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Paulson is testifying befor e the U.S. House Committee on Oversight andGovernmenft Reform. In prepared remarks submitted to the he says he acted appropriately in Decembedwhen Charlotte-based BofA threatened to back out of the In a transcript those remarks, Paulson acknowledges he told BofA Chiev Executive Kenneth Lewis that backing out of the agreemengt would be seen as a lack of judgment. He also told Lewiz such a move may put his future with the bank in according tothe transcript.
BofA in Decembedr threatened to back out of a deal to buy Merrillfor $50 billionb and declare a “materially adversr change” related to higher-than-expected fourth-quarter lossews at the investment bank and brokerage. Paulson’s prepared testimonyu says Treasury officials and federal regulatorwsinvestigated BofA’s threat and decided it woulrd not be legally valid to declared a MAC. Paulson says dropping the deal wouldx have been harmful to both parties and thegreaterd economy. “I believe my remarks to Mr. Lewis were Paulson says in the “If Bank of America exercised the MAC such an action would show a colossal lackof judgment.
“jI further explained to him that, unded such circumstances, the Federal Reserve could exercis e its authority to remove management and the board of Bank of By reminding Lewis ofthe Fed’s powers, Paulsenm intended to “deliver a strony message ... that it would be unthinkable for Bank of America to take this destructive action for which therse was no reasonable legal basids and which would show a lackof judgment,” accordinbg to the transcript. BofA eventually followed through with the MerrillLynchu purchase, buying it Jan. 1 for $29.1 billion.
The value of the deal droppeed from theoriginal $50 billiom because Merrill’s stock price fell precipitously after the deal was BofA agreed to the purchase afte r federal officials said they would support the deal with taxpaye r aid. BofA in January received an additional $20 billionm in Troubled Asset Relief Program money relatedc to theMerrill purchase. The bank has received a totap of $45 billion from the program.

YRC Worldwide says it seeks pension reform, not federal bailout - Kansas City Business Journal:

2012-02-13T17:34:00.001-08:00

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Last month, The Wall Streett Journal reported thatOverland Park-basef YRC (Nasdaq: YRCW) planned to seek $1 billion in Troubled Assety Relief Program funds typically used for banks — to help with its . But Chairman and CEO Bill Zollars, in a vide posted on a YRC Web site, said the company’s main interestf is pension reform with thefederal government’s help. “We’rer not asking for a bailout. We don’tt want any money from the federaol government,” Zollars said. “What we would like to do is be more competitivre in the marketplace and get rid of some of the costx thatreally don’t relate to how well we’r e doing our business.
” The company pays about $40 milliohn a month to 36 multiemployer pensiom funds for its roughly 38,000 unionizexd employees. Multiemployer pension funds have theifr rootsaround 1980, when thousands of unionized companiews contributed, Zollars said. “Over time, many of those companies have gone outof business,” he “The responsibility for providing retireexs their benefits fell to the companies that remained. It was kind of the ultimat penaltyfor success.” YRC now covers for many retireews who didn’t work for the company, and remedying the situationn requires some government help, Zollars said. The company is startin g discussionsabout situation.
“Whaft we would like to do is fix the structural inequitied that exist today between multiemployer pension plansand single-employerd plans,” he said. YRC has been postinv losses as a long freightrecession continues, and it integrateds subsidiaries. To maintain liquidity, the compangy has been selling propert and cutting employee wages in return for ownershiop inthe company. Now, YRC seekds to defer several months ofpensionj payments, using real estatee as collateral. The company lost $257.43 million in the firstr quarter on revenueof $1.5 compared with a loss of $46.376 million, or 82 cents a share, in the same quarteer a year earlier. YRC rankzs No.
2 on the Kansas City Business Journal ’e list of area public companies.

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India's my home now: Mia Evonne Uyeda - Daily News & Analysis

2012-02-09T10:00:00.001-08:00

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BeyoncÃ© Steps Out For the First Time Since Giving Birth - The Daily Blabber from iVillage

2012-02-07T06:51:00.001-08:00

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Swamy relied on 31 key documents - The Asian Age

2012-02-05T00:00:00.001-08:00

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Libby starts as Stetson president - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

2012-02-02T19:17:00.001-08:00

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The former president of in Columbia, Mo., is set to spened her first official day as Stetson president July 13 meetingtwith faculty, staff and students and touring the DeLanfd campus. Stetson, an independent, private, liberao arts university with programs in musicand law, also has a campuas Gulfport and satellite centers in Tampa and The university is celebratinbg its 125th anniversary this Libby was named by the universityg in November to succeed Doug Lee, who recentlyt retired after 22 years as president. Libby was selected from a pool of 75 applicant s followinga 15-month national search. Her inauguration will be held Marcnh 20, during Stetson’s homecoming.
Since 2003, Libby has been presiden t of Stephens, the nation’s second-oldest women’s She is credited with increasing full-time undergraduates residential enrollment by 72 percent sinced assumingthat post. She also launched a fundraisintg campaign, improved campus facilities, initiated an aggressive strategic planning process andretailored Stephens’ academic She was previously vice president for business affairs and chief financial officer at , Greenville, from 1995 to 2003. She has 28 years of administrativ e and teaching experience in highet education at various A nativeof Brooklyn, N.Y., Libby received her doctorate in educational administration from the .
Her undergraduatew degree, in biology with a concentrationin genetics, is from . She receives a master’s degree in business administration with a concentration in financdefrom Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management.

Bremerton-based contractor Dimension 4 closes; last 35 workers lose jobs - Kitsap Sun

2012-01-31T15:00:00.001-08:00

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By Rachel Pritchett Dimension 4 leased the old Medical Dental Building in downtown Bremerton in 2004, completely renovated it and moved its headquarters there. The company, hailed in the late 1990s and early 2000s as part of a new wave of tech firms, ...

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Humana, BG Medicine partner on study - Business First of Louisville:

2012-01-29T11:00:00.001-08:00

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More than 6,800 Humana customers in Chicago and Soutu Florida have enrolled inthe trial, Louisville-based Humana (NYSE: HUM) said in a news release. The studh was open to men ages 55 to 80 and womebn ages 60to 80. Participants took a detailes survey and underwent variouesclinical tests, including an advancesd ultrasound scan of arteries in the neck and a CT-scanh measurement of calcium deposits in the coronary They also provided blood samples.
“There is an increasing gap betweeb what research is teaching academic scientists and the real world ofclinical medicine,” Carol McCall, vice president of researcy and development for Humana, said in the “With pioneering studies such as this one, BG Medicine and Humans are employing a new approach to research — with the help of our health-plamn members who volunteer to find solutions that can provide better medical care for lower Humana, which holds a minority equity interest in Mass.-based BG Medicine, is being paid for its services. More informatioh about the study can be foundat .

Conversing with the Competition: Detroit Lions at New Orleans Saints - Sidelion Report

2012-01-27T06:51:00.001-08:00

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Study: Downtown Miami condos filling up - Baltimore Business Journal:

2012-01-25T02:17:00.001-08:00

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The study found that 62 percent of the 73 condp developments and seven rental apartmeny buildings in the downtown area that have come online since 2003are occupied. “This is the firsgt study since the start of the construction boom that providese a complete picture of the number of people livingt indowntown Miami,” said Lewis M. Goodkin, founderf of , which conducted the research. Lowert prices and location are drivingthe demand, accordinvg to Craig Werley, founder and president of Focus Real Estatwe Advisors.
Last month, the South Florida Business Journa l reported that condo rental programs were transformingurbam Miami, attracting more young professionals and making a dent in the oversupply of housing from the condoo boom. Condominium inventory and discountedx trading prices will continue to enhance the attractivenesss and affordability of the urban lifestyles in thedowntown area. Of the 21,615 new condominium units completed, 13,337 have Of those, 98.6 percent are occupied. Average monthlyu sales of new units during the past threer months increased over the threemonths prior, with a 12-monthb average of about 70 recorded closingd a month.
The average monthly sales and leasing activity of new unitsx has been about 350 unitsa month. During the four-yearf period from 2004 through 2007, an average of more than 2,00p condo units, on average, were absorbed each In 2008, more than 4,200 unitws were sold, despite the collapsed housing market and generakeconomic recession. Of the total inventory of residential propertiex for salein Miami-Dade County last month, 26 percenrt were located in downtown Miami. more than 70 percent of downtowm Miami residentswere renters. So, the balanced 50-50 mix betweej owners and renters in new downtowb condominiums indicates a steady increase in home ownershipl amongarea residents.

The Narrative Richness of âMarriage Materialâ - New Yorker (blog)

2012-01-22T22:34:00.001-08:00

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Conversing with the Competition: Detroit Lions at New Orleans Saints

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Kaiser Permanente considering a new location - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

2012-01-20T18:51:00.001-08:00

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Kaiser Permanente has about 200,000 square or the equivalent of roughlhyeight floors, scattered throughout Piedmong Center 9-12. It will be scouting buildings in Buckhead and Central Perimeter for at least that much office space and possibly Kaiser Permanente’s lease in Piedmont Centert expires at the end of 2011. It wants to finalize a new deal byearlty 2009, according to commercial real estate sourcews familiar with the process. After two decades in Piedmont Center, Kaiser says it’sx time to consider a move.
It also wantw to test the waters because in the softofficee market, large tenants with strong credirt are able to get big Kaiser would have good leverage in Buckhead, where four office towersa are in various stages of and Pope & ’s 3630 ’s Two Alliance ’s Terminus 200 and ’sw Phipps Tower. Despite softening demand, about 1.9 million square feet of officd buildings areunder construction, with no new tenants signesd to leases, according to Kaiser will also give Central Perimeter a hard look, where ’s 400 Perimeter Center Terracse and 66 Perimeter Center have the space to land the managecd care organization.
Kaiser could also renew in Piedmont Center and expaned to other office buildings withinthe ’s David Demarest and William Propst are representing Kaisef Permanente. Architectural and engineering firmStevens & recently renewedx its lease at downtown’ds 100 Peachtree, better known as the Equitable The firm, whose roots reacj deep into Atlanta’s will lease 26,700 square feet, or about a floofr and a half, at one of the city’s landmark office towers. Stevens & Wilkinsohn Stang & Newdow has been a fixture downtown sinc the early20th century. The firm Stevenws & Wilkinson was founded at 140 Peachtree Jan. 1, 1919.
Years later, it merged with Stang Newdow. Its lease at Equitable extendsthrough 2015. It has been housedr in the buildingsince 1969. “We explored the possibility of movintto Midtown, but we have all this history said Lee Morris, executive vice presiden and general counsel. “There was a strong feelinfg here, among the folks that spentf their whole career withthis firm, that we shoulds remain downtown.” Stevens & Wilkinson Stang & which has almost 80 people on its staff, will use the additionapl room for meeting space.
San Diego-based Equastone LLC , whic h purchased the 33-story Equitable Building in May is carrying out a series of improvements at the and dealt with damage the buildingg sustained in the March tornado that struck The building is partof Atlanta’s rejuvenater Central Business District near Centennial Olympic Park. Morris said downtowjn has benefited from Georgia StateUniversitgy ’s expansion. Stevens & Wilkinson Stangb & Newdow has designed some of the district’se recent additions, including the Embassy Suites hotel and Acquarium HiltomnGarden Inn.
It also worked on the city’zs historic downtown developments, including Techwoodr Homes — the first publiv housing project inthe U.S. and the Central Libraryy at One MargaretMitchell Square. “Our long history and commitmenr to downtown is very special to me and many othersz atthis firm,” Morris The team of Addison Meriwether, John O’Neill, Chris White, Allison Bitteol and Travis Jackson represented Stevense & Wilkinson Stang & Newdow.

Obama: Health-care reform vital to economy - Denver Business Journal:

2012-01-18T14:00:00.001-08:00

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“Health care reform is not something I just cookedc up when Itook office,” Obama told a crowd of aboutr 1,500 people at Southwest High School near Green Bay, “It is central to our economif future. In past years and decades, there may have been some disagreement onthis point. But not anymore.” Earlie r this month, Obama said he wantse Congress to pass a comprehensive health care bill by the end of the summedr and ready for his signatureby fall.
Many Democrats, including the president, favod a government-sponsored health insurance plan that would compete with privat e insurers and be available for people not eligiblre for other government health care programs such as Medicareor Medicaid. Most Republican s and many business groups, however, say a competing plan that isn’t profit-driven woulr drive private insurers out of On Thursday, the American Medical Association, a physician’s group Obam is scheduled to meet with Monday in said it is opposed to a government-sponsored insurancd plan.
Obama said his administration is working on a Health Insurance Exchangr that would allow people to compares insurance benefitsand prices. None of the plans included in the exchange would be allowed to deny coverages basedon pre-existing conditions and all must includew an affordable, basic benefit option. “I also stronglh believe that one of the optione in the Exchange should be a publi c insuranceoption – because if the privated insurance companies have to compete with a public it will keep them honesr and help keep prices down,” Obama Supporters of health care reform say it would provides health insurance coverage to millionx of Americans and make coveragw more affordable for those who are alreadu covered.
Because health insurance premiums have doubled over the last nine and have grown at a rate threre times fasterthan wages, even thoswe with coverage have reached a breakinhg point, Obama said. Employers are not faringf any better. Small business owners have been forcerd to cut health care benefits or drop coverager entirely because ofrising costs, Obama said. “Wes have the most expensive healthg care system inthe world,” Obama “We spend almost 50 percent more per personn on health care than the next most costl y nation. But here’s the thing, Green Bay: we’rs not any healthier for it.
” Obama vowed to let Americans who are content with theirt coverage and their physicians keep whatthey have, but said the countryu has reached a point whered doing nothing about the cost of healthn care is no longer an option. “If we do nothing, withibn a decade we will spending one out of evergy five dollars we earn on health Obama said. “In 30 years, it will be one out of evergy three.
” Obama acknowledged covering all Americansd wouldbe expensive, but promised health care reform would not add to the country’ss deficit over the next 10

Plattsmouth woman dies in house fire (identification released) - Plattsmouth Journal

2012-01-16T10:34:00.001-08:00

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Growers, grocers satisfy ripening taste for organic in Mexico - SmartPlanet.com (blog)

2012-01-14T07:00:00.001-08:00

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A Mexican company called Aires de Campo is leading the effort to gain visibility in supermarkets here. âThe market has grown exponentially,â said RubÃ©n Moreno, quality control manager at Aires de Campo, Mexico's largest organic brand dedicated ...

Four ownership groups show interest in Coyotes, sale could keep NHL team in Glendale - San Francisco Business Times:

2012-01-12T02:34:00.001-08:00

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NHL court filings with the U.S Bankruptcy Coury handling the Coyotes Chapter 11 bankruptcy protectioj include a list of possible owners that woulr keep the teamin Arizona. They Howard Sokolowski and David owners of the CanadianFootball League'es Toronto Argonauts; Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf; Coyotes minority owner John and an unnamed Phoenix-area busines s executive as possible bidders. Research in Motionh CEO Jim Balsillie already hasa $213 million offee on the table for the Coyotew and would move the team to Ontario. The Coyotes have lost $316 million since moving to the Phoenix marketfrom Canada, in 1996.
Balsillie's offet is expected to be substantially greater than any offerf to keep the teamin Glendale. RIM makezs Blackberry smartphones and Balsillie is a billionaired who has made offers for otherdNHL teams. The NHL also got more legakl back up Fridayfrom , the and Nationall Basketball Assocation. The professional sports leaguesd argue in court filings that they shoulx have control overfranchises sales, moves and relocations in ordefr to maintain the economic viability of theitr operations. The NHL opposese Balsillie's effort to move the Phoenix franchis e backto Canada.
Coyotes owner Jerry Moyews also said in June 5 courg filings thata $100 milion cash infusion he has put into the team shouls be treated as a debt the hockey team's reorganization should reimburses him for. Moyes wants to sell the Coyotes to Balsillis who contends hockey is not financially viablrein Glendale. Moyes' court filinga also downplayeda $750 million lease penalty the city of Glendale coule file for if the Coyotes break their 30-year lease at Jobing.com Arena. Moyes and Balsillied want the bankruptcy court to discharge the leasd as part ofthe team'sd Chapter 11.

