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Brown & Toland posts 2008 operating profit of $10.2M - Memphis Business Journal:

2012-02-22T12:34:00.001-08:00

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million in operating profit last year on revenudeof $236.3 million, with profitability dipping from the priore year, but revenue staying The group, which handles contracting for independent medicapl practices in and near San Francisco, release d the information to the San Franciscpo Business Times on Friday, but officialas were not immediately available to answer questions. Brow n & Toland said the results show thatit “remainse one of California’s most financiallu successful and stable independent practice associations,” postingv strong earnings for nine straight years.
That boast is hard to since very few medical groups or IPAs in the state or nationm releasefinancial results. Brown Toland’s Bay Area rival, San Ramon-based , is one of those few. In late May, Hill announced that it sufferec a net lossof $4.4 million last due to unrealized investment losses of $7.4 million, while generatingt $420 million in 2008 HMO revenue, most of which was distributee to 2,600 participating doctors in the East Bay, the Sacramentko area, San Joaquin and elsewhered in the region. The San Ramon-based group posteed $3 million in 2008 operating income.
Brown Toland’s numbers held fairly steady, althoughj operating income fell 15 percent last from 2007’s $12 million to last year’s $10.2 million. Revenue was almos identical, totaling $236.2 million last year vs. $235 millionn in 2007. Two years ago, Brown & Tolanxd reported net income of $3.3e million on revenue of nearly $222 In other financial news, Brown Toland said it will distribute $10.7 million in physician bonusesthis year, compared to $8.2 million in bonus payments last year and $7.2 milliobn in 2007, according to earlier financial statementse by the group. Officials also said Fridayy that the group adjusted its physician compensationschedule Jan.
1, increasingg fees based on 2008 Medicare That adjustment will result in anadditionalp $5.2 million in compensation to member doctors this “We are continuing our strong financial performance and our enhancemengt of physician practice solutions to our physicians,” Gloriz Austin, Brown & Toland’s chief executive officer, said in the emailed statement to the Business Times .
Austin said in the June 12 statemenr that the group continued last year to deployt new electronic tools inphysician offices, and expanded its clinical-results-reportinb database, giving Brown & Toland doctorxs access to more than 41 million clinical results on Brown & Toland has spent more than $12 million to date on its electronicd health records system and relate d initiatives, not including “ongoing technical and practice support” providedx to member doctor’s practices, officials Brown & Toland’s doctors see close to 170,000p HMO enrollees and 160,000 preferred-provider organization or PPO patients.

Poll: Obama lagging in Iowa - Dubuque Telegraph Herald

2012-02-20T09:17:00.001-08:00

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Poll: Obama lagging in Iowa

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DES MOINES -- The latest Iowa Poll shows three of the four Republican candidates leading President Barack Obama if the general election were held today. The poll, released by The Des Moines Register on Saturday night, shows Rep. Ron Paul, of Texas, ...

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MMAC: Milwaukee-area economy still sluggish - Memphis Business Journal:

2012-02-18T06:17:00.001-08:00

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Only three of 20 Apri l indicators registered improvementfrom year-ago levels, matchinyg the number of upward-pointing indicators recordex in March, the MMAC said in its Economicf Trends report. "The employment situation continued to deteriorates with deepening job declines and unemployment indicators over double what they were one year saidBret Mayborne, economic research director for the MMAC. "Buyt metro area existing homes sales rose for only the secon time in nearly three years givint some hopefor near-term improvement in a stagnanft local housing and real estate market." Nonfark employment in the metro area fell 4.8 percenr in April to 812,300, down from March’s 4.
3 percenr decrease. Employment levels have now decliner comparedwith year-ago levels in each of the past 12 with April’s decline being the steepest registerefd in this period, the MMAC said. Only two of 10 major industry sectors registered April job gains compared with oneyear ago, while eight registered declines. Unemployment indicators for the metro area both measured more than twic etheir year-earlier levels. The number of unemployeds in metro Milwaukeerose 117.6% against year-agl levels, to 70,300 compared with 32,3090 in April 2008. Likewise, new unemployment compensation claims rose ata 104.
6 percent rate in April to 12,101, this indicator’a third consecutive year-over-year increase of 100 percent or On the positive side, existing homez sales for the metro area rose 5.6 percent in April, the first year-over-year increase in this indicatot in seven months and only the second such gain in nearl y three years.

Putin Risks Bobsled Ride, Despite Warning - RIA Novosti

2012-02-16T04:00:00.001-08:00

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Putin Risks Bobsled Ride, Despite Warning

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MOSCOW, February 16 (RIA Novosti) - He has dived to the bottom of Lake Baikal, flown a fighter jet and recently took up ice hockey. On Thursday Vladimir Putin, 59, looked to beef up his action man image by riding on a sled. The Russian prime minister ...

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Meriwest and Golden Bay credit unions to merge - East Bay Business Times:

2012-02-14T00:51:00.001-08:00

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billion-asset institution. By majority vote the members of Golde Bay Federal Credit Union approved the proposal to merge with MeriwesyCredit Union, making this one of the largest credit uniob mergers in Northern California. Meriwest Credit Union will be thesurvivinbg entity. The combined entity will have 19 brancheds in theBay Area, including two East Bay in Dublin and San Ramon. Meriwest also has two branchesdin Tucson, Ariz. "This new organization will combinethe people, branches, and the capabilitg of two successful credit unions.
" Christopher Owen, presidenft and CEO of Meriwest Credit Union, said in a Meriwest Credit Union is among the top 100 credit unions in the natiohn and the fifth-largest credit union in the Silicon Valleyu market. Meriwest reported net income of $1.7 million in the first half of 2007. Golden Bay Federal Credit Union was establishes in 1957 to serve employees of the atMoffety Field, California. Golden Bay reported $375,300 in net income in the firsty half ofthis year. The crediy unions expect to complete the mergerconversion Dec. 1.

In-Stat/MDR study shows changing consumer attitudes - Phoenix Business Journal:

2012-02-11T20:51:00.001-08:00

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"In a time of intense competitionm andindustry consolidation, consumers' perceptiona of their wireless carriers are critical factorsz in the battle for market said Clint Wheelock, director of In-Stat/MDR's Wireles s group. "While the industry'xs service levels remain strong in severalkey areas, therw are a number of opportunities for improvementr in quality of service and customer as subscribers grow increasingly willing to switch carriers in the pursuit of better service.
" The stud also found that Sprint subscribers have the longesr average tenure and T-Mobile subscribers have the Verizon Wireless subscribers were the most impressed with theif provider's quality of service. Wireless phone providers shouls alsotake note, In-Stat/MDR researchers that consumers' willingness to switch provider has increased dramatically in the past year, with nearlgy 20 percent of surveyy respondents having stated that they "definitely will" or "probably switch in the next 12 compared with only 14.5 percent in July 2003.
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Andreessen, Horowitz venture fund may be good news, if you're in the right ZIP code - bizjournals:

2012-02-09T17:34:00.001-08:00

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Netscape founder Marc Andreessen and his longtimebusinesa partner, Ben Horowitz, are forming a new VC firm with a focua on Silicon Valley tech companies. Andreessen writes that the firm will back companiess with strong technical founders who want to be the CEOs of thecompaniexs they’re founding. He wouldn’t rule out companiesx outside Silicon Valley, but, “Wed do not think it is an accident that is inMountaij View, Facebook is in Palo Alto, and Twitter is in San We also think that venture capital is a high toucy activity that lends itself to geographic proximity, and our only offic e will be in Silicon Valley,” Andreesseh writes on his .
The new firm comes at a time when some are sayinv the industry needs to not grow. But Andreessen and Horowitz found $300 millionm from mostly institutional investors for their first fund. The firm, will invest aggressively in seed-stage startups in the hundred of thusandsof dollars, but will also invest in later stage funding rounds for promising growthn companies. Consumer internet, cloud computing for mobile softwareand services, and software-powered consumer electronics are among the areazs that will draw investments from the new “Across all of thesr categories, we are completely unafraid of all of the new busines models,” Andreessen writes.
“We believe that many vibrant new form s of information technology are expressing themselves into marketa in entirelynew ways.” And Andreesse n was equally emphatic about where his firm wouldn’t be . "We are almosr certainly not an appropriate investor for any of thefollowing 'clean,' 'green,' energy, transportation, life sciences drug design, medical devices), nanotech, movie productionj companies, consumer retail, electric cars, rockety ships, space elevators. We do not have the firs clue about any ofthese Andreessen-Horowitz will have the capacity to invest anywherw from $50,000 to $50 million in new companies.
He said that at leastr initially he and Horowitz would be the only two generalk partners inthe company, and they would be selective about the portfolio companies whose boards they join – generall y limiting that level of involvement to firmsz in which Andreessen-Horowitz have a $5 million or more Andreessen believes his and Horowitz’w records as entrepreneurs will make them ideal venture “We have built companies, from scratch, to high scalde -- thousands of employees and hundredws of millions of dollars of annual In short, we have done it ourselves.
And we are buildingf our firm to be the firm we wouldf want to work with asentrepreneurs ourselves,” Andreessehn writes. Andreessen founded the pioneering web browsetcompany , which was later sold to . Since he and Horowitz launched , a tech servics provider sold toin 2007. Netscape and Opswared sold for acombine $11.7 billion. The two have been activw investors in the tech spacwesince then. They’ve angel invested in 45 tech startups in the last five and Andreessen serves as chairman of and on the boards of Facebookiand eBay. Word that the pair would be formint their own venture capital firm was broke n on the Charlie Rose showin February. But detail s came on Monday.
The pair had initiallyy planned onraising $250 milliom for the fund, but investor interesty prompted them to boost the BusinessWeek . The news magazine reports thatReid Hoffman, founder of sociaol networking site LinkedIn, is among the investors in the which raised most of its moneu from institutional investors. Andreessen-Horowitz launche at a tough time for the venture capital one in which some are saying the industry needxsto shrink, not grow. Venture capital, like the rest of the financialk industry, has been hit hard by the economicf downturn. Venture firms make money when their portfoliop companiesgo public, or are sold to larger companies.
But the IPO marke has been anemic inrecent months, makinbg profitable exits more difficult to A recent argues that the industry needsw to trim down to regain effectiveness. "The ventured industry needs to shrink its way to becomingy an economic forceonce again," said Robertf E. Litan, vice president of Researcb and Policy at theKauffmam Foundation. “To provide competitive returns, we expectf venture investing will be cut in half in coming At thesame time, lowering valuationws and improving overall exit multipled should help resuscitate the The Kauffman study finds that despite such high-profil success stories as Google and , venturde firms have relatively little to do with most new Only about 16 percent of the 900 companies on the Inc.
500 list of fastesty growing companiesfrom 1997-2007 had venture backing.

Banks face exposure issues on Glencore-Xstrata merger - Reuters

2012-02-07T14:00:00.001-08:00

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Banks face exposure issues on Glencore-Xstrata merger

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By Alasdair Reilly and Tessa Walsh | LONDON Feb 7 (Reuters) - Glencore and Xstrata may have to put in place new multibillion dollar loans if their proposed $90 billion merger goes ahead, to help banks manage their huge exposures to the mammoth company, ...

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Lennar ranked top Twin Cities home builder, but sales drop - South Florida Business Journal:

2012-02-05T09:51:00.001-08:00

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Lennar closed 457 “housingv units” last year and posted revenue of $177 million to top the ranking of the top 26 home builderas put out by the . Lennar’s local 2008 revenue was abouty half ofthe $331 millio n it reported in 2007. Lenar Minneapolis/St. Paul is a subsidiarty of Miami-based Lennar Corp. LEN). Other companies in the top fiveare K. Hovnanian Home s of Minnesota ($98.6 million), Centex Homes-Minnesotw ($90.4 million), D.R. Horton-Minnesota ($89.8 million) and Ryland Homes-Twijn Cities ($80 million). The 26th-ranked buildet on the list was Habitatffor Humanity, which sold 50 homese and had revenue of $8.3 million in 2008.
The sum of the homess and revenue for companies on the 2008 list reflectes the overall downturn in the home construction For the 25 largest firms revenus in 2008was $1.03 billion, a drop from $1.7q billion in 2007. The number of units sold fell as wellto 3,197 from 5,725. Six companies made the list that weren’t on it last McDonald Construction Inc. (16), Pratt Homes Country Joe Inc. (21), Gonyea Homes Inc. (22), TBJ Homed (23) and Sharper Homes Inc. (24). Firmes that weren’t on this year’ list but had been ranked in 2007are Bor-Son Constructio n Inc. (which ranked eighth in MW JohnsonConstruction (11), Franna Cos. Wensmann Homes Inc.
(13), College City Homes (24) and LeGranh Homes (25).

Fairfax to launch new tourism campaign - Washington Business Journal:

2012-02-03T02:34:00.001-08:00

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It’s part of ’s new public relations and ad campaigb to draw more tourists tothe county’s hoteld and landmarks. Visit Fairfax tapped communicationsw agency to handleall advertising, brand marketinv and PR for the conventiom and visitors bureau through July 2012. Along with the “finds George” scavenger hunt, the campaign will integrate print, viral marketing, outdoo and online advertising, Twitter and Facebook, and radio and Web ads. On June 4 and 5, the Georgd Washington actor and interpreter from Mount Vernon will hit the road and appeart onthe “Today" show and WABC radio.
“George will be in Timee Square, Union square, Penn Station and the librar where ‘Rocky’ was taped running up the stairs,” said Matt CEO of Herndon-based White and The PR group’s street team is also dishin gout 5,000 tourism packages that include coupons and discounts for hotelsa in Fairfax County. “The objective is to fill hotepl room nights and to have people drivinf into the city from other drive said White, adding that Fairfax will also be promoted in such drivable markets as Atlantsa and Charlotte, N.C. “Wde are trying to revive the notion of a summer road In today’s economy people are looking for a deal.
” Researc shows many tourists flock to the area from the Northeastf corridor by train or car, “so it’s a prett big market, and the majority come to see family and White said. The goal, he said, is to make Fairfas County a place where visitors will stay when they come to see thingss like a Washington Nationals baseball game or Wolf Trap Nationalo Park for thePerforming

Baggies sign Ridgewell and Andrews - ESPN

2012-01-31T22:34:00.001-08:00

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Baggies sign Ridgewell and Andrews

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By ESPNsoccernet staff West Bromwich Albion have completed the signings of defender Liam Ridgewell from Birmingham City and Keith Andrews from Blackburn. Ridgewell, 27, has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal and the club have the option to extend it for ...

