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Access Mailing signed a 7,000-square-foott lease on 38th Street South for a new warehouser anddistribution location. Owens & Mino Distribution Inc. renewed its 80,450-square-foot lease at Cahabas Valley Business Park. The company distributes medicalk and surgical supplies to hospitals and integrater healthcare systems. Brad Moffat and Stuart Brock with EGS represented the landlords in both AllSouth ApplianceGroup Inc. leased 6,000 square feet of showroo m and warehouse space inPelham Promenade. This is the secons location for the appliance Mark Byers of EGS represented the tenant and Mark Dinab of Mark Dinan Commercial Investment Real Estate representedthe Dr. Nancy E.
Pajaro will relocate her office from Physicianss Medical Center Carrawayto 1,656 square feet at Edwardsx Lake Professional Building near Trussville. Eric T. Rogerxs of EGS represented the tenant and Chip Wattsd of WattsRealty Co. Inc. represented the Law firm Christian & Small LLP renewex its lease in the Financial Cente in downtown and expanded itto 36,596 square feet on the 17th and 18th floord of the building.
Murray Bromstad of EGS representedthe
Friday, December 31, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Sears Struggles to Stay Relevant with New Movie Download Service - Investorplace.com
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CNET | Sears Struggles to Stay Relevant with New Movie Download Service Investorplace.com The service enables Sears and Kmart customers to buy digital copies of their favorite flicks the same day they are released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. ... Sears, Kmart Debut Digital-Movie Rental, Sales Site Sears launches digital movie business Rovi Corp. to buy Novato's Sonic Solutions |
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Real deals: Airways Business Center sells for $7.27M - Kansas City Business Journal:
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County records show that the building, located at 2460 Airpor Blvd., includes 162,000 square feet of space and was completesdin 2007. The buyer is El Prado Inn LLC ofSants Barbara, Calif. The four sellers are led by Pacificas Commercial RealEstate Group, also of Santa as Pacifica Airways II LLC. Pacifica’s portionm of the sales price was $4.75 million. The three otheer sellers were California entities locatedin Altadena, Los Angelexs and Santa Barbara, which each sold its part of the propertgy for $843,300. The partners acquired the warehouse in 2008for $8.567 million from Principal Development Investoras LLC of Des Moines, Iowa.
• 2305 Tremont Place, Denver 80205 — Focus Investments Ltd. of Denver has sold this retaio building at Tremont and Park Avenue Westfor $1 millio n to Tremont Holdings LLC of Broomfield, according to Broomfieldc County real estate records. 3800 S. Federal Englewood 80110 — A company affiliated with Denve r developer Evan Makovsky of Shames MakovskhyRealty Co. has purchased property in Englewood for according to Arapahoe County real estate The seller was FirstNational • The Carillon at Boulder Creek, Boulder — Developerr MGL Partners LLC of Denver recently closedf a $41.
1 million construction loan for this 117-unit, senior-livingf project currently under construction. The loan is part of the FederaklHousing Administration’s (FHA) 232 loan program, and was originated by AmeriSpher e Financial LLC and purchased by Evanston Financial Corp. The Carillon is schedulec to be completed by late summerof 2010. Its operatinf partner is One Eighty LLCof • Shops at Walnut Creek, U.S.
Highwahy 36 and Church Ranchn Boulevard, Westminster — Pine Tree Commercial Realty LLC of owner of this newshopping center, welcomed three new tenants in Apri l — Dollar Tree (10,000 square feet), Famous Footweat (7,200 square feet) and Pacifix Dental (3,000 square feet). • Taxi, 3455 Ringsby Denver 80216 — Pilates Aligned Inc. has opened its new locatiom at ZeppelinDevelopment Inc.’ s mixed-use Taxi project in the River North The Pilates exercise studio’s firsgt location is at 1110 Acomwa St. in the Golden Triangle. DecorAsian, 1787 S.
Broadway, Denvere 80210 — This store recentl opened in the old Chair King Owner Rusty Staff bought the buildiny from Brownell Bailey in Februaryfor $1.25 according to Denver County property records.
County records show that the building, located at 2460 Airpor Blvd., includes 162,000 square feet of space and was completesdin 2007. The buyer is El Prado Inn LLC ofSants Barbara, Calif. The four sellers are led by Pacificas Commercial RealEstate Group, also of Santa as Pacifica Airways II LLC. Pacifica’s portionm of the sales price was $4.75 million. The three otheer sellers were California entities locatedin Altadena, Los Angelexs and Santa Barbara, which each sold its part of the propertgy for $843,300. The partners acquired the warehouse in 2008for $8.567 million from Principal Development Investoras LLC of Des Moines, Iowa.
• 2305 Tremont Place, Denver 80205 — Focus Investments Ltd. of Denver has sold this retaio building at Tremont and Park Avenue Westfor $1 millio n to Tremont Holdings LLC of Broomfield, according to Broomfieldc County real estate records. 3800 S. Federal Englewood 80110 — A company affiliated with Denve r developer Evan Makovsky of Shames MakovskhyRealty Co. has purchased property in Englewood for according to Arapahoe County real estate The seller was FirstNational • The Carillon at Boulder Creek, Boulder — Developerr MGL Partners LLC of Denver recently closedf a $41.
1 million construction loan for this 117-unit, senior-livingf project currently under construction. The loan is part of the FederaklHousing Administration’s (FHA) 232 loan program, and was originated by AmeriSpher e Financial LLC and purchased by Evanston Financial Corp. The Carillon is schedulec to be completed by late summerof 2010. Its operatinf partner is One Eighty LLCof • Shops at Walnut Creek, U.S.
Highwahy 36 and Church Ranchn Boulevard, Westminster — Pine Tree Commercial Realty LLC of owner of this newshopping center, welcomed three new tenants in Apri l — Dollar Tree (10,000 square feet), Famous Footweat (7,200 square feet) and Pacifix Dental (3,000 square feet). • Taxi, 3455 Ringsby Denver 80216 — Pilates Aligned Inc. has opened its new locatiom at ZeppelinDevelopment Inc.’ s mixed-use Taxi project in the River North The Pilates exercise studio’s firsgt location is at 1110 Acomwa St. in the Golden Triangle. DecorAsian, 1787 S.
Broadway, Denvere 80210 — This store recentl opened in the old Chair King Owner Rusty Staff bought the buildiny from Brownell Bailey in Februaryfor $1.25 according to Denver County property records.
Friday, December 24, 2010
MSPs reject workers bill - BBC News
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Herald Scotland | MSPs reject workers bill BBC News Labour MSP Hugh Henry's member's bill sought to create a specific statutory offence for the assault of public employees whose work brings them face-to-face ... Staff protection Bill is rejected by Holyrood Worker assault bill faces defeat Plea to back Bill to protect shopworkers |
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Oregon to receive $288,000 for credit card hacks - Portland Business Journal:
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the parent company of stores. Oregon Attornet General John Kroger on Tuesday announced the settlementt withTJX Cos. over a data breacy that exposed an estimated 94 million crediyt and debit card numbers nationwideeto hackers. The 41-state settlement involves what is believer to be the largest ever data breach by a Hackers intercepted the credit and debiy card numbers between 2005and 2007. Anyone in Oregom who used a credit or debit card to purchase goodafrom T.J. Maxx or Marshalls in that time fram e could havebeen affected. The settlemen t requires TJX to implement and maintain a comprehensive informationsecurithy program. TJX also will repor regularly to theattorneys general.
Under the TJX must: • Appropriately segment from the rest of the TJX computee system portions of the system that storw informationby firewalls, access controls, and other appropriate measures; and Implement proper security password management for portionx of the TJX computer system that store, process or transmit personapl information.
the parent company of stores. Oregon Attornet General John Kroger on Tuesday announced the settlementt withTJX Cos. over a data breacy that exposed an estimated 94 million crediyt and debit card numbers nationwideeto hackers. The 41-state settlement involves what is believer to be the largest ever data breach by a Hackers intercepted the credit and debiy card numbers between 2005and 2007. Anyone in Oregom who used a credit or debit card to purchase goodafrom T.J. Maxx or Marshalls in that time fram e could havebeen affected. The settlemen t requires TJX to implement and maintain a comprehensive informationsecurithy program. TJX also will repor regularly to theattorneys general.
Under the TJX must: • Appropriately segment from the rest of the TJX computee system portions of the system that storw informationby firewalls, access controls, and other appropriate measures; and Implement proper security password management for portionx of the TJX computer system that store, process or transmit personapl information.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Doing Business in St. Charles: Land out west - Memphis Business Journal:
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When BJC completes its planned $32.1 milliob data center in O’Fallon next year, it will join , and as majorf companies with data centers along the Highway 40 corridorin St. Charle s County. The new facilith will include 1,850 servers, and BJC has developed a plan to make use of the heat that all of thosed machinesput out. Maybe homebuilders should start growingb grapes or building data centers on theierunused land. The housing slump has been felt especiallyu hardin St. Charles where more than 10,000 home lots sit ready for One real estate expert considers thata six- or seven-year compared to a two-year supply before the market sunk.
As demand has dropped, so have Lots that used to costbetween $30,000 to $40,000p apiece, are now going for as low as $15,0000 in some cases.
When BJC completes its planned $32.1 milliob data center in O’Fallon next year, it will join , and as majorf companies with data centers along the Highway 40 corridorin St. Charle s County. The new facilith will include 1,850 servers, and BJC has developed a plan to make use of the heat that all of thosed machinesput out. Maybe homebuilders should start growingb grapes or building data centers on theierunused land. The housing slump has been felt especiallyu hardin St. Charles where more than 10,000 home lots sit ready for One real estate expert considers thata six- or seven-year compared to a two-year supply before the market sunk.
As demand has dropped, so have Lots that used to costbetween $30,000 to $40,000p apiece, are now going for as low as $15,0000 in some cases.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
With Martin behind the plate, will Montero go ... - ESPN (blog)
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CBC.ca | With Martin behind the plate, will Montero go ... ESPN (blog) One scout I spoke to on Wednesday said he thinks Montero could play two or three times a week behind the plate eventu » |
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Europe's Bondholders Shouldn't Share Bailout Cost, Denmark Says - BusinessWeek
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Moneycontrol.com | Europe's Bondholders Shouldn't Share Bailout Cost, Denmark Says BusinessWeek Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Euro-area senior bondholders shouldn't have to share the cost of bailing out the region's most indebted members as ... EU summit eyes euro bailout, tough conditions, no referenda (Roundup) |
Saturday, December 11, 2010
D.C. Mayor taps Valerie Santos as deputy mayor - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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Santos, as chief operating officer undefr Albert, has been closely involvedf in decision-making on many of the real estatse dealsAlbert managed, including major city projectx such as Poplar Albert began his new job as city administratod on Monday, replacing Dan Tangherlini, who is takin g a job in the Obama administration. "In Ms. we not only have a steady hand who knowdthe job, we have someone who is a consummate professional who will bring private-sector talents to get the job Fenty said.
Santos was previously a vice president at commercial real estate services firm and a managerwith 's real estate She holds both an MBA and master's of public policu from the Kennedy School of Government at . Santows has displayed a no-nonsense approach appearing as Albert’s stand-in to testify at D.C. Council meetings and in public forumw representing the city when hewas unavailable. She is already gettingy her feet wet in dealing with the politica l aspects ofthe job. On when the D.C.
Council was busy squarinhg away final details of budget implementation Santosand Albert’s othedr top deputy, Director of Development Davixd Jannarone, moved around the Wilson Building seeking changes from councilo members. Santos apparently was not Fenty’s initial choice to be deputyh mayor. Greg O’Dell, Washington Convention Center Authority CEO and a former stafr member of thedeputy mayor’s office, had been consideree a top candidate to replace Albert, but a sourced close to O'Dell says he was offered the job and turnex it down.
O’Dell would not confirm that, but indicatee he would remain in hiscurrent post, where he is now taskerd with seeking public financing for all of a $550 million convention center hotel. “The boardr and the mayor have every expectation of me completinv all the tasks Ihave here,” he said. Fentty would not say whether he had offered the jobto O’Delll or anyone else before Santos. He announced the pick outsidr the Walker Jones Elementary which is being rebuilt as part of a new Northwest One and said shewas “the first persojn who has risen to the deputy mayor’ position from within the ranks.” “I thino it’s a great sign for the D.C.
government that not only does Valeriwe Santos have amazing experience in the private sectorr butthat she’s been hard at work servinb the people of the District of Columbia for the last two the mayor said. He said Santos shared the vision that he and Albert had for how economic development in the city shouldbe run, not by owning or overly managinh projects but by allowing the private sector to bring ideas to the city. “We should try to just facilitatde development. We’ve got the greatest business community in the worlf herein D.C. We don’tr need to try to replicate what they’rd doing. We don’t need an emphasis on owning or building inthe D.C.
We need to facilitate. And to do so, we need to hire the best and the brightesfand we’ve done Santos, 36, who lives in Columbia Heights, was workintg for Jones Lang LaSalle as a consultantg to the city when Albert -- whom she calledd a mentor -- recruitecd her to work for him. She is believecd to be the first woma to serve in the rolefor D.C. and will manag e 65 employees and as well as oversee the Officdeof Planning, Department of Housing and Communitty Development, the Office of Property Managemengt and the Washington D.C.
Economic Partnership, a “In the coming weeks my goal is to ensuree asmooth transition, which I expect will be relativelu easy, because I am very fortunate to manage a very talentexd and skilled team,” she said. She said she woulsd continue to move projects all overthe city, with a particuladr focus on those east of the Anacostiw River, such as the planned redevelopment of St. Elizabeths Hospital in Southeast D.C. “We will continuse to focus on implementingMayor Fenty’ss vision for economic development.
In the context of the current economicf climate, we will focus on business attraction and retention and in continuing to providde tools to allow our local businessand not-for-profits to grow,” she A member of the D.C. Council who regularly butt s headswith Albert, Councilman Kwamde Brown, D-at large and chair of the economivc development committee, issued a press release during the announcemeng saying he was disappointed he was not invited but sayinhg Santos “has the experienc and the operational knowledge” for the job and that her appointmeng was “an opportunity to forge a new relationshi between the Council and the executive to create jobs for Districtt residents, new opportunities for local businesses, more affordablwe housing and to efficiently move projects to completion.
”
Santos, as chief operating officer undefr Albert, has been closely involvedf in decision-making on many of the real estatse dealsAlbert managed, including major city projectx such as Poplar Albert began his new job as city administratod on Monday, replacing Dan Tangherlini, who is takin g a job in the Obama administration. "In Ms. we not only have a steady hand who knowdthe job, we have someone who is a consummate professional who will bring private-sector talents to get the job Fenty said.
Santos was previously a vice president at commercial real estate services firm and a managerwith 's real estate She holds both an MBA and master's of public policu from the Kennedy School of Government at . Santows has displayed a no-nonsense approach appearing as Albert’s stand-in to testify at D.C. Council meetings and in public forumw representing the city when hewas unavailable. She is already gettingy her feet wet in dealing with the politica l aspects ofthe job. On when the D.C.
Council was busy squarinhg away final details of budget implementation Santosand Albert’s othedr top deputy, Director of Development Davixd Jannarone, moved around the Wilson Building seeking changes from councilo members. Santos apparently was not Fenty’s initial choice to be deputyh mayor. Greg O’Dell, Washington Convention Center Authority CEO and a former stafr member of thedeputy mayor’s office, had been consideree a top candidate to replace Albert, but a sourced close to O'Dell says he was offered the job and turnex it down.
O’Dell would not confirm that, but indicatee he would remain in hiscurrent post, where he is now taskerd with seeking public financing for all of a $550 million convention center hotel. “The boardr and the mayor have every expectation of me completinv all the tasks Ihave here,” he said. Fentty would not say whether he had offered the jobto O’Delll or anyone else before Santos. He announced the pick outsidr the Walker Jones Elementary which is being rebuilt as part of a new Northwest One and said shewas “the first persojn who has risen to the deputy mayor’ position from within the ranks.” “I thino it’s a great sign for the D.C.
government that not only does Valeriwe Santos have amazing experience in the private sectorr butthat she’s been hard at work servinb the people of the District of Columbia for the last two the mayor said. He said Santos shared the vision that he and Albert had for how economic development in the city shouldbe run, not by owning or overly managinh projects but by allowing the private sector to bring ideas to the city. “We should try to just facilitatde development. We’ve got the greatest business community in the worlf herein D.C. We don’tr need to try to replicate what they’rd doing. We don’t need an emphasis on owning or building inthe D.C.
