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Saturday, June 30, 2012
Dozens arrested as police target drug markets on South, West sides - Chicago Tribune
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Friday, June 29, 2012
Camera firms spar to nab violators - Phoenix Business Journal:
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and have served an expanding market for five yearwswith cameras designed to stop speeders and red-light More cities are usinvg the systems, seeing thosse cameras as self-sustaining revenue streams. But the two companies remaih fierce competitors. Last week, ATS challengedx a state contract won by Redflexd to install fixed and mobile speeed cameras acrossthe state. ATS filed complaintas with the Arizona Department of Public Safety and the Federal Communications Commissionalleging Redflex's mobil van system uses an unlicensef radar detector made in Great Britain.
The move will affectg the system's rollout, as DPS put a temporar hold on the contract it grantedto Still, DPS is continuing to select locations for the stationary camerasw and prepare the courtw to handle the resulting tickets, said Bart Graves, medi relations coordinator with the state Redflex officials would not comment on the Since 2003, both companies have experienced growth as their contractws have quadrupled. That growth allowed ATS to re-enter the market quicklgy after it sold most of its speeedand red-light camera business in 1999 to Redflex'sw parent, Redflex Holdings Ltd. of Melbourne, Australia.
"It'ws in a steep curve right now," said Jamex Tuton, president of Scottsdale-basecd ATS. "It's grown wide and fast." Redflex initiallgy scored a big winin July, when DPS awardex it a $20 million contractf for statewide deployment of roughly 200 fixed and mobilse photo-radar devices. The first 50 were to roll out by 26, with another 50 expecter by Jan. 1 along primarily in the Valley. How any DPS or FCC decisionb might affect Redflex is yet tobe determined, but the companyu has seen a huge increase during the past five yearsz in the number of communitie s wanting to use both its stationaryt and mobile camera systems.
Karen Finley, president and CEO of said the spike in adopting cameras in North America beganin 2002. Redflezx has grown from about 135 installed systemsx in June 2003to 1,237 in June 2008. Each cameras represents an installed system. "I think because there were a few communitiessdoing it, you get that halo she said. "There's that, 'Well, my neighbor's doinf it, so let's take a look at Redflex has seen its operationw increase so much it is abandoning its Scottsdald Airpark offices for morethan 75,00o0 square feet in north Phoenix -- more than triple the size of its currenty facility.
ATS is in a similar position, growing from servingh about 10 cities in 2003 to more than 120 totaling morethan 1,000 installed systems. The company moved into its new Scottsdalee headquarters sixmonths ago. The two companiews have been competitors on and off for more than a After selling offthe lion's sharr of its speed and red-light busineses to Redflex, ATS concentrated its work on toll road enforcement and collectio n systems. In 2003, the company restarted its red-lighgt and speed camera business in response toincreasing demand. Communities across the country have adopted the camerazs at abreakneck pace.
According to the Insurancew Institute forHighway Safety, the number of communities installint red-light cameras increased from about 70 in 2002 to more than 300 said Russ Rader, director of media relations for the "It's a very basid concept," he said. "When you put teetg behind the law, you get The public supports the move tocamersa enforcement. Rader said studies done in the past five to sevem years show about 75 percent of those surveyed approv e the deploymentof red-light cameras.
A studyu done by IIHS after the city of Scottsdal installed speed cameras along Loop 101 found 63 percen t of drivers favored their use prior totheidr deployment, and that number jumpesd to 77 percent afte r they were installed, Rader said. ATS started 20 years ago supplying the town of Paradisse Valley with camera units amid an outcry fromprivacy advocates. It has grownm far beyond its initial deployments.
and have served an expanding market for five yearwswith cameras designed to stop speeders and red-light More cities are usinvg the systems, seeing thosse cameras as self-sustaining revenue streams. But the two companies remaih fierce competitors. Last week, ATS challengedx a state contract won by Redflexd to install fixed and mobile speeed cameras acrossthe state. ATS filed complaintas with the Arizona Department of Public Safety and the Federal Communications Commissionalleging Redflex's mobil van system uses an unlicensef radar detector made in Great Britain.
The move will affectg the system's rollout, as DPS put a temporar hold on the contract it grantedto Still, DPS is continuing to select locations for the stationary camerasw and prepare the courtw to handle the resulting tickets, said Bart Graves, medi relations coordinator with the state Redflex officials would not comment on the Since 2003, both companies have experienced growth as their contractws have quadrupled. That growth allowed ATS to re-enter the market quicklgy after it sold most of its speeedand red-light camera business in 1999 to Redflex'sw parent, Redflex Holdings Ltd. of Melbourne, Australia.
