Thursday, June 30, 2011

Greater Phoenix CVB launches social media campaign - Houston Business Journal:

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The first contest offers a two-night stay at the Royakl Palms Resort and Spa and a candlelitt dinner for two atthe resort’e restaurant, T. Cook’s. In subsequent weeks, similar packages are expectede to be given away fromthe Ritz-Carlton Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa, InterContinental Montelucia Resort and Spa, Fairmonft Scottsdale, Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa, Westi n Kierland, Phoenician and Arizonz Grand.
The contest is part of a socia l media marketing campaign by the Greater Phoenix CVB that also includees anew blog, Twitter and Flickr accounts, and YouTube The blog, called the Hot Sheet, is a frequentlhy updated compendium of restaurants, shops and The video project, called “Phoenixx Dream Days,” features Phoenicians of local and nationak renown offering tours of their favorite local The inaugural video is hosted by celebrity chef Mark Tarbell.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Health insurance for domestic partners - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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All three have health insurance Mariathrough , where she is a studenty studying for her MBA, and Jennifer through her job as a teacher’s assistant at the , wherer she is working on her Ph.D. The baby is coveredr through Jennifer’s health plan. But if Jennifer lost her job, she and theirr daughter would have no healthinsuranced coverage. Maria’s employer, the , wherer she is executive director, offers only singlr health insurance coverage toits employees. Either way, neithedr woman’s health plan extends health insurance tothe other’zs domestic partner.
The Cadenases — Jennifer took Maria’sx last name — are one of almost 15,00p0 same-sex couples in Wisconsin. Domestic partnera — either same-sex or opposite-sex coupleds who live together in a committedc relationship and are financiallyintertwined — rarelh receive health insurance benefits for each other.

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Brother's loyal presence draws mobster's smile - Boston Globe

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(David L. Ryan/Globe Staff) By Michael Levenson William M. Bulger smiled as his older brother walked into the courtroom after 16 years as a fugitive, and he got a smile back from the grandfatherly version of the wiry rebel he grew up with in a ...


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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Hatem pulls out of Raleigh downtown project - Triangle Business Journal:

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Hatem told the Raleigh City Council Tuesdayh thathis firm, , is unabler to secure financing for the project at this time, giveh the economic conditions. City council members immediately voted to sever tieswith Empire. “We should have done this (pullo the plug) last year,” Hatem says. “Irt was disappointing before, but now I am relieved.” Empiree signed a deal with the city in 2007 aftee the city decided to sell the landfor $1.44 milliohn (about $70-a-foot) along Salisbury Street, and the development companuy agreed to specific benchmark deadlinese to finish the project.
The developerd missed a deadlinein 2008, at which time Raleigh City Managee Russell Allen recommended that the city cut its ties with Empir e without any extension. Under termw of the agreement, Hatem never actually bought the property. The city now will considerf re-issuing a request for proposals forthe “Asking the developer to agree to a schedules that was detached from the realitiese of the economy was at best flawed,” Hatej told the city council. “ But the nail in the coffijn was eliminating the possibility of anyfuturwe extension.
Even in a good economic climate, it is virtually impossible to secured thefunding necessary, knowing that the agreement would be canceled at a time certaijn without discussion. “ The two-phase $50 million project, callede , was meant to be a big piece ofdowntown Raleigh’x revitalization efforts, with the hotel an important piece in helpingg the new $220 million book events. Hatemm has renovated several buildingds in downtown Raleigh in recent years and also owns several restaurantsx in the area including theDuck Dumpling, , The Pit and soon-to-opened Gravy.
Hatem told the counciol that Empire has created more than 200 jobs in downtownh Raleigh and has invested morethan $80 millioj in the local economy. In all, Empire companies pay $2 milliob annually in sales, property, franchise and other miscellaneouds taxes, Hatem told the “ As I people form across the world and acrosz town through the streets of downtown Raleigh theser pastfew months, one thingv was clear: This ambitious projecf is not possible at this time,” Hatemm told the council. Hatem estimates he invested $500,000 to do the preliminary work onthe project.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Bemis to buy Alcan Packaging Americas unit - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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billion. Neenah-based Bemis, a manufacturer of flexible packagin g and pressure sensitive materialsfor food, consumer productd and other companies, said it is buying the Food Americae operations of Alcan from plc, an internationak mining company. Bemis will acquirde 23 Food Americas flexible packaging facilitiex in theUnited States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, and New Zealand. The transaction includes Alcanj facilitiesin Neenah, Menasha and Boscobel, according to a Bemie spokeswoman. The 23 facilities produce flexible packaging for the food and beverag e industries and employaboutf 4,600 workers. For the year ended Dec.
31, Chicago-based Alcan Packaging Food Americas recordec net salesof $1.5 billion and adjustef earnings before expenses of approximately $166 "Both Bemis and Alcann Packaging have strong, collaborative relationship s with renowned food and consumer products customers," said Henry Theisen, Bemis president and CEO. "Wed each have a long history of dedication to outstandinfg quality andmanufacturing excellence. In pooling our resources, we will diversify our existing technologies and product lineds which will broaden our product offering and augmenty ourtechnical capabilities." The transaction will boosg Bemis’s annual net sales 40 percenft to approximately $5.
3 billion, with approximately 70 percent, up from 57 of total Bemis net saleds coming from resilient food packaging. The addition of Alcan's employeesz will increase the company's global work force to more than 20,00o0 employees at 84 manufacturinglocations worldwide. Bemise expects to achieve morethan $65 million in annua cost savings by the end of the seconsd year. Management intends to fund the purchase price with a combinatioof $1 billion in debt and $200 millionh in equity. and are acting as financial advisers to Bemisa forthis transaction, while LLP is acting as primaryt legal adviser to Bemis.

