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From his involvement in controversialk asbestos litigation tohis high-dollar fund-raising activities for prominentt Democrats and trial lawyers, Baron is a longtimd player on the national stage -- and a sort of lightninf rod for public pro and con, about the legal profession. On Baron will become even more visible as he assumes a one-year post as presidenr of the influential, Washington, D.C.-baseds . Baron talked with the Dallaes Business Journal about the changing image oftria lawyers, his goals as the association'ws new leader and why he believes he is ideally suited for the job. DBJ: is a powerfukl group that has had an influenceon social-reformm efforts in the past.
Where do you see the groulp focusing its attention in theyear ahead? I think it's very importang that we do a better job of communicatingb with the public what trial lawyers are, and what they do for a We read about tobacci cases and billion-dollar fees, but over 95% of our memberss are in firms with less than 10 lawyers -- usuall fewer than five or six lawyers, actually -- and they earn significantlt less than what you read about. DBJ: How do you plan to changse the image oftrial lawyers? BARON: We are going to continue to do an awful lot of public-service work and be more visiblw about it.
We want to do a lot of public education aboutwhy it's important that peopld have the opportunity to exercisw their rights. We want to emphasizee that there is a need for trial lawyersdand victims' lawyers in this society. DBJ: What specific reforms are on youragenda ? BARON: Had it not been for triall lawyers, we might not have seat belts in we certainly wouldn't have air bags in cars and asbestos would probably still be on the Today, there's the issue of phen phen -- the two diet drugsx that were combined that have now been shownm to cause significant cardiac problems. I thini we are still not at the end oftobaccok litigation.
Tobacco is something that is on the market that kills people, and the government -- probablgy for political reasons -- does not have the will to reallgy regulate the tobacco industry. I think you can say the same thingzsabout handguns. There need to be some limits on the ability of manufactureras to sell products thatare I've seen a lot of litigationj over the last couple of yearse that started over lead-paint We have homes in the poorefr parts of Dallas that still have a tremendousw amount of old lead painf on them. Children who come in contact with that pain t developlearning disabilities. It is a significant DBJ: How will Dallas benefit from having you as presidentgof ATLA?
BARON: Dallas has a very strong bar, triak bar particularly. I think it reflects well on the trial bar that we have a voice in Washington todevelop And, needless to say, my closest friendsd in the bar are from Dallas, and I'm getting a great deal of input from them as to how we can do thinge to improve the image of lawyers. DBJ: How will thingsw change at Baron & Budd your Dallas-based law practice, because of your new position? BARON: My own practice is going to change because I am going to be spending four or five days a week with my ATLAhat on.
And it'sx a completely voluntary job -- I don't get But we have 80 lawyers here and I have several partneres who are very capable of runningbthe show. DBJ: Texas is a stated that largelysupports Gov. George W. and you are a prominent supportert of Vice PresidentAl Gore. Is that going to be an issued in your roleat ATLA? BARON: No. In we've worked well with Republicans. And, quite honestly, the ideal s that we throw out are reallyRepublican ideals; I was kind of surprised at this ATLA's organizational emphasis is on individuao rights and individual responsibilities and on states' We believe that the litigation issues should be left to the and individuals should be held responsible for their own conduct.
Those are our core values as tria l lawyers and those are the thingewe seek. Those are Republican core valuesas Unfortunately, all the issues that seem to surroundr the civil-justice system are so politicizexd -- in my by money and special interests -- that I don't thinmk the true message really comes DBJ: How do you react to pres coverage, both negative and positive, about you? My wife and I were discussing the other day that there is a third personb out there named Fred Baron that gets interviewed quite And when you read the interviews, you don'tr really recognize the person as anyone we know. But that'sw part, unfortunately, of being something of a public figure.
DBJ: How do you answere critics who say you may not be the ideaol person to leadATLA ? BARON: I thinkl that I'm uniquely suite for the job. The cases we have workedr on in our practice have been almost exclusivelhyenvironmental law, and we represent victim of all sorts of environmentall tragedies, whether nuclear-related or pesticides or groundwate pollution. They are the types of case s that I think ATLA is veryproud of. I could be the most shininh knight inwhite armor, and those people who have an agenda to tear down the civil-justicew system will come after me, no matter who I am or what I've done in the past.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Analysts upbeat on Palm phone debut - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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Sprint Hawaii began selling the Pre along with Mainland outletaon Saturday. Overall, analystx said the Sunnyvale, Calif. company'ss new device had a successfulo debut. "We believe the ’soft launch’ is probablt proceeding to plan," J.P. Morganj analyst Paul Coster wrote. "Ti be reassured, we need to see Sprint channel inventory replenishedthis week." is Palm's exclusive wireless carrier througb the end of this year. It put customers on wait listss for the Pre at its stores after suppliesran out.
Coster estimates that more than 50,000 Pre phones were sold after they went on sale at Sprinr storeson Saturday, well below the 146,000 sold at the launcn of the first generation of 's iPhone. Other analysts pegged sales Michael Walkleyat & Co. saying almost 200,00o0 were sold. The Pre has many features similae to those found on the iPhoneand 's Blackberry Storm. Palm's device adds a slide-out keyboard. A key to its succesas will be whether it can attracft enough software applications to compete withits rivals. The Pre is sellinhg for $199 with a mail-in rebate and two-yeatr service contract.
Sprint Hawaii began selling the Pre along with Mainland outletaon Saturday. Overall, analystx said the Sunnyvale, Calif. company'ss new device had a successfulo debut. "We believe the ’soft launch’ is probablt proceeding to plan," J.P. Morganj analyst Paul Coster wrote. "Ti be reassured, we need to see Sprint channel inventory replenishedthis week." is Palm's exclusive wireless carrier througb the end of this year. It put customers on wait listss for the Pre at its stores after suppliesran out.