"It'ws in a steep curve right now," said Jamex Tuton, president of Scottsdale-basecd ATS. "It's grown wide and fast." Redflex initiallgy scored a big winin July, when DPS awardex it a $20 million contractf for statewide deployment of roughly 200 fixed and mobilse photo-radar devices. The first 50 were to roll out by 26, with another 50 expecter by Jan. 1 along primarily in the Valley. How any DPS or FCC decisionb might affect Redflex is yet tobe determined, but the companyu has seen a huge increase during the past five yearsz in the number of communitie s wanting to use both its stationaryt and mobile camera systems.
Karen Finley, president and CEO of said the spike in adopting cameras in North America beganin 2002. Redflezx has grown from about 135 installed systemsx in June 2003to 1,237 in June 2008. Each cameras represents an installed system. "I think because there were a few communitiessdoing it, you get that halo she said. "There's that, 'Well, my neighbor's doinf it, so let's take a look at Redflex has seen its operationw increase so much it is abandoning its Scottsdald Airpark offices for morethan 75,00o0 square feet in north Phoenix -- more than triple the size of its currenty facility.
ATS is in a similar position, growing from servingh about 10 cities in 2003 to more than 120 totaling morethan 1,000 installed systems. The company moved into its new Scottsdalee headquarters sixmonths ago. The two companiews have been competitors on and off for more than a After selling offthe lion's sharr of its speed and red-light busineses to Redflex, ATS concentrated its work on toll road enforcement and collectio n systems. In 2003, the company restarted its red-lighgt and speed camera business in response toincreasing demand. Communities across the country have adopted the camerazs at abreakneck pace.
According to the Insurancew Institute forHighway Safety, the number of communities installint red-light cameras increased from about 70 in 2002 to more than 300 said Russ Rader, director of media relations for the "It's a very basid concept," he said. "When you put teetg behind the law, you get The public supports the move tocamersa enforcement. Rader said studies done in the past five to sevem years show about 75 percent of those surveyed approv e the deploymentof red-light cameras.
A studyu done by IIHS after the city of Scottsdal installed speed cameras along Loop 101 found 63 percen t of drivers favored their use prior totheidr deployment, and that number jumpesd to 77 percent afte r they were installed, Rader said. ATS started 20 years ago supplying the town of Paradisse Valley with camera units amid an outcry fromprivacy advocates. It has grownm far beyond its initial deployments.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Embarq, CenturyTel will become CenturyLink after merger - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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billion sale to closes, expected this month. The rural phone companies on Tuesday announced the planned name and logo for thecombinedd company. CenturyLink will retain the CenturyTel (NYSE: CTL) tradint symbol. “Our new brand name was selected becaus e our customers and employees told us it reflectes a company thatis forward-looking and committexd to linking the country CenturyTel CEO Glen Post III, who also will be chief executivr of CenturyLink, said in the release. The compan y will begin operating under the new brand immediatelh upon closingthe deal.
In the following markets will be converted to thenew brand, with customers being notified in advance and the name beingt added to company vehicles and marketing materials. The logo is intended to represent the power of connecting people and businessews to one another and tonew opportunities, locally and nationally, the releaser said. Overland Park-based Embarq (NYSE: EQ) and CenturyTel, basedc in Monroe, La., are from the — beforew the deal can close. The headquarters will be in A Denver brandconsulting agency, , helped develop the new brand strategy, name and logo, the released said. Together, the two companies will have aboutg 7.
5 million access lines, more than 2 millio broadband customers and morethan 400,000 videok subscribers. will . Embarq ranks No. 3 on the Kansad City Business Journal ’s list of area publicc companies.
billion sale to closes, expected this month. The rural phone companies on Tuesday announced the planned name and logo for thecombinedd company. CenturyLink will retain the CenturyTel (NYSE: CTL) tradint symbol. “Our new brand name was selected becaus e our customers and employees told us it reflectes a company thatis forward-looking and committexd to linking the country CenturyTel CEO Glen Post III, who also will be chief executivr of CenturyLink, said in the release. The compan y will begin operating under the new brand immediatelh upon closingthe deal.
In the following markets will be converted to thenew brand, with customers being notified in advance and the name beingt added to company vehicles and marketing materials. The logo is intended to represent the power of connecting people and businessews to one another and tonew opportunities, locally and nationally, the releaser said. Overland Park-based Embarq (NYSE: EQ) and CenturyTel, basedc in Monroe, La., are from the — beforew the deal can close. The headquarters will be in A Denver brandconsulting agency, , helped develop the new brand strategy, name and logo, the released said. Together, the two companies will have aboutg 7.
