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Evidence was insufficient to charge teacher in '94, DA says - Los Angeles Times

2012-02-09T18:17:00.001-08:00

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The Los Angeles County district attorney's office declined to bring charges against veteran Los Angeles teacher Mark Berndt in 1994 because prosecutors determined there was "insufficient evidence" that he attempted to fondle a girl.

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Lackland to gain 74,000 sf training complex - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

2012-02-07T14:51:00.001-08:00

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million contract to build a new airfield maintenance technical traininvg complex at Lackland AirForcw Base. The complex will support the Inter-Americahn Air Forces Academy at Lackland. The government will build a 74,000 square foot comple at Lackland that willhouse classrooms, aircrafgt operations and hangar maintenance training areas as well as administrativse space. The project is slated for completion in the fallof 2010. The Inter-Americabn Air Forces Academy currently offerzs this training at PortSan Antonio, the former Kellty Air Force Base.
By relocating technical training from Port San Antoniito Lackland, Port San Antonio officials hope to reuser that space for additional commercial development opportunities. The militargy is developing this complex as part of the 2005 San Antonil Base Realignment andClosure (BRAC) construction In all, the government expects to spend more than $2 billiohn on BRAC-related construction. The Air Force Centerf for Engineering and the Environment selectedrPlymouth Meeting, Pa.-based AMEC Earth Environmental Inc. as the contractor. Constructiomn will be coordinated out ofthe company’ s San Antonio office. The Fort Worthg District office ofthe U.S.
Army Corps of Engineerx will provideconstruction management.

Newspaper publisher to sell assets - Dallas Business Journal:

2012-02-05T10:34:00.001-08:00

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Addison-based American Community NewspaperseLLC (Pink Sheets: filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in ACN said Friday that seniore secured creditors have submitted an offer to acquirew ACN’s assets, and they have provided a $5 million debtor-in-possession credit facility. A bankruptcy court has already approvecd the sale of ACN assets and has approved the debtor in possessiomncredit facility. The newspaper publisher says operations andthe company’s business will continue as usual with readerw in local communities continuing to receive theit papers. Advertisers also will not be impacteed by the bankruptcy filing or the saleof assets.
ACN’se other North Texas publications include PlanoInside , the Allen American , the Celina Recorde , , Rowlett Lakeshore Timexs , , Lewisville Leader , Flower Moun d Leader , , The Colonty Leader , Carrollton Leader , Southlakd Times , Penny Saver , Northb Texas Life , Stonebridge Life , All About Frisco , All About Coppell , All About Flowerr Mound and Lantana .

Sales heating up for Earth to Air - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

2012-02-03T03:17:00.001-08:00

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Formed in 2002, Earth to Air Systemsd develops heating and cooling systems based on a technologg known as direct exchange called DX inthe industry. The company’x applications have been shown to reducer heating and cooling costs by 50 percent to80 percent, CEO Randyy Wiggs says. Earth to Air’s systenm bypasses the more conventional geothermal heating andcooling model. Insteaxd of using water as a source, the technologyy skips a step and controls heating and temperatures directly from the eartnh withcopper tubing. The tubes tap into wells that are 300 to 500 feet Environmentally friendly refrigerants are then pipede throughthe tubes.
Earth to Air’ss revenue comes from licensing fees collected from heating and coolinb companies who decide to market and install the systems. Earth to Air got its firsg international distributor two yearsz ago when Australian entrepreneufr John Gagliardi embracedthe technology. He says he’s securec more than $30 million in projects, including contracts with schoool systems, mining camps, housing projects and major suchas BP.
“We are moving into significanr profitability,” Galiardi says, adding that he’s planning on expandingf into the Southeast Asian market Galiardi predicts that Earth to Air willbecomew “a billion dollar business or Sales in the first quarteer were up 60 percent from the same time last “We’re living in an time when there’as a huge demand (for products) to reduce our dependencew on foreign oil,” Gagliardi says. “Twenty years ago this wouldn’tg have worked. It wouldn’t have even worked 10 yearse ago. But now the potential is huge.
” There are multipl installations of Earthto Air’s geothermal system in the Uniteds States, but the company is just now setting up a formao distributor network, says Clayton Washburn, chief operations office r at Earth to Air. “Our biggest struggl e is having to say no at Washburn says. “We’re preparing for a much bigger

Duffie joins Littler Mendelson - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

2012-01-31T23:17:00.001-08:00

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Duffie has been practicing employment and labor law for37 years. Duffie was a managintg partner ofHunton & Williams’ Atlanta officew and later co-head for the firm’s Laborr and Employment practice. He also was a founding attorney of in 1978 and remainexd thereuntil 1988. Duffie represents companies in variouse industries includinghealth care, media, transportationb and manufacturing.
“Traywick is, unquestionably, one of the most accomplishesd labor and employment lawyers inthe Southeast,” said Cameron Pierce, office managing shareholder of Littler’s Atlantq office, in a “Not only is he highly regardedc in the Atlanta legal community, but he bringas a depth of experience and knowledge that will providw tremendous value to our clients. His significant experience as a trial complex litigator and traditional labor lawyetr will be a great resource for both our clientx and the other attorneys inthe firm.
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Tesla to open seven showrooms - Kansas City Business Journal:

2012-01-29T19:00:00.001-08:00

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Stores in New York, Seattle and Chicagp will open inlate June, followed by Tesla’s first European store will open in Londob later this month, followed by Munichb and Monaco. The new additions will complementg Tesla’s flagship stores in Northern and Southern which opened ayear ago. Tesla said it is scoutiny locationsin Washington, D.C., and Tesla is the only producer of highway-capable electricf cars in North America or Europe. “We are rethinking almost every aspect of the automobile from the powertrain to thecustomer experience, both onlinse and in our stores,” said Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a Tesla’s Roadster sells for $109,000.
The companyt expects to introduce itssecond car, the Modelp S sedan, in late 2011. It is expectefd to sell for less than halfthe Roadster’es price.

Annette M. Verschuren Executive Profile

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Prior to joining the Company in 1996, Annette was presidentr and co-owner of Michael

Pratte tapped for SBA

2012-01-25T10:51:00.001-08:00

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In her new role, Prattre will help American Indians, Nativee Alaskans and Native Hawaiians who are trying to develop and expand small businesses gain access tothe SBA’w entrepreneurial development, lending and procurement programs. Beforre joining the SBA, Prattwe worked for the Navajo Nation as a policu analyst and legislative focusing on economic andcommunity development, housing and educationh issues. Earlier in her she was a trade specialistg inthe U.S. Foreign and Commercial Servicer inthe U.S. Department of Commerce’zs International Trade Administration, where she counseled small - and medium-sized U.S. companies on exporting.
Aftefr that job, she oversaw information technology projects forthe U.S. Foreigm and Commercial Service and theImporr Administration. Pratte is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nationfrom Lupton, She holds a master’s degree from ’s H. John Hein z III School of Public Policy and Management anda bachelor’sd degree from the University of Arizona’ds Eller School of Business. Pratte is a formed Udall Foundation Congressional Fellow and a PresidentialManagementy Fellow.

Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza talk about real and reel life love - Bollywood Life

2012-01-23T06:34:00.001-08:00

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Permian Basin Royalty Trust Announces June Cash Distribution

2012-01-21T02:51:00.001-08:00

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This month's distribution decreased due primarilyh to lower production of both oil and gas but was offsetf by an increase in the priceof oil. This woul d primarily reflect production for the montuhof April. The worldwide market conditions continu to affect the pricing for domestic It is difficult to predict what effec these conditions will have onfuturde distributions. and the Texas Royalty Properties combined for oil and gas respectiveltwas 41,233 bbls and 165,176 mcf. The average pricew for oil was $46.29 per bbl and for gas was $3.90 per mcf.
Capital expenditures were approximately The numbers provided reflect what was net to the Net to Trust Salesx Volumes Average Price Oil Gas OilGas (mcf) (per bbl) (per mcf) Currentg Month 41,233 165,176 $46.29 $3.90 Priofr Month 47,543 179,146 $40.10 $3.63 Effective June 1, 2009, Americabn Stock Transfer & Trust Company ("AST") becamr the new transfer agent and registrar for Permiab Basin Royalty Trust. Unitholders with registered ownership accounts can contact AST with questions relatinf to transfers of ownership and a change of direct deposit ofdistribution checks, and any othetr account related questions at the dedicatecd toll free number 1-800-358-5861.
Permian's cash distributiob history, current and prior year financial a link to filings made with the Securitiess and Exchange Commission and more can be found on our websiteeat . SOURCE U.S. Trust

NY Senate remains in lock down - Business First of Buffalo:

2012-01-18T22:00:00.001-08:00

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The Senate chambers remain locked shut two days afte r two Democrats sided with all 30 Republicans in a sudden move tooust Sen. Malcolk Smith, D-Queens, as majority Democrats argue that the voteis invalid; they have lockefd the doors to the Senate chamber and refuse to open Control of the Senate remains up in the air; the bipartisab group of senators, and remaining Democrats, each say they control the The chaos has shut down the legislative process in the Senate. It also jeopardizes what few days remainb in the regularlegislative session, whicj is supposed to end on June 22.
Democrat have held a 32-30 majoritg in the Senate since January, following victoriesx in the November2008 elections. It was the party’sx first time in control of the chambef in almost45 years. On June 8, though, two downstatre Democrats — Sens. Pedro Espada Jr. and Hirak Monserrate — voted with all 30 Republicans tomake Sen. Dean a Long Island the Senate’s new majority leader. Espada and Monserrate both remain The group also elected Espada as temporary president of the That means Espada would become actinfg governorif Gov. David Patersob were incapacitated or leavesthe state. The two positions are typicallyt held byone person.
Chaos eruptedx in the Senate chamber after the and most Democratswalked out. The live-feed of Senates proceedings was promptly turned off afterthe vote, and the lights in the Senate were shut off for a few Among the outsiders who played a role in the procesx is Thomas Golisano, owner of the Buffalo Sabres and founder of Responsibles New York, a group activs in seeking reforms to the state's political structure. The new, so-callecd “bipartisan coalition,” planned to have a legislative sessionh at3 p.m.
The group is scheduler to vote on more than30 “We expect to have the session in the Senate said Scott Reif, a spokesman for Senate “We could have it anywhere, we’ve made that Democrats say they will not unlock the doors to the Senater chamber, and that any votee taken today by the coalition are not Democrats also say that Smith is still the chamber’s majorityu leader. Smith's spokesman, Austin Shafran, issued a statemen saying the "purported coup was an unlawful violation of New York statee law and the Senate rules and we do notaccept it.
" "The Senate majority is fully prepared to go back to the people’as work, but will not enter the chambee to be governed by unlawful rules," Shafran "We plan to file an actionm for a temporary injunction to enjoin the Republicans from illegitimately usurping authority from the peoplew of New York.” By law, the majority leader dictateas when the Senate officiallyh goes into session. Paterson said before leaving for an afternoom economic roundtable in Buffalo that he wants the Senate doorxs tobe unlocked, and for the senators to vote in the again, on who is majority leader. He pledged to work with whoevee ends up electedmajorith leader.
“We could bring in OGS [the state Officw of General Services] and homelane security and blast through theSenate doors,” Paterson said Paterson has acknowledged that he has no powefr to dictate the “I may not like the process, but I’ m not going to try to influence the outcome. They have to work this Paterson said. “They have to act like adults.” Democrats continuew to investigate whether, or how, to take the bipartisan coalitioj to court overtheir actions.
Such a courgt case could take weeks, or even months, to ensuring that the legislative session would have to be Gary Spencer, a spokesman for the state Courtf of Appeals, said parties can ask judges to expeditre cases. He said that often happenx withelection disputes. The Court of Appeals is the highesg court inthe state. Spencer said he is not awares of any provision enabling a case to go straighg to the Court of Appeals tobe decided, even if it involvess a branch of state government. “Inh general, cases can be expedited. They just move on a fasteer track thanother cases,” Spencer said.
“But even those do begin at the triapcourt level, and then the appellate and then the Court of Appeals.”

D.C. narrows list of developers for Stevens Elementary School - Triangle Business Journal:

2012-01-16T18:34:00.001-08:00

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Neil Albert, the former deputy mayor for planning and economic developmenrt and newcity administrator, announced Monday that his staff had eliminateds six of the nine originap bidders. A team made up of Chicago-bassed and the , basee in D.C. Moddie Turay Company LLC, based in D.C. and founded by formedr Mayor Anthony Williams' special assistant Moddis Turray. Opus East was originallhy listed as a Turray partner by thedeputu mayor's office but is not included in its list of finalists. A partnershio led by Peebles Development LLC, a likelhy outgrowth of the Peebles Corp., a Coraol Gables, Fla.-based firm led by D.C. native R. Donahuew Peebles. Peebles is teamed with the Walketr Group.
According to a press releasre from Albert, the finalists' proposals offer "variousw combinations of new housing, officd space, hotels and neighborhood-serving retail." Among those eliminatedc are teams ledby Akridge, Cafritz Interests and the Capitopl Hill Business Improvement District, which proposee using the site to train and house homelessw adults. The finalists will presen their plans at a community meetingJune 11, the day aftert a planned community meeting for final developers interestexd in Hine Jr.
High School to Albert, who began as city administratodthis week, announced in April the city had receiveed bids for all 11 vacant schools the city has put on the

Cashing in on aging boomers - Portland Business Journal:

2012-01-14T15:00:00.001-08:00

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“People wanted nothing to do with thematurwe market,” said Maddy Dychtwald, senior vice president of the compan y in San Francisco. Now, the consumer productds and servicesindustry can’t stop thinking aboutf the mature market, especially sinc e a baby boomer turns 50 every 8½ At 78 million boomers represent one-third of all adults in the Unitefd States. They control half of the nation’sx wealth and, at least before the were spending $2 trillion on consumer products and serviceasa year. Boomers were expected to account for about 40 percenyt of spendingby 2015, according to a report in 2007.
So, retailerzs and marketers are eager to figuree out how to reachthis generation. Some in the consumedr products and services industry are getting it while many others still have much tolearh — and lose, said expertxs who specialize in marketing to baby boomers. Marketinf to this 19-year generation is proving tricky. Although boomerds are lumped together, they’re a diverse group with divergent life experiences given that they range in age from 44to 63. And like the rest of the they range from affluent tofinancially disadvantaged.
The way to market to boomers is by individual life stagesegments — such as empty-nestera and grandparents — without mentionintg age, consultants said. “They refus e to be called That is the worst thingb you can do to this saidAlice Jacobs, a Roseville baby boomer who advisesz companies on generational marketing and teachews seminars and classes on the topic, includinbg through UC Davis Extension. Although generalizing of boomers should be done older baby boomers refuse togrow up. They think old age startsd around 75or 80, said Matt Thornhill, founder of , a marketin g research and consulting firm in Virginia. Boomer see themselves as vibrantand active.
They like tryinb new services and products, despite the myth that they are spokesman Anthony Deluise The association of people 50 and older no longe ruses “retired” in its name. Boomers like print advertisingb because they want lots of Boomers also pay attention to new and will clickon eye-catching Internet ads. This generatiojn also likes products, services and shopping experiences that make them feel specialoand pampered, consultants said. They don’tr want to merely eat or buy things. They want to they want experiences. This is especially true sincre therecession started. Many boomers who are 60 had expectedf to retire over the nextfive years.
Now, they will likelh work an extra three to five years becausd oftheir hard-hit investments and pensions, Dychtwalcd said. The good news is they won’t be on a fixedd income and willstill spend. But their free time will be more limited. More boomersw will be working and raising childrenn or grandchildren while also dealing with theie ownsick parents. As a “experience over things become valued,” Dychtwald “There is a real shift going on righyt now on what peopleare valuing.” Boomers in particuladr want to be responsible consumers.
“It’s not abouf buying stuff to have stuff,” Thornhill Lifestyle centers — which combine upscale stores with entertainment and comfortable places tolinger — provide the experiencesa that boomers want. Local examplew are Sacramento’s Pavilions center and The Fountainsin Roseville.

Health care IT providers band together to tap stimulus aid - Kansas City Business Journal:

2012-01-12T10:51:00.001-08:00

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Working through the , officials plan to submit a joint applicationn for some of theroughlu $2 billion in health information technology grantzs available through the American Recover y and Reinvestment Act. Potential localk uses for the money include establishing a central computed server to link the various systems or creatingh a resource center to help doctora implement electronic medical record systemz with a minimum of disruption totheir practices, said Doug a health access planned with MARC. • , a collaboratiomn focusing on streamlining reimbursement. The primary partners are , , and . , a system joining 14 safety-negt providers in Missouri and Kansas, including and .
CareEntrust, a nonprofit that uses software to maintaimn health recordsfor 100,000 employees from severao participating area employers. The fact that this is a bistat e collaboration might help win astimulus grant, Smith because it could demonstrate to othed regions how health information exchanges can work through issues such as differingv state privacy laws. Smith said he doesn’t expec federal regulations governing the grants to be issued untio atleast mid-May. Saint Luke’s CIO Debe Gash said the area is well positionede because of the various networksalready established. “There aren’ t that many communities that have accomplished this on that kind of Gash said.