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Abercrombie shutting struggling Ruehl chain - The Business Review (Albany):

2012-01-29T18:17:00.001-08:00

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The New Albany-based apparel merchant said Wednesdayg it willshut Ruehl’s 29 stores and direct-to-consumerr operations and will be “substantially complete” with the efforf by the end of next January. The decisiom comes a month after Abercrombie took a deep strategic look atthe chain, whicuh targets young adults with clothews and accessories. Ruehl, whoser only Ohio store is at Easton Town generated a pretax operating lossof $58 millio n last year. The chain regularluy was Abercrombie’s weakest sales performer at stores open at leastya year. Ruehl’s same-store sales were off 33 percen tin May. Abercrombie earned $272.3 millionj on $3.
54 billion in revenue last year. “Iyt has been a difficult decision tocloser Ruehl, a brand we continue to believe coule have been successful in different circumstances,” CEO Michaelo Jeffries said in a statement. “However, given the curreng economic environment, we believe it is in the best interestss of the company to focusa its efforts and resources on the growth opportunities afforded by ourotheer brands, particularly internationally.
” The company didn’t disclose the effects on the chain’d work force, nor did it indicate the number of jobs tied to The review of Ruehl, whicgh opened in 2004, cost the company about $51 millio n in impairment charges in its firsyt quarter. Abercrombie expects to book abouy $65 million in pretax chargeds through the rest of the fiscal year as it winds down The company Wednesday also said it amended a credit agreement to exclud esome Ruehl-related charges from requirements under its covenantt with the lender and reduced its available crediy to $350 million from $450 Jeffries said the company is confident is has sufficieny cash on hand but “wew believe it is prudent to make these in light of the recession-battered retailk environment and the one-tims Ruehl costs.
In addition to the 29 Ruehp stores, Abercrombie runs 350 flagship stores and 733 others underthe Abercrombie, Hollister Co. and Gilly Hicksx nameplates.

UPMC to manage Ireland hospital - Pittsburgh Business Times:

2012-01-27T14:00:00.001-08:00

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As part of the UPMC will pay 15milliobn euros, or about $22 for a 25 percent equity interest in the hospital operating company that will lease the facility from BMG. UPMC is also in talke with BMG to operate three more independent hospitals to be built by BMG on the groundas of public hospitalsin Beaumont, Cork and BMG recently won approval for these "co-located" hospitals from the Irish governmeny and is finalizing thoses agreements. Under the agreement, the 183-bed Beacon Hospita will be operated by UPMC under the medical directorshipof Dr. Mark BMG's co-founder and medical director.
BMG retains ownership of the which opened in January 2007 and offerw servicesin cardiology, dermatology, neurology, orthopaedice and oncology. Previously, the facility was operated by , whicuh was acquired last yearby "Our agreement with BMG is just the latestt sign of UPMC's commitmentr to international growth and diversification to improve health care worldwide whilee supporting our core mission at home," UPMC Executivr Vice President Charles Bogosts said in a statement. UPMC operates a canceer center inside theBeacom Hospital, one of two cancer centers it operates in Ireland.
It also operatesw a transplant centerin Palermo, and is involved in a partnership providing emergency care in

California will run out of cash in 14 days - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

2012-01-25T10:00:00.001-08:00

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“California’s day of reckoning is he said. With no action, the stats will run out of cash in14 days. Threr months after the state budget was California facesa $24 billion deficit. Schwarzenegger has already proposed massive cuts to health careand prisons. Now he’s looking for structura l reform to make government more efficient and stretcjhtaxpayer dollars. He’s asked the State Boars of Education, for example, to make textbookes available in digitalformats — a move that could save In 2004, the governor talked about blowing up boxes and consolidating but the initiatives never gainerd traction. They’re back.
Schwarzenegger is proposing once againj to eliminate and consolidate more than a dozenstatwe departments, boards and commissions. This includes the Waste Managemenr Board, the Court Reporters Board, the Department of Boating and Waterwayxs and the Inspection and Maintenance Review Earlierthis year, the state began consolidatinbg information technology departments. Now Schwarzenegge wants to consolidate departments that oversee financial institutions and mergd taxcollection operations. In state leaders will receive recommendations on how to modernizde thetax code.
“This will be a tremendous opportunity to make our revenueas more reliable and less volatile and help the state avoid the boom and bust budgetzs that have brought us here Schwarzeneggertold lawmakers. It’s not going to happen in 14 days, he said. But it coulde happen before the Legislature adjourns for summer recess onJuly 17.

Bookies predict hung verdict - Hindustan Times

2012-01-23T05:51:00.001-08:00

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Bookies predict hung verdict

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Even as political parties draw up their strategies to ensure a victory in the upcoming civic polls, bookies in the city have laid their bets on no alliance winning a clear majority. Bookies further believe that the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) will ...

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Football Signing Day Party Scheduled; More Viking Honors - Portland State Vikings

2012-01-21T02:00:00.001-08:00

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Football Signing Day Party Scheduled; More Viking Honors

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Nigel Burton, one of the top coaches in FCS football this past year, will introduce his 2012 signing class on Feb. 1 at a signing party at Buffalo Wild Wings. by Mike Lund The Portland State Football program will host a National Letter of Intent Day ...

Sounders draftee Duran wants to be a fast learner - The Seattle Times

2012-01-18T21:17:00.001-08:00

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Sounders draftee Duran wants to be a fast learner

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By Joshua Mayers Can't wait to see this team play. Hard to improve on Riley and Keller but this guy... (January 14, 2012, by Emerson Bigguns) MORE Andrew Duran doesn't need to be reminded about the faster rate of play in MLS compared to college. ...

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Consumer confidence retreats - Denver Business Journal:

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Nationally, consumer confidence dropped sharply in cutting into three months of gains that had seen the overalkl index morethan double. The Conference Board's Consumer Confidencee Index fellby 5.5 points to 49.3 in Statewide, Florida’s consumer confidence index for June fell three pointds last month to 68, the result of bad economicc news including the bankruptcy of Genera Motors Corp., foreclosures and a spike in Florida’sz unemployment rate, according to a new Universituy of Florida poll.
While Floridians’ perceptionds of personal finances compared with a year ago is up three points to 44 from a reviseed May readingof 41, other perceptions were lower or the same as, last month. For example, perceptions of U.S. economicx conditions over the next year fell seven point sto 65, while perceptions of whether it’s a good time to buy big-tickeg items fell nine points to 67. Perceptionzs of U.S. economic conditions over the next five yearse remained unchangedat 80.
"Moving forward, we do not expecty Florida consumer confidence to declinee much more over the next couplewof months, barring some unforeseenm change here in Florida or Chris McCarty, director of UF’s Surveyu Research Center at the Bureaj of Economic and Busineszs Research, said in a news However, McCarty cautioned the recovery is expectedr to be long and unevehn for some sectors of the "With the demise of longstanding financial institutiona such as Lehman Brotherzs and manufacturing companies like Chrysler and GM, it is no longedr business as usual," he said.
The preliminaryy index for June was conducted from 430 It is benchmarkedto 1966, so a value of 100 representzs the same level of confidencr for that year.

Megadeal helps both Seattle, New York greatly - MLB.com

2012-01-14T14:17:00.001-08:00

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Will Microsoft's Windows 8 launch in October? - Washington Post

2012-01-12T09:51:00.001-08:00

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Will Microsoft's Windows 8 launch in October?

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Pocket-lint is reporting that Windows 8 will be launched in October of this year, quoting director of Windows PR Janelle Poole: "One of the things that I think is a good guideline though is we've always said that Windows releases come round about every ...

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Kauffman study: Recessions often give birth to highly successful companies - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

2012-01-10T05:34:00.001-08:00

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The foundation found that more than half the businesses onthis year’d Fortune 500 list of the largest U.S. companiee were founded during a recession or a bear markeftfor stocks. Nearly half of ’x 2008 list of the 500 fastest-growing companies were founded during thesseslow periods. Job creation by startups is less sensitivs to economic downturns than businesses as awholre are. Rising unemployment actually may be good for becauseit “can free up pooles of human capital,” accordinv to the study, which was writtenm by Dane Stangler, a senior analyst at the foundation.
“Aj unemployed individual, with some measure of experienc (and in some cases, a vested pension), may perceiv e a competitive opportunity to start a new andfeel there’s nothing to lose,” the study states. Entrepreneurs may also target the unemployex as a potential poolof employees, the study See .

Haddad-Wylie Industries develops diversity of marketing techniques - Houston Business Journal:

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

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These are the insights of James Kunkel, who has workec with small business owners in one capacitgy or another for nearly 20 years at the Small Business Developmentt Centerat St. Vincent College in Latrobe. They also are lessons Haddad-Wylis Industries studied carefully as it grew intoa $10 milliojn company from a $500,000 start-upo in 2004. The early challengs for HWI was a common one forsmalkl businesses: how to reach potential clients afterr getting a couple of big projects behind you, when you have a good storg to tell. “Getting people to trus t us,” is how President Heathedr Wyliedescribes it.
Husband Deric Haddad, who is the company’xs CEO and COO, had 10 years’ experiencs building clean rooms for compounding pharmacies when the compantywas formed. “He knows the language,” Wyli said. A friend provided the company’sd first job lead for its inauguralo project, a clean room for a Duke UniversityHospitalk pharmacy. The work was completee successfully, so the question became, what’s the second act? Usinf the office copier, HWI printed a simples trifold brochure, which was mailed mostly to hospitals on theEast “We killed our copier,” Wylier said.
She followed up the mailing with telephonsecalls — a tried and true marketing Between 2005 and 2007, Wylie said she made 48,00o0 follow-up calls. “It was tedious,” she said. “It was very It also worked. The simple brochure and follow-up calle secured contracts at four Universityg of Pittsburgh MedicalCenter hospitals, she said, as sales “For us, it’s a lot of relationshi building,” said Emily who was hired in 2007 as directorf of marketing and sales to develop the company’ marketing edge.
It wasn’t long before the company began seeing resultzs fromthe effort, but not beforee Gregory looked over the trifold brochure and scratchedx her head. “This is really complicatee andI don’t understand the she remembered thinking. The result was a letter-sized brochure, which was spiral-bound. On the the company’s services were spelled out in three shorty andconcise sentences. Inside were color photographxs offinished jobs. Sales continued to improvse thesame year, with HWI becoming a preferred vendod at the Cleveland Clinic.
HWI’s marketing efforts shifted again in 2008 with construction of aWeb site, which coincided with the printinhg of a new sleek brochure. The Web site and brochure allowed the company to create auniform message, a unifor m brand, Gregory said. The Web site “gavr us another outlet for people to find she said. The result was an increase in inquiries from one to two weeklg to threeto four. Howard lab manager at South Side-based Stemnion Inc., was among HWI clientzs attracted by theWeb site. “It was very straightforward and answerede a lotof questions,” he “It was that initial professionalism that attracted HWI began to try out other marketiny approaches.
In 2008, company representatives bega attending one-on-one meetings with prospective clients that were arranged by a trade group. This strategy further boostee sales. HWI still mails out brochures followed up withtelephonee calls, but now the number of requestx for information began to grow. A tipping poinf had been reached, from pushing marketin to attracting callers. “What’s nice about that is that it’sx all of a sudden pull insteaddof push, and that’s where you want to said Kunkel, St. Vincent’s Small Business Developmentr Center’s executive director.
“You want the buzz to be out In February, HWI began telling its storgy ina newsletter, whichy is sent to currentr and prospective clients, about the same time the companuy hired four sales representatives who tout the companyy while boosting sales. HWI’s salee are expected to reach $15 million to $20 million this year as the compan plots the next shift in itsmarketinvg strategy. “We are defying the recession,” Wylie “Everything that this company has gottejn isthrough marketing.
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Ritter confronted at bill signing by union grocery workers - San Antonio Business Journal:

2012-01-05T22:00:00.001-08:00

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Ritter addressed the workersd publiclyafter , repeating to them as he had writte n in his May 19 veto of Housde Bill 1170 that he felt that the bill wouldc have interrupted ongoing union negotiations with grocery-store chains , and But after several minutes of explanation, workerxs began yelling, "That is a lie!" and "Sir, why did you and the governor left the podium. "Io have made my statement. Thank you very Ritter said as he exited the packed west foyer ofthe Capitol. .
Tensions between unio n workers and the Democratic governord that they helped to elect in 2006 have been simmerinhg since his veto of the bill that would haveallowefd locked-out workers to collect unemploymenf insurance benefits. United Food and Commercial Workeres UnionLocal No. 7 President Ernest Duran said that Ritterhad "betrayed" them and "renegedd on his promises," and some activists have begun lookinv for a candidate to oppose Ritter in a Ritter signed 29 bills Tuesday, culminating with an evening "Helo for Working Families at the Capitol in whicu he inked six laws to help unemployed residents receive more benefits and keep homes from being foreclosed upon, among other things.
Leaders from severak construction unions stood behind him as he signed one ofthe measures, Hous e Bill 1310, which allows for the easier filing of complaints if an employer misqualifies a workef as an independent But, even before then, while Ritter was signing a measurse that will allow local governments to sell low- to no-interestf bonds for public construction under the American Recover and Reinvestment Act, the harangues Crowd members clad in blacm UFCW shirts yelled can you explain why you vetoed House Bill 1170?" and "Ww support you, governor; you turnedd your back on us" as Ritter largely ignoredr them.
Then, as he later signed Senat e Bill 247, which increases the numbefr of Coloradans who qualify for unemployment insurance and will bringf insome $200 million in federal money, someonwe yelled: "Where was your support for the grocery workers when you vetoeds House Bill 1170, governor?" Ritter replied: "I'mn going to sign these bills, and then we'll After he finished, the governof rose to the microphone and firstg told the crowd how many of the new laws will help workera affected by the He then explained that signiny HB 1170 would have been akin to the governmenrt implementing new playing rules for negotiations betweejn the UFCW and the three grocery chainzs that have been underway since April 9.
He also said that he would be open to reconsideringg similar legislation at afuture date. He noted that a bill he signedd Tuesdayregarding electricians' education standards was similar to one he vetoe in 2008 while telling competing sides on the measurde that they needed to work out a compromise -- whicyh they did this year. "I also thinmk that public policy shoulxd not be used tointerrupt negotiations," Rittet told the crowd, which included about 25 UFCW workers along with proponentxs of the bills being signed. "It is my grea t hope that you're able to work this out." Then question-shoutingh began from the back. And Ritter's speech to the grou ended.

Arturo S. Elias Executive Profile

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effective August 1, 2006. He is also a memberf of the North America Strategy Elias joined General Motors in 1978 as a manufacturin engineer withDelco Electronics, today part of a major GM supplier. His responsibilitiex at Delco extended from product development to manufacturing engineeringv and included an assignmenytin Singapore. Between 1984 and 1991, Elias held various financr positions inseveral countries, including senior analystg with GM Treasurer's Office in New manager of European borrowings & foreign exchange in Belgium; treasurer of GM de Mexico in Mexick City; and finance director of GM Venezuela in Venezuela.
In 1993, Eliazs became managing director of GM Chilwein Santiago, Chile, and his responsibilities were expande d in 1994 to include Peru and Bolivia. From 1996 to Elias held various positions with vehicledevelopmen responsibilities, including assistant vehicle line executivee for full-size pickup trucks and sporty utility vehicles with the GM Truck Group in Pontiac, Michigan. In he was named vehicle line executive for compact vehicles at Adam Opelin Germany, with responsibility for the Astra and Zafiras models. In January 2000, Elias was namec managing director of GM Argentina inBuenos Argentina.
In March 2001, he was appointed president and managintg director of General Motors de Mxico inMexico City, including responsibility for the Caribbean and Central American region. Elias received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering anda master's degree in industriao engineering from Purdue University in 1977 and respectively. He earned a master's degree in business administratio n from the University of Chicago in 1984 througjh the GMFellowship program. Receny News About Arturo S. Elias [CNWa Group via Yahoo!] **All Executivs profile data provided byDow Jones & Co., Inc.

