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Santa Anita: Tapizar tough to catch in Strub Stakes - Daily Racing Form

2012-02-02T18:00:00.001-08:00

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Santa Anita: Tapizar tough to catch in Strub Stakes

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January has been Tapizar's month at Santa Anita the last two years, with eye-catching wins in the Grade 3 Sham Stakes in 2011 and the Grade 2 San Fernando Stakes last month. February was not good to Tapizar last year. He finished fifth in the Grade 2 ...

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Apple Final Cut Pro X: A Guide to the 10.0.3 Update - International Business Times

2012-01-31T13:51:00.001-08:00

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Apple Final Cut Pro X: A Guide to the 10.0.3 Update

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By Dave Smith: Subscribe to Dave's RSS feed Apple updated its professional video editing software Final Cut Pro X on Tuesday, injecting the platform with some significant improvements to enhance the editing experience. But even with the new changes and ...

Apple Final Cut Pro X Update 10.0.3 Introduces Multicam Editing And More

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Santa Cruz named epic surf spot by mag - Baltimore Business Journal:

2012-01-29T09:51:00.001-08:00

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In the July issue of Surfer, the Central California beach resort and college town was describeedas “the dividing line between rugged, non-pretentious NorCal and image-conscious SoCal, and that dichotomy is tangible.” Geographicakl generalizations aside, the magazine said the rugged coastlinwe of Santa Cruz County provides both beautu and surfing challenges, making the area the “de factpo capital of coldwater surfing.
” Despite its “astronomical” cost of the magazine praised its artisticc bent, proximity to wineries and natural beaut as reasons for surfers around the country to bail on theidr usual surfing destinations and endeavor to becomew the Big Kahuna at Steametr Lane or Pleasure Point in Santa Santa Cruz was in elite Other California surf townds that made Surfer’s Top 10 list were all in Southern Encinitas in third place, San Clemente in the fifthj spot, and Malibu in seventh place.

Phoenix Business Journal honors Most Admired CEOs - Business First of Columbus:

2012-01-27T05:34:00.001-08:00

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Post, along with 25 CEOs of Arizona public andprivatr companies, are being recognized at a dinner Tuesday night and in a speciak supplement to Friday’s print edition of the Editor Ilana Lowery calledc the local leaders “the epitome of achievement.” “Thei companies are successful; they’ve helpesd to build Valley business; and they’ve contributed thei time and expertise in the community on numerouse levels,” she said. Post, for example, started his careee with Pinnacle West subsidiary Arizona PubliService Co. as a draftsman in 1971, movin g up the ranks to servr as president and CEO of the paren company for13 years.
But he also has been a communityh leader serving as chairmaj of Greater PhoenixEconomic Council, where he helpe create a group to study issues key to the region’sz economic growth. J. Doug Sundt Construction Inc. Doug Parker, US Airwayx Group Inc. Jerry Bisgrove, Stardust Cos. Steve Betts, SunCod Development Co. Rick Simonetta, Metrko light rail Sharon Harper, The Plaza Cos. Donald Smith Jr., SCF Arizons Robert Meyer, Phoenix Children’s Hospital Kimberly McWaters, Universal Technicao InstituteRichard Boals, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Susan Frank, Desert Schools Federal Credig Union Jonah Shacknai, Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. Jim Tuton, Americahn Traffic Solutions Inc.
Derricm Hall, Arizona Diamondbacks Roy Vallee, Avnetr Inc. Todd Davis, LifeLock Inc. Richard Silverman, Salt River Project Philip PetSmart Inc. David McIntyre Jr., TriWesy Healthcare Alliance Mike Ahearn, First Solarf Inc. Neil Irwin, Bryan Cave LLP Rhonda Forsyth, John C. Lincolb Health Network Brad Casper, Henkepl Consumer Goods Inc. Dave Dexter, Sonora Quesft Laboratories Linda Hunt, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medicakl Center “It wasn’t easy narrowing down the Valley’x Most Admired CEOs to just Lowery said. “But as we shinwe the spotlight onthis year’e winners, keep in mind that a strong businesds community is key to developinbg future leaders.
” Selections were made based on feedback solicited from the Journal’as newsroom, peers and otherss in the business community. To subscribe or orde a copy of the June 12 issue that include s thespecial publication:

Graves 601 Hotel launches bidding program - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

2012-01-25T01:00:00.001-08:00

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The company decided to offer the bidding option in ordert to lure consumers who have been shyinb awayfrom high-end hotel stays during the recession. The bidding option allows the hotel to pickup cost-conscious while at the same time avoiding having to “erode” rates, said Ben president of Minneapolis-based Graves World Hospitality. The company has been testing thebiddinbg feature, dubbed “place a bid!,” at its Graves 601 Hotel Web site for about a week and half. It’sx accepted about 49 percent ofsubmitted bids. Grave World plans to roll out the option at its other properties in thenear future.
The programn distinguishes itself fromother third-party bidding such as Priceline.com, in that it allows consumers to pick a specificv hotel, said Graves. Rates for rooms at Grave 601 run fromabout $149 to $350 per night. So far, some bidderse have received discounts of up to 25 Graves said. However, in a tradd off, bidders must pay for room nightdsup front, rather than simplyu reserve a room and pay later. Gravea World developed the technology in partnership withNew York-basedx , a firm that markets reservation-bookinv systems to hotels. Graves World plans to promote the biddintg feature through an onlineadvertisinh campaign.

Greater Washington Initiative: Region

2012-01-22T21:17:00.001-08:00

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percent this year for the firsg time in more than 20 according to the GreaterWashingtobn Initiative. The initiative, the research and marketinhg affiliate ofthe , made the projection in its 2009 Regional Report, released Wednesday morning at the . The repor t says the region’s GRP — the totapl value of its economty including goods andservices — hit $454 billion in 2008, up 2 That makes it the fourth-largest regionao economy in the nation, the group following New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. The groul defines the region more broadly than thefederal government’ metropolitan statistical area. The initiative’s definitionh is D.C.
; Frederick, Montgomery, Prince George’s, Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s countiew in Maryland; and Alexandria and Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Princ William, Fauquier, Stafford and Spotsylvania countiesdin Virginia. The projected drop in GRP is significant, becausee the region has posted positive annual growth even in pastnationapl recessions. But the area’s top economist disagrees with the Stephen Fuller, director of the Cente r for Regional Analysis at , predicts slight growtb — 1.2 percent — in 2009 and gradua l growth to 3.2 percent in 2010, 3.7 in 2011 and 4.2 in 2012.
Fullere said the discrepancy between his number and the GreaterWashingtohn Initiative’s has to do with the countiez included in the study. Fulle spoke at the report’s unveiling and assiste with the report but was not responsibld for itsfinal version. Thoughg his numbers differ fromthe initiative’s, Fuller said the GRP hasn’tr grown this slowly since the earlyu 1990s, when it crawled at 0.2 percent a Still, chanting the ever-popular “we have the federal government” mantra, the GWI maintainw that the D.C. area will bouncs back faster than other metropolitan Matt Erskine, executive director of the GWI, cited the economic stimulus, Washington’xs $65.
4 billion in federal procurement nearly $20 billion over the closesy state, California — and the area’e “global connectivity” as reasons for a faster recession recoverh time. But with every recession comes unemployment andthe D.C. area is no Fuller predicts a mere 13,500 growtuh in jobs this year, less than the 1 percent in growth needed to absorb college and high schools grads entering thework “People know the market is traditionally better in so that adds extra influx,” Fuller “Hopefully they go Fuller predicts unemployment will peak mid “It takes until about September to absorbb the new work force,” he said.
“Especiallh with companies hiring for seasona l positionsor part-time work.” Fulletr said the Washington area will maintain its currentg structure with more than 20 percent of jobs in the professional and businesas services sector, nearly 12 percentr in the federal government and 11 percentg in education and health. The initiative’sw report said the region’s biggesty job sector continued to be professional servicesin 2008, with nearly 23 percen of the jobs in that category. Second was the federal with 11.6 percent, followed by educationb and health, 11.2 percent; state and local government, 10.4 retail, 8.8 percent; and hospitality and 8.7 percent.

HVCC moves 2 programs to Rensselaer Tech Park - Washington Business Journal:

2012-01-20T17:34:00.001-08:00

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The Troy college recently signeda 10-year leased with 400 Jordan Road LLC. The schoolp will pay approximately $605,000 a year to leasd 36,557 square feet of space. Hudson Valley’s popular paramedic program will occupy about half of thenew space. The schooo also will move its respiratory care program and a that trains employees forarea businesses, according to Stephen Cowan, director of the college’s physicalo plant.
The remainder of the leased space willhoused ’s Next Step office, a communications worke r training program coordinated by the Those departments all currently are located in Hudsonn Valley’s 90,000-square-foot Hy Rosenblum Administration Center, a 1940 s era building that Cowan said needs majof renovations. “It’s a tired old We are looking at totak renovationsor demolition,” he said.
But the college decidec to lease space from the through 400 Jordan Road LLC for 10 years whiles the college decides whether it shoulx overhaul or tear down the Hy Rosenblum The college continuesto grow, but because of the economy it does not have the moneyt to renovate the current building righf now, Cowan said. Hudson Valley is planning to hire a consultingh firm this summer to help officials decide the most cost effectivse way to deal with theRosenblum building. helpefd Hudson Valley negotiatedthe lease. The college plans to have the four programd and departments moved into the new space in Nort h Greenbush before the start of classeson Aug. 31.
The buildint previously had been used as officr space forVerizon workers, Cowann said.

The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area: Most viewed Stories

2012-01-18T12:51:00.001-08:00

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Gov. Bev Perdue said Wednesday that Apple has selected Northg Carolina as the location for a new data The company is expected to invest morethan $1 billiohn in the project over nine years. Dow Jone & Co. put Cisco Systems Inc.

Prostate cryoablation in patients with multiple-component inflatable penile ... - UroToday

2012-01-16T09:17:00.001-08:00

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Prostate cryoablation in patients with multiple-component inflatable penile ...

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To evaluate and assess any inflatable penile prosthesis (IPP)-related complications in patients with organ-confined prostate cancer treated definitively with third-generation, ultrasound-guided prostate cryoablation. From November 2003 to October 2010, ...

Perry signs bill that includes $150 million for UTMB - Baltimore Business Journal:

2012-01-14T05:51:00.000-08:00

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The university will use the fundsz to build anew 200-bed hospital towed adjacent to the existing John Sealyu Hospital, restoring bed capacity to 550, as it was priort to Hurricane Ike. In addition, tuition revenue bondx of $5 million will go to at Galveston. HB 51 also establishese measures to enhance and maintain the qualityg ofthe state’s designated and emerging publidc research universities, creates incentive programs and funding for highet education institutions, provides higher education fund allocations, and createsd an interim committee to study the feasibilitt of tracking specialized technology research projects.
Of the 62 nationap research institutions inthe nation, three universitiew — , The and Texas A&M University are in Texas. The Texas Higher Educationb Coordinating Board has designated seven institutions as emergingresearchn universities: the ; the University of Texas campusesa in Arlington, Dallas, El Paso and San Antonio; ; and the Universitty of North Texas. In addition, HB 51 provides a performance incentive funding mechanismm for all ofthe state’s generalo academic institutions based on the averagw number of degrees awarded annually and an increase in the averaged number of degrees awarded with weighted consideration for at-risjk students and critical fields.

Sex and caskets make for a lively market - Financial Times

2012-01-12T01:17:00.001-08:00

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Sex and caskets make for a lively market

Financial Times

By Jan Cienski in Wagrowiec Sex is how we got here and death is how we'll leave, but those two fundamental facts of life are rarely comfortably joined â" which is why advertising coffins with scantily clad models has made Poland's Lindner a stand-out in ...

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Summit brings Cuba, Latin American economy into focus - South Florida Business Journal:

2012-01-09T21:34:00.001-08:00

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With other countries pressuring President Barack Obamwa to liftthe embargo, Cuba casts a long shadow. And while the embargo is not likely to end any time the president on April 13 removedr all restrictions on Cubans in Americwa who want to visit or send money to familhy members residing on theCommunist island. The move overturns hard-line policiese that were enacted in 2004 under PresidenrtGeorge W. Bush. The removal of the travelp ban for Cubans with family had been expectedunder Obama’s pro-engagement agenda, but the White House said it does not have planw to remove restrictions for all Americanes traveling to the island.
“I don’t think we’re goinyg to get there unless there’s a sensre that the Cuban government is willing to give some kind ofreciprocatinb gesture,” said Susan Purcell, director of the at the . Tessie whose Miami company, ABC Charters, is one of a handfulk in the U.S. that is licensed to transport travelerdsto Cuba, welcomed the announcement and said it could mean that her busines s improves to the point where it was before the Bush-era rules took effect. That could mean her busineses doubles, she said.
However, the economy in Americs could slow down the pace at which her businesa recoversto pre-Bush rule levels, she “The good news is that South Floridq residents who have familuy on the island can purchase many goods from the retaio outlets around our area,” said Jerry Haar, professor of managemenr and international business at (FIU) and a board member. “The bad news is the economty will limit the amount theycan buy.
” Travel agents like Aral got anothef boost on April 14 when a federal judg e in Miami overturned a law passed last year by the Florid Legislature that requires travel agencieds that specialize in trips to Cuba to post bonds and pay highe r registration fees. Another point of concern for South Florida is that economiste are predicting thatLatin America’s economy is contractinhg more dramatically than expected. In economists revised their forecast for Latin America estimating that the region will contracft at a rate of 4 percent this instead ofthe 0.5 of a percentf they had previously predicted. This includes a 4.5 percent declinr for Brazil.
With $15 billiojn in total trade in 2008, Brazikl is South Florida’s largest tradingf partner. While the spilloveer may continue to take a toll onSouth Florida’se trade, it won’t be a freefall, FIU’a Haar said. “It’s a slowdown, not a he said. “It is not There’s a well-developed infrastructure that supportsSouth Florida’s trade with Latin America, and this insuress that when Latin American importers ramp up again, they won’t flock to otherf trade centers, Haar noted. “South Florida is the of Latin This is thebuying place,” he said.
“It’sz through the blessings of geographyh and professionalservices – law, accounting, logistics – that puts us where we are.” As bad as the globap recession is, it’s also important to remembedr that Latin America is more developedr now than during previous recessions, “when you had countries sitting on emptyy coffers and enormous debt,” said Manuel Mencia, seniorf VP of international trade and business development at . “Obviously, we’re heavily reliant on our Latin American markets forour particularly, from my perspective, for foreig n exports,” he said.
“So, a downturn in Latin Americw has serious implications forSouth Florida. So far, the good news has been that the downturn of our exports has been significantly less than thenational

Five categories that cry out for reform - Atlanta Journal Constitution

2012-01-07T17:51:00.001-08:00

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Five categories that cry out for reform

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By Alan Essig The Georgia General Assembly has the opportunity to strengthen our foundation for economic growth and implement efforts to reform Georgia's outdated, inefficient and ineffective tax and criminal justice systems. ...

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Medicaid rolls in Colorado at "all-time historical high" in November - Denver Post

2012-01-05T13:17:00.001-08:00

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Are these really the best America has to offer? (Campaign 2012) - ZDNet (blog)

2012-01-03T09:00:00.001-08:00

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Are these really the best America has to offer? (Campaign 2012)

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These are the best possible leaders we can field when America so critically needs leadership? One candidate not showing up for the caucuses is Herman Cain. Wow. Romney, Gingrich, Paul, Bachmann, Perry, Huntsman, Santorum â" and Obama. ...

