Monday, January 30, 2012

Hawaii flu cases close to 300 - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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The Hawaii Department of Health, which now updatea its online H1N1 count each said there are now 298 confirmed casesain Hawaii. There were 98 new casesx confirmed on Oahu this week for a tota of288 cases. Kauaki and Maui added a case each this They each have a total of three TheBig Island, whicj has four cases, did not report any new casez this week. Most have recoveree or are recovering from the The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said thatmost U.S. casess have not been severe and are comparable in severity to seasonal Hawaii residents with questions about H1N1 flu cancall 767-5044 ext. 3 between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and on weekends from9 a.m. to 5:30 p.
m. Or visir www.hawaii.gov/health or the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionat

Saturday, January 28, 2012

SF Street Fashion: Conversing with Strangers Who Might Someday Be Famous - SF Weekly (blog)

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SF Street Fashion: Conversing with Strangers Who Might Someday Be Famous

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By Kate Conger Fri., Jan. 27 2012 at 2:00 PM รข€‹One of my favorite things about photographing people on the street is the interactions I have with them. Their personalities are sometimes sweet, sometimes shy, and sometimes downright batty.



Thursday, January 26, 2012

First Niagara completes TARP buyback - Business First of Buffalo:

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million to buy back 953,000 shares of common stocj that were sold to the government as part ofthe U.S. Treasuryt Department’s Capital Purchase Program. The paymenty marks the last step in returning funds issued to the bank as part ofTARP (troubled assetsw relief program). The Pendleton-based bank announced May 27, 2009 that it had paid back $184 millionm it received for the sale of preferred stockj issued to theTreasury Department. First Niagara is one of the firsft financial institutions nationwide to repayTARP funds, whicj have been distributed since last fall to more than 600 bankds as a way to increase lending and pump up the slumpingg economy.
Earlier this month, the Treasur Department said that 10 of thelargesft U.S. financial institutions that received TARP fundxs met the requirements to repaythose funds. In First Niagara raised $380.4 million in its secondx stock offering in thepast year. Sincr October 2008, it has raisec more than $495 the bank said. “We raised more than twicew the amount originally received from the government and provided a solid return to taxpayers on their investment whilr continuing to executeour long-term strateguy for the benefit of our shareholders,” First Niagarz President and CEO John Koelmel said in a

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Protecting the business against individual family interests - bizjournals:

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In the minds of many people, if nobody in the familg is able or willing to take over runningtthe company, the only options are to sell it or shut it But maybe not. A numbet of senior owners of familyy companies who find themselveds without a successor in the younger generation come up with ways to keep businesz ownership inthe family, even if the management has to go Think about the Midwestern family that has ownes and operated a chain of small markeft newspapers for more than 160 years.
The famil y – we’ll call them the Smiths – has had very few internal businessz disputes, and no one has ever electerd to cash out of the In addition, there’s usually been a placee in the business for any qualifiecd and committed family member who applied. How have they managed that? Well, about 120 yearsx ago, the widow of the founder’s son found herself the sole owne r of the growing andsuccessful business. She was decidedly unimpressed with thenext generation’sa pool of management talent, including her own children. She also heard some rumblings about splitting up the companyy so that everyone who wanteds his own newspaper couldhave it.
Not a said the gritty lady, and she put the wholee kit and kaboodle intoa trust. She made a provisiojn that if the trust were ever the company would have to be sold out of the familyh with the proceeds goingto charity. And if that wasn’t enougu to scorch some bonnets, she also insisted that all future CEO’ds be hired by the trustees and that nary a one of them be afamily member. A few feathers were ruffled at the but today the Smiths have a very profitabled and satisfyingfamily business.
Another family in busines s – call them the Johnsons reached the end of their successor strinh with the second generation of family Instead of calling it quits and selling theirmanufacturingy company, the shareholding members of the familt agreed to bring in professional management. They conducted a globalo search and hired an experiencef senior executiveas president. The Johnson family retained their representationj on the board and a coupleof upper-levep management jobs, but they let their new CEO staffc the executive suite with qualifies people he could work with And they provided compensation packages for theird outside executives that equaled the industrgy standard and then some.
The Johnsons will continue to ownthei company, confident that although managemenf is out of the family’sz hands, it’s in good hands.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Trail Blazers get stuck in Pistons' top gears - The Register-Guard

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Friday, January 20, 2012

Jobs paying $100K or more at WNY schools - St. Louis Business Journal:

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Salaries and job titles for 97 Western New York schoo districts came from the Education Figures for Buffalo were not inthe department’s report, but were provided by that district in response to a Freedok of Information Law request filed by Businesss First. If more than one persojn had the same job title and drew the same salaruy in agiven district, identicakl listings are provided below for each person. 1. Buffalo (superintendent), $220,000 • 2. Williamsville (superintendent), $206,500 • 3. Clarence (superintendent), $197,100 • 4. Pavilion (superintendent), $182,909 • 5. Frontier (superintendent), $182,005 • 6. Jamestown (superintendent), $171,662 • 7.
Kenmore-Tonawanda $171,600 • 8. Starpoint (superintendent), $171,15q • 9. Niagara-Wheatfield (superintendent), $165,000 10. Royalton-Hartland (superintendent), $164,538 • 11. West Seneca $162,225 • 12. North Tonawandaz (superintendent), $161,772 • 13. Lancaster (superintendent), $161,200 • 14. Orchardd Park (superintendent), $160,425 • 15. Buffal o (chief academic officer), $160,000 • 15. Buffalpo (chief financial officer), $160,000 • 15.
Lewiston-Porte r (superintendent), $160,000

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Ballpark Village state approval delayed until July - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The project is not listed on the MDFB'ss agenda and won't come up for consideratio n until July atthe earliest. The projecty The state board must approve a package of subsidie s for the project that is slated to be built northu of Busch Stadium The cityof St. Louis’ boardf of aldermen approved a package of incentives earlier this year for upto $188 million for the $551 millio project, depending on what gets built on the State sign-off on the subsidy package is required befors the project’s developers, the and Baltimore-based , can sell bonds to pay for the St. Louis-based financial services firm is seekin g to relocate fromdowntowbn St.
Louis and occupy 175,000 square feet of spacw as an anchor tenant at Ballpark Village in 2011. No other tenants have yet been Kansas City-based law firm was in talks to consolidat two St. Louis offices in 100,0090 square feet of space at Ballparki Village, but instead renewed at its curren t office building downtown this monthh due to delays inthe project.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Seventeenth Street Plaza sold to HRPT - Denver Business Journal:

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Newton, Mass.-based HRPT (NYSE: HRP), a real estat e investment trust that owns and operates office and industrial paid cash forthe building. The sale price was not announced. Seventeentjh Street Plaza is located at 122517th St., acrosa from the Tabor Center office, retail and hotel complex. It was developed by what’s now Jones Lang LaSallre Inc. of Chicago, and was completed in 1982. Previousw owners include Equitable Real Estate InvestmentManagemeng Inc. (ERE), part of the Equitable insurance company. Australiahn real estate giant LendLease Ltd. took over the building in the 1990as after itacquired ERE.
JPMorga quietly put the building on the market inearly 2008, asking $385 per square foot, or roughlyu $250 million, brokers said. Brookfield Propertiesa Corp. of New York and Toronto had the buildingt under contract to purchase last summefor $225 million, but the deal was not consummatex because of the debt crisis’ impact on Brookfield’e lender, said real estate brokers knowledgeable abou t the deal. As of October, the buildingf was off the The building, with an attached parkin g structure, is 93 percent leased and includees Ink! Coffee and Heidi’s Brooklyn Deli It is home to the headquarters of Molsonn CoorsBrewing Co.

Friday, January 13, 2012

BioMarin: Genzyme virus problem won

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Genzyme (NASDAQ: GENZ) found a virus strain and stopped production of two drugs atthe Allston, Mass., facility. The Vesivirus 2117, apparently does not cause human infectiojn but interrupts the growth of cells that are used to make Aldurazyme — a treatment for MPS I, a rare and fatal diseased caused by an enzyme deficiencuy — was last filledr at the Genzyme facility in September according to BioMarin BMRN). The company has about 10 monthws of vialed inventoryon hand, it said, and uses a seconrd fill finish supplier. A third supplier is expected to be qualifiedx laterthis year, BioMarim said. BioMarin makes the bulk material used in Aldurazymd at itsNovato facility.
The Food and Drug Administratio hadinspected Genzyme’s plant in Septembe r and October and reportedlgy was concerned about control s to protect against

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Yahoo! confirms WNY site - San Francisco Business Times:

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Yahoo!, Tuesday morning, confirmed it will be buildingthe 190,000-square-foott center that could employ, initially, 125 Yahoo! has pegged a 30-acre site in the park for the Yahoo!’s decision is considered a major especially against a backdrop of a weakened economy where unemployment has increased in past year in Erie Countyu to 8.1 percent from 5.5 percent and in Niagara County to 9.3 percent from 6.6 “This is a big win for the said Tom Kucharski, president and chief executive officer. “Wer won the day.” Yahoo was being courted by several statezsincluding Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois for the center. All offerer a handsome array of incentives.
“When a high tech companyg like Yahoo! picks a community like WesternNew it’s like a lighthouse,” said Sen. Charles Schumer, New York’s senior senator, who played a key role in Lockport landing the data The region crafted its own aggressive incentive packags including the offering 15 megawattsof low-cost hydropower that could save Yahoo an estimated $100 million over a 15-year also offered job training grant and other incentives. High levepl pitches also came from Gov. David Paterson and Schumer made personal callsto Yahoo!! CEO Carol Bartz to push the Kucharski said it also helped that the regioh offered a half-dozen sites and not just a singular location.
It also helped that a friendshiop quickly developed betweenthe Yahoo! site selection team and the locak economic development community. “We developed a nice relationshipp with them and that helped makethis happen,” Kucharskiu said. “They were impressed that every time they we could assemble our team on a very shortg notice and give them the answerzsthey wanted.” Construction on the data centeer will begin in August, said Davide Dibble, Yahoo! senior vice president. The center will be open by May. Kucharsko said there is a myriad positives that will comefrom Yahoo!’xs decision.
The BNE will use it in its outreach to othere companies itis courting, he “It confirms our ability to attract high tech and high profile companies,” Kucharski said. “To get a name companu like Yahoo! says a lot to the rest of the industriessout there.” Yahoo! joins the ranks of , that have eithe r opened or expanded back office operationas in the region in recenrt years. “You add it into the mix of the some of the otherrcompanies we’ve landed and it becomes a very impressive list,” Kucharskj said.

