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Saturday, November 20, 2010
'Whaddaya Got?' Finding Graphic Novels in an Academic Library - Publishers Weekly
http://collegeessayswriting.com/essays-on-literacy-winning-strategies/
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Express Scripts files suit against Intel - St. Louis Business Journal:
http://www.axionova.ru/soedinenie_polimernykh_trub_v_samotechnykh_truboprovodakh.html
The letter, dated April 30 and included in thelawsuir filing, states that Express Scripts’ use of the Intellacft name is likely to “deceivre or confuse consumers” as to the source of the services and “suggesg some affiliation with Intel that does not In its suit filed May 22, Expreses Scripts claims that such confusion is not likely since Expressz Scripts provides pharmacy benefigt management services and Intel is in the semiconductor chip According to the suit, Intel claimas that it owns all rights to names that contaijn the root of the word “intelligent.
” However, the has issuedd more than 100 trademarks for names that contain the term in some form, the suit states. Express Scripts allegesa that Intel “does not own exclusivde right” to use the term “Intel” as a componentg of a trademarked Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefits management firm with its headquarters on the campuws of the -St. Louis, is being representefd in the suit by Ameer Gadoof . A company spokeswomanj said the company does not comment onpendinvg legislation. Express Scripts, led by President and Chief ExecutiveGeorge Paz, reportede $21.98 billion in revenuwe in 2008. Santa Clara, Calif.-basedd Intel had $37.6 billion.
The letter, dated April 30 and included in thelawsuir filing, states that Express Scripts’ use of the Intellacft name is likely to “deceivre or confuse consumers” as to the source of the services and “suggesg some affiliation with Intel that does not In its suit filed May 22, Expreses Scripts claims that such confusion is not likely since Expressz Scripts provides pharmacy benefigt management services and Intel is in the semiconductor chip According to the suit, Intel claimas that it owns all rights to names that contaijn the root of the word “intelligent.
” However, the has issuedd more than 100 trademarks for names that contain the term in some form, the suit states. Express Scripts allegesa that Intel “does not own exclusivde right” to use the term “Intel” as a componentg of a trademarked Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefits management firm with its headquarters on the campuws of the -St. Louis, is being representefd in the suit by Ameer Gadoof . A company spokeswomanj said the company does not comment onpendinvg legislation. Express Scripts, led by President and Chief ExecutiveGeorge Paz, reportede $21.98 billion in revenuwe in 2008. Santa Clara, Calif.-basedd Intel had $37.6 billion.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Commissioners OK $345K in Banks change orders - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
http://mahq.org/Summer10_Registration.html
“Nobody likes change particularly in this said Project Manager John He briefed the panel on the extra chargew during the same meeting where commissionersapproved $6.1 millionm in spending cuts from the county’xs 2009 general fund budget. Change orders are contracyt revisions that pay vendors for problems encounteredduring construction. The orders covered by Wednesday’s vote amount to half of the roughlyt $700,000 in change orders incurrerd by Banks contractorsto date. That $700,00 represents 2.1 percent of the $32.76 million in Banks contactsw awardedto date. “It’ a good rate compared to the national averag of over10 percent,” Deatric k said.
“But we’re still pressing to try to minimizethesse things.” Despite the additional spending, the Banks project is about $3 million below its first-phase budget estimate of $92.t5 million. The project achieved savings when constructionm bids came in lowerfthan expected. Since every change order eats away at those savings, Deatrick is working on ways to preventiob future problems. The largest change ordeer so far involved a new section of Freedomj Way that will connect Race Streetto Elm. When Baker Concrete tried to connect the new stree t platform to the existingRace Street, they foundc metal connectors, buried in the were too rusted to use.
So, they had to take out thoses connectors andreplace them, at a cost of
“Nobody likes change particularly in this said Project Manager John He briefed the panel on the extra chargew during the same meeting where commissionersapproved $6.1 millionm in spending cuts from the county’xs 2009 general fund budget. Change orders are contracyt revisions that pay vendors for problems encounteredduring construction. The orders covered by Wednesday’s vote amount to half of the roughlyt $700,000 in change orders incurrerd by Banks contractorsto date. That $700,00 represents 2.1 percent of the $32.76 million in Banks contactsw awardedto date. “It’ a good rate compared to the national averag of over10 percent,” Deatric k said.
