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"Laura’s story is incredibly moving. Sadly, it is not Every day in this country, more and more Americansa are forced to worry not simply aboutgettingb well, but whether they can afforr to get well. Millions more wondere if they can afford the routinew care necessary tostay well. Even for thoswe who have health insurance, rising premiumxs are straining their budgets to the breakinbpoint – premiums that have doubledr over the last nine and have grown at a rate threer times faster than wages. Desperately-neederd procedures and treatments are put off becauser the price istoo high.
And all it takeas is a single illness to wipe out a lifetimeof "Employers aren’t faring any better. The cost of healtbh care has helped leave big corporations like GM and Chrysler at a competitive disadvantagew with theirforeign counterparts. For smalkl businesses, it’s even worse. One month, they’re forceds to cut back on healthcare benefits. The next month, they have to drop The month after that, they have no choice but to startf layingoff workers. "For the the growing cost of Medicare and Medicaidd is one of the biggest threats to ourfederal deficit. Bigger than Sociap Security. Bigger than all the investmentds we’ve made so far.
So if you’re worrieds about spending and you’re worried about deficits, you need to be worrie about the cost ofhealth "We have the most expensive health care syste in the world. We spend almost 50% more per persom on health care than the next mostcostly nation. But here’s the thing, Green Bay: we’re not any healthier for it. We don’f necessarily have better outcomes. Even within our own country, a lot of the placea where we spend less on health care actuallhy have higher quality than places wherew wespend more. Righgt here in Green Bay, you get more quality out of fewedr health care dollars than many other communities acrosxsthe country.
And yet, across the spending on health care goes up and up and up dayafter day, year after year. " I know that there are millions of Americansd who are content with their healtbh carecoverage – they like theit plan and they value their relationshipl with their doctor. And no matter how we reform healtu care, we will keep this promise: If you like your you will be able to keepyour doctor. If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your healthncare plan. "But in order to preserve what’s best aboutr our health care we have to fixwhat doesn’t For we have reached a point whers doing nothing about the cost of healthy care is no longer an option.
The status quo is If we do not act and act soon to brintdown costs, it will jeopardizs everyone’s health care. If we do not act, every Americahn will feel the consequences. In highefr premiums and lower take-home pay. In lost jobs and shuttered In a rising number of uninsured and a rising debt that our childrejn and their children will be paying off for If wedo nothing, withim a decade we will spending one out of evert five dollars we earn on healtbh care. In thirty years, it will be one out of everhy three. That is untenable, that is unacceptable, and I will not allow it as President of theUniteed States.
"Health care reform is not part of some wish list I drew up when I took It is central to our economic future central tothe long-term prosperity of this nation. In past year s and decades, there may have been some disagreemeng onthis point. But not anymore. we have already built an unprecedenteed coalition of folks who are ready to reform our healtjhcare system: physicians and healthy insurers; businesses and workers; Democrats and A few weeks ago, some of these groups committed to doing something that would’ve been unthinkablew just a few years ago: they promisec to work together to cut national healtgh care spending by two trillion dollara over the next decade.
That will bring down costs, that will brinfg down premiums, and that’s exactly the kind of cooperatiomwe need. "The question now is, how do we finisn the job? How do we permanently bringf down costs andmake quality, affordable health care availabled to every American? "My view is that reform should be guided by a simple principle: we fix what’x broken and build on what "In some cases, there’s broad agreemeng on the steps we shoulfd take. In the Recovery Act, we’ve already made investments in health IT and electronic medical records that will reducwmedical errors, save lives, save money, and stillp ensure privacy.
We also need to invest in prevention and wellnessx programs that help Americanslive longer, healthier "But the real cost savings will come from changinhg the incentives of a systej that automatically equates expensive care with better care from addressing flaws that increasw profits without actually increasing the qualityu of care. "We have to ask why places like the Geisinger Health system inrural Pennsylvania, Intermountain Health in Salt Lake or communities like Green Bay can offer high-quality care at costas well below average, but other places in America can’t.
We need to identify the best practicex acrossthe country, learmn from the success, and replicate that success elsewhere. And we should change the warpexd incentives that reward doctors and hospitals basede on how many tests or proceduresthey prescribe, even if thosee tests or procedures aren’t necessary or result from medicapl mistakes. Doctors across this country did not get into the medical profession to be bean counters orpaper pushers; to be lawyers or busineses executives. They became doctors to heal people. And that’ss what we must free them to do. "Wes must also provide Americanswho can’t afforc health insurance with more affordable options.
This is both a mora l imperative and an economic because we know that when someone without healtjh insurance is forced to get treatmentt atthe ER, all of us end up paying for it. "So what we’re working on is the creatiojn of something called a Health Insurance Exchange – which would alloe you to one-stop shop for a health care plan, compare benefitsd and prices, and choose the plan that’sd best for you. None of these planxs would be able to deny coverage on the basis ofa pre-existiny condition, and all should include an basic benefit package. And if you can’yt afford one of the plans, we shoule provide assistance to make sureyou can.
I also stronglu believe that one of the optionse in the Exchange should be a public insurance option because if the private insurance companies have to competse with apublic option, it will keep them honesg and help keep prices down. "Now, covering more Americansa will obviously cost a good deal of money at a time wherewe don’t have extrz to spend. That’s why I have already promisesd that reform will not add to our deficitr over the nextten years.
To make that happen, we have alreadt identified hundreds of billions worth of savings in ourbudgetg – savings that will come from steps like reducing Medicarw overpayments to insurance companies and rootinv out waste, fraud and abuse in both Medicarwe and Medicaid. I will be outlining hundreds of billions more in savingds in the daysto come. And I’ll be honest even with these savings, reform will requirre additional sourcesof revenue. That’s why I’vde proposed that we scale back how muchthe highest-income Americanss can deduct on their taxes back to the rate from the Reaganh years – and use that money to help finances health care.
"In all thess reforms, our goal is the highest-quality health care at the lowest-possiblse cost. We want to fix what’s broken and build on what As Congress moves forward on health care legislationh in thecoming weeks, I understand therw will be different ideas and disagreements on how to achievs this goal. I welcome those ideas, and I welcome that debate. But what I will not welcome is endlesxs delay or a denial that reform needto happen. When it comes to health this country cannot continue on its current I know there are some who believe that refor m istoo expensive, but I can assured you that doing nothing will cost us far more in the comingb years.
Our deficits will be Our premiums willgo up. Our wages will be our jobs will be and our businesseswill "So to those who criticizs our efforts, I ask, “Whaf is the alternative?” What else do we say to all thosd families who now spend more on health care than housing or food? What do we tell thos e businesses that are choosingt between closing their doors and letting theifr workers go? What do we say to all those Americans like Laura, a woman who has worked all her life; whosse family has done everything right; a brave and proue woman whose child’s school recently took up a penny drive to help pay her medical bills? What do we tell them?
"oI believe we tell them that after decades of we have finally decided to fix what is broken abour health care in America. We have decided that it’sx time to give every American qualitty health care at an affordable We have decided that if we invest in reforma that will bring downcosta now, we will eventually see our deficits come down in the And we have decided to change the syste m so that our doctors and health care provideres are free to do what they trainerd and studied and worked so hard to do: make peoplw well again.
That’s what we can do in this that’s what we can do at this moment, and now I’dx like to hear your thoughte and answer your questions about how we get it Thank you."
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Frisco nabs NBA minor league team - Denver Business Journal:
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The team was purchased by LLC and will play its home gamezs at the Dr Pepper Arena beginning withthe 2010-2011 basketball The team will not play duringy the 2009-2010 season. Donnie Nelson, presidenft of basketball operations andgeneral manager, will serve as principall owner and operator of the team. The ownershipl group also includes Evan chairmanof . The acquisition and subsequent move to Frisco was officiallh announced by NBA Development League President Dan Reedon “We’re very excited to be in Frisco, an area with deep fan supporrt and a history of successful sport s teams,” Reed said.
“We're thrilledd to welcome such a well-respected and experienced group to theNBA D-League ownership Not only are Donnie Nelson’s basketballl credentials terrific, but he has assembled a grouo with impressive business credentials as well. Donnie’s investment in an NBA D-Leagud team is a great validation of bothour league’s past succeses and future growth prospects.” The new ownerzs plan to announce the team's new name, colors and along with the coachinhg staff, at a later date. was formed in 2001 and includede 16 minor league teams durinhthe 2008-09 season.
The team was purchased by LLC and will play its home gamezs at the Dr Pepper Arena beginning withthe 2010-2011 basketball The team will not play duringy the 2009-2010 season. Donnie Nelson, presidenft of basketball operations andgeneral manager, will serve as principall owner and operator of the team. The ownershipl group also includes Evan chairmanof . The acquisition and subsequent move to Frisco was officiallh announced by NBA Development League President Dan Reedon “We’re very excited to be in Frisco, an area with deep fan supporrt and a history of successful sport s teams,” Reed said.
“We're thrilledd to welcome such a well-respected and experienced group to theNBA D-League ownership Not only are Donnie Nelson’s basketballl credentials terrific, but he has assembled a grouo with impressive business credentials as well. Donnie’s investment in an NBA D-Leagud team is a great validation of bothour league’s past succeses and future growth prospects.” The new ownerzs plan to announce the team's new name, colors and along with the coachinhg staff, at a later date. was formed in 2001 and includede 16 minor league teams durinhthe 2008-09 season.
Friday, December 28, 2012
Silver lining: County hopes good demographics will help retail break through economic gloom - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Unfortunately, getting all the necessary approvalsx from the city of Overland Park took longer than largely because of a pioneer cemeteryh nearthe site. “The cemetery isn’t part of the said Waters, a longtimwe Johnson County retail developer. “But five of the gravese were in the way of puttinvg a turn lane and a sidewalkin there. So I had to go througu a yearlong process of movingthose Now, Waters is attempting to exhume Crystal which includes 36 acres for retail and 60 acres for offices on 135tyh Street between Quivira and Pflumm roads.
During the two yeard prior to completion of development work at the site in SouthernJohnson County’s retail vacancy rate nearly doublex to the 10 percent mark, where the metro-wide market has hoveredd for the past few Fortunately, Waters and others tryinb to fill Johnson County retaiol centers said, the county’s superior demographics continue to give it an edge in attracting new stores. “We’re still seeing some decent activity from smallo local andregional users,” said Matt senior vice president of .
Waters, said he won’t be able to take advantage of that demandd until he lands a large anchor or two from a fielcd that has been thinned by the recengt bankruptciesof , and other national “I don’t want to anchor a 36-acre shopping center with a nail salon,” he said. “Anfd if I do 30,00 0 or 40,000 square feet of small shops to kickit off, that’as what I’m going to have in there. once I build a retailo strip center on one ofthe pads, I’m I’ve got a building sitting ther e that could be in the way of a big Waters said he is certain he would have landed an ancho already had Crystal Springs been pad-ready two yeare ago.
Seeking anchors in a recession is a lot he acknowledged, but it’s possible that the downturjn could work in his favor. “If you’r e a retailer being pressured by Wall Street to increase your volumdof sales, you’re not going to put that new 200,000-square-foot stord in Phoenix, where the housing market is totally in the or Detroit, where unemployment is off the charts and all threde automakers are in Waters said. “If they’ve got money to retailers are going to look for the bright And Johnson County is one of thosdebright spots.
” Within a one-mile radiuxs of Crystal Springs, for instance, the average householdr income is projected to rise to $162,293 in 2010 — more than two and a half timese the metropolitan Kansas City average projected for 2010. With those kind of it wasn’t surprising that 12 new shopping centera were being developed five yearx ago onthe seven-mile stretch of 135th Streeg in Overland Park and Leawood — then Johnson County’s hot, new retailp corridor.
But today, some of those centerd are struggling to find tenants despitetheir demographics, and amongy the retailers beyond their reach are the many with locations on 119tnh Street — the county’s previous hot east-west “Coffee Creek is the next logical step for retailerxs who already operate successfully on 119th Street,” said Jeff a senior vice He is marketing the 1 million-square-foot Coffee Creek shopping center planneds for 159th Street and U.S. Highway 69 in Overlane Park. Within a three-mile radius of the Coffee Creek the average household income is Berg said.
But rooftops in the area remaijntoo sparse, he said, so the center’a first-phase opening has been pushed back from 2011 untip the housing and retail markets thaw. “We are leapfrogging Corbinb Park,” a 1.1 million-square-foot retail centert under development at 135th Streett andMetcalf Avenue, Berg said. “That’ws a great project, but if you’re a retailedr who is on 119thStreert already, do you go to Corbin and closde or compete with your good store, or do you just followa the growth further south?
” Developed by Omaha-basex , Corbin Park features two large anchors — a department storr and — and has signed a few juniord anchors, including Best Buy and Barnes & But several other junior anchors and smaller tenants are needef to build the center out, and each grou p may be waiting for the other to pull the “All of those juniodr anchors are dependent upon the co-tenancg of the small shops, and vice versa,” said Vaupell of RED “So I don’t know wherre Corbin Park stands.” A spokesman for Cormac Co. did not responc to an interview request.
But Bob Johnson of , a Kansaz City retail adviser and brokerage, said the vacanf and planned retail space along 135tnh Street will be absorbed once theeconomyt rebounds.
Unfortunately, getting all the necessary approvalsx from the city of Overland Park took longer than largely because of a pioneer cemeteryh nearthe site. “The cemetery isn’t part of the said Waters, a longtimwe Johnson County retail developer. “But five of the gravese were in the way of puttinvg a turn lane and a sidewalkin there. So I had to go througu a yearlong process of movingthose Now, Waters is attempting to exhume Crystal which includes 36 acres for retail and 60 acres for offices on 135tyh Street between Quivira and Pflumm roads.
During the two yeard prior to completion of development work at the site in SouthernJohnson County’s retail vacancy rate nearly doublex to the 10 percent mark, where the metro-wide market has hoveredd for the past few Fortunately, Waters and others tryinb to fill Johnson County retaiol centers said, the county’s superior demographics continue to give it an edge in attracting new stores. “We’re still seeing some decent activity from smallo local andregional users,” said Matt senior vice president of .
Waters, said he won’t be able to take advantage of that demandd until he lands a large anchor or two from a fielcd that has been thinned by the recengt bankruptciesof , and other national “I don’t want to anchor a 36-acre shopping center with a nail salon,” he said. “Anfd if I do 30,00 0 or 40,000 square feet of small shops to kickit off, that’as what I’m going to have in there. once I build a retailo strip center on one ofthe pads, I’m I’ve got a building sitting ther e that could be in the way of a big Waters said he is certain he would have landed an ancho already had Crystal Springs been pad-ready two yeare ago.
Seeking anchors in a recession is a lot he acknowledged, but it’s possible that the downturjn could work in his favor. “If you’r e a retailer being pressured by Wall Street to increase your volumdof sales, you’re not going to put that new 200,000-square-foot stord in Phoenix, where the housing market is totally in the or Detroit, where unemployment is off the charts and all threde automakers are in Waters said. “If they’ve got money to retailers are going to look for the bright And Johnson County is one of thosdebright spots.
” Within a one-mile radiuxs of Crystal Springs, for instance, the average householdr income is projected to rise to $162,293 in 2010 — more than two and a half timese the metropolitan Kansas City average projected for 2010. With those kind of it wasn’t surprising that 12 new shopping centera were being developed five yearx ago onthe seven-mile stretch of 135th Streeg in Overland Park and Leawood — then Johnson County’s hot, new retailp corridor.
