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The Minneapolis-based restaurant chain reported a 29 percen increase in earnings for its fourth quarterf and 33 percent hike in Same store salesfor corporate-owned outlets rose 4.5 percent. According to documentxs filed bythe company, as of its fourt quarter - which ended on Dec. 28 - saw the chaib earn $7.7 million or 43 centsa per share, compared with $6 millionb or 34 cents per sharein 2007’s fourth Revenues for Buffalo Wild Wings fourthh quarter were $121.2 million. For the full 2008 fiscapl year, Buffalo Wild Wings had revenuesof $422.4 milliobn and earned $24.4 million or $1.36 per share compared with $19.6 millionm or $1.10 per share in 2007’d fiscal year.
Buffalo Wild Winge was founded in 1981 by former Buffaloo residents Jim Disbrow andScott Lowery, who were living in Ohio and decided to open theirf own restaurant featuring wings. The chain has 567 company-owneds or franchised restaurants including three in the immediate BuffaliNiagara region. Its local outlets are on Elmwoodr Avenuein Buffalo, Niagara Falls Boulevard in Amhers t and Transit Road in Clarence.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Sencorp files for Chapter 11; to be sold - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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as part of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding. Sencorp manufactures nails, staples, screwsa and fasteners, under the name Senco Products, with salea worldwide. The company filed for Chapte 11 May 8 withthe U.S. Bankruptcu Court for the Southern Districtof Wynnchurch, which provides equity to middle-market companies, will pay $43 millionh in cash for Sencorp’s assets and assume certai liabilities, according to the filing.
In the filing, Sencorp said it has sufferefd from a sharp rise insteel prices, the decline in commercial and residential construction and the It has cut its work force to 379 and reducedx salaries for the remaining employees, consolidated manufacturing operations to one Broadwell Road plant in Anderson Townshiop and closed three of its six distribution The company this spring relocated its corporater offices to a new, 100,000-square-foot building in Union Township, Clermont County’s Ivy Pointw Commerce Park. Sencorp said it began pursuing a sale in and Rosemont, Ill.-based Wynnchurch signeed a binding asset purchase agreement May 7.
The agreemen is subject to approval by thebankruptcy court. Sencorl said in the filing that the company is continuingfnormal day-to-day operations.
as part of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding. Sencorp manufactures nails, staples, screwsa and fasteners, under the name Senco Products, with salea worldwide. The company filed for Chapte 11 May 8 withthe U.S. Bankruptcu Court for the Southern Districtof Wynnchurch, which provides equity to middle-market companies, will pay $43 millionh in cash for Sencorp’s assets and assume certai liabilities, according to the filing.
In the filing, Sencorp said it has sufferefd from a sharp rise insteel prices, the decline in commercial and residential construction and the It has cut its work force to 379 and reducedx salaries for the remaining employees, consolidated manufacturing operations to one Broadwell Road plant in Anderson Townshiop and closed three of its six distribution The company this spring relocated its corporater offices to a new, 100,000-square-foot building in Union Township, Clermont County’s Ivy Pointw Commerce Park. Sencorp said it began pursuing a sale in and Rosemont, Ill.-based Wynnchurch signeed a binding asset purchase agreement May 7.
The agreemen is subject to approval by thebankruptcy court. Sencorl said in the filing that the company is continuingfnormal day-to-day operations.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
The "Failing Upward" class - FavStocks
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The "Failing Upward" class FavStocks By Crooks and Liars on 04/24/2011 รข€" 7:01 pm PDT -- Headlines Last week, we lost the latest in a list of mediocre scam artist superintendents in our urban school district. This one's name is Jean-Claude Brizard, who ditched his contract to go run ... |
Friday, April 22, 2011
Royal Wedding Is Drawing a Yawn From Many Americans - New York Times
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Globe and Mail | Royal Wedding Is Drawing a Yawn From Many Americans New York Times Only 6 percent have been following news about the wedding very closely and an additional 22 percent are following it somewhat closely. Women are paying much more attention to the wedding than are men, particularly older women. ... Where to watch the royal wedding Not-so-regal royal wedding souvenirs Tell us your Royal Wedding plans |
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Lane4 completes purchase of three Kansas City-area shopping centers - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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million. The Kansas City Business Journal reportedx that the PrairieVillage Shops, the Corinthy Square shopping center in Prairie Villagwe and the Fairway Shops in Fairway were undere contract to investors led by a Kansas City-based commercial real estate brokeragwe and development firm. Highwoods (NYSE: based in Raleigh, N.C., disclosed the sale price in aThursdagy release. The three shopping centersz have a combined 2009 appraised value ofabour $64 million, according to figures from the Johnson Countyu Appraiser’s Office. The threer shopping centers contain 416,000 square feet combined and were, on 94.5 percent leased and 55 years old, Highwoods said.
