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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.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Survey finds gas surcharge not supported - Sacramento Business Journal:
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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
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
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Embarq, CenturyTel will become CenturyLink after merger - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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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.
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.
Monday, September 5, 2011
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.”
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.”
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Ram Realty files foreclosure on commercial site - Nashville Business Journal:
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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.
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.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Polsinelli Shughart law firm moving to LoDo - Business First of Buffalo:
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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.
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.
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