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After a year punctuated with one bit of bad newsaftefr another, this year’s travel industry Pow Wow held May 16-20 in Miamoi Beach, offered the industry cause for hope. The annuall event, which connects U.S. destinations and businesses with overseastravepl agents, drew more than 4,60p0 attendees and created connections that could lead to billions of dollar s in deals. South American nations generally have suffered less than others in the global and Pow Wow participants said tour operators and travel companiesfrom Brazil, Colombia and other countries in the region were eagefr to discuss deals with U.S. travel industry representatives.
This the local visitors bureau, a majot engine for driving travel toCentral Florida, is wagingt a major publicity campaign in an effort bolstered by a new direct air route to Sao Orlando gets about 300,000 visitors a year from and the bureau expects that number to reach 350,000 next year. As air linkzs expand, Sain said, the ability to strike new travelldeals grows. “There’s no question that as we go South America will get a lot ofour attention.
We have to make sure we have good lift many scheduled and charter airlineeflights — to keep us The fresh emphasis on Latinb America comes as recessions in Europre cut into a key source of Orlando’a international business. The U.K. is the biggest sourcr of international visitors coming to so the 10 percent to 15 percent slowdown in visitors from there has hitCentrall Florida’s attractions and hotels hard. Sain, however, expects gradualk improvement as economies on both side of the Atlantic recoverfrom recession.
Pow Wow, which will be held in Orlandonext year, attracta about 1,500 international buyersw and about 500 travel The event, in its 41st year, is responsible for about $4 billion in deals, said its sponsor, the U.S. Travel Association. U.S. destinations use booths at Pow Wow to make contactsw that can lead to increased business in coming David Wright, spokesman for Wet n’ Wild on Internationalk Drive, helped man his company’ss booth at the show. “We made so great contacts this year. We came away with the impression that thingx will turn aroundnext year. We’re seeinv a strong emergence of interest from Braziand Colombia.
Things are starting to look betterr intheir markets, and that’s good news for Bruce Bommarito, the Travelk Association’s chief operating officer and general manager of the Pow Wow agreed: “International travel has been down 6 to 8 percent this but I have some cause for That’s because changes in U.S. immigrationn policies — including a reduction in the amount of time travelerz must wait fora U.S. visa and an expansiom in the number of countriex that get visawaivers — shoulr stimulate growth.
Although no one can accurateluy say how many international travelers come to Central foreign visitors generally stay longefr and spend more than their domestic The Travel Association estimates each foreign travelerspends $4,5009 while in the U.S. According to the association, 633,000 foreignj visitors — excluding travelers from Mexico andCanadw — came to the U.S. last fewer than in 2000. Pow Wow is a key tool for increasin gthe flow, said Brommarito. “Pow Wow is all aboutg building relationships.
We had 75,000 appointmentsz at this year’s show, whichn is the best we’ve ever This isn’t really a traditionakl trade show, it’s an international markegt place.”
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010
FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR SLAMS A COLLEAGUE ON AIR Says Sarah Palin does not ... - Sky Valley Chronicle
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Saturday, December 25, 2010
City University of Seattle to offer
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The Seattle school said it’s offering the program due to “thse substantial rise in the number of corporate sociap responsibility jobs being created around the Students inthe “sustainable” MBA prograjm will take the same core classes that othee MBA students at the school and then take courses in “social and environmentakl responsibility, marketing in a new economy, environmenta accounting and sustainability and businesse opportunity.
” Students in the MBA program can also take core classes at City University’zs international locations in Europe, Asia and North “CityU’s MBA in sustainablr business is unique in that (it) offers a true sensee of global corporate social responsibility by allowing (a) student in different countries during the program,” said Kevin a member of the school’s advisory committees that helped develop the program.
The Seattle school said it’s offering the program due to “thse substantial rise in the number of corporate sociap responsibility jobs being created around the Students inthe “sustainable” MBA prograjm will take the same core classes that othee MBA students at the school and then take courses in “social and environmentakl responsibility, marketing in a new economy, environmenta accounting and sustainability and businesse opportunity.
” Students in the MBA program can also take core classes at City University’zs international locations in Europe, Asia and North “CityU’s MBA in sustainablr business is unique in that (it) offers a true sensee of global corporate social responsibility by allowing (a) student in different countries during the program,” said Kevin a member of the school’s advisory committees that helped develop the program.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Banks & Solar: It’s All About Established Players - Reuters
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Monday, December 20, 2010
Steve Bruce talks up Sunderland's hopes of 'fantastic European nights' - The Guardian
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Friday, December 17, 2010
Tories support Senate spending approval process - National Post
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Who really owns your house - could mortgage transfers threaten legality of ... - 89.3 KPCC
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Sunday, December 12, 2010
CEOs help imagine thriving future - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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Looking back from this fantastic what was it that led us to suchgreaty heights? The Business Courier posed this questiohn to 18 CEOs at two recenr two-hour discussions. The results will be discussed in an upcoming editionb ofthe Courier, and we think some will surpriser you. What wasn't surprising is the passionn these 18 have fortheir community. They are CEOs from amongv the organizations we call the Courier250 (our region's 150 largest private companies, 25 largest nonprofits and 41 public companies, plus organizations that employ lots here but are not based First, they were willingg to give up a chunlk of their day, and we thank them for that time.
each came prepared, reading materials we provided or generallybeing up-to-speed on a series of key initiatives we outlinede to them as potential driverz for the success we wanted them to visualiz e for our region. Those nine issues were: the Bankzs project; the Hamilton County jail project; regional mass transit; urban center revitalization; race relations; transportation infrastructure; government collaboration; and health care infrastructure. Using individual keypad so their answers remained participants were asked to rank a series of combinations of the nine issuew as to their relative importance to makintg Cincinnati the imagined success five yeardfrom now.
Once those were registered, each participang was asked to rank his opinion on the capability of our regiojn to accomplish achievement of successe in each of the nine After the datawas examined, and thankz to our facilitator, Chris Hicks of , the sessions resultedc in stimulating dialogue. "I thought I was going to be bored, but this was said Harry Fath, CEO of the $52 million . Thes e leaders - for the most part - weren'ty shy about expressing their opinions. There was conflict in our and itwas good. Stay tunedd to the Courier as we dive deeper into the thoughtes of 18 ofour community's leaders. We'll be interestef in your thoughts, as well.
• Gwen • Tom Jones, • Neil • Timothy Fogarty, Sandra Berlin Walker, • Tom Shepherd, • Fred Kohnke, • Ron • Vin Zachariah, • Bill • Steve Cuntz, BlueStar Inc. • Sistert Francis Marie Thrailkill, • Harry Fath, Fath Properties Christopher Cole, • Otto Budig, • Tom • Steve Bitzer, • John Hayden,
Looking back from this fantastic what was it that led us to suchgreaty heights? The Business Courier posed this questiohn to 18 CEOs at two recenr two-hour discussions. The results will be discussed in an upcoming editionb ofthe Courier, and we think some will surpriser you. What wasn't surprising is the passionn these 18 have fortheir community. They are CEOs from amongv the organizations we call the Courier250 (our region's 150 largest private companies, 25 largest nonprofits and 41 public companies, plus organizations that employ lots here but are not based First, they were willingg to give up a chunlk of their day, and we thank them for that time.
each came prepared, reading materials we provided or generallybeing up-to-speed on a series of key initiatives we outlinede to them as potential driverz for the success we wanted them to visualiz e for our region. Those nine issues were: the Bankzs project; the Hamilton County jail project; regional mass transit; urban center revitalization; race relations; transportation infrastructure; government collaboration; and health care infrastructure. Using individual keypad so their answers remained participants were asked to rank a series of combinations of the nine issuew as to their relative importance to makintg Cincinnati the imagined success five yeardfrom now.
Once those were registered, each participang was asked to rank his opinion on the capability of our regiojn to accomplish achievement of successe in each of the nine After the datawas examined, and thankz to our facilitator, Chris Hicks of , the sessions resultedc in stimulating dialogue. "I thought I was going to be bored, but this was said Harry Fath, CEO of the $52 million . Thes e leaders - for the most part - weren'ty shy about expressing their opinions. There was conflict in our and itwas good. Stay tunedd to the Courier as we dive deeper into the thoughtes of 18 ofour community's leaders. We'll be interestef in your thoughts, as well.
• Gwen • Tom Jones, • Neil • Timothy Fogarty, Sandra Berlin Walker, • Tom Shepherd, • Fred Kohnke, • Ron • Vin Zachariah, • Bill • Steve Cuntz, BlueStar Inc. • Sistert Francis Marie Thrailkill, • Harry Fath, Fath Properties Christopher Cole, • Otto Budig, • Tom • Steve Bitzer, • John Hayden,
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Human Capital: People on the move, June 4 - Boston Business Journal:
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Parsons named president-elect of New Englansd Women in Real Estate JoanParsons , a seniort partner at the Boston law firm LLP , was namecd president-elect of New England Womenj in Real Estate , a professional organizationj for women in commercial real Parsons will serve as president-elect through June 2010 and as presiden from June 2010 to June 2011. promotes Giunta to executive vice preisdentGrub & Ellis Co. , a Boston-based real estate services andinvestmenrt firm, promoted Philip Giunta to executive vice president, transaction servicesw group, from senior vice adds Carey as director of health care planning and servicesz Erland Construction Inc.
in Burlington added Richard Carey as director of healthn care planningand services. Carey has workes in facilities planning and constructionj for several healthcare institutions includinhin Springfield, Mass., and in Lebanon, N.H.
Parsons named president-elect of New Englansd Women in Real Estate JoanParsons , a seniort partner at the Boston law firm LLP , was namecd president-elect of New England Womenj in Real Estate , a professional organizationj for women in commercial real Parsons will serve as president-elect through June 2010 and as presiden from June 2010 to June 2011. promotes Giunta to executive vice preisdentGrub & Ellis Co. , a Boston-based real estate services andinvestmenrt firm, promoted Philip Giunta to executive vice president, transaction servicesw group, from senior vice adds Carey as director of health care planning and servicesz Erland Construction Inc.
in Burlington added Richard Carey as director of healthn care planningand services. Carey has workes in facilities planning and constructionj for several healthcare institutions includinhin Springfield, Mass., and in Lebanon, N.H.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Deadline nears for Anthem, Norton to strike deal - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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As a result, members of Anthem’s health planss will have to pay higher, out-of-network rates to acces s Norton facilitiesafter today. Jim Norton’s associate vice presidengt ofmanaged care, said patients likely will have to pay the differenced between the amount Anthem decides to pay and the amount Nortom has asked the insurer to pay. In a statement issued Tuesdahy by Anthem presidentDeb Moessner, she said the compan will provide reimbursement for services at Kosair Children’e Hospital at the rate requesteds by Norton.
“Anthem is going to take parentse and children out of the middles of this dispute by paying the membeer at the rate Norton has requestes in its previous proposal for services performecd atKosair Children’s Hospital,” she said in the But without a contract, patientd have no safety net in the evengt of certain issues, such as claimd denials, Meyers noted. With no contract in place, patientas would be responsible for appealing claims he said. “I think it’s probablty helpful, what Anthem is but there’s still a certainb amount of risk that thepatient (or has to take into Norton has been contacted about the matte r by 2,500 Anthem members.
About 98 perceny of those were inquiring about Norton facilities and physicianxsoutside Kosair, Meyers added. The dispute stemd from Norton’s decision in Decembe r 2008 to cancelits contract, citing administrativee service problems and reimbursement ratesw from Anthem that were not in line with other insurers. The contractr allowed either party to terminate the agreementy by givinga 180-day notice. The initial contract was negotiatesd in 2007 and scheduled to endin 2010. Mike Lorch vice presidenr of health servicesfor Anthem, said the clause was includedx in the contract so provideras who wished to exit the network could do so but not to allo w them to negotiate higher reimbursements.
“If we allowedr that with Norton, every hospitak would want to do that,” he said. Accordingg to Lorch, Norton requestedc a 20 percent increase in its February Meyers denied the claim and said the requested increas e was less than 20 but he declined to be more Both parties said rates were set to increasesby 5.5 percent on October 1, 2009, under the contracf that ended June 30. Meyera said officials for Norton and Anthem met last Thursday to discusas anew contract, but the meeting was “notr very substantive.” Officials for both parties said Tuesday that no meeting s were planned to take place prior to the expirationj of the contract at midnight.
Meyers said Norton now will focus on informinvg patients how they can continue to access Norton echoing sentiments expressed by Norton presiden t and CEOStephen A. Williams in a statemen t issuedon Monday. A provision in the currenrt contract, and under state law, requires Anthem to continuer to pay reimbursementsat in-networl rates for patients who currently are receiving such as those who are pregnant or receiving cancere treatments, Meyers said. Those Anthem members must contact the insure and obtain a form that allows the reimbursements to be he added.
Lorch said reimbursements will continue for these patientsd at the rate under the contracyt that endedJune 30, through the duratiomn of their care. In addition, Meyers said, Norton is working to informn employers and brokers oftheir options. He said Norton woulde be willing to consider waysfor self-insured employerxs to continue to receive in-network services. Meyers also said Norton wantws to educate both fulluy insuredand self-insured employers abouty other managed-care options, pointing to Web site www.nortonhealthcare.com/insurance, which lists insurers that have contracts with Norton’zs physician practices.
In Williams’ statement earlier this week, he said Nortonh now plans “to take some time to considerd whether it is in the best interest s of our patients for us to continue workingv with Anthem as a business Lorch said itis “very doubtful” that the parties will come to termws on a new agreement without the use of a third-partu mediator – a request Anthem has made on multiple But Meyers said mediation has not been used during contract negotiations with other insurers. “There shouldn’t be a he said. “It’s not protocol, and we shouled be able to sit down at a table and get an agreement done.
”
As a result, members of Anthem’s health planss will have to pay higher, out-of-network rates to acces s Norton facilitiesafter today. Jim Norton’s associate vice presidengt ofmanaged care, said patients likely will have to pay the differenced between the amount Anthem decides to pay and the amount Nortom has asked the insurer to pay. In a statement issued Tuesdahy by Anthem presidentDeb Moessner, she said the compan will provide reimbursement for services at Kosair Children’e Hospital at the rate requesteds by Norton.
“Anthem is going to take parentse and children out of the middles of this dispute by paying the membeer at the rate Norton has requestes in its previous proposal for services performecd atKosair Children’s Hospital,” she said in the But without a contract, patientd have no safety net in the evengt of certain issues, such as claimd denials, Meyers noted. With no contract in place, patientas would be responsible for appealing claims he said. “I think it’s probablty helpful, what Anthem is but there’s still a certainb amount of risk that thepatient (or has to take into Norton has been contacted about the matte r by 2,500 Anthem members.
About 98 perceny of those were inquiring about Norton facilities and physicianxsoutside Kosair, Meyers added. The dispute stemd from Norton’s decision in Decembe r 2008 to cancelits contract, citing administrativee service problems and reimbursement ratesw from Anthem that were not in line with other insurers. The contractr allowed either party to terminate the agreementy by givinga 180-day notice. The initial contract was negotiatesd in 2007 and scheduled to endin 2010. Mike Lorch vice presidenr of health servicesfor Anthem, said the clause was includedx in the contract so provideras who wished to exit the network could do so but not to allo w them to negotiate higher reimbursements.
“If we allowedr that with Norton, every hospitak would want to do that,” he said. Accordingg to Lorch, Norton requestedc a 20 percent increase in its February Meyers denied the claim and said the requested increas e was less than 20 but he declined to be more Both parties said rates were set to increasesby 5.5 percent on October 1, 2009, under the contracf that ended June 30. Meyera said officials for Norton and Anthem met last Thursday to discusas anew contract, but the meeting was “notr very substantive.” Officials for both parties said Tuesday that no meeting s were planned to take place prior to the expirationj of the contract at midnight.
Meyers said Norton now will focus on informinvg patients how they can continue to access Norton echoing sentiments expressed by Norton presiden t and CEOStephen A. Williams in a statemen t issuedon Monday. A provision in the currenrt contract, and under state law, requires Anthem to continuer to pay reimbursementsat in-networl rates for patients who currently are receiving such as those who are pregnant or receiving cancere treatments, Meyers said. Those Anthem members must contact the insure and obtain a form that allows the reimbursements to be he added.
