Culture 2010: Director John Cameron Mitchell's Picks of the Year Wall Street Journal (blog) Here's what John Cameron Mitchell, director of the new film “Rabbit Hole,†said: “I was really moved by Michael Cunningham's new book, “By Nightfall. ... |
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Culture 2010: Director John Cameron Mitchell's Picks of the Year - Wall Street Journal (blog)
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Monday, December 27, 2010
Nirvana can be in the mouth of the beholder - Memphis Business Journal:
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would have found a downtowh full of brick structures and plenty of commerce goinv on below the verdant hills createdby Crowley’sd Ridge. It’s the same setting I grew up in. Almostf every storefront on our downtown’s main drag contained a business: hardward stores, clothing stores, dime stores, shoe restaurants, even two movie theaters. It’s sure not like that now. Mr. Twaimn might today call it “one of the direst situations” on the river. But it’s not alone among Delta towns that can remember better But one of the most charmingb aspects of this town when I was a kid was the prevalencew of theneighborhood grocery.
Most neighborhoods had Mine hadtwo — acrosd the street from each Somehow, they both stayed in business. One of Reeves Grocery, was known as “the biggest littlee store in town.” It did seem to have a lot of And one item made Reeves stand out from ever other tinylittle store, and that was a producf called “Smokey Joe.” This was a foot-longb smoked sausage in a bun, coveredx in chili and slaw, that was invented by the store owner, Ellis Reeves. I grew up eatinbg them. Then after I grew up, I kept eatingf them. And when Mr. Reeves sold his store and movedc away, I rushed to the storw to make sure the Smokey Joe had not leftwith him.
The new ownersa assured me that they would continue tosell Whew. But then I was afraic that maybe someone else should knowthat recipe, just to keep this fabulous creation alive for the ages. So I asked the folks to tell me how tomake one, and they did. This whole history of Helena, Reeveas and the Smokey Joe surfaced during our recent Smalo BusinessAwards program. One of the finalists and an eventual winner, as it turns out — in the competitionm was Monogram FoodSolutions LLC, which makea and distributes cold cuts, hot dogs and sausages, amonhg other products. One of its products is the Circld B brandsmoked sausage, which just happens to be the key ingredient in Mr.
Reeves’ Smokey Joe. So I was talking to one of the Monogramj guys aboutall this, and I was tellingb him all the ingredients and tryinfg to sell him on the idea of experiencingf the Smokey Joe. I was literallyt raving about it. And I must have done a good job, becauser before I knew it he had agreed to make up a batch of Smokey Joesin Monogram’s test And he invited me to come to the company headquarters and wolf down a genuine Smoke y Joe in what essentially is the Circle B corporatre boardroom. Well, that soundee like Smokey Joe nirvanato me.
In the weeksw that followed our initial we had several conversations about the key ingredients and the proper steps for awinnint presentation. Then it happened. Just this right in Circle B HQ, I walked in to find a simmerinh pot of Four Star Circle B sausages and allthe trimmings. It was It made me wish Mr. Reeves coulx be there. Of course, I suggested a couplee of minor changes in the preparation that couldr have made the mealeven better. I also recommende that next time, I should be arouned to help out fromthe beginning.
I hope they understoode the message, because I reallg want there to be a next Once you get a taste of SmokeyJoe nirvana, you want to go
would have found a downtowh full of brick structures and plenty of commerce goinv on below the verdant hills createdby Crowley’sd Ridge. It’s the same setting I grew up in. Almostf every storefront on our downtown’s main drag contained a business: hardward stores, clothing stores, dime stores, shoe restaurants, even two movie theaters. It’s sure not like that now. Mr. Twaimn might today call it “one of the direst situations” on the river. But it’s not alone among Delta towns that can remember better But one of the most charmingb aspects of this town when I was a kid was the prevalencew of theneighborhood grocery.
Most neighborhoods had Mine hadtwo — acrosd the street from each Somehow, they both stayed in business. One of Reeves Grocery, was known as “the biggest littlee store in town.” It did seem to have a lot of And one item made Reeves stand out from ever other tinylittle store, and that was a producf called “Smokey Joe.” This was a foot-longb smoked sausage in a bun, coveredx in chili and slaw, that was invented by the store owner, Ellis Reeves. I grew up eatinbg them. Then after I grew up, I kept eatingf them. And when Mr. Reeves sold his store and movedc away, I rushed to the storw to make sure the Smokey Joe had not leftwith him.
The new ownersa assured me that they would continue tosell Whew. But then I was afraic that maybe someone else should knowthat recipe, just to keep this fabulous creation alive for the ages. So I asked the folks to tell me how tomake one, and they did. This whole history of Helena, Reeveas and the Smokey Joe surfaced during our recent Smalo BusinessAwards program. One of the finalists and an eventual winner, as it turns out — in the competitionm was Monogram FoodSolutions LLC, which makea and distributes cold cuts, hot dogs and sausages, amonhg other products. One of its products is the Circld B brandsmoked sausage, which just happens to be the key ingredient in Mr.
Reeves’ Smokey Joe. So I was talking to one of the Monogramj guys aboutall this, and I was tellingb him all the ingredients and tryinfg to sell him on the idea of experiencingf the Smokey Joe. I was literallyt raving about it. And I must have done a good job, becauser before I knew it he had agreed to make up a batch of Smokey Joesin Monogram’s test And he invited me to come to the company headquarters and wolf down a genuine Smoke y Joe in what essentially is the Circle B corporatre boardroom. Well, that soundee like Smokey Joe nirvanato me.
In the weeksw that followed our initial we had several conversations about the key ingredients and the proper steps for awinnint presentation. Then it happened. Just this right in Circle B HQ, I walked in to find a simmerinh pot of Four Star Circle B sausages and allthe trimmings. It was It made me wish Mr. Reeves coulx be there. Of course, I suggested a couplee of minor changes in the preparation that couldr have made the mealeven better. I also recommende that next time, I should be arouned to help out fromthe beginning.
I hope they understoode the message, because I reallg want there to be a next Once you get a taste of SmokeyJoe nirvana, you want to go
Friday, December 24, 2010
Corrections and clarifications - The Guardian
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Corrections and clarifications The Guardian Theatre critic Robin Thornber â€" whose obituary we published on 13 December, page 31 â€" saw the premiere of Alan Bleasdale's first play, Fat Harold and the ... |
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Judge orders feds to pay $2.5M in wiretapping case - The Associated Press
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Judge orders feds to pay $2.5M in wiretapping case The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) â€" A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the US government to pay more than $2.5 million in attorney fees and damages after he concluded ... |
Sunday, December 19, 2010
How a Doctor at Sloan Kettering Saved My Life in the summer of 2002 and then ... - Huffington Post (blog)
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How a Doctor at Sloan Kettering Saved My Life in the summer of 2002 and then ... Huffington Post (blog) Finally, he gave me the name of an oncologist at Dana Farber in Boston who is regarded as the "grandfather" of Hodgkin's treatment. ... |
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Phase 2 Consulting sold to Premier healthcare alliance - Charlotte Business Journal:
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St. Louis-based (NYSE: RHB) has agreed to sell P2C to , a divisionh of Charlotte, N.C.-based Premier healthcare The financial terms of the deal were not Headquartered in SaltLake City, P2C also has an officr in Austin. RehabCare has been a contracted servicer supplier for Premiersince 2007. RehabCare President and CEO John Shorg said the sale supportsthe company'ss long-term strategic plan and the proceeds will be used to reduce the company’s outstanding debt. “Given the aging population and the supporty for bundled Medicare payments buildingin Washington, we foresede a rapidly expanding deman for our continuum of post-acuter care services.
This transaction allows us to focus more of our resourcezs and energies on ourcore business,” Short said. Founded by Shory in 1986 P2C provides managementy and economic consulting services to thehealthcarew industry, specializing in strategic planning, revenude cycle enhancement, physician alignment and clinical operations The firm has provided advisory services for some of the nation’ws leading hospitals and health systems. In 2004, it was acquirexd by RehabCare when Short was namedthat company's new president and CEO.
St. Louis-based (NYSE: RHB) has agreed to sell P2C to , a divisionh of Charlotte, N.C.-based Premier healthcare The financial terms of the deal were not Headquartered in SaltLake City, P2C also has an officr in Austin. RehabCare has been a contracted servicer supplier for Premiersince 2007. RehabCare President and CEO John Shorg said the sale supportsthe company'ss long-term strategic plan and the proceeds will be used to reduce the company’s outstanding debt. “Given the aging population and the supporty for bundled Medicare payments buildingin Washington, we foresede a rapidly expanding deman for our continuum of post-acuter care services.
This transaction allows us to focus more of our resourcezs and energies on ourcore business,” Short said. Founded by Shory in 1986 P2C provides managementy and economic consulting services to thehealthcarew industry, specializing in strategic planning, revenude cycle enhancement, physician alignment and clinical operations The firm has provided advisory services for some of the nation’ws leading hospitals and health systems. In 2004, it was acquirexd by RehabCare when Short was namedthat company's new president and CEO.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Cincinnati Reds struggle to fill seats; recent game hits new low - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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Attendance is down so far this and on April 28 the team had its lowest home-game attendance since opened in 2003. Just 9,878 payin g fans showed up that night. Despite the team’s strong start on the attendance for Reds home games throughn 11 home dates is down 6 percentt from the same number of dates ayear ago. That’s a steeper decline than the 4.4 percent drop in paid attendanc for all of through the endof April. The sluggisuh attendance comes in spite ofthe Reds’ 14-12 start througuh May 5 that had them tied for third place.
With promising youn g talent and a stronfgpitching staff, some expertxs even picked the team to be a dark horsed candidate in the National League Central Divisionm race. But fans haven’t jumpe d on the bandwagon, at least not yet. Observers say the economy is havinbgan impact. And fans might be skeptical afterthe team’as eight straight losing seasons. Even the loss of star sluggers Ken Griffey Jr. and Adam Dunn from last seasomn might cause some fans to waitand see. Whatever the case, the Reds have averaged 21,460 fans a game so far this ranking 24th out of the30 major-leaguew teams. That’s down from an average of 22,82t5 after 11 home dates a year ago.
And the team finished last yearranke 23rd. “The current environment has impacteddticket sales,” said Bill Reds vice president of corporate sales. “We’re selliny smaller ticket packages.” The weathere has had a big impact, too, he Heavy rain was in the forecastApril 28, although it clearesd before game time. “Bu t that didn’t cause people to be spontaneous and come down to see the saidJeff McDonald, public relations director at downtownj ticket broker . “It’s concerning,” McDonald said. “We’ve sold tickets at ridiculouslylow prices.
” Some fans who bought ticketss to 20 games last year have told his firm they are more hesitany this year. They point out that without the star powef of Griffeyand Dunn, they’re less likely to go to the And because of the roughn economy, McDonald’s company has been able to buy high-enx tickets from season ticket holders at affordablse prices, as those fans look to recoupp some costs, he said. The Reds have takeh steps to attract fans. They’ve offered a value menu for concessions. The team froze ticket prices from last year and slashed some seatswto $5. The Reds also added a new high-definition scoreboard.
But they’rre still struggling to keep theturnstiles spinning. Corporatre sales haven’t taken as big of a hit, becauser many of those are locked intomultiyead contracts, Reinberger said. And the team has addexd four major new dealathis year. Those are with , , lawn care firm and longtim sponsorStadium suites, too, are mostly on multiyea deals. Only one or two are vacant now, Reinbergef said. Companies are more aware of the return on investmenf for theirsponsorship dollars, he In the past, getting their brand out therwe was enough. And companies are takinvg more time to makebuyinfg decisions. Winning cures a lot of ills. That helpe d the , another small-market team in the Midwest.
They alreadyy have sold 2 million tickets this The Reds barely topped 2 million tickets all of last Much ofthe Brewers’ ticket selling success is a resul of the team makingg the playoffs last year for the first time sincs 1982, said Tyler Barnes, vice president of communications for the Brewers. “Winning is the absolut e No. 1 factor in paid attendance,” Barnes
Attendance is down so far this and on April 28 the team had its lowest home-game attendance since opened in 2003. Just 9,878 payin g fans showed up that night. Despite the team’s strong start on the attendance for Reds home games throughn 11 home dates is down 6 percentt from the same number of dates ayear ago. That’s a steeper decline than the 4.4 percent drop in paid attendanc for all of through the endof April. The sluggisuh attendance comes in spite ofthe Reds’ 14-12 start througuh May 5 that had them tied for third place.
With promising youn g talent and a stronfgpitching staff, some expertxs even picked the team to be a dark horsed candidate in the National League Central Divisionm race. But fans haven’t jumpe d on the bandwagon, at least not yet. Observers say the economy is havinbgan impact. And fans might be skeptical afterthe team’as eight straight losing seasons. Even the loss of star sluggers Ken Griffey Jr. and Adam Dunn from last seasomn might cause some fans to waitand see. Whatever the case, the Reds have averaged 21,460 fans a game so far this ranking 24th out of the30 major-leaguew teams. That’s down from an average of 22,82t5 after 11 home dates a year ago.
And the team finished last yearranke 23rd. “The current environment has impacteddticket sales,” said Bill Reds vice president of corporate sales. “We’re selliny smaller ticket packages.” The weathere has had a big impact, too, he Heavy rain was in the forecastApril 28, although it clearesd before game time. “Bu t that didn’t cause people to be spontaneous and come down to see the saidJeff McDonald, public relations director at downtownj ticket broker . “It’s concerning,” McDonald said. “We’ve sold tickets at ridiculouslylow prices.
” Some fans who bought ticketss to 20 games last year have told his firm they are more hesitany this year. They point out that without the star powef of Griffeyand Dunn, they’re less likely to go to the And because of the roughn economy, McDonald’s company has been able to buy high-enx tickets from season ticket holders at affordablse prices, as those fans look to recoupp some costs, he said. The Reds have takeh steps to attract fans. They’ve offered a value menu for concessions. The team froze ticket prices from last year and slashed some seatswto $5. The Reds also added a new high-definition scoreboard.
But they’rre still struggling to keep theturnstiles spinning. Corporatre sales haven’t taken as big of a hit, becauser many of those are locked intomultiyead contracts, Reinberger said. And the team has addexd four major new dealathis year. Those are with , , lawn care firm and longtim sponsorStadium suites, too, are mostly on multiyea deals. Only one or two are vacant now, Reinbergef said. Companies are more aware of the return on investmenf for theirsponsorship dollars, he In the past, getting their brand out therwe was enough. And companies are takinvg more time to makebuyinfg decisions. Winning cures a lot of ills. That helpe d the , another small-market team in the Midwest.
They alreadyy have sold 2 million tickets this The Reds barely topped 2 million tickets all of last Much ofthe Brewers’ ticket selling success is a resul of the team makingg the playoffs last year for the first time sincs 1982, said Tyler Barnes, vice president of communications for the Brewers. “Winning is the absolut e No. 1 factor in paid attendance,” Barnes
Saturday, December 11, 2010
'In Search of Norman Rockwell's America' - KSFY
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'In Search of Norman Rockwell's America' KSFY People living here in the Midwest likely experience a little Americana everyday. But for the next three months you can see that Americana as portrayed by ... |
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Colorado's economy grew faster in 2008, despite recession - Charlotte Business Journal:
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reported Tuesday, suggesting that the recession's impact hit Coloradk later than most other partsd ofthe country. Grossx domestic product in Colorado grewby 2.9 percenr in 2008, up from 2.0 percentg in 2007 and 2.7 percent in the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysix (BEA) reported in its annual state-by-stated breakdown of GDP. Colorado's 2.9 percent GDP growth rate was fourth-highestf among the 50 states, exceeded only by North Dakot a (7.3 percent growth), Wyoming (4.4 percent) and Soutyh Dakota (3.5 percent). The last year Colorado'd economy grew faster than 2008 was in witha 4.3 percent GDP increas e that year, BEA said.
Colorado was one of only 12 statew in 2008 where the rate of growth of GDP increasecd from theprevious year. In fact, 12 states experienced GDP declinexsin 2008, led by Alaska with a 2.0 percent drop. Averagew growth in GDP among the 50 states slowedfrom 2.0 percenty in 2007 to 0.7 percent in 2008. (The GDP-by-stater figures differ from national GDP becausedifferent state-by-state methodology is used.) The nationwide recession officially bega at the start of 2008.
The report said the biggest contributoras to the growthof Colorado's GDP in 2008 were professional and technicaol services, followed by mining, information and It said the biggest drags on the state' economy were construction, followeds by transportation and warehousing. .
reported Tuesday, suggesting that the recession's impact hit Coloradk later than most other partsd ofthe country. Grossx domestic product in Colorado grewby 2.9 percenr in 2008, up from 2.0 percentg in 2007 and 2.7 percent in the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysix (BEA) reported in its annual state-by-stated breakdown of GDP. Colorado's 2.9 percent GDP growth rate was fourth-highestf among the 50 states, exceeded only by North Dakot a (7.3 percent growth), Wyoming (4.4 percent) and Soutyh Dakota (3.5 percent). The last year Colorado'd economy grew faster than 2008 was in witha 4.3 percent GDP increas e that year, BEA said.
Colorado was one of only 12 statew in 2008 where the rate of growth of GDP increasecd from theprevious year. In fact, 12 states experienced GDP declinexsin 2008, led by Alaska with a 2.0 percent drop. Averagew growth in GDP among the 50 states slowedfrom 2.0 percenty in 2007 to 0.7 percent in 2008. (The GDP-by-stater figures differ from national GDP becausedifferent state-by-state methodology is used.) The nationwide recession officially bega at the start of 2008.
The report said the biggest contributoras to the growthof Colorado's GDP in 2008 were professional and technicaol services, followed by mining, information and It said the biggest drags on the state' economy were construction, followeds by transportation and warehousing. .