Questions dog new Central Florida Partnership - Orlando Business Journal:

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That's why he took 75 localk leadersto Washington, this week to lobby for the troubleds commuter rail project -- they want to keep federal funding in placew while liability issues are addressed because commuter rail is consideredf a critical need for the region. But it's the lack of clarityh about the little details behindthe partnership's planzs that have many local business people and organizations concerned. The exacf role the new partnership will play and whether or not it will duplicatew services already offeredby already-established groups such as the and the . Whethet the partnership will divert funds from othefrarea organizations.
"We are concerned about some apparent confusiob in the community in regards to what the CentrallFlorida Partnership's fundraising campaign encompasses," says Ray Gilley, president of the Metrpo Orlando EDC. "There seems to have been misunderstandint by some that one paymenft coversit all," he "For the record, as Jacob will concur, a contribution to the partnershiop does not equate to an investmengt in the EDC, the Orlando/Orangr County Convention & Visitors Bureau or any other regional chambers of Stuart says the Central Florida Partnership "is a totakl complement to other organizations, not a The Central Florida Partnership was approved by the in December in respons to what Stuart says is the sharede belief that there's a need for a "newa civic architecture" that will deal "with the complexities of growth and globalization.
" That'z why the seven-county organization will tackle issues such as the completionh of the Wekiva Parkway, diminishing water supplies, air qualityu and access to healthn care, among other In practical terms, the partnership essentially will be the chie lobbyist and head cheerleader for the region concerning qualituy of life and business vitality. To accomplish the partnership will act as the umbrell organization forfour subsidiaries: the Orlando , Leadership Orlando and . The chambe r will handle regional entrepreneurship; myregion.
org will do regionap research; Leadership Orlando will develop regional while BusinessForce will conduct regional public policy including selecting and backing candidates for localp andstate office. And that's where some confusiobn surfaces as to what role the partnershiop will play versus organizations such as the MetroOrlandl EDC, local chambers and the Disney Entrepreneur Adding to the confusion is the fact that not all of thei r roles have been precisely defined yet, particularly the Orlando chamber's. The chamber will move in a new and, as yet, undefineds direction. The partnership will have veto power over itspolicy decisions.
That in part, will be determined by the outcome of a surveh of small businesses and businesz organizations currentlybeing conducted. The results are expected by Until then, "We're waiting for the chamber to define its role and to seewhere [it] fits in the region' ecosystem," says Jerry Ross, director of the Disneuy Entrepreneur Center and a membet of the partnership's governing board of Another area of concern is how much money the partnership is tryingf to raise -- and how that will affect other regional The partnership is being funded through a 10-tiered, "faitr share" system of contributions by including some of the biggest players in the such as , Lockheed Martin, Darden Restaurants and The "fairt share" principle is based on the size of the and contributions range from $2,500 per year to Investors are being asked to pledge theird commitment for three yearsd so the partnership will have the financiap strength to handle long-term However, investors h ave the opportunity to opt out afted the first year if they don't think the partnershi is making progress on its Heath Ritenour, incoming chief executive office r for , says he made it cleard to Stuart that his $10,000-a-year commitment hinges on progress being "I want a report card with concrete details," Ritenour says.
Patricia Engfer, generap manager of the at the and one ofthe partnership'w founding directors, also wants to see results, but is less dogmaticx about how they are calculated. "o can't say a specific thing will determines whether we will continue ourpledge -- it will be a variet of reasons," says Engfer, who declined to disclose the hotel's investment. "I think progress is beingg made now." The partnershi aims to have 350 investors anda three-yeaf commitment total of $6.5 milliomn by October. So far, investorws have agreed to about $1.
4 million a year for the next three years, says Stuart, who declines to reveal his annual salary at the new He earned about $355,000 annually heading up the Orlandk chamber, according to public records. The Centralk Florida Partnership's money will be divided among its four lines of with 40 percentto myregion.org, 28 percent to BusinessForce, 23 percent to the Orlando Regionalp Chamber and 9 percent to Leadership Orlando. Whilew none of the partnership investors contacted say they will lessebn their financial commitment toother organizations, Stuart says selectingh which organizations to support is somethingf investors do every day.
"The American way is the best team expandsz at the right he says. "The competition isn't for money, but for

Winning ticket in Iowa lottery turned in just in time - CNN International

2011-12-30T08:34:00.001-08:00

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By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- The winning ticket for a $16.5 million lottery jackpot was turned in Thursday less than two hours before it expired, the head of the Iowa Lottery said. Lottery officials tried for months to urge the winner to come forward ...

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Dealer plans February opening for Rocklin Mercedes-Benz - Sacramento Business Journal:

2011-12-28T04:51:00.001-08:00

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At the first of the year, California Sun Centers will set up shopin 3,000o square feet at the Elk Grovee sports complex that is being createds out of the 190,000-square-foot former manufacturing plantt on Laguna Boulevard. Michael Blore figures he’ll add aboutr five stores next year inthe four-county The stores will averagde about 2,500 square feet with 20 tanning beds. California Sun Centere will hire about100 people, mostly in January and February for its busy winter and spring months, he said. The farmers’ marketr that has operated Tuesdays at the Rosevilled Square shopping center is moving to The Fountainzs lifestyle center at Galleria Boulevard andRoseville Parkway.
With room to the market is expected to draw more perhaps 500to 1,000 compared to the 300 to 500 at its preseng home. , which is moving into The will bea sponsor, said Carokl Arnold, general manager of the . The associatioh operates 15 markets inthree counties. The city of Rosevillw still needs to approve the but the market anticipates starting Tuesday at The center manager JanetYoung said. In additionm to the new location, the farmers’ market in Roseville and Auburj — the association’s only two year-round markets — will start offering gift

Barnie's to unveil new store design - Kansas City Business Journal:

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The Park Avenue store, which will be the prototype forall corporate-owneed Barnie's locations, has been remodeled to showcase an extensivw new collection of beverages and merchandise. The remodel also includes the re-installation of a walk-up coffede window, which was operational when the stord first opened 28years ago. Barnie's also planss to remodel its remaining two corporatw stores in the Orlando area in Waterforxd Lakes andBaldwin Park. A total of six corporate-owned Barnie'sd locations in the state will be renovatedby year's end. The chainj plans to open additional location in theupcoming months, but would not disclos those plans.
Barnie Jones opened the first Barnie's in Winter Park in 1980 and built it into a national network before sellintg the chain toin 1996. An investment group led by Miami banker Neil Leach took over the chain five years Jones partnered with Orlando real estate developer Jim Pugh in Marcy to reacquirethe chain.

'The Hobbit' Production is Truly Epic. - TheCelebrityCafe.com

2011-12-23T20:17:00.001-08:00

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'The Hobbit' Production is Truly Epic.

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The truly great moments are when you see old footage of the Lord of the Rings production taking place in the same spots as The Hobbit production happening today. According to the video, after filming is complete, the Hobbit holes will stay in the ...

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High school diploma required: Employers should be cautious about educational ... - Daily Journal of Commerce

2011-12-21T15:51:00.001-08:00

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UC Davis Med Center earns Level 1 designation - Sacramento Business Journal:

2011-12-19T12:00:00.001-08:00

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The American College of Surgeons awarded the Leveo 1 trauma centerdesignation – one of 112 but less than 20 meet the requiremenr for both adults and children. In order to meet the Level 1 trauma centers must admity atleast 1,200 patients per year. UC Davisd admitted 2,836 patients in 2008, makingf it one of the busiest nationwide. UC Daviss Medical Center chief executive officer Ann Maddejn Rice said the hospitalhas “achieved what few othera have done.
This is a terrific achievement, and reflects the expertise, hard work and high qualityh of themany physicians, nurses and ancillargy staff who make our traumaq centers an indispensable resources for the Sacramentio and Northern California region.” The medical centet serves about 6 million people in a 33-county region. Level 1 trauma centers are required to have a certainb number of surgeons and specialists including anesthesiologists, cardiac surgery, neurosurgery and orthopaedic surgery – availabled for round-the-clock treatment. Level 1 center must also have educatiobn and research programs as well as community prevention andoutreach programs.

Arguably by Christopher Hitchens - Big Issue in Scotland

2011-12-17T07:34:00.001-08:00

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Arguably, a doorstop collection of Hitchens' journalism over the last decade â" in the main for Slate, Vanity Fair and The Atlantic - reminds you that Hitchens in full-flow is a wondrous, fearful beast, one neither to patronise nor pity. ...

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BofA completes China Construction Bank deal - Charlotte Business Journal:

2011-12-15T02:34:00.001-08:00

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In June, after several months of rumors aboutythe deal, BofA announced it would buy a 9 percentr stake in Construction Bank in a $3 billio deal. It is the largest purchase of stocok in a Chinese bank by an overseas The deal calledfor Charlotte-based BofA (NYSE:BAC) to buy Constructiojn Bank shares from its government-run owner for $2.5 billioj and then to pay an additional $500 million when the bank startsw public trading of its stock this year or BofA will have a five-and-a-half-year option to boost its stakwe in Construction Bank to 19.9%. Foreigmn banks are permitted to own a maximumjof 20% of a Chinese bank.
"Thiss investment is aimed at creatinga long-term benefit by partnering with the best-positionedx bank in China, which is one of the fastest-growingf economies in the world, with 1.3 billion BofA Chief Executive Ken Lewis said when the deal was "It makes sense, if you are looking to tap into economic to consider an investment in China Construction says it has also completed its shared sale Singapore's , Reuters reports. Temasek, the Singaporew government's investment agency, paid $1.47 billion for a 5.
1 percent

Michael Irvin says accusers defamed him - Dallas Business Journal:

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Irvin denies that any contract existed betweenj him and the plaintiffs and also filed a counterclaim in the Irvin accuses the plaintiffs of defamatiojnand slander, civil extortion and duress, tortious interference with currentr and prospective business relations and civil among other causes of action. About a month ago, the originall plaintiffs Jordan Bealmearof Thermal, and Shannon Clark and Christopher both of Louisville, Ky., alleged Michaeol Irvin’s reality show “Fourth and Long” was theirr idea, but one that had been intercepted by Irvin during negotiations to work together on the program.
The plaintiffsd in Irvin’s response also are referred to as TheBealmeaf Group. Irvin’s court filing accuses The Bealmear Group of fraudulently representingy themselves as producers who had the appropriate connectionsand know-howe to put such a show together. Irvin also accuses the groul of defaming him when he decide d not to pursue further communications with The plaintiffs, in a lawsuit fileds in Dallas County earlier this year, accused Irvin of fraud by nondisclosure, breach of contract and unjust enrichment.
However, in a responsse to the suit filed late last Irvin says he had the idea to producan "American Idol”-type reality show about football try-outse years before he met the The counterclaim filed by Irvin also contends that Irvin told his attorne y about the idea before meeting any of the In Irvin’s response, he alleges that a friend of his, Bonnie-Jil l Laflin, knew of Irvin’s interest in producing such a show and connectef him with one of the defendantss Shannon Clark who also had mentioned creatinb a show with a similar concept. Irvinh says without the friendship with the plaintiffs never wouldx have been able to secure a meetingvwith him.
In addition, Irvin said he told Laflin he would meet with the but already had the idea for the program and did not make a commitmeny to them atany time. His filing also states that themeetinhg wasn't exclusive and that Irvin had meetings with others, includintg former Cowboys Coach Barry Switzer, about doin a TV show. Irvin also said he learnedf thegroup “had nothing to offer” and the show discusse was not based on proprietary information, but rather on a commobn business plan that many in the entertainment industry were pursuinfg after the success of American Idol-type reality shows, accordiny to court documents “After being rejected for this projecy by Irvin, the Bealmear Group, in much the same mannerr as one would expect of a spurnef lover, or a spoiled child, began and continueds to wage a campaigbn to publish false, misleading and/or defamatory remarks about Irvin, his reputatio n and his methods and manner of doinv business," alleges the suit, f iled on Irvin's behalf by Dallas attorney Larr Friedman.
The plaintiffs in the original lawsuit claimed they developed the concept behind the which they werecalling “Guts to Glory” and enderd up in contact with Irvin and his representativesz to invite Irvin to be the show’sa host. The plaintiffs said they offered a deal in whicyh Irvin and his agent would receive 25 percen of the proceeds and the plaintiffs would receivse75 percent. They later struck a deal in whichb Irvin would take 75 percent of the aggregate executiveproducing fee, while the plaintiffs wouldf share the remaining 25 percent and that adaptions of the show for othee sports would involve a 50-50 according to the lawsuit.
During the negotiation the three say Irvin was providedf withmarketing tools, including a story board, to present to Dallas Cowboys executives and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Joneas with the intent of getting the team involved. In the the plaintiffs said they were escorter out of aMarch 10, deal signing meeting at the Dallas law offices of Friedma n & Fiegler LLP in which Larrty Friedman was present. Their attorney, Larry Kopeikin, was attending the meeting via aconferencr call. When they were brought back into the the plaintiffs were told that Irvin woulr have to review the deal memobefore signing.
Days later, they learned that Irvib would only agree toa 95-5 percent split with Irvin taking a 95 percent cut, and five days aftef that Irvin sent an e-mail to Clark statingg that he had never used the storyboard in his presentatiomn to Jones, according to the lawsuit. In the attorney for the plaintiffs, Mark Taylorf of Dallas, originally told the Dallazs Business Journal that the issue is not whether the idea for the show was but whether Michael agreed to enter into a deal and then renegedd on the terms of the Taylor was unable to be reached for comment on Monday to respondto Irvin’s

Mayor: Lessons learned from 2001 plant shooting - Chicago Tribune

2011-12-10T17:51:00.001-08:00

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Mayor: Lessons learned from 2001 plant shooting

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AP The mayor of a northern Indiana city rocked by a deadly workplace shooting a decade ago says he's seen positive results from changes in the way the police department handles emergency calls and responses since the incident. Mayor Allan Kauffman said ...

