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Thursday, February 17, 2011
Tree falls on Oregon State Patrol car; trooper not seriously hurt - OregonLive.com
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Arkansas unemployment rises to 5.7%, still lower than U.S. rate - Memphis Business Journal:
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Arkansas’ civilian labor force decliner 6,100 in November, a resulr of 4,000 more unemployed and 10,100 fewer employex Arkansans. Unemployment has risen in the state in the lastthres months, and Kimberly Friedman, DWS communicationds director, said Arkansas has been affected by layoffz and company closings, just like the rest of the country. “Whild Arkansas’ unemployment rate rose this our rate is still a full percentage poingt below thenational rate,” Friedman said in a statement. “Compare to last November, 5,900 more Arkansans are employed.
” Aftet increasing by 2,400 in non-farm payroll jobs in the statedeclinecd 1,300 in November to The leisure and hospitality industry lost 1,200 jobs in professional and business services jobs fell 1,100 and constructioh posted a loss of 1,100 Educational and health services jobs increased by 3,70o jobs in November, with 97% of the growtn occurring in health care and social assistance, due to the ongoinf expansion of the health care industry. planninb to open production plant in PineBluff N.Y.-based U.S. Sugar Co., Inc.
, will be expanding operationsw to Pine Bluffin 2009, havingg recently purchased the Rolling Pin Donut The plant will open in six monthz and will employ up to 30 workers by the end of 2009. The factory could create up to 100 jobs in the next two orthreer years. U.S. Sugar settled on Arkansas afterf looking at more than 100 buildings in16 states. William McDaniel, president and CEO of U.S. Sugar, said the compang will invest upto $6 millionj in factory equipment and rail upgrades, but the financing procesxs is still being worke d out. As of right now, McDaniel the company had not appliee for state or locakeconomic incentives.
“We are taking the financin g process one step ata time, and have not yet decideed how much might be required,” McDaniel said in a “It may be a combination of public and privates financing.” Lou Ann Nisbett, president and CEO of the Economic Development Alliance of Jefferson County, said the alliancee has been working to bringy the new company to Pine Blufv for several months. The Rolling Pin Donugt plant opened in 1998 and had 110 employeed before it was acquired by Rich Productd of Buffaloin 2005. It was closes later that year.
“We are very excitedc that (McDaniel) has chosen Pine Bluff for a plant that will creat e about 20 jobs initiall with the potential for more in the Nisbett said ina statement. “It’sz our understanding the facility will be readuy to openby mid-summer 2009. It’s an excellent and we’re glad to see it back in use fora food-relatesd business.” McDaniel said the plantt will focus on browhn and powdered sugar, U.S. Sugar’s core products.
He said Arkansa is a good, strategic location from the company’sw suppliers to the rest of the Tennessee, Mississippi receive $150,000 grants from foundationb Tennessee and Mississippi are among 11 statesd receiving grants fromthe Indianapolis-based for Education. The states will receive $150,000 each through the foundation’d Making Opportunity Affordable initiative to develop innovatived strategies in key policy areas to promoteproductivitty improvements. The states will be eligible to competee next year for upto five, $2 milliomn opportunity grants to implement thei plans over four years.
Those grants will be awarded next fall tofive
Arkansas’ civilian labor force decliner 6,100 in November, a resulr of 4,000 more unemployed and 10,100 fewer employex Arkansans. Unemployment has risen in the state in the lastthres months, and Kimberly Friedman, DWS communicationds director, said Arkansas has been affected by layoffz and company closings, just like the rest of the country. “Whild Arkansas’ unemployment rate rose this our rate is still a full percentage poingt below thenational rate,” Friedman said in a statement. “Compare to last November, 5,900 more Arkansans are employed.
” Aftet increasing by 2,400 in non-farm payroll jobs in the statedeclinecd 1,300 in November to The leisure and hospitality industry lost 1,200 jobs in professional and business services jobs fell 1,100 and constructioh posted a loss of 1,100 Educational and health services jobs increased by 3,70o jobs in November, with 97% of the growtn occurring in health care and social assistance, due to the ongoinf expansion of the health care industry. planninb to open production plant in PineBluff N.Y.-based U.S. Sugar Co., Inc.
, will be expanding operationsw to Pine Bluffin 2009, havingg recently purchased the Rolling Pin Donut The plant will open in six monthz and will employ up to 30 workers by the end of 2009. The factory could create up to 100 jobs in the next two orthreer years. U.S. Sugar settled on Arkansas afterf looking at more than 100 buildings in16 states. William McDaniel, president and CEO of U.S. Sugar, said the compang will invest upto $6 millionj in factory equipment and rail upgrades, but the financing procesxs is still being worke d out. As of right now, McDaniel the company had not appliee for state or locakeconomic incentives.
