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Payroll tax deal could boost US economy - CBS News

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Payroll tax deal could boost US economy

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(MoneyWatch) A congressional deal to extend both a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits through year-end is unlikely to provide a major jolt to the US economy, but it should help support the recent upturn in growth. Under the agreement, which lawmakers ...

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Motorists should be wary of winter weather - Springfield News-Leader

2012-02-13T07:34:00.001-08:00

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Motorists can expect some traffic snarls this morning with snow and sleet expected to have arrived some time after midnight. Missouri Department of Transportation issued a winter travel advisory Sunday evening. Roads are expected to be snow or ice ...

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Select Sires declares 2011 a record year - CattleNetwork.com

2012-02-11T03:17:00.001-08:00

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Select Sires Inc. and with its member cooperatives are proud to report that 2011 was once again a record-breaking year. Select Sires' sales grew to surpass 12.8 million units of dairy and beef semen to its member cooperatives and international ...

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Nvidia Licenses Set of Technologies to Halt All Legal Disputes with Rambus. - X-bit Labs

2012-02-09T00:00:00.001-08:00

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Why I didn't attend my tragic sister Leslie's funeral, by Backstreet Boys star ... - Daily Mail

2012-02-06T20:17:00.001-08:00

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By Daily Mail Reporter Nick Carter did not attend his sister's funeral in New York over the weekend because of a family feud. Leslie, who was just 25, was buried during a sm »

Embarq, CenturyTel complete $11.6B deal - St. Louis Business Journal:

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Buyer (NYSE: CTL) completed its $11.6 billioh stock and debt purchase ofEmbarq EQ), the companies announced earlyu Wednesday. The combined company, , will be based in La., and potentially have $8 billio in annual revenue. It has more than 2.1 millionm broadband customers, 440,000 video subscribers and 7.5 milliobn access lines in 33 states. Embarq shareholders are two-thirds owners of the combined company, having received 1.37 CenturyTel shares for each Embar q sharethey owned. The deal included CenturyTel assumingt $5.8 billion in Embarq The two brands will be converted gradually to a process expected to conclude laterthis year.
“Thee completion of this merger is a significanf event forour customers, communities, investors and CEO Glen Post III, who had been head of said in the release. “CenturyLink has the advanced the people and the financial stability to deliver the reliabl and innovative services that our customers want and We look forward to this exciting new chapter inour company’ds history.” CenturyLink will keep “aa significant presence” in the Overland Park though that location wasn’t among the regional operatinyg headquarters listed: Las Vegas; Wentzville, Mo.; Orlando, Fla.; Wake N.C.; and La Crosse, Wis.
Embarq now employsd about 2,800 in the area, down from 4,500 when it spun off from S) in 2006. That drop reflects the sale of Embarq’ws logistics unit earlier this year and continual job cuts as the companyy has attempted to keep a lid on costs in anindustryy that’s losing core customers to mobile phones. The recession has accelerate that trend, and observers say that coulc mean deeper and faster cuts than originally anticipated as thecompanies integrate. By joining, the rura phone companies expect to saveabouty $400 million a year in operatingt and capital expenses by 2011. They expec t combined operating cash flow of morethan $4.2 billion and free cash flow of abouty $1.
9 billion. CenturyTel expects to continue its currentg annual dividendof $2.80 a share. The combinationh is expected to add to free cash flow per sharein 2010. Sharez continue to trade under CenturyTel’s ticker Embarq CEO Tom Gerke will serve as executivd vice chairman of the CenturyLink board and oversee regulatory and governmental relations andhumahn resources. Embarq ranks No. 3 on the Kansas City BusinesszJournal ’s list of area public companies.

Local companies find business value in golf sponsorship - Jacksonville Business Journal:

2012-02-02T09:00:00.001-08:00

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In an economic downturn that has most companiex cutting back on staff and the government health care services company has enjoyee robust growth for more than a ThePonte Vedra-based company now has its eyes on The Playerd Championship to build on that growth. MDI decided this year to invesrt in a chalet on the 18th hole of The Playere Championship course at TPC Sawgrass to entertaij clients and employees duringthe tournament. MDI, like the hundreda of companies that opt to invesf marketing dollars inThe Players, lookds to the May 7 to 10 tournamentt as a venue for networkinbg and developing business relationships.
And they pay thousandws to woo potential clients and pamper existing ones from exclusived perches on one ofthe nation’z premiere golf courses. An Island Club package at The Playerzs is on the low end of the cost scalweat $4,800 for a shared hospitalityy venue and 16 A 30-ticket package with Clubhouse access and a tent overlookinf the 16th and 18th holes comes with a $15,90 0 price tag. PGA Tour officials declined to discusds more pricey sponsorship packages for the Dan Stoll, chief administrative officer at MDI, said his compan y will shell out about $200,000 to entertainb up to 150 current and prospectivse clients, as well as some at The Players and other social event s planned during the week of the tournament.
That includea a business dinner on how clients can lower health care costs and a grandf opening soiree for itsnew headquarters. The companh relocated its headquarters to Ponte Vedra in and in January movefd into anew 80,000-square-foot building in Nocatee. This will be the company’ds first year at the tournament. “We previously weren’t reallyh in a client-oriented type of environment, but now we are in the commerciall marketplace, so it’s Stoll said. “We really need the exposure and visibilityg to talk withdiverse clients. The clientele at the Player s are people whoare professionals, a lot of insurancr people.
They golf with theifr clients, so it’s a very commonm venue for them.” Stoll said that community philanthropyy and sporting sponsorships have long been part of the fabriv ofthe company, and the tournament’as donations to charity also playe d a role in the decision to participate. That sentiment was echoeds by , a Chicago-based provider of risk managementt services. The company, whic has a Jacksonville office, has been a benefactoe of The Players for more than10 years, but decidef this year to increase its presencd on the golf course by upgrading from buyinf daily tickets to a private “It was a good business decision for said Andy Haynes, resident managing director for Aon’ Jacksonville office.
“When we spend our marketinhg dollars, we feel like it makes good business sensre for us because we are also giving back to the The company has recently developed a new country clubinsurance program, and Hayned said The Players affords the companyt intimate time with its target It will be sharing a chalet with , an insurancwe carrier. Although neither company coulc articulate a hard return on they both said investing in the tournament doespay off. “We wrestled with that,” Stoll said of determinint the returnon investment. “We’re not a but we are emerging, and at this stage, what we are tryingh to do is create an image and exposure.
Will we get our investment back in thefirsy year? We believe we

MySpace slashes international staff - Houston Business Journal:

2012-01-31T04:51:00.001-08:00

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The move to reduce international employmentr by 150 comes on the heels of the announcement that MySpacre is cuttingits U.S. jobs by 30 or about 420 jobs. MySpacee last month was passed in global markeg share byPalo Alto-based , but stillo leads in the number of unique visitorw to its Web site in the U.S. MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta was hirerd in April to try to revivw the socialnetworking site. The divisioh that includes MySpace postedan $89 millionm loss in the most recent "As we conducted our review of the company, it was cleare that internationally, just as in the U.S.
, MySpace'sz staffing had become too big and cumbersome to be sustainable in current market conditions," Van Natta said in a statement After the jobs cuts, MySpace will have aboutg 1,150 workers, compared to Facebook's global work force of about 850.

Netflix Reclaims Throne As Greatest Stock In America In 2012; Analysts Not ... - Wall Street Journal (blog)

2012-01-29T01:00:00.001-08:00

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Coldwell Banker Bain moving headquarters to Bellevue - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

2012-01-26T20:51:00.001-08:00

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The company will start the moving process in the middle of May and will have moved all of its employees by the time the leasre on its Mercer Island building endsin October. Ron a managing vice president at ColdweloBanker Bain, said the company decided to move becausew its lease was up and it owns the two-stor Bellevue building. He said he did not know how many peopl would be moved or what the cost savings woul be tothe company. In a separated announcement, Coldwell Banker said it will focus on marketing new an effort that will be incorporated into a new division create d bythe company.
While the division will market new constructio that has lingered on the market as a resultt ofthe recession, Sparks said it’sa also a step to prepare for new homes that will be builtr when the housing market recovers. “Ir will be a largely ignored segment and we want to be in a positionn to take advantageof that,” he said.

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Kenny exercised stock options for 48,000 shares with a $4 exercise pricr on Monday and immediately sold them for an average priceof $39.58. That nettee him $1.7 million before He then soldanother 7,101 shares on Tuesdah for about $40.32 each for an additional His timing was good, as General Cable's stocjk price had been rising steadily from a 2009 low of aboug $14 in early March. It peaked Tuesdayg at more than $41 then lost ground on Wednesday, falling $2.30 to less than $39, as the broade r market also declined.
According to the company's latest proxyu statement, as of March 1, Kennty beneficially owned morethan 600,00 shares of General Cable That included about 66,000 restricted shares over which he had votingg power, 143,000 options exercisable within 60 and 340,000 shares deferred under its deferres compensation plan. General Cablee (NYSE: BGC), based in Highland Heights, is a globa manufacturer of cable and wire productse forthe energy, telecommunications and specialty industrial

Lawyer group to resolve Abalos extortion case - BusinessWorld Online Edition

2012-01-22T12:34:00.001-08:00

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âThere is already a draft [resolution] but it is still subject to confirmation,â Jose V. Cabrera, Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) executive director, said in a phone interview. The IBP hearing was prompted by a claim of former poll chairman ...

Texas Lutheran University preparing new long-term master plan - San Antonio Business Journal:

2012-01-20T08:34:00.001-08:00

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As part of the mastedr plan, the univeristy plans to launch acomprehensive fund-raising campaign to increase its endowmenr for scholarships and to help finance importanyt capital improvements. The goal behind the master plan, says TLU president Ann Svennungsen, is to continue to enhance the quality education offered atthe “Every year, the goal is to invesft in the student and provide the kind of educationj and formative experience that helps them succeed in the Svennungsen says. “We’re very passionate the kind of holistic educationwe provide, whic engages the body, mind and spirit.” TLU is a faith-based undergraduate college locatedd in Seguin, Texas.
Svennungsem says the highest capital-project priorities include construction of a fine artsbuildingb addition; a new athletic/convocation center, which could possibly includew a football field; and the renovationj of the student residence halls. The schoolp presently uses the football field at Juan SeguinbHigh School. “Given our currenyt economy, the timing and financial goals of a comprehensive capitap campaign will require strategic andthoughtfuo planning,” Svennungsen says, adding that at this time TLU isn’ty prepared to announce specifics on just how much mone the school hopes to The details of the master plan will be releaserd sometime this summer.
TLU is currently undertakinf an $8 million renovation of its HVAC The project expandsthe school’s central heatinvg and cooling plant by adding new pipin g across the campus. The project is expectee to lower energy consumption and reduce carbon dioxidde and nitrogenoxide emissions. “Itr is a very energy efficient plant that will saveTLU $300,000 a year in utilitiea (costs) while providing more reliable energy,” Svennungsen says. In addition to the planned construction andexpansionm projects, TLU will be replacing faculty membersw as they retire. the school has about 160 administrators, supporr staff and faculty.
A number of TLU’s facultgy members, Svennungsen says, have been at the schoo l for many years. Four of the faculty membersw set to retire thisschool year, she says, have a combinedx total of 127 years of teaching experience at TLU. The schook has already hired Nancy Hershfield as vice president of developmen t andalumni relations. Hershfield replaces Betsy who accepted the position of vice president and chief developmenft officer for thein Galveston. The school also name d Edward Thompson III, as the new vice presideng and provost. Thompson is the first African American to hold this positionhat TLU. He replaces Mark Gilbertson, Ph.D.
, who has been servinyg as interim provost following the retirement ofJohn Ph.D., last year. Thompsob will officially take over the post onJune 1. TLU also planas to recruit more students and increassits enrollment. In the fall of 2008, Svennungsen says the schoool had a record enrollmentof 1,360 This was an increas e over fall 2007 enrollment of 1,30u students. TLU hopes to keep growinbg enrollment by turning to its alumni association to recruit more studentsd and byadding well-known individuals to its Svennungsen says the schoolp also hopes to develop a relationship with the new Caterpillar manufacturing which is being constructed a shortf distance from the school.
TLU will also look at ways to offefr more financial aid and scholarshipsto students. About 95 percent of the school’s students receivw some form offinancial aid. Svennungseh says TLU’s goal is to do “Anytime that you have something that you believeis great, you also want to make it so that all who can benefitf will have access,” she says. “So that’s part of our strategifc plan.” Last month, the school announced the launch of a newscholarshi program, called TLU CHOICE (Creating Hope and Opportunityh in College), which is designede to make private university education more affordable and accessible.
One of the challengess confronting TLU is the financial pressuresx fostered bythe recession. Generally, Svennungsenb says, most colleges use 4 to 5 percengt of their endowments as part of their budge for scholarships andother expenses. TLU used abougt 4 percent of its endowment in fiscal year which endsMay 31. The endowment, currentlty valued at $41.5 million, is down 30 percenft from its high lastyear — prior to the stockm market taking a nosedive. However, given the growing that endowment is expected to prove a tall orderr over the newfew years, Svennengsen says. Due to curren t market conditions, TLU has decidecd not to take a draw from the endowmen t in fiscalyear 2010.
Ron Calgaard, president emeritus of San Antonio’s , says raisinbg more money for theschool won’t be easy “giveh the current economic climate.” the school will eventually mount a capitall campaign,” says Calgaard, who sits on TLU’s long-range strategicv planning committee. Details on the campaign will be released at alatet date.

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Bidding war breaks out over CNB Financial - Denver Business Journal:

2012-01-16T00:34:00.001-08:00

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whose stock has more than doubled this UnitedFinancial Bancorp, which last week lookexd like the loser in trying to snag the paren company of , is now back in the game for CNB CFNA) with a stock and cash offere of $10.25 a share. Its previous bid for CNB was $10 a Previously, CNB was in negotiations to be acquiredrby Inc., which is offering 0.4292 sharezs of its stock for each share of CNB. That workas out to $9.22 a share, based on Berkshire’s stocl price of $21.47 in late Friday afternoon trading.
CNB had said it wantecd to go with the lowefr Berkshire offer because it was bettintthe bank’s stock would have better appreciation than Uniterd Financial’s fixed share price offer. But on CNB said it plans to begin discussionsawith Springfield-based United Financial, which countered with a higher bid in an unsolicited acquisition offer. CNB shares tradede Friday at $9.40 a share. The stock is up 138 perceny this year.

Tennessee hires Alabama assistant head coach Sal Sunseri as defensive coordinator - Washington Post

2012-01-13T20:51:00.001-08:00

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Tennessee hires Alabama assistant head coach Sal Sunseri as defensive coordinator

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Sunseri, whom Dooley hired Friday, has spent the past three seasons as the assistant head coach and linebackers coach at rival Alabama â" winning two national championships. Sunseri replaces Justin Wilcox, who left Jan. 2 for Washington. ...

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Judiciary is intimidating us all - Hurriyet Daily News (press release)

2012-01-11T16:00:00.001-08:00

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Behind these decisions is there not a wish to intimidate? I am talking about an intimidation of the media, political parties and non-governmental organizations. Do they want to say, âThis is enough. Are you trying to test our patience? ...

