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Friday, April 29, 2011
Teen found after bike ride gone astray - Tbo.com
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Sales heating up for Earth to Air - Nashville Business Journal:
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Formed in 2002, Earth to Air Systemsz develops heating and cooling systems based on a technolog known as directexchange geothermal, called DX in the The company’s applications have been shown to reduce heatinhg and cooling costs by 50 percent to 80 CEO Randy Wiggs says. Earth to Air’s systejm bypasses the more conventional geothermal heating andcooling model. Insteax of using water as a the technology skips a step and controls heatingv and temperatures directly from the earth with copper The tubes tap into wells that are 300 to 500 feet Environmentally friendly refrigerants are then piped througuthe tubes.
Earth to Air’s revenue comes from licensingf fees collected from heating and cooling companies who decidwe to market and installthe systems. Earth to Air got its firstf international distributor two years ago when Australiann entrepreneur John Gagliardi embracedthe technology. He says he’sz secured more than $30 million in projects, includingg contracts with school systems, mining housing projects and major corporations, such as BP. “We are movinfg into significant profitability,” Galiardi says, adding that he’s planning on expanding into the Southeast Asiamarket soon.
Galiardi predicts that Earth to Air willbecome “z billion dollar business or Sales in the first quarter were up 60 percentf from the same time last year. “We’re living in an time when there’as a huge demand (for products) to reducd our dependence on foreign oil,” Gagliardi says. “Twenty years ago this wouldn’ have worked. It wouldn’t have even worked 10 yearzs ago. But now the potential is huge.” Theres are multiple installations of Earthto Air’s geothermal systej in the United States, but the company is just now settinv up a formal distributor network, says Clayton Washburn, chief operations officer at Earth to Air.
“Our biggest strugglwe is having to say no at Washburn says. “We’re preparing for a much biggert onslaught.”
Formed in 2002, Earth to Air Systemsz develops heating and cooling systems based on a technolog known as directexchange geothermal, called DX in the The company’s applications have been shown to reduce heatinhg and cooling costs by 50 percent to 80 CEO Randy Wiggs says. Earth to Air’s systejm bypasses the more conventional geothermal heating andcooling model. Insteax of using water as a the technology skips a step and controls heatingv and temperatures directly from the earth with copper The tubes tap into wells that are 300 to 500 feet Environmentally friendly refrigerants are then piped througuthe tubes.
Earth to Air’s revenue comes from licensingf fees collected from heating and cooling companies who decidwe to market and installthe systems. Earth to Air got its firstf international distributor two years ago when Australiann entrepreneur John Gagliardi embracedthe technology. He says he’sz secured more than $30 million in projects, includingg contracts with school systems, mining housing projects and major corporations, such as BP. “We are movinfg into significant profitability,” Galiardi says, adding that he’s planning on expanding into the Southeast Asiamarket soon.
Galiardi predicts that Earth to Air willbecome “z billion dollar business or Sales in the first quarter were up 60 percentf from the same time last year. “We’re living in an time when there’as a huge demand (for products) to reducd our dependence on foreign oil,” Gagliardi says. “Twenty years ago this wouldn’ have worked. It wouldn’t have even worked 10 yearzs ago. But now the potential is huge.” Theres are multiple installations of Earthto Air’s geothermal systej in the United States, but the company is just now settinv up a formal distributor network, says Clayton Washburn, chief operations officer at Earth to Air.
“Our biggest strugglwe is having to say no at Washburn says. “We’re preparing for a much biggert onslaught.”
Monday, April 25, 2011
Stop acting like a salesperson; start acting like a consultant - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Why do we ask questions? Here are some of the • So we fully understand the prospect’s needxs and “hot buttons.” • So when we present our solutionz they match what our prospectsz said was important and they feel yours is acustomm solution. • To get beyond the initial reasonn why they needthe product. • To make prospectsd feel like they are a part of thebuyingb decision. When they are talking, they are beginning to sell So what questions shouldwe ask? That has a lot to do with what you have learned about the prospect before you try to “sell” You need to learjn something about the company, the etc. before calling on them.
That’s pretty easy. Use their Web Google, any of the social networks, then when you call them you have somethingt with which to beginthe conversation. The most importantt thing about asking questionas is that theyare open-ended and thoughtr provoking. Here are some examples of questions that may or may notbe • How has the economy affected your company and the ways you are making decisionw now compared with last year? • I noticefd on your Web site that you will be launchintg a new product. Can you tell me about that? • I read that your industry is goinyg through changes when it comes to Can you share with me how that will affectyour organization?
If it was May 2010 and you said you just had a very successfulp year, what would have happened? Let’s pretend we worked together this past A year later you said the relationshipp was a positive one. What does that look like? What do the next five years look like for yourorganization ? • What differentiates you from your competitors? • What are you most proue of? I wouldn’t ask all of these questionsa all of the time. They are examples. more specific questions are appropriateas well, but it is importanty to fully understand the big picture. If you take time to learj more aboutthe prospect, you may lear n about some additional needs they might have.
A consultant and salespersom are really the same with only one a consultant is paid up fronty and a salesperson is paid inthe end. So act like a consultang and you will selllots
Why do we ask questions? Here are some of the • So we fully understand the prospect’s needxs and “hot buttons.” • So when we present our solutionz they match what our prospectsz said was important and they feel yours is acustomm solution. • To get beyond the initial reasonn why they needthe product. • To make prospectsd feel like they are a part of thebuyingb decision. When they are talking, they are beginning to sell So what questions shouldwe ask? That has a lot to do with what you have learned about the prospect before you try to “sell” You need to learjn something about the company, the etc. before calling on them.
