Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Fed's Stress Test Results Can't Be Trusted: Strategist - CNBC.com

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Fed's Stress Test Results Can't Be Trusted: Strategist

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Monday, March 12, 2012

BofA tower buyers win hand with no-Trump bid - South Florida Business Journal:

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Several publications last week reportedhe had. "That' not correct at all. He hasn't purchasesd it. It's only the Hong Kong group," said a spokeswomam for the . , a grouo of Hong Kong investors which includes Vincent Lo andHenru Cheng, announced last week they had enterecd into a contract to acquirs the 1.8 million square foot property for $1.05 billion or $583 a squar foot. Sellers 555 , which is headefd by New York investorxs Mark Karasick and David turneda $171 million profit on the They purchased the thre e building complex, which consists of a 52-story towere at 555 California Street, a 16-story annexz building at 315 Montgomery Street and a three-story Bank of America brancu at 345 Montgomery Street, last year for $879 New owners Hudson Waterfront Associatew intend to apply the proceeds from a recenyt sale of a Manhattan property toward the purchase of the B of A The practice, kn own as a 1031 enables real estate investors to avoid paying taxe s on profits from a property by reinvesting the proceedxs back into similar properties.
And that, most likely, is wherer the confusion over Trump'sd involvement arose. The Hong Kong group sold a 77-acd plot at Riverside South on Manhattan's West Side for $1.767 billion. Trump, who has no equity in the but maintains a 30 percent interest that entitlea him to certain sued the HongKong group, saying they sold too low. A New York Statee Supreme Court judge ruled against Trump earlierthis month, clearing the way for Hudson Waterfron t Associates to roll the sale proceeds into the BofA At $583 a square foot, the sale represent a record high for commercial office salesd in the city. American Inc.
paid $496 a square foot in Apripl for The Landmark at One MarketStreet -- then an all-timr high for office sales in the city. Shorenstein Realtuy Services, which owned the BofA complex for more than a decadew before selling it in two phases to Karasicjkand Werner, will continue as the property'w leasing agent and propertyg manager.

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Louisville airport adds service to speed security lines for regular travelers - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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Working with Vigilant Solutionsof Jacksonville, the airport has launched the Preferred Traveler/Registered Travelefr Program. The program, certified by the federal , allow busy travelers to register information with Vigilanrt Solutions so they can speefd the securityscreening process. To participate, travelers can complete an application at and visitt the localprogram office, located on the departure level of the airport, next to the branch, accordingf to information from the . At the which is open Monday through 6 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
, an attendan t will take fingerprints and iris Members receive a card that allows them to use the Registeres Traveler security lanes at 21 participating airportzs in theUnited States. The annual cost is $149 for silvet level (lane access and discounts), $249 for gold levepl (lane access, discounts and free parking), and $349 for platinumm level (lane access, discountse and free parking and membership tothe airport’ss Altitude Club.) For more information, visit or call 368-0117.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Travel Solutions moves to New Albany - Birmingham Business Journal:

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signed a lease for more than 18,000 square feet at the Water’zs Edge business campus after New Albang Village Council signed off on a tax incentive deal with the businesws travel management companyin March. The New Albanh location houses 95 employees and features space for training programs and aconferenc center. The company moved in Mondayh from its offices at Easton innortheastf Columbus. Travel Solutions also announced it has been selected to becomdethe nation’s first franchisee of Lufthansa City Centef Business Plus, a Frankfurt, Germany-based travel agency that operates nearly 600 offices in 77 countries.
Travepl Solutions, founded in is the second-largest travel agencyg in Central Ohio and posted revenue last yearof $645.2 million, according to Columbus Business Firsft research. It has about 160 employees overall, with the balancde of its staff working from home or fromcorporate clients' offices.

Monday, March 5, 2012

'This Is How You Elect a Fucking President?' - by Julia Ioffe - Foreign Policy (blog)

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'This Is How You Elect a Fucking President?' - by Julia Ioffe

Foreign Policy (blog)


"What the fuck?" Gudkov exclaimed, as the police nearly bowled him over. "Do you hear me? I'm a Duma deputy!" Dmitry wasn't having any more luck, even when he flashed his Duma ID. "Motherfuckers," he grunted as the police shoved him f orward.


Nets Owner Loses Russian Presidential Election Thanks To "Fucking Fuckwits"

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Saturday, March 3, 2012

Rocky Mountain Instrument files Chapter 11; cites 2007 raid, recession - Baltimore Business Journal:

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Lafayette-based Rocky Mountain Instrument filed in last month to reorganize underbankruptcy protection. The company and its lasefr subsidiary makes a variety of photonics products for industryu anddefense use, including optics that defense giant Lockheer Martin Corp. planned to use in its F-22 fighter currentl y under development. RMI has office in Russia and South Korea in additiom to itsLafayette site. RMI’x Chapter 11 filings have shed a little light on the by investigatorsx ofthe military’s Defense Criminal Investigativer Service, or DCIS, who arrived at RMI’s headquarters Oct.
11, and carted away computers and files as part of an investigatioj RMI lawyers said was relatefdto U.S. export controls restricting technologhy withweapons applications. Steve Hahn, company executivse vice president and part of the Hahn Family LLLP ownershipof RMI, said in an affidaviyt to the bankruptcy court that an employee filerd a complaint with the DCIS that triggered the The employee claimed the company committed a “procedural violation” of exporr controls by allowing specifications for an unspecifie d product to go Hahn wrote. RMI has since received government licenses to send such specificationws tooverseas suppliers, the companyg says.
The unresolved DCIS investigation has produced no chargesagainst RMI. Still, the raid triggered a 15 percent decline in business as some customerws lost confidencein RMI, Hahn wrote. The recession exacerbate the sales decline and the company lost moneythrough 2008, he said. RMI’s revenue this year is on tracj to fall 16 percent to 30 percent belowthe $15. million company posted in 2008, Hahn wrote.
The companhy cites “the single factor” for its bankruptcyu filing as defaulting on its bond RMI lists American National Bank as the holdet of industrial bonds arranged in 1998 in conjunction with the city of The default has threatened toput RMI’as headquarters property at 106 Lase r Dr. into foreclosure. Efforts last year by RMI to refinancse its debts or sell its laser technolog y business to recapitalize the rest of the company theaffidavit said. RMI has askedf the court to be able touse $1.06 millioh of its available lines of credit before the end of July to keep operatin g and fulfill customer orders while it reorganizex under bankruptcy protection.
More money could be needede between the end of July and the end of Octobet to keep thecompany Hahn’s affidavit said. It sought court permission to use the cash in ordef to holdonto employees, saying they are highly specializedc and it would take months to traimn any replacements RMI could

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Lying, scheming ladies? There's a word for that - Winnipeg Free Press

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Lying, scheming ladies? There's a word for that

Winnipeg Free Press


There's lying. There's backstabbing. Heck, there's even front-stabbing; these women are serious about their b----iness. "I would sort of consider this a love letter," Harling said of GCB. "This is where I live; these are my people.



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