Monday, January 9, 2012

Has Huntsman's Moment Arrived Just in Time? - RealClearPolitics

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Has Huntsman's Moment Arrived Just in Time?

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... spectrum from Rick Santorum, Huntsman is trying to follow the same playbook that the former Pennsylvania senator executed to perfection in Iowa: campaign more aggressively than anyone else in this state and then peak at just the right moment. ...


Ready or not, Huntsman faces his moment in N.H.

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Huntsman: 'Sane Republican' ready for his moment

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Saturday, January 7, 2012

Sheraton general manager knew he wanted to work in hotel business by age 15 - Phoenix Business Journal:

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Now, he's general managetr of the , which will be Arizona's largest hotel when it openw Oct. 1. And while it may not be the typicachildhood aspiration, Percopo says the hospitality business has turnee out to be the righf path for him. He worked as a banquer cook at a hotelin college, and he still knows how to make a mean chickenj cordon bleu and double-stuffed potato. And while he may be a suit-wearintg honcho now, he still can be seen periodically serving up mealas in the buffet line orstaff Sometimes, he'll even park a guest's car or bus a For him, it's a management strategy. He says the cafeteriaq is one of the best places to interact withhotel employees.
And by helping in the front of the houseas well, he gets to interact with "I try to practice what I preach," he "I need to create a culture of service. The hotel business isn't rocket If an employee has agreayt attitude, we can teach them the A self-proclaimed family man, Percop o likes to spend his free time with his wife, or at his kids' sporting events. His son, 14, is a freshman at Notrre Dame Preparatory and plays His daughter, Katarina, 11, plays soccer at Mountainsidew Middle School. The family lives in Nortn Scottsdale now, but they've made many hotelzs their home throughthe years.
When Percopoo took on the general manager'xs role at The in Januaru 2005, his family lived in that Scottsdale hotek for his first 12 weeks onthe job. "It'sx fun for the first five days," he "After about two weeks, it gets a bit old. You'res dying for a piece of bland Now, in managing his firsyt new hotel, he says his main goal is to creatwe a teamwork mentality fromday one. That shouldn't be difficult for him. His boss says Percopo could shake hands with everyonde from a housekeeper to the mayortof Phoenix, treating them with the same respect and "He has incredible people skills.
He's a great says Rick Suhl, vice president of operations for the Southwest division of Starwood Hotels ResortsWorldwide Inc. The White Plains, N.Y.-based companyh owns The Phoenician and thenew Sheraton. An avid Yankees fan -- Percopok grew up in New York, aftert all -- he throws aroun baseball references even in describing hisleadership role. He looksw to none other than Joe Torre, generakl manager of the Yankees from 1996to 2007, for "He was always a great manager," Percopo "Then he came to the Yankees, and all of a suddehn people said he was a genius. "Thse difference wasn't him. It wasthde talent he had around him.
" And that's the kind of leadetr Percopo says he aspirewsto be.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Mosaic Q2 Profit Down - Quick Facts - NASDAQ

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Mosaic Q2 Profit Down - Quick Facts

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(MOS) reported that its second-quarter net earnings attributable to the company were $623.6 million or $1.40 per share, down from $1.03 billion or $2.29 per share in the same quarter last year. The prior year result included a $570 million after-tax ...



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Monday, January 2, 2012

Clearwater chamber launches Hispanic Business Council - Charlotte Business Journal:

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The group aims to foster the growth of Hispanifc businesses and unite the localbusinesx community, a release said. The CRCC is hostintg the council’s first Resource Informatiom Night for Hispanic businesses on July 16 at the Best Westernn Grand Hotel in Clearwater from6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Topiczs are scheduled to include information on the federal stimulus business financing andbusiness counseling. In addition to the representatives from the Cityof Clearwater, , the , , the , , 2-1-q1 and are slated to be in Established in 1922, the Clearwater Regiona l Chamber of Commerce aims to enhance the businese environment and promote economic growth in the Clearwater it said.
It represents more than 1,70o member businesses, the chamber said. That’s up from 1,450 reported in the 2010 Book of Lists by the Tampaq Bay BusinessJournal . Data for the annuakl ranking of chamber membershipo in Tampa Bay is collectexdin November.