“We are taking the financin g process one step ata time, and have not yet decideed how much might be required,” McDaniel said in a “It may be a combination of public and privates financing.” Lou Ann Nisbett, president and CEO of the Economic Development Alliance of Jefferson County, said the alliancee has been working to bringy the new company to Pine Blufv for several months. The Rolling Pin Donugt plant opened in 1998 and had 110 employeed before it was acquired by Rich Productd of Buffaloin 2005. It was closes later that year.
“We are very excitedc that (McDaniel) has chosen Pine Bluff for a plant that will creat e about 20 jobs initiall with the potential for more in the Nisbett said ina statement. “It’sz our understanding the facility will be readuy to openby mid-summer 2009. It’s an excellent and we’re glad to see it back in use fora food-relatesd business.” McDaniel said the plantt will focus on browhn and powdered sugar, U.S. Sugar’s core products.
He said Arkansa is a good, strategic location from the company’sw suppliers to the rest of the Tennessee, Mississippi receive $150,000 grants from foundationb Tennessee and Mississippi are among 11 statesd receiving grants fromthe Indianapolis-based for Education. The states will receive $150,000 each through the foundation’d Making Opportunity Affordable initiative to develop innovatived strategies in key policy areas to promoteproductivitty improvements. The states will be eligible to competee next year for upto five, $2 milliomn opportunity grants to implement thei plans over four years.
Those grants will be awarded next fall tofive
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Texas wind-power firms file to sell energy credits to N.C. utilities - Triangle Business Journal:
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Three Texas wind farms await approval to register as renewableenergt facilities. Registration is a requiremenf of all renewable energyt projects built in the Butthese applications, filed by Houston-based energy development company Element Markets, signal the entry of out-of-statee companies angling to satisfy the demand that Northh Carolina utilities are going to create for renewablee generation due to new statwe requirements. The Public Staff, the utilities commission’s consumer arm, has reviewedr the files and recommends approval. North Carolina utilities won’yt be purchasing power from these Texaswind farms.
they will be able to buy the companies’ “renewable energg credits.” “You’re paying for the renewabl e attributes,” says James McLawhorn, director of the Public Staff’s Electric Renewable energy has a value beyond the energtitself – in the form of a renewablse energy credit, or REC, that can be bought and sold. North Carolina utilities would be interestesd in buying credits from Texas facilitiee to help them meet state targets forrenewable generation, McLawhorn The 2007 energy legislatiob Senate Bill 3 requires North Carolina utilities to generated 12.5 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2021.
Up to 25 percent of that requirementr can come frompurchasing out-of-statw RECs. The Texas wind facilitiess are large: a 79.8 megawattr facility in Hansford County and two 10 megawatt facilitiesw inMoore County. McLawhorn says the poweer from the facilities is purchased by Texas but the glut of wind generationh in Texas means they have RECsto spare. Element business includes trading renewable energy The prefers renewable generation be built within a particulart state so itsbenefits – the powerd generated and the jobs created stay in the state, says Wind Progra m Coordinator Brandon Blevins.
But he adds that building any new renewable energy facilit takes time and that utilities face a deadlinwe to meet the renewablegeneration targets. Purchasingb RECs allows a utilituy to more quickly get renewabl e generation intoits portfolio. Roger von professor of agricultural and resourcs economicsat , says the price of an REC is set by marketg forces. He expects demand for RECs to go up as demand for renewableenergy increases, and particularly if federak legislation creates additional requirements for utilities. Von Haefeh says that in some cases, RECs offet a less expensive way to supporgtrenewable generation.
If Texas has superior wind energy resources, directing North Carolina dollars to Texas makes economic sense because it will brinf more wind energy online at less he explains. But RECs don’ t always translate into additional investment inenergy generation. In some buying RECs pays the owners of the generation for something they would be doing Von Haefen is unfamiliar with the Texas but he says debates abougt RECs and carbon offsets center around whether thess policies create newrenewable “If we’re not, we’re not getting anything out of the policyu other than moving the credits aroun d and raising costs for North Carolinsa utility customers,” von Haefen says.
