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How To - Portland Business Journal:

2012-02-02T06:51:00.001-08:00

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Many are looking for alternatives to bank Experts say finding the correctg alternative to a bank loanis It’s important to find the right alternative and overcomse negative perceptions about non-bank financing. “A lot of borrowerds thought there was a stigmq attachedto [alternative lenders],” said Marilyn chairwoman of the in Washington, D.C. “Ity was kind of like you were sayinfyou weren’t good enough for a bank.
” One populart option is factoring, which is when a business sells its accountd receivable at a discount to a third which collects and keeps the Factoring differs from bank lendinv in that the emphasis is placeed on the value of the receivables and not the credit worthiness. It is also not a loan but simplu the purchase of afinancial asset. Factors make funds availabl e to a business that might not be able to get a bank But experts say factoring can be more expensive thanbank lending, as factors take a fee and pay a discounf for the receivables. Another option is cash flow lending, where a lender determines loan eligibility based on a reviews of bank and creditcard statements.
Landids cited New York’s On Deck Capital as one organizationh that handles this sortof lending. Therew are also boutique banks that make loansa to certain typesof businesses. One in Kansas lendd only to funeral homes, for “The bankers are experts in that industry and best able todetermins risk,” Landis said. High-net-worth individuals also might be willing to investt in small businesses as equitgy partners orangel investors.
If they believe they can get a bettert return by investing in a private company than in the stoc k market they will advancee the owner money for operating expenseas in exchange for repaymentwith interest, or in some casees an ownership stake in the business. this route isn’t appropriate for every Harris Smith, chairman of the Palatine, Ill.-basefd and a partner at accountingfirm , said angep investors might see a good opportunit y in certain businesses but are generally not a greatr alternative because wealthy individuals will not usually participats in such activity unless they get a high interestf rate.
As difficult as it can be gettinbg connected to the rightalternative lenders, Landisd and Smith said business owners still need to be aggressiv e in their due diligence. Landis recommended that would-bs borrowers start with their trade association and ask where they gettheidr financing. Find out who sponsors their because typically those are the same groups interestedx inyour industry. And she said to talk to peerss nationwide. Smith also suggested that businese owners ask their bankers for help locating alternativd sourcesof funding.
Once you’ve identified potential prospects, vet them with the Better Business Bureau and dig into theirdtrack record, including contacting previous customers. Ask the lender if it intendsa to fund loans directly orif it’s a broker. If it is actinbg as a broker, obtain the name of the ultimate lender to identifu the actual source ofthe funds. Landi s said to watch if they want high, up frontg fees. If you get ask why.
“It might be that you are askingv for a loanthat isn’t doable and you can restructure the projecrt to make it more suitable,” Landis

Theatre Alliance issues upbeat report - Business First of Buffalo:

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The alliance, which represents 19 theaters ranging from tothe , says that 426,640o people attended at leastt one show this past season. Collectively, the alliancde theaters hosted 1,340 performances while employingf 1,214 people on a full- and part-time basis and were aided by an armyof 3,343 The complete alliance report will be released Monday afternoon at , where it will also be announcee that the donated $10,000 to the “We recognize the importance culturap activities have within the Western New York community and the role that TAB playds in promoting such activities,” said Larrh Quinn, Buffalo Sabres managing partnerf and minority owner.
Several of the theaters, especially the smallef venues, reported either record or stronger-than-anticipateed numbers. , for instance, shattered its own box office recordd when itpresented “Bada Bing ! Bada Boom!” this winter. Road Less Travelefd Productions reported a doublinf of itssubscription sales. Shea’s had 11,009 season-ticket a new mark for the downtownnBuffalo theater. Anthony Conte, Shea’s president and chief executiv officer, said he expects to top that figurwe inthe 2009-2010 season.
“The live theater industry in Buffalo shouldn’t be considerecd a stealth industry, but it is,” Conte “Nobody ever thinks of it from a business Contesaid Shea’s has an estimated economic impact of $80 million, the bulk of which is felt in downtown Buffalo throughj restaurant bookings and hotek reservations. That puts Shea’s just behind the Buffalo Sabresz in termsof entertainment-based downtown economidc impact. “That speaks volumes,” Conte said. “This is a segmentr of the economy that clearlyy carries itsown weight.
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2012-01-28T22:51:00.001-08:00

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Relaxation. Romance. Pampering. Plan a spa getaway to Delafield, Wisconsin - PR Web (press release)

2012-01-26T18:34:00.001-08:00

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Kentucky gaming bill a long shot - Business First of Columbus:

2012-01-24T14:00:00.001-08:00

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“We’re a long shot,” Vincwe Gabbert told about three dozen guests atthe ’e monthly government forum luncheon in Covington. Gabbert urge d those business leaders to contact their state senators to push for the bill to be voted out of the Senat Appropriations andRevenue Committee. “We feel like we have the votes on theSenate floor,” he said. “Ivf it gets to the floor it Kentucky’s House on Friday passe the legislation that wouldpermit video-lottery terminalxs at Kentucky horse tracks, including in Florence.
Supporters say the measure is neededs to prevent the demiseof Kentucky’sa horse racing industry, which is strugglingt because casino revenue is allowing tracks in Pennsylvania, Indianza and West Virginia to increas purses and attract better Gabbert said Friday’s announcemenrt that Ohio Gov. Ted Stricklandc now supports a video-slots proposal for Ohio racetrackzs improves the chances of the VLT billin Kentucky. Gabbertg said Ohio’s passage of video gambling would “quicken the demise of Turfway ...
Decembedr might be the last time you havehorses there,” he At a Frankfort press conference, Turfway Park President Bob Ellistonj confirmed Gabbert’s dire assessment. He said Turfway coulr close by 2010 if Ohio passes gaming legislatioj and Kentuckydoes not.

First Financial Bancshares takes $3.76M in TARP - Kansas City Business Journal:

2012-01-22T10:17:00.001-08:00

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The Topeka-based bank holding compan y ownsand . Overall, the holdinv company’s banks had about $103.5 million in assets as of Marchb 31. First Financial acquired Great American Bank onJuly 31, 2008. It has one brancj in De Soto. In Januarg 2006, First Financial acquirex Lawrence Bank, which has two locations in The banks were both considered well capitalizerdby regulators, according to first-quarter numbers, thoughn their problem loans were rising compared with the fourth “First Financial Bancshares Inc. believes that additional capital will allow for plannec growth and increased lending opportunities intheir markets,” the companhy said in a release.
Other area banks that have acceptes TARPmoney include: , parent of Trust; , parent of ; , parent of ; , parent of ; , paren of ; (OTCBB: BVBC), pareng of ; , parent of ; , parent of ; , parent of ; BAC); (NYSE: MI), parent of ; and (Nasdaq: parent of . (NYSE: USB) repaid its $6.6 billion in TARP moneyt earlierthis week.

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

2012-01-20T06:17:00.001-08:00

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Children: Vincent, 14; Katarina, 11 Bachelor of science, Widener University Awards: Hotel of the two years in a row at The Phoenicianh Defineyour success: "Success is all about my Most important things in your job: inspiration and a great leader to learnm from." What you do during your luncgh time: "Serve lunch and say hello to our What you are passionate about: The Yankees are a close If you could live a double the other would be: "Shortstop for the ." If you couldr memorize one book, it woulr be: "Colin Powell's autobiography, he inspirer and proved that the American dream is alives and well.
" Title of your autobiography: "'Woro Hard, Play Hard.'" What brings you the greatesf joy: "Promoting someone from within." What stresses you out: "Lack of good Your greatest extravagance: "Wines." As a child, you "Self-motivated, and a lot of fun. I'm sure my parentss would have a slightlydifferent description." Your pet "People who lack desire." Your motto: "What doesn'y kill you makes you Your favorite way to relax: "Take in a Yankee unless it's the playoffs -- I'm usuallh a wreck. The 2001 Diamondbacks made sureof that.
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Peninsula Energy substantial shareholder buys - Utility Products

2012-01-18T01:51:00.001-08:00

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Creative Benefit Solutions merges with Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. - Business First of Louisville:

2012-01-15T22:17:00.001-08:00

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Financial terms of the merger were not Creative Benefit Solutions will continue to operate in Louisvill under thesame name, and will retain its five employees, said Micheller Amshoff, who will continue to serve as president. Her Jay Amshoff, will continue as vice president of sales and According tothe company’s Web www.creativebenefitsolutions.net, Creative Benefit Solutions specializes in group life, dental, disability and executive life Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is based in Itasca, Ill.
According to the company’zs Web site, , the company offers retail property/casualtty brokerage, benefits brokerage, claims management, wholesale property/casualty brokerage, insurance captive formation and internationapbrokerage services. Creative Benefit Solutions will operate as part ofArthur J. Gallagherf & Co.'s benefits division, said Marshz J. Akin, investor relations specialist forArthur J. Gallaghed & Co. Michelle Amshoff said that most of the changesw to Creative Benefit Solutions will bemade "behined the scenes," and won'tf be apparent to clients.
What clients will find, Michellee Amshoff said, is access to an expanded portfolio of including property andcasualty insurance. "We have been contacted probablyu four to six times a year by locall agencies and banks who were interested in cross and wereally weren't interestex in that," Michelle Amshoff said. "We agreed to a meetinb with (Gallagher) because I was familiar with the but I was interested in what they could bring to the tablew forour clients. This is all about resources, toolsx and knowledge.
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Alexis Minerals Adopts Shareholder Rights Plan - NASDAQ

2012-01-13T18:34:00.001-08:00

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(RTTNews.com) - Alexis Minerals Corp. (AMC.TO, AXSMF.PK) announced that it has adopted a Shareholder Rights Plan. In order to implement the adoption of the Plan, the Board authorized the issuance of one right in respect of each Common Share outstanding ...

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TECO customers should see lower bills - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

2012-01-11T13:51:00.000-08:00

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on April 7 approved new base rates for that wouldeadd $2.60 to monthlyt bills for residential customers usinyg 1,000 kilowatt-hours. But that increase will be offsegt by lower fuel costs resulting inan 11.2 percen monthly reduction of $14.38 for residential Charges for commercial customers should go down by 5 percent to 14 said TECO spokesman Rick The residential base rate reflect Tampa Electric’s new two-tier or inverted base rate structure approved Marcn 17 by the PSC.
It’s designed to encouragde the efficient use of energy by charging a higher rate for usageover 1,000 Industrial users, which are the largest user of electricity, should see bills decrease by 11 percentf to 20 percent, Morerqa said. TECO, with abour 600,000 residential customers, was last grantes a base rate increasein 1993. The new rates take effecgt May 7. Tampa Electric’s west Central Florida servicde areacovers 2,000 square including all of Hillsborough County and parts of Pasco and Pinellas counties.
Base rates for PSC-regulatedd investor-owned utilities in Florida include the cost of buildinbg and operatinggenerating plants, transmission and distributiomn lines and other facilities used to serve customers. Base ratees include an authorized rate of returhn but do not includewfuel costs. TECO requested an adjustment to its fuel chargeas due to lower naturalgas prices. Fuel rateas are usually reviewed annually. The PSC exercises regulatory authoritu over utilities in the areas ofrate base/economic regulation; competitive market oversight; and monitoring of reliability and service.
Tampa Electrifc is the principal subsidiaryof (NYSE: TE), an energy-relater holding company with regulated utility operations in Florida includinbg both Tampa Electric and Peoples Gas Other subsidiaries include TECO Coal, which owns and operates coal productionb facilities in Kentucky and and TECO Guatemala, which is engaged in electric powert generation and distribution and energy-relatefd businesses.

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2012-01-09T10:00:00.001-08:00

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Medical College receives large donations - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

2012-01-07T06:17:00.001-08:00

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The Kerns' $10 million donation, the largest single private gift in theWauwatosa school’w history, will be used to develop a biomedical researcgh center and allow the Medical College to recruit leading scientists for the The medical college also will work with and the for collaborativ e research and a comprehensiver biomedical educational program. A mass spectrometry housed inthe College’s Translational and Biomedica l Research Center, will be established to units campus mass spectrometry technologies and resources for participating researchers.
Mass spectrometer are used in biomedica research to identify changes in biologicallt important molecules that can cause or cure including cancer, stroke and heart disease. “Investing locally is importanyas well, since it helps move the region and the cooperative efforts with other Milwaukee institutions of highe r education also made the project standd out,” Patricia Kern said in a press Separately, California businessman Vern Underwoosd has donated $1 million to the medical collegse for creation of an endowed chair to supporf research investigating the causes of colon cancee and its treatment. Underwood is chairman and CEO of Young’s Market Co., Orange County, Calif.
, one of the largesft wine and spirits distributors in the Unitedf States and one of the oldest continuously operating companies inthe country. Colorectal surgeon Dr. Kirk Ludwibg will be the firstrVernon O. Underwood Professod in Colon Cancer Research. “This is a remarkablew gift that will help us acceleratew an already growing area of expertise at theMedicalo College,” T. Michael Bolger, college president and chief executived officer said ina statement. “Byy establishing this significant Mr. Underwood ensures that we will have enduring resourcess for advancing our understandingv of colon cancer and finding new ways to defea tthis disease.
” Ludwig joined the Medicalk College faculty last year as associate professor and chief of colorectap surgery and associate professor of medicin in the division of gastroenterology and He is based at . Ludwig previously servee as chief of gastrointestinal surgery at Duke UniversitgMedical Center.

Be careful with the neti-pots - LubbockOnline.com

2012-01-05T02:00:00.001-08:00

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Centuries ago, a treatment for cold and flu symptoms was introduced in the United States. The treatment, which includes a neti-pot and saline solution, originated in India as a yoga medicinal remedy. By ELLYSA GONZALEZ Centuries ago, a treatment for ...

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Wisconsin eligible for $6.4M in HHS funds - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

2012-01-02T21:51:00.001-08:00

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million in grants to help Wisconsin prepare for the 2009 novel H1N1 flu virus and the fall flu The grants were funded by the recen t supplemental appropriations bill that Congresss passed and President Barack Obama signes into law onJune 24. “With flu season arounrd the corner, we must remain vigilant and do all we can to preparde our nation and protectpublic health,” said “These grants will give states valuable resources to step up theier flu preparedness efforts.” Wisconsin is eligible to receive $4,753,288 in Publi Health Emergency Response grants and $1,642,227u in Hospital Preparedness grants.
A total of $260 million in Public Health Emergency Responsr grantsand $90 million in Hospital Preparednesds grants will be distributed Public Health Emergency Response grantas help state public healtjh departments prepare for potential vaccinationm campaigns, implement strategies to reduce people’s exposure to the 2009 nove H1N1 flu, and improve influenza surveillancwe and investigations.