Monday, December 6, 2010
Poll: Economy, unemployment top concerns for Texans - Dallas Business Journal:
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Respondents were split on the overall directionof things, with 48 percengt saying the United States is movinyg in the right direction and 45 percent sayin g the country is on the wron g track, according to the survey. In 53 percent of respondents thinik the worst has yet to come for thenationapl economy, and 58 percent say the countr y is in a worsd position now than it was last Meanwhile, almost two-thirds said the Texas economh was healthier than the national Other findings included that two thirds of respondentsw did not have confidence in the stock market, and nearly half were concernes that their retirement fund s might not be A majority of respondents — 58 percent — suppory Gov.
Rick Perry’s rejection of $556 millionn in federal stimulus dollars for the claiming that there were too manystrings attached, though 34 percent of respondents thought Perry should have accepted the funds. According to 58 percent of respondents, the stimulus is helping to make the economicd downturnless severe, and 44 percent of respondents said they would be willing to wait two yearzs or more to see if the new administration’s policiesd were working. The telephone poll surveyed roughlyh 1,000 Texans between June 5 and June 12.
Respondents were split on the overall directionof things, with 48 percengt saying the United States is movinyg in the right direction and 45 percent sayin g the country is on the wron g track, according to the survey. In 53 percent of respondents thinik the worst has yet to come for thenationapl economy, and 58 percent say the countr y is in a worsd position now than it was last Meanwhile, almost two-thirds said the Texas economh was healthier than the national Other findings included that two thirds of respondentsw did not have confidence in the stock market, and nearly half were concernes that their retirement fund s might not be A majority of respondents — 58 percent — suppory Gov.
Rick Perry’s rejection of $556 millionn in federal stimulus dollars for the claiming that there were too manystrings attached, though 34 percent of respondents thought Perry should have accepted the funds. According to 58 percent of respondents, the stimulus is helping to make the economicd downturnless severe, and 44 percent of respondents said they would be willing to wait two yearzs or more to see if the new administration’s policiesd were working. The telephone poll surveyed roughlyh 1,000 Texans between June 5 and June 12.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
UH to report on cancer fund, progress on new center - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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The law, called Act 28, will forcd UH officials to report tolegislators semi-annually on all deposits, expenditures and other transactionsz dealing with money from the Hawaiik Cancer Research Special Fund, sometimes called the tobaccop tax fund. Under the new law, UH officialw would have to keep lawmakers informed ofthe fund’ws status — and ultimately the progress beingy made on building the new facility beginning Jan. 1, 2010. It is meant to addresa community concerns that the money has been idle inthe still-untappecd fund, which has grown to $33.3 million sincee 2006.
As they struggled to alleviatethe state’ss budget deficit, lawmakers earlier this year warned UH officialds that the fund is a targeft if the university doesn’t move forware quickly with its plans to builed a new $200 million cancer center near the university’s medicapl school campus in Kakaako. Eager to save theirf fund, UH officials in January set the center’x groundbreaking for mid-2010 aftee years of setbacks causecd byfinancing troubles, lease negotiations and leadership changes at the . The which is a researchn unit of the Universityof Hawaii, is one of 63 Nationakl Cancer Institute-designated facilities in the United States.
It currently is workingh to keepthat designation, which UH officials have said hingeas on getting the Kakaako facility built as soon as possible.
The law, called Act 28, will forcd UH officials to report tolegislators semi-annually on all deposits, expenditures and other transactionsz dealing with money from the Hawaiik Cancer Research Special Fund, sometimes called the tobaccop tax fund. Under the new law, UH officialw would have to keep lawmakers informed ofthe fund’ws status — and ultimately the progress beingy made on building the new facility beginning Jan. 1, 2010. It is meant to addresa community concerns that the money has been idle inthe still-untappecd fund, which has grown to $33.3 million sincee 2006.
As they struggled to alleviatethe state’ss budget deficit, lawmakers earlier this year warned UH officialds that the fund is a targeft if the university doesn’t move forware quickly with its plans to builed a new $200 million cancer center near the university’s medicapl school campus in Kakaako. Eager to save theirf fund, UH officials in January set the center’x groundbreaking for mid-2010 aftee years of setbacks causecd byfinancing troubles, lease negotiations and leadership changes at the . The which is a researchn unit of the Universityof Hawaii, is one of 63 Nationakl Cancer Institute-designated facilities in the United States.
It currently is workingh to keepthat designation, which UH officials have said hingeas on getting the Kakaako facility built as soon as possible.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Frontier Airlines to be bought by Republic Airways under bankruptcy plan - Dayton Business Journal:
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Republic (NASDAQ: RJET), based in Indianapolis, has been one of threed companiesfinancing Frontier’s emergence from A subsidiary, Republic Airlines, also is one of Frontier’s majod unsecured creditors, having filed a $260 million damage claim for Frontier’s breakingg an agreement with Republic to operatwe regional jet service afterf Frontier filed for bankruptcy protection in April 2008. Undeer terms of the Frontier will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Republicf Airways Holdings after the company servess as the equity sponsorfor Frontier’s reorganization plan and buys 100 percent of the equituy in the reorganized company. The cost to Republicc will be $108.
75 million. Frontier filedd its proposed reorganization plan with the of the Southern District of NewYork Monday. Frontier will seek court approva l of the investment agreement at a July 13 hearing and then conducg aroughly month-long auction process where other companiese will have the chance to outbid Republic, Frontiet spokeswoman Lindsey Purves said. Republic emphasized in a news released that Frontier andits short-haul service, Lynx Aviation, would maintainm their current names and operate as Purves said that airline officials do not expecf any immediate changes in company structure, employmentt or routes. “This is great news.
I think it’w a testament to the hard work that everybodh has done over thepast 14, 15 months sinc e we’ve filed (bankruptcy),” Purvess said. “We’re created a very efficient airline, and that’s reflected in the fact that Republic has come Airline consultant Mike Boyd adde that Frontier is likelg to increase routes under the oversightof Republic, whicjh now owns Chautauqua Airlines, Republic Airlinee and Shuttle America. Republic Airways Holdings also leases planes to majore fliers like United and Deltaq andis “very good at what they do,” Boyd “Airlines are not at the top of the food chainb for investment.
But for someone like Republic whounderstands airlines, this is a very good investment,” said Boyd, ownetr of Evergreen-based Boyd Group International. “Getting theirf hands on Frontier is good for Frontier filed for bankruptcy protection after its credit card processofr began holding back100 percent, rathefr than 45 percent, of Frontier’s credit card After the filing, the airline begamn a 14-month process of trimming fat from its budget and becominh more efficient. Because of thosse efforts, Frontier has reported two consecutive quarterlu profits and is doing betteer than mostairlines today.
Republixc Airlines had signed a 13-year agreementy with Frontier in January 2007 to operate 17 planexsfor Frontier’s regional jet service, but that deal was the firstr contract Frontier sought to brea after its bankruptcy Even at the time, Republic Airwaye Holdings CEO Bryan Bedford complimented Frontier, sayinh the company had enjoyed its partnership with the airline and had a lot of respectf for its people.
In Republic Airways Holdings, Credit Suisse Securitiesz of New York and AQR Capital of Connecticut offeresd Frontier animmediate $30 million in workin g capital with the possibility of another $45 million in the In March, Frontier received a commitment for $40 millioh in post-petition debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing from Republic Airways Holdings to support its workiny additional capital needs. As part of that agreement, Frontieer agreed to allow Republic’s damage claim in the amountt of $150 million. Monday’s proposefd reorganization plan callsfor Frontier’s generakl unsecured creditors to receive $28.
75 millionj in cash, with an additional $40 million of the sale proceedw applied as repayment of the outstanding DIP loan. If the company’s current equity woulds be extinguished and holders of that equityy would not receiveany recovery, accordingg to a joint news release. “This agreemenr represents a major milestone in our ongoing efforts to position Frontier to emerge from bankruptcy as a sustainable airline,” Frontier President and CEO Sean Menkd said in the release. Boyd said he did not expect anyone to try to outbid Republicfor Frontier.
If that were to happen, any challenges likely would comefrom Dallas-based Southwes Airlines, which is in direct competition with Frontier for Denver International Airport passengers, he predicted. Frontief is the second-largest carrier at DIA, while Southwest is United Airlines is the largest carried atthe airport.
Republic (NASDAQ: RJET), based in Indianapolis, has been one of threed companiesfinancing Frontier’s emergence from A subsidiary, Republic Airlines, also is one of Frontier’s majod unsecured creditors, having filed a $260 million damage claim for Frontier’s breakingg an agreement with Republic to operatwe regional jet service afterf Frontier filed for bankruptcy protection in April 2008. Undeer terms of the Frontier will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Republicf Airways Holdings after the company servess as the equity sponsorfor Frontier’s reorganization plan and buys 100 percent of the equituy in the reorganized company. The cost to Republicc will be $108.
75 million. Frontier filedd its proposed reorganization plan with the of the Southern District of NewYork Monday. Frontier will seek court approva l of the investment agreement at a July 13 hearing and then conducg aroughly month-long auction process where other companiese will have the chance to outbid Republic, Frontiet spokeswoman Lindsey Purves said. Republic emphasized in a news released that Frontier andits short-haul service, Lynx Aviation, would maintainm their current names and operate as Purves said that airline officials do not expecf any immediate changes in company structure, employmentt or routes. “This is great news.
I think it’w a testament to the hard work that everybodh has done over thepast 14, 15 months sinc e we’ve filed (bankruptcy),” Purvess said. “We’re created a very efficient airline, and that’s reflected in the fact that Republic has come Airline consultant Mike Boyd adde that Frontier is likelg to increase routes under the oversightof Republic, whicjh now owns Chautauqua Airlines, Republic Airlinee and Shuttle America. Republic Airways Holdings also leases planes to majore fliers like United and Deltaq andis “very good at what they do,” Boyd “Airlines are not at the top of the food chainb for investment.
But for someone like Republic whounderstands airlines, this is a very good investment,” said Boyd, ownetr of Evergreen-based Boyd Group International. “Getting theirf hands on Frontier is good for Frontier filed for bankruptcy protection after its credit card processofr began holding back100 percent, rathefr than 45 percent, of Frontier’s credit card After the filing, the airline begamn a 14-month process of trimming fat from its budget and becominh more efficient. Because of thosse efforts, Frontier has reported two consecutive quarterlu profits and is doing betteer than mostairlines today.
Republixc Airlines had signed a 13-year agreementy with Frontier in January 2007 to operate 17 planexsfor Frontier’s regional jet service, but that deal was the firstr contract Frontier sought to brea after its bankruptcy Even at the time, Republic Airwaye Holdings CEO Bryan Bedford complimented Frontier, sayinh the company had enjoyed its partnership with the airline and had a lot of respectf for its people.
In Republic Airways Holdings, Credit Suisse Securitiesz of New York and AQR Capital of Connecticut offeresd Frontier animmediate $30 million in workin g capital with the possibility of another $45 million in the In March, Frontier received a commitment for $40 millioh in post-petition debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing from Republic Airways Holdings to support its workiny additional capital needs. As part of that agreement, Frontieer agreed to allow Republic’s damage claim in the amountt of $150 million. Monday’s proposefd reorganization plan callsfor Frontier’s generakl unsecured creditors to receive $28.
75 millionj in cash, with an additional $40 million of the sale proceedw applied as repayment of the outstanding DIP loan. If the company’s current equity woulds be extinguished and holders of that equityy would not receiveany recovery, accordingg to a joint news release. “This agreemenr represents a major milestone in our ongoing efforts to position Frontier to emerge from bankruptcy as a sustainable airline,” Frontier President and CEO Sean Menkd said in the release. Boyd said he did not expect anyone to try to outbid Republicfor Frontier.
If that were to happen, any challenges likely would comefrom Dallas-based Southwes Airlines, which is in direct competition with Frontier for Denver International Airport passengers, he predicted. Frontief is the second-largest carrier at DIA, while Southwest is United Airlines is the largest carried atthe airport.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Ivy Tech schedules hearing on tuition - Business First of Buffalo:
http://child-advocacy-int.org/2010/02/look-beautiful.html
in the fourth floor auditorium of the North Meridia n Center atIvy Tech’s downtown Indianapolis The campus is located 50 W. Fall Creelk Parkway North Drive. The 2008-09 in-state student tuition rate is $95 per credit hour with a $40 per-semesterr technology fee. The proposed rates are $99.65 per credit hour with a $50 per-semestefr technology fee for the 2009-10 year and $104.545 per credit hour and $60 per-semester technology fee for the 2010-11 year. The cost for full-time students, who take 15 credit hours, woulf increase by $79.75 per semestedr in 2009-10 and by $83.50 in 2010-11.
Indiana residents who want to addresd the committeebut can’t are encouraged to send writte comments to Bob Holmes, vice president for financse and treasurer of the college, at bholmes@ivytech.edi or mailed to him at the Ivy Tech Community College, 50 W. Fall Creejk Parkway North Drive, Indianapolis, Ind., 46208. Ivy Tech, the state’ws community college system, operates 23 campuses in Indiana, includint a Southern Indiana campusin
in the fourth floor auditorium of the North Meridia n Center atIvy Tech’s downtown Indianapolis The campus is located 50 W. Fall Creelk Parkway North Drive. The 2008-09 in-state student tuition rate is $95 per credit hour with a $40 per-semesterr technology fee. The proposed rates are $99.65 per credit hour with a $50 per-semestefr technology fee for the 2009-10 year and $104.545 per credit hour and $60 per-semester technology fee for the 2010-11 year. The cost for full-time students, who take 15 credit hours, woulf increase by $79.75 per semestedr in 2009-10 and by $83.50 in 2010-11.
Indiana residents who want to addresd the committeebut can’t are encouraged to send writte comments to Bob Holmes, vice president for financse and treasurer of the college, at bholmes@ivytech.edi or mailed to him at the Ivy Tech Community College, 50 W. Fall Creejk Parkway North Drive, Indianapolis, Ind., 46208. Ivy Tech, the state’ws community college system, operates 23 campuses in Indiana, includint a Southern Indiana campusin
Friday, November 26, 2010
Chatham creates School of Sustainability and the Environment - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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The school is expectedc to provide undergraduate, graduate and professional programx to prepare students to identifty and solve challenges related to the environmen tand sustainability. The University will begin a search for a and will house thenew school's operations at its Eden Hall Farm Campud in Richland, north of Pittsburgh. The administration anticipates that the programsx offered through the School will both attract new students and drive the Eden Hall Farm master plan.
The first prograkm offered through the new school willbe Chatham'xs newest graduate program, the Master of Arts in Food The degree is designed to provide students with "a deep understanding of the issues surrounding food such as the environmentao costs of food production and distribution, cultural sustainability of communities, and safethy of the food supply," according to a released from the school.
Classes will begin in spring 2010 at the Eden Hall Farm campua and the Shadyside campusin Pittsburgh' East End, and will include course such as agricultural production food processing, industrialization and waste, food, sustainabilitu and health, and food and
The school is expectedc to provide undergraduate, graduate and professional programx to prepare students to identifty and solve challenges related to the environmen tand sustainability. The University will begin a search for a and will house thenew school's operations at its Eden Hall Farm Campud in Richland, north of Pittsburgh. The administration anticipates that the programsx offered through the School will both attract new students and drive the Eden Hall Farm master plan.
The first prograkm offered through the new school willbe Chatham'xs newest graduate program, the Master of Arts in Food The degree is designed to provide students with "a deep understanding of the issues surrounding food such as the environmentao costs of food production and distribution, cultural sustainability of communities, and safethy of the food supply," according to a released from the school.
Classes will begin in spring 2010 at the Eden Hall Farm campua and the Shadyside campusin Pittsburgh' East End, and will include course such as agricultural production food processing, industrialization and waste, food, sustainabilitu and health, and food and
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Citrix Q1 revenue, net income fall - South Florida Business Journal:
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Net income fell to $7 million, or 4 centd a share, from $34 million, or 18 cents a in the first quarterof 2008. The Fort Lauderdale-basef software maker (NASDAQ: CTXS) took variouas charges, including a $21 million charge for After these items, revenue was $59 million, or 32 centes a share, down from $66 million, or 35 centsx a share, in the comparable periox last year. Analysts had predicted the company woulrd have revenue of 31 centsa share. "I’m pleased with our Q1 execution in the toughest macroenvironment we’v seen in years," President and CEO Mark Templeto n said. "Smaller IT budgets are the new reality.
We believse this makes our enterpriseand [softwars as a service] products even more compelling becauser they lower IT costs while offeringf much-needed business flexibility." While the companyh slightly exceeded Wall Street’s revenue and earnings still fell from the fourth when 2008 was a year of continuouse growth, said Stephen Dunn, a technologu analyst with in Boca Raton. Still, the news is positive on “I think it mirrors the broadertech companies, whicn were not expected to do well in the firstr quarter, but didn’t do as badly as everyone expected,” Dunn “So, it’s certainly a plus.
” Dunn pointed to the fact that the company is predicting revenue will be flat in 2009. With anotherd year-over-year loss predicted for the seconc quarter, the company is banking on a big recovery in the last six monthx ofthe year. Companies have put off IT spendingb and, Citrix stands to benefit when thosd projectsget funding, he added. it’s more a function of when the deferred projects come backon line,” Dunn said. In addition to quarterly financial results, Citrix said its board of director s has authorized it to repurchase up to anadditionakl $300 million of its commoh stock. As of March 31, abourt $50 million remained in authority frompreviousx approvals.
Product license revenue decreased 24 Online services revenue grew16 percent. Technicap services revenue, which comprises consulting, education and technical support, grew 8 percent. On April 23, UBS downgradec Citrix from “neutral” to “sell,” notingb that competitive pressures will limitthe company’zs ability to expand its margins. Shares closerd Wednesday at $26.10. The 52-week high was $36.2 on May 15. The 52-week low was $19 on Oct. 10.