That’s pretty easy. Use their Web Google, any of the social networks, then when you call them you have somethingt with which to beginthe conversation. The most importantt thing about asking questionas is that theyare open-ended and thoughtr provoking. Here are some examples of questions that may or may notbe • How has the economy affected your company and the ways you are making decisionw now compared with last year? • I noticefd on your Web site that you will be launchintg a new product. Can you tell me about that? • I read that your industry is goinyg through changes when it comes to Can you share with me how that will affectyour organization?
If it was May 2010 and you said you just had a very successfulp year, what would have happened? Let’s pretend we worked together this past A year later you said the relationshipp was a positive one. What does that look like? What do the next five years look like for yourorganization ? • What differentiates you from your competitors? • What are you most proue of? I wouldn’t ask all of these questionsa all of the time. They are examples. more specific questions are appropriateas well, but it is importanty to fully understand the big picture. If you take time to learj more aboutthe prospect, you may lear n about some additional needs they might have.
A consultant and salespersom are really the same with only one a consultant is paid up fronty and a salesperson is paid inthe end. So act like a consultang and you will selllots
Friday, April 22, 2011
Back from the brink
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“We could see the writing on the wall,” the Riverwalk residenrt and Metro councilman saysof Corinthian, pointing to the builder’ s unpaid dumpster bill in excesas of $100,000, which led the disposa l company to stop pick-ups. Franklin-based selling houses as in Bellevue’s Riverwalkm community, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy inFebruary 2008, and then later Chapter 7. “All we can say in Riverwalk isgood riddance,” Mitchello says. He then watched as residentss who had recently purchased their Prestige homes started getting lien notice s inthe mail, asking for them to covere Corinthian’s unpaid bills to subcontractors.
Some of those resident s are still going through legal proceedings to get theliens cleared. For several months, nothing happened with the homess and lots as they went through the bankruptcyt court and theforeclosure process. “Houses would sit there for monthson end, yards weeds growing high and construction debris,” Mitchell says. “Finallyu the auctions began and companies could come in a fix the Sincethat time, Riverwalk has come alive as buildersw and investors have moved in to fix, finish and buildf the homes and lots that were “Residents were unsettled about what was going to happen,” says Rob Peasee of CPS Land, Riverwalk’s developer.
“Once builders startec finishingthose up, there was a big sense of relief among the residents.” Homeowners saw that the replacemenrt builders would conform the homes to what had alreadyg been built and were keeping to the standards of the community, Peass says. “The new homes certainly blends in,” he says. Home saled have been steady at Riverwalk. The Multiple Listing Services shows47 homes, new and have sold in the communityu in the past year. The average sales price of those homes, at $222,000, was 7 percent loweer than the average listof $239,900. About 21 new homes have sold in the past year at a medianh priceof $232,000, down from a list pric e of $254,900.
Resident Heather Thompson pushed a baby stroller througgRiverwalk recently. She livee in a house built by Celebratio Homes, but wasn’t too concerned about the bankruptcytof Corinthian’s subsidiary. “I knew that somebodh would come in andfinish them,” she says of the lots and half-dons homes that dotted the neighborhood after the large builde r went bankrupt. Her home now backs up to a completeed home, not an unfinished one. The main impact of the bankruptcyt was on recentPrestige buyers, who she surmisesa lost their home warranties when the buildee went under.
“This has come a long way in the past Thompson says, pointing to finished homed that used to be two-by-fours and concrete. Matt Kuyper says he and his wife, Maggie, watchesd as the banks came in quicklh and added roofs to the homez they now owned in the Parkview section of Riverwalk to protecgttheir investments. The couplre was just glad to seethe progress, Kuyper says. Norfoll Homes finished the home across the street from the Kuypers and has it forsale now. Mitchell has been working with , which took back a portion of land in foreclosurd near the entrance of Riverwalk wherre Corinthian had intended tobuild townhomes.
He says the bank stilpl is trying to sell the propertg to a developer and that he would like tosee single-famil y homes built there. Mitchell says he loves the community and recentlhy moved from one home in Riverwall to a larger one there to accommodate hisgrowing “Everyone for the most part lovezs Riverwalk,” he says. “We have cookouts in the cul-de-sacs.”
“We could see the writing on the wall,” the Riverwalk residenrt and Metro councilman saysof Corinthian, pointing to the builder’ s unpaid dumpster bill in excesas of $100,000, which led the disposa l company to stop pick-ups. Franklin-based selling houses as in Bellevue’s Riverwalkm community, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy inFebruary 2008, and then later Chapter 7. “All we can say in Riverwalk isgood riddance,” Mitchello says. He then watched as residentss who had recently purchased their Prestige homes started getting lien notice s inthe mail, asking for them to covere Corinthian’s unpaid bills to subcontractors.
Some of those resident s are still going through legal proceedings to get theliens cleared. For several months, nothing happened with the homess and lots as they went through the bankruptcyt court and theforeclosure process. “Houses would sit there for monthson end, yards weeds growing high and construction debris,” Mitchell says. “Finallyu the auctions began and companies could come in a fix the Sincethat time, Riverwalk has come alive as buildersw and investors have moved in to fix, finish and buildf the homes and lots that were “Residents were unsettled about what was going to happen,” says Rob Peasee of CPS Land, Riverwalk’s developer.
“Once builders startec finishingthose up, there was a big sense of relief among the residents.” Homeowners saw that the replacemenrt builders would conform the homes to what had alreadyg been built and were keeping to the standards of the community, Peass says. “The new homes certainly blends in,” he says. Home saled have been steady at Riverwalk. The Multiple Listing Services shows47 homes, new and have sold in the communityu in the past year. The average sales price of those homes, at $222,000, was 7 percent loweer than the average listof $239,900. About 21 new homes have sold in the past year at a medianh priceof $232,000, down from a list pric e of $254,900.