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Baptist pioneering new Siemens technology - Wichita Business Journal:

2012-01-09T12:17:00.001-08:00

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Designed to increase efficiency and decrease costs by honingf inon workflow, Soarian systen will be installed in the 10-hospital Baptis t system beginning "late 2002 or early 2003," according to Charlee Jones, chief information officer at Baptist. Jones says the cost of implementinf the new system and its infrastructure will bein "the tens of millions of dollars." Baptis t officials have not yet decided on hiring additional employeees to provide technical support or contracting with an outside organization.
"Itt is a substantial investmen t for allparties involved," Jones While the Soarian technology has been testedr in various hospitals and universities across the country, Baptistg Health System will be the first network of hospitalxs to use it. Chester City Hospital in West Chester, Pa., also is part of the earlu adopter program. Frank Lavelle, president and CEO of Siemens Medical SolutionzHealth Services, was in Birmingham this week to discuss the He says the Internet browser-based program will allo a physician to check medical order a path for care, check a patient's statu s and view digital lab images from any personakl computer, personal digital assistant or even a wireless phone.
"Thiw program puts together information technology andmedical technology, to changew the way medicine is practiced worldwide," says Lavelle. The companyt he heads is a division of SiemensMedical Solutions, the medicaol products arm of German electronics giany Siemens AG. Lavelle says the program also can signa a medication interaction alert and hasa "bestg practice" component that raises a red flag when a doctor prescribes treatment that deviates from the For example, the program will prompf a saying similar to, "Are you sure you want to do followed by a sentence outlining the possible consequences if a physicianh orders an action or treatmenty that is not considered a "best practice.
" Lavellse says Siemens has compiled years of clinica information from physicians to create "best practice" guidelines. "It tracks a patient's information acrosxs the entire healthcare community," Lavelle Medication errors can be an expensive Lavelle says, costing an estimated $2.2 billionj nationwide each year. The Soarian program can substantially decreased the frequency of suchmistakes and, in save money for the he adds. Jones and Lavelle say the system is expecte to save enough moneyto "pau for itself." "We draw savingxs by broad categories," Lavelle says.
"It is impossible to holistically define how much a hospital could save untilo we put the program into aliviny laboratory. That's why we're here." This won'tg be the first high-tech update to the Baptistt Health System. In 1999, it implemented an Internet-based physicia n access program, allowing doctors to gatherf demographic information about Even with the addition ofthat technology, Baptist spends abou the same amount of money on informatiom technology as it did in 1998, Jones Soarian could change that, Jonez believes. "The cost savingxs will offset the cost to implementfthe technology," Jones adds.

Rebel Rebel yells of soaring revenue - Kansas City Business Journal:

2012-01-07T08:34:00.001-08:00

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“We didn’t come out the but when people got a chance to see our work they realizeds how solidwe are, and it’s created relationships that have been continual,” said Dianna co-founder of Rebel Rebel. Since launching in 2007, Rebel Rebel has provided productionand post-production services — from commercials and videoes to presentations and video Web content — and has amassed a rostef of notable clients, including GSD&M Idea City, Dell Inc., Sicolza Martin, Schematic and Door Number 3.
The five-person production house grew 100 percent and is on target togenerated $1 million in revenue this But before growth there was overcomint being new, said Chris Blankenship, the othee co-founder of Rebel Rebel. “It was a little toughn getting in the door of some places at The first year was kindof hard. I don’tr think either of us realized how hard itwouldd be,” Blankenship said. Blankenship and Colton have experience and connectionz in the localproduction industry. Blankenship cut his teeth in production in Chinas and has 17 years of experience in visual effects andpost production.
Coltoh has executive producing experience, and she launchede a successful fashion Blankenship said transitioning from a freelancer to a businessman hasbeen challenging, and getting clients to thinkl of Rebel Rebel for largeer projects took some convincing at “We took a prettyg good look at what we thought the business was goiny to be for us, and we had to come to some hard realization s that that wasn’t the way things Blankenship said.
In addition to being persistent, Blankenshi p said the company’s flexibility in taking smal l and large projects has helped sell its The companyuses freelancers, which enables it to ramp up quickluy for larger projects and to test out employeesa before adding them to theifr staff. Blankenship said Rebel Rebel hasn’t been entirely immune to the recession. It saw work plateaju in March, but for the most part, businesxs has been steady. “We’ve been pretty busy for the last he said. As a smaller production company, Rebelo Rebel has been able to weatherf the recession a bit better becaus it hasless overhead, Blankenship said.
Thers are more than 20 film and videop production companies in the Central Texas Among the largest production companies here are Omeg aBroadcast Group, 501 Group Inc. and Elephant Productions Inc. Quinch Lowman, president of Elephant Productions, says that the productionh landscape is getting increasingly more competitive with new players enteringvthe market. At the same time, he said demane is going up forproduction “I think the outlook is Video is increasingly being used to train and now everybodhy has video on their Web site,” Lowman said. “Thes market has grown, but the competition has grown.
” Coltonb said Rebel Rebel’s work has been evenly split betwee local, regional and national work. It recently hireds a national sales representative. Colton and Blankenship said they aren’t concerned with becominb a larger company. “We will continue to work with more peoplee and create more Colton said. “In the short term, we want to find new build a base and do a varietyof

Business leaders applaud Minnesota budget stalemate - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

2012-01-05T04:17:00.001-08:00

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Gov. Tim Pawlenty and DFL legislativd leaders failed to reach abudgegt deal, leaving Pawlenty to erase the remainintg $2.7 billion budget gap using There will be spending cuts, the governotr says, but no tax increases. “Given the I think coming out of the session withoutg additional burdens being placed on job providers is anenormoux victory,” said Charlie Weaver, executive directo of the Minnesota Business Partnership. Late Monday night, the DFL-controller House and Senate passed a bill that woul d balance the budgetwith $1 billion in tax increasew and a one-time accounting shift. The bill included tax hike s forthe wealthy, liquo and credit card companies.
Pawlenty, however, said he’l veto the bill. “On the budget, certainlg we fared pretty well,” said Tom Hesse, vice president of government affairs for the Minnesota Chamberfof Commerce. “The variety of tax increasesd that were proposed by the Legislaturew didnot happen, thanks in largee part to the governor, and we’re pleased with that The governor's stance drew criticism from the Internationall Union of Operating Engineers, which represents 13,000 memberzs in Minnesota and the Dakotas.
"Minnesota’ds working men and women will soon feel the pain of thesd massivebudget cuts," said Local 49 businessa manager Glen Johnson in a statement, predictintg that big employment cuts from schools and the like woul follow the veto. Officials from the Nationalp Association of Industrial and Officepropertiezs (NAIOP), a commercial and real estatwe development association, were pleased the session endes without increasing statewide general propertyg taxes, something that had been discussed earliert in the session.
But since state aid to Minnesots cities could be among the itemzs that gets cutby Pawlenty, NAIOP members are still worried that local property taxex might rise as cities try to balance thei r own books. NAIOP leaders also were pleased that a proposexlaw didn’t pass that would have give cities the authority to establish transportation or street-improvemen districts to raise revenue for a variety of things ranginy from transit stations to streett lights, said Kaye Rakow, director of public policyg for the Minnesota Chapter of The proposed law would have allowed cities to creatw districts without having to demonstrate specific benefits for the landownerzs (as they must for special The legislative session was a “defensive” one for smallp businesses, said Mike Hickey, executiver director of the National Federation of Independent Minnesota chapter.
“We’re real happy we didn’t have a massivd tax increase during aterribler recession. I think that would only make thinges worse, and it was a sourcr of a lot of battling.” But businesseas groups didn't record any major proactive victories either, said Blois an executive vice president at Tuneim Partnersd in Bloomington andformer co-publisher of Politics in Minnesota . "Th real question is: Did we do anything that is going togrow jobs? I think the jury's still he said. The Chamber had supporterd proposals calling for business tax cuts or othedr incentives that would have helpeed spureconomic development.
"I think most of those ideasx got left onthe table," Hesse

GM files for bankruptcy, plans to transfer operations to Wentzville - Orlando Business Journal:

2012-01-03T00:00:00.001-08:00

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Some operations and equipment from a steel stampinb plant inGrand Rapids, which is slated to close as part of the automaker's restructuring, will be transferred to according to Bob Wheeler, a spokesman for the Wentzvills plant. It's not yet known how many, if any, Michigan employees will opt to transferto Wentzville, he said. GM officialw called Wentzville Mayor Paul Lambi at9 a.m. Monda y to assure him the local plany wouldremain open. "It's good that they are shipping in work for this Lambi said.
"That's a positivde that corporate thinks this plant willbe Still, Lambi said, rival automaker Chrysler plans to shutteer its Fenton factors after investing $130 million in so it was important for Wentzville to not rely on GM so much and diversifyt its revenue stream. When Lambi took officw seven years ago, Wentzville counted on GM for aboutg 55 to 60 percentt of itstotal Today, that's more like 15 percent of the city'se $24 million general fund, because GM pays the city aboutr $3 million a year in real estat e taxes, property taxes and othee fees, he said.
GM on Monday by the end of but the Wentzville plant was sparedbecausr it’s the only plant where Chevroletf Express and GMC Savana vans are The Wentzville plant will still undergo a previouslgy announced and other production cuts in June and July that will resultf in the layoffs of 300 workers. Monday’sa Chapter 11 filing by the 101-year-old automaker is amonyg the largestin U.S. history and largest-evet U.S. manufacturing bankruptcy. GM listed $173 billiom in liabilities and $82 billion in assets, according to the files in New York. GM to St.
Louis’ larges privately held company, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, and to Chapter 11, whicyh allows the company to operate while protected from its pushes GM intoa fast-track bankruptcy and provideas $30 billion of additional taxpayerd funds to restructure. The GM plan as detaileed by U.S. officials would allow a much smalle GM to emerge from court protection within 60 to 90 The automaker has not provided an updatexd target for job cuts but was looking toeliminate 21,0090 U.S. factory jobs from the 54,00p union members it now General Motorsemploys 92,000 in the United States and is indirectlyt responsible for 500,000 The U.S.
government would hold a 60 percent financialo interest in areorganized GM, and the UAW would take a 17.5 percentr stake. The governments of Canada and the provinc of Ontario have agreed to a 12 percenty ownership stake in exchange forfinancial aid. GM bondholdersz would get 10 percent. "It’s a bittersweet thing," Wheeler said. "You hate to have to go throughu the process of closing plants andeliminating jobs, but look that’s what's going on with a lot of Hopefully we can rebound, hire people in the future and be the vibrant companyu we once were.
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South Suburban Computer Club Meeting â Inserting Tables and Graphs in ... - TribLocal

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Standing in the gap their big thing - Portland Tribune

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The coaches asked Heimuli and fellow sophomore Wade Keliikipi to use their big bodies to take up blockers and free up other defensive players. Heimuli says his strategy is to âcover the two 'A' gaps, so they'll double- and triple-team me. ...

Shaq

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Philip Freedman, a broker with Flagstone said he would not identifythe buyer, whichh operates a Florida-based real estatd investment company. The sale closed as negotiations were being finalized totrade O’Neal from the Phoenix Suns to the Clevelandd Cavaliers. Freedman said Friday that the buyer was attractedx becausethe 2.5-acre, waterfront site is “a spectaculard piece of land” and intended it for “personal O’Neal paid $19.8 millionb for the property that included $1 million in Former center Rony Seikaly also owned the home at one The 7-foot-1 center, who helped bring an NBA championshilp to the Miami had tried several times to sell the house.
The first time O’Neak put it on the the price tag was morethan $30 million, but was soon pullec off the market. The price eventually dropped to $22.5 million. Both New York Yankeed slugger Alex Rodriguez and aTony award-winning Broadway producer had contracts fall through. providerd O’Neal with two mortgages on the propertytotalingg $15 million. The island has been home to Sean Comb s andGloria Estefan.

Cincinnati ranked

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The report divided the 100 largest metrosinto 20-city segments, ranging from “strongest” to San Antonio ranked at the top of the category, and Detroit placex last in the “weakest” category. The Cincinnat i metropolitan area ranked 62 of 100metros overall, just behin Minneapolis, according to the first-quartefr MetroMonitor report, released Wednesday. That placed it at No. 2 in the cities category.
MetroMonitor ranked citiesw according tofour indicators: the percent changd in employment from its peak to first-quartee 2009; the percentage change in the unemploymentt rate from 1Q 2008 to 1Q 2009; the percen t change in gross metropolitan product from its peak to 1Q 2009; and the percentg change in housing prices from 1Q 2008 to 1Q 2009. The grosxs metropolitan product is the total value of goode and services produced within themetrio area. Cincinnati ranked 50th of 100 for changdin employment, down 2.8 percent from its peak; 56th for year-over-yeard change in unemployment, up 3.6 percent; 78th for GMP, down 4.4 and 37th for year-over-year housing price up 0.1 percent.
Two cities in the regioj fared better: Columbus was 40th, at the botton of the “second-strongest” category. Indianapolis was 42nd, ranking at No.2 in the category. Other area metros in the second-weakest category included Cleveland, Louisville, 65th; Akron, 74th; and 79th. Youngstown (88th) and Toledo (91st) both fell into the category. The MetroMonitor will be published according to the Metropolitan Policy Program at To read thecomplete report, .

Investment group plans $50M project - Charlotte Business Journal:

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The Mooresville-based investment company says the $50 million projectr will create 150 jobs innortu Charlotte. According to a rezoning application filed with the city of the project calls for indoor andoutdoor retail, a 150-room restaurants, offices, conference space and indoor and outdoor kartingb and racing. Charlotte City Council will vote June 15 on theproposeds rezoning. If the application is approved, the site will be callef “Metrolina Speed and Sport The first phase of the project is slated for completionhin April.
“Our goal is to create an affordable familhy racing and entertainment destination with an amateur sports focusx and we believe Charlotte is the prim locationfor it,” says Simon Weber, president of Speedwag Investment Group. “We are committed to revitalizing the propertty in a way thatcelebratezs Metrolina’s rich history, embraces green technology and attractds national and international sports competitions as well as tourism dollars.” Wes Jones, president of of Charlottew has been named architect on the project. The Metrolinwa Expo property totals more than 135 acres and includez parkingfor 20,000 The site is on Old Statesville Road in the Derit a community.
Speedway Investment Group was foundedc in 2008 for the specifi c purpose of redeveloping the Metrolina site and creating an amateutsports destination.

Queen's pays $2.5M to settle Feds' claims - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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million to settle lawsuits thatalleged Hawaii’s larges hospital overbilled government health care programs for prescriptiom medications, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. The settlement was the resulft of two whistleblower lawsuits broughft by formerpharmacy technicians, who alleged that Queen’s overbilled the state’s Medicare and Medicaied programs, as well as the federal health insurance prograk for military dependents, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Edwarc H. Kubo Jr.
The lawsuitzs were filed under the federal and state FalseClaimd Acts, which allow the government to claimm up to triple the damages, plus penalties, for submittingh false claims to government programs. The two former employees allege Queen’s submitted fake billws for anti-psychotic medications that were dispensed by the hospitao pharmacy from 1999 to 2002 and were authorized by a but not necessarily bya psychiatrist, as The hospital was also accused of billing from 1999 to 2006 for servicews provided by medical residents who were supposede to be supervised by otherf doctors, but that the supervisionh did not occur, Kubo’sd office said.
Under the settlement, Queen’s paid $2 million to the federal whichshared $400,000 of the proceeds with the two former employees, and $500,000 to the attorneys for the two Queen’s will also maintain a compliance program to ensur e its billings conform to the rules for five yearsd under a corporate integrity agreement with the U.S. Departmentt of Health and Human Services. Queen's issued this " denies any intentional but after five years of discussionsz and negotiations with the has agreed to settles this matter so that its resourcee may be spent on providingb quality health care rather than onlegal

Tennessee lenders so far steering clear of ARC loan program for small businesses - San Francisco Business Times:

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As of July 6, 251 loans were fundef with a valueof $8.2i9 million, but none in Tennessee, says David public information officer for SBA’s Tennessee office. “Atf this point I don’t know of in Tennessee, he says. “Banks are in a training phase; they have a learnintg curve.” Loans have so far been done in 35 statea by 121 lenders for 151different industries, Tiller says. More than 3,0009 individuals from 1,300 institutions participated in the ARC informatiomn andtraining session, Tiller The program is schedulefd to end Sept.
30 or when the allocated $350 million runs out, whichever comes But the fact that no businessesin Tennessee, much less have applied is worrisomr to some business advocates. “I hate to see an area like the Mid-Soutn that needs an economic boost miss out on somethingy because it got bungled in implementationb or for whatever reason bankws decided not todo it,” says business and estate planning attorney John Windsor Jr. with Windsor Law Firm PLC. Windso r contacted more than a half dozen banks for clients to see if lenders were underwritinARC loans.
Conversations with two lendersx revealed concerns about guaranteeing the loans and confusiomn with some of the terms spelled out inthe program, one beingt an understanding of a “viablde business.” The SBA defines a viable businesa as “one that has been profitable in the past but is just beginninhg to struggle with making loan and can reasonably project that it can get back on trackj with the infusion of ARC loan fundzs and the benefit of deferred payments.” Some bankerx believe the legislation is too ambiguoue and the risk too great. “The thrusr was they just don’t know what they can and can’f do,” Windsor says.
Anthony Wilkinson, president and CEO of the Okla.-based , says the program has received a very lukewarmn reception fromhis members. The association recently sent a six-pager letter to the SBA with 40 questions directly from Wilkinson says. Lenders were concerned with mainly technical issuex such as how tofile claims, how fast they will get paid and referencees to 7(a) loan requirements even though ARC is not a 7(a) “Some lenders are takingh the view it’s a lot of work for a $35,0009 loan,” Wilkinson says.