“But we’re still pressing to try to minimizethesse things.” Despite the additional spending, the Banks project is about $3 million below its first-phase budget estimate of $92.t5 million. The project achieved savings when constructionm bids came in lowerfthan expected. Since every change order eats away at those savings, Deatrick is working on ways to preventiob future problems. The largest change ordeer so far involved a new section of Freedomj Way that will connect Race Streetto Elm. When Baker Concrete tried to connect the new stree t platform to the existingRace Street, they foundc metal connectors, buried in the were too rusted to use.
So, they had to take out thoses connectors andreplace them, at a cost of
Monday, November 15, 2010
Workers at Doctors hospital vote to join new union, dump SEIU - San Francisco Business Times:
http://homesauto.com/Kenworth/Kenworth-T-300/
NUHW is an SEIU splinter group headef bySal Rosselli, the former longtimwe president of SEIU’s Oakland-based United Healthcare Workers West The newbie union said Thursday that hospita workers at Doctors Medical Center votecd by 158 to 24 to replace SEIU with Rosselli’s new unioj in secret balloting that was certified by the . Sevehn hospital workers of aboug 290 represented by the bargaining unit votedfor “No Union,” according to NUHW. But SEIU United Healthcare Workersd West, in a separate statement Thursday, said it is protestinh the decision by the Public Employment Relations Boar d to allow a decertification electiobn at the SanPablpo facility.
SEIU said the state board “issuedf its ruling in the face of clearr violations oflabor law” by the hospital’se management and the rival NUHW in effect claiming management and Rosselli’s new unioh are working in cahoots to decertif y SEIU. “Management gave NUHW a free hand to organize in our hospitapl and to confuse our members about who theif unionreally was,” Martha an SEIU supporter at Doctors, said in its In a battle of press release however, a pro-NUHW worker at the hospitalk made the exact opposite argument.
“We’rse so excited to be in control of our ownuniobn again,” said Duka Ristic, an ultrasonographer at the hospitaol for eight years. “NUHW is led by the local healthcare workerxs and leaders we knowand trust, who helped us raiswe standards for our patientes and keep our community’s hospital open.” SEIU ousted Rosselli and other formeer UHW leaders early this claiming various improprieties, but the new NUHW claims that nearly 100,000 workers statewide have petitionedf to leave what Rosselli’sd group calls “the scandal-plagued and join the new union.
The breakaway unio n says SEIU has filed hundreds of frivoloues charges with state and federal labord boards to delay elections at more than 360 notingthat so-called “blocking charges” are a tactid commonly used “by employers and union-busting consultants” to stall union-representation elections. Gisela Hernandez, a spokeswoman for the hospital, told the San Francisco Business Times it had no preference inthe inter-uniohn smackdown. “We’re completely neutral on this,” Hernandez “We’re letting members go through the process” of choosin their union representation.
NUHW is an SEIU splinter group headef bySal Rosselli, the former longtimwe president of SEIU’s Oakland-based United Healthcare Workers West The newbie union said Thursday that hospita workers at Doctors Medical Center votecd by 158 to 24 to replace SEIU with Rosselli’s new unioj in secret balloting that was certified by the . Sevehn hospital workers of aboug 290 represented by the bargaining unit votedfor “No Union,” according to NUHW. But SEIU United Healthcare Workersd West, in a separate statement Thursday, said it is protestinh the decision by the Public Employment Relations Boar d to allow a decertification electiobn at the SanPablpo facility.
SEIU said the state board “issuedf its ruling in the face of clearr violations oflabor law” by the hospital’se management and the rival NUHW in effect claiming management and Rosselli’s new unioh are working in cahoots to decertif y SEIU. “Management gave NUHW a free hand to organize in our hospitapl and to confuse our members about who theif unionreally was,” Martha an SEIU supporter at Doctors, said in its In a battle of press release however, a pro-NUHW worker at the hospitalk made the exact opposite argument.
“We’rse so excited to be in control of our ownuniobn again,” said Duka Ristic, an ultrasonographer at the hospitaol for eight years. “NUHW is led by the local healthcare workerxs and leaders we knowand trust, who helped us raiswe standards for our patientes and keep our community’s hospital open.” SEIU ousted Rosselli and other formeer UHW leaders early this claiming various improprieties, but the new NUHW claims that nearly 100,000 workers statewide have petitionedf to leave what Rosselli’sd group calls “the scandal-plagued and join the new union.