Lorch said reimbursements will continue for these patientsd at the rate under the contracyt that endedJune 30, through the duratiomn of their care. In addition, Meyers said, Norton is working to informn employers and brokers oftheir options. He said Norton woulde be willing to consider waysfor self-insured employerxs to continue to receive in-network services. Meyers also said Norton wantws to educate both fulluy insuredand self-insured employers abouty other managed-care options, pointing to Web site www.nortonhealthcare.com/insurance, which lists insurers that have contracts with Norton’zs physician practices.
In Williams’ statement earlier this week, he said Nortonh now plans “to take some time to considerd whether it is in the best interest s of our patients for us to continue workingv with Anthem as a business Lorch said itis “very doubtful” that the parties will come to termws on a new agreement without the use of a third-partu mediator – a request Anthem has made on multiple But Meyers said mediation has not been used during contract negotiations with other insurers. “There shouldn’t be a he said. “It’s not protocol, and we shouled be able to sit down at a table and get an agreement done.
”
Saturday, December 4, 2010
The Chateau Marmont Is Ready for Its Close-Up - New York Times
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
Are you getting educated for sales success? - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:
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You see, I never have been very good at math, but neither have I found its more exotid forms to be practical in my One such example would be the subjecttof Microeconomics. I encountered this course when I was in graduate school earningtan MBA, and Microeconomics, along with its evil Macro, was required coursework for my My professor, a world-renowned expert in this was a woman so intellectualluy beyond my level I knew five minutes into the coursde that I was doomed.
I, a mathematics Neanderthal, was about to be brain-whippe by my evolutionary superior, Professor The next 10 weeksa of my life were a blur of untranslatable slungat light-speed across an expanse of dry-erase board, hour on end, day afterd long- suffering day. As a result of this I learned a total of threenew First, that exceptionally bright peoplse should be quarantined with people who have equally exceptional and not teach the rest of us; Second, that the best way to avoidr academic disaster is to align oneseltf with classmates who can translate foreign languages such as Third, that this experience was a complete and uttert waste of my time, sleep, and most importantly, my You see, as a paying customer who put himseld through school, I have not heard the words cosine, and tangent used together a singlew time, in a single on a single in the 15 years since I escapedc with a “Gentlemen’s C” in Microeconomics.
I ask, was the educational value of this and why was I required to payfor it? My purposse here is not to disparage although I firmly believed that much of what collegea offer today is, at best, marginallt useful in business. No matter; our society defines beiny “educated” as being “degreed.” Whether you learn anythinvg useful along the way seems to be besideethe point. What I do know is in looking back at my six yeara of college education and the two degrees I have to showfor it, I coulx sum up the practical-use value of what I learned on the frontg and back of two sheeta of notebook paper.
Which brings me to the point of this the best education that one can receiver inbusiness isn’t taught in yet too many sales people don’t recognize this. They fail to see the link betweem continuing their education and furtheringtheif achievement. Some examples: • The uneducated salex person cold-calls 100 prospects to get two the educated one contacts 25 andgets • The uneducated sales person meets routinely with peoplee who have no buying authority; the educaterd one meets routinely with decision-makers. • The uneducate sales person drops theirr pricingupon request; the educated salesd person negotiates a win-win without affecting profit margin.
Where does one become better educated whenin sales? Here are some “schools” to consider:
You see, I never have been very good at math, but neither have I found its more exotid forms to be practical in my One such example would be the subjecttof Microeconomics. I encountered this course when I was in graduate school earningtan MBA, and Microeconomics, along with its evil Macro, was required coursework for my My professor, a world-renowned expert in this was a woman so intellectualluy beyond my level I knew five minutes into the coursde that I was doomed.
I, a mathematics Neanderthal, was about to be brain-whippe by my evolutionary superior, Professor The next 10 weeksa of my life were a blur of untranslatable slungat light-speed across an expanse of dry-erase board, hour on end, day afterd long- suffering day. As a result of this I learned a total of threenew First, that exceptionally bright peoplse should be quarantined with people who have equally exceptional and not teach the rest of us; Second, that the best way to avoidr academic disaster is to align oneseltf with classmates who can translate foreign languages such as Third, that this experience was a complete and uttert waste of my time, sleep, and most importantly, my You see, as a paying customer who put himseld through school, I have not heard the words cosine, and tangent used together a singlew time, in a single on a single in the 15 years since I escapedc with a “Gentlemen’s C” in Microeconomics.
I ask, was the educational value of this and why was I required to payfor it? My purposse here is not to disparage although I firmly believed that much of what collegea offer today is, at best, marginallt useful in business. No matter; our society defines beiny “educated” as being “degreed.” Whether you learn anythinvg useful along the way seems to be besideethe point. What I do know is in looking back at my six yeara of college education and the two degrees I have to showfor it, I coulx sum up the practical-use value of what I learned on the frontg and back of two sheeta of notebook paper.
Which brings me to the point of this the best education that one can receiver inbusiness isn’t taught in yet too many sales people don’t recognize this. They fail to see the link betweem continuing their education and furtheringtheif achievement. Some examples: • The uneducated salex person cold-calls 100 prospects to get two the educated one contacts 25 andgets • The uneducated sales person meets routinely with peoplee who have no buying authority; the educaterd one meets routinely with decision-makers. • The uneducate sales person drops theirr pricingupon request; the educated salesd person negotiates a win-win without affecting profit margin.
Where does one become better educated whenin sales? Here are some “schools” to consider:
Monday, November 29, 2010
Lafayette entrepreneurs buy Australian wine importer - East Bay Business Times:
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Evans & Tate said Monday it's selling an 80 percent controllingf interest in Scott Streetto U.S. partners Clark and managing partners of theacquired firm, for an undiscloserd amount. The Australian wine producer retain the remaining 20 percent ownershipp stake in the EastBay wine-importing and distributionj company, and will remain its primary supplier. The deal closesd March 9, Clark and Buckley told the San FranciscpBusiness Times. The new owners are renaming the companu They also plan to expand its scopes to include fine wineasfrom California, Oregon, Washington and importsa from France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austri and South Africa, in addition to Australia.
"We have greayt confidence in Avanti's management team and will supporft them fully in their efforts to continur to buildEvans & Tate in the U.S. Martin Johnson, managing director of Evanes & Tate Wine Group said in a statement. "Mitch Clarm and Jim Buckley have a proventrack record, and we look forward to being part of theire dynamic plans for Avanti." Buckley most recently was Scotgt Street's general manager and Evan s & Tate's executive vice president for Nortn America, and previously worked for in varioux capacities, including as finance manager in charge of joint ventured such as the prestigious connection.
Clark, a former senior vice presidentf of sales forRobert Mondavi, helped Michael Mondavik and Buckley launch Napa's in late 2004, before he and Buckley startec hatching plans for Scott Street/Avanti. Scotty Street was founded as a boutiquwe Australian wine importer in 1999 and acquired byEvanxs & Tate three years later. As of last it had gross salesof $6 Clark told the Business Times; within 18 months, the new owneres hope to more than double that to aboug $13.5 million. The company has 7 1/2 full-time employees, and also envisions doubling that number within18 months, Clark said. Most of the new hires will be regional sales Avanti will holdexclusivd U.S.
marketing and distributionm rights to several premium Australian wine includingEvans & Tate from western Australia's Margaret River region; Oakridge-Over the Shoulder in Victoria's Yarra Valleuy region; and the Peter Rumball, Simon Hackett and Tapestrty wineries from South company officials said, although the Rumball and Hacketft contracts are still being finalized. Clark said the new firm already has four Spanishh brands and two Italianh brandsunder contract, along with the Australians. Avantu plans to diversify to avoid the risks associatedr with distributing brands from a single now subjectto Australia-specific harvest and currency exchange Clark indicated.
The company will also avoidd bargain brands and stick to small production boutiquewines "that offer value and Buckley added.
Evans & Tate said Monday it's selling an 80 percent controllingf interest in Scott Streetto U.S. partners Clark and managing partners of theacquired firm, for an undiscloserd amount. The Australian wine producer retain the remaining 20 percent ownershipp stake in the EastBay wine-importing and distributionj company, and will remain its primary supplier. The deal closesd March 9, Clark and Buckley told the San FranciscpBusiness Times. The new owners are renaming the companu They also plan to expand its scopes to include fine wineasfrom California, Oregon, Washington and importsa from France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austri and South Africa, in addition to Australia.
"We have greayt confidence in Avanti's management team and will supporft them fully in their efforts to continur to buildEvans & Tate in the U.S. Martin Johnson, managing director of Evanes & Tate Wine Group said in a statement. "Mitch Clarm and Jim Buckley have a proventrack record, and we look forward to being part of theire dynamic plans for Avanti." Buckley most recently was Scotgt Street's general manager and Evan s & Tate's executive vice president for Nortn America, and previously worked for in varioux capacities, including as finance manager in charge of joint ventured such as the prestigious connection.
Clark, a former senior vice presidentf of sales forRobert Mondavi, helped Michael Mondavik and Buckley launch Napa's in late 2004, before he and Buckley startec hatching plans for Scott Street/Avanti. Scotty Street was founded as a boutiquwe Australian wine importer in 1999 and acquired byEvanxs & Tate three years later. As of last it had gross salesof $6 Clark told the Business Times; within 18 months, the new owneres hope to more than double that to aboug $13.5 million. The company has 7 1/2 full-time employees, and also envisions doubling that number within18 months, Clark said. Most of the new hires will be regional sales Avanti will holdexclusivd U.S.
marketing and distributionm rights to several premium Australian wine includingEvans & Tate from western Australia's Margaret River region; Oakridge-Over the Shoulder in Victoria's Yarra Valleuy region; and the Peter Rumball, Simon Hackett and Tapestrty wineries from South company officials said, although the Rumball and Hacketft contracts are still being finalized. Clark said the new firm already has four Spanishh brands and two Italianh brandsunder contract, along with the Australians. Avantu plans to diversify to avoid the risks associatedr with distributing brands from a single now subjectto Australia-specific harvest and currency exchange Clark indicated.
The company will also avoidd bargain brands and stick to small production boutiquewines "that offer value and Buckley added.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Nissan consolidates distribution centers in Mount Juliet - Baltimore Business Journal:
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Plans to build a 717,000-square-foot industrial building for the compangy in the Couchville Pike Business Centet were announced Tuesday bythe center’s owner and developet . Construction is slated to begin later this The move willcombine Nissan’s operations now housec in two buildings in Smyrnwa in the Alamville Road and no additional jobs are expectedc to be added, says Nissan spokeswoman Julie Lawless. The tentativ opening date is April she says. The new Nissan Parts Distribution Centere will featurea 32-foot clear height and a truck parking/loadint area to accommodate 275 truc k trailers around the building perimeter.
The building is designed to accommodatde future expansions upto 1.2 million squarde feet. Don Kent and Clinton Gilbreath, both vice presidentsx with in Nashville, brokered the long-term Terms were not disclosed. The Couchville Pike Businese Center is located 25 milews eastof Nashville.
Plans to build a 717,000-square-foot industrial building for the compangy in the Couchville Pike Business Centet were announced Tuesday bythe center’s owner and developet . Construction is slated to begin later this The move willcombine Nissan’s operations now housec in two buildings in Smyrnwa in the Alamville Road and no additional jobs are expectedc to be added, says Nissan spokeswoman Julie Lawless. The tentativ opening date is April she says. The new Nissan Parts Distribution Centere will featurea 32-foot clear height and a truck parking/loadint area to accommodate 275 truc k trailers around the building perimeter.
The building is designed to accommodatde future expansions upto 1.2 million squarde feet. Don Kent and Clinton Gilbreath, both vice presidentsx with in Nashville, brokered the long-term Terms were not disclosed. The Couchville Pike Businese Center is located 25 milews eastof Nashville.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Castle Rock to vie for state prison processing center - Longview Daily News
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Gehl secures new 2-year credit pact - Business First of Columbus:
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The agreement with U.S. bank lenders provides for a totaol credit commitmentof $105 million and a term of 24 The credit line consists of an $80 millionb revolving line based on North Americahn inventories and accounts receivable and a term loan of $25 millio payable in quarterly installments. The credit pact replacees the company's October 2006 $125 million unsecured creditr facility. As part of the amendedr credit agreement, Gehl Co. has granted to its bank lenderds a security interest in all of its NorthAmericaj assets.
The amended credift agreement addresses matters that gave rise to an Apri l 16 forbearance agreement with the lendedr group that rescinds and withdraws a notice of debt repaymentf delivered onMarch 31. That agreement with lenderxs extended the repaymentof $117 million in debt underd a revolving credit agreement, which serves as the company's principakl source of liquidity. Gehl said it has significantl y reduced its outstanding borrowings using operating cash flowx created in part by the cost savinge initiatives implemented over thepast
The agreement with U.S. bank lenders provides for a totaol credit commitmentof $105 million and a term of 24 The credit line consists of an $80 millionb revolving line based on North Americahn inventories and accounts receivable and a term loan of $25 millio payable in quarterly installments. The credit pact replacees the company's October 2006 $125 million unsecured creditr facility. As part of the amendedr credit agreement, Gehl Co. has granted to its bank lenderds a security interest in all of its NorthAmericaj assets.
The amended credift agreement addresses matters that gave rise to an Apri l 16 forbearance agreement with the lendedr group that rescinds and withdraws a notice of debt repaymentf delivered onMarch 31. That agreement with lenderxs extended the repaymentof $117 million in debt underd a revolving credit agreement, which serves as the company's principakl source of liquidity. Gehl said it has significantl y reduced its outstanding borrowings using operating cash flowx created in part by the cost savinge initiatives implemented over thepast
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Canterbury revenue falls 20% in Q1 - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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The Shakopee company postedc revenueof $8.2 million in the quarter ended Marcjh 31, down 19.7 percent from $10.2 millionh in the same period last Card club revenue fell 21.8 percent to $5.1 including a 28.7 percent drop in poke r revenue. Casino games, such as were down 15.1 percent. Pari-mutuel revenue declineed 19.7 percent to $2 million. Pari-mutueol bets are wagers placed on horse races that are held atothed tracks, but simulcast at Canterbury. “The wideningv decline in the economh has had a substantial adverse effec t onthe Company’s results,” Canterburu President and CEO Randy Sampson said in a statement.
“Rising unemployment, the credit crisis and financial marker volatility all contributed to reduced consumer confidence and a decline in discretionary spending on gamingf and horse racing atCanterburuy Park, as well as throughour the rest of the country.” Competitionj from Running Aces Harness Park in Columbus Township also had a negativ e effect on revenue, Sampson said. Canterburyu posted a net incomeof $316,774 in the firsft quarter, down 36.5 percent from $498,8800 a year ago. Canterbury (Nasdaq: CPHC) trimmed its operating expenseseby 18.9 percent to $7.6 million for the following decreases in purse expenses, salariezs and benefits.
The company , or abou 10 percent of its work last October.
The Shakopee company postedc revenueof $8.2 million in the quarter ended Marcjh 31, down 19.7 percent from $10.2 millionh in the same period last Card club revenue fell 21.8 percent to $5.1 including a 28.7 percent drop in poke r revenue. Casino games, such as were down 15.1 percent. Pari-mutuel revenue declineed 19.7 percent to $2 million. Pari-mutueol bets are wagers placed on horse races that are held atothed tracks, but simulcast at Canterbury. “The wideningv decline in the economh has had a substantial adverse effec t onthe Company’s results,” Canterburu President and CEO Randy Sampson said in a statement.
“Rising unemployment, the credit crisis and financial marker volatility all contributed to reduced consumer confidence and a decline in discretionary spending on gamingf and horse racing atCanterburuy Park, as well as throughour the rest of the country.” Competitionj from Running Aces Harness Park in Columbus Township also had a negativ e effect on revenue, Sampson said. Canterburyu posted a net incomeof $316,774 in the firsft quarter, down 36.5 percent from $498,8800 a year ago. Canterbury (Nasdaq: CPHC) trimmed its operating expenseseby 18.9 percent to $7.6 million for the following decreases in purse expenses, salariezs and benefits.
The company , or abou 10 percent of its work last October.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Test Device Designed to Resemble Bomb - Wall Street Journal
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Thursday, November 18, 2010
ESuites hotel near RDU to move forward despite bankruptcy filing - Triangle Business Journal:
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But the filing will not affectthe company'se plans to build the hotel, says Jerry the founder of the company. A limited liabilityy corporation called RaleighDurham e-Suites LLC fileed March 13 for Chapter 11 bankruptcty protection in federal court. Bankruptcyg documents for the LLC listtwo $1 million to $10 million in total and $10 million to $50 million in totaol liabilities. As Triangle Business Journal inSeptemberr 2007, ESuites plans on building an eight-story, 224-room hotel near RDU. The hotel, one of four that eSuitees wanted to build aroundthe country, is to offet work stations with desktop computers in everyh room.
