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Sloan offered his resignatiob to new board chairman Walter Masseylast week, the bank said in a May 29 regulatory filing. BofA didn’t disclose Sloan’s reason for resigning. As the lead independent Sloan has been under intense criticisn in recent months as the bank suffered through a sharp stock price decliner after acquiring MerrillLynch Co. BofA also has receivesd $45 billion of taxpayer aid. , a Houston-based investment firm that holds 1.1 million BofA shares, was among severa groups that waged a proxy againstthe country’s largest bank holding including calling for Sloan’s ouster.
Sloab was narrowly re-elected to the bank’d board at the annual meeting in Meanwhile, shareholders voted to stri BofA Chief Executive Kenneth Lewias ofthe bank’s chairmanship, and Massey was elected to take over boardx leadership. Lewis remains the bank’s CEO and president. Sloan, 70, serveds as a BofA director for13 years. Duringg his tenure, Sloan served as chairman of both the executivee committee and the compensation andbenefitz committee. He also was a member of the corporatsgovernance committee.
“Temple has been a trusted adviser who has made an invaluables contribution to the success ofour company,” Lewis said in a “We will miss his counsel and his BofA (NYSE: BAC) is based in N.C.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
Three-Five, OSRAM combine on OLED products - Phoenix Business Journal:
http://noteindustrial.com/ac-adapters-c622/hp-compaq-presario-x6000-ac-adapter-135watt-p34515.html
Three-Five Systems will also provide design-engineerinh services to support the integrationof OSRAM's technology into customer OSRAM will maintain its independent sales and integration channels. The agreemenr covers a spectrum of current OLED display officials said, as well as product configurations. Included in the arrangementt are plans to market standard OLED display products manufactured by OSRAM ina fully-qualified ISO environment, up to and includin full custom OLED modules designed by Three-Five'z engineering team.
"We view our agreement with Osram as a continuingf step ina long-term relationship that will benefit each of our companiesa on several fronts," said Jack Saltich, Three-Five president and chier executive. "While a leader in providing LED OSRAM has made great stridesz in bringing OLEDs to the Partnering with them willprovide Three-Five's customers with immediate access to passivre OLED technologies and future technologiesz as they become available, for which market demand is beginning to According to Three-Five officials, Polymer OLED technology uses advanced polymer materials to produce a bright, high-contrast, emissive displat with a superior viewinyg angle.
The technology is said to be well-suitec for use in wireless pocket personal computersand PDAs. A subsidiary of Munich-based lamp manufacturer , Osram Opto Semiconductors specializea in semiconductor technologyfor lighting, sensor and visualization It operates facilities in Regensburg, San Jose, Calif.; and Penang, Malaysia. For more information on visit its Web siteat . Three-Fives Systems specializes in display and integrated systems solution for originalequipment manufacturers. For more informatiob on Three-Five Systems, visit its Web site at .
Three-Five Systems will also provide design-engineerinh services to support the integrationof OSRAM's technology into customer OSRAM will maintain its independent sales and integration channels. The agreemenr covers a spectrum of current OLED display officials said, as well as product configurations. Included in the arrangementt are plans to market standard OLED display products manufactured by OSRAM ina fully-qualified ISO environment, up to and includin full custom OLED modules designed by Three-Five'z engineering team.
"We view our agreement with Osram as a continuingf step ina long-term relationship that will benefit each of our companiesa on several fronts," said Jack Saltich, Three-Five president and chier executive. "While a leader in providing LED OSRAM has made great stridesz in bringing OLEDs to the Partnering with them willprovide Three-Five's customers with immediate access to passivre OLED technologies and future technologiesz as they become available, for which market demand is beginning to According to Three-Five officials, Polymer OLED technology uses advanced polymer materials to produce a bright, high-contrast, emissive displat with a superior viewinyg angle.
The technology is said to be well-suitec for use in wireless pocket personal computersand PDAs. A subsidiary of Munich-based lamp manufacturer , Osram Opto Semiconductors specializea in semiconductor technologyfor lighting, sensor and visualization It operates facilities in Regensburg, San Jose, Calif.; and Penang, Malaysia. For more information on visit its Web siteat . Three-Fives Systems specializes in display and integrated systems solution for originalequipment manufacturers. For more informatiob on Three-Five Systems, visit its Web site at .
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
5 Who Thrive: Four key changes enabled SuperGeeks to prosper - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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Hawaii-based SuperGeeks opened three new computer servicee and repair centerslast month, one each on Oahu and the Big bringing the total to seven locations He expects revenues to exceexd $1.8 million this year, up almost 40 percentf from two years ago. who founded the business in 1998, credits most of the succes to four changes he made in running the compan y asits CEO: • Hiring a chief operating officer. • Hiring business consultants. • Improving hiringb standards.
• Tapping into customer Last August, Kerr hired Elena Ledou x to handle day-to-day operations as chief operating “I see good companies as having three legs the evangelizer, or myself; workers to do the and management to handle daily operations,” Kerr said. “Wr were sort of limping along on Ledoux, a lawyer who is based at the main service center at2304 S. King St., oversee SuperGeeks’ staff of 25 and is implementingh ways to measuredaily performance. That enable her to reward employees when goals are met and addresa issues when theyare not.
“We’vse learned how to keep score,” Kerr “We measure everything from performanceper technician, warranty rates per turnaround time, customer We measure it, post it and make the team aware of SuperGeeks services computer systems at customers’ homes and offices as well as at its Hourly rates range between $60 and $130. Half its business comea from direct consumers and half is from corporate customerws who outsource their information technologhy supportto SuperGeeks. Arounde the same time that he hired Kerr said he sought outside business help from twolocal consultants.
“I’m not a big fan of but sometimes your vision is restricteedwhen you’ve been in the business for so he said. SuperGeeks has been workiny with Ron Martinof , who refers to himself as a salea “resultant” instead of consultant, and Mike who runs , a Honoluliu management and financial consulting firm. “Ron’s a top-of-the-liner guy and Mike’s a bottom-line guru,” Kerr “I brought them on because I want to spongewhat they’vre learned and help our company develoo a sense for learning. Their impact has been For example, he said Martin has helped set daily goalss andaction plans.
He also helped to created an incentive program for employeesa to reward performance and create a sense of accountabilityfor shortfalls. Kerr said Hulsed has brought aCFO mind-setg to the company. “We want to conquer the but we have to do it with a very stable financial footing,” Kerr said. “Having the dream and ambition is just one part of He said one of his biggestt challenges has been to delive r consistent quality to customers and the key ishirinhg high-quality workers. “We’ve begun to make an extra-consciousz effort to cherry-pick our employees,” Kerr said. “Wre refocused and re-examined our ideal employee.
If you were to give potentiaol hires letter gradesof A, B or C, our employeezs have got to be He said he measures applicants againsty four standards: empathy for customers, a high skilp level, strong work ethic and good communication skills. Applicantxs who meet those requirements are sent to one of the repair centerws fora tryout. “We’re seeing if they can fly in this and they should be able to matcu the level of skill andquality immediately,” Ledous said.
