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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.
Monday, November 29, 2010
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.
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