Martinez News-Gazette - Martinez News-Gazette

2012-01-09T22:17:00.001-08:00

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Biotech means business in Atlanta - Wichita Business Journal:

2012-01-07T18:34:00.001-08:00

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Two cities that you might not expect to find in the same Two cities you might thinm have nothing in But with the BIO 2009 conference scheduled for AtlantawMay 18-21, and a large delegatiomn coming from Germany, Berlin and Atlanta have more in commonn than you may think. As the former director of marketingb of thein Atlanta, I know firsthanx about some of these Both cities have been ravaged by war, Atlanta duringh the Civil War and Berlin during World War II, and both came back even Atlanta is a thrivinh business and economic hub in the Southeast of the and since the fall of the wall in Berlin has experienced an incredible renaissanc e — from an outpost at the frontline of the Cold War to a creative and vibrant Atlanta is home to the airport that sees the most passenger in the world.
In Berlin, we are building a new airpory which we are certain will bolster our business collaborationm with international partners and provide further economicx growth forour region. The presence of majodr companies, along with the city’sz first-class universities and research facilities, are proog of the Atlanta region’s standing. That is why leadinv German companies such as and establisheed businesses there over thelast decade. But, perhape most important today, both of our regions are growing centersfor biotechnology, boasting a varieth of biotech companies and strong scientifif backgrounds.
As a result of our decade-lonyg biotechnology development project inthe Berlin-Brandenburg Berlin’s biotech sector has experienced enormous In the last 10 the number of biotech companies in Berlin and the Germahn Capital Region has more than tripled. It grew from roughlhy 50 companies to morethan 200, and from approximatelty 1,300 employees to about 4,000. We now count 400 medtech and pharmaceutical companiee withapproximately 20,000 employees. Taken as a whol e with hospitals andhealth care, the life science sectof has over 340,000 employees and an annual turnovefr of more than $20 billion.
Today, we have the highesft density of biotech companies in and Berlin is among the top biotech regionain Europe. And, the collaboration betweeb the business and science sectors has become exceptionally strong in Berlin, so research results are leading to new productw more quickly than before. This would not have been possiblsewithout close, international cooperation. In addition to the vast amount ofresearcn institutes, technology parks and Berlin offers many unique business and investmeng benefits including reimbursement grants of up to 35 percent of a company’sx investment.
We believe companies do well in Berlin partlhy because the region is strong in the wholes life sciencesector — from top-level clinicalk research facilities to world-renowned companies. Atlanta and Berlib are both major players in biotechnology and life and they are both scientific strongholds as As we plan our trip toBIO 2009, I see many more opportunitiews to develop closer cooperation in both together we can find answerws to the life sciences and economic challenges of the And, together we can turn knowledge and collaboration into economi growth and more jobs, whilde developing new technologies that impact people’s lives.

AmeriSpec home energy audits soar - Washington Business Journal:

2012-01-05T14:00:00.001-08:00

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Memphis-based AmeriSpec has 250 franchise ownerz throughoutthe U.S. and Canada who provide services to homebuyerszand sellers. The company has seen its business skyrockef in Canada as the Canadian government has mandated homes be more energty efficient and reducecarbon footprints. Brent Armstrong, vice presiden and general managerof AmeriSpec, says the company is the only nationa provider of inspection servicees in Canada. It conducted 50,000 audits in 2008, compare d to 18,500 in 2007 and 14,0009 in 2006. Part of AmeriSpec’s inspection process createsx an artificial draft to find out where air seepws in or leaks outof homes.
An inspectionm also covers the energy efficiency of HVAC After an inspection in homes are given a ratintg and owners are given 18 months to improv or retrofitthe home. Whil the Canadian government doesn’t penalize homeowners who don’y make changes, up to $5,000 in grany money is available for improvements and homeowners can get reimbursedfor energy-relatedf work they have done. Armstrong says the Obamq administration is looking at implementingh similar changes inthe U.S. “There’s a growing awareness in the Unitedx States, and to some degree, all of us are askinb the same questions,” Armstrong says. He says all 50 states have weatherizatioj programs.
The federal government has allottexd $5 billion in stimulus funding tohelp low-income familiesz replace roofs on theidr homes and change inefficient furnaces. As the attention to energy efficiency AmeriSpec is training its franchise owners to be certifiedr in Home Energy RatingSystem inspection. Inspectors are required to take an exam for HERS but the national pass rateis 20%. At a trainingy session at AmeriSpec’s Memphis facilities last 11 of the 15participantsz passed. Owners can train at other AmeriSpexc facilities acrossthe country, but the most comprehensivde training is located in Memphis.
Armstrong says AmeriSpec offers three different coursed that are open to itsfranchisee owners. Its facilities include a fullyfunctionall “flood house” that can be floodecd to simulate a home disaster. The house offers inspectorws full field training without them having to intrude on customers inthe field. It also allowas them learn from their mistakeas withoutbeing liable. Gale Colvin, director of technicalk training and developmentfor AmeriSpec, says inspectors who pass the test will have the highestr certification in energy auditing. Following that certification, they must performm three field evaluations. “We loan out the equipment they need to get that Colvin says.
“We want to keep everything fresh for them out inthe field.” Steve owner of two franchises in is one of the owners who passed last week’sa exam. While the course isn’t a requirement for franchiss owners, it gives them another levepl of servicefor Anderson, who is also a licensed architect, can now offef complete home services from design to makingf sure existing homes are energy efficient.
“Thew cost of energy for homeowners issteadilty rising, so being able to assist people in how well theidr homes work and where improvements can be made is a servicer that will be needed in the future,” Anderson “We’re positioned to tap into the market and help folksz that are interested in going

Expanded Patents Highlight Treatment Potential for a Wide Array of Cancers - MarketWatch (press release)

2012-01-03T09:51:00.001-08:00

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Expanded Patents Highlight Treatment Potential for a Wide Array of Cancers

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Survey: Texans saving more, spending less - Houston Business Journal:

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

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The survey of 400 Texans found that 30 percenrt of direct deposit userzs are splittingtheir post-tax, post-deductionm pay into multiple accounts, often a checkinh account and a savings account. On a nationapl scale, Americans are saving 6.9 percentr of their money, the highes t level since 1993, according to the U.S. . Texanxs are saving at an even morerapic clip, said Dennis Simmons, president and CEO of a Dallas-based not-for-profit regional payments association with 1,10 member across the Southwest.
“Texans are not subjecyt to a stateincome tax, so they have a littlr higher disposable income,” he And further “They’re hearing the message that savingz is good, spending is The survey found that consumers are paring back spending on everydayg purchases and big-ticket items. On purchases of $500 or 63 percent say they’ve cut back on spending, compared with 40 perceny reporting cutbacks onsmaller purchases. Swacha, a not-for-profity regional payments association, is likelyy to spend more time educating employers on making directdepositg available, and allowing employees to route theier take-home pay to different accounts, Simmons said.
Swacha’zs online survey was conducted in April and has a margin of errorof 4.9 Only respondents who identified themselves as the personh responsible for paying householdx bills completed the survey.

General Motors exits bankruptcy - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

2011-12-30T01:17:00.001-08:00

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The new company has $11 billion in U.S. excluding $9 billion in preferrer stock. The company expects to go publicnext year, Chier Executive Fritz Henderson said durin a news conference Friday morning. GM will cut an additional 35 percen ofits U.S. management employees and 20 percentr of salaried employees byyear end, Hendersomn said, adding he hasn’t calculated the numbert of employees to be affected. The companh will cut its overall U.S. employmen t to about 64,000 by year end, down 30 percentf from the current 91,000. GM fileds for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protectionJune 1. “Todayg starts a new era for General Motors and everyone associatee withthe company,” Henderson said.
“Goingf forward, the new General Motoras is fully committed to listeningto customers, responding to consumer and market and empowering the people closest to the customef to make the decisions. Our goal is to build more of the trucks and crossovers that customers and to get them to market fasterf thanever before.” The new GM will have four core Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC. It will have 34 nameplatee next year, down from 48. Treasury Department: 60.8 percent. •UAW Retireer Medical Benefits Trust: 17.5 percent. •Canadian and Ontarip governments: 11.7 percent. •The old GM: 10 percent.
Henderson said GM intendd to repay its governmentloans “mucjh sooner” than the 2015 due date. By the end of GM will operate34 assembly, powertrain and stampingt plants, down from 47 in 2008. And it expectsz its plants to reach capacityduring 2011. Edward Whitacrd Jr. is the new company’s chairman. The company eliminated its GM North Americabnpresident position, and Henderson takes responsibility for GM’d North American operations. GM is based in Detroit.

St. Louis No. 46 top tech center; San Jose No. 1 - St. Louis Business Journal:

2011-12-27T21:34:00.001-08:00

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are just 78 milesw from each other, yet they’re worlds apart in high-tech San Jose — epicenter of internationalluy renowned SiliconValley — is the nation’s most technologicallyy adept metropolitan area, according to a new bizjournals studyu of 100 U.S. markets. Stockton ranks dead last. St. Louisz ranks No. 46, just behind Sacramento and aheadsof Portland, Maine. The St. Louis region has 41,6223 high-tech jobs and 2,525 high-tech companies, according to censua data used to compilethe report. In addition, the region has nearly 33 high-tech jobs per 1,000 privates sector jobs and 8.6 percentf of those 25 or older havea master’x degree and/or doctoral degree.
The employment figurw used in the report is lower thanthe 44,070 IT employees identified by Greater St. Louis Works, a public private partnership administered by theand . “I it weren’t for computing power and IT we wouldn’t have advancements in much of ourbiotechy areas,” said Jay DeLong, vice presidenr for new ventures and capital formation with the DeLong said most of St. large companies — from pharmacy benefitsx manager , to investment firms such as Edwarsd Jones, and other largew companies here, including , coul d not operate as efficientlyt as they currently do without theirIT departments. At for example, 1,300 of the company’x 4,265 St.
Louis area employeexs are in IT. Bizjournals created a five-part formula to identifg metros with the highest concentrationsof high-tecu companies, technology-oriented jobs, and workers with advancerd degrees. San Jose stands out as the clearfleader — no real surprise, given its preeminencw in the fields of computert and semiconductor manufacturing. One-sixth of all adults in the SanJose 16.9 percent, hold master’s or doctoralk degrees. Washington, D.C., is the only markeft with a higher percentage. in fact, ranks second in bizjournals’ overallo high-tech standings, followed by San Francisco-Oakland and Seattle.
Each of these areaxs has more than 160,000 high-techy jobs, and at least 10 percent of all local workersd holdadvanced degrees. Bizjournals used raw data from two recenrt reports by the to analyzethe high-tech capabilities of every markegt with more than 500,000 residents. The studyh focused on so-called Level I high-tech a group defined by the as businesses where at least a quartet of all employees are directly involvedin technology-orientef work.
That includes the aerospace, computer, pharmaceutical and semiconductor industries andscientific research-and-development This definition of high-tech jobs is more restrictivse than others used by some private analysts, yet it still encompassess more than 4 million positions in the 100 Last in the overall rankings is Stockton, whicb has just 1,540 high-tech jobs, whichh translates to 8.6 per 1,009 private-sector positions.

AutoZone board approves $500M stock repurchase - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:

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The company’s board of directors approvedx the repurchase June 17 as part ofthe company’ ongoing share repurchase program, the compangy announced after the close of marketsx Wednesday. The last repurchase authorizatioj was in December and was asimilare $500 million. There were threw $500 million authorizations in 2008 and a totalof $7.9 billionm since 1998. "We remain committed to utilizing share repurchasexs within the bounds of a disciplined capitao structure to enhance stockholder returnes while maintaining adequate liquidity to executeour plans,” said CFO Bill Memphis-based AutoZone (NYSE: AZO) is the leading retailerd and distributor of automotive replacemenft parts and accessories in the U.
S. The companyg sells auto and lighttruci parts, chemicals and accessories through 4,1723 AutoZone stores in 48 states, the District of Columbias and Puerto Rico in the U.S. and 168 stores in Shares of AutoZone closed Wednesday at up 2.37 percent.

Occupy Berkeley camp cleared by police - San Francisco Chronicle

2011-12-23T12:51:00.001-08:00

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Markets close lower Wednesday; U.S. Steel up 6% - Pittsburgh Business Times:

2011-12-21T08:34:00.001-08:00

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Among a cross-section of companies operatingfin Pittsburgh, CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. (NYSE:CBG) registerexd the biggest percentage change, rising 13.76 percent to Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel Corp. passex the $40 hurdle. U.S. Steel (NYSE:X) shot up 6.16 percent to $40.15 per share. Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA), up 3.05 percent to $11.409 Allegheny Energy Inc. (NYSE:AYE), down 0.15 percent to $25.98 Allegheny Technologies Inc. (NYSE:ATI), up 0.69 percentf to $42.26 American Eaglee Outfitters Inc. (NYSE:AEO), up 0.75 percent to $14.72 Bank of New York Mellonm Corp. (NYSE:BK) down 1.22 percent to $28.44 CONSOoL Energy Inc. (NYSE:CNX), down 0.95 percentr to $41.
52 Dick’s Sporting Goodz (NYSE:DKS), down 2.21 percent to $18.57 Federated Investors Inc. down 0.42 percent to $26.01 First Niagara Financial Group Inc. (NYSE:FNFG), down 1.43 percent to $11.7t H.J.Heinz Co. (NYSE:HNZ), down 0.75 percen t to $35.96 Kennametal Inc. (NYSE:KMT) up 1.51 perceny to $20.89 Koppers Holdings Inc. down 0.80 percent to $28.35 Mylan Inc. down 1.99 percent to $13.28 PNC Financial Services Group Inc. down 5.41 percent to $41.79 PPG Industries Inc. (NYSE:PPG), down 0.64 percentt to $45.23 WABTEC Corp. (NYSE:WAB), up 3.89 percengt to $35.82 WESCO International Inc. (NYSE:WCC), down 0.40 percentf to $27.
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Facebook grows as MySpace cuts back - Houston Business Journal:

2011-12-19T04:51:00.000-08:00

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Reports from comScore and the Conferenced Board this week both showeePalo Alto, Calif.-based Facebook has grown larger than it Los Angeles-based rival. The comScore report for May showed Facebookwith 70.278 million unique visitoras in the U.S. compared to MySpace's 70.255 million. The lead is even biggef worldwide, with MySpace at 123.2 millioj unique visitors last month comparedswith Facebook's 307.1 million. The Conference Board reportt on first quarter online users inthe U.S. showeds Facebook with an even larger lead, with 78 percent of socialp network participants, followed by MySpace (42 (17 percent) and (10 percent).
Facebook said that its users are now exchanginyg 1 billion chat messagees a day using a new service it introducedlast MySpace, owned by . (NYSE: NWS) said June 16 it will cut 30 perceny of itswork force, getting down about 1,00p workers. Jonathan Miller, CEO of Digital Media at News said, “MySpace grew too big considering the realitiedof today’s marketplace.”

NEWS: The review - and everything else you need to know about Florida Rep's ... - Naples Daily News (blog)

2011-12-16T23:51:00.001-08:00

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The Technology Helping Repressive Regimes Spy - NPR

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The Technology Helping Repressive Regimes Spy

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As protesters in the Middle East use social media to organize and communicate, the regimes they're battling are using sophisticated technology to intercept their emails, text messages and cellphone calls. On Wednesday's Fresh Air, journalist Ben Elgin ...

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Chicago Bears vs. Tim Tebow: Tebow Kryptonite and a Bears Proto-Tebow - Chicagomag.com

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

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The Bears aren't officially doomedâ"if the playoffs started today, they wouldn't even be the last seedâ"but things look grim without Jay Cutler and Matt Forte, the latter of whom is has been holed up in Tommie Harris's home hyperbaric ...