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Ridiculous: Lamar Smith Basing His Plan To Massively Regulate The Internet On ... - Techdirt

2012-01-01T05:34:00.001-08:00

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Well, this is unfortunate. As the House Judiciary Committee's "markup" process is underway for SOPA, chair (and sponsor of the bill) Lamar Smith has sent around a memo concerning the markup and defending the bill against widespread criticism. ...

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U.S. Chamber economist: Get ready for another recession - Dayton Business Journal:

2011-12-30T00:34:00.001-08:00

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Those odds may seem low, but they’red actually high since double-dip recessions are rare and the U.S. economy growa 95 percent of the saidthe chamber’s Marty Regalia. He predictsd the current economic downturn will endarounsd September, but the unemployment rate will remaihn high through the first half of next year. Investmeny won’t snap back as quickly as it usually does afteta recession, Regalia Inflation, however, looms as a potential problem becausd of the federal government’s huge budgegt deficits and the massive amountg of dollars pumped into the economyg by the Federal Reserve, he said.
If this stimulue is not unwound once the economy beginsto recover, higher interesy rates could choke off improvement in the housinyg market and business investment, he said. “Ths economy has got to be runninvg on its own by the middlew ofnext year,” Regalia Almost every major inflationary period in U.S. historgy was preceded by heav debt levels, he noted. The chances of a double-dip recession will be lower if Ben Bernanke is reappointer chairman of the Federal Regalia said. If President Barack Obama appoints his economic adviser Larry Summers to chairthe Fed, that woulc signal the monetary spigot would remain open for a longeer time, he said.
A coalescing of the Fed and the Obama administratiohnis “not something the marketas want to see,” Regalia Obama has declined to say whether he will reappoinyt Bernanke, whose term ends in Meanwhile, more than half of small business owneras expect the recession to last at leasty another two years, according to a survey of Intuirt Payroll customers. But 61 percent expect their own busineses to grow in the next12 months. “Smallp business owners are bullish on theirown abilities, but bearish on the factorw they can’t control,” said Cameron director of marketing for Intuit Employee Management Solutions.
“Even in the gloomiest economy ther e are opportunitiesto seize.” A separats survey of small business ownersd by Discover Financial Services founfd that 57 percent thought the economg was getting worse, while 26 percent thought the economg was improving. More than half planned to decrease spending on businessx development in the nextsix

Denomination is expected in Belarus - Charter 97

2011-12-27T20:51:00.001-08:00

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Denomination is expected in Belarus

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According to a Belarusian tradition, assurances of the National Bank have just supported Belarusians' misgivings. Rumours about denomination persist in Belarus. Denial of rumours by representatives of authorities are increasing these suspicions. ...

National Bank to continue managed float of Belarusian rubel next year

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Significant fluctuation of exchange rate not predicted in Belarus in 2012.

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PM: No place for discrimination in Israel - Jerusalem Post

2011-12-25T16:51:00.001-08:00

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PM: No place for discrimination in Israel

Jerusalem Post

Netanyahu's comments came as one minister after the other expressed outrage at the saga of Na'ama Margolis, an eight-year-old modern Orthodox Beit Shemesh girl featured in a Channel 2 report Friday night who was spat upon and harassed by extremist ...

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Bizjournals debuts online business directory - Business First of Louisville:

2011-12-23T12:00:00.001-08:00

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The directory is based on proprietary research from It can be sorted by 14 industry categories and by business name or Bizjournals is the onlines divisionof , Business First's parent The directory can be accessed from all the home pagees of ACBJ’s publications, including . Users can rate businesses that are includedf inthe directory, submit their own companies for inclusion or submir changes to existing listings. “Withb the new Local Business we’re giving businesses a new way to connect and saidTim Bradbury, president of ACBJ New which operates bizjournals.
“It ratchetsx up the value of our locak businessjournal sites, which millionw of people already regard as criticalo to their competitiveness.” Bizjournalas operates the Web sites for each of American City Businesxs Journals’ 40 print business newspapers and operated a Web-only site with local business news and information for Los Bizjournals’ open-access archives contain 1.25 millioh business news articles and features publishes since 1996. Bizjournals’ sites have more than 8 millionj uniquemonthly visitors.

Study: Colorado clean-energy jobs growing twice as fast as other industries - San Antonio Business Journal:

2011-12-21T07:51:00.001-08:00

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The report — the Colorado portion of a 50-state analysis said clean-energy jobs in Colorado increase 18.2 percent between 1998 and 2007, versus an overall job-growty rate of 8.2 Pew said there were 17,00i8 clean-energy jobs at 1,778 companies in Colorado as of 2007. Coloradol tied for 18th among the state s in the pace ofits clean-energy job growth over the 10-yeard period studied by Pew. The top statesd were Idaho, with 126 percenft clean-job growth, followed by Nebraska, 109 but both states stillp have smallertotal clean-energyh job totals than Colorado.
“Coloradoi has a large share of America’ws clean energy economy – and it is growingg fast,” Niki Hawthorne, Colorado representative for the PewEnvironmeny Group, said in a statement released with the report. Hawthorne said, “has adopted renewable energy and energuy efficiencystandards – creating a promising market for clean energy generation and energty efficiency products.” California had the most clean-energyy jobs — 125,390 as of 2007 — Pew said. Pew said clean-energy industries in Coloradooattracted $622,400,734 in venture-capital funding between 2006 and the fifth-highest amount in the nation. clean-energy jobs grew at 9.
1 percent between 1998 and versus total job growthof 3.7 percent, Pew’z report said. Pew described its report as the first-eve nationwide hard count across all 50 states of actual jobs createdby clean-energy industries. “Thes clean energy economy is poised for explosive Lori Grange, interim deputy director of the Pew Cented on the States, said in a statement “These jobs are driving economic growtnh and environmental sustainability at a time when America neede both. There is a potential competitive advantagee for federal and state policy leaders who act now to spur businesses and investments in the cleanenergy sector.
” Pew said it defined clean-energhy jobs as those relatesd to “expanding clean energy increasing energy efficiency, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, wastes and pollution, and conserving water and otherr natural resources.” .

Obama pitches Fed plan - Business First of Columbus:

2011-12-19T04:00:00.001-08:00

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In an broadcast Monday on the CBSEarlgy Show, Pres. Barack Obama insisted that the Fed is the righgt agency to oversee giant financial institutionas whose failure could cause widespreaxdeconomic destruction. "It wasn't the Fed -- wher the -- the regulations broke down here. And part of what we wann a do is to havesomebody who's accountable and clear when it comesx to these large systemic firms that couldr potentially bring down the entire financial system,” Obamsa said. "The Fed has the expertisse and the credibility I think todo it.
We don't want a situation where taxpayers have to come in and bail out firmsx because if those firmsgo under, the wholr system collapses. And unfortunately, that's been the situatiobn -- up until now, that's what we intend to get We wanna make sure that this kind ofcrisis doesn't happen again." The debatwe is occurring at a time when the president’s is slippingb somewhat. Obama’s job approval rating slipped to 58 percentg in Gallup Poll daily tracking forJune 16-18. It’s a new low for the man who has been on the job for five though he has previously fallem to 59 percent job approval on fourothet occasions.
Obama is proposing new powers for the Fed as part ofwhat he’sz billing as the biggest overhaul of the financial syste m since the Great Depression. But some in Congress, includinhg Senate Banking Committee ChairmanChris Dodd, have whetheer the Fed should get more Many in Congress blames Fed policy over the past several years for contributing to the nation’s financiakl meltdown, and others worried that expanding its regulatory role coulfd interfere with its primary responsibility of overseeing monetart policy. Under the plan, which the Whitwe House and the Treasury Department unveiled last theFederal Reserve’s role—and its power—would increase greatly.
Its purvie w would extend from overseeing largwe banks such as Bank of America to include othet big financial players such as insurancd giants AIG and TheFed could, for instance, requirw those companies to set aside more of their assets against the possibility of lossesz than are required of smaller firms. A councilo to consult with the Fed will be set up and led by the Treasuryt Secretary and include such regulators as the Securitiew andExchange Commission, the Commodituy Futures Trading Commission, and the Federa Housing Finance Agency.
The council’s key duty will be to determinre which companies are too bigto fail, and then regulatde them with an eye toward making them stable The Fed would, in the future, have to consulr with this council before extending the kind of emergenc y loans it used last fall to prop up AIG. Congreses would have to approve these and early indications indicatethat won’t be a smootjh road. Expansion of the Fed’s powers met with immediate skepticisj in Congress during hearingslast Thursday, when Treasurhy Secretary Timothy Geithner went to Capitol Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat, said he was keepinf an open mind about the proposal.
But he why the Fed shoulcd get more power when many analysts question its track One of the experts Dodd quotefd likened expandingthe Fed’s powers to giving a teenager a bigger faster car after he had crashexd the family station wagon. Sen. Richarc Shelby, the top Republican on the banking committee, worriedx that Congress would not have enougg oversight ofa more-powerful, independent Fed. And another Republican was more "Your plan puts a lot of faith in the Federal Reserve's ability to spot risk and exercise its powefr to prevent the next crisis," Sen. Jim Bunninh of Kentucky said.
"However, if the Fed and other regulators had been doinb their jobs and paying attention to what the bankz and other firms were doing earlier this they almost certainly could have preventedthe mess. What makes you thinkm that the Fed will do better this time But while the plan hasits critics, some experts think Obama’zs team got it just about right. “o think that the conception of the expansionnis …. essentially speaking, much needed,” Peteer Teuten, president of Keane Busines RiskManagement Services, said in an intervies with bizjournals. “There has to be centrakl oversight and it may as well be the Fed as anybody They have thetechnical expertise.
They generally have a much broader understanding of systemic There is no addressing systemic risk thus far and that has to The Fed already has an enormous advantage when it comees to analyzing risks to the Michael Bleier of ReedSmith Bleier, a former general counsel at Mellon financial and membefr of the Fed’s legal pointed out that there are alreadyg more professional economists at the Fed than anywhere and that the Fed collects an enormous amounf of economic data, giving it a windowq into economic risks. “Andr the other part is its traditional independence, whichg some of the congressmen won’t he told Portfolio.com.
“If you’re a true systemidc regulator, you’re going to have to take some positionds that arepolitically unpopular.” While the subjectt of the Fed’s future powers is under debate in the present of the Federal Reserve is under scrutinty by the markets this week, with a meetinbg of its policy committee scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. Marketsx will be of a Fed plan to take back morethan $1 trillio n it pushed into the banking systemm during the financial Concern is growing about both long-term interesty rates, and inflation related to the extraordinary interventionzs of past months.

California court rules for BofA - Charlotte Business Journal:

2011-12-16T23:00:00.001-08:00

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The class-action case centered on BofA’s collectingh check overdraft and other fees by taking moneyfrom direct-deposity accounts set up to receive Sociakl Security benefits. In 2004, a jury found BofA’s actionss violated California banking laws that prohibit banks from takingt Social Security benefits to recovercustomer debts. But in the 1st District Court of Appeal in San Franciscio ruledBofA (NYSE:BAC) didn’t breach statse banking laws. The appeals court said the lawsuift misapplied a 1974 California Supreme Court decisiobn that prohibits banks from using public funds deposited into an account to pay thebank customer’s separats credit-card account.
Monday’s unanimous ruling uphelc that decision. Charlotte-based BofA told the news agenc y it was pleased with the which it saidrejected “aa challenge to account-balancing practices followed by every bank in Californisa and across the nation.”

Business groups slam proposed tax increases - Austin Business Journal:

2011-12-14T18:17:00.001-08:00

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The said it opposes changews to the corporateminimum tax, a new corporatew income tax and a new personal incomer tax. The alliance consists of 30 business group that represent morethan 25,00o0 Oregon businesses and employ 500,000 Raising the taxes could cause the statr to lose 6,000 jobs, according to state revenur office estimates. “These proposals ignore the starm realities of ourcurrent recession,” the group said in a news releasde sent by J.L. Wilson, a lobbyist with Associate Oregon Industries. “They are counterproductive measurex that kill jobs and prolongour recession.
” The corporate minimum tax and corporatd income tax proposals would collectively harm companies with small profitf margins as well as businesses lookinhg to invest more in capital the group said. The alliancwe called on lawmakers to insteaed focuson private-sector job retention and creation. “W believe strongly that increasedd taxes are detrimental tojob growth,” Wilson said in the news release. “An increased tax burdenb will hurt the ability of our members to createe desperatelyneeded jobs. It is the wronfg approach to balancethe state’s budget.
” Other groupsx signing the letter include Associatedd Oregon Loggers, Independent Community Banks of Oregon, the Northwest Food Processorsz Association, Oregon Association of Realtors, the Oregon Automobile Dealers Association, the Oregon Bankerzs Association, the Oregon Home Builders Association, the Oregob Restaurant Association and the Oregon Trucking Association. Oregon’x House and Senate members hope to adjourn byJuly 1. Lawmakeres must address a $4.
2 billion budgetr shortfall before they adjourn or in a seriesd of special sessions throughout the rest ofthe

Todd Haley Explains Refusal To Substitute Ricky Stanzi Over Tyler Palko - SB Nation

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2011 Heisman Trophy Announcement Show Time, TV Schedule - SB Nation

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St. Leonard to launch $30M project - Dayton Business Journal:

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, a 97-acre nonprofit retirement communittin Centerville, is planning a $30 million expansion this year that will add more than 80 The community will build a 60-bed dementia unit and a 21-ber freestanding traditional assisted-living unit. The expansion which will grow the facility to more than 700 totalpbeds — will create roughly 60 jobs at St. which currently employs 360. Corna-Kokosing, whicgh is based in Columbus and will handle construction of theadditionalo buildings, plans to break ground in September. The project is a part of an overal l campus expansionat St. Leonard.
The first a $4 million wellness center, was announced last The wellness center will be finished inJuly 2010. The two additiona buildings will follow, with a completion date of January 2011. The new in both the memory careand assisted-living are licensed through the state’s certificatse of need program. They will be private roomxs with larger floor plansthan St. Leonard currently Executive Director Tim Dressman saidthe community’w 600 existing beds are not enough to serve the upcoming senior citizen boom. The community has 700 residentxs now and expects to increase that by 150 withthe expansion.
The community’sw beds are between 92 percent and 99percent occupied, Dressman said. He said therre is plenty of demand in the especially in dementia andmemory care. Dressman said the approachg for the future is to have retirement communities with all levelsof care, includingy amenities for younger patients. Many facilities are expanding becausr they need younger residents to come into communitiesa earlier in life to offset the cost of patients at the othetr end of thespectrum — thoses living longer and requiring more care, he The St. Leonard project is one of many assisted-livin g expansions ongoing in the Dayto n region to capture the first wave ofthe baby-boomer market.
Louisville-based announced earlier this month it will build two projects on nine acre sin Englewood. The $10 million project will include a memor care unit and a standard assisted livinbg and skillednursing unit, similar to the upcomin g project at St. Leonard. The Englewooxd project, yet unnamed, will bring an additionapl 130 nursing beds to the The retirement community boom follows statistics that predictt an expected 22 percent increase in Montgomery Counthy residents older than 60by 2020, accordingt to the at .
The center estimatews more than 122,000 senior citizens will live in the county by up from theroughly 100,000 current “Retirement communities are looking at the and the demographic numbers are quite clear,” said Robert director of the Scripps center. “The 85-plus group is the fastestt growing group inthe country.” Applebaum said despite what the statistics indicate, the currentf economy does not support the numbef of assisted-living and retirement communities expanding. “Occupancy is relativelgy stable,” he said. “The fact is, retiremenr is not doing well becausw people cannot selltheir homes.
” Applebaum said althoughb there will be more of a need for care as baby boomerz age, they will have more trouble affording to move or pay the rent rangez at many of the Dressman said rent rates have not yet been set for the new beds at St. but the current rates throughoutf the community rangefrom $300 to more than $4,0000 a month. He said markeyt research does supportthe expansion, and becausr of the growing population of senior citizens, alonv with the fact people are living longer, St. Leonard is lookinb toward another expansion as soon as the current one is The community owns 247 acres where it operateein Centerville.
“People are growing older every year, and there is a lot of unmet demand in the he said.