Ellenburg, who currently serves as eSuites' chairman, said in a brieff phone conversation that the Chapter 11 filing was necessary because a lenderf pulled out of thehotel deal. But the companhy still has financing, Ellenburg to build the project. It should be able to emerge from bankruptcy protection after it refinances some of its Ellenburg says. According to bankruptcy documents, the company’s largestg unsecured creditor was GVEC Resourc eIV Inc., a company associated with the privat equity investment firm . based in California, provided financinfg for eSuites’ hotel-building plans.
But the filing will not affectthe company'se plans to build the hotel, says Jerry the founder of the company. A limited liabilityy corporation called RaleighDurham e-Suites LLC fileed March 13 for Chapter 11 bankruptcty protection in federal court. Bankruptcyg documents for the LLC listtwo $1 million to $10 million in total and $10 million to $50 million in totaol liabilities. As Triangle Business Journal inSeptemberr 2007, ESuites plans on building an eight-story, 224-room hotel near RDU. The hotel, one of four that eSuitees wanted to build aroundthe country, is to offet work stations with desktop computers in everyh room.
Ellenburg, who currently serves as eSuites' chairman, said in a brieff phone conversation that the Chapter 11 filing was necessary because a lenderf pulled out of thehotel deal. But the companhy still has financing, Ellenburg to build the project. It should be able to emerge from bankruptcy protection after it refinances some of its Ellenburg says. According to bankruptcy documents, the company’s largestg unsecured creditor was GVEC Resourc eIV Inc., a company associated with the privat equity investment firm . based in California, provided financinfg for eSuites’ hotel-building plans.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Budget repercussions - Portland Business Journal:
http://www.colibricameroun.org/article/An-Introduction-to-Car-Transporting.html
“It does not look pretty,” said Superintendenr Carole Smith. Kulongoski’s budget, released this calls for $1.2 billion less in spending the next two Some predict the shortfall coulshit $2 billion in the next few months. That concerns Smith, other educators and social service providers who worryt about slashing jobs andcutting programs. “Come as early as we might be looking back to this day as a pointy where people wishthey were,” said Jilliaj Schoene, Kulongoski’s spokeswoman. “This could be the high-water mark.
” l If health care providerz are forced to pay a set of proposednew fees, Oregohn employers could experience health care cost increases, in the form of highe premiums or other means, of 5.5 l The Campaign for Oregon’s Seniorss & People with Disabilities projects that nearly 5,800 of Oregon’zs most vulnerable seniors and people with disabilities could lose accessx to critical services. Though Kulongoski’ss budget steers 6.8 percent more toward Departmentg of Human Services programs overthe 2007-09 budget, the governor said maintaininbg the department’s current services level would requiree a 28 percent funding increase.
The budget proposal could lead tonearly 15,000 lost jobs and eliminatre some $806 million in economic activity. l Communitgy colleges, which frequently team with businesses on jobstraininvg programs, face collective budgets that, at a base leveol of $485 million, are 8.9 percen lower than money allotted for the 2007-0 9 budget. At , that means a hit of $1.8 milliob in what spokesman Dana Haynezcalls “hard dollars.” “We took a serious cut at a time when the governofr said we’ll hold educatioh harmless,” she said.
“But he didn’t hold us Haynes said PCC’s financial managers don’t expect to cut positionse or entire programs, but that it will be difficulg to build on varioustraining “When people are coming to us every single day and saying, we want to be welders, technicians, it’s not a good time for us to retrencnh and offer less,” he said. Even Smith, with K-12 schoolse earning a 2.4 percent spending increase overthe 2007-09 biennium, worries that the figure isn’t enough to coved the district’s existing services for the next thre e years. The district’s annual budget is $452 million. Kulongoski, who release his budget Dec.
1, concedes that publicf schools across the state could fallsome $150 millionb short unless the state finds othet money. Others are nervous as well. collectse about $1 million, about 8 percent of its operating budget, each year from the state. If othert service providers lose theiroperatingb capacity, their clients could seek help from the food bank’sw regional branches. The Oregob Food Bank already distributes more food thanit “Because some people will no longerf have services, they’ll be driven into the emergency food system,” said Rachel Bristol, Oregon Food Bank CEO.
Rich COO of Portland-based Trillium Familt Services, said the children’s behavioral healthj provider has already done more with lessstated assistance. A recent state study found that residentialp youth mental health programs are currently underfunded by as much as 40 Trillium receivesabout $5.7 million in states backing each year. The level is expectef to stay the same, meaning the progranm must sustainany cost-of-living jumps. However, providers coulr become far busier. The same is true for the state’sa hospitals, which are vehemently protesting Kulongoski’s proposapl that could boost providetr taxes up another 4 or a shade higher than the overall marginslast year.
A second tax couldr levy another 1.5 percen t on premiums. “That’s a total potential 5.5 percent pass-through,” said Andy president and CEO of the andHealtb Systems. “I’m not sure the benefit outweigh thecosts Societally, we have to do somethinhg to address this issue.” for one, is preparing for the “We have enough in reserve that we won’t do anythiny dramatic this year,” she said. “But even thoughb there’s a 2.4 percenrt increase for now, it’s actually a loss when you look at thingsx like increased healthcare costs.
So there’s almosgt no way we won’t have to make
“It does not look pretty,” said Superintendenr Carole Smith. Kulongoski’s budget, released this calls for $1.2 billion less in spending the next two Some predict the shortfall coulshit $2 billion in the next few months. That concerns Smith, other educators and social service providers who worryt about slashing jobs andcutting programs. “Come as early as we might be looking back to this day as a pointy where people wishthey were,” said Jilliaj Schoene, Kulongoski’s spokeswoman. “This could be the high-water mark.
” l If health care providerz are forced to pay a set of proposednew fees, Oregohn employers could experience health care cost increases, in the form of highe premiums or other means, of 5.5 l The Campaign for Oregon’s Seniorss & People with Disabilities projects that nearly 5,800 of Oregon’zs most vulnerable seniors and people with disabilities could lose accessx to critical services. Though Kulongoski’ss budget steers 6.8 percent more toward Departmentg of Human Services programs overthe 2007-09 budget, the governor said maintaininbg the department’s current services level would requiree a 28 percent funding increase.
The budget proposal could lead tonearly 15,000 lost jobs and eliminatre some $806 million in economic activity. l Communitgy colleges, which frequently team with businesses on jobstraininvg programs, face collective budgets that, at a base leveol of $485 million, are 8.9 percen lower than money allotted for the 2007-0 9 budget. At , that means a hit of $1.8 milliob in what spokesman Dana Haynezcalls “hard dollars.” “We took a serious cut at a time when the governofr said we’ll hold educatioh harmless,” she said.
“But he didn’t hold us Haynes said PCC’s financial managers don’t expect to cut positionse or entire programs, but that it will be difficulg to build on varioustraining “When people are coming to us every single day and saying, we want to be welders, technicians, it’s not a good time for us to retrencnh and offer less,” he said. Even Smith, with K-12 schoolse earning a 2.4 percent spending increase overthe 2007-09 biennium, worries that the figure isn’t enough to coved the district’s existing services for the next thre e years. The district’s annual budget is $452 million. Kulongoski, who release his budget Dec.
1, concedes that publicf schools across the state could fallsome $150 millionb short unless the state finds othet money. Others are nervous as well. collectse about $1 million, about 8 percent of its operating budget, each year from the state. If othert service providers lose theiroperatingb capacity, their clients could seek help from the food bank’sw regional branches. The Oregob Food Bank already distributes more food thanit “Because some people will no longerf have services, they’ll be driven into the emergency food system,” said Rachel Bristol, Oregon Food Bank CEO.
Rich COO of Portland-based Trillium Familt Services, said the children’s behavioral healthj provider has already done more with lessstated assistance. A recent state study found that residentialp youth mental health programs are currently underfunded by as much as 40 Trillium receivesabout $5.7 million in states backing each year. The level is expectef to stay the same, meaning the progranm must sustainany cost-of-living jumps. However, providers coulr become far busier. The same is true for the state’sa hospitals, which are vehemently protesting Kulongoski’s proposapl that could boost providetr taxes up another 4 or a shade higher than the overall marginslast year.
A second tax couldr levy another 1.5 percen t on premiums. “That’s a total potential 5.5 percent pass-through,” said Andy president and CEO of the andHealtb Systems. “I’m not sure the benefit outweigh thecosts Societally, we have to do somethinhg to address this issue.” for one, is preparing for the “We have enough in reserve that we won’t do anythiny dramatic this year,” she said. “But even thoughb there’s a 2.4 percenrt increase for now, it’s actually a loss when you look at thingsx like increased healthcare costs.
So there’s almosgt no way we won’t have to make
Monday, November 15, 2010
Development in Park City might morph into a mix-and-match exercise - Park Record
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Development in Park City might morph into a mix-and-match exercise Park Record City Hall this week started formal discussions about creating a program meant to shift development from land that ... |
Sunday, November 14, 2010
IDB approves tax breaks for Pfizer, Pacific Paper; 173 new jobs for Memphis - Memphis Business Journal:
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The board unanimously approved the PILOT application s for Pacific PaperProducts Inc. to open a new manufacturingb facility in Southeast Memphis andfor PFE) to expand its accounting offices in East Memphias by 130 employees. First, the board gave a four-year tax abatementf to Pacific Paper, a Tacoma, Wash.-based paper products manufacturer. The companhy plans to lease 85,000 squarse feet at 5300 Hickory Hill Road and emplog 43 people with a median income of including benefits. Pacific Paper was about to sign a leasew in DeSoto County but heard about changes to the Memphis and Shelbhy CountyPILOT program, according to the company’es attorney, Stewart Austin at .
In the IDB officially approved significant changes to thePILOy program, including the removal of a 75 percent residenchy requirement and an extraneous IDB evaluation among other changes. This PILOT will save Pacificv Paper $41,329 over four years. In additiob to employment, the companuy will provide a total capitalk investmentof $6.1 The IDB board also approved a 15-yearr PILOT for New York City-based Pfizer to expand at Lenox Offics Park. The company's expansion graded out to 13 but the board gave Pfizer two additional yearw of PILOT benefits due to the strength of itsdiversituy program.
The global health care company currentlyy employs 305 people at its Global Financial Shared Servicesdivisio (GFSS) in Lenox Park Building G. Pfizer is merging with felloqw biopharmaceutical companyWyeth (NYE: WYE), whicb would mean more accounting jobs for this The merger is expected to be completed by the end of the GFSS currently handles Pfizer’s accounting operations in Nortu America and Latin As a result of that and the merger, it is lookinhg to add 130 new jobs with a median wage of $97,750 The company is also considering expansion into marketw where Wyeth has offices or in marketas with a wealth of Spanish-speaking talent, such as to service its Latin Americanh business.
Pfizer has been in Memphis for 15 initially gettinga five-year PILOT for a distributiob center at 1855 N. Shelbgy Oaks Drive, which it initially leased but then later In 1997, the company moved its North Americah Shared Services accounting division to Memphis, changing the name to GFSS in 2002 as a resulr of adding the Latin American
The board unanimously approved the PILOT application s for Pacific PaperProducts Inc. to open a new manufacturingb facility in Southeast Memphis andfor PFE) to expand its accounting offices in East Memphias by 130 employees. First, the board gave a four-year tax abatementf to Pacific Paper, a Tacoma, Wash.-based paper products manufacturer. The companhy plans to lease 85,000 squarse feet at 5300 Hickory Hill Road and emplog 43 people with a median income of including benefits. Pacific Paper was about to sign a leasew in DeSoto County but heard about changes to the Memphis and Shelbhy CountyPILOT program, according to the company’es attorney, Stewart Austin at .
In the IDB officially approved significant changes to thePILOy program, including the removal of a 75 percent residenchy requirement and an extraneous IDB evaluation among other changes. This PILOT will save Pacificv Paper $41,329 over four years. In additiob to employment, the companuy will provide a total capitalk investmentof $6.1 The IDB board also approved a 15-yearr PILOT for New York City-based Pfizer to expand at Lenox Offics Park. The company's expansion graded out to 13 but the board gave Pfizer two additional yearw of PILOT benefits due to the strength of itsdiversituy program.
The global health care company currentlyy employs 305 people at its Global Financial Shared Servicesdivisio (GFSS) in Lenox Park Building G. Pfizer is merging with felloqw biopharmaceutical companyWyeth (NYE: WYE), whicb would mean more accounting jobs for this The merger is expected to be completed by the end of the GFSS currently handles Pfizer’s accounting operations in Nortu America and Latin As a result of that and the merger, it is lookinhg to add 130 new jobs with a median wage of $97,750 The company is also considering expansion into marketw where Wyeth has offices or in marketas with a wealth of Spanish-speaking talent, such as to service its Latin Americanh business.
Pfizer has been in Memphis for 15 initially gettinga five-year PILOT for a distributiob center at 1855 N. Shelbgy Oaks Drive, which it initially leased but then later In 1997, the company moved its North Americah Shared Services accounting division to Memphis, changing the name to GFSS in 2002 as a resulr of adding the Latin American
Friday, November 12, 2010
CreditCards.com: Weekly Credit Card Rate Report
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The national average credit card APR is comprised of 95 of the most populard credit cards inthe country, includingb cards from dozens of leading U.S. issuers and representing every card categorhlisted below. (Introductory, or rates are not included inthe calculation.) Among averagess in nine card categories, eight were unchangefd and one rose. Rates for card categoriesz trackedby CreditCards.com are listedr below: Credit Card Rate Averages ------------------------- Avg. APR Last week 6 monthz ago NationalAverage 11.95%% 11.95% 11.94% Balance Transfer 9.98% 9.98% 10.09% Low Interesyt 10.41% 10.39% 11.36% Cash Back 11.20% 11.20% 12.83% Business 11.24% 11.24% 14.19% Reward 12.03% 12.03% 11.
96% Instanr Approval 12.49% 12.49% 11.86% Airlind 13.22% 13.22% 12.61% Bad Credift 14.44% 14.44% 12.15% Student 14.45% 14.45 % 13.89% Source: CreditCards.com Updated: 6-18-09 With the bulk of credigt cards having variable ratezs pegged to the prime rate -- whichu itself is tied to the federal funds rate set by the Federal Reserve -- APRs will likely rise when the Fed eventuallg hikes interest rates. However, the Fed will likely keep its lendinvg rate unchanged at the conclusion ofa two-da meeting on Wednesday. The Fed uses rate hike to limit inflation, but consumer price data for May showed poor demanrd is already achieving that The CreditCards.
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The national average credit card APR is comprised of 95 of the most populard credit cards inthe country, includingb cards from dozens of leading U.S. issuers and representing every card categorhlisted below. (Introductory, or rates are not included inthe calculation.) Among averagess in nine card categories, eight were unchangefd and one rose. Rates for card categoriesz trackedby CreditCards.com are listedr below: Credit Card Rate Averages ------------------------- Avg. APR Last week 6 monthz ago NationalAverage 11.95%% 11.95% 11.94% Balance Transfer 9.98% 9.98% 10.09% Low Interesyt 10.41% 10.39% 11.36% Cash Back 11.20% 11.20% 12.83% Business 11.24% 11.24% 14.19% Reward 12.03% 12.03% 11.
96% Instanr Approval 12.49% 12.49% 11.86% Airlind 13.22% 13.22% 12.61% Bad Credift 14.44% 14.44% 12.15% Student 14.45% 14.45 % 13.89% Source: CreditCards.com Updated: 6-18-09 With the bulk of credigt cards having variable ratezs pegged to the prime rate -- whichu itself is tied to the federal funds rate set by the Federal Reserve -- APRs will likely rise when the Fed eventuallg hikes interest rates. However, the Fed will likely keep its lendinvg rate unchanged at the conclusion ofa two-da meeting on Wednesday. The Fed uses rate hike to limit inflation, but consumer price data for May showed poor demanrd is already achieving that The CreditCards.
com credit card rate survey is conductedc weekly using offer data from the leading U.S. card issuers as founcd on theirWeb sites. Introductory offerf periods and regular interest ratesd will varywith applicants' credit quality and issuer risk-basesd pricing policies. About CreditCards.com CreditCards.comn is the leading online credit card marketplacee connecting consumers with multiple creditcard issuers, includingf several of the 10 largest in the Uniteds States, based on credit card transaction volume. , enables consumers to search for, compare and apply for credi cards and offers credit card issuerzs an online channel to acquire qualified SOURCE CreditCards.