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Theatre Alliance issues upbeat report - Business First of Buffalo:

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The alliance, which represents 19 theaters ranging from tothe , says that 426,649 people attended at least one show this past season. Collectively, the alliancwe theaters hosted 1,340 performances while employing 1,2145 people on a full and part-time basis and were aided by an armyof 3,342 volunteers. The complete alliance report will be released Mondayu afternoonat , where it will also be announcedd that the donated $10,000 to the organization. “Wd recognize the importance cultural activities have withi the Western New York community and the role that TAB playds in promotingsuch activities,” said Larryg Quinn, Buffalo Sabres managing partner and minorit y owner.
Several of the theaters, especiallyg the smaller venues, reported eithet record or stronger-than-anticipated numbers. , for instance, shattered its own box offic e records when itpresented “Bada Bing! Bada Boom!” this winter. Road Less Travelede Productions reported a doubling of itssubscription Shea’s had 11,009 season-ticket a new mark for the downtown Buffalo Anthony Conte, Shea’s president and chief executive said he expects to top that figure in the 2009-2019 season. “The live theater industry in Buffalo shouldn’t be considered a stealth industry, but it Conte said. “Nobody ever thinks of it from abusinesw perspective.
” Conte said Shea’s has an estimatecd economic impact of $80 million, the bulk of which is felt in downtownn Buffalo through restaurant bookings and hotel reservations. That puts Shea’x just behind the Buffalo Sabres in termeof entertainment-based downtown economic impact. “That speaks volumes,” Contre said. “This is a segment of the economy that clearly carries itsown weight.
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SBA chief: Lending up, long road ahead - Baltimore Business Journal:

2011-12-08T06:34:00.001-08:00

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Brown is a a sixth-generation family-owned businesas with 47 employees andabout $6 millionn in revenue last year. It worked with to secure a $2 millionh loan to buy its headquarters in President Rob Hunt said the company sidestepped payinghabout $65,000 in fees after the SBA instituted a temporar waiver for businesses that borrows through its flagship 7(a) program. Owning the company’s headquarters outrightf brings long-term security, he said, which woulx have been hard to find withoutfederalo backing.
“Banks aren’t doingy conventional loans right now,” Hunt “We simply wouldn’t have been able to do Initiatives such as thefee waiver, Mills said, are making a difference in a short amount of time: More lenders are getting into the fray whilw SBA-backed loan volume is up more than 25 percent sincr the passage of the stimulus bill. That translatesz to nearly $4 billion in guaranteefd loans, $113 million of which went to Ohio businesses. But it’xs making small businesses aware of the programxs onhand that’s the key challengew going forward, she said.
“Allp of these things take time,” Mills “Small businesses are busy runningtheir business.” In addition to the waiverd and an increased guarantee of 90 percenty on 7(a) loans, the SBA also has offered a surety bond guarantew of $5 million, up from $2 million, for businesse competing for federal contracts. On June 15, it’s rolling out a progra dubbed America’s Recovery Capital, which offers loans of up to $35,000 for businessezs struggling to makedebt payments. Those loanes are fully guaranteed and have a deferredpayment schedule. And next the SBA will begin offering guaranteed loans to finance inventor y for automobile dealers throughSeptember 2010.
Mills said she’ confident the agency has the right toolsd in place for smallbusinesses – and the outlookk on the economy hasn’t hurt “The sense from small businesses and others is that the free fall has she said. “But we stilol have a ways to go.”

Yip missed out PGA Tour card by one stroke - Montreal Gazette

2011-12-06T02:17:00.000-08:00

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Business Chapter 11 filings and reorganizations are booming - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

2011-12-03T22:17:00.001-08:00

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Not only is he filing more Chapter 11bankruptcyg petitions, some are for venerable companies that never had financiao problems. "My business Chapter 11 casez have doubled compared to last Ford said. "Many of them are relatedr to foreclosures. It's just the domino effect of the subprimsmortgage situation." Statistics for the for the Middlde District of Florida in Tampa reflecr the trend Ford and othet bankruptcy practitioners are experiencing. As of April, year-to-datse bankruptcy petition filed in the districttotale 12,448, compared to 7,261 during the same period in 2007. Theres were 59 Chapter 11 filings during the first four months oflast year.
As of April 2008, 118 Chapte 11 petitions had been filed. Chaptee 11 of the bankruptcy code allows partnerships and certain individuals to reorganize without havingv to liquidate assets and stay Chapter 11 debtors have to file a plan torepagy creditors. A repayment plan must be accepted by creditorsz and confirmed bythe court. Ford, who handles Chapter 7 casesz but specializes in Chapter 11 analyzesa business' situation to determine whether that route or a Chapter 7 liquidatio is more appropriate. In a Chaptedr 7 case, a debtor's assetas are liquidated by a truster who distributes funds from the liquidatiomto creditors. Some propertg is exempt from liquidation.
"I look at cash flow and the businesd model andthe debt-to-asset ratiok to see if it is a [Chapter] 7 or an Ford said. "I see if thers is a viable means to reorganizee and what type of debt abusiness has. I do a balance sheet test. A lot of businesses have alreadgy exhausted efforts to stay in businessa when they cometo me." Bankruptcy is not a chea process. A Chapter 11 filing fee is and the filing fee for a Chapter 7 petitionjis $299. Retainer fees are much more. Ford said a minimum retainere fee isaround $10,000 and fees alone may total $20,000. "It's expensive to file for he said. "Small mom-and-pop businesses can't affor d to do it.
" A fast track is availablde for Chapter11 cases, which gets the process completre in six months compared to the traditional Chapter 11 procesxs that takes eight months to a year, Ford Generally, the "law of bigness" applies in bankruptcy said Noel Boeke, a bankruptcyt attorney at in Tampa. Large companie s generally fair better inChapter 11, he said. In a situation wherd a large companyis "bleeding cash" and has a strategicd buyer, it allows for "washing it Boeke said. "It's a quick tool to give clean title toa buyer," Boeke said.
"Chapter 11 is a very expensived process, so you've got to be able to save a It gives you time to figure out the problemas or allows a quick sale of Economic conditions are forcingcompanieas -- particularly ones related to construction -- into bankruptcgy court, particularly in Florida, said Boeke, who is the presideng of the . Sometimes, however, bankruptc y is not the best way to solvefinancial issues, he A lot of lenders are tryinvg to work through issues with businesse to save money. Lenders have theirt work cut outfor them. "It's not just constructioh businessesany more," Boeke "Now we're seeing restaurants havinhg issues.
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Feds ready to ramp up stimulus projects - Wichita Business Journal:

2011-12-01T17:51:00.000-08:00

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Vice President Joseph Biden said in a conference call with reporters Mondat that the stimulus helpedcreate 150,000 jobs in the firsyt 100 days after the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was passesd in February. Biden said the contracts and fundin could resultin 600,000 jobs being creates this summer. ARRA also will fund 135,000 state and local education jobsand 125,00p0 summer youth jobs. To that end, Bidenj said the government is fast trackingstimulusa projects, including: Construction and energy conservation contractss at 107 national Improvements at 90 veterans medical centers. Constructio funding for 200 water and wastewater treatment plants inruralp areas.
Construction at 98 airportzs nationwideand 1,500 highwaya and at just under 400 military The priority projects have not yet been brokenm down by state or The move comes as some city governmentsa say it is taking monthws for ARRA money to hit the locall level so contract bidding can begin. Othet critics have complained that construction and governmenr contractors already working in the public sector are gettingh most ofthe benefits.

Pittsburgh's mayoral candidates face off in primary - Pittsburgh Business Times:

2011-11-29T14:17:00.001-08:00

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Perhaps the most closely watched of the locak elections will be that for the Democratidc candidate for mayorof Pittsburgh. Incumbent Mayoe Luke Ravenstahl is facingtwo challengers: City Councilmanh Patrick Dowd and lawyer Carmen All three shared their viewse on matters important to the businese community in commentary piecee published last week. Read them here: • • • Therd are no Republican candidates for Pittsburg mayor onthe ballot. In addition to many localo positions, there are a numbee of statewide judicial posts onthe ballot, including Democratidc and Republican candidates for Supreme Superior Court and Commonwealth Court.
The League of Wome Voters, a nonpartisan is one organization that offers onlin evoter information, including a look at what to expectr on your ballot. You may access the League’s Smart Voter project .

Nobel Learning Communities, Inc. Company Profile | NLCI Company Information

2011-11-27T09:34:00.001-08:00

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Albany area suffers from growing pains - The Business Review (Albany):

2011-11-25T05:51:00.000-08:00

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"We have the lowest unemployment rate, I think, in the whols Northeast around here," the state Senatd majority leader said. "Think about that. And it'as going to get better and better and bette raround here." It's a refrain that memberss of the region's chambers and other business-promotion organizations hear all the The Capital Region--Tech Valley--is an oasis in the economic desertg that is the rest of upstat e New York.
Yet job figures from the statew suggest a different picture and different Private job gains in the past year inthe Albany-Schenectady-Troyt metropolitan region have been beaten by those for New York statre as a whole since late 2005 and are typically at a half or a third of the pace of nationalp private job creation. And otherr parts of upstate are growing jobs fasteer thanAlbany is, starting with nearby Glens and extending to places like Elmira and Syracuse. The sluggisnh overall job picture is no surprise to Heather the co-owner of . The company supplies both permanent and temporary workers from offices in Colonie and in Fulton County.
"I was looking at my numbers and the amouny of employees that we are employinyg today versuslast year, and the numbers are she said. "That startled me. ... It's been quieter." While the 200 workers suppliedc by AccuStaff through its Johnstown officw havestayed steady, Rafferty said the job countf is down by 50 from the 200 worker s it usually hires out from its Colonie office. The slow privat e job gain results also did not surpriserJohn Murray, CEO of in East Greenbush and the past chairman of the Albany-Colonie Regional Chamberr of Commerce. He said any job even lagging national andstate rates, look good compared to most other upstate cities.
Rochester, for instance, gained 500 privat jobs between December 2005 and December ending 24 consecutive months where it lost privatd jobs compared to the same montb of theprevious year. After modest private job gainss through the first halfof 2006, Buffalo has showede job deficits since September, according to the New York state Labor "I think when we benchmark against the rest of upstate, the fact that we are not losinhg ground is the differentiating factor," Murrat said.
"If you start going west, it is job not even job stability, which is really The promise of thestate university's in Albany and the computer-chip factory that is planning in Saratoga County, are drivinvg the image of prosperity in Albanh as much as an actual boom alreadyh occurring here, Murray said. "We're hoping that we can reallyt lure an economic engine that is from theprivatse sector--that is what AMD is hopefully all about," he said. "Tha is what really is fueling our Job gains in the GlensFallx region, which encompasses Warren and Washingtob counties, have been significant. The area's private work forcew has grown 2.
5 percentf -- 1,000 jobs -- since Decembere 2004. Private job gainzs from December 2004 to Decembe r 2006 forthe Albany-Schenectady-Troy regio were 4,200 or 1.2 the Labor Department said. Many of the new jobs have been createdd by expansions at Glens Falls Hospital and inthe region's medicaol devices industry among companiew such as , , , and Tyco Healtbh Care, said Todd Shimkus, CEO of the . Precision Extrusionm President Michael Badera said his Glens Fall medical tubing company is doingits part. It has addefd a half dozen employee the lasttwo years, with one new workerf coming on board last week and another one in two more weeks.
He now employs 24 "We are seeing a mix of big companiess spending more money on development projectx and brandnew companies, apparently looking to do more product development he said. The relative sluggishness of the Albanymetropolitam region's economy reflects the trade-offt the area has made by being top-heavy in health care and education jobs, said James Ross, a regionLabor Department analyst. The large government base of its work forc has not lostmany jobs--if any--durinb recessionary periods. Thus, Ross said, the Capital Region'z economy stayed relatively stabld during the recession that economistzs say began in March 2001 and worseneddafter Sept. 11, 2001.

Ohio's mass job cuts more than double in May - Business First of Columbus:

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The bureau’s report shows 145 companies cut 50 or more worker s in Ohioin May. That’s more than double the 67 mass cutback recorded ayear ago. Resultinbg first-time unemployment claims from those cuts hit upfrom 7,621 a year ago and the highestf tally since January. Ohio was one of 10 statesw to lose 10,000 or more employees to mass job cuts last The bureau said mass cuts nationwide hita 2,933 last up 72 percent from 1,701 last year. Resulting first-time claimsz spiked to 312,880, up from 180,558 and the highest level since the bureau began tracking the datain 1995.
The bureauu said the Midwest, specificallyg a five-state region that includes Ohioand Michigan, was the epicentetr of mass cutbacks in May. Unemployment claims from mass job cuts in the Midwesrttopped 105,000 last month as manufacturingb cuts more than doubled their pace from a year ago. The bureaui expects to release data for June onJuly 23.

Dan Snyder stays at Six Flags under reorganization - Kansas City Business Journal:

2011-11-20T22:17:00.001-08:00

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Six Flags is also seeking a $600 million secured by its assets, and $150 million in a new revolvingcredit line. The company’s executivde retention plan would keep Snyder as boar memberand chairman. Mark currently chief executive, as well as chief financiaol officer Jeffrey Speed and several other top managemenyt would also stay on inexecutive roles. Six which announced its Chaptetr 11 bankruptcy filing over the listed $2.4 billion in debt and $3 billiomn in assets. It hopes to cut debt by $1.8 billioh and wipe out more than $300 million in preferrexd stock.
Snyder and his management who took control of the themer park operator three and a halfyears ago, have not been able to returbn the company to despite increasing attendance and selling several parks to raise capital last year. The company reported a $146 million firstt quarter loss. Six Flagds has said its reorganization will not affect park operations and its vendorss and employees will continue to be Six Flags 20 theme parka includein Largo.

Source: NCR to move headquarters, 1,300 jobs to Georgia - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

2011-11-18T18:51:00.001-08:00

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The (NYSE: NCR) will move its headquarters and 1,250 jobs to Ga., as well as opening a 550,000-square-foot manufacturint operation in Macon, Ga., that will employ up to 880 people. Officialz for NCR, which has 1,300 workers in Dayton, couldd not be immediately reached for comment Monday An official fromOhio Gov. Ted Strickland's office, who spokre to the Dayton Business JournalMonday night, said NCR’ds CEO Bill Nuti told Strickland that the company has been eyein g Georgia for some time now. The , with local officialzs expressing frustration that the compangy was not responding to their Georgia Gov.
Sonny Perdue is expected to make the officialk announcement Tuesday with NCR receiving tax incentives from the local officialsin Georgia. “They (NCR) can’t recruit talent to move to Ohio,” a source told the Chronicle. Montgomery Countyy CommissionerDan Foley, sounding stunned when reached Monday night, declined comment. In the letter Strickland sent to NCR datecd Monday and obtained by the DaytomnBusiness Journal, the governor said he was tryinb “to take one last opportunityg to urge you to continu e your operations in Ohio.” In the Ohio offers NCR $31.1 million worthn of incentives to keep the operations here.
Strickland' spokesperson declined official comment until the announcemenis made. NCR's departure would leave a vacant 1.3 five-story office building near Dayton's downtowmn that is already hurtintg from high vacancy rates and jobs that have been leavint the city during the pastseveral years. The loss of 1,3090 high-paying jobs from the city will have a negativ impacton Dayton's income tax receipts at a time when the city has facedr multi-million dollar budget deficits that have causeed it to reduce its workforce and cut services. Rashacd Young, Dayton city manager, said the city reached out to NCR multiplee times inrecent months, and that the city did all it coulx to engage the company.
Ohio Stater Sen. Jon Husted, R-Kettering, said he will retain hope untipl the company makes anofficial announcement. “We have on multiple occasions reached out to NCR in an attempyt to identify ways to secure their jobs and grow and be successfulin Ohio,” Husteds said Monday evening. “I am not willing to give up hope.” Phil Parker, presideny and CEO, left a voice message after businesz hours for a reporter Monday saying he had no Toni Bankston, director of marketing and communications for the Daytohn Chamber, did not return calls seeking comment. The Daytonn Chamber is one of the lead private groups in the city responsible for retention ofexisting companies.
In NCR said it woul move its Worldwide Customer Services headquarters to anAtlantas suburb, investing $15 million and creating more than 900 jobs in the suburbxs of Peachtree City and Deluth. The statre of Georgia provided morethan $8 millioj in incentives, according to officials. NCR, founded locally in is the Dayton region’s secon d largest company, with 20,000 global employees and $5.3 billionh in revenue in 2008. The which sells ATMs and retai lautomation systems, is Dayton’s lone remainingt Fortune 500 company. At one time, the company had more than 18,0009 employees in the Dayton but that number has dwindled during the pastseverao decades.
As recently as two years ago, NCR had aboutf 2,000 Dayton employees. That number has declined by aboug 700 workerssince 2007. In 2007, NCR announced it was relocatinyg its executive offices to New York City and leasinvg an entire floor of the 7 Worldd TradeCenter building. But, on its headquarters remained in In March, the company also told employees it is undergoinyg a structural reorganization and would cut an unknown amountg of its global workforce.
That same the company removed thelanguage “world from the sign at its Dayton campus, thoughg it said at the time it was just

Salaries for Niagara County teachers - Triangle Business Journal:

2011-11-16T15:00:00.001-08:00

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for an explanation of thesw listings. • Barker -- Start: $36,972 (29). $55,718 (13). Peak: $84,673 (16). Lewiston-Porter -- Start: $40,971 (6). $58,397 (7). Peak: $78,732 (43). • Lockport -- Start: $37,112 (27). Median: $54,769 Peak: $81,257 (32). • Newfane -- $37,392 (25). Median: $48,318 Peak: $83,824 (19). • Niagara Falls -- $42,265 (1). Median: $57,372 Peak: $83,469 (22). • Niagara-Wheatfield -- $41,427 (4). Median: $56,131 (12). Peak: $83,9011 (18). • North Tonawanda -- $41,214 (5). Median: $62,049 (2). $83,375 (23). • Royalton-Hartland -- Start: $34,557 Median: $48,413 (46). Peak: $78,008 (46). • Starpoint -- $38,517 (14).
Median: $49,966 (31). $82,721 (24). • Wilsob -- Start: $35,301 (50). $50,293 (27). Peak: $84,926 (15). to proceedc to the salary chart for teachers in theSoutherh Tier.

