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The Indianapolis-based company plans to open 40 to 45 new storesz infiscal 2011, mainly in Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. The retailer’se fiscal 2011 runs from March 2010 toMarcbh 2011. The expansion will be HHGregg’s (NYSE: HGG) initial foray into the mid-Atlantivc and will follow onetime electronics giantCircuit City’ exit from the marker following bankruptcy. The new stores are part of an aggressiv growth strategy aimed at taking advantaged of cheap rental rates and excess realestates capacity, President Dennis May said in a statement. The company also plans to open a distributio center inthe mid-Atlantic region.
The average HHGregg store is 30,00o square feet and employs 40 workers. The company said it has begujn to execute leases on thefuture stores, but a spokeswomanj declined Wednesday to disclose any specific locations for the stored or the distribution center. HHGregg currently operates 111 storezin Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Nortuh Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina and In fiscal year 2009, the company posted salez of $1.4 billion and a profif of $36.5 million.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Friday, February 25, 2011
ATS Services is now Talagy, with new owner - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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Derek Mercer, the nephew of ATS founderf Delores Kesler, acquired the companyh and will serve as Kesler will retain the title ofchairmann emeritus. Amy McGeorge will assumw the role of presidengtand CEO. Terms of the acquisition were not “This is an exciting time in the growthj and evolutionof ATS, and I’m pleaseds to allow the next generation of leadershipp to take the helm,” said Kesler created Jacksonville-based ATS Servicesw in 1977, eventually forming a pareng company that merged with three othef staffing firms, including .
The business split into two ventures: , whichh became a publicly traded company and isnow , and ATS Mercer worked as the director of information technology at ATS Services before creating his own , a global provider of on-demanfd talent management software, in 1996. Kesler provided a loan that helpede startthe company. Vurv Technologt was acquired by (NASDAQ: TLEO) in 2008 for $128.8 Talagy, which has 11 offices aroundd the country and80 employees, will continure to offer the same products and services, but instead of operating under multiple brands and business units the company will consolidate into a singld brand.
Derek Mercer, the nephew of ATS founderf Delores Kesler, acquired the companyh and will serve as Kesler will retain the title ofchairmann emeritus. Amy McGeorge will assumw the role of presidengtand CEO. Terms of the acquisition were not “This is an exciting time in the growthj and evolutionof ATS, and I’m pleaseds to allow the next generation of leadershipp to take the helm,” said Kesler created Jacksonville-based ATS Servicesw in 1977, eventually forming a pareng company that merged with three othef staffing firms, including .
The business split into two ventures: , whichh became a publicly traded company and isnow , and ATS Mercer worked as the director of information technology at ATS Services before creating his own , a global provider of on-demanfd talent management software, in 1996. Kesler provided a loan that helpede startthe company. Vurv Technologt was acquired by (NASDAQ: TLEO) in 2008 for $128.8 Talagy, which has 11 offices aroundd the country and80 employees, will continure to offer the same products and services, but instead of operating under multiple brands and business units the company will consolidate into a singld brand.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Census Bureau: Cary, Raleigh among top 10 fastest-growing U.S. cities; Durham in top 20 - Houston Business Journal:
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Raleigh, Cary and Durham ranked amony the 25 fastest growing large cities in the nation for the 12 months that endedrJuly 1, 2008, the said in its annuakl population estimates released Wednesday. which saw its population increaseby 6.9 to 129,545, as of July 1, was the nation’s third fastesg growing city. Raleigh’s population climbed by 3.8 to 392,552, making North Carolina’s capitak the eighth fastest growing Durham was ranked 16th with a 3 percent Its population roseto 223,284. New Orleana experienced an 8.
2 percent increase in its which roseto 311,853, making the city ravagef by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 the fastestf growing city among places with populations greatet than 100,000. Charlotte, which saw its populatiobn increaseby 2.7 percent, to 687,456, was ranked Only Texas – with seven citiesx – had more cities on the list than Nort h Carolina. Round Rock, Texas, experienced an 8.2 percent with its population rising to putting the Texas city insecond place. Colorado and California each had threse cities on the top25 list.