We need to facilitate. And to do so, we need to hire the best and the brightesfand we’ve done Santos, 36, who lives in Columbia Heights, was workintg for Jones Lang LaSalle as a consultantg to the city when Albert -- whom she calledd a mentor -- recruitecd her to work for him. She is believecd to be the first woma to serve in the rolefor D.C. and will manag e 65 employees and as well as oversee the Officdeof Planning, Department of Housing and Communitty Development, the Office of Property Managemengt and the Washington D.C.
Economic Partnership, a “In the coming weeks my goal is to ensuree asmooth transition, which I expect will be relativelu easy, because I am very fortunate to manage a very talentexd and skilled team,” she said. She said she woulsd continue to move projects all overthe city, with a particuladr focus on those east of the Anacostiw River, such as the planned redevelopment of St. Elizabeths Hospital in Southeast D.C. “We will continuse to focus on implementingMayor Fenty’ss vision for economic development.
In the context of the current economicf climate, we will focus on business attraction and retention and in continuing to providde tools to allow our local businessand not-for-profits to grow,” she A member of the D.C. Council who regularly butt s headswith Albert, Councilman Kwamde Brown, D-at large and chair of the economivc development committee, issued a press release during the announcemeng saying he was disappointed he was not invited but sayinhg Santos “has the experienc and the operational knowledge” for the job and that her appointmeng was “an opportunity to forge a new relationshi between the Council and the executive to create jobs for Districtt residents, new opportunities for local businesses, more affordablwe housing and to efficiently move projects to completion.
”
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Twin Cities apartment market soured in Q4 - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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The vacancy rate climbed to 4.9 percentf at the end of 2008, up from 4.2 percentf a year earlier. The vacancy rate also was at 4.2 percentt in the third quarterof 2008. The averags rent climbed to $906 in 2008, up from $899 in 2007. rents fell 1.7 percenf during the fourth quarterof 2008. Development, has slowed. The market addefd approximately 1,200 new units last year, but GVA expecte fewer than 500new market-rate unitsd to be completed in noting that several projects have been put on hold due to financingv problems or decreased demand.
“Given the slowdown in under normal circumstances we would expect vacancyt rates to hold fairly stead over thecoming months,” GVA Vice Presidenft Brent Wittenberg wrote in the report. “However, if the economhy gets worse over the coming months as many economists have resulting in furtherjob losses, we could begihn to see additional doubling up of renters, othera moving in with parents, That could lead to rising vacancy rates and declining rentds again in 2009, he said.
The vacancy rate climbed to 4.9 percentf at the end of 2008, up from 4.2 percentf a year earlier. The vacancy rate also was at 4.2 percentt in the third quarterof 2008. The averags rent climbed to $906 in 2008, up from $899 in 2007. rents fell 1.7 percenf during the fourth quarterof 2008. Development, has slowed. The market addefd approximately 1,200 new units last year, but GVA expecte fewer than 500new market-rate unitsd to be completed in noting that several projects have been put on hold due to financingv problems or decreased demand.
“Given the slowdown in under normal circumstances we would expect vacancyt rates to hold fairly stead over thecoming months,” GVA Vice Presidenft Brent Wittenberg wrote in the report. “However, if the economhy gets worse over the coming months as many economists have resulting in furtherjob losses, we could begihn to see additional doubling up of renters, othera moving in with parents, That could lead to rising vacancy rates and declining rentds again in 2009, he said.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Government-backed SBA loans could spare auto dealers - Portland Business Journal:
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Many lenders have stopped makingv so-called floorplan loans becausethey haven’t been able to sell them on the secondarty market. Through these lines of credit, auto dealers borro w against theirvehicle inventory, repay the debt when vehiclesa are sold, and then borrow again to add more John Lyboldt, NADA’s vice president of dealershipl operations, applauded the SBA and President Barack Obamsa “for understanding that any efforty to revitalize the auto industry simply will not work untiol dealer credit issues are resolved.
” “The success and continued operatiob of thousands of small, family-owne auto dealerships across the country are directlt connected to their ability to purchase both new and used vehicles to offeer their customers,” Lyboldt said. Beginning July 1, the SBA will guarantese 75 percent of floorplan lines of credit througnhits 7(a) business loan program. SBA lenders will make the which will rangefrom $500,000 to $2 million. Dealers in automobiles, recreationak vehicles, motorcycles, boats and manufactured homes are eligibl forthe loans. The loans will be available througu Sept. 30, 2010, and possibly longer if the SBA decides to extend thepilor program.
Floorplan loans previously were ineligible forthe 7(a) “Countless small businesses, including dealerships, acroses the country are facing significant challenges as a result of the uncertaint y in the auto SBA Administrator Karen Mills said. “Floorplan financingt can offer some dealerships the opportunity to get througbh these tough economic times by allowing them to keep theitr inventory and cashflow intact, as well as save the jobs theses small businesses provide.” Sen. Mary D-La.
, and Olympia D-Maine, the top-ranking members of the Senats Small Business andEntrepreneurship Committee, noterd that auto dealers, like other small businesses, will benefitt from the temporary elimination of fees on 7(a) loanss that was included in the economic stimulus bill. More auto dealerds became eligiblefor 7(a) loans when the agencu changed its rules May 1 so that more businesse s with high sales volume but low profit margins couldc qualify as small businesses. Previously, only auto dealerzs with less than $29 million in annual sales qualifiedefor 7(a) loans.
“Nearly 20 percent of all retailk purchases are new carsand trucks, so expanding access to credi t for dealers will not only help the strugglingy auto industry but aid the overall economy as Lyboldt said. Md. schools get $589M Maryland schools will receivse $589 million from the federal stimulus package, the U.S. Department of Educatiobn said June 1. The state will use the moneyy to improve public schools andcommunity colleges. Maryland learned it will receivwe the money after applying for American Recovery and Reinvestmengt Act fundsin April.
To receive the money, Maryland had to assured it will collect and analyze data on the quality ofclassroom teachers, student improvements and efforts to turn arounr underperforming schools. The state also has to report the numbee of jobs saved through the tax increases that were averted and how the fundzsare used. Maryland will be eligibler to apply foranother $290 million this To date, Maryland has received $180 milliomn in education stimulus funds. Maryland will receivew nearly $122 million in federal stimulus funds to help boost state watetr infrastructure projects and improve theChesapeakw Bay. The announcement was made June 2 at Bladensburg Waterfronft Parkby U.S. Sen. Benjamin L.
a Maryland Democrat and chairman of the Senate environmental and publivc works water andwildlife subcommittee. Other statd officials will be on hand for the The funds will be used to construct water infrastructured projects thatcreate jobs, protect publif health and bolster the Chesapeake Bay, accordinf to a press release. Specific projectes were not yet unveiled.
Many lenders have stopped makingv so-called floorplan loans becausethey haven’t been able to sell them on the secondarty market. Through these lines of credit, auto dealers borro w against theirvehicle inventory, repay the debt when vehiclesa are sold, and then borrow again to add more John Lyboldt, NADA’s vice president of dealershipl operations, applauded the SBA and President Barack Obamsa “for understanding that any efforty to revitalize the auto industry simply will not work untiol dealer credit issues are resolved.
” “The success and continued operatiob of thousands of small, family-owne auto dealerships across the country are directlt connected to their ability to purchase both new and used vehicles to offeer their customers,” Lyboldt said. Beginning July 1, the SBA will guarantese 75 percent of floorplan lines of credit througnhits 7(a) business loan program. SBA lenders will make the which will rangefrom $500,000 to $2 million. Dealers in automobiles, recreationak vehicles, motorcycles, boats and manufactured homes are eligibl forthe loans. The loans will be available througu Sept. 30, 2010, and possibly longer if the SBA decides to extend thepilor program.
Floorplan loans previously were ineligible forthe 7(a) “Countless small businesses, including dealerships, acroses the country are facing significant challenges as a result of the uncertaint y in the auto SBA Administrator Karen Mills said. “Floorplan financingt can offer some dealerships the opportunity to get througbh these tough economic times by allowing them to keep theitr inventory and cashflow intact, as well as save the jobs theses small businesses provide.” Sen. Mary D-La.
, and Olympia D-Maine, the top-ranking members of the Senats Small Business andEntrepreneurship Committee, noterd that auto dealers, like other small businesses, will benefitt from the temporary elimination of fees on 7(a) loanss that was included in the economic stimulus bill. More auto dealerds became eligiblefor 7(a) loans when the agencu changed its rules May 1 so that more businesse s with high sales volume but low profit margins couldc qualify as small businesses. Previously, only auto dealerzs with less than $29 million in annual sales qualifiedefor 7(a) loans.
“Nearly 20 percent of all retailk purchases are new carsand trucks, so expanding access to credi t for dealers will not only help the strugglingy auto industry but aid the overall economy as Lyboldt said. Md. schools get $589M Maryland schools will receivse $589 million from the federal stimulus package, the U.S. Department of Educatiobn said June 1. The state will use the moneyy to improve public schools andcommunity colleges. Maryland learned it will receivwe the money after applying for American Recovery and Reinvestmengt Act fundsin April.
To receive the money, Maryland had to assured it will collect and analyze data on the quality ofclassroom teachers, student improvements and efforts to turn arounr underperforming schools. The state also has to report the numbee of jobs saved through the tax increases that were averted and how the fundzsare used. Maryland will be eligibler to apply foranother $290 million this To date, Maryland has received $180 milliomn in education stimulus funds. Maryland will receivew nearly $122 million in federal stimulus funds to help boost state watetr infrastructure projects and improve theChesapeakw Bay. The announcement was made June 2 at Bladensburg Waterfronft Parkby U.S. Sen. Benjamin L.
a Maryland Democrat and chairman of the Senate environmental and publivc works water andwildlife subcommittee. Other statd officials will be on hand for the The funds will be used to construct water infrastructured projects thatcreate jobs, protect publif health and bolster the Chesapeake Bay, accordinf to a press release. Specific projectes were not yet unveiled.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
AIDS prevention demands a holistic approach - Washington Post
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Fox News | AIDS prevention demands a holistic approach Washington Post Former president George W. Bush's attention to America's role in the global fight against HIV/AIDS is welcome ["AIDS in Africa: Why it's America's fight," ... World Marks Nearly 30 Years Of AIDS Gays assured of access to HIV services Aids: Is the tide turning? |
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Experts from Pakistan, India call for implementing Bali Declaration - Associated Press of Pakistan
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Experts from Pakistan, India call for implementing Bali Declaration Associated Press of Pakistan NEW DELHI, Dec 1 (APP): Experts and journalists from Pakistan, India and other regional countries have underlined the need for implementation of Bali ... |
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Facebook, Think settle trademark dispute - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Palo Alto-based Facebook and Think did not disclose terms ofthe settlement. Think's CEO and founder, Aaron attended Harvard with Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg in where bothwere "entrepreneurially minded the companies said. Starting in August Think releaseda Web-based student portal callesd houseSYSTEM through a Harvard student This software was designed to make life easief for students, faculty, and alumni. By September houseSYSTEM featured asection (devised and implemented by Greenspan) called "The Universal Face Book" (sometimesz called "The Face Book").
Think's system containe a number of features, including a coursde scheduler, student marketplace, email service, automaticx birthday reminder, message photo album, digital flyer advertising, event calendar (witbh online RSVP's), map integration, job placement, and local business At launch, houseSYSTEM did not featurse member profiles due to campus security Profiles were added after Zuckerberg launched Faceboo inFebruary 2004, along with new allowing friends to recors the way they had met and notingy the strength of their "Aaron and I studied togethee at Harvard and I'vd always admired his entrepreneurial spirit and love of buildint things.
I appreciate his hard work and innovatiom that led tobuilding houseSYSTEM, includingv the Universal Face Book feature. At I was even a member of houseSYSTEM. We are pleasedx that we've been able to amicablt resolveour differences," Zuckerberg said in a preparesd statement. "I am glad that my contributionxs have been recognized by said Greenspan. "Mark has built a tremendous compantyat Facebook, and I wish them continued success in the future.
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Palo Alto-based Facebook and Think did not disclose terms ofthe settlement. Think's CEO and founder, Aaron attended Harvard with Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg in where bothwere "entrepreneurially minded the companies said. Starting in August Think releaseda Web-based student portal callesd houseSYSTEM through a Harvard student This software was designed to make life easief for students, faculty, and alumni. By September houseSYSTEM featured asection (devised and implemented by Greenspan) called "The Universal Face Book" (sometimesz called "The Face Book").
Think's system containe a number of features, including a coursde scheduler, student marketplace, email service, automaticx birthday reminder, message photo album, digital flyer advertising, event calendar (witbh online RSVP's), map integration, job placement, and local business At launch, houseSYSTEM did not featurse member profiles due to campus security Profiles were added after Zuckerberg launched Faceboo inFebruary 2004, along with new allowing friends to recors the way they had met and notingy the strength of their "Aaron and I studied togethee at Harvard and I'vd always admired his entrepreneurial spirit and love of buildint things.
I appreciate his hard work and innovatiom that led tobuilding houseSYSTEM, includingv the Universal Face Book feature. At I was even a member of houseSYSTEM. We are pleasedx that we've been able to amicablt resolveour differences," Zuckerberg said in a preparesd statement. "I am glad that my contributionxs have been recognized by said Greenspan. "Mark has built a tremendous compantyat Facebook, and I wish them continued success in the future.
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Friday, November 26, 2010
New Resource Bank gets cease-and-desist order from regulators - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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The $166 million San Francisco bank gota cease-and-desisft order from the and the California Department of Financialk Institutions on May 29. The bank was ordererd to pay particular attention to its lending polices relatin g to construction loans as well as loans made to bank The bank said the order was based onthe bank’s condition on Sept. 30, and that it has already made some progress on meeting theregulatords demands. “New Resource Bank currently has high levelsz of capitaland liquidity,” Vincent president and CEO, said in a statement.
“Like many financial institutions, we are facing a challenging economivc climate that resultedin under-performing loans in the real estatd construction and development sector. “We are working with borrowers to reduceour problem-loan exposure and have made significant Siciliano said. The bank raised almost $15 millionb in a stock offeringlast September. As of Marcu 31, the bank said its risk-based capital ratio was 18.97 percent -- almostt double the 10 percent benchmark of a bank considerewell capitalized.
In addition to bringing on Siciliano as CEO, the bank also hired Bill Peterson as chief credit officer and Charmain Detweiler as chief financial The bank’s board also recentlyy elected Mark Finser as chairman. He has 25 years of experienc e insocial finance. New Resourcew Bank, now serving 2,000 opened in October 2006 to promotre green businessesand practices.
The $166 million San Francisco bank gota cease-and-desisft order from the and the California Department of Financialk Institutions on May 29. The bank was ordererd to pay particular attention to its lending polices relatin g to construction loans as well as loans made to bank The bank said the order was based onthe bank’s condition on Sept. 30, and that it has already made some progress on meeting theregulatords demands. “New Resource Bank currently has high levelsz of capitaland liquidity,” Vincent president and CEO, said in a statement.
“Like many financial institutions, we are facing a challenging economivc climate that resultedin under-performing loans in the real estatd construction and development sector. “We are working with borrowers to reduceour problem-loan exposure and have made significant Siciliano said. The bank raised almost $15 millionb in a stock offeringlast September. As of Marcu 31, the bank said its risk-based capital ratio was 18.97 percent -- almostt double the 10 percent benchmark of a bank considerewell capitalized.
In addition to bringing on Siciliano as CEO, the bank also hired Bill Peterson as chief credit officer and Charmain Detweiler as chief financial The bank’s board also recentlyy elected Mark Finser as chairman. He has 25 years of experienc e insocial finance. New Resourcew Bank, now serving 2,000 opened in October 2006 to promotre green businessesand practices.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Enoch Pratt Free Library cuts hours, Sunday service at some branches - Baltimore Business Journal:
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The move is part of a $2 millionj cut made to the library’s budget as part of Mayor Sheila Dixon’s strategy to closee a $65 million budget deficit the city face infiscal 2010. The Centrap Library downtown will close at7 p.m. Monday througyh Wednesday, an hour earlier than its currenf schedule. On Thursdays, the librarg will close a half-hour earlier at 5 p.m. In Friday hours at the system’ds Hamilton, Herring Run and Light Street branchess havebeen eliminated. The Southeast Anchor Library will no longet offer Sunday hours in the falland winter. The Enoch’d Night Owl Service, a weeknight phone reference service, will also be cut July 1.
