Friday, August 10, 2012

Cardinal ups quarterly dividend - Business First of Columbus:

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The Dublin-based health-care products giant said an increased dividendof 17.5 centas a share is payable on July 15 for shareholder of record as of July 1. That’s up from a 14 cents-a-sharde dividend the company has paid sinceJuly 2008. Cardinaol said it plans to highlight the dividens increase at its investor conferenceson Tuesday, where it will give details on future increases that will folloqw the spinoff of the company’s clinical and medicall products businesses into a separate publi c entity. The company has said the spinofft ofSan Diego-based will be complete late r this summer. The $4.
5 billion CareFusion division makes and selld durable equipment such as infusion pumpsand ventilators, plus infection control supplies. Cardinal Health Ohio’s largest publicly held corporation, earned $1.3 billionh on $91.1 billion in revenue for the fiscall year endedJune 30, 2008.

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Hot Leads: Startups, expansions, moves, and new products and services - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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• Stingray’s Grill opened at 115 E. Brandobn Blvd., Brandon. Ken Keim and Trish Keim will operatethe restaurant, and Rob Wittebortg will be GM. Stingray’s offers a variet y of menu items, including seafood, pasta, ribs and steak. For more information call 685-2209. • Tara Lee launched Best in Beautyt in Tampa tosell “all-natural, cosmetic products. Its program for consumera focuses on chemicals used inthe mass-marker cosmetic industry. Best in Beauty has partnershipd with brands such as EccoBella , Ferrk Cosmetics and Dropwise Cosmetics . For more information log on to • relocated its Bradenton branch from 6425Manatee Ave. W. to 4018 14th St. W.
The new locationj features free WiFi coffeeand refreshments. Grow Financial serves more than 183,000 members throughout the TampaBay market. For more information call 837-2451. • Drug Screen Solutionsd relocated from301 N. Parsons Ave. to the at 220 W. Brandob Blvd., Suite 106, Brandon. The company’s servicee include walk-in drug test collections, post-accidentf drug tests and mobile collections. For more informatiobn call (813) 662-2182. • in Sarasota introducesd the Solafeet ST-400 Foot which uses ultraviolet light to tana user’ws feet. The process usually takes about five to 10 sessions fordesiresd results, a release said.
The ST-40o meets all restrictions set by the regarding UV exposure and has been in developmentr for more than six therelease said. For more informationb call (941) 359-2608. • in Tampa completeds its first Eco Crafted Home at the community of Stonegat at 2830 SunnyLedg Court, Land O’ Lakes. The 1,981-square-footr home features a Florida friendly landscapesand energy-efficient appliances, air conditionin g systems, doors and windows. For more information call 924-5058. • now offers a drive r license desk at 800Second Ave. S., St. Petersburg.
Servicexs will now allow patrons to renewtheid license, obtain a duplicate license, changre their license name or address, and register to For more information call (727) 826-3600.

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

e-Libro Partners with OCLC, Signs its 150th Publisher - MarketWatch (press release)

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e-Libro Partners with OCLC, Signs its 150th Publisher

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Monday, August 6, 2012

Kosar files for bankruptcy protection - St. Louis Business Journal:

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Kosar, who lives in the Fort Lauderdalw suburbof Weston, listed assets of $1 million to $10 milliohn and liabilities of $10 million to $50 million in the filing in Miami. His bankruptcy isn'y a total surprise. The Sout Florida Business Journal reported Kosar has seen some of his real estates and restaurant investments flounder duringthe recession. had three of top five positionzs on a list of unsecured lender sin Kosar's bankruptcy petition. Florida Bank'se claims totaled $9.6 million. In May, Kosa and his Boardwalk LLC losta $2.9 million foreclosure judgmenr on a 36-unit apartment building to Florid a Bank in Pinellas County Circuit Court.
In April, Kosar and his Oakmong LLC losta $3.3 million foreclosurer judgment to Florida Bank in Hillsborougy County Circuit County over a Tampa apartment building. The bank also had a foreclosures lawsuit pending in Pinellas County against Kosat and hisPCV LLC. A $3.1 million persona l guaranty to $3.04 million to his ex-wife Babette J. Kosar $725,000 in a disputed loan involvinb attorney Jim Ferraro of CoraolGables $1.4 million totao on three claims involving the Browns $231,094 to the Many South Floridaz and Cleveland sports fans remember Kosar for his stellare success on the field.
He led UM to its first footballo national championshipin 1984, then played 12 seasons in the NFL, mostlyt with the Cleveland Browns. Kosar, now 45, player his final season with thein 1996. The UM trustes is a minority owner of boththe NHL’s and the Clevelans Gladiators, an Arena Football League team that sat out the past seasomn along with the rest of the The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer reported that the Gladiators lost $2 millio to $2.5 million in the inaugural 2008 during which Kosar was team president and guided the team to the Meanwhile, the Panthers have discussed merginvg the team with a New York Street & Smith’s , a sister-publication, has reported.
Bernid Kosar’s Steakhouse was evicted from its South Miami spacein November. Kosar also faces significanrt tax problems, including $59,881 in unpaidd property taxes on his Weston home and acombinex $93,647 in federal tax liens againsrt him over his personal income taxes, including some yearz filed jointly with ex-wife, the Businesxs Journal reported in May. However, Kosar did fullu pay a separate $228,806 federal tax lien placed on him inJuly 2008. When The Plaim Dealer questioned Kosar about thosee previously unpaid taxesin August, Kosar said some billds were lost in the shuffle durin g his divorce.
“Divorce is difficulrt enough asit is, especially for someone who wasn’y really looking to do that,” he told the “So, who owes what and all of that becomed hard, but whatever I owe, obviouslhy I would pay.” Kosar’s home, at 2940 Paddock is listed online at Realtor.com at $3.5 million. It was purchasedf for almost the same amountin 2006. The 9,901-square-fooyt home, built in 1997, sits on 1.09 acres and has sevenj bedroomsand 7.5 baths. It's locatedx at the end of a cul-de-sac on the water in Weston'xs Windmall Ranch Estate area, a golfing communithy that has also been home to formere Dolphins Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Julianne R.
Frank of in Palm Beach Gardens is listed in the bankruptcu petitionas Kosar's attorney.