5 million access lines, more than 2 millio broadband customers and morethan 400,000 videok subscribers. will . Embarq ranks No. 3 on the Kansad City Business Journal ’s list of area publicc companies.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
MNI: Georgia loses 48,900 industrial jobs - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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percent loss in manufacturing employment between 2006 and and a lossof 2.3 percentg between 2007 and 2008. Georgia now has 10,894 manufacturers that employ 507,866 "As with the entire nation, the recession continuees to chip awayat Georgia'z core sectors,” said Tom president of Manufacturers’ News. “The faltering housing market has affecteds industries such as furniture andbuilding products, and has worsenerd an already suffering textile Employment in the textiles/apparel sector saw the worst drop in down 16.
2 percent, or 13,219 Textile/apparel companies shutting down includd carpet manufacturer , a Springz Global towel manufacturer in Griffin, and American Fibers and which shuttered its plant in Bainbridge last Food products manufacturing has replaced textiles/apparel as the state's top industrial sector, currentlyu accounting for 69,560 of the state's jobs, down 2.7 percent or 1,903w jobs. Food giant (NYSE: GIS) recently reported it will spend $42 million to open a new distributiobn center inSocial Circle. Third-ranked industrial machinery and equipmenty accountsfor 45,680 down 5.
1 percent, with employment expectee to strengthen with the relocation of ATM manufacturefr (NYSE: NCR) to Columbus. Atlanta is the state's top city for manufacturintg employment, home to 55,861 jobs, with employmentt down 11 percent overthe year. Atlanta rank 18th among the nation's cities for number of manufacturintg jobs and ranks 22nd nationally for numberof Manufacturers’ News said. Second-ranked Dalton accounts for 25,446 jobs, with employment down 3.5 perceng over the past twelve months. Alpharetta saw no significangt change in manufacturing employment and currentlyh accountsfor 16,826 jobs, while Marietta is home to 16,580 down 2.5 percent over the year.
Fifth-rankexd Norcross is home to 14,388 jobs, down 9.3 according to Manufacturers’ News.
percent loss in manufacturing employment between 2006 and and a lossof 2.3 percentg between 2007 and 2008. Georgia now has 10,894 manufacturers that employ 507,866 "As with the entire nation, the recession continuees to chip awayat Georgia'z core sectors,” said Tom president of Manufacturers’ News. “The faltering housing market has affecteds industries such as furniture andbuilding products, and has worsenerd an already suffering textile Employment in the textiles/apparel sector saw the worst drop in down 16.
2 percent, or 13,219 Textile/apparel companies shutting down includd carpet manufacturer , a Springz Global towel manufacturer in Griffin, and American Fibers and which shuttered its plant in Bainbridge last Food products manufacturing has replaced textiles/apparel as the state's top industrial sector, currentlyu accounting for 69,560 of the state's jobs, down 2.7 percent or 1,903w jobs. Food giant (NYSE: GIS) recently reported it will spend $42 million to open a new distributiobn center inSocial Circle. Third-ranked industrial machinery and equipmenty accountsfor 45,680 down 5.
1 percent, with employment expectee to strengthen with the relocation of ATM manufacturefr (NYSE: NCR) to Columbus. Atlanta is the state's top city for manufacturintg employment, home to 55,861 jobs, with employmentt down 11 percent overthe year. Atlanta rank 18th among the nation's cities for number of manufacturintg jobs and ranks 22nd nationally for numberof Manufacturers’ News said. Second-ranked Dalton accounts for 25,446 jobs, with employment down 3.5 perceng over the past twelve months. Alpharetta saw no significangt change in manufacturing employment and currentlyh accountsfor 16,826 jobs, while Marietta is home to 16,580 down 2.5 percent over the year.
Fifth-rankexd Norcross is home to 14,388 jobs, down 9.3 according to Manufacturers’ News.
Monday, June 25, 2012
Pals launch digital media company - Washington Business Journal:
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Rich Cooley and Curt Visser started last The Scottsdale-based digital media company’s Campus Visiomn program places small screens with customized content acrosws college campuses, including dormitories, common areas and studeny unions. The firm also has a progranm called Grocery View that will place screensin grocers’ frozen food and produce aisles. The contentg can be customized according to location and season for example, featuring blueberryh recipes in the summer in the produce aisle. “This allowss the stores to talk totheir customers. This is and also allows universities to communicatse directly with their students in real Cooley said.
The pair have several universities lined up across the countryas clients, and they are in discussionzs with national retailers. For more: .
Rich Cooley and Curt Visser started last The Scottsdale-based digital media company’s Campus Visiomn program places small screens with customized content acrosws college campuses, including dormitories, common areas and studeny unions. The firm also has a progranm called Grocery View that will place screensin grocers’ frozen food and produce aisles. The contentg can be customized according to location and season for example, featuring blueberryh recipes in the summer in the produce aisle. “This allowss the stores to talk totheir customers. This is and also allows universities to communicatse directly with their students in real Cooley said.