Mizuho Asset May Buy China Banks, Developers After Market Rout - BusinessWeek

2011-12-06T01:34:00.001-08:00

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6 (Bloomberg) -- Mizuho Asset Management Co., a unit of Japan's third-largest bank, may buy âcheapâ Chinese banks and developers because they may outperform in a rebound by the nation's stocks as inflation eases. The firm, which has a âslightly ...

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Steven Monk finished fourth at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational Saturday. - NDSU Bison Athletics

2011-12-03T21:34:00.001-08:00

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Leeds municipal court to hear case against Honda employee cited under ... - al.com (blog)

2011-12-01T17:00:00.001-08:00

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Catskills restaurant files for bankruptcy - bizjournals:

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The Shamrock House is markintg its 71st year inEast Durham, Greene County, accordinhg to the company web site. It’s uncleard if the business intends to remaijn open as it restructures its debts inbankruptct court. A woman who answered the phonre today said thecompany president, John J. is referring questions to his The attorney, Richard Croaj in Albany, was out of the office and unavailable for comment. Greende County Tourism Director Daniela Marino saidshe didn’t know what the businesw plans to do. She said the Shamrocki House is an exampld ofthe older, traditional resorta in the Catskills that have an ethnic theme. “It’sx been a very tough Marino said.
“The economty being what it is, unfortunatelgy these things may happen.” Another resort in Greene County, the much-largerf , filed for bankrupty protectionin June. It will continuse operating while its owners search for a Despitethe setbacks, Marin said there are successful resorts in the county. “We’rew pretty optimistic because most of the hotelds and restaurants have been able to she said. The Shamrock House has $500,00p0 to $1 million in liabilities and lessthan $50,0090 in assets, according to a petition filed June 29 in in The largest secured claim is a $514,095 mortgage. The lender isn’t identified in the petition.
The larges t unsecured claim, $49,000, is held by The second largest is heldby , $39,112, for credit card

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The Columbus-based chain opened its fifth shop April 1 on Bridgr Streetin Dublin, a 1,600-square-foot parlodr that will sell Jeni Britton Bauer’s signaturer nine flavors, such as Salty Carmel and Thai as well as nine seasonal choice and other treats. “We had a ton of customerw from Dublin making special saidCharly Bauer, Jeni’s husband and the company’xs co-owner. “We listen to the customers.” Baued said they expect $450,000 in annual sales at the Dublih parlor. The seven-year-old business has shops in Grandview Heights, the North Market, Shorr North and Bexley, as well as a kitche near Grandview Heights where its productasare made.
Bauer said therr are no immediate plans for a sixth shop in the although Clintonville, Worthington and New Albany are among possibilities for The company is considering options beyond Centrao Ohio as well, having fielded requestsw from Dayton, Toledo, Cincinnati, Clevelandx and Chicago, Bauer said. The Dublin store isn’gt the only new addition to thegrowinvg Jeni’s empire. The company is usint a new dairy supplier, Double which obtains its milkfrom grass-fed cows. Bauer said it maked for better ice cream and is moreenvironmentallu conscious.
The partnership may expand, with Jeni’s considerintg stocking dairy products from theUtica farm, such as cottagd cheese and milk, at its Clippers load bases with Columbus food, drin companies There will be plenty of localp flavor inside the confines of Huntington Park. The Columbus Clipperss have a roster of recognizable food and drinkjpurveyors who’ll be pushing their fare inside the new basebal stadium this season, including , , , , and “This is a communit team,” General Manager Ken Schnackee said. “Everything about this park is about Columbus.
” The relationshipxs with Bob Evans, Donatos, City Barbeque and Roosters are carrier over fromCooper Stadium, the Clippers’ old home field. City Barbeque and Roosterw will expand their Clippers business from promotional nightsto kiosks. City Barbequwe will sell beef brisket, pulledx pork and pulled chicken sandwiches, as well as ribs and side Sandwiches willbe $5, with a speciaol combination featuring two sandwiches and a side at $10. Schnackee said Elevator’s beer and Tim Hortons’ coffeee will be new to the team’s portfolio. Donatos spokesman Tom Santor said cheesed and pepperoni pizzas will be sold on the concoursde andin suites.
For the Gahannaa pizzeria chain, it makes a clean sweep of Central Ohiosports facilities, with its pies offeredc at all major venues. Elevator’s brews will be sold from a cart and the brewery will be among five beer vendors at the Miller and Budweiser will have bars and Labatft will be sold froma cart. A fifth beer vendor hasn’gt been selected, Schnacke said. “This is huge exposurer for us,” said Elevator owner Dick Stevens. “Az a brewery, we’re not on a lot of people’sa radar yet.
” Elevator’s cart will include four but it will start the season with two beers its Xtra lager and eithee its DarkHorse lager, Bear Ass Pale Ale or Bleeding Buckeye Pale Ale. Stevens is promoting the downtownn restaurant by putting a coupon in stadium One relationshipthat didn’ty make the transition to Huntington Park was with Schnacker said the Clippers won’t hold promotionalp Slyder nights this season as it did for eighty years at Cooper Stadium, because the companty has cut its marketing and

Manpower: 6% of Honolulu employers to hire in 3Q - East Bay Business Times:

2011-11-25T05:00:00.001-08:00

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From July to 6 percent of the companies interviewed in the Honolulu metrp area plan to hire more while 11 percent expect to reducetheird payrolls, according to the survey from Milwaukee-based (NYSE: MAN). Seventy-eight percent expect to maintaimn their current staff levels and 5 percengt remain uncertain abouthiring plans. Hirint is expected to be a little lightere than in thesecond quarter, when 10 percent of companiee surveyed planned to hire and 12 percent expectedf to cut payrolls, said Manpowerr spokeswoman Mary Lou For the coming quarter, job prospectzs in the Honolulu area appear best in wholesale and retaip trade and leisure and hospitality.
Employerzs in durable goods nondurablegoods manufacturing, information, professionalo and business services, education and healtyh services and government intend to cut staffing. Hirin in construction, transportation and financial activities and other services is expected to remain National survey results showed little changw from thesecond quarter. Of the more than 28,0090 employers surveyed acrossthe country, 15 percen t expect to increase their staff levels durinfg the third quarter, while 13 percent expect to reduce theif payrolls. Sixty-seven percent expect no change in hirinb and 5 percent are undecided abouttheir third-quarter hiring plans.
“The data shows continuedf hesitancyamong employers,” said Jonas Prising, presiden t of the Americas for Manpower. “They are treadintg slowly and watching withguardexd optimism, hoping a few quarters of stability will be the precursoer to the recovery.”

Cadel a non-starter in Adelaide - ABC Online

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Job losses put squeeze on students in Silicon Valley - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

2011-11-18T18:00:00.001-08:00

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Mathur, a senior technicalo program managerat , aims to leverag the undergraduate technology background he garneres at Rohilkhand University in his natived India as well as his graduate studies in informatioj systems and business at . But the economy has derailee his effort. On April 2, Sun told Mathurt that his positionwas redundant. That meanz at the end of May he will losehis job, as well as the tuitio reimbursement package the company was putting towars his MBA at Santa Claraa University’s Leavey School of “Now my primary job is findinyg a new job,” said adding that he knows at least a half dozemn classmates in a similar position.
“The studies take a beating because you’r obviously not as focused as you’d like to be. Suddenlty I have to pay all this and who knows howlong I’ll be in this positiohn of making no money.” It’s a growing problej at Leavey’s graduate program, a part-time model wherwe a majority of students are full-timer professionals by day and their tuitio n is supplemented by employer reimbursements. As a private institution that sits high innationapl rankings, the program is anything but A three-unit evening MBA class for the 2008-09 schookl year costs $2,352. The accelerated MBA tuition for the classsof 2010, which began last topped $72,000.
Students in the Executive MBA progran from the class of 2009paid $92,000. “kI think anecdotally there’s a lot of uneasiness (amontg students) at the business school right saidElizabeth Ford, seniof assistant dean of graduate programs at “Without having statistics on we can sense it. It’s very unpredictable for us right now.” Enrollments in full-time graduatr programs typically spike when there are large numbereof layoffs, with undergraduates electinh to go directly to graduate school rathedr than test the job market.
Applications for the clas of 2010 atStanford University’s Graduate School of Business rose 43 percentt over the class of from 4,582 to 6,575 for about 745 But there are no guarantees there will be a job waiting aftetr completing graduate school. “When people come to a graduatdbusiness school, especially a full-time there’s a high desire to either take a step up in managementr in the same field or look at doinvg something very different from what you were doing beforr you came to school,” said Andy assistant dean and director of the MBA careef management center at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.
“Inh a down economy employers are less willinbg and have less of a need for hiring people withoutdirect experience.” The biggest challenge todauy for business school graduatre students, Chan said, is the sheer numbed of candidates in the job market. Therd are students coming out of people already let go by their companh and those at unhealthy companies perhaps anticipating work force cuts.
Stanford students are drawing on thebusinesws school’s staff of career advisers as well as alumnki employed to give Each year, whether face-to-face or via telephone, the graduatr school facilitates more than 2,000 career counselingy appointments with students and alumni, Chan That doesn’t include informal conversations, such as e-mail and phone If there is any good news to be it’s that there’s stillo “a decent flow of job opportunities coming through the Chan said, though 30 percent less than last year or the year “The good news is that we have employerws who are looking at Chan said.
“I’m not so discouraged from the standpoint of no Fordsaid part-time business programs are trying to “gauge and what’s going to happen for fall Initial indicators show that interest remains Information sessions are attracting good Applications to the graduate program are even with last year about 400 competing for 225 to 250 slots. The questiojn is whether those applications translateto “We just don’t Ford said. There’s no way to know how many studenta are affected by the same scenario as she said, but the business schooo has begun taking steps to address it.

State employers say wages to rise 3.6 percent in

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percent statewide in 2009, according to a survey of 619 employeras bythe . The report, releaser Sept. 19, was the organization’s 30th annual surveyu of employers onwhat they’re planninhg for wage increases or decreases. The projectedx increases are 0.1 percent lower than the 2008 wage forecasyof 3.7 percent. “Even with an economy that is challenginv — both nationally and statewide — our survey indicates that Colorado employers are continuing to projecyt wage increases in 2009 that are above the Denver inflation rate,” said Michael Severns, president of the Mountainh States Employers Council, in a statement.
For the sixth year in a row, Colorado’z oil and gas employers are projecting the largest salary raises among the 13 market sectorws in thesurvey — reflectingh the rapid rise of the state’s energuy sector. Oil and gas companies said they planne to raise wages an averageof 5.1 percent in which while above the state is below the 6.7 percent increasr they projected for 2008. Thosw companies are scrambling for workers because so many left the industrty when it spent years at a low ebb in the 1980sand 1990s. “It’s still a growingh industry,” said Bob Morrison, head of recruitment and planningf forthe U.S.
division of Canadian oil and gascompanyg (NYSE: ECA), which has its U.S. headquarters in “There’s a very largre demand for folks with oil andgas experience,” he “The salary increases are indicative of the demand for talentf both within Colorado and nationally. Not only are we competintg within Colorado, we’re competing in Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana.” At the start of the EnCana expected to hire about 380 peopld in theUnited States, Morrisonj said. But with the U.S. division growing so EnCana’s already hired 350, and expects the year-endd total to be around 450 or 500, Morrisobn said.
Of the 350 hired so far, 225 are eithe r Denver-based or Colorado-based, EnCana spokesman Doug Hock “We have a stronger need for talent,” Morrisojn said. “It’s across the but it’s particularly technicak people, engineers, geoscientists, geologists, land negotiators as well as ourfielxd people, lease operators and Everyone plays a vital After the oil and gas sector, minin g companies reported that they expect to give the next-largest salary increases for 2009, at 4.5 But the survey also reflected the nation’s troubled economy.
Five percent of employers surveyedr saidthey didn’t expect to raisre wages at all in 2009, an increase from 4 percenrt last year. The constructio industry ranked last for 2009 reflecting ongoing problems in the housing Construction employers said they expected to raisrwages 2.7 percent in 2009, down from 3.1 percent projected for 2008, according to the

Oneida, tribes banding together in trade group - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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The group is called the and its initial participants will include the nearGreen Bay. The and the in Californias -- operators of some of the largest Indiancasinods -- are also among the groupl of initial participants. The Native American Group, to be announced Sept. 23 at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indianin Washington, D.C., will brinf the most economically advantaged tribeds -- especially those with diverse business interests -- together to leverage theirt collective buying power to benefit all of Indiabn Country.
While the advent of Indian gaming has helpesd lift some tribes out of leading to improved living conditions on reservations acrossethe country, it has not proved to be a panaceaa for Native Americans. As a resulyt of the physical isolationh of sometribal lands, wealth from gaming has been spread unevenly across Indian Country, with some tribesz in remote regions receiving little economic benefift from casino operations. "Our overall goal is economifc development for more than 500Indiajn tribes," said Richard Bowers, president of the board of directors of the Seminol Tribe.
"We want to spreas economic opportunity in Indian Country by encouraginy more tribes to get into business and by offering more products and servicesz toeach other. The consortium offere a ready-made market for tribes with availablee products or the opportunity todevelopp them." The Oneida has joined with otheer tribes before in economic development including a four-tribe joint venture to develop and operate the Marriott Residence Inn in Washington, D.C. That 2002 venturw was touted as the first formal coalitiohn of tribal governments formed for purposes of participating in investmenf opportunities andeconomic diversification.

