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Monday, January 30, 2012
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Saturday, January 28, 2012
Denver gives out 1,234 free building permits - Houston Business Journal:
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The free permits issued under the city’s “Homse Renovation Bonanza” program saved residents an estimated $85.774 in officials said. Building-permit fees normally range from $20 to several thousand dollars, depending on the value of the project. The prograjm aimed to boost the local economy byencouraging home-improvement projects. The free permits, availabld June 1-15, are for common improvemeng projectsinvolving single-family homes and duplexes. “We wanted a bonanzaz and it seems wegot one,” Denver Mayoer John Hickenlooper said in a statement.
“Wre hoped to stimulate the local economy by offering an incentive for residentsw to make improvements totheirt property. This is a good sign that people are movinbg forward and doing what they can to get our economyg backon track.” The permits are validc for 180 days.
The free permits issued under the city’s “Homse Renovation Bonanza” program saved residents an estimated $85.774 in officials said. Building-permit fees normally range from $20 to several thousand dollars, depending on the value of the project. The prograjm aimed to boost the local economy byencouraging home-improvement projects. The free permits, availabld June 1-15, are for common improvemeng projectsinvolving single-family homes and duplexes. “We wanted a bonanzaz and it seems wegot one,” Denver Mayoer John Hickenlooper said in a statement.
“Wre hoped to stimulate the local economy by offering an incentive for residentsw to make improvements totheirt property. This is a good sign that people are movinbg forward and doing what they can to get our economyg backon track.” The permits are validc for 180 days.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Ener1, Battery Maker, Seeks Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection - BusinessWeek
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Fox News | Ener1, Battery Maker, Seeks Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection BusinessWeek 26 (Bloomberg) -- Ener1 Inc., which received a $118 million US Energy Department grant to make electric-car batteries, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today after defaulting on bond debt amid heavy competition from Asia. Ener1, Electric-Ca r Battery Maker, Seeks Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection Ener1, a DOE aid case, in bankruptcy court Battery maker Ener1 in Chapter 11 despite US grant |
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Bluegrass Family Health selects Healthyroads - Business First of Louisville:
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Financial terms of the agreement were not Healthyroads Inc. is a subsidiary of San Diego-based health and wellnesz company Under the terms of the eligible Bluegrass members can create a full healtu profileat www.healthyroads.com. From there, they can asseszs their health status and set healtgh andfitness goals. Members also can tracki their weight, daily exercise, blood pressure and other healtg indicators, according to a news release. The Web site includeds tips on nutrition, exercise, preventative health care and pain It also features anonline store, where membersw can purchase items such as educational bookas and DVDs, heart-rate pedometers. Lexington, Ky.
-based Bluegrass Family Health, part of Louisville-bases , is a nonprofir company that offers group health insurance to businesses in Southern Indiana and It has sales offices in Louisvillrand Nashville, Tenn.
Financial terms of the agreement were not Healthyroads Inc. is a subsidiary of San Diego-based health and wellnesz company Under the terms of the eligible Bluegrass members can create a full healtu profileat www.healthyroads.com. From there, they can asseszs their health status and set healtgh andfitness goals. Members also can tracki their weight, daily exercise, blood pressure and other healtg indicators, according to a news release. The Web site includeds tips on nutrition, exercise, preventative health care and pain It also features anonline store, where membersw can purchase items such as educational bookas and DVDs, heart-rate pedometers. Lexington, Ky.
-based Bluegrass Family Health, part of Louisville-bases , is a nonprofir company that offers group health insurance to businesses in Southern Indiana and It has sales offices in Louisvillrand Nashville, Tenn.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Layne Christensen buys Meadors Construction - Kansas City Business Journal:
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In a release Mission Woods-based Layne (Nasdaq: LAYN) said that based in Jacksonville, Fla., expands the geographic coverageof Layne’zs water infrastructure business. Layne will consolidate Meadorswith , Layne’s heavy/civill construction unit. Meadors will bring more than $25 million a year in additional revenue tothe unit. Layne said that it paid for Meadors with current cash balances and net of cash and that Layns remainsdebt free.
“This acquisition further solidifiez our efforts in the Florida and othert Southeastwater markets,” Reynolds President Jeff Reynolds said in the “The ‘bolt-on’ acquisition strategy we have used to expanf the company’s footprint in water infrastructure continues to pay Our Water Infrastructure Division backlog prior to this acquisition was approximatelyh $50 million higher than a year ago.’’ Layn e Christensen provides products and services for the water, mineral and energy markets. It ranks No. 17 on the Kansas City BusinesswJournal ’s list of area public companies.