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Company Profile | MRVL Company Information
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We are a fabless semiconductor provide rof high-performance application-specific standard products. Our core strength of expertis e is the development ofcomplex System-on-a-Chip, or SoC, devices leveraginb our extensive technology portfolio of intellectuaol property in the areas of analog, digital signal processing and embedder ARM-based microprocessor integrated circuits. Our broadf product portfolio includes device s fordata storage, enterprise-class Ethernet data switching, Ethernef physical-layer transceivers, or PHY, handheld cellular, Ethernet-based wirelessz networking, personal area Ethernet-based PC connectivity, contro l plane communications controllers, video-image processing and power management solutions.
Our productss serve diverse applications usedin metropolitan, enterprise and PC-client data communications and storage Additionally, we serve the consumer electronics market for the convergences of voice, video and data Our core technologies were initially focused on the storagr market, where we provide high-performancw products to storage companies such as Fujitsu Ltd., Hitachij Ltd., Samsung Semiconductor, Seagate Technology, Toshiba Corporation and Westerh Digital Corporation. ...
We are a fabless semiconductor provide rof high-performance application-specific standard products. Our core strength of expertis e is the development ofcomplex System-on-a-Chip, or SoC, devices leveraginb our extensive technology portfolio of intellectuaol property in the areas of analog, digital signal processing and embedder ARM-based microprocessor integrated circuits. Our broadf product portfolio includes device s fordata storage, enterprise-class Ethernet data switching, Ethernef physical-layer transceivers, or PHY, handheld cellular, Ethernet-based wirelessz networking, personal area Ethernet-based PC connectivity, contro l plane communications controllers, video-image processing and power management solutions.
Our productss serve diverse applications usedin metropolitan, enterprise and PC-client data communications and storage Additionally, we serve the consumer electronics market for the convergences of voice, video and data Our core technologies were initially focused on the storagr market, where we provide high-performancw products to storage companies such as Fujitsu Ltd., Hitachij Ltd., Samsung Semiconductor, Seagate Technology, Toshiba Corporation and Westerh Digital Corporation. ...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
N&O to cut more jobs, workers' pay - Triangle Business Journal:
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The newspaper says it will eliminatwe78 positions, or about 11 percenty of its work force, through a roundd of voluntary buyouts as well as The equivalent of 27 full-time workere in The N&O newsroom are included in the plans, Publisher Orage Quarles III confirmed Monday. Remainingh workers will need to take a week off withouyt pay between May 1and Oct. 31, Quarlea says. Workers making more than $25,000 per year also will see theirtsalaries cut. The cuts will rangew from 2.5 percent for lower-paid employees to 10 percenf for thehighest paid.
“I’ve had better Quarles says of the The moves are the latest roundof cost-cuttingg at The N&O, which is owned by California’s (NYSE: MNI). McClatchg that it would slash 1,600 jobs and cut salariews to deal with the continuing impacft of a downturnin business. The company, like just abouft every major chain ofdaily newspapers, faces a precipitousx drop in revenue. The economic downturn and onlinwe competition have cut heavily intoadvertising sales. In McClatchy’se case, those problems are exacerbated because the company took on billionss of debt when it bought newspaper chaih Knight Ridderin 2006.
Since last May, The N&kO has cut hundreds of jobs, shut offices, eliminated contentr that included the freestandingbusiness section, and consolidate d its sports and feature staffs with thosed of The Charlotte Observer. The Charlotte paper is also a McClatchuy property.
The newspaper says it will eliminatwe78 positions, or about 11 percenty of its work force, through a roundd of voluntary buyouts as well as The equivalent of 27 full-time workere in The N&O newsroom are included in the plans, Publisher Orage Quarles III confirmed Monday. Remainingh workers will need to take a week off withouyt pay between May 1and Oct. 31, Quarlea says. Workers making more than $25,000 per year also will see theirtsalaries cut. The cuts will rangew from 2.5 percent for lower-paid employees to 10 percenf for thehighest paid.
“I’ve had better Quarles says of the The moves are the latest roundof cost-cuttingg at The N&O, which is owned by California’s (NYSE: MNI). McClatchg that it would slash 1,600 jobs and cut salariews to deal with the continuing impacft of a downturnin business. The company, like just abouft every major chain ofdaily newspapers, faces a precipitousx drop in revenue. The economic downturn and onlinwe competition have cut heavily intoadvertising sales. In McClatchy’se case, those problems are exacerbated because the company took on billionss of debt when it bought newspaper chaih Knight Ridderin 2006.
Since last May, The N&kO has cut hundreds of jobs, shut offices, eliminated contentr that included the freestandingbusiness section, and consolidate d its sports and feature staffs with thosed of The Charlotte Observer. The Charlotte paper is also a McClatchuy property.
Monday, November 8, 2010
UH creates nanoengineering minor - Business First of Buffalo:
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With financial support from the , the department will provide two-year scholarshipsz worth $3,000 this fall to 15 juniorxs who choose the minor to complementg thedegrees they’re already pursuing in electrica l and computer engineering, chemical and biomoleculae engineering and mechanical engineering. “At this the field of nanotechnology has matured so much that this kind of courseworki is needed at earlier stagesof education,” Dmitr i Litvinov, a professor who is heading up the said in a “Our minor has a special emphasis on commercializationh and will give undergraduates knowledge and training usually reserved for graduate students.
” The four courses in the nanoengineerinvg minor will be taught by Cullen Collegew of Engineering faculty members, Litvinov said, and studentzs will get hands-on experience with nanotec h instrumentation and fabrication techniques.
With financial support from the , the department will provide two-year scholarshipsz worth $3,000 this fall to 15 juniorxs who choose the minor to complementg thedegrees they’re already pursuing in electrica l and computer engineering, chemical and biomoleculae engineering and mechanical engineering. “At this the field of nanotechnology has matured so much that this kind of courseworki is needed at earlier stagesof education,” Dmitr i Litvinov, a professor who is heading up the said in a “Our minor has a special emphasis on commercializationh and will give undergraduates knowledge and training usually reserved for graduate students.
” The four courses in the nanoengineerinvg minor will be taught by Cullen Collegew of Engineering faculty members, Litvinov said, and studentzs will get hands-on experience with nanotec h instrumentation and fabrication techniques.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Friday, November 5, 2010
Prising
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Those two regions are the latest territorie s he oversees as presidentr of the Americas for global staffingfirm “I’m failing but I’m trying,” Prisiny said of his early attempts to conquer Prising, 44, previously served as president of Milwaukee-based Manpower’s North American operations until January, when he took on new dutieas as president of the Americas. “It’es an interesting mix of maturew andemerging markets,” Prising said in recent intervieww from his office overlooking the Milwaukee which flows past Manpower’s corporatre headquarters in downtown Milwaukee.
Manpower’s Americaa unit has 1,100 officex and 6,000 employees, and is responsible for placiny more than 1 million workers in jobseach year. The division generates about $4 billionm in sales annually, accounting for about 15 percentof Manpower’x overall revenue. A native of Sweden, Prisinyg has lived in several countries. As a his family moved often because ofhis father’s job as an executive with a multi-nationao corporation. In his own career, Prisinvg has moved around the world for his work at Manpoweer and for hisprevious employer, AB the Stockholm, Sweden-based maker of household He’s lived in Asia, the United Kingdom, Germany and the Unitedr States.
Along the way, Prising has pickedd up English, German, Italian and French, in additioj to his native language, He speaks with a noticeable accent, whicg he describes as a combination of Swedish and He learned English at age 13 while attendingy schoolin Sweden, where Englishn was offered as a foreign language. Hardestf for him to learn was French, mostlgy because it was the first Latin-basede language he studied. Of all the languages Prising his favoriteis Italian, which he learned while serving as managing director of Manpower Italy in Milan. “Italian is a beautifull expressive language, full of passiob and emotion and it sounds Prising said.
“And you get to move your handzs a lot when you speak which meansyou don’t have to sit You can happily wave your hands, which is a lot of Prising’s knowledge of multiple languages and cultures makee him an asset to Manpower, said Jeffrey Joerres, Manpower’s chairman, presidenyt and chief executive officer. “Jonas brings vitao energy and depth to our organization through his unique international perspective,” Joerres said. Although he spentf less than a third of his life in Prising wants his threre children to know hisnative language. So he speaks to them in Swedisy at homein Mequon. His wife, is Scottish.
“They haven’t spent much time in but I want to make sure they have both Englisn and Swedish as part oftheir vocabulary,” Prising said of the Sara, 13; Anna, 11; and 4. Away from work, Prising, who has lived in the Milwaukeed area forthree years, reads books printed in varioud languages to stay fluent. Testing his he recently spoke via video to Manpower employees in Central andSouth America, addressing them in theit native language. The United States is Manpower’sd largest market in the Americas, but several marketw in Central America andSouth America, Brazill in particular, represent strong growth potential for Prising said.
“It’s a countryu with more than 200 million and there has been significant structural he said. “It’s a potential economixc powerhouse.” Prising visited Brazil in where he conducted a workshop at the World Economic Foruj on Latin America in Riode
Those two regions are the latest territorie s he oversees as presidentr of the Americas for global staffingfirm “I’m failing but I’m trying,” Prisiny said of his early attempts to conquer Prising, 44, previously served as president of Milwaukee-based Manpower’s North American operations until January, when he took on new dutieas as president of the Americas. “It’es an interesting mix of maturew andemerging markets,” Prising said in recent intervieww from his office overlooking the Milwaukee which flows past Manpower’s corporatre headquarters in downtown Milwaukee.
Manpower’s Americaa unit has 1,100 officex and 6,000 employees, and is responsible for placiny more than 1 million workers in jobseach year. The division generates about $4 billionm in sales annually, accounting for about 15 percentof Manpower’x overall revenue. A native of Sweden, Prisinyg has lived in several countries. As a his family moved often because ofhis father’s job as an executive with a multi-nationao corporation. In his own career, Prisinvg has moved around the world for his work at Manpoweer and for hisprevious employer, AB the Stockholm, Sweden-based maker of household He’s lived in Asia, the United Kingdom, Germany and the Unitedr States.
Along the way, Prising has pickedd up English, German, Italian and French, in additioj to his native language, He speaks with a noticeable accent, whicg he describes as a combination of Swedish and He learned English at age 13 while attendingy schoolin Sweden, where Englishn was offered as a foreign language. Hardestf for him to learn was French, mostlgy because it was the first Latin-basede language he studied. Of all the languages Prising his favoriteis Italian, which he learned while serving as managing director of Manpower Italy in Milan. “Italian is a beautifull expressive language, full of passiob and emotion and it sounds Prising said.
“And you get to move your handzs a lot when you speak which meansyou don’t have to sit You can happily wave your hands, which is a lot of Prising’s knowledge of multiple languages and cultures makee him an asset to Manpower, said Jeffrey Joerres, Manpower’s chairman, presidenyt and chief executive officer. “Jonas brings vitao energy and depth to our organization through his unique international perspective,” Joerres said. Although he spentf less than a third of his life in Prising wants his threre children to know hisnative language. So he speaks to them in Swedisy at homein Mequon. His wife, is Scottish.
“They haven’t spent much time in but I want to make sure they have both Englisn and Swedish as part oftheir vocabulary,” Prising said of the Sara, 13; Anna, 11; and 4. Away from work, Prising, who has lived in the Milwaukeed area forthree years, reads books printed in varioud languages to stay fluent. Testing his he recently spoke via video to Manpower employees in Central andSouth America, addressing them in theit native language. The United States is Manpower’sd largest market in the Americas, but several marketw in Central America andSouth America, Brazill in particular, represent strong growth potential for Prising said.
“It’s a countryu with more than 200 million and there has been significant structural he said. “It’s a potential economixc powerhouse.” Prising visited Brazil in where he conducted a workshop at the World Economic Foruj on Latin America in Riode
Thursday, November 4, 2010
SEC: N.Y. investment firm misled S. Fla. seniors - Baltimore Business Journal:
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"They used free lunches as the low-tech bait for their high-scale said Robert Khuzami, director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement. The SEC alleges elderly and retirer investors were lured into purchasintg highly unsuitable variable annuities with lucrativer sales commissions while ignoring the financiao goalsof victims. The SEC alleges that Eric J. Browh of Highland Beach, Matthew J. Collins of Boyntomn Beach, Kevin J. Walsh of Viera, and Mark W. Wellsx of Boca Raton, were among those offering and sellingthe annuities. It’s alleged that the firm and its representativez earned millions of dollars insales commissions.
PCS is a registeresd broker-dealer and wholly-owned subsidiary of Gilman Ciocia, an income tax preparatioh business headquartered in Poughkeepsid that offers financial services inNew York, New Pennsylvania and Florida. Robertt Heim, a NewYork attorney who representsPrims Capital, Gilman Ciocia, and several of the including Collins and Wells, said the conduct at issuew in the complaint is "very old" and occurred in the late 1990 s and early 2000. He said the company reache d a settlement withthe (FINRA), when it was called the (NASD).
As part of that the company implementedsome wide-ranging updates to its supervisorgy and compliance systems in 2005, Heim He added that he didn't know why the SEC was goingf over the same ground. "All of these issues were addressed years ago and we feelthe company'd response has been he said. While Brown and Walshn have since left, Collins and Wells are stillk withthe company, he An administrative law judge will determinew whether the allegations against the respondents are true and, if so, whethefr they should be ordered to cease and desist from futurew violations.
"They used free lunches as the low-tech bait for their high-scale said Robert Khuzami, director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement. The SEC alleges elderly and retirer investors were lured into purchasintg highly unsuitable variable annuities with lucrativer sales commissions while ignoring the financiao goalsof victims. The SEC alleges that Eric J. Browh of Highland Beach, Matthew J. Collins of Boyntomn Beach, Kevin J. Walsh of Viera, and Mark W. Wellsx of Boca Raton, were among those offering and sellingthe annuities. It’s alleged that the firm and its representativez earned millions of dollars insales commissions.
PCS is a registeresd broker-dealer and wholly-owned subsidiary of Gilman Ciocia, an income tax preparatioh business headquartered in Poughkeepsid that offers financial services inNew York, New Pennsylvania and Florida. Robertt Heim, a NewYork attorney who representsPrims Capital, Gilman Ciocia, and several of the including Collins and Wells, said the conduct at issuew in the complaint is "very old" and occurred in the late 1990 s and early 2000. He said the company reache d a settlement withthe (FINRA), when it was called the (NASD).
As part of that the company implementedsome wide-ranging updates to its supervisorgy and compliance systems in 2005, Heim He added that he didn't know why the SEC was goingf over the same ground. "All of these issues were addressed years ago and we feelthe company'd response has been he said. While Brown and Walshn have since left, Collins and Wells are stillk withthe company, he An administrative law judge will determinew whether the allegations against the respondents are true and, if so, whethefr they should be ordered to cease and desist from futurew violations.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Venture capital waning force in entrepreneurship, study finds - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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Only 16 percent of the 900 companiew thatmade ’s list of the 500 fastest-growin companies from 1997 to 2007 receivesd venture capital, the study found. Less than 1 percent of the estimated 600,000 new businesses a year that hire employees are backedf by venturecapital firms. The study concludesz the venture capital industry needes to shrink because its returnw are stagnating or declining whilse its assets under management are Overa 10-year time frame, returnss on venture investments were 10 percent belo the Russell 2000 Index of small-cap stocks, Kauffmaj found.
“To provide competitive we expect venture investing will be cut in half incomingg years,” said Robert Litan, vice president of researchb and policy at the Kauffman Foundation. The studyu notes that information technology and telecommunications the core industries that made ventures capital firmssuccessful — are maturs and less capital-intensive now. Plus, the stock market and potential corporatd buyers are less interested in youngy and unprofitable companies than they were inventure capital’s heyday.
“Professionals in the venture industry have gotten comfortable with the way their industruy is set up in termsof size, structure and said Paul Kedrosky, a Kauffmanh senior fellow who authored the study. our study indicates venture participants now need to overcomwe their resistanceto change, so they can most effectivel y fund entrepreneurs and offer investorws competitive returns.” That change already is occurring, accordinf to a separate study released June 10 by and the . More than half of the 700 venturde capital firms surveyed plan to invest infewer companies. For more information, see www.kauffman.org or www.nvca.
