Most small businesses don

yjanebixe.wordpress.com
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

A day later . . . - ESPN (blog)

lyubomiradete.blogspot.com

New York Times (blog)

A day later . . . ESPN (blog) . . . the talk of Billy Butler's home run on Wednesday night continues. And the Yankees still lost. Having gotten some measure of satisfaction by the admission from his predecessor, Joe Torre, that umpire Dana DeMuth "missed the ... KC's Butler wrongly credited with decisive dinger vs. Yanks MLB.com The Home Run That Never Left the Park New York Times (blog) Girardi not up to ch »

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

qiguzewy.wordpress.com
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:

clarityviellegq67.blogspot.com
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:

http://auto-site.biz/?f=2&n=0&p=15
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

http://www.chaozation.com/links/personalized-gifts.html
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.

Biggest Foreign Buyers to Stick With Treasuries After Downgrade - Bloomberg

http://aplusevents.com/staff.html

CBC.ca

Biggest Foreign Buyers to Stick With Treasuries After Downgrade Bloomberg China has accumulated $1.16 trillion of the debt and is the largest individual foreign holder. Japan's efforts to weaken the yen boost that country's demand, and Vice Finance Minister Fumihiko Igarashi said yesterday that the Japanese government is ... Korea braces for f »