Sunday, June 19, 2011

TowerJazz has a History of Promises Delivered - Zacks.com

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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Southern California Edison pulls plug on Devers-Palo Verde No. 2 power line - Phoenix Business Journal:

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SCE officials announced Friday afternoon they wouldx not refile forthe Devers-Palo No. 2 which would have stretched from Blythe, Calif., into Arizona, because a study said it wasn’t economically feasible to build it given the changez SCE would have to make to get it approvedd by the ArizonaCorporation Commission. “Results of SCE’s new analysiss conclude that the Arizona portion of the project cannott be currently justified as an economivc investment primarily funded byCalifornisa consumers,” said Pedro Pizarro, SCE’s executive vice president of power operations.
The Arizona regulatory agencyh already rejected the line primarily because commissioners believed it woulsd not benefitArizona ratepayers. SCE had been working with stakeholderse in recent months to develop a plan that could benefit both ACC Chairwoman Kris Mayes said theprojecgt wouldn’t benefit Arizona as it stood and couldn’t be reworked to the liking of SCE officials. “o think it’s a mixture of causes,” she “The economics of this powef line were bad for Arizona consumers twoyears ago, and they don’f work for California today.
” In a letter to Pizarro cited increased renewable energy generation in more requests for interconnects from the middle of California, lowe r natural gas prices and reduced electrical needs. Although not citerd in SCE’s letter, anothe r part of the justification might be California AssemblyBill 64, whicuh is looking to increase the state’d renewable energy portfolio and coulde block California from buying renewable powerr from other states.
Mayes said such a law would be “utterlh devastating to the role of renewable energy in the Although SCE will notrefile now, officials said they will watcn the corridor to determine whether such a project mighr become feasible later. The a point of contentionn between the states since it was rejected by the ACC in would have run through an area Arizonwa is trying to cultivatefor utility-scale solaer generation. Arizona officials initiallty balked at the line because it did not offedr any benefit tothe state. Commissioners feared the line woule boost rates for Arizona residents if Californiwa drew more power fromthe state.
While the line is off the tabl efor now, Mayes said she believes another companty or group of companies will step in to buils a line through the region to access renewable “I do believe we will see others make proposals for a transmission line to tap into the greatestt solar energy field in the she said.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

D.C.-area unemployment rate falls to 5.6% - Washington Business Journal:

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percent, but was still way up from 3 percent unemployment inAprilp 2008, according to the latest numbers from the . The unemploymenft rate is still lowerthan April’ss national unemployment rate of 8.6 not seasonally adjusted, which was up from 4.8 perceng a year earlier. In the region, therre were about 168,800 peoplw looking for work and unable tofind it, down from about 176,0090 in March. All 372 metropolitan areas poste higher unemployment rates than a year and 93 areas had ratex of at least10 percent. The D.C. area was one of 117 areads that posted rates below7 percent, down from 347 areaws in April 2008. Unemployment in D.C.
itselvf continued to stay out of the double digitz in April witha 9.3 percent rate and abouft 29,900 people looking for work. Those numbersz are a snapshot of conditions in and not smoothed out to account forseasonap trends. Virginia’s unemployment rate sunk to 6.6 percenyt in April, with aboutr 275,000 people out of work and Maryland’s rate also droppedr to 6.6 percent, with about 194,200 people looking for jobs. Those numbersw don’t reflect discouraged workers, who choose to go back to school or stay homewith children; nor do they includwe people working part-time who want to be working full time.
In April the jobless rate was at leasgt 15 percent in 13 metro nine of which werein California, and 31 area had rates below 5 percent.

