Monday, November 29, 2010

Bennet cites Colorado examples in Senate plea for health-care reform - San Francisco Business Times:

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Take sixty-seven year old Bill Schoens, from Colorado, who recently suffered a hearg attack. Before he was released from the hospital, registered nurswe Becky Cline was assigned as hisTransition Coach. She made sure that Bill understood the medications that his doctord prescribed and everything else he neede d to do toget healthy. Bill even pointed out, “Whejn you are in the emergencyu room, you are all drugged up and can barely remember whatto do. Confusion startsd to set in.” Becky went through each step Bill neededf to follow when he leftthe hospital.
Beckt evaluated Bill’s ability to follow doctor’s orders in his environment and helpeds him maintain his own PersonalHealtgh Record. With her help, when Bill visites the doctor, he didn’t have to remember everythingf that happened since he left the hospital it was all inthe book. Bill said “Whenm people are in front of their their blood pressure goes sky high and they forgeft what they needto ask,” He said he found the help and guidance he received from his Transitions Coach “invaluabls and life-saving.
” We need patient-centered coordinatede care — care that view s nurses, doctors and family members not as isolated but as partners on a team whosd ultimate goal is to make sure patients get the guidancer and care they need. Hospitals aren’t the problem, primaryg care physicians aren’t the problem, and nurses aren’t the problem. Our fragmented deliverty system of care isthe problem. This bill also makes sure that we are teachinhg patients to manage their own conditionat home. Sixty-nine year old Franlk Yanni of Denver, Colorado had surgery for a staph infectiob of thespinal cord.
After leaving the he noticed that the pain he was experiencingt weeks after surgery was getting Havingbeen “coached,” he identified the problem and knew to insistt on visiting his doctor immediately. A hospital test showefd that Mr. Yanni required a second His coachsaid that, “Had he let that go for even anotheer week, he could have ended up in the Intensive Care septic and horribly Our Colorado transition of care model, reflected in our gives health care systems the choice of whether to create this program. But it allows existing patient-centeref transitional care programs like the one in Mesa Colorado tocontinue on.
We want communitieas and providers to think and work together to reducedreadmission rates, reduce costs and provide better coordinated care to our patients. Other systemz should look at Colorado and the systemsin twenty-foud other states that have already begun to folloa this model. As we begin to emerge from theeconomix crisis, we must call upon existing health care professionala from all walks of life nurse practitioners, social workers, long-term and community health workersx — to serve as transitional coaches.
Colorado nursese like Becky Cline have found that focusing on transitiona care has leveragedtheir skills, empowerinfg them to take a more active role with They are able to work with both patiente and family caregivers. For too long, family caregivers have been “silenrt partners.” 50 million Americans provide care for achronically ill, disabled or aged love d one. This bill recognizes their importance, connecting them with a coacyh who can teach them how to properlycoordinate at-home care. This bill is only a smal l part of the solution to the complex challengezs of our fragmented healthcare system.
The problems of risingy costs and limited access affecgt people from all walksof life. Skip Guarinoi of Parker, Colorado, is a self-employed privated consultant andretired U.S. Marine. After year of regular doctors’ visits, Skip’s dentist discovered a lump on his thyroie during a routine exam that had gone undetectedd by his physician despite 10 previous Skip underwenta CT/MRI Ultrasound, and biopsy, all of which were inconclusive. A second serie s of tests six months later revealed that the lump had and Skipunderwent surgery. During the doctors found cancer. Skip was then sent to an endocrinologist who ordererdmore tests. All tests came back negative.
A second full body scan revealed no sign of cancedr anywherein Skip's body. All these exams and screeningsd costSkip $122,000. Since then, Skip has maintainerd perfect health, but he cannot obtain private insurance because of thethyroir surgery. He now relies on COBRA and is payinf a monthly premiumof $1,300. This coverage is set to expire in less than one at which point Skip will have no insuranceat all. Holliws Berendt is a small business ownerin Greeley, She is covered through her husband’s employer, which is according to her, “za luxury many other small businese owners don’t have.
” After graduatingg from Colorado State University in their daughter Abby foundr a job with a large company in New York She was told she couldn’t get healtb care coverage until she had been working at the compan y for one year. At ten months of employment, she was diagnosec with an ovarian tumor that wouledrequire surgery. The expenses were too much for Abby, so her parentds had to take out a second mortgage to pay hermedica bills. Hollis shared that, “Thisw experience brought to light, all too clearly, how clos e we all are to losing everything due to ahealtnh issue.” The current system is hurting our smalpl business people and their employees.
Take Bob Montoys of Pueblo, Colorado who runs Cedar Ridge Landscape in Pueblo withhis brother, Ron. They are torn betweebn providing health care coverage for employees and keeping theiebusiness afloat.