Joe Frazier: We hardly knew thee - NewsOK.com (blog)

2011-11-12T06:51:00.001-08:00

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Bank Holdings under cease and desist order - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

2011-11-10T03:00:00.001-08:00

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parent company of Reno-baseds , announced it is operating under a cease and desist order to improve its capitaol position and cut its realestate losses. The bank operatews as Silverado Bankin Roseville. “Nevada Security Bank faces unprecedentes challenges with the increasing levelof non-performinh loans, the steep declines in the underlyinhg value of real estate collateral and the greatefr loan loss provisions required,” said Hal Giomi, founderf and chairman of The Bank Holdings. He is also chiefr executive.
“Our priorities and objectives are well-defined as we purposely move forward to address makeprudent modifications, and work diligently for the desiredd results,” Giomi said. The bank’s executives entered the agreementt with Nevada banking authorities and the regulatores at the endof June, and the bank’xs management had already startecd working to improve the bank’ds capital levels by cutting costs, reducing the size of the balanc e sheet and seeking more capital. The bank internally stoppefd making new construction and land development loansin third-quarter 2007.
The regulatory order demands the bank’s management increasre the company’s capital, reduce the concentration of commercial real estate loans and change internal monitoring Nevada Security Bank has a concentration of construction and developmenr loansin Reno, which was a boomin g real estate market through much of this decade, but floundereed starting in 2007. Additionally, Bank Holdings was hammered in the fall by thefederal government’s action to put Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into which cost the company a $15 millio loss of capital that had been investef in the stock of the two government-sponsored secondary mortgage investment companies.
Bank Holdings starterd in 2001 with initia l capitalof $14 million. It currently has $45 million in with four branches in Northern Nevada and onein

'Hobo' Steve Harwood's 90th court apprearance - Wokingham Times

2011-11-07T23:17:00.001-08:00

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A former hobo will remain behind bars until Christmas after pleading guilty to assaulting a man in a row over plums and breaching an anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) in his 90th court appearance. Stephen Harwood, known locally as Steve ...

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Boston, MA 02108 857.233.9897 Situated on Beacon Hill near the shining gold dome of theStatwe House, this 60-room boutique hote l is as handsome as it is chic. It

Olathe works on citywide recycling plan - Denver Business Journal:

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The Olathe City Council heard an outlinee of the plan at its June 9 studgy session and askedfor revisions. It will take up the issue agai n in July orearly August. Tim a spokesman for the city, said a recyclingt program could bringtwo benefits. It could reducwe the amount the city spends on landfill fees and increasew the life of the landfill thecity uses. “It we aren’t successful in diverting materia fromthe landfill, then it will ultimatelh cost our ratepayers more money in the future,” Danneburg As proposed, households would pay $18.50 a month for trash and recycling services.
Customerw presently paying $3 extra each month for curbsider recycling would see their bills reducedc by 75 centsa month, other would pay $2.50 a montyh more. Danneburg said 11,000 of the 35,0000 customers served by the city’s Waste Division already pay forrecyclinv services. Kent Seyfried, solid waste manager for the city, said recyclint of yard waste diverts 12,000 tons a year from the other recycling divertsanother 4,000 tons of waste. The goal for a citywidee recycling program would be to divert 32 percent ofthe city’ws residential waste stream, he said, saving the divisionm about half a million dollars a year in landfilll fees.
Seyfried said residential landfill fees amounytto $1.25 million a year. The total operating budgetf forthe city’s solid waste program is $10 million. He said the proposedf citywide recycling program would require Olathe to spensabout $700,000 to retrofit four trucks and buy two new trucks.

Coca-Cola Sees Mexican Bottler M&A Boosting System Efficiency - Fox Business

2011-11-01T12:34:00.001-07:00

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Chinese drywall issue pops up locally - South Florida Business Journal:

2011-10-30T08:00:00.001-07:00

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Drywall suspicions were raised first insouthwesgt Florida, where homeowners complained of sulfuri c odors, sickness and corrosionn in air conditioners. On Jan. 21, Miami-based said it has begu n repairing a dozen homeson Florida’w west coast affected by imported drywall. The companu said it has identified about 80 homes therde that appear to have been builg with Chinese drywall between November 2005 andNovembefr 2006. One of the first reports in the Miami area came from homeowner Steven Fuchs, who bought a home in Homestead’ss Keys Gate subdivision in 2007. “You couldn’t live in this he said. “This gets in your in your nose.
When this hits you, you can’ty live in there.” Homestead city manager Mike Shehade h said he had not heard of any cases anywher inhis city. Neither had building officialx northe city’s director of development services. Shehadeh said he was by the idea, but wanted to be careful with his responswe until the factswere in. “If there was materiall that was not approved byDade County, I would be extremely he said. “If these builders snuck somethinbg throughbecause it’s cheaper, and it has adversr affects, I guarantee that I would be talking to the county and our attorneys to make sure they live up to theirr responsibilities.
“If this is a proven if there is a problem with this we would do everything we can to help he added. “This is disturbing. I don’t want to live in a housew like this.” Truly Burton, the ’s governmentr affairs directorfor Miami-Dade, said she was aware of problemsx on the state’s west coast, but hadn’gt been contacted about any locakl cases. She cautioned that, in these tougjh economic times, some buyers mighrt use the drywall issue as an excuse to back out of a The Florida Department of Health is tracking 38 complaints abourtthe drywall, mostly in Manatee, Lee and Sarasotza counties. It has also received two reports in Stuart and one inPort St.
but none so far in Broward or PalmBeachh counties. State officials and developers have said homebuilders startedx using imported drywall during theconstruction boom, when materialzs were scarce following the 2005 hurricaned season. One supplier is , of the internationa Knauf family of companiesd basedin Germany. The developer of Keys Gate South KendallConstruction – was just beginning to assess the problem this week, companu principal Patrick Gleber said. He said he alerted his insurancde company, which told him they were not awar e of thedrywall problems. “We did buy drywalpl from that company, through a local suppluy company,” Gleber said.
He said his company struggledf to find domestic building materialse after hurricanes Katrina and Wilmas hit South Floridain 2005. Glebere said problems were reportee in two areas of Keys Gate Augusta Greens and Pine Isles but he did not know how many homess had theproblem drywall. He said he mighr tear out drywall in at leastthree homes. “It’s going to be savage,” Glebe said. “You might have to do some andwe don’t know if we have to move Keys Gate had 810 starts and 425 move-ins in according to Metrostudy. Banner Supply, one of the state’w largest drywall distributors, is monitoring information andhandling Miami-based GM Ed Matthews said.

Storms were unforgiving to Oncor - South Florida Business Journal:

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The Dallas-based company said Wednesday’a storm actually ranks among the top threee in company history for being the Oncor said attheir peak, the storms had causedc outages to more than 500,000 homes and businesses. The challengre continued throughout the day Thursday with more storma causing additional power outages in various partd ofthe Dallas-Fort Worth area. The outages were occurringg even as Oncor was busy restoring powet that was lostWednesdat night. In its latest the company said Oncor has restored power to morethan 400,0090 homes and businesses.
At the 85,000 homes and businesses remainwithout “What made this storm so bad was the rhythmic successiobn of multiple waves of rain and lightning,” said Senior Vice President Charles Jenkins. "The National Lightniny Detection Network reportedapproximately 45,000 lightning strikes occurre during the multiple waves passing through the Dallas/Fort Worth

Top Earners Doubled Share of Nation's Income, Study Finds - New York Times

2011-10-26T00:51:00.001-07:00

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Jan Boye, Danish Handball President, passes away - Team Handball News

2011-10-23T20:17:00.001-07:00

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It is with great sadness that we today receive the report that Jan Boye passed away last night. Of course, the real shock came about two weeks ago in the form of the news that Jan had suffered a massive stroke, and that there was virtually no hope for ...

UNCC honors Rodgers Builders CEO - Business First of Columbus:

2011-10-21T16:51:00.001-07:00

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The Charlotte-based company has worked on several university including the Barnhardt StudentActivity Center, Irwin Belk Track and Fielcd Center, Lynch Residence Hall and the Bioinformatics Research Center. Rodgers Builders also is the construction manager onthe university’xs new, $50.4 million Center City Building project that is slatedr to open in the fall of 2011. A groundbreaking ceremony was held in April forthe 12-story, classrook building at the corner of Ninth and Brevard streets in uptowjn Charlotte.
“What sets Pat apart from most is her she remains personally invested in the institutions and organizationss she touches long after her formaol involvementhas ended,” says Philip Dubois, UNC Charlotte chancellor. “Hed commitment to the betterment of our community extends to herbusinesx philosophy. In fact, Rodgers Builders has been hailed time and againh as the epitomeof civic-minded business.” Rodgers is also chai of the Charlotte Symphony board and will assumw the chairmanship of the Charlotte Chamber boards in 2011. The university established the Distinguishexd Service Awardin 1987.
It honors individuals who have providesd outstanding leadership and service to the Charlotte community and to the advancemenf ofUNC Charlotte. Rodgerse was honored Tuesday during a luncheon at the UNC Charlotte isthe fourth-largest campuxs among the 17 institutions of the UNC system. It is the largesg institution of higher education in theCharlottr region, offering doctoral, master’s and bachelor’s programs. Fall 2008 enrollment was 23,300, including nearly 5,000 graduatwe students.

DiNome abandons quest to lead Reed Smith - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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Reed Smith spokesman Dave Egan told the Pittsburghj Business Times that Jordan and DiNome issued a joinr announcement tothe Pittsburgh-based firm Tuesdauy morning that DiNome has withdrawn his candidacy. “Thehy sat down and talked and discovered they had a lot ofcommonj ground,” Egan said. “Many of the thinge John was concerned about, Greg was working on. They agreedd that the best thing for the firm was to focue on business insteadof competing.” reporterd last week that DiNome was challengint Jordan, who was seeking his fourth three-year term as managin g partner of the law firm.
DiNome sent out a 10-pagw statement of candidacy to all Reed Smithb partners in which he questionedthe firm’s business model, the compensatio and transparency of seniot management, and called for a more independent executive committee. The memo was obtainefd by the Business Journal. DiNome and Jordan had said they agreedd to not speak publicly abou the contested race to leadthe 1,600-lawyerf firm, which has 150 lawyers in Philadelphia. The firm partnershio will votein September; the winner, who will now certainlu be Jordan, will start his new term in Jordan has not been opposed since he first soughft the job in when he beat Philadelphisa litigator John Smith.
Jordan’s tenure has been viewedd as extremely successful. He has grownb the firm through a seriea of significant mergers from 500 lawyers in nine officewsto 1,600 lawyers in 23 offices, including new ones in Europe, Asia and Focusing on a core group of practices with high billing rates, Jordan also drastically increased the firm’s profitability. But with the economy sagging, Reed Smith’a transactional practices have suffered. The firm has laid off 215 including26 lawyers, since December. The firm also cut 50 legall secretaries last summer and salarieas forall U.S.
associates by 10 percent last DiNome, a labor lawyer, joined as part of a groul from Montgomery McCrackenWalker & Rhoads led by Karl Frittob in 1996. A graduate of West he spent seven years in activee duty as a field artillery officer before attending Rutgers University Schoolkof Law-Camden.

On eve of signing deadline, Ritter OKs bills for truckers, movies, restaurants - Portland Business Journal:

2011-10-17T09:00:00.001-07:00

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But economic developers and investors must continue to wait to see if the governorr will come to their aidbefore Friday’s deadline to sign or veto Ritter began the day at the Alliance for Sustainable Colorad Center in downtown signing three bills that he said will continud to build the state’s “New Energ Economy.” House Bill 1298, sponsorer by Reps. Buffie D-Pueblo West, and Cory Gardner, R-Yuma, lets trucking companies get 25 perceng reimbursement of the cost of buying andinstallinvg fuel-efficient technologies and emission-control devices.
More importantly, McFadyen said, it prorateds sales tax on trucking equipmen t based on the percentage of miles companies drive in Coloradk and it allows truckers finally to take advantageof enterprise-zone tax breaks. “Thise bill is so incredibl important tothe industry, not only for the environmen t but for the survival of truckers that are in business,” she said whiled tearing up at the House Bill 1331, sponsored by Rep. Sara D-Arvada, expands the pool of vehicles eligiblefor alternative-fuelo tax credits to include those that run on cleaner-burning natural gas. It also eliminatesd eligibility for some hybrid vehiclese that are not saidsponsoring Sen. Betty D-Lakewood.
Ritter noted that the Colorado Oil and Gas Association and the nonprofirt group Environment Colorado both supportedthe “If COGA and Environment Colorado agree, it has to be a grear bill,” he said. And Senate Bill 75, championed by the companhy Aspen Electric Carsand Carts, allows drivers to operatr low-speed electric vehicles on most roads with speerd limits of 35 mph or From there, Ritter went to the offices in Denver and signeds a measure to re-establish the Colorado Officed of Film, Television and Media. House Bill 1010, sponsore by Rep. Tom Massey, R-Poncha Springs, and formed Rep.
Anne McGihon, D-Denver, allowxs the office to solicit gifts and donations to offef incentives to producers to make films inthe state. “jI believe this move signals that Colorado is becoming serious about attracting production to the state once saidKevin Shand, executive director of the Colorado Film “By becoming part of the state once the film office will once again have resources to market Coloradlo effectively and help expand our economic developmengt efforts in a new and different Finally, Ritter returned to his Capitol office to sign nine separatde bills, including measures to help the restaurangt and broadband industries. Senate Bill 121, sponsored by Sen.
Al R-Hayden, eliminates the sales and use tax restauranta must pay when offeringg freeor reduced-price meals to employees. Senate Bill 162, sponsorer by Sen. Gail Schwartz, D-Snowmass Village, requires the Officee of Information Technology to create a map of where broadband technology is available and not available in the Ritter has not announced his intentions on at least two billsz being watched closely by thebusiness however. One is Senate Bill 173, which would allows local governments to work with the statr Economic Development Commission to offer incentivees to attract andbuild tourism-generating projects.
The bill is considerexd key to landing either of twopotentiao auto-racetrack projects east of Aurora. The othert is House Bill 1366, which limitsx the Colorado-source capital gains subtractionj to thefirst $100,000 of gains on assets held for five yearws or more. If signed, the bill would generate $15.u8 million to help balance the budget.

Time Warner Cable offers day and date movies - Advanced Television

2011-10-15T04:51:00.001-07:00

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Serbia Advances Quest to Join European Union - Wall Street Journal

2011-10-13T00:51:00.001-07:00

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Colorado places 182 lawyers on 2009 Chambers USA list - Charlotte Business Journal:

2011-10-10T20:34:00.001-07:00

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The international legal-rating serviced each year publishes lists of what it considers to be the top attorneye inseveral business-related disciplines. The 2009 guide, posted online Friday, lists this many Colorado-based lawyers in the followingpracticse areas: • 26 in corporate/mergers and • 21 in environment. • 18 in intellectual property. • 27 in labo r and employment. • 47 in litigation. 43 in real estate. Some lawyers are listede more than once under differentpractice areas. Chambers includes lawyers on its list based on interviews with their peers and Law firms and individual lawyerz are rankedin “bands” from one to six, with one beinv the best.
Chambers listed these law firmsw withColorado operations, locally based or otherwise, in “banf one” in various practice areas: Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions: LLP, LLP, LLP, LLP. • LLP, Faegre & Benson, LLP, Holme Roberts & Owen. • Intellectual Faegre & Benson, LLP. • Labor & Employment: Holland & Hart, LLC. • Litigation/General Commercial: LLP, Hollansd & Hart, O’Donnell LLP. • Litigation/White-Collar Crime and Governmenr Investigations: Haddon, Morgan, Mueller, Jordan, Mackegy & Foreman PC. • Real LLP, • Real Estate/Construction: Faegre & Holland & Hart, Shermab & Howard.
London-based Chamberds publishes guides to the legall profession covering176 nations. The U.S. guide has been published sincee 1999. , searchable by state, lawyedr or firm.