StartupNation's 2009 top 200 leading moms in business - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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In an effort to honor the triumphs, tribulations and achievementd of moms running successful businessesacross America, StartupNation.com launcheds its first annual , sponsored by , and set out in searc h of the top 200 moms in According to the Centet for Women's Business Research, there are 10.6 milliohn women-owned businesses in the United Statesd generating $2.5 trillion in annuakl revenue. With women starting businesses at nearlyt twice the rateof men, it's no surprise that mother make up the fastest growing segment of new businessw owners.
The thousands of contestantse in this first annual competition illustrateed just how dynamic moms are in their adding color to the traditional 1950a mom portrayed in black and white TV The list ofthe —ranked ordered based on votes accumulated—has now been announced. The contestt clearly struck a chorf as the contestants reached out to their circlesa togenerate support. More than 620,000 votes came pouring in. The StartupNation editorial staff looked past the buzz and took its own tallh to identify the themes and trends commojn among the winning moms andtheir businesses. Perhaps those listed below will help explain whatmakee mom-owned businesses tick.
One thing that make moms so easy to love and so successful in business isthat they'rde motivated by more than just dollar signs. money is still a drivingv factor, but making a difference runs high on thelist and, many even trumps money. Authors Kira Gouldr and Lance Hosey address the topic of a greenedr gender intheir book, Womenb in Green, stating that studiee show that women are more likely than men to suppor t environmental causes through voting, activism and consumer choices. That conscientiousnesse often extends to the types of businesses moms choosdeto start.
Take the 50th ranked Margaret founder of Beaulily and creator ofthe , a soft fabrifc muff designed to provide warmth and activity for the elderly. Her inspiration for the TwiddleMufd came from her desire to ease the discomforr thather 90-year-old grandmother was sufferingg from due to the diminished use of her Although her grandmother providec her with the initial inspiration for the it's now the thousandes of customers benefitting from her creation that keep her motivated to continue. "Knowing that I've maybe made somebody's life a little more comfortable or easy makez it well worth the issues that I face as I go aboutg growingthis business," says Light.
She has since extended her productr line, incorporating cat and dog designs as well as differen t colors to meet the various demands of her growing listof customers. We came across several mom-owned businesses among the Top 200 wher e the childrenwere involved, but we were struck most by Yana Berlin, ranked #1 in the Top 200, launched , a sociap networking site geared toward womemn over 40, in 2006. Now, the site has thousands of members from around the world including theUnitee Kingdom, Canada and Australia.
And its successw is in large part due to her four children and nephea who help out with variousd aspects of the business ranginhg from helping her navigate the technical challenges of startingb a social networking site to spreading the word through publicx relations to keeping the businessw profitable with strategicfinanciakl budgets. Berlin never thought that Fabulously49 and Beyond would becomr afamily business, but it has - to the poinf that it's difficult for her familhy to talk about topics other than the Overall, the experience of startinb a business has been life-changing and has even inspirecd Berlin's eldest child to help other small businese owners with the public relations side of "Once children see their parents are doing something and they help their parents, it really sets them on the righr track.
" Berlin is not the only one to involver her children. Statistics show that familyu companies are responsible for 60 percent ofthe nation' s employment and 78 percent of new jobs created. evidence indicates that women-owned family businesses are better preparedd for transition scenarios and have higherr success rates than businesses controlled by theiemale counterparts. Victoria Colligan, founder of the women'x networking group, , and a promoter of this year'd Leading Moms in Business competitionhas noticed—as we did—how appealing it is to moms to wear the boss hat.
Calling the shots allows moms the flexibility and control they need to be the perenniall jugglersthey are. "Fo Moms, control over their lives, is the numbeer one reason they are inspirexto launch," says Colligan. This treasured flexibilityg isa trend, according to the Bureayu of Labor Statistics, which has confirmed that nearlt 26 percent of working women with children unde 18 work flexible schedules today comparedr with just 14 percent in 1991.
In searc h of flexibility, many moms turn to startingv their own businesses in order to obtain contropl overtheir schedules, stating that, despite the fact that startinyg and running a business can be an extremelg difficult task, they'd have it no otheer way. Nina Rodecker, founder of , is one such mom. ranked #3 among the top moms, had alwayds known that she wanted to start a businesds ofher own, but it wasn't untik she was pregnant and the cravingzs kicked in that she found her a catered cotton candy machine rental service.
Now, with an infant and a businessto nurture, she has found a way to make it all work in "I spin the cotton candy, returmn phone calls, reply to emailss when my baby's sleeping or when he's calm, I scheduls events and pick up orders when I know that there's no priort engagement, and I always allow extra time [to accounty for my] baby's crying," says Rodecker. Many mom-owner businesses are proving that some of the best businessesw are those that cater to hobbies women like to do at Take scrapbookingfor Scrapbooking.
com believes that the industry has the potentiakl to grow to $4 billion in the next ten In addition, with the down economgy forcing consumers to enjoy "staycations" and appreciate all that's home is becoming more of a treasurec place than ever. Kate Rothacker has found successd by creatinga home… away from As founder of the , ranked #22 in the Top 200 Leadin g Moms in Business, she offers her guests a scrapbookingy retreat where they can treasure their bond with others, and share meals The business is doing so well that Rothacker just opened a second location.
"Ig is something that [guests] want to remembe and come back to," says "They're looking for a place of comfort." On many of the main social networking sites, women outnumbet men by a considerable amount, but we also found that mom business owners are at the front of the curver when it comes to using sitesd like Facebook and email marketing solutionsfrom turn-keuy providers like to generate awarenesse for their businesses.
In anticipation of StartupNationprovided "Vote for Me" widgets that contestants could seamlessly incorporate into their emails, sociak networking profiles and Rothacker uses both social media and emaik marketing to get the word out about Cozy Crop House. She releaseed some of the first picturezs of the new locationb onher business's Facebooik page and created an exclusivs Yahoo! group for her past guests so that they coule network with each other.
It might be Rothacker'sa use of email marketing, though, that really helped her win the "It was a great way to ask peoplee to help spread the word to people who basically share the same interestswithout ‘Would you please tell peoplre about our business,'" says Rothacker. If the level of participation among contestants and voters in the firstr annual Leading Moms in Busines s competition isany indication, this is a hot sector of the smalll business economy. And it appears to be the ultra passionate moms that are creatingthat heat.
Being the cleveer marketers they are, contestants leveraged theidr participation in the competition as a way to generatee positive interest and awareness around their It helped that moms were able to monitod their progress in the competition by viewingtheir "popularity which ranged from "cool" to "on depending on the number of votes they had "There is certainly a bit of status connected with beinb on fire and that was very exciting," says Berlin, the winner by a was incredulous as her supporters carried her to the win.
And, perhapsw most importantly, Light enjoyex an increase in saless thanks to the interest and word of mouth that the competitiom generated forher business.

Lower material costs an incentive for builders who have money to build - Memphis Business Journal:

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In the past year, fuel pricwe upheaval caused the pricesof petro-dependent materials such as steel and shingles to spike and fall in Meanwhile, the cost of lumbe has dropped along with the demand for new buildings. construction costs are much lower rightf now than inrecent history, making it a tempting time to builr for those who have the Jim Whittington Jr., president of , says lumbef costs have fallen dramatically during the “Lumber is at record lows,” he says. “There’s just no demandd for it.” The average yearly price for framinh lumber per thousand board feetwas $252 in 2008, accordingh to Random Lengths, an industryh publication.
In 2004, the averagew price was $404. Whittington says the recession has causede a number of lumber mills to clos because of a lackof demand, but also because some companiess are trying to reduce supply in order to artificially boosf prices. Whittington says the businesz slowdown is nothing new for lumberyarda as the industry has been in a downward cycle for the lastthree years. “Naturally, our business is way he says.
Norris Bruff, owner of , says businesz has been slow for abouta year, with the main culpritx being lack of demand and fuel price High fuel affects more than just transportation costs, as many materialsx used in construction are petroleum based such as shingles, steel and “A lot of the productsa we sell have been severely affected by the pricew of fuel,” Bruff says. “Even thoughb business wasn’t great, prices have gone up.” For Bruff says last year they sold a square of shingleesfor $32.95, a product that now goes for “We’ve got the best of both worlds,” Bruff sarcastically. “Slow business and the pricse isgoing up.
” The most dramatic fluctuation in pricing has been for steel and steel-based products, says Wayne Smith, president of . “j haven’t seen anything that reallyg shocked me other than he says. “That affect a lot of things other thansteeol itself.” The price of steek has been difficult to predict. Mediuk steel sections per metric ton topped out in July at but have since dropped thanks to lowe rfuel costs, according to Steelonthenet.com. Medium steell sections cost $859 per metric ton in December 2007 but had droppefto $780 in December 2008. Lowefr labor and materials costs from the lack of demand make rightt now the best timeto build, says Chris president of , Inc.
“It’s a combination of everything right now,” he says. “We’ve seen decreases in materialk prices thatwe haven’t seen since 2000. Righf now, you can build a building at 2005 Accordingto Woods, the recent pricw drop has been the sharpest he has seen in his 35 yearz in the industry. “I don’t believe we will ever see building costs any less than theyare now,” he says. “u think once the economy turns around and building startsback up, we’rde going to see the rise in cost again.
” Smith says the ultra-competitive labor markeg will also help keep prices low for prospective Whittington believes construction demand will eventuallty rebound. “Things were good for a whil there and then things justgot overbuilt,” he “It’ll come back because of the numbers of people. Peopl have to have places to live. It’ll pick

For Baltimore Ravens, there's no place like home - Indianapolis Star

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SendTec files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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The St. Petersburg direct respons e marketing company is claiming assetswof $3.7 million and liabilities of more than $17.e4 million. SendTec (OTCBB: SNDN) last filedf a financial report with the SEC last November when it claimerd a net incomeof $623,000, or 1 cent per on revenue of $5 million for the quarter ended 30, 2008. That was a turnaround from a $4.4 or 8 cents per loss on revenueof $7.4 millionm recorded the year before. In a statement released aftedrits filing, SendTec said it has receivedr an offer led by managementf and a group of outside investment firms to purchase assetsa and continue operations as a new company.
SendTevc didn’t identify the outside investment “A series of corporate transactionsinvolving SendTec’s parent companiews going back to 2004 … has left SendTe c with a large burdemn of debt apart from operations,” said chief executivwe officer Paul Soltoff in a statement. “These proceedingsw represent our best option for removingy that burden while continuing to servee our clients and run our Inthe interim, it will be business as We anticipate no reduction in staff or services." In the nine monthws leading up to the 2008 third SendTec chalked up a profirt of $3.5 million, or 5 cents per share, comparedd to a $13.
5 million, or 25 centes per share, loss the year priod despite revenue dropping from $24.5t million to $16.3 million. In SendTec informed the SEC that it would be unablr to fileits year-end report statinb the company “does not have sufficient resourced to complete the audit of the financial Among the creditors holding secured claims againstg SendTec is , care of of New York for $3.36 million in Series B preferree shares; of New York City for $2 milliohn in Series B preferred shares; and of New York City for $1.687 million in Series B preferred shares. Also holding a secured claimk is ofOld Greenwich, for $1.
3 million in Series B preferred Most unsecured priority claimsw listed in the bankruptcy court documents are less than $15,00p0 with the exception of $50,000 owed to the IRS. SendTefc has been fighting a numberf of lawsuits in various courtes including one charging it with breach of contractr and unjust enrichment from inthe N.Y. Supremre Court where motions are pending. It’s defendin g itself from similar charges by through the Pinellas Countuy Circuit Court where SendTec recently filed an according tobankruptcy documents.
There are thre other contract disputeswith , the Fort Lauderdale company that acquired SendTec in Augusgt 2005 that is now listed as in court papers, in three courts in South Floridaq where motions are pending. SendTe c also has an arbitration case pending against it from in the Couryt of Common Pleas of Delawars Countyin Media, Pa., and an activr employee discrimination suit against it from Janert Megdadi in a court in Bridgeport, Conn. Paul chief executive officer, owns 7.5 percent of SendTec’s earned $400,000 last year and has been paid just lessthan $16,70p semimonthly in 2009. Donald Gould Jr., chieg financial officer, owns 4.
4 percent of the company’s earned $260,125 last year and has been paid morethan $10,800 semimonthly for 2009, according to court documents. of Boca Raton owns the biggesrt piece of SendTecwith 18.2 percentr of shares, while LBI Group, Fursa Alternative Alexandra Global Master Fund and SDS Capitalp Group SPC Ltd of Grand Cayman each own just less than 10

Boulevard Co. sets sights on pair of apartment projects - Charlotte Business Journal:

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"We're reinventing ourselves as anapartment developer," says Branch, president of The prolific Charlotte company, which played a key role in the local condominium boom, has designs on developing rental buildings uptown and alongy Seventh Street in Elizabeth. Also in the workas are small commercialinfill projects: offices on a triangular-shaped parcel at 1301 Kenilworth Ave. near Carolinaes Medical Center and next to the Fowler Buildinv at1447 S. Tryon St. in Southu End. Branch says he started looking to changwhis firm's strategy as Charlotte's condo market begahn to fade.
A $40 eight-story apartment project slated for North Cedar Street woulds be the first toestablish Boulevard's new On Monday night, approved a zoning change for the 1.8-acrew site near Gateway Village to alloww both residential and commercial uses. Boulevard can now developp up to 250 apartmentsand 5,000 square feet of commercialo space next to Cedar Oaks Condominium. Branchn touts the location for its unobstructed views and its proximityhto uptown.
It's one of two sites his companyt is targeting for apartment buildings across fromthe 72-acre Boulevard is also considering redevelopmentr of the Orchard Park apartments, a 42-unit, five-building complex at the cornerr of North Clarkson and Cates streets. The property is contiguoue to the proposed North CedarStreet apartments, but Branchu says the projects aren'tr connected. To pursue it plans for the OrchardPark property, Boulevardc needs the site But the company has deferred that request untio it resolves questions about an environmental concern.
A strea m runs through the property, and that has complicatedr the firm's plans because of new locapl restrictions regardingstormwater runoff. The city's Post-Construction Controls Ordinancse takes effectJuly 1, requiring enhanced buffer zoneds and heightened regulations for the collection and treatment of rain water. The augmentefd construction code was required by June 2009 underfederal law, which calls for communities to upgrads their rules to reducer flooding and water pollution in urban The new rules require new ways of dealiny with the way water moves off a propert y and into creeks and streams. And Branch and others say that meanswnew costs.
"You will see more and more developeres discovering the unintended consequences ofthe Post-Construction Controls warns land-use consultant Walter Fields, who has workedc with Boulevard on its plans. "But no one will speak ill of tryingf to protectsurface water." To gain rezoningg approval for his assembly of three parcelsx along the 200 block of North Cedarr Street, Branch had to commig to building an underground sand filter to cleabn any rain water that runs into his It will be the first of its kind that Branchn has built for one of his developments, and the expensed is unclear, he "It's not completely quantified becausew there is no precedent.
" Branch says he will clos e on the land for the city-approved apartments within 30

Anthera Pharmaceuticals Promotes Dr. Debra Odink to Chief Technology Officer - Sacramento Bee

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By Anthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. HAYWARD, Calif., Dec. 5, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Anthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANTH), a biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics to treat serious diseases associated with inflammation and autoimmune ...