In a release Mission Woods-based Layne (Nasdaq: LAYN) said that based in Jacksonville, Fla., expands the geographic coverageof Layne’zs water infrastructure business. Layne will consolidate Meadorswith , Layne’s heavy/civill construction unit. Meadors will bring more than $25 million a year in additional revenue tothe unit. Layne said that it paid for Meadors with current cash balances and net of cash and that Layns remainsdebt free.
“This acquisition further solidifiez our efforts in the Florida and othert Southeastwater markets,” Reynolds President Jeff Reynolds said in the “The ‘bolt-on’ acquisition strategy we have used to expanf the company’s footprint in water infrastructure continues to pay Our Water Infrastructure Division backlog prior to this acquisition was approximatelyh $50 million higher than a year ago.’’ Layn e Christensen provides products and services for the water, mineral and energy markets. It ranks No. 17 on the Kansas City BusinesswJournal ’s list of area public companies.
Friday, January 20, 2012
KGW won't hit Pioneer Courthouse Square until fall - Portland Business Journal:
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KGW had planned to debut the studio with the launcb of the Olympicsin August, but preparing the buildin g is taking more time than DJ Wilson, KGW president, said work is under way on the site' s infrastructure. She said the statiojn expects to get the keys to the space formerlhy occupiedby Powell's Travel Books by mid-October and beginm broadcasting 30 to 45 days Wilson said KGW hope s to begin broadcasting from Pioneer Courthouse Squard the day after Thanksgiving, with the lighting of the square' s Christmas tree.
The high-definition facility is beinb renovated toinclude floor-to-ceilingf glass windows to allow the publicd to watch the anchors at similar to the NBC studiol in New York City's Rockefellee Center. KGW said the station will eventuallhy invest as muchas $1 million into the new KGW will broadcast live every morning and noon from the Outdoor television monitors will also broadcas t the news for passersby to KGW, Portland's NBC is a news-gathering partner of the Portland Business It is owned by Dallas-based Belo Oregon agricultural boosters were in China last week celebratin g a soon-to-open center for food imports in Zhuhai, a city in the Guandon g Provence in Southern China.
The new located on 20 acres, is expected to improvee Oregon farmers' prospects for successfullyy exporting high-end produce to China's 1.2 billion people, in additiojn to smoothing China's export chain to the Western U.S. The projectg is more than just a mammoth The 800,000-square-foot facility will also house Chinese companies that provides import, wholesale and distribution services for perishablee food products. It will also provid an on-site food testing lab and a displayg roomwhere U.S. food producers can tout key products that they hope to hawk toChinesse purchasers.
The food testing lab is a joint venture between the Oregon Departmentof Agriculture, Chinese regulator officialsa and a private Chinese Food testing agreements are already in placs between Japan, Korea and Taiwan and Oregon, but until now China has been "Oregon can greatly benefit by being part of something that will be consideredc the place to go in Chin for a systemic, routine and predictablde way to get products into this rapidly developinhg market," said Oregon Department of Agriculturre Director Kathy Coba. The project, set to be up-and-runninvg before the end of 2008, will also benefig several otherWestern states.
Portland' s best-known green developer is formingh a new division to make its expertisre available toother builders. Gerding Edlen Sustainable Solutionsd is a new consulting and infrastructure developmenr firm with expertise in sustainable design and energu andinfrastructure issues. Dennis Wilde, principal at Gerdiny Edlen, will lead the renewable energy and infrastructure division. Joe Vaughn will join the new compangy as leader of theplanningv division. The new venture is a separate business entityy supported byGerding Edlen. Gerding Edlen has launched more projects designe to meetthe U.S. Greej Building Councils' standards for sustainable design than any other developerr inthe country.
Its projectsz include the Gerding Theater in thePearlk District, the first green neighborhooe in Los Angeles, the Brewery Blocks, the Southu Waterfront district and the Oregon Heath and Sciencse University Center for Health and Billed as an event "integratinh science and sustainability," the Air and Waste Managemenrt Association's annual conference comes to the Oregonn Convention Center next week. The Pittsburgh-basecd association -- which says it was "green beforde green was cool" -- is a nonpartisan professional organizationwith 9,000 environmentakl professionals in 65 countries.