Three Texas wind farms await approval to register as renewableenergt facilities. Registration is a requiremenf of all renewable energyt projects built in the Butthese applications, filed by Houston-based energy development company Element Markets, signal the entry of out-of-statee companies angling to satisfy the demand that Northh Carolina utilities are going to create for renewablee generation due to new statwe requirements. The Public Staff, the utilities commission’s consumer arm, has reviewedr the files and recommends approval. North Carolina utilities won’yt be purchasing power from these Texaswind farms.
they will be able to buy the companies’ “renewable energg credits.” “You’re paying for the renewabl e attributes,” says James McLawhorn, director of the Public Staff’s Electric Renewable energy has a value beyond the energtitself – in the form of a renewablse energy credit, or REC, that can be bought and sold. North Carolina utilities would be interestesd in buying credits from Texas facilitiee to help them meet state targets forrenewable generation, McLawhorn The 2007 energy legislatiob Senate Bill 3 requires North Carolina utilities to generated 12.5 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2021.
Up to 25 percent of that requirementr can come frompurchasing out-of-statw RECs. The Texas wind facilitiess are large: a 79.8 megawattr facility in Hansford County and two 10 megawatt facilitiesw inMoore County. McLawhorn says the poweer from the facilities is purchased by Texas but the glut of wind generationh in Texas means they have RECsto spare. Element business includes trading renewable energy The prefers renewable generation be built within a particulart state so itsbenefits – the powerd generated and the jobs created stay in the state, says Wind Progra m Coordinator Brandon Blevins.
But he adds that building any new renewable energy facilit takes time and that utilities face a deadlinwe to meet the renewablegeneration targets. Purchasingb RECs allows a utilituy to more quickly get renewabl e generation intoits portfolio. Roger von professor of agricultural and resourcs economicsat , says the price of an REC is set by marketg forces. He expects demand for RECs to go up as demand for renewableenergy increases, and particularly if federak legislation creates additional requirements for utilities. Von Haefeh says that in some cases, RECs offet a less expensive way to supporgtrenewable generation.
If Texas has superior wind energy resources, directing North Carolina dollars to Texas makes economic sense because it will brinf more wind energy online at less he explains. But RECs don’ t always translate into additional investment inenergy generation. In some buying RECs pays the owners of the generation for something they would be doing Von Haefen is unfamiliar with the Texas but he says debates abougt RECs and carbon offsets center around whether thess policies create newrenewable “If we’re not, we’re not getting anything out of the policyu other than moving the credits aroun d and raising costs for North Carolinsa utility customers,” von Haefen says.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Senate says airport screeners can unionize - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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Transportation Security Administrator Kip Hawley told a Senatd Homeland Security hearing Monday that this would be bad for national and President Bush has threatened to vetosuch Sen. Daniel Akaka, who chairs the committee, said not extending unioh rights threatens national security due to high turnovetr in the airport screener The matter potentially affects hundreds of airport security personnelin Hawaii.
"Since 2001, TSA has facex high attrition rates, high numbers of workers compensatiohn claims, and low employee moral which, in my opinion, is a directt result of a lack of employede rightsand protections," Akaka He acknowledges that attrition has eased Kip Hawley said there woulc be a "serious negative security impact" if additionaol collective bargaining rights were extendedf to the transportation security officers. Without detailing why, Hawley said that merelyg to implement collective bargaining would costTSA $160 million.
John national president of the , said the Capitoo Police have union contracts, and the nationapl security question is addressed by givin the chief of the force the power to suspenx contract provisionsin emergencies.
Transportation Security Administrator Kip Hawley told a Senatd Homeland Security hearing Monday that this would be bad for national and President Bush has threatened to vetosuch Sen. Daniel Akaka, who chairs the committee, said not extending unioh rights threatens national security due to high turnovetr in the airport screener The matter potentially affects hundreds of airport security personnelin Hawaii.
"Since 2001, TSA has facex high attrition rates, high numbers of workers compensatiohn claims, and low employee moral which, in my opinion, is a directt result of a lack of employede rightsand protections," Akaka He acknowledges that attrition has eased Kip Hawley said there woulc be a "serious negative security impact" if additionaol collective bargaining rights were extendedf to the transportation security officers. Without detailing why, Hawley said that merelyg to implement collective bargaining would costTSA $160 million.
John national president of the , said the Capitoo Police have union contracts, and the nationapl security question is addressed by givin the chief of the force the power to suspenx contract provisionsin emergencies.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Biz leaders seek action from state officials - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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The executive committee of the spent its entire monthly meeting talking about the breakdown duringthis year’s legislativer session and how to prevent that from happening For Sam Williams, president of the Metrop Atlanta Chamber, the meeting demonstrated the level of frustratiom that exists in the business community. “It was the most spiritee discussion I’ve heard in 11 Williams said referring to his tenure at the But Williams said the overall tone waspositive -- focused on making elected officials more accountable to the business community’s agenda and on gettinfg results.