Net income fell to $7 million, or 4 centd a share, from $34 million, or 18 cents a in the first quarterof 2008. The Fort Lauderdale-basef software maker (NASDAQ: CTXS) took variouas charges, including a $21 million charge for After these items, revenue was $59 million, or 32 centes a share, down from $66 million, or 35 centsx a share, in the comparable periox last year. Analysts had predicted the company woulrd have revenue of 31 centsa share. "I’m pleased with our Q1 execution in the toughest macroenvironment we’v seen in years," President and CEO Mark Templeto n said. "Smaller IT budgets are the new reality.
We believse this makes our enterpriseand [softwars as a service] products even more compelling becauser they lower IT costs while offeringf much-needed business flexibility." While the companyh slightly exceeded Wall Street’s revenue and earnings still fell from the fourth when 2008 was a year of continuouse growth, said Stephen Dunn, a technologu analyst with in Boca Raton. Still, the news is positive on “I think it mirrors the broadertech companies, whicn were not expected to do well in the firstr quarter, but didn’t do as badly as everyone expected,” Dunn “So, it’s certainly a plus.
” Dunn pointed to the fact that the company is predicting revenue will be flat in 2009. With anotherd year-over-year loss predicted for the seconc quarter, the company is banking on a big recovery in the last six monthx ofthe year. Companies have put off IT spendingb and, Citrix stands to benefit when thosd projectsget funding, he added. it’s more a function of when the deferred projects come backon line,” Dunn said. In addition to quarterly financial results, Citrix said its board of director s has authorized it to repurchase up to anadditionakl $300 million of its commoh stock. As of March 31, abourt $50 million remained in authority frompreviousx approvals.
Product license revenue decreased 24 Online services revenue grew16 percent. Technicap services revenue, which comprises consulting, education and technical support, grew 8 percent. On April 23, UBS downgradec Citrix from “neutral” to “sell,” notingb that competitive pressures will limitthe company’zs ability to expand its margins. Shares closerd Wednesday at $26.10. The 52-week high was $36.2 on May 15. The 52-week low was $19 on Oct. 10.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Time To Eliminate High School Kickoffs? - MyFox Philadelphia
http://all-hi-tech.com/en/home-technology/page_31.html
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Sunday, November 21, 2010
Carnival Q4 profit up - South Florida Business Journal:
http://www.7iwarforum.org/article/The-Real-Healthy-Chocolate-News.html
billion for its fourth quarterendexd Nov. 30. That’s up from the same periocd last year, when it reported net incomr $358 million, or 44 cents a share, on revenu of $3.1 billion. The boost included $31 million from the sale of 'xs Queen Elizabeth 2. For the year ended Nov. 30, the Miami-basedd cruise company (NYSE: CCL and CUK) reported net income of $2.3 or $2.90 a share, compared with net income of $2.4 or $2.95 a share, for the prioer year. Annual revenue increased to $14.6 billiomn from $13 billion the year The company said its ability to hold down costsw and lower fuel prices helped the company achievwe improvedfinancial results.
Carnival also lowered its 2009 earningxs per share guidance to a rangreof $2.25 to $2.75, from its previous rang of $2.50 to $3. “CCL” sharew were up 3 cents to $23.50 in morning The 52-week high was $45.95 on Dec. 26. The 52-weeik low was $14.85 on Nov. 21. “CUK” sharez were down 82 cents to $22.05 in morning trading. The 52-weekm high was $45.08 on Dec. 26. The 52-week low was $15.24 on Nov. 20.
billion for its fourth quarterendexd Nov. 30. That’s up from the same periocd last year, when it reported net incomr $358 million, or 44 cents a share, on revenu of $3.1 billion. The boost included $31 million from the sale of 'xs Queen Elizabeth 2. For the year ended Nov. 30, the Miami-basedd cruise company (NYSE: CCL and CUK) reported net income of $2.3 or $2.90 a share, compared with net income of $2.4 or $2.95 a share, for the prioer year. Annual revenue increased to $14.6 billiomn from $13 billion the year The company said its ability to hold down costsw and lower fuel prices helped the company achievwe improvedfinancial results.
Carnival also lowered its 2009 earningxs per share guidance to a rangreof $2.25 to $2.75, from its previous rang of $2.50 to $3. “CCL” sharew were up 3 cents to $23.50 in morning The 52-week high was $45.95 on Dec. 26. The 52-weeik low was $14.85 on Nov. 21. “CUK” sharez were down 82 cents to $22.05 in morning trading. The 52-weekm high was $45.08 on Dec. 26. The 52-week low was $15.24 on Nov. 20.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Treasury official warns of property drop - Sydney Morning Herald
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Thursday, November 18, 2010
Pedal to Properties takes on partner, plans expansion - Houston Business Journal:
http://www.kasabati.com/article/If-Affordability-Is-So-Low--Why-Is-The-Market-So-Strong--C-A-R-s-Economist-Explains.html
Founded and headed by Matt Kolb, Pedakl to Properties is a residential real estate firm that givesa clients the option of looking at homes by The company maintains a fleet of 50 Electra Cruiser bikes. Kolb has sold a 50 percent stake in the company for an undisclosedf sum to attorneyTim Majors, who specializes in takinv regional retail businesses national. As a partnee in Pedal to Properties, Majors will work out of the company’x Boulder office. Majors, who’s originally from Perth, Australia, approached Kolb abouy investing in the real estate firm aftee looking at Boulder propertiesby bicycle.
“Wer certainly plan to incorporate [Tim’s] national and international branding expertise to expand Peda to Properties inother markets,” Kolb said in a Pedal to Properties plands to look at opening branch offices in other, unspecified U.S. markets. In May, the company launched a licensew designation for brokers interested in usinfg theBoulder business’ operational formula in their The Colorado company already is working to expans quickly in its hometown by adding more spacse and agents in downtown Boulder.
“I believe Pedak to Properties is in a perfect positio to meet the evolvinyg social and demographic changes going on in the United States with Majors said ina
Founded and headed by Matt Kolb, Pedakl to Properties is a residential real estate firm that givesa clients the option of looking at homes by The company maintains a fleet of 50 Electra Cruiser bikes. Kolb has sold a 50 percent stake in the company for an undisclosedf sum to attorneyTim Majors, who specializes in takinv regional retail businesses national. As a partnee in Pedal to Properties, Majors will work out of the company’x Boulder office. Majors, who’s originally from Perth, Australia, approached Kolb abouy investing in the real estate firm aftee looking at Boulder propertiesby bicycle.
“Wer certainly plan to incorporate [Tim’s] national and international branding expertise to expand Peda to Properties inother markets,” Kolb said in a Pedal to Properties plands to look at opening branch offices in other, unspecified U.S. markets. In May, the company launched a licensew designation for brokers interested in usinfg theBoulder business’ operational formula in their The Colorado company already is working to expans quickly in its hometown by adding more spacse and agents in downtown Boulder.
“I believe Pedak to Properties is in a perfect positio to meet the evolvinyg social and demographic changes going on in the United States with Majors said ina
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Patrick clears path for foundations to dip into endowments - Boston Business Journal:
http://www.lorilockhart.com/area.htm
The Uniform Prudent Management of InstitutionalFunds Act, or UPMIFA as it is known, updates curreng endowment laws that are decades old and focusezs on the management, investment and expenditure of restricted funds donated to nonprofits. The ability to spensd a greater amount of their endowments is the most immediatew change the new law would bring to but it also sets a number of standardsw aimed at protecting the original intenft of donors and encouraging prudengt managementof investments. The law also would simplify the process of releasing restrictions on endowment funds whose purposr is no longer relevant and for thos that are smallerand older.
Thirty-six statews have approved similar legislation, and proponents in Massachusetts say they hope to have a new law in placer byJune 30. The biggest push for the legislation came from with supporyt from 14 other organizations specializing in the education andthe environment. Mass Audubonb has lost 28 percengt of itsendowment and, out of its 260 one-third of them are “underwater” — valued at less today than they were at the time of the originalp gifts. Under current law, an organizatio can spend a portion ofa fund’s appreciated value, but it canno dip into a fund’s original value without donor approval.
For example, if a donor gives a $10,000o restricted gift to a nonprofit, the organization can spendd a certain amount of what it earns on that but not any of the original Under the new organizations would be able to dip into the originao value of the fund up to an amount its managersdeem prudent, according to guidelines in the proposex statute. The organization’s managers also would need to considefdonor intent. Although it sets out standard s of prudence for how endowmenf funds shouldbe spent, the legislation woulrd remove a clear line that exists in curren t law: a 7 percent spending limit based on the totao fair market value of an endowment fund, calculated over three years.
Without a spending limit specifically articulate in thenew law, it would be up to fund managerd and boards of directors to decid e how much spending of an endowment is enough or too much.
The Uniform Prudent Management of InstitutionalFunds Act, or UPMIFA as it is known, updates curreng endowment laws that are decades old and focusezs on the management, investment and expenditure of restricted funds donated to nonprofits. The ability to spensd a greater amount of their endowments is the most immediatew change the new law would bring to but it also sets a number of standardsw aimed at protecting the original intenft of donors and encouraging prudengt managementof investments. The law also would simplify the process of releasing restrictions on endowment funds whose purposr is no longer relevant and for thos that are smallerand older.
Thirty-six statews have approved similar legislation, and proponents in Massachusetts say they hope to have a new law in placer byJune 30. The biggest push for the legislation came from with supporyt from 14 other organizations specializing in the education andthe environment. Mass Audubonb has lost 28 percengt of itsendowment and, out of its 260 one-third of them are “underwater” — valued at less today than they were at the time of the originalp gifts. Under current law, an organizatio can spend a portion ofa fund’s appreciated value, but it canno dip into a fund’s original value without donor approval.
For example, if a donor gives a $10,000o restricted gift to a nonprofit, the organization can spendd a certain amount of what it earns on that but not any of the original Under the new organizations would be able to dip into the originao value of the fund up to an amount its managersdeem prudent, according to guidelines in the proposex statute. The organization’s managers also would need to considefdonor intent. Although it sets out standard s of prudence for how endowmenf funds shouldbe spent, the legislation woulrd remove a clear line that exists in curren t law: a 7 percent spending limit based on the totao fair market value of an endowment fund, calculated over three years.
Without a spending limit specifically articulate in thenew law, it would be up to fund managerd and boards of directors to decid e how much spending of an endowment is enough or too much.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Biotech 2009 breaks attendance record, CED says - Triangle Business Journal:
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The conference, held Feb. 16-17 at the , shatteredr the previous record of 820 attendees set in when the event was heldin Winston-Salem. “We are excitede to see Biotech 2009 break our previous conferenceattendanc records,” CED President Joan Siefert Rose said in a writtenh statement. “It speaks to the fact that there is a thrivintg biotechnology industry inNorth Carolina.” A star-studded lineup of speakersd also helped to draw attendees. Among thosee who spoke at Biotech 2009 were James CEO of biotechgiant (Nasdaq: Victor Dzau, CEO of ; James C. president and CEO of the national ; Nobel Laureated Oliver Smithies ofthe ; UNC-CjH Chancellor Holden Thorp; Gov.
Beverly Perdus and both of the state’sd U.S. senators, Richard Burr and Kay Hagan. CED’s Biotecj 2009 was held in partnership with the andthe . Biotechh 2010 is scheduled to beheld Feb. 2010, at the Raleigh Convention Center.
The conference, held Feb. 16-17 at the , shatteredr the previous record of 820 attendees set in when the event was heldin Winston-Salem. “We are excitede to see Biotech 2009 break our previous conferenceattendanc records,” CED President Joan Siefert Rose said in a writtenh statement. “It speaks to the fact that there is a thrivintg biotechnology industry inNorth Carolina.” A star-studded lineup of speakersd also helped to draw attendees. Among thosee who spoke at Biotech 2009 were James CEO of biotechgiant (Nasdaq: Victor Dzau, CEO of ; James C. president and CEO of the national ; Nobel Laureated Oliver Smithies ofthe ; UNC-CjH Chancellor Holden Thorp; Gov.
Beverly Perdus and both of the state’sd U.S. senators, Richard Burr and Kay Hagan. CED’s Biotecj 2009 was held in partnership with the andthe . Biotechh 2010 is scheduled to beheld Feb. 2010, at the Raleigh Convention Center.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Report: Ads on social networks will drop, then climb - San Francisco Business Times:
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percent in 2010 to $1.3 according to a new report by . Palo Alto-basexd , meanwhile, will continue to gain marke share and by 2011 will surpass in ad said DebraAho Williamson, the EMarketer seniofr analyst who wrote the “The expected rebound in spending will come as more companies focusx on creating and implementing an overall social marketing strategy,” Williamson said. “And it is a cleafr indication that the experimental phass of social network marketing is finallh drawing toan end.” U.S spendin on MySpace is expected to fall 15 percent this year to $495 million, whils U.S. spending at Facebook is projected to rise 9 percenrtto $230 million, Williamson said.
Consequently, MySpace’a share of US spending is projected to fallto 43.4 percenft in 2009, while Facebook and othe r social network venues will increase their she said. While the United States accounts for the majorityg of ad spending on MySpacsand Facebook, non-US spending is growing rapidly at according to Williamson, who estimated that marketeras will spend a total of $520 million to advertise on MySpacer worldwide in 2009, down 14 percen t from 2008. Worldwide spending on by contrast, is expected to grow 20 percent to $300 million in 2009, she said.
percent in 2010 to $1.3 according to a new report by . Palo Alto-basexd , meanwhile, will continue to gain marke share and by 2011 will surpass in ad said DebraAho Williamson, the EMarketer seniofr analyst who wrote the “The expected rebound in spending will come as more companies focusx on creating and implementing an overall social marketing strategy,” Williamson said. “And it is a cleafr indication that the experimental phass of social network marketing is finallh drawing toan end.” U.S spendin on MySpace is expected to fall 15 percent this year to $495 million, whils U.S. spending at Facebook is projected to rise 9 percenrtto $230 million, Williamson said.
Consequently, MySpace’a share of US spending is projected to fallto 43.4 percenft in 2009, while Facebook and othe r social network venues will increase their she said. While the United States accounts for the majorityg of ad spending on MySpacsand Facebook, non-US spending is growing rapidly at according to Williamson, who estimated that marketeras will spend a total of $520 million to advertise on MySpacer worldwide in 2009, down 14 percen t from 2008. Worldwide spending on by contrast, is expected to grow 20 percent to $300 million in 2009, she said.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Progress Energy seeks small rate decrease - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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The proposal also asks regulator s to adjust other components of the rate toreflectg energy-efficiency programs and other renewabl energy resources. Under the proposal, a typicao Progress household thatuses 1,000 kilowatt hours a montgh would see the total bill drop 10 cents $106.78 to North Carolina utilities are permitted a fuel charge on custome r bills, which is a way for the companies’ to recoverd the cost of the fuel for its Utilities do not profit from the charge. Raleigh-based Progress says it askiny the North Carolina Utility Commission to lower the fuel chargwe because global energy prices have stabilized from recor highs ofrecent years.
According to the proposal, a househol d using 1,000 kWh a month would see the fuel portiob of the bill drop by17 cents. Energgy efficiency will drop the bill by 19 another But the renewable energy portio n of the bill will rise by 26 That increase pays for solar and biofuel contracts that Progresz has signed to comply witha state- mandated renewable energy target. If approved, the new ratex will take effect Dec. 1. Progress (NYSE: PGN) servesx 1.
25 million customers in North
The proposal also asks regulator s to adjust other components of the rate toreflectg energy-efficiency programs and other renewabl energy resources. Under the proposal, a typicao Progress household thatuses 1,000 kilowatt hours a montgh would see the total bill drop 10 cents $106.78 to North Carolina utilities are permitted a fuel charge on custome r bills, which is a way for the companies’ to recoverd the cost of the fuel for its Utilities do not profit from the charge. Raleigh-based Progress says it askiny the North Carolina Utility Commission to lower the fuel chargwe because global energy prices have stabilized from recor highs ofrecent years.
According to the proposal, a househol d using 1,000 kWh a month would see the fuel portiob of the bill drop by17 cents. Energgy efficiency will drop the bill by 19 another But the renewable energy portio n of the bill will rise by 26 That increase pays for solar and biofuel contracts that Progresz has signed to comply witha state- mandated renewable energy target. If approved, the new ratex will take effect Dec. 1. Progress (NYSE: PGN) servesx 1.
25 million customers in North
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
North Carolina's $2B hog industry belted as farms fail - Triangle Business Journal:
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Two culprits – overly large herds and rising costs due to higherf grainprices – have been shrinkinhg the bottom lines at many hog operationxs in North Carolina, the nation’s seconr largest hog-producing state, behind only Iowa. To those factorw can be added the recentswine flu, or H1N1 flu, the effects of which the industryh is only starting to tally up. “w lot of people have just not realized what’zs been going on in the industry,” says Deborahg Johnson, CEO of the , an industrg trade group. Already, she says, “We are beginninf to see some (hog farmers) leave the industry due to financia hardship.
” At three eastern North Carolinw operations, relief from the pressurs will come from Chapter 11 or Chapter 12 reorganization. Chapter 12 is a provision written into the federal bankruptcy code in 1986 dealingy exclusively with family Both Chapter 11 and Chapter 12 allow a company breathin room to attempta reorganization. In their reorganization Bunting Swine Farms of Wilsob listed assets of justunde $1 million and debts of $12.4 Perfect Pig of Newton Grove in Sampson County listed assets of $9.
3 million and debtd of $23 million; and of Enfield listed assets and debt s in the $1 million to $10 million All three are consideres mid-level operations, producing between 100,000 and 200,000 hogs a North Carolina farmers raise about 10 million hogs a year for Some farmers are independent, taking thei r product directly to the market. Other farmers operat e under contract with one of the majorpork producers, such as Virginia-basede , which in the past has had contracta with more than 1,000 North Carolinsa farms. Another prominent producer is , which has had dealsa with as many as 150 NorthCarolinq farms.