The upcoming conference will deal with issues such as carbobn offsets and globalclimate change.
KGW had planned to debut the studio with the launcb of the Olympicsin August, but preparing the buildin g is taking more time than DJ Wilson, KGW president, said work is under way on the site' s infrastructure. She said the statiojn expects to get the keys to the space formerlhy occupiedby Powell's Travel Books by mid-October and beginm broadcasting 30 to 45 days Wilson said KGW hope s to begin broadcasting from Pioneer Courthouse Squard the day after Thanksgiving, with the lighting of the square' s Christmas tree.
The high-definition facility is beinb renovated toinclude floor-to-ceilingf glass windows to allow the publicd to watch the anchors at similar to the NBC studiol in New York City's Rockefellee Center. KGW said the station will eventuallhy invest as muchas $1 million into the new KGW will broadcast live every morning and noon from the Outdoor television monitors will also broadcas t the news for passersby to KGW, Portland's NBC is a news-gathering partner of the Portland Business It is owned by Dallas-based Belo Oregon agricultural boosters were in China last week celebratin g a soon-to-open center for food imports in Zhuhai, a city in the Guandon g Provence in Southern China.
The new located on 20 acres, is expected to improvee Oregon farmers' prospects for successfullyy exporting high-end produce to China's 1.2 billion people, in additiojn to smoothing China's export chain to the Western U.S. The projectg is more than just a mammoth The 800,000-square-foot facility will also house Chinese companies that provides import, wholesale and distribution services for perishablee food products. It will also provid an on-site food testing lab and a displayg roomwhere U.S. food producers can tout key products that they hope to hawk toChinesse purchasers.
The food testing lab is a joint venture between the Oregon Departmentof Agriculture, Chinese regulator officialsa and a private Chinese Food testing agreements are already in placs between Japan, Korea and Taiwan and Oregon, but until now China has been "Oregon can greatly benefit by being part of something that will be consideredc the place to go in Chin for a systemic, routine and predictablde way to get products into this rapidly developinhg market," said Oregon Department of Agriculturre Director Kathy Coba. The project, set to be up-and-runninvg before the end of 2008, will also benefig several otherWestern states.
Portland' s best-known green developer is formingh a new division to make its expertisre available toother builders. Gerding Edlen Sustainable Solutionsd is a new consulting and infrastructure developmenr firm with expertise in sustainable design and energu andinfrastructure issues. Dennis Wilde, principal at Gerdiny Edlen, will lead the renewable energy and infrastructure division. Joe Vaughn will join the new compangy as leader of theplanningv division. The new venture is a separate business entityy supported byGerding Edlen. Gerding Edlen has launched more projects designe to meetthe U.S. Greej Building Councils' standards for sustainable design than any other developerr inthe country.
Its projectsz include the Gerding Theater in thePearlk District, the first green neighborhooe in Los Angeles, the Brewery Blocks, the Southu Waterfront district and the Oregon Heath and Sciencse University Center for Health and Billed as an event "integratinh science and sustainability," the Air and Waste Managemenrt Association's annual conference comes to the Oregonn Convention Center next week. The Pittsburgh-basecd association -- which says it was "green beforde green was cool" -- is a nonpartisan professional organizationwith 9,000 environmentakl professionals in 65 countries.
The upcoming conference will deal with issues such as carbobn offsets and globalclimate change.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Major hunks of the West go on the auction block - Portland Business Journal:
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Nearly all of the properties haveminimum bids, and will be decided through a sealed bid process. But 19 properties--1q2 in Oregon and seven in Washington--will go by oral auction on November 1 at the Holiday Inn in Six of those will have nominimum bid. The Oregon ranch on the auctiojn block is theLP Ranch, a 16,000-acre elk huntinyg and timber tract in Umatilla Counth with a minimum bid of $11.9 million. Ownexd by Pioneer Resources of Eugene, it is one of the largestf private Eastern Oregon with some 25 million boare feet of mature Ponderosa Pine andDouglas fir, and 600 elk roaminb the property.
During the last 20 years, the propertt has served as a corporate hunting retreat for public andprivat companies. Acquisition provides the opportunity for developmenyt of a hunting club with a commercialotimber operation. The Mendocino County, Calif. ranch, owned by and also used for timbe r andcorporate retreats, is the largesgt property in the auction at 26,000 Minimum bid: $15.5 million. There is an estimatec 16,204 acres of productive timberland, and an estimatefd 52 million board feet ofmerchantable timber, also mostly Douglas fir and Ponderossa Pine.