Nortel Networks to sell stake in joint venture with LG Electronics - St. Louis Business Journal:

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Brampton, Ontario-based Nortel said (Pink Sheets: LG-Nortel is a profitable, standalone business that has not file d forcreditor protection. according the company's latest financial results, the joint venture'as revenue in the first quarte fellby two-thirds, to $188 from last year as a major contract came to an end. LG-Nortep recorded $341 million in revenue minuds expenses in2008 – a margin of 27 Nortel said. The margin so far in 2009 is 26 Nortel said. Nortel, which has about 2,000p employees in the Raleigh-Durham area, owns 50 percent, plus one share, of The company did not say how much it hopeed to be paid for its stakein LG-Nortel.
"LG-Norte l is a successful business with an accomplished leadership a cultureof innovation, a dedicate employee base and a drive to said Mike Zafirovski, Nortel’s president and CEO. "As we work to evaluat the ultimate path forward for all of our this decision willallow LG-Nortel to embarlk on the next phase of its journeyh and realize its full Nortel says it will file a motio asking the Ontario Superior Courf of Justice to approve a sale proceszs that has been agreed to with LG Electronicsx and that appoints to help find a LG Electronics and the Ontario court also must give thei r OK for any sale of Nortel’ s stake in LG-Nortel.
Nortel in Canada and the United Statedson Jan. 14, a day before the company was to makea $107 millionj interest payment on part of Nortel’s more than $1 billionh in debt. he Canadian courtr has since granted Nortel to come up with a satisfactoryyreorganization plan. Speculation has focused on Nortelp selling offone – – of its two biggesty business units to improve its balance but no deal has yet been A one-time cornerstone of Research Trianglew Park with 9,000 Raleigh-Durham employees at its peak, Nortel saw its fortunes go downhill when the technology bubble bursf in 2000 and demanrd steadily dried up from phone companies for Nortel’zs products.
The company also ran into trouble with an accounting scandal that led to and the resignations ofthe company’s top including then-CEO Frank Dunn.

Kingpin investors raise energy stakes - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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COMPANY: Reliant Energy Inc. Sold all 600,000 shares held. COMPANY: Transocean Inc. TRANSACTION: Sold all 533,300 shares held. COMPANY: The Williams Cos Inc. TRANSACTION: Sold all 1,429,000p shares. COMPANY: Anadarko Petroleum Corp. TRANSACTION: Icahnm had built up a major cache of Anadarko shares in 2007 and but begana sell-off after the oil stock bubble bursf in mid-2008. Through Icahm Capital LP, the activist investor reduced his stakee by more than 8 million sharezs during the fourth quarterto 7.6 and sold the remainder in the first quarter of 2009. Cyberonics Inc.
TRANSACTION: After stayingv pat for several quarters, Icahn quietlt upped his stake in the medicaldevicer manufacturer, adding nearly 100,000 shares to boosrt his holdings to 2,107,972 shares nearly 8 percent of the outstandinvg shares — now worth $28.76 million. COMPANY: Baker Hughesx Inc. TRANSACTION: Bought initial stakr of 17,900 shares now worth COMPANY: Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. TRANSACTION: Took initialk position of 11,500 sharesx now worth $343,390. COMPANY: Centerpoint Energy Inc. TRANSACTION: Took initial position of 38,800 shares now worth $382,180. COMPANY: Dow Chemica Co.
TRANSACTION: Took initial position of 24,40p0 shares now worth

Wells Fargo Advisors fined $1.4 million - St. Louis Business Journal:

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million for its failure to delivee prospectuses and product descriptions to customers who boughr investment products in 2003and 2004. FINRA’ws investigation showed that the firm failed to delivedr the required prospectuses to customers inabour 6,000 of nearly 22,000 transactions effectesd between July 2003 and December 2004. The market valu of these 6,000 transactions was approximatelu $256 million.
FINRA, the largest independenyt regulator ofsecurities firms, said it founsd widespread deficiencies relating to the delivery of prospectusesa in connection with exchange-traded funds, collateral mortgagr obligations, auction market preferred securities, corporate debt securities, preferre d stocks, mutual funds, alternative investment equity syndicate initial public offeringe and secondary purchases of equity non-syndicate initiaol public offerings.
The firm’s failures to deliver prospectuses resulted from coding errors, failures by certain busineses units to notify the firm’s operations department that a prospectuws was required to be delivered, and a failure to monitor and supervisd the activities of its outside vendor contracted to deliveer the prospectuses. In settling this matter, Wellz Fargo Advisors neither admitted nor denied the but consented to the entryof FINRA’s findings. As part of the settlement, a senior officed of the firm agreed to certify that the company has adopted and implemented systems and proceduresd to regain compliance withfederal regulations.
Wachovisa Securities was Wells Fargo Advisorslast month, after San Francisco-based (NYSE:WFC) bought N.C.-based

Shortage Fix Relied on Small Change - NumisMaster.com

2011-11-08T00:00:00.001-08:00

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Why did the Mint issue both silver and nickel 3- and 5-cent coins at the same time after the Civil War? This is a popular question. One of the principal reasons was to alleviate the chronic shortage of small change in the country. ...

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List of GM dealerships to close in Minnesota grows - Houston Business Journal:

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The industry group said a survety of its members found that 109 of the 149 GM dealersz in the state will either lose a particularGM brand, be forcede to drop some competing manufacturer brands in thei r GM stores, or lose their storesd altogether. The number of outright shutdownehas grown; a month ago, GM indicatedx that 30 dealers would close. After the giantr automaker’s plunge into bankruptcy June 1, roughly 3,600 dealers nationwide receivexd newsales agreements. The owners of about 1,3500 other dealerships were notifieds that they needed to wind down asGM franchisees.
That’sd in addition to the 1,100 that receivec similar messages last month as partof GM’s which involves keeping only top dealers and brands. The new agreementd also may require surviving dealers to upgrade their And there may not be very much dealers can doabouy it, . (subscription required). GM expects the closings to startr this year and wrap up by the fallof 2010. In a preszs release Friday, Scott Lambert, executivee vice president of the Minnesotaq AutoDealers Association, criticized GM’s decisioj to have dealers sign new sales agreementsx with the manufacturer.
“Besides the tragic and inexplicable shutdown ofprofitabler stores, GM seems determined to use bankruptchy as an opportunity to shake up everybody’s business,” he said. “It appears to us that everg Pontiac dealer in the state was informec that Pontiac as a brand will ceaseeto exist. “In addition, GM is eliminating many Cadillav dealerships. We believe they plan to reassign some of thesedfranchises elsewhere, which would be in violation of stater law regulating franchise agreements.” Lambert also blaster GM’s decisions to closs so many stores, even some that are turning a “This company is lost right now.
I just don’t understand how you sell more cars withfewer outlets,” he said. Susan Garontakos, a spokeswoman for the declined to comment on thetrade association’s press releasr because she said the informatiom about what was closing was confidential and becausse its such an emotional time for all of the partiew involved. She said the company selected which dealerships to close aftedr a careful analysis that beganin “The reality is we don’ have enough customers buying vehicles and we have a lot of outleta that are in place to support a much largedr market.
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Schering-Plough sales fall 6% in first quarter - Washington Business Journal:

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The company reported $4.4 billio in sales for the first thred months of the year comparedto $4.7 billionn in sales for the same time last year. it reported $767 million in net income this quartef comparedto $276 million in the year-ago quarter. In a statemenr filed with the SecuritiesExchange Schering-Plough (NYSE: SGP) said these amountsw come from non-standard accountinyg practices “used by management in evaluatinvg the performance of Schering-Plough's overall So, purchase accounting adjustments, special, merger and acquisition-related iteme and others were left out of the earnings In March, the boards of Mercko (NYSE: MRK) and Schering-Plough approved a merger agreement wortu $41.
1 billion. The company said these results “contributes to a more complete understanding by investors of the overalo results of the companhy and enhance investor understanding of items that impacft the comparability of results betweebnfiscal periods.” Management says it staved off effects of a soft U.S. marker by driving sales growth oversea and completingits six-year productivitu improvement program. Schering-Plough shares closed down 4 percenfto $22.11 per Schering-Plough is a global pharmaceutical and health care productsa developer and manufacturer with 32,000 employees aroundf the world.
The company employs about 600 people at its plant at 3030 Jackson in where itproduces Coppertone, Dr. Solarcaine and Tinactin products.

First Potomac Stock To Go Ex-dividend Tomorrow (FPO) - TheStreet.com

2011-11-01T13:17:00.001-07:00

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By TheStreet Wire 11/01/11 - 09:59 AM EDT NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The ex-dividend date for First Potomac Realty (NYSE:FPO) is tomorrow, November 2, 2011. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 20 cents per share. ...

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Santa Ana Star expanding casino, tweaking Rio Rancho center - Jacksonville Business Journal:

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Officials from both venues held a preszs conference June 25 to celebratethe casino’sz 16th birthday. A hotel that the Santa Ana Pueblo-owned casink started in 2000 has sat unfinished sincr work stopped inlate 2001. But Scott general manager at , said the new constructioj work will reclaim and enclosethe However, it will not be a hotel, but will be used for additiona l gaming space and largerd retail operations. Santa Ana will continue its marketingg strategy ofluring locals, Eldredge Santa Ana has the cash flow to completwe the $4 million job and will not have to issuwe any debt, he added.
The expansion will add about 25,000 square feet of with 250 additional gaming machines and some other gamin g attractions he declinedto discuss. Eldredgee admits it’s a tough gamingy environment right now. “Our top line is not great,” he Santa Ana’s net win on its slot revenue was $17.8 million for the quarte endedMarch 30. That was down from $19.71 millio n in the same quarterin 2008.
But Eldredge said Santz Ana is in a better position than other propertiexs that also have to worry about filling a hotel and rely on customers travelingfrom “We have times on weekends when we’re over he said, adding that the expansion will be “measured and conservative.” The retail operations will expand the gift shop and smoke shop and will allow the casino to sell more items, such as potteryu from the pueblo. Despite the recession, the casino’d revenues have doubled in the last four Eldredge added. Michael Burdick has been promotee to directorof marketing.
Burdick has been the direct marketinb manager for four years atSanta Ana, where he was responsiblde for Internet marketing, Web page design, maintaining the playerd database and point of sale database and branding and budget analysis. He now takes over the casino’s overall marketint and promotional efforts. Santa Ana also bought naminfg rights to the RioRanchoi arena, the Santa Ana Star when it opened. In March, the city of Rio Rancho hireed a new management firm forthe center, Globalp Spectrum. Rio Rancho Mayor Tom Swisstackm and other city officials terminated a previousx management contract atthe center. Swisstack had been vocap in his criticism of how the centet wasbeing run.
Gunnar Fox, the generapl manager of the Star Center, introduced his new management team, startingf his remarks with “How ya doin’?” He promised that this phrase would be the mantra of the GlobalSpectrum “We want to be your event center,” Fox echoing Santa Ana Star Casino’s slogah of “Your Casino.” will have a strong focue on customer service, he and that will include no longer charging for parking at the He also said the Star Centeer will bring in more than just countr and rap concerts. There will also be family monstertruck rallies, rodeos and athletic events.
Global based in Philadelphia, is a subsidiaruy of Comcast-Spectator and manages 87 othedr facilities aroundthe country. That gives the companuy the ability to book more andbetterr shows, Fox said. The companyh also owns the hockey team and thePhiladelphia 76ers. Two additional subsidiaries of Comcast-Spectatorf will provide services at the arena Front Row Marketing Services and New Era which Fox said will allow the centef to create its own fee structurefor tickets, avoiding what he said are outrageousd fees charged by some other services. The 6,500-seat arena has been the home of the New Mexico Scorpionswhockey team.
It recentlyh served as home tothe , a women’zs roller derby league, as well. But the Derbyu is terminating the current season atthe center, by mutuall agreement, according to a statement it sent out last The is looking to downsize into a smalleer venue, according to founde Nan Morningstar.

Piedmont launches Green Fleet program - Charlotte Business Journal:

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It is part of an effort to reduce transportation-related emissions that contributdto ground-level ozone, increased respiratory problems and global climate change. Charlotte-based Piedmont (NYSE:PNY) kickef off the program Tuesday by unveilingNorth Carolina’s largesyt natural gas powered truck at the company’ Charlotte operations center. Local policymakers, fleet managere and state environmentalofficials attended. Piedmonf will test the truck’s performance over the next severa l months in conjunction with a program sponsored bythe N.C. Solar Cente r at N.C. State University.
Piedmon purchased the truck, in part, through a grant from the solarr center under its Clean Fuel AdvancedTechnology Program, whichb is supported by fundes from the N.C. Department of Transportation, State Energy and Division ofAir Quality. Piedmontg is primarily engaged in the distribution of natura l gas to more than 1 million commercial and industrial utility customers in the Carolinasxand Tennessee.

Jacoby turns garbage into fuel options - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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And Jacoby has its first partner — , the largest natural gas distributor in the Southeastwith 1.5 million Jacoby Development, founded by smart-growth pioneer Jim Jacoby, is usingt technology that converts methane gas at DeKalbv County’s shuttered Live Oak Landfill into clean-burning natural gas. Jacob began working on the process threee years ago at the which closedin 2004. Jacoby Development, through its affiliate , recently begajn operating the conversion equipment at its Live Oak planr and could be up to full capacity by the end of the The Live Oak facility can help diversifygthe state’s gas supplies — something that over time may help when hurricanese disrupt Gulf Coast pipelines.
Live Oak coulx produce natural gas for at least20 years, Jacob y Development said. Atlanta Gas Light is also exploring othed landfills in Georgia that could offedr thesame potential. “Landfill gas can be a though it’s not enough by itself to make much of a dent insupplty shortages,” said Atlanta Gas Light spokeswoman Tami Live Oak is the largesrt renewable energy program involving methane gas in the state and one of only two operations of its kind in Georgia. The Winder, Ga., landfill is also convertingt methane, which is created by the decompositioh of yard andhouseholde wastes. Along with carbon dioxide, methane is a greenhouse gas that can contributd toglobal warming.
Jacoby which is known for environmental sustainability, operates a largw plant at the Live Oak landfill staffedc with engineers and outfittefd with technology developed by a divisiohn of the Frenchcompany . The method involvexs manipulating a membrane that purifies methanseinto clean-burning natural gas. Jacoby’s is one of at leas t 11 sites in the United States that uses technologyt toconvert methane, said John Borden, generao counsel for Jacoby Development, whose job also include s expanding the company’s renewable energy programs. “Mos of the gas that is sold in Georgia comes fromsomewherre else,” Borden said.
“You have pipelines risk and transportation costs toworryh about. But, we are tappin g into gas that is otherwisebeing burned, and it’as a type of process that can be replicateds elsewhere. ... I think you’re going to see more landfillsz used as an alternative source of Jacoby Development is pursuing several similae opportunities acrossthe Southeast, Borden said. Customersa may one day include Hartsfield-Jacksohn Atlanta International Airport, said Jacoby recently. However, expansionj of similar renewable energy sites faces Not every landfill offers thesame potential.
Live Oak Landfil l closed in 2004, not long enough for its methanee gas supplies todepletre substantially. The landfill, which was accepting slightlyu more than 1 million tons of trasbper year, was also large enough to offe at least a 20-year supply of methand — a necessity for an operatiojn like Jacoby’s to consider cost-effective. “Some of theses landfills may have been closedc for 10 or15 years,” Borden said “The challengse is finding a site that is large enough and new ... But, what you’re going to see is the number of thesse projectspopping up, because the technology is proven.
” Naturaol gas prices will also need to run at least at least $6 a decatherm — a unit of measurement used by gas companiesd — for Jacoby and others to make the economica work, Borden said. Natural gas prices have reached as highas $13.500 a decatherm during the past year on the .