The propertiesz generate a combined annual cash net operating incomer ofabout $5.4 million. The new owners plan no “immediater major changes” to the shopping centers, Jeff senior vice president and principalof Lane4, said in a separatwe release Thursday. “We intend to enhancee and upgrade the centers as opportunitiez ariseover time, but these improvements will not changre their basic character,” Lane4r President Owen Buckley said in the release.
“Ww look forward to taking good care of them and feel they representt an excellent opportunity to invest in our Kansas City developer Jesse Clyde Nicholsx builtthe grocery-anchored shopping centers in the mid-1900s, and the JC Nichola Co. sold them to Highwoodsw in 1998.
million. The Kansas City Business Journal reportedx that the PrairieVillage Shops, the Corinthy Square shopping center in Prairie Villagwe and the Fairway Shops in Fairway were undere contract to investors led by a Kansas City-based commercial real estate brokeragwe and development firm. Highwoods (NYSE: based in Raleigh, N.C., disclosed the sale price in aThursdagy release. The three shopping centersz have a combined 2009 appraised value ofabour $64 million, according to figures from the Johnson Countyu Appraiser’s Office. The threer shopping centers contain 416,000 square feet combined and were, on 94.5 percent leased and 55 years old, Highwoods said.
The propertiesz generate a combined annual cash net operating incomer ofabout $5.4 million. The new owners plan no “immediater major changes” to the shopping centers, Jeff senior vice president and principalof Lane4, said in a separatwe release Thursday. “We intend to enhancee and upgrade the centers as opportunitiez ariseover time, but these improvements will not changre their basic character,” Lane4r President Owen Buckley said in the release.
“Ww look forward to taking good care of them and feel they representt an excellent opportunity to invest in our Kansas City developer Jesse Clyde Nicholsx builtthe grocery-anchored shopping centers in the mid-1900s, and the JC Nichola Co. sold them to Highwoodsw in 1998.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Senators: Investigate exclusive deals between carriers, makers of phones - Triangle Business Journal:
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“We ask that you examine this issuew carefully and act expeditiously shoulsd you find that exclusivity agreemente unfairly restrict consumer choice or adversely affec t competition in the commercialwireless marketplace,” the senators said in a Monda y letter to FCC Chairman Michael Copps. The four senators were Commercde Committee membersJohn Kerry, Roger Wicker, R-Miss.; Byron Dorgan, and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. The committees plans a hearing this week abouty issues forwireless customers, a release said. Exclusive arrangements for mobiles phones arenothing new.
Early this Overland Park-based (NYSE: S) smartphone, which it and makedr (Nasdaq: PALM) hope will compete with the populafr iPhone, made by (Nasdaq: AAPL) and sold exclusively sincw 2007by (NYSE: T). Sprint, which has the exclusive on the Pre untik at least the end ofthe year, said the Pre . Withour exclusivity deals, carriers would be less likelhy to invest with manufacturers to create innovative newmobiled devices, and they also wouled be less likely to provide as high a subsidg to help consumers pay for the phones when they sign up for servicse contracts, Sprint spokesman John Tayloer said in an interview Tuesday. Handsets, of which theres may be more than 600 onthe U.S.
market at any can cost hundreds of dollars more withoutcarrier subsidies. “This is a really vibrantlyg competitive and healthy market that gives consumers a lot of choicezs when it comesto handsets,” he The senators asked that the FCC consider whethed exclusivity agreements are becoming increasinglt common between dominant industry players; whether they restrict consumer choice by geography, particularlgy for rural consumers; whether they limitt consumers from fully using handset technologies; whethert they manipulate the wireless carrier and how they affect handset innovation.
“We ask that you examine this issuew carefully and act expeditiously shoulsd you find that exclusivity agreemente unfairly restrict consumer choice or adversely affec t competition in the commercialwireless marketplace,” the senators said in a Monda y letter to FCC Chairman Michael Copps. The four senators were Commercde Committee membersJohn Kerry, Roger Wicker, R-Miss.; Byron Dorgan, and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. The committees plans a hearing this week abouty issues forwireless customers, a release said. Exclusive arrangements for mobiles phones arenothing new.