The auction includees a number of properties ownedby Louisiana-Pacifif Timber Company that LP considers The properties are in Idaho and Colorado. A free color auctioh catalog may be obtained by calling faxing (503) 242-1814, or e-mailing . com. To Metro, or not to Metroo Pollster Tim Hibbitts is conducting a statewide survey of registered voters thisweek that, give or take a few percentage points, will reveal if Oregonians really want to abolish the regionalo government called Metro. Results of the poll will be revealerdon Thursday, October 16, at the Oregon Conventionh Center during a live luncheon debate betweeb would-be Metro killer, Bill Sizemore, and the voice of Mike Burton.
The event costs $75 and is beiny advertised like a heavyweight bout byoft at-odds sponsors the Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association and the Homebuilders Association of greater Portland. In additiobn to Metro's abolishment, it will revealo how Oregonians feel--and where they assign blame--about a number of planning including the urbangrowth boundary, affordability, density, "andd all those scary words," said Rich community development director for Oregon City and member of the statewide planning "Land use planning is coming up on its 25th and nobody has done a statistically valid survey of how people feel about the planning in this Carson said.
"We wantexd to find out if they thinit works." Free beer...probably Just in time for a fully-operational, 13.6-MW coal-fired cogeneration power planrt in Baoding, Hebei China is being marketed by Pacificv energy Systems of Portland. The plany is owned by San Miguel Corporation of the Philippines and its Chineswe jointventure partner, the Bada Group. The partnershipo built the plant to supply electricity and steam tothe partnership'd San Miguel Bada Brewery and to a malt housed owned by Malteurop and the Bada The cogeneration plant has two operating 35-ton-per-houtr boilers. But wait. There's more.
The partnershipp will continue to purchase electricity from the new owner undee longterm contract, and a thirx boiler is nearly complete. In addition, the successful purchaser will be give n first right to participate in the development ofa 2x200-MW coal-fired power plant that the Bada Grouop is planning on the same location. If you stil l have any doubt that this is the foreign cogenerationb plantfor you, an offering memorandum is availables under a confidentiality agreement through Pacificd energy Systems president John Martin at
Nearly all of the properties haveminimum bids, and will be decided through a sealed bid process. But 19 properties--1q2 in Oregon and seven in Washington--will go by oral auction on November 1 at the Holiday Inn in Six of those will have nominimum bid. The Oregon ranch on the auctiojn block is theLP Ranch, a 16,000-acre elk huntinyg and timber tract in Umatilla Counth with a minimum bid of $11.9 million. Ownexd by Pioneer Resources of Eugene, it is one of the largestf private Eastern Oregon with some 25 million boare feet of mature Ponderosa Pine andDouglas fir, and 600 elk roaminb the property.
During the last 20 years, the propertt has served as a corporate hunting retreat for public andprivat companies. Acquisition provides the opportunity for developmenyt of a hunting club with a commercialotimber operation. The Mendocino County, Calif. ranch, owned by and also used for timbe r andcorporate retreats, is the largesgt property in the auction at 26,000 Minimum bid: $15.5 million. There is an estimatec 16,204 acres of productive timberland, and an estimatefd 52 million board feet ofmerchantable timber, also mostly Douglas fir and Ponderossa Pine.
The auction includees a number of properties ownedby Louisiana-Pacifif Timber Company that LP considers The properties are in Idaho and Colorado. A free color auctioh catalog may be obtained by calling faxing (503) 242-1814, or e-mailing . com. To Metro, or not to Metroo Pollster Tim Hibbitts is conducting a statewide survey of registered voters thisweek that, give or take a few percentage points, will reveal if Oregonians really want to abolish the regionalo government called Metro. Results of the poll will be revealerdon Thursday, October 16, at the Oregon Conventionh Center during a live luncheon debate betweeb would-be Metro killer, Bill Sizemore, and the voice of Mike Burton.
The event costs $75 and is beiny advertised like a heavyweight bout byoft at-odds sponsors the Oregon Chapter of the American Planning Association and the Homebuilders Association of greater Portland. In additiobn to Metro's abolishment, it will revealo how Oregonians feel--and where they assign blame--about a number of planning including the urbangrowth boundary, affordability, density, "andd all those scary words," said Rich community development director for Oregon City and member of the statewide planning "Land use planning is coming up on its 25th and nobody has done a statistically valid survey of how people feel about the planning in this Carson said.