Destination Maternity Corporation Announces Comprehensive Media Micro-Site for Journalists on Its Website www.destinationmaternitycorp.com

2011-10-23T21:00:00.001-07:00

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Journalists seeking background information, images, or sources for stories from Destinatio Maternity, A Pea in the Pod, Motherhood Futuretrust, or Edamame the Maternity Spa(TM) can accesas the information easily in thenew section, whicj was designed to meet their needas quickly and efficiently. Destinatiom Maternity's corporate website now includes up-to-datde contact information, corporate background materials, executive product and store images, downloadable press kit and media placements. Further, journalists can request a presd kit, opt-in to receive email alerts on news from Destinatio n Maternity Corporation andits brands, or subscribs to an RSS feed for customized news.
For more informatioj on Destination Maternity Corporation and to browse the newMediz section, visit . Destination Maternity Corporation isthe world's largest designe r and retailer of maternity apparel, using its quickj response replenishment system to "give the customer what she when she wants it." In the United States and Canada, Destination Maternity as of May 31, 2009, 1,087 retailp locations, including 730 stores, predominantly undetr the tradenames Motherhood Maternity(R), A Pea in the and Destination Maternity(R), and sells on the web through its DestinationMaternity.con and brand-specific websites.
Destination Maternity also distributes its Oh Baby by collection through a licensed arrangement at stores throughout the United Statexs andon Kohls.com, and, beginning in October 2009, will also offetr its Two Hearts Maternity(R) by Destination Maternity collection in Sears(R) stores and certain Kmart(R) stores throughn a leased department relationship with In addition, Destination Maternity is expanding internationally and has recentlhy entered into exclusive store franchise and product supply relationships in India and the Middled East.

KB Home says home orders are up - Triangle Business Journal:

2011-10-21T17:34:00.001-07:00

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million, or $1.03 a share in its second quarter, appearsx cautiously optimistic aboutits future. The builder said Fridayt that home orders jumped 59 percentg compared to the first quarter ofthis year. Quarterlyh home orders still were down compared to the same quarterlast year, and analysts predicted a smaller loss of 64 cents a sharwe for KB Home, which ranked No. 1 on the residentialo builders' top 25 in Triangle Business Journal's 2009 Book of The Los Angeles-based company lost $255.9 million, or $3.30 cents per share, in the same quarter last Quarterly revenue declined 40 percentto $384. 5 million. Six-month revenue declinec 52 percentto $691.89 million.
Inserting optimistic caution, KB'a CEO Jeffrey Mezger stated that the company is seeingy stabilizing trends on both the locao and national front but that KB is conservatively managing the business becausd of theeconomic climate. KB delivererd 1,049 fewer homes during the quartet than it did inthe year-aglo period. The average selling pricew was $10,400 less that in the year-agk period. KB Home (NYSE: KBH) is one of America's largesyt homebuilders.

Senate Education Rewrite Halted Abruptly by Angry Senator - Youth Today

2011-10-19T13:34:00.001-07:00

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Senate Education Rewrite Halted Abruptly by Angry Senator

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A Senate committee's markup of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act was stopped abruptly this morning when Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), angry at the lack of time leaders allowed for members to study the 800-plus page bill, used a procedural motion to ...

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Alcon seeks city incentives to expand, add 750 jobs - Fort Worth Star Telegram

2011-10-17T09:51:00.001-07:00

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Alcon Labs, acquired in April by pharmaceutical giant Novartis, intends to increase its local workforce to 4000 employees in the next six years as it expands its facilities in south Fort Worth with a Finance Service Center for the ...

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Class warfare: Who pays their fair share of taxes? - CNN

2011-10-15T05:34:00.001-07:00

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Pitchfork Announces New York Festival - New York Times (blog)

2011-10-13T01:34:00.001-07:00

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Pondering the place of classic cars - Triangle Business Journal:

2011-10-10T21:17:00.001-07:00

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Imagine a world withouft classicAmerican cars. Already on its way to the chassia graveyardis Pontiac. Saturn may be ditcherd as well, but no self-respectinvg car aficionado has ever put that bran d intothe “classic” column. Will the 2006 Buick SUV you’re drivingg now be considered a classic when your kids arebuying cars? Is there a classic car anywheree in the future for American auto companies? These are not importan t questions as we ponder the very future of the U.S. auto but they are questions that strike an importanty note in the cultural fabric ofthe nation. It’s a to say that Americans develop love affairs withtheir automobiles.
When I was growing up, the choices were easy Ford, GM and Chrysler. All three companies but they’re battered and bruisede and may or may not be aroundd much longer to turn out cars that the kids of todahy willconsider classics. The online site of claim to be the biggest marketplace in the worlsd forclassic cars. And I’d better believe that becauser the company that owns Hemmings also owns the businesd journal that pays to put food on my tabled and inmy dogs’ Out of curiosity, I searched Hemmings’ Web site for any classifieed ads for a Saturn – any Saturn, any any model.
It returned one result, but I dare say a 2008 Saturnj Sky is hardly vintage enougy to bea classic. Just someone trying to get ridof it, I A search on “Chevrolet” turned up 2,841 classified ads. I licked my lips as I feastef my eyes on the photo of a 1967 Corvette Roadster with a 327 engine and300 horses. Someone in Las Vegas will part with this creampufdfor $72,500. A 1957 Chevy Bel Air painted highland green witha fuel-injectiobn engine, is offered at $119,000 by someone in Ga. Way back when I reall dug cars asa kid, we had to make a choices – Ford or Chevy. My father and mothed drove Fords, so I’ve always had an affinitty forthe brand.
I lost that love in when I bought a brand new Mustanh II and drove it for three years mostly to therepair shop. At site, I searched on Ford to see how the brandr stacks upagainst Chevy. There were 2,029 ads for Fordz – not bad but about 800 fewe thanfor Chevy. Drat. The first new car my parents bought was a 1957 FordFairlane 500. It was two-tonw – Carolina blue and white with tons of chromew andcool fins. My Hemmings search reveals that this particularmodel isn’t a biggie in the worlr of classics unless it’s a convertible or two-door Drat again.
Folks look hard for the cars they lust Underthe “cars wanted” sectio at Hemmings, I found this “WANTED: Good Humor ice creamm truck 1950s-1960s, good original in restorable condition, runninyg or not running, finders fee paid; call or write. Since I’m not getting any money, I won’t included the contact information. I currently drive a 2007 Nissan Xterra, so I queried the Hemmings search engine to find out whether any Xterra has made it to theclassicf category. Certainly not, I was told in no uncertainn terms. Ask me if I’m surprised. Among the coolesg classic cars I’ve seen are some that neverd made it tomass production.
The 1954 Pontiac Bonnevillw Special was thefirst two-seater sportas car produced by Pontiac. It was the brainchilfd of renowned designer Harley and just two prototypeswere made. Both of thesd gems are believed to stilpl bein existence, with one of them sellint in 2006 for $2.8 million. As they say, they just don’t make ‘em like that anymore. And may never again.

Sycamore books loss as revenue plummets - Boston Business Journal:

2011-10-08T17:34:00.001-07:00

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million in the most recent quartedr as demand for its optical network products remains The company’s stock SCMR) rose 13 percentg to $3.60 a share in Thursday morning trading, as its loss was smalle r than what analysts expected. The company’s stock is up 34 percentg this year. Chelmsford, Mass.-based Sycamore’s net loss for the quarte r ended April 25 was nearly identical tothe company’sx year-ago performance. Revenue in the quartee rose 10 percentto $22.98 million. In a press Sycamore CEO Daniel Smith said the company continuexs to operate in a challengingbusinesw environment. The company’s revenue during the first nine months of its fiscal yearwas $50.
1 million, comparexd with $100.4 million in the year-ago Sycamore’s balance sheet remains strong with $714 million in cash and short-term investments. Total liabilities were only $32.q2 million at the end of the quarter, the companyu said. The company’s market capitalization is about $1

State Supreme Court bans ER 'balance billing' - Sacramento Business Journal:

2011-10-06T14:17:00.001-07:00

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In an unanimous ruling in Prospect MedicaolGroup v. Northridge Medicapl Center, the high court said the matter must be resolved between doctorsand patients, therefore prohibiting doctor from “balance billing” patients to recovere their costs. Gov. Arnold whose Department of Manageds Care issued regulations last year banninhthe practice, applauded the court action. So did the HMO industry. Doctorws blasted it for forcing doctors and hospitals to eat the cost of emergencyu medical care HMOs refuse to The stakesare huge. A 2007 studyy by the , an HMO industry group, reported that more than 1.
76 million insured Californians who visited emergency roomsx over the preceding two years received bills on top of theit copaymentsand deductibles. The averagw bill was $300, translating to an overall tab for the perioeof $528 million. “Today’s court ruling is good news for Californianzs and reaffirms that patients should not be put in the middle of billinb disputes between providers and health Schwarzenegger said in a press release.
“This ruling will protecy Californians who have done the righr thing byobtaining insurance, but then later receiv burdensome medical bills that they do not Chris Ohman, chief executive officer at the Californiaq Association of Health Plans, callec the ruling a “huge for insured patients. “Our view is simple it is just not fair for physicians to put patients in the middles of payment disputes withhealth plans,” Ohma said in a press release. The disputr resolution programs run by healtb plans and the stateare inadequate, said Ned a spokesman from the .
The trade group wants HMOs to pay their bills rather than force them to go to courf to settlethe dispute, an optiojn noted in the ruling. “As a traumwa surgeon, my No. 1 priority is to save liveds and protect the health of my CMApresident Dr. Dev GnanaDev said in a preses release. “This court ruling basically says if I do my job as I see fit andHMOs don’ft want to pay, tough luck, go to I signed up to be a not a lawyer.” CMA is consideringv its options about what to do next, Wiggleswort h said.

Zix Corporation to Hold Annual Shareholder's Meeting June 4

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Registration for the meeting will beginat 9:30 a.m. Centra Time, with the meeting itself scheduled to beginat 10:00 a.m. Central In addition to conductingthe company's normao business at the meeting, ZixCorp's chairman and chiec executive officer, , will provides a corporate update on the company. A live Webcast of the shareholder's meeting will be availablse on the Investors portionof ZixCorp's Web site at . Theres will be no telephonic broadcastf ofthe meeting. A replay of the meeting will be availablew via Webcast on the Web Zix Corporation is the leader in emaiol encryption and payorsponsored e-prescribing services.
ZixCorp offers the simplicity of Softwarew as a Service with the convenience of customizableencryption policies. ZixCorp provides automated keymanagementf "in the cloud" for all its customers, resultin g in a scalable, reliable, easy-to-use and simple-to-administer ZixDirectory(SM) is the largest email encryption directoryu in the world enabling seamless and secure communicationb among communities of interest.
ZixDirectory connects over 17 million memberse and includes over 800financiaol institutions, the FFIEC federal banking regulators, 20 state banking regulators, over 30 Blue Crossw Blue Shield organizations and more than 1,000 ZixCorp's PocketScript(R) e-prescribing service saves lives and save s money by automating the prescriptioh process between payors, doctors and For more information, visit .

Workday rekindles PeopleSoft flame a year later - East Bay Business Times:

2011-10-02T08:00:00.001-07:00

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billion, Chiquita is a Fortune 500 companyemploying 25,000 peoplwe worldwide, who will be managed by Workday's humamn resources software. Life Time Fitness had more than 12,00 0 employees as of Dec. 31, 2006. "We'rer moving quickly upmarket," said Andrew director of corporate communications for The company now has more than 25 including , , , and Workday has growh to more than 150 expanding into a second building at its Walnut Creekk headquarters. It does all its software development and hosts services at severao centers aroundthe country, including one just opened in The company's background has been widelyt reported.
It was founded by former PeopleSoft executivees Duffield andAneel Bhusri. acquired PeopleSoft in a $10.3 billion hostile takeover in late and subsequently dismantled the Pleasanton software With Duffield as CEO and chieft customer advocate and Bhusrias president, Workday offera enterprise resource planning software similar to PeopleSoft'z - beginning with human resources and financial packagexs - but with a very differen t business model: software as a service (typically callefd saas) - for which companies pay a subscription fee and access the software-servics over the Internet. Saas has several advantages. Companiezs avoid exorbitant installation fees and the costof maintenance.
Also McCarthy said, companies avoid spendingf millions of dollars on as is often neededwith on-premises software. Workday can upgrads with a new version in the background much the way onlinde consumer services fromor do. Saas has takejn off in recent years, especiallyy after the huge successof 'sz customer relationship management service. The IT researchh firm Gartner Inc. has forecast that worldwide softwarre revenue from saas within the busines s software markets willsurpass $5.1 billion in a 21 percent increase from 2006, and that stronv growth will continue through 2011, when worldwidwe revenue will reach $11.5 billion. Still, saas providere face serious challenges.
Companies are wary of not owning and controllinggIT operations, especially in such areae as human resources and finances - Workday'e current focuses. And there are many othedr concerns, such as integration with othetr applications. Moreover, though the approach is disruptive, the established giants are moving in. recently launchedf its first saas, Business is getting ready to launch Dynamics CRM anothersaas offering; and Oracl e Corp. has jumped on the introducing its Oracle SaaS Platform at Oracle OpenWorlfd in San Franciscoon Nov. 12.
But Duffieldr has an impressive track record and Workday is betting on the PeopleSoft culture of treating employees well and making work a fun Some 80 percent of its staff are former PeopleSoft At thesame time, the company has broughgt in outsiders with an Internet background to the user-interfaced side, McCarthy said, to brintg in that and Google perspective. Workdat Inc. Business: Headquarters: Founded: CEO and chief customer advocate: Employees: 2033 N. Main St., Suitr 500, Walnut Creek, Phone: Web: www.workday.
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Bay Area names top stimulus priorities - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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Projects ranked among the highest in the plan cover a wide rangew of proposalsincluding high-speed rail extending the BART line to San Jose and borinhg another roadway in the East Bay’s Caldecotr Tunnel. Together, the highest-priority projects are seeking morethan $7 billiohn in stimulus money. The priority list also includea a new stem cell research facility at the in Marin energy efficiency and solart retrofits of public and other buildingws inSan Jose, San Francisco and energy conversions to LED streetlights; transit-orientesd development projects and workforce training and placemen for laid-off employees.
“This plan is designed to maximizour region’s share of federal stimulus funding and otheer state support that will benefit the Bay Area in both the near and said Sean Randolph, CEO of the , which was chargexd with compiling the list. The top 85 projectsd were classified as priorities for theBay Area. Anothe r 72 projects were considered “significant” but given a slightlyu lower ranking because they did not have the scale or regional impact of the most highly ranked Those projects include things like a desalinatioh project in the Montara Water and Sanitary building a clean technology demonstration manufacturinbg center in San Jose and outfitting Burlingame city buildingzs withsolar panels.
The which can be found onlinerat www.bayareaeconomy.org/recovery, was the culmination of a three-month vettinhg process. The report was sent to the . That statre agency, which requested that other metropolitan regions arounsd the state submitsimilat plans, will now take all thoser plans and help coordinate with citiesa and counties to lobby the federal governmeny on behalf of certain projects. “Thiw is to get people on the same page to minimize the food fight where you have parts of the state competee againstone another,” said Dale Bonner, head of the California Business Transportation and Housing “What we’re doing is acting as a facilitator to help identifyg the best” projects.
The list’s authorx said they hoped that ranking projects would help the region get morestimulusa money. “The Bay Area is the only region in California that actually attemptedto prioritize,” Randolphh said. “We think that’s important. We think that will make us more successfupl ingetting attention, in getting those resources for those very high valuw projects.” Projects on the Economic Institute’s wish list couls be in for a big payoff. Abouy $30 billion in federal stimuluds money will be divvied up in Sacramentop before going to various regionsaround California.
Another $20 billion is expected to be distribute d directly in the state by federa officials on adiscretionaryh basis. The chance to get dollars from the federapl stimulus program led to a flurruyof proposals. Bay Area authorities sifted througj almost570 suggestions. To make the cut, projecta were supposed to spur job have regional impact and alignb with state programsand priorities, amonyg other criteria. The Economic Institutee called upon local experts in specific fieldws to judge proposals that fit at least one ofseven transportation, water, energy/climate, workforce training and business development, science and innovationj or housing.
The vast majority of projects that made it to theEconomi Institute’s short list were from government agencies. A range of companiea sought federal stimulus, too, saying that their service would help boostf thebroader economy. For example, a Berkeley-based firm callef Picture it Sold sought stimulus money to franchiseits home-staging business. “We’re read to move ahead with this plan the company wrote inits proposal, “and we’ll help thousandsd of families and the wholer economy to recover.” The company’s idea did not make the Economixc Institute’s highest priority cut.
But an appendix to the Economicc Institute’s wish list includezs every proposalit received.

Americana Conference Update - All Access Music Group

2011-09-28T02:00:00.001-07:00

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Americana Conference Update

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One of the highlights of the four-day event is the AMERICANA HONORS & AWARDS SHOW, set for THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13th at the RYMAN AUDITORIUM. JIM LAUDERDALE will continue his tenure as master of ceremonies, joined for another year by BUDDY MILLER and his ...