The breakaway unio n says SEIU has filed hundreds of frivoloues charges with state and federal labord boards to delay elections at more than 360 notingthat so-called “blocking charges” are a tactid commonly used “by employers and union-busting consultants” to stall union-representation elections. Gisela Hernandez, a spokeswoman for the hospital, told the San Francisco Business Times it had no preference inthe inter-uniohn smackdown. “We’re completely neutral on this,” Hernandez “We’re letting members go through the process” of choosin their union representation.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Madoff gets 150 years in prison - Houston Business Journal:
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“I’m not surprised. That’s what he deserved,” said Adel Fox of Tamarac, who lost thousands of dollardto Madoff's scheme. The mastermind behine the biggest Ponzi schemein U.S. historg was sentenced on Monday morning in federal courtg in Manhattan to 150 yearsbehind bars, the maximunm requested by federal prosecutors. Madoff'z attorney had asked for a far more lenient sentencee of12 years. In sentencingf Madoff, U.S.
District Judge Denny Chin called the fraud and said thatthe “breach of trust was The judge described his acts as “extraordinarily “No other white-collar case is comparable in termz of the scope, duration and enormity of the fraud and the degree of the betrayal,” Chin said. Madoffc confessed in March to 11 counts including money laundering theftand perjury, amongv other things. His victims reportedly number morethan 1,300 and stretcbh across the globe.
Their lossese are estimated at morethan $13 Prior to sentencing, Chin heard from nine of the victimxs who talked about the devastation Madoff’s fraud had caused to their lives and their Many of Madoff’s wealthy clients livec in South Florida and lost their life savings to his Fox, 86, said she is still furious that the and the federalo government didn’t expose Madoff’s fraud earlier. “The SEC is just as guilth as Madoff and theyfailedc us. Nobody seems to do anything about it,” Fox She also took issue with the largee fees being paid to people such asIrvingh H. Picard, the trustee who is handling the liquidatiob ofBernard L.
Madoff Investment Securities. “The trustee Picard is making hisown They’re paying these guys millions of dollars. It woulf be better to pay the investors directly,” Fox Fox, a widow who once worked as secretar inNew York, said she investes $50,000 in 1987 because she was relatee to Madoff’s accountant, Jerry Horowitz. She said she was able to get some mone y back from Social Securitypayments she’d made over the yearas on “phantom” income from Madoff accounts.
she is worried that her disbursements may eventuall y be targeted in clawback efforts by the trustee in bankruptch proceedings who has begun sending out letters demanding the returbn of profits derived fromtheit investments. Guy Fronstin a Boca Rato attorney who hasadvised Fox, said the government has “beenj good about refunding taxes quickly” but there are delayxs in processing claims to the Securities Investor Protectiom Corporation.
“Some of the people I know are too busy with thesw other issues to reallg care that much about what happened They believed he would spenrd the rest of his daysin jail,” Fronstin Jan Atlas, an attorney with Adorno said he believes the court had littld choice but to levy the maximum sentence on Madoff. “I don’t think the victims shoulx have been victimized again by havinb him be able to leave prison one said Atlas, whose firm continues to advisw clients about tax returns and possibly futurw claims against investment advisors who invested with Madoff.
“I’mk wondering if the trustee will be able to locatde more than the billion plusthat he’s located, and what is the real Atlas said. In addition to his prison Madoff was ordered to forfeitnearly $170 billion, whic h represents the proceeds of, and property involver in certain of his crimes, accordint to a news release from the U.S. Departmenyt of Justice. “While today’s sentence is an important the investigationis continuing,” Lev L. Dassi, acting U.S. Attorne y for the Southern District of New said in anews release. “We are focused on restraining and liquidating assets to maximiz recoveries forthe victims.
”
“I’m not surprised. That’s what he deserved,” said Adel Fox of Tamarac, who lost thousands of dollardto Madoff's scheme. The mastermind behine the biggest Ponzi schemein U.S. historg was sentenced on Monday morning in federal courtg in Manhattan to 150 yearsbehind bars, the maximunm requested by federal prosecutors. Madoff'z attorney had asked for a far more lenient sentencee of12 years. In sentencingf Madoff, U.S.
District Judge Denny Chin called the fraud and said thatthe “breach of trust was The judge described his acts as “extraordinarily “No other white-collar case is comparable in termz of the scope, duration and enormity of the fraud and the degree of the betrayal,” Chin said. Madoffc confessed in March to 11 counts including money laundering theftand perjury, amongv other things. His victims reportedly number morethan 1,300 and stretcbh across the globe.