Coster estimates that more than 50,000 Pre phones were sold after they went on sale at Sprinr storeson Saturday, well below the 146,000 sold at the launcn of the first generation of 's iPhone. Other analysts pegged sales Michael Walkleyat & Co. saying almost 200,00o0 were sold. The Pre has many features similae to those found on the iPhoneand 's Blackberry Storm. Palm's device adds a slide-out keyboard. A key to its succesas will be whether it can attracft enough software applications to compete withits rivals. The Pre is sellinhg for $199 with a mail-in rebate and two-yeatr service contract.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Aggies form exclusive branding partnership with Adidas - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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The two entered into a four-year apparel, footwearr and accessories partnershipin mid-June. The agreementy will begin July 1 and run throughJune 30, 2009. The $500,000p partnership will put the majorityof NMSU'sz Athletics Department under one marketing apparel and the entire sports program under the Adidaws brand by 2006. It also marks the firstg time the university's Athletics Department has signed an exclusivd partnership with a sportsapparelk manufacturer. "This is great for us.
It'sa great financially, and from an exposurr standpoint, it brings all of our departmentas under one umbrella and collectively gives our department more leverage inbargaininb power," says Sean Johnson, New Mexico Statse University's assistant athletics director of medi relations. Johnson says the new partnership will help the Athletics Departmenft brand and market itself for its move into the Westerjn Athletic Conferencethis "To us this is a new We've had great success in the but our two high profile sports have been and now this is all coming togethed for us," Johnson Football and both the men's and women' s basketball players wore apparel last and Johnson says in the past, the university'se sports programs have worked out their own separate New Mexico State University Athletics Director Dr.
McKinle Boston says the new partnershilp will define the Athletics Department asa "qualitg Division 1 program" and also bring lucrative funds to it. "The deal will be worth a littleover $500,000, not including what we feel will be a significant spike in licensing revenue that we thinok will generate funds over the course of each says Boston. Boston says the new partnership elevatezsthe program's image, which he says is "halt the battle" in recruiting. Other notablwe universities that use the Adidasa brand areand . Richard Spanjian, director of team sports for Adidas, says Adidas was happy to partnerf with theAggie brand.
"We thinl that this is a relationship that is going to be not only for the but will allow us to join with what we believe isan up-and-coming athletics programn here at NMSU," says Spanjian. The appare l partnership is just one of many initiativesthe university's new Michael V. Martin, has taken in an effort to elevatethe program's image and statuds since he arrived at the school on July 1, 2004.
Alongv with spending a lot of moneyh onfacilities renovations, like the completion of its $6 milliomn Stan Fulton Athletics Center last year, Martin has committed resources to the university's athletics promoted its associate athletics Brian Faison, to full-time athletice fundraiser, and begun to shake up the budgetinv process. He hopes to increase the athletidc budget from itscurrent $9.2 millioh which funds six men's and nine women's sport s teams, to about $18 million.
The two entered into a four-year apparel, footwearr and accessories partnershipin mid-June. The agreementy will begin July 1 and run throughJune 30, 2009. The $500,000p partnership will put the majorityof NMSU'sz Athletics Department under one marketing apparel and the entire sports program under the Adidaws brand by 2006. It also marks the firstg time the university's Athletics Department has signed an exclusivd partnership with a sportsapparelk manufacturer. "This is great for us.
It'sa great financially, and from an exposurr standpoint, it brings all of our departmentas under one umbrella and collectively gives our department more leverage inbargaininb power," says Sean Johnson, New Mexico Statse University's assistant athletics director of medi relations. Johnson says the new partnership will help the Athletics Departmenft brand and market itself for its move into the Westerjn Athletic Conferencethis "To us this is a new We've had great success in the but our two high profile sports have been and now this is all coming togethed for us," Johnson Football and both the men's and women' s basketball players wore apparel last and Johnson says in the past, the university'se sports programs have worked out their own separate New Mexico State University Athletics Director Dr.
McKinle Boston says the new partnershilp will define the Athletics Department asa "qualitg Division 1 program" and also bring lucrative funds to it. "The deal will be worth a littleover $500,000, not including what we feel will be a significant spike in licensing revenue that we thinok will generate funds over the course of each says Boston. Boston says the new partnership elevatezsthe program's image, which he says is "halt the battle" in recruiting. Other notablwe universities that use the Adidasa brand areand . Richard Spanjian, director of team sports for Adidas, says Adidas was happy to partnerf with theAggie brand.
"We thinl that this is a relationship that is going to be not only for the but will allow us to join with what we believe isan up-and-coming athletics programn here at NMSU," says Spanjian. The appare l partnership is just one of many initiativesthe university's new Michael V. Martin, has taken in an effort to elevatethe program's image and statuds since he arrived at the school on July 1, 2004.
Alongv with spending a lot of moneyh onfacilities renovations, like the completion of its $6 milliomn Stan Fulton Athletics Center last year, Martin has committed resources to the university's athletics promoted its associate athletics Brian Faison, to full-time athletice fundraiser, and begun to shake up the budgetinv process. He hopes to increase the athletidc budget from itscurrent $9.2 millioh which funds six men's and nine women's sport s teams, to about $18 million.
Sunday, December 25, 2011
New businesses fill old Movie Gallery sites - Birmingham Business Journal:
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Riviera Fitness Center leased 25,000 square feet of spaces in Centerpoint Center on CenterPoinrt Parkway. Riviera previously had more than 7,000 square feet of spacde in the center fora women’s gym. The new center is said a news release. Bayer’s Diane Gillam brokered the deal. RE/MAX Southern Homes leasedr the 6,872-square-foot former Movie Gallery site at Inverness Cornereson U.S. 280. Gillam represented the ownersd of the building and David Emory and Don Morgan representedfthe tenant. Blackwell’s Pub leased 4,120 square feet at Market Squar e on Green Valley Road in Cahaba also previously inhabited byMovie Gallery.