Of course, the Metro Atlanta Chamber has been workinf hard on itsagenda -- especially transportatiob and education -- for years with limitee results. Tom Bell, CEO of (NYSE: CUZ) and a past chairmanm of the chamber, said after the meeting that the issues are more importanttthan ever. “We’ve got to get the legislative bodiees to find ways to cooperate with one Bell said. “We want a governor who understand s that Atlanta is an important economicc engine for the state and understandsx the issues that confront themetrpo region.” Asked about the impact of Lt. Gov.
Case y Cagle withdrawing from the governor’x race on Wednesday, Bell said: “Certainly things are up in the John Rice, a vice chairma of who also is a formetr chamber chairman, was particularly disappointed the legislature did not pass a bill on schoo governance reform. “I think it’es ridiculous that a bill -- Senate Bill 84 -- that had the meritas and was approved by everybody who took a good lookat it, did not Rice said. “Elected officials, among have to be accountable for their CEORick Smith, who is the currentf chairman of the Metro Atlant Chamber, summed it up this way: “The entire businessa community was very let down.
” Bill president of for Georgiaz and South Carolina who will chaird the chamber next year, said it was time for the businesz community to step up its political “We want to move in a positive direction towardd finding the right peoplw who can shepherd this in the legislaturr going forward,” Linginfelter said. “We want to back peoplde who agree onour issues.” The businessx leaders are particularly targeting the 2010 gubernatorialk election, which will be a wide open race becausee Gov.
Sonny Perdue will have completed two terms in As RickSmith said: “We want to make sure that whoever is running for governor understands the platform that the business community is puttingb forward.”
The executive committee of the spent its entire monthly meeting talking about the breakdown duringthis year’s legislativer session and how to prevent that from happening For Sam Williams, president of the Metrop Atlanta Chamber, the meeting demonstrated the level of frustratiom that exists in the business community. “It was the most spiritee discussion I’ve heard in 11 Williams said referring to his tenure at the But Williams said the overall tone waspositive -- focused on making elected officials more accountable to the business community’s agenda and on gettinfg results.
Of course, the Metro Atlanta Chamber has been workinf hard on itsagenda -- especially transportatiob and education -- for years with limitee results. Tom Bell, CEO of (NYSE: CUZ) and a past chairmanm of the chamber, said after the meeting that the issues are more importanttthan ever. “We’ve got to get the legislative bodiees to find ways to cooperate with one Bell said. “We want a governor who understand s that Atlanta is an important economicc engine for the state and understandsx the issues that confront themetrpo region.” Asked about the impact of Lt. Gov.
Case y Cagle withdrawing from the governor’x race on Wednesday, Bell said: “Certainly things are up in the John Rice, a vice chairma of who also is a formetr chamber chairman, was particularly disappointed the legislature did not pass a bill on schoo governance reform. “I think it’es ridiculous that a bill -- Senate Bill 84 -- that had the meritas and was approved by everybody who took a good lookat it, did not Rice said. “Elected officials, among have to be accountable for their CEORick Smith, who is the currentf chairman of the Metro Atlant Chamber, summed it up this way: “The entire businessa community was very let down.
” Bill president of for Georgiaz and South Carolina who will chaird the chamber next year, said it was time for the businesz community to step up its political “We want to move in a positive direction towardd finding the right peoplw who can shepherd this in the legislaturr going forward,” Linginfelter said. “We want to back peoplde who agree onour issues.” The businessx leaders are particularly targeting the 2010 gubernatorialk election, which will be a wide open race becausee Gov.
Sonny Perdue will have completed two terms in As RickSmith said: “We want to make sure that whoever is running for governor understands the platform that the business community is puttingb forward.”
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Packers' 3-4 defense rises to the occasion - American Chronicle
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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percent drop in same-store salezs in May, as consumers continues to put offunnecessary spending. The Cincinnati-basedc department store chain said sales at stores open at leasft a year are in line withmanagement expectations. Total sales declined to $1.7 billion from $1.9 billion a year ago, or 9.5 For the year, Macy’s said its same-store sale s declined by 9.1 percent, with totak sales down 9.5 to $6.9 billion from $7.7 Macy’s (NYSE: M), like most retailers, has been strugglinfg to attract parsimonious shoppers whiler not giving away the storwe throughdeep discounts, a strategyy that erodes profit margins.