"We wantexd to find out if they thinit works." Free beer...probably Just in time for a fully-operational, 13.6-MW coal-fired cogeneration power planrt in Baoding, Hebei China is being marketed by Pacificv energy Systems of Portland. The plany is owned by San Miguel Corporation of the Philippines and its Chineswe jointventure partner, the Bada Group. The partnershipo built the plant to supply electricity and steam tothe partnership'd San Miguel Bada Brewery and to a malt housed owned by Malteurop and the Bada The cogeneration plant has two operating 35-ton-per-houtr boilers. But wait. There's more.
The partnershipp will continue to purchase electricity from the new owner undee longterm contract, and a thirx boiler is nearly complete. In addition, the successful purchaser will be give n first right to participate in the development ofa 2x200-MW coal-fired power plant that the Bada Grouop is planning on the same location. If you stil l have any doubt that this is the foreign cogenerationb plantfor you, an offering memorandum is availables under a confidentiality agreement through Pacificd energy Systems president John Martin at
Sunday, January 15, 2012
UDR offers apartment-search application for iPhone - Triangle Business Journal:
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The Highlands Ranch-based apartment owner's locatort app allows users to search apartmentsby location, and number of bedrooms and bathrooms. It offers photos, amenities lists and floor plans oflistedd apartments, and prices are updated daily. The app where the user is located throughj GPS technology and can offer maps and directionzs toselected apartments. Usersw can save the apartmentw they choose in afavorites folder, and even place a hold on an apartment until the user can UDR said the application currently offersw apartments in Arizona, California, Maryland, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington statwe as well as Washington, D.C.
The app is availabls through Apple's online iStor e or for free downloafdby . The new iPhone servicee "fits perfectly into UDR's mobiles strategy to attract and retain apartmentr renters who are becoming more reliant on a mobiles device and less reliant on theifrpersonal computers," said Steve Taraborelli, UDR's VP of sales and marketing, in a "Not only are we attracting apartment prospects within the Uniterd States, but from around the world In addition to the iPhonw app, UDR also has WAP- and iPhone-compatiblr websites, at and respectively. UDR is an apartment-investmeng trust that owns about 45,000p apartment units and had another 2,000 under development as of Marchg 31.
The Highlands Ranch-based apartment owner's locatort app allows users to search apartmentsby location, and number of bedrooms and bathrooms. It offers photos, amenities lists and floor plans oflistedd apartments, and prices are updated daily. The app where the user is located throughj GPS technology and can offer maps and directionzs toselected apartments. Usersw can save the apartmentw they choose in afavorites folder, and even place a hold on an apartment until the user can UDR said the application currently offersw apartments in Arizona, California, Maryland, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington statwe as well as Washington, D.C.
The app is availabls through Apple's online iStor e or for free downloafdby . The new iPhone servicee "fits perfectly into UDR's mobiles strategy to attract and retain apartmentr renters who are becoming more reliant on a mobiles device and less reliant on theifrpersonal computers," said Steve Taraborelli, UDR's VP of sales and marketing, in a "Not only are we attracting apartment prospects within the Uniterd States, but from around the world In addition to the iPhonw app, UDR also has WAP- and iPhone-compatiblr websites, at and respectively. UDR is an apartment-investmeng trust that owns about 45,000p apartment units and had another 2,000 under development as of Marchg 31.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Earnings drop for PG&E Corp. - San Francisco Business Times:
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(NYSE: PCG) said it had net income of $228 million or 53 centx per diluted share on revenueof $2.62 billiomn in the three month period ending Sept. 30. That comparezs with net incomeof $510 milliobn or $1.23 per diluted sharee on revenue of $3.06 billion a year earlier. Last year's third quartetr reflected the effectsof generation-relate d revenues in excess of generation-relateds costs ("headroom"). Beginning in PG&E Corp.'s subsidiary no longer collectse headroom. "Solid utility operations, a healthy business a strongerbalance sheet, and substantial cash flowws form the basis for these third quartet results," said Robert Glynn, Jr.
, PG&E chairman, CEO and president. "They also are the foundation for the targetes we have set for delivering shareholder values through commonstock dividends, share repurchasexs and investments in our core utilitg business." Those targets include paying an annuak common stock dividend of $1.20 per sharee starting in April 2005, assuming Pacific Gas and Electric Co, refinances a part of its balanced sheet in early 2005. The company also said that assumintg Pacific Gas andElectric Co. also refinances anothert part of its balance sheet inearlu 2006, the corporation expects that $2.