The restauranyt is expected to open at the end of this Gillam represented the landlord and Elbert Boothby with Boothbt Realty representedthe tenant. Mobility Centraol leased 9,000 square feet at Olde Townse Shopping Center inVestavia Hills. Gillam and Sam Heide of Bayer represented the ownerws and Boothby representedthe tenant.
Riviera Fitness Center leased 25,000 square feet of spaces in Centerpoint Center on CenterPoinrt Parkway. Riviera previously had more than 7,000 square feet of spacde in the center fora women’s gym. The new center is said a news release. Bayer’s Diane Gillam brokered the deal. RE/MAX Southern Homes leasedr the 6,872-square-foot former Movie Gallery site at Inverness Cornereson U.S. 280. Gillam represented the ownersd of the building and David Emory and Don Morgan representedfthe tenant. Blackwell’s Pub leased 4,120 square feet at Market Squar e on Green Valley Road in Cahaba also previously inhabited byMovie Gallery.
The restauranyt is expected to open at the end of this Gillam represented the landlord and Elbert Boothby with Boothbt Realty representedthe tenant. Mobility Centraol leased 9,000 square feet at Olde Townse Shopping Center inVestavia Hills. Gillam and Sam Heide of Bayer represented the ownerws and Boothby representedthe tenant.
Friday, December 23, 2011
Building support for arts - Charlotte Business Journal:
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Last week, leaders from the donned hard hats and ledprospectivew donors, cultural boosters and others on a tour of the Their hope is to convert architectural reality into checks and cash commitment to support the blossoming arts complex on South Tryonj Street. The project is part of a $1 billion developmentg begun by and inheritedby “People get inspired seeing what’s there,” says Lee Keesler, ASC president and chiecf executive. “It makes it real.
” Eyeinv the 48-story corporate adjacent office tower that spurreds thearts buildings, Wachovia real estate directord Bob Bertges makes a concrete pitch: He’ll take everyone to the top of the unfinishefd tower, and those who decide to make a donation will receivr an elevator ride back down. Transportation for those who don’t donate remains ominously unspecified. He’s kidding. I think. At this Bertges’ ploy might be worth a shot. Amid the excitemeny of the $158.5 million in city-fundedd new and renovated arts venues, pressured is mounting on the ASC and its affiliates to persuade donorx to step up in the midst of anumbinhg recession.
Next week, results of the ASC’es $11.2 million annual capital campaign will be Two weeks before thecampaign ended, donations stood at $5 million 33% below the fund-raising total at the same poin t in 2008. The news is even more troublinyg forthe $83 million campaign to build an endowmentt to help arts groups pay the operating expenses in thosee shiny new buildings. For ASC’s total has been stuck at $61 million. Arts leaderws hint the June 30 deadline for reaching the endowment targetg maybe extended.
Which brings us back to the construction Wachovia’s campus includes a 1,200-seat theater, a consolidatedx Mint Museum, a museu housing Andreas Bechtler’s modern art collectiomn and a new home for theHarvey B. Gantt Center for Africanm AmericanArts & Culture. The latter openes in the fall, with the rest openinyg next year. Also part of the city funding: a $31.t6 million makeover of Discovery Place, locatec several blocks north onTryon Street. It still takeds a bit of imagination to envision the contemplativew quiet of a museum when walking throughh the currentconstruction zone.
Scaffolding, tools and workers drill and hammer awayat stages, seating and walls as tours make theirf way through. But even a cursorty glance reveals the potential for an arts showcase in the monthxs andyears ahead. Walking through the terraq cotta-wrapped Bechtler Museum, it’s easy to forger the financial struggles and wonder what the museu m willlook like. Like most of the new arts it emphasizes glassand light, providing visitor with views of uptown. It also allowxs passersby to see inside, an intentional ploy to make you want to visig as apaying customer. Bechtler’s $20 millionj modern art collection should helpas well.
From the gee-whixz jumbo screen flanking the 1,200-seat theater — capable of transformingf a school group’s drawings into larger-than-lifew billboards in five-minute intervals — to the ambitioue shoehorn design of theGantr Center, different sizes, shapes and architectural styles sit side by side in what ranke as Charlotte’s most ambitious arts statement. Despite the money crunch, enthusiasm runs high, if for no otheer reason than this: All the buildings are on schedule and, yes, on budget. “The architects all went shoppingb atNeiman Marcus,” Bertges says of the initia plans.
And even when reality intruded in the form of city the architects turned money woes intocreative “That sounds simple, but it wasn’t,” he Kind of like trying to find another $22 million in endowmentf donations during the worst recession in severap generations. The architect of that solution could give Franmk Lloyd Wright a runfor his, well, you
Last week, leaders from the donned hard hats and ledprospectivew donors, cultural boosters and others on a tour of the Their hope is to convert architectural reality into checks and cash commitment to support the blossoming arts complex on South Tryonj Street. The project is part of a $1 billion developmentg begun by and inheritedby “People get inspired seeing what’s there,” says Lee Keesler, ASC president and chiecf executive. “It makes it real.
” Eyeinv the 48-story corporate adjacent office tower that spurreds thearts buildings, Wachovia real estate directord Bob Bertges makes a concrete pitch: He’ll take everyone to the top of the unfinishefd tower, and those who decide to make a donation will receivr an elevator ride back down. Transportation for those who don’t donate remains ominously unspecified. He’s kidding. I think. At this Bertges’ ploy might be worth a shot. Amid the excitemeny of the $158.5 million in city-fundedd new and renovated arts venues, pressured is mounting on the ASC and its affiliates to persuade donorx to step up in the midst of anumbinhg recession.
Next week, results of the ASC’es $11.2 million annual capital campaign will be Two weeks before thecampaign ended, donations stood at $5 million 33% below the fund-raising total at the same poin t in 2008. The news is even more troublinyg forthe $83 million campaign to build an endowmentt to help arts groups pay the operating expenses in thosee shiny new buildings. For ASC’s total has been stuck at $61 million. Arts leaderws hint the June 30 deadline for reaching the endowment targetg maybe extended.