Adams wrote resignation letter in January - Portland Business Journal:

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The letter appears to have beendrafted Jan. 21, the day afterf Adams addressed the media about theBreedlove matter. Adams did not formallyy submit theresignation letter. Through a Adams declined to comment on theresignation letter. “ have taken stock of the big mess I have Adams wrote. “It is a distraction that this city cannogt afford at this time of deep So I have resignedx asMayor (Jan. 21) at 3 p.m. Having worked closelgy with him formany years, I know that Interimm Mayor Randy Leonard will do a great job.
” “Ase I return to private life, immediately ahead for me, I will cooperat e fully with any investigation of my dealings with Beau And I will take time off to reflect on my poor judgmenty in these matters and to fully learn all the lessonss I need to learbn from my mistakes.” In the resignatiohn letter, Adams said Commissioner Randy Leonard had agreefd to retain Adams' staff. Late Monday, Leonarf confirmed he agreed in Januaryy to retainthe mayor's staff if the mayort resigned. "We talked about it, and I said I admir e your staff, I know each one of them and I'c ask them to stay," he said. Leonarr said he's glad the matter is over.
"I'm glad he didn'tf resign and I'm really happy for Sam that this cloud hasbeen lifted," he The letter was released by the attorney general late Monday. In the Kroger released a report saying he would not file criminakl charges against Adams over his relationship with former legislative intern Beau Kroger said hisinvestigators "obtained no evidence that Adamw engaged in illegal sexual intercourse with a minor, committede official misconduct, or engaged in theft by The letter was saved on a Macbook Pro, belongint to Adams, that investigators searched in March.

PriceSpective knows if the price is right - Triangle Business Journal:

2011-10-06T13:34:00.001-07:00

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, a pricing strategy consultin gfirm here, has found its niche by helpinh pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies determinw the appropriate amount to charge for a pill, injection or any other type of therapeutic That, in turn, helps drive patient access for their products. “Whenm you think about the drug-development process,” said Steve Slovick, partner and president of “historically, drug companies have developede products with the end goal ofgetting [Foos and Drug Administration] approval and getting thei r product into the market. But over time they have realizec the real goal is clinical success and getting accessto That’s where pricing plays a key role.

Time for the 'last best offers' in NBA labor negotiation - SportingNews.com

2011-10-04T10:17:00.001-07:00

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Then, at noon, they'll get together at the negotiating table and see just how much better those âlast best offersâ can get, whether they'll be good enough to change the outlook of what's been a stagnant string of negotiations. ...

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Vero Beach Museum of Art seeks to train docents - TCPalm

2011-10-02T07:17:00.001-07:00

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Dayton area poised for $151M in bond financing - East Bay Business Times:

2011-09-30T04:17:00.001-07:00

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Ohio is set to receive $423 million in Recovery Zone Economic Development bondsand $634 million in Recovery Zone Facilitt bonds. The bond financing is available undere the Recovery Zone Bonds which was created by the American Recovery andReinvestmenty Act, through the . Recovery Zone Bonds are used to help area s affected by job loss and designed to help local governments obtain financing for economicddevelopment projects, such as public The stimulus act included two new types of Recoveryh Zone Bonds, $10 billion for Recovery Zone Economicf Development Bonds and $15 billioj for Recovery Zone Facility The economic development bonds are a taxabls Build America Bond that allow state and local governments to get lower borrowing costs through a new direcy federal payment subsidy, for 45 percenty of the interest, to finance economifc development projects such as job training and educationaol programs.
The facility bonds are a type of tax-exempg private activity bond that may be used by private businesseds in designated recovery zones to financre a broad range of capital The bonds are allocated based on unemploymeng levels in municipalities and counties compared to nationalp levelsduring 2008. The programs will be administered accordingto U.S. Treasurt and Internal Revenue Service Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland said funds will provide assistance to the area hit hardest bythe “This financing will spur developmengt projects and investments that will help revitalizee Ohio communities,” Strickland said in a news • The city of Dayton — $5.
7 millio in economic development bonds, $8.5 million in facility bonds; • Butlerr County — $10.6 million in economic developmentf bonds, $16 million in facility bonds; • Clarm County — $4.5 million in economicf development bonds, $6.7 million in facilitty bonds; • Darke County — $1.8 million in economifc development bonds, $2.6 million in facility bonds; • Greene County $6.6 million in economic development bonds, $9.9 million in facilityg bonds; • Miami County — $4.6 million in economic development $6.9 million in facility • Montgomery County $16.6 million in economic development bonds, $24.
88 million in facility bonds; • Prebler County — $1.8 million in economic developmentf bonds, $2.7 million in facility • Shelby County — $2.5 million in economiv development bonds, $3.8 million in facility bonds; and • Warrenm County — $6 million in economic development bonds, $9.1 million in facility bonds.

Arctic Products's Vortex professional blowtorch eliminates the chance of breakage - Plumbing Park (press release)

2011-09-28T01:17:00.001-07:00

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GTP takes step forward with plan for rail spur to serve Spirit AeroSystems - Triangle Business Journal:

2011-09-25T22:17:00.000-07:00

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mile rail spur that the park’z newest client, Spirit AeroSystems, will use to ship finishedd productto Morehead. The spur, expectedf to cost $32 million, will go out for bid in late 2009 or earlgy 2010 and will be functional by says GTP spokeswoman Alanna The spur will be paid for bythe state. Spiritg Aero is a Wichita, Kan.-based airlines partsz maker that will make fuselage sectionsfor extra-wide body A350 jetliner at GTP. Once shipped to Moreheas City via rail, the parts will be shipped to Francesfor assembly. Jason Orthner of the NCDOT’s Rail Division, is supervising the planning of therail spur, whichn will connect with an existinb rail line along U.S.
258 in “We expect hundreds of workersw to be involved in all aspects of putting this track Orthner says. “The project requirea a range of specialties, includintg grading, roadway improvement, bridge construction, paving and more technica applications like the installation ofsignal

Cork Wine Bar, Robert Wiedmaier big winners at Rammys - Boston Business Journal:

2011-09-23T18:51:00.001-07:00

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Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington’s annual awardsx was held Sunday at the Omni Shoreham hoteloin D.C. Robert Wiedmaier of Marcel’sd and Brasserie Beck, who this year opened Old Town Alexandria’s Brabo restaurant in the Lorien hotel, received the night’es top honor, Chef of the Year. Cork Wine Bar, the 14th Street hot spot, was give n the New Restaurant of theYear “This is my Cuba Goodinh Jr. moment,” co-owner Khalid Pitts protested when musidc was played to urge him offstages during his acceptance Anthony Chittum, the executive chef at Vermilion, was namer the Rising Culinary Star of the Year.
The decided by an anonymous panel of food journalistds and hospitalityindustry educators, recogniz e the best of D.C.’s restaurant A handful of awards were also decidef by popular vote. The Rammy’zs also celebrated a number ofthe industry’s unsunfg heroes, such as Juan Francisco Lopez, a maitrse d’ for ten years at Marcel’d restaurant. Ryland Johnson of Zola was awarded best restaurangt manager ofthe year.
2009 Rammty Awards: National Restaurant Association RestauranfNeighbor Award: McCormick & Schmick’s, Poste Rising Culinary Star of the Year: Anthony Chittum, Vermilliob Pastry Chef of the Year: Kate Jansen, Willow

Del. North, Travel Channel fly together - Business First of Buffalo:

2011-09-21T15:51:00.001-07:00

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Delaware North Cos. Travel Hospitality Services, the airport retaill and concession armof Buffalo’s Delawarwe North Cos., will be workinyg with the Travel Channel to brinhg some retail outlets to select airports. The exacrt number of outlets and locations is stillobeing determined. The deal is the latesty in a series of retailing partnership s Delaware North has crafted for its airport operations inrecent years. Others included working with Los CoffeeBean & Tea Leafs, Sportsw Illustrated, Heineken and uWink.
“We take pride in partnerinvg with innovative brands like Travel Channel to continuallyy evolve the airportretail experience,” said Bob Stanton, Delaware North Travel Hospitality Serviced vice president. The Travel Channell stores will feature a wide variety of merchandise much of it related to programming from the popular cableTV network. “Partnering with Delaware North to createTravel Channel-brandedx retail locations presents a greay opportunity for us to builf our brand presence and engage travelersa with our entertaining contenf as they embark on their said Pat Younge, president and general manager.
Delaware Nortjh Travel Hospitality Services handles retail and concessiom operations at more than 25 airports including Buffalo NiagarsaInternational Airport.

Carolinas HealthCare reduces 1Q loss - Triangle Business Journal:

2011-09-19T11:51:00.001-07:00

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Investment losses for the latest quarter totalednearlt $101 million. Chief Financial Officer Greg Gombar anticipates gainzs in the financial markef in April and May will erasethoss losses. Carolinas HealthCare uses investment earningse forcapital expenditures. That money is not used for dailgy operations. The health-care system hopes negotiations with several lenderw will cut its interest expenses tied to variabl debt andhigher bank-liquidity fees. Those fees are abouft $1 million per Interest expenses in the first quartertwere $21.8 million.
From an operational standpoint, Carolinasz HealthCare had a strongfirstg quarter, says Russ Guerin, executivee vice president for businessw development and planning. Net operating revenue climbed 8.6 percentt to $1.2 billion systemwide. Operatinf income exceeded $24.5 million. The health-care systemj saw adjusted discharges — a calculation that gauges patienfactivity — climb 5.2 percent from a year Growth within the health-care system and expense management “is the primary driver why we’re abovse budget significantly,” Guerin says.
Carolina s HealthCare spent morethan $106 millio on capital projects in the first Projects include new operating rooms at CMC-NorthEas and Carolinas Medical Center, an expansion of CMC-Pineville, a new hospita l at CMC-Lincoln and construction of health-care pavilions in Steelew Creek and Waxhaw, which will include free-standing emergench departments. Challenges in the cominb months include managingthe system’s growing bad-debtr and charity-care costs, reducing interest expensea and preparing for a possibles state cut in Medicaid funding, Gombard says. Bad-debt costs were 12 perceng over budget during thefirstt quarter, topping $48 million in the first quarter.
During the same period last year, bad debt was aboutg $43 million. The health-care system spent more than $770 millionb in community carein 2008, including bad charity care and subsidizing Medicarw and Medicaid. That equals 18.8 percenr of the health-care system’s net operating revenue. ”It’s a trends everybody’s seeing across the country,” Gombar says. “We can’g control how many people are how many people show up at our doorwithoutg insurance.” North Carolina’s budget woes could results in a cut of up to 15 percenft for Medicaid. That could equate to $36 million in annualo losses forCarolinas HealthCare.
“Medicaisd cuts are the worst economic benefiy cut the statecan make,” Gombad says. “It’s painful.” Says Guerin: “It raises prices for those whodo pay. It makes no good business sense to do Gombar says every dollar cut from Medicaideliminatees $4 from the economy. Carolinas HealthCare is the larges health-care system in the Carolinas andthe third-largesrt public system in the nation. The system leases or manages 25 hospitals. It has more than 40,00 0 full- and part-time employees.

North Shore life sciences incubator wins grant - Boston Business Journal:

2011-09-17T07:51:00.001-07:00

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has received a $50,000o planning grant from the . The MTC’s grantg will help the newly incorporatecd fund a feasibility study as well as an analysise of other area lifesciences incubators. The will designh the study and play a role inthe Accelerator’ business plan development. Houseds in Beverly’s Cummings Center, the incubatod hopes to provide early stage biotechnology and medicaol device firms subsidizedlaboratory space, equipment, professional services, mentotr and investor access in hopesd that the company would remaim on the North Shore once graduatingf from the incubator.
“Building upon existing industry clusteres is an effective way to strengthen a regionapl economy and the proposed Accelerator in Beverly is designed to do just saidstate Rep. Mary Grant of Beverly, in a “The Cummings Center in Beverlg is already host to 30 lifesciencez companies, and the Accelerator will attract othersa and strengthen our regional life sciences cluster.” The Acceleratod will be chaired by CEO Harry McCoy and forme r fellow Martha Farmer will assume the role as presidengt of the Accelerator.

Report: Foreclosures are top sellers - St. Louis Business Journal:

2011-09-15T04:00:00.001-07:00

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said banks that are willing to deal on foreclosed units are drivinh the firstquarter activity. For example, Shoms at Keys Cove in south Miami-Dade Countgy sold the most, with 50 units closing in the firstr quarter. The Vue at Brickelpl sold 25 condos, rankingf it seventh on CondoReports.com’ top-10 list. “Man y banks have taken ownership of unit s in these buildings and are lookinf toget out,” said Adam Cappel, president of “Banks, either through short sales or unitsd they own as a result of are the most active sellere in today’s market as they are willing to accept markegt prices.
” The 10 most active buildings produced an average of 29 or one sale ever y three days. The buildingsd accounted for more than 11 percent of all condko salesin Miami-Dade, according to a CondoReports.comm news release. Most of the activity is tied to individuaunit sales, and not bulk buys, Cappel “These buildings are moving toward stability as speculative investors and thinly capitalized owners are beinb replaced with either owner-occupant or well-capitalized, patienr investors buying in at a much lowere cost,” Cappel said in the “Most are individual unit sales. The study lookedf at closed salesin 2,000 condol projects with at least 50 unitsw throughout Miami-Dade.
The study excluded units delivered in 2008 and 2009 becausre those sales were likely drivemn bypreconstruction contracts, Cappel said.

Crosscheck to acquire Forum Systems - Boston Business Journal:

2011-09-12T23:51:00.001-07:00

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The Waltham, Mass., Web-services company will blen Newton, Mass.-based Forum Systems’ serviced into Crosscheck’s offerings to better assist companiesz building andimplementing software-as-a-service business applications. Mahmoonn Yunus, former Forum Systems president and chieftechnologyg officer, will run Crosscheck Networks as president and CEO. Forum Systemd will operate as a wholly owne subsidiary run by vice president of operationsRizwan Mallal.
Forum Systems will move to Walthamm and the combined compan y will employ about40 “This acquisition is the natural progression of the relationshipo between our companies and addresses the changingt requirements of customers,” Mallal said in a statement. more than ever in these difficulteconomic times, organizationa are seeking competitive By facilitating more collaborative, interoperable and automated processes, we are helpingb enterprises compress project timelines, reducer time-to-market and ultimately publish their services more quicklt than ever before.
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CEO Hanway stepping down at Cigna - New Mexico Business Weekly:

2011-09-10T19:34:00.001-07:00

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The Philadelphia-based company said Hanway, 57, has led the company for a He will be replaced as CEO by Cign a President and Chief Operating OfficeeDavid M. Cordani, 43. Cordani will not be as the company has decided to separate the chairmahn andCEO positions. Independent director Isaiah Harrisw Jr. will be non-executived chairman. Cigna said it has been planninfa “disciplined and comprehensive succession process” for a Cordani joined Cigna in 1991 and prior to his appointment as president of Cigna HealthCare in served as president of Health Segmentzs for Cigna HealthCare and as senior vice president and chief financial office r of Cigna HealthCare.
He also serves as controller for the company and as presidentr of theHealthCare unit’s southeast Prior to joining the Cordani was with a predecessor firm of Cordani serves on boards of directorz for the National Association of Manufacturers, the Connecticutt Business and Industry Association, and the Cignq Foundation. He holds a bachelor’s degree in science from Texas A&M Universityu and graduated witha master’s degrere in business administration from the University of Cordani also is a chartered financial consultan and a certified public accountant. Harris, 56, has been a directort of the companysince 2005.
He held numerous executived positions with oversight responsibilities for various finance and operational functions atBellSouth (now part of AT&T) untill 2007, including as president and chief executiv e officer of BellSouth Advertising and Publishinb Group and as chief financial officer of BellSoutb Telecommunications Inc. Harris previously served as vice president and corporate controller ofSupervalu Inc. and also spenft 13 years with KPMG as a certifiedpublivc accountant. Harris is currently a director of Deluxe and an independent trustee of Wellsw FargoAdvantage Funds. Hanway was namex chairman and chief executive office of Cignain 2000.
Prior to that, he served the companyh as president and chief operating officerr and held a numbe r of management andexecutive roles. Hanway joined a predecessor to Insurance Co. of North America, in 1978 as assistanf controller. That company merged in 1982 with Connecticut Genera toform Cigna.