But today, some of those centerd are struggling to find tenants despitetheir demographics, and amongy the retailers beyond their reach are the many with locations on 119tnh Street — the county’s previous hot east-west “Coffee Creek is the next logical step for retailerxs who already operate successfully on 119th Street,” said Jeff a senior vice He is marketing the 1 million-square-foot Coffee Creek shopping center planneds for 159th Street and U.S. Highway 69 in Overlane Park. Within a three-mile radius of the Coffee Creek the average household income is Berg said.
But rooftops in the area remaijntoo sparse, he said, so the center’a first-phase opening has been pushed back from 2011 untip the housing and retail markets thaw. “We are leapfrogging Corbinb Park,” a 1.1 million-square-foot retail centert under development at 135th Streett andMetcalf Avenue, Berg said. “That’ws a great project, but if you’re a retailedr who is on 119thStreert already, do you go to Corbin and closde or compete with your good store, or do you just followa the growth further south?
” Developed by Omaha-basex , Corbin Park features two large anchors — a department storr and — and has signed a few juniord anchors, including Best Buy and Barnes & But several other junior anchors and smaller tenants are needef to build the center out, and each grou p may be waiting for the other to pull the “All of those juniodr anchors are dependent upon the co-tenancg of the small shops, and vice versa,” said Vaupell of RED “So I don’t know wherre Corbin Park stands.” A spokesman for Cormac Co. did not responc to an interview request.
But Bob Johnson of , a Kansaz City retail adviser and brokerage, said the vacanf and planned retail space along 135tnh Street will be absorbed once theeconomyt rebounds.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
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Monday, December 24, 2012
Report: Foreclosures are top sellers - San Francisco Business Times:
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said banks that are willint to deal on foreclosec units are driving the firstquarter activity. For Shoma at Keys Cove in soutg Miami-Dade County sold the most, with 50 units closin g in thefirst quarter. The Vue at Brickell sold 25 ranking it seventhon CondoReports.com’ top-190 list. “Many banks have taken ownership of unitsa in these buildings and are lookinyg toget out,” said Adam Cappel, presiden of CondoReports.com. “Banks, either through shory sales or units they own as a result of are the most active sellerxin today’s market as they are willing to accept markegt prices.
” The 10 most active buildingw produced an average of 29 sales, or one sale everyt three days. The buildingsx accounted for more than 11 percenty of all condo saledin Miami-Dade, according to a CondoReports.com news release. Most of the activitg is tied to individualunit sales, and not bulk Cappel said. “These buildings are moving toward stability as speculativr investors and thinly capitalized owners are being replaceds witheither owner-occupant or well-capitalized, patient investors buyintg in at a much lower cost,” Cappel said in the statement. “Most are individualk unit sales.
The studhy looked at closed salesin 2,000 condo projectsx with at least 50 units throughout Miami-Dade. The studyy excluded units delivered in 2008 and 2009 becausse those sales were likely driven by preconstruction Cappel said.
said banks that are willint to deal on foreclosec units are driving the firstquarter activity. For Shoma at Keys Cove in soutg Miami-Dade County sold the most, with 50 units closin g in thefirst quarter. The Vue at Brickell sold 25 ranking it seventhon CondoReports.com’ top-190 list. “Many banks have taken ownership of unitsa in these buildings and are lookinyg toget out,” said Adam Cappel, presiden of CondoReports.com. “Banks, either through shory sales or units they own as a result of are the most active sellerxin today’s market as they are willing to accept markegt prices.
” The 10 most active buildingw produced an average of 29 sales, or one sale everyt three days. The buildingsx accounted for more than 11 percenty of all condo saledin Miami-Dade, according to a CondoReports.com news release. Most of the activitg is tied to individualunit sales, and not bulk Cappel said. “These buildings are moving toward stability as speculativr investors and thinly capitalized owners are being replaceds witheither owner-occupant or well-capitalized, patient investors buyintg in at a much lower cost,” Cappel said in the statement. “Most are individualk unit sales.
The studhy looked at closed salesin 2,000 condo projectsx with at least 50 units throughout Miami-Dade. The studyy excluded units delivered in 2008 and 2009 becausse those sales were likely driven by preconstruction Cappel said.
Friday, December 21, 2012
The Finish Line: The District Attorney's Corner - Liberty Vindicator
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The Finish Line: The District Attorney's Corner Liberty Vindicator For several months now, I've been discussing capital murder, the only crime in our law that carries the death penalty as a possible punishment. I've gotten a lot of positive comments about this series of issues. Capital murder and the death penalty are ... |
Thursday, December 20, 2012
GM files bankruptcy - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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billion and assets of $82.34 billion. The bankruptcy, filed in New lists unsecured claims bythe ($20.y6 billion) and the Internationapl Union of Electronic, Electrical, Machine and Furniture Workers/Communication Workers ($2.7 Other unsecured debt listed in the filing includes $22.8 billion serviced by and $4.5 billion by . Boca Raton-base has a claim for $4.75 million, accordingy to the petition, filed with the U.S. Bankruptc Court of the Southern District ofNew York. Auto retailer that survive the bankruptcies of GM and which filed in hope it helps to pave the way to recoveru inthe industry.
“Today’s action will allow GM to move forwarfd and be competitive inthe marketplace,” spokesmajn Marc Cannon said Monday in an e-mailed statement. “Ths goal of making GM profitable ata new-unit selling rate will position them for when the industry begines to recover later in 2010.” Fort Lauderdale-based AutoNation, the nation'sx largest auto retailer, has six GM franchises and seven Chrysler franchises on the automakers’ closure lists.
Althoughy viewed as inevitable and necessary by Chairman John McEleney said in a news released that the filingmarksw “a historically sad day for American Chrysler is expected to emerge from its Chapterr 11 process soon after shuttering 789 dealerships. GM also announce d plans to close 1,100 dealerships. GM announced Apri l 27 that it anticipates reducingits U.S. dealef count from 6,246 to 3,605 by the end of 2010. Dealershio closings already have started. According to Associated GM will rely on moregovernment assistance: $30 billionb of additional financial assistance from the and $9.5 billion from on top of about $20 billion it alreadyy received in low-interest loans.
GM’z lead bankruptcy law firm is WeilGotshaw & Manges, with attorney Stephen Karotkimn signing the filing. In a news release, the automakee said it would focus on the following priorities when emerginvfrom bankruptcy: Focus on four core brandxs in the U.S. – Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buiclk and GMC - with fewer nameplates and a more competitive leveo of marketing supportper brand. Close a competitive gap in activee labor costs compared with foreignauto makers. Increasre the percentage of U.S. salezs manufactured domestically. Feature lower costes at a U.S.
total industryt volume of approximately 10milliom vehicles, which would be substantially below the 15 million to 17 million annual vehicle salesz rates recorded between 1995 and 2007. Achievse lower structural costs, in by further reducing 2009 salariefd employment in North Americaz toapproximately 27,200, from a year-end total of and continue to improve its balancs sheet by reducing retiree benefitss for salaried retirees and non-UAW hourly retirees. Increase its investment in fuel economyg and advancedpropulsion technologies.
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billion and assets of $82.34 billion. The bankruptcy, filed in New lists unsecured claims bythe ($20.y6 billion) and the Internationapl Union of Electronic, Electrical, Machine and Furniture Workers/Communication Workers ($2.7 Other unsecured debt listed in the filing includes $22.8 billion serviced by and $4.5 billion by . Boca Raton-base has a claim for $4.75 million, accordingy to the petition, filed with the U.S. Bankruptc Court of the Southern District ofNew York. Auto retailer that survive the bankruptcies of GM and which filed in hope it helps to pave the way to recoveru inthe industry.
“Today’s action will allow GM to move forwarfd and be competitive inthe marketplace,” spokesmajn Marc Cannon said Monday in an e-mailed statement. “Ths goal of making GM profitable ata new-unit selling rate will position them for when the industry begines to recover later in 2010.” Fort Lauderdale-based AutoNation, the nation'sx largest auto retailer, has six GM franchises and seven Chrysler franchises on the automakers’ closure lists.
Althoughy viewed as inevitable and necessary by Chairman John McEleney said in a news released that the filingmarksw “a historically sad day for American Chrysler is expected to emerge from its Chapterr 11 process soon after shuttering 789 dealerships. GM also announce d plans to close 1,100 dealerships. GM announced Apri l 27 that it anticipates reducingits U.S. dealef count from 6,246 to 3,605 by the end of 2010. Dealershio closings already have started. According to Associated GM will rely on moregovernment assistance: $30 billionb of additional financial assistance from the and $9.5 billion from on top of about $20 billion it alreadyy received in low-interest loans.
GM’z lead bankruptcy law firm is WeilGotshaw & Manges, with attorney Stephen Karotkimn signing the filing. In a news release, the automakee said it would focus on the following priorities when emerginvfrom bankruptcy: Focus on four core brandxs in the U.S. – Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buiclk and GMC - with fewer nameplates and a more competitive leveo of marketing supportper brand. Close a competitive gap in activee labor costs compared with foreignauto makers. Increasre the percentage of U.S. salezs manufactured domestically. Feature lower costes at a U.S.
total industryt volume of approximately 10milliom vehicles, which would be substantially below the 15 million to 17 million annual vehicle salesz rates recorded between 1995 and 2007. Achievse lower structural costs, in by further reducing 2009 salariefd employment in North Americaz toapproximately 27,200, from a year-end total of and continue to improve its balancs sheet by reducing retiree benefitss for salaried retirees and non-UAW hourly retirees. Increase its investment in fuel economyg and advancedpropulsion technologies.
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Human Capital: People on the move, June 12 - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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George Snell joined Weber Shandwick , a publivc relations agency with local officesdin Cambridge, as a senior vice president in its digital communications Snell previously a senior vice president at . The intellectual propertyu law firm of in Concorc added Christopher Albert asan associate. Albertr practices in the areasof chemistry, clean energy and pharmaceuticals.
George Snell joined Weber Shandwick , a publivc relations agency with local officesdin Cambridge, as a senior vice president in its digital communications Snell previously a senior vice president at . The intellectual propertyu law firm of in Concorc added Christopher Albert asan associate. Albertr practices in the areasof chemistry, clean energy and pharmaceuticals.
Monday, December 17, 2012
Bridge loans will help small firms pay their bills - bizjournals:
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Through the program, small businesses that are having troubld making payments onexisting non-SBA loans can borro w up to $35,000, interest-free. The monety can be used to make up to six months of payments of principal and intereston small-business debt rangingy from mortgages to credit cards. Small businesses will have one year after the fina disbursement of these bridge loans before they have to stary payingthem back. They then will have five yearx to repaythe loans.
The economix stimulus bill called for the SBA to creatr the new temporary loan The agency will guarantee 100 percen t of the amount ofthese America’s Recoveryg Capital loans, which will be made throughn its network of private-sector SBA Administrator Karen Mills said the agency will provide guidance to lenders on the ARC program by June 8, and will beginh accepting loan packages from lenders June 15.
“We expect these loanxs to be inhigh demand,” she Tony Wilkinson, president and CEO of the Nationalk Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders, estimates the approximatelyy $350 million in loans that will be availablr through the program will be used up “rather perhaps in three months. Lenders, still are awaiting crucial details on the he said. Only “viable” smalll businesses will be eligible to receive the for example, and the SBA hasn’ defined viable yet. Plus, the SBA will be subsidizing the interest onthe loans, and the agencu has not told lenders what interest rate they can The SBA will provide thes e details to lenders June 8, Mills said.
In general, she viable small businesses are firms with a tracjk record of success that are experiencing temporary such asdeclining sales, due to the economic downturn. They also must presentf a plan demonstrating they will be able to sustain themselvesd once they have used up theemergency loan, she Lenders that currently do not participate in the SBA’es government-guaranteed loan programs will be givenh the opportunity to do so. This will enable them to help borrowerss who are behind on their loan andturn past-due loans into loans that are current.
The head of the Housed Small Business Committee wants the Obama administration to help small businesses in theautomobile industry’s supply chain as part of its restructuringb efforts. “Little has been done to help small said Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y. “That’zs a big mistake. Cutting entrepreneurs out of the process meanw more setbacks down the especially considering the end goal of these measures job retention.” More than 600,000 Americans work for auto industryg suppliers, but that number is dropping on an almost dailyh basis.
The auto industry’s restructurinb “needs to be deep enough and comprehensivee enough to reachsmall businesses,” Velazquez said. The Treasury Departmeng has createda $5 billion program to help directt suppliers of finished products to General Motoras and Chrysler by guaranteeing their But second- and third-tier auto industry suppliers, who sell equipment and raw materials to direct suppliers, aren’t eligible for this program. Many smalll businesses in the auto industry already have been forced to lay off workersd due to the downturn in automobile according to executives from small suppliers who testifiedbeforde Velazquez’s committee last week.
Many now are worrie they won’t get paid for productw they have already delivered dueto Chrysler’s bankruptcuy filing and the likelihoodf that General Motors will follow The Small Business Administration is “carefully calibrating a plan” to providd automobile dealers with loans for purchasin g vehicle inventory, SBA Administrator Karen Millsa said. Auto dealers already have benefitef fromthe SBA’s decision to make more than 70,000 additionap businesses eligible for its 7(a) The agency temporarily is allowing lenderds to consider a company’s net wortn and annual income as an alternative to its usuak size standards, which are basecd on revenue or number of employees, depending on These 7(a) loans will provide needed workingb capital, but auto dealers say they’re also havingt trouble getting “floor plan” loans, which are needed to buy vehiclese from auto manufacturers for sale to the public.
Mille said the SBA will begim allowingits government-guaranteed loans to be used for vehicles inventory financing in a few weeks. The Department of Housingf and Urban Development has decided toallow first-time home buyers to use the $8,000 tax creditg included in the economic stimuluse bill as a down payment on their mortgages. Home builders and Realtorsx said the decision should provide a boosr to thehousing market, sincs first-time buyers won’t have to wait until they file their taxexs in order to benefit from the credit.
“Thw biggest obstacle for first-time buyers is coming up with a down saidJoe Robson, a home builder from Tulsa, who chairs the National Association of Home Robson praised HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan for “moving swiftlhy to help first-time home buyersd to access the tax credit upfront at the time of The timing could not have been betterf as we are in the midst of the crucial spring home-buyinyg season.
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Through the program, small businesses that are having troubld making payments onexisting non-SBA loans can borro w up to $35,000, interest-free. The monety can be used to make up to six months of payments of principal and intereston small-business debt rangingy from mortgages to credit cards. Small businesses will have one year after the fina disbursement of these bridge loans before they have to stary payingthem back. They then will have five yearx to repaythe loans.
The economix stimulus bill called for the SBA to creatr the new temporary loan The agency will guarantee 100 percen t of the amount ofthese America’s Recoveryg Capital loans, which will be made throughn its network of private-sector SBA Administrator Karen Mills said the agency will provide guidance to lenders on the ARC program by June 8, and will beginh accepting loan packages from lenders June 15.
“We expect these loanxs to be inhigh demand,” she Tony Wilkinson, president and CEO of the Nationalk Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders, estimates the approximatelyy $350 million in loans that will be availablr through the program will be used up “rather perhaps in three months. Lenders, still are awaiting crucial details on the he said. Only “viable” smalll businesses will be eligible to receive the for example, and the SBA hasn’ defined viable yet. Plus, the SBA will be subsidizing the interest onthe loans, and the agencu has not told lenders what interest rate they can The SBA will provide thes e details to lenders June 8, Mills said.
In general, she viable small businesses are firms with a tracjk record of success that are experiencing temporary such asdeclining sales, due to the economic downturn. They also must presentf a plan demonstrating they will be able to sustain themselvesd once they have used up theemergency loan, she Lenders that currently do not participate in the SBA’es government-guaranteed loan programs will be givenh the opportunity to do so. This will enable them to help borrowerss who are behind on their loan andturn past-due loans into loans that are current.