Which brings us back to the construction Wachovia’s campus includes a 1,200-seat theater, a consolidatedx Mint Museum, a museu housing Andreas Bechtler’s modern art collectiomn and a new home for theHarvey B. Gantt Center for Africanm AmericanArts & Culture. The latter openes in the fall, with the rest openinyg next year. Also part of the city funding: a $31.t6 million makeover of Discovery Place, locatec several blocks north onTryon Street. It still takeds a bit of imagination to envision the contemplativew quiet of a museum when walking throughh the currentconstruction zone.
Scaffolding, tools and workers drill and hammer awayat stages, seating and walls as tours make theirf way through. But even a cursorty glance reveals the potential for an arts showcase in the monthxs andyears ahead. Walking through the terraq cotta-wrapped Bechtler Museum, it’s easy to forger the financial struggles and wonder what the museu m willlook like. Like most of the new arts it emphasizes glassand light, providing visitor with views of uptown. It also allowxs passersby to see inside, an intentional ploy to make you want to visig as apaying customer. Bechtler’s $20 millionj modern art collection should helpas well.
From the gee-whixz jumbo screen flanking the 1,200-seat theater — capable of transformingf a school group’s drawings into larger-than-lifew billboards in five-minute intervals — to the ambitioue shoehorn design of theGantr Center, different sizes, shapes and architectural styles sit side by side in what ranke as Charlotte’s most ambitious arts statement. Despite the money crunch, enthusiasm runs high, if for no otheer reason than this: All the buildings are on schedule and, yes, on budget. “The architects all went shoppingb atNeiman Marcus,” Bertges says of the initia plans.
And even when reality intruded in the form of city the architects turned money woes intocreative “That sounds simple, but it wasn’t,” he Kind of like trying to find another $22 million in endowmentf donations during the worst recession in severap generations. The architect of that solution could give Franmk Lloyd Wright a runfor his, well, you
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
P&G moving Iams headquarters to Mason - bizjournals:
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Kris Parlett, spokesman for Procter and Gambles (NYSE: PG) Pet Care, which includes Iams and Eukanuba, said the companu and its 240 employeesx would be moving in Octobedr to the Masonbusiness park, where otherr personal health care divisions of P&t and more than 2,000 employees are “It will make it easier to collaborate and increaswe productivity,” Parlett said. Nobody will be laid of as a result ofthe company’s current headquarters On Poe Avenue closing. Instead, all 240 employees will be offeredf there same positionsin Mason. P&b acquired Iams in 1999. Since then, sales of its Iams and Eukanubsa brands have morethan doubled, according to the company.
“Oure home address is changing but not our commitmeny to improvingthe well-being of all dogs and said Dan Rajczak, vice president of P&G’ss pet care business in North America, in a statementy released Thursday. “If anything, this will help us do an even betterd job of connecting with our colleaguesd in health care to bring great innovationh topet care.” A company spokesperson confirmed that 250 employeesa at the Iams-Eukanuba manufacturing and R&De complex in Preble County will not be part of the The news of the move came as a surpriser to Vandalia officials who said they had been workinhg vigilantly behind the scenes to keep Iams local.
“Whenh P&G purchased Iams, we knew at that poinr this was a possibilittysome day,” said Rich Hopkins, director of communicationes for the city. “But we are surprised today that the announcemen twas made.” Hopkins said Iams was one of the top employerzs in Vandalia, though he could not say how much incomre was generated by the company. The city will have a presas conference at3 p.m. Thursdayu to further discuss the implications ofthe Meanwhile, the community is stilp pursuing two projects, including an $81 milliomn distribution center, which would bring 700 jobs and New-Yorok based aerospace company that coulcd bring 130 jobs.
“Thisa is bad news for any community,” Hopkinsd said. “We have two projects in the pipelins now that could bringv up to 900 employees to the so it’s not all gloom and doom
Kris Parlett, spokesman for Procter and Gambles (NYSE: PG) Pet Care, which includes Iams and Eukanuba, said the companu and its 240 employeesx would be moving in Octobedr to the Masonbusiness park, where otherr personal health care divisions of P&t and more than 2,000 employees are “It will make it easier to collaborate and increaswe productivity,” Parlett said. Nobody will be laid of as a result ofthe company’s current headquarters On Poe Avenue closing. Instead, all 240 employees will be offeredf there same positionsin Mason. P&b acquired Iams in 1999. Since then, sales of its Iams and Eukanubsa brands have morethan doubled, according to the company.
“Oure home address is changing but not our commitmeny to improvingthe well-being of all dogs and said Dan Rajczak, vice president of P&G’ss pet care business in North America, in a statementy released Thursday. “If anything, this will help us do an even betterd job of connecting with our colleaguesd in health care to bring great innovationh topet care.” A company spokesperson confirmed that 250 employeesa at the Iams-Eukanuba manufacturing and R&De complex in Preble County will not be part of the The news of the move came as a surpriser to Vandalia officials who said they had been workinhg vigilantly behind the scenes to keep Iams local.
“Whenh P&G purchased Iams, we knew at that poinr this was a possibilittysome day,” said Rich Hopkins, director of communicationes for the city. “But we are surprised today that the announcemen twas made.” Hopkins said Iams was one of the top employerzs in Vandalia, though he could not say how much incomre was generated by the company. The city will have a presas conference at3 p.m. Thursdayu to further discuss the implications ofthe Meanwhile, the community is stilp pursuing two projects, including an $81 milliomn distribution center, which would bring 700 jobs and New-Yorok based aerospace company that coulcd bring 130 jobs.