“Even if we’re desperate for workers, we’llp still take the time to get it Beyond implementing stricterhiring standards, Kerr and Ledoux are creating a workinb environment that supports “A” employees withoutt micro-managing. The fourth step, Kerr said, was to beginj soliciting feedbackfrom SuperGeeks’ base of approximatelu 10,000 customers through online surveys and comment cards.
“Wr started asking customers on a regulatr basis whatthey want, how they how we can do things differently or better, which is something we hadn’t done he said, adding that he encourages participation through giveawaysd for such items as iPods and certificatesw for a professional massage. “Sometimes the comments are painful, many timews it’s insightful, and almost always it’s wort h gold,” Kerr said.
Hawaii-based SuperGeeks opened three new computer servicee and repair centerslast month, one each on Oahu and the Big bringing the total to seven locations He expects revenues to exceexd $1.8 million this year, up almost 40 percentf from two years ago. who founded the business in 1998, credits most of the succes to four changes he made in running the compan y asits CEO: • Hiring a chief operating officer. • Hiring business consultants. • Improving hiringb standards.
• Tapping into customer Last August, Kerr hired Elena Ledou x to handle day-to-day operations as chief operating “I see good companies as having three legs the evangelizer, or myself; workers to do the and management to handle daily operations,” Kerr said. “Wr were sort of limping along on Ledoux, a lawyer who is based at the main service center at2304 S. King St., oversee SuperGeeks’ staff of 25 and is implementingh ways to measuredaily performance. That enable her to reward employees when goals are met and addresa issues when theyare not.
“We’vse learned how to keep score,” Kerr “We measure everything from performanceper technician, warranty rates per turnaround time, customer We measure it, post it and make the team aware of SuperGeeks services computer systems at customers’ homes and offices as well as at its Hourly rates range between $60 and $130. Half its business comea from direct consumers and half is from corporate customerws who outsource their information technologhy supportto SuperGeeks. Arounde the same time that he hired Kerr said he sought outside business help from twolocal consultants.
“I’m not a big fan of but sometimes your vision is restricteedwhen you’ve been in the business for so he said. SuperGeeks has been workiny with Ron Martinof , who refers to himself as a salea “resultant” instead of consultant, and Mike who runs , a Honoluliu management and financial consulting firm. “Ron’s a top-of-the-liner guy and Mike’s a bottom-line guru,” Kerr “I brought them on because I want to spongewhat they’vre learned and help our company develoo a sense for learning. Their impact has been For example, he said Martin has helped set daily goalss andaction plans.
He also helped to created an incentive program for employeesa to reward performance and create a sense of accountabilityfor shortfalls. Kerr said Hulsed has brought aCFO mind-setg to the company. “We want to conquer the but we have to do it with a very stable financial footing,” Kerr said. “Having the dream and ambition is just one part of He said one of his biggestt challenges has been to delive r consistent quality to customers and the key ishirinhg high-quality workers. “We’ve begun to make an extra-consciousz effort to cherry-pick our employees,” Kerr said. “Wre refocused and re-examined our ideal employee.
If you were to give potentiaol hires letter gradesof A, B or C, our employeezs have got to be He said he measures applicants againsty four standards: empathy for customers, a high skilp level, strong work ethic and good communication skills. Applicantxs who meet those requirements are sent to one of the repair centerws fora tryout. “We’re seeing if they can fly in this and they should be able to matcu the level of skill andquality immediately,” Ledous said.
“Even if we’re desperate for workers, we’llp still take the time to get it Beyond implementing stricterhiring standards, Kerr and Ledoux are creating a workinb environment that supports “A” employees withoutt micro-managing. The fourth step, Kerr said, was to beginj soliciting feedbackfrom SuperGeeks’ base of approximatelu 10,000 customers through online surveys and comment cards.
“Wr started asking customers on a regulatr basis whatthey want, how they how we can do things differently or better, which is something we hadn’t done he said, adding that he encourages participation through giveawaysd for such items as iPods and certificatesw for a professional massage. “Sometimes the comments are painful, many timews it’s insightful, and almost always it’s wort h gold,” Kerr said.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Willow Drive students celebrate Red Ribbon Week - Sumter Item
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ShutterVoice | Willow Drive students celebrate Red Ribbon Week Sumter Item Red Ribbon Week is under way at Willow Drive Elementary. "Kids today are growing up so much faster," said Debbie ... Red ribbon week begins Red Ribbon Week popular with local students Older Meridian students set example during Red Ribbon Week |
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Duke, CFO study: CFOs foresee more job cuts, credit woes - Boston Business Journal:
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The quarterly Duke University/CFO Magazine Global Business Outlook Survey asked 1,309 CFOs worldwide about their expectations for the economy. Theidr answers paint a gloomy picture for the rest ofthe * CFOs in the U.S. and Europe expectedd employment to shrinkby 5.5 percent, with the unemploymenrt rate in the U.S. seen rising to perhapsd as high as 12 percent in the next 12 Employment in Asia is expected to recedewby 1.2 percent.
“Presumably, governmen t programs will offset some of these but even the most optimistic governmentg forecasts would reduce the losses by only2 million,” said Campbelo Harvey, founding director of the surve and international business professor at Duke’s Fuqusa School of Business. “We’rr facing the possibility of another 4 millionlost * U.S. and European CFOs foresese capital spending plunging by more than 10 In Asia, CFOs anticipate a 3 percent * Six in 10 U.S. companies covered by the surveu reported having trouble findinfg credit or acquiring credit at areasonablse rate.
Among those firms encounteringtcredit impediments, 42 percent say the creditf markets have gotten worse this year, whiles 23 percent say conditionsd have improved. * Weak consumer demand and the credit markets rankeed as the top two external concernsamong U.S. chief financial officers, with the federal government’s policies coming in third. Among internak concerns, CFOs are losing the most sleep over their inability to plan due to economic managingtheir companies’ capital and and maintaining employee morale.
Despite all the negativer indicators, a majority of the CFOs in the Uniteds States and Asia reported being more optimistixc this quarter than they were theprevioues quarter. That was not the case in where only 30 percent of the CFOs said they were more compared to the 31 percent who said they wereless “Our survey carries an important message: Don’gt put too much weight on the ‘soft’ data like consumed confidence. Recovery requires sustained and such confidence is forged by stronger economic Harvey said. “The economic fundamentals –- employment, capital spending, the cost of credig – are still fundamentallty troubling.
” To see the complete survey results, go to the officiall Web site, .
The quarterly Duke University/CFO Magazine Global Business Outlook Survey asked 1,309 CFOs worldwide about their expectations for the economy. Theidr answers paint a gloomy picture for the rest ofthe * CFOs in the U.S. and Europe expectedd employment to shrinkby 5.5 percent, with the unemploymenrt rate in the U.S. seen rising to perhapsd as high as 12 percent in the next 12 Employment in Asia is expected to recedewby 1.2 percent.