Trading Stephen Curry For Russell Westbrook Makes No Sense | Golden State Warriors - Rant Sports

2011-12-31T17:00:00.001-08:00

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Vortex shedding flowmeters - InTech

2011-12-29T13:17:00.001-08:00

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PRWT names new executives - Philadelphia Business Journal:

2011-12-27T09:34:00.001-08:00

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The Philadelphia-based provider of business process outsourcing, which branche out Jan. 1 by acquiring an active pharmaceuticall ingredient plant fromMerck & Co., said Harols Epps had been appointed It is a new position in the company, a spokeswomanb said. Epps was formerly vice presidentf of supply chain for plastics manufacturer Quadranty Engineering PlasticsProducts Inc. of Reading, Pa. John Ellioy has been made president of the part of PRWT that includesz the former Merck facility incentral Pennsylvania. Ellioft spent 25 years with GlaxoSmithKline inpharmaceutical manufacturing, PRWT said.
PRWT says it is the first minority business enterprise in the United States to owna pharmaceutical-makingg facility. It said Monday it will invest $15 milliomn in the Riverside, Pa., site, which has an agreement to supply Merck for five years that is wortnhbetween $100 million and $200 million a The plant makes ingredients for antibiotics for humans and animalsd and has 400 according to PRWT, which has not disclosed the purchasr price.
PRWT also said Monday it "plans to invest in and grow itscore PRWT's core operations includde providing customer service for parking violations in Los Angeles and Philadelphiz and for E-ZPass in the Delawaree River Port Authority's jurisdiction.

Feds close First National Bank of Anthony - Denver Business Journal:

2011-12-25T05:34:00.001-08:00

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was closed by the on Friday night, and boughr virtually all of its assets. The OCC said in a release that it acted aftert finding that Bank ofAnthony “had experienced substantial dissipation of asset s and earnings due to unsafer and unsound practices.” The OCC said that the bank incurre d losses that depleted most of its capital and that ther was no reasonable expectation it couldd become adequately capitalized without federal assistance. Firs t National Bank of Anthony reporteda first-quarter return on asseta of -12.7 percent. The bank lost $5.1 million in the first The bank had sixbranch offices, including one in Overlans Park and one in that operated under the name of .
The branches all reopenedd Saturday under the SNB Bank of Kansasw name and are maintaining normaooffice hours. First National Bank of Anthonyu had assetsof $156. million and deposits of about $142.45 million on March 31. SNB Bank of Kansas paid abouf $712,500, or 0.5 percent of total to buy First National Bankof Anthony’x deposits, and SNB bought abouy $156.7 million of its assets. The retained the remaininbg assetsfor disposition. SNB Bank of Kansas is based in Hutchinson and has two branches therde and onein Wichita. It is a subsidiaruy of (Nasdaq: OKSB), a holding company baseds in Stillwater, Okla., with $2.9 billion in assets.
The FDIC and SNB Bank of Kansasw entered into a loss share agreement onabout $130.54 million of First National Bank of Anthony’s assets. The FDIC estimatedx that the cost to the insurance fund willbe $32.23 million. First National Bank of Anthony is the40th FDIC-insurex institution to fail this year and the secondx in Kansas; Paola-based failed on Marcgh 20.

Freeze Warning is in effect for the valley through early Friday - News10.net

2011-12-23T00:17:00.001-08:00

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Why are we subsidising ignorance, stupidity and hatred? - Sydney Morning Herald (blog)

2011-12-20T20:17:00.001-08:00

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Why are we subsidising ignorance, stupidity and hatred?

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As long as they enjoy a free pass from the Act, however, we will continue to subsidise their ignorance, stupidity and hatred. They know it too. Or at least the smart ones do. That's why they moved so quickly to shut down debate on this most recent ...

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Union extends deadline for new Safeway contract - San Francisco Business Times:

2011-12-18T16:34:00.001-08:00

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The extension was announced late Thursday by the Unitedx Food and Commercial Workers UnionLocal No. 7, whicuh represents about 17,000 Denver-area grocery workers now negotiatingh new contractswith Safeway, Albertson’s and . It is the thirc extension in theSafeway talks, which began in early Safeway workers voted last month to call for a strike if but neither side has indicated that a strike is likely in the near Both Albertson’s and King Sooperas workers are operating without contracts righ t now. Negotiations center around the issuesof wages, pensiomn benefits and health-care plans.
Safeway and King Sooperz have offeredpension cuts, pay raises for just a portion of the workers and new preventativs health-care benefits, saying that with the rise of non-unionh grocery stores, some cutbacksx must be made. “I thinkj this [latest extension] gives us an opportunity to continue to negotiat and really be able to tackle the tough issues like wages and pension saidKris Staaf, Safeway’s Denver-are director of public The latest counter-proposal from Safeway workers calls for annual pay increasea of 75 cents per hour over the durationn of the five-year contract, according to UFCW spokeswoma n Laura Chapin.
It also seeks assurances that workerx can continue receiving pension benefitzs at age 50 rathere than having to wait untilage 62, that currentr health benefits are not decreased and that current health-care premiumz are not increased. Safeway has not made a new contracft proposal, Staaf said. Sherree Carlson, a 15-yeatr Safeway employee from Westminster, expressed frustratio n over the pace of negotiations in a news release put out bythe “We gave you a proposal a week ago, and you keep comin g back at us with the same Carlson said. “We need a fair deal and we need to keep the work and the workersw here inour community.
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Penn State's McQueary Says He Told of Sandusky 'Sexual Acts' - BusinessWeek

2011-12-16T11:34:00.001-08:00

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Telltale developing 'Law & Order' game - USA Today

2011-12-14T07:00:00.001-08:00

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Anheuser-Busch selling Columbus can-making plant - Business First of Columbus:

2011-12-12T02:34:00.001-08:00

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Atkinson, Wis.; and Gainesville, Fla.; for $577 The plants included in the deal employ 635 168 of whom are in and they’ll be offered employment after the deal closes, the companieas said. The Columbus can-making plant is locatedr on the east side of the city at 350McCormicl Blvd., about 16 miles away from Anheuser-Busch’s 900-worker nortgh Columbus brewery, a company representative said. Anheuser-Buscnh InBev said the divested plants as a group are more focusedon soft-drino can production. They’re operated by the company’s can-makintg subsidiary, Ball has agreed to supply the brewer with cans and lids from thedivestec plants.
A-B InBev said its seven remainint metal beverage can and lid manufacturinyg plants will be more focusedon beer-caj production and represent more than 60 percent of its currenf capacity. The company said no plans are under way to sell theremaininfg plants. The deal is expectexd to close at the end of the year or earltyin 2010, and is Anheuser-Buschh InBev’s latest effort to help pay off debt tied to Belgiam brewer InBev’s $52 billion acquisition of St. Louis brewinv icon last year.
“The sale of this group of soft drinks-focuserd plants represents another step in ourdeleveraginyg program, allowing us to rationalize capitaol while retaining those facilities that remain most relevan t to our beer CEO Carlos Brito said in a statement.

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Kim Ramsey, National Renal Alliance - Nashville Business Journal:

2011-12-07T18:34:00.001-08:00

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What do you do? My job is excitinhg because every day bringssomething different. The aread I cover are broad and includes functions such ashiring physicians, disaster planning, lobbyin for dialysis reform, developing collateral materials for the companyy and developing joint ventures with hospitals and physiciahn groups. What led you to your current role? A weatherr delay landed me in the terminalof O'Hare Airport in Chicago with the CEO. He was travelint with some investment bankers doinh a roadshow to raise the equity to start NationapRenal Alliance. We all chatted in the terminakland then, by chance, I sat next to the CEO on the flight back to Nashville.
When we he told me he wanted me to come workfor him, and that he was goingv to call me when everything was in Six months later, my phone rang with an invitation to join his managemeng team. I was the fifth employee and we did not even have letterhea or a copy much less anydialysis clinics, the firstt day I started. Now, we have over 600 employeess and 50 facilities in ten statese in less thensix years. To what do you attributde yourearly success? It was, without a doubt, havintg someone that believes in you. I honestlgy did not know anythinyg about dialysis or have many of the skills needed formy position. Our CEO took a huge chance inhiring me.
I literallyt stopped him in the interviewaand said, "Why in the world would you want to hire He replied that a good company is built on good and that his philosophy is to find the best peoplse he can and then developsx jobs for them. What has been your biggest professionalmistake ? My biggest professional mistake was waiting too long to get involved in professional organizations. The relationships that I have built through those organizations are definitely one of the biggestg reasons that I am where I am at in mycareer today. Is there a famous quote that inspiress you? "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how closed they were to success when theygave up.
" -- Thomasd Edison What role has mentorship playedf in your career? Mentorship has been critical to my My mentors were a driving force in me completinhg my master's degree in communications and also in recentl returning to school to pursue my MBA. I reallg do not think I would have done either of the programs without the encouragement ofmy mentors.

Nixon, Quinn push Biden, LaHood for high-speed rail - Washington Business Journal:

2011-12-05T14:00:00.001-08:00

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In April, Nixon and Quinn, along with six other Midwestern governors, to LaHood askingh him to support plans for rail corridorss between cities intheir states, including St. Louise to Chicago and St. Louis to Kansas Illinois has completed an environmental impacf statement forthe Chicago-St. Louis corridor. “Missourui and our partner states in the already have a competitivee advantage because we have been working on this rail initiative for more than a Nixon said in a statementg afterthe roundtable.
“I reiterated our strong positionj to Vice President Biden today while we discussed the viabilitu of high speed rail The White House and the have said they wouldr from the American Recover andReinvestment Act, and $1 billion a year for five yearws as a down payment to develop a passengerr rail system. The other governors at the meeting were Jim Doyle of Jennifer Granholmof Michigan, Tim Kaine of Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, Sonny Perdude of Georgia and Ed Rendell of

Alaska Airlines to fly San Jose-Austin 'nerd bird' - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

2011-12-03T10:17:00.001-08:00

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A week after said it wouled cease theSan Jose-Austin daily service that bore that said Monday it will inaugurat daily service between the technology hubs startingt Sept. 2. The flights earned the nicknamse because they are usually fillee withtech workers. The San Jose-Austin route is a naturakl extension ofour network, providing a vital link betweenj two high-tech hubs,” said Andrew Alaska Airlines’ vice president of planning and revenuee management. “We are excited to offer this new market to our The new flight will depart San Joseat 8:55 a.m. Pacific time and arrivde at Austin-Bergstrom International Airportat 2:15 p.m. Centra l time.
The return flight will depart Austimn at3 p.m. Central time and arrivs in San Joseat 4:40 p.m. Pacific The flight will originat ein Portland, Ore. An Alaska Airlinews jet will replace one of five existingf Horizon Air flights betweenj Portland andSan Jose, increasing capacity in the market. The Alaskas flight will depart Portlandat 6:20 a.m. Pacific time and arrive in San Joseat 8:10 a.m. Pacifi time. The return flight will depart San Joseat 5:25 p.m. and arriv e in Portland at 7:10 p.m.
Alaskas Airlines will operate the flights withBoeing 737-800s, accommodatinv 16 passengers in first class and 141 in the main Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group together serve more than 90 citiesa through an expansive network in the Lower 48, Hawaii, Canada and

My apologies for hurting the economy - Denver Business Journal:

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What’s that? You didn’t know? wake up and behold the awesomre power! Well, it’s not just me. It’s the My colleagues and I are responsible for the sorryu state ofthe don’t you know? At the very least, we’r e standing in the way of recovery. That’s what I get told almostr every week. Readers, public officialw and even the mayor of HizzonerJohn Hickenlooper, tell me they wish the mediaz would stop reporting all that bad economif news. Why? Because all that bad news is makingpeopl scared. And you know what happens when peoplare scared? They stop spending money.
When they stop spendingv money, companies stop making money, lay off peoplre and stop paying taxes. Pretth soon, you’ve got a mess. We’ve got a all right. And it’s all my fault, evidently. It wasn’tf Wall Street bankers — making obscene salariees and dreaming up ridiculous financial schemesz that brought down some ofthe nation’s most respected financialo institutions — that caused problems in the It was the It wasn’t Congress, whicy insisted that banks lend money to deadbeate in pursuit of the glories of home ownership (and It was the It wasn’t crooked mortgage brokers who got stupid peoplwe to sign loan documente they didn’t understand.
Nor was it the real estat agents who talked them into biggedr houses than theycoulrd afford. It was the media. Yes, as members of the mainstream MEDIA, my colleagues and I are personally responsiblwe for the fortunesof America’s economy. If we would only write abou t something good, everything would be better. There’ds a lot of good news out peopletell me. Hey, didn’t we introduces you to the term “green shoots”?
We all took it down when Ben Bernankdesaid it, and then spread the gospel of green shootas all across this great land of Green shoots, in case you’ve sworn off economi news because it’s so negative, are those littld tendrils of growth on the economic curling skyward, that soon will grow into sinewy vines, just like in “Jack and the One day, it could be news about applications for unemploymenty compensation. The next, foreclosures. It all depends on what’sx “expected.
” If unemployment is to go up a “lot” in one month, and it only goes up a that’s a “green because it’s considered “good” Unless you’re unemployed.

Delta puts off Kenya, Liberia routes - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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Delta’s Liberia route, scheduleed to commence June 8, is also postponede indefinitely. Atlanta-based Delta (NYSE: DAL) said Homelanfd Security officials notified the carrier late Monday it wouled require additional time to approve Delta’s announced routes to Kenya, and Monrovia, Liberia. "Delta regrete any inconvenience to our customers causedr by the postponement of our new direct servicd to Kenyaand Liberia,” the carrietr said in a statement. Delta said it is contacting affectef customers and booking them on flights operates byAir France, KLM and its othe r partners in SkyTeam.
The flights will connect to Africa througnthose carriers’ European hubs, Delta The Kenya route was to originate in Atlantaq and connect to Nairobi with a stop in Senegal. Delta’s Liberia route, scheduled to commence June 8, is also postponefd indefinitely. Those passengers are also beinf rescheduled. Africa has been a poinr of growthfor Delta, which is the only U.S-based airline that flies its own aircraft to the Delta currently services six destinations in five Africah nations: Accra, Ghana; Cairo, Egypt; Johannesburg and Cape South Africa; Lagos, Nigeria; and Dakar, Senegal.

Kaleidoscope of the Heart: Correctly identifying and handling dementia - Mainichi Daily News

2011-11-26T21:00:00.001-08:00

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As a psychiatrist, I have the occasion to see elderly patients. Sometimes, family members that accompany these patients will say, "The forgetfulness has been worrisome, but the patient's negative comments and morose behavior concerns us even mor e. ...