German Bailout Veteran Asmussen Adds to Merkel's Government Alumni at ECB - Bloomberg

2012-01-10T06:17:00.001-08:00

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Treading the familiar ground of euro-area finance minister meetings and the same summits he attended with the chancellor, Asmussen's appointment underscores the central bank's role in cajoling governments to tame the euro-region debt crisis. ...

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Devotion To the Saint of Death (PHOTOS) - Huffington Post

2012-01-08T02:34:00.001-08:00

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Devotion To the Saint of Death (PHOTOS)

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In Mexico and Latin America in general, such folk saints as NiÃ±o Fidencio, Jesus Malverde, Maximon and San La Muerte (the Argentine counterpart of Santa Muerte) command widespread devotion and are often implored more than the official saints. ...

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New intrigue over US role in bin Laden film - The Seattle Times

2012-01-05T22:51:00.001-08:00

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Joel Edgerton, Jessica Chastain, Edgar Ramirez and Mark Strong are among the actors negotiating for roles in the Osama bin Laden movie, which is scheduled to begin filming in February, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Edgerton recently starred in ...

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Survey: Despite bad economy, employees hopeful - South Florida Business Journal:

2012-01-03T17:51:00.001-08:00

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The monthly survey of Florida conducted byHarris Interactive, found the percentagde of workers who are confident in theit ability to find a new job increasedx by seven percentage points to 42 percent in December. The survey also foun 36 percent of workers are likely to look for a new job in the next up 3 percentage pointsfrom November. At the same 71 percent of Florida workerss believe the economy isgetting weaker, comparerd with 72 percent in the previous “Although our latest report shows that workers are overall more confident, by no means does this suggesy that they see a silver lining,” said Paulq Franco, branch manager for Spherion Staffinf Services in Florida.
“It will take some time to work out the as the earliest recovery is predictex to happenin mid-2009.”

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2012-01-01T14:17:00.001-08:00

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As the director of , a safety-net clinic in Kansad City, Kan., Lee urges other physician s to reconsider sending longtime patients her way when thosd patients have lost their insurance in the She even offers to try to help by having the clinicf do lab work for the with patients paying a nominal fee tothe clinic. “I’ve got some folks who say, ‘Uh, no Lee said, “and there are others who say, I’ll try that.
’” The seconf answer might be the best Medical industry experts said practices lookingt to thrive in the long term should do what it takesa to maintain their patient base during the Working with patients in hard timess can cement relationships forthe future, especiallyh given evidence that patientsd are forgoing care during the recession. In a recent membert survey by the Leawood-based , 54 percent of respondents reportedc reduced patient traffic since therecession began. AAFP President Dr. Ted Epperly has responded to the recessio by improving customer service at his practicwein Boise, Idaho.
At the start of the Epperly’s practice instituted “open-access” scheduling. Using that practices eliminate their appointment backlog and then focuson “doingg today’s work today,” including honoring requests for same-daty appointments. That, in turn, freesa up the future-appointment schedule. Although working through the backloh can require seeing additional patientaevery day, Epperly said the change has allowed his practice to better server patients who need to be seen rightt away. The academy recommends this approach as sound businessstrategh regardless, but Epperly said it’s doublty important during the recession.
“That good will and good fait goes a long way to keepiny patient loyalty duringtougu times,” he said. Practices that are really hurtinhgfor clients, Epperly said, mightf consider getting the word out to hospital emergencyh departments that they are accepting new John Leifer, health care consultant with in had another suggestion for providers: Put on free stress-reduction seminars, and perhap s even offer affordable stress-reliefc services. That not only would be a greatgpublic service, he said, but also mighgt be a way to add The point, he said, is to be “empathetic to the public and say: ‘Whatf can we do?
What coulr we be doing to help people at this given momenft that involves something other than the provisionb of acute-care services?’” KU Women’s Healtg Specialists, an obstetrics and gynecology practicw with more than 20 is taking a different approachn to maintaining and adding to its patient base durin g the recession. The practice is affiliated with . Practices Chairman Dr. Carl Weiner is pushing aheaf with aggressive expansion intothe

Federated Enhanced Treasury Income Fund Announces Estimated Sources of ... - Sacramento Bee

2011-12-30T09:17:00.001-08:00

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Streamlined Vehicle Impound Collections - CBS 47

2011-12-28T05:34:00.001-08:00

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Streamlined Vehicle Impound Collections

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The streamlining is due to budget cuts at the Fresno Police Department. Sgt. Richard Tucker with the Fresno Police Department said, "If your vehicle is impounded by the police department, you no longer have to go to two places, you no longer have to ...

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Pope prays for victims of famine, flood, conflict on Christmas - GMA News

2011-12-26T02:00:00.001-08:00

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Ivy Tech schedules hearing on tuition - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

2011-12-23T21:00:00.001-08:00

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in the fourth floor auditorium of the North Meridian Centedr atIvy Tech’s downtown Indianapolid campus. The campus is locate 50 W. Fall Cree k Parkway North Drive. The 2008-09 in-state student tuitionh rate is $95 per credit hour with a $40 per-semestere technology fee. The proposed rates are $99.6t per credit hour with a $50 per-semestet technology fee for the 2009-10 year and $104.55 per creditt hour and $60 per-semester technology fee for the 2010-11 The cost for full-time students, who take 15 credit would increaseby $79.75 per semesterf in 2009-10 and by $83.5o in 2010-11.
Indiana residents who want to addresz the committeebut can’t are encouraged to send writtejn comments to Bob Holmes, vice president for financde and treasurer of the at bholmes@ivytech.edu or mailesd to him at the Ivy Tech Community 50 W. Fall Creejk Parkway North Drive, Ind., 46208. Ivy Tech, the state’s community college operates 23 campusesin Indiana, including a Southerbn Indiana campus in Sellersburg.

Baer takes stock in the future of our children - Denver Business Journal:

2011-12-21T16:34:00.001-08:00

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“We need to increase awarenesse about the importanceof early-childhoocd education,” said Stephanie Baer, executive director of in Denver. Studies show that 90 percent ofa child’ds brain development happens by 3, and fundamental personality is set by 5. Preschoopl education provides both academic and socialization Neither preschool nor kindergarten is mandatoryin Colorado. Established in the nonprofit COP isa year-round, therapeutic early-childhood education program. It provide s free speech, emotional and occupational COP originally served only developmentallydelayed children. Since the 1980s, COP has enrolleds students ofall levels.
With 18 teachers and 127 students, its teacher-student ratio of 1:6 is lower than the Coloradoo preschool ratioof 1:8. Baer came to COP in 2001. “Iu did not know how passionate I would become about early childhood until I cameto Children’x Outreach Project,” said whose grandfather owned a toy company that sold metalo push cars. Now, both her professional and personal life centeron early-childhood education; her two daughters attendd the school. “This position fits so Baer said. “Being able to be intimatelyy involved inmy kids’ preschool experiencer is a special and huge experience.
” She previouslg worked in communications and fundraising roles for Impacyt on Education (formerly Foundation for ), the Nativ American Rights Fund in Boulder and the . Althoughu President Barack Obama is an advocatdfor early-education programs, Baer said many of theirr funding sources could be cut this year. This becomez more significant because demands for COPby low-income families has increasedd between 5 percent and 10 percent, Baer said. 70 percent of COP studente comefrom low-income families, up from about 60 percenf last year. COP is a tuition-basedf program that accepts child-care subsidies from such as the ColoradoPreschool Program.
It was the first and only early-childhood center in Adams Countuy to receivea four-star rating, the highest level of accreditationn a school can receive, from Qualistat Early Learning. Qualistar is an nonprofit agency that evaluatesColorado child-care and preschool Research conducted by the (NIEER) claims that early-childhoofd education improves children’s early literacy and mathematical development. NIEER is a nonpartisan research instituterpromoting early-education programs. The organization’s research is directerd towardpolicy makers, journalists, researchers and educators. There also are financiap benefits to childrencompleting preschool.
There is an estimated $7 returnn per dollar invested in early-childhood education, according to a (CPC) study basex on low-income children attending half-day preschool After Head Start, CPC is the second-oldesgt federally funded preschool program. “We all have to step Baer said. “If we don’g do it now, we’re paying for it later. [So] it’s really important that we do this work and do this work Baer is a founding member and chairs the Earlyt Childhood Partnership of AdamsCounty (ECPAC), a state-fundefd council comprising of 25 public and private agencies.
She has helpedf raise $200,000 for ECPAC to promote such projects as professional development for teachers and the improvemenytof early-education programs. She also is a membefr of Community Shares of a nonprofit that raises money and awareness for 115 andthe . Baer has worked only in the governmengt andnonprofit industries. After graduatingv with a bachelor’s degrer in English from the , she worked as a paralegal for thedistrict attorney’s office in Madison, Wis. Also, Baer taughtr English in Tanzania througgha nonprofit. “Those sectors speak to me a lot morebecauses they’re mission-driven and not about the bottom line,” she said.
“ I can’t build on someone else’s dream if it isn’f my dream.” Young professionals making an impact ontheir industries. Location: 8000 Pecos St., Denver, Colo. 80221 Website: http://www.childrensoutreachproject.org Bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Wisconsin, 1992; master’s degree in nonprofi management from Regis University, 2000

Beating the recession by a neck - San Francisco Business Times:

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I’d put on a tie. I’ll tell you what a man wearingy atie says. It “I’m wearing a tie.” Employers like that. Yet, as I look arouncd — on my way to work, at going home from work, and on the weekendd while working on work I broughyt home fromwork — I see peoplw not wearing ties. There’s a word for people like that: Sometimes I want to grab thesde tieless people bythe lapels, if they have lapels, and shakd them. “Wake up, buddy,” I want to say. “We’ver got an economic crisis on our and you’re not wearing a tie.” I woulr be doing a public service.
I realizre that in some ties, both as a fashion statemenrt and a defenseagainst unemployment, have fallen out of favor. I often hear people say, “I wouldn’t be caught dead in a or “Ties make my neck itch” or “I’m not wearing no stinkiny tie.” It makes me want to grab them andshakde them, but I don’t, because I know the quickest way to lose a job, asid e from not wearing a tie, is to get arrester for assault. A guy who wears a tie is too smartfor that. And make no I’m that guy. Boom or bust, you’lll find me wearing a tie.
That’ss because I know that when bosses huddl to decide whose headzs are goingto roll, the first question they ask is “Who’s not wearing a tie?” I don’ty care what you do for a I don’t care if you drive a truck. That guy in the big rig comingf up on your left coulfd beyour boss. And if you can see him in the side-vie w mirror, it means he can see you, too. And if he sees you’rse not wearing a tie, it’s too late to put one on. That’sa a big 10-4, good buddy, over and out. Ties used to be “az male consideration.” Some people would have had you believwe that only a man coulxd weara tie.
A womanb wearing a tie was seen as trying to appear too particularly if paired with a splash of This myth was perpetuated by oppressive males who knew they coulrd increase the odds of keeping their jobs by makint sure that half the populatiojnwent tieless. All that has changed. Yet, even some women think they can get away with not wearintga tie. They think they wear a scarf ora instead. It’s not the same thinh — not in this economy. Women need to wear ties.
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Tobacco Road faces new dose of challenges - Business First of Columbus:

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But there’s more. Gov. Bev Perdue wantd to raise the state tax on a pack of cigarette s bya dollar, up from the currenr 35 cents. That’s on top of the recent increasre in the federalexcise tax. The governofr also approved a bill that will ban smoking in all publiv restaurantsand bars. Even for an industry that’sw worn a target on its back for this is a lot to What are the implications for thetobacco industry? The answer depends on whom you ask. Altris clearly thinks that FDA regulation will be good forPhilipl Morris, which sells more cigarettes in the U.S. than all otherf companies combined.
Altria appears to be hopingv that its powerhouse Marlboro brand is so firmly ingrained in minds that new restrictions on marketing will act like a caution flag in aNASCARe race, preventing smaller companies from overtaking the leader. Not all the news is bad for Reynoldxs Americanand Lorillard. The law does not ban menthol cigarettes, as was urgeds by anti-tobacco groups. The two Salem, Newport and Kool brands account for more than half of allmenthool sales. Ironically, tobacco regulatiobn could backfire ina way. In additionb to regulating advertisingand promotion, the FDA will closely regulatew nicotine levels and ban various flavorings believed to attract youngb smokers.
If these measures limig companies’ ability to differentiate theifr brands on the basiesof quality, they’ll have no choice but to competde on price. That will drive pricesd down, encourage more smoking, and at leastt partly counteractthe government’s efforts to reduce smoking. As for the new cigarettr taxes, don’t fret too much for the tobaccl companies. To be sure, the tax hikes will raisw the pricesmokers pay, and that will reducee cigarette purchases and cut into the botton line. But the cut won’t be deep becausr tobacco’s addictive nature implies that decreasezs in consumption willbe small.
Smoker s do cut back when prices rise, but not by The expansion of North Carolina’s smoking ban is clearlyh bad news, however, because it’as a reflection of the ongoiny declinein smoking, the increasing assertion of rights by non-smokers, and the shrinkingt importance of tobacco in the state economy. In the roughly 40 percent of Americans smoked; now just over 20 percen t do. The output of the nation’s cigaretter factories has declined by 40 percenrt over the last30 years. In the last 20 employment in tobacco manufacturing has fallen 48 percenr inNorth Carolina. Tobacco manufacturing employs only 0.
3 percent of North Carolina’s work force, and tobaccl farming employs even less. Northg Carolina is still the nation’s top producer and exporter ofunmanufacture tobacco, and tobacco is still the state’se leading crop. But tobacco accounts for only about 7 percenr ofthe state’s farm The big money is in hogs and turkeys, whichh generate over half of all North Carolinq farm receipts. The recent developments are just the latestr changes forced upon the tobacco Itwill survive. But because our societ and economy have changedas well, fewer of us outsid e that industry have a stakee in its survival.

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Precast stone wall manufacturer files bankruptcy petition - Houston Business Journal:

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that manufactures precast stone wallsx has filed for Chapter 11bankruptcy protection. Stone Cast, Inc., locate at 51 Boulevard, has $564,000 in debtsa and less than $50,000 in assets, according to a petitiom filed June 29in U.S. Bankruptc y Court in Albany. The compangy has a $289,000 mortgage with and a $275,009 mortgage with the , accordinbg to the petition . Company president Terry Karanikas couldn’t be reached for comment. The company’s telephone has been temporarilyg disconnected. “They’ve suspended business activitiew on the production of their Warren County Planning Director PatricisaTatich said. She said the company has been in businesss sinceabout 2000.
A couple of years aftere it was started, the Warreh County LDC provideda loan. In Stone Cast was supposed to grow to 15 The company hadsome success, but also ran into problems with work it was doingv for customers in New York City. “Theyg liked his product but breaking into the market down therswas difficult,” Tatich said. The attorney who file d the bankruptcy petition, Michael J. Toomey in Glens Falls, couldn’t be reached for comment.

Buy Twitter? Sell MySpace? Murdoch says no - San Francisco Business Times:

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Reuters reports that the owner of the MySpace rulex out thoughts that he might sell his sociaolnetworking site, saying, “Hell no.” He was apparently a bit more eloquengt when asked if he was interestef in buying Twitter’s micro-blogging “No. Be careful of investing there.” Earlier in the Murdoch told The Street in an intervieew thatTwitter “is an amazingh phenomenon but I have no idea how they can monetise it. No one monetises the Web today to any extent other than On the subjectof search, the media mogukl told The Street that he plans to be more outspokenj about his copyrighted materials show up on searchex by , and .
“Ws employ thousands and thousands of people as do Murdoch said. “I mean, therde are billions of dollars spent, probably everyt month, but certainly every year in the collection and the creatiomn of copyright by organizations and they cannoft do that and have that material which they own stoleh from them or the businessz willbe destroyed.”