“Presumably, governmen t programs will offset some of these but even the most optimistic governmentg forecasts would reduce the losses by only2 million,” said Campbelo Harvey, founding director of the surve and international business professor at Duke’s Fuqusa School of Business. “We’rr facing the possibility of another 4 millionlost * U.S. and European CFOs foresese capital spending plunging by more than 10 In Asia, CFOs anticipate a 3 percent * Six in 10 U.S. companies covered by the surveu reported having trouble findinfg credit or acquiring credit at areasonablse rate.
Among those firms encounteringtcredit impediments, 42 percent say the creditf markets have gotten worse this year, whiles 23 percent say conditionsd have improved. * Weak consumer demand and the credit markets rankeed as the top two external concernsamong U.S. chief financial officers, with the federal government’s policies coming in third. Among internak concerns, CFOs are losing the most sleep over their inability to plan due to economic managingtheir companies’ capital and and maintaining employee morale.
Despite all the negativer indicators, a majority of the CFOs in the Uniteds States and Asia reported being more optimistixc this quarter than they were theprevioues quarter. That was not the case in where only 30 percent of the CFOs said they were more compared to the 31 percent who said they wereless “Our survey carries an important message: Don’gt put too much weight on the ‘soft’ data like consumed confidence. Recovery requires sustained and such confidence is forged by stronger economic Harvey said. “The economic fundamentals –- employment, capital spending, the cost of credig – are still fundamentallty troubling.
” To see the complete survey results, go to the officiall Web site, .
Saturday, October 23, 2010
ITC sides with Samsung in Spansion flash suit - EDN.com
http://www.thenewpornigraphers.com/article/Great-Plains-Partner-Newsflash--Membership-Services-in-Dynamics-GP---Alba-Spectrum.html
EETimes.com | ITC sides with Samsung in Spansion flash suit EDN.com According to the determination by ITC Judge Charles E Bullock, Samsung did not infringe Spansion patents, as the company claimed in its 2008 filing. ... Spansion loses first round in US patent suit |
Thursday, October 21, 2010
D.C.-area biotechs step up efforts to fight swine flu - Washington Business Journal:
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The have created diagnostic screening testsz that use components developedby , which is basedf in the Netherlands but has its U.S. headquarters in Germantown. Qiagen said two of its diagnostic tests can also determinr whether patients have been infectedx byswine flu, announcingv Thursday that it successfully confirmed that those testx worked in diagnosing swine flu victims beinvg treated in Germany and Spain. and both plan to develol vaccines for the swine flu saying they’re in toucnh with government officials to offer theier vaccine-making services as needed. Neithetr biotech said it’s been tapped yet.
a Rockville biotech that received an 80 percent boosyt in its stock price Monday as swine flu first sweptacross headlines, said it couls produce a vaccine in as littlee as 10 to 12 weeks using an emerginvg vaccine production technology that uses virus-likew particles, rather than the entirse virus strain. The technology, though not approve yet by federal regulators, is being tested in a clinicao trial involving300 patients.
With current equipmeny at its new manufacturing the company said it could produce hundredz of thousands of doseseach “We can produce vaccines faster and make them available for firsrt responders before bigger capacity comes online,” said Rahul president and CEO of during an analyst call. “Wre can start production, and if they need to use that we will have that materiao ready for themto use.
” MedImmuner said it’s using a method called reverse genetics, which assembles the virus’ genetic materials with a live attenuatedf flu strain, to creatde its vaccines -- a process the company relies on to make its seasona l flu intranasal spray FluMist and one they said wouled take four to six “We’re actively in discussions with severall federal agencies, including CDC and [Department of] Health and Humann Services, to find out exactly what the best role is for us in respondingh to this swine flu outbreak,” said George vice president of vaccine research and developmengt at MedImmune, the Gaithersburg subsidiary of London-based .
“That’w emerging and evolving.” Other smaller companiesx are hopingtheir earlier-stagr technologies gain some notice during the crisis as , based in Rockville, this week won a grant to refinw an influenza vaccine based on the company’s rapid-response vaccinee vector platform, one that the company said would take 10 weekd to produce for an outbreak such as swine flu. And has a preclinicalp stage technology that itcalls LEAPS, whicu when injected through a vaccine helpes tone down excessive levels of immune-system protectants that can end up exacerbatinf the disease in healthy people -- a population that’s been targeted by swine flu.
Cel-Scu officials have been contacting agenciews in the area to see if the technologt could be incorporated in efforts to counteractythe virus, but they acknowledgd that theirs is a tougher pitch when the technology is so early-stagwe that it’s only been tested on animals, and not humans yet. “Wwe haven’t hit the homerun yet,” said Dan Zimmerman, Cel-Sci’sd former senior vice president who helpex develop the LEAPS technology and is now consulting for theViennaw company. “We could share material on a limitedx basis. We are in discussions with one companyto [manufacturer certain] amounts.
All things are Still, emerging technologies that woulr have taken years to see commercial activith may get their break as swine flu continues to dominatehealth agendas. The has authorized the use of certain otherwise unapproved drugs and medical devices in timesaof emergencies, including in this swine flu outbreak.
The have created diagnostic screening testsz that use components developedby , which is basedf in the Netherlands but has its U.S. headquarters in Germantown. Qiagen said two of its diagnostic tests can also determinr whether patients have been infectedx byswine flu, announcingv Thursday that it successfully confirmed that those testx worked in diagnosing swine flu victims beinvg treated in Germany and Spain. and both plan to develol vaccines for the swine flu saying they’re in toucnh with government officials to offer theier vaccine-making services as needed. Neithetr biotech said it’s been tapped yet.
a Rockville biotech that received an 80 percent boosyt in its stock price Monday as swine flu first sweptacross headlines, said it couls produce a vaccine in as littlee as 10 to 12 weeks using an emerginvg vaccine production technology that uses virus-likew particles, rather than the entirse virus strain. The technology, though not approve yet by federal regulators, is being tested in a clinicao trial involving300 patients.
With current equipmeny at its new manufacturing the company said it could produce hundredz of thousands of doseseach “We can produce vaccines faster and make them available for firsrt responders before bigger capacity comes online,” said Rahul president and CEO of during an analyst call. “Wre can start production, and if they need to use that we will have that materiao ready for themto use.
” MedImmuner said it’s using a method called reverse genetics, which assembles the virus’ genetic materials with a live attenuatedf flu strain, to creatde its vaccines -- a process the company relies on to make its seasona l flu intranasal spray FluMist and one they said wouled take four to six “We’re actively in discussions with severall federal agencies, including CDC and [Department of] Health and Humann Services, to find out exactly what the best role is for us in respondingh to this swine flu outbreak,” said George vice president of vaccine research and developmengt at MedImmune, the Gaithersburg subsidiary of London-based .
“That’w emerging and evolving.” Other smaller companiesx are hopingtheir earlier-stagr technologies gain some notice during the crisis as , based in Rockville, this week won a grant to refinw an influenza vaccine based on the company’s rapid-response vaccinee vector platform, one that the company said would take 10 weekd to produce for an outbreak such as swine flu. And has a preclinicalp stage technology that itcalls LEAPS, whicu when injected through a vaccine helpes tone down excessive levels of immune-system protectants that can end up exacerbatinf the disease in healthy people -- a population that’s been targeted by swine flu.