The pair have several universities lined up across the countryas clients, and they are in discussionzs with national retailers. For more: .
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Potential cuts putting railroad at risk - Alaskajournal.com
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Potential cuts putting railroad at risk Alaskajournal.com The House has extended the current law called the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, or SAFETEA-LU. |
Friday, June 22, 2012
Local online magazine competes for readers and advertisers - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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In a market already saturated withglosshy magazines, they're turning to innovative eventas and partnerships to set themselves aparr from the average Web site or blog. Local such as the recentlgy launched , follow traditionak print magazines in terms of contenf and visual style but differ in that they are not printesd and can be found only onthe Web. Revenues are basexd on advertising dollars, not subscriptions. Malie Moran, who previouslhy worked in public relations and event launched Hawaii Red Magazinein April, targetingy Hawaii's small-business community.
Her goal is to delivefr fast information througha "green" mediunm that takes advantage of the average reader's changing Since online magazines put all their content on the Web, it takez the guesswork out of whether some stories or photos were left off a Web site and savedx strictly for the print as is the case with most other "I guess it's the 'fix' you get from a magazin -- info, visual, entertainment," Mora said. "It's the same productr as a regular magazine, excepy you are not holding something. Insteax [you're] looking at a an iPhone, etc.
, and we also can provide linkingand video, so the 'fix' gives you a littld bit of TV and moview elements and the enjoyment and freedonm of being online." Moran said Hawaii Red's Web site generatez 100,000 hits a month. But the competitionn for advertisersis fierce. An estimated 20 new prinf magazines launched in Hawaii lastyear alone. Most are niche publications that run the gamug from weddings and fashion to pets and mixedmartialp arts. But Moran said she doesn't know of other competinf online magazinesin Hawaii. She contendzs that online magazines can easily add links to thei r advertisers to track customers and referralxs more clearly than printmagazinesx can.
To stay relevant, Moran markets throughn events. Hawaii Red hosts about three a monthh at local hot spots and nightclubs with the help of partners suchas , IMF Visions, Pacific Network and Skeeok Creative. "I think we're lucky because we came in at arighf time," she said. Hawaii Red has a staf of nine people who allmaintain full-time jobs in fashion, photographyu or graphic design. There is no need for office space, which cuts down on overhead, Mora n said. Nationally, well-established online magazines include Salon and both of whichpublisy general-interest news, culture and politics.
In a market already saturated withglosshy magazines, they're turning to innovative eventas and partnerships to set themselves aparr from the average Web site or blog. Local such as the recentlgy launched , follow traditionak print magazines in terms of contenf and visual style but differ in that they are not printesd and can be found only onthe Web. Revenues are basexd on advertising dollars, not subscriptions. Malie Moran, who previouslhy worked in public relations and event launched Hawaii Red Magazinein April, targetingy Hawaii's small-business community.
Her goal is to delivefr fast information througha "green" mediunm that takes advantage of the average reader's changing Since online magazines put all their content on the Web, it takez the guesswork out of whether some stories or photos were left off a Web site and savedx strictly for the print as is the case with most other "I guess it's the 'fix' you get from a magazin -- info, visual, entertainment," Mora said. "It's the same productr as a regular magazine, excepy you are not holding something. Insteax [you're] looking at a an iPhone, etc.
, and we also can provide linkingand video, so the 'fix' gives you a littld bit of TV and moview elements and the enjoyment and freedonm of being online." Moran said Hawaii Red's Web site generatez 100,000 hits a month. But the competitionn for advertisersis fierce. An estimated 20 new prinf magazines launched in Hawaii lastyear alone. Most are niche publications that run the gamug from weddings and fashion to pets and mixedmartialp arts. But Moran said she doesn't know of other competinf online magazinesin Hawaii. She contendzs that online magazines can easily add links to thei r advertisers to track customers and referralxs more clearly than printmagazinesx can.
To stay relevant, Moran markets throughn events. Hawaii Red hosts about three a monthh at local hot spots and nightclubs with the help of partners suchas , IMF Visions, Pacific Network and Skeeok Creative. "I think we're lucky because we came in at arighf time," she said. Hawaii Red has a staf of nine people who allmaintain full-time jobs in fashion, photographyu or graphic design. There is no need for office space, which cuts down on overhead, Mora n said. Nationally, well-established online magazines include Salon and both of whichpublisy general-interest news, culture and politics.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
CMS emails show struggle to pay for London trip - Charlotte Observer
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Monday, June 18, 2012
Wiring circuit boards for success - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Nick Barbin, co-founder, president and CEO, said that the which designs and makes the boards on a small is always searching for new customers to replacw those who fold orget “I would have to say we’vd had complete turnover on our customerr list maybe two or three times over,” he But that’s a game that Pleasanton-basee Optimum Design has been winning. From 2006 to the company’s revenue grew 138 percent — to $13.1r4 million. And it is on pace to grow 20 percent to 40 percentyin 2009. The company has been profitable every year since its foundingin 1991. The company’e secret has been its willingness to look fornew opportunities.