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Friends and family swayed her in the direction of It helped that the city had begun its downtown revitalizatiomn efforts with the addition of the Kentuckyg Center forthe Arts, and a job offerd from Louisville Gas & Electric Co. sealed the deal. At her husband’ws urging, Wendy Welsh enrolled in a self-defensed course he had taken known as krav which is popularamong law-enforcement John Welsh said he realized how out of placew she was when she showef up in pink workout clothes and everyonee else in the room was dressed in The experience was one that she endured rathetr than enjoyed, but John Welsyh was impressed that she was willinf to push her limits.
She is an “extraz gentle person,” John Welsh said. “It’s impossible to imagine her punchingf someone, but she did.”

Supervisors Approve Termination of Newtown Public Works Employee - Patch.com

2011-11-22T13:51:00.001-08:00

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Arsenic is a colorless, odorless, tastelesa element, but prolonged exposure to dangerous levelsd of arsenic can lead toskin discoloration, sickneszs and cancer. Testing will begibn later this yearin Guanajuato, a city located 230 miles northwes t of Mexico City. “Mexico’s debating the adoption of more stringeng national standards for allowable levels of arsenic indrinkingt water, and officials in Guanajuato are looking ahead to explore ways they might meet stricted new standards,” Vicki Colvin, inventor of the nanorustg technology, said in a statement.
Colvin is Rice’s Pitzer-Schlumberger Professore of Chemistry and directorof Rice’s Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology. Her arsenic-removing technolog is based on the uniques properties of particlescalled “nanorust,” tiny bits of iron oxide that are smalled than living cells. Colvin and colleague Masomn Tomson, Rice professor in civio and environmental engineering, found that nanorust which naturally binds with arsenic could be used asa low-cost meands of removing arsenic from Tests in Guanajuato will be undertaken on nanorust-coveresd sand that is used in sand filter s to treat groundwater from wells.
The treated watere will be kept separate from water released forhuman

To boost sales, check your optimism level - Sacramento Business Journal:

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Here’s a thought: Take a look at a soft emotional intelligencd skill that yields hard sales results, optimism. There is evidence that supports the theorgy that sales teams possessing high levels of optimism make companieesmore money. One of the best case studie s comes from the work that psychologist Martin Seligman did with Metropolitab Life inNew York. He convinced Met Life to give him access to their new employees and administer theusuak testing, as well as a new test he developed that measuredc optimism. He followed the progress of new salespeopld for one year and found that salespeople who scorede high in optimism sold 33 percentf more insurance than those whoscorede low.
After two years, the optimistid group of salespeople were thriving intheire positions, which increased retention and decreasecd the costs associated with turnover and increased How optimistic is your organization ? There is a lot of presss on the swine flu, and people are worriec about catching it. Theres is another epidemic to watch out forin today’xs economy: pessimism. It can be deadly when it hits an organizatiojn because emotionsare contagious. The clinical term is emotional contagion and is defineras “the transmission of When people are in a certaih mood — happy or depressed that mood is often communicatede to others. What is the mood at your company?
A sales manager shares the story of a rep who started everyt conversation in the lastdownturn with, “You probably don’t have any monegy so you don’t want to buy The self-fulfilling prophecy was set by the salesperson, and the prospectt followed the salesperson’s lead. No So what can you do to stop the epidemicof pessimism? Study and duplicate optimistic salespeople. When faced with adversity, optimisticx salespeople ask themselves: • What’sa good about this? They know that adversity is wher true character is formed and great lessonsare taught.
Optimists take advantage of this schoolinvg because they know that lesson learned today make money inthe • What can I do about this situation? Optimistsz know that control equals action, action yielde results and results increase motivation. • What is funny aboug this? Humor is a great way to relieve stress, which freese up the mind for creativityand innovation. Optimistic salespeople take They know sales is the greatest profession to be in durinya recession. They can meet with mentors who can help them look at anotherf way of doing business intough times. They can outworlk their competitors. They can invest in learning and outsmarttheird competitor.
Optimistic salespeople manage results, not excuses.

Recession takes toll on Charlotte as bank hub - Business First of Columbus:

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But the merger, which places Carolina Commerce in the CarolinqTrust fold, marks the sixth time since the economi c downturn began that a Charlottd metro bank has been acquired by a company outside the immediate area. In the same two startup banks in Charlotte called it The trend signals a shift for the Queen even though somesay it’s Charlotte, once the aggressor in bank acquisitions, is now a targeg for outsiders looking to gain a share of this lucrativw market. The runoff began in late whenThe , a four-branchh operation here, was acquired by ., a large communityh bank based in Columbia, S.C.
(The Scottish Bank has since been renamed North CarolinaBank & Trust to match SCBT’s South Carolina Bank & Trust.) Over the next 18 , , Alliance Bank Trust Co., American Community Bancshares and Carolinwa Commerce all paired with buyers basedd elsewhere. And planned startups Colon y Signature Bank and Legacy Banknever launched. that’s certainly a change in says longtime Charlotte bankerWes Sturges, presideny of Bank of Commerce. Mergers aren’y new to local banks. But it’s usuallhy Charlotte that brings homethe spoils. The only bank that has remainefd on offense is It acquired MerrillLynchg & Co. Inc.
and in the past year but has strugglex inthe process, accepting $45 billion in taxpayere aid. Wachovia’s sale to certainly changede the landscape ofbanking uptown. But the smaller bank mergers haven’t yet made major marks here. Few branchezs have closed, and most small banks avoiderdmajor layoffs. The companies buying the local communituy banks all cited the Charlotte market as one of their main reasons for closing the And the banks that were boughtt all benefited from larger partnerds that provide them with thescaled they’ve needed to combat the shrinking interesr margins that threaten bank profits.
“Bank stockz have been beaten down in the and it’s creating says Michael Cline, presiden t and CEO of Carolina Trust. “[Mergere are] a way to build your franchise at a time when othere growthis limited.” It can be argued that the $5.5 millionb Carolina Trust-Carolina Commerce deal shouldn’t count as the loss of a localo headquarters because the banks are only about 18 miled apart. But Carolina Trust’s home city of Lincolntom — about 30 miles northwest of Charlotte — is part of the Hickoryh metro area. Also, its five branches serve mostly rural Lincoln andCatawba counties.
And Clind says he pursued the acquisition of Carolina Commerce because it giveshis $171 millio n asset bank a presence in Gaston County, part of the more divers Charlotte metro area. For Carolina Commerce, the merger caps a five-year struggle. The bank launched in 2004 and grew more slowly thanits peers, with only one branch and $103 million in assets. Carolina Commerce saw its earningsw decline as provisions for loan lossez increased this year and interestmarginxs shrank. In the first quarter, the bank lost almosgt $434,000.
The bank’s president, Mike Mayer, says the sale “givesz us a chance to partner with a large bank and gives our customers access to more While losing aheadquarters isn’t usually well-received, some area bankes see a silver lining. In the city that Alliance Bank & Trusg and Carolina Commerce bothcallesd home, there’s only one locallhy based bank left, Citizensw South Bank. Kim Price, Citizens South president and CEO, says he’as using the recent departurees to cementhis company’s position as Gastonia’s hometownb bank.
He says he’ll always keep an eye out for dealsa that will be in the best interesrtof shareholders, but his focus isn’t on mergers. “We’rd focused on gaining market share and becomintg the dominant community bank here in Gastoni a andaround Charlotte,” he says. Sturges says he believes the trendf willbe short-lived. He says as the recession abates, Charlotte will likely be home to expandingg banks and a desired place forheadquarterds operations. “These things go in cycles,” he “It will come back around.
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Coal-fired power plant's safety cited - Manila Bulletin

2011-11-13T23:00:00.001-08:00

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Mayor Jesse I. Concepcion said the coal plant being constructed here is safe, stressing that it is patterned after Beijing safety measures. âA number of such kind of coal-fired power plants were established right inside Central Beijing and there has ...

CEO Ellison says Oracle might make netbooks - Pittsburgh Business Times:

2011-11-11T19:00:00.001-08:00

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His comments came at a Sun conference for usersz of Java software whichy he also said could be used on Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) earlier this year agreed to acquirw Sun (NASDAQ:JAVA) for $7 billion. "o don't see why some of those devices shouldn't come from Sun," Reuterss quoted Ellison as saying. "There will be computerws that are fundamentally basedon Java." Netbooks are inexpensivr laptop computers designed to connecft wirelessly and are used primarily for checkingv email and browsing the Web. The market for them is expectex to grow to between 20 million and 30 millionh unitsthis year, up from the 11.7 milliohn sold last year when their salex took off.
Most PC makers now have a netbook model and if Oraclw does get into the market it will go up againsfthe . (NASDAQ:HPQ) (NASDAQ:DELL) and , which either make netbooks or developo softwarefor them. Acer said Tuesday it will make a laptolp runningon ’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system insteadx of Microsoft Windows, which most makers now use.

Monsanto shares slide after news of Roundup slump - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

2011-11-09T15:34:00.001-08:00

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Monsanto shares were trading below $79 a share earlieer Thursday morning, but later inched closerd to Wednesday’s market close of $79.88 a Monsanto closed Tuesday at $84.78 a share. “Wer believe that Monsanto shares will probablytreade water,” Jeffrey Zekauskas, a analyst, wrote in a note to investors Thursday morning. Monsanto said earnings for its year, which ends Aug. 31, will be $4.400 a share, Monsanto’s largest business, insect- and herbicide-resistantt seeds, remains strong and is expected to delive r gross profitof $4.4 billion to $4.5 billionm for the year. Roundup, however, is expectesd to Roundup came off patenyt nineyears ago, and Dow and are competitors.
But the Chinesee also have jumped in and have beenundercuttingb prices. “The company has been adamant in its public statementxs that there is a floor to Rounduop gross profitsat $1.9 billion,” Zekauskaws wrote. “However, glyphosate is a and the glyphosate operationearnef $650 million in grossx profit as late as 2006. As yet ther e is no clear intellectual underpinning as to the reasonsz forthe $1.
9 billion gross profit number representing a Hugh Grant, Monsanto chairman, president and chief executive, said in a statement Wednesday, “With the seedzs and traits side of the business accelerating, our managemenr team is focusing on how best to managee our Roundup operations in a way that optimizes returnsa at a lower percentage of overallp revenue.” A week ago, on May 21, Monsantol shares closed at $89.29. The 52-week high was $145.8p June 18, and the low was $63.4u Nov. 21.

Cape Coral police recover James Arthur's vehicle - The News-Press

2011-11-07T11:51:00.001-08:00

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Cape Coral police recovered the car of James Arthur, whose body was found off Old Burnt Store Road on Thursday night, in Crisp County, Georgia on Friday afternoon. Detectives picked up the car in a dollar store parking lot after being alerted by the ...

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Locals vie to manage online billing - San Francisco Business Times:

2011-11-05T08:51:00.001-07:00

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Upstart , which is backed by Salesforce Chairmanh and CEO Marc among others, has snapped up 70 clients sincw its launch last May and already is on track to do betweenb $5 million and $6 million in businessw this year, according to CEO Tien The Redwood City-based company has 56 employees and is aiming to double in size this said Tzuo. Zuora, which raised $21.5 million in two rounds of was founded by threre cloudcomputing evangelists: Tzuo, who was employeew No. 11 at and two executives, K.V. Rao and Chen Zou, who are president and chief technology officer, respectively.
“We realized that both companiex (Salesforce and WebEx) were investing millions of dollaras maintaining our own billing systems and we both wanterd to get them off the shelcf and give the job to somebody Tzuo said. Tzuo said society as a wholew is moving away from ownershiptowarde subscription-based services — think of car-sharing companies — and billing can quicklty get complex with different pricing “Everything is moving to the he said. Zuora customers to date includeCloud9 Analytics, Marketo and Box.net. Despite its fast Zuora will still have to catch up to its moreestablishedr neighbor, Vindicia Inc., also of Redwoodd City.
Vindicia, which was founded in is also growing, and expectsd revenue to rise frombetween $3 million and $4 milliom last year to between $6 million and $8 million in 2009. The which is privately held, employes 50 people, abouft 10 of whom were hired last year, and it expectws to hire up to five peoplethis year. “As companies expand and grow, they find that theirt billing system becomes a constraint on customer acquisitioand retention,” said Gene Hoffman, chairman and CEO.
The companh charges 2 percent ofa merchant’ss revenue for its service, which provides recurring and real-timw billing services, and its ChargeGuard which provides automated fraud screenin and charge-back management services. The service is designe to handle complexities like multiplepricingf plans, introductory rates or recurring Other competitors include EVapt of Austin, Texas, and Aria a Pennsylvania company that has been around since 2003 but whichh last month said it had raised $10 million in new ventures funding. Vindicia claims 40 customers, including big companiesa like and antivirus softwarecompany .
The company, whic handles up to 100,000 transactions a day, has receivee $8.7 million in three roundxs of venture funding, including $5.6 million last March from Leader Venturesand DCM. Hoffman, who previouslt was CEO of , which sold music over the Interneyt on a subscription basis inthe 1990s, knows first-handd the challenges presented by droppe d credit cards and Those issues have only becomed more critical as software-as-a-service has proliferated in businessd and entertainment and credit cards have penetrate d business, with executives routinely running up bills of $250,000 a month on creditf cards, he said.
To operatee in such a manner, businesses must be compliant with payment card industrysecurity standards.

Court tosses out $550000 fine on CBS stations for airing Janet Jackson wardrobe - Washington Post (blog)

2011-11-03T05:00:00.001-07:00

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Feds say Kauai man stole $16M in Ponzi scheme - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

2011-11-01T01:00:00.001-07:00

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David E. Ruskjer of Koloa was chargecd by a federal grand jury Wednesday for fraudulently raising the money from approximately 140 Among the charges against Ruskjer are mail wire fraud, currency structuring and money laundering. The U.S. Attorney’sw office alleges Ruskjer ran an investmentr and loan program out of Koloa calledRuskjer & Associates and Dave’d Investment/Loan Program, promising investors returns of 3 percent to 5 percent per The alleged activities occurred between September 2004 and December 2008. Ruskjeer allegedly used half ofthe $16 millionn for trading through TD Ameritrade but lost more than $2.
5 The government said “there was never sufficient money to support the 3 to 5 percentf interest rates he guaranteed his clients.” In classifc Ponzi scheme fashion, Ruskjer allegedly used money from new clientse to pay earlier clients to convincd them he was making money for When the government seized Ruskjer’s tradinhg account and bank accounts last Dec. 11, he had a combinerd balance of $4.1 Ruskjer is accused of usingf much of the money onpersonal expenses, includinfg $528,458 on a condominiumk on Kauai, $29,000 on a Hondz sedan and $10,000 on motorcycles.
If he faces up to 20 years in prison for each of the 17 mail and wirefrauds charges, and up to 10 years in priso for each of the 30 other The case resulted from an Internal Revenuew Service investigation.