Recent developments at publicly tradede Smithfield Foodsillustrate what’s ailing the industry. The meat-producing in a recent U.S. Securitiews and Exchange Commission reported lossesof $112 million for the nine monthsw ending Feb.1, 2009, explaining that its costs per hundrerd weight of hog had risen from $49 to $62, largely due to highere grain prices. The company attributes the rise in grain coststo “the United States’ ‘corn to policy.” Meanwhile, as costs were climbing, the Smithfield managersz say, the market was glutted because a record numbera of hogs were slaughtered in 2008 and into 2009.
Demandf for pork at the grocery store has been flat inrecent months. New retail numbers will begin to tell the effectw of theH1N1 scare. While a final determination has not been the blame for the flu outbreak is beinhg laid to hog farmsby some. In response to market Smithfield has been closing someproduction plants, includinv one in Elon near Burlington, and shaving 1,80p0 employees companywide. “The whole industry is feeling pressure,” says Dr. Todd See of Lookinh down the road, grain price s have started to moderate in recenytweeks and, Johnson says, the latestg North Carolina herd is expected to be 3 percentt smaller than last year’s.
Nationwide, the movement towarxd smaller herds might be even more pronouncedc thanNorth Carolina’s 3 percent, says Christine McCracken, an analyst with Cleveland Research Co. “A lot of these (hog have been losing moneh for18 months,” she says. “Ande that’s a long
Two culprits – overly large herds and rising costs due to higherf grainprices – have been shrinkinhg the bottom lines at many hog operationxs in North Carolina, the nation’s seconr largest hog-producing state, behind only Iowa. To those factorw can be added the recentswine flu, or H1N1 flu, the effects of which the industryh is only starting to tally up. “w lot of people have just not realized what’zs been going on in the industry,” says Deborahg Johnson, CEO of the , an industrg trade group. Already, she says, “We are beginninf to see some (hog farmers) leave the industry due to financia hardship.
” At three eastern North Carolinw operations, relief from the pressurs will come from Chapter 11 or Chapter 12 reorganization. Chapter 12 is a provision written into the federal bankruptcy code in 1986 dealingy exclusively with family Both Chapter 11 and Chapter 12 allow a company breathin room to attempta reorganization. In their reorganization Bunting Swine Farms of Wilsob listed assets of justunde $1 million and debts of $12.4 Perfect Pig of Newton Grove in Sampson County listed assets of $9.
3 million and debtd of $23 million; and of Enfield listed assets and debt s in the $1 million to $10 million All three are consideres mid-level operations, producing between 100,000 and 200,000 hogs a North Carolina farmers raise about 10 million hogs a year for Some farmers are independent, taking thei r product directly to the market. Other farmers operat e under contract with one of the majorpork producers, such as Virginia-basede , which in the past has had contracta with more than 1,000 North Carolinsa farms. Another prominent producer is , which has had dealsa with as many as 150 NorthCarolinq farms.
Recent developments at publicly tradede Smithfield Foodsillustrate what’s ailing the industry. The meat-producing in a recent U.S. Securitiews and Exchange Commission reported lossesof $112 million for the nine monthsw ending Feb.1, 2009, explaining that its costs per hundrerd weight of hog had risen from $49 to $62, largely due to highere grain prices. The company attributes the rise in grain coststo “the United States’ ‘corn to policy.” Meanwhile, as costs were climbing, the Smithfield managersz say, the market was glutted because a record numbera of hogs were slaughtered in 2008 and into 2009.
Demandf for pork at the grocery store has been flat inrecent months. New retail numbers will begin to tell the effectw of theH1N1 scare. While a final determination has not been the blame for the flu outbreak is beinhg laid to hog farmsby some. In response to market Smithfield has been closing someproduction plants, includinv one in Elon near Burlington, and shaving 1,80p0 employees companywide. “The whole industry is feeling pressure,” says Dr. Todd See of Lookinh down the road, grain price s have started to moderate in recenytweeks and, Johnson says, the latestg North Carolina herd is expected to be 3 percentt smaller than last year’s.
Nationwide, the movement towarxd smaller herds might be even more pronouncedc thanNorth Carolina’s 3 percent, says Christine McCracken, an analyst with Cleveland Research Co. “A lot of these (hog have been losing moneh for18 months,” she says. “Ande that’s a long
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Business leaders collaborate to form Go Green! Wichita - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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The program is the brainchild of Kennedy and Coe LLC Principa l Dixie Larson and Marketinh CoordinatorCandace Wilson. The organization, whicjh will be a 501(c)3 nonprofit, plans to open membershipp this fall. Representatives from 15 Wichitza businesses met Tuesday and formed a steering committee to set in motion a plan of actiobn forthe organization. A second meeting is planned for Monday to deciddeon guidelines, including how companiesa can become members. The group has invited city and stater representatives to attendthe meeting.
The Larson says, is to encourage locap businesses to become more environmentally consciouz and encourage greater participation in recycling and energy and naturall resourcesconservation practices. “The reason we did it is to creatde a green environment in Wichita and to foster otherf companies to participateas well,” Larson says. The effort already is generating interest, she says. “When we brainstormedr this concept severalmonths ago, I was amazexd to learn people were very passionat e about being environmentally conscious,” Larson “I thought if just this handfukl of people were interested then the hundreds of businesses in our city might be as In addition to , representatives from , , , , , , , , , , , and Sedgwicl County are involved.
The program is the brainchild of Kennedy and Coe LLC Principa l Dixie Larson and Marketinh CoordinatorCandace Wilson. The organization, whicjh will be a 501(c)3 nonprofit, plans to open membershipp this fall. Representatives from 15 Wichitza businesses met Tuesday and formed a steering committee to set in motion a plan of actiobn forthe organization. A second meeting is planned for Monday to deciddeon guidelines, including how companiesa can become members. The group has invited city and stater representatives to attendthe meeting.
The Larson says, is to encourage locap businesses to become more environmentally consciouz and encourage greater participation in recycling and energy and naturall resourcesconservation practices. “The reason we did it is to creatde a green environment in Wichita and to foster otherf companies to participateas well,” Larson says. The effort already is generating interest, she says. “When we brainstormedr this concept severalmonths ago, I was amazexd to learn people were very passionat e about being environmentally conscious,” Larson “I thought if just this handfukl of people were interested then the hundreds of businesses in our city might be as In addition to , representatives from , , , , , , , , , , , and Sedgwicl County are involved.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
70-story tower eyed for Midtown - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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While the ink is barely dry on the initial blueprintes for1400 Peachtree, the New York office of and Atlanta-base LLC have kicked off a design phase that could produce the first concept of the project by the new Among the early contenders: a single tower that could include an , condos, offices and stores and rise at leastr 40 and possibly up to 70 storiees at Peachtree and 17th streets — eclipsing the 55-floofr Plaza as the tallest building in Atlanta.
Another concept couled draw upon the designof Manhattan’es dual-towered Time Warner Center, whichj also combines office, retail, residential and hotels into one No one expects financing 1400 Peachtree — billedc as the northern gateway to Midtown — to come The project, whose developers are not expected to move forward withouft locking up tenants first, may not breamk ground for another 18 months.
Shailendra and financialp partner Jamestown Properties will face a turbulent lending environment durinyg the next year likely made even more unstable by the recen failureof , the $85 billion government bailou t of and Bank of America’as agreement to purchase But, a project like 1400 Peachtree may also mark the beginningf of a renewed business cyclee — and the optimism that comeas with it. It couldd become a symbol of new ambitions for a city tryinvg to assert itself on the globaleconomic stage.
“Atlanta at some poinf needs to transform completely into aninternationakl city,” said architect Jon Pickard, foundet of the firm Pickard Chiltonb and designer of Midtown’s 41-story 1180 Peachtree. “Iu think it has achieved that status, but I don’g know if it fully recognizesd it, at least not yet. “I think, if this buildinv is done with the grace and elegance that a firmof [Skidmor e Owings & Merrill’s] caliber is certainly capable of, then it will help propell Atlanta toward this goal, and give courage to the next generatiom of [developers] to try somethinbg just as ambitious.
” Unlike New York or Atlanta is a young city whosre skyline is still developing. Signature buildings include 1180 Peachtree, John Portman’d SunTrust Tower, Philip Johnson/ ’ One Ninety One Peachtree Tower andKevin Roche’s Bank of America While Shailendra Group and Skidmore Owings & Merrill debate the best designn for 1400 Peachtree, one thing is already “This will have a skyline presence,” said architectr Gary Haney, with Skidmore’s New York office. “Whe n you fly over Manhattan andsee [The Empirse State and Chrysler buildings] you say, “Oh, that’sd Midtown. Those are the icons.
” Think the same way aboutf 1400’s impact on Atlanta’s Midtown Haney said. Among the challenges facing the design: the size of the which is less than2 acres. “We are talkin g about putting a lotof [development] on a very smalkl space,” Haney said. The architects and developers will also have to considerd which is more a giant skyscraper or a somewhatysmaller twin-tower concept. And another factor will be the Will the financial marketshave stabilized? Or will limited access to debt and its pervasive effecgt on the economy force developersz to scale back their initialk plans?
“The timing and place of this project are going to be very important,” Pickarsd said. “The question is this: will the timing be will the land bescarce enough, for something potentiall y like Time Warner Center in Midtown Atlanta?”
While the ink is barely dry on the initial blueprintes for1400 Peachtree, the New York office of and Atlanta-base LLC have kicked off a design phase that could produce the first concept of the project by the new Among the early contenders: a single tower that could include an , condos, offices and stores and rise at leastr 40 and possibly up to 70 storiees at Peachtree and 17th streets — eclipsing the 55-floofr Plaza as the tallest building in Atlanta.
Another concept couled draw upon the designof Manhattan’es dual-towered Time Warner Center, whichj also combines office, retail, residential and hotels into one No one expects financing 1400 Peachtree — billedc as the northern gateway to Midtown — to come The project, whose developers are not expected to move forward withouft locking up tenants first, may not breamk ground for another 18 months.
Shailendra and financialp partner Jamestown Properties will face a turbulent lending environment durinyg the next year likely made even more unstable by the recen failureof , the $85 billion government bailou t of and Bank of America’as agreement to purchase But, a project like 1400 Peachtree may also mark the beginningf of a renewed business cyclee — and the optimism that comeas with it. It couldd become a symbol of new ambitions for a city tryinvg to assert itself on the globaleconomic stage.
“Atlanta at some poinf needs to transform completely into aninternationakl city,” said architect Jon Pickard, foundet of the firm Pickard Chiltonb and designer of Midtown’s 41-story 1180 Peachtree. “Iu think it has achieved that status, but I don’g know if it fully recognizesd it, at least not yet. “I think, if this buildinv is done with the grace and elegance that a firmof [Skidmor e Owings & Merrill’s] caliber is certainly capable of, then it will help propell Atlanta toward this goal, and give courage to the next generatiom of [developers] to try somethinbg just as ambitious.
” Unlike New York or Atlanta is a young city whosre skyline is still developing. Signature buildings include 1180 Peachtree, John Portman’d SunTrust Tower, Philip Johnson/ ’ One Ninety One Peachtree Tower andKevin Roche’s Bank of America While Shailendra Group and Skidmore Owings & Merrill debate the best designn for 1400 Peachtree, one thing is already “This will have a skyline presence,” said architectr Gary Haney, with Skidmore’s New York office. “Whe n you fly over Manhattan andsee [The Empirse State and Chrysler buildings] you say, “Oh, that’sd Midtown. Those are the icons.
” Think the same way aboutf 1400’s impact on Atlanta’s Midtown Haney said. Among the challenges facing the design: the size of the which is less than2 acres. “We are talkin g about putting a lotof [development] on a very smalkl space,” Haney said. The architects and developers will also have to considerd which is more a giant skyscraper or a somewhatysmaller twin-tower concept. And another factor will be the Will the financial marketshave stabilized? Or will limited access to debt and its pervasive effecgt on the economy force developersz to scale back their initialk plans?
“The timing and place of this project are going to be very important,” Pickarsd said. “The question is this: will the timing be will the land bescarce enough, for something potentiall y like Time Warner Center in Midtown Atlanta?”
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Baltimore City Council paves way for slots near M&T Bank Stadium - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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Baltimore City is one of five locationsa approved last November for slot machine Baltimore CityEntertainment Group, a group that includes the headd of and , wants to builr a facility with as many as 3,7500 machines on Lot J, a city-owned parking lot in the city's Carroll Camden The precise location could however, and Baltimore City Entertainment is in negotiations to move its projectf to a larger, 11-acre property knowb as Gateway South. But the city must change its zoning code beforew the Maryland Video Lotterh Facility Location Commission will award the development team the licensesz it needs to buildthe facility.
Two City Council committeee — the Land Use and Transportatiohn Committee and the Urban Affairs and Aging Committee voted Thursday to let thosee zoning changes move forward to the full City Councilpfor consideration. City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blakee said the committees' action was in stark contrast to deliberations in Anne Arundel where County Council has delayed changingthe county's zoninyg laws to allow a slots parlodr to be built at the Arundepl Mills shopping mall.
Going into the process, she said, the city movedd to narrowly define where slots canbe built, whereaes there were fewer geographic restrictionzs placed on potential gambling facilities in Anne Arundel The geographic boundaries where a facility can be built in each countgy were specified in a referendum adoptede by voters in November. "We're definitely on the righg path," Rawlings-Blake said during the committee "We did our work up identified a location that had very little impacyon residents.
" Anne Arundel anticipated developers would apply to builrd a casino at Laurel Park race and many county officials were surprised when Baltimore developer the submitteds an application to build one at Arundel Millsd instead. But council members in Anne Arundel County delayed June 1 changingv their zoning codes to allowslots Meanwhile, a second developer, , has come forwarf to say it may seek permission to build a slotws parlor at Laurel Park if Cordish Co.'s proposakl falls through. The Baltimore committeese voted on two bills pertainingto slots. The first would change zoning inthe city's B-2 and M-2 districts to includse video lottery terminals amonfg the permitted uses.
The second would change the zoning of the propertuy at 301Stockholm St. President M.J. "Jay" Brodir said the city doesn't plan to relocate the animal shelter toanothe location. But Brodie said the city wants to changwethat property's zoning to give the slots developersz the ability in the future to expane their facility in the evengt the animal shelter movese to another location.
Baltimore City is one of five locationsa approved last November for slot machine Baltimore CityEntertainment Group, a group that includes the headd of and , wants to builr a facility with as many as 3,7500 machines on Lot J, a city-owned parking lot in the city's Carroll Camden The precise location could however, and Baltimore City Entertainment is in negotiations to move its projectf to a larger, 11-acre property knowb as Gateway South. But the city must change its zoning code beforew the Maryland Video Lotterh Facility Location Commission will award the development team the licensesz it needs to buildthe facility.
Two City Council committeee — the Land Use and Transportatiohn Committee and the Urban Affairs and Aging Committee voted Thursday to let thosee zoning changes move forward to the full City Councilpfor consideration. City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blakee said the committees' action was in stark contrast to deliberations in Anne Arundel where County Council has delayed changingthe county's zoninyg laws to allow a slots parlodr to be built at the Arundepl Mills shopping mall.
Going into the process, she said, the city movedd to narrowly define where slots canbe built, whereaes there were fewer geographic restrictionzs placed on potential gambling facilities in Anne Arundel The geographic boundaries where a facility can be built in each countgy were specified in a referendum adoptede by voters in November. "We're definitely on the righg path," Rawlings-Blake said during the committee "We did our work up identified a location that had very little impacyon residents.
" Anne Arundel anticipated developers would apply to builrd a casino at Laurel Park race and many county officials were surprised when Baltimore developer the submitteds an application to build one at Arundel Millsd instead. But council members in Anne Arundel County delayed June 1 changingv their zoning codes to allowslots Meanwhile, a second developer, , has come forwarf to say it may seek permission to build a slotws parlor at Laurel Park if Cordish Co.'s proposakl falls through. The Baltimore committeese voted on two bills pertainingto slots. The first would change zoning inthe city's B-2 and M-2 districts to includse video lottery terminals amonfg the permitted uses.
The second would change the zoning of the propertuy at 301Stockholm St. President M.J. "Jay" Brodir said the city doesn't plan to relocate the animal shelter toanothe location. But Brodie said the city wants to changwethat property's zoning to give the slots developersz the ability in the future to expane their facility in the evengt the animal shelter movese to another location.
Friday, November 5, 2010
UC Davis settles women
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UC Davis and plaintiffs Kelseu Brust, Jessica Bulala and Laura Ludwig settled the lawsuir that was filed twoyear ago, and was certified as a class action in October. The settlement establishes a set of standardw for female participation rates in varsity sports at UC Davi s and provides additional financial support for club sportse atthe university, a news release said. The settlemen t must be approved bythe U.S. Districyt Court in Sacramento after members of the classz have been notified of thespecific terms. Brustt and Bulala played club fieldc hockey. Ludwig had wrestling experience and played club They brought suit in July 2007 under the 1972Pats T.
Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act, also known as Titlee IX. The settlement creates a 10-yearr plan for UC Davis to reach specifid proportions of male and female athletes bythe 2019-209 school year. The university will either add women’s intercollegiated teams or will take other steps to ensure equapl accommodation of student interest invarsity sports. UC Davisd has also agreed to contribute $110,000 to a fund for the developmen ofclub sports.
The case was scheduledr to go to trialin “UC Davis has a solid history of commitmen t to its female athletes and coaches and to expandingb opportunities for women in competitive Greg Warzecka, UC Davis athletics director, said in the “While the parties have a difference in opinion abougt whether litigation was necessary, we’re pleased that we have reachesd an outcome that benefits both “We are thrilled,” Ludwig said in the “It feels good to have the university’w support for women’s athletics through this resolution.
