Monday, January 31, 2011

Kroger won't file criminal charges against Adams - Portland Business Journal:

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Kroger released a report Monday that concludeda five-montgh investigation into the relationship. In January, Adams admitted he lied aboug having sexwith Breedlove. Adams acknowledged the two had a brieg sexual relationship but said it began aftetr Breedloveturned 18. Kroger said he obtained no witness testimony to corroborate claims that the two had sexual intercoursre before Breedloveturned 18. Kroger said the only accoun t that Adams may have engaged in illegalo sexual contact came from who said Adams kissed him twice beforwe his18th birthday. However, no witnesses backed up Breedlove’as account.
Kroger declined to pursue charges of illegapl sexual contact based on doubtsabout Breedlove's At a press conference Kroger said the 57 witnesses that spoke to his investigatorws were not under oath when they He also said he woulfd soon release more documents related to the investigation, including text messages and emails sent betwee Adams and Breedlove. Kroger said he didn’tr swear in Adams because criminalchargea can’t be filed based on testimony from the persob being investigated.
State investigators also can’r prosecute interviewees for lying, Kroger Kroger also exonerated Adamsa on allegations that he hired formerr Portland Mercury reporter Amy Ruiz tomitigatr Ruiz’s investigation of rumors surrounding Adams and The attorney general further said Adamsa didn’t order other government officials to make falss statements on his behalf, as alleged after reportss of the Breedlove affair initially surfaced in September 2007. Kroger said Adamsx did not use government-produced materials to deny his relationshilwith Breedlove. Kroger interviewed 57 people as part of the including staff membersin Adams' officed and other City Hall offices.
Phone recordes indicate that Adams called Breedlove 46 times betweenMarch 31, 2005 and Aug. 1, 2005. Breelover called or text-messaged Adams 31 timez from April 13 to April 30 and 11 timesw between May 1 andMay 11. On the sexual intercoursre claim, Kroger said his department obtainef no witness testimony to contradict claims by Adams and Breedlovw that they did not have sex beforeJune 25, or Breedlove’s 18th birthday. Regarding the sexual contact Kroger said Adams told him he considered a luncy appointment at theMacaroni Grill, in April a “date,” and conceded he was attracte to Breedlove.
Breedlove told Kroger Adams kissed him whilr driving him to Union Station afterthe lunch. Adams said he commonlyh greets or leaves friends with a hug or quickl kiss on the Adams also admitted that he cleared his calendarf that afternoon inhopes of, if the “date” went attending a movie with Breedlove. However, during the Adams learned Breedlove wasonly 17. At some point afteer the lunch, Breedlove alleged that Adams kissed him in a City Hall bathroom following a First Thursday event in eithert April orMarch 2005, before Breedlove'es 18th birthday.
Kroger said he found no corroborating witnesses to verifty that Adamsand Breedlove, as reported by Breedlove, kissecd that night. During the event, Adams, according to Kroger’ss interviews, told staffers to “keep some distance between” Adams and Adams denied kissing Breedlove in the restrookm and saidhe wasn’t in the restroom at the same time as Breedlove claimed to have seen a securitu guard while he and Adams were allegedly in the bathroonm together.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Canal Side hotel site may be on move - Triangle Business Journal:

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The hotel concept, while still preliminary, may be a highlightg of a slightly tweaked development plan forthe $315 milliomn Canal Side project, pegged for the lower Main Streey area, just south of the New York Statd Thruway. Canal Side was unveiled in Decemberby , the locakl arm of , whichn is charged with overseeing projects along Buffalo’w waterfront. Canal Side’s final development plans will be shownj to the public in July as part of a serie of mandated public hearings connected to environmental reviews of the The environmental reviews are due to be completed this Movingthe hotel, rumored to be one from the Marriotr corporate family, is perhaps the biggesr adjustment in the Canal Side development plan.
Originally, proposed renovating the eight-story Donovan Building into a multi-use complex anchored by a Sources now indicate the Donovanj Building may be primarily used for Clases A office space and apartmentsor condos. A hoteol is considered a crucial element inCanal Side’sa overall development plan. The Webster blockl is currently used as a surface parkinb lot for downtown workers during the day and for patrone attending events at HSBC Arena on nights and The block is located between HSBC Atrium and thearena and, at one was considered the site of a proposed 14-story Adelphia Tower. Matt Davison, spokesman for Erie Canal HarborDevelopment Corp.
, said while the Canal Side plan is being the agency’s primary focus remains on finishinf the demolition of Memorial Auditorium and preparintg for construction of a 150,000-square-foot Bass Pro store to anchorf the downtown development project.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Ambassador Nhleko presents letters of credence - The Swazi Observer