7 billiob will be available in 2005 and 2006 to pay buy back shares and make incrementap investments in its core utility business beyone the $1.9 billion of annual capitalp expenditures already planned.
(NYSE: PCG) said it had net income of $228 million or 53 centx per diluted share on revenueof $2.62 billiomn in the three month period ending Sept. 30. That comparezs with net incomeof $510 milliobn or $1.23 per diluted sharee on revenue of $3.06 billion a year earlier. Last year's third quartetr reflected the effectsof generation-relate d revenues in excess of generation-relateds costs ("headroom"). Beginning in PG&E Corp.'s subsidiary no longer collectse headroom. "Solid utility operations, a healthy business a strongerbalance sheet, and substantial cash flowws form the basis for these third quartet results," said Robert Glynn, Jr.
, PG&E chairman, CEO and president. "They also are the foundation for the targetes we have set for delivering shareholder values through commonstock dividends, share repurchasexs and investments in our core utilitg business." Those targets include paying an annuak common stock dividend of $1.20 per sharee starting in April 2005, assuming Pacific Gas and Electric Co, refinances a part of its balanced sheet in early 2005. The company also said that assumintg Pacific Gas andElectric Co. also refinances anothert part of its balance sheet inearlu 2006, the corporation expects that $2.
7 billiob will be available in 2005 and 2006 to pay buy back shares and make incrementap investments in its core utility business beyone the $1.9 billion of annual capitalp expenditures already planned.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Austinites to get a chance to review Green plant proposals - Austin Business Journal:
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Redevelopment proposals for the five city bloclkThomas C. Green Wate Treatment Plant and the adjoininv Austin Energy Control Center will be presented to the Austi City Council onMay 22. The two properties totall about 6.1 acres. Public presentations by the five firms that have submittedd redevelopment proposals will begin at1 p.m. at City Hall durinyg the City Council's regular Thursday The five firms that have submitted proposals to purchase and redevelopthe soon-to-be decommissioned plantg include: Cleveland, Ohio-based Forest City; Austin-based ; Denver-basesd ; Dallas-based Co.; and Austin-based .
The proposals vary significantly in visiojnand scope, but all call for aboug 1,000 apartments and condos, and hundreds of thousands of square feet of retaipl and office space. Proposed components include a two-story HEB groceryy store, with acting as a limited partnet inthe project; a movie theater; a bookstore; a 250-unir senior assisted living facility and a waterfrongt art park. The firma will provide informational displays in the lobbt of City Hall for public viewing throughMay 30. Visitorse may submit comments duringthat time.
Information aboutg the proposals will also be on the cityof Austin'sw Seaholm District Web site with opportunit to provide comments at The Seaholmm redevelopment is a $117.22 million mixed-use redevelopment led by that was approved by City Councipl in April. City leaders have said the Seaholm redevelopmen t and the Green Water Treatment Planf redevelopment will reinvigorate southwesf portionsof downtown, provide links from Cesaf Chavez to the city's traffic grid and extend the New Urbanisty vision of the city-financed Second Street Retail District.
The Seaholkm redevelopment calls fora 22-story 60 condo units, 130,000 square feet of office space and 50,000 square feet of retaipl and commercial space. The 150,000-square-foot decommissioned power plang will be the centerpiece ofthe 7.8-acrd property across Cesar Chavez Street from Lady Bird The City Council intends to select the winninv proposal for the Green Water Treatment Plantg in June and negotiated the sales price shortly after. The appraised value of the landis $55.5 The decommissioning and deconstruction of the plant is expecte d to be finished by February 2010, with constructiob beginning shortly after.
Redevelopment proposals for the five city bloclkThomas C. Green Wate Treatment Plant and the adjoininv Austin Energy Control Center will be presented to the Austi City Council onMay 22. The two properties totall about 6.1 acres. Public presentations by the five firms that have submittedd redevelopment proposals will begin at1 p.m. at City Hall durinyg the City Council's regular Thursday The five firms that have submitted proposals to purchase and redevelopthe soon-to-be decommissioned plantg include: Cleveland, Ohio-based Forest City; Austin-based ; Denver-basesd ; Dallas-based Co.; and Austin-based .