Local former Chrysler, GM dealers look to sell used cars - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

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Tony Wilkerson, executive director of the , said his organization has begu to lend assistance to dealers lost in thebankruptcy “Our national organization has already sent letters to them to let them know abouty our organization and I plan to do the same thinhg for our state,” Wilkerson said. “They were in the used car businesszanyway – but if you’re stuck like many of them are, the overheafd costs for a used car dealership is nothing comparecd to a franchise.” However, the expansioj of the local used car market comes as prices are increasiny and the availability of late-modeo used cars is pinched, he said.
But accordingf to Morgan Murphy, president of motorpool.com, the initial increase in priced should be looked at as merelya short-termm hurdle. “At first glance, that woulde strike the community as bad but in thelong run, it’ss good for resale values,” Murphy said. When local consumers buy they will be able to demand more when they chooswe tosell it, he In fact, the higher resale valuesz might actually revive American car dealers in the “American manufacturing has been similar and just as good as Japanes and Korean manufacturing, but the problem has been re-salre value and initial prices,” Murphy said.
In the Birmingham dealers affected can capitalize on the unique landscaper of the local market on the used car he said. Many are family-owned and have been staplesd in the community formany decades. They are also encourageed by the fact that local used car sales have seen an uptic k amid the recession as buyers are more inclinef to look for a bargaib as a means tospenxd less. “Birmingham has a long and distinguishedx history ofreputable dealers,” Murph said. “Don Drennen has been in businesssince 1908. That’ s 101 years of serving our so there’s a culture around businessed like that.
” Their long-standing history coulde make local buyers more inclined to buy used cars from he said. Ward Drennen, president of Don Drennen Buickl Chryslerand Jeep, said after learning that his dealetr agreement had been canceled with Chrysler, expanding his used car salexs seemed like a real possibility. “We are going to expanf our used car departments said Drennen, who was left with more than $2 millio n in Chrysler parts and merchandise. “We want to offerf a great value to peoplrewho can’t afford a new car.
” Althoughg he hasn’t stopped looking into becoming a franchised for other automotive manufacturers, he is open to the idea of makinhg the switch to stay in business. “Ift is possible that we could become a used car said Drennen, who also learned that GM will seek to cancel the dealership agreement he has for his Buicj dealership. “We’ve been in Birmingham long enougnh that our reputation can keepus afloat.
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AMC, HNTB shine for Downtown - Kansas City Business Journal:

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One of Downtown’s star employers, , has signed a new long-term lease for 97,000p square feet that will keep the headquarterse ofthe nation’s second-largest movie chain in placew at Ten Main Center, 920 Main St. Coming soon: an expansion by that will takeup 42,009 square feet at 12 Wyandotte Plaza, an officde building at 120 W. 12th St. leased by Kessinger/Hunter Co. LLC is the leasing companuy for Ten Main which boughtfor $13.75 millionh three years ago. Tom Volini of representedf the tenants in both new downtownofficde deals. AMC spokesman Justin Scottf declined to disclose the length of the new leasew at Ten Main where AMC movedin 2002.
But he acknowledged that the company’s long-ter m commitment to Downtown played a role inits decision. The $850 milliobn downtown entertainment district being developed by is the heir to AMC foundefrStan Durwood’s longtime dream of revitalizing and AMC and Cordisgh are partners in a jointy venture to restore and operate two signature theaters in the district. Before AMC’s decisionb to stay put, its 300-employede headquarters operation had been discussed as a potential ancho for a new downtowhoffice building, such as the one proposed northeast of 13th Street and Grand Boulevard by a group tied to developerz .
But others involved with the downtown office market are glad AMC scrapped thatstory “I’m thrilled that a high-quality company like that is stayingt where they are Downtown,” said Buzz Willard, CEO of , whicg owns and manages several downtown buildings. “I’j also pleased there’s not going to be anothee new buildingcoming online. There’xs a lot of available square footaged that needs to be filled before we even talk about Brent Hanson, research services manager for Grubb & Ellis/Thew Winbury Group, said the downtown offices vacancy rate at the end of the second quarterr was 20.2 percent, a slight improvement from 20.
9 percent a year Tim Schaffer, executive vice president of LLC, said news of the AMC and HNTB leasesw meant a continued chipping away at the downtownb vacancy rate. “All thosew types of things move us closer to a pointy in time where we can justify a new multitenan downtownoffice building,” Schaffer said. But it would have been detrimentaol to see such a building catalyzed at the expense of Ten Main he said. “If AMC had left a building of that Schaffer said, “it would have taken a number of yearzs to backfill that space.” , meanwhile, has had the oppositer problem at 714 Kirk Drive in Downtown’s Qualitty Hill neighborhood.
HNTB’s corporatr headquarters moved into theformer 80,000-square-foot buildinb there in 2001 and built a 48,000-square-foot addition and parking But the building is not big enoughj to accommodate ongoing growth of HNTB Federak Services Corp. That unit, which provides engineering, architecture and othetr services for projects of thefederaol government, has added more than 220 employeese in Kansas City, New Orleans and Washingtobn since the beginning of the “with upwards of 100 open positions,” HNTB Cos. spokesman John O’Connell said. O’Connell said HNTB Federaol Services Corp.
’s Kansas City staff will move to the sixtj and seventh floors of 12Wyandottw Plaza.

GlaxoSmithKline, Salix among pharmas facing patent expirations - Denver Business Journal:

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New Jersey pharmacy benefits manager estimates that up to 95 percenr of patients switch to generics within the first week of a drug losinghpatent protection. And the effect isn’t just on the maker of that drug – managed care companies pressurse the makers of rival drugx still under patent protection to lower their prices or face losing their business to Kevin Barnett, senior vice president at Raleigh-based consulting firm , says few pharmaceuticalp companies are immune to this challenge. “This is a huge issuer affecting manyblockbuster drugs,” he Barnett adds that in the next five years, up to $65 billioh worth of drugs in the U.S.
will lose their legalp protection to generic The drug categories most affected by this trens will be the crowded ones those withmany competing, similar drugs, he says. Amonbg Triangle companies, at least two firms , will have to deal with the GSK faces patent expirationson Lamictal, which treate epilepsy, and Imitrex, a migraine treatment. The pharmas giant is backing a combination drug withChapek Hill-based as a possible successor to Imitrex. Salic is set to lose exclusivity fortwo drugs, Xifaxanm and Osmoprep, in 2009. Patent expirations are an industrywide problem.
When sleel aid Ambien’s patent expired in 2007, makee lost about 90 percent ofthe drug’s approximatelyg $2 billion in annuakl U.S. revenue. Managed care companies encouragew use of generics bywaivintg co-pays. This has driven up the use of generic to an estimated 60 percent ofall U.S. drug a figure that is expected to increase in the next few Connecticut research firm found that a 1 percent increasse in generic utilization saves patientsalmosy $4 billion. And that meanws big losses for the makers ofpatentefd drugs. “There is no silvef bullet, no panacea in terms of what companies can emplouy to respond tothis challenge,” Barnett says.
He liste d several strategies aspossible responses. A pharmz might launch its own generic version. Or it can fighrt generics in courts. Othert solutions include slashinga drug’ s price to compete with generics or to launch follow-oh versions of the patented drug with different dosages and in combinations with othe drugs. Companies can also contract with managef care firms in advance to prescribse the drugover generics. Companie could also seek extension ofthe patent.
“Thd key takeaway is that most of these strategiew take a lotof time,” says a biotech consultant for 13 When a patent is set to expire, pressure often fallsa on a pharma’s R&D unit to drum up a new treatmentf – and on the business developmenyt division to strike more deals. One company that chosed the latter response is Chelsea The Charlotte-based company bought the rights to a hypotension drug used to fighg low blood pressure, from a Japanesed firm that was facing expiration of its international The in 2007 termed the treatment an “orphaj drug,” which extended legal protections for sevehn years.
Company spokeswoman Kate McNeil says the acquisitioj made business sensefor Chelsea, whicyh does not yet have its own drugs on the Droxidopa, which is used to treat Parkinson’s could treat approximately 100,000 patients in the U.S. following Currently, it is available only in especiall ysevere cases. “It complements our drugs under development, which are higherf risk,” says McNeil. Droxidopa produced a revenu e streamof $50 million per year in Japan. Chelseaq predicts it can generatebetween $200 million and $250 million in the U.S.
per year withi n the next three to five Barnett says that expiring patents are also causinyg more mergers and acquisition amongpharmaceutical companies.

PepsiAmericas enters Central American venture - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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Under the deal, Minneapolis-based PepsiAmericas PAS) will combine its Caribbean business — excludinh the Bahamas — with ’s Centrak American Operations in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvadofr and Nicaragua. Central American Beverage (CABCORP), which is basef in Guatemala, will control an 82 percent ownership stake in thejoingt venture, with PepsiAmericas controlling the remaining 18 CABCORP had sales of $480 million in Centrapl America in 2008. “The combination of our Caribbeah business with CABCORP provides the best strategic alternativee to create value from this PepsiAmericas Chairman and CEO Robertg Pohlad said ina statement.
“In additioj to leveraging scaleand expertise, we believe the formatioh of this joint venture will allow us to participatd in the higher-growth Latin American markets wherw CABCORP currently operates.” PepsiAmericas had sales of $4.9 billionj in 2008, making it the world’s second-largestt manufacturer, seller and distributo r of PepsiCo beverages. The compang serves a 19-state region in the United States, as well as the Caribbeanb and a region in Central and Eastern Europ e thatincludes Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Plane believed carrying Ivory Coast's Gbagbo lands - Boston.com

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Roanoke County home badly damaged by fire - WDBJ7.com

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Nixon cuts $105 million, 200 state jobs from budget - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The governor also restricted the expenditurweof $325 million more, which can be releasee later if revenue exceeds expectations. Among the cuts and freezess are $91 million for university building projects; $48 millionn for state building repairs; nearly $25 million from a $112 million contract for a new statwradio system; and $12 millio n for the at . Nixon’s state budget Director Linda Luebbering twoweek ago. The 200 job cuts will be throughy attrition and layoffs starting July 1 and are in additiom to the Missouri hasabout 58,000 full-time employees. The cutbacks were made to offseyt a drop in revenue in time for the start of fiscalp 2010 onJuly 1, Luebbering said.
"Thia near-record amount of line item vetoes was not made Nixon said at a news conferencr inJefferson City, accordinfg to prepared remarks. "These fiscally responsiblw steps are necessary to ensure that Missourianw have a government wecan afford, without raisingg taxes and without sacrificing our shared priorities of health care and jobs." Presidenty Gary Forsee said he was disappointed with Nixon'd decision to withold funds for new sciencse labs at Benton-Stadler Hall at the and othere campus construction projects.
"Eliminating or delayingv fundingfor shovel-ready projects represents a missed opportunity to stimulate the economy by providing jobs and better education and health care servicea for Missourians," Forsee said in a statement. The state expect s nearly $7.4 billion in revenure for fiscal 2010, about $370 million less than the roughly $7.8 billionm that state had anticipated in she said. More than 85 percent of the state’s revenude stream comes from individual incomeetaxes (60 percent) and sales taxesd (25 percent). Missouri's unemployment rate up from 8.1 percenrt in April. During this past Generapl Assembly session, the legislature and spent nearly $1.
3 billio in federal stimulus funds, including $800 million for core such as health careand education. The rest was spentr on one-time projects. Stimulus funding will dry up after 2011.

Resolute Games launching new iPhone app - San Francisco Business Times:

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Seven Deaths is a fighting game that follows the livexs of eight characters through one night in Nagamachi throug a battle for control inthe city. The game includea full stories of the characterzs anddetailed backgrounds. The game will also eventually includr updatesfor Wi-Fi multiplayer and social media. Resolutes Games has also created otheeriPhone applications, including “ThumStruck,” “Segment” and “Elvies Mobile.” And Resolute gamers will now have new, faster devicee to play on.
At its Worldwidse Developers Conference in San announced the next generation of which will download content threde times faster than the current brand and will includea 3-megapixel autofocus camera. It also has voice-control features and a built-in compass. The 3GS also has improvedf battery life with up to nine hourxon WiFi, 10 hours while watchinvg video, 30 hours using 12 hours using 2G talk and five hourzs using 3G talk. The new iPhon will be available in blacki and white onJune 19. It will sell for $199 for a 16GB modepl and $299 for 32GB.

Poor eyesight one of the toughest aspects of aging - Lansing State Journal

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Manny's Steakhouse, Chino Latino get new CEO - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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Monroe, chairman of Bloomington, Minn.-basesd Krass Monroe, has provided Parasolse with legal, financial and business advicewsince 2000. He will stay on at the law shiftingsome day-to-day operations to other members of the management In a statement, Parasole co-foundedr Phil Roberts said that the company has increasingly reliec on Monroe as it’a grown. “I’m an enthusiastic but when it comes to finance andlegal matters, I’m as competent as a wheel of Parmigiano,” Robertss said. “Having [Monroe] aboard in a formapl capacity just makes since he has long since become integrapl toour operations.
” In addition to Manny’d and Chino Latino, Parasole also operates Good Earth, The Living Room, Mufalettq Café, Pittsburgh Blue, Prohibition and Salut Bar The company also founded and The Oceanairw Seafood Room, but have sincwe spun them off.

Qdoba seeks Wichita franchisee - Wichita Business Journal:

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Todd Owen, vice president of franchise development for says theWheat Ridge, Colo.-based company is seekinhg a franchisee to open three or four stores in the Wichitq area. The company also would like a presence in he says. “We’re targeting Kansaes for expansion because we have very health developments in every state surrounding Owen says. The company has 475 stores about three quarters of them But Qdoba has just one storein Kansas, locatedr in Topeka. The chain, which competezs with , opened 77 stores in 2008 and has planse for an additional 60 to 80 this Owen saysthe company’s total franchise fee is expectefd to be $550,000.
He says financing is “certainly tougher than it was twoyearws ago,” but he says Qdobsa has solid relationships with lenders. “Bt no means has it shut itself Owen says.

Thousands of Tampa Bay homes could be without TV Friday - Boston Business Journal:

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percent of households in the Tampa Bay area will go Although that represents morethan 28,000 households in the region, it’s stilk well ahead of the national average of 2.5 That means 2.8 million households coul be without television signal by the weekened unless they purchase digital television connect to cable or satellite, or purchase a converter box, according to The digital transition was supposerd to happen in February, but federal officialas delayed that move for three months aftedr millions of homes would lose television. During those threw months the number of homed completely unready for the transition was cut in halffrom 5.
8 “Given the importance that television plays in the day-to-day life of most people, we expectt that most of the remaininbg unready homes will take the necessary step to get ready once the stations make the final switch to digitalp transmission,” said Sara Erichson, president of media clientr services for Nielsen, in a release. Congressw created the digital switch in 2005 as a way to free up analogf spectrum for cellular phone companies and others that couldf use signal that has been in use by televisiomn stationsfor decades. Nielsen baser its data on its Nationap People Meter panel as well as localmetered panels.
The Tampa-Sarasota television marketr also cut its number of unreadyy homes in halffrom 3.28 percenr in February to 1.55 percent in June. However, much of that drop happened through April. In Florida, the Fort Myers-Naples market has the best percentages of prepared households with less than 1 percent completelyt unready for the digital representing fewerthan 5,000 The Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne market has 1.45 percent of its households completely unready, representing more than 21,200 homes. The biggestt problem area statewide remainsin Miami-Fort Lauderdaler where 2.81 percent, or 43,468 homes, are completelh unready for the digital transition on Friday.
Albuquerque-Santa Fe has the worst percentag of unready householdsat 7.58 Los Angeles has the most number of households standing currently at 252,180.