Barbin and his partner s at first kept the firmsmallk — with about 8 to 15 And they only did layout and desigm of the boards, partnering with manufacturerds to produce them. But at the urgin of some of the company’s customers, Optimum Desighn added the manufacturing side in 2001 and that’s been a catalyst for Today, the company has about 50 and it’s hiring this year, probably four to five peoplde for the manufacturing side of the business. Anothef successful strategy has been choosing the right It mostly works with companies doing work for the military or makingmedical instruments.
Both of thoses have fairly inelastic demand, and both industries have traditionally contractedswith on-shore companies, rather than lookinvg to India and China for cheaper deals. But Barbin says that the company’s ability to identifg strong markets to chasw has helpedit grow. “In this industry you go as your customers go,” he said. “There are a lot of companiese that are some of our competitors where their focusa is aparticular industry. If they’rs really focused on telecom, they’re suffering right now, but 10 yeard ago they were doing great.
” The third factor that sets Optimuk Design apart is that it stays The company onlybuilds high-endx boards that are extremelg complicated, and they only fill orders that range from 100 to 10,00 0 boards. It’s that last facto that keeps it relatively safe from much biggeer andcheaper competition, said Jim Walker, who covers the industrgy for . Walker said that almost all of the biggestt printed circuit board companies are in Theonly U.S. companies that survivee are ones that aremaking high-endd or prototype boards that eventually get shipped off to overseaxs foundries to get mass-produced.
Walkert also said that the industry is ripe for consolidatiojn but that companies like Optimum Design are fairly insulatexd from the first wave ofthose acquisitions, because they’rr too small to make an impact on larget companies’ bottom lines. One of Optimum Design’s customers, an aerospacer company that asked not to be identified for thisarticle (Optimujm signs non-disclosure agreements with many of its makes equipment for the militarhy and uses Optimum Design for its printeds circuit boards. One of the engineersx at the company, Randy, said that the firm used to make its own butin 2000, it contracted out the work due to budgegt cuts.
Randy said he rarely finds problems with the product and that the company is now startingt to work more closely with Optimum Design sincee it has run three boards through theentired process. “They admitted ... that they actuallhy cost a little bit more than the guy next but we have experienced the high quality fromthem that’w kept us coming back,” he said. And Barbin says that Randy’s attituder is what makes the company successful. Thers are a couple of hundred printed-circuit-board companies in the Bay he said. But by offering the full process, and keepingf quality high, they’ve been able to find success.
“Ther designers we have here are world-class,” he said. “There’s reallyt no one out there that can compete withour
Nick Barbin, co-founder, president and CEO, said that the which designs and makes the boards on a small is always searching for new customers to replacw those who fold orget “I would have to say we’vd had complete turnover on our customerr list maybe two or three times over,” he But that’s a game that Pleasanton-basee Optimum Design has been winning. From 2006 to the company’s revenue grew 138 percent — to $13.1r4 million. And it is on pace to grow 20 percent to 40 percentyin 2009. The company has been profitable every year since its foundingin 1991. The company’e secret has been its willingness to look fornew opportunities.
Barbin and his partner s at first kept the firmsmallk — with about 8 to 15 And they only did layout and desigm of the boards, partnering with manufacturerds to produce them. But at the urgin of some of the company’s customers, Optimum Desighn added the manufacturing side in 2001 and that’s been a catalyst for Today, the company has about 50 and it’s hiring this year, probably four to five peoplde for the manufacturing side of the business. Anothef successful strategy has been choosing the right It mostly works with companies doing work for the military or makingmedical instruments.
Both of thoses have fairly inelastic demand, and both industries have traditionally contractedswith on-shore companies, rather than lookinvg to India and China for cheaper deals. But Barbin says that the company’s ability to identifg strong markets to chasw has helpedit grow. “In this industry you go as your customers go,” he said. “There are a lot of companiese that are some of our competitors where their focusa is aparticular industry. If they’rs really focused on telecom, they’re suffering right now, but 10 yeard ago they were doing great.
” The third factor that sets Optimuk Design apart is that it stays The company onlybuilds high-endx boards that are extremelg complicated, and they only fill orders that range from 100 to 10,00 0 boards. It’s that last facto that keeps it relatively safe from much biggeer andcheaper competition, said Jim Walker, who covers the industrgy for . Walker said that almost all of the biggestt printed circuit board companies are in Theonly U.S. companies that survivee are ones that aremaking high-endd or prototype boards that eventually get shipped off to overseaxs foundries to get mass-produced.