The system’s fiscal 2010 budget is arounde $41.5 million, $2 million less than 2009, spokesmamn Roswell Encina said. “We’re hopinh this won’t be permanent, but you never know,” he said Tuesday.
The move is part of a $2 millionj cut made to the library’s budget as part of Mayor Sheila Dixon’s strategy to closee a $65 million budget deficit the city face infiscal 2010. The Centrap Library downtown will close at7 p.m. Monday througyh Wednesday, an hour earlier than its currenf schedule. On Thursdays, the librarg will close a half-hour earlier at 5 p.m. In Friday hours at the system’ds Hamilton, Herring Run and Light Street branchess havebeen eliminated. The Southeast Anchor Library will no longet offer Sunday hours in the falland winter. The Enoch’d Night Owl Service, a weeknight phone reference service, will also be cut July 1.
The system’s fiscal 2010 budget is arounde $41.5 million, $2 million less than 2009, spokesmamn Roswell Encina said. “We’re hopinh this won’t be permanent, but you never know,” he said Tuesday.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Obama: 'Doing nothing' about health care not an option - Triangle Business Journal:
http://www.norwoodstingrays.com/portal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=102&Itemid=110
“Health care reform is not something I just cooker up when Itook office,” Obama told a crowrd of about 1,500 people Thursday at in the Green Bay suburb of Ashwaubenon. “It is central to our economid future. In past years and there may have been some disagreement onthis point. But not Earlier this month, Obama said he wantes Congress to pass a comprehensive health care bill by the end of the summedrso it's ready for his signature by Many Democrats, including the favor a government-sponsored health insurance plan that would compete with private insurerss and be available for people not eligiblse for other government health care programs such as Medicard or Medicaid.
Most Republicans and many business groups, say a competing plan that isn’t profit-driven wouldc drive private insurers outof business. On Thursday, the , a physicians group Obama is scheduled to meet with Mondayin Chicago, said it is opposed to a government-sponsored insurance plan. Obama said his administration is working on a Healthj Insurance Exchange that would allow people to compared insurance benefits and None of the plans included in the exchangs would be allowed to deny coverage basedon pre-existing conditiond and all must include an basic benefit option.
“I also strongly believe that one of the optionsz in the Exchange should be a public insurancweoption – because if the private insurancde companies have to competer with a public option, it will keep them honesft and help keep prices down,” Obama said. Supporterxs of health care reform say it wouls provide health insurance coverage to millions of Americansz and make coverage more affordable for those who arealreadh covered. Because health insurance premiums have doubled over the last nine and have grown at a rate thres times fasterthan wages, even those with coverage have reached a breakin point, Obama said.
Employers are not faring any Small business owners have been forced to cut healtu care benefits or drop coverage entirely because ofrisingh costs, Obama said. “We have the most expensive health care system inthe world,” Obama said. “We spend almosg 50 percent more per person on health care than the next mostcostly nation. But here’s the thing, Greej Bay: we’re not any healthier for it.” Obama vowed to let Americans who are conten t with their coverage and theif physicians keep what they but he said the country has reacheds a point where doing nothing about the cost of health care is no longean option.
“If we do nothing, withinb a decade we will be spending one out of every five dollars we earn onhealth care,” Obama said. “In 30 years, it will be one out of evergy three.” Obama acknowledged covering all Americans would be expensive but promised health care reform woule not add tothe country’sd deficit over the next 10 “To make that happen, we have alreadgy identified hundreds of billions worth of savings in our budget savings that will come from steps like reducing Medicare overpaymenta to insurance companies and rooting out fraud and abuse in both Medicare and Obama said.
In addition, Obamqa is proposing that Congress scale back the amount thatthe highest-incomse Americans can deduct on their taxes. That money then could be used to help financehealth care. Obama spoke for about 20 minutes and then took questionsx from six people in the audienc e who expressed fearover “socialized medicine,” asked questions about wellness and even questionexd the country’s education system. Regarding the idea of socializec medicine, Obama said that isn’t what he, or anyone in Congress, wants.
“Health care reform is not something I just cooker up when Itook office,” Obama told a crowrd of about 1,500 people Thursday at in the Green Bay suburb of Ashwaubenon. “It is central to our economid future. In past years and there may have been some disagreement onthis point. But not Earlier this month, Obama said he wantes Congress to pass a comprehensive health care bill by the end of the summedrso it's ready for his signature by Many Democrats, including the favor a government-sponsored health insurance plan that would compete with private insurerss and be available for people not eligiblse for other government health care programs such as Medicard or Medicaid.
Most Republicans and many business groups, say a competing plan that isn’t profit-driven wouldc drive private insurers outof business. On Thursday, the , a physicians group Obama is scheduled to meet with Mondayin Chicago, said it is opposed to a government-sponsored insurance plan. Obama said his administration is working on a Healthj Insurance Exchange that would allow people to compared insurance benefits and None of the plans included in the exchangs would be allowed to deny coverage basedon pre-existing conditiond and all must include an basic benefit option.
“I also strongly believe that one of the optionsz in the Exchange should be a public insurancweoption – because if the private insurancde companies have to competer with a public option, it will keep them honesft and help keep prices down,” Obama said. Supporterxs of health care reform say it wouls provide health insurance coverage to millions of Americansz and make coverage more affordable for those who arealreadh covered. Because health insurance premiums have doubled over the last nine and have grown at a rate thres times fasterthan wages, even those with coverage have reached a breakin point, Obama said.
Employers are not faring any Small business owners have been forced to cut healtu care benefits or drop coverage entirely because ofrisingh costs, Obama said. “We have the most expensive health care system inthe world,” Obama said. “We spend almosg 50 percent more per person on health care than the next mostcostly nation. But here’s the thing, Greej Bay: we’re not any healthier for it.” Obama vowed to let Americans who are conten t with their coverage and theif physicians keep what they but he said the country has reacheds a point where doing nothing about the cost of health care is no longean option.
“If we do nothing, withinb a decade we will be spending one out of every five dollars we earn onhealth care,” Obama said. “In 30 years, it will be one out of evergy three.” Obama acknowledged covering all Americans would be expensive but promised health care reform woule not add tothe country’sd deficit over the next 10 “To make that happen, we have alreadgy identified hundreds of billions worth of savings in our budget savings that will come from steps like reducing Medicare overpaymenta to insurance companies and rooting out fraud and abuse in both Medicare and Obama said.
In addition, Obamqa is proposing that Congress scale back the amount thatthe highest-incomse Americans can deduct on their taxes. That money then could be used to help financehealth care. Obama spoke for about 20 minutes and then took questionsx from six people in the audienc e who expressed fearover “socialized medicine,” asked questions about wellness and even questionexd the country’s education system. Regarding the idea of socializec medicine, Obama said that isn’t what he, or anyone in Congress, wants.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Kohl's to launch Lauren Conrad brand - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
http://www.anganusa.com/article/First-Lesson-on-the-Ways-of-Hollywood.html
The new LC Lauren Conrad exclusiveto Kohl's, will launch in 300 stores in October with a line of The brand may expand into additiona l categories such as footwear, jewelry, intimates and sleepwear and will ultimately expanfd to all stores nationwide. The launch of LC Laurebn Conrad buildson Kohl’s private and exclusivs brand strategy, which has been well received by customers and accounted for nearlyy 42 percent of total sales in 2008. Famouz names backing Kohl's brands include Vera Dana Buchman andBritney Spears, who is backinvg Kohl's Department Stores' Candie's brande under a marketing partnership announced April 1.
Retail prices for the LC Lauren Conrard line will rangefrom $20 to $60 and represents a more modesrt priced line than the Lauren Conrad Collection, a high-ens brand previously available only in upscale boutiques. A montgh ago, Conrad announced that she was taking a hiatusw from theupscale brand. In a press release, Kohl's seniorf executive vice president Don Brennan calledx Conrada "pop culture icon whose styld resonates with our contemporary customer.” Laurenn Conrad starred in MTV’s "Laguna and her spin-off series, "The Hills," whichb is in its fifth season.
“We are confident the LC Laurejn Conrad collection brings customers both the contemporary style andthe world-classe brands they want at a price that delivers incrediblde value,” Brennan said. Under the long-term licensiny agreement with , Conrad and Kohl’ws will collaborate on the design ofthe Kohl’s will lead the manufacturing, distribution and marketing of the collection.
Conrad’s image and likenesx is also expected to be leverageed throughout integratedmarketing vehicles, including national in store graphics, online and digitaol media, direct mail and public By the end of April, Kohl’s KSS) will operate 1,022 stores in 49
The new LC Lauren Conrad exclusiveto Kohl's, will launch in 300 stores in October with a line of The brand may expand into additiona l categories such as footwear, jewelry, intimates and sleepwear and will ultimately expanfd to all stores nationwide. The launch of LC Laurebn Conrad buildson Kohl’s private and exclusivs brand strategy, which has been well received by customers and accounted for nearlyy 42 percent of total sales in 2008. Famouz names backing Kohl's brands include Vera Dana Buchman andBritney Spears, who is backinvg Kohl's Department Stores' Candie's brande under a marketing partnership announced April 1.
Retail prices for the LC Lauren Conrard line will rangefrom $20 to $60 and represents a more modesrt priced line than the Lauren Conrad Collection, a high-ens brand previously available only in upscale boutiques. A montgh ago, Conrad announced that she was taking a hiatusw from theupscale brand. In a press release, Kohl's seniorf executive vice president Don Brennan calledx Conrada "pop culture icon whose styld resonates with our contemporary customer.” Laurenn Conrad starred in MTV’s "Laguna and her spin-off series, "The Hills," whichb is in its fifth season.
“We are confident the LC Laurejn Conrad collection brings customers both the contemporary style andthe world-classe brands they want at a price that delivers incrediblde value,” Brennan said. Under the long-term licensiny agreement with , Conrad and Kohl’ws will collaborate on the design ofthe Kohl’s will lead the manufacturing, distribution and marketing of the collection.
Conrad’s image and likenesx is also expected to be leverageed throughout integratedmarketing vehicles, including national in store graphics, online and digitaol media, direct mail and public By the end of April, Kohl’s KSS) will operate 1,022 stores in 49
Friday, November 19, 2010
Fein buys into familiar territory - Houston Business Journal:
http://dotkomm.net/OnThe%20Road.html
The firm, which has spent the last 20 yearx developing multifamily projects in Houstonand elsewhere, purchasecd two Inner Loop apartment complexes last week — the firstt transactions under the new strategyy and the first time Martin Fein has acquiredr an existing project in a decade. Martinm Fein returned to familiar territory by acquiring the Belmont Apartments andCarltonj Apartments, both of which were built by the companyh itself. The 294-unit Belmont located at 3000 Bissonnet, were completeed in 1992. The Carltonm Apartments, with 222 units, were built at 3805 West Alabama in 1993.
“We thought this would be a greag opportunity to start anacquisition program,” says Jason Schlanger, Marti Fein’s vice president of development. “It’d a way for us to adapt to thiscurrenty environment.”
The firm, which has spent the last 20 yearx developing multifamily projects in Houstonand elsewhere, purchasecd two Inner Loop apartment complexes last week — the firstt transactions under the new strategyy and the first time Martin Fein has acquiredr an existing project in a decade. Martinm Fein returned to familiar territory by acquiring the Belmont Apartments andCarltonj Apartments, both of which were built by the companyh itself. The 294-unit Belmont located at 3000 Bissonnet, were completeed in 1992. The Carltonm Apartments, with 222 units, were built at 3805 West Alabama in 1993.
“We thought this would be a greag opportunity to start anacquisition program,” says Jason Schlanger, Marti Fein’s vice president of development. “It’d a way for us to adapt to thiscurrenty environment.”
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
OnLive introducing flat-rate monthly plan for back catalog, indie titles - Joystiq
http://www.yijianjianli.com/article/Personalized-Chocolate--Meeting-the-Promotional-Need-in-the-Sweetest-Manner.html
IGN | OnLive introducing flat-rate monthly plan for back catalog, indie titles Joystiq Like with the decision to eliminate a monthly subscription fee for the service, Perlman said that the idea of flat-rate pricing was something that was ... Hands On: OnLive's Cloud-Based Game Console |
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
PHIL MILLER'S SHORT TAKES - Minneapolis Star Tribune
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PHIL MILLER'S SHORT TAKES Minneapolis Star Tribune ̢ۢ Damarlo Belcher, the Big Ten's leading pass-catcher, dropped a fourth-down pass in the end zone in the final minute Saturday, dooming Indiana to a painful ... |
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Ford sales climb to highest level since July - Dayton Business Journal:
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But sales were down 24.2 percent compare d with May 2008, when the company sold 213,238 For the first five monthzsof 2009, Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford (NYSE: F) sold 620,303 compared with 981,150 units during the same period a year a 36.8 percent decline. In a sign that buyersx might be coming back to the luxuryvehiclee market, Ford’s Lincoln division reporte that it sold 8,566 units in May, a 2.2 perceng increase over May 2008, when it sold 8,36 units. Sales of Ford Explorers declined 34.6 percent, to 5,314 units from 8,122 units a year ago. Sales of the Mercurt Mountaineerdropped 45.2 percent, to 402 from 734 unitas a year earlier.
Sales of F-Seriesx pickup trucks, including Super Duty trucks dropped 22.3 to 33,381 units, from 42,973 units in May 2008. Sales of Ford Expedition SUVs declinef40 percent, to 3,150 unitxs from 5,252 units a year earlier. Salezs of the Lincoln Navigatordropper 40.6 percent, to 790 units from 1,320 units a year Ford saw year-over-year gains in some of its car The company sold 19,786 Fusion sedans in May, up 9.4 percenty from the year-earlier period when it sold 18,088 Lincoln sold 1,553 Town Cars in May, up 103.3 percent from May when it sold 764 of the luxuryh vehicles. Ford’s Volvo division sold 590 of its S60 up 9 percent from May when it sold542 units.
Also Tuesday, Ford announcerd a summer promotion to draw more consumersdto dealerships. Through June 30, the automaker will coved as much as three monthe of payments upto $2,100, and its Ford Credit subsidiary will offer zero percent financing on selecrt Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles. Ford operatesw a transmission plantin Sharonville.
But sales were down 24.2 percent compare d with May 2008, when the company sold 213,238 For the first five monthzsof 2009, Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford (NYSE: F) sold 620,303 compared with 981,150 units during the same period a year a 36.8 percent decline. In a sign that buyersx might be coming back to the luxuryvehiclee market, Ford’s Lincoln division reporte that it sold 8,566 units in May, a 2.2 perceng increase over May 2008, when it sold 8,36 units. Sales of Ford Explorers declined 34.6 percent, to 5,314 units from 8,122 units a year ago. Sales of the Mercurt Mountaineerdropped 45.2 percent, to 402 from 734 unitas a year earlier.
Sales of F-Seriesx pickup trucks, including Super Duty trucks dropped 22.3 to 33,381 units, from 42,973 units in May 2008. Sales of Ford Expedition SUVs declinef40 percent, to 3,150 unitxs from 5,252 units a year earlier. Salezs of the Lincoln Navigatordropper 40.6 percent, to 790 units from 1,320 units a year Ford saw year-over-year gains in some of its car The company sold 19,786 Fusion sedans in May, up 9.4 percenty from the year-earlier period when it sold 18,088 Lincoln sold 1,553 Town Cars in May, up 103.3 percent from May when it sold 764 of the luxuryh vehicles. Ford’s Volvo division sold 590 of its S60 up 9 percent from May when it sold542 units.
Also Tuesday, Ford announcerd a summer promotion to draw more consumersdto dealerships. Through June 30, the automaker will coved as much as three monthe of payments upto $2,100, and its Ford Credit subsidiary will offer zero percent financing on selecrt Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles. Ford operatesw a transmission plantin Sharonville.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Girardi back to likely navigate final days of Yanks' elder core - Tampabay.com
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ABC News | Girardi back to likely navigate final days of Yanks' elder core Tampabay.com NEW YORK â€" Joe Girardi understands that by signing for three more years with the Yankees he will have the delicate task of guiding an aging "Core Four" ... Radical Idea: Move Away From the Core Four |
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Aussies search for missing French chopper - Sydney Morning Herald
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Aussies search for missing French chopper Sydney Morning Herald It disappeared in bad weather on Thursday evening, and a distress beacon was sent from an ice field about 60 nautical miles from the Dumont-d'Urville ... French helicopter missing in Antarctica French helicopter missing in Antarctica |
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
People on the Move: June 15 - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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Erika Szatmari has joined Goodman & Co. as an associated in the firm’s Tysons Corner office. Priort to joining Goodman Co., she was a junior controller for a smalll IT solutions companyin Fairfax. Alexandria-basee Gifts In Kind International announced that Cindy Hallberlin has been appointef presidentand CEO. Prior to joiningb Gifts In Kind, Hallberlin served as the chief diversity and accountability officerfor , a national broadline distributod serving the multi-billion-dollar foodservicew industry.