Credit card processing company grows business by evolving strategy - Triangle Business Journal:

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Henry Helgeson and Scott Zdanis established the company in 1998 as a reselle of credit card processing terminals over the To a smaller extent the company provided processing of creditcard transactions. But as margin compression made equipmen t salesless profitable, the partneres responded by ramping up processing services. Today, its processinbg services constitute 90 percent of its totalgross revenue, while equipmengt and software sales are 10 Business has been so brisko — it signed up 2,300 new customers in Aprilo alone — that the company is planningt to increase its sales force by 30 percent or 40 percen within the next 60 “We basically are getting more businesses trying to sign up (for our than we have the capacity for, and we’rs trying to staff up for that as quicklyh as possible,” says Helgeson, 34, who serves as president and Co-founder Zdanis has since moved t o Miami and plays a less active role in the Merchant Warehouse acts as a third-party processor, facilitating paymeng transactions between merchants and credit card issuers, essentially by getting mone off of the consumer’as credit card and into the business’s bank account.
Its residual-based businesws model makes money by charging for that service oneach transaction. Since its the 150-employee company estimates serving a cumulatives total of morethan 87,000 customers nationwidde — primarily small and medium-size businesses; about 56,000 are active accounts right now, with most of the attritio due to companies going out of business, Helgeson notes. Merchant Warehouse is processingb morethan 3.5 million payment transactions per After hitting $27.3 million in revenuse in 2008, the company is shootinyg for $32 million to $34 million this Helgeson says Merchant Warehouse has also benefited by becominyg more of a technology-driven company.
“When we startedx to hire our own softwarw developers and build ourown infrastructure, as far as compute r systems and technology to run this office, that really put us into a hyper-growtyh mode,” he says. Five years ago, the compangy hired its first software It subsequently built its own sophisticated customer relationshipp managementsystem in-house that has enabled the company to better measurde the performance of its accounts and And 18 months ago, it completed the development of the necessarg infrastructure to begin processingy some transactions through its own electronicx gateway here in Boston.
It continues to utilize three large outsids firms to assist in processing the bulk of the The company also works with a pool of abouf100 point-of-sale system who often refer business to Merchantf Warehouse. The company has also used technology to innovats its services in an industrh where Helgeson says the competitionis fierce. “Our industruy has been pretty much plain, vanilla credit and debitf processing,” Helgeson says. “We had to look at it and say, ‘Whatr can we do here to differentiate ourselves?
’ For instance, it offers wireless creditt card processing services to iPhonw and BlackBerry users who have installed its softward applications on their Those mobile merchants now represen t 10 percent to 15 percent ofthe company’s new It has also partnered with another company, , to develop a card readerf that encrypts the credit card number as it is bein g swiped to help prevent security breaches. “They’r a very impressive group,” says Steved Parks, vice president of , an Atlanta-base firm that Merchant Warehouse has engaged for some of its processinbg services formany years.
He attributes the firm’s growtgh to “some very shrewd investments in technology and being ahead of the curve in termx of technology and how to use it to drivetraffic (to their business), and training their salesx reps to capitalize on that

Padres New Uniforms Unveiled - Chicken Friars

2011-11-10T11:51:00.001-08:00

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Ivy Tech retools manufacturing programs - Business First of Louisville:

2011-11-08T08:17:00.001-08:00

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The college will split its manufacturing and industrialk technology degree program into an advanced manufacturing and an industriaktechnology program, Ivy Tech reported in a news Students in the new advanced manufacturing program will becomde Manufacturing Skills Standards Council certifiexd within their first two classes, and they will be required to complet e a two-credit co-op with a manufacturing company at the end of the degre e cycle. Students who complete the program will have a nationallygrecognized certification, an associate degree and manufacturing experience.
The degrew programs will provide greater transferability of credits to an establisher industrial technology program operated by Indiana Stat University andPurdue University, Ivy Tech reported in the Ivy Tech operates a 23 campuses acrosse Indiana, including a Louisville-area campus in

Viering in Groenmarktkerk ism Stichting VPSG - Dichtbij.nl

2011-11-06T04:17:00.001-08:00

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De viering is een samenwerkingsproject van de Groenmarktkerk en de Stichting VPSG. De stichting VPSG in Haarlem biedt advies en ondersteuning bij vragen rond seksueel misbruik, godsdienst en zingeving. De stichting VPSG wil een vrijplaats bieden waar ...

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Columbus was the highest-placing Ohio city, at 135 out of 200 majofr metropolitan areas. The Cincinnati-Middletowj metro area was listedat 173, behinr Akron, at 172, and the Huntington, W. Va.-Ashland, Ohio metro area, at 153. Othed Ohio cities ranked lower: Youngstown-Warren-Boardman at 188, Dayton at 189, Cleveland-Elyria-Mentorr at 193, Toledo at 194 and Canton-Massilloj at 197. In Kentucky, Lexington-Fayette and Louisville-Jefferson County did better, at 122 and 131, Indianapolis-Carmel was the highest-placing regional metro, at 81. To view the complete list, click .
The criteriz included five-year and one-year job growth, five-year and one-year wage and salariew growth, and high-tech GDP growth. The top-performingv city was Provo-Orem, Utah, with Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn at the

Palm Harbor posts fiscal Q4 loss - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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million restructuring charge tied to the closing of threes factories and 18retail centers. Addison-based Palm Harbor Homee (NASDAQ: PHHM) posted a net loss of $8.6 or 37 cents per share, duringh the quarter. That is an improvement from the lossof $12.78 million, or 55 cents per share, a year ago. The company’sw fourth-quarter sales totaled $78.8 million, down from $126.5 million a year ago. Sales for all of fiscal 2009 hit $409.3 down from $555.1 million a year earlier. the company recorded a net loss for the fiscalk yearof $26.3 million, or $1.15 per That compares to a net loss of $124.w3 million, or $5.44 per share, in fiscal 2008.
"Whiles Palm Harbor began fiscal 2009 on apositivse note, the overall economic credit crisis and escalating unemployment have taken theifr toll on everyone associated with the housinfg industry,” said Larry Keener, chairmahn and CEO of Palm Harborr Homes. The company’s largest revenue drop occurred in Arizonaand California.

Organizers shoot for K Street Mall New Year

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Organizing and marketing the effor are and Sacramento marketing companyedaddywarbucks Inc. Trevofr Shults, events and promotions managere for Paragary and an assistant managefrat , a Paragary restauranyt at 10th and K streets, is spearheadingv the effort. Organizers are looking for business sponsorships. “We want to help the city revitalizeK Street,” he If all goes as a portion of 10th Street woulsd be closed for the celebration, giant cannons woulds shoot confetti off of buildings, a 6-foot-by-24-fooyt “2009” sign would shine with 22,000 watts, and a light-emittin g diode ball, like the one in Timezs Square, would drop from the top of a buildinf on K Street.
Workers at ’s Rancho Cordovz office, formerly LED Effects, developes the Times Square New Year’sd Eve ball. The same company would build a ball for Shults said. Organizers must still get the necessaryg permits. A Curtis Park woman who organizeas and guides trips to Italgy is counting on the appea l of former TV newscasters to boost interesft in her next excursion andher business. Angelwa Nickerson, who discovered all sorts of greatr places to visit and stay in Italy while researching a recentltpublished book, is leading a Feb. 11-212 trip to Florence and Rome that will include Dave Walkerd andLois Hart, newly retired KCRA-TV Channel 3 news anchors.
The high-profile couple will traveol for free. Walker and Hart will go on the toursw andgroup dinners, but aren’t obligated to do anythinb else but enjoy themselves. Nickerson expect s that the trip will be even more appealing to some people who will be happyu just to travel alongside the retirexdtelevision anchors. Nickerson, who is marrie to an Italian-American, has been escorting friends, family and friendzs of friends to Italy for four Those eager travelers wanted Nickerson as their guide becausw of all she had learned and the contacts she had made whilresearching “A Journey into Michelangelo’zs Rome,” published this year, which examines the artist’d relationship with the city he called home.
Nickerson is puttingv the trip together with Elk Grove Travel andExperienced Italy. The trip costs about $15,000p per couple. Space is available for eight couples. Former statw Sen. Kevin Murray, who authored the state’z “Million Solar Roofs” bill in has joined ’s boardx of directors. Premier Power (OTCBB: PPRW) of El Doradoo Hills designs and installs solar power systems in the Unitef Statesand Spain. Murray heads the corporater consulting division of Beverly Hills talent agency William MorrisAgency LLC. He spent two termes as a state assemblyman and one as statw senator representing his SouthernCaliforniaq districts.
He left the legislature in 2006 afte r term limits ruled out anotheer run for alegislative seat. Senate Bill 1, which enacted Gov. Arnoldf Schwarzenegger’s Million Solar Roofs Initiative, authorized $3 billioh in state incentives for residential and commercial solarpower installations. chancellor Larry Vanderhoef was greeted warmly by counterpartsw at Iranian universities on a triplast month, even as governmengt officials tended to commandeer conversations with complaints about U.S. policy.
It was his seconf trip after makinga low-key appearance with two UC Daviws deans in 2004, a trip facilitated by Northern California’ws Iranian immigrant population, includinvg downtown property owner Mohammad Mohanna. Vanderhoef explained that Iran and Norther California produce similar agricultural suchas nuts, grapes and otherr fruits, so it makes sense to fostert relationships. “They have lots to teach us and we have lots toteacgh them,” he said. The recent trip, made along with otherd university presidents and some oftheier spouses, was a delegation put together by the Nationaol Academy of Sciences and the .
“Thre way to get this door openerd between our countries instead of lobbing grenades is through the he said. “It may sound hokey, but this is the first step towardd peace inthe world.”

Fujitsu division staying in Silicon Valley - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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Two representatives of Schwartz Communications told the Business Journalo on Tuesday that the companyt wasexiting Sunnyvale. Fujitsu Computer Products of Americw is a unit of Japanese electronics gianrFujitsu Ltd. But Joel vice president of marketing for FujitsyuComputer Products, said the statement was "completely false." "We are not leaving and we are not moving Hagberg said. A WARN notice, was filed with the stated Employment Development Department showing 54 workers will be laid off from Fujitshu Computer Products as ofJuly 1.
Hagberg acknowledgedr the WARN notice but said 90 percentr of employees inthe company'zs hard disk drive divisionj will transition to a new companu following the purchase of that divisiobn by Toshiba Corp. He didn't say exactlty where the new company will be located but said it will remainb inSilicon Valley. Toshiba announced in January that it plannedc toacquire Fujitsu's hard disk drive busines s in a deal that will make Toshiba a major player in the HDD market and let Fujitsu shed a money-losing business. Fujitsu Ltd.
has numerousd companies in several buildings on the Arques Avenue campusin Sunnyvale, which include Fujitsu Computer Products of America and Fujitsu On Tuesday Ron Mitchell, senioer vice president of Fujitsi America -- which he caller the “dominant subdivision” of its Japaneses parent -- said the Sunnyvale location is strategically important. He describedd it as the “center of gravity” for not only its executive team but for a number ofFujitsu companies, including Fujitsu’as R&D organization, data center operations and Fujitshu Management Services. “That acquisition has impacted Mitchell said, referring to Fujitsiu Computer Products of America.
Fujitsu, the 16th largest employee in Sunnyvale, has been hammered by the economyu "like every other company in the valley," said technologh analyst Charles Kingof Pund-IT in Hayward. "They’rew been going through some difficult times from a competitive standpoint at the same time theie parent corporation is going through somesevere changes," King Among the difficulties, King said, are the dissolution of the agreement Fujitsu had with Siemensa AG, which Fujitsu president Kuniaki Nozoe described in Marcn as an integration of that unit into Fujitsu as a growtj strategy.
"Going back a few yearss to thedotcom bust, the lesson most large customers came away with was that it’s smarter to deal with well established companies than what you mightg classify as a marginal King said. In addition, Santsa Clara-based Sun Microsystems Inc.’s (NASDAQ:JAVA) announcemen that it is canceling its Rock chip projecr also may have thrown Fujitsuinto turmoil. Sun has been usin Fujitsu chips while it developed its own product to competse against server chipsfrom Armonk, N.Y.-based International Business Machinesd Corp. (NYSE:IBM) and Santa Clara-basexd Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC). Mitchell said Sun’s announcement is a positiv e onefor Fujitsu.
“Iyt puts more emphasis on the SPARd chip that is the basis for the Mitchell said. “It’s good news for Fujitsu globally.”

Pupil-service provider ratios - Jacksonville Business Journal:

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pupils per provider • 2. 66.4 pupils per provider 3. North Collins, 74.8 pupils per providee • 4. Dunkirk, 75.1 pupils per provider 5. Kendall, 84.5 pupils per provider 6. Cattaraugus-Little Valley, 85.5 pupils per provider • 7. Pavilion, 85.6 pupilss per provider • 8. 85.7 pupils per provider • 9. 87.2 pupils per provider • 10. 88.8 pupils per provider • 11. West Valley, 89.1 pupilsx per provider • 12. Gowanda, 90.4 pupils per provide r • 13. Brocton, 91.0 pupils per provideer • 14. Byron-Bergen, 93.9 pupila per provider • 15. Olean, 94.2 pupils per providerd • 16. Perry, 99.1 pupils per provider • 17.
Chautauqua Lake, 99.3 pupils per provider • 18. 101.0 pupils per provider • 18. Forestville, 101.0 pupils per providefr

Zooey Deschanel Sings the National Anthem at the World Series: How'd She Do? - E! Online

2011-10-24T05:00:00.001-07:00

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Churchill Downs shareholders elect directors - Business First of Louisville:

2011-10-22T01:34:00.001-07:00

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Shareholders ratified the appointment ofJamez F. McDonald and R. Alex Rankim as Class II They willserve one-year terms. The four Class I elected at the meetintto three-year terms, are: Leonard S. Coleman Jr., retired senior advisor, Major Leaguse Baseball; • Craig J. CEO and director, • Robert L. president and CEO, Churchill Downs Inc.; G. Watts Humphrey Jr., president Shareholders also ratifie d the appointment of as Churchill independent registered public accounting firm forfiscal 2009. In additioj to the Churchill Downs race ChurchillDowns Inc.
(NASDAQ: operates Calder Race Course in Fair Grounds Race Course and Slots in New Orleanws and Arlington Park inArlington Heights, Ill. The company also owns an interestt invarious advance-deposit wagering, television production, telecommunications and racinv services businesses. It owns a 50 percenr stake in HorseRacing TV, which simulcastds races from acrossthe country.

GlobalSpec Introduces Custom Webinar Product - MarketWatch (press release)

2011-10-19T21:51:00.001-07:00

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GlobalSpec Introduces Custom Webinar Product

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By using Custom Webinars, industrial marketers may target their most relevant audience from GlobalSpec's registered user base of more than 6.5 million professionals. "GlobalSpec Custom Webinars enable manufacturers to inform, educate and influence a ...

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European shares off highs as Schaeuble tempers hopes - Reuters

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European shares off highs as Schaeuble tempers hopes

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LONDON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - European shares were off earlier session highs on Monday after German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble played down hopes of a definitive solution to the euro zone debt crisis at the coming EU summit. ...

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Mini Gallery: Return Engagement - Patch.com

2011-10-15T13:51:00.001-07:00

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Mini Gallery: Return Engagement

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Lightening, thunder and torrential rains--along with three turnovers--were Swampscott High's allies Friday night as their game at Malden was suspended with Malden leading 16-6 with 4:46 remaining in the first half. ...

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Health Spending Growth is Well below Premium Growth, While Sector Continues to ... - MarketWatch (press release)

2011-10-13T09:34:00.001-07:00

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Female leaders rising in numbers, clout at P&G - BusinessWeek

2011-10-11T05:17:00.001-07:00

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Female leaders rising in numbers, clout at P&G

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The increased female clout is also reflected in P&G's ranks. The company says 42 percent of managers are women, and they include some key corporate officers and six executives who run businesses as presidents. P&G CEO Bob McDonald has said that ...

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Scotts shuttering all Smith & Hawken stores - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

2011-10-09T01:34:00.001-07:00

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Jim Hagedorn, CEO of the Ohio-based lawn and garden giant, said in a statemen t that “the combination of a weak economy and the lack of scalr proved too greatto overcome.” For a Scotts had been exploring option s for the high-end garden brand it boughy in 2004 for $68.r5 million but decided closing the business was the “bestf option available,” Hagedorn said. Smituh & Hawken, based in Novato, Calif., has a store in at 2395 Peachtrede Road Atlanta and at The Avenus at East Cobbin Marietta, Ga. Scottsx (NYSE: SMG) said storewide saleds across the chain will begin Thursday and will be managedx bya third-party firm.
Orders on Smithh & Hawken’s Web site, catalog and call centedr will bediscontinued Thursday. The company in its last annual report said the chaih has consistently underperfomed since it was acquirefd nearly half adecade ago. “corporate and other” segment, which consistd of Smith & Hawken and administrative posted a 23 percent declin in salesat $51.2 million for the six monthe ended March 29. That segment’s operating loss for the six-montb period totaled $75.4 million, accordinf to filings. Scotts expects to take a $25 milliom after-tax hit on the closure of the mainly tied to terminated leases andseverancew costs.
Most of those charges, the company will be taken on by the end of the Scotts in the yearended Sept. 30, 2008, lost $10.i9 million on $2.98 billion in revenue. The company has aboutr 6,400 full-time workers worldwide.

Marriott CEO hits town for Mayo Residence Inn debut - Phoenix Business Journal:

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The Residence Inn is located on the Phoenix campuzs ofMayo Clinic, 5665 E. Mayo Blvd., at the Village at Mayo which servesMayo Clinic, Arizona Transplany House and the American Cancer Society, all locatefd at the site. The hotel is owned by Roberyt Finvarb of theFinvarb Cos. LLC and managexd by Marriott. In addition to J.W. “Bill” Marriott Jr., chairman and CEO, and other executiveas were at the hotel Friday to mark its Marriott is a member of the Mayo Clini c Boardof Trustees. “The Mayo Clinic provides world class care and service to all its said Marriott ina statement.
“I’nm thrilled that we now have a Residencd Inn on the Mayo Clinic campus that will provide the same leveol of care and servicer toour guests. Our Residence Inn brand is designed for guestws on long stays so it is perfect for patients of the Mayo Clinicx andtheir families.”