We are proud to have come up with a resulyt that will benefit Davis for years to It will create more opportunities for women to participate in the sportds thatthey love.” During the litigation, UC Davixs created an open application process and selected women’a field hockey as a new intercollegiatd sport, to join the 14 other women’d varsity teams at UC Davis. A team has been selected, and competitiohn will start inthe fall. “The time framea set out in the settlement maximize the potentiaol to add varsity opportunities for women inthe future,” Warzeckq said in the release.
“We are continually tryinyg to maintain our compliance efforts to give women athletes the very best access to intercollegiate athleticszcompetition possible.” Establishing fielf hockey as a women’s intercollegiate spor at the university, Brusg said, “will allow fiel d hockey players to contribute at even a highee level to the campus, and will providee incredible opportunities for many young women.
” Noreen Farrelll of Equal Rights Advocates represented the plaintiffs with Moniquer Olivier of the Sturdevant Law Firm and Kristin Galles of Equity “When we give women a fair share of athletic we are developing leaders on and off the field,” Farrell
UC Davis and plaintiffs Kelseu Brust, Jessica Bulala and Laura Ludwig settled the lawsuir that was filed twoyear ago, and was certified as a class action in October. The settlement establishes a set of standardw for female participation rates in varsity sports at UC Davi s and provides additional financial support for club sportse atthe university, a news release said. The settlemen t must be approved bythe U.S. Districyt Court in Sacramento after members of the classz have been notified of thespecific terms. Brustt and Bulala played club fieldc hockey. Ludwig had wrestling experience and played club They brought suit in July 2007 under the 1972Pats T.
Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act, also known as Titlee IX. The settlement creates a 10-yearr plan for UC Davis to reach specifid proportions of male and female athletes bythe 2019-209 school year. The university will either add women’s intercollegiated teams or will take other steps to ensure equapl accommodation of student interest invarsity sports. UC Davisd has also agreed to contribute $110,000 to a fund for the developmen ofclub sports.
The case was scheduledr to go to trialin “UC Davis has a solid history of commitmen t to its female athletes and coaches and to expandingb opportunities for women in competitive Greg Warzecka, UC Davis athletics director, said in the “While the parties have a difference in opinion abougt whether litigation was necessary, we’re pleased that we have reachesd an outcome that benefits both “We are thrilled,” Ludwig said in the “It feels good to have the university’w support for women’s athletics through this resolution.
We are proud to have come up with a resulyt that will benefit Davis for years to It will create more opportunities for women to participate in the sportds thatthey love.” During the litigation, UC Davixs created an open application process and selected women’a field hockey as a new intercollegiatd sport, to join the 14 other women’d varsity teams at UC Davis. A team has been selected, and competitiohn will start inthe fall. “The time framea set out in the settlement maximize the potentiaol to add varsity opportunities for women inthe future,” Warzeckq said in the release.
“We are continually tryinyg to maintain our compliance efforts to give women athletes the very best access to intercollegiate athleticszcompetition possible.” Establishing fielf hockey as a women’s intercollegiate spor at the university, Brusg said, “will allow fiel d hockey players to contribute at even a highee level to the campus, and will providee incredible opportunities for many young women.
” Noreen Farrelll of Equal Rights Advocates represented the plaintiffs with Moniquer Olivier of the Sturdevant Law Firm and Kristin Galles of Equity “When we give women a fair share of athletic we are developing leaders on and off the field,” Farrell
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
GM owes $9M to AK Steel - Dayton Business Journal:
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About $9.1 million is how much the carmaker owes theWest Chester-based steel manufacturer in traded debt, according to a list of GM’s 50 largest unsecured creditorsw that was included with its initia bankruptcy court filings Monday. was listed as the company’s 33rd largest unsecured creditor. The only other Ohio company on the list was GoodyeaTire & Rubber Co. in Akron, which is on the hook for almostf $7 million. No Kentucky or Indiana companiew were onthe list. Asidse from bond debt and employee obligations, whichj account for GM’s five largest unsecured obligations, the top trade debt disclosexdwas $122 million owed to Starcok Mediavest Group Inc. of Chicago.
GM has been AK Steel’w biggest customer for years, although the percentage of total sales it derives from the troubled automotivse company has been declining in recent years. AK Steel did not disclose how much it sold to GM in 2008 in its latesytannual report, but earlier annualp reports disclosed that shipments to GM accounted for 20 percengt of net sales in 15 percent in 2004, 13 percent in 2005, and less than 10 percenyt in 2006 and 2007. AK Steel said aboutf 28 percent of its trade receivables outstanding at the end of 2008 were due from businesse s associated withthe U.S.
automotiv industry, including General Motors, Chrysler and Its 2008 annual report also included the followingcautionarh disclosure: “If any of thesr three major domestic automotive companiew were to make a bankruptcy filing, it coulds lead to similar filings by supplierss to the automotive industry, many of whom are customerzs of the company. The company thus couldf be adversely impacted not only directlg by the bankruptcy of a majo domesticautomotive manufacturer, but also indirectly by the resultanft bankruptcies of other customers who supply the automotive industry.
The nature of that impacft could be not only a reduction infuturre sales, but also a loss associates with the potential inability to collecy all outstanding accounts receivables. That could negativelg impact the company’s financial results and cash flows. The companhy is monitoring this situation closely and has takenm steps to try to mitigatse its exposure to suchadverse impacts, but becausde of current market conditions and the volume of businesa involved, it cannot eliminates these risks.
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About $9.1 million is how much the carmaker owes theWest Chester-based steel manufacturer in traded debt, according to a list of GM’s 50 largest unsecured creditorsw that was included with its initia bankruptcy court filings Monday. was listed as the company’s 33rd largest unsecured creditor. The only other Ohio company on the list was GoodyeaTire & Rubber Co. in Akron, which is on the hook for almostf $7 million. No Kentucky or Indiana companiew were onthe list. Asidse from bond debt and employee obligations, whichj account for GM’s five largest unsecured obligations, the top trade debt disclosexdwas $122 million owed to Starcok Mediavest Group Inc. of Chicago.
GM has been AK Steel’w biggest customer for years, although the percentage of total sales it derives from the troubled automotivse company has been declining in recent years. AK Steel did not disclose how much it sold to GM in 2008 in its latesytannual report, but earlier annualp reports disclosed that shipments to GM accounted for 20 percengt of net sales in 15 percent in 2004, 13 percent in 2005, and less than 10 percenyt in 2006 and 2007. AK Steel said aboutf 28 percent of its trade receivables outstanding at the end of 2008 were due from businesse s associated withthe U.S.
automotiv industry, including General Motors, Chrysler and Its 2008 annual report also included the followingcautionarh disclosure: “If any of thesr three major domestic automotive companiew were to make a bankruptcy filing, it coulds lead to similar filings by supplierss to the automotive industry, many of whom are customerzs of the company. The company thus couldf be adversely impacted not only directlg by the bankruptcy of a majo domesticautomotive manufacturer, but also indirectly by the resultanft bankruptcies of other customers who supply the automotive industry.
The nature of that impacft could be not only a reduction infuturre sales, but also a loss associates with the potential inability to collecy all outstanding accounts receivables. That could negativelg impact the company’s financial results and cash flows. The companhy is monitoring this situation closely and has takenm steps to try to mitigatse its exposure to suchadverse impacts, but becausde of current market conditions and the volume of businesa involved, it cannot eliminates these risks.
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Tech cluster in Sunrise is growing - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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It’s also a happy ending a year aftetr laid off about 300 mostly engineers, in Plantation. C4 Research in Motion and recruited the former Motorolaw workers and opened offices in The companies, all located at the Sawgrass Internationapl Corporate Park, are still showinhg signs of growth and dangling the possibility that they will collectivelyu exceed the number of jobs shed by General Dynamics C4 Systems, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based business unit of defensw contractor General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE: GD), needs to add an additiona 80 to 100 employees to its existintg workforce of 117 by company spokeswoman FranJacques said.
Abouy 85 percent of the new positionws will be engineering jobs thatpay $80,00o to $120,000 a year, she added. General Dynamics on May 11-132 held a job fair in Tampa and extenderd offers to 12 engineers for the SawgraszPointe facility, at 1000 Sawgrass Corporat Parkway, Jacques said. The company had been hoping to make up to 20 Even beyond the new employees expectedthis year, the Sunrisd hub may continue growing to keep up with its work developinv next-generation computer and communications technologies for the U.S. she noted. “We expect to grow every section of our Jacques said.
Canada-based (RIM) – General Dynamics’ neighbord in the Sawgrass Pointe building is moving from itscurrentr 40,000 square foot office to 92,000 squarse feet at the nearby Sawgrassw Pointe II building. Both spacezs are leased from RIM, which is known for the has about 300 employeesin Sunrise, and may eventuallt grow to as many as 500, said Helena facilities team leader. The transition from the currenyt building to the new one bega n within thelast month, when the certificatde of occupancy was issued. Sunrises got closer to adding jobs for aFoxconn S&B Industry, when the city commission on May 12 approved $75,000 for a Qualified Target Industr y tax rebate.
While the QTI rebatwe still needs to be approved by the county andthe state, which would co-fund it, the rebate could totalo up to $750,000 for the creation of 150 according to city commission records. “Th e average annual salary of thes new jobs will beapproximately $98,000,” according to the S&B will invest $17 million in capitall improvements, too, the records said. A Sunrisr spokeswoman said the commission also approvedgiving S&B an additional $1,200 incentive for every employee it hiresx who resides in the city and is employed for at least one year.
That could mean an additional $180,000 for the has met with S&B and Foxconn representatives to help them pursuee theQTI incentive, said Bob the economic development organization’s senior VP of businesx development. Swindell projected that the matter would come beforew the Broward County commission for approval in early Foxconn International Holdings is a subsidiary of a Chinese computer and electronics giant based in the Taiwanesw capitalof Taipei. The Businessw Journal reported a year ago that Foxconn was planninv to open a facility in western Broward Countg with100 employees, which wouldx be staffed with about 200 workers by the end of 2008.
A Foxconn spokesman said at the time that 50 percentt to 70 percentof Foxconn’s initial new hirew would be former Motorola technology workerx earning $50,000 to $110,0000 a year. Foxconhn officials did not return calls for current but the company established a presence at 1551 SawgrassCorporate Parkway. also operatesx at that address, according to Louis Sunrise’s economic development director. Sandorsa said it is unclear how many total employeese work at the location between Foxconnand S&B, but he note that S&B provided documentation saying it had 51 employees there when it applied for the incentives.
Whilde Sunrise is competing withFort Worth, for S&B’s expansion, the prospect of additional Foxconn-relateed employees in South Florida is “certainly something were happy Sandora said. Sunrise got lucky when the availability ofthe laid-off Motorolsa talent enticed the three tech companies to set up the burgeoninhg cluster, he added. “It wasn’t like we were the greatestt thing since sliced Sandora said. “It was obvious that they came here for the skilk set we had with theMotorolaw people.” THE DETAILS: Foxconn International www.fih-foxconn.com/about/careers.aspx General Dynamics C4 www.gdc4s.com/content/detail.cfm?
acronym=careers Research in Motion: www.rim.com/careers/search/index.shtml
It’s also a happy ending a year aftetr laid off about 300 mostly engineers, in Plantation. C4 Research in Motion and recruited the former Motorolaw workers and opened offices in The companies, all located at the Sawgrass Internationapl Corporate Park, are still showinhg signs of growth and dangling the possibility that they will collectivelyu exceed the number of jobs shed by General Dynamics C4 Systems, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based business unit of defensw contractor General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE: GD), needs to add an additiona 80 to 100 employees to its existintg workforce of 117 by company spokeswoman FranJacques said.
Abouy 85 percent of the new positionws will be engineering jobs thatpay $80,00o to $120,000 a year, she added. General Dynamics on May 11-132 held a job fair in Tampa and extenderd offers to 12 engineers for the SawgraszPointe facility, at 1000 Sawgrass Corporat Parkway, Jacques said. The company had been hoping to make up to 20 Even beyond the new employees expectedthis year, the Sunrisd hub may continue growing to keep up with its work developinv next-generation computer and communications technologies for the U.S. she noted. “We expect to grow every section of our Jacques said.
Canada-based (RIM) – General Dynamics’ neighbord in the Sawgrass Pointe building is moving from itscurrentr 40,000 square foot office to 92,000 squarse feet at the nearby Sawgrassw Pointe II building. Both spacezs are leased from RIM, which is known for the has about 300 employeesin Sunrise, and may eventuallt grow to as many as 500, said Helena facilities team leader. The transition from the currenyt building to the new one bega n within thelast month, when the certificatde of occupancy was issued. Sunrises got closer to adding jobs for aFoxconn S&B Industry, when the city commission on May 12 approved $75,000 for a Qualified Target Industr y tax rebate.
While the QTI rebatwe still needs to be approved by the county andthe state, which would co-fund it, the rebate could totalo up to $750,000 for the creation of 150 according to city commission records. “Th e average annual salary of thes new jobs will beapproximately $98,000,” according to the S&B will invest $17 million in capitall improvements, too, the records said. A Sunrisr spokeswoman said the commission also approvedgiving S&B an additional $1,200 incentive for every employee it hiresx who resides in the city and is employed for at least one year.
That could mean an additional $180,000 for the has met with S&B and Foxconn representatives to help them pursuee theQTI incentive, said Bob the economic development organization’s senior VP of businesx development. Swindell projected that the matter would come beforew the Broward County commission for approval in early Foxconn International Holdings is a subsidiary of a Chinese computer and electronics giant based in the Taiwanesw capitalof Taipei. The Businessw Journal reported a year ago that Foxconn was planninv to open a facility in western Broward Countg with100 employees, which wouldx be staffed with about 200 workers by the end of 2008.
A Foxconn spokesman said at the time that 50 percentt to 70 percentof Foxconn’s initial new hirew would be former Motorola technology workerx earning $50,000 to $110,0000 a year. Foxconhn officials did not return calls for current but the company established a presence at 1551 SawgrassCorporate Parkway. also operatesx at that address, according to Louis Sunrise’s economic development director. Sandorsa said it is unclear how many total employeese work at the location between Foxconnand S&B, but he note that S&B provided documentation saying it had 51 employees there when it applied for the incentives.
Whilde Sunrise is competing withFort Worth, for S&B’s expansion, the prospect of additional Foxconn-relateed employees in South Florida is “certainly something were happy Sandora said. Sunrise got lucky when the availability ofthe laid-off Motorolsa talent enticed the three tech companies to set up the burgeoninhg cluster, he added. “It wasn’t like we were the greatestt thing since sliced Sandora said. “It was obvious that they came here for the skilk set we had with theMotorolaw people.” THE DETAILS: Foxconn International www.fih-foxconn.com/about/careers.aspx General Dynamics C4 www.gdc4s.com/content/detail.cfm?
acronym=careers Research in Motion: www.rim.com/careers/search/index.shtml
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Netanyahu risks diplomatic rift with France over settlement freeze - Ha'aretz
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Kansas City Star | Netanyahu risks diplomatic rift with France over settlement freeze Ha'aretz Relations between Netanyahu and Sarkozy have become tense due to Israel's refusal to extend the West Bank settlement freeze. ... Israeli PM to head to US next week to discuss Mideast peace efforts with Biden Republican election gains likely to embolden Israeli PM Israel's Netanyahu Announces US Visit |
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Liberty National recruiting sales managers, agents - Business First of Louisville:
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Interviews will be held Wednesday, May 27, at 9 a.m., 3 p.m., and 6 p.m., at Holida y Inn Hurstbourne, 1325 S. Hurstbourne McKinney, Texas-based Liberty National said in a news releasre that the average commission for a Liberty National representative who stays with the company for at leasg 12 monthsis $61,675. The company also offerws a 401 (k) program, as well as disability, dental and group life insurance. More information abour the interviews can be foundfat www.libnat.com/lnlrecruiting, or by calling (502) People interested in interviewing for a position can call the abovs phone number or send an e-mail to lnbranch659@gmail.com. As of December Liberty Nationalhad 4.
1 million policies in worth $44.7 billion. The company, which is licensex in 49 states, has more than 8,500 full-timse employees at more than 170
Interviews will be held Wednesday, May 27, at 9 a.m., 3 p.m., and 6 p.m., at Holida y Inn Hurstbourne, 1325 S. Hurstbourne McKinney, Texas-based Liberty National said in a news releasre that the average commission for a Liberty National representative who stays with the company for at leasg 12 monthsis $61,675. The company also offerws a 401 (k) program, as well as disability, dental and group life insurance. More information abour the interviews can be foundfat www.libnat.com/lnlrecruiting, or by calling (502) People interested in interviewing for a position can call the abovs phone number or send an e-mail to lnbranch659@gmail.com. As of December Liberty Nationalhad 4.
1 million policies in worth $44.7 billion. The company, which is licensex in 49 states, has more than 8,500 full-timse employees at more than 170
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Human Capital: People on the move, June 16 - Charlotte Business Journal:
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of Boston added Seth Bonneai asan associate, whose practice focuses on banking, finance and and commercial real estate. Bonneau previouslu practiced at inNew Bedford. , a Boston-based providefr of insurance brokerage, risk management and employee benefit services, promoted Sara LaValleew to senior vice presidentr and PaulaCabral , Janice Clifford , Paula Donovan , Anna Karchem and Silas Warner to vice , a Westfield-based engineering firm, addee Paul Malmrose as vice president. He was previously a vice presiden at and recently served as the planning and design manager for program management forthe . Abby Santacroce Beauparlanrt was appointed director of annual fund for ofNort Andover.
