Sunday, October 30, 2011

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

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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.

Friday, October 28, 2011

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

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

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

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Top Earners Doubled Share of Nation's Income, Study Finds

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WASHINGTON â€" The top 1 percent of earners more than doubled their share of the nation's income over the last three decades, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, in a new report likely to figure prominently in the escalating ...


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Sunday, October 23, 2011

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

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Jan Boye, Danish Handball President, passes away

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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 ...



Friday, October 21, 2011

UNCC honors Rodgers Builders CEO - Business First of Columbus:

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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.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

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.

Monday, October 17, 2011

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

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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.

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Time Warner Cable offers day and date movies - Advanced Television

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Time Warner Cable offers day and date movies

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Monday, October 10, 2011

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

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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.

Saturday, October 8, 2011

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.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

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

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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.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

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

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Time for the 'last best offers' in NBA labor negotiation

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Then, at noon, they'll get together at the negotiating table and see just how much better those “last best offers” 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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Sunday, October 2, 2011

Vero Beach Museum of Art seeks to train docents - TCPalm

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Vero Beach Museum of Art seeks to train docents

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By news release The Vero Beach Museum of Art is accepting applications for its five-week volunteer docent training class. Docents lead educational tours through the g »