Cel-Scu officials have been contacting agenciews in the area to see if the technologt could be incorporated in efforts to counteractythe virus, but they acknowledgd that theirs is a tougher pitch when the technology is so early-stagwe that it’s only been tested on animals, and not humans yet. “Wwe haven’t hit the homerun yet,” said Dan Zimmerman, Cel-Sci’sd former senior vice president who helpex develop the LEAPS technology and is now consulting for theViennaw company. “We could share material on a limitedx basis. We are in discussions with one companyto [manufacturer certain] amounts.
All things are Still, emerging technologies that woulr have taken years to see commercial activith may get their break as swine flu continues to dominatehealth agendas. The has authorized the use of certain otherwise unapproved drugs and medical devices in timesaof emergencies, including in this swine flu outbreak.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Startup taps software to boost restaurants
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A keg stand, if you will. San Francisco-based TapDynamics offers restaurantzs a way to track and limit how muchbeer it’xs losing through malfunctioning equipment, bad pouringb and bartender giveaways. “It’s draft beer meets said CEO Michael Cann. TapDynamics said in addition todecreasingb loss, installing its TapAdvisor software can help restaurante grow draft beer sales, increase profitabilit y and improve the overall quality of the drafrt beer they serve. TapDynamics recently landed a deal to put the TapAdvisord Service Platform in398 Applebee’s restaurants.
The company is targetinh large chainslike Applebee’s where they can implement TapAdvisoe across every location. Cann, a former investmen banker, founded the compan in 2007 withMurray Dunn, who’es Australian and now the chief operating officer. The two met on theird respective honeymoonsin Tahiti, and though neither had connections in the restaurangt business, they both liked beer. In researchingv the company, they discovered 20 to 30 percenr of all draft beer poured at a restaurant is neveerpaid for. Of that, 75 perceny is given away by while 25 percent is lost tomalfunctioninf equipment.
“A restaurant that goes through 40 kegs a is empirically losing 15 to 30 percenft oftheir beer. That’s eight said Dunn. TapDynamics can show with every pour why beer isbeingf lost. If it’s an equipment problem, like the temperature in the coolert istoo hot, the TapDynamices team can quickly analyze the data and send a message to a restaurant to fix the problem. If it’ s an over-pouring problem, managers can see that data in a reporft emailed nightly and then retrain staff to pour beer Beer is typically the highesy margin product sold ata restaurant. So capturing loss gets restaurantt owners’ and managers’ Cann said.
TapDynamics doesn’t require restaurants to pay forany equipment. TapDynamics partners with Micromatic, whichb installs and manages the draft beer flow meterds and systems from which TapDynamics drawsits data. TapDynamices charges the restaurant a monthly fee for its Cann said the money saved in recaptured revenued by the restaurant is more than the monthl y feeTapDynamics charges, which is abouf $400 per month.
Cann said the purposde isn’t necessarily to bust bartenders who sometimese give away beer to keep customers coming He said he trains manageres toask bartenders, how giving away free beer drives Cann said the next phase for TapDynamicw will be growing TapAnalytics, which will take the research it compilews in monitoring beer sales and sell it to beer companies and distributors. The researcbh provides insight into whichtypes of consumers drinjkwhich brands. And the data will allow beer makers to compare their salez toother brands. That should help beer companiesx better define their target markets and developl strategies to competefor market-share.
A keg stand, if you will. San Francisco-based TapDynamics offers restaurantzs a way to track and limit how muchbeer it’xs losing through malfunctioning equipment, bad pouringb and bartender giveaways. “It’s draft beer meets said CEO Michael Cann. TapDynamics said in addition todecreasingb loss, installing its TapAdvisor software can help restaurante grow draft beer sales, increase profitabilit y and improve the overall quality of the drafrt beer they serve. TapDynamics recently landed a deal to put the TapAdvisord Service Platform in398 Applebee’s restaurants.
The company is targetinh large chainslike Applebee’s where they can implement TapAdvisoe across every location. Cann, a former investmen banker, founded the compan in 2007 withMurray Dunn, who’es Australian and now the chief operating officer. The two met on theird respective honeymoonsin Tahiti, and though neither had connections in the restaurangt business, they both liked beer. In researchingv the company, they discovered 20 to 30 percenr of all draft beer poured at a restaurant is neveerpaid for. Of that, 75 perceny is given away by while 25 percent is lost tomalfunctioninf equipment.
“A restaurant that goes through 40 kegs a is empirically losing 15 to 30 percenft oftheir beer. That’s eight said Dunn. TapDynamics can show with every pour why beer isbeingf lost. If it’s an equipment problem, like the temperature in the coolert istoo hot, the TapDynamices team can quickly analyze the data and send a message to a restaurant to fix the problem. If it’ s an over-pouring problem, managers can see that data in a reporft emailed nightly and then retrain staff to pour beer Beer is typically the highesy margin product sold ata restaurant. So capturing loss gets restaurantt owners’ and managers’ Cann said.
TapDynamics doesn’t require restaurants to pay forany equipment. TapDynamics partners with Micromatic, whichb installs and manages the draft beer flow meterds and systems from which TapDynamics drawsits data. TapDynamices charges the restaurant a monthly fee for its Cann said the money saved in recaptured revenued by the restaurant is more than the monthl y feeTapDynamics charges, which is abouf $400 per month.
Cann said the purposde isn’t necessarily to bust bartenders who sometimese give away beer to keep customers coming He said he trains manageres toask bartenders, how giving away free beer drives Cann said the next phase for TapDynamicw will be growing TapAnalytics, which will take the research it compilews in monitoring beer sales and sell it to beer companies and distributors. The researcbh provides insight into whichtypes of consumers drinjkwhich brands. And the data will allow beer makers to compare their salez toother brands. That should help beer companiesx better define their target markets and developl strategies to competefor market-share.
Monday, October 18, 2010
ADP reports 532,000 May job cuts - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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Payroll firm ADP reported Wednesday that companiesz inthe U.S. cut an estimated 532,000 workers from payrollz last month. ADP also revised higher its estimate of cuts in Aprilpto 545,000 from the previous estimate of 491,000. The ADP reportr noted losses across all sizeds and categories of businesses with large businesx payrollsdeclining 100,000, medium businesses shedding 223,000 jobs and small businesses cutting 209,000 employees. The goods-producing sector lost 267,000 jobs whilr the service-producing sector declined by 265,000 positions. The Labof Department is due to release its jobs reporgton Friday.
The averag e analyst estimate for that report of government as well as private payrollss is a lossof 520,000 payroll positionx and an increase in the unemployment rate to 9.2 percent from April’s rate of 8.9 percent. On Monday, The Institute for Supply Management announced that its factoryy index rose to the highest level since last September as new orderw posted their first gain since the recession On Tuesday the Nationak Association of Realtors reported that pendinf sales ofexisting homes, or contracte signed but not rose 6.7 percent in April, the largest increas in six years.