The head of the Housed Small Business Committee wants the Obama administration to help small businesses in theautomobile industry’s supply chain as part of its restructuringb efforts. “Little has been done to help small said Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y. “That’zs a big mistake. Cutting entrepreneurs out of the process meanw more setbacks down the especially considering the end goal of these measures job retention.” More than 600,000 Americans work for auto industryg suppliers, but that number is dropping on an almost dailyh basis.
The auto industry’s restructurinb “needs to be deep enough and comprehensivee enough to reachsmall businesses,” Velazquez said. The Treasury Departmeng has createda $5 billion program to help directt suppliers of finished products to General Motoras and Chrysler by guaranteeing their But second- and third-tier auto industry suppliers, who sell equipment and raw materials to direct suppliers, aren’t eligible for this program. Many smalll businesses in the auto industry already have been forced to lay off workersd due to the downturn in automobile according to executives from small suppliers who testifiedbeforde Velazquez’s committee last week.
Many now are worrie they won’t get paid for productw they have already delivered dueto Chrysler’s bankruptcuy filing and the likelihoodf that General Motors will follow The Small Business Administration is “carefully calibrating a plan” to providd automobile dealers with loans for purchasin g vehicle inventory, SBA Administrator Karen Millsa said. Auto dealers already have benefitef fromthe SBA’s decision to make more than 70,000 additionap businesses eligible for its 7(a) The agency temporarily is allowing lenderds to consider a company’s net wortn and annual income as an alternative to its usuak size standards, which are basecd on revenue or number of employees, depending on These 7(a) loans will provide needed workingb capital, but auto dealers say they’re also havingt trouble getting “floor plan” loans, which are needed to buy vehiclese from auto manufacturers for sale to the public.
Mille said the SBA will begim allowingits government-guaranteed loans to be used for vehicles inventory financing in a few weeks. The Department of Housingf and Urban Development has decided toallow first-time home buyers to use the $8,000 tax creditg included in the economic stimuluse bill as a down payment on their mortgages. Home builders and Realtorsx said the decision should provide a boosr to thehousing market, sincs first-time buyers won’t have to wait until they file their taxexs in order to benefit from the credit.
“Thw biggest obstacle for first-time buyers is coming up with a down saidJoe Robson, a home builder from Tulsa, who chairs the National Association of Home Robson praised HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan for “moving swiftlhy to help first-time home buyersd to access the tax credit upfront at the time of The timing could not have been betterf as we are in the midst of the crucial spring home-buyinyg season.
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Saturday, December 15, 2012
'Who Would Do This to Our Poor Little Babies' - New York Times
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New York Times | 'Who Would Do This to Our Poor Little Babies' New York Times NEWTOWN, Conn. â€" Gradually, the group of frantic parents shrank and was gently ushered to wait in a back room in the old brick firehouse around the corner from Sandy Hook Elementary School. |
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Temp Head - Herald.ie
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Temp Head Herald.ie Two 'Match 3' Winners (share 200) Christy Leahy and Stephen Croke both C/O Club. Deepest sympathy is extended to Thomas O'Brien on the recent death of his father, Eamon and to the Lyons family on the death of Harry. And also to the family of Michael ... |
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
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For most businesses, waste is an inevitable byproductof operations. By minimizinf waste where possible and handling wastew in an efficient properties canrealize benefits, including increasedx tenant satisfaction, decreased operational expenses and reduced harmful effects on the environment. The followinfg are several ways propertyu owners and tenants can save money by reducingv waste and implementingsustainable practices. E-cycle: With the ever-changing technologicap landscape, today’s “new and improved” computerse and electronics are tomorrow’s dinosaurs.
Many of theses items have toxic components making theirf safe disposal complicated and often regulated by By encouraging tenants to participate inan e-cyclinh program, these machines can be disassembled and reborn into valuable parts and resourcess for the next generation of technological enhancements. Reducr traffic: There are easy, free incentives that building ownera can offertenants (and tenante can in turn offer employees) to help reduced traffic and shrink a business’ carbohn footprint. Designated parking spots, bike racks and publivc transportation passes are just some of the incentivesd that have helped lessen the numbers of cars on the road andharmful emissions.
Carpooling is anotherd great way to reduce car travep and can foster coworker camaraderie outside ofthe workplace. These reductions are especially helpful when employeew drive company vehicles that require expenditurewfor gas, maintenance and upkeep. Account for your Most waste management companies can perform awastew audit, comparing a building’s waste outputt versus recycled amounts. These audits can help propert owners glean insights into opportunities for reducinga building’x waste and discovering educational needs for tenants.
Low-cost programw can encourage tenants to be more strategic withtheirt waste, including recycling “challenges,” eliminating plastic water bottleds from a cafeteria, increasinv the number of recycling bins and so on. Implement easy-to-follow programsa for recycling, such as a comingled program where plastic, paper, cardboard and glass can go in one and provide tenants periodid reminders about recycling to keep it fresh intheif minds. Also, if you don’tr bid out recycling and trasb services, start. It’s a competitive world out there.
Sustainablse practices: Even without a waster audit, there are several low-cost tactics that can increase efficiency and save moneyon waste-disposalk and management expenses. • Share documents electronically withyour colleagues, rathere than printing 10 copies of a 40-page report. When you do need hard copiexs ofyour documents, print on both sides of the print two PowerPoint slidea per sheet and limit the number of hard copies to those who reallyh need them. Keep old documents for use as scrap papet orpacking material.
• Purchasde recycled-content paper for printers, copiers and fax Select other recycled-content or biodegradable products, such as paper towels, toilet paper and disposable cupsand plates. Participate in equipment take-back programs offered by officewproduct manufacturers. For example, most old printer ink cartridges may be returnedc to the manufacturer for recyclinhg atno cost. • Donat unwanted office supplies and reusable electronic equipmen t to local schools ornonprofit • Arrange to donate cafeteria or wet waste food scrapsa to an organics program for use as animall feed.
• Reduce waste from plasticd bottles, paper cups and Styrofoamj by providing reusabledrinkware (coffee mugs, reusable plastic etc.) for employees. Install a purified water system to eliminats the need forbottled water. Implement a recycling or waste-saving challenged in the office, with prizezs such as reusable coffee mugs orwater • Get less mail; switch to electronic bill payments and bank statements wherever possible. Call the companiex that send you junk mail and cataloge and ask to be removed from theirmailinh lists.
Use evites and e-mailex RSVPs for events on yoursocial • Use yard trimmings and landscaped debris as compost, creating a usefu and environmentally beneficial product from materialsa that would otherwise be sent to a These are just some of the ways companiesx can start to think about increasing efficiency when it comes to producingb and disposing of waste. Take some time to look arounf your building and who knows what othee opportunities youmight find?
For most businesses, waste is an inevitable byproductof operations. By minimizinf waste where possible and handling wastew in an efficient properties canrealize benefits, including increasedx tenant satisfaction, decreased operational expenses and reduced harmful effects on the environment. The followinfg are several ways propertyu owners and tenants can save money by reducingv waste and implementingsustainable practices. E-cycle: With the ever-changing technologicap landscape, today’s “new and improved” computerse and electronics are tomorrow’s dinosaurs.
Many of theses items have toxic components making theirf safe disposal complicated and often regulated by By encouraging tenants to participate inan e-cyclinh program, these machines can be disassembled and reborn into valuable parts and resourcess for the next generation of technological enhancements. Reducr traffic: There are easy, free incentives that building ownera can offertenants (and tenante can in turn offer employees) to help reduced traffic and shrink a business’ carbohn footprint. Designated parking spots, bike racks and publivc transportation passes are just some of the incentivesd that have helped lessen the numbers of cars on the road andharmful emissions.
Carpooling is anotherd great way to reduce car travep and can foster coworker camaraderie outside ofthe workplace. These reductions are especially helpful when employeew drive company vehicles that require expenditurewfor gas, maintenance and upkeep. Account for your Most waste management companies can perform awastew audit, comparing a building’s waste outputt versus recycled amounts. These audits can help propert owners glean insights into opportunities for reducinga building’x waste and discovering educational needs for tenants.
Low-cost programw can encourage tenants to be more strategic withtheirt waste, including recycling “challenges,” eliminating plastic water bottleds from a cafeteria, increasinv the number of recycling bins and so on. Implement easy-to-follow programsa for recycling, such as a comingled program where plastic, paper, cardboard and glass can go in one and provide tenants periodid reminders about recycling to keep it fresh intheif minds. Also, if you don’tr bid out recycling and trasb services, start. It’s a competitive world out there.
Sustainablse practices: Even without a waster audit, there are several low-cost tactics that can increase efficiency and save moneyon waste-disposalk and management expenses. • Share documents electronically withyour colleagues, rathere than printing 10 copies of a 40-page report. When you do need hard copiexs ofyour documents, print on both sides of the print two PowerPoint slidea per sheet and limit the number of hard copies to those who reallyh need them. Keep old documents for use as scrap papet orpacking material.
• Purchasde recycled-content paper for printers, copiers and fax Select other recycled-content or biodegradable products, such as paper towels, toilet paper and disposable cupsand plates. Participate in equipment take-back programs offered by officewproduct manufacturers. For example, most old printer ink cartridges may be returnedc to the manufacturer for recyclinhg atno cost. • Donat unwanted office supplies and reusable electronic equipmen t to local schools ornonprofit • Arrange to donate cafeteria or wet waste food scrapsa to an organics program for use as animall feed.
• Reduce waste from plasticd bottles, paper cups and Styrofoamj by providing reusabledrinkware (coffee mugs, reusable plastic etc.) for employees. Install a purified water system to eliminats the need forbottled water. Implement a recycling or waste-saving challenged in the office, with prizezs such as reusable coffee mugs orwater • Get less mail; switch to electronic bill payments and bank statements wherever possible. Call the companiex that send you junk mail and cataloge and ask to be removed from theirmailinh lists.
Use evites and e-mailex RSVPs for events on yoursocial • Use yard trimmings and landscaped debris as compost, creating a usefu and environmentally beneficial product from materialsa that would otherwise be sent to a These are just some of the ways companiesx can start to think about increasing efficiency when it comes to producingb and disposing of waste. Take some time to look arounf your building and who knows what othee opportunities youmight find?
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Medeltida folkprog intar SWEDEN PROG FEST 2012. - MyNewsdesk (pressmeddelande)
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Medeltida folkprog intar SWEDEN PROG FEST 2012. MyNewsdesk (pressmeddelande) ‎5 questions for medieval folk progers MAD ARTWORK who play SWEDEN PROG FEST 2012 this Friday, Nov 23rd. Get your tickets here: http://www.tickster.com/sv/events/u90zz9hdpxlkpa9 5 frågor till MAD ARTWORK inför. SWEDEN PROG FEST 2012. 1. |
Friday, December 7, 2012
Original Oyster House is going green with new wind turbine - al.com (blog)
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al.com (blog) | Original Oyster House is going green with new wind turbine al.com (blog) "We've been in business for 30 years and have always prided ourselves on being good neighbors and good stewards," Joe Roszkowski, president of the Original Oyster House said in a statement. "By inst » |
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Top loyalist Haggarty granted bail - U.TV
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U.TV | Top loyalist Haggarty granted bail U.TV In January 2010, he agreed to become an assisting offender under the terms of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act (SOCPA). Haggarty's lawyers successfully applied for bail during a brief hearing at Belfast Magistrates' Court on Thursday. No ... Former UVF leader Gary Haggarty granted bail by Belfast court |
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
State doles out $250M in education stimulus money - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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That includes general operations funds forthe 2009-10 schoop year, funds for special education programs and programs that servd disadvantaged children, grants for school luncn equipment and funds for homeless students. The funding includezs $164.7 million in stabilization money that has been included in the public school funding formula forthe 2009-1o school year. School districts can use the money for regularoperatinfg expenses. It will be available July 1, pending approval by the U.S. Department of Education. About $47.2 million will go towar d projects under the Individuals with DisabilitiesEducationh Act.
This represents about half of the special educatioh stimulus funds schools are expected to receivein 2009. Schoolz can use this money to hire additionao support staff andparent liaisons, do training and professionao development for special education teachers and hire job coaches to work with high schoolo students with special needs so they can ented the work force. The funds are availabler now. About $38.7 million is in Titlre I funds fordisadvantaged students. That’s about half of the Title I fund s schools are likely to receivein 2009.
The monet can be used for expanding after-school hiring additional staff and professional developmentr for teachers and principals working in schools with highpoverty rates. That money is also availablw now. All of that money has been allocated througj existingfunding formulas. Other awards the statr is disbursinginclude $548,313 for grants under the Education for the Homeleszs Fund to address the needs of homelesx children. In the new fiscal year, whichu starts in July, $383,313 will be awardex to 24 school districts. Another $165,000 will be awarded througbh a competitive grant processin August.
Abourt $924,743 will go toward purchasing or renovating food service equipment as part of the Nationalo SchoolLunch Program. That money has been awardes to 31 districts and schoolsz through a competitivegrant process.
That includes general operations funds forthe 2009-10 schoop year, funds for special education programs and programs that servd disadvantaged children, grants for school luncn equipment and funds for homeless students. The funding includezs $164.7 million in stabilization money that has been included in the public school funding formula forthe 2009-1o school year. School districts can use the money for regularoperatinfg expenses. It will be available July 1, pending approval by the U.S. Department of Education. About $47.2 million will go towar d projects under the Individuals with DisabilitiesEducationh Act.
This represents about half of the special educatioh stimulus funds schools are expected to receivein 2009. Schoolz can use this money to hire additionao support staff andparent liaisons, do training and professionao development for special education teachers and hire job coaches to work with high schoolo students with special needs so they can ented the work force. The funds are availabler now. About $38.7 million is in Titlre I funds fordisadvantaged students. That’s about half of the Title I fund s schools are likely to receivein 2009.
The monet can be used for expanding after-school hiring additional staff and professional developmentr for teachers and principals working in schools with highpoverty rates. That money is also availablw now. All of that money has been allocated througj existingfunding formulas. Other awards the statr is disbursinginclude $548,313 for grants under the Education for the Homeleszs Fund to address the needs of homelesx children. In the new fiscal year, whichu starts in July, $383,313 will be awardex to 24 school districts. Another $165,000 will be awarded througbh a competitive grant processin August.
Abourt $924,743 will go toward purchasing or renovating food service equipment as part of the Nationalo SchoolLunch Program. That money has been awardes to 31 districts and schoolsz through a competitivegrant process.
Monday, December 3, 2012
Half of richest households are in south - Telegraph.co.uk
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Telegraph.co.uk | Half of richest households are in south Telegraph.co.uk According to the ONS, 49.6 per cent of British households with wealth of over £967,000 â€" the richest 10 per cent in the country â€" are located in London, the south-east, the south-west or East Anglia. Conversely, just 15 per cent of the top 10 per cent ... |
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Report: California to shed 1M jobs during recession - Business First of Buffalo:
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The pace of private-sector job losses will slow over the next few but state and local governmentg layoffsare beginning, the Business Forecasting Centerd at the said in its latest Californiza and Metro Forecast released Wednesday. The forecast said California’ds unemployment will peak at 12.3 percent earl next year, and will remain in double-digits unti l the end of 2011. The center produces quarterl economic forecasts of theUnited States, Californiaq and nine metro areas, from Sacramento to Fresnop and the San Franciscoo Bay Area. In the Sacramento area, unemploymenty will rise from 11.1 percenf this year to peak at 11.4 percent next before dippingto 10.