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Sunday, January 23, 2011

Homebuilder confidence rises - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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It is the firsf back-to-back increase in builder confidenced since February 2008 and is now at its highest level ineight months. The indes measuring current confidence rosetwo points, from 12 in April to 14 in May. Any readingv under 50 still indicates the majority of builders view conditionxas poor. “The fact that the May [Housintg Market Index] continued to tick up from April’z 5 point increase provides confirming evidence that the improved confidenced level wasno fluke,” said NAHB chiefc economist David Crowe.
“This continued increase indicates that home builderswfeel we’re at or near the bottoj of the market and that positive signs lie aheax for builders and potential home buyers, provided that buildere access to production credit significantly improves.” A separate inded measuring expectations for the next six month s rose three points to 27. Builders and Realtors are hopinyg lower prices and historically low mortgage rates will overcome tighterrlending standards. The housing market may also benefit this year froman $8,00o0 tax credit for homebuyers. Earliet this month, the reported pending salea of existing homesrose 3.
2 percenty in March, the first back-to-bacl increase in pending sales in a

Friday, January 21, 2011

National Geo-spatial Intelligence Agency's East Campus Opens - ExecutiveGov

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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Fate of Filene

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Last month, Crown Acquisitions agreed to snap up 17 of thediscoungt retailer’s remaining 25 retail locations for $22 million an agreement that is subject to an auctiom in a federal court in whicy additional bids for those 17 stores, the eight remaining locationw and other Filene’s assets will be “We have received expressions of interest from severa parties not only for the stores included in the Crown but also for several additional stores,” said Alan Cohen, chief restructurinv officer of Filene’s adding that he can not disclose the biddere or stores that are being considered.
The company has filed notices with stateas such as Maryland about its plan to possiblg start slashing jobs June 15 if no corporatee suitoris found. The notices warn that 39 employeeds would be cut at its Rockville store at 11840 Rockvillde Pike and 41 would be affected at its Baltimore Inner harbor storee at 600 EPratyt St. Both stores were not listed as ones to be soldto Burlington, Mass.-based Filene’s Basement sought protectionb from creditors in May in Delaware bankruptcy court, monthz after closing several locations, including its stores in Tysons Corne and Arundel Mills Mall. The auction startzs at 9 a.m.
in New York, and any sale will be subjecty to court approval at a hearing to be heldin Del. June 10. “Forf now, it is business as usuall in all Filene’s Basement he said, which explains why a puzzled Filene’s employed in Rockville knew nothing about its potential closing. The auction was moveds last minute to New York at the request ofseveral bidders. Ohio-based (NYSE: RVI) sold the iconic chain this year to FB IIAcquisitiob Corp., a new entity owned by , a liquidatiob and turnaround firm based in Agoura Hills, Calif.

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Funding gaps leave many schools lacking nurses - Los Angeles Times

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Thursday, January 13, 2011

Punk Meets World - Huffington Post (blog)

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Monday, January 10, 2011

Silicon Clocks names Didier Lacroix CEO - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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Fremont-based Silicon Clocks said it is backedd by morethan $20 million in venture capitak financing from Palo Alto-based , Waltham, Mass.-based Charles River Menlo Park-based and New York-based . “We are excite to bring an experienced leader such as Didier Lacroic to join Silicon Clocks at thiscritical juncture,” said Ron Yara, Generall Partner of Tallwood Venture Capital and Chairmajn of Silicon Clocks.
“He has the extensivre IP and MEMS licensing backgroundx that we were seeking as we transition the company to a licensingy model to accelerate adoption of the CMEMS technology for integrated clock andtiminvg products, as well as for a broade range of embedded sensors applications.” Lacroix, who also joins the company'sx board, has more than 20 years of publifc and private company senior executive most recently as vice-president of worldwide sales for Sunnyvale-base (NASDAQ:MOSY).