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Newmark Homes Houston buying local TOUSA assets - Business First of Buffalo:

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TOUSA plans to complete and sell all homesa currentlyunder construction. Moody said the new company will beprivatelu held, locally owned and financed. “Ourd management team has over 70 years’ combined experience,” he The new company plans to build 60 homes ranging in pricefrom $160,00 0 to more than $600,000 in the first 60 days of which will officially begin June 15. Moody said 55 employeexs of TOUSA will remain with the new company aftef TOUSA winds down its localbusiness operations. TOUSA’s predecessor compang was founded in Houston in 1983 as and completef an initial public offerinv inMarch 1998. In Decemberf 1999, TOUSA Inc.
acquired 80 percent of Newmark’ stock. TOUSA Inc. also acquired 100 percent of then-public in Novembefr 2000. On June 25, 2002, Engl merged with Newmark, and the merge d company changed its name toTOUSA Inc. In Hollywood, Fla.-based TOUSA (Pink TOUSQ) told the it plannedc to lay off 156 people in the Houston area from its Newmarko Homes brand beginning May 22 due to the downturn in thehousing market.

Universities chase stimulus cash for shovel-ready projects - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

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The tens of millions of dollars in grant proposalsd are targeting funding streams flowing down through the Americahn Recovery andReinvestment Act’s shovel-ready Universities faced with consecutive years of funding cuts are anglintg to use the shovel-read y cash to catch up on much-needed facilityh upgrades, build classrooms to handle the influx of students in need of re-traininh or tackle big capital projects aimed at bolstering academicx and research. The approach is twofold at , whicuh has seen its student population surge by 12 percentr in the pasttwo years, due in part to risin g unemployment.
The college is seekin g $45 million to build additional classroom capacityh on its three main campuses as well as to enhance vocationa training facilitiesin high-demand according to Ellyn Drotzer, directort of the office of grants development. The college wantz the cash, among other projects, to buil d out its and the Maroone Automotivew Program in Miramar to emphasize curriculum on maintaining and repairing emerginh green energy and hybrid systems in boats and It also wants to expand classrooms for aviation including a facility to train a new generation of airtraffivc controllers, which are expected to be in high demand in a few year s to replace a wave of retiring controllers, Drotzed said.
“These are all shovekl ready,” she said. “We have a historty of training in technical trades an now we are lookinfg to be responsive to providing curriculumm in this new emerging industry ofgreem technology.” The ’s 18-member stimuluse working group meets regularly to discus opportunities and set a course to capture as much of the federal cash as So far, the school has more than 400 proposals seeking in excess of $350 millioh in funding. “We saw this as a very significang opportunity for the university and to do something for the saidRichard Bookman, vice provost of research at UM.
Amontg the projects on the school’s shovel-readgy wish list is a new $45 seawater researchh center at UM’s Rosenstiel School of Mariner and Atmospheric Science onVirginia Key, he said. The universituy is seeking $15 million from the and $15 million from the to help builcdthe center, which will study sea creatures as well as the physicas of waves on structures. UM is also is submitting proposalss fora $15 million to $20 milliojn addition to a science building at its Corak Gables campus and a multi-story researcnh building at its medical has science, green technology and culinaryg training on its shovel-ready submissio n list. The school is requesting help fundinga $22.
7y million hospitality management center to house a culinary arts school as well as $40 millioh for an extensive renovation and upgrade to decades-old facilities at its north campus and $1.2 million for an and But by most accounts competitiomn for stimulus funds will be fierce. And specific fundinbg priorities from federal and state allocatorsbeyond short-termk projects that would create jobs quicklg remains unclear, said Camill e Coley, assistant VP and interim director of sponsoredf research at . “They are not telling us what they arelookingv for,” she said. But FAU is seeking $4.
5 millioj to help build out water reuse infrastructurs at itsnewly opened, gold level Leadershi p in Energy and and platinum leve l engineering building, slated to open in 2010. The university also is seekingv federal stimulus funds to create a road connectot system at its main campuse off Glades Road in Boca Raton andadditional parking. It also wantds funding to put a green roof on its administration While the application process is infull UM’s Bookman doesn’t expect the winning projects to be announced untik the fall.

Study: Crichton, LeMoyne-Owen graduation rates rank low - Memphis Business Journal:

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Crichton is tied for fourth worst in the categoryh with a 19 percent graduation while LeMoyne Owen ties for 10th at22 percent. The nationwidr average graduation rate is54 percent. The study arrangesx 1,385 schools into six categories of entrance difficulty ranging from to “most competitive.” Then, using data from the , the studt ranks the schools by likelihoodc of graduation over a six-year period. According to the report, “Thwe South has the dubious distinction of housing institutions with some of the lowest graduation ratea inour sample.
” ’s rate of 44 percenf ties for third worst graduation percentage amongy “very competitive” schools in the South. Sewanee: The places thire highest amongthe South’s “highly competitive” schoolsz with 78 percent, and ranks as fourth highesg in the “most competitive” field with a 91 percenft graduation rate. The graduates 34 percent of its , 57 percent; and , 73 percent. The Tennessee stated average is 48.5 percent.

UMB will restructure asset-management business - Kansas City Business Journal:

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The family now will be calledeScout Funds, but the funds will keep theirf current ticker symbols, Kansas City-basex UMB Financial (Nasdaq: UMBF) said in a Mondaty release. Scout Investment Advisors will continue to manage the UMB Scout Funds and will assumse management of all institutional separately managex accounts and specific large individual separately managed accounts that UMB Bank Scout Distributors CEO Gary who also is president of the UMB Scougt Mutual Fund family and will remaijn so with the renamedScout Funds, said in an intervie w that the restructuring “is purely our effort to better position ourselves within the asset-management business.
” “We hope this sendsz (the marketplace) a message that we’rs firmly committed to the money-management business,” DiCenzo said. “It’ s an outstanding way to briny products tothe marketplace. ... From an internal standpoint, we feel this will increase the focue of our institutional fund managers and money markegtfund managers.” The restructuring affects aboutr 60 employees, he said. No jobs will be cut. Scout Investmentt Advisors Chairman and CEO Clyde Wendel said in the releasee that the changeshould “allow us to becomd more competitive and expand opportunities in the marketplace.” UMB Financialp ranks No.
20 on the Kansas City BusinessJournal ’x list of area public companies.

KC chamber backs smoking ban - Kansas City Business Journal:

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The chamber said Monday that it now supports a smoking ordinance that would prohibit smokintg in all enclosedpublic places, including bars and restaurants. A representativse from the chamber will assert that view at theCity Council'as finance and audit committee hearing on Wednesday according to a written release. During that hearing, the committeed will listen to public testimony about a reviseed smoking ordinance that Councilman Chuck Eddy introduced in The revised ban would prohibit smoking in all encloserdpublic spaces, including bars and restaurants, beginning in January 2008.
The city'w current smoking ban takes effecyt only after 85 percent of themetrio area's population passes a similar ban -- a task that critic contend could take several more The chamber's decision to support the ban followede a recommendation of approval from the Health Council of Greatee Kansas City, a branch withij the chamber. Small business and restaurang owners that belong to the chambert also supportedthe ban, so long as it created a levelo playing field by banning smoking in all enclosexd public places.
"We urge the counci l to join cities from Olathe and Lawrenceto Lee'as Summit and Independence in banning smoking in publiv places," chamber President Pete Levi said in the Local members of the have criticizer Eddy's revised ordinance because it exempts the gamblintg floors at two Kansas City casinos untio other area casinos ban smoking. Chamber spokeswomahn Pam Whiting said the organization had some concerns abougt how a smoking ban would affect its members that operate barsand restaurants. But most of thosse members supportthe ban, she said. "The chambe r has taken stands in the past that have resulted in some Whiting said.
"Hopefully, all of our memberz will understand our The finance and audit committee will meetat 10:3 0 a.m. Wednesday in City Hall. The City Council considered the revisecd ordinance atits Nov. 30 meeting but unanimously decided to send it back to the committew for further research andpublic

Universities chase stimulus cash for shovel-ready projects - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

2011-11-22T16:00:00.001-08:00

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The tens of millions of dollars in grant proposals are targetinvg funding streams flowing down throughg the American Recovery andReinvestment Act’s shovel-readh initiatives. Universities faced with consecutive yeare of funding cuts are angling to usethe shovel-readyu cash to catch up on much-needed facilitt upgrades, build classrooms to handle the influx of studentx in need of re-training or tackle big capital projects aimed at bolsterinf academics and research. The approacnh is twofold at , whichy has seen its student population surge by 12 percentr in the pasttwo years, due in part to risinvg unemployment.
The college is seeking $45 millioj to build additional classroom capacity on its three main campuse s as well as to enhance vocational traininyg facilitiesin high-demand occupations, according to Ellymn Drotzer, director of the office of grants The college wants the cash, among other projects, to buil d out its and the Maroonee Automotive Program in Miramar to emphasize curriculu on maintaining and repairing emerging green energy and hybricd systems in boats and It also wants to expand classrooms for aviation training, including a facility to train a new generation of air traffi c controllers, which are expected to be in high deman d in a few years to replace a wave of retiringg controllers, Drotzer said.
“These are all shovelp ready,” she said. “We have a history of trainint in technical trades an now we are lookintg to be responsive to providing curriculujm in this new emerging industry of green The ’s 18-member stimulus working group meetx regularly to discuss opportunities and set a course to capturse as much of the federal cash as So far, the school has more than 400 proposalsw seeking in excess of $350 million in “We saw this as a very significant opportunity for the universitu and to do something for the said Richard Bookman, vice provost of research at UM.
Amony the projects on the school’s shovel-ready wish list is a new $45 seawatet research center at UM’s Rosenstiell School of Marine and Atmospheric Science onVirginia Key, he The university is seeking $15 million from the and $15 million from the to help build the center, which will study sea creatures as well as the physic of waves on structures. UM is also is submittin proposals fora $15 million to $20 millionj addition to a science building at its Cora Gables campus and a multi-story researc building at its medical school. has science, green technologt and culinary training onits shovel-ready submissiomn list. The school is requestin help fundinga $22.
7 million hospitality management cente to house a culinary arts schoopl as well as $40 million for an extensive renovatiomn and upgrade to decades-old facilities at its north campus and $1.2 milliohn for an and Technology. But by most accountsz competition for stimulus funds willbe fierce. And specifivc funding priorities from federal and statre allocatorsbeyond short-term projects that woulf create jobs quickly remains unclear, said Camille assistant VP and interim director of sponsored research at . “Theh are not telling us what they are looking she said. But FAU is seeking $4.
5 million to help buils out water reuse infrastructure at its newly gold level Leadership in Energy and and platinum levelengineering building, slated to open in 2010. The universityt also is seeking federal stimuluds funds to create a road connectod system at its main campuss off Glades Road in Boca Raton andadditionalp parking. It also wants funding to put a greenm roof on its administration While the application process is infull swing, UM’sx Bookman doesn’t expect the winning project s to be announced until the fall.

'Saturday Night Live' recap: Jason Segel hosted, while the Muppets, Paul Rudd ... - Entertainment Weekly

2011-11-20T12:34:00.001-08:00

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State budget cuts tear into tourism marketing - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

2011-11-18T09:00:00.001-08:00

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Those decisions created nearly 21,000 jobs, representing a capital investmenty ofabout $3 billion, a 17 percentg increase over 2007. But whether the statde will be able to keep up its aggressivre corporate recruitment efforts is farfrom Gov. Sonny Perdue is askingf the General Assembly to slashthe department’s $39.65 million budget by 17.9 percent for the rest of the fiscal year ending June 30 and by 21.7 percen in fiscal 2010. “We’re positioning ourselves for when the economy saidKen Stewart, commissioner of the statr Department of Economic Development. In looking for ways to plug a $2.
2 billiobn deficit, the governor has recommended much smalle hits toother departments, including corrections, community healtg — which oversees Medicaid — and the statr university system. The cuts would affect all aspectz of the economicdevelopment agency’zs operations, from $3 million for tourism promotiomn and $2.4 million for domestic and global marketingy to $260,000 for efforts to lure film, videko and music producers to Georgia. Those reductionsz not only would hurtthe state’s ability to create jobs but filter down to the local said Nick Masino, vice president of economid development for the . “Thd DED is typically the lead agency on any he said.
“To hear they’re havinh their marketing dollars cutis disappointing.” The state isn’t the end-all in the economidc development game. The Gwinnett chamber, for invested $1.7 million last year on job recruiting efforts insidesthe county. Large hotele typically spend $2 million to $7 million promoting themselvesd withWeb sites, billboards, and radio and TV ads, said Ron public affairs director for the . he said the state should do its part to keepsales flowing. “Our businesses spendf money luring tourists tothe state,” Fenne said. “We’d obviously like the state to spencdmore money.” The stakes are high: Tourisj in Georgia generates $34.
1 billion a year in direct economiv impact and $1.5 billion in state and loca tax revenues, according to the Departmenrt of Economic Development. Even so, lawmakers are unlikely to restored any of the cuts tothe agency’s said Rep. Ron Stephens, chairman of the House EconomixDevelopment Committee. Stephens, R-Garden City, said a reasohn for the disproportionately larged reduction is that the legislature gave the department more than it askee for in the lastfour years. Also, legislative leadere have pledged to make even deeper cuts from the 2009 budgef tofind $428 million to fund the annuak property tax relief grant alreaduy promised to Georgia homeowners.
With the economif development cuts avirtual certainty, Masino said local businessx recruitment agencies are going to have to help take up the slacjk to get through the recession. But some income-generatin g opportunities won’t last through a protracted economic Perdue’s recommendations would yank $815,000 from the department’s Touris Division linked to the 150tg anniversary of the Civil Warin 2011.

Survey: Charlotte lags Raleigh in fitness - Charlotte Business Journal:

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The survey ranked the Raleigh-Cary area as 20th in fitnesds among the 50 most populous metropolitan areas in the United The Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord region came in 34th. The annualp ranking surveys health factors, including the percentages of thoses whoare obese, smoked and have chronic illnesses such as asthmqa or diabetes. It also factorws in how frequently people exercise and the percentage of the populationn withhealth insurance. Community and environmentall indicators are considered as including the number of parks and playgroundszper capita, farmers markets and percentage of peoplwe who bicycle to work.
According to the survey, the Charlottde area’s strengths included a lower percentagwe of individualswith disabilities, diabetes and Challenges included higher unemployment and fewer swimming pools, parks, golf coursex and tennis courts per capita. The top five metrol areas in the reportwere D.C.; Minneapolis-St. Paul; Denver; and San Francisco. The bottoj five were Houston; Las Birmingham, Ala.; Detroit; and Oklahoma Okla.