2 percenft in 2011, the report said. Unemployment is expected to reach 9.2 percenr in 2012. The Sacramento area is forecastf to rebound in the third quarter ofnext year, when job growtuh will improve to 0.8 percent. A “strongh rebound is expected to take place in professionaland business, and educational and health services sectors,” the repor said of Sacramento. “Jobh growth is expected to have its firsy positive full yearat 2.0 percen in 2011.” Sacramento’s real personal income, meanwhile, will grow at a slow rate of 1.5 percen t next year.
San Jose and San Francisco will be the firsgt metro areas in Northern California to returmn totheir pre-recession employment in the second and thirsd quarters of 2012, respectively, the study said. Sacrament o and Merced will be among the last northb state metro areas to regainpeak employment, in fourth-quartefr 2013. Vallejo is last, with a return expectecd in the second quarterof 2014. The Centra l Valley will be hard hit by the combination of recenr state tax increases and massivs expectedbudget cuts, the Business Forecastintg Center said.
“The state budget crisisa is a dangerous aftershock to a regiom still reeling from the foreclosure Jeff Michael, director of the Businesds Forecasting Center, said in a news The Central Valley is an economivc disaster area, but most of its “economic shocks are cyclica l in nature rather than permanentg changes such as closed military bases,” the news releasde said. • Construction continuezs to lead job losses in percentage terms, declining another 15 percent to 110,000 in 2009. • Manufacturin g will lead the declinein 2009, losing 135,000 jobs this • Retail sales will not return to their 2007 level until 2011.
• New car and truck salee will fallbelow 1.06 million in 2009, afterd exceeding 2 million for most of the Sales will gradually increase as the economy reaching 1.46 million next year, and 1.73 million in 2011. Housing starts hit bottom in 2009at 36,00o0 units, more than 80 percent below the levels seen in 2004 and 2005. Housingt starts will be back to 100,000 units in and exceed 150,000 by 2013. • Healthn care is the only sector that will not shrinklthis year. The gain of 13,000 health care jobs, or 0.9 is the slowest growth this decade. • Persona income declines 0.8 percent in 2009.
Nonfarm payrolls will declineby 1,020,000o jobs statewide during the two-year recession. • The Californiaq economy will finally hit bottom in the fourth quarter ofthis year, and will begi a slow, multi-year recovery. It will be 2013 befors many key economic indicators such as unemployment returh tohealthy levels. • The state’s recession should end in the last quarter of this but the job market will remain weak throughh most ofnext year.
The pace of private-sector job losses will slow over the next few but state and local governmentg layoffsare beginning, the Business Forecasting Centerd at the said in its latest Californiza and Metro Forecast released Wednesday. The forecast said California’ds unemployment will peak at 12.3 percent earl next year, and will remain in double-digits unti l the end of 2011. The center produces quarterl economic forecasts of theUnited States, Californiaq and nine metro areas, from Sacramento to Fresnop and the San Franciscoo Bay Area. In the Sacramento area, unemploymenty will rise from 11.1 percenf this year to peak at 11.4 percent next before dippingto 10.
2 percenft in 2011, the report said. Unemployment is expected to reach 9.2 percenr in 2012. The Sacramento area is forecastf to rebound in the third quarter ofnext year, when job growtuh will improve to 0.8 percent. A “strongh rebound is expected to take place in professionaland business, and educational and health services sectors,” the repor said of Sacramento. “Jobh growth is expected to have its firsy positive full yearat 2.0 percen in 2011.” Sacramento’s real personal income, meanwhile, will grow at a slow rate of 1.5 percen t next year.
San Jose and San Francisco will be the firsgt metro areas in Northern California to returmn totheir pre-recession employment in the second and thirsd quarters of 2012, respectively, the study said. Sacrament o and Merced will be among the last northb state metro areas to regainpeak employment, in fourth-quartefr 2013. Vallejo is last, with a return expectecd in the second quarterof 2014. The Centra l Valley will be hard hit by the combination of recenr state tax increases and massivs expectedbudget cuts, the Business Forecastintg Center said.
“The state budget crisisa is a dangerous aftershock to a regiom still reeling from the foreclosure Jeff Michael, director of the Businesds Forecasting Center, said in a news The Central Valley is an economivc disaster area, but most of its “economic shocks are cyclica l in nature rather than permanentg changes such as closed military bases,” the news releasde said. • Construction continuezs to lead job losses in percentage terms, declining another 15 percent to 110,000 in 2009. • Manufacturin g will lead the declinein 2009, losing 135,000 jobs this • Retail sales will not return to their 2007 level until 2011.
• New car and truck salee will fallbelow 1.06 million in 2009, afterd exceeding 2 million for most of the Sales will gradually increase as the economy reaching 1.46 million next year, and 1.73 million in 2011. Housing starts hit bottom in 2009at 36,00o0 units, more than 80 percent below the levels seen in 2004 and 2005. Housingt starts will be back to 100,000 units in and exceed 150,000 by 2013. • Healthn care is the only sector that will not shrinklthis year. The gain of 13,000 health care jobs, or 0.9 is the slowest growth this decade. • Persona income declines 0.8 percent in 2009.
Nonfarm payrolls will declineby 1,020,000o jobs statewide during the two-year recession. • The Californiaq economy will finally hit bottom in the fourth quarter ofthis year, and will begi a slow, multi-year recovery. It will be 2013 befors many key economic indicators such as unemployment returh tohealthy levels. • The state’s recession should end in the last quarter of this but the job market will remain weak throughh most ofnext year.
Friday, November 30, 2012
Roberts backs KU Cancer Center's push for NCI designation - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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Roberts, R-Kan., spoke at The ’s Westwood medical building. He said that it now takexs 10 years to 17 yearzsand $1 billion to bringy a new drug to which Roberts called a “national disgrace.” The Nationaol Cancer Institute said in Novembe that the KU Cancer Center has a Sept. 25, application date for its efforts to get aninitiakl five-year designation as an NCI cancer The months-long application process for institutions seeking new designations beginss with submission of documentation that sometimes exceeds 1,000 pages and includesz a site visit and other steps. The earliest that KU Cancer Center’s application could be approveed is the springof 2012.
Nationwide, 64 cancef centers receive Cancer Center Support Grants to support research to reducewthe incidence, morbidity and mortality rates of cancer. Therde are 23 cancer centers and 41 comprehensivrecancer centers. The KU Cancer Center is part of , whicgh is the medical research and education arm of the Universitygof Kansas. NCI designation — KU’ds No. 1 priority — typically is grantex to academicmedical centers. Therefore, KU Medical Centetr is the entity that will apply forNCI designation. Increased regional patient accessto cutting-edge clinicalp trials. • More than $1.
3 billionj in annual economic benefits inthe • An increase in KU Cancer Center’s annual NCI financin from the current $7.5 millioh to about $40 million. NCI-affiliated institutionsd also attract world-class researchers who bring NCI grants with and part of the estimated increase is baseon that. Many of these researchers doublseas clinicians, adding expertise and depth in various cancer-caree sub-specialties.
Roberts, R-Kan., spoke at The ’s Westwood medical building. He said that it now takexs 10 years to 17 yearzsand $1 billion to bringy a new drug to which Roberts called a “national disgrace.” The Nationaol Cancer Institute said in Novembe that the KU Cancer Center has a Sept. 25, application date for its efforts to get aninitiakl five-year designation as an NCI cancer The months-long application process for institutions seeking new designations beginss with submission of documentation that sometimes exceeds 1,000 pages and includesz a site visit and other steps. The earliest that KU Cancer Center’s application could be approveed is the springof 2012.
Nationwide, 64 cancef centers receive Cancer Center Support Grants to support research to reducewthe incidence, morbidity and mortality rates of cancer. Therde are 23 cancer centers and 41 comprehensivrecancer centers. The KU Cancer Center is part of , whicgh is the medical research and education arm of the Universitygof Kansas. NCI designation — KU’ds No. 1 priority — typically is grantex to academicmedical centers. Therefore, KU Medical Centetr is the entity that will apply forNCI designation. Increased regional patient accessto cutting-edge clinicalp trials. • More than $1.
3 billionj in annual economic benefits inthe • An increase in KU Cancer Center’s annual NCI financin from the current $7.5 millioh to about $40 million. NCI-affiliated institutionsd also attract world-class researchers who bring NCI grants with and part of the estimated increase is baseon that. Many of these researchers doublseas clinicians, adding expertise and depth in various cancer-caree sub-specialties.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Apps for Executive Functioning - ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (blog)
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ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (blog) | Apps for Executive Functioning ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (blog) While I am not aware of any app that explicitly practices executive functioning, there are a variety of apps that require executive skills to complete games, puzzles, or activities. With a therapist providi ng the verbal model and asking the right ... |
Monday, November 26, 2012
My First Tooth Reveal New Single/Video 'Past Broadcasts' - Watch Now - Stereoboard.com
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My First Tooth Reveal New Single/Video 'Past Broadcasts' - Watch Now Stereoboard.com My First Tooth Reveal New Single/Video 'Past Broadcasts' - Watch Now Northampton-based alternative folk band My First Tooth have unveiled their brand new single/video 'Past Broadcasts', out December 3rd. Taken from their forthcoming sophomore album ... |
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Potato blighter: Thief shouts "POTATOES, POTATOES, POTATOES" before ... - Mirror.co.uk
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Potato blighter: Thief shouts "POTATOES, POTATOES, POTATOES" before ... Mirror.co.uk The crook swipes purses and wallets after distracting his victims by hopping up and down in the fruit and veg aisle of supermarkets and shouting “POTATOESâ€, “SWEDEâ€, “CABBAGE†and “TURNIPSâ€. He has struck several times in recent weeks including ... |
Friday, November 23, 2012
Salty Wahine Gourmet Blends - Midweekkauai
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Salty Wahine Gourmet Blends Midweekkauai Kiawe Smoke looks like smoky topaz jewels and takes five days to make. The process involves smoking the salt over mesquite coals so that each grain gets a thick coating of smoke. “We take a 5-pound pork butt and score it,†says Cristobal, explaining ... |
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Beige Book: Southeast economic decline moderating - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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Sales and consumer traffic remained at low levels in late but in line withmodest expectations, according to Southeasternj retailers. Retailers' future sales outlook remaineed subdued. Most regional auto dealers noted further declines in with several pointing to reduced credit availability and industrgy uncertainty as reasons for the poor Reports from Realtors indicated existing home salesx werestabilizing overall. Homebuilders noted new home inventoriea were trending down ona year-over-year basisa as construction remained at low levels and new home saless improved modestly.
Home salesx prices continued to decline according to most Commercial real estate activity remained Vacancy rates continued to rise in many partzs ofthe Southeast, putting downward pressurwe on rents, most notably in the retail sector. Contractords reported more projects being postponed or Commercial real estate players anticipate more space will becom vacant in the coming months and that constructionm will continueto slow. Most Southeastern manufacturerzs said the rate of decline in production and orders moderatefdin April. For the coming months, most in manufacturing noted more optimism about future productionhand employment.
Several business contacts reported difficultyy meeting financing needs because of restricted availabilittyof credit. Roughly one-quarter of non-autko retailers and one-third of non-financial/non-retail contacts citedx some difficulty obtaining loans forinventory purposes. Auto in particular, said that obtaining vehicle inventory financing was very Banking contacts continued to indicate generally low levelsa of demand for new loans and increased use of existing linexof credit. Labor market conditions continued tobe weak. Many firma reported additional cuts in hours or had instituterd mandatory unpaid days off forsome staff.
However, the pace of layoffs appears tohave slowed, as fewer firms reported layoffs than earlier in the year.
Sales and consumer traffic remained at low levels in late but in line withmodest expectations, according to Southeasternj retailers. Retailers' future sales outlook remaineed subdued. Most regional auto dealers noted further declines in with several pointing to reduced credit availability and industrgy uncertainty as reasons for the poor Reports from Realtors indicated existing home salesx werestabilizing overall. Homebuilders noted new home inventoriea were trending down ona year-over-year basisa as construction remained at low levels and new home saless improved modestly.
Home salesx prices continued to decline according to most Commercial real estate activity remained Vacancy rates continued to rise in many partzs ofthe Southeast, putting downward pressurwe on rents, most notably in the retail sector. Contractords reported more projects being postponed or Commercial real estate players anticipate more space will becom vacant in the coming months and that constructionm will continueto slow. Most Southeastern manufacturerzs said the rate of decline in production and orders moderatefdin April. For the coming months, most in manufacturing noted more optimism about future productionhand employment.
Several business contacts reported difficultyy meeting financing needs because of restricted availabilittyof credit. Roughly one-quarter of non-autko retailers and one-third of non-financial/non-retail contacts citedx some difficulty obtaining loans forinventory purposes. Auto in particular, said that obtaining vehicle inventory financing was very Banking contacts continued to indicate generally low levelsa of demand for new loans and increased use of existing linexof credit. Labor market conditions continued tobe weak. Many firma reported additional cuts in hours or had instituterd mandatory unpaid days off forsome staff.
However, the pace of layoffs appears tohave slowed, as fewer firms reported layoffs than earlier in the year.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Local Jewish Federation President Comments On Gaza Conflict - CBS Local
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CBS Local | Local Jewish Federation President Comments On Gaza Conflict CBS Local ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - The local head of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis is sounding off on increasing hostilities in the Gaza Strip. The President and CEO of the Jewish Federation, Andrew Rehfeld, said his organization doesn't take political positions ... |
Monday, November 19, 2012
Colorado academic to become Georgia Tech president - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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The state University System Board of Regentes is expected to nameChancellor G.P. “Bud” Petersonj to lead Tech in thecoming years. The recommendation of Petersonh was announced Monday by board Chairman Richarcd Tucker and university system ChancellorErroll Davis. Petersomn has been chancellor atthe Colo., campus since 2006, overseeing a universit with 30,000 students and a $1 billion annual operatin budget. Peterson has spent most of his careeer at universities known for their engineering Before goingto Colorado, he served for six yearsz as provost at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y.
He also spenft 19 years at Texas where he headed the Department of Mechanical Engineerinf and later served as associate dean of Asan undergraduate, Peterso n was a “walk-on” wide receiver at Kansas State University who later earned a scholarship and becam a three-year starter. Peterson will succeed Waynr Clough, who left Georgia Tech last year to becomse secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in Peterson is the finalist who emerged from the work ofa 20-memberr search team. The Board of Regents is expecte toname Tech’s next president at a futurs meeting.
The state University System Board of Regentes is expected to nameChancellor G.P. “Bud” Petersonj to lead Tech in thecoming years. The recommendation of Petersonh was announced Monday by board Chairman Richarcd Tucker and university system ChancellorErroll Davis. Petersomn has been chancellor atthe Colo., campus since 2006, overseeing a universit with 30,000 students and a $1 billion annual operatin budget. Peterson has spent most of his careeer at universities known for their engineering Before goingto Colorado, he served for six yearsz as provost at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y.
He also spenft 19 years at Texas where he headed the Department of Mechanical Engineerinf and later served as associate dean of Asan undergraduate, Peterso n was a “walk-on” wide receiver at Kansas State University who later earned a scholarship and becam a three-year starter. Peterson will succeed Waynr Clough, who left Georgia Tech last year to becomse secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in Peterson is the finalist who emerged from the work ofa 20-memberr search team. The Board of Regents is expecte toname Tech’s next president at a futurs meeting.
Saturday, November 17, 2012
S&P downgrades SSM Health Care's outlook - St. Louis Business Journal:
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The agency maintained its AA- rating on SSM’s outstandinbg bonds but changed its rating outlook to negativewfrom stable. While the strong rating reaffirmx SSM’s strong management and operations, the negative outlooki reflects strains onthe system’s balance sheet caused by the economic downturn, pension liabilitt issues and the competitivr atmosphere in which SSM’s facilities operate, according to a reportf from S&P. “Management is taking steps within its controll to minimize further damage to the balance including but not limited to cutting back oncapitapl spending,” said S&P credit analysy Brian Williamson.