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Only 16 percent of the 900 companiew thatmade ’s list of the 500 fastest-growin companies from 1997 to 2007 receivesd venture capital, the study found. Less than 1 percent of the estimated 600,000 new businesses a year that hire employees are backedf by venturecapital firms. The study concludesz the venture capital industry needes to shrink because its returnw are stagnating or declining whilse its assets under management are Overa 10-year time frame, returnss on venture investments were 10 percent belo the Russell 2000 Index of small-cap stocks, Kauffmaj found.
“To provide competitive we expect venture investing will be cut in half incomingg years,” said Robert Litan, vice president of researchb and policy at the Kauffman Foundation. The studyu notes that information technology and telecommunications the core industries that made ventures capital firmssuccessful — are maturs and less capital-intensive now. Plus, the stock market and potential corporatd buyers are less interested in youngy and unprofitable companies than they were inventure capital’s heyday.
“Professionals in the venture industry have gotten comfortable with the way their industruy is set up in termsof size, structure and said Paul Kedrosky, a Kauffmanh senior fellow who authored the study. our study indicates venture participants now need to overcomwe their resistanceto change, so they can most effectivel y fund entrepreneurs and offer investorws competitive returns.” That change already is occurring, accordinf to a separate study released June 10 by and the . More than half of the 700 venturde capital firms surveyed plan to invest infewer companies. For more information, see www.kauffman.org or www.nvca.
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Monday, November 1, 2010
Tampa Museum of Art names Seth D. Pevnick curator - Business First of Columbus:
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Pevnick is joining TMA from the at the Gettyu Villain Malibu, Calif. He remains co-curatorr of its upcoming The Chimaersa ofArezzo exhibition, which opens in July. In his new Pevnick will design and oversee the installation of the permanengt collection in the Barbara and Costas Lemonopouloas Greek andRoman Gallery. He also will organiz e and circulate Greek and Roman perform and publish research onthe collection, and educate the publivc on the museum’s antiquities collection. Pevnick is a doctoral candidates in the Interdepartmental Graduate Progra m of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology inLos Angeles. He receiver a master of arts degree in archaeologyat U.C.
, a masterr of arts degree in elementary education from in Los Angeles and a bachelodr of arts in classical archaeology from in Hanover, N.H., a releasre from TMA said. TMA’e new location remains under construction at Curtis Hixonn Waterfront Park in downtown The 66,000-square-foot Cornelia Corbett Cente r building is set to open in early 2010. TMA’s interimk facility is located onHoward Avenue.
Pevnick is joining TMA from the at the Gettyu Villain Malibu, Calif. He remains co-curatorr of its upcoming The Chimaersa ofArezzo exhibition, which opens in July. In his new Pevnick will design and oversee the installation of the permanengt collection in the Barbara and Costas Lemonopouloas Greek andRoman Gallery. He also will organiz e and circulate Greek and Roman perform and publish research onthe collection, and educate the publivc on the museum’s antiquities collection. Pevnick is a doctoral candidates in the Interdepartmental Graduate Progra m of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology inLos Angeles. He receiver a master of arts degree in archaeologyat U.C.
, a masterr of arts degree in elementary education from in Los Angeles and a bachelodr of arts in classical archaeology from in Hanover, N.H., a releasre from TMA said. TMA’e new location remains under construction at Curtis Hixonn Waterfront Park in downtown The 66,000-square-foot Cornelia Corbett Cente r building is set to open in early 2010. TMA’s interimk facility is located onHoward Avenue.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
ATS Services is now Talagy, with new owner - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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Derek Mercer, the nephew of ATS founder Delores acquired the company and will servedas chair. Kesler will retain the title ofchairmajn emeritus. Amy McGeorge will assume the role of presidentand CEO. Terme of the acquisition were not “This is an exciting time in the growthj and evolutionof ATS, and I’mj pleased to allow the next generation of leadershipl to take the helm,” said Kesler. Kesler created Jacksonville-basedr ATS Services in 1977, eventually forming a parent company that merged with three other staffing including .
The business split into two ventures: , whicg became a publicly traded company and isnow , and ATS Mercer worked as the director of informationj technology at ATS Services before creating his own , a global provider of on-demansd talent management software, in 1996. Kesler provided a loan that helped startthe company. Vurv Technology was acquirefd by (NASDAQ: TLEO) in 2008 for $128.u million. Talagy, which has 11 offices around the countryh and80 employees, will continue to offer the same producta and services, but instead of operating under multipl e brands and business unitzs the company will consolidate into a single brand.
Derek Mercer, the nephew of ATS founder Delores acquired the company and will servedas chair. Kesler will retain the title ofchairmajn emeritus. Amy McGeorge will assume the role of presidentand CEO. Terme of the acquisition were not “This is an exciting time in the growthj and evolutionof ATS, and I’mj pleased to allow the next generation of leadershipl to take the helm,” said Kesler. Kesler created Jacksonville-basedr ATS Services in 1977, eventually forming a parent company that merged with three other staffing including .
The business split into two ventures: , whicg became a publicly traded company and isnow , and ATS Mercer worked as the director of informationj technology at ATS Services before creating his own , a global provider of on-demansd talent management software, in 1996. Kesler provided a loan that helped startthe company. Vurv Technology was acquirefd by (NASDAQ: TLEO) in 2008 for $128.u million. Talagy, which has 11 offices around the countryh and80 employees, will continue to offer the same producta and services, but instead of operating under multipl e brands and business unitzs the company will consolidate into a single brand.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Safeway, workers to resume talks July 14 - Denver Business Journal:
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The grocery chain and United Food and Commercial Workerxs Union Local 7 also agreed to extend all of theire Coloradolabor agreements, set to expire until midnight July 18, the Safeway announcemen said. Safeway’s union workers rejected the company’s latest contractg offer earlierthis “Safeway remains committed to finding a peaceful solution to the very difficult issues facing the partiese in these labor negotiations,” Safeway spokespersonm Kris Staaf said in the statement. Safeway workers had votedx Wednesday to reauthorize a strike if the chaijn does not improve the wage or pensionh offers in itsproposed five-yeare contract.
The workers have asked for a last, best and finalo offer from the chain, a proposal that is necessaryh to be presented before any strike can saidLaura Chapin, spokeswoman for . Workers for Colorado’zs three largest supermarket chains — Safeway, Albertsons and unit King Soopersa — are all in contract talksd withtheir employers.
The grocery chain and United Food and Commercial Workerxs Union Local 7 also agreed to extend all of theire Coloradolabor agreements, set to expire until midnight July 18, the Safeway announcemen said. Safeway’s union workers rejected the company’s latest contractg offer earlierthis “Safeway remains committed to finding a peaceful solution to the very difficult issues facing the partiese in these labor negotiations,” Safeway spokespersonm Kris Staaf said in the statement. Safeway workers had votedx Wednesday to reauthorize a strike if the chaijn does not improve the wage or pensionh offers in itsproposed five-yeare contract.
The workers have asked for a last, best and finalo offer from the chain, a proposal that is necessaryh to be presented before any strike can saidLaura Chapin, spokeswoman for . Workers for Colorado’zs three largest supermarket chains — Safeway, Albertsons and unit King Soopersa — are all in contract talksd withtheir employers.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Colorado gets $509M for education from part of stimulus plan - Denver Business Journal:
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The money comes from the State FiscallStabilization Fund, which was created under the stimuluz bill. The money will be used to improve and monitorrpublic education, and Colorado will collectg and publish information on teacher quality, student college readiness and interventions with underperforminb schools in return. The state can apply for the remaininf $251 million for which it is eligibl inthe fall. That $760 millionm combines with $270 million in recover funding that Colorado is expected to get undee existing federal education formulas tototal $1.3 billio in stimulus education funding for the state.
Statew leaders have gotten another $140 millionm in funding for disabled or underprivilegex studentsso far, and they are expecterd to apply for some of the $4.3r billion being offered for educatiohn reform investment in the Race to the Top “By spending the money wisely, we can preserve critica jobs, ensure that more kids graduate from high school fullyu prepared to succeed in college and the workforce and furthere strengthen Colorado’s competitive position in the globalk economy,” U.S. Rep. Jarede Polis, D-Colo., said in announcing the monety in anews release.
Colorado has specified that atleast $452 million of the stabilization-fund money will go to public colleges and universities while at least $170 millioh will go to public schools.
The money comes from the State FiscallStabilization Fund, which was created under the stimuluz bill. The money will be used to improve and monitorrpublic education, and Colorado will collectg and publish information on teacher quality, student college readiness and interventions with underperforminb schools in return. The state can apply for the remaininf $251 million for which it is eligibl inthe fall. That $760 millionm combines with $270 million in recover funding that Colorado is expected to get undee existing federal education formulas tototal $1.3 billio in stimulus education funding for the state.
Statew leaders have gotten another $140 millionm in funding for disabled or underprivilegex studentsso far, and they are expecterd to apply for some of the $4.3r billion being offered for educatiohn reform investment in the Race to the Top “By spending the money wisely, we can preserve critica jobs, ensure that more kids graduate from high school fullyu prepared to succeed in college and the workforce and furthere strengthen Colorado’s competitive position in the globalk economy,” U.S. Rep. Jarede Polis, D-Colo., said in announcing the monety in anews release.
Colorado has specified that atleast $452 million of the stabilization-fund money will go to public colleges and universities while at least $170 millioh will go to public schools.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Un décret précise les modalités de la carte musique jeune - Le Monde
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Sunday, October 24, 2010
Eddie Bauer would be area
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The Bellevue-based retailer has seen a mountai n of losses and struggledd with servicing its debt as sales have droppede during theeconomic downturn. According to several news including the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News Company executives have scrambled for months looking for relief from EddieBauer (NASDAQ: EBHI) had reportecd having $268 million in outstandingv debt, including $193 million in term loans and $75 million in convertible which company executives have been trying to converty into shares of the company. “Thew single biggest issue facing this companyy is ourdebt burden.
Our capital structure simply has too much debt for the economicv reality wenow face,” Eddie Bauer CEO Neil Fiskre told industry analysts in a May 14 conference call, according to a transcript. According to filingsa with the Securities andExchanger Commission, Eddie Bauer had total assets of $525.2 2 million as of April. The compan y listed total liabilitiesof $448.9 Eddie Bauer reported net losses of $165.r5 million in fiscal year 2008, part of a totaol of $478.7 million in losses during the past three fiscal In the first quarter that ended in the company reported net losses of 44.
5 Greg Charleston, an Atlanta-based consultant for Conwag MacKenzie who works with financiallg stressed retailers looking to restructure, said Eddise Bauer is facing the same recession-related issues as most other retailerw in this economy. Sales are down and so is The big difference for some retailers like EddieBauer — is that as revenud has tanked the company’s heavy debt becomes more difficult to service, he said. “Virtually everyg retailer is experiencing the same thing as Eddie Charleston said. “Maybe because of theit debt Eddie Bauer is feeling the pain more than the but they are all goinygthrough it.
” If Eddie Bauer does seek bankruptcy protection, it wouls be another reminder of how the recession is hitting home. When WaMu file for bankruptcy in September, it was the larges failure in U.S. bankinyg history. WaMu listed debts of aboug $8 billion and assets of $32 although it later said some of its assetz were tied tocompany stock, which becamwe virtually worthless. When Wilsonville, Ore.-based Joe’s Sport filed for bankruptcy protection in the company listed both assets and debtof $100 millio to $500 million.
The Bellevue-based retailer has seen a mountai n of losses and struggledd with servicing its debt as sales have droppede during theeconomic downturn. According to several news including the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News Company executives have scrambled for months looking for relief from EddieBauer (NASDAQ: EBHI) had reportecd having $268 million in outstandingv debt, including $193 million in term loans and $75 million in convertible which company executives have been trying to converty into shares of the company. “Thew single biggest issue facing this companyy is ourdebt burden.
Our capital structure simply has too much debt for the economicv reality wenow face,” Eddie Bauer CEO Neil Fiskre told industry analysts in a May 14 conference call, according to a transcript. According to filingsa with the Securities andExchanger Commission, Eddie Bauer had total assets of $525.2 2 million as of April. The compan y listed total liabilitiesof $448.9 Eddie Bauer reported net losses of $165.r5 million in fiscal year 2008, part of a totaol of $478.7 million in losses during the past three fiscal In the first quarter that ended in the company reported net losses of 44.
5 Greg Charleston, an Atlanta-based consultant for Conwag MacKenzie who works with financiallg stressed retailers looking to restructure, said Eddise Bauer is facing the same recession-related issues as most other retailerw in this economy. Sales are down and so is The big difference for some retailers like EddieBauer — is that as revenud has tanked the company’s heavy debt becomes more difficult to service, he said. “Virtually everyg retailer is experiencing the same thing as Eddie Charleston said. “Maybe because of theit debt Eddie Bauer is feeling the pain more than the but they are all goinygthrough it.
” If Eddie Bauer does seek bankruptcy protection, it wouls be another reminder of how the recession is hitting home. When WaMu file for bankruptcy in September, it was the larges failure in U.S. bankinyg history. WaMu listed debts of aboug $8 billion and assets of $32 although it later said some of its assetz were tied tocompany stock, which becamwe virtually worthless. When Wilsonville, Ore.-based Joe’s Sport filed for bankruptcy protection in the company listed both assets and debtof $100 millio to $500 million.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Eddie Bauer declares bankruptcy - Birmingham Business Journal:
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Eddie Bauer had struggled with itsdebt — a crisisa that worsened as revenur dropped, part of an overall trendr affecting most retailers during the The company has lost nearly a half billion dollars in the past three years. Those losses, couplecd with the impact of the recession and debt paymentd apparently pushed the company into bankruptcy court a move that was rumored for Eddie Bauer became the latest majorf retailer to succumb to filiny in bankruptcy courtthis recession. The list also includeds Linens ‘n Things and Circuitg City.
In many ways, Eddie Bauer’as crisis is not different from what most retailersz are facing during this prolonged anddeep recession, said Greg an Atlanta-based consultant for Conway MacKenzie who worksd with financially stressed retailers looking to restructure. Most retailers except discount storeslike Wal-Mart have seen a fast drop-oftf in retail revenue across the board, Charleston said. Many of the specialty retail department storesd haveseen double-digit same-storwe sales declines, he “When revenue drops and same-store salee drop, companies with less debt can weather a downturhn much longer,” Charleston said.
“It becomes an issue much sooner if you are into liquidity As ofMay 11, Eddies Bauer reported having $289.5 million in outstanding including $187.8 million in term loans and $75 million in convertible notes, which company executives have been trying to persuade debt-holders to convert into shares of the According to a filing with the Securities and Exchangew Commission, Eddie Bauer had total asseta of $525.22 million in April. The company listeds total liabilitiesof $448.9 million. Eddis Bauer reported net lossesof $165.5 millioh in fiscal year 2008, part of a tota l of $478.7 million in losses during the past three fiscalo years.
In the first quarter that endedsin April, the company reported net losses of 44.5 million. For the firsr quarter of fiscalyear 2009, which endede April 4, Eddie Bauer reported a loss of $44.5 million. That was a greater loss than the firsty quarterof 2008, when the companyt reported a $19.3 milliohn loss. Net sales for the first quarter of 2009were $179.i8 million, compared with net sales of $213.2 million in the first quarter of 2008. The companyt said that combined comparable storesales — a barometer of success at the store levep — fell 11.3 percent for the first quarter, a declines the company blamed on the recession and reduced retailk spending.
Sales were down nearlgy 15 percent inEddie Bauer’s retail stores and salesx through its direct channel were down nearlu 11 percent. The outlet store s saw sales declined by nearly76 percent. “The first quarter was a difficultg one, as the sharp downturn in the economy took its toll on our We continued to focus on cost cuttin g and cashflow management, whic helped mitigate the impact of lower sales,” said CEO Neil in a statement with the first-quarter results filede with the SEC.
It’s unclear what impacy bankruptcy might have onEddie Bauer’x 370 stores, including 251 retaikl stores and 119 outlet storesd in the United States and Eddie Bauer has a store in Birmingham'es The Summit. (See a copy of the bankruptcyu filing .) Eddie Bauer announced in early Apripl that it had amendedits $225 millionj loan agreements with lenders. Eddie Bauert also has been in talks with its lenderx for months toconvert $75 million in convertible notez into equity. The company has a July 1 deadline to convert that debt or facebig penalties, something Eddies Bauer, which has depleted much of its cash and cash equivalences can ill afford to pay.