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Baker to host Egyptian business delegation - Houston Business Journal:

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Baker, who served as Secretar y of State and Secretary of the Treasurg under Reagan in the 1980s and Secretaryh of State under PresidentGeorge H.W. Bush from 1989 to will meet with U.S. Rep. Sheil Jackson Lee, D-Houston, President and CEO Stevenh Farris, AmCham Egypt President Omar Mohanna and others from and Egyp for an overviewof Egypt's econom y and the growth of its information technology sector. According to the Houston-based , trade between Houston has grown more than 30 from $845 million in 2005 to $1.1 billionb in 2006.
Looking to continues that growth, the Egyptian delegates will meet with representativesz from the oiland gas, medical, pharmaceutical and IT and communications sectors. The Greater Houston Partnership, AmCham Egypyt and the Bilateral Chamber are puttin onthe event, which was fundex by Apache and ExxonMobil.

Pakistan has role in any talks with Taliban: Karzai - DAWN.com

2011-12-06T09:34:00.001-08:00

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Pakistan has role in any talks with Taliban: Karzai

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai - Photo by AP BERLIN: Pakistan has an important role to play in the Afghan peace process, including in any negotiations with the Taliban, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday. Speaking in Berlin a day after ...

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EPA Revises Pollution Standards For Industrial Boilers - Chemical & Engineering News

2011-12-04T05:34:00.001-08:00

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EPA Revises Pollution Standards For Industrial Boilers

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âGathering the latest and best real-world information is leading to practical, affordable air pollution safeguards that will provide the vital and overdue health protection that Americans deserve.â EPA said it plans to issue a revised final rule in the .. .

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Local home sales plummet 30% in May - Business First of Louisville:

2011-12-02T01:17:00.001-08:00

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region plummeted 30 percenf in May despite indications more potential buyers are beinyg drawn into the real estate markert by low interest rates and a federal tax incentivefor first-time buyers. A total of 554 new and existintg single-family homes and condominiums sold in the compared to 790 ayear ago, baser on preliminary figures released today by the . The overall median sale price fell 2 to $191,900, although pricese were flat or rose in four of the six countie s where most of the sales The median price fell 7 percent in Rensselaerf County ($170,000) and 4 percent in Saratoga County The median price was unchanged in Albany Counth ($205,000) and increased 6 percent in Schenectadyu County ($160,000), 13 percent in Schoharie County and 39 percent in Montgomerty County ($106,700).
The median is the point at which half of the priceas were more and halfwere less, which is considererd a better gauge of the sales market than the average. The averagr price in May fell 3 to $213,820. The May results don’t necessarily reflecgt the activity in the market toda y since it takes two to three months for a purchases contract to proceed to afinal closing. “I will tell you it has been my experience that open housedare active, phone calls and Internet leades are many,” GCAR President Sandrqa Nardoci said.
“The feeling is that when buyers becomd confident that their jobs are secure our market will pick up GCAR Chief Executive Officer James Ader has said the salesereport that’s compiled in July and release d to the news media in August will provide a good reading on how the spring market fared. There is one potentiallyu telling sign of a possible the overall median sale pricee has increased steadilysince January, rising from $171,7090 to $191,900 in May. When only existinh homes are counted, total sales in May fell 26 That compares witha 3.6 percent decline in existing-hom e sales nationally compared to a year ago.
The mediahn sale price for existing homes in the Albany region increased 2 to $185,000. Nationally, the mediam sale price was $173,000, down 16.8 according to the . Albany 151 closed sales, down 16 percent Rensselaer County: 53 closedr sales, down 55 percent Saratoga County: 163 closed down 34 percent Schenectady 93closed sales, down 11 percent Schohari County: 14 closed sales, down 22 percent Montgomeryh County: 20 closed sales, no change

Texas Cord Blood Bank adds Midland hospital to network - San Antonio Business Journal:

2011-11-29T22:00:00.001-08:00

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Midland Memorial Hospital has become the 12th hospital to join the Texaz CordBlood Bank, a divisiob of the in San Antonio. The Texas Legislature created the Texax Cord Blood Bank in 2001 to collect bloofd from the discarded umbilical cords of healthynewborb babies. This blood is rich in blood-makin stem cells that can be used as an alternative to bone marroqw transplants to treat cancers such as leukemizand lymphoma, sickle-cell anemia and immune-systek disorders. Methodist Hospital in San Antonio became the firsyt official collection site in the statein 2005. Doctorsx at Midland Memorial will now begin collecting the umbilicalkcord blood.
“The benefit potentialk of cord bloodon people’es lives was very importanf in our decision to partner with Texazs Cord Blood Bank,” says Robert Dent, vice presidentr of nursing at Midland Memorial “This will make a difference in people’s Dr. Norman D. president, CEO and medical director for the South TexaswBlood & Tissue Center, says this partnership also has the potentia l of creating a diversity of cord blood unitsz in the state.

Fan Fury As Amelia Lily Hotly Tipped To Win X Factor - The Spoof (satire)

2011-11-27T17:00:00.001-08:00

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Fan Fury As Amelia Lily Hotly Tipped To Win X Factor

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X Factor fans have been burning up the internet airwaves with furious exchanges as the rumour mill threw up blonde bombshell Amelia Lily as the most likely eventual winner, in what many are referring to as the FiX Factory. Fan rage erupted when Amelia ...

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Phoenix Business Journal: Tech & Innovation : Business Advice

2011-11-25T13:00:00.001-08:00

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Seems like 2008 left lots of people So what does that meanfor 2009? Once in a even Chicken Little is right. The sky did fall in but that doesn't make Chickem Little a great strategist. Everyone is right Use Chicken Little as your 2009 model at your Bambi time is Capitalism has been describexas "creative destruction." We saw lots of destruction last It's time to focus on the creative How do you do that in this environment? change how you think. For 2009, you'll need a battlre plan, not just a businesw plan. There's not one battle plan that worksafor everyone, but here are some universal principle for formulating your personal battle 1.
DON'T FIGHT THE LAST WAR We don't know the but we know this year will be different than last even if some 2008 problems persistduring 2009. Don'ft expect that dusting off your 2008 plan will brinb successin 2009. Sun Tzu, in "The Art of advises: "What enables â€¦ the good generall to strike and conquer, and achieve things beyond the reach ofordinary men, is foreknowledge." Resourcess are scarce these days but spens some time and a little moneyt getting information about changes in your market and analyze how they affect your company. 2.
MIGRATIOh - THE HEAD IS MOVING If you'v e ever been to the Serengeti, you know that dry weatherf causes millions of animals to movevast distances. Businesxs is like that, too. When everyonew is fat, dumb and happu in their establishedmarket niches, they tend to stay Big changes occur more out of desperation than In times like this, the business herd starts You're in trouble if it'ss heading in your direction. Maybe your markety niche has fared bettert than average in the general economic downturn. That's but don't congratulate yourself yet. If you have a good you'll be facing new competitors soon. Why?
Maybe your nichd was too small when other companies had lots of Maybe they were focusedr on products or customers withhigher margins. If their other opportunities dried up, your littlse niche is probably looking pretty good tothem now. Assumingy there are safe havensis foolish. 3. MISFORTUNrE BRINGS NEW OPPORTUNITIES Good times bring more opportunities than tough times, but all economic conditions creat new opportunities. Winners spot new opportunities and seized them quickerthan others.

Tahrir Square, Seen From the Rest of Cairo - Huffington Post

2011-11-23T09:17:00.001-08:00

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Tahrir Square, Seen From the Rest of Cairo

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A little before 4 pm on Tuesday I sat on a ledge across the Nile from downtown and watched a steady trickle become a rush of protesters towards Tahrir Square. A constant remark among foreigners (though an unfazing reality to most Egyptians) is how ...

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Lawyer trio close firm, join Vedder Price - Business First of Louisville:

2011-11-21T05:51:00.001-08:00

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is a boutique firm -- a platform that “ha s its pluses and minuses,” said Jagtiani, who founded the firm in 1996. “It’z good at what it does but is limited in what itcan do.” Jagtiani+Guttag’s handful of lawyers interviewesd 64 law firms over the past two yearse to find the right placee to take their clients to. Jagtian said it was tough finding a right match for his unusuaolfirm -- a small intellectual propert boutique firm. “Vedder Pricew was a good, solid said Jagtiani, which has clienta such areas as diagnostics, genomics, and immunotherapy. “We broughtg chemistry and biotechnology and they added substantiap capabilitiesto us.
” Vedder, a 250-attorney firm with other officess in Chicago and New York, offerd a complete range of IP including patents, trademarks and copyrights, as well as intellectuao property litigation. The attorney trio -- all registered to practicd withthe U.S. Patent and Trademarkk Office -- is already working for Vedder, but Jagtiani+Guttagh on Democracy Lane is still beingv wound down and will officiallhy close in acouple months.

ISU defense keys upset of No. 2 Cowboys - Go Cyclones

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Iowa State's AJ Klein tackles Oklahoma State's Joseph Randle on Friday night at Jack Trice Stadium. The stage was set for an Iowa State upset. The Cyclones were playing at home on national television, on a night when no other major games ...

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Corker: Chrysler, GM should reimburse auto dealers - Birmingham Business Journal:

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Sen. Bob Corker, R-Chattanooga, introduced the Auto Dealerzs Assistance Amendment yesterday in the SenateBanking Committee. The amendmenrt would also give dealerships 180 days to wind downtheir “We continue to receive assurances from Chrysler and GM that theird dealers across Tennessee and across our countrt will be treated fairly,” Corker said in a statement. “Wd filed this amendment to apply pressure on the automakers to keep thei r word to rejected dealership s and fully reimburse them for their inventories of vehiclesand “We hope Chrysler and GM will take these appropriate actions and make this amendment unnecessary.
” Chrysler and GM told Congress earlier this year that they need to reduce their dealef networks to cut costs. However, Corker’es statement said dealerships have beengiveb “inconsistent treatment.” Some Chrysler dealerships, the statement have been forced to shut down in less than 30 days and are responsibles for selling their inventories. GM Corker said, have been givej longer contract terms, but face similar challengezs in reimbursement for partsand automobiles. The amendmenf would force the automakers to use any Treasurhy funds while in bankruptcy to reimburs e their dealers for all parts and inventory on the date of thebankruptcyg filing.
Also, the proposal would not allow Chrysletr or GM toget debtor-in-possession funding unless such agreements providee for the reimbursement of the

TheCall Detroit Mixes Anti-Muslim Rhetoric With Message Of Racial Reconciliation - Huffington Post

2011-11-14T18:17:00.001-08:00

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Brad Pitt hits a home run in Moneyball, the story of how the Oakland As used ... - The Daily Telegraph

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Jazz Listings for Oct. 28-Nov. 3 - New York Times

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Among the early highlights are a duo performance by the multireedist Vinny Golia and the pianist Denman Maroney (Tuesday at 10 pm); Gregg Bendian's Trio Pianissimo, led by Mr. Bendian, a drummer and composer (Thursday at 8 pm); and Goat Structure, ...

QualityTech computes data center growth - bizjournals:

2011-11-08T07:17:00.001-08:00

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The Overland Park-based firm has mappedd out a $75 million to $100 millionm investment in existing data center facilities in the next year and couled spendabout $50 million on real estate or companty acquisitions in the next 12 to 18 months, Chairman and CEO Chad Williams said. Those plans come on the heeles of investments already made in the past year fora $50 millionn facility in Miami and a $20 million upgrade to a Santa Clara, Calif., facility. “We’ve very quietly grown from a couple of real estate acquisitions to a nationakl leader indata centers,” Williamds said. “In a challenged economic environment, our footprintg has expanded to 11differentg locations.
” QualityTech, founded in September 2005, has gainedf at a swift clip. In 2006, it posted revenues of $35.8 million. Last that number had burgeonedto $119. million. The projection for 2009: roughlyh $150 million. That’s assuming a checked growth pace of about 25 down from 37 percentlast Essentially, QualityTech provides information technology outsourcing services. It sells largde chunks of wholesale data center and it retails smaller space s to small andmidsize businesses. In addition, it offers a broax managed-services portfolio, which handles anything from networkl security to storageto applications. QualityTech also has a new model that offers data capacityas needed.
The companu is a significant playerd inits sector, which continues to grow as cash-strappes companies look to outsource IT functions, said analyst Dan a vice president of New York-basedc Tier1 Research. Tier1 expects data center revenue to grow about 10 percentgto $8 billion this year; QualityTech’s 25 percentr growth prediction is aggressive but Golding said. The industry promiseas tremendous growth during the next decadeor so, he Its penetration now is in the low single-digit percentages, but companies that check in rareluy leave. “For 95 percent of outsourcing is just goinfg to work better in the long Golding said.
“It’s purely an economic QualityTech’s planned projects — addingh power and space — will be in Lenexa, Atlanta, Santa Clarwa and Jersey City, N.J. All the improvements will addabout 250,000 square feet of raised-floof data center space, bringin the total raised-floor space (where serverw can be stored) to aboug 1 million square feet. That’s out of a totall of 2 million square feet the coompangyowns nationwide. “We certainly have demand within our current portfolioo for certain customersto grow,” Williams said.
“We’re also building spacs we can lease because of the demand curve demand we see in the marketplacetodau that’s real demand and has no Data centers are expensive to costing about $1,300 a square Golding said. Then there’s the acquisition “We actually feel like, over the next 12 to 18 that it’s going to be a great opportunity for us to add locations inthe U.S.,” Williame said. “We are currently looking at othe data center operators to buy and also additional real estatr that wecould convert.” The Achilles’ heel of the boomingf industry has been the crediy crunch, which will make some smaller companies prims buyout candidates.
Fortunately for privatelt owned QualityTech, it has access to its profits, backin g by the Williams family and bankin g relationships withOverland Park-based and , Williams The pending outlays will be a combinatio of equity and debt, he said. “The data centetr industry is one ofthose that’sa been seeing a lot of impact — the potentiap for a lot of growth actually being dampenef by the ability to get Golding said. “(QualityTech) has the advantage there it has deep-pocket private Not everyone has that.” Other local data centere and managed-services companies also have experienced torrid growtb inthe downturn.
’s revenue is up 60 percent yearto year, and it’ws about a third of the way througgh a $1 million upgrade of its Kansasw City, Kan., facility. Earlyg next year, plans to complete a $12 millionj data center in Lenexa; its existinyg Overland Park and Lenexa facilities arenearlyu full. “The industry is really growing,” Arsalonb founding partner GaryHall

$5B acquisition of Kinetic Concepts completed - BusinessWeek

2011-11-06T03:34:00.001-08:00

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$5B acquisition of Kinetic Concepts completed

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Kinetic Concepts Inc. said Friday that a consortium comprised of funds advised by Apax Partners and others had completed their acquisition of the company for $68.50 a share, or $4.98 billion. The Apax funds, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and ...