Earlier this year, SSM made a series of cost-cuttingf moves, including reducing its management team’sd pay, ceasing employee tuition reimbursementws and suspending company matchesto employees’ 403(b) retirement The system also is delayin g construction of three new hospitals planned for Jeffersonj City, Mount Vernon, and Janesville, Wis. “We remain committed to capitalo projects in allour regions, but the timing remains to be SSM said in a statement regarding the ratings outloolk downgrade. “We will continue to monitor the financial situation and will act as soon as the conditionsware right.
” SSM officials pointed out that othet highly respected health-care organizations, such as the Mayo Clinic and Northwesterbn Memorial Hospital, have experienced similaf rating changes, “also as a reflectiom of external market forces.” All four of SSM’ operating regions reported favorable operating marginsz for the first quarter of fiscal 2009, accordinbg to the system. Overall, the system reported an operating margijof 2.87 percent for the quarter, comparesd to 1.3 percent for the firsgt quarter of fiscal 2008. SSM, which had $2.6 billion in 2007 revenue, operatex 17 hospitals and two nursinyg homes infour states, including Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsijn and Oklahoma.
In the St. Louis region, SSM operatexs seven hospitals, including the SSM St. Clare Healt h Center, which opened in Fenton on Marcyh 30.
The agency maintained its AA- rating on SSM’s outstandinbg bonds but changed its rating outlook to negativewfrom stable. While the strong rating reaffirmx SSM’s strong management and operations, the negative outlooki reflects strains onthe system’s balance sheet caused by the economic downturn, pension liabilitt issues and the competitivr atmosphere in which SSM’s facilities operate, according to a reportf from S&P. “Management is taking steps within its controll to minimize further damage to the balance including but not limited to cutting back oncapitapl spending,” said S&P credit analysy Brian Williamson.
Earlier this year, SSM made a series of cost-cuttingf moves, including reducing its management team’sd pay, ceasing employee tuition reimbursementws and suspending company matchesto employees’ 403(b) retirement The system also is delayin g construction of three new hospitals planned for Jeffersonj City, Mount Vernon, and Janesville, Wis. “We remain committed to capitalo projects in allour regions, but the timing remains to be SSM said in a statement regarding the ratings outloolk downgrade. “We will continue to monitor the financial situation and will act as soon as the conditionsware right.
” SSM officials pointed out that othet highly respected health-care organizations, such as the Mayo Clinic and Northwesterbn Memorial Hospital, have experienced similaf rating changes, “also as a reflectiom of external market forces.” All four of SSM’ operating regions reported favorable operating marginsz for the first quarter of fiscal 2009, accordinbg to the system. Overall, the system reported an operating margijof 2.87 percent for the quarter, comparesd to 1.3 percent for the firsgt quarter of fiscal 2008. SSM, which had $2.6 billion in 2007 revenue, operatex 17 hospitals and two nursinyg homes infour states, including Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsijn and Oklahoma.
In the St. Louis region, SSM operatexs seven hospitals, including the SSM St. Clare Healt h Center, which opened in Fenton on Marcyh 30.
Friday, November 16, 2012
C. Robert Henrikson Executive Profile
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Appointed CEO and chairman in March andApril respectively, Henrikson has led MetLifse to achieve record financial results while capitalizinb on emerging trends in severapl markets around the globe. In 2008, MetLifes earned $49 billion in annual revenue and ranked 43rd on the most recenytFORTUNE 500
Appointed CEO and chairman in March andApril respectively, Henrikson has led MetLifse to achieve record financial results while capitalizinb on emerging trends in severapl markets around the globe. In 2008, MetLifes earned $49 billion in annual revenue and ranked 43rd on the most recenytFORTUNE 500
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Head of biotech research center aims for 'stable financial base' - The Business Review (Albany):
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She replaces Eugene Schuler, who joined Ordwaty in June 2004. Schuler, the former directodr of tech transfer at the Universityat Albany, resignefd but will do consulting work. Mayone's task is to oversede the business side ofthe $14 100-employee institute. A Kingston native, Mayone mover to the area in the late 1960sa to attendin Troy. She was the first in her familh to attend college and went on to receiveher master'ss degree in management at . She has served as assistanyt dean for administrationat 's School of director of finance at the and as an administratore at . "Opportunities take you in directionsI didn't imaginse when I was in college," Mayonde said.
At Albany Med she was an assistantgto Dr. Paul Davis, who was chairman of the Department of Duringthat time, Davis was puttingh in place plans to create Ordway, and Mayone assistee in developing the financial "She's a mature administrator who understands biomedicind quite well and understands interpersona l relationships and working with scientists," said Davis, who is knownj as "Pepper." Davis foundedx Ordway in 2002 with $12 millioj from the to recruit scientists to the Ordway is housed in a secure part of the Buildingt on the campus in Albany.
The building, tucked behindc the New ScotlandAvenue Armory, also houses research teamz from the , an arm of the stater Department of Health. Ordway scientists are working on biodefense-related testing drugs that will combat plague and which are considered potential weapon sfor bioterrorists. Ordway works with other researchy institutions as well as private drug Its funding comes from drug companies andfederal agencies. Mayone, who was hired six monthds ago, said her charge is to creat an administrative environment that supportsthe scientists. She said she wantzs to "build on what Gene did and cement our position so we have a stabldfinancial base.
" Ordway ranks 97th among the top researcjh institutes receiving funding from the . Ordway received $3.5 million. No. 1 on the list, , receivesd more than $100 million last The NIH funds morethan 2,000 entitiesx a year. Garrett Sanders, Ordway'ss research administrator, said the institute wants to adapt to the fundin g climate because the NIH is reducing the numberf of projectsit Dr. Vincent Verdile, dean of and executive vice presidenf for health affairs atAlbang Med, said Ordway has bridged relationshipsx among institutions.
"Not only are they bringing their own peoplw tothe table, they have set the table" for collaborationa with Albany Medical Wadsworth, Rensselaer and others, Verdile "They are adding to the milieui of new biotech to the he said. Mayone is the righr person for the job because she can work with scientistzs in various disciplines as well as fromdiffereng institutions, he said.
She replaces Eugene Schuler, who joined Ordwaty in June 2004. Schuler, the former directodr of tech transfer at the Universityat Albany, resignefd but will do consulting work. Mayone's task is to oversede the business side ofthe $14 100-employee institute. A Kingston native, Mayone mover to the area in the late 1960sa to attendin Troy. She was the first in her familh to attend college and went on to receiveher master'ss degree in management at . She has served as assistanyt dean for administrationat 's School of director of finance at the and as an administratore at . "Opportunities take you in directionsI didn't imaginse when I was in college," Mayonde said.
At Albany Med she was an assistantgto Dr. Paul Davis, who was chairman of the Department of Duringthat time, Davis was puttingh in place plans to create Ordway, and Mayone assistee in developing the financial "She's a mature administrator who understands biomedicind quite well and understands interpersona l relationships and working with scientists," said Davis, who is knownj as "Pepper." Davis foundedx Ordway in 2002 with $12 millioj from the to recruit scientists to the Ordway is housed in a secure part of the Buildingt on the campus in Albany.
The building, tucked behindc the New ScotlandAvenue Armory, also houses research teamz from the , an arm of the stater Department of Health. Ordway scientists are working on biodefense-related testing drugs that will combat plague and which are considered potential weapon sfor bioterrorists. Ordway works with other researchy institutions as well as private drug Its funding comes from drug companies andfederal agencies. Mayone, who was hired six monthds ago, said her charge is to creat an administrative environment that supportsthe scientists. She said she wantzs to "build on what Gene did and cement our position so we have a stabldfinancial base.
" Ordway ranks 97th among the top researcjh institutes receiving funding from the . Ordway received $3.5 million. No. 1 on the list, , receivesd more than $100 million last The NIH funds morethan 2,000 entitiesx a year. Garrett Sanders, Ordway'ss research administrator, said the institute wants to adapt to the fundin g climate because the NIH is reducing the numberf of projectsit Dr. Vincent Verdile, dean of and executive vice presidenf for health affairs atAlbang Med, said Ordway has bridged relationshipsx among institutions.
"Not only are they bringing their own peoplw tothe table, they have set the table" for collaborationa with Albany Medical Wadsworth, Rensselaer and others, Verdile "They are adding to the milieui of new biotech to the he said. Mayone is the righr person for the job because she can work with scientistzs in various disciplines as well as fromdiffereng institutions, he said.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Crist signs gambling bill allowing compact with Seminole Tribe - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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The deal guarantees the statw gets a minimum paymentof $150 million a year of casino profitz in exchange for the right to operate certain games such as baccarat, chemin de fer and blackjackk in the tribe’s seven gambling facilities, includinyg the Seminole Hard Rock Casinl in Tampa. The agreement must be ratified by the Floridaw Legislature and agreed to by the In addition tothe $150 million, the Tribe is requiref to make revenue-sharing payments to the state based on the following annual 2 percent of profits up to $2.5 billion. 15 percent of profitxs between $2.5 billion and $3 billion. 20 percentt of profits between $3 billion and $4 billion. 22.
5 percentr of profits between $4 billion and 4.5 billion. 25 percenf of any profits above $4.5 The agreement also requires the Seminole Tribee of Florida to develop a compulsive gamblingprevention program, submit records to an independenr annual financial audit and maintain a legal proces s for compensating individuals for injuries caused to patrons. The deal replacea an earlier one that Crist inked with the Tribe in 2007 but was overturne d by the after it found the governore had overstepped his authority by failinv to involvethe Legislature.
Crist notedx that federal law governs the and the federal government is likely to allow the Triber to operate those games if the Legislature does not go alonbg withthe agreement.
The deal guarantees the statw gets a minimum paymentof $150 million a year of casino profitz in exchange for the right to operate certain games such as baccarat, chemin de fer and blackjackk in the tribe’s seven gambling facilities, includinyg the Seminole Hard Rock Casinl in Tampa. The agreement must be ratified by the Floridaw Legislature and agreed to by the In addition tothe $150 million, the Tribe is requiref to make revenue-sharing payments to the state based on the following annual 2 percent of profits up to $2.5 billion. 15 percent of profitxs between $2.5 billion and $3 billion. 20 percentt of profits between $3 billion and $4 billion. 22.
5 percentr of profits between $4 billion and 4.5 billion. 25 percenf of any profits above $4.5 The agreement also requires the Seminole Tribee of Florida to develop a compulsive gamblingprevention program, submit records to an independenr annual financial audit and maintain a legal proces s for compensating individuals for injuries caused to patrons. The deal replacea an earlier one that Crist inked with the Tribe in 2007 but was overturne d by the after it found the governore had overstepped his authority by failinv to involvethe Legislature.
Crist notedx that federal law governs the and the federal government is likely to allow the Triber to operate those games if the Legislature does not go alonbg withthe agreement.
Monday, November 12, 2012
Loss, sales, shares fall at Toll Brothers - Charlotte Business Journal:
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million, and has decided to discontinue givingearnings guidance. The Pa., company’s net loss was 52 centsa a share, which include d pre-tax write-downs totaling $119.67 million. During the same periodd last year, Toll (NYSE:TOL) reported a $93.7 million, or 59 cent a share, loss, whicj included pre-tax write-downs totaling $288.1 million. Revenue for the quarteer came inat $398.3 million, a plunge of 51 The average analyst estimate for this year’w fiscal second quarter was a loss of 50 cents per share and revenus of $395 million, according to Thomso Reuters.
Toll shares were tradingf 6 percent lower Wednesday at Though the housing market continues to be a Toll said it has experienced an uptick in activity and traffi c atits communities. The company will not provide earnings guidance becauseof “the numerous uncertaintiesw related to our business,” said Joel H. chief financial officer.
million, and has decided to discontinue givingearnings guidance. The Pa., company’s net loss was 52 centsa a share, which include d pre-tax write-downs totaling $119.67 million. During the same periodd last year, Toll (NYSE:TOL) reported a $93.7 million, or 59 cent a share, loss, whicj included pre-tax write-downs totaling $288.1 million. Revenue for the quarteer came inat $398.3 million, a plunge of 51 The average analyst estimate for this year’w fiscal second quarter was a loss of 50 cents per share and revenus of $395 million, according to Thomso Reuters.
Toll shares were tradingf 6 percent lower Wednesday at Though the housing market continues to be a Toll said it has experienced an uptick in activity and traffi c atits communities. The company will not provide earnings guidance becauseof “the numerous uncertaintiesw related to our business,” said Joel H. chief financial officer.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
UT-UNC to play at Cowboys Stadium - Kansas City Business Journal:
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The Dec. 19 game, which was confirmed by Cowboyasofficials Thursday, will be the first basketball game playerd at the new $1.1 billion The 2010 NBA All-Star game and the 2014 NCAA Finao Four are also scheduled for the new which will open this summer. “The Cowboys want this venue to attractr major sporting events and be a showcase for the Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said in a According to UT head coachbRick Barnes: “The University of Texaws quickly accepted the opportunity to help open the new facilitty and compete against a team that has such an outstanding tradition.” Capacity and pricinb has not yet been determined.
Seates in the upper bowl of the stadiu m will not initiallybe sold, accordint to the release. The court for the game will be installedd in the center ofthe stadium, with temporary floort seating. Tickets will go on sale in the fall.
The Dec. 19 game, which was confirmed by Cowboyasofficials Thursday, will be the first basketball game playerd at the new $1.1 billion The 2010 NBA All-Star game and the 2014 NCAA Finao Four are also scheduled for the new which will open this summer. “The Cowboys want this venue to attractr major sporting events and be a showcase for the Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said in a According to UT head coachbRick Barnes: “The University of Texaws quickly accepted the opportunity to help open the new facilitty and compete against a team that has such an outstanding tradition.” Capacity and pricinb has not yet been determined.
Seates in the upper bowl of the stadiu m will not initiallybe sold, accordint to the release. The court for the game will be installedd in the center ofthe stadium, with temporary floort seating. Tickets will go on sale in the fall.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Local dancer Trey McIntyre leaps into ballet business - Washington Business Journal:
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The renowned dancer is usingb the same adventurous approach he brought to choreographu to thebusiness world. He’ s in the process of transforming his summefrperformance group, the Trey McIntyre Project, to a full-time nonprofig dance company. McIntyre is a familiadr face tomany D.C. arts lovers he helped make a name for himself as residentg choreographer forthe . But he said it becamwe artistically and emotionally frustrating not to have a core of regulaf dancers to work with when developing his In 2005, the dancer started the Trey McIntyred Project, a summer company devoted to movinyg ballet beyond its traditional roots.
The group became knowbn for itsinnovative choreography, unusual choices of musical accompaniment (including everything from bluegrass to the and multimedia approach to devoting itself to video documentaries and other similar “It was a very meticulous a lot of baby McIntyre said of starting the summer company. “Mosft of the nonprofit performinf artsgroups we’d watched start up had seen only That process included hiring a team of dancers with established talent, a similar philosophty to McIntyre’s (which he describes as brave, process-oriented and and the general ability to get along for an extended tourinb schedule.
TMP also had to find presenters who wouls be willing to fundthe group’s appearance in thei cities, a fee which ranged from $13,0090 to $23,000 a run during its first Two such presenters were particularly essential in the summed troupe’s early success, according to McIntyre. One was the city of Idaho, for being one of threew entities to gamble on TMP durinbg itsinaugural year. The other was Vienna-basede . “Early on, Wolf Trap recognizedr what we had to McIntyre said. “They presentedf us when it was stillk a leap of faith todo so.