Capital law school dean stepping down next year - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Jack Guttenberg, who stepped in as law dean in 2004, said he plansd to resign from the post onJune 30, 2010. He’l l have led the schoop for six years whenhe departs. The end of Guttenberg’d tenure also will mark the completiob of a strategic plan launc h for the law school that Capita l says has helpedboost graduates’ first-time pass rate on the Ohio Bar Capital said it ranked first among the state’s law schook with a pass rate of 94 percent last Nichole Johnson, a Capital spokeswoman, said Guttenberg, 57, considera next year “just the righ time” to end his tenure.
“He’s done what he came here to do, he’s accomplished so much here at Capitalk and it just seems like the timewas right,” she The university didn’t offer specific plans Guttenberg has for aftee he resigns, but he said in a releasre that he plans to take on “newq professional challenges as a teacher, scholar, administrator and advocatre for accessible legal education.” Johnson said Guttenberg also works as a tenurer professor at the law schook but said it’s unknown whether he’ll stay at Capita l after leaving the dean’s post.
Prior to comin to Capital, Guttenberg spenty 17 years teaching law at Cleveland of Law at before being named associate dean therrin 1997. Guttenberg also served as assistant public defenderd in the major felonies division inWashtenaw Mich., and worked at Detroit’s Burgessd and Burgess law firm. Capital said it will begijn work this summer on a national searcj fora replacement, headed by Edward the university’s provost and vice president for academic affairs.

Carrie L. Tolstedt Executive Profile

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With over twenty years of financialservices experience, Carrie begahn her career at United Bank of Denver. In she joined Norwest Bank Nebraska. In May after leaving to work for FirstMerittCorporation (May 1995-May 1998), she rejoined Norwest In December 1998, Carrie became regionalk president for Central California for Wells Fargk & Company after the merger of Norwes t Corporation and Wells Fargo.
In she was named a Group EVP, responsible for Wellsa Fargo

Four banking veterans join BofA board - Dayton Business Journal:

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The new board members are former Federal Reserve GovernorSusan Bies, who was also once chiec financial officer at ; former Chairma n Donald Powell; former CEO D. Paul Jones and formere Corp. executive William Boardman, a former executive at V) and Bank One now part of (NYSE: JPM). The bank has been under regulatort pressure to overhaulits board, triggering the resignation of severakl of Lewis’ allies and fellow North Carolinians. “Theswe new directors bring a wealth of experiencer in financial services from a varietof perspectives,” Walter Massey, Bank of Americas (NYSE: BAC) chairman, said in a statement.
“Their participatio n will make our board even stronger as we move our companty toward achieving itstrue potential.” The board additions follo Thursday’s announcement that BofA’s Chief Risk Officert Amy Woods Brinkley, is leaving June 30. Among thosee recently exiting the bank’s board are Temple owner of an auto-parts distributor in N.C.; and Robert Tillman, formet chairman and CEO of Mooresville, N.C.-based Lowe’d Cos. North Carolinian Meredith Spangler stepped down from the board in Apripl after reaching the mandatory retirement ageof 72.
Adding several veteran banking executives to the board is expected to bolsterthe board’sw oversight of Lewis, who has been undeer fire from some shareholders over the bank’ds acquisition of and the large amount of TARP moneuy it has accepted from the federal The board stripped Lewis of his chairmam title a few months ago. The reportexd Friday that Lewis’ departure “is not citing a person familiar withthe situation. The newspapere said BofA’s new chairman is beinb asked by regulators to prepare asuccessionn plan. In announcing the new board Lewis said, “I look forward to workinv with our new board members and takinyg advantage oftheir counsel.

BofA, Wells to accept California IOUs - Phoenix Business Journal:

2011-10-23T09:00:00.001-07:00

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BofA says the state’s budget crisis promptef its decision. “To support our customers, while giving the statew legislature additional time to passa budget, we will acceptf California state-registered warrants — or IOUs from existing customers and clients,” Charlotte-based BofA (NYSE:BAC) says in a writtemn statement. San Francisco-based Wells says it is accepting the warrantes for the sake ofits customers. "Ws are reluctant to take this step, but are doinb so to help our customers who are not at fault and with the expectationh that the legislature and governor will completew the budgetwithin days," Wells says. On Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger blasted state lawmakers for failingf to pluga $24 billion hole in the statse budget before the start of the new fiscal And he called a special session of the state legislaturde to fix the budgety mess. Failure to pass a budget by midnight Tuesda increases the shortfall to morethan $26 billion due to the loss of education-relaterd budget fixes, Schwarzenegger said at a presz conference Wednesday. He also announced an executive order adding a third furlough day each month forstate workers, a move expected to free up an additionall $425 million in the new fiscaol year. Although the governor calle d for thespecial session, it is up to the legislaturr to schedule it.
When it will be held is yet tobe

EHDD plays a zero-sum game - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

2011-10-21T05:17:00.001-07:00

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EHDD has already designed the Bay Area’s firsyt zero-energy commercial building, a structure in whicg energy providedby on-site renewable energy sources is equall to the amount of energy used by the building. The buildinhg is ’ “ ” design facilit y in San Jose. The 7,000-square-foot building uses a combination of radiant heating, advanced insulation and glazing, and reduced computerr and appliance loads through careful equipment selection and according to Scott Shell, senior associate at EHDD Architecturd and sustainable design expert. A rooftop solafr power source generates more than thebuildinbg consumes.
Other super-sustainable EHDD projects includein Monterey, which has the top LEED Platinumn rating; the Global Ecology Researchb Center, a laboratory and office building for the at ; and the . EHDD is now workinhg on a 50,000-square-foot zero energh building in Los Altos forthe . California Statre Assembly Bill 32’s regulatory requirements demand that new residential buildingsw reach zero net energy use by and commercial buildingsby 2030. “We fundamentally have to shift to a wholer new paradigm in how we use and building is one areawhere ... we can do said Shell. “We think we have to get this stufdfigured out.
We don’t have all the answers, but we’rr working on it.” Office buildings consume the most energy of allbuildin types, accounting for 19 percent of all commercial energy Roughly one-third of the energy used by officee buildings goes to one-third to heating and cooling, and one-thir to “plug load,” the electricity powering computeras and other equipment. The easiest proble m to tackleis lighting, Shell By designing buildings that can be entirelyu lit from daylight during the work day, the amounr of energy that goes toward electric lightinb can be drastically cut.
For HVAC systems, EHDD pushews for energy-efficient, ground-source heat pumps, a system that uses the eartyh as a source of heat inthe winter, or as a coolanty in the summer. Finally, for plug efficient equipment with sleeo devices that kick in after a period oftime “wilol get you a long way said Shell. EHDD Architecture, famous for designing the and the Hedgegrow Housew atSea Ranch, has always been on the forefront of sustainablw architecture, according to Tim Culvahouse, the editor of Architecturr California and consultant for From its inception 60 years ago, EHDD founding principal Joe Eshericko did sunshading and daylighting research, using the results to shape design.
The Sea Ranch projectx in the 1960s grew out of detaileddclimate studies, wind-tunnel studies and researchn that was ground-breaking at the Culvahouse said EHDD also deserves credit for incorporating sustainabler design education into projects like the science building for in which has a building “dashboard” that trackse how much energy the structure is using. Shell emphasized that greebn buildings make workers more productiveand “Nobody wants to be in an officew building where your office is like a pizza box and you’red stuck in the middle.
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Insurers: Short-term health plans on rise - Boston Business Journal:

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In fact, sales of individual policies, both shorrt term or permanent, are both up over 30 percenyt from the same period last which was a record sale s year for theinsurance company, said Margaret Jarvis, a spokeswoman for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of An increased interest in individual plans, particularly for short-term plans for those who need temporarh coverage between jobs, can be seen in the recenft launches of more short-term individual plan s by major insurance companies. For instance, UnitedHealthcare’s subsidiary recently introduced two new short term health insurance plans in Texas that offe coverage from one to12 months.
They are designee specifically for those who cannot affordor aren’t eligible for Cobrqa in the troubled economy. Cobra is a federally mandated program in which workersa who lose their jobs have the right to maintain their healtu insurance plan at their companyu for a set period of The idea behind Cobra is to make sure aworkee doesn't have a lapse in health insurancwe while in between jobs. The time that someone could be on Cobra was recently extended through thefederal government's stimulus bill, and premiumsa for laid off workers were also reduced.
said it launchedx a similar short term insurance product called HumanaOne in April that is being offeredin Alabama, Arizona, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio and The need for these types of temporary planes are have become greater in the current recession, Goldenm Rule CEO Richard Collins said.

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The Miamisburg firm opened thenew 5,000-square-foot location in Mich., last week. The company, which does technicaol writing and product support opened the office to be near work it does withthe ’se TACOM, Tank-automotive and Armamentw Command, company spokesman Matt Armstrong said. “We do a lot of businese in that area, and we needed to get some people up there,” Armstrong This is the third satellite location for the firm.
Initially, the office will emploh between 15 and20 people, includinhg technical writers and data managers, with the goal to have up to 30 by the end of the “The Detroit area offers a rich talen t pool in close proximity to our aerospace, and manufacturing clients,” said Bob Heilman, chiec executive officer, in a news “It makes good business sense to establish an office nearby.” The firm also has facilities in Wis., and National City, Calif.. The company has 300 total employeess including about215 locally. O’Neil and Associatew is the Dayton area’sd 69th largest company, accordin g to Dayton BusinessJournal research. The company posted $24.
6 million in revenue in 2007, up from about $19 million the previous year.

Isn't there a better way to pick a vice president? - Washington Post

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A whole new game: Downturn impacts Bucks, Packers - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

2011-10-12T13:17:00.001-07:00

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The team raised ticket pricee an average of 4 percent for the2009 season, somewhat scaled back from what it might have done in better economicf times, Schlesinger said. “We spent a lot of time looking at what othert teams did after they madethe playoffs, whilwe also factoring in where the economy was,” he said. “zA lot of teams that have made the playoffs in the past have raisex prices bydouble digits. But we want to err on the side of The Texas Rangers and Washington Nationals lowered thei r ticket prices for the2009 season, but Schlesingef said most other teams have held stable or had small increases.
As for sponsorships, Schlesinget said the Brewers are projected tohave “a percent increase in The biggest deal was the new pact signecd by in January to be the presenting sponso r of the team. Terms were not disclosed, but it is the largest sponsorship deal other than the naminf rights deal for Miller Park signed by The team lost one of itsmajot sponsors, , which puller out of its naming rights deal for the rightfield picnic area at the end of the 2008 signed a multiyear partnership this week to take over the which will be renamed the AirTran Airways Landingb Zone.
Schlesinger said the team moverd ahead with all of its planneed Miller Parkcapital projects, including the overhaul of the team’s retaiol store along the leftfield The only project that has been put off is the replacemenyt of the centerfield scoreboard, whicbh was planned for 2010. “It is a huge investment for us and we just decidedd it would be better if we wait a year or he said. “It is not like the existing scoreboarde isnot working.” Schlesinger said the Brewers have not reducedc staff, but the team is not expecting to add any new positionz in the coming months. “We are doinhg much better thanother teams,” he said.
“But we know that can So we are watching everything very Steinmiller said the team is averaging slightly morethan 15,00 fans per game, down from the 15,609 it averaged during the 2007-08 At a recent Monday night game, there was an announcedf crowd of about 12,000. “People who in the past have come to 10 gamesz are now coming to seven or he said. “People are more pricew conscious.” In response, the Bucks offered most of theBradlet Center’s upper level seats for $10 per game in November and December. The team also introduced special deals with that includew ticketsand pizza, along with a soon-to-be-announced similar deal with Applebee’a restaurants.
The Bucks have signed with to includes a ticket special in all of thecablw company’s Milwaukee-area bills in the coming For existing ticket holders, the team has addef pre-game events with Bucks’ general manager John along with new club areazs for fans to get food and drink during the “I really think the $10 ticket gave us a bump and blunter a little effect of what was going on in the Steinmiller said. Team Marketing Report’xs Jon Greenberg said the Bucks are in a tougj position because they have to be careful that theit discount ticketoffers don’t offend the fans buying the high-pricec seats near the court.
“You don’gt want to insult your season ticket holderswith cut-ratre prices,” he said. “Bugt on the other hand, given their struggles over the pastfew seasons, the Bucks are goint to have to be incredibly creative to get people in the seats.” Steinmiller said the team has increasedf its focus on customer service, knowing the importancew of keeping existing ticket buyers. “We just can’t surrender to the he said. “You have to be aggressivre and try new things to make sure peopl keep coming throughthe door.” HITTING THE WALLET The average tickef price for all three Wisconsin professionakl sports teams is below the league averages.

Recession prompts big boom in the market for vegetable seeds - Business First of Louisville:

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Most of the patrons of the garden’zs 30 plots don’t plany anything until late spring, when they put in theidr tomato plants. Usually, only four or five plant a spriny crop inearly March, as Erdleyg did last month, growing lettuce, spinach and other cold-weatherr crops. But this year, 18 people planted spring Those who work in the garden industry say the recession has prompted many peoplee to plantvegetable gardens, many of them for the first as a way to cut expense for food. office in Jeffersoj County, for example, has never had more requestws to test soil for suitability for vegetable growinhg than it has hadthis spring, horticulturew agent Donna Michael said.
The demand has triplef from last year, she Normally, about 15 percentg to 20 percent of the callws left onthe office’s horticulturse hotline relate to vegetable she said. But this spring, that has risenn to about half. Many of the callw are from first-time vegetable To help meet the demandfor information, Michael held five communityh lectures on vegetable gardening in The first one attracterd 115 people, and the next four each attractede about 40. Horticulture lectures normally attract about 20 she said. “There is definite interesf stirring,” she said.
Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government runs ninecommunithy gardens, such as the one where Erdley has his that contain a total of 24 acres, said Susan Hamilton, assistan director of the Louisville Metro Economif Development Department. There are 438 people registered to work in the and there is a waiting list to get a At , 1402 W. Main St., salesx of vegetable seeds have jumped 20 percenf to 30 percent fromlast spring, said generalp manager Eugene Stratton. He said he didn’t know specificc sales figures.
The company sells 95 percent of its vegetablsseeds wholesale, he said, and the gardeb centers and farm equipment dealers that make up the company’sa customer base say they are seeinfg a lot of first-time gardeners this In some cases, customers have had to reorder vegetabls seeds, which is unusual, he said. Sandy Blanford, the vegetablde seed manager for , 919 E. Jefferson St., normally orders vegetable seeds only oncea year, in the fall. But this she has had to reorder themthre times. “It’s insane,” she said. “We can’t keep Blanford estimates that demand has tripled overlast spring.
Two monthss ago, owner Win Bunton hire four new workers just to get orders for vegetablwe seeds packaged forthe company’s customers in rural Kentucky and its Internet customers, who order from across the country. That departmenft normally has onlythree workers, Blanforx said. This year, everyoned wants Blue Lake Bush beans, Blanford The company sold out of the seedss two months agoand can’r get any more because of a crop failure. Demandx for vegetable seeds alway grows duringa recession, Bunton said. He thinkse that well-publicized food such as salmonella in peanut also have prompted people to grow theirdown food, some of them for the firstf time.
In a normal year, customerd at , 225 Chenowetn Lane, don’t have to ask many questions aboutg whatto buy. “We get a lot of customere who know what they manager TimSunkel said.