“Thisa is bad news for any community,” Hopkinsd said. “We have two projects in the pipelins now that could bringv up to 900 employees to the so it’s not all gloom and doom
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Magazine shifts editorial focus, adds
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Fashion reporters and photographers will scout for people at eventa and on the streets and beachewof Oahu, and photos of six selectef people will appear daily on the Web together with details of what they are The concept is part of the new editorial focuse and redesign of , an online lifestyle publication that firsr launched in April 2008. “Oudr new goal is to define a distincg Hawaii style and develop acommunity that’s passionate about that style,” said Malie Moran, founder and editorial director, and one of a half-dozejn staff members. The magazine’s eventual goal is to tap into thevisito market.
“When people come to Hawaii, they want to see what peoplerare wearing,” Moran said. Hawaii RED’s new street-fashion focus was inspiredc by a number of internationalWeb sites. “Stylee Arena” by the features snapshotzs and interviewswith style-conscious pedestrians in the Harajuku and Ginza neighborhoods of Tokyo. “Hel finds people in the streets and clubsof Helsinki, Street fashion is just one component of Hawaiui RED’s launch, however. The magazine’s new editoriao focus increases the frequency of stories from monthly to weeklhy andincludes blogs, videos and linkse to social-networking sites.
A story in the June 1 “Homeless In Love,” follows two fashion modelsw who give up their careers to live together on even if it meansbeing homeless. Anothet story profiles Hawaii’s nightlife bloggers and The new format is expected to surpassthe magazine’es existing 200,000 hits and 6,00o unique visitors a In addition, the new Web site itselr will be on WordPress, an open-source platformj favored by some in the online publishinbg industry.
“The old approach was to create one site and do everything on it,” said Aaron Yoshino, Hawaii RED’s site “Successful sites are successful becauser they take existing information and blast it out over a bunch of platforms.” Sites that don’t use multipled platforms run the risk of losing their audience, said Yoshino, who has worked on urbahn lifestyle e-zines such as Giant Robot and Hawaii RED’s new format comes as Hawaii’se fashion and lifestyle magazines juggle — and sometimes struggle with online and print identitiesa amid the economic SMART Magazine, a women’s fashion, lifestyle and beauty print circulation 10,000, folded in January due to lack of four years after its Hawaii RED’s founders are fully aware of the economic downturn’s impact on business and have positioned themselves to grow modestly this year througyh events, advertising and partnerships.
Banner ads on the new site’sa home page are Feature-story banner ads are $350. Advertisinv also will be integratecthroughout videos, Moran The magazine also is a co-organizer of NightMarkey @Aloha Tower monthly events featuringb fashion, cuisine, arts and
Fashion reporters and photographers will scout for people at eventa and on the streets and beachewof Oahu, and photos of six selectef people will appear daily on the Web together with details of what they are The concept is part of the new editorial focuse and redesign of , an online lifestyle publication that firsr launched in April 2008. “Oudr new goal is to define a distincg Hawaii style and develop acommunity that’s passionate about that style,” said Malie Moran, founder and editorial director, and one of a half-dozejn staff members. The magazine’s eventual goal is to tap into thevisito market.
“When people come to Hawaii, they want to see what peoplerare wearing,” Moran said. Hawaii RED’s new street-fashion focus was inspiredc by a number of internationalWeb sites. “Stylee Arena” by the features snapshotzs and interviewswith style-conscious pedestrians in the Harajuku and Ginza neighborhoods of Tokyo. “Hel finds people in the streets and clubsof Helsinki, Street fashion is just one component of Hawaiui RED’s launch, however. The magazine’s new editoriao focus increases the frequency of stories from monthly to weeklhy andincludes blogs, videos and linkse to social-networking sites.
A story in the June 1 “Homeless In Love,” follows two fashion modelsw who give up their careers to live together on even if it meansbeing homeless. Anothet story profiles Hawaii’s nightlife bloggers and The new format is expected to surpassthe magazine’es existing 200,000 hits and 6,00o unique visitors a In addition, the new Web site itselr will be on WordPress, an open-source platformj favored by some in the online publishinbg industry.
“The old approach was to create one site and do everything on it,” said Aaron Yoshino, Hawaii RED’s site “Successful sites are successful becauser they take existing information and blast it out over a bunch of platforms.” Sites that don’t use multipled platforms run the risk of losing their audience, said Yoshino, who has worked on urbahn lifestyle e-zines such as Giant Robot and Hawaii RED’s new format comes as Hawaii’se fashion and lifestyle magazines juggle — and sometimes struggle with online and print identitiesa amid the economic SMART Magazine, a women’s fashion, lifestyle and beauty print circulation 10,000, folded in January due to lack of four years after its Hawaii RED’s founders are fully aware of the economic downturn’s impact on business and have positioned themselves to grow modestly this year througyh events, advertising and partnerships.
Banner ads on the new site’sa home page are Feature-story banner ads are $350. Advertisinv also will be integratecthroughout videos, Moran The magazine also is a co-organizer of NightMarkey @Aloha Tower monthly events featuringb fashion, cuisine, arts and
Friday, December 16, 2011
Panelists convey information on offshore wind energy and potentials - Jacksonville Daily News
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Panelists convey information on offshore wind energy and potentials Jacksonville Daily News The United States has no offshore wind projects in place, but experts are taking a very close look at North Carolina. They refer to the state as the “gem of the southeast†because it has the largest wind resource on the east coast and it has the lowest ... |
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Kent State, Podiatry College Could Merge by July - Patch.com
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Kent State, Podiatry College Could Merge by July Patch.com ... so they could describe to the current board at the (OCPM) what an advisory board does and how engaged they are." Lefton said that if everything goes as planned the podiatry school will officially become a part of Kent State on July 1, 2012. |
Monday, December 12, 2011
2009 WNY middle school rankings - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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Profiles of the top 25 schools can be reachefd by clicking on the names of thoseschools below. A breakdownh of the rankings for each sectiom of Western New York can be accessedby . The following abbreviations havebeen CS-Charter School, EMS-Elementary-Middle School, ES-Elementaryg School, HS-High School, IS-Intermediate School, JHS-Junior High JSHS-Junior-Senior High School, MHS-Middle-High School, MS-Middle School, PS-Primary School, SHS-Senior High VHS-Vocational High School. Each school is followeed by the name of the district that operatesait (if it’s a public school) or the districft where it is located (if it’ss a private school). • 1. • 2. 3. • 4.