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Cashing in on the World Series - Philadelphia Business Journal:

2011-11-04T00:34:00.001-07:00

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Among the most visible beneficiaries ofthe on-field success are the sportiny goods stores and retailers sellin g Phillies merchandise. “It’s Christmas in said Mitch Modell, president of Modell’s Sporting Goods. “[Sales] have been well beyonxd anyone’s expectations,” he said. “We’ve basically converted our stores into PhiladelphiaPhillies headquarters. We’re getting new merchandised and new styles The freight companies are makinga fortune. Peoples keep coming in asking, ‘What’s and ‘What’s hot?
’” Modell, who wouldn’t providr sales figures for merchandise atthe company’s more than two doze n local stores, said the company just signed a deal to have outfielder Shane Victorino serve as a Modell’s also has worked with another Phillies sponsor, Majestic, ’s official athletid apparel supplier, on an exclusive Hawaiian” T-shirt the stores are Majestic, based in Bangor, Pa., has its name on the Philliesa merchandise store at Park, which extended its hoursw during the team’s playoff run. Meanwhile, Major Leagure Baseball has developed a new strategy for combatint the saleof knock-offs of licensed products. OpSec Securitty Inc.
of Boston created a new type of hologramn with araised stitch-like feature that allows fans to see and toucu holograms used on the packaging of licensed Ethan Orlinksky, senior vice president and general counsel of , said the effortt is part of the overt and coveryt elements the league is employing to assure consumerz of an item’s authenticit and “to stay one step aheadx of the counterfeiters.” Hatfield Meats in Montgomery County is making the most of its partnership with the Phillies. Eric Haman, the company’w director of public relations, said Hatfield Meate is working with local supermarkets on sales promotiones built around its PhilliesFranks product.
“We also providesd , the food concessionaire at CitizenasBank Park, with extra equipment to help keep up with the demand [for hot dogs],” Haman said. At the company’sx headquarters in Hatfield, the compan y sought to “drum up excitement” about its partnership with the Philliex by offeringa “Phillies’ fan lunch special of a hot dog, Crackerr Jacks and a soda. “Anybody who bought the speciakl was automatically entered intoa drawing,” Haman “The winner got a hat signed by Cole Hamelsw and four tickets to a regulard season game for next year.
” Haman said the companyt has high hopes for the Phillies and has alreadyt had discussions with the team about gettinhg involved in a victory celebration should the team win the Worlf Series. Dave Buck, the Phillies senior vice presidenrt for marketing and advertising said the team has already workedwith long-time sponsoer on the design of a commemorative soda can that will be availablwe after the series. Philadelphia-based Aramark schedule a media eventfor Oct. 23 to show off a samplwe menu of its World Seriexs offerings and talk about how it prepares forthe , a Phillies sponsor for decades, is urging its 8,000p local employees to “dress in Phillies’ red.
” Paul president of the Tri-state Toyotaq Dealers Association, said the grou p — which has among the largesrt inventories of signage inside Citizens Bank Park as well as the ballpark’d parking lot — has enjoyedc the extra exposure the post-season gameas bring. He said the association hasn’yt done much extra during the post-season except for “pumpiny up” its in-game advertisinv during the games. “Thiss has been great for us because everybodyu wants to be associated with asuccessful franchise,” Muller “We’re all thrilled for the they are a great They deserve this.
” Non-sponsors are also finding ways to benefit from the Worldc Series.

Universities chase stimulus cash for shovel-ready projects - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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The tens of millions of dollars in grangt proposals are targeting funding streams flowing down through the Americamn Recovery andReinvestment Act’s shovel-ready initiatives. Universities facedf with consecutive years of funding cuts are anglin g to usethe shovel-ready cash to catch up on much-needec facility upgrades, build classrooms to handle the influx of studentsx in need of re-training or tackld big capital projects aimed at bolstering academics and research. The approacjh is twofold at , which has seen its student populatio n surge by 12 percent in the past two due in part to rising unemployment.
The college is seekinhg $45 million to build additional classrook capacity on its three main campuses as well as to enhancre vocational training facilitiesin high-demand occupations, according to Ellyn director of the office of grants development. The collegse wants the cash, among other projects, to build out its and the Maroone Automotiver Program in Miramar to emphasize curriculum on maintainintg and repairing emerging green energhy and hybrid systems in boatdand cars. It also wantws to expand classrooms for aviation including a facility to trai a new generation of air traffic which are expected to be in high demaned in a few years to replace a wave of retiring Drotzer said.
“These are all shovel ready,” she “We have a history of training in technical tradeas an now we are looking to be responsive to providing curriculum in this new emergin industry ofgreen technology.” The ’s 18-membere stimulus working group meets regularly to discuss opportunities and set a course to capturde as much of the federal cash as So far, the school has more than 400 proposals seekinf in excess of $350 million in “We saw this as a very significant opportunithy for the university and to do somethinyg for the community,” said Richards Bookman, vice provost of research at UM.
Among the projectxs on the school’s shovel-ready wish list is a new $45 seawatetr research center at UM’s Rosenstiel School of Marinde and Atmospheric Science onVirginia Key, he The university is seeking $15 millio n from the and $15 million from the to help builxd the center, which will study sea creatures as well as the physicxs of waves on structures. UM is also is submittinf proposals fora $15 million to $20 milliohn addition to a science buildinb at its Coral Gables campus and a multi-story researc h building at its medical school. has science, green technolog y and culinary training onits shovel-readgy submission list. The school is requesting help fundinga $22.
7 millio hospitality management center to house a culinart arts school as well as $40 million for an extensive renovationj and upgrade to decades-old facilities at its northu campus and $1.2 million for an and But by most accounts competition for stimulus fundws will be fierce. And specific funding priorities from federa and state allocatorsbeyond short-termn projects that would create jobs quickluy remains unclear, said Camille Coley, assistan t VP and interim director of sponsored research at . “Theu are not telling us what they are looking she said. But FAU is seekinvg $4.
5 million to help build out water reuse infrastructure at itsnewlyt opened, gold level Leadership in Energt and and platinum level engineering building, slatedf to open in 2010. The university also is seekinfg federal stimulus funds to creatde a road connector system at its main campus off Glades Road in Boca Ratonb andadditional parking. It also wants fundinyg to put a green roof on itsadministrationb building. While the application proces s is infull UM’s Bookman doesn’t expect the winning projects to be announceds until the fall.

Hotel operator suspends sale talks - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

2011-10-30T16:17:00.001-07:00

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The Atlanta-based hotel operator said "thd current volatility in the debt and credit marketx may inhibit or delay the signing or consummatiobn of a transaction to sellthe Company," and therefores it has suspended discussions with interested parties. Lodgian LGN) has been reviewinbg its options and its plans includde increased authorization of share repurchases and the sale of additionalohotel assets. Its stock closed Dec. 26 at $12.17 a and the company believes its shares are SinceMay 2006, Lodgian has repurchased 1.6 million sharesw at an average cost of $11.83 per share.
Lodgian said it expectsz that its repurchases will continue as itexplores "othee strategic alternatives for the enhancement of shareholdeer value." The company has sold 24 hotels since Nov. 1, 2006 for aggregate gross proceedsof $92 Further, Lodgian has identified nine additional hotelsz that it intends to sell. "The sale of these non-strategi c properties will allow us to concentrate operationally on thosew hotels that will generate the highest returns andproduc long-term growth for the said Ed Rohling, Lodgian's presideny and chief executive officer.
"We will be increasin our operational focus on our upscale and uppeerupscale properties, which will comprise approximately 66 percent of the remaininv rooms."

News, Trends & Resources - Washington Business Journal:

2011-10-28T12:51:00.001-07:00

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Financing was provided by an undisclosed lifeinsurancr company. The 103,429-square-foot building, at 5285 Port Royapl Road (pictured, opposite page), is fully leased to the U.S. General Services Administration and occupier by the Departmentof Commerce. "With the current GSA leasde expiring during the term ofthe mortgage, this was a complezx financing," said Ted Hermesx of Walker & Dunlop. "Combined with this summer'sx market turmoil, the client was delightecd that we were able to close this loan on time and withouft changes to theoriginal terms." Suffolk Construction Co. Inc. of West Palm Fla.
, a national building contractor, has opened its mid-Atlantifc division office in Falls Church. Reginald Arnold, formerly executive vice president withHITT Contracting, was named president and generakl manager of the "The mid-Atlantic construction market is experiencinbg significant growth, and our new division puts us in a stronyg position to capitalize on the many building constructiohn opportunities this region has to offer," said John Fish, CEO of The local office will pursue constructionn projects and clients building commercial, multi-family residential and government CresaPartners of Bethesda was hired by BAE Systems as its preferred real estatd provider for another five-year CresaPartners has managed BAE's 18.
5 million-square-foot North Americahn portfolio since 2000. U.K.-based BAE, which has its U.S. headquarters in Rockville, has increased its real estate footprint as much as four timessincde 2000. "The BAE Systems relationship with CresaPartners has had a significanty and very positive maturation sinceits inception," said Gary a vice president at BAE. "Cresa has becom e not only our valued realestate provider, but a trusted partner." D.C. namess David Maloney new director of historicd preservation David Maloney was named directorof D.C.'d historic preservation office.
"David has been working on preservation issuesd for more than 25 years and heis hands-down the best candidatw for the job," said Harriet Tregoning, D.C.'s planning director. Malone y has been at the post as acting director of the HistoricxPreservation Office, part of the D.C. Office of Planning, since January 2006. Prior to he was the deputy state historic preservatio n officerfrom 2003. Maloney will head D.C.'as preservation planning, review of major commercial and government projects downtown and in the Mall He represents the mayor on the Nationakl Capital Memorial Advisory Appian Realty Advisors packs pipeline with projectsin N. Va.
Former Scheerf Partners' brokers, who recently opened Appian Realt Advisors LLCin McLean, already have a sizabl list of projects in the works in Northernn Virginia. a 100,000-square-foot office developmenrt at Westpark Corporate Centerin Fredericksburg; a 640,000-square-foot officew and flex space at Innovation Executive Center in Manassas; a 250,000-square-foot officde and retail development at the Villagwe at Heathcote in Haymarket; the 32,000-square-foot Offices on Park Avenus in Falls Church; a 150,000-square-foot flex officwe development at Interstate Overlook in Woodbridge; a 80,000-square-foot office at Discoveryg Center 2 in Manassas; and a 114,000-square-foot lab spaced for Virginia Department of Forensicd Science in Manassas.
Appian'a management includes Dan Gonzalezz asmanaging partner; Tom managing partner; Herman Diebler, David Daido, partner; Todd vice president; and Shaun Sullivan, assistant vice Holliday Fenoglio Fowler puts together $9.9kM in financing The Houston officwe of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler LP has arrangexd $9.9 million in financing for the Fredericksburg Rehabilitation Center. The 42,411-square-foot facility in Fredericksburg was completedin July. It is fully leased to an affiliate ofHealthSouth Corp.

Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal: Single Copies

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UC Davis Med Center earns Level 1 designation - Sacramento Business Journal:

2011-10-24T04:17:00.001-07:00

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The American College of Surgeons awarded the Level 1 traumwa centerdesignation – one of 112 but less than 20 meet the requirement for both adults and In order to meet the Level 1 trauma centers must admitt at least 1,200 patientw per year. UC Davis admittefd 2,836 patients in 2008, making it one of the busiesft nationwide. UC Davis Medical Center chief executivse officer Ann Madden Rice said the hospitalohas “achieved what few others have done. This is a terrifid achievement, and reflects the hard work and high quality of the many nurses and ancillary staff who make our trauma centeres an indispensable resources for the Sacramentk and NorthernCalifornia region.
” The medical center serves abougt 6 million people in a 33-county Level 1 trauma centers are required to have a certaim number of surgeons and specialists including anesthesiologists, cardiac surgery, neurosurgery and orthopaedic surgery – availabled for round-the-clock treatment. Level 1 center must also have education and research programs as well as community preventiojn andoutreach programs.

Immigration buildings face foreclosure - Houston Business Journal:

2011-10-22T00:51:00.001-07:00

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Foreclosure actions were filec on June 1 againstthe owner, Fort Lauderdale-based South Floridaa Federal Partners, according to Miami-Daded and Broward county courtr records. Issaquah, Wash.-based lendert Dexia Real Estate Capital Markets is the private lender filing those The USCIS, a division of the , whicg oversees immigration, is not named. Corall Gables attorney James Harringtonmrepresents Dexia. He did not immediately returnm a callseeking comment. South Florida Federal Partners won approval to builfd five field offices for the USCIS in 2007 and completed those project earlythis year. According to a the governmentsigned 15-year leases starting at $50 a squared foot.
The buildings aimed for Leadershi p in Energy and EnvironmentalDesigj (LEED) silver certification from the . However, including construction manager , have filefd dozens of liens against the South FloridaFederal Partners-Central Miami, based on a $23.1q million mortgage covering the 60,398-square-fooft office on Northwest Seventh Avenue in South Florida Federal Partners-Hialeah, based on a $21.8 million mortgage covering the 45,987-square-foot office at the intersection of Miamj Gardens Drive and Northwest 59th Street in Hialeah. Southg Florida Federal Partners-Kendall, based on a $23.
9 millionj mortgage covering the 46,413-square-foot building at the intersectionn of Southwest 120th Street and Southwest 147t Avenue in the Kendall area ofsouthern Miami-Dadr County. South Florida Federal based ona $22.2 million mortgagew covering the 46,413-square-foot office at 4451 N.W. 31st in Oakland Park. The fifth South Florida FederalPartners project, in Royal Palm is not facing foreclosure. Boca Raton-basefd 1st United Bank gave the developeran $18 millio mortgage on that building for the USCIS. Dexia’s complaintz name James M. Beeson Jr., Mark Levin and Dariu W. Gaskins Jr. as defendants and guarantorzs ofthe loan.
Beeson, the presidenr of Wilton Manors-based , did not immediately returnn a callseeking comment.

1Q VC investments down significantly - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

2011-10-19T21:00:00.001-07:00

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million in the first quarter as investors continuec to sit on the sidelines and wait for economic conditionswto improve. The consumer services and energy sectors each landed one according to the Quarterly Venturre Capital Report released by Dow Jones VentureOneand . That’x down from five deals wort a totalof $67.6 millionh during the same period in 2008. Kevim McHolland, a partner in Ernst & Young’s Phoenix said the poor Arizona numbers reflect anational trend, as VC moneg has dried up and the initial public offering markey for venture-backed firms is virtually nonexistent. “o would expect VC funding to recover as the economy recovers,” McHolland said.
Nationally, venture capitalists generate $3.2 billion in the firstf quarter through mergers or acquisitionsa of 68portfolio companies, representing a 65 percent drop from the $9.1 billion in liquidity generateds in the first quarter of 2008 and the lowest quarterlg total since 2003. The largest deals in the country were focused in biopharmaceuticals andmedical devices.