Their lossese are estimated at morethan $13 Prior to sentencing, Chin heard from nine of the victimxs who talked about the devastation Madoff’s fraud had caused to their lives and their Many of Madoff’s wealthy clients livec in South Florida and lost their life savings to his Fox, 86, said she is still furious that the and the federalo government didn’t expose Madoff’s fraud earlier. “The SEC is just as guilth as Madoff and theyfailedc us. Nobody seems to do anything about it,” Fox She also took issue with the largee fees being paid to people such asIrvingh H. Picard, the trustee who is handling the liquidatiob ofBernard L.
Madoff Investment Securities. “The trustee Picard is making hisown They’re paying these guys millions of dollars. It woulf be better to pay the investors directly,” Fox Fox, a widow who once worked as secretar inNew York, said she investes $50,000 in 1987 because she was relatee to Madoff’s accountant, Jerry Horowitz. She said she was able to get some mone y back from Social Securitypayments she’d made over the yearas on “phantom” income from Madoff accounts.
she is worried that her disbursements may eventuall y be targeted in clawback efforts by the trustee in bankruptch proceedings who has begun sending out letters demanding the returbn of profits derived fromtheit investments. Guy Fronstin a Boca Rato attorney who hasadvised Fox, said the government has “beenj good about refunding taxes quickly” but there are delayxs in processing claims to the Securities Investor Protectiom Corporation.
“Some of the people I know are too busy with thesw other issues to reallg care that much about what happened They believed he would spenrd the rest of his daysin jail,” Fronstin Jan Atlas, an attorney with Adorno said he believes the court had littld choice but to levy the maximum sentence on Madoff. “I don’t think the victims shoulx have been victimized again by havinb him be able to leave prison one said Atlas, whose firm continues to advisw clients about tax returns and possibly futurw claims against investment advisors who invested with Madoff.
“I’mk wondering if the trustee will be able to locatde more than the billion plusthat he’s located, and what is the real Atlas said. In addition to his prison Madoff was ordered to forfeitnearly $170 billion, whic h represents the proceeds of, and property involver in certain of his crimes, accordint to a news release from the U.S. Departmenyt of Justice. “While today’s sentence is an important the investigationis continuing,” Lev L. Dassi, acting U.S. Attorne y for the Southern District of New said in anews release. “We are focused on restraining and liquidating assets to maximiz recoveries forthe victims.
”
Friday, November 12, 2010
County approves financing for Marlins stadium - Charlotte Business Journal:
http://www.saabautosclub.com/glass-mount-cellular-attenna-removal
million gap in bond funding for a baseball The 9-3 vote clears the way for locking in the interesyt rate on the fixed-rate bonds and construction of the much-debated and long-awaitex stadium in Miami’s Little Havana. The park is supposefd to be finishedby 2012, with preliminary constructio n work to begin Wednesday. Commissioners voted aftedr midnight Wednesday to allow for a higher cap on one of the bonds beinfg sold in order to cover the county’s commitment on the $640 million stadiumk and infrastructure. The 7.5 percentr interest rate cap was changeto 8.2 percent on the bond tied to conventio n taxes.
The fact that the convention bond will sell at a highetr interest rate will result in lowef revenuefor Miami-Dade, County Manager George Burgess explainede to commissioners. That created the need for more so Florida Marlins Presidengt David Samson promised to coverthe $6.2 millionb funding gap. As a result of the the county is on the hookfor $342 millionm in short-term financing, instead of $347 million. "I feel comfortabls with the agreement. The Marlins will step up to the platwe and pay theadditional $6 At the end of the day, the taxpayerd are not going to be on the hook for the additionakl monies,” Commissioner Bruno Barreiro said afteer the vote.
Katy Carlos Gimenez and Sally Heymanb were thethree ‘no’ votes. The debate starter at 7 p.m., but stopped at 9 p.m. to allos attorneys to make changes in the financing The second chunk of bondes which carry a variable rate will be pricedf startingJuly 13, with finall closing on the county’s portion of the bond financinh package set for no later than July 14. Earlierd Wednesday, commissioners approved a change thatraised ’zs status as a creditor in the financingf package. Wachovia, which is providing up to a $100 millio letter of credit, requested that it be paid first fromthe county’w list of creditors.
The votes on Tuesdaty and early Wednesday morning followed two other big OnJune 19, city commissioners votecd to approve the necessary changes to the Marlins package to cleae the way for the county’s changesw Tuesday. A circuit court judgse also ruled in favor of the county in one counr of a civil lawsuit that could have prevented the count from selling the necessary bonds to buildthe project. That case is on appeap in Miami, as is a lawsuit filed by auto dealefNorman Braman, who last Novembe lost his legal bid to declare the stadium’s funding plan Work on the baseball stadium site is set to begijn Wednesday. Crews will officially break ground onJuly 18.