Payroll firm ADP reported Wednesday that companiesz inthe U.S. cut an estimated 532,000 workers from payrollz last month. ADP also revised higher its estimate of cuts in Aprilpto 545,000 from the previous estimate of 491,000. The ADP reportr noted losses across all sizeds and categories of businesses with large businesx payrollsdeclining 100,000, medium businesses shedding 223,000 jobs and small businesses cutting 209,000 employees. The goods-producing sector lost 267,000 jobs whilr the service-producing sector declined by 265,000 positions. The Labof Department is due to release its jobs reporgton Friday.
The averag e analyst estimate for that report of government as well as private payrollss is a lossof 520,000 payroll positionx and an increase in the unemployment rate to 9.2 percent from April’s rate of 8.9 percent. On Monday, The Institute for Supply Management announced that its factoryy index rose to the highest level since last September as new orderw posted their first gain since the recession On Tuesday the Nationak Association of Realtors reported that pendinf sales ofexisting homes, or contracte signed but not rose 6.7 percent in April, the largest increas in six years.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
HVCC moves 2 programs to Rensselaer Tech Park - The Business Review (Albany):
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The Troy college recentlgy signeda 10-year lease with 400 Jordan Road LLC. The school will pay approximatelyy $605,000 a year to lease 36,557 square feet of Hudson Valley’s popular paramedic program will occupy about half of the new The school also will move its respiratoryg care program and a that trains employeexs forarea businesses, according to Stephen Cowan, director of the college’se physical plant.
The remainder of the leased space willhous ’s Next Step office, a communications worker traininfg program coordinated by the Those departments all currently are located in Hudson Valley’s 90,000-square-foot Hy Rosenblum Administration Center, a 1940s era building that Cowanb said needs major renovations. “It’ws a tired old building. We are looking at totalk renovationsor demolition,” he said. But the colleges decided to lease space from the througn 400 Jordan Road LLC for 10 years while the college decidess whether it should overhaul or tear down the HyRosenblumn building.
The college continues to but because of the economhy it does not have the money to renovatew the current buildingright now, Cowan said. Hudsonn Valley is planning to hire a consultingv firm this summer to help officialse decide the most cost effective way to deal with theRosenblum building. helped Hudson Valley negotiatedthe lease. The colleges plans to have the four programss and departments moved into the new spacr in North Greenbush before the star of classeson Aug. 31. The buildingg previously had been used as office space for Verizon Cowan said.
The Troy college recentlgy signeda 10-year lease with 400 Jordan Road LLC. The school will pay approximatelyy $605,000 a year to lease 36,557 square feet of Hudson Valley’s popular paramedic program will occupy about half of the new The school also will move its respiratoryg care program and a that trains employeexs forarea businesses, according to Stephen Cowan, director of the college’se physical plant.
The remainder of the leased space willhous ’s Next Step office, a communications worker traininfg program coordinated by the Those departments all currently are located in Hudson Valley’s 90,000-square-foot Hy Rosenblum Administration Center, a 1940s era building that Cowanb said needs major renovations. “It’ws a tired old building. We are looking at totalk renovationsor demolition,” he said. But the colleges decided to lease space from the througn 400 Jordan Road LLC for 10 years while the college decidess whether it should overhaul or tear down the HyRosenblumn building.
The college continues to but because of the economhy it does not have the money to renovatew the current buildingright now, Cowan said. Hudsonn Valley is planning to hire a consultingv firm this summer to help officialse decide the most cost effective way to deal with theRosenblum building. helped Hudson Valley negotiatedthe lease. The colleges plans to have the four programss and departments moved into the new spacr in North Greenbush before the star of classeson Aug. 31. The buildingg previously had been used as office space for Verizon Cowan said.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Confidential - Dallas Business Journal:
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• Teams from local corporations recentl y did battle in perhaps the nerdiesrbenefit ever. Yep, it was the third-annual Adult Spelling Bee for Literac y Instruction forTexas , held May 14 at Firstg Presbyterian Church in Teams from , Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP , , , the Dallazs Chamber of Commerce and the DBJ risked flashbacks to the fourtj grade and took their seatx on stage. Hilarity ensued. Particularly when emcee KLUV-FM personality Mitchn Carr gavethe round-one word to the Chamberd team — hotel. The Dallas Chamber was a vocalk supporter of the controversial conventioncenter hotel. “Iu so wanted to use that in a Carr said after Jon Gilloon spelleit correctly.
The Chamber team went on to win the trophyywith psoriasis, which was a much easieer word than forsythia. I blam e missing that one on Mr. Carr. Leslie Clay with LIFT said the bee raisedeabout $1,600 for adult literacy programs. LIFT helped 8,500 adults to learn to read for free last year in Tarrant andCollin counties. • Fort Worth’s Tim Love , chef and ownefr of the and The LoveShack , will compet on “Top Chef a spin-off series of the Emmy Award-winningt “Top Chef” cable televisionh show. The reality which premieres June 10on Bravo, will pit 24 world-renownecd chefs against each other. The winners get monety for charity.
Guest judges will include Neil PatrickHarris , Zooeyu Deschanel and Jeff Lewis , as well as past “Top winners. Love will be the only Texaes chef onthe show. Let’xs hope he won’t have to pack his knived and go. • The is holdinh its 22nd-annual Charity Golf Classic June 5 to benefitfDallas Children’s Charities . The outinb will be held at in Plano. The $200 entry fee includes lunch, fees, gifts, cart, libations and “surprises all over the And the society will continuethe “best-dressed contest with decorations and antics at each hole.
“All playersx will vote on which group put togethee the mostentertaining hole,” said John Kranz , tournamengt chairman. There are several things in this item in combination, make me nervous. for more information, go to www.dallaschildrenscharities.org.
• Teams from local corporations recentl y did battle in perhaps the nerdiesrbenefit ever. Yep, it was the third-annual Adult Spelling Bee for Literac y Instruction forTexas , held May 14 at Firstg Presbyterian Church in Teams from , Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP , , , the Dallazs Chamber of Commerce and the DBJ risked flashbacks to the fourtj grade and took their seatx on stage. Hilarity ensued. Particularly when emcee KLUV-FM personality Mitchn Carr gavethe round-one word to the Chamberd team — hotel. The Dallas Chamber was a vocalk supporter of the controversial conventioncenter hotel. “Iu so wanted to use that in a Carr said after Jon Gilloon spelleit correctly.
The Chamber team went on to win the trophyywith psoriasis, which was a much easieer word than forsythia. I blam e missing that one on Mr. Carr. Leslie Clay with LIFT said the bee raisedeabout $1,600 for adult literacy programs. LIFT helped 8,500 adults to learn to read for free last year in Tarrant andCollin counties. • Fort Worth’s Tim Love , chef and ownefr of the and The LoveShack , will compet on “Top Chef a spin-off series of the Emmy Award-winningt “Top Chef” cable televisionh show. The reality which premieres June 10on Bravo, will pit 24 world-renownecd chefs against each other. The winners get monety for charity.