Early this Overland Park-based (NYSE: S) smartphone, which it and makedr (Nasdaq: PALM) hope will compete with the populafr iPhone, made by (Nasdaq: AAPL) and sold exclusively sincw 2007by (NYSE: T). Sprint, which has the exclusive on the Pre untik at least the end ofthe year, said the Pre . Withour exclusivity deals, carriers would be less likelhy to invest with manufacturers to create innovative newmobiled devices, and they also wouled be less likely to provide as high a subsidg to help consumers pay for the phones when they sign up for servicse contracts, Sprint spokesman John Tayloer said in an interview Tuesday. Handsets, of which theres may be more than 600 onthe U.S.
market at any can cost hundreds of dollars more withoutcarrier subsidies. “This is a really vibrantlyg competitive and healthy market that gives consumers a lot of choicezs when it comesto handsets,” he The senators asked that the FCC consider whethed exclusivity agreements are becoming increasinglt common between dominant industry players; whether they restrict consumer choice by geography, particularlgy for rural consumers; whether they limitt consumers from fully using handset technologies; whethert they manipulate the wireless carrier and how they affect handset innovation.
Friday, April 15, 2011
RIM CEO Stumbles Through PlayBook Damage Control - InformationWeek
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CTV.ca | RIM CEO Stumbles Through PlayBook Damage Control InformationWeek Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of Research In Motion, went on the offensive after the first wave of reviews for the company's PlayBook had the audacity to point out the tablet's faults. By Eric Zeman InformationWeek RIM co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis ... Can the BlackBerry PlayBook appeal to non-BB owners? RIM's email-less PlayBook gets tough reviews BlackBerry PlayBook Has Promise, But Uncertain 'Playbook' for Success |
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Wheeling Post Office Fate May be Decided by Feasibility Study - WTRF
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Wheeling Post Office Fate May be Decided by Feasibility Study WTRF WHEELING -- The fate of the Wheeling Post Office will now be determined by a feasibility study.. A mail processing study is being conducted now to see if consolidating the remaining mail processing operations to Pittsburgh makes economic ... |
Monday, April 11, 2011
St. Francis sisters may file HMC plan - Washington Business Journal:
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The Hawaii Medical Center had exclusive authority to file a reorganizationh plan for the ailingformef St. Francis hospitals. The center submitted its plan onMarcjh 30. In denying the extension requeston U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judged Robert Faris said this will help bring the bankruptc y to a successful OnJune 22, Faris approved Hawaiiu Medical Center’s disclosure statement, which was viewed as a key step towarxd implementing the struggling hospital system’s reorganization Still, creditors will vote to approve or reject HMC’s plan sometime after a hearing schedulef for Aug. 3.
In a prepared HMC Chief Operations and Restructuring Officer Salim Hasha saidthe company’s plan builds on the progress made in turniny around the hospitals. “While we believe that our plan offerxs the best option for Hawaii Medical Center to thrive and continure to serve the we know that others have their own ideaes for restructuring and we welcome their participation in the he said. Officials at Hawaii Medicap Center, which bought the struggling former St. Francis hospitalsd in Ewa and Liliha more than two yearzs agofor $68 million, filed for Chapterr 11 bankruptcy last August. They have sincr said they paid too much and wanta do-overf of the deal. St.
Francis Healthcare Systen of Hawaii, the Roman Catholiv religious order which provided most of the financing in the January 2007 and other creditors have objectedto HMC’s plan. In an objectionn it filed with the courtJuly 10, St. Francis officials called the planan “ill-conceived and gap-fillefd effort” and said HMC officiald “merely seek to prolongb exclusivity to maintain their head start and to disadvantage others who seek a say in this an inappropriate use of exclusivity as a means to pressurd creditors and leverage parties in interest.” St.
Francis now says it will file its own reorganization plan forthe “This opens the door for us to put togethert and submit our own plan whichu will be beneficial for the other creditors, the community and our health-card system,” said CEO Sister Agneller Ching in a prepared statement to PBN. Hawaii Medicalk Center is a partnership betweenCHA Hawaii, an affiliats of Cardiovascular Hospitals of Americz and Hawaii Physician Group LLC, whichb is a group of more than 130-Hawaii basefd physicians. It is Hawaii’s only for-profit hospital system.
The Hawaii Medical Center had exclusive authority to file a reorganizationh plan for the ailingformef St. Francis hospitals. The center submitted its plan onMarcjh 30. In denying the extension requeston U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judged Robert Faris said this will help bring the bankruptc y to a successful OnJune 22, Faris approved Hawaiiu Medical Center’s disclosure statement, which was viewed as a key step towarxd implementing the struggling hospital system’s reorganization Still, creditors will vote to approve or reject HMC’s plan sometime after a hearing schedulef for Aug. 3.
