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The Fidelity campus will house an expansion ofthe company's humabn resources services. The facility shoulf be completed inlate 2008. "Fidelity's selectioh of this location for a major facility reflects its greart confidence inNew Mexico's work force and the quality of life providedx at Mesa del Sol," said Michael president of Mesa del Sol developefr . "The announcement by Fidelity has the potential to change the city of Albuquerque and the economy of NewMexicl forever," he added. "This means that there will be good-payiny jobs for New Mexico's college graduates.
It's goingb to have a positive and far-reachinh effect on Mesa del Sol, the surroundinv community andthe state." A Mesa del Sol officialk said the annual salary range for most jobs will run from abour $37,000 to $65,000. The Fidelit news comes just three days after an announcementby Gov. Bill Richardsom that another large company, German-based , woulde build a $100 million, 200,000-square-foot production facility at Mesadel Sol, housinhg an initial 350 workers. No homes have been builgt yet at Mesadel Sol, though its manufacturinh and commercial sector are growinvg fast with companies such as and employing hundreds there.
The news this week about the two addition to Mesadel Sol, however, has expedited residential Grading for the first homes is expectedf to begin in March.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
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Moody’s cut the Charlotte-based company’s rating to Caa2 from B3. The agenct also lowered FairPoint’s rating to negativ e from rating-under-review. FairPoint’s ratings on its securesd and unsecured debt alsowere lowered. Moody’d says the downgrade is based on “Moody’s expectationn of a high default probability and a thoughstill above-average, estimated recovery rate acrosas all debt instruments.” The agenchy says its decision follows the telecommunication company’s announcement last week that it was launchingg a private exchange offed for its outstanding 13.125 percent senior notee due in 2018.
FairPoint said the offert was designed primarily to reducerthe company’s second- and third-quarter interest expenses. It also will help keep the compant in compliance with its senior secured creditfacility agreement. FairPointf said it believes the exchange offer is criticalo to itscontinued viability. The company is working with its financiao adviser to evaluate itscapitakl structure. Last year, FairPoint bought ’e land-line operations in Vermont, Maine and New Hampshir e for $2.3 billion. The deal made FairPoinyt (NYSE:FRP) the country’s eighth-largest telephone company. But FairPoint took on substantiaol debt to dothe deal, and the integrationb did not go smoothly.
Problems in converting billinyto FairPoint’s system from Verizon’s led to slow collection and frustrated customers. Phone and e-mail service problems croppe up across thenew network. And regulators in the region expressed dissatisfaction with some ofthe operations. Duriny the first quarter, FairPoint drew $50 million underd its $170 million credit facility. As of Marcn 31, only $4.7 million remained available to borrow. The compan y says liquidity remains a In addition, cash collections have remained below the levels it had befor switching Verizon customers to the FairPoint system. Should thosre factors persist, the company says it may be unabled or unwilling to makeits Oct.
1 interest payment on the which could constitutea default. The exchange offer expiresx July 22. Two weeks ago, Chief Financiap Officer and FairPoint board member David Haused announced he would retirerfrom Charlotte-based Duke (NYSE:DUK) and become FairPoint’sw chief executive and chairman. He will assume his new responsibilitiews uponGene Johnson’s retirement as FairPoint chairmamn and CEO on Wednesday. Johnson, a co-foundere of FairPoint, previously announced his planto retire. He has been the company’s chiefg executive since 2002.
Hauser has been a membef of FairPoint’s board since February 2005, serving as a chairman of the compensation committee and a member of theaudit “While it is gratifying to be namec chairman and CEO of this longstanding I am very aware of the operational and financiap concerns surrounding the company,” Hauser “My primary focus will be to addreses these concerns in quick succession and empowedr our team to seek and implement solutions. There is a lot of work to be and I am lookinhg forward togetting started.
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Moody’s cut the Charlotte-based company’s rating to Caa2 from B3. The agenct also lowered FairPoint’s rating to negativ e from rating-under-review. FairPoint’s ratings on its securesd and unsecured debt alsowere lowered. Moody’d says the downgrade is based on “Moody’s expectationn of a high default probability and a thoughstill above-average, estimated recovery rate acrosas all debt instruments.” The agenchy says its decision follows the telecommunication company’s announcement last week that it was launchingg a private exchange offed for its outstanding 13.125 percent senior notee due in 2018.
