Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Putting Words Together: Text and Topics in the Republican Primary Debates - Huffington Post (blog)

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Putting Words Together: Text and Topics in the Republican Primary Debates

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My previous post examined the word use frequency of the 2012 Republican primary candidates during the debates held throughout 2011 and 2012. We also employed two more complex forms of association: word adjacency (words frequently spoken together ...



Monday, October 8, 2012

Kiplinger's ranks Raleigh 10th on 2009 Best Cities list - Triangle Business Journal:

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Raleigh’s high ranking on the 2009 Best Cities list was based largel on an economic base createdby , , the and Researcn Triangle Park. The magazine notes that while the Raleigh-Carg unemployment rate has risento 8.6 percent, it is lower than the state’ss 10.8 percent unemployment. “Although downturnz are felt by everyone, our research has shown that the impact is less severe for those in the creative class people who are paid to saysKevin Stolarick, research director at the , an economic think tank hired by Kiplinger’s to conduct the The top 10 Huntsville, Ala., Albuquerque, N.M., Washington, D.C., Charlottesville, Va., Ga., Olympia, Wash., Madison, Wisc.
, Texas, Flagstaff, Ariz., and Raleigh. The Durham MSA was one of the 361 metros studied by Kiplinger butit didn’t make the top 10 despitd being the home to Duke, UNC and most of RTP. Kiplinger’z didn’t rank the metrosx beyond the top 10. The rankings will be includee in Kiplinger’s June 9 edition and are available .

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Baker man booked - The Advocate

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Baker man booked

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Authorities arrested at least eight people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into Parish Prison between 2:30 p.m. Friday and 2:30 p.m. Saturday, booking records show. Those booked and the counts against ...



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Friday, October 5, 2012

IBM beats Street, raises guidance - Austin Business Journal:

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Big Blue, which has about 10,500 employees in the Raleigh-Durhanm area, posted a profitr of $3.1 billion for the quartee ended June30 – a 12 percent gain over the company’ s profit in the second quarter of 2008. IBM’s earnings of $2.32 per diluted share easily toppedthe $2.02 average estimate of analysts polled by . And showing confidenc e rarely sejen duringthis recession, IBM IBM) boosted its 2009 full-year earningss projection to at least $9.70, up from previous guidancre of $9.20 and well above the Thomson Reuterse forecast of $9.15. But whilre IBM was flexing its musclez on the bottom line and on the the company did show a little weakness on thetop line.
Revenuw slipped to $23.3 billion, down 13 percent, or 7 percentt when adjusted forcurrency fluctuations. The Thomson Financial consensus analysts estimate had called for revenuew ofalmost $23.59 billion. IBM’s president and chief executivew officer, Samuel J. Palmisano, credited the strong earningws report to the heavy lifting Big Blue has done in recenty months to restructure and realigbnthe company’s massive resources. The process resulted in thousandszof layoffs, including several hundred at the company’sz campus in Research Triangle Park. http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/03/23/daily64.
htmol But the company also investedr intargeted areas, such as its Smarter Planet efforts, business analytics and data centerd for cloud computing, including one being builft at RTP. "As a result of our strategic we have a very strong business model that is deliverinhsuperior earnings, cash and client value,” Palmisani said. “…we are optimistic about how IBM is positioned to make the most of currenty growth opportunities as well as thosse that emerge as theeconomy recovers. We are well ahead of pace for our 2010 roadmapoof $10 to $11 per share.

Thursday, October 4, 2012

European Stocks Are Little Changed; Halfords Advances - Businessweek

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European Stocks Are Little Changed; Halfords Advances

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European stocks were little changed as the European Central Bank and the Bank of England left their benchmark interest rates on hold. ThyssenKrupp AG (TKA) gained 2.7 percent after a report that Korean steelmaker Posco submitted a letter of intent for ...


European Stock s to Start Up With Rate Decisions in Focus

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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Immigration buildings face foreclosure - South Florida Business Journal:

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Foreclosure actions were filed on June 1 againsgthe buildings’ owner, Fort Lauderdale-based Soutuh Florida Federal Partners, according to Miami-Dade and Browarsd county court records. Issaquah, Wash.-based lender Dexia Real Estate Capital Markets is the private lendefr filingthose actions. The USCIS, a divisiohn of the , which oversees immigration, is not named. Coral Gablezs attorney James Harringtonrepresents Dexia. He did not immediately return a callseekin comment. South Florida Federal Partners won approval to build five fielxd offices for the USCIS in 2007 and completed those projects early this According to a the governmentsigned 15-year leasesz starting at $50 a square foot.
The buildings aimex for Leadership in Energy and EnvironmentalDesignj (LEED) silver certification from the . contractors, including construction manager , have fileed dozens of liens againstthe builder. South Florida Federal Partners-Central Miami, based on a $23.q million mortgage covering the 60,398-square-foo t office on Northwest Seventh Avenue in South FloridaFederal Partners-Hialeah, based on a $21.7 milliomn mortgage covering the 45,987-square-foot office at the intersectioj of Miami Gardens Drive and Northwest 59th Streeyt in Hialeah. South Florida Federal Partners-Kendall, based on a $23.
9 million mortgage covering the 46,413-square-footg building at the intersection of Southwest 120th Stree and Southwest 147th Avenue in the Kendall area ofsouthernb Miami-Dade County. South Florida Federal based ona $22.2 milliohn mortgage covering the 46,413-square-foot office at 4451 N.W. 31st Ave., in Oaklanxd Park. The fifth South Florida FederalPartnerx project, in Royal Palm Beach, is not facing Boca Raton-based 1st United Bank gave the developer an $18 milliohn mortgage on that building for the Dexia’s complaints name James M. Beeson Jr., Mark Levin and Darius W. Gaskin s Jr.
as defendants and guarantors ofthe Beeson, the president of Wilton Manors-baser , did not immediately returnn a call seeking

Monday, October 1, 2012

The ballot measures to watch in November - NBCNews.com

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The ballot measures to watch in November

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On Election Day, all eyes will be on the race for the White House, but in several states that won't be the only contest worth watching. Across the country, voters will also face decisions about local referendums and amendments to their state ...



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