American Italian Pasta joins Russell 2000 Index - Denver Business Journal:

2011-10-08T05:34:00.001-07:00

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The index, part of the , measureas performance of the small-cap segment of U.S. according to the index’s Web site. It includes about 2,00 of the smallest securities basefd on a combination of their markeg cap and current index The index is intended to providw anunbiased small-cap barometer and is reconstituted annually to ensure that largerd stocks don’t distort the performance and characteristicsz of small-cap stocks in the index. “Membershi in the Russell indexes represents another milestonwe in the AIPC American Italian Pasta CEO Jack Kelly said in aTuesdayt release. “It recognizes the significant jump in Americanm ItalianPasta Co.
’s market capitalization over the past year. The listinb also provides another level of market visibility for the Membership inthe small-cap Russell 2000 Index automatically includess membership in the larger Russelll 3000 and Global indexes. Kansas City-based American Italiahn Pasta (Nasdaq: AIPC) reported that second-quarter earnings were nearly triple those from the same period last year and that revenud rose16 percent.
In roughluy the past year, AIPC has settled lingering problems stemming from a schemw by former executives to makethe company’se financial reports look good even as sales The scheme had fallen apart in August 2005, drawing pummeling the stock price and requiring the company to refile financial statements. American Italian Pasta is the largest producere of dry pasta inNorthg America. The company has about 650 employees and plantx inExcelsior Springs; Columbia, Tolleson, Ariz.; and Italy.

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Analysis: World divided on new plan to combat global warming - Chicago Tribune

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Portion of Washington St. stays closed - Business First of Buffalo:

2011-09-29T17:00:00.001-07:00

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Washington Street between Clinto n and Eagle Streets has been closecd for more than three weekes after there were reports of sink holes poppingf up along the sidewalkand street. City crewas pinpointed the problem to an undergrounr tunnel that connected the long vacant formed AdamMeldrum & Anderson Co. Inc. department store with its neighboring warehouse. Portions of the streert were closed for safety cityofficials said. City officials had hopeds to have the repairsmade — mainly filling the tunnel with a liquid concrete mixture within days but after finding some asbestos in the the state said the asbestos had to been encapsulatedx before the repairs could take place.
That ruliny has delayed the work. “We’d like to get the work as expeditiousl yas possible,” said Peter spokesman for Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown. “Ws can’t leave that street sitting idle The repair costs are expected toexceed $100,000. Cutler said the city will be sendinh a bill to the owners ofthe AM&A’s . New Horizons has repeatedly been in Buffall City Court on buildingcode violations. “Will we get the moneh back?” Cutler said.
“I don’t

Conductor Examines SEO Technology Impact on On-Page Auditing [STUDY] - Search Engine Watch

2011-09-27T14:00:00.001-07:00

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This Bauer bankruptcy traces back to Spiegel events - Nashville Business Journal:

2011-09-25T10:51:00.001-07:00

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In 2003, , which had owned Eddie Bauer since 1988, filed for bankruptcy And as part of the the company famous forits women’s wear catalog gave its creditorw its stake in Eddie Bauer. So, in Eddie Bauer emerged as a stand-alone compan for the first time in 34 The company also emerged witha $300 milliohn senior secured term loan agreement with lender and the task of rebuildinhg a brand that had drifted away from the company’as roots. Under Spiegel, grew rapidly, from 58 to 399 retailp stores and from three to102 outlets. The company also addefd internet sales.
But it also was a time when the Eddiw Bauer brand lostits focus, as the company shifted from its heritagre as an outdoor outfitter to a selle r of casual clothes targeted primarily at Company executives have said the debt terms from the Spiege bankruptcy case have continued to hampef efforts to turn things arounsd at Eddie Bauer. Despite efforte to recapture some of theold magic, Eddie Bauer has not been able to establishj a sustainable run of profitable quarters.
The companhy racked up nine consecutive quarterssof loses, and has seen losses of nearlyg a half-billion dollars in the past three The struggle became a financial crisies as the recession has worsened and consumerws have slowed spending.

'Conceptual Strokes' at Carlton - Boone Mountain Times

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âConceptual Strokesâ at Carlton will be on exhibit through Oct. 18. Kate Worm is a versatile artist working in watercolor/gouache and oils on canvas. Her paintings on exhibit are bold abstract landscapes, as well as abstract figurative. ...

Back to business: Election gridlock yields to activity - Dayton Business Journal:

2011-09-21T04:34:00.001-07:00

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A decision-making gridlock has been in place. Many locap business people were waiting until afteer the election to makekey moves. That was the consensuw of 61 percentof respondents, or 226 of the 368 that votexd in the last week’s Business Pulse the nonscientific online weekly poll by the . But by Wednesday morning, a strategic logjam began to “Hopefully people can now get on withmakinvg decisions,” said Mark Wanich, VP/director of commercial servicexs division at Stewart Title Guaranthy Co. “I’m up to giving the guy [President-elect Barack the benefit of the doubt.” The countryh needs stability, Wanich said.
“It’ s stability that makes Americanbusiness work.” He’ss hopeful the president and Congressz will help banks. “What’s important is for bank to start lending Wanich said. “That’s what is killinf us right now. What we need right now is more capitall brought into the economyto invest.” Banker Bob McGivneyh spent part of Election Day at a Pinellas County manufacturing Despite tight margins, the company was busy and ever y machine was working. All the companyh needs, he said, is more orders from its customers. That won’rt happen just because the presidential election is McGivney said.
“When you’ve got payroll to it doesn’t matter who’x in the White It matters what’s in the checking McGivney said. McGivney, chairman and CEO of in Oldsmar, said the crisizs hitting the financial industry comes down to a lack of It will take a while to get thatconfidences back, McGivney said, and a change in administration won’t make a “There’s no instant fix to this. Whethefr [Sen. John] McCain or Obamas won, there’s no instant fix.” He’s expecting a turnarounfd beginningin January, but it will staryt slowly and it’s not tied to the he said.
Startup Jefferson Bank, which launched operatione in December, is on track with its own strategif plansand doesn’t expect changes in lending as a resuly of the election. one change McGivney is anticipating is additiona l regulation in the CommunityReinvestmenty Act, which encourages commercial banks and savings associationds to meet the credit needsd of the communities in which they operate, includinbg low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. “Democratxs have a more sociall y active approach to financial I appreciate that they want todo good, but you can’g mandate economics. It doesn’t work. It’as color blind. It all comes down to McGivney said.
The impact of the election resulte onDavid Cribbin’s business dependxs on what policies actually are said the president of . He believes the “positions in his industry will suffer. The Palm Harbor firm provides financing for the acquisitionh and leasingof aircraft. Corporations and investors pay for positions in line to take delivery ofnew aircraft, sort of like a layaway Cribbin expects that investors will no longer have use for theid positions and be unable to sell them and walk away, leavinf aircraft manufacturers with an overbuilt “My big concern is tax he said. “If you want less of something, tax it.
If you increasr the capital gains tax, there will be less less productivity andwages aren’t going to Cribbin’s strategy for coping with the election outcomse is to continue to build his niche financinb resources as large lenders retrench. “In the aircraft financing it’s all about knowingb who will do what,” he said. “We’ve been lucky at doing

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2011-09-19T00:00:00.001-07:00

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Miami-Dade mayor's budget proposal slashes services, jobs - South Florida Business Journal:

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Faced with a $400 million budget deficit, Alvarez said during a noon news conferencd that he was putting all options onthe “Nobody wants to see their taxes increased, nobody wantss service reductions, nobody wants to see people lose theier jobs – but something has to give,” Alvarezs said. “There is no perfect The proposed $7.8 billion budget also includesz the elimination of morethan 1,700 positions. There are 1,217 vacant positions in the budget, but Alvaresz said he was not optimistic that they coulfd pair each of the affected employees with available Merit increases and longevity bonuses would continue to be Acrossthe county, 229 positionas and $55.
351 million in administrativw reductions have been made in the proposedd budget, according to a budget memo. The cuts come at a time when havefallenb $22.55 billion, or 9.5 percent, the worst year-over-yea decline in at leas 40 years, according to Property Appraisetr Pedro Garcia. "We can expecrt the tax roll losses for 2010 to be as we will not benefit from significant new constructiom and will record the full effects of the housinbgforeclosure crisis," Alvarez said. At the millage rates used to developthe proposal, the owner of a home of average value in Miami-Dade’s unincorporatee area would pay $8.63 more a year than in fiscal 2008-2009, according to the budget.
Alvarea said that while it is a virtualluy flat millagerate budget, it will stil impose significant service impacts to the He said the budget, which he has “agonized in the past few months, “is balanced and strivese to keep our most basic services intact.” But, it also includex the consolidation of some departmenta and the elimination of Under the proposal, salaries will be cut 5 percen t for all remaining county which Alvarez said would save more than $100 million and more than 2,000o jobs. A countywide hiring freezs also would remainin place.
The budgegt also slashes funding forall community-based It eliminates $11 million in grants to hundreds of locapl cultural organizations. General fund subsidies to including , , and and Gardens, wouldf be cut. Robert McCammon, presidenrt and CEO of the Historical Museum indowntownm Miami, said he expects to see a 41 percengt drop in county funding. Despite the $512,000 cut to his budget, he said he hopes to avoid layoffs. “We happen to be an institution with an he said. "We have been fairly conservatived by managingit properly." The museum’s endowment is $11 million, down from $16 milliob as a result of the economic downturn.
This the secon d year in a row that the museum face s cuts incounty funding. In 2006-2007, the organization received an additional $250,000. But, in the next fiscap year, that was cut by almost as much as McCammon fears the museum and the countgy will be facing the same problemsnext “We are still having foreclosures, short sales,” he said. “k would anticipate property values beingb lessnext year.” The budget, according to Alvarez, was developec with the intent of not increasing other than to allow for fundinb of critical public safety programs.
He addeds that, despite "rampant speculation," a fire fee is not part of the Inanswering critics, he said the budgetr gap would be the same "with or withoug a baseball stadium, new airport terminalw or the host of other long-term constructiom projects on the drawing board. The dollar s that fund these projects comefrom non-operating portiond of the budget, and their uses are restricted." County Commission Chairmanm Dennis Moss said that, while the commissionm and county administration must work as a the budget is still a a starting point. “Everything is on the table at this Moss said.

Ross reports big sales growth - San Francisco Business Times:

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For the quarter enderd May 2, 2009, Ross Stores (NASDAQ: sales totaled $1.692 billion, a 9 percenrt increase over the $1.55 billion in sales for the thirteen weeks endedcMay 3, 2008. Comparable-store sales for the thirteej weeks endedMay 2, 2009 grew 3 percent. "W believe our solid performancd throughout the quarter was driven by our continued ability to deliver compelling bargainsto customers,” said Michaek Balmuth, president and CEO of Pleasanton-basex Ross, in a "Our first quarter earnings are benefiting from above-plajn sales, better-than-expected merchandise grosws margin and tight expense control.
“ The Southeast and Mid-Atlantic were the strongestg regions for the national retailer with 922 Ross Dresse for Less stores in 27 states and 52 dd's Discount stores in four states.

Survey finds gas surcharge not supported - Sacramento Business Journal:

2011-09-12T12:34:00.001-07:00

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A super majority of the region’s residents considetr traffic congestion and carbon dioxided and other air pollution to beregiona problems, learned in a yearly However, only 31 percent would add a carbon surchargr of 10 cents per gallon of gas in their countg to fund public transit. And 51 percent would opposes sucha surcharge. The conducted by Sacramento State professor Amy Liu and her students througgthe university’s , found that respondents aren’t as concerned aboug traffic congestion as they used to be. Only 43 percenft said traffic congestion is abig issue, whichu is the lowest since the surveuy began in 2002.
The peak came that when 70 percent said it was abig “The number of those who think carbo dioxide and other air pollution is a problen has also declined in the past few years,” a university news releass on the survey findings “In 2004 and 2005, 88 percentg of the region felt air quality was a In 2006 that number dropped to 85 and by 2008 it had declined to 81 The survey found that 49 percent of residents consider public transit a problem, and only 24 percenyt consider it a big issue.
or 33 percent, said it is not a While most respondents agree that carbohn dioxide and other air pollutionb and traffic congestion are problems in the only 17 percent rode public transit in the 30 days prioer tothe survey. • Residents in the city of Sacramentl (55 percent), Democrats (55 percent), independents and third-party voters (55 are the most concerned aboutpublic • Democrats are more likely (83 percent) than Republicans (53 and non-white residents are more likely (70 percent) than whitesz (69 percent) to consider air quality a problem for the region.
• Supporrt for an additional gas surcharge is highest amongDemocratz (46 percent), Yolo County residents (42 percent), and peopld who who belong to the upper and upper-middle classes (40 Transit users (50 percent) are the most likely to vote yes. Supportg for the gas surcharge is the lowest amongyRepublicans (21 percent), El Dorado Countyh residents (26 percent) and peopl e who belong to the working and lower classes (27

Michael C. Hall in Talks to Lead BIG FISH on Broadway; Susan Stroman to Direct - Broadway World

2011-09-10T08:17:00.001-07:00

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Embarq, CenturyTel will become CenturyLink after merger - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

2011-09-08T03:51:00.001-07:00

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billion sale to expected this month. The rural phon e companies on Tuesday announceed the planned name and logo for thecombinedf company. CenturyLink will retain the CenturyTel (NYSE: CTL) trading symbol. “Ourt new brand name was selectexd because our customers and employees told us it reflectede a company thatis forward-lookiny and committed to linking the countru together,” CenturyTel CEO Glen Post III, who also will be chiefd executive of CenturyLink, said in the The company will begin operating under the new branf immediately upon closing the deal.
In the followinf months, markets will be converted to the new with customers being notified in advance and the name beinf added tocompany signs, vehicles and marketingh materials. The logo is intended to represent the powedr of connecting people and businesse to one another and tonew opportunities, locallhy and nationally, the release said. Overlandd Park-based Embarq (NYSE: EQ) and based in Monroe, La., are from the — before the deal can The headquarters will bein Monroe. A Denverd brand consulting agency, , helped develop the new bran strategy, name and logo, the release Together, the two companiea will have about 7.
5 million access lines, more than 2 millioj broadband customers and morethan 400,000p video subscribers. will . Embarq ranks No. 3 on the Kansa s City BusinessJournal ’s list of area public companies.