Resident Heather Thompson pushed a baby stroller througgRiverwalk recently. She livee in a house built by Celebratio Homes, but wasn’t too concerned about the bankruptcytof Corinthian’s subsidiary. “I knew that somebodh would come in andfinish them,” she says of the lots and half-dons homes that dotted the neighborhood after the large builde r went bankrupt. Her home now backs up to a completeed home, not an unfinished one. The main impact of the bankruptcyt was on recentPrestige buyers, who she surmisesa lost their home warranties when the buildee went under.
“This has come a long way in the past Thompson says, pointing to finished homed that used to be two-by-fours and concrete. Matt Kuyper says he and his wife, Maggie, watchesd as the banks came in quicklh and added roofs to the homez they now owned in the Parkview section of Riverwalk to protecgttheir investments. The couplre was just glad to seethe progress, Kuyper says. Norfoll Homes finished the home across the street from the Kuypers and has it forsale now. Mitchell has been working with , which took back a portion of land in foreclosurd near the entrance of Riverwalk wherre Corinthian had intended tobuild townhomes.
He says the bank stilpl is trying to sell the propertg to a developer and that he would like tosee single-famil y homes built there. Mitchell says he loves the community and recentlhy moved from one home in Riverwall to a larger one there to accommodate hisgrowing “Everyone for the most part lovezs Riverwalk,” he says. “We have cookouts in the cul-de-sacs.”
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
MathStar receives tender offer - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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The offer represents a 6.48 percent premium over Friday’sd closing price. Shares were up 6 percengt in early afternoon tradingto $1.14, suggestingg that some investors think a deal will If successful, Tiberius could pursue several including liquidation, according to a news The company would also considert restarting the business, mergint it with a competitor, repurchasing shares and sellinhg some of the company’s technology. Hillsboro, Ore.-based MathStae (Pink Sheets: MATH) has been the subjectr of intense speculation inrecen weeks. The company shut down operations ayear ago. Since then, the companyg has faced increasing pressure from shareholderto liquidate.
Dallas-based investor Joe Gensofr said the fabless semiconductor company has accepted his request to hold a vote on but has yet to call a As ofMarch 31, the company had littld outstanding debt, $14 million in cash, a net operatintg loss of $48 million, and one full-timse employee — CEO and Chairman Doug The company's cash balance represents $1.1y6 per share, according to Salvatore Muoio, an investment fund managerd in New York who owns 7.35 percentt of the company’s outstanding shares. Burnsville, Minn.-basedc ., a maker of building performance has made three attempts to purchase the Itslatest offer, in May, was for $1.
04 per MathStar, in a May 18 filinbg with the Securities and Exchange Commission, rejectexd the third offer from PureChoice, saying it was less than MathStar’d liquidation value. MathStar was founded in Minnesota and was once a developer of a promising programmable semiconductor technology that drew interesytfrom high-profile customers such as LG Electronics USA and Arro Electronics Inc. Chicago-based Tiberius Capital described itseld in a press release asa “value-opportunity fund.” If it would spend the remainde r of 2009 deciding which course of action to take with The offer expires one minute afterf midnight, New York City time, on June 30.
The offer represents a 6.48 percent premium over Friday’sd closing price. Shares were up 6 percengt in early afternoon tradingto $1.14, suggestingg that some investors think a deal will If successful, Tiberius could pursue several including liquidation, according to a news The company would also considert restarting the business, mergint it with a competitor, repurchasing shares and sellinhg some of the company’s technology. Hillsboro, Ore.-based MathStae (Pink Sheets: MATH) has been the subjectr of intense speculation inrecen weeks. The company shut down operations ayear ago. Since then, the companyg has faced increasing pressure from shareholderto liquidate.
Dallas-based investor Joe Gensofr said the fabless semiconductor company has accepted his request to hold a vote on but has yet to call a As ofMarch 31, the company had littld outstanding debt, $14 million in cash, a net operatintg loss of $48 million, and one full-timse employee — CEO and Chairman Doug The company's cash balance represents $1.1y6 per share, according to Salvatore Muoio, an investment fund managerd in New York who owns 7.35 percentt of the company’s outstanding shares. Burnsville, Minn.-basedc ., a maker of building performance has made three attempts to purchase the Itslatest offer, in May, was for $1.
04 per MathStar, in a May 18 filinbg with the Securities and Exchange Commission, rejectexd the third offer from PureChoice, saying it was less than MathStar’d liquidation value. MathStar was founded in Minnesota and was once a developer of a promising programmable semiconductor technology that drew interesytfrom high-profile customers such as LG Electronics USA and Arro Electronics Inc. Chicago-based Tiberius Capital described itseld in a press release asa “value-opportunity fund.” If it would spend the remainde r of 2009 deciding which course of action to take with The offer expires one minute afterf midnight, New York City time, on June 30.
Monday, April 18, 2011
MORPC IDs Central Ohio stimulus projects - Business First of Columbus:
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The projects were placed in three categories: Infrastructur in need of fixing, projects that include multiple transportation modes and thosee thataddress long-term transit needs in the region, MORPC said in a mediaq release. The association of more then 40 locapgovernments – which advocatesa for, plans and funds economic developmentg and infrastructure improvement initiatives will disburse the funds. • $6 million for the resurfacintg of roads maintained by local governmentsin Franklin, Fairfield and Licking counties. • $2.7 million for the wideninyg of Alkire Road between Creekside Drivw and Harrisburg Pike insouthwest •$1.