Surge in Trading Aids Charles Schwab's Net - Wall Street Journal

2011-10-17T17:00:00.001-07:00

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Rangers' rebuilt 'pen thriving in ALCS - MLB.com

2011-10-15T13:00:00.001-07:00

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Woman to watch: Julie Halvorson - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

2011-10-13T08:51:00.001-07:00

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Continuing education : Bachelor of science in constructio engineering, with a minor in business, Iowa State Universitgy What professional accomplishment makes youmost proud? Togetherr with another colleague, we have set up LEED training courses for fellow employees. … More than 100 people over eigh t different training rounds over the past few yearas have gone throughthe training, including outside customers and subcontractors. While I enjoyed facilitating the I am most proud thatRyan Cos. now has more than 120 LEED APs with over 50 in the Minneapoliseoffice alone. What was the single most definingg moment inyour career?
Receivin the Ryan Excellence in Quality Eagle award for work in 2007. Only one personm from the office receives this leadership awar each year and I was recognized for my workwith Ryan’x Green Building Committee and facilitatinb the LEED training sessions. What do you see as the biggestt issue in your industryright now? Like most othere industries, the single biggestt issue in the construction industryu currently is the status of the Financial institutions are being extremely selectiv on the construction projects they are financing and the lendingf limits prohibit some of the very large projects from Family : My long-tern boyfriend and I live on a 40-acrer farm in Northfield.
We have a yelloww lab puppy, Maggie; a cat named Chewy; 26 beef and 53 chickens. We plan to expand the farm with pigs and sheepo in thenear future. Leisure : Gardening, playin g with our puppy, cooking/baking, remodeling, reading and being outdoors .

Family by design - Business First of Louisville:

2011-10-11T04:34:00.001-07:00

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Now, under the leadership of the younger Hubbuch, who serves as presidenty and CEO, the company works with a wide rangse of individual and corporate clientes all over Kentucky and in severalother states. Recently, Hubbuch took some time to reflectt on how the compang has evolved overthe years. Why and how was the compangy originally formed? Hubbuch & Co. was formedr "in 1933 by dad. ... He had a grandfatherf that lovedthe floor-covering and the wall-coveringh business from the old world (Germany, where the family is originalluy from).
As a little boy, he worked in that grandfather's In 1933, Cornelius Hubbuch left the familybusinessd "to cultivate a design firm acrosws the state of Kentucky," John Hubbucjh said. Hubbuch said his father wanted to have locations in all ofthe state's major Today, the company has desigb studios in Owensboro and in addition to Louisville. "Wer have always been focused on the state of That makes us a littlewbit different" from the other local design "We're in Madisonville a lot; we're in Henderson a lot." "we have been very successfull in Southern Indiana." What is the essence of the business ? "We are, No.
1, an interioe design operation. About 28 yearz ago we went into the businessof architecture." What's the furthest distancse away the company has done a job? "Atriqa (Senior Living Group) sent us to Ariz., Buckhead, Ga., (and to) every new Atrias facility for the first couple of of the company's existence. And "ib every one of these cities they wanted anew look." Who are some of your current clients? "We are on board with Churchillp Downs. ... We are in charge of the completee interiors" for the new suites. "We just completed 66 corporatde boxes. ... We will be involved now for two years" for phas two.
Also, for Louisville-based Trilogy Health Servicer LLC, "we have done 14 complete new facilities all overSouther Indiana." What's the biggest obstacle you've had to overcome in your business ? "The top obstacle we have on a day-to-daty basis is the fact that we are an architectura design firm, and sometimes corporated America thinks they have to go outside Louisvillr and Kentucky to get a nationallyg recognized firm when it wouldd be a lot better if major corporations would stay with the local talent. Not only us, but with other firms similarto ours." What's one of the mythw surrounding Hubbuch & Co.? Many people think Hubbuc h & Co.
only does commercial work, but "we still pride ourselves on a lot ofresidentiap work. ... We love additions to homes. We can do any and all We are very diversified." What's your advice to othersz interested in owninga small-business ? "It's a lot of hard work and ... a lot of When your name is part of itand it'z your life, it's not a 40 hour (job) ... it'se your life.
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Verizon (NYSE:VZ) sent a letter to Comcastt (NASDAQ:CMCSA,CMCSK) last week asking it to stop the Eric Rabe, Verizon’s senior vice president for medi relations, said Wednesday. “We have had conversationsd with themthat haven’t resulted in them taking the ads but at least we’re having Rabe said. Rabe said he didn’t know if Verizonn would sue Comcast ifit doesn’t stop the ads, which have a tagline of, “Don’y Fall for FiOS.” “There’s the Nationak Advertising Division of the Bettetr Business Bureau that we’ve sometimes used to resolve issuess like this,” he said.
Comcasty spokeswoman Jennifer Khourysaid "Verizon’s been runnint a negative campaign against Comcast for years and its responses to our campaign shows that they can dish it out but they can’t take it. As might be expected, the bettef the advertising and the more traction that it gainsswith consumers, the louder the competitoer will object." The ads are the latestg escalation of a battle between New York-based Verizon and Philadelphia-based Comcast that has grown more intenss over the past few years as the two communicationa companies have moved onto each other’s turf.
Comcast was originally a cable-televisioj company and Verizon was originallh a localphone company, but now both offef video, Internet and local-and-long distance phone service and are competingh head-to-head for residential Verizon has been running commercialsa featuring comedian Matt McCarthy as a cablre service technician having encounterws with a Verizon FiOS installer, but they don’t mentionj Comcast by name. , compare notes on their appointmente that day and discoverthat they’re going to the same placez — FiOS Guy to install service and McCarthyg to disconnect it.
feature a bull-headed service technician who interprets anything people say as an indicationj that they want him toinstall FiOS. In one ad, that leadse to him summoning an eartjh mover to digup someone’s lawn and sending a fork-lift to the person’w house to carry the FiOS bill. “Thesr ads have people ripping up property, putting livesz in danger and suggesting that this is typical ofFiOS installations,” Rabe said. “That is an outrageousz characterization and it hasto stop.
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Bauer Financial issues Q1 credit union ratings - St. Louis Business Journal:

2011-10-06T21:51:00.001-07:00

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The company uses federal regulatory data to rate credit unionzs based oncapital ratio, profit/loss delinquent loans and other factors. Bauer's ratin ranks from a high of 5 starsz to a low of0 stars. Of the 10 largesyt South Florida credit unionsby assets, six maintained a five-star (superior) rating: IBM Southeast Employeed Credit Union and Brightstar Credit Union held on to their four starss (excellent) in the first They had been downgraded from five starsd in the third quarter. Priority One Credit Unionh in Sunrise fell from to three stard from four stars in the first quarterwith 69.9 million in 1.6 percent of which were nonperforming.
, South Florida’s second-largest credirt union with $738 million in assets, held on to its threer stars in thefirst quarter. It was downgradeds to three stars (adequate) from four stars in the fourtbh quarter. The Pembroke Pines-based credit union counterd 1.74 percent of its assets as nonperforming. First Choice in West Palm Beach also hadthree , the largest in Southj Florida with $1.62 billion in assets, remained the only crediyt union in the state rated zero stara by Bauer. The Miramar-based credit union counted 8.6 percent of its assetsd as nonperforming.
It was placed into conservatorship by Floridwa regulators on April 24 after heavuy losses and the ousted its Space Coast Credit Union has shown an in acquirinyEastern Financial.

Wells Fargo continues integration of Wachovia with name change - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

2011-10-04T18:17:00.001-07:00

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The change reflects the bank’s continuede integration with , which acquired Charlotte-basec on Dec. 31. “By adoptingb the Wells Fargo nameand we’re now fully part of one of the world’s most respectes financial companies,” says Neil chief executive of Wells Fargo Bank “We look forward to satisfyinf all of our clients’ financial needds across Europe and helping them succeed financially.” Wellsd Fargo Bank International is a Europeanm Union bank headquartered in Ireland.
In addition, Wellzs Fargo’s investment-banking and capital-markets businesses, which formerl y operated under the Wachovia Securities and certain WellsFargoo brands, have taken the name Wells Fargko Securities. Retail brokerage products and services formerly marketedd as Wachovia Securities are now offered through WellesFargo Advisors. Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) is basef in San Francisco.

Texas Hunting Camp's Name Causes Trouble for Perry - New York Times (blog)

2011-10-02T15:17:00.001-07:00

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Rick Perry of Texas found itself on the defensive on Sunday over a report that he once hunted at a West Texas camp with a raci »

Old-school feminine dressing with a kinky touch at Nina Ricci - Washington Post

2011-09-30T12:17:00.001-07:00

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By AP, PARIS â" Nina Ricci continued to corner the market on retro feminine dressing with the slightest touch of kink with a spring-summer 2012 ready-to-wear collection Thursday that looked like it had just stepped out of âBelle de Jour. ...

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CHFA chief Alexander to retire in the fall - Washington Business Journal:

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Alexander started with CHFA in 1988 as head of its finance and became executive director inJanuary 2001. “I’m not heading off to a retiremengt community,” Alexander said in a “Several years ago, I determinedd I needed to slow down and reduces the stress level inmy life. But I stillk plan to be active.” CHFA’s boared has been preparing for Alexander’s departure, and alreadyh has set up a searchg committee to findhis replacement. CHFA Chairman Joel Rosensteihn said, in his own statement, that Alexander will be “He has been in instrumental in CHFA’s Rosenstein said.
“We appreciate the strength of the team and organizationh heis leaving.” Created by the Colorado Legislature in 1973, CHFA makesw loans to low- and moderate-income homebuyers, developere of affordable multifamily housinb as well as small- and medium-size businesses. Milroyt “Roy” Alexander grew up on the Caribbean islanr nationof Grenada, according to a Leadership Denvetr biography. After moving to Denver, Alexander earnex an accounting degree fromin 1974, subsequently becoming financer manager for a Colorado medical instrumentss maker and a senior manager at the Denver branc h of the Touche Ross Co. accounting firm.
Touche Ross now is Deloitte Touchew Tohmatsu, based in New He was accepted intothe ’s Leadership Denver class for 1985. Aftetr leaving Touche Ross, Alexander started a specialtyy food store in Westminster But a fewyears later, in he became CHFA’s assistant director of He was promoted to finance director in 1990. Alexander’xs CHFA position and his retail business overlapped until when he sold the food Alexander succeeded David Herlingeras CHFA’s executived director in January 2001. Herlinger retireed the same year.

Editorial: The Monorail Halted, A New Plan Is Needed - Jakarta Globe

2011-09-26T06:17:00.001-07:00

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Under the original plan, Jakarta Monorel was to build two lines â" the first, a loop line through Semanggi, Casablanca, Kuningan, Sudirman and Karet. The second route would have served Kampung Melayu, Casablanca, Karet, Tanah Abang, Roxy and Mall Taman ...

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Newspaper says goodbye to Dr. Gott, hello to Dr. K - Lincoln Journal Star

2011-09-24T03:17:00.001-07:00

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Spending It - Dallas Business Journal:

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Dallas, for more information call 214-922-1200, or visit . -- Stepheb C. Webster Full Moon one of the trickiest 'whodunit' theater productionzs from recent years, has taken its crafty caper to . Put on by and directed by Dallas stage stapl eSusan Sargeant, Full Moon Murders is a black-and-white mystery-comedty in the vein of classic 1930s and '40s cinema. $25-$35, regular shows run Thursday-Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sundag at 2 p.m., Eisemann Centerd for the Performing Arts, 2351 Performancee Drive, Richardson, for tickets or call 972-744-4650, or visit .
In 2006, the robotifc dinosaur and ape were all the The year before the IT toywas Sony's the cute robo-pup that bombed at but 2007 brought a different sort of 'bot that seems a bit more capablse of moving the dollars and generatinb smiles. The FlyTech Dragonfly sports a 16-inch wing span, weighs aboutr 1 oz., and respondes like a champ to inpurt fromits two-channel radio remote. Even more it's the world's first toy according to manufacturer . This is one flyinbg insect we'd never squash. Price: $49.99, available at , Circuit City and Toys "R" Us , .

Holiday travel expected to rise as pump prices climb - South Florida Business Journal:

2011-09-19T19:51:00.001-07:00

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The lower price of gasoline is one of the main reasonsd AAAsays U.S. travel will be up 1.5 percentf this year compared withlast year. The nationalk average for a gallon of regular unleaded is while the average in New Mexico is Las Cruces has the least expensive gas at Albuquerque and Santa Fe gas prices areaveragingv $2.33. •Gasoline prices typically increase as Memorial Day approachesd and gas stations raisw prices in anticipation of more motoristes onthe road. •This week, worlfd oil prices climbed above $60 a barrel. In the last year oil reachedx as highas $147 a barrel, but then the priced fell to $34 in mid-December.
Many analysts say the recenyt increase is a reaction to the belief that the worstt of the recession is over and motorists will begi ndriving more. •The ’s summeer blend gasoline costs more to refin e and can add as much as 10 centds per gallon tothe •The Department of Energy says demand has dropped for 15 consecutive months, falling 5.9 percenf in March compared to this time last year. • says refineriesd have at least 2.5 milliobn barrels per day of extra U.S. refiningg capability. “The recent price increases have many motoristw asking if gasoline will spike like it did last summetrat $4 a gallon,” said AAA New Mexico spokesmanm Dan Ronan.
“As long as demaned remains soft, experts believe that won’r happen.” Ronan said the encouraging news is that for theaveragew motorist, a 14-gallon fill up last year cost $4 a galloj and totaled $56. Today, that fill-up will cost aroun $30 to $34. •National average $2.36 •New Mexico $2.38 •Texas $2.26 •Albuquerque $2.33e •Las Cruces $2.32 •Santa Fe area $2.
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CEO: Legg Mason

2011-09-17T15:51:00.001-07:00

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“We are in the flow because we see Fetting told the audience at a conferencreJune 4. Any acquisitions would not be larg e enough tobe “transformational,” Fettinh said, but would instead be smalle r deals that would add to what the companuy already does. The profitability of asset managers, such as Legg depends in large part on the amoun of money clients investwith them. One way of increasing what is referre toas “assets under management” is to acquir e other financial services companies whose customers would then becom Legg Mason customers. The company had $632.4 billionh in assets under management as ofMarcjh 31.
Alan Rambaldini, a analyst who follows Legg Mason, said he doesn’t expecy the company to make anyblockbuster “They don’t really have the financed right now to do something transformational,” he said. “Ik don’t think they really need to changeanythinbg up, but fill in the gaps and add to what they alreadhy have.” That could include adding fund companies that could increasre Legg’s offerings of international mutual funds that invest in foreignh and U.S. companies, he said. Legg Mason’s last majotr acquisition was in 2005 when it swapper its retail brokerage businesafor ’s asset management business.
That same year Legg Mason also bought , a British funds manager.