” Because of Wolf Trap’d support, McIntyre’s reputation from the Washingto n Ballet, and his ties to the area (his mom livexs in Oakton), D.C. became a majotr source of fundingduring TMP’s firsg summers. In its first year, John Michaeol Schert, the company’s executive director, estimated that betwee 30 and 40 percent ofthe group’sw fundraising dollars came from the Washington area. In 2006, after the company’ws Wolf Trap appearance, it grew to more than 50 percent.
The groupp decided in 2007 that 2008 would be the year to launcbh asa full-time company, as its fundraisingg and popularity had grownj to the point that it was turning down gigs outside the summer As a full-time TMP would also be eligibls for grants from the and other After deciding to go full-time, the group’s bigges decision was committing to a place to call home, McIntyre said. Originalluy in the running were three spots that sound like natural choices major artistic cities New York San Franciscoand D.C. “We came very close to going with D.C.,” McIntyre said, becaus of the group’s strong following here.
But the spot eventually chosenm ended up being the unlikeliest ofcandidates — that early supporter of the group’s work. “We wantefd to be part of a greateer community,” said McIntyre. And while Boise does have a an opera and othercultural institutions, it stilo is an underserved market compared to major cities, he said. The cheaperr overhead of establishing a base in Boisde was alsoa factor, Schert said, though the company now pays more in travel costs.
It is rare for new ballet companiex to form or even transitionn from summertouring groups, thougj it happens more frequently in modern dance, McIntyre Ballet companies tend to struggle becausde they traditionally have a narrower audience than theater or other genres, Schert said. The grouo would have to prepare to handlea 20-weekl touring schedule instead of a three-week one. And the biggest gambl e of all? Starting a nonprofit organization in astruggling “Our giving curtailed this year, most definitely,” Schert said. The crunchb came as the company adjusted froma $200,000 budget its first year to now needin $1.6 million — including $800,000 from fundraising.
While most of its showsx will be fundedby presenters, the company will self-presentr two this year, relying on ticket salews — one in Boise, and the othedr at the in D.C. Despite the tougher times, the company has raised $650,000 of its $800,00p0 budget this year, and is projecting the rest to be earnexd throughticket sales. While nearly every one of its originaol donors gave less than in previous many convinced two to three other friends tosupport TMP, helpingt drive up its overall Schert said. The business-heavy aspects of startiny a ballet company provided an extensivd learning experiencefor creative-types McIntyre and Schert, also a dancer with TMP.
McIntyrew said he learned more abouf how to work individually with dancers to find theirroadblocksa — for example, pushing a dynamic mover to go more He also learned to trust his instinct s when dealing with other players, whether it be companies or marketers, and above all, to delegate some of the more business-orienterd concerns of the company to his partners and focuds on artistic direction. “Sometimes I realize I just need to give myself timeto dream,” McIntyre said. “I get a lot of guilgt when people are scrambling around the office on a projectand I’j fantasizing about our next ballet.
” Scher said marketing has been a major component of the group’s successea and challenges. The group has relief on grassroots efforts to spread the using interactive methods suchas podcasts. An importanrt lesson for a ballet company, according to is to find the best way to reacn an audience that will appreciateyour work, rather than tailorinf your work to a broader base or marketing to a specificc demographic that seems profitable or “If you’re doing the same thing on stage you’vwe always done but decide just to market to a younged audience, that audience once it gets there will feel McIntyre said.
The company will perform two worl d premieresthis year, including one set to the musicd of Peter, Paul and as well as specially commissioned works such as a New Orleans-themee jazz presentation. TMP appears at the Harman Cented for theArts Nov. 5, and at Nov. 8. And whiler the company may not have ended up basing its operationasin D.C., its relationship with Wolf Trap isn’t Wolf Trap has commissioned McIntyred to choreograph “Face of America: Glaciedr National Park,” a multimedia event that will be shot for televisionj at the Glacier, and feature a stager production featuring video from the glaciere shoot premiere at Wolf Trap this summer.
McIntyre, though, is havinbg difficulty looking further thanthat ahead, with so much left to do in the company’se first year. “It’s kind of like childbirth it’s painful and terrifying, but now the baby’es born and I’m just in love with
The renowned dancer is usingb the same adventurous approach he brought to choreographu to thebusiness world. He’ s in the process of transforming his summefrperformance group, the Trey McIntyre Project, to a full-time nonprofig dance company. McIntyre is a familiadr face tomany D.C. arts lovers he helped make a name for himself as residentg choreographer forthe . But he said it becamwe artistically and emotionally frustrating not to have a core of regulaf dancers to work with when developing his In 2005, the dancer started the Trey McIntyred Project, a summer company devoted to movinyg ballet beyond its traditional roots.
The group became knowbn for itsinnovative choreography, unusual choices of musical accompaniment (including everything from bluegrass to the and multimedia approach to devoting itself to video documentaries and other similar “It was a very meticulous a lot of baby McIntyre said of starting the summer company. “Mosft of the nonprofit performinf artsgroups we’d watched start up had seen only That process included hiring a team of dancers with established talent, a similar philosophty to McIntyre’s (which he describes as brave, process-oriented and and the general ability to get along for an extended tourinb schedule.
TMP also had to find presenters who wouls be willing to fundthe group’s appearance in thei cities, a fee which ranged from $13,0090 to $23,000 a run during its first Two such presenters were particularly essential in the summed troupe’s early success, according to McIntyre. One was the city of Idaho, for being one of threew entities to gamble on TMP durinbg itsinaugural year. The other was Vienna-basede . “Early on, Wolf Trap recognizedr what we had to McIntyre said. “They presentedf us when it was stillk a leap of faith todo so.
” Because of Wolf Trap’d support, McIntyre’s reputation from the Washingto n Ballet, and his ties to the area (his mom livexs in Oakton), D.C. became a majotr source of fundingduring TMP’s firsg summers. In its first year, John Michaeol Schert, the company’s executive director, estimated that betwee 30 and 40 percent ofthe group’sw fundraising dollars came from the Washington area. In 2006, after the company’ws Wolf Trap appearance, it grew to more than 50 percent.
The groupp decided in 2007 that 2008 would be the year to launcbh asa full-time company, as its fundraisingg and popularity had grownj to the point that it was turning down gigs outside the summer As a full-time TMP would also be eligibls for grants from the and other After deciding to go full-time, the group’s bigges decision was committing to a place to call home, McIntyre said. Originalluy in the running were three spots that sound like natural choices major artistic cities New York San Franciscoand D.C. “We came very close to going with D.C.,” McIntyre said, becaus of the group’s strong following here.
But the spot eventually chosenm ended up being the unlikeliest ofcandidates — that early supporter of the group’s work. “We wantefd to be part of a greateer community,” said McIntyre. And while Boise does have a an opera and othercultural institutions, it stilo is an underserved market compared to major cities, he said. The cheaperr overhead of establishing a base in Boisde was alsoa factor, Schert said, though the company now pays more in travel costs.
It is rare for new ballet companiex to form or even transitionn from summertouring groups, thougj it happens more frequently in modern dance, McIntyre Ballet companies tend to struggle becausde they traditionally have a narrower audience than theater or other genres, Schert said. The grouo would have to prepare to handlea 20-weekl touring schedule instead of a three-week one. And the biggest gambl e of all? Starting a nonprofit organization in astruggling “Our giving curtailed this year, most definitely,” Schert said. The crunchb came as the company adjusted froma $200,000 budget its first year to now needin $1.6 million — including $800,000 from fundraising.
While most of its showsx will be fundedby presenters, the company will self-presentr two this year, relying on ticket salews — one in Boise, and the othedr at the in D.C. Despite the tougher times, the company has raised $650,000 of its $800,00p0 budget this year, and is projecting the rest to be earnexd throughticket sales. While nearly every one of its originaol donors gave less than in previous many convinced two to three other friends tosupport TMP, helpingt drive up its overall Schert said. The business-heavy aspects of startiny a ballet company provided an extensivd learning experiencefor creative-types McIntyre and Schert, also a dancer with TMP.
McIntyrew said he learned more abouf how to work individually with dancers to find theirroadblocksa — for example, pushing a dynamic mover to go more He also learned to trust his instinct s when dealing with other players, whether it be companies or marketers, and above all, to delegate some of the more business-orienterd concerns of the company to his partners and focuds on artistic direction. “Sometimes I realize I just need to give myself timeto dream,” McIntyre said. “I get a lot of guilgt when people are scrambling around the office on a projectand I’j fantasizing about our next ballet.
” Scher said marketing has been a major component of the group’s successea and challenges. The group has relief on grassroots efforts to spread the using interactive methods suchas podcasts. An importanrt lesson for a ballet company, according to is to find the best way to reacn an audience that will appreciateyour work, rather than tailorinf your work to a broader base or marketing to a specificc demographic that seems profitable or “If you’re doing the same thing on stage you’vwe always done but decide just to market to a younged audience, that audience once it gets there will feel McIntyre said.
The company will perform two worl d premieresthis year, including one set to the musicd of Peter, Paul and as well as specially commissioned works such as a New Orleans-themee jazz presentation. TMP appears at the Harman Cented for theArts Nov. 5, and at Nov. 8. And whiler the company may not have ended up basing its operationasin D.C., its relationship with Wolf Trap isn’t Wolf Trap has commissioned McIntyred to choreograph “Face of America: Glaciedr National Park,” a multimedia event that will be shot for televisionj at the Glacier, and feature a stager production featuring video from the glaciere shoot premiere at Wolf Trap this summer.
McIntyre, though, is havinbg difficulty looking further thanthat ahead, with so much left to do in the company’se first year. “It’s kind of like childbirth it’s painful and terrifying, but now the baby’es born and I’m just in love with
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Social network mining of requester communities in crowdsourcing markets - Crowdsourcing.org
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Monday, November 5, 2012
ADP reports 532,000 May job cuts - San Antonio Business Journal:
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Payroll firm ADP reported Wednesday that companie inthe U.S. cut an estimated 532,0009 workers from payrolls last month. ADP also reviseed higher its estimate of cuts in Aprikto 545,000 from the previous estimate of 491,000. The ADP report notex losses across all sizes and categories of businesses with largd business payrollsdeclining 100,000, medium businesses shedding 223,009 jobs and small businesses cutting 209,0009 employees. The goods-producing sector lost 267,000 jobs whild the service-producing sector declined by 265,000 positions. The Labotr Department is due to release its jobs reporton Friday.
The average analysft estimate for that report of government as well as privatse payrolls is a lossof 520,00o0 payroll positions and an increase in the unemploymeny rate to 9.2 percent from April’s rate of 8.9 percent. On The Institute for Supply Managemeng announced that its factory index rose to the highesgt level since last September as new orders posted their first gain sinced therecession began. On Tuesday the National Associatioh of Realtors reported that pending salesd ofexisting homes, or contracts signed but not closed, rose 6.7 percent in the largest increase in six years.
Payroll firm ADP reported Wednesday that companie inthe U.S. cut an estimated 532,0009 workers from payrolls last month. ADP also reviseed higher its estimate of cuts in Aprikto 545,000 from the previous estimate of 491,000. The ADP report notex losses across all sizes and categories of businesses with largd business payrollsdeclining 100,000, medium businesses shedding 223,009 jobs and small businesses cutting 209,0009 employees. The goods-producing sector lost 267,000 jobs whild the service-producing sector declined by 265,000 positions. The Labotr Department is due to release its jobs reporton Friday.
The average analysft estimate for that report of government as well as privatse payrolls is a lossof 520,00o0 payroll positions and an increase in the unemploymeny rate to 9.2 percent from April’s rate of 8.9 percent. On The Institute for Supply Managemeng announced that its factory index rose to the highesgt level since last September as new orders posted their first gain sinced therecession began. On Tuesday the National Associatioh of Realtors reported that pending salesd ofexisting homes, or contracts signed but not closed, rose 6.7 percent in the largest increase in six years.
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Everton vs. Fulham: 5 Things Learned from Today's 2-2 Draw - Bleacher Report
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Bleacher Report | Everton vs. Fulham: 5 Things Learned from Today's 2-2 Draw Bleacher Report Everton failed to convert a commanding performance into what would have been three deserved points today, as Fulham snatched a draw late on at Craven Cottage. Seventh and 90th minute strikes from the hosts punctuated lengthy spells of Toffee ... |
Friday, November 2, 2012
Russian PM argues for Pussy Riot members release - USA TODAY
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Russian PM argues for Pussy Riot members release USA TODAY Russian PM argues for Pussy Riot members release. Laura Mills, Associated Press Share. Comments. Pussy Riot members sit in a glass cage at a court room in Moscow. (Photo: Sergey Ponomarev, AP) ... |
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Ky. video-gaming bill dies in Senate committee - Charlotte Business Journal:
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The Senate Appropriations Revenue Committee, on Mondayu evening, voted 10-5 againsr the measure, with two members abstaining, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader. The House had previously passedthe bill. The legislation would have permitted video-lottery terminalsx at Kentuckyhorse tracks, includingy Turfway Park in Florence. "The limited gaming proposao was designed to help save a signature industry inperilp – an industry that means 100,0000 jobs and $4 billiobn in investment for our state," said Gov. Steve Beshear in a Monday evenin statement.
"It is unfortunate that evergy voice on this critically important issue was not heared and every vote not At a Frankfortpress conference, Turfway Park President Bob Ellisto n said Turfway could close by 2010 if Ohio passes gaming legislation and Kentucky does not. Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland recentlyy reversed his stance against gamblingat racetracks.
The Senate Appropriations Revenue Committee, on Mondayu evening, voted 10-5 againsr the measure, with two members abstaining, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader. The House had previously passedthe bill. The legislation would have permitted video-lottery terminalsx at Kentuckyhorse tracks, includingy Turfway Park in Florence. "The limited gaming proposao was designed to help save a signature industry inperilp – an industry that means 100,0000 jobs and $4 billiobn in investment for our state," said Gov. Steve Beshear in a Monday evenin statement.
"It is unfortunate that evergy voice on this critically important issue was not heared and every vote not At a Frankfortpress conference, Turfway Park President Bob Ellisto n said Turfway could close by 2010 if Ohio passes gaming legislation and Kentucky does not. Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland recentlyy reversed his stance against gamblingat racetracks.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Court: Neo-Nazi posting jury foreman's personal info on extremist website not ... - Washington Post
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Court: Neo-Nazi posting jury foreman's personal info on extremist website not ... Washington Post CHICAGO â€" A white supremacist solicited violence against a juror by posting the man's address, phone number and other personal details on his extremist website, an appellate court ruled on Friday, overturning a lower court's decision to toss the neo ... |
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Kansas City, Kan., HUD director is charged with misusing public money - Kansas City Business Journal:
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has been brought up on federal charges of misusinfgpublic money. Federal prosecutors said Thursday that they have chargedHerman Ransom, 52, of Olathe, with receiving pay for hours he did not work. Ransomm is under indictment for 10 counts of wire fraudf and 10 counts of thef t ofpublic money. Ransom still holds his positiom with HUD but is onadministrative leave, accordinbg to a spokesman in HUD’s Washington The indictment said Ransokm claimed to have workefd 80 hours during two-week pay period though those periods included personal time off.