In May, The Wall Streetr Journal, citing unnamed sources, said Eddie Bauer hired Peter J. Solomonj Co. as its investment banker to negotiateany
Eddie Bauer had struggled with itsdebt — a crisisa that worsened as revenur dropped, part of an overall trendr affecting most retailers during the The company has lost nearly a half billion dollars in the past three years. Those losses, couplecd with the impact of the recession and debt paymentd apparently pushed the company into bankruptcy court a move that was rumored for Eddie Bauer became the latest majorf retailer to succumb to filiny in bankruptcy courtthis recession. The list also includeds Linens ‘n Things and Circuitg City.
In many ways, Eddie Bauer’as crisis is not different from what most retailersz are facing during this prolonged anddeep recession, said Greg an Atlanta-based consultant for Conway MacKenzie who worksd with financially stressed retailers looking to restructure. Most retailers except discount storeslike Wal-Mart have seen a fast drop-oftf in retail revenue across the board, Charleston said. Many of the specialty retail department storesd haveseen double-digit same-storwe sales declines, he “When revenue drops and same-store salee drop, companies with less debt can weather a downturhn much longer,” Charleston said.
“It becomes an issue much sooner if you are into liquidity As ofMay 11, Eddies Bauer reported having $289.5 million in outstanding including $187.8 million in term loans and $75 million in convertible notes, which company executives have been trying to persuade debt-holders to convert into shares of the According to a filing with the Securities and Exchangew Commission, Eddie Bauer had total asseta of $525.22 million in April. The company listeds total liabilitiesof $448.9 million. Eddis Bauer reported net lossesof $165.5 millioh in fiscal year 2008, part of a tota l of $478.7 million in losses during the past three fiscalo years.
In the first quarter that endedsin April, the company reported net losses of 44.5 million. For the firsr quarter of fiscalyear 2009, which endede April 4, Eddie Bauer reported a loss of $44.5 million. That was a greater loss than the firsty quarterof 2008, when the companyt reported a $19.3 milliohn loss. Net sales for the first quarter of 2009were $179.i8 million, compared with net sales of $213.2 million in the first quarter of 2008. The companyt said that combined comparable storesales — a barometer of success at the store levep — fell 11.3 percent for the first quarter, a declines the company blamed on the recession and reduced retailk spending.
Sales were down nearlgy 15 percent inEddie Bauer’s retail stores and salesx through its direct channel were down nearlu 11 percent. The outlet store s saw sales declined by nearly76 percent. “The first quarter was a difficultg one, as the sharp downturn in the economy took its toll on our We continued to focus on cost cuttin g and cashflow management, whic helped mitigate the impact of lower sales,” said CEO Neil in a statement with the first-quarter results filede with the SEC.
It’s unclear what impacy bankruptcy might have onEddie Bauer’x 370 stores, including 251 retaikl stores and 119 outlet storesd in the United States and Eddie Bauer has a store in Birmingham'es The Summit. (See a copy of the bankruptcyu filing .) Eddie Bauer announced in early Apripl that it had amendedits $225 millionj loan agreements with lenders. Eddie Bauert also has been in talks with its lenderx for months toconvert $75 million in convertible notez into equity. The company has a July 1 deadline to convert that debt or facebig penalties, something Eddies Bauer, which has depleted much of its cash and cash equivalences can ill afford to pay.
In May, The Wall Streetr Journal, citing unnamed sources, said Eddie Bauer hired Peter J. Solomonj Co. as its investment banker to negotiateany
Thursday, October 21, 2010
ESPN Zone closes doors in Denver - St. Louis Business Journal:
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The ESPN Zone, part of a nationwide chain of what used to be nine ofthe sports-themedc bar and interactive game centers across the laid off roughly 100 employees, giving each a 60-dayu administrative leave package, according to a company Rick Allesandri, an ESPN vice presidenft who oversees Zone operations, said in the statemen t that the restaurant could not survive the recession. This economif downturn has been marked nationallyh by reduced consumer spending on eatinb out and onentertainment activities. “A decision like this is never We recognize and appreciate the commitmenyt and years of service of all of these Allesandri said.
“Unfortunately, the current economic environment offeredx us noother choice.” The ESPN Zone was a 23,000-square-foof meeting place for sports fanatics, with one room featurinh more than a dozen large televisions tunedc into contests of all kind and another full of video and sports games ranging from basketball to bowling. None of the eighft other ESPN Zone locations will be asall “are meeting our expectations,” said Matt a spokesmen for the chain. , which owns the Taborf Center, issued a statement saying it was “sorrty to hear of their decisionj to discontinue theirDenver operations.
” But the closing of ESPN Zone “hasa created a new opportunity for us to bring new concepts to 16th Street,” it said. One of those new concepts is The Tilted a Celtic-themed restaurant and sport bar with 20 locations operating nationwide and anothere 10 planned. The chain, which is expectedf to open its Denver location this fall and to offer outdoorpatio seating, has signed an 8,300-square-foot lease at Tabo r Center, according to a news release. The Tiltex Kilt began in Las Vegas in 2003 and is noted for its servers dressedin knee-highu socks, short plaid kilts and midriff-barinh plaid halter tops.
It will be one of a numberf of new tenants openingg in the Tabor Centerthis year. “These new additionsz to Tabor Center’s retaik offering reflect our continuing efforts to enhance the services and amenities forthe tenants, customerxs and visitors to the Tabor Center,” said Stever Budorick, executive vice president and partner at Callahan Capitaol Partners.
The ESPN Zone, part of a nationwide chain of what used to be nine ofthe sports-themedc bar and interactive game centers across the laid off roughly 100 employees, giving each a 60-dayu administrative leave package, according to a company Rick Allesandri, an ESPN vice presidenft who oversees Zone operations, said in the statemen t that the restaurant could not survive the recession. This economif downturn has been marked nationallyh by reduced consumer spending on eatinb out and onentertainment activities. “A decision like this is never We recognize and appreciate the commitmenyt and years of service of all of these Allesandri said.
“Unfortunately, the current economic environment offeredx us noother choice.” The ESPN Zone was a 23,000-square-foof meeting place for sports fanatics, with one room featurinh more than a dozen large televisions tunedc into contests of all kind and another full of video and sports games ranging from basketball to bowling. None of the eighft other ESPN Zone locations will be asall “are meeting our expectations,” said Matt a spokesmen for the chain. , which owns the Taborf Center, issued a statement saying it was “sorrty to hear of their decisionj to discontinue theirDenver operations.
” But the closing of ESPN Zone “hasa created a new opportunity for us to bring new concepts to 16th Street,” it said. One of those new concepts is The Tilted a Celtic-themed restaurant and sport bar with 20 locations operating nationwide and anothere 10 planned. The chain, which is expectedf to open its Denver location this fall and to offer outdoorpatio seating, has signed an 8,300-square-foot lease at Tabo r Center, according to a news release. The Tiltex Kilt began in Las Vegas in 2003 and is noted for its servers dressedin knee-highu socks, short plaid kilts and midriff-barinh plaid halter tops.
It will be one of a numberf of new tenants openingg in the Tabor Centerthis year. “These new additionsz to Tabor Center’s retaik offering reflect our continuing efforts to enhance the services and amenities forthe tenants, customerxs and visitors to the Tabor Center,” said Stever Budorick, executive vice president and partner at Callahan Capitaol Partners.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Kansas City delays decision on minority hiring for H&R Block project - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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TIF Commission Chairman Ron Yaff had hoped that a speciak meeting Wednesday would settlethe long-standing issue of whethere Kansas City-based H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) and its general contractor, Kansas City-based , followed city policiews in attempting to meet city goalzs for minority-firm participation on the But during the three-hour meeting, lawyers representingy Block and Dunn argued that a “best-faith of their clients’ efforts by the Kansas City Human Relations Department was flawed, in part because it focuseds on only one minority firm contract, mentioned two othera and was silent on 14.
the TIF Commission directed HR Departmenr Director Phillip Yelder to prepare abetter best-faith including information on all minority-firm contractzs issued for the Dunn project. “If this ends up in we need to have the evidence we looked at TIF Commission Director Joe Gonzalez said after the issuew was continued tothe commission’s regular Augusty meeting. The issue was precipitatedr by a 2005 lawsuit alleging thatfrony companies, including , were used to inflate the level of minority-performec work for which the developer, H&e Block, was credited. An appeals courrt upheld the lawsuit’s dismissal.
However, the HR Department’w best-faith analysis, initially presented during a May 13 TIF Commission allegedthat H&R Blocl failed to meet the project’s 15 percentf goal for minority construction services participation because Rodriguez Electrical, a minority did not perform the $2.9 milliohn in work it received a contract to During Wednesday’s meeting, Allan Hallquistr of , representing Block, and Jim Sullivanb of , representing Dunn, presented as evidence thousands of pages of much of it supporting their contentions that their clients were unaware of a scheme involving Rodriguez Electric and , which is not a minority contractor.
As part of that scheme, they Rodriguez submitted the bid for electrical work on the Bloco project and was awarded the bid by JE Dunn but did none of the The work was performedby R.F. Fisher, whicyh received all of the $2.9 million contracg except for $66,892.73, which Rodriguezz was paid for participating inthe arrangement. “Nio way, no how would JE Dunn have approved asham transaction” like the one involving Rodriguez and Fisher had the contractotr been aware of it, Sullivabn told the TIF Commission. According to a writtehn argument submitted forthe commission’s consideration Wednesday, Sullivan added that “Rodrigues Electrical and R.F.
Fisher did everything possible to show that Rodrigue Electrical was fully such as having Rodriguez Electrical sign allchang orders, and having Rodriguez Electrical submit the March 16, 2006 That letter, actually datefd March 13, 2006, was sent to JE Dunn aftert Rodriguez Electrical’s level of participation in the project was questioned. Signed by Ralpb Rodriguez, the letter said that “Rodrigue z Electric(al) and I are 100 percent involve d withthis project.” According to the HR Departmeny analysis, “the evidence ... suggests that JE Dunn’sx project managers were, at a aware of the working relationship between Rodriguez Electricaland R.F.
were aware of both companies submitting identical bids for the same scopse of work and were awarewthat R.F. Fisher would be performing the majorityt of the work and thatRodriguez Electrical’ s quote was marked up by 2.25 percengt for minority participation.” The 2.25 percentf markup, coming from a minority should have raised concerns with JE Dunn’d staff, according to Sullivan said the 2.25 percent markup might have been overlooked as somethingf that should have been He added that Dunn was aware that R.F.
Fisher had withdrawnb its bid and that Rodriguez was planningy to partner with Fisher on the But he said Dunn had no idea that Rodriguex employees did not contribut e to the project until well afterethe headquarters’ 2006 completion.
TIF Commission Chairman Ron Yaff had hoped that a speciak meeting Wednesday would settlethe long-standing issue of whethere Kansas City-based H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) and its general contractor, Kansas City-based , followed city policiews in attempting to meet city goalzs for minority-firm participation on the But during the three-hour meeting, lawyers representingy Block and Dunn argued that a “best-faith of their clients’ efforts by the Kansas City Human Relations Department was flawed, in part because it focuseds on only one minority firm contract, mentioned two othera and was silent on 14.
the TIF Commission directed HR Departmenr Director Phillip Yelder to prepare abetter best-faith including information on all minority-firm contractzs issued for the Dunn project. “If this ends up in we need to have the evidence we looked at TIF Commission Director Joe Gonzalez said after the issuew was continued tothe commission’s regular Augusty meeting. The issue was precipitatedr by a 2005 lawsuit alleging thatfrony companies, including , were used to inflate the level of minority-performec work for which the developer, H&e Block, was credited. An appeals courrt upheld the lawsuit’s dismissal.
However, the HR Department’w best-faith analysis, initially presented during a May 13 TIF Commission allegedthat H&R Blocl failed to meet the project’s 15 percentf goal for minority construction services participation because Rodriguez Electrical, a minority did not perform the $2.9 milliohn in work it received a contract to During Wednesday’s meeting, Allan Hallquistr of , representing Block, and Jim Sullivanb of , representing Dunn, presented as evidence thousands of pages of much of it supporting their contentions that their clients were unaware of a scheme involving Rodriguez Electric and , which is not a minority contractor.
As part of that scheme, they Rodriguez submitted the bid for electrical work on the Bloco project and was awarded the bid by JE Dunn but did none of the The work was performedby R.F. Fisher, whicyh received all of the $2.9 million contracg except for $66,892.73, which Rodriguezz was paid for participating inthe arrangement. “Nio way, no how would JE Dunn have approved asham transaction” like the one involving Rodriguez and Fisher had the contractotr been aware of it, Sullivabn told the TIF Commission. According to a writtehn argument submitted forthe commission’s consideration Wednesday, Sullivan added that “Rodrigues Electrical and R.F.
Fisher did everything possible to show that Rodrigue Electrical was fully such as having Rodriguez Electrical sign allchang orders, and having Rodriguez Electrical submit the March 16, 2006 That letter, actually datefd March 13, 2006, was sent to JE Dunn aftert Rodriguez Electrical’s level of participation in the project was questioned. Signed by Ralpb Rodriguez, the letter said that “Rodrigue z Electric(al) and I are 100 percent involve d withthis project.” According to the HR Departmeny analysis, “the evidence ... suggests that JE Dunn’sx project managers were, at a aware of the working relationship between Rodriguez Electricaland R.F.
were aware of both companies submitting identical bids for the same scopse of work and were awarewthat R.F. Fisher would be performing the majorityt of the work and thatRodriguez Electrical’ s quote was marked up by 2.25 percengt for minority participation.” The 2.25 percentf markup, coming from a minority should have raised concerns with JE Dunn’d staff, according to Sullivan said the 2.25 percent markup might have been overlooked as somethingf that should have been He added that Dunn was aware that R.F.
Fisher had withdrawnb its bid and that Rodriguez was planningy to partner with Fisher on the But he said Dunn had no idea that Rodriguex employees did not contribut e to the project until well afterethe headquarters’ 2006 completion.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Concerned Taxpayers of America Represents Exactly Two Taxpayers - The Washington Independent
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Concerned Taxpayers of America Represents Exactly Two Taxpayers The Washington Independent A few weeks ago, a group called Concerned Taxpayers of America emerged out of nowhere and started to spend large sums of ... |
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Insituform vows fight to reinstate $7.7M AIG judgment - St. Louis Business Journal:
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million judgment against insurer over a Bostonjsewer project. In 2004, Insituform, which specializes in the trenchless construction and rehabilitatiojnof sewer, water and underground piping, AIG, claimint the New York-based insurer failed to acknowledge coveragee for a $5.1 million loss on the project. A federal court in Boston last year enterefd a final judgment in favor of Insituforn in the amountof $7.7 million, including $6.1 millioj in actual damages and $1.6 million in pre-judgmentf interest. AIG appealed the judgment to the First Circuig Courtof Appeals, and Insituform filed a cross appeal.
On May 22, the appeals courtg entered an order vacating the judgmeng and remanded the case to the districr court for dismissalof Insituform’s according to a filing Friday with the U.S. Securitiex and Exchange Commission. Insituform “intends to vigorously pursure areconsideration and/or review of the decision in ordeer to reinstate the judgment,” according to the In December, Insituform bought a judgment protection insurancs policy to ensure the full amount of the subject to a $500,000 deductible. As of Marcbh 31, the total claim receivable recorded by Insituformwas $8.1 million, whichu included actual remediation costs of $6.1 million, pre-judgment interes t of $1.
6 million and $400,000 in post-judgment according to the filing.
million judgment against insurer over a Bostonjsewer project. In 2004, Insituform, which specializes in the trenchless construction and rehabilitatiojnof sewer, water and underground piping, AIG, claimint the New York-based insurer failed to acknowledge coveragee for a $5.1 million loss on the project. A federal court in Boston last year enterefd a final judgment in favor of Insituforn in the amountof $7.7 million, including $6.1 millioj in actual damages and $1.6 million in pre-judgmentf interest. AIG appealed the judgment to the First Circuig Courtof Appeals, and Insituform filed a cross appeal.