Good Graph Friday: They served, and now they search for work - msnbc.com

2011-11-14T01:17:00.001-08:00

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Veterans remembered in Elgin and Hampshire - Chicago Daily Herald

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Swaim-Staley named acting Md. transportation secretary - Denver Business Journal:

2011-11-09T17:51:00.001-08:00

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Swaim-Staley had been deputy secretary to Porcarij after he was namexd to the slotby O’Malley in 2007. Porcari will be sworhn in June 1 asthe No. 2 officiap for the . Swaim-Staley is no strange r to Maryland’s transportation needs. She also served as the transportation’sz deputy secretary for the state from 1999 to while also serving in interimm rolesat Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and the . From 1993 to 1998, Swaim-Stalehy served as chief financial officer forthe .
O’Mallehy said in a statement Swaim-Staley “had the deep knowledge of transportation, alonhg with the management and financial expertise that are necessaryy for us tomove forward.” A spokesman for O’Mallehy said the governor is still conducting interviews for a permanenr successor to Porcari. There is no timeline in place to fillthe position, spokesman Shaunn Adamec said in an e-mail.
The “criteria is to find the best persojn forthe job,” he

Mercy system to buy Jewish Hospital - New Mexico Business Weekly:

2011-11-07T14:00:00.001-08:00

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The two entities will beginn exclusive negotiations to come to a definitiv epurchase agreement, according to a news release. The process is expectedd to take four tosix months, and is also subject to variouws regulatory approvals. Mercy Health Partners partners operatesfive hospitals, in Fairfield, Westerm Hills, Mount Airy, Anderson Township and Clermonft County, along with outpatient and othere health care-related facilities. The purchase of Jewish, located in Kenwood, will give the system a presence in the northeasternCincinnatki suburbs.
"We are always working to provide high-quality One of the missing ingredients in coverinhg the Greater Cincinnati area wasthe I-71 said James May, CEO of Mercyy Health Partners, in the release. Jewisg Hospital will also join CatholicHealthcared Partners, the Cincinnati-based parent of the Mercy Mercy recently won approvak from Green Township trustees to builf a new hospital near North Bend Road and Interstatwe 74. When completed, the hospita l will replace its Mount Airy and WesternHillas facilities.
The , of which Jewish is a votiny member along with University and FortHamiltonb hospitals, had been considering acquiring the hospital as A purchase would have made it a property in the hospitalo group, like and the . But in the said it would also considerother partners, whiler continuing discussions with the Health

Bayside wallops Westwood 55-0 - Florida Today

2011-11-05T11:00:00.001-07:00

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Crescent files Chapter 11, replaces CEO - Austin Business Journal:

2011-11-03T07:17:00.001-07:00

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The moves are part of an efforft to cutthe company’s debt and rework its capitalk structures, the Charlotte, N.C.-based developer and some of its subsidiariews have filed voluntary Chapter 11 petitiones in the in the Western District of Texas, Austibn Division. Crescent also announced today thatArthufr Fields, the company’s chief executived officer, has retired, effective immediately. He will continuw to work in anadvisory capacity. Crescenr had been struggling to refinancea $1.2 billion loan, with paymeng due in full by September 2012. The compang amended the loan in June 2008 becausre it was in violation of the original terms.
Before the Chapter 11 filing, Crescent faced payments of $50 million by the end of this year, $75 milliohn in 2010 and $100 million in 2011 on its The company, which has developed more than 1 million squarw feet of office space in Cool Springs since the has been facinglocal troubles, too. Pat Emery, Crescent’as long-time vice president and regionap managerin Tennessee, left the company last And the developer’s Crescent’es Greenway One, a $33 168,000-square-foot building near completion on Carothers has been boarded up for months as contractors filerd millions of dollars in liens against it.
Another similarlyh sized Crescent project next to it is abouf 90 percent vacant a year afterbeint built. The company says it plans to continue businessez without any significant interruptiohduring restructuring. Crescent has obtained a debtor-in-possession financing facility of $110 milliomn from a group of its existing which will provide funds so it cancontinude operating. Andrew Hede will replace Fields as CEO and will be chargedf with leadingthe restructuring. Hede, a managing director with LLC, has more than 15 years of financial restructuring andbusiness experience.
“We have been in activee discussions with our lenders and otherr stakeholders as we work toward an agreement that will brinvg our capital structure in line with the currenteconomic environment,” Hede says in a “Those discussions are continuing, and we are pleasecd with the ongoing support we have receivex from our lenders. We intend to reach an agreementy on our new capital structure and emerge frombankruptcyh quickly.
”

Bombardier sees bright future in aviation - Portland Business Journal:

2011-11-01T03:17:00.001-07:00

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Its 10-year forecast for the business jet marketpredictes 11,500 deliveries from 2009 to 2018, whichh represents $256 billion in worldwide revenues. The company also forecasts 12,40p deliveries in the 20-to-149 seat commercial markeg over the next20 years. From 2009 to Bombardier predicts this market to beworth $589 “The financial turbulence being felt around the globe has placed a significant focus on the challengexs facing the aviation industry, particularly within the busines jet sector,” Mairead Lavery said in a release. Lavery, vice president of strategh and business developmentfor Bombardier, believes the immediate future of the industrt will remain volatile.
But he said the long-termn future still holds plenty of opportunity foraircraftg manufacturers. “As the world begins to emerg from thiseconomic crisis, demand should gradualluy return and future prospects remain he said.

Delco lays out the welcome mat for hotel development - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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A healthy occupancy rate at the county’s 31 existingy hotels, along with a growing number of venuee requiring nearbyhotel rooms, is driving “We need more hotel rooms. On alumni weekends, football we don’t have enough hotels. We can fill them,” said Tore executive directorof . “Things [with the economy] are not But, in Delaware County, they’rr not that bad.” Fiore cited the spillover from thingsw like college sports andalumni events, namely at and otherd colleges; demand from business meetings and conferences; and the need that will be createc by Chester’s Major League Soccer Leaguse stadium, which will start hosting events in 2010.
“There are certainlyy opportunities for selectednew properties,” said analyst Peter Tyson of in Center City. Delaware County has 31 hotels, rangin g in size from 40 roomsto 350. Yet a key obstacle to any growthb willbe financing, said Joshua a Center City hospitality industry “I think right now is a very toughn time. Lodging is down The only new hotels opening are ones that were in the Grimes said. Despite the credit he said developers of hotels continue to seek permits and approvalseneeded — a process that in the suburbs can take a year or two under the best circumstance — knowing the economy will eventuallyh right itself.
“That way, when things get then they’re ready. You want to catcjh the cycle in theright place,” he That’s the case in Newtownm Square, where is developing Ellis Preserve, a 210-acrde mixed-use campus that will include a $50 200-room hotel. “Financing for anything is difficult. I wouldn’t singlw out hotels, retail or any kind of real saidStephen M. Spaeder, senior vice presideny at Berwind. “We’re thinking by mid-2010, things will be somewhar back to normal, which is fine because we havea year’sx worth of [preparation] to In addition to the the $500 million complex will include officse space and retail.
Tenants include and Health It is adjacentto SAP’s U.S. as well. That and more spelld demand forhotel rooms, Spaeder “Our studies of the area show very stronb demand. There’s weekday demand from local SAP needs several thousand roomnights themselves, plus you have the We think the Newtown Square, West Chesterr and Radnor area is underserved,” Spaeder “The weekend demand is strong from Longwood Gardens, West the Brandywine museums. We think it’s a winnerr of a location.” In the past two three hotels have opened inDelawarre County: In Chester, opened a 60-room Best Westernb Hotel & Suites in as part of revitalization.
In Glen Mills, the 110-roomn Staybridge Suites Brandywine opened inAugusty 2007; In Concordville, Hampton Inn & Suites openeed last August. Last year, Delaware County hotelxs had average occupancyof 66.4 percent, compareds to 72.6 percent in 2007 according to PKF research, base on data from Revenue at the hotels in Delaware Counthy totaled $70.9 million last year, down from $73.12 million in 2007. Delaware County may have as many asa half-dozeh hotels on the drawing board, analyst Tyson said. Hotels have been proposesd for Scott Plaza nearthe , at the in Drexelo Hill and in Media. One of the smalle projects would bea 63-room , to be part of ’es 400-acre campus.
The project is also expected to include 43 a 15,000-square-foot bookstore operated by Barnes & a fine arts amphitheater, restaurant and bar.

Mortgage rates reach 6-month high; 5.7% in Colo. - Denver Business Journal:

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says 30-year mortgages averagee 5.59 percent, up from 5.29 percent last The last time long-term mortgage ratesd were this high was inNovemberr 2008. In Colorado, 30-year fixedr rates stood at 5.7 percent Wednesday, up from 5.52 percen t just a week earlier, Mortgage Marketplace . Througu most of April and May, Colorado ratees were just over5 percent, Zillow records Adjustable rate mortgages also rose nationwide, with the average one-year ARM now abovs 5 percent at 5.04 percent. “Mortgage ratess followed the increase in bond yields this says FreddieMac (NYSE: FRE) chief economistt Frank Nothaft, who notes a better-than-expected unemploymenty report moved yields higher.
“As a result, federal fundd futures rose afterthe report, signaling that the marker expects the Federal Reserved may raise its benchmark rate sooner rather than A report from the this week showed rising mortgagre rates are slowing the demand for mortgage refinancing. Mortgage applications last weekfell 7.2 percent, led by a 12 percen t decline in refinancing. Refinancing existin mortgages still makes up about 60 percent of the mortgageunderwritinh business.

Exxon ordered to pay $507.5M in spill case - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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million in punitive damages plus interestf to plaintiffs affected by the Exxon Valde oil spill that impacted residentsx and businesses living along the coast of Alaskqain 1989. The made theit ruling Monday after the case was sent back fromthe . At the Ninthu Circuit level, justices were charged with determining interest andappellats costs. The Ninth Circuit confirmerd the punitive damage amount afterthe U.S. Supreme Courtg determined compensatory damages and punitive damages should be assessed usinyga 1-to-1 ratio.
In its latest decision, the Ninth Circuigt confirmed that Irving-based Exxon (NYSE: XOM) is responsiblre for $507 million in punitive damages and must pay interesgt on the judgment at the rateof 5.9 percent dating back to when the initial judgment againsy the company was first issued by a jury. The federa l case against Exxon Mobil has been languishingb for more thana decade. The Ninth Circuit said both sidesw will cover theirown attorney’s fees. The originao jury verdict against Exxon Mobilwas $5 an amount that has been reduced by 90 percenr during the more than 10 yearxs of litigation, according to courgt records.
An Exxon Mobil spokesman said Monday, "Wd are aware that the opinion has been issued and will review the opinion beforecommenting further."

Colorado gets $376K in Aventis settlement - Wichita Business Journal:

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Under the settlement, Aventis -- a unit of U.S. LLC, whicnh in turn is part of a Frenchcompany -- will pay out $40 milliobn to state Medicaid programs nationwide and $95.5 million overall. The case involvesz allegations that between 1995and 2000, Aventia and its corporate predecessors overchargedr Medicaid programs for the steroid-based anti-inflammatory nasal sprays Azmacort, Nasacor and Nasacort AQ, basesd on a federal requirement that Medicaied programs are supposed to be charge the same for drugs as the lowest price offerec to private customers.
"Colorado’s share of the Aventiws settlement is a significant recovery forour state," Suthers said in a "This settlement sends a clear message to otherd pharmaceutical companies that Colorado will not tolerate conduct that threatensa the integrity of its Medicaid program." Sutherzs said his Medicaid Fraud Contro l Unit worked on the case that led to the Aventiw settlement.

Mattel, Fisher-Price pay $2.3M fine - Business First of Buffalo:

2011-10-21T07:34:00.001-07:00

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million civil penalty for violations of the federapl lead paint banin children’s toys. The civipl fine comes after the completed an investigation into the importingh and selling of toys with lead painy levels that exceededthe .06 percenf lead by weight limit that is federally According to the CPSC, whichn recently crafted the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, aimedd at toughening requirements for lead and phthalates in children’s Mattel imported up to 900,000 non-compliant toys between July 2006 and Septembef 2007. Fisher-Price imported over 1 million non-compliant toys between July 2006 andSeptember 2007.
Among the toys in questioj were the popular Sargetoy car, various Barbie product s and some Go Diego Go toys. Most of the toys that had excessivew levels of lead were shipped to retail stores for sale tothe public. In a massive toy recalo took place where about 95 Mattelland Fisher-Price toy models were determined to have exceeded the lead limit. Lead can be toxic if ingestee by young children and can causew serioushealth problems. The topic of lead painr in children’s products has been a hot buttobn issue asof late, with the rolloug of the controversial CPSIA of 2008.
Toy manufacturers and retaileras have said the new regulationsare vague, costlyy and arbitrary, often requiring the duplicate testing of products. Some smaller manufacturera say the laws threaten to put them out of On thepolitical front, Rep. Louisre Slaughter, D-Fairport, said protecting childrenh has to be thetop priority. “When the toy recalol happened (in 2007) I called the head of Fisher-Pricer and I told him they needed to stargt making their toyshere again,” Slaughter “We didn’t have these kind of problems befor they imported the toys.
” This civil penalty, which is the highesg for violations involving importation or distribution of a regulated is the third highest of any kind in CPSC “These highly publicized toy recalls helped spur Congressiona l action last year to strengthen CPSC and make even stricter the ban on lead paingt on toys,” said CPSC Acting Chairmann Thomas Moore. “This penalty shoulfd serve notice to toy makers that CPSC is committef to the safetyof children, to reducinh their exposure to lead, and to the implementationh of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act.
” As part of a storyy featured in our sister publication, The Buffal Law Journal , lookin at the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, whichu ran prior to the announcemen of these fines, Fisher-Price declined to providd a representative to discuss the lead paint Instead, they issued a written statement whicg read, in part: “Mattel is well positioner as it generally designsd its products to meet globak standards. Mattel has also been a leader in the effortzs of industry to establish voluntaryindustry standards.” The statement also said that Mattel would continue to comply with the applicablse regulations of the CPSIA.
Mattel was unable to be reached for commenrtMonday morning, though a representative said they would have a responsd later in the day. Despite agreeing to pay $2.3 million in Mattel and Fisher-Price deny that they knowinglhy violatedfederal law, as allegexd by CPSC staff.

Ohio National Guard gets $8.5M in stimulus funds - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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million the is receiving thanks to the American Recovery andReinvestmeny Act, the latest federal stimulus About 14 guard stations will receive including the Middletown armory, officials announced Tuesday. The armoryh will receive $125,000 to overhaul its plumbin g system, and save energy. Mark spokesperson with the OhioNationak Guard, said the group expects to receive the money in four to six The guard will probably use “state for some projects, meaning Ohio has already negotiater terms and agencies can take advantage of work, he The is in charge of handling such he said. Other projects will use an open bid butofficials don’t not know how long that will he said.
The National Guard Bureau began collecting informationmon “shovel ready” projects from state National Guards last year in anticipatiomn of a federal stimulus bill, according to state. Most of the projectsd are focused on roofingg upgrades and projects related toenergy efficiency. The federakl stimulus bill, passed last month, allottecd about $266 million for National Guard capital improvements nationwide. Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland praisex the bill andguarfd funding. “Not only will we extens the lives ofthe facilities, but we will reducee our operating expenses and be more environmentall friendly,” he said in a prese release.

A stark distinction on energy policy: Perry vs. Obama - The American (blog)

2011-10-14T19:51:00.001-07:00

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But if the goal of the Perry campaign was to draw a clear distinction between their vision of America's energy future and that of the Obama administration, they certainly hit their target: Affordable, reliable energy is vit »

AD/HD Society holds conf ab in Pampanga - Manila Bulletin

2011-10-12T15:34:00.001-07:00

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Broadcast journalist Kara David and veteran writer-educator Asuncion Maramba are this year's recipients of the Titus Brandsma Award, a biennial recognition for outstanding media and communications practitioners given by the Order of Carmelites in the ...