• 5. • 6. 7. • 8. • 9. 10. • 11. • 12. 13. • 14. • 15. 16. • 17. • 18. • 19. 20. • 21. • 22. • 23. • 24. • 25. 26. Orchard Park MS (Orchard • 27. Chautauqua Lake MS (Chautauqua • 28. Akron MS (Akron) • 29. St. Stephemn School (Grand Island) • 30. St. Peter & Paul Schoool (Williamsville) • 31. Iroquois MS • 32. Holland MS (Holland) • 33. Nativitg of Our Lord School (Orcharxd Park) • 34. West Valley Central School (Wes Valley) • 35. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin MarySchoolp (Clarence) • 36.
Annunciation of the Blessed Virgim MarySchool (Iroquois) • 37. Hamburg MS (Hamburg) 38. Holy Family School (LeRoy) 39. Frontier MS (Frontier) • 40. St. Andrew’xs Country Day School (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 41. Wyomin Central School (Wyoming) • 42. Lancaster MS • 43. Veronica E. Connord MS (Grand Island) • 44. St. Bernadette School (Orchar Park) • 45. West MS (West Seneca) • 46. Herbertt Hoover MS (Kenmore-Tonawanda) 47. East MS (West Seneca) • 48. Alfred-Almond JSHS • 49. Sweet Home MS (Sweet Home) 50. Lewiston-Porter MS • 51. Newfane MS (Newfane) • 52. Immaculat Conception School (Wellsville) 53.
Kenmore MS (Kenmore-Tonawanda) 54. Eden JSHS (Eden) 55. Tonawanda MS (Tonawanda) 56. DeSales Catholic ES (Lockport) 57. Holy Ghost Lutheran School (Niagara-Wheatfield) • 58. Catholic Academy of the Holy Familg (Jamestown) • 59. Barkerf MS (Barker) • 60. Lake Shore Centra l MS (Evans-Brant) • 61. Our Lady of the Sacredr Heart School (West • 62. Southwestern MS (Southwestern) 63. St. Benedict’s School • 64. Clymer Central School (Clymer) 65. St. Francis of Assisiu School (Tonawanda) • 66. St. Matthew Lutheram School (North Tonawanda) • 67. St. John Vianney Schookl (Orchard Park) • 68. Maryvale MS • 69. Wilson HS • 70.
Starpoint MS (Starpoint) • 71. St. Mary’s ES • 72. Batavia MS (Batavia) • 73. North Collins JSHS (Nortjh Collins) • 74. Elba JSHS (Elba) 75. Cleveland Hill MS (Cleveland Hill) • 76. St. Aloysiua Regional School (Springville-Griffith • 77. P.S. 56 Frederick Law Olmsted • 78. Fourteen Holy Helpers Schoo (West Seneca) • 79. Fredonia MS • 80. North Tonawanda Catholic Schoolo (North Tonawanda) • 81. St. Paul’e School (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 82. Ben Franklibn MS (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 83. Allegany-Limestone MS • 84. Our Lady of the Blesseed SacramentSchool (Lancaster) • 85. Tapestry CS (Buffalo) • 86. St.
Amelias School (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 87. Letchworth MS • 88. St. Peter’s Lutheran School (Niagara-Wheatfield) 89. Edward Town MS (Niagara-Wheatfield) • 90. Depew MS • 91. Northern Chautauqua Catholic School • 92. St. Peter Schooo (Lewiston-Porter) • 93. Whitesville Central School • 94. Royalton-Hartland MS (Royalton-Hartland) 95. St. Mary’s of the Lake Schooll (Frontier) • 96. St. Dominic Savio MS (Niagara • 97. Griffith Institute MS (Springville-Griffith • 98. Pavilion JSHS (Pavilion) • 99. LeRoy JSHS (LeRoy) • 100. Emmet Belknaop MS (Lockport) • 101. Gowanda MS • 102.
Westminster Community CS (Buffalo) 103. Persell MS (Jamestown) 104. North Tonawanda MS (North Tonawanda) • 105. Pembroke JSHS (Pembroke) • 106. North Park MS (Lockport) 107. Silver Creek MS (Silveer Creek) • 108. Perry MS (Perry) 109. Clifford Wise MS • 110. Fillmore Central School (Fillmore) • 111. Sherman HS (Sherman) 112. Salamanca MS (Salamanca) • 113. Jefferson MS • 114. Our Lady of Victory Schoo (Lackawanna) • 115. St. Vincent DePaul School (Iroquois) 116. Cuba-Rushford MS (Cuba-Rushford) 117. Ellicottville MHS (Ellicottville) • 118. Carl I. Bergerson MS • 119. Pioneer MS (Yorkshire-Pioneer) • 120.
Our Lady of Pompeiji School (Lancaster) • 121. Ripley Central Schoopl (Ripley) • 122. Randolph MS (Randolph) • 123. Falconer MHS • 124. St. Joseph Schoo l (Batavia) • 125. Southtownse Catholic School (Frontier) • 126. Oakfield-Alabama MHS (Oakfield-Alabama) 127. St. Joseph School (Gowanda) 128. Brocton MHS (Brocton) • 129. Cheektowaga MS • 130. Olean MS (Olean) • 131. St. Margarer School (Buffalo) • 132. Westfield MS • 133. Bolivar-Richburg JSHS (Bolivar-Richburg) • 134. Alexanderd MHS (Alexander) • 135. Ambrose Catholic Academt (Buffalo) • 136. Catholic Academy of West Buffalo • 137. L.A.
