh $1.8 billion. Residential and commercial developments are rising around the campus with hopee ofturning Kannapolis, a former textilse town, into a biotech center.

USDA invests $136m to encourage next gen biofuels - Biofuels International

2011-09-29T04:51:00.001-07:00

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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $136 million (â¬100 million) in five major agricultural research projects. These schemes will help further establish renewable energy markets in the US, and reduce the nation's reliance on imported ...

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Law Enforcement Agencies in San Diego, South El Monte and San Francisco Receive In-Car Printers From AMBER Ready Foundation

2011-09-27T01:51:00.001-07:00

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June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- In association with the AMBEfReady 30-City Child Safety last week the AMBER Readyy Foundation donated Jotto desk computer mounts and in-car printers to local law enforcement agenciew in San Diego and San Francisco, as well as to the City of Southg El Monte (a suburb of Los Angeles). This new equipmen will empower public safety officers to instantly print posters from their police patrol cars to assist in the immediate search for childrenreportecd missing. Used with the new AMBER Readyu Program, officers will have the essential tools necessary to reduce the time needede to put a missingh childon alert.
During last week's tour stops, AMBER Ready hosted a series of child safety eventa ineach community, providin g parents and child guardians with chilfd and Internet safety tips, as well as traininhg sessions for law enforcement and city officials on how to improver their response to missing child incidents. Featured speakers included AMBER Read CEO and program Kai D. Patterson ; AMBER Ready Seniofr Vice President and the former Director of Publicv Safety for Bergen New Jersey, ; and Interney safety expert, .
Participants were also introduced to the AMBERReady Program, whichb provides parents with the technology to store and lock theie children's vital identity information, including photographs, in theidr cell phones. In the eventg the child should go with the click of a button on the cell the child's profile and picture can be sent immediateluy by law enforcement to police communications, patrol other police agencies, the media and the AMBEt Alert Network. Published statistics show that 797,500 childrej under the age of 18 were reportex missing ina one-year period of time studied by the U.S. Departmentg of Justice, resulting in an average of 2,18t children reported missing each day.
Everty 40 seconds, a child is reportesd missing in theUnited States. What'x more troubling is that 73% of violeny crimes against children that are reported missingy occur within the first three hours oftheirr disappearance; 99% occur within the first four hours. according to the NCMEC, therr are more than 100,000 registered sex offendersa and child predators that are unaccounterd for inthe U.S. under Megan's Law. What's more alarmingy is the fact that if abducted by a the statistics reflect that a child will likelhy be murdered if not found within the first three hours ofbeing abducted.
If a childe is not AMBER Ready, it may take up to four hourd for a parent to confirm a child is missing and to collecty essential identification information to supply policse with what is necessary to launcha search. Theree is no longer any reason that parents should give predator s intent on harming our kids thishead start. When AMBER police can react instantaneously by transmitting an alery froma parent's wireless phone, thus improvinf the odds that their child will be found by authorities and safely returned The last stop on this leg of the AMBER Readh 30-City Child Safety Tour is Sacramento.
WHEN: June 15, 2009 WHERE: Hyatt Regency Hote l 1209 L Street Sacramento, California Registration - 6:00 PM PT - 7:00 PM PT Prograjm - 7:00 PM PT - 9:00 PM PT AMBER Read y will resumeits cross-country Child Safetyt Tour in early September, with the next stop schedulesd for Portland, Oregon. A revised itinerary with applicables cities and dates will be published within the next 30 Patterson noted, "Since first launching the tour in mid-May, we have traveledc to 13 cities around the country and met with thousandx of parents, city officials and law enforcemenr personnel - all of whom enthusiasticallt support AMBER Ready's mission to enhance the level of awareneszs relating to the availabilitt of advanced technology and its use to help dramaticallhy reduce the time it takess to access critical information on a missing chilc and mobilize a search and recoveryy effort.
We look forward to kicking off the second phase of the tour in with plans to travelto Washington, Florida, Texas, Arizona, Minnesota, Missouri, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. About AMBER Ready, Inc. AMBEd Ready, Inc. has pioneered the nation's first wireless programn enabling parents to securely storetheir child's identity information withinn their wireless phone and providing the technology platform for police to disseminatew an alert from a parents ' wireless phone immediately upon a child beingb abducted or found to be missing.
Through the wireless transmission of stored photographs and descriptive data by polic e asa Be-On-the-Look-Out (BOLO) or as an official AMBER the AMBER Ready Program is expected to dramaticallty reduce the average time between determininyg a child is missing and the commencemen t of a meaningful search by loca l law enforcement, thus significantly improving the odds for rapix recovery. In anticipation of pursuing a public listing inthe future, the Company has engaged the firm of John Thomase Financial as its investment banking For more information, please visift . SOURCE AMBER Ready, Inc.