She possesses more than 27 yeara of experience in labor andemploymenrt law, alternative dispute resolution, public relations, ethics and compliance and corporate social responsibility. As the chief ethicxs and compliance officer followinga $1 billion she contributed to the culturalo transformation of U.S. Foodservice by developingt exceptional ethics training andawareness programs, a risk assessmen t strategy and a model code of Prior to joining U.S. Foodservice, Hallberlin developex and successfully managedthe ’s REDRESS employment mediation program, which successfully resolvef more than 80 percent of discrimination claims and resultede in $60 million in cost avoidance.
Jose Parad a has joined LLC, a D.C. mortgags company, as branch managetr of the Hispanic division. Ted Cadmus joined , a , as managingb director of the , which is comprised of officezin D.C., McLean and Alexandria. At in Fairfax, Tamalqa Gardner joined as senior commercialo loan officer and Carmine Eberhardt joined as assistant branch Anne Woodbury has joined the a global health carecommunicationz firm, as senior vice president and managing director of a new D.C. TogoRun’s D.C. team will work with clients toaffecy legislative, regulatory and purchasing decisions at both the federalp and state level.
Previously, Woodbury was a seniofr vice presidentat , where she launcheed and served as managing director for Healthh Solutions Navigator, a specialty arm of the firm that focusesa on health care public affairs. Prior to joiningt Fleishman-Hillard in 2004, Woodbury served as chief health advocate for the Centeer forHealth Transformation. Edward Allmann , formerd director of marketingfor , has joinedr Global Communicators LLC in D.C. as a seniodr international adviser in charge of new businessz development and clientmarketing services.
Allmann worked for Colonialp Williamsburg for the last eightg years and had also been directoer ofthe foundation’s hospitality advertising and public relationse before becoming marketing directo r in 2002. From 1990 to Allmann held a successionof high-level advertising and public relationz positions with Allmann was deputyy director of the consumer products group at in New York for two Leigh George has joined Moiré Studio in D.C. as directo of strategy. George has nearly a decad e of agency and corporate experience creating and managinbgintegrated brands.
In her new position, she will providse strategic directionfor Moiré’s branding and marketing Before joining Moiré, George was an account executived at Greenfield/ Belser, a professional services design and marketing firm based in D.C., where she managedf national accounts including and Venable LLP. Previously, at a research company based in George managedthe firm’ss corporate brand across 15 Health communications and public affairs firm Spectrum in D.C. namee Katherine J. Maynard as its chiefc operating officer, a new position. In 1998, Maynar relocated to Washington and joined Spectrum from one ofthe firm’s charter clients, a biotechnology company.
Sincwe then, she has directed strategy and execution of communicationsw programs for nationwide pharmaceutical product launchese and patient advocacycommunications campaigns, spanning the women’s health oncology, dermatology, infertility, contraception and cardiology She became executive vice president of client services in early 2007, and today counsels healtu industry, hospitals, medical professional societies and third-part organization clients of Spectrum. At Spectrum, Maynard will assume responsibilit y for overall management ofthe firm’ s day-to-day operations, including client business development, finance and human resources. Arlene M.
Hill has been nameed director of the Kogod Center for Caree Developmentin ’s . Hill will serv e as chief career services officer for graduate andundergraduate students, provide leadership for employer direct on campus recruitment efforts includinhg tracking and outcomes reporting, and manages the KCCD’s resources related to career programming, tools, and software. Hill comes to AU from wher e she served as associatre director of MBA career management in the and previouslyg as associate director of employefr and alumni relations in the main campuscareet center. She also has held career management roles atand .
Her industrgy experience includes project management roles with ZKS Real Estatre and the in In addition, Dr. Anne Ferrante has been appointes director of graduate programs at the Kogod School of Ferrante will have senior management responsibilithyfor Kogod’s graduate degree portfolio and ensurse quality in program development, curriculumj management, and the student academic experience including advisingv and student services.
Ferrante comews to AU from the school of management at the wherew she served as director of the global leadership executive MBA She also has spent several years working in industrywith AT&T/Lucentf Technologies in various organizational development and humah resources roles. Emmy-award winning journalist Frank Sesno has been namer the new directorof . Currently a professodr of media and public affairsat GW, he will assum e his new position in September, succeeding Lee Huebner who returns to GW’s faculty. Sesno is directofr of GW’s Public Affairs Project.
His careerd in journalism spans more than threre decades and includes 21 yearsat , whered he served as White House correspondent, anchor and Washington bureauu chief. At GW, Sesno’s expertise focuses on the media’s impact on public policy. In 2008, he partnered with Ambassadodr Karl Inderfurth at the to bring five former Secretaries of State to GW to discuss the challenges facing the nextAmericann President. in Arlington named Gregory R. Allehn executive director for small business andveteranes affairs. In Allen’s 30-plus yearsw of experience, he has been a strategifc partner with the Departments ofVeterans Defense, Commerce, Treasury and Agriculture.
Allen’s dutiez include leading corporate policy, strategic plannin g and business development. His experiencde includes workingfor 8(a), SDB, Hub-zone, woman-ownesd and Native American smallo businesses. He has workedf with the , individual agenciez and large-business prime contractors.
Erika Szatmari has joined Goodman & Co. as an associated in the firm’s Tysons Corner office. Priort to joining Goodman Co., she was a junior controller for a smalll IT solutions companyin Fairfax. Alexandria-basee Gifts In Kind International announced that Cindy Hallberlin has been appointef presidentand CEO. Prior to joiningb Gifts In Kind, Hallberlin served as the chief diversity and accountability officerfor , a national broadline distributod serving the multi-billion-dollar foodservicew industry.
She possesses more than 27 yeara of experience in labor andemploymenrt law, alternative dispute resolution, public relations, ethics and compliance and corporate social responsibility. As the chief ethicxs and compliance officer followinga $1 billion she contributed to the culturalo transformation of U.S. Foodservice by developingt exceptional ethics training andawareness programs, a risk assessmen t strategy and a model code of Prior to joining U.S. Foodservice, Hallberlin developex and successfully managedthe ’s REDRESS employment mediation program, which successfully resolvef more than 80 percent of discrimination claims and resultede in $60 million in cost avoidance.
Jose Parad a has joined LLC, a D.C. mortgags company, as branch managetr of the Hispanic division. Ted Cadmus joined , a , as managingb director of the , which is comprised of officezin D.C., McLean and Alexandria. At in Fairfax, Tamalqa Gardner joined as senior commercialo loan officer and Carmine Eberhardt joined as assistant branch Anne Woodbury has joined the a global health carecommunicationz firm, as senior vice president and managing director of a new D.C. TogoRun’s D.C. team will work with clients toaffecy legislative, regulatory and purchasing decisions at both the federalp and state level.
Previously, Woodbury was a seniofr vice presidentat , where she launcheed and served as managing director for Healthh Solutions Navigator, a specialty arm of the firm that focusesa on health care public affairs. Prior to joiningt Fleishman-Hillard in 2004, Woodbury served as chief health advocate for the Centeer forHealth Transformation. Edward Allmann , formerd director of marketingfor , has joinedr Global Communicators LLC in D.C. as a seniodr international adviser in charge of new businessz development and clientmarketing services.
Allmann worked for Colonialp Williamsburg for the last eightg years and had also been directoer ofthe foundation’s hospitality advertising and public relationse before becoming marketing directo r in 2002. From 1990 to Allmann held a successionof high-level advertising and public relationz positions with Allmann was deputyy director of the consumer products group at in New York for two Leigh George has joined Moiré Studio in D.C. as directo of strategy. George has nearly a decad e of agency and corporate experience creating and managinbgintegrated brands.
In her new position, she will providse strategic directionfor Moiré’s branding and marketing Before joining Moiré, George was an account executived at Greenfield/ Belser, a professional services design and marketing firm based in D.C., where she managedf national accounts including and Venable LLP. Previously, at a research company based in George managedthe firm’ss corporate brand across 15 Health communications and public affairs firm Spectrum in D.C. namee Katherine J. Maynard as its chiefc operating officer, a new position. In 1998, Maynar relocated to Washington and joined Spectrum from one ofthe firm’s charter clients, a biotechnology company.
Sincwe then, she has directed strategy and execution of communicationsw programs for nationwide pharmaceutical product launchese and patient advocacycommunications campaigns, spanning the women’s health oncology, dermatology, infertility, contraception and cardiology She became executive vice president of client services in early 2007, and today counsels healtu industry, hospitals, medical professional societies and third-part organization clients of Spectrum. At Spectrum, Maynard will assume responsibilit y for overall management ofthe firm’ s day-to-day operations, including client business development, finance and human resources. Arlene M.
Hill has been nameed director of the Kogod Center for Caree Developmentin ’s . Hill will serv e as chief career services officer for graduate andundergraduate students, provide leadership for employer direct on campus recruitment efforts includinhg tracking and outcomes reporting, and manages the KCCD’s resources related to career programming, tools, and software. Hill comes to AU from wher e she served as associatre director of MBA career management in the and previouslyg as associate director of employefr and alumni relations in the main campuscareet center. She also has held career management roles atand .
Her industrgy experience includes project management roles with ZKS Real Estatre and the in In addition, Dr. Anne Ferrante has been appointes director of graduate programs at the Kogod School of Ferrante will have senior management responsibilithyfor Kogod’s graduate degree portfolio and ensurse quality in program development, curriculumj management, and the student academic experience including advisingv and student services.
Ferrante comews to AU from the school of management at the wherew she served as director of the global leadership executive MBA She also has spent several years working in industrywith AT&T/Lucentf Technologies in various organizational development and humah resources roles. Emmy-award winning journalist Frank Sesno has been namer the new directorof . Currently a professodr of media and public affairsat GW, he will assum e his new position in September, succeeding Lee Huebner who returns to GW’s faculty. Sesno is directofr of GW’s Public Affairs Project.
His careerd in journalism spans more than threre decades and includes 21 yearsat , whered he served as White House correspondent, anchor and Washington bureauu chief. At GW, Sesno’s expertise focuses on the media’s impact on public policy. In 2008, he partnered with Ambassadodr Karl Inderfurth at the to bring five former Secretaries of State to GW to discuss the challenges facing the nextAmericann President. in Arlington named Gregory R. Allehn executive director for small business andveteranes affairs. In Allen’s 30-plus yearsw of experience, he has been a strategifc partner with the Departments ofVeterans Defense, Commerce, Treasury and Agriculture.
Allen’s dutiez include leading corporate policy, strategic plannin g and business development. His experiencde includes workingfor 8(a), SDB, Hub-zone, woman-ownesd and Native American smallo businesses. He has workedf with the , individual agenciez and large-business prime contractors.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Chrysler
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The North Assembly plant, which producee Dodge Ram trucks, had been by the end of September, so Chrysler’sz announcement Wednesday provided anexacr date. The Fenton North plant is set to resumes production June 29 untilJuly 10, Chryslerd said, and then will remain idled “contingent upon The truck segment has taken a particular hit as auto saleas have declined. Dianna Gutierrez, a Chrysledr spokeswoman, said workers at the plant will have an opportunith to transfer to other production sitexs or take part in an incentivre program forearly retirement, special early retirement and/or an enhanced voluntary termination She didn’t have exact details of the new offee but said it would be similar to previous offers that includex lump-sum cash payments, vehicle vouchers and health-care The North Plant employed 1,200 workers prior to recent buyout offers.
About 640 the buyout and early retirement offers by a May26 deadline. The Nortb Assembly plant was idled in early but was one of seven plants where Chrysler production following the idlin of all its plants when it filede for Chapter 11 bankruptcyApril 30. After its brief the plant was then expecteed to close fora two-week summer break the weeks of July 13 and 20. Chrysler emerged from bankruptc when Italian carmaker Fiat closed a deal to takeover Chrysler’s assets.
Chrysler’s South Plant in which assembles minivans, was idled at the end of Another 115 of its more than 350 worker s had accepted offers fromChrysler
The North Assembly plant, which producee Dodge Ram trucks, had been by the end of September, so Chrysler’sz announcement Wednesday provided anexacr date. The Fenton North plant is set to resumes production June 29 untilJuly 10, Chryslerd said, and then will remain idled “contingent upon The truck segment has taken a particular hit as auto saleas have declined. Dianna Gutierrez, a Chrysledr spokeswoman, said workers at the plant will have an opportunith to transfer to other production sitexs or take part in an incentivre program forearly retirement, special early retirement and/or an enhanced voluntary termination She didn’t have exact details of the new offee but said it would be similar to previous offers that includex lump-sum cash payments, vehicle vouchers and health-care The North Plant employed 1,200 workers prior to recent buyout offers.
About 640 the buyout and early retirement offers by a May26 deadline. The Nortb Assembly plant was idled in early but was one of seven plants where Chrysler production following the idlin of all its plants when it filede for Chapter 11 bankruptcyApril 30. After its brief the plant was then expecteed to close fora two-week summer break the weeks of July 13 and 20. Chrysler emerged from bankruptc when Italian carmaker Fiat closed a deal to takeover Chrysler’s assets.
Chrysler’s South Plant in which assembles minivans, was idled at the end of Another 115 of its more than 350 worker s had accepted offers fromChrysler
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Business Alliance joins corporate tax fray - The Business Review (Albany):
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The proposal, put forward by House and Senatwe Democrats, would boost the state’s corporatre minimum tax from thecurrent $10 level to betweej $150, for companies earning less than $500,000, and $100,000 for companiesz earning more than $250 million. “Thwe $10 Oregon corporate minimum tax has become a sourcer of public scrutinyand controversy,” wrotde Steve Holwerda, the group's chair, in a news “We agree that the minimum tax should be but believe the changes must be modest and reasonabled as the minimum taxes all (C-corporations) whethed they are profitable or not.
” chief operating officer of Portland’s Ferguson Wellman Capital Management, added that the proposal “would be a major disincentived to operating a business in Oregon and is particularly harmful to businesses that are alreadt losing money.” Holwerda sent a lette r to the group's members a day aftetr Democrats have revised a May proposal that wouldc have charged a minimum between $250 and $60,000. The group also callefd for the state to use rainytday funds, reserve funds and stimulus money to help solvwe Oregon’s $4.2 billion shortfall. The groulp further expressed concernabout “what appears to be an sentiment” in Salem.
“For our state to be all sectors need to be successful and we need to join together to makethat happen,” Holwerda said.
The proposal, put forward by House and Senatwe Democrats, would boost the state’s corporatre minimum tax from thecurrent $10 level to betweej $150, for companies earning less than $500,000, and $100,000 for companiesz earning more than $250 million. “Thwe $10 Oregon corporate minimum tax has become a sourcer of public scrutinyand controversy,” wrotde Steve Holwerda, the group's chair, in a news “We agree that the minimum tax should be but believe the changes must be modest and reasonabled as the minimum taxes all (C-corporations) whethed they are profitable or not.
” chief operating officer of Portland’s Ferguson Wellman Capital Management, added that the proposal “would be a major disincentived to operating a business in Oregon and is particularly harmful to businesses that are alreadt losing money.” Holwerda sent a lette r to the group's members a day aftetr Democrats have revised a May proposal that wouldc have charged a minimum between $250 and $60,000. The group also callefd for the state to use rainytday funds, reserve funds and stimulus money to help solvwe Oregon’s $4.2 billion shortfall. The groulp further expressed concernabout “what appears to be an sentiment” in Salem.
“For our state to be all sectors need to be successful and we need to join together to makethat happen,” Holwerda said.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Wheeling High School Seniors Make National Merit School History - TribLocal
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Cincinnati.com | Wheeling High School Seniors Make National Merit School History TribLocal The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has recently identified 13 Wheeling High School seniors as National Merit recognition honorees, ... Bolingbrook High seniors earn national honor 4 named Commended Students Seniors Named Commended Students |
Thursday, October 21, 2010
New Cousins CEO encouraged about the market - Charlotte Business Journal:
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"This isn't going to be a V-shaped recovery," Gellerstedtf said Monday in an interview with AtlantaBusinessz Chronicle. "But, we're going to see many opportunitiesto Gellerstedt, who joined Cousins in will take over for current CEO Tom Bell on July 1. who turns 60 this announced his retirement to the companhyMonday morning. Cousins is a storied Atlantza realestate developer. Founded in 1958 by Tom Cousins, the companty has been involved in some ofthe city's biggest real estate projects, including the developmenf of the 55-story Bank of America Plazaw in 1989. The market isn't providiny the best timing for Gellerstedt.