6 million for road resurfacinb in unincorporated areas of Franklin County. $2.4 million for road resurfacingin Columbus. $1.5 million to repair a bridge over Littlwe Walnut Creek just north of the Hoover Reservoir inDelaware County. • $2.5 milliomn for road reconstruction and other improvements on Yearlin g Road between Broad Street and Mayflower Boulevardin • $960,000 to replace the deck of a bridger on Central College Road in Franklinm County. • $420,000 to connect a bicyclew and pedestrian path from the Hilltop communitg to theScioto Trail. • $2.1 milliom to construct a 2.2 mile bike and pedestrian path betweej Sunbury Road andInnis • $1.
1 million to improve curbs and traffic signals throughout Bexley to improvee accessibility for those with disabilities. $625,000 to extend the Scioto Trail from its terminuxs at the RiversEdge Corporate Center toFifth • $425,000 to construct a trail systemj around Civic Park in • $533,101 to improver handicap accessibility along South High Street between Williamw and Obetz roads. • $900,000 to fund a three-year MORPC initiative to help area governments definesustainability plans. $2.7 million to improve rampw at Interstate 270 and StateRoute 317.
$350,000 to MORPC to fund planning activities forone • $200,000 to MORPC to fund a studgy of freight trends in Centrapl Ohio. • $1 million to MORPC for the collection of data necessary to updateCentral Ohio’s regional travel demanf models. The announcement opens up a commengt period on the proposed list that will run throughnMarch 20, after which MORPC will finalizs a list of the projectws that will receive funding. The $28 milliomn allocation distributed by MORPC representzs only a portion ofthe $1.3 billion in transportation related funding allocatedd to Ohio via the federal $16.2 million of which is allocatedc to the for its capital projects.
The projects were placed in three categories: Infrastructur in need of fixing, projects that include multiple transportation modes and thosee thataddress long-term transit needs in the region, MORPC said in a mediaq release. The association of more then 40 locapgovernments – which advocatesa for, plans and funds economic developmentg and infrastructure improvement initiatives will disburse the funds. • $6 million for the resurfacintg of roads maintained by local governmentsin Franklin, Fairfield and Licking counties. • $2.7 million for the wideninyg of Alkire Road between Creekside Drivw and Harrisburg Pike insouthwest •$1.
6 million for road resurfacinb in unincorporated areas of Franklin County. $2.4 million for road resurfacingin Columbus. $1.5 million to repair a bridge over Littlwe Walnut Creek just north of the Hoover Reservoir inDelaware County. • $2.5 milliomn for road reconstruction and other improvements on Yearlin g Road between Broad Street and Mayflower Boulevardin • $960,000 to replace the deck of a bridger on Central College Road in Franklinm County. • $420,000 to connect a bicyclew and pedestrian path from the Hilltop communitg to theScioto Trail. • $2.1 milliom to construct a 2.2 mile bike and pedestrian path betweej Sunbury Road andInnis • $1.
1 million to improve curbs and traffic signals throughout Bexley to improvee accessibility for those with disabilities. $625,000 to extend the Scioto Trail from its terminuxs at the RiversEdge Corporate Center toFifth • $425,000 to construct a trail systemj around Civic Park in • $533,101 to improver handicap accessibility along South High Street between Williamw and Obetz roads. • $900,000 to fund a three-year MORPC initiative to help area governments definesustainability plans. $2.7 million to improve rampw at Interstate 270 and StateRoute 317.
$350,000 to MORPC to fund planning activities forone • $200,000 to MORPC to fund a studgy of freight trends in Centrapl Ohio. • $1 million to MORPC for the collection of data necessary to updateCentral Ohio’s regional travel demanf models. The announcement opens up a commengt period on the proposed list that will run throughnMarch 20, after which MORPC will finalizs a list of the projectws that will receive funding. The $28 milliomn allocation distributed by MORPC representzs only a portion ofthe $1.3 billion in transportation related funding allocatedd to Ohio via the federal $16.2 million of which is allocatedc to the for its capital projects.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Lind's homer overturned on replay - MLB.com
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Lind's homer overturned on replay MLB.com The overturned home run came on a 1-1 pitch, and Lind grounded out a pitch later. The Jays did not score in the inning. It was the ninth time a play at Fenway Park had come under video review -- the first since July 3, 2010, against Baltimore. ... |
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Dick Hrabko adds managers at Lambert Airport in move to improve operations - St. Louis Business Journal:
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The latest hire at Lambert is Cornell Mays, who joinef the airport early this month as deputy directot of planningand development. An architecg by training, he formerly was an executived at SDGDesign Inc. in Prior to that, he was deputy directort of administration and airport affairs at Detroi Metropolitan WayneCounty Airport. The other new executives are Susan Kopinski, deputyu director of finance and administration, who was hired in and Kathleen Verret, manager in charge of the airport's properties who was hired latelast year.
Jeff Lea, spokesman for Lambert, said bringin g in new executives is part ofa long-term plan that Dick Hrabkoi has been implementing sinces he was named airport director in April 2007. Lea said the plan was developedr from a staffing study the airport undertookin 2006. "Thisa has been one of the director'sd main objectives," Lea said. "It puts Lambert in line with othert airports of our size in terms of staffing andmanagement responsibility." The new hires come as Lambertr is seeing increased business. In Lambert passenger volume increased 1.5 percent, the thirdd straight year of passenger The airportserved 15.3 million passengers.
In his new Mays will report directlyto Hrabko. He will oversew the airport's strategic planning and capital improvement and safety and environmental He also will be responsible for the selection of consultants and contractors hired to undertake design andconstruction projects. Lea said the work Mays will be doin g was previously handled separatelyt by the heads ofthree departments. Kopinski previously was chief financial officer forthe two-airport Cleveland Airport Prior to that, she was directotr of airport finance at Detroit Metropolitan Waynde County Airport, where Mays once In her new job, she serves as Lambert'e CFO, responsible for a $159 milliob operating budget and a $153 million capital improvemen t program.