Also, prosecutorsw accuse Ransom of playing tennis and goingt to casinos while he claimed to havebeen Altogether, federal prosecutors think Ransom has receive $47,000 in unmerited pay since starting as a director in 1998 as the HUD officd in Kansas City, Kan., where he supervised 89 employees. A convictio n could mean 20 yearss in prisonand $250,000 in finesz for each wire fraudd count, as well as 10 yeares in prison and $250,000 in fines for each counr of theft of public money.
has been brought up on federal charges of misusinfgpublic money. Federal prosecutors said Thursday that they have chargedHerman Ransom, 52, of Olathe, with receiving pay for hours he did not work. Ransomm is under indictment for 10 counts of wire fraudf and 10 counts of thef t ofpublic money. Ransom still holds his positiom with HUD but is onadministrative leave, accordinbg to a spokesman in HUD’s Washington The indictment said Ransokm claimed to have workefd 80 hours during two-week pay period though those periods included personal time off.
Also, prosecutorsw accuse Ransom of playing tennis and goingt to casinos while he claimed to havebeen Altogether, federal prosecutors think Ransom has receive $47,000 in unmerited pay since starting as a director in 1998 as the HUD officd in Kansas City, Kan., where he supervised 89 employees. A convictio n could mean 20 yearss in prisonand $250,000 in finesz for each wire fraudd count, as well as 10 yeares in prison and $250,000 in fines for each counr of theft of public money.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Statewide medical group survey shows most rank high on self-reported criteria - Triangle Business Journal:
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In an email, CAPG’w President and CEO Donald Crane, told the San Francisc o Business Times that the physiciajngroups “self report” various metrics and CAPG then talliea the scores to “determine how many points a group has earned, and then determine which of the five categoriese they fall into.” The final tallyu showed that 64 of 85 participatinfg groups won the equivalen t of A or B grades, based on how they met criteriqa measuring use of health information technology care management, accountability and transparencyg and patient-centered care.
Elite groups earned a star in each of the four exemplary groups earned three of fourpossible stars, groups two of four, and “meritorious” groups scored just one of four Groups that don’t meet any of the but submit data are deemedc “participants.” Approximately 65 of CAPG’s memberw didn’t participate in the voluntary or weren’t included in the tabulated results. Resulta were tabulated between April 8 andJune 1.
The Bay Area’ s “elite groups” included usualk suspects like Pinole’s , San Francisco’e , San Ramon-based , the Peninsula’sw , and Oakland-based ’s Northern and Southerj California-based Permanente Medical Groups. Walnut Creek’s , , the Marijn IPA, and each netted an while Berkeley’s and each nabbed a “commendable” rating, the equivalent of a gentleman’ws C. CAPG said participants included 85 medicalo groups thathave 10.
5 million patientx and account for 87 percent of the totapl patient membership in CAPG member Overall, the association represents about 150 physicia n groups in the state, serving abouy 15 million residents, or about half the state’sx population. As in Garrison Keillor’ fictional radio town Lake Wobegon, where everyone’x above normal, the category designations give the impressionthat everyone’s doing pretty darn well. And which has offices in Los Angelesand Sacramento, describedr the survey in glowing terma as “the first known voluntary largde scale, critical self-assessment for medical groups in the United Wells Shoemaker M.D.
, CAPG’sz medical director, stressed that the association takes painsx to ensure that the results are accuratse and credible. “Yes or no answers aboutg “tools in your toolbox” are not soft,” he said in an emaio to the Business “you either have them or you don’t.” He also notexd that each group’s CEO is personally responsibl e for the accuracy of its report and that CAPG rampds up the specific data requireeeach year.
“While I have close to zero suspicionh that anybody would sucha report, I do, indeed, verify Shoemaker told the Business Crane, meanwhile, said in the statemenrt that the program gives consumers “an excellent tool” to help them make informed decisions about choosing a provider, and callsx the program “a model standard” for other states.
In an email, CAPG’w President and CEO Donald Crane, told the San Francisc o Business Times that the physiciajngroups “self report” various metrics and CAPG then talliea the scores to “determine how many points a group has earned, and then determine which of the five categoriese they fall into.” The final tallyu showed that 64 of 85 participatinfg groups won the equivalen t of A or B grades, based on how they met criteriqa measuring use of health information technology care management, accountability and transparencyg and patient-centered care.
Elite groups earned a star in each of the four exemplary groups earned three of fourpossible stars, groups two of four, and “meritorious” groups scored just one of four Groups that don’t meet any of the but submit data are deemedc “participants.” Approximately 65 of CAPG’s memberw didn’t participate in the voluntary or weren’t included in the tabulated results. Resulta were tabulated between April 8 andJune 1.
The Bay Area’ s “elite groups” included usualk suspects like Pinole’s , San Francisco’e , San Ramon-based , the Peninsula’sw , and Oakland-based ’s Northern and Southerj California-based Permanente Medical Groups. Walnut Creek’s , , the Marijn IPA, and each netted an while Berkeley’s and each nabbed a “commendable” rating, the equivalent of a gentleman’ws C. CAPG said participants included 85 medicalo groups thathave 10.
5 million patientx and account for 87 percent of the totapl patient membership in CAPG member Overall, the association represents about 150 physicia n groups in the state, serving abouy 15 million residents, or about half the state’sx population. As in Garrison Keillor’ fictional radio town Lake Wobegon, where everyone’x above normal, the category designations give the impressionthat everyone’s doing pretty darn well. And which has offices in Los Angelesand Sacramento, describedr the survey in glowing terma as “the first known voluntary largde scale, critical self-assessment for medical groups in the United Wells Shoemaker M.D.
, CAPG’sz medical director, stressed that the association takes painsx to ensure that the results are accuratse and credible. “Yes or no answers aboutg “tools in your toolbox” are not soft,” he said in an emaio to the Business “you either have them or you don’t.” He also notexd that each group’s CEO is personally responsibl e for the accuracy of its report and that CAPG rampds up the specific data requireeeach year.
“While I have close to zero suspicionh that anybody would sucha report, I do, indeed, verify Shoemaker told the Business Crane, meanwhile, said in the statemenrt that the program gives consumers “an excellent tool” to help them make informed decisions about choosing a provider, and callsx the program “a model standard” for other states.
Monday, October 22, 2012
The shape of catastrophe bond price seasonality - Artemis.bm (blog)
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The shape of catastrophe bond price seasonality Artemis.bm (blog) One of the issues we discuss regularly on Artemis is the fluctuation in secondary market outstanding catastrophe bond pricing over the course of the year and how seasonal weather patterns, such as the U.S. hurricane season, impact pricing. As with any ... |
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Flextronics Announces Receipt of Requisite Consents in its Partial Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation for its 6 1/2% and 6 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes
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New York City time today, the Earlgy Tender/Consent Deadline for its previously announcefd cash tenderoffer (the "Offer") and consent solicitation (the "Consent it has received valid tenderss and consents from holders of $317.56 million (or approximately 79.5%) and $5.5 million (or approximately 1.4%), respectively, of the aggregatwe principal amount of its outstanding 6 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes (the "6 1/2% Notes") and of $214.3 millioj (or approximately 53.3%) and $165.8 milliom (or approximately 41.2%), of the aggregate principal amount of its outstandintg 6 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes (the "6 1/4% Notes" and togethedr with the 6 1/2% the "Notes").
Accordingly, the requisite majority consentxs to adopt the proposed amendments to the restricted payments covenante and certain related definitions containedx in each of the indentures undetr which the Notes were issued have been In accordance with the Offer and theConsent Solicitation, the Compan and the trustee undefr each of the indentures have entered into a supplementall indenture to effect the proposed amendments, which proposedf amendments will become operatives on the date when amounts payablw by Flextronics pursuant to the Offer and the Consent Solicitation with respect to tendered Notes and delivered consents are depositex with the depositary (the "Paymenty Date"), which is expected to occur promptly following the Expiration Time (as defined below).
Holders of 6 1/2% Notesw that validly tendered (and did not validly withdraw) 6 1/2% Noted prior to the Earlyt Tender/Consent Deadline are eligible to received the applicable Total Consideration set forth in the table which includes a consent feeof $10.0 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, and holders of 6 1/2% Notesz that validly delivered (and did not validly revoke) consents, withouft also tendering the related 6 1/2% prior to the Early Tender/Consent Deadline are eligible to receive the conseng fee of $10.00 per $1,000 principal amountf of Notes.
Holders of 6 1/4% Notes that validlyu tendered (and did not validly 6 1/4% Notes prior to the Early Tender/Consent Deadline are eligibld to receive the applicable Total Consideration set forth in thetablre below, which includes a consengt fee of $10.00 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (the "Consenft Fee"), for their 6 1/4% Notes that are acceptedd for purchase in the Offer. Holders of 6 1/4% Notews are eligible to receive, in lieu of the Conseny Fee, an alternative conseny fee of $23.
00 per $1,000 principal amount of 6 1/4% Notes for 6 1/4% Notes for whichu consents were validlydelivered (and not validly prior to the Early Tender/Consent Deadlinde without the tender of the related 6 1/4% Notee and for 6 1/4% Notew that were validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) prior to the Early Tender/Consent Deadlinew but which are not accepted for purchasee due to proration. Holderds that validly tender Notes afteer theEarly Tender/Consent Deadline and prior to the Expirationh Time will be eligible to receivew only the applicable Base Offer Consideration set fortbh in the table below.
In addition to the Total Considerationh or the BaseOffer Consideration, as the case may be, holdera whose Notes are accepted for purchase in the Offet will receive accrued and unpaid interestg from and including the last interesy payment date up to, but excluding, the Paymenty Date. Flextronics is offering to purchase upto $100,000,00 of the aggregate principakl amount outstanding of each series of If the aggregate principao amount of 6 1/2% Notese or 6 1/4% Notes tendered exceeds the $100,000,0000 maximum acceptance amount of such tendering holders of the oversubscribedx series of Notes will be subjectt to proration.
The proration amount, if any, will be set shortlt after theExpiration Time. The followinf table provides information with respect to the Offef and the Consent Solicitation and summarizes the BaseOffedr Consideration, Early Tender Consent Fee and Total Consideration payable with respecr to the 6 1/4% Notes and the 6 1/2% Notes, and the Alternativew Consent Fee payable with respectt to the 6 1/4% Notes: Aggregat Principal Maximum Title of CUSIP Amount Acceptances Base Offer Security Number Outstanding Amount Consideration(1) 6 1/2% Seniorr Subordinated Notes due 2013 33938EAJ6 $399,622,000 $100,000,000 $960.
00 6 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notesd due 2014 33938EAN7 $402,090,000 $100,000,000 $910.0o0 Early Consent Total Alternative Title of Tender Consideration(1) Consent Security Premium(1) 6 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 $30.00p $10.00 $1,000.00 N/A 6 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notew due 2014 $30.00 $10.00 $950.00 $23.0p0 (1) Per $1,000 principal amount of Notese The Offer is scheduled to expire at 12:00 New York City on June 30, 2009, unless extendeed or earlier terminated (the "Expirationn Time").
Tendered Notes and deliveref consents may no longer be withdrawn or The Offer and the Consent Solicitatiob are subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions but are not conditioned on any minimuj principal amount of Notesbeing tendered. The complete terms and conditions of the Offer and the Consent Solicitation are describefd in the Offer to Purchase and Consenft Solicitation Statement datedMay 29, 2009, and the relatedx Consent and Letter of Transmittal, as amended and supplemented from time to including by the Supplemen dated June 17, 2009 (the "Offerr Documents"), copies of which may be obtained by contacting U.S.
Bank Nationakl Association as the Information Agenat (800) 934-6802, #7, #7 (toll or (651) 495-4738. The Company has engage Credit SuisseSecurities (USA) LLC and Deutschre Bank Securities Inc. to serve as Dealerf Managers for the Offer and as Solicitation Agentds for theConsent Solicitation. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Deutschd Bank Securities Inc. can be contacted at (212) 538-18621 (collect) or (800) 820-1654 (toll free) and (212) 250-6008 (collect) or 627-0391 (toll free), respectively. This pressa release is for informational purposes only and is not an offeer to purchase or a solicitationm of an offer to sell any securitiee nor a solicitationof consents.
The Offer and the Consentt Solicitation are being made solely pursuanyt to and on the terms and conditionx set forth in theOffer Documents. The Offeer and the Consent Solicitation are beiny made solely to such persons and in such jurisdictions as are permitted underapplicable law. No recommendatiob is made as to whether holderxs of the Notes should tender their Notes or give Headquartered inSingapore (Singapore Reg. No. Flextronics is a leading Electronics ManufacturinhServices (EMS) provider focused on deliveriny complete design, engineering and manufacturing services to computing, consumer, industrial, infrastructure, medical and mobild OEMs. With fiscal year 2009 revenues ofUS $30.
9 Flextronics helps customers design, build, ship, and serviced electronics products through a network of facilitiews in 30 countries on four This global presence provides design and engineering solutionsw that are combined with core electronices manufacturing and logistics services, and vertically integrated with component s technologies, to optimize customer operations by lowering costa and reducing time to market. For more please visit .
Certain statements made in this press other than statements ofhistorical fact, are, or may be deemef to be, forward-looking The words "will," "may," "designed to," "believe," "should," "anticipate," "plan," "expect," "intend," "estimate" and similadr expressions identify forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this presz release. These statements include Flextronics's plan to purchasd up to 25% of the principal amountr of each series of Notes in the These statements are not guaranteees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties that couled cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations expressesd inthe forward-looking statements.
Important factors that coulc cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations reflected inthe forward-looking statements include those describedd in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscall year ended March 31, 2009, as well as in its Quarterlhy Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K. Giveb these risks and uncertainties, the reade r should not place undu e reliance onthese forward-looking SOURCE Flextronics International Ltd.
New York City time today, the Earlgy Tender/Consent Deadline for its previously announcefd cash tenderoffer (the "Offer") and consent solicitation (the "Consent it has received valid tenderss and consents from holders of $317.56 million (or approximately 79.5%) and $5.5 million (or approximately 1.4%), respectively, of the aggregatwe principal amount of its outstanding 6 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes (the "6 1/2% Notes") and of $214.3 millioj (or approximately 53.3%) and $165.8 milliom (or approximately 41.2%), of the aggregate principal amount of its outstandintg 6 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notes (the "6 1/4% Notes" and togethedr with the 6 1/2% the "Notes").
Accordingly, the requisite majority consentxs to adopt the proposed amendments to the restricted payments covenante and certain related definitions containedx in each of the indentures undetr which the Notes were issued have been In accordance with the Offer and theConsent Solicitation, the Compan and the trustee undefr each of the indentures have entered into a supplementall indenture to effect the proposed amendments, which proposedf amendments will become operatives on the date when amounts payablw by Flextronics pursuant to the Offer and the Consent Solicitation with respect to tendered Notes and delivered consents are depositex with the depositary (the "Paymenty Date"), which is expected to occur promptly following the Expiration Time (as defined below).
Holders of 6 1/2% Notesw that validly tendered (and did not validly withdraw) 6 1/2% Noted prior to the Earlyt Tender/Consent Deadline are eligible to received the applicable Total Consideration set forth in the table which includes a consent feeof $10.0 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, and holders of 6 1/2% Notesz that validly delivered (and did not validly revoke) consents, withouft also tendering the related 6 1/2% prior to the Early Tender/Consent Deadline are eligible to receive the conseng fee of $10.00 per $1,000 principal amountf of Notes.
Holders of 6 1/4% Notes that validlyu tendered (and did not validly 6 1/4% Notes prior to the Early Tender/Consent Deadline are eligibld to receive the applicable Total Consideration set forth in thetablre below, which includes a consengt fee of $10.00 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (the "Consenft Fee"), for their 6 1/4% Notes that are acceptedd for purchase in the Offer. Holders of 6 1/4% Notews are eligible to receive, in lieu of the Conseny Fee, an alternative conseny fee of $23.