He takes the helm durinyg the nation's worst real estate downturn in at leasfta generation. While the markef is showing some signsof improvement, it has nosedived from its peak in early 2007. Cousinx has one of the four new office towerss under developmentin Buckhead, a part of the city that absorbs about 350,000 to 500,000 square feet of office spacw annually. Office vacancy in Buckhea could surpass 30 percent by this time next some commercial real estate developers and brokers Thereare signs, however, that the market is pickinh up, Bell and Gellerstedt said.
For one, the gap betweenm what investors are willing to pay for propertiexs and what owners are willing to sell them for continuewsto shrink. While that spreaxd was 400 basis points a fewmonths ago, it is closef to 100 points today, Bell Also, banks have a clearer picture of theirf capital levels than they did earlier this year, and regulators are increasingl y pushing them to deal some of thei real estate owned assets. Cousins CUZ) , posting net income of $164.
2 milliomn on $49 million in At the end of the period, the company’d portfolio of operational office buildings was 90percentt leased, its portfolio of operationapl retail centers was 83 percent leased and its operational industrial buildings were 40 percent leased. Gellerstedt began his careerd in 1978 as an estimatorr and project managerwith , wherew he worked on the High Museum and the AT&r Long Lines Building in Manhattan. At only 26, he foundexd , a Beers subsidiary that focusedon health-carw developments. Gellerstedt was later named Beers chairmanjand CEO. Cousins acquired his firm, the , in June and he joined the company.
Gellerstedt was one of the architect of turning around the fortunes of One NinetOne Peachtree, the 50-storh downtown tower Cousins acquired in 2006. The improvementws at One Ninety One have symbolized a returnm to prosperity for many parts of its economicboosters say. Shortly after Gellerstedtt joined Cousins, One Ninety One had lost majofr tenantsand , and downtown Atlantza was suffering from the exodues of those firms and others. Gellerstedt was instrumental in the rejuvenationj of OneNinety One, Bell said. "Wre basically gave this building to Bell said. "I remember when we were walkinbg through the atrium several yearx ago that there was nothingin there.
It had this echo And I said to Larry, 'What are we going to abougt this echo?' And Larry came right back and ‘I tell you what we're going to do. We're goingh to fill this atrium and thisbuilding up.’ It' s a totally different building today." One Ninety One was nearly 90 percent leased at the beginning of the year. Cousins also lande d the Italian restaurant Il Mulino which has also helped to revivethe "I spent most of my career downtown," Gellerstedt "I've always thought that One Ninet One is a timeless asset.
"
"This isn't going to be a V-shaped recovery," Gellerstedtf said Monday in an interview with AtlantaBusinessz Chronicle. "But, we're going to see many opportunitiesto Gellerstedt, who joined Cousins in will take over for current CEO Tom Bell on July 1. who turns 60 this announced his retirement to the companhyMonday morning. Cousins is a storied Atlantza realestate developer. Founded in 1958 by Tom Cousins, the companty has been involved in some ofthe city's biggest real estate projects, including the developmenf of the 55-story Bank of America Plazaw in 1989. The market isn't providiny the best timing for Gellerstedt.
He takes the helm durinyg the nation's worst real estate downturn in at leasfta generation. While the markef is showing some signsof improvement, it has nosedived from its peak in early 2007. Cousinx has one of the four new office towerss under developmentin Buckhead, a part of the city that absorbs about 350,000 to 500,000 square feet of office spacw annually. Office vacancy in Buckhea could surpass 30 percent by this time next some commercial real estate developers and brokers Thereare signs, however, that the market is pickinh up, Bell and Gellerstedt said.
For one, the gap betweenm what investors are willing to pay for propertiexs and what owners are willing to sell them for continuewsto shrink. While that spreaxd was 400 basis points a fewmonths ago, it is closef to 100 points today, Bell Also, banks have a clearer picture of theirf capital levels than they did earlier this year, and regulators are increasingl y pushing them to deal some of thei real estate owned assets. Cousins CUZ) , posting net income of $164.
2 milliomn on $49 million in At the end of the period, the company’d portfolio of operational office buildings was 90percentt leased, its portfolio of operationapl retail centers was 83 percent leased and its operational industrial buildings were 40 percent leased. Gellerstedt began his careerd in 1978 as an estimatorr and project managerwith , wherew he worked on the High Museum and the AT&r Long Lines Building in Manhattan. At only 26, he foundexd , a Beers subsidiary that focusedon health-carw developments. Gellerstedt was later named Beers chairmanjand CEO. Cousins acquired his firm, the , in June and he joined the company.
Gellerstedt was one of the architect of turning around the fortunes of One NinetOne Peachtree, the 50-storh downtown tower Cousins acquired in 2006. The improvementws at One Ninety One have symbolized a returnm to prosperity for many parts of its economicboosters say. Shortly after Gellerstedtt joined Cousins, One Ninety One had lost majofr tenantsand , and downtown Atlantza was suffering from the exodues of those firms and others. Gellerstedt was instrumental in the rejuvenationj of OneNinety One, Bell said. "Wre basically gave this building to Bell said. "I remember when we were walkinbg through the atrium several yearx ago that there was nothingin there.
It had this echo And I said to Larry, 'What are we going to abougt this echo?' And Larry came right back and ‘I tell you what we're going to do. We're goingh to fill this atrium and thisbuilding up.’ It' s a totally different building today." One Ninety One was nearly 90 percent leased at the beginning of the year. Cousins also lande d the Italian restaurant Il Mulino which has also helped to revivethe "I spent most of my career downtown," Gellerstedt "I've always thought that One Ninet One is a timeless asset.
"
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Workers to protest new owners of Pope & Talbot mill - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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plant. The United Steelworkers, in a news releasde Wednesday, said it will protest the headquarters of on Friday demanding thecompany “bargain fairly with employees over the termws of their labor agreement rathet than unilaterally implementing changes.” The mill shut down on May 9 when Pope Talbot, the bankrupt Portland-based paper products company (Pink PTBTQ), transitioned from Chapter 11 reorganization to Chapter 7 liquidatiomn proceedings. On June 20, Wayzata Investment Partners made awinning $31.154 million cash bid for the mill in the seconed of two bankruptcy auctions.
The investment firm, with $5 billionn under management, created Cascade Pacific Pulp as a whollt owned subsidiary to run the The mill resumed operations onJune 27, but the union said longtims workers were fired and made to reapply for theirr jobs. Their wages were then slashed by 12 percenrt to 28 percent and employees were forcee to pay upto $3,000 for deductibles and up to $10,000 in out-of-pocket expenses to retain familyu health insurance, the union A person answering the phone at Wayzatas Investment Partner’s Minnesota headquarters declined to answetr questions Wednesday.
The union members — joine d by cohorts from Minnesota locals will protest atthe company’s offices at noon on Friday to seek a meetinh with managing partner Patrick “If we have no other way of makingb contact with absentee owners like Wayzata Investment we have to go to Jim Gourley, financial secretary for USW Localp 1189 in Halsey, said in the news
plant. The United Steelworkers, in a news releasde Wednesday, said it will protest the headquarters of on Friday demanding thecompany “bargain fairly with employees over the termws of their labor agreement rathet than unilaterally implementing changes.” The mill shut down on May 9 when Pope Talbot, the bankrupt Portland-based paper products company (Pink PTBTQ), transitioned from Chapter 11 reorganization to Chapter 7 liquidatiomn proceedings. On June 20, Wayzata Investment Partners made awinning $31.154 million cash bid for the mill in the seconed of two bankruptcy auctions.
The investment firm, with $5 billionn under management, created Cascade Pacific Pulp as a whollt owned subsidiary to run the The mill resumed operations onJune 27, but the union said longtims workers were fired and made to reapply for theirr jobs. Their wages were then slashed by 12 percenrt to 28 percent and employees were forcee to pay upto $3,000 for deductibles and up to $10,000 in out-of-pocket expenses to retain familyu health insurance, the union A person answering the phone at Wayzatas Investment Partner’s Minnesota headquarters declined to answetr questions Wednesday.
The union members — joine d by cohorts from Minnesota locals will protest atthe company’s offices at noon on Friday to seek a meetinh with managing partner Patrick “If we have no other way of makingb contact with absentee owners like Wayzata Investment we have to go to Jim Gourley, financial secretary for USW Localp 1189 in Halsey, said in the news
Monday, October 18, 2010
MGIC to invest $1B in new subsidiary - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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The Milwaukee-based mortgage insurer (NYSE: MTG) also announced Thursday morning its eighth consecutive quarterlygnet loss. MGIC said its net loss for the quarter endinb June 30was $339.8 or $2.74 per share, compared with a net loss of $99.0 million, or 81 cents in the same quarter a year ago. Chairmah and CEO Curt Culver saidthe company’s financialk results continue to be adverselg impacted by increased mortgage delinquencies and the “severd housing correction.” MGIC executives continue to believe that MGIC has more than adequate resources to pay all of its insuredf claim obligations on the existingf insurance in force.
The known as , will write new business startint Jan. 1, 2010, the companyy said. to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that they were formulatinf a plan for writing new business via the The subsidiary previously wrote mortgage guaranty insurance but has not written new busineszsince 1985, when MGIC emerged from what, until had been the most traumatix period in its 52-year history. The Wisconsin insurancer commissioner placed MGIC in conservatorship in 1985 aftedthe company’s then-owner, Baldwin-United Corp. of Cincinnati, fileed for Chapter 11 MGIC emerged from those troublees when management led a buyout financedby Milwaukee-baseds .
MGIC has received approval from its primary the Wisconsin Office of Commissionerof Insurance, to procee with reactivating the subsidiary. The company needs to secure further regulatory approvals before it can writesnew business. The company is tapping the subsidiar y to address concerns thatits risk-to-capital ratio might eclipss regulatory requirements and prevent MGIC from writingf new business. “In order to provide certainty that we woulde be able to continue writingg new business on anuninterrupted basis, we needed to writed new business in a compangy which has a lower risk-to-capital ratio,” Culvere said.
MGIC will provide capital for the subsidiaryh intwo $500 million installments, the firs t of which is to be made by July 31, and the secon d within five business days after Jan. 1, 2011. When the subsidiaruy becomes fully operational, MGIC will stop writing new MGIC will continue to collect premiumsz on its insurance business and will pay claimsz on that business but will no longer write new thecompany said. The subsidiary will be run by executivews of Total revenuefor MGIC’s second quarter was $454.5r million, compared with $424.5 million in the secondd quarter of 2008. Net premiums writtenb for the quarterwere $330.4 million, comparexd with $371.8 million for the year-agko period.
Net premiums written for the first six monthsd of 2009were $677.i9 million, compared with $740.3 million a year earlier. Includedf in other revenue for the second quarter was a gainof $8 milliohn that resulted from the company’s repurchases of $40.3 million of long-term debt due in September 2011. New insurancee written in the second quarterwas $5.9 compared with $14 billion in the second quarter of 2008. New insurancde written for the first six months of 2009was $12.e3 billion compared with $33.1 billionh in the first half of 2008. MGIC stock opened lower Thursday, but rose by mid-morning before closing up 76 centsat $4.70, or more than 19 percenft for the day.
The Milwaukee-based mortgage insurer (NYSE: MTG) also announced Thursday morning its eighth consecutive quarterlygnet loss. MGIC said its net loss for the quarter endinb June 30was $339.8 or $2.74 per share, compared with a net loss of $99.0 million, or 81 cents in the same quarter a year ago. Chairmah and CEO Curt Culver saidthe company’s financialk results continue to be adverselg impacted by increased mortgage delinquencies and the “severd housing correction.” MGIC executives continue to believe that MGIC has more than adequate resources to pay all of its insuredf claim obligations on the existingf insurance in force.
The known as , will write new business startint Jan. 1, 2010, the companyy said. to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that they were formulatinf a plan for writing new business via the The subsidiary previously wrote mortgage guaranty insurance but has not written new busineszsince 1985, when MGIC emerged from what, until had been the most traumatix period in its 52-year history. The Wisconsin insurancer commissioner placed MGIC in conservatorship in 1985 aftedthe company’s then-owner, Baldwin-United Corp. of Cincinnati, fileed for Chapter 11 MGIC emerged from those troublees when management led a buyout financedby Milwaukee-baseds .
MGIC has received approval from its primary the Wisconsin Office of Commissionerof Insurance, to procee with reactivating the subsidiary. The company needs to secure further regulatory approvals before it can writesnew business. The company is tapping the subsidiar y to address concerns thatits risk-to-capital ratio might eclipss regulatory requirements and prevent MGIC from writingf new business. “In order to provide certainty that we woulde be able to continue writingg new business on anuninterrupted basis, we needed to writed new business in a compangy which has a lower risk-to-capital ratio,” Culvere said.
MGIC will provide capital for the subsidiaryh intwo $500 million installments, the firs t of which is to be made by July 31, and the secon d within five business days after Jan. 1, 2011. When the subsidiaruy becomes fully operational, MGIC will stop writing new MGIC will continue to collect premiumsz on its insurance business and will pay claimsz on that business but will no longer write new thecompany said. The subsidiary will be run by executivews of Total revenuefor MGIC’s second quarter was $454.5r million, compared with $424.5 million in the secondd quarter of 2008. Net premiums writtenb for the quarterwere $330.4 million, comparexd with $371.8 million for the year-agko period.
Net premiums written for the first six monthsd of 2009were $677.i9 million, compared with $740.3 million a year earlier. Includedf in other revenue for the second quarter was a gainof $8 milliohn that resulted from the company’s repurchases of $40.3 million of long-term debt due in September 2011. New insurancee written in the second quarterwas $5.9 compared with $14 billion in the second quarter of 2008. New insurancde written for the first six months of 2009was $12.e3 billion compared with $33.1 billionh in the first half of 2008. MGIC stock opened lower Thursday, but rose by mid-morning before closing up 76 centsat $4.70, or more than 19 percenft for the day.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
VIZIO Files TV Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against LG Electronics
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June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- America's #1 HDTV and Consumer Electronics announced today that it has filed an infringement lawsuit in the Unitedf States District Court for the District of Maryland againstLG Inc., a Korean maker and seller of digital televisions, relaterd components and other products, and its wholly-owned subsidiaruy LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. In the suit, VIZIO, a U.S. company basex in Irvine, California, alleges that LG infringes numerouds VIZIO patents inits manufacturing, importatioj and distribution of certain products includinfg high definition televisions.
VIZIO is seeking an injunction prohibiting LG from importingv and selling infringing high definition televisions and is also seekinbg award of damages for pastinfringinhg sales. VIZIO, Inc., "Where Vision Meet Value," headquartered in Irvine, is America's HDTV Compangy and Consumer Electronics Company. In 2007, VIZIpO skyrocketed to the top by becomingthe #1 selling brand of flat panel HDTVs in Nortu America and became the first American brand in over a decadde to lead major categories in U.S. TV Since 2007 VIZIO HDTVs shipments remain in the TOP ranks inthe U.S. and are again #1 in Q1, 2009 with over 20% marketf share.
VIZIO is committed to bringing feature-rich flat paneo televisions to market at a value throughpractical innovation. VIZIO offeras a broad range of awardc winning Plasma and LCD HDTVs including the newXVT series. VIZIO'xs products are found at Costco Sam's Club, Sears, Walmart, Target, BJ's and other retailers nationwide alonfg with authorizedonline partners. VIZIO has won numerousd awards includinga #1 ranking in the Inc. 500 for Top Companieas in Computersand Electronics, Good Housekeeping'es Best Big-Screens, CNET's Top 10 Holiday Gifts and PC World'sd Best Buy among others. For more information, please call 888-VIZIOCEE or visit on the web at .
The V, XVT, TruLED, 240Hz SPS, Thin Line, Smooth Motion, Where Vision Meets Value names, phrased and symbols are trademarks or registered trademarkwsof VIZIO, Inc. All other trademarksz may be the property of theirespective holders. SOURCE VIZIO, Inc.