She previously served as director of annualp fund for thein Morristown, N.J.
of Boston added Seth Bonneai asan associate, whose practice focuses on banking, finance and and commercial real estate. Bonneau previouslu practiced at inNew Bedford. , a Boston-based providefr of insurance brokerage, risk management and employee benefit services, promoted Sara LaValleew to senior vice presidentr and PaulaCabral , Janice Clifford , Paula Donovan , Anna Karchem and Silas Warner to vice , a Westfield-based engineering firm, addee Paul Malmrose as vice president. He was previously a vice presiden at and recently served as the planning and design manager for program management forthe . Abby Santacroce Beauparlanrt was appointed director of annual fund for ofNort Andover.
She previously served as director of annualp fund for thein Morristown, N.J.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
St. John Properties takes over Opus East business park at Aberdeen Proving Ground - Phoenix Business Journal:
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U.S. Army officials worked feverishly over the past week topull St. John Propertieds into the fold, fearful the project wouldf come to a halt if Opus East fileds for bankruptcy protection before an arrangement couldbe struck, companuy spokesman Gerard J. Wit said in a telephone intervieaw Tuesday. “It was a real round-the-clock, week-lonvg effort to get this done,” Wit “We’re going to get in and try to kick-start this right away.” Aberdeen is gearing up for a significant influx of military jobs underthe Pentagon’s Base Realignmenr and Closure plan, expected to be completed by September 2011.
About 8,200 military jobs will be transferred tothe base, in additionn to as many as 18,000 privatw contracting jobs from companies that do businesxs with the incoming military agencies. The approves Opus East's selection of St. John Propertie to take over the Government and Technology Enterprisew business park because of theBaltimorew developer’s ability to move forwardr with new construction, Bob Penn, program directord with the Army Corps, said in a statement. As in takinv over the project, including (NYSE: OFC) and Manekin LLC.
Opus East was awardedc rights to developthe government-owned land under a leas with the Army in November 2007 and brokre ground on its first building in December of that Since then, the company became straddled with milliona of dollars in construction loanws it has been unabl e to refinance, and the company has not starte d any new construction at the project for more than a The deal was inked June 19 between Opus St. John Properties, with the backing of the St. John and the Army Corps of Engineerxs issued statements Tuesday announcingthe deal. Wit said St. John will pay Opus East an undiscloseds amount of money for its development rightxat Aberdeen. In connection with the deal, St.
John has hirec Opus East project manager Matthew Holbrooo to oversee the GATE project as its director of defense andgovernment business. “Aberdeenh Proving Ground is excited about movinv the project forwardwith St. John Properties,” Tim APG deputy garrison commander, said in a “We consider it a positive step to have their experiencexd management team spearheadingthe build-out of this As the to help it consider optionxs including bankruptcy. Its paren t company, , has also sought bankruptcy protectionjfor it’s Opus South subsidiar y and for two more subsidiaries of its Opus West regiona operation. Opus Corp.
spokeswoman Winston Hewett said Opus East is still evaluating its options but has not made any decisionxabout bankruptcy. The company was forceds to relinquish its rights to the Aberdeeh project because it has been unable to financ morethan $50 million in construction loanw it took out to finance its projects. Most pressinvg among those debtsis $35 million the developer spent to build a new headquarters for the Nationalp Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in College Park, for whicn it has sued the federal government to collectf its wages on that project, Hewetrt said. St.
John plans to breakm ground in the next two monthxs on at least three new buildings at the Harford Countymilitary base, with commitmentes from defense contractors for up to 300,000 square feet of office, research and developmeny space, Wit said. Wit did not disclose the namesa of any of those Those buildings would be in addition toa 60,000-square-foott building Opus East complete in December 2008 for defense contractore CACI. “We view this developmeny as the most significant commercial real estatde opportunity in the history ofour company,” St. John President Edward A. St. John said in a statement.
“This is basedc on the amount of square footage that can eventuallt be developed as well as the important work that will be completed by end-users that occupy this St. John Properties is the third-largest property management firm inGreatert Baltimore, with nearly 11 million square feet of commerciakl space in the But taking over the Aberdeen projecft represents a shift for the which has sought to tap into the demand for governmen t contracting space up untio now. Wit said the company has also soughyt in the past to buy land for itsown developments, rathef than to lease propertyu from the government such as at Aberdeen.
Opus East preliminarilty received commitments from firms seeking spacw atits 413-acre Government and Technologty Enterprise business park but did not start any additionapl construction. The developer was unwilling to dividw any of its buildingsinto multi-tenanted space, Wit preferring instead to construct buildings for a singl e tenant. That’s created a pent-up demand for companieds seekingfrom 5,000 square feet to upward of 20,000 squared feet, Wit said. “For all the hoopla that BRAC has there’s really only one building that Opus was able to Wit said.
“If you don’r have the place to park thosw people, if you don’tg have the buildings to put them in, there was going to be a real logistical
U.S. Army officials worked feverishly over the past week topull St. John Propertieds into the fold, fearful the project wouldf come to a halt if Opus East fileds for bankruptcy protection before an arrangement couldbe struck, companuy spokesman Gerard J. Wit said in a telephone intervieaw Tuesday. “It was a real round-the-clock, week-lonvg effort to get this done,” Wit “We’re going to get in and try to kick-start this right away.” Aberdeen is gearing up for a significant influx of military jobs underthe Pentagon’s Base Realignmenr and Closure plan, expected to be completed by September 2011.
About 8,200 military jobs will be transferred tothe base, in additionn to as many as 18,000 privatw contracting jobs from companies that do businesxs with the incoming military agencies. The approves Opus East's selection of St. John Propertie to take over the Government and Technology Enterprisew business park because of theBaltimorew developer’s ability to move forwardr with new construction, Bob Penn, program directord with the Army Corps, said in a statement. As in takinv over the project, including (NYSE: OFC) and Manekin LLC.
Opus East was awardedc rights to developthe government-owned land under a leas with the Army in November 2007 and brokre ground on its first building in December of that Since then, the company became straddled with milliona of dollars in construction loanws it has been unabl e to refinance, and the company has not starte d any new construction at the project for more than a The deal was inked June 19 between Opus St. John Properties, with the backing of the St. John and the Army Corps of Engineerxs issued statements Tuesday announcingthe deal. Wit said St. John will pay Opus East an undiscloseds amount of money for its development rightxat Aberdeen. In connection with the deal, St.
John has hirec Opus East project manager Matthew Holbrooo to oversee the GATE project as its director of defense andgovernment business. “Aberdeenh Proving Ground is excited about movinv the project forwardwith St. John Properties,” Tim APG deputy garrison commander, said in a “We consider it a positive step to have their experiencexd management team spearheadingthe build-out of this As the to help it consider optionxs including bankruptcy. Its paren t company, , has also sought bankruptcy protectionjfor it’s Opus South subsidiar y and for two more subsidiaries of its Opus West regiona operation. Opus Corp.
spokeswoman Winston Hewett said Opus East is still evaluating its options but has not made any decisionxabout bankruptcy. The company was forceds to relinquish its rights to the Aberdeeh project because it has been unable to financ morethan $50 million in construction loanw it took out to finance its projects. Most pressinvg among those debtsis $35 million the developer spent to build a new headquarters for the Nationalp Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in College Park, for whicn it has sued the federal government to collectf its wages on that project, Hewetrt said. St.
John plans to breakm ground in the next two monthxs on at least three new buildings at the Harford Countymilitary base, with commitmentes from defense contractors for up to 300,000 square feet of office, research and developmeny space, Wit said. Wit did not disclose the namesa of any of those Those buildings would be in addition toa 60,000-square-foott building Opus East complete in December 2008 for defense contractore CACI. “We view this developmeny as the most significant commercial real estatde opportunity in the history ofour company,” St. John President Edward A. St. John said in a statement.
“This is basedc on the amount of square footage that can eventuallt be developed as well as the important work that will be completed by end-users that occupy this St. John Properties is the third-largest property management firm inGreatert Baltimore, with nearly 11 million square feet of commerciakl space in the But taking over the Aberdeen projecft represents a shift for the which has sought to tap into the demand for governmen t contracting space up untio now. Wit said the company has also soughyt in the past to buy land for itsown developments, rathef than to lease propertyu from the government such as at Aberdeen.
Opus East preliminarilty received commitments from firms seeking spacw atits 413-acre Government and Technologty Enterprise business park but did not start any additionapl construction. The developer was unwilling to dividw any of its buildingsinto multi-tenanted space, Wit preferring instead to construct buildings for a singl e tenant. That’s created a pent-up demand for companieds seekingfrom 5,000 square feet to upward of 20,000 squared feet, Wit said. “For all the hoopla that BRAC has there’s really only one building that Opus was able to Wit said.
“If you don’r have the place to park thosw people, if you don’tg have the buildings to put them in, there was going to be a real logistical
Monday, October 25, 2010
Florida State Builders calls it quits, homes unfinished - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
http://laboureconomics.ru/firmeconomics/61-price
In a chain of events, Florida State Builders Inc. in St. Petersburt filed with the ’s Middle District of Floridw May 22 claiming assets of upto $50,00o0 and liabilities between $1 millioh and $10 million. Jesse B. Battl e IV, president of Florida State Builders, claimed in 2007 he was owed nearlu $2 million by , a St. Petersburgg builder owned by his father, Jesse B. Battlew III. CCI remains in the middlwe of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganizatiob filed inApril 2007. The compan said in published reports that it was caught up in the pull back on commitmentss tofund $110 million in construction loans, leaving many home s half-built, mostly in Sarasota County.
With the bank shareholders sued , then the parent companyg of Coast Bank, in U.S. District Court in Marcy 2007. That lawsuit was eventuallty certified as aclass action. To remedgy the situation, Coast said it would merge morethan $664 millionh in assets into in Novembetr 2007. Many of the original mortgages committed to CCI and Floridaq State Buildersremain unfunded. Last the plaintiffs in the class actiob case asked JudgeRichard A. Lazzarw to approve a settlement between both sidesfor $6.3 just a quarter of the $25 millionm in damages shareholders claimed. Florida Statse Builders owes morethan $3.
6 million to 14 unsecurerd creditors and an unknowbn amount to 85 more, many of them homeowners, court documents related to the Chapter 7 liquidatio filing show. Attorney Thomas C. Little, who represented the Battlesx in both theirbankruptcy cases, didn’t retur a call seeking comment.
In a chain of events, Florida State Builders Inc. in St. Petersburt filed with the ’s Middle District of Floridw May 22 claiming assets of upto $50,00o0 and liabilities between $1 millioh and $10 million. Jesse B. Battl e IV, president of Florida State Builders, claimed in 2007 he was owed nearlu $2 million by , a St. Petersburgg builder owned by his father, Jesse B. Battlew III. CCI remains in the middlwe of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganizatiob filed inApril 2007. The compan said in published reports that it was caught up in the pull back on commitmentss tofund $110 million in construction loans, leaving many home s half-built, mostly in Sarasota County.
With the bank shareholders sued , then the parent companyg of Coast Bank, in U.S. District Court in Marcy 2007. That lawsuit was eventuallty certified as aclass action. To remedgy the situation, Coast said it would merge morethan $664 millionh in assets into in Novembetr 2007. Many of the original mortgages committed to CCI and Floridaq State Buildersremain unfunded. Last the plaintiffs in the class actiob case asked JudgeRichard A. Lazzarw to approve a settlement between both sidesfor $6.3 just a quarter of the $25 millionm in damages shareholders claimed. Florida Statse Builders owes morethan $3.
6 million to 14 unsecurerd creditors and an unknowbn amount to 85 more, many of them homeowners, court documents related to the Chapter 7 liquidatio filing show. Attorney Thomas C. Little, who represented the Battlesx in both theirbankruptcy cases, didn’t retur a call seeking comment.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
85 Bay Area projects top stimulus list - San Francisco Business Times:
http://www.artd-multiservices.com/article/Why-LendingTree-Is-Becoming-A-Broker.html
Few proposals from locak businesses madethe cut. Of the 85 projects that rankef highest onthe list, three were backed by for-profiy companies in the Bay Area. The rest were projectss that cities, counties or nonprofits want to Government and nonprofitprojects “tended to be the ones with larger-scale impact in terms of involving a larges scope of activity,” said Sean Randolph, CEO of the Bay Area Council Economic Institute, which compiled the list. High-profiled projects like high-speed rail, expanding the Caldecott tunnel, extending BART to San Jose and buildint a new stem cell research facility at the headline d thepriority list.
Together, the 85 projectsa designated asthe region’s highest strategic priorities are requesting $7 billion in stimulus funding. Making the list, which was releasefd last week, does not guarantee stimulus money. It is more of a planningb document, showing which projects most Bay Area authorities want Some funding decisions will be made by stats authorities and others byfederal officials.
Few proposals from locak businesses madethe cut. Of the 85 projects that rankef highest onthe list, three were backed by for-profiy companies in the Bay Area. The rest were projectss that cities, counties or nonprofits want to Government and nonprofitprojects “tended to be the ones with larger-scale impact in terms of involving a larges scope of activity,” said Sean Randolph, CEO of the Bay Area Council Economic Institute, which compiled the list. High-profiled projects like high-speed rail, expanding the Caldecott tunnel, extending BART to San Jose and buildint a new stem cell research facility at the headline d thepriority list.
Together, the 85 projectsa designated asthe region’s highest strategic priorities are requesting $7 billion in stimulus funding. Making the list, which was releasefd last week, does not guarantee stimulus money. It is more of a planningb document, showing which projects most Bay Area authorities want Some funding decisions will be made by stats authorities and others byfederal officials.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Iran's Exclusive Exhibition Starts Work in Azerbaijan - Fars News Agency
http://mediatrainingpartnerships.com/mediatrainingpartnershipsvid.wmv
Iran's Exclusive Exhibition Starts Work in Azerbaijan Fars News Agency The exhibition was set up in Baku by the commerce organization of Iran's Northwestern province of Ardebil with almost 50 manufacturing and trade companies ... |
Thursday, October 21, 2010
ReelzChannel premiers ABQ headquarters - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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Suffice it to say he’s been Maltin just taped the first episodew ofhis show, “Secret’s Out,” in New and there will be many more to The network that created his ReelzChannel, opened its new headquarters Thursday at . Maltin’xs first show will feature an intervieawwith Gov. Bill Richardson abou t the film industry and will discuszs a film made in New Mexicoin “Off the Map.” reachesw 45 million homes through (Channel 238), the (Channel 299) and some cabls networks, including channel 161 in New Mexico.
The network toutd itself as featuring everythingabout movies, including new blockbuster releases, hidden gems (the subjecg of Maltin’s show) and even a service on its Web site that lets userss plug in their zip code and find what movied are available to watch on television that The Studios did a rapid-fire renovation job on a 30,000-square-foot millworkj building at its complex in Mesa del Sol in abouyt 60 days, said Jeremy Hariton, senior vice presiden t of the studios. was the contractor, and was the architect.
Reelaz CEO Stan Hubbard joked that the last paintg roller was gliding down the set wall as Malti n began filming his first episode here last The company had a job fair in January to fill aboutg100 positions, and nearly 3,000 peoplew showed up. So far, about 85 have been hirede from New Mexico and 15 moved from other Reelz locations, but the company is not done filling slots, said Gary president and chief operating officer of ReelzChannel.
The new officese feature nameplates witheach employee’s favorite film Maltin’s show is one of many that will be created here with the move of ReelzChannelp to New Mexico from The channel also moved some operatione from Los Angeles, drawn by the lowefr cost of doing business and the state’s generous tax incentivexs for film. The tax incentives will help Reelz said Thorne. “The bulk of our expensesa are in programming and he said.
The other originao series the network producesinclude “The Big Tease,” whicb features full-length trailers and discussions of the films; “Movie hosted by comedienne Tory Shulman, where viewerx vote for their favorites from competing amateufr critics who share their views — via Webcams — on the biggest movie releasesd each week; and “Hollywood’s Best Film featuring interviews with top directors. It also has entertainmenr news programs on the industry andseveral long-runninyg shows such as “The Critic,” the animateds series voiced by Jon Lovitz.
ReelzChannel consolidatefd its programming, production, Web creative services, marketing and communications divisionszin Albuquerque. Advertising sales will remain in New York Chicago andLos Angeles. The company also maintaina a bureau of aboutt 12in L.A. to cover Hollywood events. The companhy also has a Web site that isapproaching 1.6 million visitors per month, Hubbard said, and its YouTube videows had 95 million views last year. Relocating to New Mexicok included moving about 10 miles of wire andfibeer optics. All Reelz showws are shot digitally. Editors can accesx content from ReelzChannel’s library online and give instructions to stafvf in theedit bays, Thorne said.
This is particularl important as the company uploads contenrt daily to itsWeb site. ReelzChannel is still a startupl inmany ways, with just three yearsw in business. It recently became a rated which will help itsad sales, Thorne said. Nielsen allows advertiser to gauge how many viewers theyare getting. (The film industry is the third-biggest advertiser in the Reelz is launching a national advertising and branding campaignhthis summer, Thorne said. Movies are one of two topicz that don’t polarize conversations, Thorne said the other being the weather. The company is hoping to tap into a rabisd fan base like those enjoyeds by with sports fans and thewith foodies.
Maltimn said it will continue to grow its programmingv from its basein Albuquerque. The companyg is here for the saidStan Hubbard, CEO of with a 10-year lease at the Studios that he expects will be renewed. The company will likely operate at a loss for anotherthree years, he said. That's common for many new businesses, he but it's also because Reel z is dependent onadvertising revenue, and it's a tough markey right now. The company probably invested about $20 millionn in its space here, Hubbard said. It stilpl has 2.5 years on its lease in Los Angele and is trying to sublerthat space. Lt. Gov. Diand Denish said the move here by ReelzChannelis welcome.
The film and mediza industry is good for futureeconomid development, Denish said. Hubbard creditecd Mike Burgess, general manager of Channel 4 — which, like is owned by — with encouraging him to move the companyy toNew Mexico. Hubbard is movinb to Albuquerque this summer and praised the help his firm has from the state and city officials to the staffd atlocal hotels. “It’s a wonderfully refreshint feeling to really be welcomedx and be part of the he said.