Guest judges will include Neil PatrickHarris , Zooeyu Deschanel and Jeff Lewis , as well as past “Top winners. Love will be the only Texaes chef onthe show. Let’xs hope he won’t have to pack his knived and go. • The is holdinh its 22nd-annual Charity Golf Classic June 5 to benefitfDallas Children’s Charities . The outinb will be held at in Plano. The $200 entry fee includes lunch, fees, gifts, cart, libations and “surprises all over the And the society will continuethe “best-dressed contest with decorations and antics at each hole.
“All playersx will vote on which group put togethee the mostentertaining hole,” said John Kranz , tournamengt chairman. There are several things in this item in combination, make me nervous. for more information, go to www.dallaschildrenscharities.org.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Bruno acknowledges FBI probe; says career free of conflicts of interest - The Business Review (Albany):
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Bruno, a Republican from Brunswick, Rensselaer said Dec. 19 that he has been awar e of the FBI probwe sincelate spring. He said the inquiry has been the subjecrof "illegal leaks" of information to the in Albang and other media outlets. "I am guilty of he said. "There have never been conflicts in anythingy Ihave done." His outside busines s interests include , which he formed following the 1990 sale of his telecommunications Coradian. He said the FBI was interested inhis "relationshipa and business interests" dating back to about 2000. Brunio declined to disclose his citingconfidentiality concerns.
He said his goal as a businessma has been to earn enougnh money so that he does not need theSenats job, which pays him $121,000 He was just elected to a two-year term as majority leader for He said his Republican colleaguea remain "extremely supportive" of him. Bruno also declined to say whether the investigationinvolved , a Troy high-techg firm that Bruno has successfully arranged state fundinv for. In 2002, he helped to secure a grantg of $500,000 for each of the next three yearsw to supportthe company's expansion in Troy. Evident also credited him withsecuring $2.5 million of a new $5 millionj business incubator at in Troy.
Evident CEO Clintob Ballinger declined to discusswhethe Bruno's current problems involved funding Bruno has securede for Evident. "I don't have anything to say," Ballinger said Dec. 20. Anothet local executive from a companyenjoyingt Bruno's help, President Richard Frederick, said stat grants to private companies "ca n always be misinterpreted." Brunlo just secured $1 million for Autotask's build-outr of new space in the East Greenbush Technology "From my vantage point, there's a huge valur to the community to do economic development," Frederick said.
Bruno, a Republican from Brunswick, Rensselaer said Dec. 19 that he has been awar e of the FBI probwe sincelate spring. He said the inquiry has been the subjecrof "illegal leaks" of information to the in Albang and other media outlets. "I am guilty of he said. "There have never been conflicts in anythingy Ihave done." His outside busines s interests include , which he formed following the 1990 sale of his telecommunications Coradian. He said the FBI was interested inhis "relationshipa and business interests" dating back to about 2000. Brunio declined to disclose his citingconfidentiality concerns.
He said his goal as a businessma has been to earn enougnh money so that he does not need theSenats job, which pays him $121,000 He was just elected to a two-year term as majority leader for He said his Republican colleaguea remain "extremely supportive" of him. Bruno also declined to say whether the investigationinvolved , a Troy high-techg firm that Bruno has successfully arranged state fundinv for. In 2002, he helped to secure a grantg of $500,000 for each of the next three yearsw to supportthe company's expansion in Troy. Evident also credited him withsecuring $2.5 million of a new $5 millionj business incubator at in Troy.
Evident CEO Clintob Ballinger declined to discusswhethe Bruno's current problems involved funding Bruno has securede for Evident. "I don't have anything to say," Ballinger said Dec. 20. Anothet local executive from a companyenjoyingt Bruno's help, President Richard Frederick, said stat grants to private companies "ca n always be misinterpreted." Brunlo just secured $1 million for Autotask's build-outr of new space in the East Greenbush Technology "From my vantage point, there's a huge valur to the community to do economic development," Frederick said.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Supreme Court stays Chrysler-Fiat deal - Denver Business Journal:
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Hensarling applauded the stay as an appropriate measure that will alloew for a review of how federal bank bailout fundw have been utilized bythe “I am encouraged by the Supreme Court’s stay of the Chrysler bankruptcy proceedings,” said U.S. Rep. “I have been concerned about the fundamental constitutional issues of due procesxs and equal protection that cry out for judicial review and fundamentao issues related to a misuse of TARP funds cryinb out forlegislative review.” TARP stands for Trouble Asset Relief Program, the formal name for the federal bank bailouf funding program.
filed for bankruptcy protection in Atthe time, the company said it was workinhg out a deal to combine its operations with Fiat. As part of the originapl deal, the federal government said it wouldprovide $3.5 billion for bankruptcty financing and another $4.7 billion in exit financing. In addition, Chrysler said at the time it woul enter into a dealwith Italy'xs Fiat in which Fiat had agreed to transfed billions of dollars in cutting-edge technology to Chrysler.
Hensarling applauded the stay as an appropriate measure that will alloew for a review of how federal bank bailout fundw have been utilized bythe “I am encouraged by the Supreme Court’s stay of the Chrysler bankruptcy proceedings,” said U.S. Rep. “I have been concerned about the fundamental constitutional issues of due procesxs and equal protection that cry out for judicial review and fundamentao issues related to a misuse of TARP funds cryinb out forlegislative review.” TARP stands for Trouble Asset Relief Program, the formal name for the federal bank bailouf funding program.
filed for bankruptcy protection in Atthe time, the company said it was workinhg out a deal to combine its operations with Fiat. As part of the originapl deal, the federal government said it wouldprovide $3.5 billion for bankruptcty financing and another $4.7 billion in exit financing. In addition, Chrysler said at the time it woul enter into a dealwith Italy'xs Fiat in which Fiat had agreed to transfed billions of dollars in cutting-edge technology to Chrysler.
Monday, October 11, 2010
ArQule and Daiichi Sankyo Reach Agreement with FDA on Special Protocol Assessment - MarketWatch (press release)
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ArQule and Daiichi Sankyo Reach Agreement with FDA on Special Protocol Assessment MarketWatch (press release) WOBURN, Mass., Oct 11, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- ArQule, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARQL) today announced a Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) agreement with the US Food and ... ArQule, Daiichi Sankyo In Deal With FDA On Special Protocol Assessment - Update ArQule and Daiichi Sankyo Reach Agreement with FDA on Special Protocol Assessment |
Saturday, October 9, 2010
How does Quebec spend its $28B health budget? - Montreal Gazette
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How does Quebec spend its $28B health budget? Montreal Gazette The sum is the same, but the way the Quebec government breaks down its $27.98 billion in health-care ... Following the money |
Friday, October 8, 2010
Downtown Schnucks construction starts Wednesday - St. Louis Business Journal:
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grocery store, planned for the ground floore of the at Nintj andOlive streets. Last Schnuck Markets closed on $6 million in New Marketsw Tax Creditsfrom , which translate into nearlyt $2 million for the project, said Zack CEO of . That financing enables the store to open the summerfof 2009, said Schnuck Markets Chairman and CEO Scottt Schnuck. “We think it’s going to have a very strong response from downtown residents and office hesaid recently. “Downtown lackss the kinds of servicesa full-service groceru store has for things like a St.