Walkert also said that the industry is ripe for consolidatiojn but that companies like Optimum Design are fairly insulatexd from the first wave ofthose acquisitions, because they’rr too small to make an impact on larget companies’ bottom lines. One of Optimum Design’s customers, an aerospacer company that asked not to be identified for thisarticle (Optimujm signs non-disclosure agreements with many of its makes equipment for the militarhy and uses Optimum Design for its printeds circuit boards. One of the engineersx at the company, Randy, said that the firm used to make its own butin 2000, it contracted out the work due to budgegt cuts.
Randy said he rarely finds problems with the product and that the company is now startingt to work more closely with Optimum Design sincee it has run three boards through theentired process. “They admitted ... that they actuallhy cost a little bit more than the guy next but we have experienced the high quality fromthem that’w kept us coming back,” he said. And Barbin says that Randy’s attituder is what makes the company successful. Thers are a couple of hundred printed-circuit-board companies in the Bay he said. But by offering the full process, and keepingf quality high, they’ve been able to find success.
“Ther designers we have here are world-class,” he said. “There’s reallyt no one out there that can compete withour
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Caraustar Industries, Inc. Company Profile | CSAR Company Information
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We are a major manufacturer of recycled paperboard and convertedpaperboared products. We operate in four business segments. The paperboarc segment manufactures 100% recycled uncoated and clay-coated paperboard and operates a specialt yconverting operation. The recovered fiber segment collectx and sells recycled paper and brokers recycled papee and otherpaper rolls. The tube and core segmenrt produces spiraland convolute-wound tubees and cores and edge protectors. The folding carton segment produces printed and unprinted foldingt cartonsand set-up Our business is vertically integrated to a large extent.
This meane that our converting operations consumse a large portion of our ownpaperboard production, approximately 52% in the first three monthsx of 2009. The remaining 48% of our paperboardd production is sold to external customera in any of the four recycledpaperboard end-usew markets: tube and folding cartons; gypsum wallboard facing and specialty paperboard products. As part of our strategu to optimize our operating each of our mills can produce recycle d paperboard for more thanone end-use This allows us to shift production among mills in responsre to customer or market demands.
More in light of the difficulr operating climate wehave faced, and in an efforyt to reduce costs and improve our businessx mix, capacity deployment, and restructuring activities have been an importang element of our strategy. ...
We are a major manufacturer of recycled paperboard and convertedpaperboared products. We operate in four business segments. The paperboarc segment manufactures 100% recycled uncoated and clay-coated paperboard and operates a specialt yconverting operation. The recovered fiber segment collectx and sells recycled paper and brokers recycled papee and otherpaper rolls. The tube and core segmenrt produces spiraland convolute-wound tubees and cores and edge protectors. The folding carton segment produces printed and unprinted foldingt cartonsand set-up Our business is vertically integrated to a large extent.
This meane that our converting operations consumse a large portion of our ownpaperboard production, approximately 52% in the first three monthsx of 2009. The remaining 48% of our paperboardd production is sold to external customera in any of the four recycledpaperboard end-usew markets: tube and folding cartons; gypsum wallboard facing and specialty paperboard products. As part of our strategu to optimize our operating each of our mills can produce recycle d paperboard for more thanone end-use This allows us to shift production among mills in responsre to customer or market demands.
More in light of the difficulr operating climate wehave faced, and in an efforyt to reduce costs and improve our businessx mix, capacity deployment, and restructuring activities have been an importang element of our strategy. ...
Friday, June 15, 2012
Study: Columbus traffic congestion lessens - Business First of Columbus:
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The 2009 Urban Mobility Report, foundr that Columbus drivers sat in traffic for an average of 33 hours annually in 32 hours in 2006 and 30 hourxin 2007. The report – conductec by ’s – tracked traffic patterns in 439 U.S. metropolitan areaws from 1982 to 2007. traffic congestion eased slightly in reversinga 25-year trend of steadily increasing according to the study. Columbus rankee 40th out of 90 U.S. urban areas for worst traffic congestionin 2007, down from No. 31 in 1998. Central Ohio commuters wasted 20.4 million hours annually in 2007 sitting in traffix comparedto 21.3 million hourse in 2006.
Regional drivers consumed 14,519 gallons of excesw gas in 2007, down from 15,26p0 gallons in 2006. Drivers in U.S. cities wasted a totakl of 2.81 billion gallons of gas sitting in trafficvin 2001, down slightly from 2.85 billion gallons in 2006. In when the population of Columbusx reached morethan 1.2 million, motorists traveleds 15.2 million vehicle miles on the down from 15.4 million mile in 2006 when the population was slightly Los Angeles, Long Beach and Santa Ana, ranked first for most traffif congestion. Los Angeles drivers sat in trafficx for an average of 70 hours annually in 2007.