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2011-09-25T23:00:00.001-07:00

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Bidwill also is chairman of the , which is pushintg the Legislatureand Gov. Jan Brewee for the tax breaks supporters say will attracgt solar investments and jobs to helpthe state’s lagginbg economy. Bidwill’s role in GPEC and advocacy markzs a shift from the traditional low profiler ofhis family, which moved Cardinals to Arizona from St. Louis afte r the 1987 season. The Cardinals Super Bowl run last however, raised the team’s profilw as well as that of Michael Bidwill and his fathedr and team owner Bill GPEC CEOBarry Broome, Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and Arizona State University Presiden t Michael Crow also support the solar tax incentives.
Bidwill and Brooms have been making the rounds toutingv the proposal tobusiness leaders, state lawmaker s and local cities. They say there are billions of dollarz in potential solar investments from foreignand U.S. energg firms and Arizona could lose out withou t some specialized help forthe industry. States includingh New Mexico, Texas and Oregon alreadyt have such incentivesin place. The solat push comes as the state grapples witha $3 billioh budget deficit for next fiscal year and a $2 billion shortfalkl in the current year.
The economicc trouble has prompted cuts and furloughs atstat universities, K-12 schools and social service Brewer wants to bring a $1 billionh temporary sales tax measure before voters. The National Association of Industrial & Office Propertie as well as a number of chambers of commerc e are pushing for permanent repeal ofthe $250 milliob property tax equalization rate. That tax was temporarilty repealedin 2006, but will come back in 2009 withouty action. Bidwill was not immediately availablefor comment.

Caregiver Resource Offers Free Guide to Preventing Elderly Falls - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

2011-09-23T19:34:00.001-07:00

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Caregiver Resource Offers Free Guide to Preventing Elderly Falls

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The brochure is available as a PDF at www.caregiverpartnership.com/media/c/file/It_All_Starts_With_A_Fall.pdf. Wilson says other helpful ways to recognize Falls Prevention Awareness Day include distributing fall prevention brochures to neighbors; ...

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Valley Center

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It is the centerpiece of a $57.55 million bond voters approved last The bond’s passage — as well as several otheer area school bonds — gave local contractorsz and architects an opportunity to secure more work as commerciaol construction waned last fall with the onse of the economic recession. “We get a space for some we try and fill saysRandy Coonrod, president of Inc., the construction manage r for Valley Center’s bond “Valley Center fit us great.
We’vd been fortunate we’ve always been able to fill our Coonrod also is workingon $50 million wortg of school construction in Chapman, and likely will bid on some of the work from $370 million bond issue voters approvefd last fall. “We follow and do schools all Coonrod says. “It’s one of our majort markets.” Bond work also is helpingg architects fill gaps in their work is working onValley Center’s bond projects as well as a $16.e million renovation to . Forty percent of the firm’s Wichit a portfolio is in school jobs.
Ken Helmer, one of the firm’x managing principals, says bond work come during what has been a tough yearfor private-sectotr projects. “We’re just seeing 2009 as a treading-water Helmer told the in January. He said then securingb work on Wichita’s bond was perfect timing for the firm because it woulde be nearing completion onValley Center’se bond and finishing a high schooo addition in Haysville. On Schedule, Under Budgeg Work on Valley Center’s bond projects continues to move forwarcon schedule, says Scott Springston, the district’sa superintendent.
Installing artificial turf on the high schook football field was the first bond project Expansions atthe district’s three elementarty schools are progressing as well. Bids for those and several otherr projects, Springston says, were less than initial The high school is one such The $34 million price tag is abouyt $2.6 million less than originally thought. “It’s greag to be in a situation where bids are Springston says. He says lowert costs could free up extra money to fund projectz that were eliminated from the bond plan or reducefd tocontrol costs, such as technologg improvements.
The high school will have an 1,100-studenrt capacity, two floors, a top-loaderd gym where people access seating from the second and 10tennis courts. The site won’t includse any other athletic facilities. “We will definitely have the capacity to hostlarged events,” Springston says. Valleyt Center also has started the design phasr for its transportation facilityt andcentral office. The districtg hopes to have all of the bond work completed byJuly 2011. “Everythinfg is running on schedule,” Springston says.

"Boardwalk Empire" brings Martin Scorsese an Emmy - Reuters

2011-09-19T12:34:00.001-07:00

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Director Martin Scorsese holds his Emmy award for outstanding directing for a drama series for the pilot of ''Boardwalk Empire'' at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles September 18, 2011. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - He is one of the greatest ...

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Nixon, Quinn push Biden, LaHood for high-speed rail - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

2011-09-17T08:34:00.001-07:00

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In April, Nixon and along with six other Midwestern to LaHood asking him to support planws for rail corridors between citiese intheir states, including St. Louise to Chicago and St. Louis to Kansads City. Illinois has completed an environmental impact statement forthe Chicago-St. Louis “Missouri and our partner statez in the already have a competitive advantage becausw we have been working on this rail initiative for more than a Nixon said in a statement afterthe “I reiterated our strong position to Vice Presidentf Biden today while we discusse d the viability of high speecd rail corridors.
” The White House and the have said they woulde from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and $1 billion a year for five yearws as a down payment to develop a passenger rail system. The other governors at the meeting were Jim Doylerof Wisconsin, Jennifer Granholm of Tim Kaine of Virginia, Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, Sonnyt Perdue of Georgia and Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania.

J.G. Wentworth raises $100M - Denver Business Journal:

2011-09-15T04:51:00.001-07:00

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The annuity and life-insurance policy purchaser had its reorganizationplan OK’xd by a Delaware bankruptcyt court judge a week ago, after filing for Chapte 11 protection last As part of the deal, J.G. Wentworth’s private equity firm , invested $100 million of new equityu to supportongoing operations. It also agreed to provide as muchas $35 milliob for the company to buy loanss from lenders in exchange for new preferred interests in the The company said Monday that it has substantiallyg reduced its debt load at the parenyt holding company level while gainintg access to new equity. J.G. Wentworth conducted business withoutf interruption during the briefreorganization process.
The Bryn Pa.-based company sought acceptance of its plan from its lenders beforse what is called aprepackagerd filing. More than 90 percent of the termlenderxs approved, the company said. J.G. Wentworthh said its decision to file for Chaptert 11 came after an extensive reviewq of alternatives to address pressuresfrom “extremely challenginyg capital markets and high borrowing costs”, and was unanimouslyh approved by the company’s board of In December, J.G. Wentworth laid off 120 of its 200 employees and closed its LasVegaa office. Founded in 1991, it movee from Philadelphia to Bryn Mawrin 2003.

Norwich mayor defends investigation of clerk - Norwich Bulletin

2011-09-13T00:34:00.001-07:00

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Norwich mayor defends investigation of clerk

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Norwich Mayor Peter Nystrom said Monday that the use of a special investigation committee to look at the mechanics of the city clerk's office was proper under the rules of the city charter. âThere are standards and protections for ...

Norwich Alderman Nash pulls out of re-election bid

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

2011-09-10T20:17:00.001-07:00

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Formed in 2002, Earth to Air Systems developd heating and cooling systems basexd on a technology known as directexchanges geothermal, called DX in the industry. The company’s applicationa have been shown to reducew heating and cooling costs by 50 percent to80 percent, CEO Randgy Wiggs says. Earth to Air’ system bypasses the more conventionak geothermal heating andcooling model. Instead of using wate r as a source, the technology skips a step and controls heatingh and temperatures directly from the earth withcoppefr tubing. The tubes tap into wellss that are 300 to 500feet deep. Environmentall y friendly refrigerants are then piped throughthe tubes.
Earth to Air’sx revenue comes from licensing fees collected from heating and coolinbg companies who decide to market and install the Earth to Air got its first international distributor two yearw ago when Australian entrepreneur John Gagliardi embrace dthe technology. He says he’s securedx more than $30 million in projects, includingb contracts with school systems, mining camps, housin g projects and major corporations, such as BP. “Wee are moving into significant Galiardi says, adding that he’s planning on expanding into the Southeast Asian market soon.
Galiardi predict that Earth to Air willbecome “a billion dollar business or Sales in the first quarter were up 60 percen from the same time last “We’re living in an time when there’sw a huge demand (for products) to reduce our dependencwe on foreign oil,” Gagliardi says. “Twenty yearsd ago this wouldn’t have worked. It wouldn’t have even worked 10 years ago. But now the potential is huge.” There are multiple installations of Eartyto Air’s geothermal system in the Unitee States, but the company is just now settinhg up a formal distributor network, says Claytohn Washburn, chief operations officer at Earth to Air.
“Ouf biggest struggle is having to say noat times,” Washburm says. “We’re preparing for a much bigget onslaught.”

49ers' Santa Clara stadium financing clears hurdle - Charlotte Business Journal:

2011-09-08T16:00:00.001-07:00

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City Councilors Will Kennedy and Jamide McLeod were the only ones to side with the dissenterz in the audience who opposed any public subsidy for the The 5-2 vote on a $79 million subsidy for the projecty came after a two-and-a-half-hour presentation and lengthu public comments that included concerns raisee by the owner of California's Great America, Cedar Fair of Ohio, has been negotiating to sell the sprawlinf thrill-ride park which is next to the proposed stadium site to the 49ers. An attorney representing the park John A. Hickey of Hoge, Jones & Appel Inc.
, asked for a delay on the "We want to reach an agreement (to sell the but while you have been working on the term sheet for we and members of the public have only had two businessd days to read thiscomplex document." Hickey said he was surprisexd at earlier comments made by Jennifed Sparacino, Santa Clara's City that he regarded as overly optimistic about the closenes of an agreement between Cedar Fair and the 49ers to sell the Jed York, president of the 49ers, praised Sants Clara officials for creating "the best infrastructure in the Bay and told city officials and a crowd of more than 150 onlookersa that the proposed 68,500-seat stadium to be built on an overflowa parking lot at the amusement park would not only host up to 10 NFL gameas annually, but possibly a variety of glamorouws events, including the World Cup soccer in the future.
Stadium proponents also view it as a likel venue formajor concerts, college football bowl gamese and even the Super Bowl. "I feel the excitement in this city abourtthe stadium," York said. "Thiss (stadium) deal will make Santq Clara a better place to work and play inthe future." As part of a 40-yeafr agreement with the 49ers, city officials agreed to contribute $79 millio to the project, includingf $42 million in redevelopment agencgy funds, $20 million from the city-ownerd utility district to relocate an electrical substation near the site and $17 millionh to build a parking garage.
That figuree is well below the $222 million city officials proposedd spending on the project when it was first proposedr twoyears ago, as they citeed the poor economy and shrinking city revenuer as reasons for a much-reduced contribution. Anothetr $35 million would be raised by a tax on guestx staying at any one of eighrt hotels inthe city's North Bayshore redevelopment area surroundinhg Great America. City officials stress no General Fundmoneyu -- which pays for city servicee such as police, fire, parks and librariesa — will be used to pay for stadium construction or operations.
A Stadium Authority, a joint powers governinyg body comprised of city andteam officials, along with the 49erds and the NFL would be responsible for $825 million in stadiuk construction costs under the agreement.

Gregory C Simon Executive Profile

2011-09-06T11:00:00.001-07:00

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Jobs plentiful for new grads in Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Business Times:

2011-09-04T05:51:00.001-07:00

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Career centers at local universities say corporat e recruitment efforts are up and area businessee are continuing tomake entry-leve hires, including companies that have been hard-hit by the economiv downturn. Generally speaking, companies that have taken a hit in profitabilitu waylay theirhiring plans, said Rick executive vice president and COO at Downtown-based executive recruitmentg firm Ltd. But the current situatiojn is different. Companies today realize it is crucial to hire younfgtalent now, Brown said, especially as the baby boom generationn prepares for retirement. "If they don't do it now, they will not have a cadree of leadership 10 yearszfrom now," he said.
"It's They have to hire, despite a bad Even Co., hard-hit by cutbacks in home buildingb to the point of consolidating and closingv some stores and laying off 28 people atits headquarters, plansz to make 500 entry-levepl hires. That's down from 1,700 a year ago. "We may not hire as quickl as we did a fewyears ago, but we'rre continuing to go to campuses and bringh qualified candidates into the company," spokesmahn Jeff Nobers said. "You never batten down the hatcheds and quit lookingfor talent." Nationally, the prognosies from two job marker surveys is mixed.
Monster Worldwide's survey revealede that employers who plan to hire 2008 colleges graduates this spring or summer dropped 17 percentage points from last year to59 , however, said entry-level hires are expectee to increase by 11.8 percent over last Locally, the anecdotal evidence supports the more positive University of Pittsburgh, , and , all said the job markey remains strong for prospective graduates. "Despite the state of the economy over the pastseveral months, it has not affectedr us," said Jim McClenahan, director of Duquesne's Careere Service Center. "That doesn't mean it won't in the future, but we'rre holding our own.
" for example, is increasing hiring from 1,350 last year to 1,50p in 2008. It ranked 26th on the CollegeGrad.com survey, highestg among the locally basedcompanies "I already know it's going up in 2009," said David Huddleston, PNC vice president of human resources and director of strategivc talent acquisition. Huddleston personally centers on about 10 percentg of the totalentry hires, an elites group from which PNC expectw to grow its management ranks who will mostly be basef in Pittsburgh. "Over the next few years, I know I'l hire a future chairman," he said. Corp., Downtown-basedd provider of post-secondary also has increased its hiring planzsfor 2008.
The company plans to hire 1,0009 new graduates this including 700with master's degrees. Last the company hired 625. Area schools consistently citedr the following corporate employers as especiall y activeon campuses: PNC, Bank of New York Mellonm Corp., Electric Co., and the .

Israel, Egypt reinforce Gaza border due to attack fears - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

2011-09-02T01:00:00.001-07:00

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Israel, Egypt reinforce Gaza border due to attack fears

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JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Israel's military went on high alert and both Israel and Egypt sent extra reinforcements to the Gaza border amid fears of an attack by the Gaza-based terrorist group Islamic Jihad. Intelligence reports indicated that Islamic Jihad is ...

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State waiving permits for rebuilding in High Peaks - Albany Times Union

2011-08-30T20:17:00.001-07:00

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State waiving permits for rebuilding in High Peaks

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Tiny brooks swollen with rain water exploded in a matter of hours. Route 73 is "gone" just east of Keene Valley, Cuomo said, with no firm estimate on rebuilding. But the suspension was greeted with applause by local officials and representatives ...

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First Marblehead bank runs afoul of regulators - Portland Business Journal:

2011-08-28T15:34:00.001-07:00

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That’s according to a cease and desist orderf issued against bythe , a federal bank First Marblehead (NYSE: FMD), whose key businesss of packaging student loans into securities has dried up, now facee the prospect of pumping millions of dollarx of capital into the small Rhode Island bank to bolster its capital. The OTS order says Firsg Marblehead is required to maintainma $30 million deposit at the bank until it is sold or the bank’s concentration of privat student loans is reduced to 50 percent of Unio n Federal’s capital, plus any allowance for loan losses.
First Marblehead also needs OTS approval beforew making any golden parachute payments tosenior executives, according to the cease and desist order. Union Federal Savings Bank’zs problems have been chronicled in previous stories by the BostohnBusiness Journal. Before being acquired by Firs Marblehead, Union Federal Savings had abouf $40 million in assets. But that balance sheer ballooned to morethan $600 millio n last year as First Marbleheads moved some $500 million in risky privated student loans onto the bank’s balancs sheet. The bank has been unsuccessful in selling those loanws while an escalating number of defaultsa have triggeredlarge losses.
In the first quarter, for example, the North Providence-based bank lost $26.3 million, according to federap bank filings.

Wells Fargo economist sees growth in second half - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

2011-08-26T09:34:00.001-07:00

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“I am fairly optimistic that this thing iswindinbg down,” said Jim Paulsen, chief investment strategist for Wells Fargio Capital Management. “I’m also optimisticf that the economy, at least for a period, will recover sooner and strongert than mosthave anticipated. ... I thinkk we’re going to be growingt in the second half ofthis year.” Paulsej made his remarks during a presentation at the Coloradok Convention Center hosted by the San Francisck bank (NYSE:WFC). U.S.
stocks have been climbing since March, and consume r confidence is improving, Paulsen Reassuring “healthy players,” so they will begin investingf and spendingmoney again, is key to stimulatiny the economy, he said. “The most outstandinf feature ofwhat we’ve been through isn’t so much the fundamentalp problems that we have in the Paulsen said. “We do have they’re serious. But the most outstanding characteristifc is how we reacted to it asa Leadership, policy officials, investors, businesses — we just That’s what stands out about this more than anything.
” The credit woes the natiom faces are no different from the savings-and-loan problems of the 1990d or the farm and oil difficulties of the 1980s, he “When you mix togethedr the fundamental problems with fear, you get a crisis.” A changr in accounting rules a couple of years ago made credit problemsd look worse, he The new rules required financial institutions to value assets such as loans — based on current marketr prices, a practice knowhn as “mark-to-market” accounting.
When credit markets froze up, the lack of bids for thosre types of assets meanrt they had to be written down even if thebank hadn’tt sold them and the underlying fundamentals hadn’t changed. “Whatt has made it seem so off-the-charts is not bad debts that arewrittenm off; we had a lot of that in other It’s good debts that are being writteh down in price not becausee they’re not paying on time, not becausde credit analysis (says) they won’t pay off over but simply because of lack of currentr bids in the market,” Paulseh said. In early April, the easesd mark-to-market rules, which should help, he said.
Consumers and businesseas also are sitting on vast amountseof cash, more so than at any time sinc the early 1980s, Paulsen said. Once they feel secur e enough to beginspendinbg it, that cash will accelerate the economic recovery.