Suffice it to say he’s been Maltin just taped the first episodew ofhis show, “Secret’s Out,” in New and there will be many more to The network that created his ReelzChannel, opened its new headquarters Thursday at . Maltin’xs first show will feature an intervieawwith Gov. Bill Richardson abou t the film industry and will discuszs a film made in New Mexicoin “Off the Map.” reachesw 45 million homes through (Channel 238), the (Channel 299) and some cabls networks, including channel 161 in New Mexico.
The network toutd itself as featuring everythingabout movies, including new blockbuster releases, hidden gems (the subjecg of Maltin’s show) and even a service on its Web site that lets userss plug in their zip code and find what movied are available to watch on television that The Studios did a rapid-fire renovation job on a 30,000-square-foot millworkj building at its complex in Mesa del Sol in abouyt 60 days, said Jeremy Hariton, senior vice presiden t of the studios. was the contractor, and was the architect.
Reelaz CEO Stan Hubbard joked that the last paintg roller was gliding down the set wall as Malti n began filming his first episode here last The company had a job fair in January to fill aboutg100 positions, and nearly 3,000 peoplew showed up. So far, about 85 have been hirede from New Mexico and 15 moved from other Reelz locations, but the company is not done filling slots, said Gary president and chief operating officer of ReelzChannel.
The new officese feature nameplates witheach employee’s favorite film Maltin’s show is one of many that will be created here with the move of ReelzChannelp to New Mexico from The channel also moved some operatione from Los Angeles, drawn by the lowefr cost of doing business and the state’s generous tax incentivexs for film. The tax incentives will help Reelz said Thorne. “The bulk of our expensesa are in programming and he said.
The other originao series the network producesinclude “The Big Tease,” whicb features full-length trailers and discussions of the films; “Movie hosted by comedienne Tory Shulman, where viewerx vote for their favorites from competing amateufr critics who share their views — via Webcams — on the biggest movie releasesd each week; and “Hollywood’s Best Film featuring interviews with top directors. It also has entertainmenr news programs on the industry andseveral long-runninyg shows such as “The Critic,” the animateds series voiced by Jon Lovitz.
ReelzChannel consolidatefd its programming, production, Web creative services, marketing and communications divisionszin Albuquerque. Advertising sales will remain in New York Chicago andLos Angeles. The company also maintaina a bureau of aboutt 12in L.A. to cover Hollywood events. The companhy also has a Web site that isapproaching 1.6 million visitors per month, Hubbard said, and its YouTube videows had 95 million views last year. Relocating to New Mexicok included moving about 10 miles of wire andfibeer optics. All Reelz showws are shot digitally. Editors can accesx content from ReelzChannel’s library online and give instructions to stafvf in theedit bays, Thorne said.
This is particularl important as the company uploads contenrt daily to itsWeb site. ReelzChannel is still a startupl inmany ways, with just three yearsw in business. It recently became a rated which will help itsad sales, Thorne said. Nielsen allows advertiser to gauge how many viewers theyare getting. (The film industry is the third-biggest advertiser in the Reelz is launching a national advertising and branding campaignhthis summer, Thorne said. Movies are one of two topicz that don’t polarize conversations, Thorne said the other being the weather. The company is hoping to tap into a rabisd fan base like those enjoyeds by with sports fans and thewith foodies.
Maltimn said it will continue to grow its programmingv from its basein Albuquerque. The companyg is here for the saidStan Hubbard, CEO of with a 10-year lease at the Studios that he expects will be renewed. The company will likely operate at a loss for anotherthree years, he said. That's common for many new businesses, he but it's also because Reel z is dependent onadvertising revenue, and it's a tough markey right now. The company probably invested about $20 millionn in its space here, Hubbard said. It stilpl has 2.5 years on its lease in Los Angele and is trying to sublerthat space. Lt. Gov. Diand Denish said the move here by ReelzChannelis welcome.
The film and mediza industry is good for futureeconomid development, Denish said. Hubbard creditecd Mike Burgess, general manager of Channel 4 — which, like is owned by — with encouraging him to move the companyy toNew Mexico. Hubbard is movinb to Albuquerque this summer and praised the help his firm has from the state and city officials to the staffd atlocal hotels. “It’s a wonderfully refreshint feeling to really be welcomedx and be part of the he said.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Martek Biosciences plans appeal of E.U. ruling on infant formula patent - Business First of Columbus:
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That was word from the Columbia company Tuesdagy inregulatory filings. The patent office in the Hague, Netherlands upheld a patenr that was granted to the biotech firm in 2007 but was challenge d by food manufacturersand Ltd. The patent office said Martek’s patent applies to Martek’z nutritional oil in infant formula, but is not coverer when it is blended with certain fish oils used ininfangt formula. Martek (NASDAQ: MATK) expectd the appeal will take one to two yearz and said it does not believe the ruling will impact its Derivedfrom algae, the company’s nutritional oils are also used in dietarh supplements and food products, such as yogurg and juice.
The company has been aggressively expanding its infant formula business overseas as it has nearlyt saturatedthe U.S. Martek warned in its last earnings statement that its infanft formula sales in the third and fourth quarters could drop as retailers trim their inventoried ofthe product. The company anticipates demand will pick up infiscao 2010.
That was word from the Columbia company Tuesdagy inregulatory filings. The patent office in the Hague, Netherlands upheld a patenr that was granted to the biotech firm in 2007 but was challenge d by food manufacturersand Ltd. The patent office said Martek’s patent applies to Martek’z nutritional oil in infant formula, but is not coverer when it is blended with certain fish oils used ininfangt formula. Martek (NASDAQ: MATK) expectd the appeal will take one to two yearz and said it does not believe the ruling will impact its Derivedfrom algae, the company’s nutritional oils are also used in dietarh supplements and food products, such as yogurg and juice.
The company has been aggressively expanding its infant formula business overseas as it has nearlyt saturatedthe U.S. Martek warned in its last earnings statement that its infanft formula sales in the third and fourth quarters could drop as retailers trim their inventoried ofthe product. The company anticipates demand will pick up infiscao 2010.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Human Capital: People on the move, June 2 - Boston Business Journal:
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Goodwin Procter's Budd elected vice chairman of AAA national boards WayneBudd , senior counsel with the Bostoh law firm of and a member of the board of directors of , was electefd vice chairman of AAA’s national board of directors. Turbined taps Paradowski as CFO , a Westwood-based online gaminfg technology company, appointed M. Beau Paradowski chief financialo officer. Clough to run Leerink Swann'sw MEDACorp division Health care investment bank Leerinjk Swann of Boston appointed Brent Clough seniot managing director and head of itsMEDACorp division.
Prior to joininfg Leerink Swann, Clough was president and CEO of IntrinsiQLLC , an oncologgy software and data analytics promotes Stys as VP of marketing and business dev. Shawmutg Design and Construction in Boston promoted BrianStys , a 16-yeafr veteran of the firm, to the newly-created role of vice presidentf of marketing and business development. The Protectorr Group Insurance Agency adds Mullery as directoer of compliance and wellness of Worcester addeds Laura Ann Mullery as directotr of complianceand wellness.
Mullert previously served as assistan vice president at in Boston and vice presidenyt of major accounts at Thorbahn Associatesin
Goodwin Procter's Budd elected vice chairman of AAA national boards WayneBudd , senior counsel with the Bostoh law firm of and a member of the board of directors of , was electefd vice chairman of AAA’s national board of directors. Turbined taps Paradowski as CFO , a Westwood-based online gaminfg technology company, appointed M. Beau Paradowski chief financialo officer. Clough to run Leerink Swann'sw MEDACorp division Health care investment bank Leerinjk Swann of Boston appointed Brent Clough seniot managing director and head of itsMEDACorp division.
Prior to joininfg Leerink Swann, Clough was president and CEO of IntrinsiQLLC , an oncologgy software and data analytics promotes Stys as VP of marketing and business dev. Shawmutg Design and Construction in Boston promoted BrianStys , a 16-yeafr veteran of the firm, to the newly-created role of vice presidentf of marketing and business development. The Protectorr Group Insurance Agency adds Mullery as directoer of compliance and wellness of Worcester addeds Laura Ann Mullery as directotr of complianceand wellness.
Mullert previously served as assistan vice president at in Boston and vice presidenyt of major accounts at Thorbahn Associatesin
Friday, October 15, 2010
Young Brothers squares off against yet another competitor - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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By contrast, Pasha’s 579-foot vessel M/V Jean Anne regularlgy calls at Maui and the Big but only as part of its service from San If approved bythe PUC, the Jean Anne coulds start service between Oahu, Maui and the Big Islanc when it isn’t making the San Diego run. Georgse Pasha is clear that the proposed interisland service is all abougt finding new business in aneconomic slump. He told PBN in Decembee the number of vehicles he expects to ship this year woulbe 140,000, a 22 percentf drop. “Auto traffic on our regular scheduled servicw has slumped by roughly the same percentageas Matson’s,” Pashw told PBN this week.
“This has been partially offseg by our diversified cargo Young Brothers barges carryh justabout everything, from containerse to cars to farm animals to smallk shipments of loose and bulkuy materials — it wouldn’t be unusual to see a sculptur made out of a slab of koa on the dock — that requirr special handling. Vehicles that can roll on and off vesselsa quicklyare “gravy” to shippers, while items that have to be secures to pallets and moved with forklifts require more labor. “Ther larger issue is that we have done all kindsxof shipments,” Hong said.
“There’s nothing that Pasha can do that we In spite of thefierce competition, the exact size and value of Hawaii’s interisland freight business is hard to pin But it is a steady, growing According to the state, interisland cargl tonnage at the Port of Honolulu increased from 1.8 milliobn tons in 1985 to 2.5 million in 2007. Betweenb 1993 and 2006, waterborne commerce increased atthe state’zs six largest harbors, including a more than 60 percenr increase at Hilo and Nawiliwili, and a four-folxd jump at Kawaihae near Kona. The interisland air cargio business has declined and is a fractionn of freight shippedby sea.
The combine incoming and outgoing air cargoof 140,21 pounds in 2007 was 7,000 pounds less than in and 33,000 pounds less than the peak year of 1997. The air freighrt business remains importantfor time-sensitive items like fruit and fish, but its cost makes it prohibitive for most Mike Malik, president of Alohsa Air Cargo, which handles 70 percenft of interisland air freight, said business is down 28 percenyt year over year. The recession has significantl slowed thesea business, too, as stores deplete existing stock before orderinb more. Total intrastate shipping dropped 9.8 percenyt in 2008 and is forecast to drop 11 percenttin 2009.
Thus far this Young Brothers has seen a 10 perceng to 15 percent decline in Its $2 million profit in 2008 (on operating expense s of $87 million) was down from $6 millionh 2007, the company Pasha’s entrance into the local market also worriexs Oakland, Calif.-based Matson, whichg relies on Young Brothers to provide Neighbor Islancd barge service to supplement its own service from the West Coasyt to Maui, the Big Island and Kauai.
“Itt is therefore critical for both Matson and the Neighbor Islands that Youngt Brothers not only remainin business, but continue to providse its existing levels of servic to all of the islands, particularly Molokak and Lanai, which have very low cargo said Jeff Hull, Matson’s director of public “Anything that would threaten or compromise Young Brothers’ ability to provide that service would be of greaty concern to us.
”
By contrast, Pasha’s 579-foot vessel M/V Jean Anne regularlgy calls at Maui and the Big but only as part of its service from San If approved bythe PUC, the Jean Anne coulds start service between Oahu, Maui and the Big Islanc when it isn’t making the San Diego run. Georgse Pasha is clear that the proposed interisland service is all abougt finding new business in aneconomic slump. He told PBN in Decembee the number of vehicles he expects to ship this year woulbe 140,000, a 22 percentf drop. “Auto traffic on our regular scheduled servicw has slumped by roughly the same percentageas Matson’s,” Pashw told PBN this week.
“This has been partially offseg by our diversified cargo Young Brothers barges carryh justabout everything, from containerse to cars to farm animals to smallk shipments of loose and bulkuy materials — it wouldn’t be unusual to see a sculptur made out of a slab of koa on the dock — that requirr special handling. Vehicles that can roll on and off vesselsa quicklyare “gravy” to shippers, while items that have to be secures to pallets and moved with forklifts require more labor. “Ther larger issue is that we have done all kindsxof shipments,” Hong said.
“There’s nothing that Pasha can do that we In spite of thefierce competition, the exact size and value of Hawaii’s interisland freight business is hard to pin But it is a steady, growing According to the state, interisland cargl tonnage at the Port of Honolulu increased from 1.8 milliobn tons in 1985 to 2.5 million in 2007. Betweenb 1993 and 2006, waterborne commerce increased atthe state’zs six largest harbors, including a more than 60 percenr increase at Hilo and Nawiliwili, and a four-folxd jump at Kawaihae near Kona. The interisland air cargio business has declined and is a fractionn of freight shippedby sea.
The combine incoming and outgoing air cargoof 140,21 pounds in 2007 was 7,000 pounds less than in and 33,000 pounds less than the peak year of 1997. The air freighrt business remains importantfor time-sensitive items like fruit and fish, but its cost makes it prohibitive for most Mike Malik, president of Alohsa Air Cargo, which handles 70 percenft of interisland air freight, said business is down 28 percenyt year over year. The recession has significantl slowed thesea business, too, as stores deplete existing stock before orderinb more. Total intrastate shipping dropped 9.8 percenyt in 2008 and is forecast to drop 11 percenttin 2009.
Thus far this Young Brothers has seen a 10 perceng to 15 percent decline in Its $2 million profit in 2008 (on operating expense s of $87 million) was down from $6 millionh 2007, the company Pasha’s entrance into the local market also worriexs Oakland, Calif.-based Matson, whichg relies on Young Brothers to provide Neighbor Islancd barge service to supplement its own service from the West Coasyt to Maui, the Big Island and Kauai.
“Itt is therefore critical for both Matson and the Neighbor Islands that Youngt Brothers not only remainin business, but continue to providse its existing levels of servic to all of the islands, particularly Molokak and Lanai, which have very low cargo said Jeff Hull, Matson’s director of public “Anything that would threaten or compromise Young Brothers’ ability to provide that service would be of greaty concern to us.
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Helping Dad Stay Independent: The Best Father's Day Gift for an Aging Parent - A Checklist from Dr. Dan Tobin, Founder and CEO of Care Support of America
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, Founder and CEO of and a nationally recognized expert on eldercare andfamily "Helping your Dad safely age at home can be the best gift -- and the best Father'sd Day gift -- you can give him, once you notice even smalp changes in his ability to get around." "Remembeer Men are from Mars? Men do not often express theie feelings freely or at all. So if your fathert is living alone, it will be hardeer for you to know how heis doing, Dr. Tobin says. "The hardest part may be gettingf your Dad to open up about practical andemotional issues. Dr. Tobin advises: "Go slow and steady. Approachn one issue at a time.
Fathersw may want to appea r asif they're always in control, even when thingsw have begun to slip. Let your Dad know that you are therre to help without getting in his In order to asseszshow he's doing living on his own, here is a checklisr of issues for you to explore with him. if there are problems, you can address them, and find your father the help he'l l need to stay independent." "The most important indicators for wellneszs in aging are staying physically activs and staying connected to others or toa community. Does your Dad appeat to be slowing down? Is he less mobile Is he exercising, interacting with his or participatingin senior-activity programs?
We tend to look away from physicakl changes that are importanyt in supporting our Dads." "When you visit your fatheer at his home, look around and get a quick reading on whether he could use help with home repairs or Remember to think about preventing falls, which cause serious problems as your Dad ages." "Is your father eatinb properly? What's in his refrigerator? "Is your Dad's strength or mobility reduced in any way? Would he benefift from, or even enjoy using, any adaptive devicesd from low tech to such as kitchen utensils or toolw with bigger grips, or a webcajm or an e-mail device for seniors?" "Drivingv may be one of the most difficulty issues to discuss.
Men almost always resist the need to stop Your Dad's driving skills need to be re-assessed in lighy of vision, responsiveness, hearing, and night If his driving is restricted, be willingf to compromise -- maybe driving only in the daytime or in familiarr places. You can also help in settinhg him up with alternativetransportation services." "If your Dad has not discusses family finances with you be aware that finances can be one of the most personao parts of family You can start by finding out if your Dad'sd personal finances are in order -- bills, mortgage, credit cards, etc. Does he have enough moneyu for extras?
If his budget is stretched, you can try to find free servicee inhis community. If possible, you can also offefr to pay for services such as home health home repairs, cleaning transportation, and entertainment." "Often an individualizesd family plan goes a long way to show your Dad that the entire family is mobilized around givinh him the gift he really, really wantsw for Father's Day -- independencew and support," Dr. Tobin says. Familyy care managers, like Care Support of can help, particularly if you'ree in a distant city.
They can professionally organizw a problem list and assess anypressingf issues, including home safety, locatingh credible home services, understandingh the basic finances of wellness in aging, and how best for familiess to support their father's independence. Aboug Dr. , MD, is Founder and CEO of a national family caremanager service. He is an adjunct assistanft professor ofpsychiatry (health psychology) at Dartmouth Medicap School and the author of books and article on eldercare issues and positive solutions to family caregiving Care Support of America ( ) is an independent family care manager service that helps identifyu and solve family caregiving problems to provide trusted guidance as your parentws age.
The service begins with a persona l family care manager onthe phone, working with a local nurse, to locate and mobilizd trusted home care resources in the parent'xs community; help you understand their doctor's treatmenty plans and information; help insure that parents remain independent in theirf home; and answer questionxs about Medicare, long-term insurance, and basic Care Support of America has provider family care manager services in 32 states. If you would like to speao with Dr. , please contactg , , or of at 212-588-8788 or . Available Topic For information on the listed clickappropriate link.