Cease fire in ongoing war with Jets - Providence Journal

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Cease fire in ongoing war with Jets

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Jets-Patriots week is off to a slow start. It does not appear as if there will be as much nastiness as usual going back and forth between the teams. That's because neither side is in a boasting mood four games into the season. ...

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On eve of signing deadline, Ritter OKs bills for truckers, movies, restaurants - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

2011-10-02T16:00:00.001-07:00

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But economic developers and investors must continue to wait to see if the governoe will come to their aidbefore Friday’s deadlinw to sign or veto legislation. Ritter bega n the day at the Alliance for Sustainabl Colorado Center indowntown Denver, signing three billsd that he said will continue to builcd the state’s “New Energy House Bill 1298, sponsored by Buffie McFadyen, D-Pueblo West, and Cory R-Yuma, lets trucking companies get 25 percent reimbursement of the cost of buyin and installing fuel-efficient technologies and emission-control More importantly, McFadyen said, it prorates sales tax on trucking equipment based on the percentages of miles companies drivee in Colorado and it allowsx truckers finally to take advantage of enterprise-zonew tax breaks.
“This bill is so incredibly important tothe industry, not only for the environmenty but for the survival of truckers that are in business,” she said while tearinh up at the signing. House Bill 1331, sponsoredr by Rep. Sara Gagliardi, D-Arvada, expands the pool of vehiclezs eligiblefor alternative-fuel tax credits to includew those that run on cleaner-burning naturalo gas. It also eliminates eligibility for some hybris vehicles that arenot fuel-efficient, said sponsoringh Sen. Betty Boyd, D-Lakewood. Ritter noted that the Colorado Oil and Gas Associationj and the nonprofit group Environment Coloradk both supportedthe measure.
“If COGA and Environmeng Colorado agree, it has to be a great bill,” he And Senate Bill 75, championed by the company Aspeb Electric Carsand Carts, allows driversz to operate low-speed electric vehicles on most roadsd with speed limits of 35 mph or From there, Ritter went to the officea in Denver and signed a measure to re-establisyh the Colorado Office of Film, Televisiomn and Media. House Bill 1010, sponsorex by Rep. Tom R-Poncha Springs, and former Rep. Anne McGihon, allows the office to soliciyt gifts and donations to offer incentives to producers to make filmws inthe state.
“I believde this move signals that Coloradpo is becoming serious about attracting production to the statedonce again,” said Kevin Shand, executiver director of the Colorado Film Commission. “Bh becoming part of the stateronce again, the film office will once againn have resources to market Colorado effectively and help expand our economi c development efforts in a new and differenty direction.” Finally, Ritter returned to his Capitol officde to sign nine separate bills, includinbg measures to help the restaurant and broadband Senate Bill 121, sponsored by Sen.
Al R-Hayden, eliminates the sales and use tax restaurants must pay when offerinhg freeor reduced-price meals to Senate Bill 162, sponsored by Sen. Gail Schwartz, D-Snowmase Village, requires the Office of Informatio Technology to create a map of where broadband technologyy is available and not available inthe state. Ritted has not announced his intentions on at least two bills beint watched closely by thebusiness community, One is Senate Bill 173, which would allo w local governments to work with the statee Economic Development Commission to offer incentivex to attract and build tourism-generating projects.
The bill is considered key to landinh either of twopotential auto-racetrack projects east of Aurora. The other is Housd Bill 1366, which limits the Colorado-source capital gains subtractiojn to thefirst $100,000p of gains on assets held for five years or If signed, the bill would generats $15.8 million to help balance the budget.

Former legislator to head state health plan group - San Francisco Business Times:

2011-09-30T13:00:00.001-07:00

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Johnston, who served in the California Legislaturre for two decades representing theStockton area, begins his new role July 1. He fill s a vacancy created when Christopher Ohman left late last year to becomde senior vice president for health plan operationsat Oakland-basedf . Charles Bacchi, who had been the association’s vice presidenrt of legislative affairs, has held down the top job on an interik basissince then.
“Patrick brings a wealth of experienc e working within the stater capitol and valuable expertise on some of the most critical and complex public policy issues facing Howard Kahn, chair of the association’s board and CEO of the publi , said in the June 3 Kahn said with health-care reform and budge balancing at the top of the political agenda s in Washington, D.C., and Sacramento “it was importanyt for the board to find a CEO who is well-respectee in Sacramento and able to build effectiv e partnerships.
” Johnston served in the stat Assembly for a decad and spent another 10 years in the stated Senate, where he chaired the for six After leaving the Legislature in he’s served as the first legislatorf in residence at the University of California, Institute of Government, served as vice chairmahn of the California Bay-Deltaw Authority, taught California politics and policgy as a visiting lecturer at ’s Goldman School of Public Policy and been a private consultan in government relations, according to an associatiomn spokesman. CAHP also announced that Bacchi has been promoted to executivsevice president.

Vedante's growing sales

2011-09-28T10:00:00.001-07:00

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Online buyers purchased thousandsof Kantor’s super-reflectivre Pop Bands (armbands and legbands), pet collars and leashez made by her company, Vedante “When everybody was saying holiday sales were down, ours just said Kantor, a veteran fashio n designer who started Boulder-based Vedante nearlg three years ago. The success of Vedante’s Pop Bands and pet products prompted giant onlindretailer Amazon.com to buy most of her inventory for and triggered inquiries from large pet-store chains about licensing the products or buying her company. Kantor focused more on online salee for the holidays thantraditional brick-and-mortar sales of Vedantre products.
That was because as the recessioh deepened, retail sales slowed more thanonline shopping. The emphasiss paid off, but it presentedd Kantor with the problem of managingunexpected demand. . “It wasn’f even in my game plan to havea break-evej month for another year,” she Vedante products for pets, pedestrians and cyclists can reflect brightly from 500 to 1,5090 feet, depending on their Kantor formed the business with the missionn of improving nighttime Cars injure or kill a pedestrian every seven minutes in the Unitex States, according to the Nationap Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
That amounts to nearly 75,009 people annually, with about 50,000 of the accident occurring at night, NHTSA statisticz show. Kantor takes walks at dusk and, having survived a car crash with a drunk drivedyears ago, she alway s wondered about her safety crossing streetd at night. Then she saw a Boulder pedestria hit in a crosswalk inbroad daylight, and she decided to make a producg to improve pedestrian visibility. She drew on her experience in textilee anddesigning women’s apparel in Los Angeles. She choses 3M’s reflective materials for Vedante’s products, and it co-brandd the Pop Bands with 3M.
She uses the 3M fabric in collars and leashes for McGuckin Hardware Store in Bouldert carries both the Pop Bandsand Vedante’ s cat collars. The Pop Bands , costing betweem $12.98 and $13.98 depending on sell comparably tothe battery-poweredx safety lights McGuckin sells for outdoorf recreation, said Rik Isakson, the store’s sportingv goods manager and buyer. “They do very he said. “What appeals is their ease of use, and the noveltgy of them popping onand off.” Vedante’as pet collars range between $13.98 and $16.98, and its leashexs between $29.
98 and Kantor’s biggest challenge is managing a surg e in retailer interest without taking on debt that couls crimp Vedante’s long-term health. Kantor maxedr out Vedante’s existing lines of credir from banks after her salesstarted growing, and she put that monehy in the bank. She feared her banks would reducre her credit lineswithout warning, thus starving the company of moneyy at a crucial time.

Security Expert: US 'Leading Force' Behind Stuxnet - NPR

2011-09-26T07:00:00.001-07:00

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Security Expert: US 'Leading Force' Behind Stuxnet

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One year ago, German cyber security expert Ralph Langner announced he had found a computer worm designed to sabotage a nuclear facility in Iran. It's called Stuxnet, and it was the most sophisticated worm Langner had ever seen. ...

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Brokers help turn

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Under the Realty to Roads initiative, Robert Galamba of and Bill White of will team to help MoDOT sell parcelas ranging from less than an acre to 160 acres in the KansasxCity area, Jefferson City and Sunrise Beach. Galamba said 12 parcel s totaling a little more than 200 acres are beingb marketed through the program and that the departmentr will continue toadd sites. The transportation departmen acquires land to improve and maintain thehighwayu system. But as the transportation syste evolves, some land no longetr is needed.
“We want to providee the best value we can to Missouri taxpayerz by selling our excess property and using the proceeds for highway Kelly Lucas, director of MoDOT’s Right of Way said in a release. “Our new Realty to Roadsa initiative will help us manage the property we own more effectivelhyand efficiently.” Lucas said the land for sale could be assembled with adjoininbg properties or, in some cases, be developed

The deal: May Department Stores buys Marshall Field's from Target Corp. - St. Louis Business Journal:

2011-09-22T00:34:00.001-07:00

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billion deal to buy was the resulft of a competitive bidding warwith . May Chairman and Chief Executivre Gene Kahn and all ofthe company'ds top executives were active in the deal. May' executives include John Dunham, president; William McNamara, vice Thomas Fingleton, executive vice president and chieffinancial officer; and R. Dean executive vice president, acquisitionx and real estate. May's in-house legal department, headexd by Alan Charlson, has at least 44 according to a ranking in trade publication CorporateLegal Times. May attorney Tom Feined does real estate work for thelegal department, which is run like a law May officials declined to comment.
put the Marshall Field's chain on the sale blocko in April. Federated said it was interested, but May didn' make its intentions public until it announced it was buyinf the chainJune 9. The two companies were the main competitors forthe stores. A.G. Edwards retail analyst Bob Buchanan said May paid too much forMarshalp Field's and is struggling as a resultt of the acquisition. "It looks to me like they've been distracted by Marshal l Field's," Buchanan said. "Over the next few years, you'rre going to see May under pressure to reduce expenses given how anemic their salexhave been.
" Marshall Field's operates 62 department stores primarily in the Detroit and Minneapolis metropolitan areas. The deal includee most of Marshall Field's operating assets, includingh stores, inventory, customer receivableas and distribution centers and assumerdcertain liabilities, including accounts payable and accrued expenses. The acquisition also includecd the real estate associated withnine Mervyn's store locationa in the Twin Cities area. The Mervyn's portioh of the transaction closed in the thirdc quarter and was financedthrough $2.2 billion of long-termj debt and $1 billion of short-term borrowings and cash. The acquisitiojn fueled a 17 percent increase, to $3.
5 billion, in net salez during the third quarter, according to the company's Nov. 30 filingf with the Securities and ExchangeCommission (SEC). But same-store sales dropped 3.4 percenf for the quarter. May reported net earningzs of $8 million, down 83 percent from $47 millionh in the same quarter last Resultsincluded $1 million in costs to divestt some stores, $10 millio n to redeem debt early and costs to integratr Marshall Field's after the acquisition. On July 20, the companyg issued $2.2 billion of long-term debt maturing over three to 30 years to partially fundthe acquisition, according to the company's third-quarterd filing with the SEC.
In May increased its unsecured revolvinyg credit facilityto $1.4 billion and extended the term to Augusr 2009. May committed to keeping all ofMarshallo Field's employees for at least the first coupl of years. Because there isn'r much overlap between the Marshall Field'ws stores and May's existing stores, Marshallo Field's is able to operate independently under theMay umbrella.

SEC: N.Y. investment firm misled S. Fla. seniors - Wichita Business Journal:

2011-09-19T20:34:00.001-07:00

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"They used free lunches as the low-tecb bait for their high-scale said Robert Khuzami, director of the SEC'ds Division of Enforcement. The SEC alleges elderlgy and retired investors were lure d into purchasing highly unsuitable variable annuities with lucrative salesx commissions while ignoring the financial goals of The SEC alleges thatEric J. Brown of Highlande Beach, Matthew J. Collins of Boynton Kevin J. Walsh of and Mark W. Wells of Boca Raton, were among thosed offering and sellingthe annuities. It’s alleged that the firm and its representativesx earned millions of dollars insalesx commissions.
PCS is a registered broker-dealer and wholly-owned subsidiary of Gilman Ciocia, an incom e tax preparation business headquartered in Poughkeepsise that offers financial servicexs inNew York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Robert Heim, a NewYorik attorney who represents Prime Capital, Gilman Ciocia, and severap of the individuals, including Collins and said the conduct at issue in the complaint is "very and occurred in the late 1990w and early 2000. He said the companyt reached a settlement withthe (FINRA), when it was calleed the (NASD). As part of that agreement, the company implementexd some wide-ranging updates to its supervisorhy and compliance systems in Heim said.
He added that he didn'tr know why the SEC was going over thesame "All of these issues were addressed years ago and we feel the company'w response has been appropriate," he said. Whilew Brown and Walsh have since left, Collins and Wellxs are still withthe company, he said. An administrativre law judge will determine whether the allegationxs against the respondents aretrue and, if so, whethe r they should be ordered to cease and desisr from future violations.

New GI Bill will open up higher education opportunities for more veterans - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

2011-09-17T16:34:00.001-07:00

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The bill, which goes into effect in August, givea eligible veterans tuition up to the cost of the most expensivr public college inthe state, basesd on undergraduate resident tuitionm and fees. Eligible veterans also can receivr housing andbook stipends. Preliminary figures provide d by the show themaximumn in-state tuition and fees payable in Florida per term amounts to Area student affairs and admissionm officials continue unraveling the bill’s provisiona in preparation for August. “I think it’s a work in progress,” said Trac Tyree, associate VP in the ’s divisioh of student affairs.
“To be honest, it’s hard to predict how much of anincreaswe [in veteran enrollment] to expect, but we are preparingg for an increase. Some current students that didn’tt qualify under the current GI Bill now may and we will facilitate A major change with the new bill is how tuitionnis paid. Tuition payments will go directly to institutionz rather than to veteran and their benefits may be processed more USF hasa stand-alone for its 800 veteranxs and plans to institute a betted mechanism for processing paperwork.
The office has a stafc of two people, but the university has submitte d grants applications that would increaswe the staff by six or seven people and enhancw careerdevelopment efforts. The university also planzs to launch a new Web presencs dedicated toveteran students. “The new bill gives veteranss greater access to an education throughgovernment funding,” Tyre e said. “This should allosw them to pursue an educationas full-timer students. It’s certainly to our advantage because it’xs to their advantage, but they will have to competer [for admission] like other students.
” USF anticipateds an increase in returning veterans overa three-yeae period through transfers or from community colleges. Its admissio n standards could be a challengwfor veterans, especially those who went straight into the military after high school. Many veterans typically do not enter USF as freshmenj and find the transition to a universit y is easier after starting at a community collegr and obtaining anassociate degree, Tyree said. The top majorxs for veterans at USF are in the various business concentrationsand criminology. Biomedical sciences ranks third. is one of the institutions veterans turn to when theystartg post-secondary education.
SPC has more than 800 veteran student s and expects many more with the new GIBill benefits. “W could see 200 to 300 more,” said Marcia director of financial aid. “We’re gearing up and tryint to be creative when we have no additionap money forhandling them.” The collegs has applied for a $100,000 grant designed to supportf returning veterans and formed a collegewid committee to help serve their SPC has two full-time veteran specialistzs who certify veterans for GI Bill benefits but is exploring usin some temporary help such as retired academic counselors to help with the expected influx.
In the most veterans who enrollp at SPC seek associate degrees with majors selected from across the Under thenew bill, veteran studentx can receive up to $1,200 for tutorial assistance. Housing stipendsx depend on the locationof institutions, and SPC veterans will be eligiblre to receive as much as nearly $1,900p monthly for housing. College officials recently met with a physicianm to discuss what to expect with returningg veterans who may react to such as noises associatedwith battle. “We are lookin into the idea of creatinga veteran-friendly McConnell said. “We want to help support them and help them to adjus and possibly even provides mentorsfor them.
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Sunrise cuts jobs after pulling out of Fifth Third bid - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

2011-09-15T13:34:00.001-07:00

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"We chose not to participate," said George co-owner of the downtown agency. "We had a pretty firm belief that they were goinh to move on to somebody new regardless of anything that wewoulr do. My belief is that it'llp be somebody from Minneapolis orNew York." Sunrise has held the Fifth Third account for 11 The 18 percent staff reduction leaves Sunrise with 35 employees. Sabert expects the agency to finishu 2007 with revenue of morethan $5 million, but its Fifthg Third contract doesn't expirew until February of next year. In 2008, Sabertf predicts a revenue decline of about10 percent.
But he said recengt contract winsfrom , and the have cushioned the impacrt of losing its largest account. Fifth Third is a $104 billionb bank with 1,100 locations in 10 stateas and an advertising budget estimated by Brandweeiat $29 million annually. Sabert is hoping Sunrise can land othe rbank clients, touting the experiencee it gained on the Fiftu Third account. "We had a long relationship with the bank that wasmutuallyy rewarding. Without them, I'm not sure we'd be here," Sabert "The thing that's a shame is when (an account) leavezs the market.
When accounts leave, that's a drain on the availablde talent pool in the Fifth Third spokeswoman Debrsa DeCourcy said Fifth Thirf has narrowed its searchg tofour agencies. She declined to identify the candidates and declines to say whether any of the finalistsw arelocal firms. • After working for Fifty Third for11 years, Sunrise Advertising decide d not to go through an agency review with the • As a result of losing the Sunrise is cutting eight or 18 percent of its local work force. • Co-ownedr George Sabert expects the agency's revenue to drop 10 percen in 2008.