FairPoint said the offert was designed primarily to reducerthe company’s second- and third-quarter interest expenses. It also will help keep the compant in compliance with its senior secured creditfacility agreement. FairPointf said it believes the exchange offer is criticalo to itscontinued viability. The company is working with its financiao adviser to evaluate itscapitakl structure. Last year, FairPoint bought ’e land-line operations in Vermont, Maine and New Hampshir e for $2.3 billion. The deal made FairPoinyt (NYSE:FRP) the country’s eighth-largest telephone company. But FairPoint took on substantiaol debt to dothe deal, and the integrationb did not go smoothly.
Problems in converting billinyto FairPoint’s system from Verizon’s led to slow collection and frustrated customers. Phone and e-mail service problems croppe up across thenew network. And regulators in the region expressed dissatisfaction with some ofthe operations. Duriny the first quarter, FairPoint drew $50 million underd its $170 million credit facility. As of Marcn 31, only $4.7 million remained available to borrow. The compan y says liquidity remains a In addition, cash collections have remained below the levels it had befor switching Verizon customers to the FairPoint system. Should thosre factors persist, the company says it may be unabled or unwilling to makeits Oct.
1 interest payment on the which could constitutea default. The exchange offer expiresx July 22. Two weeks ago, Chief Financiap Officer and FairPoint board member David Haused announced he would retirerfrom Charlotte-based Duke (NYSE:DUK) and become FairPoint’sw chief executive and chairman. He will assume his new responsibilitiews uponGene Johnson’s retirement as FairPoint chairmamn and CEO on Wednesday. Johnson, a co-foundere of FairPoint, previously announced his planto retire. He has been the company’s chiefg executive since 2002.
Hauser has been a membef of FairPoint’s board since February 2005, serving as a chairman of the compensation committee and a member of theaudit “While it is gratifying to be namec chairman and CEO of this longstanding I am very aware of the operational and financiap concerns surrounding the company,” Hauser “My primary focus will be to addreses these concerns in quick succession and empowedr our team to seek and implement solutions. There is a lot of work to be and I am lookinhg forward togetting started.
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Friday, February 11, 2011
CPI, Ramius make pleas before board vote - St. Louis Business Journal:
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“Ramius has of the Company to achiever its ownliquidity goals, irrespective that a sale at this time woulds damage the long-run interests of stockholders,” CPI said in its lettetr Thursday. “Ramius tried to force a desperatiob sale of the Company at the worsypossible time, when the stock was tradinfg below $4.00 per share. Yesterday, the stock closed at $16.989 per share.” A battle has between CPI Chairmamn David Meyerand CPI’s largest Ramius LLC, a New York investmenrt group, over the Meyer’s investmengt firm, , owns 1.5 percent of CPI stock and controlz two of the six board seats, while Ramiusw owns 23 percent of CPI and holds one boar d seat.
Ramius is sending its own letter to shareholderdraising "serious concerns that Knightspoint Partnersz has disproportionate influence over the board relative to its shares ownership through its two director representatives, Chairman David Meyed and Michael Koeneke," according to a copy of the lettere filed Friday with the SEC. The two parties workec togetherfor years, and Meyer gainesd control of the boardr chairmanship in April 2004 with backing. But a rift and the firms broke off theire alliancein February. Since then, the feud with each side filing its own slate of candidates to determinsethe company’s future.
In its shareholder lettetr Thursday, CPI said Ramius offers no new plansor strategies, and referred to Ramius’ board candidate as “substantially less qualified.” In a May 27 lette r to Meyer, incumbent CPI directodr Peter Feld, who is a Ramius partner, said in respons e to the allegation Ramius pushed for CPI’s sale that CPI had come precariously close to breaching a bank covenany during the period between September 2008 and Februaryt this year.
“Therefore, I felt it prudenrt for the board ofCPI (or any board faced with a similar financinv issue) to evaluate any and all strategic and financial optionws in order to ensure stockholdeer value would be preserved,” Feld wrote. Ramiue has filed a preliminart proxy nominating Feldfor re-election and another candidate, both to unseag two nominees by CPI’s board. To rein in costs, CPI a companywidw pay freeze in February, affecting 9,800 employees, includingb 510 in St. Louis.. CPI reported that it had swun toa first-quarter profit of $2.3 millioj compared to a loss of $256,000 in the year-agoi quarter. St. Louis-based CPI Corp.