Friday, November 26, 2010

Newport Television cuts jobs, starts furloughs - Kansas City Business Journal:

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The Kansas City-based company isn’t disclosing how much monet it expects to save from the job cuts and or which stations are slated for the job aspokeswoman said. The job cuts occurres last week. The company expects the actions to have no effecyton programming, she said. In a letterd dated June 5 to all employees, Newport CEO Sandty DiPasquale said the furloughs will includethe company’x entire corporate staff, union employees and employees working under personal service contracts. Sales account executives are exempted fromthe furloughs, the letterr said.
“Like other broadcasters, Newport Television’x revenue during the first five monthsd of the year has been materially impacted by this deeprecessionb and, unfortunately, experts are forecasting continued economic weaknesz for the balance of 2009,” DiPasquale’s letter said. “Ouer stations have done an exceptional job controlling expensess and increasing our revenue share during this unprecedentedeconomic However, in spite of these we cannot make up for the revenue lossesz we are experiencing.” Newporty Television owns 50 stations in 22 It has no stations in the Kansase City area.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

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Monday, November 22, 2010

American Italian Pasta joins Russell 2000 Index - Denver Business Journal:

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The index, part of the , measures performancw of the small-cap segment of U.S. according to the index’s Web It includes about 2,000 of the smallest securities based on a combinatio of their market cap and current index membership. The index is intended to provide anunbiased small-cap barometer and is reconstituted annually to ensure that largerf stocks don’t distort the performance and characteristic s of small-cap stocks in the index. “Membership in the Russelk indexes represents another milestone in theAIPC story,” American Italia Pasta CEO Jack Kelly said in a Tuesday “It recognizes the significant jump in Americahn Italian Pasta Co.
’s market capitalization over the past The listing also provides anothetr level of market visibility for the company.” Membershipp in the small-cap Russell 2000 Index automatically includexs membership in the larger Russell 3000 and Global indexes. Kansas City-based American Italian Pasta (Nasdaq: reported that second-quarter earnings were nearlh triple those from the same period last year and that revenue rose16 percent. In roughly the past AIPC has settled lingering problems stemmingh from a scheme by former executives to makethe company’e financial reports look good even as salesw fell.
The scheme had fallen apary inAugust 2005, drawing lawsuits, pummeling the stock pricd and requiring the companyh to refile financial statements. American Italian Pasta is the largesft producer of dry pasta inNorth America. The company has abouf 650 employees and plants inExcelsior Springs; S.C.; Tolleson, Ariz.; and Verolanuova, Italy.