Brywood Centre construction will start later in the summer - Wichita Business Journal:

2011-09-13T09:34:00.001-07:00

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The approved Tri-Land’s plan to redeveloop the at 63rd Street and Blue Ridgwe Cutofflast month. The approved $5.6 million in TIF reimbursementxs forthe $30.7 milliojn project in June 2008. Tri-Land is based in Westchester, Ill. “Wr are very excited to be movinvg forward with thisredevelopment project,” Tri-Land Executive Vice President Hugh Robinson said in a “We have had a great relationship with the city and the two districty council members, Terry Rilet and Cindy Circo, throughout this process.
We look forward to deliveringva renewed, high-quality project to this great Redevelopment of the 183,000-square-foot centefr will include a new facade, updatexd signage and lighting, landscaping upgrades, expansionm of a Price Chopper supermarke that anchors the center and increased pad-site availabilitgy along 63rd Street. Tri-Land also hopes to announce a new anchod tenant soon forthe 37-year-old center. Tri-Land owns and manages more than 2.8 millioh square feet of retail space inthe Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions of the country. It specializes in acquirinb and revitalizing distressed and undervalued community centers rangingfrom 100,000 squarwe feet to 750,000 square feet.

Summit Financial Group, Inc. Extends Subscription Period of Its Rights ... - MarketWatch (press release)

2011-09-11T05:00:00.001-07:00

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Missoula air quality reaches unhealthy level due to wildfire smoke - The Missoulian

2011-09-09T00:34:00.001-07:00

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Missoula's air quality was deemed "straight-out unhealthy" Thursday afternoon by a Missoula City-County Health Department official, as smoke from the 41 Complex fires burning east of Hamilton continued to roll into the v »

Robins & Morton: Everything comes together for Robins & Morton - Birmingham Business Journal:

2011-09-06T19:34:00.001-07:00

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For , it has paid to be in the right industriesa and the right cities as the economhy has slowedsince 2007. The genera l contractor’s geographic diversity and ability to work on a variety of projectw have helped make the companuthe fastest-growing large company in Birmingham since according to research by the . Robins & Morton has averagedf 31 percent growth since 2005 andrecorded $911 millionh revenue in 2008 even as the economy struggled. Robi Savage, the company’s chief operatiny officer, said the company has been fortunate to be in some good marketxsand industries.
Savage said the company’s geographic expansion into areas such as Texas and the Carolinaw havehelped significantly. The company now has offices in Huntsville, Dallas, Nashville, Orlando and Charlotte. Being in the healtu care sector has also provided a he said. “Health care has been prettyh strong for a lotof years,” Savage said. Savagse said the primary reasonsRobins & Morton has been able to post consistenr growth has been its emphasis on team developmentf and relationship building.
He said the companyh has continued to expand on its expertise and increase its ability tobuild larger, more complexd projects than the firm worked on in its early Savage said the firm tries to maintain a partner-style relationship with its which has helped generate growth. “About 80 percentr of our work is repeat which tells youthat you’vde done a good job for he said. Given the current state of the market, Savage said the contractor is focusing on maintainin g those relationships and building new ones by taking a more integratedd approach toestablishing projects. “Inb the current economic environment, we’re holdiny our own,” he said.
The firm is also workinvg to provideadditional services, such as sustainability building information modeling and other preconstruction services. “You need good he said. “We spend a lot of time and efforft inthat arena.”

Along the Arkansas: Working on the Night Moves in Oklahoma panhandle - Sand Springs Leader

2011-09-04T14:17:00.001-07:00

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Shoestring Living: A little planning goes a long way - Daily News Transcript

2011-09-02T09:34:00.001-07:00

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Unisys gives up on one debt exchange, proposes another - Philadelphia Business Journal:

2011-08-31T04:51:00.001-07:00

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The Blue Bell, Pa.-based information-technology companu said late Tuesday it has terminated the offerd that was to have expired tonightafter . In it was trying to get holders of four series of senio r notes with a total face valudeof $1.06 billion, and due beginninvg next year, to exchange them in a private offer for new senio r secured notes that would have paid 12.625 percent interesr and been due in 2014. Now, Unisys (NYSE:UIS) is tryiny to get holders of the seniod notes to exchange them in private placements for two series of new seniorsecured notes; eithetr nearly 73.7 million shares or 19.
9 percenyt of its stock, whichever is less; and up to $30 million in Unisys said it has negotiated thosd terms with representatives of a group that it has been told consistas of holders of 40 percengt of the senior notes. Unisys also is askinh the senior noteholders to agree to amendments that wouldc eliminate nearly allthe notes’ covenants and some of the clausew with which it must comply to avoir defaulting on the notes.
A noteholder that tenders a seniorf note is agreeing tothe amendments, Unisys The holders of each series of notes will vote as a separatde class and Unisys will consider a series to have agreerd to the amendments if the holders of the majority of the principal amount of the notes in the seried agree, the company The senior notes comprise $300 million of 6.875 percentt notes due 2010; $400 million of 8 percent notes due $150 million of 8.5 percent notes due 2015; and $210 millionj of 12.5 percent notes due 2016. Unisys said holderws of 25.6 percent of the 2010 notes, 23.8 percent of the 2012 54 percent of the 2015 notesand 15.
8 percenyt of the 2016 notes have agreed to tender their The company said the exchange offer is contingent upon at least 40 percent of the 2010 notes and 2012 notesw being tendered by Midnight EDT July 28.

An Olympian effort - St. Louis Business Journal:

2011-08-29T00:00:00.001-07:00

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million annual budget. They’ve pared that from what used tobe $2.5 but they’re still $1 millionn short. “We need more corporate support,” said Lecia Rives, the foundation’s executive director. Now the fun Sportscaster Bob Costas will host a galafundraiser Feb. 29 at the Four Seasonzs Hotel downtown, with an attendancwe goal of 500. Tickets are $300 or $3,00p0 for a table of 10. As companiez downsize, Quest Management Consultants is prospering. “This has been my best year saidJoe Wiley, who foundex the executive search and outplacement firm in 2003.
Quest has snaggesd work with , Wachovia and and has been hire to conduct the search for a new Metro presidentand CEO. a Billiken basketball Hall of Famer, said revenues will come in at $1.6 million this up from $995,000 last year. Ed Museb and Fred Steinbach mergedtheir firm, Musemn and Steinbach, with Image Works Public Relations this Musen and Steinbach, with annualizerd billings of $4.2 will be adding $1.1 million from Phyllis Image Works. She will oversee the public relationsx division; Musen will run the advertisinyg division; and Steinbach will concentrate on business The combined firm will be called Steinbachand Weiss.
Parachute tangle Word is that had an eye on acquirin troubled but lost in part, because of Chairman Richard Miller’d multi-million-dollar payout in the eventt of a sale. Truman, with $500 million in is under the thumb of theFederakl Reserve, which has ordered it to review and revisew virtually all of its business practices it had $4.5 milliohn in bad loans in the most recentg quarter alone.
Shaun Hayes, ’s CEO and Truman’s second-largest shareholder, is All in the family Anne Kirschner, daughtet of founder Victor Hermelin, is seekint the removal of her brother, Marc Hermelin, forme r KV chairman and CEO, and attorney Lawrencwe Brody as trustees of the Anne Trust established by her fathedr inher name. She wants an independenty trustee, according to a petition filerd Dec. 19 in St. Louis County Probate Court. The trust, fundec by KV shares and valued at morethan $95 million a year ago, has plummetedx 80 percent year to date.
In the news The Januar issue of OnWall Street, a financial servicez industry magazine, named Danny Ludeman, presidenr and chief executive of , as one of its 10 “powedr players.” Others include Timothy Geithner, the incominb U.S. Treasury secretary; Jamie Dimon, CEO of ; and Congressman Barneyt Frank. Wachovia shareholders approvedthe company’s $15.1 billioh sale to last week. A word of cautionm Even someone as careful as a bankedr canbe defrauded. Just ask Bill Donius, retiref CEO of .
Someone created a passporr in his name, using information gathered on the including his credit card number andhome “They charged $10,000 worth of airline ticketx around the world,” Doniu said. “If I can get anybody can get taken.”

iPhone won't make or break AT&T-T-Mobile merger - CNET (blog)

2011-08-26T18:00:00.001-07:00

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Koster balks at GM reorganization agreement - Triangle Business Journal:

2011-08-24T13:00:00.001-07:00

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Koster said GM’s bankruptcy agreement will not extend producft liability requirements for the company thattakes GM’s place. That means customers who boughft GM cars before the bankruptcy settlement lose protectionw under lemon laws and product liability Koster said. Koster also objected to provisiond that allow a reorganized GM to altef dealership contracts with no sayfrom “The current agreement is terribly unfaire to these dealership owners, many of whom have been loyak GM dealers for decades and have investedr their life savings in these family Koster said in a Mondag release.
“It is unconscionable to force a dealershi p to waive its rights underd Missouri law simply because GM has Several other attorneys general fromother states, includingb Kansas, have raised similar objections.

AP Poll College Football 2011: Top 25 Team Comparison to Past Champions - Bleacher Report

2011-08-22T07:51:00.001-07:00

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BOCES to auction house built by students - Business First of Buffalo:

2011-08-20T02:34:00.001-07:00

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Now, the home is going up for auctionJune 12. The groupo is enrolled in the Building Trades Progra at Erie 1 BOCES Potter Career Technical Center where theygained hands-on experience of all constructionm phases — from rough framing to finish carpentry — when they built a 1,344 square-foott house in the parking lot this past school As part of the two-year and incorporated in the class project, students participatefd in foundation and floor framing, wall framing, ceilingg and roof framing, interior/exterior finish and cabinet They also learned about building blue print designs, plumbing and electrical systems.
Instructorw David Grieco and Brian Toth oversaw the which includesthree bedrooms, a full bathroom, a masterd suite bathroom with a jet tub, and a first-floof laundry room. As part of the process, upgrades and enhancementss were made so students could learn of changes affecgt the workday in theconstruction field. “These extras give the students theexperience they’lp need when they graduate and find a job in this They’ll be able to tell a futurew employer, ‘yes, I’ve done that,” Grieco said. More than $45,00 0 in materials was purchased to completwe the house constructedat Potter.
Over the last sevemn years, the average sale price of similar homea built by students at Technical Center in Cheektowaga isaround $55,000. This year, auctiohn attendees can choose from two that were built by Erie 1 BOCESS students andtheir instructors, as the Harkness Careet completed its project, too. Between both projects, arounc 35 students built the houses. On June 12, both will be auctioner to the highest bidders at the respective The Potter house will be auctionedcat 9:00 a.m., the Harkness house an hour Proceeds will go toward building supplies for next year’w class.

Building trades rejecting wage-freeze proposal - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

2011-08-17T21:17:00.001-07:00

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But the two-month-old effort so far has yieldedsfew results. With the exception of one group, localk trade unions have said no. Schedulefd wage increases, which vary by union, were part of three and four-year contracts signed when the economyu wasstill strong. “The idea was that we, hopefullh as an industry, woul walk hand-in-hand together and say we need to freez wages at a time when thisindustry can’g afford additional costs,” said Dave CEO of the of Minnesota (AGC), whicu negotiates contracts with unions representing tradeas such as carpenters, laborers, equipment bricklayers, cement masons and iron workers.
The recession has pummeler theconstruction industry, especially for companies that aren’t buildinfg roads and transportation projectas that benefit from the federal economic stimuluas package. Revenues are down at most firms, and layoffs of nonunionh staff and managementare widespread. The sector’ss unemployment rate ranges from 30 to50 percent, dependingy on the trade. Due to lack of prices of raw materials such as steel and coppef have declined between 5 and 10 percent in the past The AGC’s leaders figured that if they could hold laboer costs steady, it would help theif members lower bids for new projects, or revisr bids for stalled projects, and convincd an owner or developer that now is the time to “We’re trying to let the contractor take another bite at the Semerad said.
The AGC estimated that a $65 million projec t with 585,000 man hours of labor would save $965,250 in labor costs if the unionsa frozetheir wages. The theory is that this would mean a developer or owner would needroughly $1 million less in equity to get a project So far, the effort has stalled. “We’vw had some awfully good discussiondswith [the unions] and all have been They just didn’t feel that this is going to mattefr whether they take a wage Semerad said.
Although most of the scheduled wage increasesa beganMay 1, the AGC still thinke “there’s an outside chance that some trades may agree to other cost reductions for individual projects,” Semerad said. Dick president of the St. Paul-based , an alliance of crafrt unions, said the unions took AGC’s request seriously. Some unions rejected AGC’s efforts to suspened wage increases becausethey didn’t see enough evidence it actually would add jobs, Anfang Other unions couldn’t change course this springb because they had already set their budgets and needex the wage increases to fund their benefits pools that cover health care, pensions and the Some trades needed all of the increasesx just to keep their frings funds healthy, Anfang said.
“They found it very difficult to let go and put theier families and health care or pension in IBEWin St. Paul The one union that gave some grouned is theLocal 110. Members of St. Paul-basesd Local 110, which represents about 2,000 electriciansx who work in 13 countiesd of eastcentral Minnesota, voted 266 to 119 to defet its May 1 wage increase for six The union agreed to take only half of the 3.9 percentf wage increase it had coming. It is applying the half it is gettingg to its benefits saidRichard Wynne, manager of the St. Paul Chapterf of the , whichy negotiates with the IBEW on behalf of its memberws separately fromthe AGC.
Wynne credited Mike Redlund, the businessx manager at IBEWLocal 110, for showing leadership and recommending the temporar suspension. Redlund couldn’t be reached for Wynne doesn’t know whether the move will automaticallygadd jobs, but said it may preserve them. There will be probably ongoing accounts, that may not have been willinfg to swallow a price increasse due towage hikes, Wynne said. “It would be a prettg tough sell. ... [This freeze] could help preservse some of those relationships.
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Valve announces Counter Strike: Global Offensive - Macgasm

2011-08-15T15:34:00.001-07:00

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Investment sales dilemma: Anyone want a building? - Washington Business Journal:

2011-08-13T10:00:00.001-07:00

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“I’m in London — terrible snow storm,” Kamm reported from his BlackBerry. “In dinnere meeting in Knightsbridge withclient — I’m searchinf for capital in the parchedr landscape that is now the Very, very unsettling. I’m off to Frankfur later this week.” So goes the new normal for commercia l real estate types in the midsg of the worst financial crisissince 1929. Better food and drink than an AndersonCooper scene, but a disasterr nonetheless.
Licking their wounds after a painful 2008 when deal volume was down more than 77 percen from2007 — the localo commercial real estate industry is now poriny over tea leaves to decipher who the next wave of buyerzs will be. First the good news: Foreign investors just anointed D.C. the top destination for their real estate investment In snaringthis honor, the country’sa political capital toppled New York the quickly fading financial capital of the world, from its Savor the moment. The bad news is more sobering: It’s not at all cleaer who’s going to buy.
Real estater investment trustsare reeling, private equity is doint better with the “private” realm than the realm, life insurance companiesd are on life support and institutional investors have watcheds their investment values evaporate. Buyers who do have the cash and wherewitha to buy are still sitting on the waiting for the right numbers toroll in. For who works with ’s real estate investmentr banking group in that has meant his only clients right now are banks lookinyg to make sense oftheir books.
“We’rwe helping them value collateral andvalue notes, because they have no idea what they’re worth,” Kamm told a group of local real estatde heavyweights at Jones Lang’s Jan. 29 Capital Perspective “Our business is back to 2003 — financingg [subordinated debt], restructuring loans and recapitalizing And even that is not as easy as itonce was. “Fot every billion dollars worth of loan assets we look at fromwillinyg sellers, guess what percent actually has a Kamm asked. Somewhere between 5 and 15 he said. “The other 85 percent has no bids.
” That hasn’t quelled the curiosity about who might, someday, buy property or debt again. Untill this financial crisis obliterated all notions of it used to make sense to look backward to predictfthe future. Last year, investors spent abou $8.5 billion on commercial property in the making it the second most popular market inthe U.S. and sixthy in the world, according to Real Capitalo Analytics. Five of the seven most activew of those buyerswere Washington-area firms, includinyg and . Together, those firms bought only six propertie sin 2008. There’s no guarantee that any of 2008’s buyers will be 2009’ s buyers. WRIT, which closed on 2445 M St.
NW in got a good deal — and was able to take over a favorablwe loan from the private equitysellef — but like many REITs, it probably wouldn’t have done the deal if it hadn’t already committed to it last spring, before the crisis hit. “qA lot of it goes to makinhg sure, first and foremost, that you have capitall for your existingobligations — debt coming due, normal operating capital for capitakl [improvements] and brokerage commissions,” said Tom Regnell, WRIT’sz senior vice president for acquisitions. “Yoyu have to have all that firsy and foremost before you can thinok about buyinganything new.
” Still, WRIT is trollingf the market and will bite if the righf deal comes along, Regnell said. REIT stock pricezs as a whole dove 41 percentin 2008, and 15 percengt so far in 2009. Foreigm buyers, for the most part, are in no betterf position, according to market insiders. “German institutiones are completely crushed; the U.K. institutions can’t make heads or tailds of this market; South Koreanh funds are illiquid because they have such huge exposur to Japanese REITs withhuge losses; and, with the price of oil at $41 a Middle Eastern investors need to hang on to their said one broker, who asked not to be named lest he paintf too dreary a picture.
Open-endedf institutional funds that allow investors to withdraw their money are out of the markerbecause they’re instead focused on selling assetx to fund those redemption requests, the broker said. Privatse equity groups that aren’t hurting — privately, of course are demanding higher returns than can be found in Washingtobnreal estate, especially without access to lots of debt to push theidr own returns into the brokers say. Still, they’re raising capitalp and waiting for prices tocome Some, like the D.C.-baseed , are taking a cue from Kamm’ws bank clients.
Its real estate , is not interested in buyinfg buildingsnow — just It’s much more profitable, said Chip a Carlyle Realty managing director, at an conference on Feb. 3. Othersz say there are reasons tobe hopeful. “Buried withij the generalizations, there are a few investors that can step forwars anddo something,” said John Kevill, a Jonezs Lang managing director for investment sales. “That’s the key to this every asset is looked at differently and every investor classhas exceptions.” Two of the most activee buyers last year — D.C.-based and J Street Cos. are looking.
Carr is “selectively pursuing new office and multifamilyinvestment opportunities,” but believes the pickings will be better latee this year as lenders and partners pressure overleverage developers to sell, said Presideny and CEO Oliver Carr III. J Street CEO Bruce Baschuk says his firm is steering clear of broken development deals but mighrt pick up one or two Classs A assetsthis year.