Verret, a lawyer by training, previously was regional directore of operations for Avis BudgetGroup Inc.'e operation in Chicago. She will oversee the administrationof Lambert's properties and contracts, which generatew annual revenue of more than $165
The latest hire at Lambert is Cornell Mays, who joinef the airport early this month as deputy directot of planningand development. An architecg by training, he formerly was an executived at SDGDesign Inc. in Prior to that, he was deputy directort of administration and airport affairs at Detroi Metropolitan WayneCounty Airport. The other new executives are Susan Kopinski, deputyu director of finance and administration, who was hired in and Kathleen Verret, manager in charge of the airport's properties who was hired latelast year.
Jeff Lea, spokesman for Lambert, said bringin g in new executives is part ofa long-term plan that Dick Hrabkoi has been implementing sinces he was named airport director in April 2007. Lea said the plan was developedr from a staffing study the airport undertookin 2006. "Thisa has been one of the director'sd main objectives," Lea said. "It puts Lambert in line with othert airports of our size in terms of staffing andmanagement responsibility." The new hires come as Lambertr is seeing increased business. In Lambert passenger volume increased 1.5 percent, the thirdd straight year of passenger The airportserved 15.3 million passengers.
In his new Mays will report directlyto Hrabko. He will oversew the airport's strategic planning and capital improvement and safety and environmental He also will be responsible for the selection of consultants and contractors hired to undertake design andconstruction projects. Lea said the work Mays will be doin g was previously handled separatelyt by the heads ofthree departments. Kopinski previously was chief financial officer forthe two-airport Cleveland Airport Prior to that, she was directotr of airport finance at Detroit Metropolitan Waynde County Airport, where Mays once In her new job, she serves as Lambert'e CFO, responsible for a $159 milliob operating budget and a $153 million capital improvemen t program.
Verret, a lawyer by training, previously was regional directore of operations for Avis BudgetGroup Inc.'e operation in Chicago. She will oversee the administrationof Lambert's properties and contracts, which generatew annual revenue of more than $165
Monday, April 11, 2011
GM files for bankruptcy, plans to transfer operations to Wentzville - Portland Business Journal:
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Some operations and equipment from a steel stamping plant inGranr Rapids, Mich., which is slated to close as part of the automaker's restructuring, will be transferrex to Wentzville, according to Bob Wheeler, a spokesman for the Wentzville It's not yet known how many, if any, Michigahn employees will opt to transfed to Wentzville, he GM officials called Wentzville Mayor Paul Lambio at 9 a.m. Mondayh to assure him the local plant wouldremain "It's good that they are shipping in work for this Lambi said. "That's a positive that corporate thinkds this plant willbe around.
" Still, Lambk said, rival automaker Chrysler plans to shutter its Fenton factore after investing $130 million in so it was important for Wentzvilles to not rely on GM so much and diversifyh its revenue stream. When Lambi took office seven years ago, Wentzville counted on GM for about 55 to 60 percengt of itstotal revenue. that's more like 15 percent of the city'sa $24 million general fund, becausre GM pays the city about $3 milliojn a year in real estate taxes, property taxexs and other fees, he said.
GM on Monday by the end of but the Wentzville plant was sparedbecause it’se the only plant where Chevrolet Exprese and GMC Savana vans are The Wentzville plant will still undergop a previously announced and other production cuts in June and July that will resulrt in the layoffs of 300 workers. Monday’s Chaptef 11 filing by the 101-year-old automaker is among the largesttin U.S. history and largest-ever U.S. manufacturing bankruptcy. GM listed $173 billion in liabilities and $82 billion in assets, according to the filedf in New York. GM to St.
largest privately held company, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, and to Chapter 11, whicbh allows the company to operate while protected fromits creditors, pushes GM into a fast-tracik bankruptcy and provides $30 billion of additional taxpayetr funds to restructure. The GM plan as detailexd by U.S. officials would allow a much smaller GM to emerge from courtf protection within 60 to 90 The automaker has not provided an updated target for job cuts but was lookingf toeliminate 21,000 U.S. factorty jobs from the 54,0009 union members it now General Motorsemploys 92,000 in the United Statesz and is indirectly responsible for 500,000 retirees. The U.S.
government would hold a 60 percent financial interesrt in areorganized GM, and the UAW woulf take a 17.5 percent stake. The governmentes of Canada and the provincee of Ontario have agreed to a 12 percentr ownership stake in exchange forfinanciaol aid. GM bondholders would get 10 percent. "It’s a bittersweeyt thing," Wheeler said. "You hate to have to go through the processx of closing plants andeliminatinv jobs, but look around, that’s what's goin on with a lot of industries. Hopefully we can hire people in the future and be the vibrant companyt weonce were.
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Some operations and equipment from a steel stamping plant inGranr Rapids, Mich., which is slated to close as part of the automaker's restructuring, will be transferrex to Wentzville, according to Bob Wheeler, a spokesman for the Wentzville It's not yet known how many, if any, Michigahn employees will opt to transfed to Wentzville, he GM officials called Wentzville Mayor Paul Lambio at 9 a.m. Mondayh to assure him the local plant wouldremain "It's good that they are shipping in work for this Lambi said. "That's a positive that corporate thinkds this plant willbe around.
" Still, Lambk said, rival automaker Chrysler plans to shutter its Fenton factore after investing $130 million in so it was important for Wentzvilles to not rely on GM so much and diversifyh its revenue stream. When Lambi took office seven years ago, Wentzville counted on GM for about 55 to 60 percengt of itstotal revenue. that's more like 15 percent of the city'sa $24 million general fund, becausre GM pays the city about $3 milliojn a year in real estate taxes, property taxexs and other fees, he said.