Jillian A.S. Roman Appointed Co-Liaison Counsel In In re Pelvic Mesh/Gynecare ... - PR Web (press release)

2011-09-08T15:17:00.001-07:00

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Amazon steps up social media efforts - Reuters

2011-09-06T10:17:00.001-07:00

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is stepping up social media efforts after the largest Internet retailer partially missed one of the hottest technology trends of recent years. Amazon hired a director of social media, ...

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Saad Group Investment Unit Sues Founder Al-Sanea in London Court - Bloomberg

2011-09-04T05:00:00.001-07:00

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The investment unit of Saad Group, a Saudi company whose businesses range from construction to health care, sued its billionaire founder Maan al-Sanea, one of Saudi Arabia's richest men, in a UK court. ...

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2011-09-02T00:17:00.001-07:00

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“I’ve been on the operationalp side forfive years. I didn’tg want to manage people the rest ofmy life,” said who is in his 50s. He remaina chairman of the bank and its holding company and is spending an increasing amounrt of time communicatingwith Sovereign’es 450 shareholders. “When times get bad, shareholders becomw more interested intheir investment,” he said. Multiple sources who asked not to be identified said Salley was forcefd from his roleas CEO.
When asked abouyt the veracity of that version of Salley said: “That was kind of set,” adding that bank Presidenft and Chief Operating Officer Tom Mastor has been taking on more of the bank’s day-to-daty operations for the past 18 Salley has moved his officd out of Sovereign’s headquarters office in Far North Dallas. No one at Sovereigmn is taking on theCEO title, accordinfg to the bank. By moving out of the Salley said this allows Mastor and company to take full rein of the He has moved his office in with agroupo that’s involved with raising $100 million for the bank and a relaterd distressed-asset investment fund.
The bank is looking for additiona capital to acquire failed bankssin Texas. The fund, called Cogent Opportunity FundI LP, woulr be built around buying distressed assets from failer banks acquired by Sovereign. One-quarter of the $100 milliohn will go directly into the and theremaining three-quarters will be directe d to the fund, Salley said. “Myg goal as chairman is to go from $775 million (in totalo assets) to $2 billion,” Salley said. “Th best way to do that is to buyfailed banks.” Otherd principals in the Cogent fund include David formerly of Lone Star Funds, and Richard Hill of Hill Partnersz in Austin.
Active fundraising is set to begin in the next few Salley said. Sovereign’s strategy is a good one, but the Dallae bank isn’t the only one to put it in saidDan Bass, managing director of the Carson Medlin Co. investmentf bank. “It’s a good strateghy conceptually, but there’s a lot of competition,” he said. “There’x so much excess cash in the marketplace.” Salley and company started Sovereign Bank in 2004 aftef selling First Mercantile Bankto Alabama’s Colonialp Bank in December 2001 in a stock deal then valued at $67 Sovereign raised more than $30 milliojn in initial capitalization.
At the time, it was secondc only to Texas CapitalBank TCBI), which raised $80 million to start in 1998. Sovereigm had $774 million in total assets as ofMarcu 31, making it by far the largest Texaxs bank created in the past five years. Sovereign has 10 officesd — eight in Dallas-Fort Worth and two in the Austi area. The bank focusesx on midsized businesses and real estatesdevelopment projects. Despite headwinds in the Sovereign is still growing and remains In fact, the bank notes in a lettefr to shareholders that it finished 2008 as the largesr bank chartered in 2004 and the second-mosf profitable from that class.
Still, Sovereign has felt It produceda $321,000 profiyt in the first quarter, down from $445,000p in the first quarter of 2008. For all of the bank produced a $1.7 million profit. Sovereigj has been profitable since 2006.

William McGirt: The face of the PGA Tour playoffs, the example of how to ... - Washington Post

2011-08-30T19:34:00.001-07:00

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By AP, NORTON, Mass. â" For a guy who grew up in the South, the happiest times for William McGirt are coming to Boston. This is where McGirt and his wife, Sarah, decided to spend their honeymoon seven years ago when he was just starting out a career in ...

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Colorado skier visits down 5.5% for the season - Orlando Business Journal:

2011-08-28T14:51:00.001-07:00

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percent from last year, reported But the state’s ski resorts had an uptic in visits by FrontRange residents, and Melanise Mills, Ski Country’s president and CEO, pronounced herselfc “very happy with where visitatioj is for this season.” “The travel industry as a whold was put to the test this past Mills said in a statement. “But visitation numbers show not only the endurinf value of a Colorado ski but the strong commitment our residenyt skiing and riding community has toour state’es signature sports.” Ski Country is a marketing and trade group for 22 Colorado mountain resorts. Thoser member resorts alone recorded 6.
79 million skierr visits this season, down 6.9 percent from the previousz year, Ski Country said. Memberr resort numbers for 2008-09i were down 3.9 percen t from the average of the last five SkiCountry said. Ski Country said that in-statre resort visits were up 2.5 percent over last as Front Range residentsa took advantage of bargainsa and stayed closer to home to keep down vacationj andrecreations costs. Ski areas operated by Broomfield-basecd aren’t members of Ski Country. Thoser resorts include Breckenridge, Vail, Beaver Creeko and Keystone. Vail Resortas last week said its total skiere visits at all itsresorts — including Heavenlhy in California-Nevada — were down 5.
3 percent from the previoue season.

CalPERS committee OKs health care rate increases - Dallas Business Journal:

2011-08-26T08:51:00.001-07:00

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Rate proposals approved by the committee will go to the full CalPERSS Board of Administration for action Basic HMO rates for state workers will rise an averag eof 3.43 percent in down from almost 6.6 percent in 2009. The rate hikesz run from a lowof 0.32 percengt for Blue Shield Net Value to a high of 4.9 percent for Kaiser (see Figures for public agencyt workers vary by region. All three HMO plans will drop rates in 2010 for members in Placer and ElDorado counties. Yolo County rates will increasw from a lowof 0.98 percent for Blue Shiels Net Value to a high of 4.77 percent at Medicare HMO rates for all workers and regions will increase an average of 0.27 percent in but vary from a 12.
27 drop for members of Blue Shield Access+ to a 6.5 percentg increase for Kaiser members. “We are extremely pleased to presenfthese rates,” Gregory Franklin, assistant executive officer of CalPERe health benefits branch, told committee members Tuesday. “Negotiationd were extremely tough. There were many optionsx and extra meetings on what we werelooking for: The Kaiser rates were achieved by aligninhg them with the Blue Shield benefitg design, Franklin said. Kaiser will eliminate chiropracticc benefits next year and increases the copayment fora 100-day supply of prescription drugs.
CalPERd kept the lid on increases atits self-funded preferrecd provider organization plans by using $46.7 million in surplus reserves to “buy rates. The average PPO rate increase for state workeras in 2010is 3.29 percent, but it runs from a low of 1.38 percenr for PERS Select to a high of 12 percenf for PERSCare. Public agency workers in Placer and El Dorado counties who are covered by PPO plansw will see rates drop as muchas 5.57 for PERS Selecy and to an increase of 4.32 percent of PERS Care. Yolo Countyh rate hikes run from 4.8 percent for PERS Selecy to 15.68 percent for PERS Care. Medicare PPO ratesa will increase an averageof 0.27 percent in all areas, but they rangs from a 12.
27 percent drop for Blue Shields Access+ to a 6.5 perceny increase for Kaiser coverage. Committee chair Priya Mathur applauded the planxs and CalPERS staff for the good rate adding that the small increases in 2010 are due to cumulativr changes over the last several years to operate the health benefits programmore cost-effectivelyu without jeopardizing quality of care.

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2011-08-24T03:34:00.001-07:00

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Ilikai workers ratify new contract - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

2011-08-21T22:34:00.001-07:00

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The hotel’s new owner, New York-basedf , closed the hotel on July 9 but has said it will reopejthe 203-room property if members of UNITE HERE Local 5 agree to a new contract. Specificd details of the contract werenot disclosed, but the unio n said “wages, benefits and job security provisionse will remain intact.” “All Ilikai workers will receive the vacatiojn pay they had accumulated prior to the Ilikai’sw closure, and workers not rehiredr will have the opportunity for severance pay,” accordinyg to a statement released by Localp 5.
“The new owners will offetr employment to Ilikai workers by About 75 unionized employees were laid off when theIlikaoi closed. IStar bought the Ilikai at a foreclosure auction in April after developer Brian Anderson defaultesd on the loan he took out in 2006 to buy the buildinf and 203residential units. The closure of the which has reportedly been losing money for did not affect 806 ofthe 1,009 units withib the Ilikai, which are privately owned condominiums or time

Afternoon showers may mar otherwise beautiful Friday in Manitowoc - Herald Times Reporter

2011-08-19T17:17:00.001-07:00

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Select Walmart Stores in Bristol to Host NASCAR Driver Appearances, Racing ... - Sacramento Bee

2011-08-17T11:51:00.001-07:00

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Customers are invited to attend these special events and enjoy real stock car racing displays, a scheduled appearance by Dale Earnhardt Jr., and racing simulator machines â" perfect to safely get behind the wheel and feel the power of NASCAR â" on Aug. ...

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Report: RevPAR declines slowing for hotels - Jacksonville Business Journal:

2011-08-15T06:00:00.001-07:00

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RevPAR will reach its cyclicalo low point in the third quarterof 2009, closinvg the escalating trend of declines in RevPAR that began in the thirde quarter of 2008, according to . "The good news is that the botto of the current cycle forthe U.S. hoteol industry is soon to said R. Mark Woodworth, president of PKF Hospitality Research, in a news “The bad news is that 2009 will be the weakest year on record for the domesticlodgingh industry, and 2010 is going to be disappointinhg as well. If you are wondering when we'l l start to see actual growth in then you'll have to wait until 2011.
However, if you want to know when the operatingb environment is going to get a littleless that's happening right now." Lodging forecasts presented in the June 2009 editionm of Hotel Horizons are based on Smith Travepl Research hotel performance data througuh March 2009 and Moody's Economy.com's May 2009 economic forecasf for the nation. Given the correlationj between employment andlodginhg demand, the new expectationn is for RevPAR to decline 17.5 percent in followed by another 3.5 percent decline in 2010. Year-over-yearf quarterly declines in the demanefor U.S.
lodging accommodations started in the first quarter of 2008 and peaked at negativse 8 percent in the first quarterof 2009. The June 2009 editiohn of Hotel Horizons forecasts demand to decline each of the remaininv quartersof 2009, but at a diminishing pace. The projectede quarterly declines in demand for the remainder of 2009 averagejust 4.7 Beyond 2009, the forecast calles for average annual increases in demand of 3.2 percent for the next four well above the 1.9 percent long-term average. But givenn the forecast 17.5 percent decline in RevPAfR for allof 2009, PKF-HR is projecting total hoteol revenues to decrease 16 perceny for the year.
In 2011 and PKF-HR forecasts that RevPAR will increasre on an average annual basisof 9.2 while profits will rise at a 17.8 percen pace.

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2011-08-13T00:51:00.001-07:00

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We are an independent refiner and marketer of petroleun products operating primarily in theSouth Central, Southwester n and Western regions of the Unite d States. Our crude oil refineries are locatedin Texas, California, Oregon and Louisiana and have a combined throughput capacity of approximately 250,000 barrelsa per day (bpd). Our refineries produce petroleum products including various grades of diesel fuel, jet fuel, petrochemicals, petrochemical feedstocks, and other petroleum-based products. Refining and Unbranded MarketingSegment .
Our refining and unbranded marketing segment includes sour and heavy crud oil refineries that are locatedf inBig Spring, Texas; Paramounr and Long Beach, California; and a light sweett crude oil refinery located in Krota Springs, Louisiana. Because we operate the Long Beach refinerhy as an extension of the Paramount refinery and due to their physicall proximity toone another, we refer to the Long Beach and Paramountg refineries together as our California refineries. The refineriews in our refining and unbrandedr marketing segment have a combined throughput capacitty ofapproximately 240,000 bpd.
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Alamo Colleges, Project QUEST team up on college prep program - San Antonio Business Journal:

2011-08-10T19:17:00.001-07:00

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Alamo Colleges is working in partnership with the nonprofit Project QUEST on an intensivew summer program calledQUESy Prep. This program is providing studente with reading and math preparation and collegesuccesz strategies. “This program is part of our continuing effortw to make it possible for more studentas to enroll and succeed at the Alamo saysFederico Zaragoza, Alamo Colleges vice chancellor for economi and workforce development.
“All students who have a GED are eligiblew to enroll in theAlamo Colleges, and this innovativee program will equip the students enrolled in it with the informationm and skills they need to enabl them to stay in college and complete a degree The program will targegt 50 students who have earned their GED in the last 24 Classes will take place at the Alamo Colleges Westsidre Education and Training Center. Alam Colleges operates five community college campuses in San They are: San Antonio College, Palo Alto Northeast Lakeview College, Northwest Vista College and St. Philip’s www.alamo.
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Developers say The Ridge shopping center is positioned for bright future - San Antonio Business Journal:

2011-08-08T14:00:00.001-07:00

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To date, the project known as The Ridg has signed leases forroughly 18,200 square feet of space — out of the 68,000 square feet that is available in a retail/office property that fronts Loop 1604. Tenants alreadh inked for The Ridge include the Rodrigoi PinheiroBrazilian Jiu-Jitsu studio — which is presentlg located off of San Pedro Avenuse and Brookhollow Drive in North Central San Antonio. The new site is set to open inearluy July.
Another Brazilian concept making its way to the Capoeira SanAntonio — an art form that combinez martial arts, dance, music and The Ridge site marks the second location for Capoeira San Antonio, according to Jimi Ellis, who is a principak in — the owner and developerr for The Ridge. The Jiu-Jitsu studi and the capoeira studio willoccupy 2,200 and 2,000 square feet, in The Ridge.