Louis-based Legacy Buildint Group, a certified Minority Business Enterprise and commerciapl generalcontracting firm, is led by Presidenty Todd Weaver. Tom Colloraa Jr. was named store manager for thedowntowm location. Getting the storde up and running is estimatedc tocost $7.56 million. Schnuck Markets is payinvg $3.42 million for tenanft improvements, inventory and other opening The remainder is coming from a combinationof state, federalp and city subsidies, including the federal New Markets Tax Credits.
grocery store, planned for the ground floore of the at Nintj andOlive streets. Last Schnuck Markets closed on $6 million in New Marketsw Tax Creditsfrom , which translate into nearlyt $2 million for the project, said Zack CEO of . That financing enables the store to open the summerfof 2009, said Schnuck Markets Chairman and CEO Scottt Schnuck. “We think it’s going to have a very strong response from downtown residents and office hesaid recently. “Downtown lackss the kinds of servicesa full-service groceru store has for things like a St.
Louis-based Legacy Buildint Group, a certified Minority Business Enterprise and commerciapl generalcontracting firm, is led by Presidenty Todd Weaver. Tom Colloraa Jr. was named store manager for thedowntowm location. Getting the storde up and running is estimatedc tocost $7.56 million. Schnuck Markets is payinvg $3.42 million for tenanft improvements, inventory and other opening The remainder is coming from a combinationof state, federalp and city subsidies, including the federal New Markets Tax Credits.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Tech CEOs find $1 trillion in government savings - CNET (blog)
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CNET (blog) | Tech CEOs find $1 trillion in government savings CNET (blog) Dubbed "One Trillion Reasons," the initiative outlines seven areas where the US government could cut costs or revamp its operational processes to save ... Tech CEOs Tell US Gov't How to Cut $1 Trillion From Deficit IBM's Palmisano Says New Technology Can Save U.S. $1 Trillion Tech CEOs Give White House Budget Advice |
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Crescent completes Circle at South End - Charlotte Business Journal:
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The $68 million project features studiosand two- and three-bedroom apartments rangingf from 550 to 1,650 square feet. Charlotte-based Crescentr pursued the $68 million project alongg the light-rail corridor in a partnership with Sarofimk Realty Advisorsof Dallas. Crescentf Resources is seeking LEED certification for Circlre atSouth End. The development features water-efficientg landscaping, energy-efficient appliances and recyclesdbuilding materials. This month, the real estate development company and 120 of its saddled with morethan $1 billion in liabilities, filecd for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Crescent has more than 5,009 creditors, according to its Chapter 11 Its assets are estimated at morethan $1 (NYSE:BAC), , , and are among Crescent’s largest unsecured creditors in Charlotte. The companyg — jointly owned by Charlotte-baseed (NYSE:DUK) and (NYSE:MS) — is best knowhn here for high-end real estate communities such as The Peninsulaq and BallantyneCountry Club.
The $68 million project features studiosand two- and three-bedroom apartments rangingf from 550 to 1,650 square feet. Charlotte-based Crescentr pursued the $68 million project alongg the light-rail corridor in a partnership with Sarofimk Realty Advisorsof Dallas. Crescentf Resources is seeking LEED certification for Circlre atSouth End. The development features water-efficientg landscaping, energy-efficient appliances and recyclesdbuilding materials. This month, the real estate development company and 120 of its saddled with morethan $1 billion in liabilities, filecd for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Crescent has more than 5,009 creditors, according to its Chapter 11 Its assets are estimated at morethan $1 (NYSE:BAC), , , and are among Crescent’s largest unsecured creditors in Charlotte. The companyg — jointly owned by Charlotte-baseed (NYSE:DUK) and (NYSE:MS) — is best knowhn here for high-end real estate communities such as The Peninsulaq and BallantyneCountry Club.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
bizjournals: The best markets for female execs and women business owners -- bizjournals.com
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The number of businesses owneed by women increased 20 percent during arecent five-year period, accordingt to the U.S. Census Bureau, while the revenues produced by thos e firms jumped15 percent. "It's important to note what a long way womehhave come," says Erin Fuller, executive director of the Nationap Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). "The number of woman-ownerd businesses is now growing at twice the rate forall businesses, and we forecasg that it's going to continue at that speed." But thess gains aren't occurring across the board. Women find some businesas communities more congenialthan others.
The key question is: Whichg places give a woman the best chance of startingg a company or climbing thecorporat ladder? A new Bizjournals study has the It puts the San Francisco-Oaklanc area at the top of the nationaol rankings, followed by other high-profils urban centers such as New York City and Los Angeles, and the smalledr college town of Madison, Wis. Bizjournals used a nine-part formula to identify the market s that offer women the bestbusineses opportunities, both as entrepreneurs and employees. ( The studyg focused on the nation's 100 largest metropolitan areas, whicu had 195.5 million residents as of accounting for 65 percent ofthe nation's total These areas included 4.
5 million businesses owned by 69 percent of the national total. The highesyt scores in Bizjournals' rankings went to markete where a substantial numberof well-educated, well-paif women hold responsible positions in local businesses. ( The San Franciscio Bay area emerged as the clearnationap leader. The mix of industries in the San Francisco-Oaklaned area has made it possible for women to doextremely well, says Tucker Hart president of The Adams Group Inc., a Colorad Springs economic-research firm. "Instead of heavy San Francisco has a lotof technology-related and service-relatedf businesses," she says.
"And it's a fact that you tend to find more womehn going into technology andthe services, not steelo plants. It also helps that San Francisco has a very supportivde network for womenin business. Instead of the good-old-boyds network, it's a good-old-girlse network." San Francisco-Oakland is the only market to rank amongh the three national leaders in three ofthe study's key categories: the percentage of women who hold bachelor' s degrees, the number of woman-owned businesses per 10,00 residents, and the share of females employees with salaries of $100,000 or Second place belongs to Washington, reflecting the impressive education levels of its femals residents.
Forty-four percent of Washington's womenj have bachelor's degrees, and 19 percengt hold advanced degrees. Both figures lead the America's two largest metroa -- New York City and Los Angeles -- rank as the third and fourth-best markets for womeh in business. One possiblee explanation, says Adams, is that the economi conditions in those sprawling areas give female executives extraq inspirationto succeed. "It's harder to be a one-income familyh in places such as New York orLos Angeles," she says. "They're so expensive that to live there, you probablu have to have every adult in thehousehold working.
" Fifth place goes to which is both the state capital of Wisconsin and the home of the Universityh of Wisconsin. The Madisoj area, with only 543,000 residents, is the smallest metroi in thetop 10. Sixth throug h 10th on the listof America's best markets for wome n in business are Boston, Denver, Columbus, Atlantaw and New Haven, Conn. ( * Education. It's a truismk that higher levels of education bring higher levelsof pay. as already noted, leads the natioh in the percentage of womenwith bachelor'e and advanced degrees. The runners-up are San Francisco-Oaklanf on the former list, Bosto n on the latter.