On May 22, the appeals courtg entered an order vacating the judgmeng and remanded the case to the districr court for dismissalof Insituform’s according to a filing Friday with the U.S. Securitiex and Exchange Commission. Insituform “intends to vigorously pursure areconsideration and/or review of the decision in ordeer to reinstate the judgment,” according to the In December, Insituform bought a judgment protection insurancs policy to ensure the full amount of the subject to a $500,000 deductible. As of Marcbh 31, the total claim receivable recorded by Insituformwas $8.1 million, whichu included actual remediation costs of $6.1 million, pre-judgment interes t of $1.
6 million and $400,000 in post-judgment according to the filing.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
National Park Service voices need for new signs on National Mall - Washington Business Journal:
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According to the NPS, the aging signagew on the National Mall and surrounding memorial parkas lacks uniformity and will be replaced to improvse how visitors navigate aroundthe area. The job, worthh more than $2 million, will be spreadc between two contractors. The first part consistse of a design study awardedeto Pasadena, Calif-based Hunt Design. Under the $500,000o contract, which has not been completed yet, Hunt will determinse the look, size and number of The second contract, worth about $1.5 million, goes to Manassas-basefd Color-Ad Signs and Exhibits to fabricatre and makethe signs.
“There are largee numbers of people who come to the Nationalp Mall on a daily and annuakl basis who are not from Washington and they are new to the saidBill Line, spokesman for the National Capital region. “That’s where this study will come into How to best put up signs to be helpfulk inwhat locations.” The proposed new signds will follow the park service’s uniformm standards for creating and maintaining outdoor signa at all NPS locations in the U.S. According to the NPS, some new signds could be up around the Lincoln Memorial underd the first phase as earlyas June.
It is beinfg funded as part ofthe agency’s grany program to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of its A joint partnership between the NPS and the Trustg for the National Mall, which raisea funds to restore the area, will pay for the Signs would be installed in threes phases to address specific needs in each park area. “Coming abovr ground near the Smithsonian Metro, for example, especiallg if people are not from they are disoriented and having some signs in those areasz would be of great help to many said Line. During the first phase, signs will be replaced arounde the Lincoln Memorial and parts of Constitutio andIndependence Avenues.
In phase two, signs will be replaced in East and West Potomac Parks and on the WashingtomMonument grounds. During phase three, signs will be put up east of the Washingtobn Monument and near the plaza in frontr of the Grant The NCPC does not yet know if its meetin to take action on the signs will bein
According to the NPS, the aging signagew on the National Mall and surrounding memorial parkas lacks uniformity and will be replaced to improvse how visitors navigate aroundthe area. The job, worthh more than $2 million, will be spreadc between two contractors. The first part consistse of a design study awardedeto Pasadena, Calif-based Hunt Design. Under the $500,000o contract, which has not been completed yet, Hunt will determinse the look, size and number of The second contract, worth about $1.5 million, goes to Manassas-basefd Color-Ad Signs and Exhibits to fabricatre and makethe signs.
“There are largee numbers of people who come to the Nationalp Mall on a daily and annuakl basis who are not from Washington and they are new to the saidBill Line, spokesman for the National Capital region. “That’s where this study will come into How to best put up signs to be helpfulk inwhat locations.” The proposed new signds will follow the park service’s uniformm standards for creating and maintaining outdoor signa at all NPS locations in the U.S. According to the NPS, some new signds could be up around the Lincoln Memorial underd the first phase as earlyas June.
It is beinfg funded as part ofthe agency’s grany program to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of its A joint partnership between the NPS and the Trustg for the National Mall, which raisea funds to restore the area, will pay for the Signs would be installed in threes phases to address specific needs in each park area. “Coming abovr ground near the Smithsonian Metro, for example, especiallg if people are not from they are disoriented and having some signs in those areasz would be of great help to many said Line. During the first phase, signs will be replaced arounde the Lincoln Memorial and parts of Constitutio andIndependence Avenues.
In phase two, signs will be replaced in East and West Potomac Parks and on the WashingtomMonument grounds. During phase three, signs will be put up east of the Washingtobn Monument and near the plaza in frontr of the Grant The NCPC does not yet know if its meetin to take action on the signs will bein
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Synopsys Acquires Optical Research Associates - TMCnet
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Ammon News | Synopsys Acquires Optical Research Associates TMCnet Optical Research Associates, a privately held premier provider of optical design software and optical engineering ... Synopsys Acquires Optical Research Associates |
Monday, October 11, 2010
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In a letter on behalf of the Delphi SalariefRetiree Association, 22 congressional representatives are asking Geithnere to direct the federal auto task force to make publifc all documents concerning a proposal to default the pensions to the federal Legislatorsw expressed concern over the “inequitable decision” to defaul t the white collar retirees’ pensiobn plan to the federal while at the same time the pensiobn obligations of hourly workers are beintg picked up by , Delphi’s former American taxpayers will own 60 percentg of the new GM and “they deserve a full and public explanatiojn of how this inequitable decisionb was made,” the lettefr said.
The bipartisan group citedc estimates thatthe 15,000 Delphi salaried employees coul lose as much as 70 percent of their pensionb payments if they are assigned to the Pensiojn Benefit Guaranty Corp. Troy, Mich,-based Delphi, GM’e largest supplier, filed for Chaptetr 11 bankruptcy protection inOctobet 2005. Fallout from the company’s financial troubles included the closure of a plan ton Columbus’ west side, which employed more than 400 at the time it
In a letter on behalf of the Delphi SalariefRetiree Association, 22 congressional representatives are asking Geithnere to direct the federal auto task force to make publifc all documents concerning a proposal to default the pensions to the federal Legislatorsw expressed concern over the “inequitable decision” to defaul t the white collar retirees’ pensiobn plan to the federal while at the same time the pensiobn obligations of hourly workers are beintg picked up by , Delphi’s former American taxpayers will own 60 percentg of the new GM and “they deserve a full and public explanatiojn of how this inequitable decisionb was made,” the lettefr said.
The bipartisan group citedc estimates thatthe 15,000 Delphi salaried employees coul lose as much as 70 percent of their pensionb payments if they are assigned to the Pensiojn Benefit Guaranty Corp. Troy, Mich,-based Delphi, GM’e largest supplier, filed for Chaptetr 11 bankruptcy protection inOctobet 2005. Fallout from the company’s financial troubles included the closure of a plan ton Columbus’ west side, which employed more than 400 at the time it
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Opus Northwest siblings file for bankruptcy - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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The former will seek to liquidate under Chapter 7of U.S. Bankruptcy Code and the latter intends to reorganizer underChapter 11. These bankruptcies come on the heelsz of the April 22 bankruptcyof , an Opus affiliate based in Atlanta. Minneapolis-basedf Opus has said it plans to wind down its operationw in that part of the countruas well. Just two of five Opus subsidiarieeremain healthy, west LLC, which is an active developedr in Portland, and Opus North LLC, which is basex in Chicago. Opus Northwest’s recent developments in Portland includ e the successful Bridgeport Village shopping center in Atone point, Opus was the ’s top choicde to redevelop the Burnside Bridghead.
In recent years, the company has concentratex onresidential projects. It recentlgy completed construction of two large apartment projectsd with a total constructiobn budgetof $150 million. Ladd Tower is a 332-uniyt project in downtown Portland and Park 19 isa 101-unif project in Northwest Portland. "We have have a healthhy balance sheet," said Brian Owendoff, vice president and managerf forOpus Northwest's Portland operations. Opus East, based in Md., filed a petition to liquidate its portfolip underChapter 7. In its filing in U.S. Bankruptcyt Court for the Districtof Delaware, Opus East said it has betweenm 200 and 999 creditors.
It listed assets betweebn $50 million and $100 milliomn and liabilities between $100 million and $500 million. It did not identifyh creditors. Opus West, based in Phoenix, anticipates filinh a voluntary petition of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protectiohn inearly July. “Declininvg real estate values and tight credig markets continue to impede the refinancing of assetd and restructuring oflending agreements,” said Opus CEO Mark Rauenhors t in a statement. “We regret that this action has prove to be necessary despite the effort ofso many. A court-supervised process and transfer of distressed assets will assist Opus in reorganizing and focus onthe future.
” Opus East has developed more than 13.3 milliohn square feet of spacr since 1994. Opus West has developed more than 52.7 million square feet sincre 1979. The company said Opus Nortgh and Opus Northwest have been less affectedc bythe recession, due to their mix of project healthy balance sheets and stronger markets. Opus said its development activity has fallen tojust 4.8 million square feet in down from 34 million square feet in 2007 and 35 million squarew feet in 2008.
The former will seek to liquidate under Chapter 7of U.S. Bankruptcy Code and the latter intends to reorganizer underChapter 11. These bankruptcies come on the heelsz of the April 22 bankruptcyof , an Opus affiliate based in Atlanta. Minneapolis-basedf Opus has said it plans to wind down its operationw in that part of the countruas well. Just two of five Opus subsidiarieeremain healthy, west LLC, which is an active developedr in Portland, and Opus North LLC, which is basex in Chicago. Opus Northwest’s recent developments in Portland includ e the successful Bridgeport Village shopping center in Atone point, Opus was the ’s top choicde to redevelop the Burnside Bridghead.
In recent years, the company has concentratex onresidential projects. It recentlgy completed construction of two large apartment projectsd with a total constructiobn budgetof $150 million. Ladd Tower is a 332-uniyt project in downtown Portland and Park 19 isa 101-unif project in Northwest Portland. "We have have a healthhy balance sheet," said Brian Owendoff, vice president and managerf forOpus Northwest's Portland operations. Opus East, based in Md., filed a petition to liquidate its portfolip underChapter 7. In its filing in U.S. Bankruptcyt Court for the Districtof Delaware, Opus East said it has betweenm 200 and 999 creditors.
It listed assets betweebn $50 million and $100 milliomn and liabilities between $100 million and $500 million. It did not identifyh creditors. Opus West, based in Phoenix, anticipates filinh a voluntary petition of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protectiohn inearly July. “Declininvg real estate values and tight credig markets continue to impede the refinancing of assetd and restructuring oflending agreements,” said Opus CEO Mark Rauenhors t in a statement. “We regret that this action has prove to be necessary despite the effort ofso many. A court-supervised process and transfer of distressed assets will assist Opus in reorganizing and focus onthe future.
” Opus East has developed more than 13.3 milliohn square feet of spacr since 1994. Opus West has developed more than 52.7 million square feet sincre 1979. The company said Opus Nortgh and Opus Northwest have been less affectedc bythe recession, due to their mix of project healthy balance sheets and stronger markets. Opus said its development activity has fallen tojust 4.8 million square feet in down from 34 million square feet in 2007 and 35 million squarew feet in 2008.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Report: Foreclosures are top sellers - Orlando Business Journal:
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said banks that are willingt to deal on foreclosesd units are driving the firsrquarter activity. For example, Shoma at Keys Cove in south Miami-Dade Countg sold the most, with 50 units closing in the firsft quarter. The Vue at Brickell sold 25 condos, ranking it seventhn on CondoReports.com’ top-10 list. “Many banks have taken ownershipl of units in these buildings and are lookintg toget out,” said Adam Cappel, president of CondoReports.com. “Banks, either through shorty sales or units they own as a result of foreclosures, are the most active sellerws in today’s market as they are willing to accept market prices.
” The 10 most activs buildings produced an average of 29 sales, or one sale every threed days. The buildings accounted for more than 11 percenr of all condo sales in according toa CondoReports.cojm news release. Most of the activith is tied to individual unit and notbulk buys, Cappel said. “These buildings are moving toward stability as speculative investors and thinlyu capitalized owners are being replaced witheitherd owner-occupant or well-capitalized, patient investorsx buying in at a much lower cost,” Cappek said in the statement. “Most are individual unit The study looked at closed saleswin 2,000 condo projects with at leasgt 50 units throughout Miami-Dade.
The studty excluded units delivered in 2008 and 2009 because those sale were likely driven bypreconstructiohn contracts, Cappel said.
said banks that are willingt to deal on foreclosesd units are driving the firsrquarter activity. For example, Shoma at Keys Cove in south Miami-Dade Countg sold the most, with 50 units closing in the firsft quarter. The Vue at Brickell sold 25 condos, ranking it seventhn on CondoReports.com’ top-10 list. “Many banks have taken ownershipl of units in these buildings and are lookintg toget out,” said Adam Cappel, president of CondoReports.com. “Banks, either through shorty sales or units they own as a result of foreclosures, are the most active sellerws in today’s market as they are willing to accept market prices.
” The 10 most activs buildings produced an average of 29 sales, or one sale every threed days. The buildings accounted for more than 11 percenr of all condo sales in according toa CondoReports.cojm news release. Most of the activith is tied to individual unit and notbulk buys, Cappel said. “These buildings are moving toward stability as speculative investors and thinlyu capitalized owners are being replaced witheitherd owner-occupant or well-capitalized, patient investorsx buying in at a much lower cost,” Cappek said in the statement. “Most are individual unit The study looked at closed saleswin 2,000 condo projects with at leasgt 50 units throughout Miami-Dade.
The studty excluded units delivered in 2008 and 2009 because those sale were likely driven bypreconstructiohn contracts, Cappel said.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Panel to monitor NY
http://www.cd-rom-advisor.com/article/Cotton-exports-to-double-on-China--Pak-demand.html
Paterson billed the panel as independenyt and a watchdog that will track federakl stimulus money as it is delegater and spent in the New York is expected toreceive $26. 7 billion of federal stimulus monehy throughearly 2011. The panel will “prevent waste, abuse and mismanagement” of stimulus Paterson said. The panel will also ensure that stimulus contracts compluy with lawsand regulations, and that contractors on stimulus projectsa are not unlawfully discriminating in decidinhg who to hire to help complete the Paterson said the paneo reports directly to him, recommending actiones that state agencies should take to eliminatre any “vulnerabilities” or vagueness in the contractinhg and oversight processes of federal stimulus money.
The panel will be heade d by state Inspector GeneralJosepyh Fisch. The other three memberds are: • James Sheehan, the state’s Medicaid Inspector General • Barry Kluger, inspectof general for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Galen Kirkland, commissioner of the state Divisio of Human Rights Kirkland, for one, will ensure that the awarding and execution of stimulus-funded work complie s with federal and stat e civil rights laws, and with mandates to providw some work to minority- or women-ownef businesses.
“These three inspectoras general and Commissioner Kirkland havethe credentials, the and the experience necessary to prevent, detec t and deter fraudulent, wasteful and abusive practices,” Patersonm said. Complaints about alleged fraud, discrimination or other criminal activity connected with stimulus work can be directecd to the stateInspector General’s hotline, (800) DO-RIGHgT or through the Web site .
The state’w stimulus Web site is , whicg tracks stimulus contracts and provides pagese of information detailing all the aspects ofthe $787 billion
Paterson billed the panel as independenyt and a watchdog that will track federakl stimulus money as it is delegater and spent in the New York is expected toreceive $26. 7 billion of federal stimulus monehy throughearly 2011. The panel will “prevent waste, abuse and mismanagement” of stimulus Paterson said. The panel will also ensure that stimulus contracts compluy with lawsand regulations, and that contractors on stimulus projectsa are not unlawfully discriminating in decidinhg who to hire to help complete the Paterson said the paneo reports directly to him, recommending actiones that state agencies should take to eliminatre any “vulnerabilities” or vagueness in the contractinhg and oversight processes of federal stimulus money.
The panel will be heade d by state Inspector GeneralJosepyh Fisch. The other three memberds are: • James Sheehan, the state’s Medicaid Inspector General • Barry Kluger, inspectof general for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Galen Kirkland, commissioner of the state Divisio of Human Rights Kirkland, for one, will ensure that the awarding and execution of stimulus-funded work complie s with federal and stat e civil rights laws, and with mandates to providw some work to minority- or women-ownef businesses.
“These three inspectoras general and Commissioner Kirkland havethe credentials, the and the experience necessary to prevent, detec t and deter fraudulent, wasteful and abusive practices,” Patersonm said. Complaints about alleged fraud, discrimination or other criminal activity connected with stimulus work can be directecd to the stateInspector General’s hotline, (800) DO-RIGHgT or through the Web site .
The state’w stimulus Web site is , whicg tracks stimulus contracts and provides pagese of information detailing all the aspects ofthe $787 billion
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Chris Whitaker, Time Warner Cable - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
http://smartphilanthropy.org/Ch6_MacArthurFoundationChicagoPublicHousing.html
Whitaker joined in the earl y 1990s and has brought that experienceto , where she now serves as vice president and general managef for the company’s Raleigh market. Whitaker is charged with overseeing thecablde provider’s service and delivery throughout 18 countiezs and 60 cities and townsd from the Triangle to the coast. She is responsiblr for directing morethan 1,000 employees in everything from back-office functions to service callsz and appointments and installations. Whitaker puts it like this: “My job is to be a servantf leader,” she says. “I make sure my employeexs have the tools they need to resolve any issuesd thefirst time.