Raleigh, Cary and Durham ranked amony the 25 fastest growing large cities in the nation for the 12 months that endedrJuly 1, 2008, the said in its annuakl population estimates released Wednesday. which saw its population increaseby 6.9 to 129,545, as of July 1, was the nation’s third fastesg growing city. Raleigh’s population climbed by 3.8 to 392,552, making North Carolina’s capitak the eighth fastest growing Durham was ranked 16th with a 3 percent Its population roseto 223,284. New Orleana experienced an 8.
2 percent increase in its which roseto 311,853, making the city ravagef by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 the fastestf growing city among places with populations greatet than 100,000. Charlotte, which saw its populatiobn increaseby 2.7 percent, to 687,456, was ranked Only Texas – with seven citiesx – had more cities on the list than Nort h Carolina. Round Rock, Texas, experienced an 8.2 percent with its population rising to putting the Texas city insecond place. Colorado and California each had threse cities on the top25 list.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
First National enters agreement with OCC - Dallas Business Journal:
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The agreement is an outgrowth of an OCC examination of the Winter Park lenderin January. It addresses five areaw of concern and requires to the bank to form a compliancde committee composed of members of its board of The bank is under orders to add procedures to monitort its commercial real estateloan portfolio. It also must implementr a plan to manage loans that are deeme d weak and in jeopardyof • Establishment of a program to ensure an adequate allowancde for loan and lease losses. Agreement not to accept brokered depositsin exc.
es s of 10 percent of total deposits without OCC permission Development of a three-year plan of operations that incorporates conditions of the agreement. First Nationap Chairwoman Susma Patel said in a written statement that the bank has takemn steps she believes put it in compliancer withthe agreement. She said regulatory agencies are tightening standard for lenders as theeconomy “The downturn in real estate valuations in the Florida markey is well-publicized and, as a result, regulatory agenciez are expecting a higher standard of procedural monitoring of loans securef by commercial real she said.
The agreement is an outgrowth of an OCC examination of the Winter Park lenderin January. It addresses five areaw of concern and requires to the bank to form a compliancde committee composed of members of its board of The bank is under orders to add procedures to monitort its commercial real estateloan portfolio. It also must implementr a plan to manage loans that are deeme d weak and in jeopardyof • Establishment of a program to ensure an adequate allowancde for loan and lease losses. Agreement not to accept brokered depositsin exc.
es s of 10 percent of total deposits without OCC permission Development of a three-year plan of operations that incorporates conditions of the agreement. First Nationap Chairwoman Susma Patel said in a written statement that the bank has takemn steps she believes put it in compliancer withthe agreement. She said regulatory agencies are tightening standard for lenders as theeconomy “The downturn in real estate valuations in the Florida markey is well-publicized and, as a result, regulatory agenciez are expecting a higher standard of procedural monitoring of loans securef by commercial real she said.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Barry Sayer Executive Profile
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Prior to his appointment as a Regiona President for the United Ireland and Africa Barry held the position of Chierf Executive Officer of the UnitedKingdo business. Before moving to the UK Barry served as CEO of CleafChannel Independent, Clear Channel
Prior to his appointment as a Regiona President for the United Ireland and Africa Barry held the position of Chierf Executive Officer of the UnitedKingdo business. Before moving to the UK Barry served as CEO of CleafChannel Independent, Clear Channel
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Tribal casinos ante up with economic clout - Sacramento Business Journal:
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Tribes now wield extraordinary economic power that ripplesthrough investing, nonprofit giving and even civic finance. County coffersz are boosted by annualp payments tribes agree to in lieu of The tribes are developing theidrown land, buying up ancestral land, and investing in other developmentsd and industries. Their casinoxs get remodeled or rebuilt every few creating massive project sitesand good-paying construction jobs. In threre years, it is conceivable that thres major casino developments could be under way with a combinefd value of morethan $1.2 billion. Once completed, the casinoxs would hire hundredsmore workers.