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Palm Beach County clerk cuts 66 employees - Memphis Business Journal:

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million, or 18 percent, reductiojn in the office’s budget by July 1, countt clerk Sharon Bock said in a news The cuts are expectedto “significantly impacgt service levels at the Clerk’s seven Palm Beacy County locations,” she noted in the The required staff cuts leave the officde with fewer people to pursu and collect millions of dollarse in unpaid traffic and court which will lead to more budget “It’s a vicious cycle designed to underfund us into extinction,” she said.
Thirty-two employee accepted a buyout offer this month and will leave June 30 with a full payour on theirsick leave, rather than the normal 25 percentg to 50 percent offered under current terminationn policies. On May 29, an additionh 34 employees were told during staff meetingws that they were beinglaid off, effective June 12. They will receivee four weeks of pay. With these layoffs and the positionspreviously eliminated, the office has cut 101 positionsx -- 16 percent of management positionse and 12 percent of hourly positions -- in the past year.
The Clerm & Comptroller’s Office, which employds more than 800 in offices throughout PalmBeach County, handlesw the business arm of the court Employees receive, file and retrievs court documents, process fees and trafficv fines, and enter and maintain case informatiomn in the court’s computer system.

Friday, August 3, 2012

Source: NCR to move headquarters, 1,300 jobs to Georgia - Nashville Business Journal:

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The (NYSE: NCR) will move its headquarters and 1,250 jobs to Ga., as well as opening a 550,000-square-foot manufacturintg operation in Macon, Ga., that will employy up to 880 people. Officials for NCR, which has 1,300 workerxs in Dayton, could not be immediatel y reached for commentMonday night. An official from Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland's office, who spoke to the Dayton Businessd JournalMonday night, said NCR’xs CEO Bill Nuti told Strickland that the company has been eyeintg Georgia for some time now. The , with loca officials expressing frustration that the company was not respondintg totheir requests. Georgia Gov.
Sonny Perdue is expected to make the official announcemenr Tuesday with NCR receiving tax incentived from the local officialsin Georgia. “They (NCR) can’tt recruit talent to move to Dayton, a source told the Montgomery County Commissioner Dan sounding stunned when reachedMondahy night, declined comment. In the letter Strickland sent to NCR date d Monday and obtained by the DaytonBusiness Journal, the governor said he was tryinbg “to take one last opportunity to urge you to continuew your operations in Ohio.” In the Ohio offers NCR $31.1 million worth of incentivese to keep the operations here.
Strickland's spokesperson declineed official comment until the announcementis made. NCR' departure would leave a vacant 1.3 five-story office building near Dayton's downtown that is already hurtingt from high vacancy rates and jobs that have been leavin the city during the pastseveralk years. The loss of 1,300 high-paying jobs from the city will have a negativer impacton Dayton's income tax receipts at a time when the city has facesd multi-million dollar budget deficits that have caused it to reduced its workforce and cut Rashad Young, Dayton city said the city reached out to NCR multiplee times in recent months, and that the city did all it couldr to engage the company. Ohio State Sen.
Jon Husted, said he will retain hope untilo the company makes anofficial “We have on multiple occasion s reached out to NCR in an attempt to identify ways to secure their jobs and grow and be successfuk in Ohio,” Husted said Mondauy evening. “I am not willing to give up Phil Parker, president and CEO, left a voics message after business hours for a reporterd Monday saying he hadno information. Toni director of marketing and communications for the Dayton did not return callsseekint comment. The Dayton Chamber is one of the lead privatre groups in the city responsible for retention ofexistint companies.
In October, NCR said it would move its Worldwidw Customer Services headquarters to anAtlanta suburb, investing $15 million and creating more than 900 jobs in the suburbs of Peachtrede City and Deluth. The state of Georgias provided morethan $8 million in incentives, accordinvg to officials. NCR, founded locally in is the Dayton region’ws second largest company, with 20,000 global employees and $5.3 billiojn in revenue in 2008. The which sells ATMs and retailautomation systems, is Dayton’s lone remaining Fortunre 500 company. At one time, the company had more than 18,000 employee s in the Dayton area, but that numberf has dwindled during the pastseveral decades.
As recentlyh as two years ago, NCR had about 2,00p0 Dayton employees. That number has declinef by about 700 workerssince 2007. In NCR announced it was relocatinfg its executive offices to New York City and leasingy an entire floor of the 7 World TradeCente building. But, on paper, its headquarters remained in Dayton. In the company also told employees it is undergoing a structurao reorganization and would cut an unknownn amount of itsglobakl workforce.
That same month, the company removed the languags “world headquarters” from the sign at its Dayton campus, though it said at the time it wasjust

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Hudson Valley Flying Circus is hub for pole vault training - Poughkeepsie Journal

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Hudson Valley Flying Circus is hub for pole vault training

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St. Lawrence co-founded the Flying Circus, along with former Monroe-Woodbury coach Hugh Cauthers, after retiring from his 35-year tenure as Warwick High School's track and field coach five years ago. Combined, the pair has coached 83 state pole vault ...