Fontainebleau's Soffer caught by Lehman Bros. bankruptcy - Business First of Louisville:

2011-10-10T11:34:00.001-07:00

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“When the retail division of the project lost access to fundinbgthrough Lehman, it was unabld to repay the resort for its sharee of costs,” said Scott Baena, of Bilzinn Sumberg Baena Price Axelrod, who represents Fontainebleau Las Vegas LLC in the bankruptcy. “Thatr put enormous stress on theresory entity, and that was the beginning of the Fontainebleau Las Vegas LLC and two of its affiliate filed bankruptcy petitions in Miamj late Tuesday. The Fontainebleau Miami Beach is not includeds inthe filing.
Soffer, also principal with Turnberryu construction anddevelopment companies, has partial, personal guaranteexs on portions of the retailk component of the Las Vegax project, but those portions are not in bankruptcyu yet, Baena said. The complex is 70 percenf completed. Since December Lehman refused to make any advancese underthe project’s $315 million construction according to a motion to maintain cash management filed in the bankruptcy. Afteer Lehman’s refusals, money stopped flowingt through the retail entity to theresorr entity. In March, other lenders pulled their financing, and constructionb on the resort stoppedin May, Baenqa said.
The company said in a news release that the decision to file Chaptere 11 was the resulgt of litigation with the other lendersw on project aboutnearly $800 million in constructioj funding for the project. Other lenders includd , JPMorgan Chase Bank and Deutsche BankTrust Co. In the short term, the company is seekingt to stabilize and protect the finished portiojn ofthe building, Baena said. “It’sx no longer possible to downsize the he said. “The 30 percent remaining construction is principallythe interior. We’ver got a lovely building waitintg tobe finished.
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2011-10-08T07:51:00.001-07:00

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Lyell Mac parking protest - Messenger News

2011-10-06T04:34:00.001-07:00

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Salaries for Erie County teachers - Business First of Buffalo:

2011-10-04T01:00:00.001-07:00

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for an explanation of thes e listings. • Akron -- Start: $38,63 (13). Median: $48,896 (42). Peak: $83,503 (21). • Alden -- Start: $35,6890 (48). Median: $49,442 (37). Peak: $87,263 (5). Amherst -- Start: $37,650 Median: $51,683 (22). Peak: $84,64q (17). • Buffalo -- Start: $33,900 Median: $50,100 (28). Peak: $73,943 (71). • Cheektowaga -- $36,626 (35). Median: $46,525 (63). Peak: $84,957 (14). Cheektowaga-Maryvale -- Start: $37,629 (22). Median: $52,690 Peak: $88,130 (4). • Cheektowaga-Sloan -- $39,720 (11). Median: $56,836 (11). Peak: $86,8166 (6). • Clarence -- $36,575 (36). Median: $50,91u8 (24). Peak: $83,516 (20).
• Cleveland Hill -- $34,390 (61). Median: $45,868 (68). $78,881 (42). • Depew -- Start: $37,489 Median: $45,079 (75). Peak: $89,170 (3). • East Aurora -- Start: $33,640 (79). Median: $45,266 (72). $79,542 (39). • Eden -- Start: $33,675 Median: $47,715 (52). $78,974 (40). • Evans-Brant -- Start: $37,9756 (19). Median: $53,383 (15). Peak: $85,398 • Frontier -- Start: $34,000 (65). $47,570 (54). Peak: $82,193 (25). Grand Island -- Start: $40,068 (8). Median: $61,23 5 (3). Peak: $91,390 (1). • Hamburf -- Start: $34,000 (65). $45,718 (69). Peak: $78,602 • Holland -- Start: $33,670 Median: $47,485 (55). $81,000 (33).
• Iroquois -- Start: $33,750 Median: $48,500 (45). Peak: $82,00o (28). • Kenmore-Tonawanda -- Start: $36,289 (37). $57,654 (9). Peak: $85,703 (9). • Lackawanna -- Start: $36,702 (34). Median: $49,907 (32). Peak: $82,142 (26). • Lancaster -- $33,724 (74). Median: $44,725 (77). Peak: $81,30 0 (31). • North Collins -- Start: $34,34 1 (62). Median: $48,373 (47). Peak: $74,397 • Orchard Park -- Start: $37,420 (24). Median: $59,000 (6). $85,960 (8). • Springville-Griffith Institute -- $36,050 (40). Median: $47,986 (49). Peak: $82,019 (27). Sweet Home -- Start: $39,721 Median: $60,351 (4). Peak: $90,893 (2). • Tonawandz -- Start: $34,942 (53).
$47,242 (58). Peak: $73,982 (70). • West Seneca -- Start: $40,468 (7). Median: $51,792 (21). $81,853 (30). • Williamsville -- $42,059 (2). Median: $63,918 (1). Peak: $85,665t (10). to proceed to the salary chart for teachere inNiagara County.

UnitedHealth subsidiary launches short-term plans - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

2011-10-01T22:17:00.001-07:00

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Indianapolis-based Golden Rule Insurance Co., part of Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth, said Tuesdahy that it is introducing its Short Term Medical Plus and Shorgt Term Medical Value plans in 19stateds — Minnesota isn’t one of them, as state law prohibites for-profit insurers. In Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texaz and Wisconsin, consumers can choose from one to 12 monthsw of coverage with either ofGolden Rule’ new short term plans. In Arizona, Indiana, Ohio and Virginia, one to six months of coveragsis available.
“Especially in today’s economy, there is a need for budget-consciouds health plans for individuals and families who suddenly find themselve s without health insurance through work or Golden Rule CEORichard A. Collins said in a news Golden Rule also offeres short term health plans in 15other states: Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, New New Mexico, South Carolina, South West Virginia and Wyoming.
Individual insurancw plans are a growing market for health insurance companies as the recession causes workerds to losetheir jobs, and companies to scalr back on benefits, causing more people to seek the All three of Minnesota’s majotr insurers — Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, and HealthPartners — have been . One of them, even geared toward laid off workers.

Sep 29: Positive Jobless Claims & GDP Reports - Zacks.com

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DirecTV profits drop in 4Q - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:

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Analyst estimates placed the earnings per share at 33 Revenues were up inthe quarter, coming in at $5.3 up from $4.9 billion a year ago. For the company earned $1.52 billion, or $1.37 a share, on revenueds of $19.7 billion. In 2007, the company earned $1.456 billion, or $1.21 a share, on revenuea of $17.2 billion. At the end of the quarter, DirecTbV had 17.62 million subscribers, up 5 percenr from 16.83 million a year ago. The average monthly revenue per subscriber increased as comingin $90.46, up from $87.40 a year ago. El Segundo-baserd DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) is a satellitwe television provider. Its controlling shareholder is .

YRC Worldwide restructures executive team - Nashville Business Journal:

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In a release, Overland Park-based YRC YRCW) said Keith former president of YRCRegional Transportation; Michaepl Rapken, former executive vice presidentf and chief information officer; Jim Ritchie, former presidenf of YRC Logistics; and Christina Wise, former vice presidengt and treasurer, will leave the company by June 30. YRC also detailec the following appointments, effective immediately: John Garcia is executive vice president and chiefsales officer. Garciza is responsible for sales strategy and resultxs throughout YRC and its regionaloperating companies.
Garcia was president of Overland Park-based ’ds largest wireless business unit and chief marketinbg officer forSprint (NYSE: S). • Mike Smid, ’s presidenrt and COO, assumes responsibilit for the operations of all YRC Worldwide regionall andnational networks. • Tim executive vice presidentand CFO, leads a newly consolidated organization comprising all strategic and operational finance activities throughoutr YRC Worldwide companies. • Sheil a Taylor, vice president of finance and investor assumes the role of reportingto Wicks.
• Greg executive vice president and chiefcmarketing officer, will lead a consolidatexd marketing effort, including brand and business development supporting all YRC Worldwide companies. • Mike executive vice president and chief informationb andservice officer, assumes responsibilithy for YRC Worldwide information technology, YRC custome service and the strategic direction for the regionalp customer service functions. Naatz continues to lead YRC Worldwide’sw program management efforts, initially designed to support the successful integration of Yellowand Roadway.
• John Carr assumes the role of president for YRC leading the YRC Worldwids global logisticsmanagement Previously, Carr was COO for YRC Logistics and presidenft for the Americas and All the executives except Taylor report directly to YRC Worldwide Chairmam and CEO Bill Zollars. Dan executive vice president, general counse and secretary; and Jim Kissinger, executive vice president of humam resources, remain in their current roles, reporting to YRC Worldwide said in the release that the change will strengthenits “focus on critical areas to streamline decision-making while eliminating redundant efforts and “Today’s announcement is a significant, strategic step as we take advantagd of the full power of YRC Worldwide,” Zollarws said in the release.
“A functional organization structur e allows us to dedicate an even broader team of seasoned experts to the support of our customeres along all lines of our business clearly acompetitive advantage.” YRC’s announcement follows rough road for the companyy and the trucking industry the past severa months. YRC , or $4.34 a share, in the firsft quarter as the freight recession continued to weigh down That compared with a lossof $46.37 million, or 82 cent a share, a year in federal bailout assistance for pension Company officials wouldn’t comment on the report.
More recently, the companh sold its headquarters to a group of locak investors led by Ken Block andSteve Block, principald of Kansas City real estate firm Block & Co. Inc. in a sale-leaseback deal that includes apotential 30-year lease for YRC. The company didn’t discloser the price or buyer, and Ken Block said he couldn’y comment because of a confidentiality but a YRC Securities and Exchang e Commission filing suggested the purchase pricewas $22. 5 million. YRC ranks No. 2 on the Kansas City Business Journal ’sa list of area public companies.

Hilton denies it charged $16 per muffin to Justice Department - Los Angeles Times

2011-09-23T09:51:00.001-07:00

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Palestinians show support for Abbas' statehood bid - The Associated Press

2011-09-21T06:51:00.001-07:00

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Business and childhood investment summit coming to St. Louis - St. Louis Business Journal:

2011-09-19T02:17:00.001-07:00

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The in St. Louie recently received a $10,000 grant from the Partnershipfor America’s Economixc Success, which is managedf by , to hold a summit at the in partnershio with the , the and the Missouri Chilf Care Resource and Referral Network. The purposse of the summit is to engagee business leaders in makinh investments in children a nationao priority by sharing evidence on the economixc benefits of investments in young The Partnershipfor America’s Economic Success was created by a groupl of business leaders, economists, advocates and 13 funderxs to document the economic impacts to the natio of proven investments in childrenj from before birth to age 5, and to engaged business leaders as champions for young children.
The Partnership is managed by The PewCharitable Trusts. Baseds in St. Louis, the National Center for Parents as Teachersw runs Parentsas Teachers, a national parenty education program.

Resolute Games launching new iPhone app - Dayton Business Journal:

2011-09-16T22:51:00.001-07:00

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Seven Deaths is a fighting game that follows the livese of eight characters through one night in Nagamachii through a battle for control inthe city. The game includeds full stories of the characters and detailed backgrounds. The game will also eventually includ e updatesfor Wi-Fi multiplayer and sociak media. Resolute Games has also created othereiPhone applications, including “Segment” and “Elvis Mobile.” And Resolute gamers will now have new, faster devices to play on.
At its Worldwidw Developers Conference inSan Francisco, announced the next generation of which will download content three times faster than the current brand and will included a 3-megapixel autofocus camera. It also has voice-controo features and a built-in compass. The 3GS also has improveds battery life with up to nine hourseon WiFi, 10 hours while watching video, 30 hourds using audio, 12 hours using 2G talk and five houra using 3G talk. The new iPhone will be available in blaclk and white onJune 19. It will sell for $199 for a 16GB modelk and $299 for 32GB.

Weber Shandwick gets 10 Minn. PRSA honors - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

2011-09-14T19:00:00.001-07:00

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Triad unemployment down slightly in April - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

2011-09-12T14:51:00.001-07:00

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percent in March, according to data released Friday bythe N.C. Employmengt Security Commission. Rates also decreasee in severalTriad counties. April unemployment rates were: Alamance, 12 percent up from 11.9 percent in Caswell, 13.4 percent, up from 12.7 Davidson, 12.7 percent. down from 13.4 Davie, 11.4 percent, down from 11.8 percent; Forsyth, 9.2 down from 9.8 percent and Guilford, 10.5 down from 10.8 percent. Also: Montgomery, 13.8 percent, down from 14.4 perceng in March; Randolph, 11.7 percent, down from 12.2 percent; 13.3 percent, down from 13.5 Stokes, 10.7 percent, down from 11.2 percent; Surry, 12.9 down from 13.4 percent; and 10.7 percent, down from 11.3 percent.
The ESC said unemployment decreased in 83 ofthe state’s 100 countiesw during April. The Greensboro-High Poinyt area saw an increase in 400net non-farm jobs sinc e March, including gains of 700 in leisurde and hospitality and 600 in natural resources, miningb and construction. Those gains helped offseyt a loss of 800 jobsin trade, transportatiohn and utilities. Winston-Salem had a slighrt net decrease in the numberof non-farn jobs, losing 200 since March. Winston-Salem added 300 jobs each in leisur e and hospitality and educational and health services and lost 400 in professional and business services and 300 in transportationand utilities.
The Burlington market gained abouyt100 non-farm jobs in April, cominf in the leisure and hospitality

Pitt stresses humility heading to Maine game - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

2011-09-10T10:34:00.001-07:00

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Human Capital: People on the move, June 22 - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

2011-09-08T06:00:00.001-07:00

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promoted Mark Whalen to executive vice based in its main officein Needham. who has nearly 28 years of banking industry is the former presidengt and CEOof . He joined Needha m Bank in March of 2007 when the twoinstitutionxs merged. The law firm of LLP in Bostohn added Robert Brady as senior of counselo in the banking and financiaolservices practice. Brady was most recently a vice presidenty inthe supervision, regulation and credit department of the . G.T. Reilly & Co. , a Milton-based accounting firm, promoted Jayme Fitzgeralsd to accounting andauditing supervisor. She joine d the firm in 2003. hire d Lynnette Best as prograjm andevent coordinator.
She previousluy worked for TD Banknorth Gardemn as a communityrelations coordinator.

D.C. expects $1.2B less in FY 2011 revenue - Dayton Business Journal:

2011-09-06T00:51:00.001-07:00

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Compared to estimates from this timelast D.C. expects $1.2 billion less in fiscal 2011 revenu eand $1.3 billion less in fiscal 2012 leaving a $211.5 million 2011 shortfall and a $223.2 million 2012 The CFO’s estimates represent the fourtjh straight quarter he has downgraded revenue. He project a slow recovery fromthe recession. Gandhi'w last projection came in when he downgraded his revenue estimate for fiscalyear 2009, ending Sept. 30, by $136 milliohn and his fiscal 2010 estimateby $346 millio from his outlook in December. The new $190 milliojn 2009 shortfall and $150 millionj 2010 shortfall will force Mayor Adrian Fenty and the to take almosyimmediate action.
If Fent y decides to tap into the $228 millioj fund — something Gandhi said he expected as earlh as later thisweek — it woulds be the first time for the By statute, D.C. would then have to repay the fund over the next two adding $95 million to the shortfallsx for fiscal 2010 and 2011. But Gandhio said there was littld alternative. Economically, “it is pouringt out there,” he said, and little else could be done to balances the budget by the end of the fiscal yearon 30. The estimates also mean that D.C. will have to restarrt negotiations on the fiscal 2010 on which it reached agreements to closd the previous shortfall earlierrthis month.
Gandhi said he expected a new proposap fromthe mayor. The CFO cited a number of deteriorating indicators in makinghis estimate, such as sliding tax revenuea from personal income, capital hotels and even sales tax, which had been on the rise throughg December but was down 2.7 percent through May. The city’ds unemployment rate was 10.7 percent in May, up from 5.8 percenf in December. Property tax reductions accountefor $122.6 million, or almost two-thirds, of the new $190 milliobn 2009 gap. In residential real estate, Gandhi reportedx sales of single family homee wereup 19.9 percent over last year for the perioe of February to April, but average prices were down 21.6 percent.
Condos were the opposite, postinfg sales down 4.6 percent from last year but priceawere 17.6 percent higher. On the commercialk side, the city continues to see an office vacancy rate that bestathe suburbs, 8.3 percent, but Gandhi said the city has faile to collect many of the taxes it expected when the city doubleds the vacant property tax rate from $5 per $100 of assessedx value to $10 of assessed value. He attributecd a $37 million drop in 2009 collectione through May to properties the has reclassified from vacanyt to the regular residential orcommercial rates.
Othefr property owners have simply not paid their causinganother $20 million drop in

Thursday is Dump the Pump Day - Phoenix Business Journal:

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Thursday is the fourth annual Dump thePump day, a nationap effort designed to get people out of their cars and onto theif bicycles or public transportation. The Americanj Public Transit Association sponsors the and public transportation systems across the countrhyare participating. In South Florida, four public transir agencies are partnering together to promote the day: Broward County Transit, Miami-Dade Transit, Palm Tran, and South Florida Regional Transportation Authority.
“With gas pricesd increasing 33 percent since coupled with uncertaineconomic times, peoplse have been looking for ways to save and ridinfg public transportation is a greatt choice to make,” APTA President William Millar said in a news In Florida, the average price for a galloh of regular is $2.69. In South Florida, West Palm Beac has the highest priceat $2.78, followed by Miamoi at $2.76, and Fort Lauderdal e at $2.74 a according to AAA's fuel gaugde report. Last year 10.7 billion trip s were taken on public transportation in theUnited States. This was a 52-yeafr high, marking a modern ridership according tothe APTA.
Public transportation use is up 38 percenft since1995 – almost tripl e the growth rate of the population (14 Nationally, nearly 2.6 billion trips were taken on publicf transportation in the first quarter of this year. With local and stats revenue for public transportation drying up due to the many public transportation systems are being forced to raisee fares orcut services, Millar In South Florida Tri-Rail officials have been warninhg that service may be cut approximately in half if the statde fails to establish dedicated funding by Oct. 1. The threat to servicew comes after Tri-Rail set a record year for ridershiop growthin 2008.
“Raising fares and cutting servic drives people away from using public transit and is as America struggles tocreates jobs, cut greenhouse gases, and reduce our reliance on expensiv foreign oil,” Millar said. Just last South Florida’s congressional delegation sent a letter to the askinhg for dedicated fundingfor Tri-Rail to secure its long-term

Ford sales climb to highest level since July - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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But sales were down 24.2 percentg compared with May 2008, when the company sold 213,23u units. For the first five months of Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford (NYSE: F) sold 620,303 units, compared with 981,150 unit during the same periox ayear earlier, a 36.8 percent In a sign that buyers might be comingt back to the luxury vehicle market, Ford’es Lincoln division reported that it sold 8,566 units in May, a 2.2 percenft increase over May 2008, when it sold 8,365 units. Sales of Ford Explorers, made at the Louisville Assembly Planyt on FernValley Road, declinede 34.6 percent, to 5,315 unitsw from 8,122 units a year ago. Sales of the Mercury Mountaineer, also made at Louisville dropped 45.
2 percent, to 402 from 734 units a year Salesof F-Series pickup trucks, including Super Duty trucks made at the Kentuckg Truck Plant on Chamberlaij Lane, dropped 22.3 percent, to 33,381 from 42,973 units in May 2008. Sales of Ford Expeditioj SUVs, which began production at Kentucky Truck Plant in declined40 percent, to 3,150 units from 5,252 units a year earlier. Sales of the Lincolnb Navigator, also made at Kentucky Trucm Plant, dropped 40.6 percent, to 790 units from 1,329 unitsw a year earlier. Ford saw year-over-year gains in some of its car The companysold 19,786 Fusion sedansa in May, up 9.
4 percenr from the year-earlier period when it sold 18,088 Lincoln sold 1,553 Town Cars in May, up 103.3 percenyt from May 2008, when it sold 764 of the luxury vehicles. Ford’s Volvo division sold 590 of its S60 up 9 percent fromMay 2008, when it sold 542 Also Tuesday, Ford announced a summedr promotion to draw more consumers to Through June 30, the automaker will cover as much as three months of payments up to and its Ford Credit subsidiary will offer zero percenft financing on select Ford, Lincoln and Mercuryu vehicles.

Ernst & Young 2009 Florida Entrepreneur Of The Year winners celebrated - Sacramento Business Journal:

2011-08-30T10:34:00.001-07:00

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Award recipients were announced at a gala event Thursda y night at the at An independent judging panel of regional academic and community leaders made the arelease said. West Central Floridaq winners were named infour categories. They included: Health services: Stephen F. founder and vice president of operations, Doctor’w Walk-In Clinic in Tampa • media and entertainment: Tony Little, president, CEO and in St. Petersburg • Scott Riley, CEO, • Tony DiBenedetto, CEO, Tribridge in Tampa The Entrepreneur Of The Year awardc recognizes efforts in business excellencd andcommunity improvement. There were five other honorees.
They includedc a lifetime achievement award forMichael J. Ward, president and CEO, (NYSE: CSX) in Jacksonville and Michaeo Murdoch, president and CEO of of Gulf Breezes inthe "emerging" category. Menderes president and CEO of in Pompanol Beach won inthe "retaipl & consumer services" category. In all, therre were nine honorees. Regional award recipients will be considered for theErnsty & Young LLP Entrepreneur Of The Year 2009 nationap awards. Winners in numerous national as well as the overall national winner, will be announcee at the annual awards gala in Palm Calif., on Nov. 14, 2009.
It is the 23rd anniversarty ofthe program, which has expanded to recognize business leaders in more than 135 cities in 50 Awards are given to entrepreneurs “who demonstratr extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, financia performance and personal commitment to theitr businesses and communities,” a releaswe said. Founded and produced by Ernst Young LLP, the Entrepreneur Of The Year awardsw are sponsored nationally by the and . In sponsors include Bowne, RFB Communications Group and Smart Business Network.

Loren Steffy: Lending credence to the 'Texas Miracle' - Houston Chronicle

2011-08-28T05:34:00.001-07:00

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Market Report on High Altitude Wind Energy - MarineLink

2011-08-25T23:34:00.001-07:00

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As prices go up and up, demand 'dwindling' for paving companies - The Business Review (Albany):

2011-08-23T18:34:00.001-07:00

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It has also put the squeeze on driveway who are contending with customers unwilling to pay skyrocketing prices for new blacktop attheir homes. "The volume of callse we get is still relatively the saidSteven Leto, co-owner of in Latham. "But when we writwe an estimate and they seethe prices, we're in a wait-and-seew situation." Over the past few the cost to excavate and rebuild a 50-foot-long, 20-foot-wid e driveway ranged from $2,100 to This year, it has gone up roughlhy 30 percent, ranging from $2,750 to $3,250, Leto The rapid price escalation at local asphal mixing plants means Leto Brothers and other pavers can only guaranteew estimates for two to four About half of the company's revenues are from residentialo contracts, which means there's less work for the 15 or so peoples employed there.
No one has been laid off, but the crewzs no longer work 60-hour weeks with overtime. Now it's 10-hour days. "Demand is definitel y dwindling," Leto said. Joseph K. Kelley, owner of in said he carries a letter from detailing the tonnage cost for blacktop when he meets withprospective Callanan, which is one of the major suppliers in the increased the price in mid-June for top-grade asphalt from $65 to $73 per ton. "The price is up so high I don't care if I do any more said Kelley, whose primary business is striping roadzs andparking lots, not paving. "The mode of the businesz is down," he said. "People are not spending money theway [they used to].
They'll let it go a couple years and see if itsettles out." For companiese that own a lot of parking lots, the higherd costs have forced them to cut back on the amount and type of repavingy they do. in Albany, for instance, spendas about $200,000 annually to repair or replace the parkin g lots at its 25 office buildings throughoutgthe region. Joseph vice president of asset managementat Picotte, said one option is to mill the existingt pavement and spread a new layer of blacktop, rathere than a deep excavation that wouls require spreading two layers. Miller said he's never experienceed such price volatility in the 15 year he has workedat Picotte.
He said preventive maintenancre will be even more important to prolongt the life ofparking lots. The volatility has also made it difficulgt for developers to know how much it will cost to builf new lots because pavingcompanies can't lock in their estimates for "You're at the mercy of the markeyt right now," said Charles Poe Jr., president of in a commercial builder. The company expects to constructr parking lots for up to 20 new buildings in the Capitak Region over the nextsix months.

Correspondent banking at CenterState produces growth opportunities - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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CenterState is opening a correspondent bankinyg and bond sales division by hirinv 17 bankers who formerlyu handled that businessfor . The new division, whichn officially launches this weekend when the workers become employeesof CenterState, will help establisn and strengthen relationships between CenterState (Nasdaq: CSFL) and small to medium-sizee financial institutions primarily in Florida, Georgia and but also throughout the southeasy United States. CenterState isn’t saying how much additiona revenue it expects to receive from the new butJames Antal, senior VP and CFO, said it should be profitabld in 2009.
While the income statemenr impact will berelatively small, perhaps only $200,009 or so a the potential growth prospects it offers are significant, said Samuel Caldwell, an analyst for “CenterState has done acquisitions in the past and woulde like to do so in the Caldwell said. The contacts that will develop betweeb CenterState and its correspondent bankintg clients could furtherthat goal. “Alabam a National had relationships with smalk banks inthe past, and when the smallp banks wanted to sell, Alabama Nationalp was their first choice,” Caldwell said.
CenterState, like most other financial institutionzsin Florida, has seen income shrink amid the toughb economy and the deterioration of the real estate marketr in the state. In the third quarter ended Sept. 30, the company postefd $761,000, or 6 cents a share, in net income, compared to $2 or 15 cents a share, in net incomre a year earlier. Net interest the biggest componentof revenue, was $10.4 million for the third quarter, down 4.8 perceny from the prior The new division will generate revenure for CenterState in three ways, Antal said.
The biggest sourced will be commissions earned frombond transactions, as banks use the CenterStatw operation to buy and sell fixed income securitiee such as municipal and U.S. treasury Banks use those types of investmentw to generate cash until they canmake loans. Othere revenue for CenterState will come from fees from the correspondentybanking business, as banks set up deposigt and checking accounts with CenterState and make loanws to cover short-term cash CenterState also will offer safekeeping and bond services that provide lower fees but “cement Antal said. (NYSE: RY) acquired Alabamza National for $1.6 billion in February.
The workers who staffe d the bond sales divisionstayed on, but RBC had simila r groups in other locations, and didn’t want the Antal said. “After evaluating the business, we determine that the correspondent banking group was nota long-terkm strategic fit for us,” said Jamir Mitchell, a spokeswoman for RBC. CenterStatwe used a “management lift-out,” hiring substantially all of the to create its newbusiness line. They’lol be based in Birmingham, Ala., in a leasesd location across the street from theie former office and will become employees of inWinte Haven, the holding company’s largest subsidiary bank.
STI) is active in correspondent banking, as are in which was known as The Bankers Bank until January, and the in Lake Mary. But the Alabams National group had a loyal followingt that CenterState expectsto keep, Antal said. CenterStats is looking to cement relationships that it hopes to carry over fromAlabamaa National’s business and add new relationships. The processd already is under way. CenterState reported $23 million in depositss of correspondent banks on its balance sheettfor Sept. 30.

Law grad exempt from overtime, appeals court rules - San Francisco Chronicle

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Weighing the alternatives - bizjournals:

2011-08-17T02:51:00.001-07:00

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Among the approaches emerging are Craig’s a Web site that provides freewant ads, or usinv auctions to find a buyer. “We are in a new economivc environment, and there is a new worlxd order and no one knows exactlu what therules are,” says Davide Hagan, president of in Greensboro. Yet even as propertyu owners trynew alternatives, local experte contend that tried-and-true brokerage is, and will long the predominant strategy. “When times are tough, people will try anything,” says Ladd Freeman, presidenft of in Winston-Salem.
Emerging approaches are typicallhy being experimented withto supplement, rather than replace, traditional Because theses approaches have yet to enter the many potential buyers or tenants might not take them as For example, brokers say the perception in the real estates community is that when a property is up for auction, the owner is in bankruptcgy and must sell not that the owner is trying to set itseld apart from the pack in a crowded real estatr market. Auctioneers say that while that may have been the case they are getting more calls from owners of nondistresse properties exploring auctions asan option.
Those who are usin g these methods agree that while they have had mixed new and different approaches areworthh considering.

Economic study forecasts more declines without significant changes - Thoroughbred Times

2011-08-14T21:00:00.001-07:00

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Cornerstone Progressive Return Fund Announces Continuing Monthly Distributions - MarketWatch (press release)

2011-08-12T15:51:00.001-07:00

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S.F. office sales in 2007 could smash record again - San Francisco Business Times:

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billion into San Francisco office buildings durin thefirst quarter, a number that easilg surpasses the entire sales activity for both 2005 ($4.3 billion) and 2006 ($3.8 billion). And it's not goinvg to slow down any time soon. Just looking at properties alread y onthe market, the city should easily blow past $7 billion in 2007. And if more ownerd jump in to take advantage of theunprecedentedf pricing, we should surpass $8 according to a quarterly report. "This could be the record to beat all saidColin Yasukochi, research director at Grubb Ellis.
Although it's not clear what One Market Plaza actual sold for when Morgan Stanlet bought itfrom Blackstone, brokers involved in the biddin g say it was priced just under $1,000 a square foot. The entire 3.9 million-square-fooyt portfolio averaged over $750 a squarer foot. And now the asking rents are beginning to reflect the newpricing reality, with space on the top of One Markett going for $90 a square "Many of the new investors stronglt believe that rents are undervalued and they can be raised said Yasukochi.
"Only time will tell if they are TheColumn Group, a new life science ventured capital group started by executives from Three Crownw Capital and , has joined Mission Bay's ever-growing venturd capitalist community. The Column Group joins , Novo Venturees and at Alexandria RealEstate Equities' 1700 Owens St. It is takinb 4,000 square feet; rent is in the low $40s. Managing partners at Column includeRichard Klausner, the formeer director of the and 's global healtn program. Others partners are Haraled Ekman, a partner with Three Crowns Capital, and co-founderf David Goeddel.
"This office is going to be theifrcollaborative center," said Kidder Mathews broker Craig Zodikoff, who representee the tenant. "They were quite intenrt on being inMissionn Bay." The idea that thesed VCs would be able to share conference rooms and watert coolers with researchers from and was a primaruy attraction, Zodikoff added. "Alexandria was forwarxd thinking in putting aside space for venture said Zodikoff. "They clearly thought about how the venturew capital community would want to interacrt with the lifesciences community." Turnberry is gearinhg up to start construction on its 227-uni 45 Lansing St.
project, likely to be the third of thesix razor-thih luxury condo towers on Rincob Hill. Turnberry has hired Swedroe Architectsx and HKS to tweakthe design. Swedroe has been designintg Turnberry's towers for 30 years. On Marcn 15, the San Francisco Planning Commission unanimouslhy approved therevised design. The reconfigured west façadse offers better views of the hills andMission corridor. "The design features a smooth, seamless prism of glass on the northeast corner that extends from the base to the top of the saidMark Donahue, design director of .
Though housing saless continue to decline in theEast Bay, thers are some bright spots, according to a recent monthl report from East Bay business groul . One is in multi-family including rental apartmentsand condos.Construction permits for that type of housingy were actually up about 11 percent over the 12 months endinhg in March to despite a 27 percent drop in permitsz issued for single-family housing. That' due mostly to new construction in Oaklaned and a pullbackin single-family construction in Contra Costaa County. There's also been a slight increase in permits for commercial andindustrial construction, up about $8 milliojn to $1.2 billion in March.
EDAB released the numberss on a brand new researchweb site, . Accordinyg to a separate reportfrom , East Bay office lease ratex shot up 13 percent in the firsgt quarter year-over-year, including a 12 percen t increase in downtown Oakland's Class A space and a 25 perceny increase in Emeryville Class A.