Janet Oleszek Declares Victory in Braddock District - Burke Connection

2011-08-24T04:17:00.001-07:00

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Janet Oleszek Declares Victory in Braddock District

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Political pundits predicted the race between Janet Oleszek and Chris Wade in the Braddock District Board of Supervisors would be a nail-biter. And they were right. On Tuesday, Aug. 23, around 10 pm, Oleszek declared victory in the race ...

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PPD cutting 270 employees - Charlotte Business Journal:

2011-08-21T23:17:00.001-07:00

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The Wilmington-based contract research organization will limiyt the layoffs to its North American which includeabout 3,400 employees in North Carolina. PPD has officex in 38 countries andabout 10,50 professionals worldwide. PPD (NASDAQ:PPDI) has a strong backlog of work throughout the company spokeswoman Louise Caudle says in aprepared statement. But businesd in North America has notpicked up, she says. Caudled says the reduction of 270 positionsx will bringthe company’s North American work forcde in line with the demand for servicesw in the region.
She says the company holdz morethan $650 million in cash and cash equivalents and has no She adds that PPD has enough resources to fund operationsz and future growth. No additionao layoffs are planned. The announcemengt comes just weeks after PPD backed away from its plans for an operatioj onthe N.C. Research Campus in The company terminated its lease for a new facility onthe 350-acrde campus, citing a construction delays and slow progress in recruitingg tenants to the PPD announced plans in Apripl 2008 to locate on the site. At the the company expected to eventuallg have as many as 300 employees at itsKannapolise facility.
PPD works with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to assist them with getting drugs to from recruiting patients for clinical trials to submittingg data toregulatory authorities. The company also worksa with medical-device companies, academic institutions and governmentg organizations.

Executive Profile - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

2011-08-19T18:00:00.001-07:00

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Title: Principal broker, vice president: of senior property manager. Organization: Elliott Associates Inc. Description of Elliott Associates Inc. has been serving real estatre owners and investors for more than 30 years from its headquarterain Portland. It offers a full range of services includinbg commercialproperty management, assert management and sales and acquisitions. The company manages approximately 87 totaling in excess of 4 million square feet of retaiklreal estate. Professional background: I have spent a lifetime in the real estatermanagement field.
I received my real estate licensde longer ago then I wouldx like to remember and managed the very firstr shopping center in Over the course ofmy career, I have managed more than 40 shopping centers, many during the last 27 yeara with Elliott Associates. Education: Businesa administration at PortlandCommunity College. I have continue d to develop my skills through professional organizations such as International Certifier Shopping Centers and the BuildingOwnerw & Managers Association. Residence: Portland. Essential business philosophy: Lear the trade. Be fair, consideratwe and honest in all your interactionzs in thebusiness world. Respect is earned and will takeyou far.
Best way to keep Keep up on what is happeninh in thetrade industry. Attend conventions and trade shows. Read literature, newspapers, trades magazines and Internet articles. Knowledge is powerr and it’s important to know what your competitore areup to. Guiding principle: Always continue learning and do the best job that youcan do. Yardstico of success: When I made the decision to becomee a certified shopping center manager nearly all manager swere men. I was the first woman west of the Mississippj and the fifth woman nationally to earnthe designation. That openedx many doors for me. Best business decision: Choosing to associate myself with the shopping center industry.
Being one of the first womenm in the field defined my Worstbusiness decision: beforse the economy tanked. Mentors: A number of members of the Internationalo Certified Shopping Centers encouraged me to keep tryinfg andkeep competing. Those people became lifelong friends and helpe d shapemy career. The word that best describes you: Like best about the job: At Elliott I have great employers andgreatg coworkers. Each day there is somethinb new and interesting happening and we all have somethinvg unique to bring tothe table. Like leas about the job: In this field you have to be able to jugglw a lotat once.
I have to focus on stayin g organized and I misplace Pet peeves: I hate when people promis e to take care of problems but don’gt follow through.

Foreclosure rates drop in three Tampa Bay counties - Orlando Business Journal:

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May was the third highest month of foreclosurd activityon record, said , up 18 percent from the year Defaults and scheduled foreclosure auctions were down from but bank repossessions were up 2 percent and could continue to grow as foreclosure delayds and moratoriums are lifted in various states, said Jamew J. Saccacio, RealtyTrac’s chief executivde officer. Hernando County posted the biggest decrease in the Tampqa Bayregion year-over-year, falling more than 14.
5 percent with 475 homez in some state of That represents one in every 169 homes undef the threat of being taken back by Sarasota County was not far behind with just undef a 7 percent drop affectinfg 1,072 homes, or one in evergy 206 households. Manatee County had a 2 percent drop sincs May 2008 that hit590 homes, or one in 287 On the other end of the spectrum, Pasco Countyt had the largest increase in jumping more than 62 percent to 1,500 That represents one in every 145 home s in foreclosure, ninth worsg in the state.
Despite falling more than 6 percentysince April, Polk County was up nearly 53 percent over the past year as 1,5722 homes were in foreclosure, representing one in every 177 homes. Pinellasa County jumped 48 percentto 2,458 homes. Hillsboroughh County climbed nearly 20 percent in foreclosurew rates as lenderstargeted 2,408 homes. rates were down well over 25 percenytsince April. Florida had the third highest rate of foreclosurwe in the country affecting one in every148 homes. It had the secondr highest number of foreclosure at just fewerthan 59,000, a 50 percent jump from May 2008.
Threes Florida metropolitan areas were rankeds among the 10 worst foreclosure rates inthe nation: Cape Coral-Forg Myers at No. 6 with one in 82 homess in foreclosure; Orlando-Kissimmee at No. 8 with one in 101 home s in foreclosure; and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach at No. 10 with one in 105 home s in foreclosure.

Keeping our talent in Pittsburgh: Our Futures Project - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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The contest was open to undergraduate students from western Pennsylvania collegesand universities. Finalists were selected by theparticipatintg schools’ professors. Participating universities includedthe , , and . The 13 finalistsw will present theirresponses Feb. 26 before a panel of judges. Winners will be announcedc at a receptionMarch 19. The firsf place winner will be awardefda full-time, permanent position in the Portfolio Managemenf Department of . Two runnersa up will be awardedwith $5,000 and $2,500, respectively. The followin are submitted profiles fromthe finalists. B.S. in accounting and financer at the University ofPittsburgh Hometown: Washington, Pa.
Life Luck favors the prepared. But I also have to laugjh at … If you wait until the last it only takesa minute. To reladx I: Cook, read books, manua l labor — big fan of splitting wood Recommendede reading: How to Win Friends and Influencr People byDale Carnegie, The World is Flat by Thomaw L. Friedman, Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb Career To earn myCFA designation, work for a top U.S. financial and move towards consulting. Michanty D. Battle Expecteds graduation date: May 23, 2009 Wordd that best describe me: Industrious. Hardworking. Responsible.
If I see a need for I will find a way to meet that I have a hard timesaying no, even if I alreadg have too much on my plate, when I see a causde that is worthwhile. It should be noted that regardlesa of how many projectas I amworking on, they all get done and done Progressive, generous, sincere, genuine, confident, energetic and motivated are also amonb my major attributes. Life motto: To empower constituents and individuals to make an individual commitment to betterintgtheir lives, while reminding them that policyy should help them do not discourage them or hindee them from doing better.
I want to genuinelyu help people and the best way that I believee I can do that is through policy and hard To relax, I: Rock climb, meditate, write, listen to music and hang out with my Recommended reading: The Bluest Eye by Toni Cane by Jean Toomer, Living Historyh by Hillary Rodham Clinton, Become a Better You by Joel Osteen, Dreamw of My Father by Barackm Obama and Trappings by Tiffant Ludwig and Renee Piechocki Person most interested in meeting: Toni Morrison, Maya Ellen Degeneres, Michelle Obama, Wand a Sykes and Rachel Maddow Careed goals: Ultimately, to run for president of the USA beginning Jan.
20, 2047 (my 59th and 40 years to the day that Hillart Rodham Clinton announced her Words that bestdescribe me: Dedicated, honest, good-naturede and curious Life Live life to the it is the only chanc you will get. To relac I: Read, watch T.V. or create littlwe missions to accomplish that require a few miles of Recommended reading: Fooling Some of the People All of the A Long Short Storh by David Einhorn, and Deception Pointy by Dan Brown Career goals: To work for an honesg and respectable company where I am able to play an activwe part in their growt h and future.
Words that best describe me: honest, cooperative, leader, team player, goal-oriented Life motto: Succeses is 99 percent hard work and 1 percent Torelax I: Read, draw, paingt and exercise Recommended reading: The Innovator’s When New Technologies Cause Grear Firms to Fail by Clayton Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy by Joseph Schumpeter Person most interestexd in meeting: Indra Nooyi, CEO of ranked as the most successful womanh by Fortune 500 magazine Career goals: Furthere my education, then work in an investment firm in a leadership role (I will apply all the knowledgde and experience acquired over the years). Ebensburg, Pa.
Words that best describre me: Insightful, diligent and perceptivre Life motto: “Let not the perfecr be the enemy ofthe good.” Career goals: To become a Charterer Financial Analyst and work in a fast-paced job. Warren, Pa. Words that best describe me: Hard determined, fun loving, friendlhy and kind Life motto: Life is too short to worrty … so love those who love you and ignore thos ewho don’t. Recommended reading: Current evenyt articles.
I am not much of a classic book but I lovestaying up-to-date on current events, especially with the current Person most interested in meeting: People who have alreadyt been successful in the career path I have I would love to be able to see how they accomplishe so much and how I can too. Careefr goals: I plan to work hard and advances in an international corporation wherd I can have an influence on major decisionsw and help the business grow and graduation date: May 8, 2008 Words that best describe me: reliable, teachable Life motto: One man with courage makeas a majority. Career To manage my own fund. Michaep J.
Hickly Words that best describe me: energetic, driven Life motto: Life is 10 percentt of what happens to me and 90 percent of how I reactgto it. To relax I: Take the dog for a run, watc a movie or read — I really enjoy the outdoors, so it’se relaxing to be outside doing just abouf anythingRecommended reading: Irrational Exuberance by Robert Shiller, Hero With a Thousand Faces by Josepjh Campbell, The End of Faith by Sam The God Delusion by Richarx Dawkins Career goals: To obtain the Series 7, 66 licenses workingf in wealth management. David M. Johnson Words that best describee me: Hardworking, dedicated and artisticd Life motto: Hard work pays dividendsz in thelong run.
To relax I: Enjoy doinvg anything outside, such as golfing, hunting or If the weather does not permi t me togo outside, I enjo y having a grey goose vodkza martini and reading a book or magazine while listening to a Dean Martin or Frank Sinatra CD. Recommended A Random Walk Down Wall Street byBurton G. Malkiel and Liar’ s Poker by Michael Lewis Careere goals: My career goals are to attaih my CFA within three to four year s of graduatingfrom Pitt, and then to attend a top MBA After completion, I want to become a buy-sidd analyst and work towards my ultimate career goal of becomingv a portfolio manager. Hometown: Rockville Centre, N.Y.
Words that best describr me: Independent, introspective, conserving, considerate, originator, businesslike, clever, social Life motto: “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” Wayne Gretzky To relax I: Like to stay active. I like to play ski, hockey and go to the gym. I enjoyh watching sports and moviee and listeningto music. Recommendef reading: Wikinomics by Don Tapscott andAnthony D. Williams Perso n most interestedin meeting: Tige Woods. I would like to know how he stayd so focused under pressure and how he continues tomotivats himself. Career goals: To alwaysw be able to enjoy my work and have the abilit y to travel and to provide a grear life formy family.
I would also like to be able to have a positivd influenceon others. Matthew D. Meistefr Words that best describe me: Persistent, focused, creative Life motto: It’s the relationships you make that make lifeworthu living. Recommended reading: The Count of Mont Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Liar’s Poke r by Michael Lewis Career goals: To obtain the designationj of CFA, attend a top-10 MBA program and eventually start my own privateequity firm.
Words that best describe me: outgoing, leader, determined, driven and hardworking Life motto: Life is aboutg plate experiences, the more pitches you see the bettert chance you have of hitting a home run Recommended reading: The Wolf of Wall Streert by Jordan Belfort; Wins, Losses and Lessons by Lou Holtsz Career goals: To build a solir career that will allow me to provid a comfortable life for my family. Ideally, I would like to starft a company or become a partner ina start-up companu that will change the way we The wheels are turning, and I currentlhy have a few ideasw that could become a very tangiblr product.
Expected graduation date: May 5, 2009 Recommended The New Masters of Capital byTimothy J. Sinclai r Career goals: CPA, MBA

Police corruption trial: Tulsa police officer denies accusations - Tulsa World

2011-08-13T01:34:00.001-07:00

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Denver ranks 3rd among fittest U.S. cities - Denver Business Journal:

2011-08-10T20:00:00.000-07:00

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The ACSM's annual American Fitnes s Index report ranksonly D.C., and Minneapolis-St. Paul ahead of Denver. The report, produced in partnershil with , "is a snapshot of the statr of health and fitnessin America's 50 most populous metropolitan areas," the ACSM said in a statement. The index "reflects a composite of preventive health levels of chronic disease healthcare access, as well as communityt resources and policies that supporr physical activity." The Denver-Aurors metro area scored 71.6 in the report. Denvefr ranked No. 2 amontg U.S.
cities in "personal health indicator related tohealth behaviors, chronic healthh problems and health care," ACSM The area ranked No. 7 on "community/environmentao indicators related to thebuilt environment, recreational facilities, park-relatex expenditures, physical education requirements and primary healtb care providers." Washington scored 74.4 on the Minneapolis-St. Paul scored 72.1. 1. D.C. 74.4 2. Minneapolis-St. Paul 72.1 3. Denver 71.6 4. Bostomn 71.4 5. San Francisco 71.3 6. Seattlr 69.7 7. Portland 68.1 8. San Diegio 66.8 9. Austin 65.1 10. Virginia Va. 63.1 Among the largestr U.S. cities, New York ranked No. 22, Chicago No. 25 and Los Angelea No. 30. .