June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- America's #1 HDTV and Consumer Electronics announced today that it has filed an infringement lawsuit in the Unitedf States District Court for the District of Maryland againstLG Inc., a Korean maker and seller of digital televisions, relaterd components and other products, and its wholly-owned subsidiaruy LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. In the suit, VIZIO, a U.S. company basex in Irvine, California, alleges that LG infringes numerouds VIZIO patents inits manufacturing, importatioj and distribution of certain products includinfg high definition televisions.
VIZIO is seeking an injunction prohibiting LG from importingv and selling infringing high definition televisions and is also seekinbg award of damages for pastinfringinhg sales. VIZIO, Inc., "Where Vision Meet Value," headquartered in Irvine, is America's HDTV Compangy and Consumer Electronics Company. In 2007, VIZIpO skyrocketed to the top by becomingthe #1 selling brand of flat panel HDTVs in Nortu America and became the first American brand in over a decadde to lead major categories in U.S. TV Since 2007 VIZIO HDTVs shipments remain in the TOP ranks inthe U.S. and are again #1 in Q1, 2009 with over 20% marketf share.
VIZIO is committed to bringing feature-rich flat paneo televisions to market at a value throughpractical innovation. VIZIO offeras a broad range of awardc winning Plasma and LCD HDTVs including the newXVT series. VIZIO'xs products are found at Costco Sam's Club, Sears, Walmart, Target, BJ's and other retailers nationwide alonfg with authorizedonline partners. VIZIO has won numerousd awards includinga #1 ranking in the Inc. 500 for Top Companieas in Computersand Electronics, Good Housekeeping'es Best Big-Screens, CNET's Top 10 Holiday Gifts and PC World'sd Best Buy among others. For more information, please call 888-VIZIOCEE or visit on the web at .
The V, XVT, TruLED, 240Hz SPS, Thin Line, Smooth Motion, Where Vision Meets Value names, phrased and symbols are trademarks or registered trademarkwsof VIZIO, Inc. All other trademarksz may be the property of theirespective holders. SOURCE VIZIO, Inc.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Emasculation Politics: What's Wrong With 'Manning Up'? - ABC News
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FOXNews | Emasculation Politics: What's Wrong With 'Manning Up'? ABC News ... of the Republican woman, and a number of Republican women have suggested that their opposition would be better at politics if they acted more like men. ... Sharron Angle and "Hatred" for Harry Reid |
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Seventeenth Street Plaza sold to HRPT - Baltimore Business Journal:
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Newton, Mass.-based HRPT HRP), a real estates investment trust that owns and operates officwe andindustrial buildings, paid cash for the building. The salea price was not announced. Seventeenth Street Plaza is located at 122517th St., across from the Tabo Center office, retail and hotel complex. It was developed by what’s now Jonese Lang LaSalle Inc. of Chicago, and was completed in 1982. Previouz owners include Equitable Real Estate InvestmentManagemeny Inc. (ERE), part of the Equitable insurance company. Australianm real estate giant LendLease Ltd. took over the building in the 1990sz after itacquired ERE.
JPMorgan quietlyg put the building on the market in early asking $385 per square foot, or roughlt $250 million, brokers said. Brookfielsd Properties Corp. of New York and Toronto had the buildiny under contract to purchase last summerfor $225 but the deal was not consummated because of the debt impact on Brookfield’s lender, said real estate broker knowledgeable about the deal. As of October, the building was off the The building, with an attached parking is 93 percent leased andincludes Ink! Coffees and Heidi’s Brooklyn Deli outlets. It is home to the headquarterss of Molson CoorsBrewing Co.
Newton, Mass.-based HRPT HRP), a real estates investment trust that owns and operates officwe andindustrial buildings, paid cash for the building. The salea price was not announced. Seventeenth Street Plaza is located at 122517th St., across from the Tabo Center office, retail and hotel complex. It was developed by what’s now Jonese Lang LaSalle Inc. of Chicago, and was completed in 1982. Previouz owners include Equitable Real Estate InvestmentManagemeny Inc. (ERE), part of the Equitable insurance company. Australianm real estate giant LendLease Ltd. took over the building in the 1990sz after itacquired ERE.
JPMorgan quietlyg put the building on the market in early asking $385 per square foot, or roughlt $250 million, brokers said. Brookfielsd Properties Corp. of New York and Toronto had the buildiny under contract to purchase last summerfor $225 but the deal was not consummated because of the debt impact on Brookfield’s lender, said real estate broker knowledgeable about the deal. As of October, the building was off the The building, with an attached parking is 93 percent leased andincludes Ink! Coffees and Heidi’s Brooklyn Deli outlets. It is home to the headquarterss of Molson CoorsBrewing Co.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
DMHC licenses first
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The Family Care plan will offere discounted access to a rangeof physician, outpatient (such as physicao therapy and mental health), radiology and imaging, dental, chiropractic, vision and hearing-car e services. The program will offer membership to a household fora $99 enrollment fee and a monthl charge of $99.95, according to with discounts ranging from 5 to 40 percent for most However, the Houston-based health plan’s initiapl license is only valid for two years, reflectinvg caution on the part of the Sacramento-based which previously has cracked down on various discounyt health-care card companies in the state.
Family Care is licensed to operatsethroughout Alameda, Marin, San San Mateo, Santa Clara, Napa, Santa Solano, Orange and San Diego counties, as well as the most populatede areas of Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and 41 other counties, according to the department, and a numbed of local providers are alreadgy listed on its www.familycarecalifornia.comk web site. The DMHC said the economic environmentt played a role in its decision to approveFamily Care’sw application for a Thanks to the continuing economic which has resulted in many individuals and families losing health coverage, “it is in the best interesr of consumers to regulate and license legitimates discount health plans,” Cindy Ehnes, the DMHC’s said in a June 9 statement.
She addeed that licensure will ensure that consumers will get promiser discountsand “fully understand that these products are not healtb insurance.” In the last six years, the agency’ds Help Center has received more than 925 complaint from consumers who were victims of fraudulent discount healthg card companies, the DMHC said. Those consumersa were misled into thinkingt they were purchasing regular health insurance or were unable to find doctorsz who supposedly had contracted with the discount The DMHC said it has issuer several Cease and Desist orders in an ongoingv investigation into thisgrowing industry, whicjh in turn led to settiny up a licensing structure to protect consumers and provide statwe oversight.
As a result, some companiess decided to seek licenses provingh they metregulatory standards. The current licensing requirements include verification ofdiscounts offered, legitimate contracts with doctors and other health care truthful advertising, and a process for consumers to resolves disputes with the plan, accordingb to DMHC. Plans also must prominently discloses that they are notoffering insurance, but rather a discounyt product through which memberws pay providers a discounted fee, usually at the time of Family Care’s web site displays such a statemeng at the bottom of each web page.
The Family Care plan will offere discounted access to a rangeof physician, outpatient (such as physicao therapy and mental health), radiology and imaging, dental, chiropractic, vision and hearing-car e services. The program will offer membership to a household fora $99 enrollment fee and a monthl charge of $99.95, according to with discounts ranging from 5 to 40 percent for most However, the Houston-based health plan’s initiapl license is only valid for two years, reflectinvg caution on the part of the Sacramento-based which previously has cracked down on various discounyt health-care card companies in the state.
Family Care is licensed to operatsethroughout Alameda, Marin, San San Mateo, Santa Clara, Napa, Santa Solano, Orange and San Diego counties, as well as the most populatede areas of Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and 41 other counties, according to the department, and a numbed of local providers are alreadgy listed on its www.familycarecalifornia.comk web site. The DMHC said the economic environmentt played a role in its decision to approveFamily Care’sw application for a Thanks to the continuing economic which has resulted in many individuals and families losing health coverage, “it is in the best interesr of consumers to regulate and license legitimates discount health plans,” Cindy Ehnes, the DMHC’s said in a June 9 statement.
She addeed that licensure will ensure that consumers will get promiser discountsand “fully understand that these products are not healtb insurance.” In the last six years, the agency’ds Help Center has received more than 925 complaint from consumers who were victims of fraudulent discount healthg card companies, the DMHC said. Those consumersa were misled into thinkingt they were purchasing regular health insurance or were unable to find doctorsz who supposedly had contracted with the discount The DMHC said it has issuer several Cease and Desist orders in an ongoingv investigation into thisgrowing industry, whicjh in turn led to settiny up a licensing structure to protect consumers and provide statwe oversight.
As a result, some companiess decided to seek licenses provingh they metregulatory standards. The current licensing requirements include verification ofdiscounts offered, legitimate contracts with doctors and other health care truthful advertising, and a process for consumers to resolves disputes with the plan, accordingb to DMHC. Plans also must prominently discloses that they are notoffering insurance, but rather a discounyt product through which memberws pay providers a discounted fee, usually at the time of Family Care’s web site displays such a statemeng at the bottom of each web page.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Target market - bizjournals:
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“There’s at most 10, maybre 11, [ad networks] that cater to niche-based three or four to African-Americans. Those are our says Anthony Lawrence, president of Lawrence Marketing which runs the LMGAd “There’s not very many. That space is wide open. They representr close to $900 million in purchasing dollars.” He launcherd LMG Ad Network in May giving advertisers software that he says expands their abilityh totarget African-American customers. Smaller websites that advertisers might otherwise overlook may benefit by boostingb their profile through the network and attractinggmore ads.
“It started off a littlee slow due tothe timing,” Lawrence “As time went on, we’ve been getting a lot of So he has branched out, splittiny the service into two parts in May. LMG Ad Networm now caters to the generaladvertisingt market, allowing clients to advertise across the entire network or only on selecty sites. Pricing options include cost-per-action, cost-per-thousand and cost-per-click. LMG Urbanm still will focus on African-Americans. Both services are free to join and have nocontractr length. The network already has signed on 25websit publishers.
“We are working with several advertisers and ad agencies for futured campaigns targeting both our niche markett and ourgeneral market,” Lawrence says. Website publishers get 55 percenft ofadvertising revenue, and he keeps 45 percent. “We’re looking to open up the doorsw here and let advertisers knowthe African-Americanj market is untapped and is a viablr market,” he said.
“There’s at most 10, maybre 11, [ad networks] that cater to niche-based three or four to African-Americans. Those are our says Anthony Lawrence, president of Lawrence Marketing which runs the LMGAd “There’s not very many. That space is wide open. They representr close to $900 million in purchasing dollars.” He launcherd LMG Ad Network in May giving advertisers software that he says expands their abilityh totarget African-American customers. Smaller websites that advertisers might otherwise overlook may benefit by boostingb their profile through the network and attractinggmore ads.
“It started off a littlee slow due tothe timing,” Lawrence “As time went on, we’ve been getting a lot of So he has branched out, splittiny the service into two parts in May. LMG Ad Networm now caters to the generaladvertisingt market, allowing clients to advertise across the entire network or only on selecty sites. Pricing options include cost-per-action, cost-per-thousand and cost-per-click. LMG Urbanm still will focus on African-Americans. Both services are free to join and have nocontractr length. The network already has signed on 25websit publishers.
“We are working with several advertisers and ad agencies for futured campaigns targeting both our niche markett and ourgeneral market,” Lawrence says. Website publishers get 55 percenft ofadvertising revenue, and he keeps 45 percent. “We’re looking to open up the doorsw here and let advertisers knowthe African-Americanj market is untapped and is a viablr market,” he said.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
On eve of signing deadline, Ritter OKs bills for truckers, movies, restaurants - Austin Business Journal:
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But economic developers and investors must continue to wait to see if the governorr will come to their aid before Friday’s deadline to sign or veto legislation. Ritter began the day at the Alliancre for Sustainable Colorado Center in downtown signing three bills that he said will continue to buildthe state’ds “New Energy Economy.” House Bill 1298, sponsorefd by Reps. Buffie McFadyen, D-Pueblo West, and Cory Gardner, R-Yuma, lets trucking companies get 25 percent reimbursement of the cost of buying andinstalling fuel-efficient technologies and emission-control devices.
More importantly, McFadyemn said, it prorates sales tax on truckinfg equipment based on the percentage of milesw companies drive in Colorado and it allows truckerw finally to take advantageof enterprise-zone tax “This bill is so incredibly importanr to the industry, not only for the environmenr but for the survivalp of truckers that are in business,” she said while tearing up at the signing. Housde Bill 1331, sponsored by Rep. Sara D-Arvada, expands the pool of vehicles eligiblefor alternative-fuel tax credits to include those that run on cleaner-burningb natural gas. It also eliminates eligibilithy for some hybrid vehiclesx that arenot fuel-efficient, said sponsorinyg Sen.
Betty Boyd, D-Lakewood. Ritter notedr that the Colorado Oil and Gas Association and the nonprofit group Environment Colorado both supportedrthe measure. “If COGA and Environment Coloradol agree, it has to be a greatg bill,” he said. And Senate Bill 75, championerd by the company Aspen Electric Cars and allows drivers tooperate low-speed electric vehicles on most roads with speed limits of 35 mph or From there, Ritter went to the officee in Denver and signed a measure to re-establis h the Colorado Office of Film, Television and House Bill 1010, sponsored by Rep. Tom R-Poncha Springs, and formere Rep.
Anne McGihon, D-Denver, allows the office to solicig gifts and donations to offer incentives to producers to make films inthe state. “jI believe this move signals that Coloradop is becoming serious about attracting production to the statedonce again,” said Kevin Shand, executive director of the Coloradi Film Commission. “By becoming part of the state once the film office will once again have resources to market Colorado effectively and help expand our economic development effortsz in a new anddifferent Finally, Ritter returned to his Capitol office to sign nine separatse bills, including measures to help the restaurant and broadbansd industries.
Senate Bill 121, sponsored by Sen. Al R-Hayden, eliminates the sales and use tax restaurante must pay when offering freeor reduced-price mealas to employees. Senate Bill 162, sponsored by Sen. Gail D-Snowmass Village, requires the Office of Informationb Technology to create a map of wheree broadband technology is available and not available in the Ritter has not announced his intentions on at least two bills being watched closely by thebusiness community, however. One is Senate Bill 173, which woulds allow local governments to work with the state Economic Development Commission to offer incentives to attract andbuild tourism-generating projects.
The bill is considered key to landingv either of twopotential auto-racetrack projectds east of Aurora. The otherd is House Bill 1366, whicbh limits the Colorado-source capital gains subtractionh to thefirst $100,000 of gains on assetsx held for five years or If signed, the bill wouls generate $15.8 million to help balance the budget.
But economic developers and investors must continue to wait to see if the governorr will come to their aid before Friday’s deadline to sign or veto legislation. Ritter began the day at the Alliancre for Sustainable Colorado Center in downtown signing three bills that he said will continue to buildthe state’ds “New Energy Economy.” House Bill 1298, sponsorefd by Reps. Buffie McFadyen, D-Pueblo West, and Cory Gardner, R-Yuma, lets trucking companies get 25 percent reimbursement of the cost of buying andinstalling fuel-efficient technologies and emission-control devices.
More importantly, McFadyemn said, it prorates sales tax on truckinfg equipment based on the percentage of milesw companies drive in Colorado and it allows truckerw finally to take advantageof enterprise-zone tax “This bill is so incredibly importanr to the industry, not only for the environmenr but for the survivalp of truckers that are in business,” she said while tearing up at the signing. Housde Bill 1331, sponsored by Rep. Sara D-Arvada, expands the pool of vehicles eligiblefor alternative-fuel tax credits to include those that run on cleaner-burningb natural gas. It also eliminates eligibilithy for some hybrid vehiclesx that arenot fuel-efficient, said sponsorinyg Sen.
Betty Boyd, D-Lakewood. Ritter notedr that the Colorado Oil and Gas Association and the nonprofit group Environment Colorado both supportedrthe measure. “If COGA and Environment Coloradol agree, it has to be a greatg bill,” he said. And Senate Bill 75, championerd by the company Aspen Electric Cars and allows drivers tooperate low-speed electric vehicles on most roads with speed limits of 35 mph or From there, Ritter went to the officee in Denver and signed a measure to re-establis h the Colorado Office of Film, Television and House Bill 1010, sponsored by Rep. Tom R-Poncha Springs, and formere Rep.
Anne McGihon, D-Denver, allows the office to solicig gifts and donations to offer incentives to producers to make films inthe state. “jI believe this move signals that Coloradop is becoming serious about attracting production to the statedonce again,” said Kevin Shand, executive director of the Coloradi Film Commission. “By becoming part of the state once the film office will once again have resources to market Colorado effectively and help expand our economic development effortsz in a new anddifferent Finally, Ritter returned to his Capitol office to sign nine separatse bills, including measures to help the restaurant and broadbansd industries.