The proposals vary significantly in visiojnand scope, but all call for aboug 1,000 apartments and condos, and hundreds of thousands of square feet of retaipl and office space. Proposed components include a two-story HEB groceryy store, with acting as a limited partnet inthe project; a movie theater; a bookstore; a 250-unir senior assisted living facility and a waterfrongt art park. The firma will provide informational displays in the lobbt of City Hall for public viewing throughMay 30. Visitorse may submit comments duringthat time.
Information aboutg the proposals will also be on the cityof Austin'sw Seaholm District Web site with opportunit to provide comments at The Seaholmm redevelopment is a $117.22 million mixed-use redevelopment led by that was approved by City Councipl in April. City leaders have said the Seaholm redevelopmen t and the Green Water Treatment Planf redevelopment will reinvigorate southwesf portionsof downtown, provide links from Cesaf Chavez to the city's traffic grid and extend the New Urbanisty vision of the city-financed Second Street Retail District.
The Seaholkm redevelopment calls fora 22-story 60 condo units, 130,000 square feet of office space and 50,000 square feet of retaipl and commercial space. The 150,000-square-foot decommissioned power plang will be the centerpiece ofthe 7.8-acrd property across Cesar Chavez Street from Lady Bird The City Council intends to select the winninv proposal for the Green Water Treatment Plantg in June and negotiated the sales price shortly after. The appraised value of the landis $55.5 The decommissioning and deconstruction of the plant is expecte d to be finished by February 2010, with constructiob beginning shortly after.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Pacific Ethanol units file bankruptcy - Sacramento Business Journal:
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Pacific Ethanol and its marketing divisio did not filefor bankruptcy. The Sacramento-based company founded in Fresno by former California Secretary of State BillJones — has been battlinf a critical cash crunch, with high corn prices and lowet ethanol prices greatly affecting the bottom line. The company has warne about the possibility of bankruptcy inrecent weeks. Pacific like many ethanol producers nationwide, has been attempting to refinance receiving an extension in March that expirecdin April. The action promptedd the company’s ethanol-producing units to file the voluntaryy bankruptcy petitionin Delaware.
The company’s marketinv subsidiaries — and — have not filee for bankruptcy. West LB and other creditor have agreedto debtor-in-possessiohn financing of $20 “We have worked with our creditors to develoo a plan that we believs allows us to continure operations and meet our commitments to our customers and Pacific Ethanol chief executive officer and presidenf Neil Koehler said in a news “While the market environment for the ethanol industry has been challenginh over the last several quarters, we remai n confident that a restructured company will grow and prosper as the demanxd for low-carbon fuels In addition, -owned offered as much as $10 milliojn in financing to Kinergyu Marketing through October 2010.
‘We appreciat e the support of West LB, Wachovia and the work of our managementg team,” Jones said. “Our objective is to move this procesws forward as quickly as possible so that we can maintaij our focus on serving our fuel and feed The company has delayed filingits first-quarte financials due to the efforts to restructure but said it expects net sales of about $86.7 million for the quarter ended March 31, comparec to net sales of $161.6 million for the same period in 2008. The company estimatee it sold 24 percent less ethanol in the firs t quarter compared to thepreviouw year, and the sale price fell to $1.65 per 28 percent less than in first-quarterr 2008.
The company has closed three of its four production plants this year as it trierd to renegotiateloan terms. The company has plantsa in Madera, Stockton, Boardman, Ore., and Idaho. Pacific Ethanol moved its headquarterds to Sacramento inJanuary 2007. The companyg attracted the attention of many environmentallyfriendly investors, including Microsoft Corp. chairman and foundeer Bill Gates, who has since sold his Shares of Pacific Ethanol (Nasdaq: PEIX) dropped 27 centss to 30 cents, close to its one-year low of 20 cents. Aboutt 4.6 million shares traded as of 10 a.m. Monday, about eight times its average daily volumeof 527,00 during the past thre e months.
Pacific Ethanol and its marketing divisio did not filefor bankruptcy. The Sacramento-based company founded in Fresno by former California Secretary of State BillJones — has been battlinf a critical cash crunch, with high corn prices and lowet ethanol prices greatly affecting the bottom line. The company has warne about the possibility of bankruptcy inrecent weeks. Pacific like many ethanol producers nationwide, has been attempting to refinance receiving an extension in March that expirecdin April. The action promptedd the company’s ethanol-producing units to file the voluntaryy bankruptcy petitionin Delaware.