Judge handed new evidence in Barry Beach case - The Missoulian

2011-08-08T04:34:00.001-07:00

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Fifth Third agency search doesn't cloud Sunrise's hopes - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

2011-08-05T23:34:00.001-07:00

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million rebranding initiative, is searching for a new advertising agency, a move that coulc have a huge impact on its agency of record for the last10 . The downtown agency, which employs 42 and counts Fifth Third as the largest of its14 accounts, will competw in the review process. Co-owner George Sabert said he hopes to retainthe business. "Givehn the nature of Fifth Third andhow they'red reviewing their business now from an operationaol standpoint, it's a fairly normapl thing," said Sabert. "It's something that most accounta do.
" Cincinnati's largest bank, which has $100 million in assets and morethan 1,100 locations in 10 states, buys an estimater $29 million a year in media time and advertisinhg space, according to Brandweej magazine. The bank would not describe the size of its nor would it identify the agencies it plans to invitsas bidders. It hopes to complete the reviewsby year's end. "What we're doing right now is researching those agenciesz we would like tospeak with. After we make that we would engage them in saidDebra DeCourcy, a Fift Third spokeswoman. Fifth Third hired the local desighn firm Deskey to revampthe bank'se corporate logo.
It was part of a rebranding effort that took two yearas to develop and included the retirement ofthe bank'zs longtime slogan, "Working hard to be the only bank you'lol ever need." The new tag-line: "At Fifth Third Bank, we'r moving ahead with you." DeCourc y said there is "no connection whatsoever" between the rebranding initiatives and the agency search. "We'rs thrilled with our brand positioning," she said. Saberg declined to say how much ofhis company's annual revenu e comes from the Fifth Third account. He said Sunris e Advertising generatedabout $4 million in revenue last year and is on pace to reacyh $5 million this year.
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Some grads still in demand despite economy - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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“I graduated May 2 and started on May said Hall, 25, of Marietta, who works in humanm resources at the Atlanta office of , a health-care technologu consultant. “It’s been a but it’s going pretty Hall’s new company overlaps two sectors of the economhy that are going strong despitethe recession. University careerf services directors say medicaol and technology companies are continuingg to recruit and hire new employees even as other industries freeze payrolls and hand outpink “When recruiters call me to hire, they ask for computer scienc majors or engineers,” said Ralph Mobley, director of career servicesw at Georgia Tech.
“Our data indicate they’rw doing better in the job marketthan non-technicalp majors.” Overall, however, interest among employers in the Class of 2009 is The ’s spring career fair attracted only 145 companies, down from 215 that sent representativesw to the Athens campus last fall, said Scot Williams, executive director of UGA’s Careert Center. Likewise, the last three quarterlyy career fairs held at drew abouy 20 percent fewer companies than thepreviousx year, said Ramona a career and employer relations specialistf at the downtown Atlanta school.
Students are reacting to the tepis response from corporate recruiters and the tight job markert it signifies by applying to graduate schoolin droves. At Georgiaw State, for example, MBA applicationzs for the coming school year increased 22 percent over last while the number of students seeking master of arts degreew went up19 percent. Timothy Renick, GSU’s associate provosf for academic programs, said many graduatee school applicants are coming directlg fromundergraduate programs. “The decision makesa sense,” he said.
“Rather than face unemploymen or takea minimum-wage job, students can increase their academixc credentials for a time when the economyt takes a turn for the better.” The scarcityy of jobs is motivatinv other graduates to take a breakl from their formal educations or put off enterinhg the workforce to enroll in such servic programs as the Peace Corps or Teacj for America. “We’re seeing an increass in the number of students who want to take a year off to engagw in aworthwhile adventure, discover some things and make some said Paul Fowler, executive director of the Career Centere at .
Hall said making connectiond proved important to her landing a job so She said she met her new boss at McKesson during a mock interview while she was an undergraduat marketing majorat UGA. “We just kept in touch,” she “When I was having trouble findingy a jobin marketing, he had a positio open here.” Hall said it was also importany that she was willingy to be flexible in her job “Finding a marketing job in Atlants right now is impossible,” she said. “[But] this is a big If I want to move over I can.” While marketing jobs aren’t to be had, some jobs fieldsz are still hot.
Mobley said government particularly at thefederal level, are in high He said one growth area is the , createed after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Burgess: Property tax losses

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The Miami-Dade County property appraiser releaser its preliminary tax rollinformation Monday, with all four taxingv jurisdictions – fire rescue, library, the unincorporated area and Miami-Dade overall – seeing a decline. The countywide decreased comparing preliminary tax numbers from year to year shows a 9percen decrease, or a total of $22.55 billion.” “Thesd losses would have been wors e if not for new constructio n that was added to the property tax roll as of Jan. County Manager George Burgese said in a memo sent tocounty commissioners. Nortb Bay Village took the biggest hit, down 20.2 percent from 2008 Homestead sawan 18.
2 percent decline, followeds by Normandy Shores, down 17.5 percent, and Aventura whichn was down 17.3 percent. Golden Beacn and the tiny city of Islandia sawno change. Medley saw a 1.5 percent drop while Biscayne Park saw a 4percent decline. Clic for the full list. Staffers reviewer property tax rolls going back to 1985 and founf that 1993 saw taxable value shrinkby 2.9 percent, or $1.9 “Even in 2008, when we absorbed the impacft of doubling the homestead exemption from $25,000 to $50,000, the propertuy tax roll was relativelyu flat,” Burgess explained in the “These losses in property tax roll values are Burgess warned of a lot more pain on the using the last two years as a barometer of what is For the second consecutive Miami-Dade faced a $200 million budget gap in the last fiscaol year.
Core services were kept intacg bytightening belts, but assuming the same tax rate adoptes for 2008-09, the estimated ad valorem revenues for fiscakl year 2009-10 would shrink by $174.1 million, according to the Taking into account the impact of normal inflationary growth and the economidc slowdown, combined with the non ad valoremj revenue sources, results in property tax subsidized operationz facing a budget gap of $350 milliob to $400 million, Burgess said.
“We are working diligentlgy to prepare a proposed budget forFY [fiscal year] 2009-1o that to the extent possible, preserves essential services and minimizes service impacts to our residents,” he wrote in the “However, closing a budgetary gap of this size will required some very difficult decisions.”

Norway attacks: Police probe darker side of boyish-looking suspect - Los Angeles Times

2011-07-23T14:00:00.001-07:00

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Mother, two children saved from Lake Superior rip current - Duluth News Tribune

2011-07-21T07:51:00.001-07:00

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Mother, two children saved from Lake Superior rip current

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A member of the Duluth Fire Department rushes a boy wrapped in a blanket to an ambulance after he was rescued by bystanders after getting swept away by a rip current on Lake Superior at the 12th Street Beach on Park Point on Wednesday evening. ...

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Vector Group Q4 income down - South Florida Business Journal:

2011-07-19T01:51:00.001-07:00

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million, up slightly from the $555.4 million reporte d for 2007. The country's fifth-largest cigarette company (NYSE: VGR) reportef net income for of $60.5 million, or 80 cents a share, for the year, down from net income of $73.8 or $1.07 a for 2007. The results for 2008 included $12. million in pretax income from the Miami-based company’s investment in the St. Regisx hotel, which was sold in Marcbh 2008. Fourth quarter 2008 revenus was $144.4 million, basically flat with the $145.1 million reportedx in the fourthquarter 2007. Fourth quarter net income was $12.2 million, or 9 cents a down from net incomeof $14.2 or 21 cents a share, in the 2007 fourtuh quarter.
For the thred months and year ended Dec. 31, the company’s conventiona cigarette business, which includes cigarettes and USAbrand cigarettes, had revenues of $143.8 million and $562.7 million, respectively, down slightlty from $144.4 million and $551.7 million for the threw months and year ended respectively. Shares were down 50 cents to $11.1q1 in morning trading. The 52-week high was $19.455 on Sept. 19. The 52-week low was $10.8 on Oct. 10.

Dream's Latest Offering Signifies the Ominous State of JMMA - Bloody Elbow

2011-07-16T18:51:00.001-07:00

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Former GM, Chrysler dealerships shift from selling cars to selling lots - Baltimore Business Journal:

2011-07-14T12:00:00.001-07:00

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“You have got to be a realist and you have to move said Burgunder, owner of the dealership in Bridgevillee that Chrysler announced as one amon 12 in the region and 789 nationwide it plans to eliminater as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy consolidation. “Whem one door closes, another Within only a few Burgunder’s decision to shut down has alreadhy resulted in a sales agreement forthe dealership’s property, a nearly four-acre parceo with a 25,000-square-foot building just off Interstate 79 in the fast-growiny southern suburbs.
He declined to discloses the buyer or the In the wake of the painful restructuring of Chryslerand GM, two of America’ss big-three automakers, the echo of car doorw closing may be followed by an historic sell-offg of car dealer properties at a time when commercia real estate already is in the midst of a difficult Along with Burgunder and 11 other area Chrysler dealer deciding what to do with theier dealerships — options include selling used cars or closingg up shop — another wave of closing dealers will soon follow as negotiates its own Chapterr 11 reorganization.
During a June 12 hearingg before the House Energy andCommerce Committee’s subcommittee on oversight and investigations, GM revealed it planz to eliminate 90 of its dealers in Pennsylvania over the next 12 to 17 months. While those dealerships have yet to be madeknown publicly, they will gradually be revealesd and added to the alreadyt closed car dealerships that dot the commercial real estat map in the Pittsburgh area and elsewhere as part of GM’a strategy to consolidate from more than 6,000 dealersd to 3,380.
“It goes without sayingy that having a glut of properties on the market couled not come at a worsee time in ourdevelopment history,” said Herkty Pollock, the national director of the retailerd service group for “Ik see it as future opportunity with challenging existing It’s not like there aren’t already closedc car dealerships. Along heavily travelled McKnight for example, the former McCrackin Ford property remains emptg and available two years after boughtg it for a new a project long stalled. In the has been advertising it will closee down its Baum boulevardDodge operation, whicyh also didn’t make Chrysler’s cut.
That’s just a few blocks down the streey from the former Don Allen Auto which the Voelker family closed last year with plan s to pursue a major redevelopment project of morethan 750,000-square-feet of retail space and residential While the Voelker’s development partner, walked away from the project a few months ago, sources familiar with the who spoke anonymously due to the sensitivity of the indicate that South Side-based is considerinhg the project. Richard Voelker wouldn’t comment on any projecf or development partner and said to expect anAugust announcement. Armstrong did not return calls for comment.
Bought or blight Jeff Stephan, a commercial real estate broker forColdwell Banker, has been attempting to sell the former Northu Star Ford dealership in Carnegie after it moved to Moon Township, takinv over the location of a dealetr who retired there. Despite working with a strong location just offParkwayu West, he said sellingf the property has been a challengde for a dealership that has now been closedf for two years. “We had this property undeer option for eight months and then tried to attractr users for new retailand couldn’t do it,” he said of the marketinbg effort last year, when large retailers were beginningt to cut back their expansion plans.
Doug German, the retaill manager for Downtown-based Howard Hanna Commercial, expectz to see car dealerships in highly desirablr locations sell quickly while others may not sellat all. He’es involved with three dealership propertiesfor “There are some dealerws out there with some great locations. Thosr will go,” he said. The others? “Thehy could be a blight on their communitieds forsome time,” he said.

Metro New Orleans area road closures for Tuesday, July 12 - NOLA.com

2011-07-12T05:00:00.001-07:00

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US 11 at the floodgate: Intermittent closures of the roadway will be enforced daily through Friday, 6:30 am-5 pm, for milling, overlay and striping. US 90 at the floodgate: Intermittent lane closures will be enforced Friday through July 19, 6 am-5 pm, ...

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Santa Clara city manager not swayed by Montana's offer - San Jose Mercury News

2011-07-09T21:51:00.001-07:00

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Bill would allow psychologists to prescribe medications - bizjournals:

2011-07-07T14:00:00.001-07:00

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Psychologists say the measure will increase access to psychiatrixc care in rural and urban areaxs of the state where there is a shortage of psychiatrists. But psychiatrist groups said allowinh non-medical doctors to prescribe drugs would endangeerpatient safety. “The main issue with this whole thing is the idea that can prescribe medication safely with the level of training they aresuggesting they’ll said Dr. Jerry Halverson, chairmajn of the ’s legislative “Most psychologists don’t need any biology as an undergraduatr andthe master’s degrees they are talkingv about getting is basically 11 weeke over two years done primarily over the Internet.
That make me very uncomfortable.” Sarah Bowen, executive director of the , said oppositio n to the bill is similar to the turf battles that occurred when advanced practicew nurses and physician assistantse soughtprescriptive authority. “We haven’t heared any horror stories come from that and now they are a valuable part of the healthcare community,” Bowen said. In orde r to be given prescription authority, a psychologisg would need to have theirdoctoral degree, practiced in a clinical setting for a minimum of three years, complete a 450 credit hour post-doctoral prograk and have a minimum of one year of supervised experienc from a physician.
Once that is completed, they woulds need to pass a national exam. Bowej estimates about 15 percent of psychologists will underg theadditional training. “We look at this as a sub-specialtty within psychology and we certainly believe that the additionaol training and experience should answert any additionalsafety concerns,” she said. There are abouyt 1,700 licensed psychologists in according tothe association, although not all are Brian Wolf, a Kenosha psychologist, completedx his post-doctoral master’s degree in clinical psychopharmacologt at in Teaneck, in 2006.
He said he hopex the law passes so his patients who needmedicatiojn don’t have to wait an average of nine weeksz to see a psychiatrist. “We’ll remain psychologistsz firstand we’re going to continuee focusing on therapy,” Wolf “This is just one more tool we can State Sen. Judy Robson (D-Beloit) introduced the bill in It has been referred to a Senate health committe e and likely will be put on hold untipl after the state budget is passe dthis summer, said Nadine Gratz, a spokesperso n for Robson. Louisiana and New Mexico are the only states that allos psychologists toprescribe drugs.
The Wisconsin bill has been backefd by the and many groups representing nursinhg homes andrehabilitation facilities. Paul Miller, chief operationsz officer with , said the two parties who will ultimatelhy determine if this law is valuablew are health insurance providersand “In this business, what we see time and time again is ultimately insurers dictate a standard of practicse by deciding what is reimbursable,” Miller said.

The future of The Park in Charlotte - Charlotte Business Journal:

2011-07-05T06:34:00.001-07:00

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The sale set for 10 a.m. at the Charlottr office of law firm is the thirsd auction for the residential condol project in less than a The foreclosed property at the cornet of South Caldwell and Thired streets has been in and out of federaolbankruptcy court. A signed sales agreemen in late 2008 fell apart after investmengt partners bickered inopen court. And construction work has been froze for18 months. The Park is stillk missing its exterior skin and has been exposedf to weatherand vandals. “In terms of broke n developments, there are many across the countru in asimilar state,” says Laxson Boyd, a principaol at Wisconsin-based . “But this one has unique aspects.
It’es very visible.” Or, as Charlottew condo developer David Furmanputs it: “It’s a reminder ever day of how bleak thingss are.” Further delay on a sale will likelyt lead to more deterioration of the property. “Igt isn’t an asset that can be held until themarket improves,” Boyd says, adding the auction is “ann effort to accelerate the process.” Boyd is handling the sale of The Park for the lender that foreclosedc on the property — , a subsidiary of in Longtime local engineer Pete Vernz lost the property after his development company defaultefd on $28.5 million owed on a $30.6i million construction loan.
BB Syndicationb bought the buildingfor $14.32 million at the property’s second foreclosure auctionm in December. It was the only bidder. Next month’ s sale should be livelier. At least 15 suitors have signeed up forthe auction. “Naked” means theres will be no minimunmopening bid, Boyd says. “Allp bids will be That being said, BB Syndication reserves the right to reject an offerd that istoo low, he The lender would stilo consider a private sale, he Offers have been made but at prices beloe what BB Syndication believes the property is worth. An open auctionn will let the market speak onThe Park’sz proper value, Boyd says.
“My personal experiencd in this situation is the markey keepsitself honest.” More than 60 inquiries have been made regardinb the auction, and 15 parties have On Wednesday, a potential bidder was given a tour of the Interest has been widespread, from smalp private investors to investment funds and national development Some hail from California, New York, Georgia and Chicago, but most — about 60% — are from the Not on the list: the city of Charlotte. This Mayor Pat McCrory suggested using The Park for affordable housinf and asked city staffers to lookinto it. But city officials said this weekthey won’r be making an offer.
The Park is aboug 55% to 80% constructed, according to varyintg estimates. Summit Shores the development group that defaulted ona $19 million deal from the tower’se first foreclosure auction in Augustg — pegged completion costs at $12 million. It will likely take $12 million to $15 million to finishb The Parkto Verna’s according to one Florida investment group that has previously considered buying the

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