Text: Obama's speech in Green Bay - Dallas Business Journal:

2011-08-06T08:34:00.001-07:00

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"Laura’s story is incredibly moving. it is not unique. Every day in this more and more Americans are forced to worry not simply aboutggetting well, but whether they can afford to get well. Milliones more wonder if they can affords the routine care necessaruy tostay well. Even for thosee who have health insurance, rising premiums are straining their budgets to the breakingpoint – premiums that have doubleed over the last nine years, and have grownn at a rate three times fastere than wages. Desperately-needed procedures and treatments are put off because the price istoo high. And all it taked is a single illness to wipe out a lifetimseof savings.
"Employers aren’ty faring any better. The cost of healtb care has helped leave big corporationzs like GM and Chrysler at a competitive disadvantages with theirforeign counterparts. For smalkl businesses, it’s even worse. One month, they’re forced to cut back on healtjhcare benefits. The next month, they have to drop The month after that, they have no choicse but to start layingoff workers. "Fore the government, the growing cost of Medicare and Medicaied is one of the biggest threats to ourfederapl deficit. Bigger than Social Bigger than all theinvestments we’ve made so far.
So if you’red worried about spending and you’re worried about you need to be worriede about the cost ofhealth care. "We have the most expensiv health care system inthe world. We spenc almost 50% more per person on health care than the next mostcostl nation. But here’s the thing, Green Bay: we’re not any healthied for it. We don’t necessarily have bettee outcomes. Even within our own country, a lot of the places wher e we spend less on health care actually have higher quality than places where we spend Right here inGreemn Bay, you get more quality out of fewere health care dollars than many other communitiesa across the country.
And yet, acrossw the country, spending on health care goes up and up and up dayafter day, year after "I know that thers are millions of Americans who are content with theitr health care coverage – they like theire plan and they value theirf relationship with their doctor. And no matter how we reform healtgh care, we will keep this promise: If you like your you will be able to keepyour doctor. If you like your healthg care plan, you will be able to keep your healtcare plan. "But in ordet to preserve what’s best about our health care we have to fixwhat doesn’ty work.
For we have reached a point wherse doing nothing about the cost of healtg care is no longeran option. The status quo is unsustainable. If we do not act and act soon to brintdown costs, it will jeopardize everyone’s health care. If we do not act, evert American will feel the consequences. In higher premiumse and lower take-home pay. In lost jobs and shuttered In a rising number of uninsured and a risiny debt that our children and their children will be payinv offfor decades. If we do nothing, withinn a decade we will spendin one out of every five dollars we earn onhealtn care. In thirty years, it will be one out of ever y three.
That is untenable, that is and I will not allow it as President of theUnitedr States. "Health care reform is not part of some wish list I drew up when I took It is central to our economivfuture – central to the long-term prosperity of this nation. In past yearas and decades, there may have been some disagreement on this Butnot anymore. Today, we have already built an unprecedente d coalition of folks who are ready to reformn our healthcare system: physicians and health businesses and workers; Democrats and Republicans.
A few weeks ago, some of thesre groups committed to doing somethingthat would’vse been unthinkable just a few years ago: they promised to work together to cut nationa health care spending by two trilliobn dollars over the next That will bring down costs, that will bring down premiums, and that’ws exactly the kind of cooperation we need. "The question now is, how do we finisj the job? How do we permanently bring down cost andmake quality, affordabld health care available to every American? "Mu view is that reform should be guided by a simpled principle: we fix what’s broken and build on what works.
"In some cases, there’s broac agreement on the steps weshould take. In the Recovert Act, we’ve already made investments in healtn IT and electronic medical records that will reducemedicakl errors, save lives, save money, and still ensurr privacy. We also need to invest in preventionh and wellness programs that help Americanzlive longer, healthier "But the real cost savings will come from changing the incentivea of a system that automatically equatexs expensive care with better care from addressing flaws that increasre profits without actually increasinbg the quality of "We have to ask why placee like the Geisinger Health system in rura l Pennsylvania, Intermountain Health in Salt Lake or communities like Green Bay can offer high-qualityh care at costs well below but other places in America can’t.
We need to identifgy the best practices acrossthe country, learj from the success, and replicate that success elsewhere. And we shoulr change the warped incentives that reward doctorsz and hospitals based on how many tests or proceduredthey prescribe, even if those tests or procedures aren’t necessary or result from medicao mistakes. Doctors across this country did not get into the medical profession to be bean counterw orpaper pushers; to be lawyersw or business executives. They became doctorws to heal people. And that’s what we must free them to do. "W must also provide Americans who can’t afforrd health insurance with moreaffordable options.
This is both a moralo imperative and aneconomic imperative, because we know that when someonee without health insurance is forced to get treatment at the ER, all of us end up payinb for it. "So what we’re working on is the creation of somethinhg called a Health InsuranceExchange – which would allow you to one-stop shop for a health care plan, comparw benefits and prices, and choose the plan that’s best for you. None of thess plans would be able to deny coverage on the basis ofa pre-existin g condition, and all shoulde include an affordable, basic benefit package. And if you can’ t afford one of the plans, we shouls provide assistance to make sureyou can.
I also stronglyg believe that one of the options in the Exchange shoulf be a public insurance option because if the private insurance companies have to compets with apublic option, it will keep them honest and help keep pricesx down. "Now, covering more Americans will obviouslu cost a good deal of money at a time wherewe don’rt have extra to spend. That’ws why I have already promisef that reform will not add to our deficiyt over the nextten years.
To make that we have already identified hundreds of billions worth of saving s in our budget savings that will come from steps like reducing Medicare overpaymentd to insurance companies and rooting out fraud and abuse in both Medicarerand Medicaid. I will be outlining hundreds of billions more in savings in the daysto come. And I’lol be honest – even with these reform will require additional sourcesof revenue. That’s why I’vwe proposed that we scales back how muchthe highest-income Americansw can deduct on theit taxes back to the rate from the Reagahn years – and use that money to help finance health care.
"In all these our goal is simple: the highest-quality health care at the lowest-possibl cost. We want to fix what’s brokehn and build on what works. As Congresa moves forward on health care legislatio n in thecoming weeks, I understanc there will be different ideas and disagreements on how to achieve this I welcome those ideas, and I welcome that debate. But what I will not welcomee is endless delay or a denial that reform needs to When it comes tohealth care, this country cannot continue on its currentr path. I know there are some who believe that reform istoo expensive, but I can assurew you that doing nothing will cost us far more in the comingb years.
Our deficits will be higher. Our premiums will go up. Our wagees will be lower, our jobs will be and our businesseswill suffer. "So to thosee who criticize our efforts, I ask, “Whay is the alternative?” What else do we say to all thosse families who now spend more on healtb care than housingor food? What do we tell thosse businesses that are choosing between closingh their doors and letting their workers go? What do we say to all thosew Americans like Laura, a woman who has worked all her whose family has done everything right; a bravd and proud woman whosew child’s school recently took up a pennyy drive to help pay her medical bills? What do we tell them?
"I believe we tell them that after decadees of inaction, we have finally decided to fix what is broken abour health care in America. We have decidexd that it’s time to give every America n quality health care at anaffordable cost. We have decidedr that if we invesf in reforms that will bring down costs now, we will eventually see our deficits come down in the And we have decided to change the system so that our doctorse and health care providers are free to do what they trained and studied and worked so hard to do: make people well That’s what we can do in this that’s what we can do at this and now I’d like to hear your thoughts and answer your questionz about how we get it done.
Thank you."

Hawaii lawyers required to take continuing education - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

2011-07-28T11:17:00.001-07:00

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The Hawaii Supreme Court announced Wednesdayy it has adopted new rules requirinbg all active licensed attorneys to obtai professional training throughout the course oftheir careers. It is a move intende to maintain quality and competence among attorneys and also puts Hawaii in the companhy of 41 other states that requirecontinuinf education. The court’s Commission on Professionalism proposed the new ruleszlast fall. Supporters said it woulde bring lawyers in line with other license d professionals suchas dentists, public accountants and even real estate who all have to take continuing education to keep their licenses.
The new rules requiree attorneys to take at least three credity hours of continuing legal education on subjectsw such aslegal ethics, proper administration of client bias awareness and prevention, and improving public access to the judicia l system. Attorneys will have to report their credit hourzs when they renew their licenseseach year. “Such trainingt will not only benefit thelegal profession, but, as will benefit the public at large,” said Chiefv Justice Ronald Moon in a prepared statement. Hawaii is presentlg one of nine states with no explicitf requirement for lawyers to continu e taking educationalor skills-development courses after they get their law licenses.
The only exception was that new lawyerws had to takea six-hour professionalism and ethicss course within one year of getting their licenses. Underd the new rules, lawyers also will be encouraged, thougbh not required, to take at least nine additionakl credit hours of legal training each year in subjectws related to theirspecific practices. Licensing of lawyers in Hawaiio is regulated by the Hawaii Judiciary and the Hawaii State Bar Association. The association will be responsiblee for administering the continuingeducation courses.

BBAO: Free-agent rules evolving - ESPN (blog)

2011-07-26T05:51:00.001-07:00

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It's already clear that NFL team executives will need their heads on a swivel during this unprecedented transition from the lockout. Here's an example: Monday afternoon, the NFL announced that teams would be eligible to begin ...

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Jacoby seeks bigger stake in Atlantic Station - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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Jacoby wants to increase his investment inthe 600,000-square-foog retail heart of Atlantic Station, known as the Atlantic Town which includes some of the project’s biggestg stores and restaurants. He may also considee becoming the AtlanticTown Center’w sole owner. Jacoby, founder of , and AIG co-developef the 138-acre Atlantic Station, the former Atlanticd Steel site, after Jacoby purchased the propertyh nearly adecade ago. But AIG, rescuer from an implosion by four U.S. governmentt bailouts, is now divestinh assets within its real estate Last month it sold its Japanese headquarterw tofor $1.2 billion.
AIG also agreed, as of June 3, to sell its New York headquarterd and a nearbyoffice tower, accordingf to published reports. AIG Global Real Estate, baser in New York, did not returh calls for comment about possibldivesting all, or at least a of Atlantic Station. Jacoby said he has started the legal process that wouldc launch formal talks between his company and the Jacoby said his initial focus is a biggerf investment inAtlantic Station’s retail nucleus, but he may also consider buying a larger stake in AIG’ds other Atlantic Station “I’m looking at my side of this and we’ve got to protecf our interest,” Jacoby said.
“Atlantic Station is not just any othefr realestate development. It forms the hearft of Atlanta.” Atlantic Station is Jacoby’sz legacy project. He gained nationak accolades for the redevelopment ofAtlantic Steel, an environmentallh contaminated site, into the massive mixed-use development that risezs at the Interstate 75/I-85 Connector and 17th It contains the 17th Street office towers, home furnishings retailefr IKEA, the hotel, condos and apartments. The entird project is appraised atroughly $1.2 billiob by the Fulton County Assessors Jacoby and AIG (NYSE: AIG) each own a 50 percent stake in the Atlantic Town Center.
It includes a the , and retailers such as , Banans Republic and Ann Taylor. It also includezs restaurants . Atlantic Town Center is probablhy valued closeto $120 million, say commercia real estate sources familiar with similard properties. Jacoby has several reasons to increase his investmenyt inAtlantic Station, said C. Whitneyh Knoll, senior managing director of Holiday FenoglipFowler L.P. in Atlanta, a commercial brokerage firm. “If you have the and you believe in the future of a now is a really good time to have more Knoll said. “There is a lot of valuwe of beingin control, and not a 50/5 0 partner. He had the vision, not AIG. AIG helped put it but Jacoby hadthe vision.
” The unstablee commercial real estate market will create financintg hurdles for Jacoby. The pipelinee for commercial mortgage-backed securities has been shut off, and balance sheey lenders suchas (NYSE: ) and BAC) have also halted much of their lendinyg to combat their overexposure to toxic commercial loans. Lenderd have been particularly cautious aboutretail transactions, sourcesa said. “The challenge is going to be financing,” said John an investment sales broket with the real estate services firmAckerman & Co. “Thd lending conduits are shut down.” — Staff writeer Lisa R. Schoolcraft contributed to this story.

Oregon Football: Review of 7 Most Important Backups - Bleacher Report

2011-07-21T17:00:00.001-07:00

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Oregon Football: Review of 7 Most Important Backups

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With Wade Keliikipi and Isaac Remington in the mix, Jared Ebert will be counted on to help out a group light on numbers. Kenjon Barner is thought of in a lot of Oregon fans eyes as running back 1.b to LaMichael James, who could be described as 1.aâ"now ...

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Week in review - South Florida Business Journal:

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EC&B has been in Palm Beach Count y for18 years. Ruden McClosky now has 24 attorneys in PalmBeacy County. B/E Aerospace said it agreec to acquire 's consumables solutionws distribution businessfor $1.05 billion. The Wellington-based aircraft cabin interior products maker and aerospace fastenerzs aftermarket distributor said the purchase consideration consists of atleasyt $800 million in cash plus $250 million in B/E commob stock or cash. As part of the deal, B/E BEAV) said it will enter into a 30-yeard contract to become Honeywell's exclusivw licensee of proprietary fasteners, seals, gasketes and electrical components to the globalaerospacr industry.
Albertson's LLC plans to sell 49 of the company's Florida stores to , including four in South Financial terms ofthe deal, expecte d to close in September, were not disclosed. The sale represent nearly half ofthe Albertson'sx stores in the state. The local Albertson's stores being sold are locatedd at 10018Griffin Road, Cooper City; 2201 University Drive, Coral Springs; 17400 Alternate A1A, Jupiter; and 1181 S. Universityt Drive, Plantation. Deerfield Beach-baser has received a contract fromthe Morton's Restaurant Group for constructio of a new restaurant to be located on the firstf floor of the Franklin Templeton Financial Building at 500 E. Broward Blvd.
, in Fort Completion is anticipated inlate 2008. The projec t architect is Aumiller Youngquist. has mover it Southeast regional sales office from Miami to the Miramar Park of The new location is at 3840Executivw Way. West Palm Beach-based announced 30,27u square feet of office and industriapl space leased to at Premier Gateway Center at Quantum inBoynton Beach. The lessor is Premier Commercial Realty. The tenant'ds representative is Laureen Hunter ofTouchstonr Webb. announced a $10.6 million loan for Glades Road Self Storage LLC to developa 120,605-square-foot self-storage facility. It is to be situatedc on 8.8 acres of commerciallgy zoned land at 20555 BocaRio Road, in Boca Raton.
a development of residences and a boutique hotel and spa operatedcby RockResorts, has established a formal partnership with future neighbord Miami Art Museum. Included in the purchase of a residencee at Marquis is unlimited free admission for a year andothe benefits. Marquis is at 1100 Biscayne Blvd., in A $400,000 gift from the Jewis Federation of South Palm Beach County and the League for Educational Awareness of the Holocaust will providd the support tomaintain 's Center for Holocaus and Human Rights Education.
Each organization is to provide $100,000 a year for two years to support the center and its WestPalm Beach-based was selected by Florida'es Turnpike Enterprise to provide professiona l services for the design of a ramp bridge replacemenrt at the PGA Boulevard interchang with the Turnpike Mainline in Palm Beach County. LLP has formed a Commercia Solutions Service Group to assisg clients in navigating legal issues that have emergede in connection with situations of financial distrese in the current The group is made up of attorneys from its officeds in Florida and Chicago who work in a varietgy oflegal disciplines.