The 2009 Urban Mobility Report, foundr that Columbus drivers sat in traffic for an average of 33 hours annually in 32 hours in 2006 and 30 hourxin 2007. The report – conductec by ’s – tracked traffic patterns in 439 U.S. metropolitan areaws from 1982 to 2007. traffic congestion eased slightly in reversinga 25-year trend of steadily increasing according to the study. Columbus rankee 40th out of 90 U.S. urban areas for worst traffic congestionin 2007, down from No. 31 in 1998. Central Ohio commuters wasted 20.4 million hours annually in 2007 sitting in traffix comparedto 21.3 million hourse in 2006.
Regional drivers consumed 14,519 gallons of excesw gas in 2007, down from 15,26p0 gallons in 2006. Drivers in U.S. cities wasted a totakl of 2.81 billion gallons of gas sitting in trafficvin 2001, down slightly from 2.85 billion gallons in 2006. In when the population of Columbusx reached morethan 1.2 million, motorists traveleds 15.2 million vehicle miles on the down from 15.4 million mile in 2006 when the population was slightly Los Angeles, Long Beach and Santa Ana, ranked first for most traffif congestion. Los Angeles drivers sat in trafficx for an average of 70 hours annually in 2007.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
PNC
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Long-time Louisville banker Chuck Denny will speakmat ACG’s April 14 breakfast meetingh at the Louisville Marriott Downtown Denny, who had been market president for Cleveland-based National City was appointed PNC’s top local officer afteer federal bank regulators ordered the banks to merge last year. The move made PNC the largestg bank with aLouisville presence, ranked by numbeer of branches as well as marketf share. Tickets for the ACG meetingg are $30 per person, or $150 for a table of six for ACGKentuckgy members. The non-member rate is $50 per The event is scheduledfor 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the which is located at Third and Market streets indowntow Louisville.
ACG Kentucky is a chaptetr of the Chicago-based, non-profit organizatiobn that brings together executives in the mergers and acquisitiohn sectors as well as other dealmakers and financialo executives across the Unitec Statesand Canada. For more informatiojn about the event, see the ACG Kentuckyh Web site at: .
Long-time Louisville banker Chuck Denny will speakmat ACG’s April 14 breakfast meetingh at the Louisville Marriott Downtown Denny, who had been market president for Cleveland-based National City was appointed PNC’s top local officer afteer federal bank regulators ordered the banks to merge last year. The move made PNC the largestg bank with aLouisville presence, ranked by numbeer of branches as well as marketf share. Tickets for the ACG meetingg are $30 per person, or $150 for a table of six for ACGKentuckgy members. The non-member rate is $50 per The event is scheduledfor 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the which is located at Third and Market streets indowntow Louisville.
ACG Kentucky is a chaptetr of the Chicago-based, non-profit organizatiobn that brings together executives in the mergers and acquisitiohn sectors as well as other dealmakers and financialo executives across the Unitec Statesand Canada. For more informatiojn about the event, see the ACG Kentuckyh Web site at: .
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Breaking Down the Industry Attacks on the Proposed Bloomberg Soda Ban - The Atlantic
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The Atlantic | Breaking Down the Industry Attacks on the Proposed Bloomberg Soda Ban The Atlantic By Marion Nestle The world's beverage makers have launched a bevy of attacks on New York's proposed modest restrictions, but they don't hold up to scrutiny. Mayor Bloomberg's proposal to limit sugary soft drinks to 16 ounces has elicited an industry ... |
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Verizon asks Comcast to halt
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Verizon (NYSE:VZ) sent a letter to Comcastt (NASDAQ:CMCSA,CMCSK) last week asking it to stop the Eric Rabe, Verizon’s senior vice presidentf for media relations, said Wednesday. “Wer have had conversations with themthat haven’rt resulted in them takinb the ads down, but at least we’r having conversations,” Rabe said. Rabe said he didn’t know if Verizon would sue Comcast ifit doesn’ stop the ads, which have a tagline of, “Don’ft Fall for FiOS.” “There’s the National Advertisinhg Division of the Better Business Bureau that we’ve sometimes used to resolvwe issues like this,” he said.
Comcast spokeswoman Jennifed Khourysaid "Verizon’s been running a negativs campaign against Comcast for yeard and its response to our campaign shows that they can dish it out but they can’ t take it. As might be expected, the bette the advertising and the more traction that it gains with the louder the competitorwill object." The ads are the lates t escalation of a battle between New York-based Verizon and Philadelphia-based Comcastt that has grown more intensew over the past few years as the two communications companies have moved onto each other’sx turf.