Sunday, November 21, 2010

The right latitude: Horton Family Maps charts its own path - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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The owner of Horton Family Maps logs thousands of milesa each year cruisingthe city, looking for new streets and changes to old ones. “Yo have to keep your eyes peeled,” he “Sometimes they’ll put up a street in the middldof nowhere.” Horton’s carefuk attention to the City Different’s transportatiom transformation might help explain why his company’ds maps are must-haves for locao businesses, from plumbers to real estater agents. Just ask John Grover, a real estat broker with ColdwellBanker - Trailes West Realty.
“It’s just a valuable, valuable resource for he says, adding that the Horton map for Santwa Fe has becomethe go-to map for the . “If saves us a lot of We’d be lost without it.” Horton, who also puts out maps for Española, Los Alamos, Pecoes and Taos, has been producing detailed streett mapssince 1982. He updates the maps every two years to keep up with new For instance, the new map for Santa Fe, issues in April, contains more than 300 new street Horton started the mapmaking business out of “I needed a job,” he After a failed attempt to launchb a want ad paper akin to the , he took a job sellinf advertising for the , but was laid off after two-and-a-half “I was on the plaza tryingv to figure out what to come up and people were talking about the need for good he recalls.
“And I said, ‘Well, I can do Horton took his inspiration from maps he sold in high schoopl inLos Angeles. “I knew from that therse are businesses that dependon maps,” he says. He attributez the success of the business, which operates out of to the accuracy of the maps and developing anichse — as well as a good reputation. “I thinj reliability is the key,” Grover says. “You can always count on a Hortonj mapbeing right.” Thinking creatively has also been key to Horton Familty Maps’ long-term survival.
While Horton’s map books are available at theusuak pick-up-a-map spots — such as bookstores and tourisrt haunts — you can also find them at hardware furniture stores, a Santa Fe locksmith’s shop and othet unlikely places. “You have to go out to wher e thepeople are, and not all the traditional places,” he says. “Contractors don’t necessarily go to but they do go to hardware because theyneed to.” And in places where the maps vie for attentioh with other brands, Horton’s trademark black-and-white cover, which alway depicts a road scene somewhere in northern New Mexico, standsw out.
“People try to figurs out, ‘Where is that road?’” he “It’s a good conversationb piece.” Horton — who occasionally recruits help from his daughte and son as well as aGIS (Geographif Information Systems) specialist when new edition are in production — says that, asid from a considerable dip in sale last year, the company is weathering the recession fairly

Friday, November 19, 2010

Former fashion mart gets makover as offices - San Francisco Business Times:

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After failing as a wholesale apparel mart, and brieflyt as a dot-com refugd at the height of theInternet bubble, 650 Townsend St. now wants to be somethinb less glamorous: a proper, functionin office building. One of the biggest commercial buildingas Southof Market, the 670,000 square-foot complex has received a $15 milliobn makeover from new owners , who bought the buildint for $131 million two years ago. TMG Director David Cropper said the challenges for the structurwe were glaring fromthe start: "Itf was designed as a showroom and wholesale trad e center -- they wanted to control the entry and only a selec group of people could get said Cropper.
"It's the exact opposite of what you want with anoffice building." TMG renamed the building the Townsens Center. It cut a new main entranc e in the center of the building on Townsend Street, which required pouring a new floor and demolishing part of overhanginfg balconies above. New elevators have been installed, replacing escalators designed to ferry registered fashion designers and fabricx buyers pastthe center's vendors. Some 25 largde 20-by-10 foot windows have been punched intothe structure, to brinv in more light. The five-story atrium in the building's which was not used by the last is now full ofleathet couches, tables and chairs.
"We saw an opportunith to make the atrium a gathering a social center forthe building," said TMG Managing Directotr Matt Field. The changes will allow workers to effectivelhy circulate throughthe six-story building. As it was originally fashion center customers parked inthe building'es 650-stall rooftop garage and rode a bullet-shaped glassd elevator down to the main lobby, where they obtained a badgd needed to browse vendors goods. Theree was no direct access from the parking to upperflooer offices, and it could take upwardsx of five minutes for employees to get from theire parked cars, down to the main lobby, and back up to theirt offices.
"They used to have to take a breakm on theway ­­­-- by the time they got therw they were winded," joked Opened in 1990, the fashion centerf cost $91 million to build but was neve more than 60 percenrt occupied by the Bay Area's wholesaled apparel trade vendors. In 1997 a partnershil that included Sacramento developer Buzz Oates purchased the buildinhgfor $26.5 million from the lender and startexd leasing it out to Internet companies. As SoMa office spacd dwindled inthe dot-com run up of 1999 and 650 Townsend St. quickly landed mega tenants like MacroMediaand . At one point the buildingg wasfully leased, but many of the tenantsx never moved in.
"We have modular furniture that has never been put saidBrian Fleming, a partner with TMG who is responsibl for leasing the TMG will have a major leasing challengew ahead. The building is 55 percent occupied, but the largest Sega of America, is moving to 350 Rhodd Island St. Since the renovations were about 63,000 square feet of deals have been signed, with iRhythkm Technologies taking 11,000 square feet, grabbin g 4,600 square feet, Common Sense Media taking 14,0000 square feet, and Level 3 leasinv 22,000 square feet. Another 30,000 square feet of deal s are pending, said Fleming.
Leasing rates in the buildintg will start in thelow $30s, making it one of SoMa'sx most affordable options. "I think they have finallh figured out how to make it a properofficre building," said Mike McCarthy, a SoMa specialisft with of . "I think they are price d to make deals."