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The projects are part of Berkeley’s move toward creatingh density, said Michael Caplan, Berkeley’s economic developmen t director. While residents ponder issues like globa l climate change andpopulatiom growth, developers are moving forward to brinv more housing near transportation centers and into its downtowh core. “I can’t think of a time when we’vee had so much constructiob going on,” Caplan said. “We’re seeing a numberf of genuinelyurban mixed-used projects that can help activated districts and bring in more residents.
” Among the new Hudson McDonald, a Berkeley-based developer, has crews working on a 148-unitr apartment complex that will include a Trader Joe’s on its ground The project, called the Old Grove, is at 1885 Universitty Ave., near the core of Berkeley’s downtowb area and close to SNK Realty’d Arpeggio, a 143-unit condominium tower comprised of nine stories that is also underd construction.
“We provide a placee to live, but where you reallyy live is inthe neighborhood,” said Chris Hudson, principal of Hudson McDonald, which has built more than 900 unitsd in Berkeley in the last 25 Also downtown, Freight and Salvage a performance venue specializing in folk and traditionalo music, is building a new 18,000-square-foot site that will make up part of Berkeley’z burgeoning arts district that also includew the and the . Freightr and Salvage expects to debut its new home this Besides downtown, West Berkeley, the industrial part of is beginning to see new activity as well.
Palo Alto-base is in the middle of constructinga 171-uni apartment building at the corner of Fourth Streef and University Avenue near Interstatde 80. The site, called 700 is close to an hub and an statioh as well as one ofthe city’xs major retail strips along Fourth “Berkeley is underserved with new (housing) product,” said John executive vice president of Essex. “Anrd we’re building out (our project) when costd are down. The cost to build now is significantl y lower than if we had built it twoyearzs ago.
” In addition to those projects, hotelierzs have poured about $40 million into revamping numerouz hotels, including Joie de Vivre’s which underwent a $9 million makeover, and Hotel a boutique hotel reopening this month aftee a $15 million Berkeley’s entitlement process remains notoriously tough and generally taking three years or more. But the completio of area plans around the city has opened the door by officiallg identifying what the city would welcomr and where it couldtake place.
Caplan said the new constructiom addresses several city agrowing population, its goal to decreasde global warming, avoiding sprawl and providing housing for lower-incomr workers who commute into the city. “Are we growinbg for the sake of growing? No,” he “A lot of peoplw who grew up here can’t find placesx to live. A lot of peoplw who live in the hills want to sell theitr homes andlive downtown. ... Densit can be good if it’s done right.” Berkeley remains a difficult placeto develop, Hudson said, but the market is typicall y strong and steady.
“Yoju have to have faith in the underlyingf value ofthe projects,” he “You also have to build projects that make

SoftBrands sold for $80M; Golden Gate Capital is buyer - Phoenix Business Journal:

2011-09-22T19:34:00.001-07:00

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The buyer, a holding company created by private-equity firm and its portfolik company , will pay 92 centsd per share for SoftBrands. Shares of SoftBrands closed at 47 centws per shareon Thursday. On the same date in SoftBrands’ stock closed at 1.09 per share. San Calif.-based Golden Gate Capital has aboutg $9 billion in assets under Infor, based in Ga., is a software compan with about 9,000 employees and $2.2 billion in Minneapolis-based SoftBrands (AMEX: SBN) sellds software to the hospitality industry, as well as to smalo and mid-sized manufacturers under the brand. Its products handl tasks such as making reservations to settingroom rates.
SoftBrands CEO Randty Tofteland said in a press statement that the deal will alloaw shareholdersto “realize significant value from theier investment.” He also said the company would benefit from an “alliance” with A spokeswoman for Infor said SoftBrand s will continue to have a presencde in Minneapolis, though it has yet to be determinefd how many employees will remain here.
SoftBrands’ board has alreadyg approved the sale, which is expectedc to close in between 60 and90

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2011-09-20T15:17:00.001-07:00

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The bureau reported that Ohio’s real Gross Domestiv Product, which totals goods and services producedd and adjustedfor inflation, shrank 0.7 percentt last year after a 0.2 percent gain in 2007. The nationall GDP, by comparison, stayed in growth mode but slowecd toa 0.7 percent gain, down from 2 percent in 2007. Ohio last year stoosd as one of only 12 statews to see negative GDP growth and notchedthe sixth-deepesgt decline. The largest drop came in Alaska at 2 percentf on a decline inpetroleum extraction.
The bureauy attributed GDP contraction in the GreatLakese region, which includes Ohio and four neighboringb states, to declines in manufacturin g and construction along with the financr and insurance industries. Breaking down the state’z economic output per capita, Ohio’s real GDP stood at $33,56 8 last year, down from $33,829 in 2007. The state’ws per-capita GDP was ranked 32nd in the The nationalaverage per-capita GDP was $37,899 in compared with $37,967 the year the bureau said. Detailed tables on real GDP for Ohio and the natiojn are available for download byclicking .

Chic bar takes place of Chinatown dive - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

2011-09-18T11:51:00.001-07:00

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SoHo will open at 80 S. Pauahi Street in a renovated 5,500 square-foot space that will includde a bar and an area for live The PauahiStreet location, between Bethel Streetr and Fort Street Mall and near , was occupiede by Mall Cafe until That bar had been cited by the Honolulu Liquor Commissioh in recent months for unsanitary conditionxs and for overserving alcohol. The commissio also received a petitioj from community members opposing the renewal ofMall Cafe’ds license because of alleged drug dealing and frequent Mall Cafe’s former owner, Saiming Corp., had been tryinhg to transfer its liquor license to the landlord, Unionh Mill Investment.
SoHo owner Daniel Gray, forme general manager of the Loft Gallery and Loungew onHotel Street, said he was approache by Union Mill Investment to open a new venus in the spot. Gray planse to open part of thelounge — 3,000 square feet for this month’s First Friday event downtown, and open the remaininbg space in August. Gray describes the new venue as a mixof performances, fashion and photography in a trendyy and upscale setting.
The SoHo name stems from the New York City neighborhoor and a blendof “south” and

Texas AG files action against Conn's - San Francisco Business Times:

2011-09-16T08:17:00.001-07:00

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Conn’s responded to the suit saying the companyhis “working closely with the Texas Attorney General’zs office” on the concerns that have been “We will continue to actively work with the Attornehy General. We look forward to discussing with his officee the issues he raised We will continue our commitment to greaf customer service and continued customerservicse improvement,” a spokesman said in a writteh statement. Conn’s has locations throughout Texas and inthe Dallas-Forgt Worth area.
Abbott’s office alleges it received morethan 2,00o0 complaints from customers alleging Conn’ s delayed repairs on products still under failed to repair the items to workingy condition and in some casea gave customers refurbished goods, rather than new to replace a producgt under warranty. In addition, the Attorney General’zs complaint said products that had to be replace were not covered by warranty for the full two The AG’s office is seeking penaltiesd and a court order to prevent Conn’s from continuintg on with the conduct alleged in the Abbott’s office said in a press statement.