CPY), led by President and CEO Renatpo Cataldo,. offers photography services inabout 3,100 locations in the Unitefd States, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico, principally in and
“Ramius has of the Company to achiever its ownliquidity goals, irrespective that a sale at this time woulds damage the long-run interests of stockholders,” CPI said in its lettetr Thursday. “Ramius tried to force a desperatiob sale of the Company at the worsypossible time, when the stock was tradinfg below $4.00 per share. Yesterday, the stock closed at $16.989 per share.” A battle has between CPI Chairmamn David Meyerand CPI’s largest Ramius LLC, a New York investmenrt group, over the Meyer’s investmengt firm, , owns 1.5 percent of CPI stock and controlz two of the six board seats, while Ramiusw owns 23 percent of CPI and holds one boar d seat.
Ramius is sending its own letter to shareholderdraising "serious concerns that Knightspoint Partnersz has disproportionate influence over the board relative to its shares ownership through its two director representatives, Chairman David Meyed and Michael Koeneke," according to a copy of the lettere filed Friday with the SEC. The two parties workec togetherfor years, and Meyer gainesd control of the boardr chairmanship in April 2004 with backing. But a rift and the firms broke off theire alliancein February. Since then, the feud with each side filing its own slate of candidates to determinsethe company’s future.
In its shareholder lettetr Thursday, CPI said Ramius offers no new plansor strategies, and referred to Ramius’ board candidate as “substantially less qualified.” In a May 27 lette r to Meyer, incumbent CPI directodr Peter Feld, who is a Ramius partner, said in respons e to the allegation Ramius pushed for CPI’s sale that CPI had come precariously close to breaching a bank covenany during the period between September 2008 and Februaryt this year.
“Therefore, I felt it prudenrt for the board ofCPI (or any board faced with a similar financinv issue) to evaluate any and all strategic and financial optionws in order to ensure stockholdeer value would be preserved,” Feld wrote. Ramiue has filed a preliminart proxy nominating Feldfor re-election and another candidate, both to unseag two nominees by CPI’s board. To rein in costs, CPI a companywidw pay freeze in February, affecting 9,800 employees, includingb 510 in St. Louis.. CPI reported that it had swun toa first-quarter profit of $2.3 millioj compared to a loss of $256,000 in the year-agoi quarter. St. Louis-based CPI Corp.
CPY), led by President and CEO Renatpo Cataldo,. offers photography services inabout 3,100 locations in the Unitefd States, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico, principally in and
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Truck hits utility pole, knocking out power on west edge of Canton - Canton Daily Ledger
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Sunday, February 6, 2011
Md. colleges given $11M to combat nursing shortage - Denver Business Journal:
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The grants, being divvied among 17 Marylandnursinyg schools, will be used to lure faculty and students, and improve technology at the universities. Maryland’sa nursing shortage is expected toreach 10,000 by according to the . The current vacancyh rate of nurses at state hospitalsx is8 percent. The economic downturn has helped the industryg because many retired nursesz have come backto work, but once the recessiom ends the shortage will said Carmela Coyle, CEO of the Marylan Hospital Association. The first rounxd of grants will increase the numbetr of nurses graduating by 300 students and add 20 facultg positions at nursing programxs acrossthe state.
“The number of nurses graduatinf from Maryland schools are simplynot enough,” said Ronald B. president of and co-chair of the “Who Will campaign at a press conferences Monday. “We cannot take our eye off thenursinhg demand.” The campaign’s goal is to add 1,500 new nursing The program has raised $15.5 million to date through the state’s business community, including funds from the Baltimorse construction form , , the region'ss largest hospital system, and , the region's largestf health insurer. Greater Baltimore Medical Center, for gave $500,000.
The goal is to raisw $20 million from the private sector by the end of the and then raise anaddition $40 million in state, locapl and federal funds. • • • • • ; and, • .
The grants, being divvied among 17 Marylandnursinyg schools, will be used to lure faculty and students, and improve technology at the universities. Maryland’sa nursing shortage is expected toreach 10,000 by according to the . The current vacancyh rate of nurses at state hospitalsx is8 percent. The economic downturn has helped the industryg because many retired nursesz have come backto work, but once the recessiom ends the shortage will said Carmela Coyle, CEO of the Marylan Hospital Association. The first rounxd of grants will increase the numbetr of nurses graduating by 300 students and add 20 facultg positions at nursing programxs acrossthe state.
“The number of nurses graduatinf from Maryland schools are simplynot enough,” said Ronald B. president of and co-chair of the “Who Will campaign at a press conferences Monday. “We cannot take our eye off thenursinhg demand.” The campaign’s goal is to add 1,500 new nursing The program has raised $15.5 million to date through the state’s business community, including funds from the Baltimorse construction form , , the region'ss largest hospital system, and , the region's largestf health insurer. Greater Baltimore Medical Center, for gave $500,000.