In county commissioners approved issuing bonds totalinv a maximumof $536 million toward construction of the $640 million, 37,000-seat ballpark.
million gap in bond funding for a baseball The 9-3 vote clears the way for locking in the interesyt rate on the fixed-rate bonds and construction of the much-debated and long-awaitex stadium in Miami’s Little Havana. The park is supposefd to be finishedby 2012, with preliminary constructio n work to begin Wednesday. Commissioners voted aftedr midnight Wednesday to allow for a higher cap on one of the bonds beinfg sold in order to cover the county’s commitment on the $640 million stadiumk and infrastructure. The 7.5 percentr interest rate cap was changeto 8.2 percent on the bond tied to conventio n taxes.
The fact that the convention bond will sell at a highetr interest rate will result in lowef revenuefor Miami-Dade, County Manager George Burgess explainede to commissioners. That created the need for more so Florida Marlins Presidengt David Samson promised to coverthe $6.2 millionb funding gap. As a result of the the county is on the hookfor $342 millionm in short-term financing, instead of $347 million. "I feel comfortabls with the agreement. The Marlins will step up to the platwe and pay theadditional $6 At the end of the day, the taxpayerd are not going to be on the hook for the additionakl monies,” Commissioner Bruno Barreiro said afteer the vote.
Katy Carlos Gimenez and Sally Heymanb were thethree ‘no’ votes. The debate starter at 7 p.m., but stopped at 9 p.m. to allos attorneys to make changes in the financing The second chunk of bondes which carry a variable rate will be pricedf startingJuly 13, with finall closing on the county’s portion of the bond financinh package set for no later than July 14. Earlierd Wednesday, commissioners approved a change thatraised ’zs status as a creditor in the financingf package. Wachovia, which is providing up to a $100 millio letter of credit, requested that it be paid first fromthe county’w list of creditors.
The votes on Tuesdaty and early Wednesday morning followed two other big OnJune 19, city commissioners votecd to approve the necessary changes to the Marlins package to cleae the way for the county’s changesw Tuesday. A circuit court judgse also ruled in favor of the county in one counr of a civil lawsuit that could have prevented the count from selling the necessary bonds to buildthe project. That case is on appeap in Miami, as is a lawsuit filed by auto dealefNorman Braman, who last Novembe lost his legal bid to declare the stadium’s funding plan Work on the baseball stadium site is set to begijn Wednesday. Crews will officially break ground onJuly 18.
In county commissioners approved issuing bonds totalinv a maximumof $536 million toward construction of the $640 million, 37,000-seat ballpark.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Report: Boston pop. to rise 400k by 2025 - Boston Business Journal:
http://techlifeboat.org/?m=200903&paged=2
That’s why bizjournals is issuing its own populationn projections forthe nation’s 250 largest metropolitan areas, looking as far ahead as 2025. Bizjournalss analyzed recent county-by-county growth patterns within each state, and then used that informatiojn to predict metropolitan growthat five-year intervals between 2005 and 2025. No one can forese e all of the economic twists and demographic turns that the comingg two decadeswill bring, but bizjournals’ projections suggest a rangde of intriguing possibilities. Here are some possibilities ofparticular • Boston will have adderd roughly 400,000 residents in the 20-yeare span ended 2025, with a totak population topping 4.
84 million That should be good enough to rank the city as the country’e 12th-largest, based on bizjournals’ projections. As of Boston was ranked as the 10th largesf city in theUnitec States. By comparison, the city of Worcester, Mass., is expectedc to slip 11 spots in the rankings falling fromthe country’s 64th largest city to its 75th by 2025. That fall wouled come despite a projected 5 percent increasein Worcester’s population, which is expectef to reach just over 813,00p0 by 2025. • Barnstable, Mass., tied for 10th amongy the cities expected fall the farthesgt inthe rankings.
The city, with a populatiomn of roughly 219,000 in 2005, is expected to slip 6 percengt by2025 — pushing Barnstable down 39 spots to 227th in the largest-cityh rankings. • New York City will retain firsgt place by acomfortable margin. The nation’ds largest metropolitan area isthe 23-countu New York City region, which spillsw over into Long Island, New Jerseyt and Pennsylvania. It had 18.8 milliob residents in 2005, according to U.S. Censud Bureau estimates. No. 2 Los Angeleds was far behind at 12.8 million. Los Angeles is growinvg more rapidly thanNew York, but not fast enoug to close the gap appreciably. The two giante will still be separatedby 5.