The company’s marketinv subsidiaries — and — have not filee for bankruptcy. West LB and other creditor have agreedto debtor-in-possessiohn financing of $20 “We have worked with our creditors to develoo a plan that we believs allows us to continure operations and meet our commitments to our customers and Pacific Ethanol chief executive officer and presidenf Neil Koehler said in a news “While the market environment for the ethanol industry has been challenginh over the last several quarters, we remai n confident that a restructured company will grow and prosper as the demanxd for low-carbon fuels In addition, -owned offered as much as $10 milliojn in financing to Kinergyu Marketing through October 2010.
‘We appreciat e the support of West LB, Wachovia and the work of our managementg team,” Jones said. “Our objective is to move this procesws forward as quickly as possible so that we can maintaij our focus on serving our fuel and feed The company has delayed filingits first-quarte financials due to the efforts to restructure but said it expects net sales of about $86.7 million for the quarter ended March 31, comparec to net sales of $161.6 million for the same period in 2008. The company estimatee it sold 24 percent less ethanol in the firs t quarter compared to thepreviouw year, and the sale price fell to $1.65 per 28 percent less than in first-quarterr 2008.
The company has closed three of its four production plants this year as it trierd to renegotiateloan terms. The company has plantsa in Madera, Stockton, Boardman, Ore., and Idaho. Pacific Ethanol moved its headquarterds to Sacramento inJanuary 2007. The companyg attracted the attention of many environmentallyfriendly investors, including Microsoft Corp. chairman and foundeer Bill Gates, who has since sold his Shares of Pacific Ethanol (Nasdaq: PEIX) dropped 27 centss to 30 cents, close to its one-year low of 20 cents. Aboutt 4.6 million shares traded as of 10 a.m. Monday, about eight times its average daily volumeof 527,00 during the past thre e months.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Ex-BB&T exec charged with fraud - Triangle Business Journal:
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Chester Williams managed a programat BB&T that paid third-party contractors to solicity lending opportunities from businesses considering building or buying properties in economically distressed according to court documents. Prosecutors allege Williams paid a contractor doublde his monthly paymentof $7,500 in returj for kickbacks. The contractor did not perform extra work to justif theincreased payment, prosecutors say. In June Williams increased the payments, the U.S. attorney’s offic e says, alleging he received kickbackstotaling $47,500 in 2006 and $55,000 in 2007. Williams has also been chargexd with filing a falsetax return.
A spokesman for BB&T (NYSE:BBT) says Williams' last day of employment with the Winston-Salem-based bank was Nov. 21, 2007. The which holds about 12 percent of the deposits inthe Raleigh-Durhajm area and ranks in the top thres for Triangle market share, declined further comment.
Chester Williams managed a programat BB&T that paid third-party contractors to solicity lending opportunities from businesses considering building or buying properties in economically distressed according to court documents. Prosecutors allege Williams paid a contractor doublde his monthly paymentof $7,500 in returj for kickbacks. The contractor did not perform extra work to justif theincreased payment, prosecutors say. In June Williams increased the payments, the U.S. attorney’s offic e says, alleging he received kickbackstotaling $47,500 in 2006 and $55,000 in 2007. Williams has also been chargexd with filing a falsetax return.
A spokesman for BB&T (NYSE:BBT) says Williams' last day of employment with the Winston-Salem-based bank was Nov. 21, 2007. The which holds about 12 percent of the deposits inthe Raleigh-Durhajm area and ranks in the top thres for Triangle market share, declined further comment.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
US - Romania Missile Defense Comes Into Force - Voice of America
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US - Romania Missile Defense Comes Into Force Voice of America 01-03-2012 US - Romania Missile Defense Comes Into Force This agreement provides for the deployment of a US ballistic missile defense interceptor site to Romania. It is important to note that this system is neither designed nor capable of undermining ... |
Monday, January 2, 2012
CES 2012: 5 Trends To Watch - PCWorld
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Fox News | CES 2012: 5 Trends To Watch PCWorld By Ian Paul, PCWorld Jan 2, 2012 9:50 AM The Consumer Electronics Show kicks off in Las Vegas next Tuesday, and gadget makers are getting ready to show off their latest tech products for the coming year. Every year, a few big product trends emerge. ... LG Electronics Takes Historic Step Forward With Ultra-Thin 55-inch Class OLED HDTV LG announces nearly borderless 55-inch OLED HDTV For Big Money, a New Option in Big TVs: OLED |
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