InfoWorks shares the wealth - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

2011-09-14T04:17:00.001-07:00

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The Nashville-based information technology consulting firmsimplyg isn’t structured like a traditional top-dow n business. Rather than being run exclusively by InfoWorksis employee-owned. A shareholders’ meetiny at the 12-year-old company also is a stafcf meeting where employees bringup concerns, make recommendationa and participate directly in key decisions. Tony Heard, presidenft of InfoWorks, says the company’s flexible structurde is one reasonwhy it’s managing to clip alonvg nicely during the recession. Decisions are fluid and can be made which keepsemployees motivated, responsive and creativelg involved.
“The engagement of employeess means awhole lot,” Heard says. “Irt means they take everythingmore seriously. They each feel like it’sd their own company.” It also helpds that the primary business plan at InfoWorke is straightforwardand simple. The company specializews in working on the databases of local companies to createopitimall efficiency. They also convert database functionxs such as payroll or invoicing from papereto computer. Lewis Lavine, president of Nashville’s Centerd for Nonprofit Management, recently hired InfoWorks to redesignmthe organization’s complicated 10-year-old database.
He says he responde to the company’s hands-onm approach. “We have specific things we need for our member s andfor training,” Lavind says. “They have the ability to customiz the databasefor us, which is going to make a big difference in the end.” The recessioj did slow things down at InfoWorks, changing growth from explosivr to moderate. From 2006-2007, the companu grew at a rate of29 percent. By that fell to 9 Heard says the company is projecting 11 percent growtjhin 2009. In response to the country’x economic crunch, InfoWorks decided to beef up its business marketingand sales. Threwe more business development officerswere hired, includinyg Heard.
“Activity creates opportunity. It’s important to get out of the he says. Getting a pipeline of future businessd requires a combination of patienceand savvy, Hearfd says. For example, he says health care-related information technologyu business generated by theObama administration’s stimulus package has “significant But he says it will take a couple of yeards for it to become actual bottom-linse business. “Everyone is looking for the stimulus money to haveimmediate impact,” Heardr says. “But I think in our case it’xs going to take until 2010.
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Efficiency drives funding for Dayforce - Houston Business Journal:

2011-09-12T00:00:00.001-07:00

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a software developer that helps businesses measure and manage workforce hasraised $15 million. The compangy is a reincarnationof Atlanta-based Workbits — created after Canadiab serial entrepreneur David Ossip bought assets in May. Workbits founder John Orr approachee Ossip after being unable toraise follow-oh financing for his Dayforce, which employs about 30 and is headquartered in Atlantq and Toronto, targets the retail, health-care and financial services Those sectors have a high volume of hourlyy workers — the variable part of a operating expenses, said Orr, now Dayforce’s chief strategy officer.
60 percent of their [operating expense] is labo r spend,” Orr said. Dayforce’s software suite, whicuh includes budgeting, scheduling, task management and time and attendance helps do more withtheir workforce. “The software helps defin performance measures for the workforce andautomates planning, scheduling and trackinyg of employees,” Ossip said. “The end goal is to increase workforcd output, while keeping percentage wage costsin Dayforce’s software, Orr said, can boost customer revenude by 0.
5 percent to 3 percent and can decreased average annual labor cost by 3 percent to 8 The cost of the subscription depends on the size of the businesss — from $2 to $9 per employee, per Ossip led Dayforce’s $15 millionj round and was joined by investors in his previous including , which was acquired by Alpharetta-based for $227 million in 2007. The Canadiam businessman, however, brought more than dollars to the table. “Ossipo knows the industry,” Orr said, and “hasd a proven track record of building successful companiedand value.
” Ossip has ambitious plans for Dayforce including launching a domestic and global Dayforce is chasing a $14 billion market in the United Ossip said, adding he plans to sell into Europe and “Our types of solutions extend beyonf North America,” Ossip said. “It’s a global Michael Price, general partnee at CEO Ventures, was impressed with Workbits. “Ther product was beautiful,” Price “The graphic design, the thought and attention to detail, the menuw ... it was some of the best I’ve ever Companies in the performance management spac e are doing well and revenud isholding up, Price said.
That success has drawnj an influx ofnew competitors. “Within the next a lot of the software programs beingv built will be coming onlinew with a lot of sales peopler swingingfor revenue,” Price said. “Certainly competition within that spacr is going toincrease dramatically,” which could hurt profits.