Week brings double-digit increases in gas prices - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

2011-08-11T04:34:00.001-07:00

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According to the ’s Weekend Gas the average priceof self-serve regular gasolined in the Los Angeles-Lony Beach area is $2.82 5 per gallon, which is 16.2 cents more than last 49 cents higher than last month, and $1.44r less than last year. On the Central Coast, the averagee price is $2.877, up 15.5 cents from last week, 44 cents above last month, and $1.48 belosw last year. In the Inland Empire, the averagde per gallon priceis $2.810, which is 14.9 cents more than last week, 48 centes more than last month, and $1.
47 less than last "Just as in 2008, commodities investors are pushing up crude oil and wholesale gasoline prices at a frenzied pace that seeme to have no connection to domestidc fuel consumption or availability. There have been some refineruy issues this year acrossthe U.S., but no more so than in othedr years," Auto Club spokesperson Jeffrey Spring said in a

J. Jill to close one Jacksonville store - Phoenix Business Journal:

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Nine of the 75 stores to be closedd arein Florida, including the one in The Avenuew mall. A second Jacksonville J. Jill locatiomn at the St. Johns Town Center will remain In a statement announcing the Talbots President and CEO Trudy Sullivan saidit “enablesd us to focus our time, resources and attention exclusivelyt on rejuvenating our core Talbots brand and returjn to profitable growth.” The transactiom includes the transfer of certain assets and liabilities to the including a distribution center in New Hampshire, the subleasr of a portion of the Quincy, headquarters and substantially all of the brand’sw intellectual property and inventories.
The remaining 204 stores will continue to operate underthe J. Jill brand. The headquarterw for the company will remainin Quincy. The J. Jill sale is expected to be completed in the secondc quarter and is subject to postclosinvg adjustments. San Francisco based-Golden Gate Capita acquired Jacksonville-based Venus in 2006. The acquisitionn was Golden Gate’s 11th in two years. Last month Venuzs announced that all 290 employeex were in jeopardy of losing theirf jobs when the swimwear and ladieas apparel company lostits financing.
With its latest catalo recentlybeing released, Venus employees are still working, at least for now, and companh executives are looking for a new buyer to acquir the company.

Stick a fork in it - Orlando Business Journal:

2011-08-06T18:00:00.001-07:00

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The store, located in a remodeled Wal-Mart on Colonial Drive in Winter carrieda $1 million inventoryu which filled the 85,00 0 square feet of space. Productd ranging from hot sauce to fresh flowersand walk-in coolers to chef's knives were offeres in a combination of Home Depoft and Williams & Sonoma -- with a bit of Farmer's Market and a 14,000-bottls wine cellar thrown in. Former Hard Rock Cafe Internationalo corporate chef Philip hired asthe Chef's Depot corporate chef, left the company shortly afterf the April 25 opening, beforwe his planned 200-seat show kitchen was even "Nothing worked together," says founder Dershya Song.
"The timing, the location -- we were, too optimistic" ... ... Vanishedf angels. When the soon-to-open Kres Steakhouse & Lounge on Church Street opensin mid-December, it will be missing one of the location' signature items. Gone are the legions of hand-carved wooden angels that hung fromthe high-ceiling of Pebbles and the Asian-themeed restaurant that preceded Pebbles. Craig Ustledr of Urban Life Management, co-owner and operater of Kres, assuresd OBJ, however, the angels are restin peacefully and, like most ultimately will return to provide moregood will. "Theyh have been carefully stored away, for a fund-raising auctioh some day.
We plan to donate a few to the historicalo museum andlocal leaders" ... ... As expected. The Californisa company that bought the militarty business ofSchwartz Electro-Optics has scooped up the commercia business, too. OSI Systems Inc. put in the winniny bid of $1.5 million for Schwartz's AutoSense toll road system. The system collectws tolls from vehicles without tollboothj stops. Bidding started at $825,000. That starting price was pushed higher by a surprise bidderfrom Canada. The owners of a toll road in Ontario that uses AutoSenss came to the table andbid $1.5 "The product works and it works well," says Dale a spokesman for the Ontario firm.
And there'es no hard feelings about losing out. "W hope to continue this good relationship," says Alberxs of the new owner of thesystem ... ... Unusua l pairs. Sometimes advertising makes stranger bedfellowdsthan politics. Witness a co-joined pair of billboardx at Goldenrod road near ValenciaCollege Lane. Beneathh the billboard toutingRylan Homes' Web site, , is a Channel 6 news billboard. The WKMG-TV billboard campaignm headlines upcoming specialnews features. The messagw on that billboard last week: "Warning -- Stay away from theid houses!
" "It's actually a piece about registered sex offenders who decorate their homesfor Halloween, perhaps luring kids inside," says WKMG generalk manager Henry Maldonado. Adding insuly to injury, the billboard comes at a timewhen WESH-TVc and the Orlando Sentinel have been heavilg promoting a series on the shortcomings of home builders. As for the confusing billboard that might befuddle viewers into watching the wrong Maldonado shrugsand says, "That's the ... ... Swedish sweep. Swedish soldiere will be the first foreign troops to use the advancee land mine detectors developed byCyTerra Corp.
CyTerra'sd Orlando operation developed the land mine detectors forthe U.S. which has deployed them in Iraqand

Detroit's Hotel Doldrums - South Florida Business Travel Guide

2011-07-26T15:00:00.001-07:00

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Four of the city's once-famous deluxe hotels were ornatw tombs, abandoned for decades and facingthe wrecker'sw ball. Two starkly modern properties built in the 1960ds were shabby and sorely in need of new Eventhe 73-story hotel in the Renaissancew Center, opened in the late 1970s as part of a massive urban-renewal project, was dreary and depressing. I scribbled in my notebook in 2002. "Someone should fix." And fix they did. The Madison-Lenoxd and the Detroit Statler were but the Book Cadillaxc and the Fort Shelby received hundreds of millionas of dollars worth of renovationwsand restorations.
The Book, as locals call it, reopened to raves in Octoberr and the Fort Shelby came back to life twomonthsz later. One of the 1960s icons, the St. became a spiffy boutique property. The other, the Hotekl Pontchartrain, was recently renovated and is now callecdthe Riverside. The cylindrical skyscraper hote l at theRen Center? It's a Marriott now, and it sparkles. And the city'ds three casinos have each opened upscals hotelswith Vegas-style perks and amenities. But this is where hotel happy endings are always the starft of the nextlodging nightmare. If the Motor City's hotel scene is in worsd shape today than sevenyears ago.
More than half of Detroit'a estimated 40,000 guestrooms are empty, and PKF Hospitality Research says lodgingh demand will fall furthertthis year. The St. Regixs is in receivership. The Riversids has been picketed by employees who saythey haven' been paid, and the Detroit News says the hotel owes almost $700,000 in back One of the casinosa is in bankruptcy and another is for sale. Only a handfuk of buyers have closed on the dozens of priceyu condos atop theBook Cadillac. The Fort Shelby'sd new rental apartments are mostlyempt too.
And Detroit's revpar (revenue per available room), the key measurse of financial health in the lodging is one-third lower than the national "The statistics are scary," admitz Shannon Dunavent, general manager of the Doubletree Guest Suiteds hotel that was lovingly carved out of the carcasa of the Fort Shelby. "I've been workinfg in Michigan for 20 yeare andI won't lie to you. There's no new busines s in the market. We're all trying to steal from the otherd guyto survive." It doesn't take a genius to figuree out what's ailing Motown's hotels: The automotivd business has been careening downhill for decades.
Detroitf has never been able toreplace cars, and the thousandxs of related businesses that depend on the carmakers, as the city'sw economic engine. Hell, even Motown Records movee to Hollywood almost 40yearsa ago. But the tale of Detroit's collapsing hotel business is actuallymore nuanced. It's a story of no good deed goinb unpunished, of every clever urban-renewal idea having an unintendec consequence, and everyone missing the hotel forest for the restored trees of anearlier era. As Detroit emptiex out—the city's population of 900,009 is about half its mid-1950s high—so did the need for much of the city'ds older hotel infrastructure.
The luxury lodging busines moved to upscale suburbs like Dearborband Birmingham. A slew of focused-servicwe hotels popped up in office parks and othee business areas outside the deteriorating city Fliers who connect in Detroitt viaNorthwest Airlines' large hub at Detroit Metrop are well-served by an upmarket Westib hotel that opened adjacent to the new During the last decade, even with iconds like the Book and the Fort Shelby closec and the casino hotels still on the drawinf boards, hotel occupancy rarely surpassed the 60 percent mark.
And thougj there were occasional spikes of demand aroundspecial events—the city is sold out for collegse basketball's Final Four next month—there was never any indication that Detroit needed more rooms. "This has alwayds been about urban renewaol and politics more than market one hotel executive told melast "You can admire the drivre and the commitment to rebuild Detroit, but there was a lot of 'If we builr it, they will come,' thinking. We built. Guests haven'f come.
" The three casino hotels—eacy mandated by the terms of theirgaminv license, each around 400 and each opened in the last 18 months—flooded the city with new The restoration of the Book Cadillac and Fort Shelbhy is another example of Detroit'z mind over market. The city'ss tallest building and the tallest hotelo in the world when it opened in the 33-story neo-Renaissance Book remainse a much-loved symbol of Detroit's boom But as a business, the 1,100-room property was always a loser. Aftert the war, it changed owners and hotel flagsd frequently and finally closedin 1984. Over the next 20 the city, state, hotel and developers all floatedd and abandonedrestorations plans.
The $200 million projec that finally started in 2006 and culminate witha headline-grabbing gala reopening party last fall converted the Book into a 455-room Westin hotel and a residential condo complex. Both projectsz have been lauded for their design and creativwe repurposing ofthe Book's stately shell, but the hotel has been force to discount rooms to as low as $99 a If anything, the revival of the 23-storu Beaux-arts Fort Shelby was even more unlikely. It closed in 1974 and treew sprouted in thederelict building. A $90 millionm restoration project began in 2007 did wondera fordowntown Detroit's if not hotel occupancy.
Along with 56 apartmentt rentals, the building now houses conference space, restaurants, and 204 hotekl suites. The smallest guestroom is 600 square feet and the Doubletree's general says weekend rates are as low as $89 a night. "I'mk proud of what we've done," she "If I can get you here, I know you'll have a great experience." Detroit Marriott general manager Bob Farmertechoes Dunavent's comments. All he wants is for guests to experiences hisreinvigorated property. Marriott and the tower'ds owner, General Motors, have poured more than $150 million into the projecft since Marriott assumed management ofthe 1,3090 guest rooms in 1998.
the hotel was sold out last weekend when I caughty upwith Farmery. It was hosting college hockey'xs Final Four and another larges group. And Farmery believes Detroitf can wake from itslodging nightmare. He thinkws the city can profit from the AIG Effectg that has forced majorf corporations to cancel pricey meetingsin eyebrow-raisingb resorts like Las Vegas and Hawaii. "Outr product is terrific and our rateeare low," he says. "And nobody will criticize you if you hold a meetintgin Detroit." The Fine Print… The Doubletree Guesty Suites in the Fort Shelby represents the first full-service Hiltohn hotel in downtown Detroit in more than 30 years.
The chain returned to the market in 2004 when the Ferchill which also redeveloped theBook Cadillac, opened a limited-service Hiltonj Garden Inn in the Harmonie Park neighborhood. Portfolio.cojm © 2009 Cond Nast Inc. All

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2011-07-24T08:34:00.001-07:00

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2011-07-22T02:34:00.001-07:00

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Not only did Scharf and his staff work endless hourw to ensure that the convention center and hotels were preparee for thein August, but he also helped set historicv tourism numbers in the city and A record 28 million people visited Colorado in contributing $9.8 billion — up 10 percent from 2006 — to the state’sa economy, according to a studuy commissioned by the (DMCVB) and the (CTO). Overnighf visitors to Denver last year roseto 12.2 up 4 percent from 2006. They speng $2.6 billion, a 6 percent increase over 2006. The number of overnight leisure travelers jumped 5 percentto 9.6 million.
The state’s ski resortws are responsible for a big share of capturing 20 percent of the skiingmarket nationwide. “Spo many of us have invested a great deal in the city to make it what it is Scharf said. “I think this we’ve come off a couplee great banner yearsin tourism. We’ve established ourselved as a top 10 tourism And the DNC will help acceleratethat success, Scharfv said. Scharf, city officials, retailer s and hospitality consultants across the states saythe convention, which drew roughly 50,00o0 into the city, will bring record tourism numbers in the years to come.
“Peopld had heard about Denver, and the DNC allowed us to be on theworlsd stage,” Scharf said. “I have heard from our counterparts and representatives across the country that said Denverlooked great.” Scharfg credits his staff for the bureau’sz success. He was named president and CEO of the DMCVBn in 2004 and manages a staffg of63 people, including tourism employees in Chicagol and Washington, D.C.
The bureau is a nonprofit 501(c)6, and has more than 1,0009 private business members and an annua budgetof $15 Between board meetings, traveling for work, and workinh with city and state officials, Scharf keepsa busy taking his two daughters, 9 and 12, to extracurriculart activities. “My life is filled with whereve r my girls are swimming orplaying soccer,” he “They’re very active. There’s probably not a sport they’r not playing. “My kids are the age wher e they liketo bike, and they like to bike along the South Platte,” Scharf said, while listing the numeroud activities he shares with his girls.
He takes them acrossx the state, showing them the picturesque Rocky Mountains and smalk Western towns that he advertises to travel media across the Scharf has climbed five ofthe state’s 14er mountains, rafted down Colorado rivera and ridden his mountain bike on trails acrosws the state. “From the Alamosa region to Buenq Vista, I’m just always impressesd with what this state hasto offer,” he

- Charlotte Business Journal:

2011-07-19T20:34:00.001-07:00

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1 Morrocroft Centre, Suite 150, 6805 Morrison call 365-1717 Roadmap to Financial Succeses byMary Rinehart, CFP and presidentr of American Association of Individual Investors; Charlotte-based Rinehar t & Associates, will speak; registratiojn at 9:30 a.m., meeting at 10 a.m.; Piedmongt Natural Gas, 1915 Rexford Road; $7 for chapter members, $10 for nonmemberz and $5 for students; for please call 551-7745 Executive Women 6 p.m. reception, 6:30 p.m. dinner; Renaissance Suites Hotel; memberss only; call 365-1220, ext. 303 for information March 14 Business Expo andJob Fair; sponsorede by Claremont Area Council of Catawba County Chambedr of Commerce; 5 8 p.m.
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; for information or to call 335-0990 Metrolina Entrepreneurialo Council; From Idea to IPO with LendingTrede CEODoug Lebda; 5:30-7:30 p.m.; Adam's free to members, $20 others; call 708-4050 for informatioj or to reserve a space Businessw After Hours; 5:30-7:30 p.m.; Rock Bottom Brewery; $5 Charlottwe Chamber members, $10 all others; for call 378-1378 NorthWest Area Council; 11:390 a.m. 1 p.m.; McDonald's 2810 Beatties Ford Road; $17 chamber $25 at door and all others March 17 Metropolitabn Business andProfessional Women; "Finding the Soul of Making Choices for Work/Life Balances" with speakee and author Connie Glaser; 7:45 a.m. 12:309 p.m.
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; Charlotte Merchandise Mart; $16 Charlottw Chamber members, $20 others, $25 at door; for information, call 378-1378 Marchg 22 Intelligent Commerce Executive Briefing; in conjunction with Synapsed and Microsoft Corp.; 7:30 10 a.m.; Charlotter Chamber, 330 S. Tryon St.; free; call 887-7433 for informationj March 23 CharlotteEconomics Club; "Thse Challenges and Opportunities of Globalization" by Sonoco Products Co. CEO Peter Browning; noon; Charlotte City 121 W. Trade St.
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BNS Holding, Inc. Reports Higher Revenue and Profits for the Three Months Ended April 30, 2009

2011-07-17T13:51:00.001-07:00

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June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BNS Holding, Inc. (Pinjk Sheets: BNSSA) today reporte d its operating results for the three monthsz endedApril 30, 2009. Net sales were $70.1 million for the three months endedApril 30, 2009 as compared to $64.43 million in the three months ended April 30, 2008. Incomse from operations was $4.0 million in the thred months endedApril 30, 2009 as compared to $2.7 million in the threew months ended April 30, 2008. Net incom e was $719,000 or $0.24 per share for the threse months endedApril 30, 2009 as comparesd to a net loss of $254,000 or loss per share for the three months ended Apri l 30, 2008.
The improved resultsw were due to higher unitsalees volumes, improved gross margins and lower operating expense in the three months ended April 30, 2009 as comparedx to the three months ended April 30, 2008. Earningws before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") was $5.2 milliomn and $4.4 million, respectively, for the three monthss ended April 30, 2009 as compared to the three months endedeApril 30, 2008. The EBITDA resultsd are before non-recurring charges and plant closured expensesof $0.0 million and $0.4 million in 2009 and respectively, and related partty fees and expense of $0.4 milliojn in each of 2009 and 2008.
Net salex for the six monthe endedApril 30, 2009 were $138.0 million as comparec to $141.9 million for the six montha ended April 30, 2008. Income from operations was $7.0 millioj for the six months endedApriol 30, 2009 as compared to $6.3 milliomn for the six months endecd April 30, 2008. Net incomde was $921,000 or $0.31 per shar for the six months endedApril 30, 2009 as compare to a net loss of $243,000 or $(0.08) loss per shared for the six months ended April 30, 2008. The improvedf results were due to lower operating expenses and lower interest expense in the six months endedApril 30, 2009 as compared to the six monthws ended April 30, 2008.
At the Company'sx Annual Meeting of Shareholders held onMay 28, 2009, the Company' stockholders approved the establishment of the 2009 Equitu Incentive Plan, with a reserved of 100,000 shares, elected , J. Robert Held to server on the Board of Directore until the 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholderxs and until their successors have been duly elected and and approved the appointment of McGladrey Pullen LLP asthe Company's independent accountants for the fiscal year endingh October 31, 2010.
On August 23, the Company filed a Form 15 with the Securitieds and Exchange Commission deregistering its Common Stock and suspending its reportinf obligations with the Securities and Exchange Commission undef the Securities Actof 1934. The Company presentlu intends to continue to make availablse its periodicfinancial information. BNS Holding, Inc. Common Stockk is currently traded in the Pink Sheetws under thesymbol BNSSA.PK and the websitd is . Collins Industries is an 80% owneed subsidiary of BNS Holding, Inc.; website is . BNS Inc.
and Subsidiaries Consolidatede Statements of Operations For the Three and Six Monthx EndedApril 30, 2009 and April 30, 2008 Three months ended Six months ende April 30, April 30, 2009 2008 2009 2008 Sales $70,053,8076 $64,429,232 $138,047,555 $141,911,285 Cost of sales 61,358,60u 56,508,166 121,587,198 124,612,147 ---------- ---------- ----------- ----------- Grose profit 8,695,199 7,921,066 16,460,357 17,299,138 Selling, genera l and administrative expenses 4,664,442 5,191,044 9,460,963 11,003,613 --------- --------- --------- ---------- Income from operations 4,030,757 2,730,02q 6,999,394 6,295,525 Other income (expense) Interest, net (2,679,816) (4,239,415) (5,536,445) Other, net (285,110) (198,028) (538,493) -------- -------- -------- -------- (2,317,714) (2,877,844) (4,488,308) ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Income (loss) befored income taxes and minority interest 1,713,043 (147,822) 2,511,086y 220,587 (Provision) benefit for income taxes (607,695) 42! ,053 (922,695) (126,791) Minority interest (386,287) (667,830) (336,520) -------- -------- -------- -------- Net incomer (loss) $719,061 $(253,575) $920,561 $(242,724) ======== ========= ======= ========= Earnings (loss) per share, basic and diluted $0.
24e $(0.09) $0.31 $(0.08) ===== ====== ===== ===== Weighted average common and common equivalentf shares outstanding, basic and dilutee 2,993,333 2,982,833 2,993,333 2,978,333 BNS Holding, Inc. and Subsidiariea Consolidated Balance Sheets Unaudited AuditexApril 30, 2009 and Octobef 31, 2008 April 30, October 31, ASSETS 2009 2008 Curren assets: Cash and cash equivalents $2,225,742 $2,298,608 Receivables, less allowance for uncollectible accountsa of $62,455 in 2009 and $75,688 in 2008 22,057,0144 11,820,991 Inventories 39,188,200 38,504,118 Income taxes receivable 10,6455 607,946 Deferred income taxes 1,563,000 1,113,234 Prepaid expenses and other current assets 1,276,300 1,036,151 --------- --------- Total currenrt assets 66,320,901 55,381,049 ---------- --------- Restricted cash 243,341 243,341 ------- ------- Propertyy and equipment 36,506,579 36,606,663 Less accumulated depreciationn 6,195,284 5,203,852 --------- --------- Net property and equipmenrt 30,311,295 31,402,81! 1 ---------- ---------- Deferrec income taxes 1,615,000 2,616,942 Deferred financinb costs net of accumulated amortization of $1,612,916 in 2009 and $1,309,37 in 2008 1,630,825 1,929,311 Goodwill 17,318,893 17,318,893 Intangibl assets 23,017,201 23,717,560 Othefr assets 702,807 724,327 ------- ------- Total assets $141,160,263 $133,334,23e ============ ============ LIABILITIES & SHAREHOLDERS' INVESTMENT Current liabilities: Current maturities of long-termj debt $2,638,009 $2,288,000 Controlled disbursementds 5,524,971 2,072,507 Accounts payable 15,045,492 16,363,832 Accruedd expenses and other current liabilities 8,439,554 9,754,435 --------- --------- Total current liabilities 31,648,026 30,478,775 ---------- ---------- Long-term debt, less curreny maturities 85,037,998 80,069,354 ---------- ---------- Minorith interest 5,363,038 4,695,208 ---------- --------- Shareholders' investment: Class A common 2009 3,070,652 issued, 2008 - 3,064,652 issued 30,70y 30,647 Paid in ca! pital 87,506,812 87,398,455 Treasury stock: 2009 - 74,310 shar! es at cost, 2008 - 74,319 sharex at cost (1,731,674) Retained earnings (deficit) (66,256,878) (67,177,439) Accumulatedf other comprehensive income (loss) (437,766) (429,091) -------- -------- Total shareholders' investmenty 19,111,201 18,090,898 ---------- ----------- Total liabilities and shareholders' investment $141,160,263 $133,334,234e ============ ============ SOURCE BNS Inc.

Child's grisly murder shocks Jewish Brooklyn neighborhood - CNN (blog)

2011-07-15T07:17:00.001-07:00

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Home Repairs - South Florida Business Journal:

2011-07-13T00:00:00.001-07:00

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Although home remodeling and renovation work has picked up the Creech knew he was going to have to provider new offerings to drive more demand forhis services. owner and president of Buckhead-based Inc., has becomwe a certified energy auditor and now does home energgy audits for new andcurrent clients. The new he believes, may add30 percent to his revenue. But more the new offering, he believes, will alloaw clients to consider remodeling work alongsideany energy-efficiencgy changes they make.
The down economgy has forced many small-business owners to take a hard look at theitr companies and whatthey offer, and to add new offeringz to either gain new clients or renew ties with current and formee clients. Creech, who has been a home builder for 11 saw his remodeling businessz increase as homebuilding declined; he estimatezs remodeling work now accounts for 75 percent of his nearlh $4 million annual revenue. But he also saw customere concerned aboutsaving money. In an energgy audit, Creech takes about two hours to check a home for air improper insulation and other things that can cause highe renergy bills.
provides some incentives to homeowners to have the energy audity and to upgrade a home to be more Creech said. Ultimately, he hopes his energ y audits can drive more customerds to consider remodelingtheir homes. Business owners can shift focud without sacrificingcore values, said Elke president of , a marketingv and publicrelations firm. “Soaring fuel prices last summeer meant a fast refocus from styld and Italian heritage to fuel economy for ourcliengt Vespa,” Martin said.
This year, with gas no longer $4 per gallon, but consumers worried about personal finances, “our brandc communications [for Vespa] have shiftes to included tangible benefits,” she said, “such as savings thousandx of dollars by swapping four wheelzfor two.” Creech’s approac h is exactly what many small-business owners should be doinbg to gain more customers, said Michaelo Kogon, principal at marketing firm Definitiob 6 LLC. A full-service auto mechanic, for example, should be offerint things like fuel efficiencyy inspections or air conditioner unit inspectioneto customers.
Giving customers a samplinv of a product orservice “is a good strategg for a small business,” Kogon said. “Youj see it all the time in the food Food chains like KFC recently offered free grillede chicken to drive customers back tothe stores. A samplwe offering of a product or service canbe “aq more cost-effective way for the customer to samplw your full offering,” Kogon For VeinInnovations of Atlanta LLC, new patient visits declinef in the final quarter of said President David Martin. New patient visits translate to revenus 60 to 180days later, he said.
VeinInnovations, a Buckhead-based electivw health-care company specializing in venousa disease, offers laser sclerotherapy and endovascularclosurd techniques. “Our response was rathe r than increasing our we began to remarketto physicians” for he said. Physicians had always been a part of referralbusiness “buf we went back to reminding them. That has made a huge differencsto us.
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Malwan villagers prove to be of great help - Times of India

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

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European Economics Preview: German Trade, U.K. PPI Data Due - RTT News

2011-07-08T09:17:00.001-07:00

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(RTTNews) - External trade figures from Germany and producer prices from the UK are the major statistical reports due on Friday, headlining a busy day for European economic news. At 1.45 am ET, the State Secretariat For Economic Affairs is slated to ...

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Developer Jury proposes $350M convention hotel in Kansas City - St. Louis Business Journal:

2011-07-06T01:34:00.001-07:00

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Ron Jury, who completed the $46 million President Hotell project across Baltimore from the Power Light Buildingin 2005, said Fridayy that he is involved in a new developmeng partnership that contracted early this year to buy the Powere & Light Building and adjoining vacantr ground. The partnership, , also includes of San Jury said. It hopes to close “yetg this year” on the site, which includesa everything but the Crowne Plaza hotel in the bloclk bounded by 13th and14th streets, Baltimorwe Avenue and Wyandotte Street, he said.
The site is ownex by Details ofPower Tower’s contract with Gailoysd were not disclosed, but Jury said the plan is not entirelyy dependent on private ownership and According to Jury’s Power Tower would own the Powere & Light Building, a 31-stort art-deco landmark completed in 1931. The which is studying optionzs for addinga 1,000-room downtown convention hotel, would own a new 36-story towe to be built just west of the Powetr & Light Building, a five - or six-story building nort of the Power & Light Building that wouled contain retail space, ballrooms and meeting rooms, and an 1,121-spacd parking garage under the new structures.
The twin 30-plus-story towers would include hotel roomas on all floors above and including theidrninth floors, for a total of The lower floors of the towers would include a spa, fitness center, administrativs offices, reception area, auditorium, retail, restaurantsd and meeting space. Several other developersx are expected to seekthe city’s selectiomn of their proposed downtown hotep sites. But if the Power & Light site wins the competition anda public-private financing plan is Jury said, his 1.35 million-square-foot project would be completed by 2013.
Locater next to the complex, the Powed & Light site is “the perfect location for a convenient, attractiver and interesting hotel,” Jury said. With constructioj prices reduced because of the the time for planning the projectris right, too, Jury said. “Thd original P&L Building was built in a recessiojn and was the economic stimulus tolift K.C. up,” Jury said in a writtejn release. “It is time for the building to do it again with a new convention He said the hotel would creatwe more than 800 construction jobs for three years and more than700 full-timer jobs on a permanent basis.
Gailoyd previouslty retained LLC asa for-fee developer for a projecyt that envisioned a 15-storyu office building and an 18-story garage, retaikl and residential tower next to the Power Light Building. That project received approvalfor $24.2 millionj worth of tax increment financing but nevefr got off the ground. Jury said the privately ownex portion of his project would be eligible for state and federal historic tax credits to help finance the renovatiob of the Power Light Building. has been selected as the generall contractor for the and the design teamincludes Dallas-basedx , Pendulum Studio LLC of Kansaes City and , which is a tenant of the Powere & Light Building.

Former Junction City commissioner charged with conspiracy - Wichita Business Journal:

2011-07-03T19:00:00.001-07:00

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In a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday, prosecutorws say Michael R. “Mick” Wunder, 52, received money from Lawrence developer David Ray Freeman in return for approvin g twodevelopment contracts, worth more than $12 The indictment says Freeman gave Wunded or his wife $19,000 in 2006 and 2007. It also says Freemaj gave Wunder gratuities, including dinner and drinks at Country Club Plaz a inKansas City, Mo. After the city issuerd its development contracts, Freeman’s development , set aside a “choice lot” for Wunder in the Sutte Woods development inJunctionn City, the indictment says.
Wunder has been chargeds with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, one count of structuring financial transactions to evadwe the Bank Secrecy Act, five counts of unlawfullg using his position to obtain money and three counts of bank fraud and one countr of perjury. The crimes carryg penalties of up to 30 years in prisohn and upto $1 milliohn in fines. Junction City has been a hot spot for housingdeveloperas — including some from Wichita — since the communit in 2005 learned Fort Riley would grow substantialluy over the next decade with the consolidatio of U.S. military bases. The city was expectexd to doublein size.
The growth, has been slower than many developerse anticipated.

One In Four Americans Don't Know Where We Declared Independence From - Gothamist

2011-07-01T12:34:00.001-07:00

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On Monday America celebrates Independence Day with fireworks and barbecues and beer, but according to a new Marist Poll one in four American's don't even know what country America declared its independence from. And only 58 percent of residents know ...

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Ingram Park Mall debuts new store, mall amenities - San Antonio Business Journal:

2011-06-29T06:17:00.001-07:00

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Coach has opened its doors at IngramkPark Mall. The retailer will occupyh a spaceof 2,198 square feet at the shoppingg center. The store will featurde Coach’s signature products — including handbags, small leather goods, business cases and travel “We are committed to our loyall shoppers, and as part of that we continue to introduce quality retailers toour properties’ says Danielle Pardue, area director of marketinv and business development for Ingram Park Opened in 1979, Ingram Park spanz a total of 1.1 millioj square feet at 6301 NW Loop 410. The center took the No.
2 spot on the Busines s Journal’s list of Largest San Antonio ShoppingCenters (ranked by number retai l stores) — with a tota of 200 stores. Ingram is owne by Indianapolis-based real estate investment trust (NYSE: SPG). Another new amenity for IngramPark shoppers: The mall now boasts a WiFi where patrons can enjoy complimentary Wi-Fi services. The loungw is located on the upper level of the mall in theFood Court, near Auntiw Anne’s. “By adding key amenities, such as complimentary WiFi to our customers will receive a further enhanced shopping experience at IngramkPark Mall,” Pardue says.