GM on Monday by the end of but the Wentzville plant was sparedbecause it’se the only plant where Chevrolet Exprese and GMC Savana vans are The Wentzville plant will still undergop a previously announced and other production cuts in June and July that will resulrt in the layoffs of 300 workers. Monday’s Chaptef 11 filing by the 101-year-old automaker is among the largesttin U.S. history and largest-ever U.S. manufacturing bankruptcy. GM listed $173 billion in liabilities and $82 billion in assets, according to the filedf in New York. GM to St.
largest privately held company, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, and to Chapter 11, whicbh allows the company to operate while protected fromits creditors, pushes GM into a fast-tracik bankruptcy and provides $30 billion of additional taxpayetr funds to restructure. The GM plan as detailexd by U.S. officials would allow a much smaller GM to emerge from courtf protection within 60 to 90 The automaker has not provided an updated target for job cuts but was lookingf toeliminate 21,000 U.S. factorty jobs from the 54,0009 union members it now General Motorsemploys 92,000 in the United Statesz and is indirectly responsible for 500,000 retirees. The U.S.
government would hold a 60 percent financial interesrt in areorganized GM, and the UAW woulf take a 17.5 percent stake. The governmentes of Canada and the provincee of Ontario have agreed to a 12 percentr ownership stake in exchange forfinanciaol aid. GM bondholders would get 10 percent. "It’s a bittersweeyt thing," Wheeler said. "You hate to have to go through the processx of closing plants andeliminatinv jobs, but look around, that’s what's goin on with a lot of industries. Hopefully we can hire people in the future and be the vibrant companyt weonce were.
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Saturday, April 9, 2011
Among some of the venues her work has been shown are_ - Absolutearts.com
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Among some of the venues her work has been shown are_ Absolutearts.com Art in the Atrium Gallery; Arts Guild; AT&T & Lucent Corp; Barron Art Center; Bejing, China; Milltown's Borough Hall Gallery; Bouras Galleries; Brook, Chatham and Wellmont Theatres; Children's Specialized Hospital; Colgate-Palmolive Co.; ... |
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Workers at two MillerCoors plants ratify new deals - South Florida Business Journal:
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and Fort Worth, Texas, have ratifieed new, three-year contracts. The agreementes cover more than 900 employees at the two breweries and provids wage and pension increases over the course ofthe “Our members overwhelmingly ratified these contracts at MillerCoors because they providee stability for their families,” said Jack director of the Teamsters Brewert and Soft Drink Workers Conference, whichu represents workers at the breweries.
“For the next threew years, our members at MillerCoorsx know that their wages and pension benefits will which is saying a lotin today’s The contracts call for no health care cost increasess for workers in the first year of the contractr and only minor increases for the second and third according to the union. The new deal also guaranteesd that employees who have retired or who will retirer during the course ofthe three-year contracts won’ be required to pay healthj care premiums.
“We value all generations of our so we made sure that there were improvement s for both active members at MillerCoors and the retirees who had pavede the way before with their long yearxsof service,” Cipriani said. The Teamstersd union represents 1,200 MillerCoor workers nationwide. The union also representss workers at the MillerCoors breweryin Calif. Negotiations for a new contract coveringh employees at the plant areundedr way. MillerCoors is a jointy venture between MillerBrewing Co., Milwaukee, and Coord Brewing Co., Golden, Colo., that launcheds in July 2008. MillerCoors operatez a major brewery and regional officeon Milwaukee’s west side.
Workers at the Milwauker brewery are represented by Brewerg Workers Local 9 of the United AutoWorkerzs union.
and Fort Worth, Texas, have ratifieed new, three-year contracts. The agreementes cover more than 900 employees at the two breweries and provids wage and pension increases over the course ofthe “Our members overwhelmingly ratified these contracts at MillerCoors because they providee stability for their families,” said Jack director of the Teamsters Brewert and Soft Drink Workers Conference, whichu represents workers at the breweries.
“For the next threew years, our members at MillerCoorsx know that their wages and pension benefits will which is saying a lotin today’s The contracts call for no health care cost increasess for workers in the first year of the contractr and only minor increases for the second and third according to the union. The new deal also guaranteesd that employees who have retired or who will retirer during the course ofthe three-year contracts won’ be required to pay healthj care premiums.
“We value all generations of our so we made sure that there were improvement s for both active members at MillerCoors and the retirees who had pavede the way before with their long yearxsof service,” Cipriani said. The Teamstersd union represents 1,200 MillerCoor workers nationwide. The union also representss workers at the MillerCoors breweryin Calif. Negotiations for a new contract coveringh employees at the plant areundedr way. MillerCoors is a jointy venture between MillerBrewing Co., Milwaukee, and Coord Brewing Co., Golden, Colo., that launcheds in July 2008. MillerCoors operatez a major brewery and regional officeon Milwaukee’s west side.
Workers at the Milwauker brewery are represented by Brewerg Workers Local 9 of the United AutoWorkerzs union.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
UTSA doctoral accounting students eligible for new scholarship - Business First of Buffalo:
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UTSA accounting doctoral students are now eligible to applty for the Accounting Doctoralk Scholarsfellowship program. The UTSA College of Business is one of only 40 academicv programs nationwide to participate in the Accountinb DoctoralScholars program. Each year, the institutr will select 30 candidates nationwidew to receivea four-yea $30,000 stipend. The aim of the Accountinb Doctoral Scholars program is to increasde the number of doctoral accounting graduatesin America.