Lingle orders unpaid days off for workers - Austin Business Journal:

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In an address broadcast from theState Capitol, Lingle also said she would scales back free Medicaid benefits to low-income adults and said the stater would delay paying some of its larger bills untilp July. The governor is also asking the the Legislature, and the Office of Hawaiian Affair to implement equivalent furlough days or restricrt their budgets. Hawaii law does not allow ordering furloughs for the Departmentof Education, the University of Hawaio or the Hawaii Health Systems but Lingle said their spending will be restricte in an amount equivalent to the three-days-per-month furlough. The which start July 1, amount to about a 13.
8 percenrt pay cut, or about $5,500 for a worker makingg $40,000 a year. As with Lingle does not have to negotiate the furloughs with any of the unionz representingstate workers. Lingle has said she doesn’rt want to lay off workers because of the disruptivs effect of contract rules that would enable senior workers to junior workers, even if they workerd in different state agencies. The furlough s will save $688 Lingle said the savings are needede to close a gapof $730 millionm between now and June 30, 2011, as forecasgt by the state’s Council on Revenuesz May 28. All told, Hawaiui is expected to see tax revenue fallby $2.7 billionm over the next two years.
“If we do not implemenf the furlough plan, we would have to lay off up to 10,00 0 employees to realize an equivalent amount of Lingle said. The state has about 46,000p workers, including 21,000 employees of the Departmentyof Education. Lingle blame d the fiscal shortfall on thelingering recession, rising dropping visitor arrivals, a decline in private buildinvg permits, a doubling of and record bankruptcy The state Legislature ended its session last montbh by raising tax ratess on hotel rooms, high-income earners, luxury home transactions and tobacc o to help meet the budget But Lingle, a Republicann whose vetoes of those measures were overridden by majoritg Democrats, said she would not ask for additional tax She also rejected calls for legalizingy gambling.
However, Lingle notee that 70 percent of state operating funds go to laborr costs and that the state had provided employee wage increasr of between 16 and 29 percenrt over the past fouryears “whej our economy was thriving.”

Ram Realty files foreclosure on commercial site - Nashville Business Journal:

2011-09-03T17:51:00.001-07:00

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It is one of the firstf foreclosure lawsuits initiatedby Ram, which said in February that it acquired 10 nonperforminv loans valued at $57 million from two large regionak banks. The property is a 3.7-acre parcel at the northwest corner of Hagenm Ranch Road and BoyntonBeach Boulevard. Afterr Safety Harbor-based GKK-Hagen bought the land for $4.5 milliob in 2007, the developer obtained a $7.1 millionm construction mortgagefrom Birmingham, Ala.-based . That same GKK-Hagen signed a grounrd lease with Cincinnati-based , whichg planned to build a brancu onthe site. However, court records show that leasr deal was terminatedin January. On Feb.
27, Region s Bank assigned its mortgage on the site toBoyntoj Hagen, a company managed by Ram Realty II REIT. Regions also granted a $1 million mortgagse to Boynton Hagen to help finance the purchaswe ofits loan. Boynton Hagen filed its foreclosure lawsuit on Marcjh 11against GKK-Hagen and George K. Kidman, executive VP of in Safetg Harbor. Kidman declined comment. Miami attorney Raymondr V. Miller, who represents Boynton Hagen in the did not immediately return a call seeking According to ParadiseDevelopmenty Group’s Web site, it has developed 5.1 millioj square feet of retail mostly in Florida, Georgia and Pennsylvania. It said it has constructedd 47 stores and40 stores.

Polsinelli Shughart law firm moving to LoDo - Business First of Buffalo:

2011-09-01T12:51:00.001-07:00

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The firm confirmed Friday that its localp office is relocating to the newlyu built 1515 Wynkoop office building on Wynkoop Street in Lower Downtown TheKansas City-based firm’s Denver branch currently is located in downtown’ s Independence Plaza at 1050 17th St. The firm’s Denveer office has leased roughly 38,000 square feet of spacs at itsnew location, with an option to grow. The move is planne for September 2009.
“We are pleased to relocated our attorneys and staff to a part of downtown that representw the growth and vitalityof Denver, enabling the expansiohn of our firm’s practice and presence here,” Steve Long, founder and managing partner of Polsinelli Shughart’sd Denver office, said in a statementt Friday. “We are committed to remaining indowntown Denver, as it allowse us to be immersed in the business and civi c community, and provides our attorneys with a vibranf place to work,” Long added.
The firm said that its new spaces is expected to qualify forLEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmentap Design) certification for energy savings and environmentally friendly based on its use of sustainable materiale and energy-efficient lighting, heating, cooling and office LEED is the U.S. Green Building Council’s designation for sustainable design. Polsinelli Shughart was created in February by the merger of Kansaas City law firms ShughartThomsonh & Kilroy PC and Polsinelli Shalto n Flanigan Suelthaus PC. The leases of several majof law firms, either based in metrl Denver or withlocal branches, are expiring this year.
Whilr some firms are renewing leases where theyalreadhy are, others are relocating. LLP, Colorado’s largest law plans to move its southeast suburban office in August tothe transit-oriented, “green” Villags Center Station project now under construction. The branch currentlt is located at8390 E. Crescent Parkway in the Denver Tech Holland & Hart’s headquarters office remains at 555 17th Street in downtowmn Denver. Earlier this year, LLP relocatedc to the new 1400 Wewatta officee building in LoDo from OneTaborf Center.
Meanwhile, LLC recently renewed its 56,000-square-foot leased on the top three floorw of One Tabor Center for 11 more The law firm was the first tenant to commirt tothe building, which opened in 1985. Denver’xs 1515 Wynkoop building, developed by Houston-basex Hines Interests LP, broke ground in 2007. The 267,833-square-foot, eight-story officw building with retail space was completedthis spring. Other tenanta in the new building, which is pre-certified for LEED Silver include the Van GilderInsurance Corp.’s headquarters.

Triangle unemployment still lowest in state - Triangle Business Journal:

2011-08-30T08:17:00.001-07:00

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For the Raleigh-Cary metropolitan statistical area, which includex Wake, Johnston and Franklin counties, the unemployment rate in Aprilwas 8.3 percent, up from 3.4 percent a year ago, but down from 8.7 percen t in March. For the Durham-Chapel Hill MSA, which includesa Durham, Orange, Chatham and Person counties, the rate for Aprill was 7.3 percent, up from 3.6 percengt a year ago, but down from 7.6 percentg in March. The numbers are not seasonallg adjusted, so month-to-month changes are not an accurate reflection of changes in the work but year-over-year changes are. The combinec Raleigh-Durham area’s unemployment rate for April checked inat 8.2 percent.
Though the rate is one of the highesgt in the Triangle over the past 25 the area still is faring much better thanthe state’s other two major metros. The Charlotte area’s unemployment stoosd at 12.1 percent in while the jobless rate inthe Greensboro-Winston-Salem area was 11 percent. The Triangle’sa three core counties each rank amongNortyh Carolina’s best in terms of employment. Orange County has the state’se lowest rate, at 5.8 percent unemployment. Durham Countgy was not far behind, posting the thirsd lowest unemployment rateat 7.3 percent. And Wake County came in eightbhwith 7.9 percent unemployment.
The Durham-Chapel Hill MSA lost 4,100 jobs over the previoud 12 months. Growth in government and educatiomn andhealth services, which added 7,500 jobs to the were offset by losses in manufacturing and trade, which lost a combinedc 6,700 compared to April 2008. In the Raleigh-Carg MSA, 17,100 jobs were lost betweem April 2008 andApril 2009. The bulk of those lossesa were felt inmanufacturing (3,300 jobs lost), trade, transportation and utilities (3,70p jobs lost), professional and business services (4,20o0 jobs lost) and naturapl resources, mining and constructiojn (8,900 jobs lost). Gains of 2,700 government jobs and 1,8009 services jobs did little to countertthose declines.
Of the state’s 100 83 saw their jobless ratezfall month-to-month. In the Triangle, only Chatham Countuy did not havea month-to-month The unemployment rate there held steadhy at 8 percent.

Fantasy football: Peyton Matting still the man in our world - Worcester Telegram

2011-08-28T03:17:00.001-07:00

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The insanity of patent warfare - TODAYonline

2011-08-25T21:17:00.001-07:00

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Disney layoffs total 1,900 - Orlando Business Journal:

2011-08-23T16:17:00.001-07:00

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Of that total, 1,400 of the positions were in Centralo Florida. The company laid off 900 workers and eliminated500 positions, the company In California, 200 workerd lost their jobs and the company eliminated 100 positions, Disneuy said. The job cuts are related to an overhauloof Disney’s theme-park management structure the compan announced Feb. 18. The jobs were all management andprofessional positions, the company The goal of the restructuring was to consolidate much of its decision-making process for Disney Worled and Disneyland.
Disney also offered buyouts in January to600 high-leve l management executives in Orlando and California, which was accepted by 50 Disney has about 62,000 workers in Central Florida. “These decision s are not made lightly, but are essentia l to maintaining our leadership in famil tourism andreflect today’s economic realities,” said Mike Griffin, a The job cuts have been occurrinfg over the past several weeks, the company said. Thosre laid off receive a 60-day paid administrativee leave, a severance package that is based on their yeardsof service, extended medica l benefits and job placement.
The layoffs come as the and the black eye that companies have receivedx over corporate meetings andexecutivde travel, has the Orlando travel industry Orange County reported February resort tax collections were down 29 percent and air trafficx at Orlando International Airport was down 11 perceny during the same period. From Octobed through February, resort tax collectionsa are down12 percent. Smith Travel Research, which trackw hotel performance nationwide, reported Orlando hotel occupancy in the last week of Marcbh was down 26percent — the greatesrt decline in the nation.
Smith Travel also reported that Orlando area revenue per available the key measure of financial health, fell 35.4 percent to Particularly troubling to area tourism officials is the industrt relies on business during the first four months of the year for much of its annuak revenue. “You can’t underestimater the importance of the first months of the year to theOrlando destination,” said Rich president of the .
Although the bulk of the job cuts have been Disney said the company does managee its operation based on demand and like any otherf business it is subject to the ups and downs ofthe

'529 College Savings Day' Reminds Families to Plan Ahead

2011-08-21T11:00:00.001-07:00

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May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- "What's your plan?"" That's the message for this year's "529 Colleg Savings Day" May 29th. The national awarenesse day is sponsored by members of the Collegd Savings PlansNetwork (CSPN) who are working to educatee families about the importance of saving for college and ways 529 collegse savings plans can help, especially during thesew tough economic times. With college costs continuing to rise and familiez facing more financial pressuresthan ever, CSPN is committed to letting people know they need a plan to save for collegew and that 529 plan offer families a tax-advantaged way to startr saving now for college in the future.
"529 plans providd an opportunity for American families to realize the dreakm of college and beyond fortheir children. At the same we truly understand the challenging financial positio familiesof college-bound children are in," said , executive directod of the Ohio Tuition Trust Authority, and Immediate Past Chair and spokespersonj for CSPN, an affiliate of the Nationa l Association of State Treasurerse (NAST). Fiscally, the climate is toug h for families trying to save for Insome cases, extra moneyu that might have been used to fund a colleger savings plan is now neededc to cover other household expenses.
Families who have invested in the stockk market may have also seen theifr accounts decline over thepast year, raising concerhn about the performance of the market. "Our goal is to provide parentss with reliable 529 savingz and prepaid programs asan affordable, and fiscall responsible way to save for college," said Williams. "And on collegwe savings day, as with every day, we want to remind parents of the core mission and differences of529 plans." How Are 529 Plans Different Unlike other investment options, 529 plans administered by statew have a unique set of goals.
The plansz have been established bystates to: 1) increase accesz to higher education to build a better-educated and 2) encourage all families to save for including low- and moderate-income families that are generallg underserved by financial services firms. Without the 529 plans offerec in 50 states andWashingtomn D.C., college savings options for Americamn families would be severely limited. A colleges education has become increasingly difficult to attaib because of the growing collegse pricetag - over the last 30 tuition inflation has increased at a rate two to three timew higher than inflation. A 529 plan can help overcomre thatprice tag.
However, as the general ebb and flow of the market continuese to dominateinvestment news, debunking myths about 529 plana is an ongoing procesas for CSPN. 529 plans are set up to offee a wide range of benefits to consumers who participate inthe plans. Fees are a big concern for most Because many 529 plans are most states offer participants a plan with fees beloqwone percent. Additionally, state oversight of these plans ensures better checks and balances for managingplanes properly. Finally, 529 plans are Most direct-sold plans allow participants to contribute as littlras $15 at a time and offer a variety of paymentg options such as bank account draft or payroll deduction.
Other benefitsz include tax free growth of and those earnings are exempt from statd and federal income tax when used to pay for qualifiedx highereducation expenses. Many states also offer an incom e tax deduction or credit on contributionz to a529 plan. Consumers are encouraged to check with their individuao state plans for these benefitsand others, such as matchingy grant programs. On May 29, CSPN encourages all parents, grandparenta and family members offuture college-bound childrem to visit CollegeSavings.org to learn more aboug saving for college with a 529 plan.
In additiom to skyrocketing college costs and the difficultyu of savingfor college, financiap aid may leave futur e graduating students saddled with insurmountabled debt since most aid now comes in the form of studeny loans. Proper planning by parents early ina child's life can make a significantf difference when the colleger years arrive. "More Americans are able to affore college because of529 plans. '529 College Savingsw Day' is a way for us to reac h out to American families to let them know therw are 529 plans availableto them.
Even durinf these tough economic times, it is extremely importan t to savefor college, and even small amounts saved may decrease the debt a childr incurs for a college education," Williams said. Williams "There is a risk with any type of including investingfor college. 529 planzs can help consumers managethat risk. The bigge r risk for parents today is not doing anything to prepare forcollege costs. Parents who use the resourcees available to them to research the plan most suitablre to their personal education and financial goals can fare well withthe long-term investments offered by 529 plans." "529 College Savings Day" is a great time for parents to thinlk about their plan.
After all, fundamental aspirations for childrejn remain, despite these uncertain times. Founded in 1991, the CSPN is an affiliated of the National Association of StateTreasurers (NAST). CSPN is a non-profitf association representing states that administer Section 529 collegwe savings and prepaid tuition One ofthe Network's primary purposes is to educats families about the importance of saving for colleg and the benefits of Sectionm 529 plans. Additionally, CSPN monitors federak activities and promotes legislative and regulatory changes to enhanc e Section529 plans. To learn more about CSPN and 529 plana acrossthe country, visit CollegeSavings.org.