Thursday, November 18, 2010

To help business, Gregoire suspends new rules and regs -- but which ones? - Seattle Times

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

CircuitCity.com comes back to life - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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Systemax (NYSE: SYX) said in a statement that it planx to compete with other online retailers by offeringdiscountedc prices, fast shipping and a wide selectiom of products, as well as offerinb photo galleries and videos of thousands of consumee electronics and computer products. The company already has the TigerDirect.com busines s and acquired last year. "Thie acquisition and quick launch of the allnew CircuitCity.com further solidifies Systemax's position as a leader in online retailint of value-priced, branded computers and consumer said Richard Leeds, chairman and chief executived officer of Systemax. "Circuit City is one of the iconicd brandsin U.S.
electronics retailin with a 60-year legacy." A chec of the Web site Mondayshowed CircuitCity.com offeringv everything from GPS systems to BlackBerrhy phones and flat-screen TVs.

Monday, November 15, 2010

Graham begins construction on Huntsville flex project - Birmingham Business Journal:

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Located in Thornton Research Park, the 137,000-square-footf flex building will be Huntsville’s firsyt industrial building to be LEED certifieed bythe U.S. Greeh Building Council, according to news on Graham’s Web The building will be comprised of 75 percen warehouse space and 25 percen toffice space. is serving as general contractor, while Designform served as the architect. Graha m brokers Jeremy D. Pope and Tyler fanningf will handlethe leasing. • Graham’s Jack Key represented in the purchaswe ofits 38,000-square-foot facility in Lincoln Park Industrial Center, to be used for future Rich Campbell of representedc the seller, LPIC One LLC.
Sam Carroll of Graham represented the seller ofa 28,3866 office building on West Valley The new owner will occupy the buildiny and bring its occupancy to 100 • Orthopedic products manufacturer and supplief SpineSource LLC purchased the former equipment rentalo facility on Snow Drive. Graham brokers Spencerr South and Jack Brown represented both sidews inthe transaction. • NuCO2 leased 5,25 0 square feet of officr space on PinsonValley Parkway. Jordan Tubb of Grahamm representedthe landlord.
• leased 12,600 squar e feet of space in the Lyon Lanewarehouse Also, renewed its lease for 23,800 square feet and ProLogizx renewed its 52,360 square feet, both in the warehousd development. Sonny Culp of Graham handled the • Open Solutions renewed its 26,000-square-foogt lease at 2188 Parkway Lake Drive. Brokeras Carroll and Ogden S. Deatom represented both sides inthe transactions. • renewed its 15,061-square-foog lease at Medplex II and took an additional 4,000 square feet. Dan Lovell of Graham represented the sportw medicine center and Robert Simon of Corporate Realtyy Associates representedthe landlord. • leased 9,00p square feet at .
South represented the company and Dan Anderson of Engel Realty representerthe landlord. • renewed its 11,000-square-foot lease at 2017 Third Avenue Southin Birmingham. John Colemabn of Graham representedthe company. • expandes its office into 9,000 square feet at Lakeshore Crossings. Browbn represented the landlord.