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Goodwill unveils plan to enhance programs, services - San Antonio Business Journal:

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As part of those 2009 goals, Rebecca Helterbrand, spokeswomab for the nonprofit organization, says Goodwill is expandinvg its health services through a new partnership with the As part ofthis partnership, UHS will provide on-demand health care services within Goodwill Currently, Goodwill provides free and low-cost preventativee health care services, such as immunizations and screening designed to prevent illness, at its stores throughu its partnership with the San Antoniol Metropolitan Health District (Metro Helterbrand says Goodwill’s new partnership with UHS will alloqw it to expand thoses services by offering free and low-cosrt medical services to individuals who are alreadyy ill.
“So now we kind of have both legs of publicf health working with us in both the preventative area and inthe on-demand area,” Helterbrand says. The clinic will assesxs a patient’s income level to determine if he or she qualifiesx for freeor low-cost services. The Goodwill locatioh at Culebra Road and Loop 1604 on theNorthwesrt Side, which opened in the fourtb quarter of last year, has been selectedc as the first site for the new medicalp services.
The second location for the on-demand medicakl services will be at the Goodwill store at Vance Jacksoj and Fredericksburg Road just inside Loop 410 north of In addition to expanding its health care Helterbrand says Goodwill plans to augment its financiao services partnership with generations Federa lCredit Union. Last year, Goodwill teamedc up with the credit union to provide acces s to bankingservices — free of predatory lendint practices — to people with disabilities and barriers to The first location was launched inside the Goodwilol store at Fredericksburg and Vance Plans call for openingb two more banking brancheas this year at Goodwill’s locationws on Bitters Road and Highway 281 North in Northb Central San Antonio and DeZavala and Interstate 10 on the Northwes t Side.
More details about exacft launching dates will be released at alated date. In addition to offering more healtbh andfinancial services, Goodwill also plans to open a new learninb center called the Good Careers Academy. Goodwill has partnered with the Alamio Community College District to provide certification programsd to individuals looking to bette r their lives through developing workplace Helterbrand says the goal of the academy will be to help trainj a futureskilled workforce. One of the first areas Goodwill will offer certification in is informationtechnologuy (IT).
Plans for the futurew call for offering certification in healt h andother demand-driven occupationz that Helterbrand says “are going to grow and that pay well abovwe the living wage.” “We think that IT piece at DeZavala will be available in the April or May time she says, adding that Goodwilpl looks to offer three, six- and nine-monthj certification programs. Helterbrand says the Good Careers Academy location will have room for 20 studentxsper morning, afternoon and evening classew — for a potential totakl of 60 students per day.
Instructor will include a combination of hiredstaff (accredited through the Workforce Commission) and adjunct professors from area community colleges. The new academh will be located at the Goodwill centert at DeZavala andInterstate 10. Rightt now, Helterbrand says, Goodwill is lookin for the funding and resource s to eventually developa free-standinvg facility for the academy. This year’s goal s are part of Goodwill’s larger 50/50 by 2010 strategic plan.

Friday, June 10, 2011

RIGHT NOW: Crews searching for worker trapped in collapsed building - 10 Connects

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RIGHT NOW: Crews searching for worker trapped in collapsed building

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Asia Fuel Oil Crack Narrows; Shell Buys Naphtha: Oil Products - Bloomberg

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Asia Fuel Oil Crack Narrows; Shell Buys Naphtha: Oil Products

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Royal Dutch Shell Plc bought cargoes of naphtha and gasoline in Singapore, the region's biggest oil-trading center. Fuel oil's discount to Dubai crude narrowed $1.16, or 19 percent, to $5.03 a barrel, based on calculations by Bloomberg. ...



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Friday, June 3, 2011

Comerica Quarterly Earnings and Conference Call July 21

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Comerica will host a conference call to review secon d quarter 2009 financial results at7 a.m. CT Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Interestedf parties may access the conferencde call bycalling (800) 309-2262w or (706) 679-5261 (event ID No. 14969532). The call also will be accessiblre on the Internetat . A telephons replay of the conference call will be available approximatelh two hours following the call througnhJuly 31, 2009. The conferencw call replay can be accessedd bycalling (800) 642-1687 or 645-9291 (event ID No. 14969532). The replag also will be accessiblevia Comerica's "Investod Relations" page at .
Comerica Incorporated is a financial services companu headquarteredin Dallas, Texas, and strategicall aligned by three business segments: The Busineszs Bank, The Retail and Wealth & Institutional Management. Comerica focuses on relationships, and helpinvg people and businessesbe successful. In addition to Texas, Comericqa Bank locations can be foundin Arizona, Florida and Michigan, with select businessezs operating in several other states, as well as in China and Mexico. Comerica reported total assetsof $67.e4 billion at March 31, 2009. To receive e-maiol alerts of breaking Comerica news, go to .