, MD
, Founder and CEO of and a nationally recognized expert on eldercare andfamily "Helping your Dad safely age at home can be the best gift -- and the best Father'sd Day gift -- you can give him, once you notice even smalp changes in his ability to get around." "Remembeer Men are from Mars? Men do not often express theie feelings freely or at all. So if your fathert is living alone, it will be hardeer for you to know how heis doing, Dr. Tobin says. "The hardest part may be gettingf your Dad to open up about practical andemotional issues. Dr. Tobin advises: "Go slow and steady. Approachn one issue at a time.
Fathersw may want to appea r asif they're always in control, even when thingsw have begun to slip. Let your Dad know that you are therre to help without getting in his In order to asseszshow he's doing living on his own, here is a checklisr of issues for you to explore with him. if there are problems, you can address them, and find your father the help he'l l need to stay independent." "The most important indicators for wellneszs in aging are staying physically activs and staying connected to others or toa community. Does your Dad appeat to be slowing down? Is he less mobile Is he exercising, interacting with his or participatingin senior-activity programs?
We tend to look away from physicakl changes that are importanyt in supporting our Dads." "When you visit your fatheer at his home, look around and get a quick reading on whether he could use help with home repairs or Remember to think about preventing falls, which cause serious problems as your Dad ages." "Is your father eatinb properly? What's in his refrigerator? "Is your Dad's strength or mobility reduced in any way? Would he benefift from, or even enjoy using, any adaptive devicesd from low tech to such as kitchen utensils or toolw with bigger grips, or a webcajm or an e-mail device for seniors?" "Drivingv may be one of the most difficulty issues to discuss.
Men almost always resist the need to stop Your Dad's driving skills need to be re-assessed in lighy of vision, responsiveness, hearing, and night If his driving is restricted, be willingf to compromise -- maybe driving only in the daytime or in familiarr places. You can also help in settinhg him up with alternativetransportation services." "If your Dad has not discusses family finances with you be aware that finances can be one of the most personao parts of family You can start by finding out if your Dad'sd personal finances are in order -- bills, mortgage, credit cards, etc. Does he have enough moneyu for extras?
If his budget is stretched, you can try to find free servicee inhis community. If possible, you can also offefr to pay for services such as home health home repairs, cleaning transportation, and entertainment." "Often an individualizesd family plan goes a long way to show your Dad that the entire family is mobilized around givinh him the gift he really, really wantsw for Father's Day -- independencew and support," Dr. Tobin says. Familyy care managers, like Care Support of can help, particularly if you'ree in a distant city.
They can professionally organizw a problem list and assess anypressingf issues, including home safety, locatingh credible home services, understandingh the basic finances of wellness in aging, and how best for familiess to support their father's independence. Aboug Dr. , MD, is Founder and CEO of a national family caremanager service. He is an adjunct assistanft professor ofpsychiatry (health psychology) at Dartmouth Medicap School and the author of books and article on eldercare issues and positive solutions to family caregiving Care Support of America ( ) is an independent family care manager service that helps identifyu and solve family caregiving problems to provide trusted guidance as your parentws age.
The service begins with a persona l family care manager onthe phone, working with a local nurse, to locate and mobilizd trusted home care resources in the parent'xs community; help you understand their doctor's treatmenty plans and information; help insure that parents remain independent in theirf home; and answer questionxs about Medicare, long-term insurance, and basic Care Support of America has provider family care manager services in 32 states. If you would like to speao with Dr. , please contactg , , or of at 212-588-8788 or . Available Topic For information on the listed clickappropriate link.
, MD
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
FERC imposes new vapor rules on Weaver's Cove LNG - Wicked Local Somerset
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Sunday, October 10, 2010
PBT poll: Pennsylvania should fund arts - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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Visitors to May 21 through 27 were askexthe question, "Should there be state fundingf for the arts?" Of the 238 responsed in the unscientific survey, 19 percenft said the private sector should fund arts organizations. "There should be no publif funding of sportsor arts," one respondent Another respondent commented, "You mean that this is STILL a question Point out to me one othedr great civilization in the history of the worl that has not at leasyt in part funded the arts." Arts organizationss are rallying to counter funding cuts in Gov. Ed Rendell's proposedr budget.
The current poll asks readers theie opinionsabout NBC's refusal to alloww Penguins games to be shown on the jumbotron outsider Mellon Arena.
Visitors to May 21 through 27 were askexthe question, "Should there be state fundingf for the arts?" Of the 238 responsed in the unscientific survey, 19 percenft said the private sector should fund arts organizations. "There should be no publif funding of sportsor arts," one respondent Another respondent commented, "You mean that this is STILL a question Point out to me one othedr great civilization in the history of the worl that has not at leasyt in part funded the arts." Arts organizationss are rallying to counter funding cuts in Gov. Ed Rendell's proposedr budget.
The current poll asks readers theie opinionsabout NBC's refusal to alloww Penguins games to be shown on the jumbotron outsider Mellon Arena.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
PNC launching stock offering - The Business Review (Albany):
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The Pittsburgh-based bank, which entered Central Ohio last year byacquiringh Cleveland-based , said Morgan Stanley & Company Inc. will servr as the sales agent in the which will take place from time to time on the The announcement comes a week after regulators toldPNC (NYSE:PNC) it needecd to raise $600 millionh to ensure it’s well-capitalized in the event of a severr and prolonged downturn. PNC was amon g the nation’s 19 largest banks given “stressw tests” by the . Of the 10 told to rais e additional capital, it was directed to shore up thesmallestr amount.
Cleveland-based (NYSE:KEY) on Monday made a similar telling investors it plans to raised upto $750 million through the sale of common Key, Central Ohio’s fifth-largesty bank, was told to raise $1.8 billion to satisfyu requirements of the stress tests.
The Pittsburgh-based bank, which entered Central Ohio last year byacquiringh Cleveland-based , said Morgan Stanley & Company Inc. will servr as the sales agent in the which will take place from time to time on the The announcement comes a week after regulators toldPNC (NYSE:PNC) it needecd to raise $600 millionh to ensure it’s well-capitalized in the event of a severr and prolonged downturn. PNC was amon g the nation’s 19 largest banks given “stressw tests” by the . Of the 10 told to rais e additional capital, it was directed to shore up thesmallestr amount.
Cleveland-based (NYSE:KEY) on Monday made a similar telling investors it plans to raised upto $750 million through the sale of common Key, Central Ohio’s fifth-largesty bank, was told to raise $1.8 billion to satisfyu requirements of the stress tests.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Florida Supreme Court Company Profile | Company Information
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this means present-day Florida law has been a millenniu m inthe making. Floridsa law, in a real is far and away oldedr than the State The lengthy history underlying Florida law is reflectee nowhere better than in the Florida Supreme Court library. There, in its collection of the libraryhouses judges' decisions going back to the earliesyt days of English law. And these ancient cases stilkl continue to be a part of the Commobn Law of Florida though many of these cases have been overruledf by the Constitution or othert moremodern laws. For example, some of the library's rare booksw (housed in a lockex glass case) include one decision made in the year 1616 against a woman namedMary Smith.
What was her crime?? Witchcraft. Poor Mary Smith was described by the Englishg Court asa "hagge" who had becomee envious of her neighbors. Smith and her neighbors, it competed against each other ascheese merchants. And their competition led to somesupernatural hanky-panky. According to the writte decision, Smith had openly cursed her competitors and all then hadfallenb ill. She even had used a large cat, said the which was placed onone victim'xs stomach and bewitched the victim with weaknesse and unusual weight loss. It seems Smith even used a "birchin broome" to attack and cursr one of her victims.
Smith's accusers all agreedf that she had entered into a compact withthe "Devell,"" in which she...
this means present-day Florida law has been a millenniu m inthe making. Floridsa law, in a real is far and away oldedr than the State The lengthy history underlying Florida law is reflectee nowhere better than in the Florida Supreme Court library. There, in its collection of the libraryhouses judges' decisions going back to the earliesyt days of English law. And these ancient cases stilkl continue to be a part of the Commobn Law of Florida though many of these cases have been overruledf by the Constitution or othert moremodern laws. For example, some of the library's rare booksw (housed in a lockex glass case) include one decision made in the year 1616 against a woman namedMary Smith.
What was her crime?? Witchcraft. Poor Mary Smith was described by the Englishg Court asa "hagge" who had becomee envious of her neighbors. Smith and her neighbors, it competed against each other ascheese merchants. And their competition led to somesupernatural hanky-panky. According to the writte decision, Smith had openly cursed her competitors and all then hadfallenb ill. She even had used a large cat, said the which was placed onone victim'xs stomach and bewitched the victim with weaknesse and unusual weight loss. It seems Smith even used a "birchin broome" to attack and cursr one of her victims.
Smith's accusers all agreedf that she had entered into a compact withthe "Devell,"" in which she...
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
GM files for bankruptcy, plans to transfer operations to Wentzville - Business First of Louisville:
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Some operations and equipment from a steekl stamping plant inGrand Mich., which is slatedc to close as part of the automaker's will be transferred to according to Bob Wheeler, a spokesman for the Wentzvill plant. It's not yet known how if any, Michigan employees will opt to transfereto Wentzville, he GM officials called Wentzville Mayor Paul Lamb at 9 a.m. Monday to assurw him the local plant woulxremain open. "It's good that they are shipping in work for this Lambi said. "That's a positive that corporated thinks this plant willbe around.
" Still, Lambi said, rivakl automaker Chrysler plans to shutter its Fentomn factors after investing $130 million in them, so it was importanr for Wentzville to not rely on GM so much and diversifh its revenue stream. When Lambu took office seven years ago, Wentzville countef on GM for about 55 to 60 percent of itstotal Today, that's more like 15 percentt of the city's $24 million generakl fund, because GM pays the city about $3 million a year in real estated taxes, property taxes and other fees, he said.
GM on Monday by the end of but the Wentzville plant was sparedbecause it’s the only plantf where Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans are made, The Wentzvillwe plant will still undergo a previously announcefd and other production cuts in June and July that will resultg in the layoffs of 300 workers. Monday’as Chapter 11 filing by the 101-year-old automaker is among the largesytin U.S. history and largest-ever U.S. manufacturinv bankruptcy. GM listed $173 billion in liabilities and $82 billionj in assets, according to the filed in New York. GM to St.
largest privately held company, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, and to Chapter 11, whichy allows the company to operate while protectexd fromits creditors, pushes GM into a fast-tracm bankruptcy and provides $30 billion of additionap taxpayer funds to restructure. The GM plan as detailed by U.S. official s would allow a much smallerf GM to emerge from court protection within 60 to 90 The automaker has not provided an updated targeyt for job cuts but was looking toeliminate 21,0009 U.S. factory jobs from the 54,000 union members it now employs. General Motors employs 92,000 in the Unitecd States and is indirectly responsiblefor 500,000 The U.S.
government would hold a 60 percent financiak interest in areorganized GM, and the UAW woulxd take a 17.5 percent stake. The governments of Canada and the provinced of Ontario have agreed to a 12 perceny ownership stake in exchange forfinancial aid. GM bondholderz would get 10 percent. "It’s a bittersweet Wheeler said. "You hate to have to go throughg the process of closing plant andeliminating jobs, but look that’s what's going on with a lot of Hopefully we can rebound, hire people in the futurd and be the vibrant company we once Download a copy of the
Some operations and equipment from a steekl stamping plant inGrand Mich., which is slatedc to close as part of the automaker's will be transferred to according to Bob Wheeler, a spokesman for the Wentzvill plant. It's not yet known how if any, Michigan employees will opt to transfereto Wentzville, he GM officials called Wentzville Mayor Paul Lamb at 9 a.m. Monday to assurw him the local plant woulxremain open. "It's good that they are shipping in work for this Lambi said. "That's a positive that corporated thinks this plant willbe around.
" Still, Lambi said, rivakl automaker Chrysler plans to shutter its Fentomn factors after investing $130 million in them, so it was importanr for Wentzville to not rely on GM so much and diversifh its revenue stream. When Lambu took office seven years ago, Wentzville countef on GM for about 55 to 60 percent of itstotal Today, that's more like 15 percentt of the city's $24 million generakl fund, because GM pays the city about $3 million a year in real estated taxes, property taxes and other fees, he said.
GM on Monday by the end of but the Wentzville plant was sparedbecause it’s the only plantf where Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans are made, The Wentzvillwe plant will still undergo a previously announcefd and other production cuts in June and July that will resultg in the layoffs of 300 workers. Monday’as Chapter 11 filing by the 101-year-old automaker is among the largesytin U.S. history and largest-ever U.S. manufacturinv bankruptcy. GM listed $173 billion in liabilities and $82 billionj in assets, according to the filed in New York. GM to St.
largest privately held company, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, and to Chapter 11, whichy allows the company to operate while protectexd fromits creditors, pushes GM into a fast-tracm bankruptcy and provides $30 billion of additionap taxpayer funds to restructure. The GM plan as detailed by U.S. official s would allow a much smallerf GM to emerge from court protection within 60 to 90 The automaker has not provided an updated targeyt for job cuts but was looking toeliminate 21,0009 U.S. factory jobs from the 54,000 union members it now employs. General Motors employs 92,000 in the Unitecd States and is indirectly responsiblefor 500,000 The U.S.
government would hold a 60 percent financiak interest in areorganized GM, and the UAW woulxd take a 17.5 percent stake. The governments of Canada and the provinced of Ontario have agreed to a 12 perceny ownership stake in exchange forfinancial aid. GM bondholderz would get 10 percent. "It’s a bittersweet Wheeler said. "You hate to have to go throughg the process of closing plant andeliminating jobs, but look that’s what's going on with a lot of Hopefully we can rebound, hire people in the futurd and be the vibrant company we once Download a copy of the
Monday, October 4, 2010
Meeting Pakistan's Energy needs - Pakistan Patriot
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Sunday, October 3, 2010
Kalikow Group putting down stakes San Antonio
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Under the entity name KEP Luckey RancbGlobal LP, The Kalikow Groupo has entered into a joint venture to develop 610 acrews of land along Loop 1604 and U.S. Highwah 90 — on the city’s far West Side. The jointr venture will be known as Luckey RanchGloba Associates. The area has become known as the DonugHole — a phrase coined by Dallas-based developer Chip Field, who has been active in this area of the city sinces 2004. Field calls this area in far West San Antoni the Donut Hole because therwe is a huge demographic demand but limited suppl ofavailable land. In other words, all the desirable land is boxee in by various barriers to development on all hehas said.
Plans for the Luckey Ranch Global site call for upwardsof 2,000 single-familuy homes, as well as commercial development. The Kalikow Grou is family owned real estate investment and management compang basedin Westbury, N.Y. The KEP division of the firm servesw as a private source of joint venture equithy fundingfor middle-market real estate
Under the entity name KEP Luckey RancbGlobal LP, The Kalikow Groupo has entered into a joint venture to develop 610 acrews of land along Loop 1604 and U.S. Highwah 90 — on the city’s far West Side. The jointr venture will be known as Luckey RanchGloba Associates. The area has become known as the DonugHole — a phrase coined by Dallas-based developer Chip Field, who has been active in this area of the city sinces 2004. Field calls this area in far West San Antoni the Donut Hole because therwe is a huge demographic demand but limited suppl ofavailable land. In other words, all the desirable land is boxee in by various barriers to development on all hehas said.
Plans for the Luckey Ranch Global site call for upwardsof 2,000 single-familuy homes, as well as commercial development. The Kalikow Grou is family owned real estate investment and management compang basedin Westbury, N.Y. The KEP division of the firm servesw as a private source of joint venture equithy fundingfor middle-market real estate
Friday, October 1, 2010
NTS buys Plainview Apartments - San Antonio Business Journal:
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Financing for the purchase, whicbh was made through an NTS , was provided by the , according to a news The purchase price wasnot disclosed. The previouds owner was PlainviewApartments LP, a Denver-based investment according to online recordes from the Jefferson County Property Valuation Administrator and the Kentuckg Secretary of State. Its assessed value for tax purposeszis $9.7 million, according to the PVA Web Occupancy at the time of the purchasew was about 94 the release said. NTS plands to enhance and renovate the property but no detailws were disclosed inthe release.
The apartmeny complex was developed as part of the Plainviewplannerd community, which includes 800 single-familyy homes, more than 1,000 apartments, 500 town homes, multiple shopping centers and nearly 2 million squars feet of office space. NTS begabn construction and development of theplanned Louisville’s first, in the early With the acquisition, NTS Development Co. and its affiliateas now own four apartment communities in Its other holdings in the area are HurstbourneGrandx Apartments, The Overlook at St.
Thomas and The Willows of NTS also manages 14 othee apartment communities and 31 commercial properties with more than 5 milliomn feetof office, retail and warehouse spacwe in the Southeast.
Financing for the purchase, whicbh was made through an NTS , was provided by the , according to a news The purchase price wasnot disclosed. The previouds owner was PlainviewApartments LP, a Denver-based investment according to online recordes from the Jefferson County Property Valuation Administrator and the Kentuckg Secretary of State. Its assessed value for tax purposeszis $9.7 million, according to the PVA Web Occupancy at the time of the purchasew was about 94 the release said. NTS plands to enhance and renovate the property but no detailws were disclosed inthe release.
The apartmeny complex was developed as part of the Plainviewplannerd community, which includes 800 single-familyy homes, more than 1,000 apartments, 500 town homes, multiple shopping centers and nearly 2 million squars feet of office space. NTS begabn construction and development of theplanned Louisville’s first, in the early With the acquisition, NTS Development Co. and its affiliateas now own four apartment communities in Its other holdings in the area are HurstbourneGrandx Apartments, The Overlook at St.
Thomas and The Willows of NTS also manages 14 othee apartment communities and 31 commercial properties with more than 5 milliomn feetof office, retail and warehouse spacwe in the Southeast.
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