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2011-08-19T06:00:00.001-07:00

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2011-08-17T00:17:00.001-07:00

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VC confidence continues to rise from 5-year lows - San Francisco Business Times:

2011-08-14T18:51:00.001-07:00

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The rose to 3.37 in the seconcd quarter from 3.03 in the first quarter. The index is on a scalee of 1 to 5, from low confidence to high confidence. It markas the second consecutive rise after the inded hita 5-year low in the fourtn quarter of last year. "Venture capitalists expect the worsft of the financial crisias isbehind us," the report said. Despite a continuedx lack of IPOs, sales and otherr ways to cash in ontheir investments, VCs reporte d that they continue to see particularlt resilient entrepreneurs looking for investment. Funding for early stagre companies remains at particularlylow however, the report said, with most money going to keep later staged companies going.
"They say if you wait for spring willbe over," the report quotes Venkyy Ganesan of of Palo Alto as "While there is much to repaird in our global credit markets, the worst is over and it'sd time to sow the seeds for the

ESPN Zone closes doors in Denver - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

2011-08-12T13:34:00.001-07:00

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The ESPN Zone, part of a nationwide chai of what used to be nine ofthe sports-themedr bar and interactive game centersw across the country, laid off roughlu 100 employees, giving each a 60-day administrative leave according to a company statement. Rick Allesandri, an ESPN vice presidentt who overseesZone operations, said in the statement that the restaurangt could not survive the recession. This economic downturbn has been marked nationally by reduced consumer spendingy on eating out and onentertainmentf activities. “A decision like this is never easy. We recognize and appreciatr the commitment and years of servic e of all ofthese employees,” Allesandri said.
“Unfortunately, the currenf economic environment offered us noother choice.” The ESPN Zone was a 23,000-square-foog meeting place for sports fanatics, with one room featuring more than a dozeh large televisions tuned into contests of all kind and anothef full of video and sports games ranginb from basketball to bowling. None of the eighy other ESPN Zone locations willbe closed, as all “arer meeting our expectations,” said Matt Kovacs, a spokesmen for the chain.
, which owns the Tabor issued a statement saying itwas “sorry to hear of theitr decision to discontinue their Denver But the closing of ESPN Zone “has creates a new opportunity for us to bring new conceptws to 16th Street,” it One of those new concepts is The Tilted a Celtic-themed restaurant and sports bar with 20 locations operating nationwide and another 10 The chain, which is expected to open its Denvee location this fall and to offer outdoor patio has signed an 8,300-square-foot leasee at Tabor Center, according to a news release.
The Tilted Kilt begahn in Las Vegas in 2003 and is noted for its servers dressedin knee-high short plaid kilts and midriff-barinv plaid halter tops. It will be one of a numbed of new tenants opening in the Tabor Centerthis “These new additions to Tabort Center’s retail offering reflect our continuing effortsz to enhance the services and amenities for the customers and visitors to the Tabor said Steve Budorick, executive vice presideng and partner at Callahan Capitalo Partners.

Honda sales plunge 41% in May - Dayton Business Journal:

2011-08-10T08:00:00.001-07:00

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’s American sales arm, , reported on Tuesda y that the automakersold 98,344 vehicleds nationwide in May. A year ago, demanfd for fuel-efficient vehicles had sent Honda to a recorcd month of salesat 167,99y vehicles. That represents a drop of 41 percentt from ayear ago, when pricesd at the pump were higher and the automobile industry hadn’t yet hit crisis Columbus Business First reports monthly sales unadjustes for the differences in the numbed of selling days year to year. Honda’s saled in May, taking into account one fewetr selling day last fell39 percent.
Leading the declined in monthly sales for May wasthe company’ss flagship division, which saw a 42 percenft drop in sales at 88,8745 vehicles. Its luxury Acura division saw sales fall 36 percenyto 9,469 vehicles. Honda sales in the first five monthsw of the year fell 34 percentto 430,35 vehicles, compared with 655,819 a year ago. That accounts for a 34 percent drop in Hondq salesat 387,556 vehicles and a 35 percent decline in Acuraa sales at 42,802. Marysville-based employs more than 12,00o0 workers at assembly and enginre plants in and aroundCentral Ohio, wher e they produce Honda Accords, Civics, CR-Vs, Elements and Acuraa TLs and RDXs.

GOP happier with Gillibrand, says poll - Business First of Buffalo:

2011-08-08T02:17:00.001-07:00

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A new Poll shows 56 percent of Republicansz reacting favorably to the appointmentof Senator-designatse Kirsten Gillibrand, D-Hudson, while only 41 percent of Democrate say they approve. Gillibrancd was named to the Senats seat on Fridayby Gov. David Paterson. She will replacs Hillary Clinton, who became U.S. secretary of state last week. The new senator will be sworn in by Vice President Joe Bidenon Tuesday. The appointmenyt was controversial forseveral reasons.
Among them: Gillibrand’w virtual anonymity outside ofthe Albany-arez congressional district she had represented since 2007; her conservativre record on several issues, including gun rights; and Paterson’es perceived snub of Carolinw Kennedy, once considered the frontrunner for the Senate Gillibrand’s appointment was approved by 46 percent of the New Yorkersa surveyed by Quinnipiac. Thirty percent disapproved, and the remaininv 24 percent hadno opinion.
Republican s approved by a margin of 56 to27 percent, Democrats by 41 to 35 and independent voters by 49 to 21 New York's senior senator, Charlexs Schumer, during a stop in Buffalo had some words of advice for his new colleague. “Kirste is going to have to learnthe state. I woulx suggest she visit Westerj New York earlyand often,” he Gov. Paterson’s overall approval rate is 50 percenty after the Gillibrand down from 53 percent earlier inthe month. His approvak rate rose four percentage points among Republicans to45 percent, but droppedr eight points among Democrats to 54 percent. Quinnipiac surveyed 1,047 registerecd voters across the statefrom Jan. 23 to Jan. 25.
The poll’zs margin of error is three percentage points. Also, a new poll showedc Paterson’s favorability with states voters is declining whilwe that of Attorney general Andrew Cuomiois rising. Albany-based SRI reported Jan. 26 that in a potentialp gubernatorial Democratic primaryin 2010, Paterson’zs lead over Cuomo is just two points, down from 23 pointsz in December. Paterson has a 60-23 favorable rating comparedd to 63-22 last month. Cuomo, meanwhile, has a 64-1u rating, up from a favorabl rating of 59-24 in December.
“Fof the first time since he’sd been governor, more people are inclinef to support ‘someone than they are to elect Paterson as governor in saidSteven Greenberg, SRI Former New York City Mayor Rudy a potential republican candidate for has cut the deficit against both Patersob and Cuomo in the last Paterson is ahead of Giuliani, 44-42 percent, down while Cuomo’s margin is now 48-39 down from 50-37 percent in December.

No need to fear German wines: Labels explain vineyard, quality - Pittsburgh Business Times:

2011-08-05T21:17:00.001-07:00

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Yet, many people have told me that they cannoty or will not purchase German Are we afraid that these wines are somehowa second-classx citizen of the old world set? Do we still reel from that bad experiencse we had with Blue Nun when we were in high school? I believe the main reason is because we are intimidates by all of those long Germanh words written in that fancy German scripty on the bottle. What does all of that stuff mean? Where are the wine terms that we've grown to know and love suchas St. Crianza, or DOCG? Well, German wines are a whole differentball game, as far as the labep terminology is concerned.
The however, is equally as fine as any other wine comintg out of that half ofthe globe, if not superior. What shoulrd you look for in a Germanwine ? The first thing to look for is a quality designation. The best Germanh wines are labeled QmP. This stands for Qualitatsweinhmit Pradikat, which loosely means "quality wine with Now to the label itself. Grabbing a random German wine off ofthe shelf, I find myselcf looking at the followingv information: Phew! I'm exhausted! Let's take this one line at a The first line is the producer. Once you try more and more Germab wines, you'll start to develop a relationship with specific producers thatyou prefer.
Mosel-Saad Ruwer is the appellation. Just like France has Burgundyhand Alsace, Germany has Rheingau, Pfalz, and several other recognizable grape-growing regions, each with their own identitied based on soil, slope, weather and vinification techniques. Mosel winezs are usually in green bottles, and are signified by highert acid and warmer autumn Rhein wines are inbrown bottles, with more body and slightlu higher alcohol. These last two linesa are where we give up reading German labels and starty looking for a nice California Benot afraid! They are always in a specificc order, based on what information is being given.
The firsrt line, "Trittenheimer Altarchen", is the town and vineyard that the grapesscame from. To Germans, -er is the same as our -an. If you'red from Pennsylvania, you're a If you're from Trittenheim, you're a Riesling! Finally, a recognizable word Yes, the Germans, unlike the Frencg and Italians, almost always put the grape onthe bottle. Spatlesre is the QmP level. Germands practice late harvesting techniques. This is done by leaving the grapes on the vines past the time of thenormal harvest. As they remain, they raisinate, concentratingy the natural sugars in the That is why some German wines areso expensive.
You get a lot more juices from an acre of grapes than you do from an acre of The general rule ofthumb is: The longert the name of the qualitgy level, the longer the grapesx were left on the vine. There are six designations, goint from driest to sweetest: Spatlese, Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese and Let me encourage you to samples some of these Pair the driest oneswith fish, poultry, or pastass with white or oil-based sauces. Drink the sweetestt ones with dessert (or as dessert).
As the more you try, the more you

LCA-Vision adds Thomas as COO, Sebastian as Senior VP - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

2011-07-27T23:34:00.001-07:00

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The COO job is a newly created titlrefor Thomas, who had been senior vice president of operations. Sebastian replaces Stephen Jones, who has left LCA “to pursue other the company said in anews “Dave has continually proven his leadership ability by developingb and implementing initiatives that increase our operationao efficiencies,” said CEO Steven Straud in the release. He adde d that Sebastian, who is rejoining LCA, “isw an accomplished human resources executivse with demonstrated success in developing and implementing organizational strategies in changing Sebastian most recently served as vice organization and managementfor Cincinnati-base , which in May filed for bankruptcyg and announced the sale of its assets to a privat equity firm.
LCA-Vision (NASDAQ: headquartered in Cincinnati, provides laser visiojn correction services under the LasikPlus The company operates 75 laser vision correction center in the United States and a joint venturdin Canada.

UAW sees its future on the line in talks - msnbc.com

2011-07-25T17:51:00.001-07:00

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Prospective StoneRidge buyer M3 talks about plans for subdivision - Prescott Daily Courier

2011-07-23T11:34:00.001-07:00

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PRESCOTT VALLEY - The prospective buyer of the vacant lots in the StoneRidge subdivision expects escrow to close Aug. 15 and to begin building homes within three to six months. "We think there is new-home demand now," Bill Brownlee, a partner with ...

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Networking Calendar - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

2011-07-21T05:17:00.001-07:00

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Arizona International Growth Group, first Monday of the 7:30 a.m., Jobing.com, 4747 N. 22nd St., Phoenix. $5. EcoMonday, first Monday of the month, 7:30 a.m., Hilto Garden Inn, 1940 W. Pinnacle Peak Phoenix. $10. Registration required: www.ecomonday.com or Gail, Entrepreneurial Mothers Association, first Monday of the month, 6:15 Radisson Hotel, 7475 W. Chandler Blvd., rsvpev@emausa.org. Phoenix CEO-CFO Group, fourth Monda of the month, 11:30 a.m., McCormick Schmick’s, 2575 E. Camelback Road, $35. Reservations required: www.phoenixceocfo.com. Phoenix Green Chambedr of CommerceEducational Forum, fourthy Monday of the month, 6 p.m., location varies. Free $20 nonmembers.
602-682-5566 or www.phoenixgreenchamber.org. Security Practitioners Forum, fourth Monday of the 6:30 p.m., University of Advancingb Technology, 2625 W. Baseline Tempe. Free. www.azspf.org. Success Dynamics Leads Chandler Chamber ofCommerce Chapter, weekly, 7:30 Wildflower Bread Co., 3111 W. Chandlef Blvd., Chandler. 480-963-4571, ext. 205, or brad@chandlerchamber.com. Businessd Builders, weekly, noon, Tutti Santi Italian 7575 N. 16th St., Phoenix. Roberg Burton, 602-214-4217 or www.azbusinessbuilders.com. Chates Toastmasters, weekly, noon, Hope Community, 7901 E. Sweetwater Ave., Free. www.chatstoastmasters.org or Patricia 602-432-8168.
Scottsdale Vision Businesss Networking, weekly, 12:15 p.m., 15849 N. 71st St., Ste. 100, Robert Wade, 602-430-4647 or rob.wade@lpl.com. Scottsdaliansa Toastmaster Club, weekly, 6:45 p.m., Paiute Neighborhooxd Center, 6535 E. Osborn Road, Scottsdale. Women’s Council, Chandler Chambedr of Commerce, 8 a.m. June 2, Chandler Chamber of Commerce, 25 S. Arizona Place, Ste. 201, Free. Register: www.chandlerchamber.com. West Valley Women, first Tuesday of the month,11:30 a.m., Skye Fine Dining, 16844 N. Arrowheafd Fountain Drive, Peoria. Reservations: www.westvalleywomen.ortg or 602-235-2370. 3000 Club first and third Tuesdays ofthe 7:30 a.m., Holiday Inn Express, 16540 N. Bullarf Ave.
, Surprise. Bob and Hele n Estep, 623-556-6123, or www.the3000club.org. Scottsdale Job first and third Tuesdays ofthe month, 8:30 Temple Chai, 4645 E. Marilyjn Road, Phoenix. www.scottsdalejobnet.com or Arizona Entrepreneurs, second Tuesday of the month, 7:30 a.m., New Visiohn Center, Hayden and Mountain View, Scottsdale. $5. www.azentrepreneurs.cojm or 480-314-0803. Women in Insurance and Financial Services, second Tuesday of the 7:30 a.m., Donovan’s Steak House, 3101 E. Camelback Road, Phoenix. rsvpwifs@cox.net or 602-314-4456. Entrepreneurial Mothers Association-Northeast Vallety Chapter, second Tuesday of the 11:30 a.m., Stone Creek Golf Club, 4435 E. Paradisse Village Pkwy.
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Stadium Red Announces German Tour Club Dates for Jeremy Carr - Marketwire (press release)

2011-07-18T23:17:00.001-07:00

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Jeremy will tour with German DJ trio, The Miami Rockers, beginning in Berlin on July 20 th and end in Koln with two shows on July 30 th . Jeremy will perform his latest work including "The Way We Are," "Celebrate Life" and preview "Live For Today. ...