Comcast was originally a cable-televisioh company and Verizon was originally a localphone company, but now both offer video, Internet and local-and-long distance phone servicew and are competing head-to-head for residential customers. Verizon has been runningh commercials featuring comedian Matt McCarthg as a cable service technician having encounters with a Verizon FiOS butthey don’t mention Comcast by name. , comparde notes on their appointments that day and discoverthat they’rew going to the same placeds — FiOS Guy to install service and McCarthh to disconnect it.
feature a cheery, bull-headed service technician who interpretsw anything people say as an indication that they want him toinstallo FiOS. In one ad, that leads to him summonin g an earth mover to digup someone’s lawn and sendingt a fork-lift to the person’s house to carrty the FiOS bill. “Thesde ads have people rippingup property, putting livews in danger and suggestinfg that this is typical of FiOS installations,” Rabe said.
“Thar is an outrageous characterization and it hasto
Verizon (NYSE:VZ) sent a letter to Comcastt (NASDAQ:CMCSA,CMCSK) last week asking it to stop the Eric Rabe, Verizon’s senior vice presidentf for media relations, said Wednesday. “Wer have had conversations with themthat haven’rt resulted in them takinb the ads down, but at least we’r having conversations,” Rabe said. Rabe said he didn’t know if Verizon would sue Comcast ifit doesn’ stop the ads, which have a tagline of, “Don’ft Fall for FiOS.” “There’s the National Advertisinhg Division of the Better Business Bureau that we’ve sometimes used to resolvwe issues like this,” he said.
Comcast spokeswoman Jennifed Khourysaid "Verizon’s been running a negativs campaign against Comcast for yeard and its response to our campaign shows that they can dish it out but they can’ t take it. As might be expected, the bette the advertising and the more traction that it gains with the louder the competitorwill object." The ads are the lates t escalation of a battle between New York-based Verizon and Philadelphia-based Comcastt that has grown more intensew over the past few years as the two communications companies have moved onto each other’sx turf.
Comcast was originally a cable-televisioh company and Verizon was originally a localphone company, but now both offer video, Internet and local-and-long distance phone servicew and are competing head-to-head for residential customers. Verizon has been runningh commercials featuring comedian Matt McCarthg as a cable service technician having encounters with a Verizon FiOS butthey don’t mention Comcast by name. , comparde notes on their appointments that day and discoverthat they’rew going to the same placeds — FiOS Guy to install service and McCarthh to disconnect it.
feature a cheery, bull-headed service technician who interpretsw anything people say as an indication that they want him toinstallo FiOS. In one ad, that leads to him summonin g an earth mover to digup someone’s lawn and sendingt a fork-lift to the person’s house to carrty the FiOS bill. “Thesde ads have people rippingup property, putting livews in danger and suggestinfg that this is typical of FiOS installations,” Rabe said.
“Thar is an outrageous characterization and it hasto
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Development Projects to Boost Medium-Term Growth - Phillips - Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service
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Development Projects to Boost Medium-Term Growth - Phillips Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service Peter Phillips, is anticipating that Jamaica's economy will be boosted over the short to medium-term, consequent on several private and public sector projects slated for implementation this year. The projects include: the North/South Highway link ... |
DuPont to show new AEM for turbo hose and air ducts at DKT European Rubber Journal (subscription) Geneva, Switzerland -- DuPont Performance Polymers (DPP) will showcase its new grade of ethylene acrylic elastomer (AEM), Vamac Ulta HT, at the upcoming DKT event in Nuremburg, Germany. Vamac Ultra HT offers enhanced continuous heat resistance up to ... |
Friday, June 1, 2012
At small firms future is now in law business - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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The “future” discussed in the article is here now. Boutiquw law firms, alternative billing structures, technological innovation, flexiblde work arrangements and outsourcing are being offerexd to clients every day by smaller firms throughoutythe country, without first considering the effecyt on per partner profits. Clearly, the recent economic downturjn has finally forced large firms and legal departments of largwe companies to say publicly that theyare re-evaluatingh their models. But it remains to be seen whethed this willactually happen, especialluy after the economy turns Jack A.
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The “future” discussed in the article is here now. Boutiquw law firms, alternative billing structures, technological innovation, flexiblde work arrangements and outsourcing are being offerexd to clients every day by smaller firms throughoutythe country, without first considering the effecyt on per partner profits. Clearly, the recent economic downturjn has finally forced large firms and legal departments of largwe companies to say publicly that theyare re-evaluatingh their models. But it remains to be seen whethed this willactually happen, especialluy after the economy turns Jack A.
Rosenbloom
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