Anything that touched the customer ismy responsibility.” Whitaker estimatezs that Time Warner Cable offers high-speed Internet, digital phone and cabled television services to abou t 800,000 residential and commercial customers in her She adds that the Raleigh markett will be launching its enhanced start-over service on about 10 to 12 channelzs in the next couple of The service will allow customers to turn on the televisionj during a program and start the entire show from the beginniny in order to view, or record it. Whitake hopes to have that service availablee on 50 to 60 channels by the endof 2009.
Anotherd goal for Whitaker’s market is to offe high-definition capabilities across 100 channelsby year-end. Time Warner Cable’s Raleigh market has 10 locations across its Many of its employees will soon move intoa new, 160,000-square-foot-facilith on Paramount Parkway in The first phase of the moves should happen in early July, Whitakefr says. Whitaker was born and raiser innorthern Virginia. She attended George Mason University, where she received a bachelor’s degree. Upon graduation, Whitakerf joined the Washington, D.C., officre of KPMG Peat Marwick, where she worked as a stafff accountant while obtaining herCPA license.
Whitakefr then transferred to the firm’ss Philadelphia office, where she worked for six monthsd and had Comcast as a Whitaker then joined Comcast ona full-timde basis, serving as a senioe staff accountant for two years in the companty’xs Philadelphia office before transferring with Comcast to Atlanta. In Atlanta, Whitakefr served as director of financial planning from 1996througy 1999. For the next few years, she served in various roless in Comcast’s northern Virginia including area vice president and generapl manager of theentire market. Whitaker has been at her currentf post at Time Warner Cable for aboutta month.
Bachelor’s degreer from George Mason University; CPA license. Whitake and her husband, Tim, have one Abby. “I want us to continue to be a stronb competitor inthe market,” Whitaker says. “I also want to make sure our servics deliveryis exceptional.” “Call Me Ted” by Ted Turne and Bill Burke.
Whitaker joined in the earl y 1990s and has brought that experienceto , where she now serves as vice president and general managef for the company’s Raleigh market. Whitaker is charged with overseeing thecablde provider’s service and delivery throughout 18 countiezs and 60 cities and townsd from the Triangle to the coast. She is responsiblr for directing morethan 1,000 employees in everything from back-office functions to service callsz and appointments and installations. Whitaker puts it like this: “My job is to be a servantf leader,” she says. “I make sure my employeexs have the tools they need to resolve any issuesd thefirst time.
Anything that touched the customer ismy responsibility.” Whitaker estimatezs that Time Warner Cable offers high-speed Internet, digital phone and cabled television services to abou t 800,000 residential and commercial customers in her She adds that the Raleigh markett will be launching its enhanced start-over service on about 10 to 12 channelzs in the next couple of The service will allow customers to turn on the televisionj during a program and start the entire show from the beginniny in order to view, or record it. Whitake hopes to have that service availablee on 50 to 60 channels by the endof 2009.
Anotherd goal for Whitaker’s market is to offe high-definition capabilities across 100 channelsby year-end. Time Warner Cable’s Raleigh market has 10 locations across its Many of its employees will soon move intoa new, 160,000-square-foot-facilith on Paramount Parkway in The first phase of the moves should happen in early July, Whitakefr says. Whitaker was born and raiser innorthern Virginia. She attended George Mason University, where she received a bachelor’s degree. Upon graduation, Whitakerf joined the Washington, D.C., officre of KPMG Peat Marwick, where she worked as a stafff accountant while obtaining herCPA license.
Whitakefr then transferred to the firm’ss Philadelphia office, where she worked for six monthsd and had Comcast as a Whitaker then joined Comcast ona full-timde basis, serving as a senioe staff accountant for two years in the companty’xs Philadelphia office before transferring with Comcast to Atlanta. In Atlanta, Whitakefr served as director of financial planning from 1996througy 1999. For the next few years, she served in various roless in Comcast’s northern Virginia including area vice president and generapl manager of theentire market. Whitaker has been at her currentf post at Time Warner Cable for aboutta month.
Bachelor’s degreer from George Mason University; CPA license. Whitake and her husband, Tim, have one Abby. “I want us to continue to be a stronb competitor inthe market,” Whitaker says. “I also want to make sure our servics deliveryis exceptional.” “Call Me Ted” by Ted Turne and Bill Burke.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Second period: Hawks 4, Blues 1 - ESPN (blog)
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Second period: Hawks 4, Blues 1 ESPN (blog) CHICAGO -- The Blackhawks lead the Blues 4-1 after two periods at the United Center. All the scoring came in the second period. ... |
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Frederick's Of Hollywood Creating Stress Instead Of Relieving It - Connecticut Watchdog
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Frederick's Of Hollywood Creating Stress Instead Of Relieving It Connecticut Watchdog “So I'm at my whit's end and a friend told me to try to contact you. ... |
Friday, October 1, 2010
Documentary Examines Issues Within The Education System - CityNews
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Washington Post | Documentary Examines Issues Within The Education System CityNews When Davis Guggenheim was looking at public schools to send his son to, he was horrified at what he found and instead opted, against his own beliefs, ... Documentary examines failures, success in education Audio interview: Waiting for “Superman†director Davis Guggenheim 'Waiting for Superman' Upsetting to Parents - Davis Guggenheim's 'An ... |
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Chatham creates School of Sustainability and the Environment - San Francisco Business Times:
http://rom-ukr.biz/despre-noi/ruts.html?lang=ro
The school is expected to provides undergraduate, graduate and professional programs to prepare students to identifty and solve challenges related to the environmenrand sustainability. The University will begib a search fora dean, and will housr the new school's operations at its Eden Hall Farm Campuss in Richland, north of The administration anticipates that the programs offerer through the School will both attract new students and drivre the Eden Hall Farm Campus’ mastetr plan. The first program offered throug h the new school willbe Chatham'sx newest graduate program, the Master of Arts in Food Studies.
The degrer is designed to provide studentswith "aa deep understanding of the issues surroundingf food such as the environmental cost of food production and distribution, cultural issues, sustainabilitt of communities, and safety of the food according to a release from the school. Classess will begin in spring 2010 at the Eden Hall Farm campuws and the Shadyside campusin Pittsburgh'sz East End, and will include courses such as agriculturakl production systems, food processing, industrialization and waste, food, sustainabilityu and health, and food and culture.
The school is expected to provides undergraduate, graduate and professional programs to prepare students to identifty and solve challenges related to the environmenrand sustainability. The University will begib a search fora dean, and will housr the new school's operations at its Eden Hall Farm Campuss in Richland, north of The administration anticipates that the programs offerer through the School will both attract new students and drivre the Eden Hall Farm Campus’ mastetr plan. The first program offered throug h the new school willbe Chatham'sx newest graduate program, the Master of Arts in Food Studies.
The degrer is designed to provide studentswith "aa deep understanding of the issues surroundingf food such as the environmental cost of food production and distribution, cultural issues, sustainabilitt of communities, and safety of the food according to a release from the school. Classess will begin in spring 2010 at the Eden Hall Farm campuws and the Shadyside campusin Pittsburgh'sz East End, and will include courses such as agriculturakl production systems, food processing, industrialization and waste, food, sustainabilityu and health, and food and culture.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Should a transgender teen be able to wear the homecoming king crown? - San Francisco Chronicle (blog)
http://protecthawaii.ws/page5.html
San Francisco Chronicle (blog) | Should a transgender teen be able to wear the homecoming king crown? San Francisco Chronicle (blog) The transgender teen, who friends call "Oak," let the school community know he was running for homecoming king on Facebook. The honors student quickly ... |
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Bauer takes stars from 17 banks - The Business Review (Albany):
http://www.maslakulhuda.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7&Itemid=28
The company uses federal regulator data to rate banks basexd oncapital ratio, profit/loss trend, delinquent loand and other factors. Bauer's rating ranks from a high of 5 starws to a low of0 stars. in Coral Gables lost a star goingg tofour (excellent) from five (superior) stars. Four others maintained their five-star ranking: American Nationapl Bank, Oakland Park City Nationak Bankof Florida, Miami Firsty National Bank, South Miami Intercontinental Bank, West Miami in Miamoi rose to three stars from two. First United Bank in Boca Ratonn and Biscayne Bank in Coconut Grove roseto 3.5 stars from in Fort Lauderdale made four up from 3.5. Several banks went to 3.
5 from four They are: , Homestead Doral-based slippef again, this time to three stars from three-and-a-half stars in the firstg quarter. That’s down from four stars in the thirde quarter oflast year. Other banks that slippe d to threestars (good) from 3.5 are: Executivee National, Miami , Miami , Miamij U.S. Century Bank, Miamio Valley Bank, Fort Lauderdale Lydian Private Bank in Palm Grand Eastern Bank of Floridain Miami, Metrpo Bank of Dade County, and in Miami fell to two starzs (problematic) from three. , in North Lauderdale and in Boca Ratob fell a notch toone star, down from two in the fourtjh quarter.
Four banks retained zero stars, Bauer’s lowest rating: , Miamji Republic Federal Bank, Miami , Miami Integrity Bank, Jupiter
The company uses federal regulator data to rate banks basexd oncapital ratio, profit/loss trend, delinquent loand and other factors. Bauer's rating ranks from a high of 5 starws to a low of0 stars. in Coral Gables lost a star goingg tofour (excellent) from five (superior) stars. Four others maintained their five-star ranking: American Nationapl Bank, Oakland Park City Nationak Bankof Florida, Miami Firsty National Bank, South Miami Intercontinental Bank, West Miami in Miamoi rose to three stars from two. First United Bank in Boca Ratonn and Biscayne Bank in Coconut Grove roseto 3.5 stars from in Fort Lauderdale made four up from 3.5. Several banks went to 3.
5 from four They are: , Homestead Doral-based slippef again, this time to three stars from three-and-a-half stars in the firstg quarter. That’s down from four stars in the thirde quarter oflast year. Other banks that slippe d to threestars (good) from 3.5 are: Executivee National, Miami , Miami , Miamij U.S. Century Bank, Miamio Valley Bank, Fort Lauderdale Lydian Private Bank in Palm Grand Eastern Bank of Floridain Miami, Metrpo Bank of Dade County, and in Miami fell to two starzs (problematic) from three. , in North Lauderdale and in Boca Ratob fell a notch toone star, down from two in the fourtjh quarter.
Four banks retained zero stars, Bauer’s lowest rating: , Miamji Republic Federal Bank, Miami , Miami Integrity Bank, Jupiter
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Florida Legislature to decide on key business issues - South Florida Business Journal:
http://faylicity.com/book/book1/tiffany.html
billion hole in the state’sd $66 billion budget. So far, the budgett patches proposed by Gov. Charlie Crist and Republicahn legislative leaders rely chieflhy on spending cuts and draining Tax hikes and fee increases look unlikely but onlyfor now. “This is going to be like two weekdsof tryouts,” Randy Miller, a VP with the , said of the special session scheduled for Jan. 5-16. “But come the regulat session in March, we know that’s when we’ll be in the major leagues and a lot is going to be throwhnat us.” Crist’s push for lawmaker s to approve a gambling agreemenrt with the appears to be off the table for the shortg term.
The governor estimates that deal could draw $135 million in new money for the But Senate President Jeff R-North Palm Beach, and House Speaker Ray Sansom, rule out trying to approvee a hurry-up compact in special session, likely forcingg deeper budget cuts. Losinyg those new dollars also appears to have helped derail a handful of business incentives that Crist and lawmakers had considered financing to soften the blow of yet anotherr round of budget A small-business loan program aimecd at easing the credit crunchb for some firms and expanded tax credits for companie s that create Florida jobs are initiatives that insteasd will have to wait until said Crist spokesman Sterling Ivey.
you can only do so much in a specia session,” Ivey said. “But we’re looking at new ideas for the next fisca year that will help the economy get With Florida leading the nation in job losse s and second inmortgage foreclosures, the state’s economy is expected to be down through the firsrt quarter of 2010, with even sharpeer cuts planned for next year’s Lawmakers from both parties say that to ease what couldf be another $5 billion in spending the Legislature next spring must revisit the billionzs of dollars in sales-tax exemptions now appliex to dozens of goods and services – shieldin g interests ranging from accountants to ostrich farmers and chartet boat fishing captains.
Although it looks unlikely to emerge from theJanuaryg session, lawmakers also talk about increasing the state’s cigarett tax by between $1 to $1.34 a pack to pull $700 million a year into the stat e treasury. House Democratic Leader Franklin Sands of Weston is callinf on ruling Republicans to hold public hearingx during the January session to allow talk of tax saying there’s a need for “open talks with all optionws on the table.” The stunning declinw in tax receipts has seen Florida’as budget shrink from a brimming $72 billiojn in May 2007, to what is likely to be a batteree $64 billion spending plan when the speciall session ends.
Health care and schools absorb most ofthe state’se general revenue. But spending reductions will be wide-spread. “There’s talk of cuttin g $30 million from the state’d affordable housing program that goes todownpayment assistance,” said Davied Hart, a VP with the . “That kind of cut woul really hurt because with interest ratesso low, a lot of peoplee may just need a little help to take advantagde of this buyers’ market.” Sen.
Mike R-Merritt Island, a member of the Senate’x budget committee, acknowledged that while cutting, lawmakersx are intent on not further settinh backthe state’s faltering “We have to consider what programs really are our best returj on our investment,” Haridopolos said.
billion hole in the state’sd $66 billion budget. So far, the budgett patches proposed by Gov. Charlie Crist and Republicahn legislative leaders rely chieflhy on spending cuts and draining Tax hikes and fee increases look unlikely but onlyfor now. “This is going to be like two weekdsof tryouts,” Randy Miller, a VP with the , said of the special session scheduled for Jan. 5-16. “But come the regulat session in March, we know that’s when we’ll be in the major leagues and a lot is going to be throwhnat us.” Crist’s push for lawmaker s to approve a gambling agreemenrt with the appears to be off the table for the shortg term.
The governor estimates that deal could draw $135 million in new money for the But Senate President Jeff R-North Palm Beach, and House Speaker Ray Sansom, rule out trying to approvee a hurry-up compact in special session, likely forcingg deeper budget cuts. Losinyg those new dollars also appears to have helped derail a handful of business incentives that Crist and lawmakers had considered financing to soften the blow of yet anotherr round of budget A small-business loan program aimecd at easing the credit crunchb for some firms and expanded tax credits for companie s that create Florida jobs are initiatives that insteasd will have to wait until said Crist spokesman Sterling Ivey.
you can only do so much in a specia session,” Ivey said. “But we’re looking at new ideas for the next fisca year that will help the economy get With Florida leading the nation in job losse s and second inmortgage foreclosures, the state’s economy is expected to be down through the firsrt quarter of 2010, with even sharpeer cuts planned for next year’s Lawmakers from both parties say that to ease what couldf be another $5 billion in spending the Legislature next spring must revisit the billionzs of dollars in sales-tax exemptions now appliex to dozens of goods and services – shieldin g interests ranging from accountants to ostrich farmers and chartet boat fishing captains.
Although it looks unlikely to emerge from theJanuaryg session, lawmakers also talk about increasing the state’s cigarett tax by between $1 to $1.34 a pack to pull $700 million a year into the stat e treasury. House Democratic Leader Franklin Sands of Weston is callinf on ruling Republicans to hold public hearingx during the January session to allow talk of tax saying there’s a need for “open talks with all optionws on the table.” The stunning declinw in tax receipts has seen Florida’as budget shrink from a brimming $72 billiojn in May 2007, to what is likely to be a batteree $64 billion spending plan when the speciall session ends.
Health care and schools absorb most ofthe state’se general revenue. But spending reductions will be wide-spread. “There’s talk of cuttin g $30 million from the state’d affordable housing program that goes todownpayment assistance,” said Davied Hart, a VP with the . “That kind of cut woul really hurt because with interest ratesso low, a lot of peoplee may just need a little help to take advantagde of this buyers’ market.” Sen.
Mike R-Merritt Island, a member of the Senate’x budget committee, acknowledged that while cutting, lawmakersx are intent on not further settinh backthe state’s faltering “We have to consider what programs really are our best returj on our investment,” Haridopolos said.
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