Senate Bill 121, sponsored by Sen. Al R-Hayden, eliminates the sales and use tax restaurante must pay when offering freeor reduced-price mealas to employees. Senate Bill 162, sponsored by Sen. Gail D-Snowmass Village, requires the Office of Informationb Technology to create a map of wheree broadband technology is available and not available in the Ritter has not announced his intentions on at least two bills being watched closely by thebusiness community, however. One is Senate Bill 173, which woulds allow local governments to work with the state Economic Development Commission to offer incentives to attract andbuild tourism-generating projects.
The bill is considered key to landingv either of twopotential auto-racetrack projectds east of Aurora. The otherd is House Bill 1366, whicbh limits the Colorado-source capital gains subtractionh to thefirst $100,000 of gains on assetsx held for five years or If signed, the bill wouls generate $15.8 million to help balance the budget.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Neighbors oppose home for homeless youth in Holland - The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
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Neighbors oppose home for homeless youth in Holland The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com The Gritters were among nearly two dozen neighbors who objected to a proposal to build a shelter for 28 youths called Barnabas House, ... |
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
New iPhone 5: Won't Look Like an iPhone? - Product Reviews
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Globe and Mail | New iPhone 5: Won't Look Like an iPhone? Product Reviews We have some exciting news for those looking forward to the next-generation iPhone device, as following on from the big news about the Verizon iPhone today, ... Verizon CEO won't confirm iPhone-Verizon deal |
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
International Business Machines Corporation Company Profile | IBM Company Information
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IBM is the largest information technology company inthe world, the world's larges business and technology services company, the world's largesty consulting services organization, the world'd largest information technology research organization, and the world'sd largest financier of informatioh technology. IBM is an innovation-based business serving the needs of enterprises andinstitutions worldwide.
It defines innovation as the intersectiohn of business insight and technological IBM seeks to deliverclienf success
IBM is the largest information technology company inthe world, the world's larges business and technology services company, the world's largesty consulting services organization, the world'd largest information technology research organization, and the world'sd largest financier of informatioh technology. IBM is an innovation-based business serving the needs of enterprises andinstitutions worldwide.
It defines innovation as the intersectiohn of business insight and technological IBM seeks to deliverclienf success
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Lakeview Escapees Found, Sent To Maximum Security Facility - WGRZ-TV
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WIVB | Lakeview Escapees Found, Sent To Maximum Security Facility WGRZ-TV A spokesperson for the State Correction Department told 2 On Your Side that Rashaun Austin was charged and sent on to a maximum security facility. ... Two inmates captured after stint of freedom |
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Baltimore City Council paves way for slots near M&T Bank Stadium - Austin Business Journal:
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Baltimore City is one of five locations approvecd last November for slotmachinw parlors. Baltimore City Entertainment Group, a grouo that includes the heads ofand , wantz to build a facility with as many as 3,750 machines on Lot J, a 3.7-acre, city-owned parkingy lot in the city's Carroll Camden The precise location could change, however, and Baltimore City Entertainment is in negotiationsx to move its project to a 11-acre property known as Gateway South.
But the city must change its zoning code before the Maryland Video Lottery Facility Location Commission will award the development team the licensea it needs to build the Two City Councilcommittees — the Land Use and Transportatio n Committee and the Urban Affair s and Aging Committee — votedr Thursday to let those zoning changes move forward to the full City Council for City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said the action was in stark contrast to deliberations in Anne Arundel County, where County Council has delayedc changing the county's zoning laws to alloqw a slots parlor to be builtf at the Arundel Mills shopping Going into the process, she said, the city moverd to narrowly define wher slots can be built, whereas there were fewer geographicx restrictions placed on potential gambling facilities in Anne Arundel The geographic boundaries where a facility can be builtt in each county were specified in a referendum adoptexd by voters in November.
"We're definitely on the right path," Rawlings-Blakde said during the committee hearings. "We did our work up identified a location that had very little impacton residents." Anne Arundekl anticipated developers would applyg to build a casino at Laurel Park race track, and many county officials were surprised when Baltimorw developer the submitted an application to build one at Arundel Mills instead. But council members in Anne Arunde l County delayed June 1 changing their zoningv codes to allowslots parlors. a second developer, , has come forwarc to say it may seek permission to build a slot s parlor at Laurel Park ifCordishh Co.'s proposal falls through.
The Baltimore committeez voted on two bill s pertainingto slots. The first would change zoniny inthe city's B-2 and M-2 districtz to include video lottery terminals amonhg the permitted uses. The second woulrd change the zoning of the propertyu at 301Stockholm St. Presidentg M.J. "Jay" Brodie said the city doesn'tt plan to relocate the animal shelter toanotherr location. But Brodie said the city wantz to changethat property's zonintg to give the slots developers the ability in the future to expand theidr facility in the event the animakl shelter moves to another location.
Baltimore City is one of five locations approvecd last November for slotmachinw parlors. Baltimore City Entertainment Group, a grouo that includes the heads ofand , wantz to build a facility with as many as 3,750 machines on Lot J, a 3.7-acre, city-owned parkingy lot in the city's Carroll Camden The precise location could change, however, and Baltimore City Entertainment is in negotiationsx to move its project to a 11-acre property known as Gateway South.
But the city must change its zoning code before the Maryland Video Lottery Facility Location Commission will award the development team the licensea it needs to build the Two City Councilcommittees — the Land Use and Transportatio n Committee and the Urban Affair s and Aging Committee — votedr Thursday to let those zoning changes move forward to the full City Council for City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said the action was in stark contrast to deliberations in Anne Arundel County, where County Council has delayedc changing the county's zoning laws to alloqw a slots parlor to be builtf at the Arundel Mills shopping Going into the process, she said, the city moverd to narrowly define wher slots can be built, whereas there were fewer geographicx restrictions placed on potential gambling facilities in Anne Arundel The geographic boundaries where a facility can be builtt in each county were specified in a referendum adoptexd by voters in November.
"We're definitely on the right path," Rawlings-Blakde said during the committee hearings. "We did our work up identified a location that had very little impacton residents." Anne Arundekl anticipated developers would applyg to build a casino at Laurel Park race track, and many county officials were surprised when Baltimorw developer the submitted an application to build one at Arundel Mills instead. But council members in Anne Arunde l County delayed June 1 changing their zoningv codes to allowslots parlors. a second developer, , has come forwarc to say it may seek permission to build a slot s parlor at Laurel Park ifCordishh Co.'s proposal falls through.
The Baltimore committeez voted on two bill s pertainingto slots. The first would change zoniny inthe city's B-2 and M-2 districtz to include video lottery terminals amonhg the permitted uses. The second woulrd change the zoning of the propertyu at 301Stockholm St. Presidentg M.J. "Jay" Brodie said the city doesn'tt plan to relocate the animal shelter toanotherr location. But Brodie said the city wantz to changethat property's zonintg to give the slots developers the ability in the future to expand theidr facility in the event the animakl shelter moves to another location.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
WNY businesses seek health-care options - The Business Review (Albany):
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The report from New York Smalll Business United for Health Care indicates surprising levels of supporgtfor options, along with a stronger role for governmentr in making the health-care system work and a willingness amontg small business owners to contribute their fair share for good healtyh care. Key findings of the reportr say small business owners are strugglinbg to keep up with the rising costs of healtjh care and are deeply concernedd about not only affordability but also the qualityt of healthcoverage options. • 63 percent of respondents say they’re williny to contribute financially toachievre quality, affordable health care for their while 9 percent said they were not.
64 percent indicated a willingness to contribute 4 percentr to 7 percent of total payroll costs in place ofcurrenrt health-care costs to guarantee quality coverage. Among self-employed 76 percent expressed interest in buying into a statewidee ornational health-care pool. In a prepared release, Buffalko business owner Althea Little, owner of Hair to Go said she’s willing to contribute for healtb care that puts service and valur ahead of insuranceindustry profits. “I believe we need a quality public option sowe can’t be held hostagw by the industry any more,” she said. The report was bases on a survey of 202 small businesses acrossthe state.
It includes profiles of smallkbusiness owners’ experiences with healthy insurance and perspectives on proposals for The State Senate’s finance committee is workinb on health-care reform legislation. New York Small Business Unitef for Health Care is made up of a coalition of smallk businesses working to improve health care for smalp businesses in New It is a project of Make the Road New alocal community-based organization affiliated with the national .
The report from New York Smalll Business United for Health Care indicates surprising levels of supporgtfor options, along with a stronger role for governmentr in making the health-care system work and a willingness amontg small business owners to contribute their fair share for good healtyh care. Key findings of the reportr say small business owners are strugglinbg to keep up with the rising costs of healtjh care and are deeply concernedd about not only affordability but also the qualityt of healthcoverage options. • 63 percent of respondents say they’re williny to contribute financially toachievre quality, affordable health care for their while 9 percent said they were not.
64 percent indicated a willingness to contribute 4 percentr to 7 percent of total payroll costs in place ofcurrenrt health-care costs to guarantee quality coverage. Among self-employed 76 percent expressed interest in buying into a statewidee ornational health-care pool. In a prepared release, Buffalko business owner Althea Little, owner of Hair to Go said she’s willing to contribute for healtb care that puts service and valur ahead of insuranceindustry profits. “I believe we need a quality public option sowe can’t be held hostagw by the industry any more,” she said. The report was bases on a survey of 202 small businesses acrossthe state.
It includes profiles of smallkbusiness owners’ experiences with healthy insurance and perspectives on proposals for The State Senate’s finance committee is workinb on health-care reform legislation. New York Small Business Unitef for Health Care is made up of a coalition of smallk businesses working to improve health care for smalp businesses in New It is a project of Make the Road New alocal community-based organization affiliated with the national .
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Jordan Lake compromise expected to hold in Senate - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:
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The bill would force cities including Greensborio and Durham to step up efforts to reduce pollution in the reservoirf near Durham and in the Haw Riverf and other watersheds thatfeed it. But the compromise approved by members of the statse House last month extended the timeline for certaih requirements ofthe clean-up process. The goal of the Jordah Lake rules is to addressnutrient build-ups that cause algae bloomds in the lake, as well as taste and odor problemz in drinking water that comes from the lake and various othere environmental concerns. The Haw, which winds through Guilford andAlamance counties, is one of the main water sourcesd for the lake.
The strategies intended to reducde pollution levels range from the establishmen t of buffer zones along the riverd and tributaries to fertilizerapplication standards. But real estater developers andcity governments, including Greensboro’s, objecterd that the costs of applying the new standards would be too high. The compromiss involves putting certain planning and public education initiativexs in motion within a few monthe but holding off on stricter controls on the Haw until and then only if the waterstill doesn’t meet pollution standards.
The state’s also couldn’t force local governmentsd to make extensive and costly alteration s to existing hard surfaces like parking lots tocatch run-ofv until those areas are redeveloped. “We like it a lot with such changes inthe bill, said Kenney deputy director of water sources for the city of “It’s a more adaptive approach that will let us do some thinges first to see if that’s effective rather than doing everything rightf up front. It givea us more time to plan.
” McDowell said Greensborpo won’t be seeking any specific amendmentsz to the compromise bill that is now before theSenatew Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources committee, though he said he wouldn’t be surprisecd if private development interests do look for more But Marlene Sanford, executive director of the , also won’ty be pursuing specific changes to the saying her organization is “abouf as satisfied as we’re going to get.” There will likelg be further debate at some point on how to apply rulea to new construction, an issue she said the compromisee doesn’t address, but that may come in the form of a different bill.
But the additional time allowesd in the current proposal should allow for needed pollution reductionsd before the stricter controlskick in, she “A lot can happen between now and 2017 and there’sx no guarantee, but from the modeling we’vs done it looks like we shouldd be OK in the she said. Elizabeth Ouzts, state director for EnvironmenyNorth Carolina, has been lobbying from the othedr side of the table throughout the lengthy negotiations with She said she preferred the original version of the bill but does not inten to try to walk the compromise back at this point.
“We think the compromise is a step forward for water qualitg for Jordan Lake and the rivers and streams that feed into she said. “It preserves the pollutionj reduction goals that areso However, she said environmental groups will be watchiny to see if developers try to weaken rulesx covering new developments in the Senatee version, and would oppose any such efforts.
The bill would force cities including Greensborio and Durham to step up efforts to reduce pollution in the reservoirf near Durham and in the Haw Riverf and other watersheds thatfeed it. But the compromise approved by members of the statse House last month extended the timeline for certaih requirements ofthe clean-up process. The goal of the Jordah Lake rules is to addressnutrient build-ups that cause algae bloomds in the lake, as well as taste and odor problemz in drinking water that comes from the lake and various othere environmental concerns. The Haw, which winds through Guilford andAlamance counties, is one of the main water sourcesd for the lake.
The strategies intended to reducde pollution levels range from the establishmen t of buffer zones along the riverd and tributaries to fertilizerapplication standards. But real estater developers andcity governments, including Greensboro’s, objecterd that the costs of applying the new standards would be too high. The compromiss involves putting certain planning and public education initiativexs in motion within a few monthe but holding off on stricter controls on the Haw until and then only if the waterstill doesn’t meet pollution standards.
The state’s also couldn’t force local governmentsd to make extensive and costly alteration s to existing hard surfaces like parking lots tocatch run-ofv until those areas are redeveloped. “We like it a lot with such changes inthe bill, said Kenney deputy director of water sources for the city of “It’s a more adaptive approach that will let us do some thinges first to see if that’s effective rather than doing everything rightf up front. It givea us more time to plan.
” McDowell said Greensborpo won’t be seeking any specific amendmentsz to the compromise bill that is now before theSenatew Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources committee, though he said he wouldn’t be surprisecd if private development interests do look for more But Marlene Sanford, executive director of the , also won’ty be pursuing specific changes to the saying her organization is “abouf as satisfied as we’re going to get.” There will likelg be further debate at some point on how to apply rulea to new construction, an issue she said the compromisee doesn’t address, but that may come in the form of a different bill.
But the additional time allowesd in the current proposal should allow for needed pollution reductionsd before the stricter controlskick in, she “A lot can happen between now and 2017 and there’sx no guarantee, but from the modeling we’vs done it looks like we shouldd be OK in the she said. Elizabeth Ouzts, state director for EnvironmenyNorth Carolina, has been lobbying from the othedr side of the table throughout the lengthy negotiations with She said she preferred the original version of the bill but does not inten to try to walk the compromise back at this point.
“We think the compromise is a step forward for water qualitg for Jordan Lake and the rivers and streams that feed into she said. “It preserves the pollutionj reduction goals that areso However, she said environmental groups will be watchiny to see if developers try to weaken rulesx covering new developments in the Senatee version, and would oppose any such efforts.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Rosen Kia to expand Milwaukee dealership - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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Owner Saul Rosen received approval last week from the Milwaukee Boars of Zoning Appeals to proceed withthe $1 million-plus projecty at 5575 S. 27th St. The board needed to review Rosen’a plan because it was an intensificatio of a special use previously approved by the Rosen said he will raze the existiny Kia showroom and beginh construction on the new structure bylate fall. He said the project will take about nine months to complete andadd 5,0009 square feet of floor space as part of a new showroom-designj program from the Korea-baseed automaker. While car sales were down 4.
8 percent in the Milwaukee metropolitan area the first half ofthis year, saleds increased for brands noted for fuel including Kia, according to , which tracks vehicle registrations. “Our Kia business is up closse to 10 percent this year in Rosen said. Rosen also owns an adjacent Nissa dealership and six dealerships in the Chicago He said he opened the first Kia dealership in Wisconsim about adecade ago.
Owner Saul Rosen received approval last week from the Milwaukee Boars of Zoning Appeals to proceed withthe $1 million-plus projecty at 5575 S. 27th St. The board needed to review Rosen’a plan because it was an intensificatio of a special use previously approved by the Rosen said he will raze the existiny Kia showroom and beginh construction on the new structure bylate fall. He said the project will take about nine months to complete andadd 5,0009 square feet of floor space as part of a new showroom-designj program from the Korea-baseed automaker. While car sales were down 4.
8 percent in the Milwaukee metropolitan area the first half ofthis year, saleds increased for brands noted for fuel including Kia, according to , which tracks vehicle registrations. “Our Kia business is up closse to 10 percent this year in Rosen said. Rosen also owns an adjacent Nissa dealership and six dealerships in the Chicago He said he opened the first Kia dealership in Wisconsim about adecade ago.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Budget deal includes impact fee freeze, may include property tax cuts - Denver Business Journal:
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The state could have a budget by earlu next week that closesa $4 billioh budget deficit. The budget deal includesa a $250 million repeal of a state property tax item that was temporariluy repealed in 2005 but would come back next yearwithouty action. There were some murmurs at the stater Capitol thatthe “equalization rate” property tax item mighyt not be in the budget But advocates of the tax repeal -- includingt Tim Lawless, state president of the -- say it is stilkl in there.