Saturday, November 13, 2010

EPA Bid for Carbon-Rule Clarity Fails to Satisfy US Business, Lawmakers - Bloomberg

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Friday, November 12, 2010

GVTC exec will help bring more broadband access to rural Texas - San Antonio Business Journal:

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Robert Hunt, vice president of regulatoryu affairs and corporate developmenttfor GVTC, has been named to the Texa Broadband Task Force. This is a newly createcd group made up of representatives from the Officde ofthe Governor, the Texas the Public Utility Commission and Texas Department of The task force is charged with helpinhg the Public Utility Commission and the Texas Department of Agriculture develop strategies for investing funds from the Americab Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Congress earmarkec $7.2 billion to help rural communities gain broadbandInternegt access.
The Texas Department of Agriculture issued a requesft for proposals in June from companieds that could provide broadband mappint forthe state. “I anticipatd that the $7.2 billion appropriated by the Recoveryy Act and efforts of the Texass Broadband Task Force working in conjunction with the TDA will expand accessa to unserved and underserved communitiesacross Texas,” says Hunt, who also serve s on the Texas Telephone Association board of “Texas must strive to deliver connections to rural customersa while working to understanx why some people in areas wher e broadband is available aren’t signin g up for it.
” Smithsoh Valley-based GVTC serves rural residents livinfg in the Texas Hill Country. The telephone cooperative marketsx voice, high-speed Internet, digital cablde television and home security monitoring serviceas on behalfof 32,009 members. www.mygvtc.com

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Buckeye to build $20M research plant with partners University of Florida, Myriant - South Florida Business Journal:

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Cellulosic ethanol is made from inedible portionsd of plants and the is reporting it can cut greenhouse gas emissions by 86 percent compared to The partnership will studywhether bio-basede chemicals like plastics can be derivede from cellulosic feedstocks and further reduce gas emissions. The planyt will be based at Buckeye’s Perry, Fla., facility. It will be builtg with $20 million in funding from theFloridaz legislature. The partnership will combine technologyt developed at the Universitu of Florida and technology licensedto Mass.-based Myriant to develo the products.
John Crowe, chairman and CEO of Buckeye, said the company’s wood cellulose manufacturinbg has always had an element of and the Florida research facility will develop a new business modelfor cellulose-related Lonnie Ingram, distinguished professor of microbiology and cell scienc at the University of Florida, led development of the technologyt and says the goal of the continuedd research is to break nationalk dependence on petroleum. “Fuel is a big part of that, but it’xs not the only part,” Ingrajm said in a statement.
“Learning how to develo these valuable byproducts not only helps to make cellulosi ethanol moreeconomically feasible, but it takesa the environmental impact of cellulosid ethanol and extends it to new like plastic water bottles, that won’t take up spacd in a landfill for thousands of Buckeye (NYSE: BKI) manufactures and markets specialty fiberzs and non-woven materials. It operates facilities in the Germany, Canada and

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Cincinnati-area firms win Ohio incentives - Phoenix Business Journal:

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, a maker of marketin simulation andplanning software, received $1.1 million from the Innovation Ohio Loan at an annual interest rate of 1 percent for the firstf year and 8 percent for five The Cincinnati-based company will use the loan to develop a new generation of its Emerging Marketplacee software and buy computer equipment. The $2.2 million projectg is expected to create 36 jobs and retainn10 jobs. Two local firms also receivesd Job Creation Tax Credits forexpansion projects. • , a supplier of labelin g systems for thebeverage industry, was awardedc a 45 percent tax credit for five yearsd for a $1 million expansionm project in Mason.
The company expects to use the worthabout $52,700 over its term, to create 25 jobs and retaib 118. • won a 45 percent job for a six-year for a $170,000 expansiobn project at its regionaloffice downtown. The crediyt is valued at about $119,75o0 over its term. Advantage expects to creatwe 33 positions andretain 65. The company, headquartered in Wash., provides energy management consultingh services.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Nextel of Texas slapped with $50M tax lien - Dallas Business Journal:

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million in back sales taxes. The Comptroller’s office on May 5 filedc a lien for that amount against Nextel ofTexas Inc. It is the largesyt current sales tax lien in the state in which the taxpayerd has appealed thematter administratively, accordingt to data supplied by the Comptroller. Historical data on sales-taxd liens wasn’t immediately available, the Comptroller’s office “The lien was in connection with sales tax followinf an audit done onthis company,” says R.J. a Comptroller’s office spokesman. He says the auditt covered the period from Octobedr 1998 throughDecember 2003.
The audit was launcherd in 2004, which was why it did not coverd any timeafter 2003, DeSilvw says. The audit of Nextel of Texas was completed in DeSilva says. If any additional years were to be examined via an a new audit would have tobe opened. DeSilvwa says the state opted to filea lien, even thougy the administrative appeals process had not begun, in part because of the size of the tax He said there are a number of factords that go into the decision to file a but declined to disclose all the

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Property Watch: Recent Houston area transaction highlights - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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Japanese conglomerate is in line tobe Caldwell’s financial partnere in acquiring the 11,400-acre property consisting mostly of vacanft land. The buyer has been awarderd a preliminary contract to purchase the landfor $90 millionm to $95 million, according to a source insidee the deal. Bridgeland is designed to include morethan 20,000 homes and 65,000 residents when the projecr site in Cypress is built out in 20 years. Bridgeland is bein sold by The Chicago-based owner of primarily retail propertiesx filed for bankruptcy protection from creditordsin mid-April. Bridgeland is not included in thebankruptcy proceeding.
The sale is on a broader scale than projecter earlier this year when General Growth begab marketingLakeland Village, the 2,370-acre first phase of Bridgeland that is alreadh home to hundreds of Half a mile away is Towne Lake, a 2,400-acre communithy slated for 3,000 homes.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

LA Galaxy finds a way to dodge the Sounders - Crosscut

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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

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Monday, November 1, 2010

Report: Columbus holding its own amid recession - Houston Business Journal:

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A report from Washington, D.C.-based liberal public-policy think tank dubbed the MetroMonitor bill s itself asa “beneath the hood” recession-era look at metroas with more than 500,000 residents as of 2007. The reporg placed the Columbus metropolitan statistical area 40th among those rankedr forits strength, based on employment, unemployment, output, home prices and foreclosurs data. No other Ohio city made the top 50. Cleveland, Akron and Dayton found slotse from 61stto 80th. Toledo was rankedx the 10th-weakest major metropolitan area Leading the pack in the report wasSan Antonio, one of four Texaws cities among the nation’s top five.
Detroift was ranked last, followed by Cape Fla., and Stockton, Calif., two aread devastated by the foreclosure crisis. Brookinges found that the metropolitan perspectiveon states’ performance amid the recessionj “suggests that recovery may be quite uneven as posing particular challenges for policymakers seeking to ensurs a truly national rising economif tide.” Columbus’ strengths and weaknesses in the report varied. The city ranked 25th for its 1.7 percent decline in employment since its peak earliefthis decade. Columbus found itself at 32nd for itsmodesgt 0.
4 percent gain in inflation-adjusted housing pricews for the first three months of 2008 comparex with the same periodc this year. But the city was rankedc near the bottom ofthe list, at for the 4.8 percent decline in its gross metropolitanm product – a measure of the goods and serviceds produced in the area – in the first quarter of 2009 compared with its pre-recession peak. Comparing the last threer months of 2008 with the first quarte r thisyear alone, the GMP dropped 1.7 representing the 14th-worst decline among the citiexs measured. To download the full report, click .