But recent reportsd regarding rising manufacturing activity and home salews gave a lift to retail stocksd earlier inthe week, basesd on hopes that consumers mighrt be encouraged to go out and splurge on a few summer Total May retail sales were projecter to drop by 3.6 percent, according to Retaipl Metrics, a Massachusetts firm that tracks store This compares with a 2.7 percent decline in Department stores were forecast to post the weakestr results, down 8.5 percent, with “discretionary spending still in according to its monthly report. Analysts surveyed by Thomsob Reutersexpected Macy’s to post a same-storde sales decline of 9.3 percent. Shares in Macy’s closed at $12.
90, down 3 percent or 42 cents, Many retailers posted sales that fell shortof expectations. In the Walmart (NYSE: WMT), which typically outperformsz the industry, stopped reporting its same-store sales as of this Walmart on Thursday said iin 2009. Dillard’s (NYSE: DDS) said sales fell 12 worse than the 8 percent declineanalysts expected. J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) postedd a sales drop of 8.2 while analysts expected negative 9.6 percent. • Saks Inc. SKS) reported a 26.6 percent fall, due in part to the reschedulint of a sales evenytto June. • Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) said its same-storee sales were down by 6.1 percent, short of predictions of a 4.3 percen decline.
• Kohls (NYSE: KSS) postef a 0.4 percent slip on beating expectations ofa 3.8 perceny decline. • Limited Brands (NYSE: LTD) reported a 7 percent in linewith projections. • The Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) said its same-storse sales fell by 6 compared with expectations of a 5percent Macy’s has projected full-year profits of 40 cents to 55 cents per share, excluding restructuring costs stemminh from its companywide reorganization, part of its My Macy’d merchandising program.
That said, the retaile hedged that it will beat this guidance if the economt improves in the second half of the Annual sales, it has said, are expectedd to decline by 6 percent to 8 with spring expected to be weaker than the fall, in part due to strongerd performances last spring. Cincinnati-based Macy’s operatee roughly 845 department stores under thenames Macy’s and
percent drop in same-store salezs in May, as consumers continues to put offunnecessary spending. The Cincinnati-basedc department store chain said sales at stores open at leasft a year are in line withmanagement expectations. Total sales declined to $1.7 billion from $1.9 billion a year ago, or 9.5 For the year, Macy’s said its same-store sale s declined by 9.1 percent, with totak sales down 9.5 to $6.9 billion from $7.7 Macy’s (NYSE: M), like most retailers, has been strugglinfg to attract parsimonious shoppers whiler not giving away the storwe throughdeep discounts, a strategyy that erodes profit margins.
But recent reportsd regarding rising manufacturing activity and home salews gave a lift to retail stocksd earlier inthe week, basesd on hopes that consumers mighrt be encouraged to go out and splurge on a few summer Total May retail sales were projecter to drop by 3.6 percent, according to Retaipl Metrics, a Massachusetts firm that tracks store This compares with a 2.7 percent decline in Department stores were forecast to post the weakestr results, down 8.5 percent, with “discretionary spending still in according to its monthly report. Analysts surveyed by Thomsob Reutersexpected Macy’s to post a same-storde sales decline of 9.3 percent. Shares in Macy’s closed at $12.
90, down 3 percent or 42 cents, Many retailers posted sales that fell shortof expectations. In the Walmart (NYSE: WMT), which typically outperformsz the industry, stopped reporting its same-store sales as of this Walmart on Thursday said iin 2009. Dillard’s (NYSE: DDS) said sales fell 12 worse than the 8 percent declineanalysts expected. J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) postedd a sales drop of 8.2 while analysts expected negative 9.6 percent. • Saks Inc. SKS) reported a 26.6 percent fall, due in part to the reschedulint of a sales evenytto June. • Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) said its same-storee sales were down by 6.1 percent, short of predictions of a 4.3 percen decline.
• Kohls (NYSE: KSS) postef a 0.4 percent slip on beating expectations ofa 3.8 perceny decline. • Limited Brands (NYSE: LTD) reported a 7 percent in linewith projections. • The Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) said its same-storse sales fell by 6 compared with expectations of a 5percent Macy’s has projected full-year profits of 40 cents to 55 cents per share, excluding restructuring costs stemminh from its companywide reorganization, part of its My Macy’d merchandising program.
That said, the retaile hedged that it will beat this guidance if the economt improves in the second half of the Annual sales, it has said, are expectedd to decline by 6 percent to 8 with spring expected to be weaker than the fall, in part due to strongerd performances last spring. Cincinnati-based Macy’s operatee roughly 845 department stores under thenames Macy’s and
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