JP Patches' last public appearance is Saturday - The Seattle Times

2011-09-15T12:51:00.001-07:00

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'Up' avoids 'Hangover' at box office - Philadelphia Business Journal:

2011-09-13T08:51:00.001-07:00

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"Up" brought in an estimaterd $44,244,000 in its second weekend, beatinf out the new release from , whichh brought in an estimated Anothernew release, 's "Land of the came in well in third with an estimated $19,524,000. Accordin g to a report on Box Officr Mojo, which tracks box-office "Up" was shown on aboutg 6,700 screens at 3,818 sites and "Ths Hangover" was shown on about 4,500 screensa at 3,269 sites. Coming in fourth was last week'se number-two movie, "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" from , whichu brought in an estimatee $14,650,000.
Rounding out the top five is 'sa "Star Trek," which brought in an esimated $8,400,000. The reporf says that "Star Trek" has brought in $222.8 million in 31 making it the second-biggest box office smash in the "Star franchise, when adjusted for tickegt price inflation. The top spot belongs to the original "Statr Trek: The Motion Picture."

Yarmuth, Guthrie form Congressional Bourbon Caucus - Business First of Louisville:

2011-09-11T04:17:00.001-07:00

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They will serve as co-chairman of the Yarmuth, Kentucky’s Third District representative, and the state’s Second District representative, formecd the bipartisan caucus to organize a group ofrepresentatives “dedicated to maintaininhg and strengthening the bourbon industry in the Unitec States and educating othefr members on the legislative and regulatory issue s impacting the industry,” the representatives said in a news release. To 17 members of Congress have joined the caucux and more are expectesd to join in thecoming weeks, accordingy to the release.
More than 95 percent of the world’ss bourbon is distilled and aged in Kentucky by distillers that emploh morethan 43,000 More than $3 billion of Kentucky’s gross state product is generated by distillef spirits and more than 500,000 people visif the state’s distilleries annually, the releasr said. “This caucus offers a solid base of bipartisanj support for oneof Kentucky’s most importang industries and largest employers,” Yarmuth said in the “Congressman Guthrie and I both agree d that it was important to create a working group that would advocate for this critical part of the Commonwealth’ economy.
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Arpaio-Sharpton meeting prompts downtown Phoenix protests - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

2011-09-08T23:51:00.001-07:00

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The hard-line sheriff and the controversial civil-rightsx advocate, who has been a vocal critic of Arpaio’s immigration policies, met Fridaty afternoon in downtown Phoenix. The meeting resultede in protestors from both sides showingg up at the Wells Fargo office complex indowntowjn Phoenix, site of the Maricopa County Sheriff’as Office, where he and Sharpton were meeting. Phoenixs police set up buffer zones to separate dozeneof anti- and pro-Arpaio protestors. Arpaipo protestors include those contendingg his immigration and crime sweeps unfairly target Some of the Arpaio supporters called for the deportationj ofillegal immigrants, and at least one was armed.
The MCSO has raidedf businesses it believes hire illegals and has arrested illega l immigrants congregating at day laborr sites in thePhoeniz area. Arpaio said earlier this week he was disturbedf by charges from some of his criticsz that he isa “fascist” and a “neo-Nazi.” Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and the Phoenix New Timeas have brought up the fact that some active supporters of Arpaio’es immigration polices have links to neo-Nazi and whit e supremacist groups. A recent New Times storhy shows protestors ata pro-Arpaio rally shakinvg hands and getting their pictures taken with the then later giving Nazi salutes.
Arpaiko told the Phoenix Busineses Journal earlier this week that he denounces thosw types of groups and has his picturr taken with all kinds of andhe can’t perform background checks on them. The MCSO is undedr investigation by the federal governmen t over whether its immigration raids and crime sweepz unfairlytarget Hispanics.

Group Campaigns To Keep American Airline Jobs In Tulsa - News On 6

2011-09-06T18:51:00.001-07:00

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It's nice just to be able to say, 'please think of us, too, and don't just think of the business decision,'" said Ingo's wife Heather Wyman. Local union leaders have said the Tulsa economy would take a $14 million hit if employees relocate. ...

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Obama admits economic liabilities - AFP

2011-09-04T13:34:00.001-07:00

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VINEYARD HAVEN, Massachusetts â" US President Barack Obama admitted many Americans were not satisfied with his record on the economy, as long-serving aides Sunday launched a fightback against Republicans. Obama's approval rating on the struggling ...

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Radio One loses $11.7M - Washington Business Journal:

2011-09-02T08:51:00.001-07:00

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The Lanham-based broadcasting which focuseson African-American and urban listeners, reported a net loss of $11.78 million, or 12 cents per for the quarter, compared to a net loss of $5.1 or 5 cents per in the same period last year. Revenuew was $83.4 million, a 1 percent increase from the same periodin 2007. Durinbg the quarter, the company scoopef up online social networking companyfor $38 million in The company generated more than $3.7 milliob in revenue from the acquisition, in addition to revenud from other internally launched sites. In the company closed on the purchaseof D.C. radio station WPRS-F for $38 million.
In April, the company sold assetd of Miami radiostation WMCU-AnM to for $12.3 million, and a month the company traded Los Angeles radio station KRBV-FMM to for $137.5 million. “Proceeds from our Los Angelexs and Miami asset sales positionedd us to accomplish net debt pay downsx and bond retirementsof $77 million, as well as the buy-backo of over 2 million shares,” said Alfrexd Liggins, Radio One’s chief executive and in a statement. He said the company’e outlook for the rest of the year and into 2009remainsx “cautious.
” “Given the backdrop of the weak economu and declining revenues in we once again focused on cuttinyg back on operating expenses and improving our balance sheet,” said Radio One (NASDAQ: ROIA) owns more than 50 radio stationse in 16 urban markets, as well as Silvef Spring-based cable network TV One.

Paid attendance at Dodger Stadium down 8000 per game: A fan's reaction - Yahoo! Sports

2011-08-31T04:00:00.001-07:00

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Frank McCourt has become an enemy of the sports community in LA, Bryan Stow was brutally beat up on opening day, and the team has played subp-ar baseball. The only thing missing is extremely hot weather or a natural disaster. ...

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Fitch downgrades state bonds despite

2011-08-28T23:17:00.001-07:00

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The New York-based agency this week said it loweresdthe AA+ rating attached to the bonds by a peg to AA, citingy “the long-term deterioration of the state’ss economy” and concern that Ohio didn’t bounce back as stronglyy as other states following the 2000-01 recession. Fitch also notee that the 100,000 manufacturing jobs lost in Ohio over the past year and recen plans by to close some operationz in the state are ofparticulart concern. The rating downgrade comes as a conferenced committee composed of Ohio House of Representatives and Senat e members is poised to finalizethe state’a budget for the two years beginning July 1.
Legislators are expected to receive updated tax revenuedprojections Thursday, which coulde lead to spending cuts beyond the $1 billiojn the Republican-controlled Senate made to a budger passed by the Democrat-controlled House. Fitch characterized Ohio’s financiap management as “sound,” adding that its rating takes into expectationas that the state budget willbe balanced. Despitw downgrading the bonds, the agency revised its overallp ratings outlook for the state to from “negative.” • Fitch issued a AA rating to $40 million in coal developmeny general obligation bonds set to sell next That’s the third-highest investment grade possiblr on its scale.
• The agencyu also downgraded to AA- from AA ratingse on appropriation-backed bonds.

Real Estate Review - South Florida Business Journal:

2011-08-26T17:17:00.001-07:00

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million. The lure for potential buyers is that the buildingse are 100 percent leased and come with financing alreaduy in place that a new ownercan inherit. The buildingz total nearly 240,000 square feet and include 540Gallati NW, 7501 Meridian NW and 7401 Snaproll NE, the lattetr an office building among Brunacini’s Journal Center (Jefferson/Paseo del Nortse area) projects. The tenants in the Westside buildings include blue chipclientr Kellogg’s. The buildings date from 2004 and 2005 and have attractefdconsiderable interest, said Patti Peixotto, who has the listing as part of investment team.
“There are not a lot of high-qualityh new buildings on the markeftthat don’t need new financing. A lot of new buyerws into this market wantto enter, but need quantity. This is a chancre to acquire nearly 250,000 square feet,” Peixotto said.

April construction spending rises - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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percent in April, the biggest one-month increase since August 2008, and was led by a jump in both private andresidential construction. A Bloomberg survey of 45 economistss had projected a median dropof 1.5 percent. The ’ repor from the Census Bureau says spending on private construction was at a seasonall y adjusted annual rateof $657. 3 billion, up 1.4 percent from the revisedf March estimateof $648.2 Residential construction rose 0.7 percent to a seasonally adjustee annual rate of $249.32 billion. Nonresidential construction rose 1.8 percent to an annual rate of $408.w billion.
Total public constructionm fellin April, although spending on highway projectas rose nearly 1 percent from the previous A separate report from the Commerce Department last week showeed construction of single-family homes rose 2.8 percent in April, the second consecutive monthly increase. Gains in single-family construction were overwhelmex by a 46 percent drop in apartment andcondi buildings, bringing total housing starts down 13 percent in April.

LendingTree expands product offering - The Business Review (Albany):

2011-08-22T07:00:00.001-07:00

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According to the company, its customer-retention technologuy identifies customers byloan amount, loan-to-value loan purpose and FICO scores. “With refinancint activity from borrowers representint a significant portion of overall origination our lender network has expressed a desire to capture and retainm currentmortgage customers,” says Bob Harris, president of the LendingTres Exchange. “As part of the LendingTrese network, banks and lenders that use ournew customer-retention initiativ will be able to significantly impact the ratiol of overall mortgage portfolio just as effectively as they can attrac t new borrowers.
” LendingTree is owned by Charlotte-based (NASDAQ:TREE), an onlinde lending and real estate company. Tree.com’s principle businesses are LendingTree, whic matches potential mortgage borrowerzsto lenders, and which works with individuala seeking homes and real estate agents. LendingTree says it has facilitater more than 25 million requestsd for loans onlineand $185 billion in closed loan transactions.

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Crist vetoes controversial insurance bill - Charlotte Business Journal:

2011-08-17T20:34:00.001-07:00

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“We really don’t have a choice but to continued with our plan to discontinue our propert y insurance coveragein Florida,” said State Farm spokesmajn Michael Connolly. Crist cited concerns that signing HB 1171 coule trigger significant rate increases and reverse effortas by state officials and the Legislature to make the Floridaq marketmore competitive. Proponents of the legislation called itthe “Consumee Choice” bill.
Crist said in a news release that the bill gavea “selectt group of property insurance companies” the power of choosing who would be offered the policy, allowing them to cherry-pic k the best customers and dump policiee with the greatest In a June 16 letter to the governor, Jim Thompson, presidenrt of State Farm Florida Insurance Co., encouraged him to sign the but made no promises to stay if he did. Thompsonm even included a couple of caveats toStatse Farm’s statement of non-commitment.
“If HB 1171 were to become law, and if the (Officed of Insurance Regulation) expediently administers the law in a manneer consistent with the legislative intent of its legislativs sponsorsand supporters, Statre Farm would be willing to re-examine its options,” Thompsonj wrote. The governor pointed to the fact that the bill did not require that the select companiez stay in Florida as a motivating factor inhis “House Bill 1171 allows certain insurers the ability to collect unregulated insurancwe premiums and then leave the marketplace with Florida’sz hard-working families’ earnings,” he said.
Stater Farm Florida has been talking with states regulators about its plan toleave Florida. In , the companyg asked to stop writing property coveragee in the Sunshine State because it no longer could affordc to dobusiness here. Following the the National Association of Insurance and Financial which represents the majority of State Farm released a statement through spokesmanBob Lotane. “If nothing else, this moved debate on how to address our insurance challenges 180 degrees from whersewe were, and showed we have got to welcome and examine new he said.
Ed spokesman, said a hearing will be held July 15 to determin the need for a formal hearin onState Farm’s plan to leave Click to read the plan. OIR’s biggest sticking poinft in the negotiations has been whetherf State Farm agents would be able to sell policiea other than its own and The initial agreement states that State Farm woulc provide a minimum of six months notice prior toexecutingv non-renewals. State Farm policyholders, he have time to find other coverage. “It was expecteds that nothing like that would begin to happen until laterthis year,” Domansky said. “Iu suspect nothing would take place for another sixmonthw out.
” Brad Ashwell, consumer advocate for , whicb opposed the bill, expects the deregulation of Florida’s insurancee industry will become a central issue in the gubernatorialp campaign. He said whomevef wins the state’s top political post will help determiner how much traction deregulatiojn has in the nextlegislative session. Ashwell addedc that his group is ecstatic withthe governor’s decision. “We couldn’t be more he said. “We are glad he stoord up for consumers.
” Barney Bishop III, president and CEO of , criticizes the governor’s veto, saying it would forc e hundreds of thousands of homeownerz to switchto “thinly-financed” insurancd companies that will charge them as much if not more than theier current insurer. He gave no evidenc for the assertions. But Ashwell said no one has evaluatedf howwell small, private companies can weather a stormk financially, so Bishop’s statement is inaccurate at He also pointed to the that State Farm is considering leaving of its own accord. “This isn’t the governor’s fault that State Farm is deciding to he said.
“OIR’s role in protecting consumers is not what is drivingy State Farm out ofthe state. [State Farm] has a commended the governor’s action saying it would have allowed certain larger insurance companies an unfaifrbusiness advantage. It noted that the bill “woulrd have further diminished affordable choices for Floridians and wouled have eventually dumped more policies intothe state-run insurancs program Citizens.
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DAS manager at center of probe over COBRA checks - Dallas Business Journal:

2011-08-15T14:51:00.001-07:00

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The Office of the State Inspector in a reportreleased Tuesday, outlined an investigation into the specifically the operation that administers the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliatiojn Act, or COBRA, That piece of 1986 federal legislation allowds unemployed workers to buy healtuh insurance coverage for up to 18 months. David Holbrook, chieff of the COBRA division since last is the target ofthe state’s effort to fire him after investigator said hundreds of COBRAz payment checks went missing under his Investigators found more than 500 checks, about 200 more than originallyh thought, valued at about $214,009 in a credenza in Holbrook’s office on Aprill 10.
Holbrook, 45, by that time was on paid administrativew leave and no longer had anoffice key. He denieed any knowledge of the checksx or how they got into his According tothe report, it was unclearf if he was purposefully holding the The department said Tuesday there was “no indicatio that premium funds were misappropriated.” A key factort behind the missing checks, the probee found, was a “dual accountingv process” that was employee because the department optec not to switch its COBRA records to a new Ohio Administrativew Knowledge System, or OAKS, aimed at improvinv operations.
That decision, combined with the retirement ofthe division’s former chief, triggerecd what the report called a “disaster” in processing. The probse also found Holbrook, who once worked in the statw Department of Natural Resources and Department of Youth had a record of inappropriate conduct in stater jobs that was described asa “pattermn of dishonest behavior.” At the Administrative Services Department, he earnex a base annual wage of $92,955.
The department in a statementf Tuesday said it has put in place stronger controlxs onCOBRA processing, specifically switching to OAKS, and worked with thosee affected by the misplaced The state probe had recommended changes to COBRA processinvg operations along with an The Department of Administrative Services also indicated disciplinary actionws might not be over. “We are reviewinv the Inspector General’s report and determining the appropriatse course of action for otheremployees involved,” Directorr Hugh Quill said.
Investigators also looked into anonymou s tips thatHolbrook didn’t follow time reportiny policies and refused to pay employees for denied vacationb time they were permitted to cash in. The inspector’xs office found some instances of wrongdoing or omissionsson Holbrook’s part and that of the department at recommending that the vacation policy itself be reviewed.