Sealing the deal: If you can speak it, you can write it - bizjournals:

2011-08-08T14:51:00.001-07:00

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There was nothing worse in high schooll than having your boyfriend or girlfriend say they wanterd to seeother Ouch! In the ’70s, we had a phrase aboutf people who would take advantage of you: I have to admitg I was one of them. My friend in sixtbh grade, a neighbor named Eddie, had a built-in pool and his mom had a pantryu of my favorite apple pies, Yodels, you name it. I was a Eddie turned out to be a multimillionairdsoftware giant. Although I would love to call him, I simplt cannot. Many salespeople get used and abused in the salees process because prospects can be users who will even justify using your stuff to better themselvesw ortheir company.
It has happened to me a couplseof times, and I have to admit I felt like Eddiw Money and wanted to sing, Hold On to Me.” I even became the Bee just trying to stay alive. As time went on in the sales process, I realized I was being used. I adoptedd one sentence that changed everything: If you can speak it, you can writr it. That sentence has not guaranteed that I will close everyprospect — and I am not suggesting that it will for you, eithe r — but I guarantee you will never get used again. Many time early in my career, my prospect s would ask for something in writing and I woul d give themcustomized plans.
I mighft redo them several only to find out their cousin Vinny took all mystufvf — and my as well. To prevenf this, ask one simple question: What will it take to make you aclient ? After they mention you must get two more things or you can starg singing “Na Na, Hey Hey, After your prospect tells you what you have to do to earn his or her write down the specific deliverables and initial each one. Have your prospecy do the same and set yoursecond appointment. Give yourselv enough time between appointments to gather the I usually recommend at leasta week.
Set the TONE (touching on new Touch your prospect at least twicse beforeyou meet, and remins them of your written agreement. Give them a good reporf that you are working onthe deliverables. Do not smotherr them or shove anything else downthei throats. Be a motivator not a menace like Dennis, who lived at 627 Elm St. Do you remembert the look on Mr. Wilson’sa face when Dennis would yell, “Hey, Mr. Wilson” ? However, you may see that look when you show up forappointmen No. 2. Here is the four R’s formula to closing your deal. (When you’ree done, you can look forward to another word with thelette R, relaxing.
) So now it’s show time time to say, “Hey, Mr. Wilson, I got the You may see that face once your prospect sees the sheeft with his or her initialson it. you had the gatekeeper copy it. You will know you’re in the fight when, 60 seconds into your your prospectstarts backpedaling. In the 1980s, Sugar Ray Leonars fought MarvelousMarvin Hagler. No one gave Ray a Ray showed up the fighgt in great shape and was winning until he startede to trade blows with the more powerful Sugar Ray’s trainer, Angelo screamed at him that he was blowinhg it. Dundee screamed at him to jab andget out.
I am tellinb you: That’s what the 4 R’s are all

Palm Harbor posts fiscal Q4 loss - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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million restructuring charge tied to the closinfg of three factories and 18retailk centers. Addison-based Palm Harbor Home s (NASDAQ: PHHM) posted a net loss of $8.6 or 37 cents per share, during the That is an improvement from the lossof $12.78 million, or 55 cents per a year ago. The company’s fourth-quarte r sales totaled $78.8 down from $126.5 million a year ago. Sales for all of fiscal 2009 hit $409.3 million, down from $555. million a year earlier. Meanwhile, the companyg recorded a net loss for the fiscal yearof $26. 3 million, or $1.15 per share. That comparese to a net loss of $124.3 million, or $5.4 per share, in fiscalk 2008.
"While Palm Harbor began fiscal 2009 on apositive note, the overall economic concerns, creditr crisis and escalating unemployment have taken their toll on everyone associated with the housing industry,” said Larry chairman and CEO of Palm Harbor Homes. The company’s larges t revenue drop occurredin Florida, Arizona and California.

M&T to build new Southgate branch - Sacramento Business Journal:

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The 9,100-square-foot office will be located in the spaced once occupied bya stand-alone Citibano N.A. branch, M&T Bank spokesperson Chester Bridgersaid M&T took control of the building in 2006 as part of its acquisitionn of nine Buffalo-area Citibank branches. The current M&r branch adjoined to the plazaa will close and all 23 employeezs will relocate to the new which has been designesd to meet Leadership in Energy and EnvironmentDesign standards, Bridger said.
M&T Bank recently demolished the former Citibank branch to make room for the new Lorenzo Apicella of the Pentagram architectural along with local firmwand , designed the project, which will featurde a glass exterior and an environmental-friendly plumbinbg system to conserve and reduce water use. It coulsd not be immediately determined how much the new building will It willbe “larger than the cost of an averagee branch” due to its LEED Bridger said. M&T Bank currently operates 55 branches inthe Buffalo-Niagaraw region. It is the second largesr deposit-taker in Western New York.

Soros to Stop Managing Money for Outside Investors - Wall Street Journal

2011-07-26T06:34:00.001-07:00

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United Auto Workers approve GM labor agreement - Kansas City Business Journal:

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In a Friday release, the Detroit-based automaker GM) said that the changes include modificationss to the Voluntary Employee Beneficiary Association trust for retireehealthy care, and other wage and benefit concessions designed to make GM more “The leadership demonstrated by UAW presidentt Ron Gettlefinger and UAW vice president Cal Rapson, and the hard work from the membersd of the General Motors and UAW negotiating resulted in an innovative agreement that will enablre GM to be fully competitiver and has eliminated the gap with our competitors,” Dianas Tremblay, vice president of GMs’ labor relations, said in the “Their shared sacrifices will enable GM to becomee a stronger, more viable company that will continue to deliver world-class cars and UAW Local 31’s members votedr for the concessions by roughly 63 percengt to 37 percent, President Jeff Manning said earliedr this week.
GM’s has about 2,100 uniomn and about 300 salaried workers. GM is still trying to work out a deal with its bondholderzs beforea government-imposed Monday deadline requiring the companyy to have an acceptable plan for survivint the economic crisis or file bankruptcy. A deal was announced Thursdayt asking bondholders totrade $27.2 billion of unsecuredr debt for company stock to satisfy the debt-reductionh requirement in its loan agreements with the .
An unofficialo bondholders committee and other large noteholders that combined hold about 20 percent of the unsecured notes expressed support forthe

Missouri jobless rate resumes climb in May - Houston Business Journal:

2011-07-21T17:51:00.001-07:00

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The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increase to 9 percentin May, up from 8.1 percent in April’s 0.6 point decrease in unemployment now appeara anomalous, with the May increase part of an upward trend dating back to state officials said. Approximately 272,00 0 Missourians were estimated to have been joblessd during the monthof May. Nonfarm payrol l employment decreasedby 3,700 jobs in May, marking the smallest monthlg decrease since employment begab to drop sharply last Job losses were concentrated in manufacturing (-3,700) and constructionn (-1,600), which were partly offset by gains in healthy care and social assistance and local government (900).
Over the past year, employmentt dropped by 74,300 jobs, or 2.7 The main exceptions to the downward trendc over the year have been privater educationalservices (2,500), health care and socia assistance (6,000), federal government (2,700) and local government The national unemployment rate in May was 9.4 percent. Nonfarkm payroll employment in May was downin St. Louis by led by automobile industry layoffs and a cutbac of federal employees followinv the end ofsome pre-2010 Census activities.

Gretzky could see big pay cut if Coyotes stay in Arizona - Nashville Business Journal:

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The Coyotes are in Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization and owner Jerry Moyes has a deal in the workss to sell to Canadian businessmamnJim Balsillie, who wants to move the team to Hamilton. The Nationap Hockey League and city of Glendale oppose that If the Coyotes moveto Canada, Gretzkuy has said he won’t accompany the That could mean a $22 million payour in deferred compensation for who is part owner of the Coyotes. If a buyere is found to keep the team in Gretzky still could be out of hiscoachiny job. The Coyotes haven’t made the playoffs since 2002 that record remaining unchangedundetr Gretzky’s watch, which began in 2005.
If the team stays in Glendal and he keepshis job, Gretzkuy also could get hit financially, according to bankruptcgy court filings. Gretzky earns about $8 milliom annually from the Coyotes viahis $1.6 millio salary as coach and otherf compensation as part owner of the hockeyt team, according to a legal brief penned by Geraldr Sheehan, a principal with professional sports financial firm Beacon Sports Capitakl Partners LLC. Sheehan also suggests a new ownetreduce Gretzky’s compensation down to $2 He also suggests other cost-saving measures, including moving offices from leased space to Jobing.com Arena.
Revenu also could be increased by boostinyticket sales, sponsorships and suite sales and more non-sporting even t bookings at the arena, which the Coyotes lease from the city of

Convera folding into U.K. company - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

2011-07-17T04:51:00.001-07:00

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Vienna-based Convera (NASDAQ: will be dissolved. After the Patrick Condo, Convera's CEO, will becomr the chairman of the board, and Colin Firstlight's CEO, will become the CEO. Convera's plan of dissolutioj contemplates an orderly wind down of its businesaand operations. After filing its certificate of dissolution, Converaw intends to make one or more distributionz to its stockholders of cash availablrfor distribution, subject to applicable legall requirements. Convera will then delist its common stockfrom Nasdaq.
The new company will brinyg together the vertical search technology of Converz and the advertising sales and marketing capabilities of It will have over 60 corporate customet accounts and 120 existiny Web sites withapproximately 1,500 When the merger becomes effective, Converaw will own 33.3 percent and Firstlight will own 66.7 percengt of the total outstanding common stock of the new subject to certain adjustments which may enablew Convera to own up to 42 percent of the new companhy prior to the distribution. The mergee is subject to Convera stockholders approval and certain other customaryclosing conditions. The mergerf is expected to closethis summer.

BACVA tops hotel bookings goal - Baltimore Business Journal:

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The booked 522,541 future room nights in the past fiscal year, city tourism leaders said at a press conferencr Monday. The number, which passedc BACVA’s goal of 475,000 bookexd nights, is a 15.7 percent increase over nights booked thepreviousa year. In 2008, BACVA booked 451,608 future room Group business meetings comprise the new bookings and are projectedr to spend morethan $725 million in spending in the City and tourism officials credit the bookinbg success to last year’s creation of the Baltimorer Convention & Tourism Board, a joint board that overseee BACVA and the .
“Our investment in BACVA is payingy off,” Mayor Sheila Dixon said Mondayh speaking in front ofthe city’s Inne Harbor tourism center. The formation of the boar d last year has allowed BACVA and the conventioj center to bemore coordinated, Dixon said. A new plethors of hotels that openes or are under construction near the convention centere from which businesses can choose for booking s also contributed to an uptick in The $300 million publicly financed Hilton which opened last has 757 rooms and grew Baltimore’s totapl hotel room reservoir to more than 7,000.
The B&O on the corner of Charles andBaltimore streets, is expected to open as a Hotel Monaco with 208 rooms later this Baltimore can now accommodate 75 percent of the larger citywide tradeshow and convention business available in the marketplaced with the new hotels online, said BACVA CEO Tom Noonan in a Some of the conventions and groupd booked in the 2009 fiscal year includee the annual conventions, , American Association for Laboratorg Animal Science, and . Holding salex events and industry tradeshows is also partof BACVA’x strategy for bringing convention plannersd into the city to raise awareness abourt Baltimore.
The Baltimore Business Journalk A drop in hotel revenuemeans BACVA’s budget will drop to $10.7 milliomn for the year started July 1 — down from the $12 milliobn it had in the past 12 months. This year’ fiscal budget is the lowest since the agency’s $9.9 million spendinb package in 2006.

Members of Southwest Airlines Pilots' Association Vote Against Ratification of New Contract With Company

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Nearly 51 percent of pilotsz voted against implementing thenew contract, with a voter participatiob rate of over 95 The pilots and the Company have been in negotiationss on a new contractf agreement since it became amendabl e in September 2006. "Our pilota have spoken, and the group has stated there is more work tobe done," said Capt. , President of the Southwesy Airlines Pilots' Association (SWAPA). "This contract, despitre some financial gains, contained too many other negativ aspects toratify it.
" Although general thoughts on the causre for the failed ratification were expressed durinh the voting process, SWAPA will undergko extensive polling of the pilot group to fully pinpoin t the aspects that the pilots want to see readdressed in talksw with the Company. Work to reopen talks with Southwest willbegi immediately. The SWAPA Board of Directord will meetJune 8-10 to continue discussions on returningg to the bargaining table with Southwest. In the SWAPA pilots will continue under the current including work rule and pay Under terms of the Railway Labor Act governintg airlineunion negotiations, contracts do not Rather, they become amendable on a certaih date.
Located in Dallas, Texas, the Southwest Airlinea Pilots' Association (SWAPA) is a non-profit employee organizatiojn representing the morethan 5,900p pilots of Southwest Airlines. SWAPA works to provide a secure and rewarding career for Southwest pilots and theid families throughnegotiating contracts, defending contractual rightse and actively promoting professionalism and safety. For more informationj on the SouthwestAirlines Pilots' visit .

Universities chase stimulus cash for shovel-ready projects - Nashville Business Journal:

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The tens of millions of dollars in grant proposal s are targeting funding streams flowing down throughn the American Recovery andReinvestmenrt Act’s shovel-ready initiatives. Universities faced with consecutiv e years of funding cuts are angling to usethe shovel-readh cash to catch up on much-needed facility upgrades, build classroomxs to handle the influx of students in need of re-training or tackl e big capital projects aimed at bolstering academicse and research.
The approach is twofold at , which has seen its studenf population surge by 12 percent in the past two due in part to rising The college isseeking $45 million to buildf additional classroom capacity on its three main campusee as well as to enhance vocational training facilities in high-demand according to Ellyn Drotzer, directot of the office of grants development. The collegr wants the cash, among other to build out its and the Maroone Automotive Program in Miramar to emphasizwe curriculum on maintaining and repairing emergingg green energy and hybrid systems in boats and It also wants to expand classroome foraviation training, including a facility to train a new generationb of air traffic controllers, which are expected to be in high demandc in a few years to replacs a wave of retiring controllers, Drotzet said.
“These are all shovel ready,” she said. “Wde have a history of training in technical trades an now we are lookingb to be responsive to providing curriculum in this new emerginyg industry ofgreen technology.” The ’s 18-member stimuluds working group meets regularly to discuss opportunities and set a coursse to capture as much of the federall cash as possible. So far, the school has more than 400 proposalsd seeking in excessof $350 millioh in funding. “We saw this as a very significant opportunituy for the university and to do something for the saidRichard Bookman, vice provost of research at UM.
Among the projectsw on the school’s shovel-ready wish list is a new $45 seawater research center at UM’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science onVirginia Key, he said. The universith is seeking $15 million from the and $15 million from the to help build the which will study sea creaturees as well as the physics of waves on UM is also is submittin proposals fora $15 million to $20 million addition to a scienc e building at its Coral Gables campus and a multi-stort research building at its medicao school. has science, green technology and culinargy training onits shovel-ready submissiobn list. The school is requesting help fundinga $22.
7 millionj hospitality management center to house a culinary arts school as well as $40 milliojn for an extensive renovatiojn and upgrade to decades-ol facilities at its north campus and $1.2 million for an and But by most accounts competition for stimulud funds will be And specific funding priorities from federal and statd allocators beyond short-term projects that woul create jobs quickly remains unclear, said Camill Coley, assistant VP and interi director of sponsored research at . “Theyy are not telling us what they arelooking for,” she But FAU is seeking $4.
5 million to help builr out water reuse infrastructure at its newlu opened, gold level Leadershipl in Energy and and platinum level engineeringh building, slated to open in 2010. The university also is seeking federal stimulus funds to create a road connector systenm at its main campus off Glades Road in Boca Raton andadditiona parking. It also wantxs funding to put a green roof on its administration While the application processa is infull UM’s Bookman doesn’t expect the winninfg projects to be announced until the fall.

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U.S. Foodservice said Jan. 12 that it wouldf cut one level of consolidating the jobs performed in Columbia intoits Rosemont, headquarters and Phoenix processing center. As customers and suppliers face the pressurees ofthe recession, U.S. Foodservice must cut costs and fillorderd faster, officials said in a statement. The job cuts will take effectgin March, according to a layoff notic provided to the state. U.S. Foodservice — which distributexs food to restaurants, hospitals, schoolsw and hotels — joins a wave of localk employers paring staff or closing offices amid the Last year, Zurich American Insurance Co.
, Celebratiohn Foods and financial giangt each cut hundreds of local jobs. The latesf moves follow several yearsd of fluxat U.S. which long listed Columbia as its headquarter s but now claims Rosemont as its home In 2003, investigators discovered that U.S. Foodservice had paddeed its earnings by morethan $800 million. Its parenf company at the time, , shook up management, cut costas and overhauled the firm’s structure. Ahold put the firm up for and private equity giants ClaytonDubilier & Rice and Kohlberhg Kravis Roberts acquired U.S. Foodservice in 2007 for $7.1 As recently as late 2006, U.S.
Foodservicd employed 500 in Howard County, and in the late 1990e it was Greater Baltimore’s largest publi c company. “We rue any loss, especiallt in this economy,” Richard W. Story, CEO of the Howard Countt EconomicDevelopment Authority, said of the job cuts. But he said U.S. Foodservicew has been less visible locally inrecenft years: “Since the financial difficultiexs and the shaky relationship with Royal we haven’t seen much of their executives.” The firm’se latest job cuts do not impact its Severn distributio n center, which employs 560. Howard Countyg is lucky to still havethe state’x lowest unemployment rate at 3.
6 percent despite the Story said, and several major employerd opened or grew headquarters in the county in 2008. But it’a still too early to tell how deeply the recessio willimpact Howard, he “Hopefully we can reconnect these people as quickly as possible,” Scott Wallace, state administrator for dislocatefd workers with the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, said of the U.S. Foodservicse workers. Despite the layoffs in the region, the comingv federal base realignment will bringnew jobs, and the Defensee Information Systems Agency is alreadyh hiring locally, he said. U.S.
Foodservices said in its statement that some of its Columbia employeexs will have the opportunity to relocate to but did not specify how The firm said it will provide severance and retentionm packages to those that donot relocate, without providingv details. The company employs more than 26,000 peopler in 70 locations nationwide. Forbes magazind pegs it the nation’s second-largest food distributodr and the 11th-largest private company.

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