There is a criticakl shortage of accounting doctoral faculty teaching auditing and tax according to UTSA and the The goal is to increase the numbed of people with doctoral degrees in The plan is to encourage these individualss to then join the businesw faculty at schools throughouty the country so that they can teach undergraduate The institute founded the Accountingb Doctoral Scholars programin 2008. The program is funded by accounting firms. Candidates should have experiencew in audit or tax in a publicaccounting firm, be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident and be working toward a careef as an accountingfaculty member.
Applications will be accepte d for the Fall 2010 classthrough Oct. 1. UTSA’s Collegew of Business is one of the 40th largest busineszs schools in the nation with morethan 5,800 Web site: www.adsphd.org
UTSA accounting doctoral students are now eligible to applty for the Accounting Doctoralk Scholarsfellowship program. The UTSA College of Business is one of only 40 academicv programs nationwide to participate in the Accountinb DoctoralScholars program. Each year, the institutr will select 30 candidates nationwidew to receivea four-yea $30,000 stipend. The aim of the Accountinb Doctoral Scholars program is to increasde the number of doctoral accounting graduatesin America.
There is a criticakl shortage of accounting doctoral faculty teaching auditing and tax according to UTSA and the The goal is to increase the numbed of people with doctoral degrees in The plan is to encourage these individualss to then join the businesw faculty at schools throughouty the country so that they can teach undergraduate The institute founded the Accountingb Doctoral Scholars programin 2008. The program is funded by accounting firms. Candidates should have experiencew in audit or tax in a publicaccounting firm, be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident and be working toward a careef as an accountingfaculty member.
Applications will be accepte d for the Fall 2010 classthrough Oct. 1. UTSA’s Collegew of Business is one of the 40th largest busineszs schools in the nation with morethan 5,800 Web site: www.adsphd.org
Monday, April 4, 2011
Behringer building wins LEED gold status - Austin Business Journal:
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recently received the 's Leadership in Energ and Environmental Design gold certification for anexistin building. The LEED Green Buildingy Rating System, which establishedf the criteria for judging greenbuildinhg designs, operations and construction, gave the 35-year-old building in North Carolina the award for its operationakl and maintenance best practices and greejn design features. Bank of Americw Plaza, which is part of the Behringe Harvard REITI Inc. is the first Behringer Harvard asse to achieve thegold rating. The commercia l real estate companyinvested $70,000 in portfolio equipment upgrades and employee practice in the property.
Dallas-based Behringer Harvard projects the improvements willyield $200,000 in annual savingx and will pay for themselves in about four months. Bank of Americsa Plaza's sustainability programs included energy audits that have loweredthe property'z operating expenses, plumbing retrofits that save 1.5 million gallons of watee each year and green cleanintg and recycling programs. Behringedr Harvards' Houston property Westway One previously earnecd LEED Silver Core andShelkl Certification, and 28 of the properties ownef by the company's investment programa were awarded the Energy Star labep for their energy management strategies.
recently received the 's Leadership in Energ and Environmental Design gold certification for anexistin building. The LEED Green Buildingy Rating System, which establishedf the criteria for judging greenbuildinhg designs, operations and construction, gave the 35-year-old building in North Carolina the award for its operationakl and maintenance best practices and greejn design features. Bank of Americw Plaza, which is part of the Behringe Harvard REITI Inc. is the first Behringer Harvard asse to achieve thegold rating. The commercia l real estate companyinvested $70,000 in portfolio equipment upgrades and employee practice in the property.
Dallas-based Behringer Harvard projects the improvements willyield $200,000 in annual savingx and will pay for themselves in about four months. Bank of Americsa Plaza's sustainability programs included energy audits that have loweredthe property'z operating expenses, plumbing retrofits that save 1.5 million gallons of watee each year and green cleanintg and recycling programs. Behringedr Harvards' Houston property Westway One previously earnecd LEED Silver Core andShelkl Certification, and 28 of the properties ownef by the company's investment programa were awarded the Energy Star labep for their energy management strategies.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Work force training funds will rise along with demand - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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This year, local WIBs will see federal support doublse or more for programzs because of extra fundingf from the American Recoveryg andReinvestment Act, but it’s not without additional challenges, locapl WIB directors said. The Philadelphisa Workforce Investment Board has seen a 30 percent to 40 percen uptick in traffic caused by theeconomiv downturn, which is similarly increasing demand for servicexs at other centers. Rising unemployment is pushing individualsthat haven’t traditionally sought out their services to their said Patrick Bokovitz, director of the Chestetr WIB.
WIBs are also seeint many of the occupations they have focused resources on becausde of a disproportion between supply anddemandf (such as health care, advancw manufacturing and information technology) comin back into equilibrium and dryinhg up opportunities, Francis J. Carey, executive directoe of the Delaware County WorkforceInvestment said. “An example is the numbed of registered nurses, which were in demand but now, because of different reimbursement and financial conditions faced bythe health-care system, that demand is leveling out so you are actuallyt seeing nurses being laid off,” Carey For WIBs such as which will receive an additional $1.
3 million; which will receive an additional $2.6 and Philadelphia, set to get an additionapl $14.1 million, the challenge is how to best use the infludx of federal stimulus “The question to consider is how do we handlde that increase knowing that it is not an increasee we can expect ongoing, with that understandinbg how do we best utilize those funds short term to help the most Bokovitz said of the stimulus funds that will be made availablde over a two-year period.
Chester will receive an additionalk $546,708 to assist dislocated workers, an additional $179,590 for disadvantaged adultsa and anadditional $546,708 for disadvantaged “We’ve done some surveys of employera over the last two months to gauge where the jobs are, where the trainings are and certainly we are taking step s to make sure when funds do come down we can utilizse those as quickly and appropriately as possible,” Bokovita said. Carey also plans to be prudenty about where Delaware County puts the fundsto use.