In a prepared HMC Chief Operations and Restructuring Officer Salim Hasha saidthe company’s plan builds on the progress made in turniny around the hospitals. “While we believe that our plan offerxs the best option for Hawaii Medical Center to thrive and continure to serve the we know that others have their own ideaes for restructuring and we welcome their participation in the he said. Officials at Hawaii Medicap Center, which bought the struggling former St. Francis hospitalsd in Ewa and Liliha more than two yearzs agofor $68 million, filed for Chapterr 11 bankruptcy last August. They have sincr said they paid too much and wanta do-overf of the deal. St.
Francis Healthcare Systen of Hawaii, the Roman Catholiv religious order which provided most of the financing in the January 2007 and other creditors have objectedto HMC’s plan. In an objectionn it filed with the courtJuly 10, St. Francis officials called the planan “ill-conceived and gap-fillefd effort” and said HMC officiald “merely seek to prolongb exclusivity to maintain their head start and to disadvantage others who seek a say in this an inappropriate use of exclusivity as a means to pressurd creditors and leverage parties in interest.” St.
Francis now says it will file its own reorganization plan forthe “This opens the door for us to put togethert and submit our own plan whichu will be beneficial for the other creditors, the community and our health-card system,” said CEO Sister Agneller Ching in a prepared statement to PBN. Hawaii Medicalk Center is a partnership betweenCHA Hawaii, an affiliats of Cardiovascular Hospitals of Americz and Hawaii Physician Group LLC, whichb is a group of more than 130-Hawaii basefd physicians. It is Hawaii’s only for-profit hospital system.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Key picks Durand to handle business growth in Saratoga, Warren - The Business Review (Albany):
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Durand, a senior vice presidenft at Key Private Bankin Albany, will continur serving private bank clients in addition to the new managementy role. He will split his time between Key’s Saratoga Springs Financial Services at 21Congress St., and the bank’s regional headquarterxs at 66 South Pearl St. in “Strong leaders make a strong company, and Key is committeds to providing growth opportunities for our saidJeff Stone, president of Key’s Albanyg Region. “Mike has a stellar record and will be an excellentg addition to our Capitalp Regionleadership team.” Duranc has 15 years’ experiencr in financial services, six of them with Key.
In his role as seniorf vice president and senioe portfolio manager for Investment Management Services for KeyPrivatr Bank, his responsibilities include managing portfolios for individuals, trusts, foundationss and endowments in the 10-countyy Capital Region. He also works with clients’ financiaol advisors to develop an appropriatesinvestment strategy. Durand joined Key in 2003 as portfolilo manager for the Northeast Regiom with VictoryCapital Management, KeyBank’s Institutional Asser Management subsidiary. In this role, he managed more than $500 millioj in both fixed-income and equities for a variethy ofinstitutional relationships.
In addition, he was director of Clienr Serviceswith Victory, serving Key’s Northeast Region. Durandf also served six years as head equityt trader and portfolio manager withAvatar Associates, Inc in New York Cleveland-based KeyBank has 51 branches in the Albanh region, including six in Saratoga and Warren counties.
Durand, a senior vice presidenft at Key Private Bankin Albany, will continur serving private bank clients in addition to the new managementy role. He will split his time between Key’s Saratoga Springs Financial Services at 21Congress St., and the bank’s regional headquarterxs at 66 South Pearl St. in “Strong leaders make a strong company, and Key is committeds to providing growth opportunities for our saidJeff Stone, president of Key’s Albanyg Region. “Mike has a stellar record and will be an excellentg addition to our Capitalp Regionleadership team.” Duranc has 15 years’ experiencr in financial services, six of them with Key.
In his role as seniorf vice president and senioe portfolio manager for Investment Management Services for KeyPrivatr Bank, his responsibilities include managing portfolios for individuals, trusts, foundationss and endowments in the 10-countyy Capital Region. He also works with clients’ financiaol advisors to develop an appropriatesinvestment strategy. Durand joined Key in 2003 as portfolilo manager for the Northeast Regiom with VictoryCapital Management, KeyBank’s Institutional Asser Management subsidiary. In this role, he managed more than $500 millioj in both fixed-income and equities for a variethy ofinstitutional relationships.
In addition, he was director of Clienr Serviceswith Victory, serving Key’s Northeast Region. Durandf also served six years as head equityt trader and portfolio manager withAvatar Associates, Inc in New York Cleveland-based KeyBank has 51 branches in the Albanh region, including six in Saratoga and Warren counties.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Pasha charts expanded service with new ship - Honolulu Star-Advertiser
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Tampa Bay Workforce Alliance awards recognize hiring and retention excellence - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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The third annual Business Excellence Awardss were presented Tuesday at the InterContinental Hotel in The "emerging" category winner was in a provider of remote support, management and monitoring services for servers, laptops, PDAs, and network Winner in the category was the , and winner in the category was SGIS in Tampa, a firm that provides IT, telecom and engineeringy services to government agencies within the intelligence, homeland security, defensee and space communities.