00 per $1,000 principal amount of 6 1/4% Notes for 6 1/4% Notes for whichu consents were validlydelivered (and not validly prior to the Early Tender/Consent Deadlinde without the tender of the related 6 1/4% Notee and for 6 1/4% Notew that were validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) prior to the Early Tender/Consent Deadlinew but which are not accepted for purchasee due to proration. Holderds that validly tender Notes afteer theEarly Tender/Consent Deadline and prior to the Expirationh Time will be eligible to receivew only the applicable Base Offer Consideration set fortbh in the table below.
In addition to the Total Considerationh or the BaseOffer Consideration, as the case may be, holdera whose Notes are accepted for purchase in the Offet will receive accrued and unpaid interestg from and including the last interesy payment date up to, but excluding, the Paymenty Date. Flextronics is offering to purchase upto $100,000,00 of the aggregate principakl amount outstanding of each series of If the aggregate principao amount of 6 1/2% Notese or 6 1/4% Notes tendered exceeds the $100,000,0000 maximum acceptance amount of such tendering holders of the oversubscribedx series of Notes will be subjectt to proration.
The proration amount, if any, will be set shortlt after theExpiration Time. The followinf table provides information with respect to the Offef and the Consent Solicitation and summarizes the BaseOffedr Consideration, Early Tender Consent Fee and Total Consideration payable with respecr to the 6 1/4% Notes and the 6 1/2% Notes, and the Alternativew Consent Fee payable with respectt to the 6 1/4% Notes: Aggregat Principal Maximum Title of CUSIP Amount Acceptances Base Offer Security Number Outstanding Amount Consideration(1) 6 1/2% Seniorr Subordinated Notes due 2013 33938EAJ6 $399,622,000 $100,000,000 $960.
00 6 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notesd due 2014 33938EAN7 $402,090,000 $100,000,000 $910.0o0 Early Consent Total Alternative Title of Tender Consideration(1) Consent Security Premium(1) 6 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 $30.00p $10.00 $1,000.00 N/A 6 1/4% Senior Subordinated Notew due 2014 $30.00 $10.00 $950.00 $23.0p0 (1) Per $1,000 principal amount of Notese The Offer is scheduled to expire at 12:00 New York City on June 30, 2009, unless extendeed or earlier terminated (the "Expirationn Time").
Tendered Notes and deliveref consents may no longer be withdrawn or The Offer and the Consent Solicitatiob are subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions but are not conditioned on any minimuj principal amount of Notesbeing tendered. The complete terms and conditions of the Offer and the Consent Solicitation are describefd in the Offer to Purchase and Consenft Solicitation Statement datedMay 29, 2009, and the relatedx Consent and Letter of Transmittal, as amended and supplemented from time to including by the Supplemen dated June 17, 2009 (the "Offerr Documents"), copies of which may be obtained by contacting U.S.
Bank Nationakl Association as the Information Agenat (800) 934-6802, #7, #7 (toll or (651) 495-4738. The Company has engage Credit SuisseSecurities (USA) LLC and Deutschre Bank Securities Inc. to serve as Dealerf Managers for the Offer and as Solicitation Agentds for theConsent Solicitation. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Deutschd Bank Securities Inc. can be contacted at (212) 538-18621 (collect) or (800) 820-1654 (toll free) and (212) 250-6008 (collect) or 627-0391 (toll free), respectively. This pressa release is for informational purposes only and is not an offeer to purchase or a solicitationm of an offer to sell any securitiee nor a solicitationof consents.
The Offer and the Consentt Solicitation are being made solely pursuanyt to and on the terms and conditionx set forth in theOffer Documents. The Offeer and the Consent Solicitation are beiny made solely to such persons and in such jurisdictions as are permitted underapplicable law. No recommendatiob is made as to whether holderxs of the Notes should tender their Notes or give Headquartered inSingapore (Singapore Reg. No. Flextronics is a leading Electronics ManufacturinhServices (EMS) provider focused on deliveriny complete design, engineering and manufacturing services to computing, consumer, industrial, infrastructure, medical and mobild OEMs. With fiscal year 2009 revenues ofUS $30.
9 Flextronics helps customers design, build, ship, and serviced electronics products through a network of facilitiews in 30 countries on four This global presence provides design and engineering solutionsw that are combined with core electronices manufacturing and logistics services, and vertically integrated with component s technologies, to optimize customer operations by lowering costa and reducing time to market. For more please visit .
Certain statements made in this press other than statements ofhistorical fact, are, or may be deemef to be, forward-looking The words "will," "may," "designed to," "believe," "should," "anticipate," "plan," "expect," "intend," "estimate" and similadr expressions identify forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this presz release. These statements include Flextronics's plan to purchasd up to 25% of the principal amountr of each series of Notes in the These statements are not guaranteees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties that couled cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations expressesd inthe forward-looking statements.
Important factors that coulc cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations reflected inthe forward-looking statements include those describedd in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscall year ended March 31, 2009, as well as in its Quarterlhy Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K. Giveb these risks and uncertainties, the reade r should not place undu e reliance onthese forward-looking SOURCE Flextronics International Ltd.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Fresh off court win, Phoenix Coyotes look to defrost season-ticket sales - South Florida Business Journal:
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That includes a June 25 open housewat Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, wherer the team will promote partial seasobn ticket plans. The has been running the Coyotes’ fronft office since May, when team owner Jerry Moyees put the team into Chapted 11bankruptcy protection. On Monday, U.S. Bankruptcy Courf Judge Redfield Baum ruled againsta $213 million sale of the team by Moyes to Canadiahn billionaire Jim Balsillie, CEO of BlackBerry maker Researcjh in Motion. Balsillie wanted to buy the Coyotee and move the teamto Ontario, but he set a June 29 deadlins for the sale.
Baum said that did not allow enough time to resolves thehockey team’s bankruptcy and financee issues, so he shot down the sale. Balsillie could return to the table with anothee offerand timetable. The NHL is courting other possibld new owners who would keep the team in The league has said it will finance the team intothe 2009-1p season if necessary. The Coyotexs have lost more than $300 milliomn since moving to the Phoenix market in 1996from Winnipeg, The team’s bankruptcy and possible sale and move to Canada have prettty much dried up ticket sales and NHL attorneys have acknowledged in Bankruptcy Court.
Sports teama in general, including the Arizona Diamondbacks andPhoenix Suns, are facing bearish ticke t sales as consumers and businesses curtail spending during the recession. Baum’s recent ruling improved the chanced of the Coyotes stayingin Glendale. The 2009-10p NHL preseason starts in September, and the regulae season beginsin October. Bankruptcy Court filings show the team average fewerthan 11,000 fans per game at the 17,900-sea t Jobing.com Arena during the 2008-08 season. The season-ticket open housee will be 6 to9 p.m.
June 25 at the
That includes a June 25 open housewat Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, wherer the team will promote partial seasobn ticket plans. The has been running the Coyotes’ fronft office since May, when team owner Jerry Moyees put the team into Chapted 11bankruptcy protection. On Monday, U.S. Bankruptcy Courf Judge Redfield Baum ruled againsta $213 million sale of the team by Moyes to Canadiahn billionaire Jim Balsillie, CEO of BlackBerry maker Researcjh in Motion. Balsillie wanted to buy the Coyotee and move the teamto Ontario, but he set a June 29 deadlins for the sale.
Baum said that did not allow enough time to resolves thehockey team’s bankruptcy and financee issues, so he shot down the sale. Balsillie could return to the table with anothee offerand timetable. The NHL is courting other possibld new owners who would keep the team in The league has said it will finance the team intothe 2009-1p season if necessary. The Coyotexs have lost more than $300 milliomn since moving to the Phoenix market in 1996from Winnipeg, The team’s bankruptcy and possible sale and move to Canada have prettty much dried up ticket sales and NHL attorneys have acknowledged in Bankruptcy Court.
Sports teama in general, including the Arizona Diamondbacks andPhoenix Suns, are facing bearish ticke t sales as consumers and businesses curtail spending during the recession. Baum’s recent ruling improved the chanced of the Coyotes stayingin Glendale. The 2009-10p NHL preseason starts in September, and the regulae season beginsin October. Bankruptcy Court filings show the team average fewerthan 11,000 fans per game at the 17,900-sea t Jobing.com Arena during the 2008-08 season. The season-ticket open housee will be 6 to9 p.m.
June 25 at the
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Bear Rock franchisee drops agreement, opens new concept - Triangle Business Journal:
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The loss of the location near Six Forks Road and Wake Foresgt Road is another blow toBear Rock, a once-local companty that has seen its ambitious growthn plans reversed in recent years. C&s Six Forks co-owner Darryl Cook says his firm’s 10-year franchis agreement with Bear Rock expired onJune 16. Insteaf of renewing, Cook and his partners Chrids Watson and Scott Catalano opted to try anew concept. The 7 C’w Café has an expanded menu and bigger portionsfor dinner. “Wew felt like we needed to take it in adiffereny direction,” says Cook, who adds that the overwhelming majority of Bear Rock’sz business came at lunch.
The new which employs about 15 people, opene on July 1. Cook says the leasse on the location runs out in four during which time the partners will evaluate the viability of theiernew venture. Several year s ago, Bear Rock was a Cary-basexd sandwich shop that boasted of planes to have more than 150 franchised restaurants across the By 2006, there were 39 Bear Rock Cafés. According to a list of locations onthe company’sa Web site, it now has just 19 Bear Rock experienced a major shakeupo about a year ago. In Augusft of 2008 Triangle Business Journal reported that Gary Bryantt had resigned as CEO of Bear which he foundedin 1997.
An Atlantw restaurant group now managesthe company. A Bear Rock executivw did not immediately return a callseeking
The loss of the location near Six Forks Road and Wake Foresgt Road is another blow toBear Rock, a once-local companty that has seen its ambitious growthn plans reversed in recent years. C&s Six Forks co-owner Darryl Cook says his firm’s 10-year franchis agreement with Bear Rock expired onJune 16. Insteaf of renewing, Cook and his partners Chrids Watson and Scott Catalano opted to try anew concept. The 7 C’w Café has an expanded menu and bigger portionsfor dinner. “Wew felt like we needed to take it in adiffereny direction,” says Cook, who adds that the overwhelming majority of Bear Rock’sz business came at lunch.
The new which employs about 15 people, opene on July 1. Cook says the leasse on the location runs out in four during which time the partners will evaluate the viability of theiernew venture. Several year s ago, Bear Rock was a Cary-basexd sandwich shop that boasted of planes to have more than 150 franchised restaurants across the By 2006, there were 39 Bear Rock Cafés. According to a list of locations onthe company’sa Web site, it now has just 19 Bear Rock experienced a major shakeupo about a year ago. In Augusft of 2008 Triangle Business Journal reported that Gary Bryantt had resigned as CEO of Bear which he foundedin 1997.
An Atlantw restaurant group now managesthe company. A Bear Rock executivw did not immediately return a callseeking
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Wichita's University of Phoenix campus to be affected by consolidation - Bizjournals.com (blog)
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azcentral.com | Wichita's University of Phoenix campus to be affected by consolidation Bizjournals.com (blog) The Huffington Post reported Tuesday that the decision comes because of declining income for Apollo Group Inc., the parent company of the University of Phoenix, as a result of decreased enrollment. Details about what will happen to the university's ...< /p> University of Phoenix Closing 115 Locations, Affecting 13000 Students Summary Box: University of Phoenix trims locations University of Phoenix |
Monday, October 15, 2012
Drew Sharp: Justin Verlander perfectly poised to bury the Yankees in a 3-0 ... - Detroit Free Press
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TIME | Drew Sharp: Justin Verlander perfectly poised to bury the Yankees in a 3-0 ... Detroit Free Press Contact Drew Sharp: 313-223-4055 or dsharp@freepress.com . Follow him on Twitter @drewsharp. Join us for live blogs of each American League Championship Series game at freep.com/sports. Tag your Tigers photos on Twitter and Instagram with ... F ormer Duluth Huskies pitcher gets win as Tigers beat Yankees in ALCS Game 1 Tigers 6, Yankees 4: Delmon Young powers Tigers to extra innings victory ... Valverde remains closer, but not Tigers' only option |
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Energy executive plans six biofuel stations - Denver Business Journal:
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Grimes, a managing partner of LLC, is overseeing the conversion of a formefShell station, 5080 S. Pennsylvania into a biofuel stationj called Good To Go that will begin sellint biodiesel fuelin June. In the future, Good To Go station will offer E-85, a gasolined and ethanol mix that’s 85 percent ethanol, and plug-ib bays where electric cars can recharge their Grimes and a handfull of partners have a second Good To Go alternativde fuel station in Little Chute in the Fox Valleyg thatsells E-85 and will sell biodiesel soon. “Thee business climate for alternative fuelsis growing, and we’rre attracting more investors,” Grimes said.
But, he said capital markets are tight, preventing the company from openinv additional Good To Go stationsx earlyin 2009. AUR Energy Partners has options to purchaswe two petroleum filling stations in buthe doesn’t expect opening the Shorewoord stations until 2010 at the earliest. Good To Go filling stationw are purchasing biodiesel fuel fromthe . Grimes has a 10,000-gallo n fuel tank at the Cudahy alternative fuel stop that will carry Cudahy Mayor Ryan McCue expects the alternativr fuel station to attract othefr green businessesto Cudahy. “We think this will help put us on the map forother startups,” he said.
Grimes is also installin solar panels at the Cudahy locatiojn that will produce electricityfor battery-powered Electricity generated by the panels will be used at the statioh and some will be sold back to We Energies. AUR Energy Partnersd also has a car wash in Little Chute that uses recyclexwash water. A similar car wash will be installesd at the Cudahy GoodTo Go, said Grimes. “We need more pioneera to embrace alternative and renewable fuels becausd the opportunitiesare limitless,” said Maria Redmond, a biofuelzs sector specialist for the Wisconsin Office of Energh Independence.
Redmond predicts the amount of biodiesel fuel sold in 2009 throughouf the state will be more than double that soldin 2008.
Grimes, a managing partner of LLC, is overseeing the conversion of a formefShell station, 5080 S. Pennsylvania into a biofuel stationj called Good To Go that will begin sellint biodiesel fuelin June. In the future, Good To Go station will offer E-85, a gasolined and ethanol mix that’s 85 percent ethanol, and plug-ib bays where electric cars can recharge their Grimes and a handfull of partners have a second Good To Go alternativde fuel station in Little Chute in the Fox Valleyg thatsells E-85 and will sell biodiesel soon. “Thee business climate for alternative fuelsis growing, and we’rre attracting more investors,” Grimes said.
But, he said capital markets are tight, preventing the company from openinv additional Good To Go stationsx earlyin 2009. AUR Energy Partners has options to purchaswe two petroleum filling stations in buthe doesn’t expect opening the Shorewoord stations until 2010 at the earliest. Good To Go filling stationw are purchasing biodiesel fuel fromthe . Grimes has a 10,000-gallo n fuel tank at the Cudahy alternative fuel stop that will carry Cudahy Mayor Ryan McCue expects the alternativr fuel station to attract othefr green businessesto Cudahy. “We think this will help put us on the map forother startups,” he said.
Grimes is also installin solar panels at the Cudahy locatiojn that will produce electricityfor battery-powered Electricity generated by the panels will be used at the statioh and some will be sold back to We Energies. AUR Energy Partnersd also has a car wash in Little Chute that uses recyclexwash water. A similar car wash will be installesd at the Cudahy GoodTo Go, said Grimes. “We need more pioneera to embrace alternative and renewable fuels becausd the opportunitiesare limitless,” said Maria Redmond, a biofuelzs sector specialist for the Wisconsin Office of Energh Independence.
Redmond predicts the amount of biodiesel fuel sold in 2009 throughouf the state will be more than double that soldin 2008.
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