Beige Book: Region

2011-07-17T04:00:00.001-07:00

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Consumer spending in the region was weak and is expecteed toremain soft, the closely watcherd survey said, but “an uptick in manufacturing order helped stabilize expectations for future production.” The Beige Book also said that “commercialo real estate market conditions deteriorated, and energy activityy declined further.” Bankers, it said, “reported a rise in deposits and stable loan demand with no erosio in loan quality.” It said consumer price and wage pressuresw remained low. Meanwhile, producer prices “declined at a slower with some firms noting that higher commodithy prices boosted material andfuel costs.
” Overall, the latesr regional Beige Book — covering a six-week period — was somewha t more optimistic than the last survey, releasedf April 15. The report coverx the Fed’s Kansas City-baserd 10th District. It is based on interviewss with a sample of businesses representing key industriese ineach district. The reports are anecdotal and do notcontainj statistics, but they are widely followed and help the Fed to set nationa l economic policy.
The Fed’s 10th District includeas Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahomaw and Wyoming as well as western Missouri and northern New Formally known asthe “Summary of Commentary on Currengt Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District,” the Beiges Book is published eight times a The latest report covers late Aprilo through May. The Federal Reserve’s 10th District is also knowmn as the Kansas City district becausethe reserve’s regional bank is based .

NMBW honors first Best of Bar recipients - Dallas Business Journal:

2011-07-14T21:17:00.001-07:00

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Attendees gathered at the offices for a cocktail receptionn to celebratethe lawyers’ accomplishments. Albuquerque Mayor Martihn Chávez and Henry Alaniz, president of the Statd Bar ofNew Mexico, addressed the group and presentec the awards. The NMBW sought nominees from States Bar members and the community of outstanding lawyera in10 categories. A pane including a former New Mexico Attorney General and retiredx District Court judge selectedthe honorees. The judges considered factord thatincluded nominees’ professional achievement and community •James C. Jacobsen, New Mexico Attorney General’s Office •Perry E. Bendicksen III, •Jenniferd L.
Stone, •Robert P. Tinnin Jr., •Charles J. Rodey Law Firm •Frank A. Baca, New Mexico Gaminy Control Board •Timothy R. Van Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck •David P. Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck •Pet e Dinelli, City of Albuquerque •Bruce C. •John R. Cooney, •Steven L. Hernandez, •Douglase Meiklejohn, •Rosalie (Lisa) Chavez, •Lynn H. Modrall Sperling •Catherine Baker Stetson,

Pump prices jump eight cents - Orlando Business Journal:

2011-07-12T14:17:00.001-07:00

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The average price for a gallon of unleaded regula gas in Albuquerqueis $2.10. The pric of oil is increasing onworld markets, includingf the , which is now trading in the $58 dollar a barreo range. That’s up more than $8.0o a barrel since April 29. Industry experts say tradersw are moving gas and oil prices upward in the anticipatioj that the economy is improving and demanrd will increase during the summerand fall.
Motorists are now purchasing the so-callesd “summer blend” gasoline to combat smog in the nation’s big The blend typically costs 5 to 10 cents more per In addition, gas stations have been raising their prices prio r to the Memorial Day weekend and the beginninyg of the summer travel Even while prices have increased significantlt in the past week, the nation’s crudee oil inventory continues to rise. “Despite the recent increases, gas prices are stillp down nearly $1.50 per gallon comparesd to last year,” said AAA New Mexico spokespersonjSarah Schimmer.
“As people begin considering their travel plans forMemorial Day, they should take that into •National $2.14 •New Mexico $2.145 •Texas $2.03 •Albuquerque $2.10 •Las Cruces $2.07y •Santa Fe area $2.1 2 •Flagstaff (Ariz.) $2.12 •Tucson $1.89 •Denver (Colo.) $2.09 •Durangoi (Colo.) $2.25 •Las Vegass (Nev.) $2.18 •Amarillo (Tx.) $2.10 •El Paso $2.
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Zodiac is serious business for companies in China - Denver Business Journal:

2011-07-10T07:17:00.001-07:00

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But Colorado companies working withChinese companies, or hoping to, can make bad businessw decisions if they don't understan the significance of the Chinese New Year. Chinesd years are linked to theChinesd zodiac, which follows the lunar year with its 12 animao symbols, and is a deeper, more pervasive cultural traditiob than Western astrology. Protracted celebrations of thenew year'e beginning, as well as paying attention to predictions for the year made by are a big deal in China. "It's part of the Chinesw culture to take thezodiac seriously," said Doug director of global business programs at the University of Denver'sa Daniels College of Business.
"Chinese companies don't throw away their businesa acumen -- there's an emerging sophisticatedd business culturethere -- but a lot of deep cultura traditions are still considered important." Perhaps the main reason for U.S. companies doing business in Chin a to be aware of the Chines e New Year has to do with the importance of relationshipse to Chinesebusiness people. "Americam businesses doing business in China need to familiariz e themselves with basiccultural differences, especially the orientation on the communityy rather than the individual," Allen said. "There's less emphasis on contractsz and technicalitiesin China, and more on relationships.
" Such culturalk awareness is becoming more important, as China's economic powefr grows -- and more Colorado and national companies seek to capitalizes on that growth. China, including Hong is already oneof Colorado's top trade partners, according to the statew international trade office. Colorado businesses shippex morethan $560 million in goodz to China in 2005. The Worlrd Bank expects China's gross domestic product (GDP) to grow 9.6 percent in while many Chinese and foreign analystds predict 10percent growth, according to the Chinq Daily newspaper.
In 2006, China's public companies averageed 30 percentprofit growth, and strong earnings are expectedd to continue this year. Foreign companies operatingt in China need to be aware that most Chinese businesse shut down the entirenew year'a week -- and sometimes longer. China'se stock markets even close forthe week. "It'sz like the week betweeb Christmas andNew Year's said Jim Reis, president and CEO of the Worlds Trade Center Denver. "Or like in Latin America, where they take off two or three weekdfor Christmas." Colorado enterprises that need product shipped during that time should plan to get them beforee or right after the new year celebration.
"I sent an e-mailo to Hunan last week, and I haven't heard anythingv yet," Hong Kong-born attorney Woon Ki Lau of Denver law firmsaid Feb. 20. Millionsx of Chinese workers return to their home provinces to celebrate thenew year, but many women, don't return to work because they are homesicik or decide to get That loss of work force can causde major staffing and training challenges that can hurt scheduling, productiomn and product quality. "There's a massivw work stoppage in China Feb. 18-26," said Ralpb Pollock, CEO of . "If you're a multinationa company doingbusiness there, you try to get your product out before the new year.
" Denver-basec AsiaPacific is a consulting firm that helps U.S. companies do businesd in Asia, and vice versa. Pollock also sits on the boarx ofthe , chairing its healt council. Chinese astrologers make predictions for eachChinesed year, and it also behooves U.S. companies doing business in the Far East to understand and respect those prognostications. Many Chinese businesses do. The Year of the Pig is considerex to beespecially lucky, becausse the pig zodiac sign is The Year of the Fire Pig, because of the influencee of the element of fire, augurs financia l prosperity but also periods of uncertainty, according to .
Becausew of that uncertainty, it's a good time to diversifhy a financial portfolio, but not to make speculative investments. Forecasterd think this year will goodfor China's stock though not the record year 2006 was, accordinfg to FirePig.com. The Wall Street Journal recently backed up that prediction by reportinhg the markets continue to ride a wave of investof enthusiasm becauseof double-digit corporatwe earnings increases and favorabled interest rates. Total capitalization on the Shanghaij and Shenzhen exchanges isroughly $1.4 trillion.
Even new year's revelerxs in China were expecteed to trade stock tips as they set off firecrackerxs and handed out red envelopes containing moneto kids, the Journal

Idaho Digital Learning Academy hires Starfish Retention Solutions - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

2011-07-07T23:17:00.001-07:00

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IDLA, a 7-year-old state virtuaol school formed byIdaho legislature, offerss online classes to students in the Starfish, an Arlington-based maker of student-retention software, will help pinpoint at-risk students in real time, basedc on their daily course work performance and then connectf them to helpful resources. “One of the best ways to gaugr student engagement is to keep traco of how often they log in to theironline Unfortunately, this is also one of the greatesty challenges,” said Ryan technology director for IDLA. “Wityh Starfish, we will know this in real and be able to reengage studentx and get them back inthe class.
” Starfisn will track when a student has not loggeed in to the course management systemn for more than a week and then let an appropriate partu know. That same party will also be alertef when a student gets two consecutive progresx reports with a score of less than70 percent. Davidr Yaskin, founder and CEO of Starfish, is a alum. He was the formere vice president of product strategt and leftthe D.C. companuy in October 2007 to start Starfish.

Cubs select contract of Ortiz - Sacramento Bee

2011-07-05T15:51:00.001-07:00

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Cubs select contract of Ortiz

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By Sports Network The Chicago Cubs selected the contract of pitcher Ramon Ortiz from Triple-A Iowa to make Tuesday's start against the Washington Nationals. Chicago also recalled pitcher Chris Carpenter, optioned pitcher Casey Coleman to Iowa and ...

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Bidwills more popular than Sarver, Moyes - Sacramento Business Journal:

2011-07-03T09:17:00.001-07:00

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But the Bidwills and Cardinalsz fortunes have improved after their 2009 Supe rBowl run. The Cardinals overall standinfg in a ranking of pro sports franchisez climbed to 33rd place from 84th in a surveof 5,000 fans by ESPN. The same survey shows the Bidwills ranking 82nd as sportds fans rated 122 professional sports team ownerzs inthe U.S. That is a markee improvement from past localand surveys, includinfg a 2007 fan survey by Turnkeu Sports and Entertainment, which ranked owner Bill Bidwilpl 120th out of the 122 Arizona Diamondbacks ownership — headed by managingy partner Ken Kendrick — came in 79th on the nationapl survey.
The Bidwills did rank better than Phoenix Suns ownereRobert Sarver, who came in 90th. Sarvetr faced criticism after the Suns failesd to make the playoffs this season and for some unpopular oncourtf decisions. The Phoenix Coyotexs ownership ranked last among Phoenix teams and the entire The Coyotes are in Chapterr 11 bankruptcy reorganization with owner Jerry Moyeds trying to sell the troubled hockey franchise to Canadian billionaire Jim who wants to move the teamto Canada.
The National Hockey League wants to sell the team to Chicagk White Sox and Chicagl Bulls ownerJerry Reinsdorf, who would keep it in Owners of Phoenix’s four sportds team all rank lower in the ESPN fan surveyas than Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban (33rd) and Dallasw Cowboys owner Jerry Jones (67th). Hockey's Detroit Red Wings owner Marian Ilitch ranked as the most popula sports owner inthe survey.

Consider other financing during loan drought - Washington Business Journal:

2011-07-01T02:51:00.001-07:00

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One very old but underused optionis factoring, or accountsd receivable financing, where a third party buys a company’xs outstanding invoices or receivables. “Accounts receivable financing isn’t a said Chad Todd, regional vice presideny with A/R Funding. “Whenever a company creates an A/R Funding purchases that invoice and advancea the money to thecompany immediately, which help their cash flow.” Businesses can then use that cash to cover cash flow shortages or to finance growth.
“It doesn’t have to be a big as long as your company is dointg business with creditworthycustomers [according to] , and we have a few othed groups we use to look at that and we establisuh credit limits,” Todd said. “We actually have a 90-dat agreement that you can terminate atany time, withoutg fees. We only have one fee, which is the fee on our it’s less than 2 percenr for the face amount ofthe invoice.
” After tryingh traditional banks and credit unions, Adam Hoyles, vice president of operationsx for , said it turned to A/R “For whatever reason,” traditional lenders “weren’t interestes in doing a business line of credit,” Hoylees said. “We were growing and our operations were increasinhg in both speedand intensity, and it was more and more difficulgt to keep running. “Clients would go 30 to 60 days topay us, but when you send someonew in the field, you still have the same The business still has to run while you are waitin to get paid. When I look at my abilitu to predict cash flow on a regular the fee is absolutelywortnh it.
” Another funding source that’s wort looking into is the ’s America’s Recoverh Capital loans. Beginning June 15, the SBA will start guaranteeing the up to a maximumof $35,000. “It’s an unusual The SBA is paying the saidRalph Ross, deputh director of SBA’s North Floridza district office. “We have never done it quit thisway before. The bank will disburse the loanand we’ll stargt making monthly interest payments on the loan straight to the Plus, we guarantee 100 percent of the principal for the bank.
” The SBA is stillk drawing up guidelines for the loan, but Ross said it estimate s the program could provide for as many as 10,00o loans. The loan program is designed to help businesses that are strugglingb due to theanemixc economy. “The idea is it’sz just something that a company can use to help pay its Ross said. “There is stillo going to be a credit test; we want to make sure they areviablr companies.” Chris Rodatz, vice president/SBA lender at , has alreadh had a number of clients call to learn more abougt the program. “They say, ‘We coulde sure use it.
I need to buy inventory,’ or, ‘I’m falling behind on my obligations,’ ” Rodatz said. For any businesw that’s investigating the ARC loan program, now is the time to “First, they need to contact their bank to make sure the bank is goint to participate in the Rodatz said. “Then be prepared to have an updateds tax return and personal finance statements the basicprequalification materials.” Another new SBA funding option in the worksz specifically targets vehicle dealers and will allow lendera to provide lines of credit through the 7(a) programk for titled inventory.
“Dealer floor-planning is something we traditionalluy haven’t been involved in,” Ross “We raised the size to allow dealers thatnormally don’t qualifgy for 7(a) lending. “And the new programm will help us finance the inventoryg on theshowroom floor. Any properth that has a title can qualify. That’es a very interesting, new product. Obviously, there’s a lot of distressz in the auto industry andrelated industries, such as RVs and and we are hoping to help out with

Sinclair Broadcast Group

2011-06-28T20:34:00.001-07:00

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The rating agency put the Hunt Valley companyt on anegative outlook, meaning therde are concerns its position could S&P cited sluggish ad spending in a recession and nonelection year, plus high debt risk for the company. The downgrad e makes it more expensive for the company toborrows money. Sinclair (NASDAQ: SBGI) operate 58 TV stations across the country but has also investe morethan $180 million in other assets, such as real over the past two S&P analysts said. And they were concerned about debt from those The ratio ofthe company’s debts to its earningas was 6.3 times as of Marcj 31, according to S&P.
It would need to bringb that below 6 times to return toa BB- negativre rating. But S&P expects that ratio couls hit 7 times laterthis year. Sinclaie posted an $86 million loss in the firstr quarter ofthe year, largely on a $130 millioh non-cash charge. Its revenue fell 17 perceny that quarter because of declining local and nationalad

Christie: 'I believe marriage should be between one man and one woman' - Weasel Zippers

2011-06-26T13:17:00.001-07:00

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Christie: 'I believe marriage should be between one man and one woman'

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All that 'Gay Marriage' supporters have to do is call it something else. There is a definite difference. Without same-sex relationships, the world wouldn't change much at all. Without different-sex relationships, all human life would end. ...

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DIARY - Economic Indicators in Germany from June 24 - Reuters

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DIARY - Economic Indicators in Germany from June 24

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GMT GMT/LOCAL INDICATOR PERIOD MEDIAN PRIOR DATE F'CAST 24Jun 0800/1000 DE Ifo bus. climate Jun 113.5 114.2 24Jun 0800/1000 DE Ifo current cnd Jun 121.0 121.4 24Jun 0800/1000 DE Ifo expect Jun 106.4 107.4 27-29 0600/0800 DE Import prc mm May -0.1% 0.3% ...

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