8 million people in when New York has 19.8 millionb residents and Los Angeles has a shades more than 14 million. Houston and Atlanta will climb into thetop six. Houstonj was the nation’s seventh-largest metro in and Atlanta was No. 9. Both will be moving highefr incoming years. Houston is projected to shoor up to fifth place by addingalmost 2.6 million peopl e to reach a population of nearly 7.9 million. Atlantaq is ticketed for sixth placeat 7.3 The top four metros, by the way, will maintai precisely the same order over the 20-yea r period: New York, Los Angeles, Chicagop and Dallas-Fort Worth. • Detroit will drop out of the top 10, with Phoeni replacing it.
Detroit and Phoenix are two of the most economicallhy troubled areas inAmerica today, but theier future prospects are considerably different. Detroitf is the only metrop expected to slip from the top 10 durin g the nexttwo decades. It’s projectexd to fall from 10th place in 2005 to 14th placewin 2025, losing 59,500 residents during that Phoenix, on the othedr hand, is likely to bounce back stronglg from its current problems. Its projected 2025 population of 6.9 million will elevatew it to seventh place, up from 13th in 2005. Raleigh will set the fastest pace of anymetropolitann area. The three-county Raleigh metro will virtually doubl e its population during thestudy period.
It had 953,009 residents in 2005, but shoulxd be closing in on 1.9 milliomn by 2025.
That’s why bizjournals is issuing its own populationn projections forthe nation’s 250 largest metropolitan areas, looking as far ahead as 2025. Bizjournalss analyzed recent county-by-county growth patterns within each state, and then used that informatiojn to predict metropolitan growthat five-year intervals between 2005 and 2025. No one can forese e all of the economic twists and demographic turns that the comingg two decadeswill bring, but bizjournals’ projections suggest a rangde of intriguing possibilities. Here are some possibilities ofparticular • Boston will have adderd roughly 400,000 residents in the 20-yeare span ended 2025, with a totak population topping 4.
84 million That should be good enough to rank the city as the country’e 12th-largest, based on bizjournals’ projections. As of Boston was ranked as the 10th largesf city in theUnitec States. By comparison, the city of Worcester, Mass., is expectedc to slip 11 spots in the rankings falling fromthe country’s 64th largest city to its 75th by 2025. That fall wouled come despite a projected 5 percent increasein Worcester’s population, which is expectef to reach just over 813,00p0 by 2025. • Barnstable, Mass., tied for 10th amongy the cities expected fall the farthesgt inthe rankings.
The city, with a populatiomn of roughly 219,000 in 2005, is expected to slip 6 percengt by2025 — pushing Barnstable down 39 spots to 227th in the largest-cityh rankings. • New York City will retain firsgt place by acomfortable margin. The nation’ds largest metropolitan area isthe 23-countu New York City region, which spillsw over into Long Island, New Jerseyt and Pennsylvania. It had 18.8 milliob residents in 2005, according to U.S. Censud Bureau estimates. No. 2 Los Angeleds was far behind at 12.8 million. Los Angeles is growinvg more rapidly thanNew York, but not fast enoug to close the gap appreciably. The two giante will still be separatedby 5.
8 million people in when New York has 19.8 millionb residents and Los Angeles has a shades more than 14 million. Houston and Atlanta will climb into thetop six. Houstonj was the nation’s seventh-largest metro in and Atlanta was No. 9. Both will be moving highefr incoming years. Houston is projected to shoor up to fifth place by addingalmost 2.6 million peopl e to reach a population of nearly 7.9 million. Atlantaq is ticketed for sixth placeat 7.3 The top four metros, by the way, will maintai precisely the same order over the 20-yea r period: New York, Los Angeles, Chicagop and Dallas-Fort Worth. • Detroit will drop out of the top 10, with Phoeni replacing it.
Detroit and Phoenix are two of the most economicallhy troubled areas inAmerica today, but theier future prospects are considerably different. Detroitf is the only metrop expected to slip from the top 10 durin g the nexttwo decades. It’s projectexd to fall from 10th place in 2005 to 14th placewin 2025, losing 59,500 residents during that Phoenix, on the othedr hand, is likely to bounce back stronglg from its current problems. Its projected 2025 population of 6.9 million will elevatew it to seventh place, up from 13th in 2005. Raleigh will set the fastest pace of anymetropolitann area. The three-county Raleigh metro will virtually doubl e its population during thestudy period.
It had 953,009 residents in 2005, but shoulxd be closing in on 1.9 milliomn by 2025.
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