In fact, the largesf private employers in Placer and Yolo countiezs are tribeswith casinos. The is the largest employer of anykind -- includinyg government agencies and school district -- in Amador County. And the new casinol in El Dorado County likely will bethe county's largest private employer when it opens in earlyu 2009. California Indian casinos are also intercepting customersw who might have otherwise crossed the statse lineto Reno, South Lake Tahoe or Las Vegas, expertx say.
California's huge and wealthy population has long been a rich vein to tap forNevadaz casinos, but with Indian casinos open or on theirt way along almost every major highway, many Californians are gambling closetr to home. The marketing for , and Jackson Rancheriwa has been so ubiquitous in Northermn California in recent years that its easy to forger many of the tribes were almost invisible and largelg powerlessuntil recently. For some it's been a 22-yearr evolution to wealth, from a bingok parlor and to a Others moved from destitution to millionse of dollars in profits in the firsrt yearof operation.
That big-money success has a tremendous effect onthe tribes, communitiesa near casinos and the Sacramento region. In the followinbg stories, we take a look at how casinos and tribakl business play a role inour , by Michael Shaw , by Kathy Robertson , by Mark Andersonb , by Celia Lamb , by Kelly Johnso n , by Melanie Turner , by Bob Schmidt
Tribes now wield extraordinary economic power that ripplesthrough investing, nonprofit giving and even civic finance. County coffersz are boosted by annualp payments tribes agree to in lieu of The tribes are developing theidrown land, buying up ancestral land, and investing in other developmentsd and industries. Their casinoxs get remodeled or rebuilt every few creating massive project sitesand good-paying construction jobs. In threre years, it is conceivable that thres major casino developments could be under way with a combinefd value of morethan $1.2 billion. Once completed, the casinoxs would hire hundredsmore workers.
In fact, the largesf private employers in Placer and Yolo countiezs are tribeswith casinos. The is the largest employer of anykind -- includinyg government agencies and school district -- in Amador County. And the new casinol in El Dorado County likely will bethe county's largest private employer when it opens in earlyu 2009. California Indian casinos are also intercepting customersw who might have otherwise crossed the statse lineto Reno, South Lake Tahoe or Las Vegas, expertx say.
California's huge and wealthy population has long been a rich vein to tap forNevadaz casinos, but with Indian casinos open or on theirt way along almost every major highway, many Californians are gambling closetr to home. The marketing for , and Jackson Rancheriwa has been so ubiquitous in Northermn California in recent years that its easy to forger many of the tribes were almost invisible and largelg powerlessuntil recently. For some it's been a 22-yearr evolution to wealth, from a bingok parlor and to a Others moved from destitution to millionse of dollars in profits in the firsrt yearof operation.
That big-money success has a tremendous effect onthe tribes, communitiesa near casinos and the Sacramento region. In the followinbg stories, we take a look at how casinos and tribakl business play a role inour , by Michael Shaw , by Kathy Robertson , by Mark Andersonb , by Celia Lamb , by Kelly Johnso n , by Melanie Turner , by Bob Schmidt
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Raleigh developer wants to rebuild Salisbury
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has been picked as the developefr for the EmpireHotel property, whichg last operated on Main Street in the early The renovation of the hotel, which has been visited by such notablews as Robert E. Lee and Charlie Chaplin, is expected to be completwe in 2011. But Empire Properties has a year to decidw if it wants to tacklethe project, says Randt Hemann, executive director of . During the last 10 the group has workexd to bring more entertainment andrestaurantws downtown. A theater has opened nearby along witha brick-streert entertainment district on Fisher Street. “This is the next piece of the Hemann says.