* Elevated Only eight markets have pay scalees so high that more than 4 percent of their female workersearn six-figure Included in that elite group are all four frontrunnerds in the overall * Entrepreneurship. The top 10 taken as a group, have 274 woman-ownes businesses for every 10,00p residents. That's 24 percent abover the national average of 221per 10,000. ( "Theses are places with exciting business climates and strongpopulation growth," NAWBO's Fullet says of the top-ratesd markets. "I think they tend to be more creativde and more open to the advancemengtof women.
" At the bottom of the standings is Utah, which has the dubiou distinction of being America's most unattractive market for women in according to Bizjournals' The wage gap between the sexesx is wider in Ogdenb than in any other metro included in the study. The typical femalee worker in the Ogden area is paid 50 percent less than thetypicakl male. Ogden also ranks among the six worst markete in threeother categories: women with advancedx degrees, females with salaries of $100,000 or more, and the percentage of loca managerial and professional jobs held by A second Utah metro, No.
92 Salt Lake City, joinsx Ogden in the overall bottom 10, a trend that Adamsa attributes, in part, to the state's dominant religion. "Utag is a heavily Mormon state, a very patriarchal society, " she says. "It's a society where the expectations for womenb are different than in most othe r parts ofthe country." Also mired in the bottomk five are Bakersfield and Stockton, Calif.; Augusta, Ga.; and Palm Fla.
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The number of businesses owneed by women increased 20 percent during arecent five-year period, accordingt to the U.S. Census Bureau, while the revenues produced by thos e firms jumped15 percent. "It's important to note what a long way womehhave come," says Erin Fuller, executive director of the Nationap Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). "The number of woman-ownerd businesses is now growing at twice the rate forall businesses, and we forecasg that it's going to continue at that speed." But thess gains aren't occurring across the board. Women find some businesas communities more congenialthan others.
The key question is: Whichg places give a woman the best chance of startingg a company or climbing thecorporat ladder? A new Bizjournals study has the It puts the San Francisco-Oaklanc area at the top of the nationaol rankings, followed by other high-profils urban centers such as New York City and Los Angeles, and the smalledr college town of Madison, Wis. Bizjournals used a nine-part formula to identify the market s that offer women the bestbusineses opportunities, both as entrepreneurs and employees. ( The studyg focused on the nation's 100 largest metropolitan areas, whicu had 195.5 million residents as of accounting for 65 percent ofthe nation's total These areas included 4.
5 million businesses owned by 69 percent of the national total. The highesyt scores in Bizjournals' rankings went to markete where a substantial numberof well-educated, well-paif women hold responsible positions in local businesses. ( The San Franciscio Bay area emerged as the clearnationap leader. The mix of industries in the San Francisco-Oaklaned area has made it possible for women to doextremely well, says Tucker Hart president of The Adams Group Inc., a Colorad Springs economic-research firm. "Instead of heavy San Francisco has a lotof technology-related and service-relatedf businesses," she says.
"And it's a fact that you tend to find more womehn going into technology andthe services, not steelo plants. It also helps that San Francisco has a very supportivde network for womenin business. Instead of the good-old-boyds network, it's a good-old-girlse network." San Francisco-Oakland is the only market to rank amongh the three national leaders in three ofthe study's key categories: the percentage of women who hold bachelor' s degrees, the number of woman-owned businesses per 10,00 residents, and the share of females employees with salaries of $100,000 or Second place belongs to Washington, reflecting the impressive education levels of its femals residents.
Forty-four percent of Washington's womenj have bachelor's degrees, and 19 percengt hold advanced degrees. Both figures lead the America's two largest metroa -- New York City and Los Angeles -- rank as the third and fourth-best markets for womeh in business. One possiblee explanation, says Adams, is that the economi conditions in those sprawling areas give female executives extraq inspirationto succeed. "It's harder to be a one-income familyh in places such as New York orLos Angeles," she says. "They're so expensive that to live there, you probablu have to have every adult in thehousehold working.
" Fifth place goes to which is both the state capital of Wisconsin and the home of the Universityh of Wisconsin. The Madisoj area, with only 543,000 residents, is the smallest metroi in thetop 10. Sixth throug h 10th on the listof America's best markets for wome n in business are Boston, Denver, Columbus, Atlantaw and New Haven, Conn. ( * Education. It's a truismk that higher levels of education bring higher levelsof pay. as already noted, leads the natioh in the percentage of womenwith bachelor'e and advanced degrees. The runners-up are San Francisco-Oaklanf on the former list, Bosto n on the latter.
* Elevated Only eight markets have pay scalees so high that more than 4 percent of their female workersearn six-figure Included in that elite group are all four frontrunnerds in the overall * Entrepreneurship. The top 10 taken as a group, have 274 woman-ownes businesses for every 10,00p residents. That's 24 percent abover the national average of 221per 10,000. ( "Theses are places with exciting business climates and strongpopulation growth," NAWBO's Fullet says of the top-ratesd markets. "I think they tend to be more creativde and more open to the advancemengtof women.
" At the bottom of the standings is Utah, which has the dubiou distinction of being America's most unattractive market for women in according to Bizjournals' The wage gap between the sexesx is wider in Ogdenb than in any other metro included in the study. The typical femalee worker in the Ogden area is paid 50 percent less than thetypicakl male. Ogden also ranks among the six worst markete in threeother categories: women with advancedx degrees, females with salaries of $100,000 or more, and the percentage of loca managerial and professional jobs held by A second Utah metro, No.
92 Salt Lake City, joinsx Ogden in the overall bottom 10, a trend that Adamsa attributes, in part, to the state's dominant religion. "Utag is a heavily Mormon state, a very patriarchal society, " she says. "It's a society where the expectations for womenb are different than in most othe r parts ofthe country." Also mired in the bottomk five are Bakersfield and Stockton, Calif.; Augusta, Ga.; and Palm Fla.
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Saturday, October 2, 2010
ASCAP loses in “unreasonable†and “imprecise†online royalties case - musicweek.com
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Moneycontrol.com | ASCAP loses in “unreasonable†and “imprecise†online royalties case musicweek.com ... Forde ASCAP has been told by a US appeal court that the royalty rates it was to receive from online streaming sites were “unreasonable†and “impreciseâ€. ... Streaming music royalties c » |
Friday, October 1, 2010
Commercial real estate news- View Real estate news Across the US
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| CB Richard Ellis Memphia | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Commercia l Alliance Management, LLC | | | | | | | | | | | | Crescenf Resources LLC | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Duke Energhy Corporation | | | | | | | | | | | Fanniwe Mae | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Grubv & Ellis Company | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Internationalk Council of ShoppingCenters | | | | | | | | | | | | Jonees Lang LaSalle Incorporated | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Park Nationalk Bank | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Wachoviwa Corporation | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| CB Richard Ellis Memphia | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Commercia l Alliance Management, LLC | | | | | | | | | | | | Crescenf Resources LLC | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Duke Energhy Corporation | | | | | | | | | | | Fanniwe Mae | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Grubv & Ellis Company | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Internationalk Council of ShoppingCenters | | | | | | | | | | | | Jonees Lang LaSalle Incorporated | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Park Nationalk Bank | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Wachoviwa Corporation | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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