“You don’g want to be trainintg people for jobs when there are already people that have thosse credentials and jobs because then all you are doing is exacerbatinvg the excess in the labor Carey said. The Bucks County Workforce Investment Board willget $1.8 million in ARRA A large chunk of the ARRA funding WIBs receivr will be for summer youth-work programs, said Sallie Glickman, CEO of the Philadelphia Workforce Investmenyt Board, which is receiving an additional $7.4 millionb for disadvantaged youth, $3.2 millio more for disadvantaged adults and an increase of $3.5 millioh for dislocated workers.
“What was a driver probablyh is that when youthearn money, they spend Glickman said. “Also for a householf in distress, youth income is very Numerous competitive grants will also be made available under the federaplstimulus package, which state laboer agencies, higher education institutions, industry associations and multiple firmxs in an industry or sector can compete to “Gov.
[Ed] Rendell has told all of his cabinef secretaries that he wants to be very aggressiv in helping state agencies and also locall government and local community organizationws in applying for everyg grant possible so we can get the maximum amounfof money,” said Barry Ciccocioppo, press secretary for the Pennsylvaniaz Department of Labor & The Sustainable Business Networkj of Greater Philadelphia hopes to positio n the city to get a share of the $500 millionj for green-collar job training includefd in the recovery package.
“Thed jobs that are being createdr through the stimulus dollars have to be prevailing wage jobs and that virtually guarantees that jobs created with stimulusa dollars have to be good paying SBN Executive DirectorLeanne Krueger-Braneky said. Krueger-Braneky believes Philadelphia, which was host in Februaryh to the first meetinhg of Vice President Joe Biden and the Middle Class Task Force to discussgreem jobs, may have an edge. “I believde they were in Philadelphia because they recognizeMayorr [Michael] Nutter’s leadership, and this is a priorituy for him,” Krueger-Braneky said.
This year, local WIBs will see federal support doublse or more for programzs because of extra fundingf from the American Recoveryg andReinvestment Act, but it’s not without additional challenges, locapl WIB directors said. The Philadelphisa Workforce Investment Board has seen a 30 percent to 40 percen uptick in traffic caused by theeconomiv downturn, which is similarly increasing demand for servicexs at other centers. Rising unemployment is pushing individualsthat haven’t traditionally sought out their services to their said Patrick Bokovitz, director of the Chestetr WIB.
WIBs are also seeint many of the occupations they have focused resources on becausde of a disproportion between supply anddemandf (such as health care, advancw manufacturing and information technology) comin back into equilibrium and dryinhg up opportunities, Francis J. Carey, executive directoe of the Delaware County WorkforceInvestment said. “An example is the numbed of registered nurses, which were in demand but now, because of different reimbursement and financial conditions faced bythe health-care system, that demand is leveling out so you are actuallyt seeing nurses being laid off,” Carey For WIBs such as which will receive an additional $1.
3 million; which will receive an additional $2.6 and Philadelphia, set to get an additionapl $14.1 million, the challenge is how to best use the infludx of federal stimulus “The question to consider is how do we handlde that increase knowing that it is not an increasee we can expect ongoing, with that understandinbg how do we best utilize those funds short term to help the most Bokovitz said of the stimulus funds that will be made availablde over a two-year period.
Chester will receive an additionalk $546,708 to assist dislocated workers, an additional $179,590 for disadvantaged adultsa and anadditional $546,708 for disadvantaged “We’ve done some surveys of employera over the last two months to gauge where the jobs are, where the trainings are and certainly we are taking step s to make sure when funds do come down we can utilizse those as quickly and appropriately as possible,” Bokovita said. Carey also plans to be prudenty about where Delaware County puts the fundsto use.
“You don’g want to be trainintg people for jobs when there are already people that have thosse credentials and jobs because then all you are doing is exacerbatinvg the excess in the labor Carey said. The Bucks County Workforce Investment Board willget $1.8 million in ARRA A large chunk of the ARRA funding WIBs receivr will be for summer youth-work programs, said Sallie Glickman, CEO of the Philadelphia Workforce Investmenyt Board, which is receiving an additional $7.4 millionb for disadvantaged youth, $3.2 millio more for disadvantaged adults and an increase of $3.5 millioh for dislocated workers.
“What was a driver probablyh is that when youthearn money, they spend Glickman said. “Also for a householf in distress, youth income is very Numerous competitive grants will also be made available under the federaplstimulus package, which state laboer agencies, higher education institutions, industry associations and multiple firmxs in an industry or sector can compete to “Gov.
[Ed] Rendell has told all of his cabinef secretaries that he wants to be very aggressiv in helping state agencies and also locall government and local community organizationws in applying for everyg grant possible so we can get the maximum amounfof money,” said Barry Ciccocioppo, press secretary for the Pennsylvaniaz Department of Labor & The Sustainable Business Networkj of Greater Philadelphia hopes to positio n the city to get a share of the $500 millionj for green-collar job training includefd in the recovery package.
“Thed jobs that are being createdr through the stimulus dollars have to be prevailing wage jobs and that virtually guarantees that jobs created with stimulusa dollars have to be good paying SBN Executive DirectorLeanne Krueger-Braneky said. Krueger-Braneky believes Philadelphia, which was host in Februaryh to the first meetinhg of Vice President Joe Biden and the Middle Class Task Force to discussgreem jobs, may have an edge. “I believde they were in Philadelphia because they recognizeMayorr [Michael] Nutter’s leadership, and this is a priorituy for him,” Krueger-Braneky said.
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