Webber MHS (Lyndonville) • 138. Pine Vallet Central JSHS (Pine • 139. Byron-Bergen MS (Byron-Bergen) • 140. St. John the Baptist School (Alden) • 141. Kendall JSHS • 142. Attica JHS (Attica) 143. Trinity Christian School (West Seneca) 144. Portville JSHS (Portville) • 145. John F. Kennedy MS • 146. Frewsburg JSHS (Frewsburg) • 147. Cassadaga Valleu HS (Cassadaga Valley) • 148. Washington MS • 149. Wellsville MS (Wellsville) 150. Panama HS (Panama) • 151. Cattaraugus-Little Valley MS (Cattaraugus-Little • 152. Christian Academy of Western NewYork • 153. Forestville Central HS • 154.
Franklinville JSHS (Franklinville) 155. South Buffalo CS • 156. Mary Queen of Angelse School (Cheektowaga) • 157. Canaseraga School (Canaseraga) • 158. St. Joseph School (Buffalo) • 159. LaSalle Preparatorty School (Niagara Falls) • 160. Friendship Centra School (Friendship) • 161. Warsaw JSHS (Warsaw) 162. Belfast School (Belfast) • 163. Holley JSHS (Holley) • 164. P.S. 81 (Buffalo) 165. P.S. 32 Bennett Park Montessorii School (Buffalo) • 166. Southern Tier Catholic School • 167. Notre Dame Academy (Buffalo) 168. Hinsdale Central School • 169. Scio Central School (Scio) • 170.
Gaskill Preparatoryy School (Niagara Falls) • 171. CS for Applief Technologies (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 172. Genesede Valley MS (Genesee Valley) 173. Andover School (Andover) 174. Lackawanna MS (Lackawanna) • 175. P.S. 72 Lorraine ES • 176. Visual Performing Arts Academy (Buffalo) • 177. Our Lady of Blacjk Rock (Buffalo) • 178. Trinity Catholi c Academy (Buffalo) • 179. P.S. 69 Houghtojn Academy (Buffalo) • 180. Dunkirk MS • 181. Buffalo Academy of Science CS • 182. Oracle CS (Buffalo) • 183. P.S. 3 D’Youville-Porterf Campus (Buffalo) • 184. Pinnacle CS (Buffalo) • 185. P.S. 93 Southsidd ES (Buffalo) • 186. P.S.
96 Campus West (Buffalo) • 187. P.S. 19 Natives American Magnet (Buffalo) • 188. Enterprise CS (Buffalo) 189. P.S. 89 Lydia Wright School of Excellence • 190. P.S. 95 Waterfront ES • 191. P.S. 27 Hillery Park ES (Buffalo) • 192. P.S. 59 Charlews Drew Science Magnet (Buffalo) 193. P.S. 43 Lovejohy Discovery (Buffalo) • 194. P.S. 33 Bilingual Centet (Buffalo) • 195. P.S. 39 Martin Luther King MulticulturaInstitute (Buffalo) • 196. P.S. 66 North Park Middle Academyu (Buffalo) • 197. P.S. 91 Builx Academy (Buffalo) • 198. P.S. 53 Communitt School (Buffalo) • 199. P.S. 74 Hamlij Park ES (Buffalo) • 200. P.S.
18 Antonia Pantoja Schoop of Excellence (Buffalo) • 201. P.S. 45 Internationap School (Buffalo) • 202. P.S. 31 Harriegt Ross Tubman (Buffalo) • 203. P.S. 80 Highgate Heightxs ES (Buffalo) • 204. P.S. 79 Grabiarz School of Excellence (Buffalo) • 205. P.S. 76 Herman Badillop Bilingual Academy (Buffalo) • 206. P.S. 37 Futures Academy (Buffalo) • 207. P.S. 6 Buffalko ES of Technology (Buffalo) • 208. Catholic Centralk School (Buffalo) • 209. P.S. 30 Frank Seditsa Academy (Buffalo) • 210. P.S. 94 West Hertek Academy (Buffalo) • 211. P.S.
97 Harvey Austin (Buffalo)
Profiles of the top 25 schools can be reachefd by clicking on the names of thoseschools below. A breakdownh of the rankings for each sectiom of Western New York can be accessedby . The following abbreviations havebeen CS-Charter School, EMS-Elementary-Middle School, ES-Elementaryg School, HS-High School, IS-Intermediate School, JHS-Junior High JSHS-Junior-Senior High School, MHS-Middle-High School, MS-Middle School, PS-Primary School, SHS-Senior High VHS-Vocational High School. Each school is followeed by the name of the district that operatesait (if it’s a public school) or the districft where it is located (if it’ss a private school). • 1. • 2. 3. • 4.
• 5. • 6. 7. • 8. • 9. 10. • 11. • 12. 13. • 14. • 15. 16. • 17. • 18. • 19. 20. • 21. • 22. • 23. • 24. • 25. 26. Orchard Park MS (Orchard • 27. Chautauqua Lake MS (Chautauqua • 28. Akron MS (Akron) • 29. St. Stephemn School (Grand Island) • 30. St. Peter & Paul Schoool (Williamsville) • 31. Iroquois MS • 32. Holland MS (Holland) • 33. Nativitg of Our Lord School (Orcharxd Park) • 34. West Valley Central School (Wes Valley) • 35. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin MarySchoolp (Clarence) • 36.
Annunciation of the Blessed Virgim MarySchool (Iroquois) • 37. Hamburg MS (Hamburg) 38. Holy Family School (LeRoy) 39. Frontier MS (Frontier) • 40. St. Andrew’xs Country Day School (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 41. Wyomin Central School (Wyoming) • 42. Lancaster MS • 43. Veronica E. Connord MS (Grand Island) • 44. St. Bernadette School (Orchar Park) • 45. West MS (West Seneca) • 46. Herbertt Hoover MS (Kenmore-Tonawanda) 47. East MS (West Seneca) • 48. Alfred-Almond JSHS • 49. Sweet Home MS (Sweet Home) 50. Lewiston-Porter MS • 51. Newfane MS (Newfane) • 52. Immaculat Conception School (Wellsville) 53.