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2011-09-09T20:00:00.000-07:00

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“We regret having to take this action, but have no financiallyy viable alternative,” Globe management said in a statement issuexd afterthe 277-to-265 vote by memberws of the . To take the unlitera step underlabor law, the Timee Co. declared an impasse in In his own statement also issuex afterthe vote, Guild local President Daniep Totten said the union is “committed to resumingt good-faith negotiations with the New York Timees Company and Globe managementy to reach an agreement.” Times and Globe managementy “must do better,” he said. The cuts proposed by managemenrt were partof $20 million in cost-savings demand by the Times Co.
for the which it bought in 1993for $1.1 Times executives have said the paper is losinv about $1 million per week on At one point earlier this year, Timesw managers said they would shutter the paperd if unable to achieve Other major unions agreed to concessions in recent

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USC Vs. Minnesota: Final Score, Trojans Hang On For Unconvincing Win - SB Nation

2011-09-05T10:17:00.001-07:00

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Saul Ewing adds 7 Buchanan Ingersoll lawyers in Wilmington - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

2011-09-03T05:17:00.001-07:00

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office. The loss of the seven-lawyer group leaves Pittsburgh-basec Buchanan with only one full-time partner in Wilmingtob and four lawyerstotal there, and gives Saul Ewintg the largest Wilmington office of any full-servic Philadelphia-based firm. The group includes officee headWilliam Manning, who serves as outsid general counsel to the University of Delaware and also represents Verizon Corp. and Dover Downs. The litigator was once chiev of staff to formerDelaware Gov.
Pete The other two partners areTeresaq Currier, who led bankruptcy efforts for Buchanan in and real estate lawyer Richard The additions give Saul Ewing 19 lawyersa in Wilmington, where bankruptcies have taken off duringb the economic downturn. A large percentage of companiez from around the country file for Chapted 11 protectionin Delaware. But because Delaware only has about 2,000 lawyers and has a stronf set of indigenouslaw firms, the Wilmington markeft has been a tough one to crack for even neighboring Philadelphia firms. Among Philadelphi a firms, Pepper Hamilton and Fox Rothschild have17 lawyers, Drinker Biddles & Reath has 15 and Blank Rome has 13.
Saul Ewinbg said Manning will serveas co-managingy partner of the office with currenty office managing partner and real estats lawyer Wendie Stabler.

Hyundai Sonata ranked among top 10 cars for college students - Birmingham Business Journal:

2011-09-01T00:17:00.001-07:00

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The Richmond, Va.-based used-car retailer partnered with Las Vegas-basex , a nonprofit drivers' education provider, to recommends the top 10 cars for college The vehicles that made the list were gradedr onsafety features, cost, reliability and style, plus theire National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ratinges - all received at least four stars. The othere nine cars that made the list were theHondas Civic, Audi A4, Dodger Caliber, Kia Optima, Pontiac G6, Toyota Volkswagen Jetta, Volkswagen Passat and Volv o S40. The Honda Civic ranked in July asthe second-best sellerf in the Honda division of Torrance, Calif.-based selling 27,852 vehicles, down 3 percent from July 2006.
Year-to-dates sales of the Civic, however, are up at a 4 percent increase. Montgomery-baseed builds the Sonata sedan and the sport utilityu vehicleSanta Fe. CarMax (NYSE:KMX) runs 80 used-car outlets in 38 markets, with one location in Hoover.

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

2011-08-29T19:51:00.001-07:00

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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.

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

2011-08-27T15:00:00.001-07:00

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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.

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

2011-08-25T08:51:00.001-07:00

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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.

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

2011-08-23T03:51:00.001-07:00

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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

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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

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

2011-08-16T11:34:00.001-07:00

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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. ...

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

2011-08-14T06:17:00.001-07:00

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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

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

2011-08-12T00:17:00.001-07:00

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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.

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.