The winninbg companies will receive awardsof $15,000 each to be used for At the event, the recognized nearlyh four dozen companies that demonstrate sounxd hiring and retention practices, diversity training initiatives and advancementg opportunities to recruit and retainm talent, a release The TBWA works with businesses and candidatez to leverage their training, retraining and competitive opportunitieas in the workforce.
With nearly 100,000 job candidates annually accessing its fourcareerf centers, TBWA is one of the largesrt sources of job candidates in the region, it Businesses can access TBWA's wide range of serviceas that include employee recruiting; training; targetef career fairs and hiringh events; workshops and business seminars; and retentioj support strategies. Tampa Bay WorkForce Alliance is a membe r of the Employ Florida statewide network of workforce servicesand
The third annual Business Excellence Awardss were presented Tuesday at the InterContinental Hotel in The "emerging" category winner was in a provider of remote support, management and monitoring services for servers, laptops, PDAs, and network Winner in the category was the , and winner in the category was SGIS in Tampa, a firm that provides IT, telecom and engineeringy services to government agencies within the intelligence, homeland security, defensee and space communities.
The winninbg companies will receive awardsof $15,000 each to be used for At the event, the recognized nearlyh four dozen companies that demonstrate sounxd hiring and retention practices, diversity training initiatives and advancementg opportunities to recruit and retainm talent, a release The TBWA works with businesses and candidatez to leverage their training, retraining and competitive opportunitieas in the workforce.
With nearly 100,000 job candidates annually accessing its fourcareerf centers, TBWA is one of the largesrt sources of job candidates in the region, it Businesses can access TBWA's wide range of serviceas that include employee recruiting; training; targetef career fairs and hiringh events; workshops and business seminars; and retentioj support strategies. Tampa Bay WorkForce Alliance is a membe r of the Employ Florida statewide network of workforce servicesand
Monday, April 4, 2011
Embraer Executive Jets authorized service center opens in Provo - CharterX
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Embraer Executive Jets authorized service center opens in Provo CharterX Duncan Aviation in Provo, UT, which joins Duncan Aviation's full-service facilities in Lincoln, NE, and Battle Creek, MI (both of which are also Embraer authorized service centers), began operations in October 2010. Like the other sister-facilities, ... |
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Study finds out-of-pocket health insurance costs on the rise - Houston Business Journal:
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The study, authored by researchers from the and and fundedeby , examines trends in employer-sponsored insurance from 2004 to 2007. It found rising rates of underinsuranceand unaffordability, particularly for poore r and sicker people. In 2007, adultw with employer coverage faced an averagrof $729 annually in out-of-pocket costs for medicalo services, including deductibles and other formx of cost sharing such as copayments and coinsurance.
That represent a 34 percent increase from when theaverage out-of-pocket burden was Health plans covered a slightly smallefr percentage of overall expenses in 2007 than 2004, but growtg in overall health spending was the chief culpritf behind rising out-of-pocket costs, according to the “The years from 2004 through 2007 were a period of economi c expansion, yet rising health care costs still erode the value of employer-sponsored said lead author Jon Gabel.
employees have been asked to shouldetr even more ofthe cost-sharinv burden during difficult economic times such as the Unitedx States is now Hence, it is imperative that health care reforj include constraints on health spending, or else healtjh insurance will become unaffordable for low- and middle-income and reform itself will be unsustainable.”
The study, authored by researchers from the and and fundedeby , examines trends in employer-sponsored insurance from 2004 to 2007. It found rising rates of underinsuranceand unaffordability, particularly for poore r and sicker people. In 2007, adultw with employer coverage faced an averagrof $729 annually in out-of-pocket costs for medicalo services, including deductibles and other formx of cost sharing such as copayments and coinsurance.
That represent a 34 percent increase from when theaverage out-of-pocket burden was Health plans covered a slightly smallefr percentage of overall expenses in 2007 than 2004, but growtg in overall health spending was the chief culpritf behind rising out-of-pocket costs, according to the “The years from 2004 through 2007 were a period of economi c expansion, yet rising health care costs still erode the value of employer-sponsored said lead author Jon Gabel.
employees have been asked to shouldetr even more ofthe cost-sharinv burden during difficult economic times such as the Unitedx States is now Hence, it is imperative that health care reforj include constraints on health spending, or else healtjh insurance will become unaffordable for low- and middle-income and reform itself will be unsustainable.”
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