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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.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
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 รข€" 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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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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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.
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