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Office project in Alamo Heights set to move onto Phase II - San Antonio Business Journal:

2011-07-16T16:17:00.001-07:00

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The Abbey is presently an 18,000-square-foot multi-tenangt office building located at 320 Austin inside the city ofAlamo Heights. who is president of Aetna Sign Group, says that Phasd II will be identicalo to Phase I in everuyway - from the size of the project to the design featurees that Gottsman incorporated the first time around. Like Phasd I, Phase II of The Abbey will be locatesd on about an acre of The goal with the Abbey has been to creatra campus-like project that looks like "it had jumpex off of the Harvard Business School campuws and on to Austin Highway," Gottsman says. To that end, localp architecture firm ChesneyMorales & Associates Inc.
used aged brick for the exteriort of the existing Abbey The roof of The Abbey givez the appearance ofa three-story building - althoughu there are only two floors of officr space. "It gives (The more of a residential feel," says Gottsmab about its design. Gottsman has also worke d to save as many mature trees aspossible - as well as puttinh in mature landscaping throughout the project. "We wantes it to look like it had been there awhils - that it didn't just says Gottsman. Phase II of The Abbey will be built perpendicular to thefirst phase. A heavily treed courtyard will be constructed betweemn the twobuildings - with the front of Phasde II facing the courtyard.
Phase I frontas Austin Highway. This set up, Gottsmanm explains, has allowed him to provide for a lot of without putting all of that parking righgt up at the front of the Gottsman acknowledges that many of the touches he has put into The Abbeuy arenot cheap; however, he believesx the extra care taken has been well worth it. Whilse interest in the project was slow at Gottsman says that things really picked up once the wallas of Phase Iwere up. "We have been flooded with says Gottsman, adding that therw are some "quality tenants" looking to be part of The The shell of Phase I is complete and finish-out work for tenants is underway, Gottsmanh adds.
Phase II, should be under construction by the seconde quarter ofnext year. The development costsd for the next phased will come toabout $2.2 The price tag for Phase I was $2.5 "We had some one-time costzs from Phase I that we'll be able to realize this time around," says One tenant that is alreadt signed up for the project is the salese office for Aetna Sign Group, which will occupy 2,400 squar e feet of Phase I of The Abbey. The Protocokl School of Texas hasanother 1,400p square feet.
The Protocopl School, which specializes in training business leaders in protocol and etiquetted for business andsocial affairs, was startex seven years ago by Gottsman and his businesws partner and wife, Diane. A downtown buildiny is being primed for anew tenant. Hangae Prosthetic & Orthotics (Hangar P O) recently inked a multi-year lease for an officde building at 801Brooklyn Ave. Hangar will take 4,00p0 square feet out of the 5,200-square-footf building, says James who has owned thebuilding - which is currently vacan t - for the past two years. Hangar P O is the patient care divisionof Md.-based Hangar Orthopedic Group Inc.
Work is presently underwah to bring the electrical andHVAC (heating, ventilating and air systems in the building up to current codes, says Mark managing director of Constructors Associates Inc., which is the general contractor on the project. Work on the exterior of the building - including patching up the outside tile and building newstorefrontse - was done a while ago, when Lifshutx first started marketing the building to prospective There is still 1,200 square feet of spac e up for grabs in the building, says adding that he would likely targegt another medical tenant for that space.
Hangart currently has two offices in SanAntonip - one off of Babcock within the Southn Texas Medical Center, and one off of San Pedrl near downtown. The company planas to move the functions of its San Pedro outlet to the Brooklynh buildingonce it's ready for occupancy. Hangar P O also has an officein

EPA approves California greenhouse gas rules - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

2011-07-14T09:34:00.001-07:00

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The approval is a reversal of a 2005 decisionj striking downthe state’s Clean Air Act waivedr request. The EPA waivee means the state can begin implementing a 2004 law that requirexs automakers to increase the fuel efficiencgy of cars by40 percent, to 35.5 miles per gallon, over the next sevejn years. “This waiver is consistent with the Cleanb Air Actas it’s been used for the last 40 years and supportsa the prerogatives of the 13 states and the Districyt of Columbia who have opted to follow California’s EPA administrator Lisa Jackson said in a news “More importantly, this decision reinforces the historic agreement on nationwidde emissions standards developed by a broad coalition of government and environmental stakeholders earlier this year.
” President Obamas in May announced a national polich to improve fuel efficiency in new cars and trucks.

'Cold' front may bring tiny bit of relief to area - Evansville Courier & Press

2011-07-12T02:34:00.001-07:00

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A cold front is expected to cover the Tri-state region today, alleviating some of the area's extreme heat with a few showers and thunderstorms. The National Weather Service based in Paducah issued an excessive heat warning for Henderson County Monday, ...

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Hotels, restaurant to profit from Shearon Harris shutdown - Triangle Business Journal:

2011-07-09T19:17:00.001-07:00

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In coming weeks, 600 workers will descend on New where they will work arounr the clock in a meticulouslychoreographed exercise: The schedulefd refueling and maintenance of ’s Shearon Harrias nuclear plant. The month of work amountw to morethan 18,000 room nights for hotelsd and hundreds of thousands of dollars for locall restaurants. “I just got a call from a moteklin Sanford, wondering about the says Shearon Harris spokeswoman Julia Milstead. Progressw does not announce shutdownsin advance. But refuelinfg shutdowns generally happen in fall and spring when power demaneis lowest.
Harris has a scheduled refueling every 18 and Milstead confirmed a shutdown is scheduled for this While the plantis offline, Progress performs maintenance it can’ t do while the plant is operating. Durinb the shutdown, Harris’ work force of 600 will doubles toabout 1,200. Progress will pull in workerz from its other nuclear plants in the Carolinas and Denny Woodruff, director of sales for the in says occupancy typically dips in winter and pickse up again in spring. He says most of his hotel’s guests are business travelers and the influxz of Progress workers will be a boosgt forlocal hotels.
“I’m goin to have to call up Progress,” he Progress also will brinyg in contractors experienced with nuclearplant components. Each worker will work 12-houer shifts, six days a week. Many of their tasks are scheduled down to the based on planning that began aftedr the last scheduled refueling Representatives of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will come to town for the The agency will make sure Progress followasNRC guidelines, says spokesman Scott Burnell.
The shutdownm also will offer the agency a chance to inspec parts of the plantit can’t check while Shearon Harris is A nuclear reactor poses risks even when it is not says Ed Lyman, a senior scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists. The core remains hot, and utilities must ensurs adequate cooling. Lyman says utilities don’f wait for the reactor to cool completelgy because it takestoo long. He adds that maintenancew work itselfposes risks. In the zeal to reducwe a plant’s downtime, utilitiew perform as much work as possiblre duringscheduled shutdowns.
That leavee more people exposed to risks involved in work that included replacing components weighing thousandasof pounds. Milstead says Progresd follows federalsafety guidelines. Actuallyy shutting down the reactortakesz seconds, but the reactor, flooded with needs up to two days to cool from 580 degreesz to 140 degrees. Milstead likens the procesds to working on acar – mechanics wait for the engines to cool before touching it. In addition to coolinyg the reactor, water also serves as a radiation barrier.
Refueling shutdowns used to take much longer than thecurrentr 30-day average for Progress In 1990, the average refueling outage lasted 104 days, according to the Nuclearf Energy Institute. In 2008, shutdowns averaged 38 days. Carolyn Heising, a professor of mechanical and nuclear engineeringat , says that refuelinv runs like clockwork and that utilitiess spend most of the time a planrt is shut down on maintenance. She says utilitiex have made strides shortening the durationh of an outage because itcosts “Every day you’re down, you have to buy replacemenr power,” Heising says. Nuclear plants produced abouft 46 percent of the power that Progres s generatedlast year.
During a plant Progress makes up for the power loss by boosting generationb from its coal plants or purchasinyg power from other whicheveris cheaper.

Ping, Universal Avionics named top state manufacturers - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

2011-07-07T11:34:00.001-07:00

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The awards, given out Friday, dubbed Phoenix-based Ping as manufacturer of the yearand Tucson-baseds Universal Avionics as the smal manufacturer of the year. “This year’ winners exemplify dedication to product innovatiobn and a commitment to the stateof Arizona,” said Mark chairman of the AMC and vice chaitr of the Arizona Chamber of Commercs and Industry. Ping, whicgh has become a leader in golf club is celebrating 50 yearsof business. The company has been innovatingy in golf design since Karsten Solheim developed the first Ping putter in hisRedwood City, Calif.
, taking the name from the sounxd the club made when it struck a Ping now employs 800 people and is able to develop a custom-fitr set of clubs within 48-hours of the time an order is Universal Avionics has been in businessa since 1981. Founded by business jet pilot Hubert Naimer, the company started out developing flighgt management systems for business and transportt airplanes. The company now manufactures a rangwe of avionics systems for various aircraft from helicopteras tocommercial jets. It works through a network of 224authorized dealers, and its productx are offered as factory-installed options on 21 aircraft.

S&P rates Virginia bonds AAA - Washington Business Journal:

2011-07-05T04:00:00.000-07:00

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Virginia will use proceeds from the bonds to fund educationalp and park facilities and to retireexistingv bonds. “The rating reflects what we view asthe Commonwealth’s strong and broad-based economy that in the past decade has growm at a faster pace than the national says Standard & Poor’s credit analyst Karl Jacobv in his report. “The rating also reflects what weconsidefr Virginia’s strong financial positiojn demonstrated by good reserves, long history of proactive and conservatived financial management, and manageable debt Standard & Poor’s also says Virginia’s overall economicc strength, employment diversity and good incomed levels will offset the near-term effects of the recession.
Standard & Poor’s also affirmecd its “AAA” ratings on other Virginia bondsa outstanding.

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2011-07-02T21:17:00.001-07:00

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The Atlanta-based lighting products companuy had net incomeof $22 millionb and earnings of 53 cents a compared with net income of $41.1 millionj and earnings of $1 a share in the thircd quarter of 2008. Sales for the period fell 23 percentto $396.6 million. The resultds for the third quarter of 2009 also were impactedr by higher raw material and component costs, which were nearly $8 milliohn higher than the prior year period. “Netr sales for the third quarter of 2009 continuex to be impacted by the significan t decline inconstruction activity, particularly in key markets such as commercia l and office buildings,” said Vernonb J.
Nagel, chairman, president, and CEO of Acuityy Brands, in an earnings “New construction continues to be impactecd by lower economic activity and tight credit markets for real estate We were able to partially mitigate the impacr oflower sales, including realizing benefits from our continuouds improvement initiatives and on-going streamlinin g efforts while continuing to invest in innovative and energy-efficientr products.
” Acuity Brands (NYSE: AYI) owns and operates Acuitty Brands Lighting, whose brands include Lithonia Lighting, Peerless, Mark Architectural Lighting, Hydrel, American Electric Lighting, Carandini, SpecLight, MetalOptics, Antique Street Lamps, RELOC, Lighting Contropl and Design, SAERIS, ROAM and Synergy Lighting Controls. It also owns and Acuitu Brands TechnologyServices Inc.

Haynes International Stock Hits New 52-Week High (HAYN) - TheStreet.com

2011-06-30T15:00:00.001-07:00

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Haynes International Stock Hits New 52-Week High (HAYN)

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By TheStreet Wire 06/30/11 - 10:53 AM EDT NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Haynes International (Nasdaq:HAYN) hit a new 52-week high Thursday as it is currently trading at $61.39, above its previous 52-week high of $61.09 with 28406 shares traded as of 10:25 am ...

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InFocus shareholders accept takeover offfer - Portland Business Journal:

2011-06-28T08:51:00.001-07:00

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Hui’s planned acquisition of the Wilsonville-based projector maker was contingeny upon a tender offer of at leasft 65 percent ofoutstanding shares. The offer closed Friday, with 91 percent of all outstanding shares validly tendered or not The InFocus board on May 15 announcedx that it had acceptedthe $39 or 95 cents per share, deal offerexd by Hui’s , while rejectin g an unidentified second bidder the board said failexd to submit a binding proposal despite three weeks of Huil said Tuesday the acquisition will closde by the end of this week. After the sharees change hands, he will merge InFocus into Imagse Holdings.
Hui, who has said little aboutt his plansfor InFocus, is known mostlh as principal founder of computer-maker Inc, raising it from its infancg to a company with revenue exceeding $1 billion. He took eMachinea private in December 2001 in a deal valuesdat $152 million and three years later sold the companyt to in a roughly $290 milliom cash and stock After being rebuffed in a 2006 attempt to buy Gatewayy for $450 million, Hui acquired a 75 percentr stake in Dutch computer distributor for an undisclosed though some published reports called it a $90 millioj deal.
A year later, he sold his controlling interest in Packard Bell to Gatewaty for an undisclosed Among his current ventures is a start-up with fellow eMachines alums that is developinyg a product to enable household appliances and other productx to communicate via the Internet. is a partner in the venture. InFocus is considered a pioneer in digital projection technology and was firsty to market with innovativerdigital projectors. But a deluge of Asian competitors drove projectofrprices lower, making it an unprofitable business for a small company like InFocus.
“InFocus is a greatg brand and I assign significant value tothe company’s extensivse network of channel innovative history and product leadership,” Hui said in a news “I look forward to working with the InFocue management to return the company to a dominant positiohn in the industry.” InFocus CEO Bob O’Malley callec Hui’s pending acquisition just anothe r chapter in InFocus’ evolvingv story. “We will be able to shed the complexituy of the publicfinanciak markets, prioritize longer-term objectives and focus on what matterd most to our customers — delivering innovative projection solutions.
” Thomas Weisel Partners LLC servee as financial advisor to InFocus and its boarr of directors, and Garvey Schubert Barert acted as legal advisor.

Task force set to discuss BP spill - Daily News - Galveston County

2011-06-26T00:51:00.001-07:00

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Task force set to discuss BP spill

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The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force is inviting the public to a meeting in Galveston on Monday. Kris Van Orsdel, senior policy analyst and government affairs manager for Ocean Conservancy, talked about task force and its mission. ...

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Smoke Testing of Sewer Lines to Occur Tuesday - KBTX

2011-06-23T18:00:00.001-07:00

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Smoke Testing of Sewer Lines to Occur Tuesday

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The work is part of the Southwood 5-7 Water and Wastewater rehabilitation projects. Smoke testing is conducted through the main sewer lines by plugging one end of the line, then sending smoke through the line to see where it exits, which helps pinpoint ...

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