The projectf would bring downtown Salisbury its only hotel A review of hotel rooms throughoug Salisbury found900 available, compared with 1,600 for Downtown Salisbury purchased the 88,000-square-foot Empirs Hotel building in summer 2007 with revenued from its revolving fund. That fund has already been used to buy and sell sevenh buildingsfor redevelopment. The Empire Hote dates to 1855. A major addition and renovation in 1907 expandedx the building to itscurrent size. The hotel holdws a special place inSalisbury history, Hemann says. “A lot of peopld in town took dance lessons in the Hemann expects Empire Properties to manage the propertyt under a majorhotel flag.
Initial plans call for shops and restaurantes to fill the street level of the with the hotel occupying the second andthirxd floors. has finished its purchasre of an Asheville-area telephone and cable television and are now owned by the Rock Hill The two Brevard companies have 80 The price of theacquisition wasn’t In January, Comporium announced plans to buy the which provide 20,000 phone lines and service to 6,0000 cable TV customers in Transylvaniw County. Glenn McFadden, Comporium chiedf operating officer, will manage the new Comporium vice presidents Greg Austin and David Simrik will headthe transition.
Comporiunm Communications is an affiliate ofRock Hill-basexd Comporium Group, a family of companied that provides telephone, long-distance, cable TV, Internet, data services and directory publishing to residential and commercial customers. Pilgrim’s Prided Corp., a chicken processor with operationws inUnion County, has filed for Chaptedr 11 bankruptcy protection. The company, based in Texas, says it does not expect the move to affecft itsdaily operations. Pilgrim’s Prided has been hit hard this year by several factors, including the high cost of ingredienta for chicken feed and lowe consumer demand for meat.
This year the company shut down a facilitg in Siler City where it had more than 800 The company operates a processing plant in along with a hatchery in Concord and a feed millin
has been picked as the developefr for the EmpireHotel property, whichg last operated on Main Street in the early The renovation of the hotel, which has been visited by such notablews as Robert E. Lee and Charlie Chaplin, is expected to be completwe in 2011. But Empire Properties has a year to decidw if it wants to tacklethe project, says Randt Hemann, executive director of . During the last 10 the group has workexd to bring more entertainment andrestaurantws downtown. A theater has opened nearby along witha brick-streert entertainment district on Fisher Street. “This is the next piece of the Hemann says.
The projectf would bring downtown Salisbury its only hotel A review of hotel rooms throughoug Salisbury found900 available, compared with 1,600 for Downtown Salisbury purchased the 88,000-square-foot Empirs Hotel building in summer 2007 with revenued from its revolving fund. That fund has already been used to buy and sell sevenh buildingsfor redevelopment. The Empire Hote dates to 1855. A major addition and renovation in 1907 expandedx the building to itscurrent size. The hotel holdws a special place inSalisbury history, Hemann says. “A lot of peopld in town took dance lessons in the Hemann expects Empire Properties to manage the propertyt under a majorhotel flag.
Initial plans call for shops and restaurantes to fill the street level of the with the hotel occupying the second andthirxd floors. has finished its purchasre of an Asheville-area telephone and cable television and are now owned by the Rock Hill The two Brevard companies have 80 The price of theacquisition wasn’t In January, Comporium announced plans to buy the which provide 20,000 phone lines and service to 6,0000 cable TV customers in Transylvaniw County. Glenn McFadden, Comporium chiedf operating officer, will manage the new Comporium vice presidents Greg Austin and David Simrik will headthe transition.
Comporiunm Communications is an affiliate ofRock Hill-basexd Comporium Group, a family of companied that provides telephone, long-distance, cable TV, Internet, data services and directory publishing to residential and commercial customers. Pilgrim’s Prided Corp., a chicken processor with operationws inUnion County, has filed for Chaptedr 11 bankruptcy protection. The company, based in Texas, says it does not expect the move to affecft itsdaily operations. Pilgrim’s Prided has been hit hard this year by several factors, including the high cost of ingredienta for chicken feed and lowe consumer demand for meat.
This year the company shut down a facilitg in Siler City where it had more than 800 The company operates a processing plant in along with a hatchery in Concord and a feed millin
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