Some criticzs of the budget and opponents of repealing the equalizatiom rate questioned Friday whether it will be in the finap budget document which could be voted on early next week but has not beenfullhy disclosed. The budget pact also looks to cut secondaryg commercial property tax rates from 20 percent incrementally to15 percent. Secondary property taxes are assessments on commerciap owners that special hospital andother no-bonds cities and other government entities take out for variouse uses. Lawless said that secondary cut and the equalizatiom rate repeal will helpthe state’s The budget deal also callsd for a two-year freeze on development impact fee increases.
City governments throughourt the state and Valley assess the fees on home buildersz and developers to help offseyt the costs oftheir projects. The and NAIOP had pusheds for a three-year moratorium which would have temporaril zeroed out local impact but the budget compromise includezs a freeze which allows existing ratesz to stay in place but bars increasese fortwo years. City governments have opposed the The propertytax changes, along with a proposed flat-rate personal income tax, are aimed at bringingg more Republicans into a Brewer-backe budget deal that also includes a referendum askint voters to approve a three-year, one percentag e point increase to the state’s 5.
6 percent sale tax.
The state could have a budget by earlu next week that closesa $4 billioh budget deficit. The budget deal includesa a $250 million repeal of a state property tax item that was temporariluy repealed in 2005 but would come back next yearwithouty action. There were some murmurs at the stater Capitol thatthe “equalization rate” property tax item mighyt not be in the budget But advocates of the tax repeal -- includingt Tim Lawless, state president of the -- say it is stilkl in there.
Some criticzs of the budget and opponents of repealing the equalizatiom rate questioned Friday whether it will be in the finap budget document which could be voted on early next week but has not beenfullhy disclosed. The budget pact also looks to cut secondaryg commercial property tax rates from 20 percent incrementally to15 percent. Secondary property taxes are assessments on commerciap owners that special hospital andother no-bonds cities and other government entities take out for variouse uses. Lawless said that secondary cut and the equalizatiom rate repeal will helpthe state’s The budget deal also callsd for a two-year freeze on development impact fee increases.
City governments throughourt the state and Valley assess the fees on home buildersz and developers to help offseyt the costs oftheir projects. The and NAIOP had pusheds for a three-year moratorium which would have temporaril zeroed out local impact but the budget compromise includezs a freeze which allows existing ratesz to stay in place but bars increasese fortwo years. City governments have opposed the The propertytax changes, along with a proposed flat-rate personal income tax, are aimed at bringingg more Republicans into a Brewer-backe budget deal that also includes a referendum askint voters to approve a three-year, one percentag e point increase to the state’s 5.
6 percent sale tax.
Friday, September 24, 2010
St. Louis Business Journal:
http://www.tradeleadscenter.com/buy/Minerals_Metals_&_Materials__minerals
But just because businesses ownere know they shoulddo it, that doesn'y mean they are doing it. Jeff Porter runs the data management forum for the Storage NetworkingIndustry Association, an international standards organizatio for electronic storage companies. He said therd hasn't been a noticeable increase in the number of businessews backing up their filessince "I don't think it takes a lot to convince people now of the need to back theid files up," Porter said. "But it's stillo very difficult to convince them totake action." He said that's because it is such a tedioud task.
Even though there are plentu of firms that specialize in storingyother companies' information, the nature of the processs demands hundreds of "executive" hours, accordin to Porter. "It's not so much the cost that keepse companies fromdoing it," Porter "It's the fact that the company'sz decision-makers have to spend their own time figuring out what needw to happen. It's something that can't be delegated. " But Porter, along with other nationapl organizations, say there are several steps companies can take to make the proceses less ofa hassle. Before a companyh even starts looking for a third partystorage vendor, it needs to figure out what information is vita enough to be stored.
"There has to be a formalizee collaborationbetween management, operations and any business partneres involved," he said. "Don't expect it to be a quick It's going to take a lot of meetings between a lotof divisions." Once a company figurex out what information needs to be kept safe, Porter said it must decid how the information shoulde be stored. He explained that there are differing degreezs of access to the information for a For example, an insurance company would want recent claim to be more accessible than those made 10 yearws ago. Porter said that once this is a company can start looking for astorage vendor.
He said the best plac to start searching is throughhis organization's which he said is unbiased and neutral. Other tradee organizations, such as Enterprise Content Managementr Association, also represent hundreds of storage vendors and make those listsavailablee online. Porter also recommends getting customer reviews and making sure a vendo r hasgood press. He said if possible, a company shoulf test a vendor out by doing small trial installations. Porter explained that companies oftemn use more thanone vendor. "Some vendorxs are better for storing long-ter m information," he said. "Others are better at giving youimmediater access.
You have to find the righgt fit for each portion ofdata you're storing. " To get the lowest cost, Porter said many companieds try to get several vendors into abidding war. "But cost isn'f the most important thinhg here," he said. "If something happened and you had to depens onthe vendor's services to stay in business, the last thint you'd want is to have compromiserd quality just so you saved some costs.
" When it comes to how far away a company should electronically store its backup 15 miles used to be the rule of But after the widespread destruction of Katrina, expertes say information should be storec in geographic regions that won't be affected by the same "Katrina not only increased awareness," Porter "It also rewrote a lot of the rules we used to It showed our industry what needed to be improved. " One of those improvements, according to is how often a company should test itsbacku plan. He explained that many Katrina-affected companies had backul plans, but discovered they were out-of-date when the disastefr actually hit.
"A business is constantly evolving," he "And, consequently, so are your backup needs."" Porter said a company should, with the assistance of its refresh its backup plan atleast annually. He said many companieds actuallytest quarterly, dividing the process up into separat divisions. But Porter said the biggest mistakedcompanies make, and one that Katrinza highlighted, is that they focud too much on storage and not enough on recovery. "Wheh you initially sit down you need to figure out how fast you need to recovet whensomething happens," he "You may back everythingb up properly, but then it takes you 30 days to accessx it and be up and runningv again.
Many companies can't survive that kind of delay. Computers, Technology and Telecommunications
But just because businesses ownere know they shoulddo it, that doesn'y mean they are doing it. Jeff Porter runs the data management forum for the Storage NetworkingIndustry Association, an international standards organizatio for electronic storage companies. He said therd hasn't been a noticeable increase in the number of businessews backing up their filessince "I don't think it takes a lot to convince people now of the need to back theid files up," Porter said. "But it's stillo very difficult to convince them totake action." He said that's because it is such a tedioud task.
Even though there are plentu of firms that specialize in storingyother companies' information, the nature of the processs demands hundreds of "executive" hours, accordin to Porter. "It's not so much the cost that keepse companies fromdoing it," Porter "It's the fact that the company'sz decision-makers have to spend their own time figuring out what needw to happen. It's something that can't be delegated. " But Porter, along with other nationapl organizations, say there are several steps companies can take to make the proceses less ofa hassle. Before a companyh even starts looking for a third partystorage vendor, it needs to figure out what information is vita enough to be stored.
"There has to be a formalizee collaborationbetween management, operations and any business partneres involved," he said. "Don't expect it to be a quick It's going to take a lot of meetings between a lotof divisions." Once a company figurex out what information needs to be kept safe, Porter said it must decid how the information shoulde be stored. He explained that there are differing degreezs of access to the information for a For example, an insurance company would want recent claim to be more accessible than those made 10 yearws ago. Porter said that once this is a company can start looking for astorage vendor.
He said the best plac to start searching is throughhis organization's which he said is unbiased and neutral. Other tradee organizations, such as Enterprise Content Managementr Association, also represent hundreds of storage vendors and make those listsavailablee online. Porter also recommends getting customer reviews and making sure a vendo r hasgood press. He said if possible, a company shoulf test a vendor out by doing small trial installations. Porter explained that companies oftemn use more thanone vendor. "Some vendorxs are better for storing long-ter m information," he said. "Others are better at giving youimmediater access.
You have to find the righgt fit for each portion ofdata you're storing. " To get the lowest cost, Porter said many companieds try to get several vendors into abidding war. "But cost isn'f the most important thinhg here," he said. "If something happened and you had to depens onthe vendor's services to stay in business, the last thint you'd want is to have compromiserd quality just so you saved some costs.
" When it comes to how far away a company should electronically store its backup 15 miles used to be the rule of But after the widespread destruction of Katrina, expertes say information should be storec in geographic regions that won't be affected by the same "Katrina not only increased awareness," Porter "It also rewrote a lot of the rules we used to It showed our industry what needed to be improved. " One of those improvements, according to is how often a company should test itsbacku plan. He explained that many Katrina-affected companies had backul plans, but discovered they were out-of-date when the disastefr actually hit.
"A business is constantly evolving," he "And, consequently, so are your backup needs."" Porter said a company should, with the assistance of its refresh its backup plan atleast annually. He said many companieds actuallytest quarterly, dividing the process up into separat divisions. But Porter said the biggest mistakedcompanies make, and one that Katrinza highlighted, is that they focud too much on storage and not enough on recovery. "Wheh you initially sit down you need to figure out how fast you need to recovet whensomething happens," he "You may back everythingb up properly, but then it takes you 30 days to accessx it and be up and runningv again.
Many companies can't survive that kind of delay. Computers, Technology and Telecommunications
Thursday, September 23, 2010
BB&T to repay TARP - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:
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BB&T CEO Kelly King said his bank will move quickl y to exit the portion ofthe government’s Troubled Asset Relie f Program or TARP that had providec $3.1 billion in capitakl in return for preferred shares of BB& stock last November. “This is an important achievementfor BB&T,” King “Repaying the government’s investment will give us greater flexibilitu to benefit significantly from future opportunities that will be availablr as we emerge from this Winston-Salem-based BB&T will record a charge of $48 milliob in the second quarter of this year, whicuh reflects the difference between the amortizede cost of the preferred stocl and the repurchase price.
The repurchase should not have a materiakl impact onquarterly results, the bank said. BB&T is among many institution s that accepted the money made available by the government to banks durinyg the height oflast year’s financiakl collapse, when other sources of capital that could fund loan to support the economy dried up. The Treasur Department did not identify the bankd it had given permission to repay their but others that have announced their approval themselves include Morgan Stanley, U.S. Bancorp, Capital One Financial and American Express.
BB&T CEO Kelly King said his bank will move quickl y to exit the portion ofthe government’s Troubled Asset Relie f Program or TARP that had providec $3.1 billion in capitakl in return for preferred shares of BB& stock last November. “This is an important achievementfor BB&T,” King “Repaying the government’s investment will give us greater flexibilitu to benefit significantly from future opportunities that will be availablr as we emerge from this Winston-Salem-based BB&T will record a charge of $48 milliob in the second quarter of this year, whicuh reflects the difference between the amortizede cost of the preferred stocl and the repurchase price.
The repurchase should not have a materiakl impact onquarterly results, the bank said. BB&T is among many institution s that accepted the money made available by the government to banks durinyg the height oflast year’s financiakl collapse, when other sources of capital that could fund loan to support the economy dried up. The Treasur Department did not identify the bankd it had given permission to repay their but others that have announced their approval themselves include Morgan Stanley, U.S. Bancorp, Capital One Financial and American Express.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Google Transparency Tool Shows Where Content is Blocked, Down - PC Magazine
http://www.donalfagan.com/?p=778
AFP | Google Transparency Tool Shows Where Content is Blocked, Down PC Magazine ... about the number of government inquiries Google has received for information about users or requests for Google to take down or censor content. ... Google report shows where its content is blocked Google Says Brazil, Libya Make Most Demands to Pull Content From Internet Site Shows Government Intervention on Google Services |
Monday, September 20, 2010
GM responds to Texas AG's claims - St. Louis Business Journal:
http://www.sdywt.com/?p=1357
Abbott alleges that Detroit-based GM is trying to free itselgf from Texas law that protects localp dealers from the negative impact ofa manufacturer’s modificatiobn of a franchise without first giving the dealeras notice of the changes and a righy to protest them. GM responded to the objectiomn Fridayafternoon saying: "On June 1, GM filed for Chapter 11 As such, GM is subject to the jurisdiction of the bankruptch court and will obviouslg follow that court's orders with respecg to dealer contracts. We are not going to comment on theAttorney General's press release other than to say that we think his statement is misplaced.
GM takes very seriouslgy its obligation to comply with allapplicable law." In addition, Abbott’s office claims in the official objectionh that GM is trying to get past Texasz law that protects dealers from feeling pressured to accepty inventory that they would not orded voluntarily. The attorney generakl also claims that GM is trying to deny Texaes GM dealerships the right to carry other branda in their plans for anew GM.
Othee allegations from Abbott’s office are that GM is trying to limitTexas dealers’ warranty claims and is seekin g to dodge Texas law that allowd dealerships the right to protest the openingh of another dealer if it is located within the same countyg or within a 15-mile radius and carries the same In a statement about Texas’ objectionws to the federally backed GM, Abbott’s office “GM is putting dealerships across Texas — and thousandes of their employees at risk. The new federally controllee GM that emerges from bankruptcy wants to be freed from Texads laws that require it to deal fairly withlocal dealerships.
Its plan will move the businessw toward a command economy model and away from a freemarke model.”
Abbott alleges that Detroit-based GM is trying to free itselgf from Texas law that protects localp dealers from the negative impact ofa manufacturer’s modificatiobn of a franchise without first giving the dealeras notice of the changes and a righy to protest them. GM responded to the objectiomn Fridayafternoon saying: "On June 1, GM filed for Chapter 11 As such, GM is subject to the jurisdiction of the bankruptch court and will obviouslg follow that court's orders with respecg to dealer contracts. We are not going to comment on theAttorney General's press release other than to say that we think his statement is misplaced.
GM takes very seriouslgy its obligation to comply with allapplicable law." In addition, Abbott’s office claims in the official objectionh that GM is trying to get past Texasz law that protects dealers from feeling pressured to accepty inventory that they would not orded voluntarily. The attorney generakl also claims that GM is trying to deny Texaes GM dealerships the right to carry other branda in their plans for anew GM.
Othee allegations from Abbott’s office are that GM is trying to limitTexas dealers’ warranty claims and is seekin g to dodge Texas law that allowd dealerships the right to protest the openingh of another dealer if it is located within the same countyg or within a 15-mile radius and carries the same In a statement about Texas’ objectionws to the federally backed GM, Abbott’s office “GM is putting dealerships across Texas — and thousandes of their employees at risk. The new federally controllee GM that emerges from bankruptcy wants to be freed from Texads laws that require it to deal fairly withlocal dealerships.
Its plan will move the businessw toward a command economy model and away from a freemarke model.”
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Realtors to launch foreclosure courses - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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The group gave the $3,200 to host a foreclosurw and shortsales course. And the was given $8,050 to develop a course and DVD for consumers and agenta on the legal risks associated with foreclosuress andshort sales. also was awarded $6,000 to host a Realtor training course on helping consumers who are behinf ontheir mortgages. The nationall association gave out morethan $3 million to different city associations to help resolver the growing foreclosure “Realtors build communities, and as the leadingb advocate for homeownership and housing issues, we believe that any familyu that loses its home to foreclosure is one familh too many,” NAR President Charles McMillan, a broke r with in Dallas-Fort Worth.
“Foreclosures affect each community which is why NAR is providing the Foreclosure Prevention and Response grant s directly to local and state Realtof associations so that they can develop coordinated action plans to prevenft foreclosures and minimize their adversr effects onthe community.”
The group gave the $3,200 to host a foreclosurw and shortsales course. And the was given $8,050 to develop a course and DVD for consumers and agenta on the legal risks associated with foreclosuress andshort sales. also was awarded $6,000 to host a Realtor training course on helping consumers who are behinf ontheir mortgages. The nationall association gave out morethan $3 million to different city associations to help resolver the growing foreclosure “Realtors build communities, and as the leadingb advocate for homeownership and housing issues, we believe that any familyu that loses its home to foreclosure is one familh too many,” NAR President Charles McMillan, a broke r with in Dallas-Fort Worth.
“Foreclosures affect each community which is why NAR is providing the Foreclosure Prevention and Response grant s directly to local and state Realtof associations so that they can develop coordinated action plans to prevenft foreclosures and minimize their adversr effects onthe community.”
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