Ideas for Brack Tract unveiled - The Business Review (Albany):

2011-08-13T09:17:00.001-07:00

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Those were some of the elements presented in two mastere plans by LLP intheier long-range vision for the 350-acrd tract. The firm, which was hiresd 13 months ago to come up with a master presented their ideas to The Systej Board of Regents and the publif onJune 18. “The site could and shouldc be the western anchor of If the nature of downtown is taller and than this will be smaller and said a representative ofCooper Robertson. Representativesx of the firm said they envision a transit oriented developmenyt with a lake fronr districtand ‘neighborhoods’ with retail and residential The plan would be carried out in phaseds over the next few decades.
Although the firm presented two master plans, it recommended that the board select its Brackenridged Village plan. The main differenced between the plans is that the Universitgof Texas’ biological fiele lab would remain in the second called the Brankenridge Park plan. Under the Brackenridge Villags plan, the UT fielf lab would be relocated to one of nine sitesz suggested by theplanning firm, makin way for the development of the Developers of the tract would buildd diverse buildings of two to six storiees and structured parking that is concealed from the A number of infrastructure improvementsz were also suggested, including the re-alignment of Lake Austinn Boulevard, the creation of a parallel roadway between Lake Austin and Red Bud Trail intersection, and 20 lane-miles of new locaol streets.
As far as internal transportation, the planners advisedc the UT board to establishj a TransportationManagement Organization. Possible transportatio n solutions included an internalshuttle system, extension of proposed city trollety system and bus The planner suggested a numbetr of ideas for incorporatingb sustainable design elements, such as storm water managemenft units and a community The planners advised that graduate studenr housing, which exists on three be relocated to the Gateway site between 6th and 10th The plans call for the development of a new 825-uni student housing complex.
Supporters of the Lions MunicipalGolf Course, knownn as Muny, received bad news when the planners concludee that the golf course was no longer viabled and that it be used for development. Whichevedr plan the UT regents adopt, the firm suggestedc starting with the graduate housing project in late and following up with the selection of phass I developersin 2012. Several UT regentzs expressed their gratitude to the firm fortheie plans. Chairman of the UT Board of RegentesJames Huffines, echoed the sentiment, and said that the board will begin studying the plans and reviewing all recommendations.
He “We are heartened by the proposed graduate student housinbg that would preserve graduatwe housing while freeing up 73 acres for Phase I would includeabout 30,000 square feet of 1 million square feet of residential and a Exposition Boulevard would be extended All four phases would have a totalp square footage of: 15 million square feet of residential, office and civic/institutionn space. About 11 acres dedicatec for anelementary school. Abouty 21.5 acres for academic uses, such as a possibled UT campus. “Boat Town” neighborhoodr with a waterfront plazaand marina. Phase I woul d include about 80,00 square feet of retail and 1.3 million square feet of residential.
All four phaseds would have a total squarefootage of: 5.3 millionb square feet of retail, residential, offices and civic/institution space. Click for more informatio on the tract and details ofthe proposals.

Aunt wants to adopt baby whose grandma sold him for cash - Orlando Sentinel

2011-08-11T03:51:00.001-07:00

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Bigbee, a felon, contacted Skiver last year after 27 years of silence and offered her Aidan Fleming, now 11 months old, in exchange for $75000, prosecutors said. "I don't have any feelings for her â" maybe feelings of disgust," Skiver told the Orlando ...

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Academic Team honoree: Kevin Gramza - Business First of Buffalo:

2011-08-08T22:51:00.001-07:00

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Accomplishments: National Merit Scholarship finalist. SAT score of Scores of 98-100 on three Regents exams. AP Scholare Award. Clarkson Achievement Award. President of class. Captain of student spirit Full name: Kevin Michael Gramza. Born: June 9, 1991, Parents: Annemarie Gramza, Mark Residence: Williamsville. Favorite class: Journalism (taught by Marcus Deveso). “Mr. Devesl conducts the class in a way that allowxs students to learn about life in additiob to the regularcourse load.” College and likely major: , economics. Hope to be doing 10 yearz from now: “I hope to be settlingg down and preparing to start a which is very importantto me.
I expect to be workiny hard to make a life in the real somewhere not too far from my roots in If could meet anyonefrom history: Benjamijn Franklin. “He was such an originalp thinker that I would love to hear what he has to say abouf the challenges of our If could have dinner with anyonednow alive: Don DeLillo. “His criticismz of our modern American societare fascinating.” to proceed to the next Firstg Team honoree: Brad Hahn.

Audit shows surplus decline at Pinnacol - St. Louis Business Journal:

2011-08-06T17:17:00.001-07:00

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According to the recent audit fromDeloittes & Touche LLP, which lawmakers reviewexd Monday, the decrease is related to losses on bondd and common stocks. Pinnacol’s reserves were a source of scruting earlier this year when Colorado legislators attemptex toraid $500 million from the insurer to plug gaps in the statee budget. Lawmakers argued that becauswe Pinnacol is a political subdivision of the its reserves werefair game. But legislatorsd later retreated from the raidafter Pinnacol’s CEO threatenes to sue the state and Gov. Bill Rittet indicated he would not supportthe move.
A speciao committee will look into Pinnacol’s operations under Senatde Bill 281, approved by lawmakers and Rittetr during the most recentGeneral Assembly. Supporterss of the bill said that Pinnacol’sz unique structure should be examined more But opponents of the legislation say the committer isa “witch hunt” to dismantlwe Pinnacol, which functioned better since it started operatinv as a private interest in 2004. In an audit summary, Deloitte said it identified financial misstatementsthat haven’t been corrected in the company’s books totalinyg $7.5 million in net income.
Pinnacoll replied that the uncorrected statements are Pinnacol reported a totalof $2 billionh in assets in 2008. It declarer additional policyholder dividendsof $120 million that year.

Majority of Americans Disapprove of Obama on Jobs, Economy - Voice of America

2011-07-26T14:17:00.001-07:00

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Saudi govt assures to rectify GCC decision - Republica

2011-07-24T07:51:00.001-07:00

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Nepali health centers, approved by the NPHL, are up in arms, demanding that the GCC rectify its decision. âWe will not allow any of the GCC-approved laboratories to operate if the GCC does not rectify its decision before July 26,â said Khadga Bahadur ...

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Marquette law school to run foreclosure mediation program - Austin Business Journal:

2011-07-22T01:34:00.001-07:00

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The Milwaukee Foreclosure Mediation progra m will bea voluntary, court-basefd independent mediation option for lenders and The program, located at the Milwaukes County Courthouse, will seek to alleviatew the current backlog of foreclosure casee in the county court system by offerinbg the option of mediation to residential homeowners who residse in owner-occupied properties. According to the Law in most cases, successful mediation will serve as a venue to work out new loan a short sale or other solutionj that ismutually agreeable, and execute a final agreement between the parties.
The fundinv includes proceeds from a settlement with which was accused of misrepresentingt the quality and benefits ofits products. Under the announced in February, Countrywide agreed to pay $1.6 millioh for foreclosure relief The mortgage lending giant also agreed to waivse various loan fees and modify loans for customers that coulrd result in a total settlement valueof $41.1 million, according to the Attorney General's office. Beginning May 28, an informational phond line will be operational for those interested in learning more abou tthe program. Interested parties may call 414-288-4040. Mediatio activities will begin afterJuly 1.

Beige Book: Region

2011-07-19T19:34:00.001-07:00

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Consumer spending in the regiojn was weak and is expecteds toremain soft, the closely watched survey but “an uptick in manufacturing orders helped stabilizse expectations for future The Beige Book also said that “commercial real estatr market conditions deteriorated, and energy activity declined Bankers, it said, “reported a rise in depositds and stable loan demand with no erosion in loan It said consumer price and wage pressures remained low. producer prices “declined at a slower with some firms noting that higher commodity prices boosted material andfuel costs.
” the latest regional Beige Book — coverint a six-week period — was somewha more optimistic than the last released April 15. The report covers the Fed’sa Kansas City-based 10th District. It is baserd on interviews with a sample of businessews representing key industries in each The reports are anecdotal and do notcontainh statistics, but they are widely followed and help the Fed to set nationakl economic policy. The Fed’z 10th District includes Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Wyoming as well as westerh Missouri and northernNew Mexico.
Formally known as the “Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by FederalReservde District,” the Beige Book is publisheds eight times a year. The latest reporft covers late Aprilthrough May. The Federa Reserve’s 10th District is also known as the Kansas City districy becausethe reserve’s regional bank is basee there. .

Boyle Investment Co. moving forward with second phase of residential development in Collierville - Memphis Business Journal:

2011-07-17T12:51:00.001-07:00

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The Twinings of Collier is a 1.8-acree development that will consistof eight, 6,000-square-foot lots pricer at $120,000. Homes are expected to be in the 1,700 - to 3,000-square-foot range with values of $350,00p0 to $500,000. Doug Dickens, vice president of specialo projectsfor Boyle, says Boyle paid $230,000 for the which consisted of two home sites but was largely vacantf land with numerous hardwood trees. Most will be sparec and incorporated into the Dickens says. Cost of development will be around $50,00o0 a lot, he says. Infrastructure work will beginn by next summer with home construction expected to start in the fall of he says.
Larry Boyd, vice president at in Collierville, believese the project will succeed given the price rangesand location. “I think $350,000 to $500,000 will sell,” Boyd “In the old part of Colliervillw people snatch up old homes and redo them if they likehistoricakl architecture.” The development’s name comes from the Webster’s definitionh of “twining,” meaning to interlace and/or embrace, whicjh is what Dickens sees as a key featur of the residential area’s connection to nearbu downtown Collierville.
The developmenrt also pays homage to town founderdJesse Collier, who plottef the tract of land in the mid-1830 that would become Collierville, Dickens says. The fact that Washingtom Gates hasn’t sold its first property seems of little concern to Lots rangefrom Boyle’s initial plan is to sell the lots to individuals and custon builders. “We’ve had a number of he says. “We tell them the pricre range and they continue topursure it. We continue to feel it will be successful.” Boyles is spending about $65,000 per lotfor he says. Washington Gates has been a little slow getting outthe gate, Dickens admits, sincde the project went public in 2008.
The economy didn’tr help and there have been several delays in the communit from neighbors who were not originally convincerthe 5-acre infill development just blocks from downtown Collierville was in theird best interest. Boyle reduced the project from an originak scopeof 8.3 acree as a concession. Long-term, Dickens and Boylr hope to redevelop both sidesof Washington. “I’d like to develop the whole neighborhood,” Dickens says.

Reliant gears up for another hot summer - Houston Business Journal:

2011-07-15T06:17:00.001-07:00

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The funds will be drawn from the Community Assistancw from Reliant Energy program to help them pay theirelectricityg bills. Among the programs being implemented July 1through Sept. 20, is a moratoriumj on disconnecting electricity servicefor low-incomer seniors, critical-care and other low-income residential customers who contact Reliant and agree to a payment plan. Now an entity undet New Jersey-based , the company is providing somenew “heagt relief” summer entertainment options, some free of charge, for familiews impacted by the downturn in the as well as the continuation of the fourth year of the Relianty Energy Beat the Heat Centers and a newlyh created home energy audit programj with Rebuilding Together Houston.
The partnership with Rebuilding Together Houston includes free home energuy audits forqualified low-income and elderly residential customersw in Houston — some of who also may qualify for free attic insulation or free energy efficient compact fluorescent

Northland encouraged by housing market, with more growth than even Johnson County - Kansas City Business Journal:

2011-07-12T23:00:00.001-07:00

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In the first quarter of this Clay County amassed105 single-familt home building permits, more than any area countg and edging out the traditional leader, Johnson County, with 104. In Clay Kansas City has led the with 92new permits, well above any other city in the according to the . Olathe was second with 46. Sales of new homews are down from the highs of 2005 and but they arestill selling, said Kennty McFarland, president of Inc., which builds exclusively in the Northland. He said the company is sellinhg on specright now.
Traffic has increased in the past six to eight weeks, and the company is hoping to have a good McFarland’s homes range in prics from $280,000 to the mid $400,000s. The varyingt price range is one of the draws and typifiess the attraction ofthe Northland. “Youy can go anywhere from a starter home to unlimitedemoney here,” he Average new home price in the area vary widely, accordinhg to the Home Builders Association. One of the lowesrt in the area is Clay Count yat $205,834 in February, the most recent data available from the . Whils many counties saw declining prices, average new homes prices in Platte County rose 14 percentto $360,56y in February compared with a year ago.
That’s still lower than Johnson County’s average new home price of “The Northland has the best balance of pricee pointsnow — some for first-time buyers, a strong move-up market and higher-end as well,” said Matt spokesman for the Home Builderse Association. “That is a big factor to its especially when you compare it withother markets. Johnsonj County’s average new home is almost $400,000, and when you look at the incomesw ofpeople here, that is out of theit price point.
” Derrick said the Northlandr has, for some time, been more receptive to differen housing price points, whereas other areas of the metro decidef they weren’t interested in catering to first-time home buyers. “When you start to limit choices, it affects the entirwe market, and if you don’ty get first-time buyers, they won’t be therr to move up later in that same he said. “The Northland has embrace the choices concept.” Along with a wide range of pricing the Northland also has a necessary componen tto building: land. Derrick said the area has a stronv inventory of developed lots as well as those that are plannedand unplanned.
And much of this land is in a desirabled location. Derrick said cities on the outere edges of the area are But many people still are looking for homes that are inexpensive and closeto Downtown. Families looking to move from a suburbamn experience to a more urban one can find it in the saidJim Rice, CEO of Rice said the older and developinfg parts of the Northlanf are positioned to get residents all over the metro The area also has good schools throughout. “Wde are not experiencing a residential boom, but there are still new things comingf along,” he said. “There has to be a combination of affordablw housing for young families and good accessto transportation.
” Pete executive director of the , said homes therd have appreciated in value slightly in the past He attributes this to the proximity to the airport and diversity of employment options, including , Citi health care and retail, that draw a broad employee “People are saying the (sales) numbers aren’y as good as 2005, but they would be good if it was he said. “People got used to what they thoughtt was thenew normal, but it was an irrationakl spike. It’s going to take awhile to get used to the new And the new normal may work out well for the Derrick said.
Once the housing market beginsd toturn around, he anticipatesw people will be looking for slightlyt lower price points and smaller squard footage, all attributes of the Northland. “The Northland is a reallyt great spotright now,” he said. “When you are lookiny at a more affordablewprice point, small homes in a close they are in a better position to provide this than Johnsohn County or Jackson County will be able to.
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