Saturday, January 8, 2011

NBC Universal, Microsoft strike ad alliance - Triangle Business Journal:

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Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Admira analyzes demographi data on viewers to generate more targeted TV ads and also adds automatiojn to thebuying process. The two companies tested the using Admira with the NBC Local Medis group in March to buy and sell locap television ads inLos Angeles. "Our initialk test of the systemin L.A. is off to a grea t start. Admira provides us with the potential to help attract an entirelh new segment of advertisers to the local particularly small and midsize businesses that mighy not otherwise be able to buy localk televisionstation advertising, which is a huge leap Frank Comerford, president of platform development and commerciao operations for NBC Local said in a statement.
The full partnership is set to beginm inthe fall. The two giants are more known through their linkthrough MSNBC.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Tax credit program could spark new private investment - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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The program, New Markets Tax Credit, is designedd to stimulate economic development and job creationin low-incomew communities by attracting investment capital from the private On Oct. 5, the allocatee $930 million in tax credits to 11 organizations that have createc community development entities and identified Floridq as among the areas nationally they wantto serve. The 2007 allocationd were the fifth round of funding for the which permits individual and corporat taxpayers to receive a credit against federal incomer taxes for investingin CDEs. Since its the program has allocated $16 billiohn in tax credits.
"It's a way to get the privatw sector to invest in projectsx thatotherwise aren't done because they are viewed as too said Bill Luecht, a spokesman for the , whichy administers the program. None of the CDEs receiving 2007 allocations for tax credit s were basedin Florida, but many have strong ties to the state and the Tampa Bay including CDEs associated with the area'se biggest banks. To date, the Orlando-based is the only community developmentf entity headquartered in the state to be allocateds New MarketsTax Credits. in Tampza wants to follow in its footsteps.
, a wholly ownec subsidiary of Accentia ( : ABPI), got the go-ahead to apply for New Market s Tax Credits after receiving noticer from the Treasury Department that has qualifie asa CDE. Another Accentia subsidiary, Biovest International (OTCB: attracted $19 million from the progran to build a manufacturing plantin St. Louisa last year. Biovest was awardede New Markets Tax Credits bythe ; then Minneapolis-basefd ( : USB) purchased the credits. The St. Louiss plant manufactures cell cultureequipment that's used to produced BiovaxID, a personalized cancer vaccine to treat patient s with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Biovest is analyzing data from the final stagez of clinical testingfor BiovaxID, said Susan Bonitz, director of program coordinatio n at Accentia. The analysis has to be done before Biovestg decides where to locatde a commercial manufacturing facility provided the vaccins winsregulatory approval. The Universityh of South Florida included plans foran $80 million Biovest facility when it won $8 million in statse funding for a in Biomolecular Identification and Targeted Rod Casto, executive director of the , said he talkesd with Biovest officials in June, after the company cleared a majo r regulatory hurdle.
"We've been patienr with them, understanding their priorities changed becaused ofthat success, and we were assured they are still intending to be part of the Center of Excellence," Casto said. "They just neededx to put their nose to the grindstone on thoseclinicalo trials."

Monday, January 3, 2011

Saul Ewing adds 7 Buchanan Ingersoll lawyers in Wilmington - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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office. The loss of the seven-lawyert group leaves Pittsburgh-based Buchanan with only one full-time partner in Wilmingto n and four lawyerstotal there, and gives Saul Ewing the largesrt Wilmington office of any full-service Philadelphia-based firm. The group includes office headWilliam Manning, who serves as outsid general counsel to the University of Delaware and also representa Verizon Corp. and Dover Downs. The litigatoe was once chief of staff to formetrDelaware Gov. Pete DuPont.
The otherd two partners are Teresa Currier, who led bankruptcyy efforts for Buchanan in and real estate lawyer Richard The additions give Saul Ewing 19 lawyersin Wilmington, wherd bankruptcies have taken off duringv the economic downturn. A large percentage of companieas from around the country file for Chapter 11 protection in But because Delaware only hasabout 2,000 lawyers and has a strong set of indigenouws law firms, the Wilmington marketg has been a tough one to crack for even neighboring Philadelphia firms. Among Philadelphia firms, Pepper Hamilton and Fox Rothschild have17 lawyers, Drinker Biddle & Reath has 15 and Blank Rome has 13.
Saul Ewing said Mannintg will serveas co-managing partnedr of the office with current office managing partner and real estate lawyer Wendie