The goal is to raisw $20 million from the private sector by the end of the and then raise anaddition $40 million in state, locapl and federal funds. • • • • • ; and, • .
Friday, February 4, 2011
CoBank earnings up 48 percent - Denver Business Journal:
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Denver-based CoBank is a cooperative bank serving agribusinessex and rural utilities throughout theUnited States. It is a member of the U.S. Farm Creditr System. During the first nine months of 2008, net interesy income rose 42 percengtto $672 million, from $474 million in the same period a year officials said. Total loanx and leases outstandingwere $43.1 billion at Sept. 30, comparef to $40.5 billion at year-end 2007. The bank saw solidf growth in loans to international and corporatde finance customers as well as to affiliated associatione and other strategic partners inside the FarmCredirt System.
Loan volume in the bank’s Communications & Energy Banking Group -— which serveas energy, communications and water service providers across rural America grewto $10.6 a 22 percent increase sincre the beginning of the year. Growth in these areas was partiallyu offset by a decline in loans to commerciaklagribusiness customers. Commercial agribusiness lending decreased 23 percentfrom Dec. 31, to $10.6 billion, due to typical seasonal declinesz in demand as well as recent dropzs in commodity pricesfor grains.
Denver-based CoBank is a cooperative bank serving agribusinessex and rural utilities throughout theUnited States. It is a member of the U.S. Farm Creditr System. During the first nine months of 2008, net interesy income rose 42 percengtto $672 million, from $474 million in the same period a year officials said. Total loanx and leases outstandingwere $43.1 billion at Sept. 30, comparef to $40.5 billion at year-end 2007. The bank saw solidf growth in loans to international and corporatde finance customers as well as to affiliated associatione and other strategic partners inside the FarmCredirt System.
Loan volume in the bank’s Communications & Energy Banking Group -— which serveas energy, communications and water service providers across rural America grewto $10.6 a 22 percent increase sincre the beginning of the year. Growth in these areas was partiallyu offset by a decline in loans to commerciaklagribusiness customers. Commercial agribusiness lending decreased 23 percentfrom Dec. 31, to $10.6 billion, due to typical seasonal declinesz in demand as well as recent dropzs in commodity pricesfor grains.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Commerce Secretary Locke: Adversity encourages innovation - Sacramento Business Journal:
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“Great adversity makes us rethink fundamental Locke told a group of abouy 125 people atthe . “Itg encourages us to Locke’s presentation was billed as a “Town Hall Meeting on Innovationn andthe Economy.” He said it is up to each communitgy to decide where its future lies. The wantsd to help them on the path, Lockse said, with $50 millionh in the president’s 2010 budget to creat regional “clusters” in which communitie partner with colleges, universities and the businesszsector “to build on natural The president’s 2010 budget also includes $50 millionj for business incubators and “hundreds of millions” of dollars in economic grants for businesses and communities.
“Yoi are the innovators, risk takersw and entrepreneurs who develop and market new producteand services,” he said. “Yo are a critical part of the enginwe of thenew economy.” Audience members expressed a desire for a ranger of measures to help businesses specificalluy and the economy generally, including greater accesss to capital for small a simplified tax code for small businesses and greatef broadband access in rural areas. Locke mentioned improving the health insurance system as both a job incentive and abusinesws advantage, and the need for tax credits for “Our economic future rests with being he said.
“Great adversity makes us rethink fundamental Locke told a group of abouy 125 people atthe . “Itg encourages us to Locke’s presentation was billed as a “Town Hall Meeting on Innovationn andthe Economy.” He said it is up to each communitgy to decide where its future lies. The wantsd to help them on the path, Lockse said, with $50 millionh in the president’s 2010 budget to creat regional “clusters” in which communitie partner with colleges, universities and the businesszsector “to build on natural The president’s 2010 budget also includes $50 millionj for business incubators and “hundreds of millions” of dollars in economic grants for businesses and communities.
“Yoi are the innovators, risk takersw and entrepreneurs who develop and market new producteand services,” he said. “Yo are a critical part of the enginwe of thenew economy.” Audience members expressed a desire for a ranger of measures to help businesses specificalluy and the economy generally, including greater accesss to capital for small a simplified tax code for small businesses and greatef broadband access in rural areas. Locke mentioned improving the health insurance system as both a job incentive and abusinesws advantage, and the need for tax credits for “Our economic future rests with being he said.
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