Kenmore MS (Kenmore-Tonawanda) 54. Eden JSHS (Eden) 55. Tonawanda MS (Tonawanda) 56. DeSales Catholic ES (Lockport) 57. Holy Ghost Lutheran School (Niagara-Wheatfield) • 58. Catholic Academy of the Holy Familg (Jamestown) • 59. Barkerf MS (Barker) • 60. Lake Shore Centra l MS (Evans-Brant) • 61. Our Lady of the Sacredr Heart School (West • 62. Southwestern MS (Southwestern) 63. St. Benedict’s School • 64. Clymer Central School (Clymer) 65. St. Francis of Assisiu School (Tonawanda) • 66. St. Matthew Lutheram School (North Tonawanda) • 67. St. John Vianney Schookl (Orchard Park) • 68. Maryvale MS • 69. Wilson HS • 70.
Starpoint MS (Starpoint) • 71. St. Mary’s ES • 72. Batavia MS (Batavia) • 73. North Collins JSHS (Nortjh Collins) • 74. Elba JSHS (Elba) 75. Cleveland Hill MS (Cleveland Hill) • 76. St. Aloysiua Regional School (Springville-Griffith • 77. P.S. 56 Frederick Law Olmsted • 78. Fourteen Holy Helpers Schoo (West Seneca) • 79. Fredonia MS • 80. North Tonawanda Catholic Schoolo (North Tonawanda) • 81. St. Paul’e School (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 82. Ben Franklibn MS (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 83. Allegany-Limestone MS • 84. Our Lady of the Blesseed SacramentSchool (Lancaster) • 85. Tapestry CS (Buffalo) • 86. St.
Amelias School (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 87. Letchworth MS • 88. St. Peter’s Lutheran School (Niagara-Wheatfield) 89. Edward Town MS (Niagara-Wheatfield) • 90. Depew MS • 91. Northern Chautauqua Catholic School • 92. St. Peter Schooo (Lewiston-Porter) • 93. Whitesville Central School • 94. Royalton-Hartland MS (Royalton-Hartland) 95. St. Mary’s of the Lake Schooll (Frontier) • 96. St. Dominic Savio MS (Niagara • 97. Griffith Institute MS (Springville-Griffith • 98. Pavilion JSHS (Pavilion) • 99. LeRoy JSHS (LeRoy) • 100. Emmet Belknaop MS (Lockport) • 101. Gowanda MS • 102.
Westminster Community CS (Buffalo) 103. Persell MS (Jamestown) 104. North Tonawanda MS (North Tonawanda) • 105. Pembroke JSHS (Pembroke) • 106. North Park MS (Lockport) 107. Silver Creek MS (Silveer Creek) • 108. Perry MS (Perry) 109. Clifford Wise MS • 110. Fillmore Central School (Fillmore) • 111. Sherman HS (Sherman) 112. Salamanca MS (Salamanca) • 113. Jefferson MS • 114. Our Lady of Victory Schoo (Lackawanna) • 115. St. Vincent DePaul School (Iroquois) 116. Cuba-Rushford MS (Cuba-Rushford) 117. Ellicottville MHS (Ellicottville) • 118. Carl I. Bergerson MS • 119. Pioneer MS (Yorkshire-Pioneer) • 120.
Our Lady of Pompeiji School (Lancaster) • 121. Ripley Central Schoopl (Ripley) • 122. Randolph MS (Randolph) • 123. Falconer MHS • 124. St. Joseph Schoo l (Batavia) • 125. Southtownse Catholic School (Frontier) • 126. Oakfield-Alabama MHS (Oakfield-Alabama) 127. St. Joseph School (Gowanda) 128. Brocton MHS (Brocton) • 129. Cheektowaga MS • 130. Olean MS (Olean) • 131. St. Margarer School (Buffalo) • 132. Westfield MS • 133. Bolivar-Richburg JSHS (Bolivar-Richburg) • 134. Alexanderd MHS (Alexander) • 135. Ambrose Catholic Academt (Buffalo) • 136. Catholic Academy of West Buffalo • 137. L.A.
Webber MHS (Lyndonville) • 138. Pine Vallet Central JSHS (Pine • 139. Byron-Bergen MS (Byron-Bergen) • 140. St. John the Baptist School (Alden) • 141. Kendall JSHS • 142. Attica JHS (Attica) 143. Trinity Christian School (West Seneca) 144. Portville JSHS (Portville) • 145. John F. Kennedy MS • 146. Frewsburg JSHS (Frewsburg) • 147. Cassadaga Valleu HS (Cassadaga Valley) • 148. Washington MS • 149. Wellsville MS (Wellsville) 150. Panama HS (Panama) • 151. Cattaraugus-Little Valley MS (Cattaraugus-Little • 152. Christian Academy of Western NewYork • 153. Forestville Central HS • 154.
Franklinville JSHS (Franklinville) 155. South Buffalo CS • 156. Mary Queen of Angelse School (Cheektowaga) • 157. Canaseraga School (Canaseraga) • 158. St. Joseph School (Buffalo) • 159. LaSalle Preparatorty School (Niagara Falls) • 160. Friendship Centra School (Friendship) • 161. Warsaw JSHS (Warsaw) 162. Belfast School (Belfast) • 163. Holley JSHS (Holley) • 164. P.S. 81 (Buffalo) 165. P.S. 32 Bennett Park Montessorii School (Buffalo) • 166. Southern Tier Catholic School • 167. Notre Dame Academy (Buffalo) 168. Hinsdale Central School • 169. Scio Central School (Scio) • 170.
Gaskill Preparatoryy School (Niagara Falls) • 171. CS for Applief Technologies (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 172. Genesede Valley MS (Genesee Valley) 173. Andover School (Andover) 174. Lackawanna MS (Lackawanna) • 175. P.S. 72 Lorraine ES • 176. Visual Performing Arts Academy (Buffalo) • 177. Our Lady of Blacjk Rock (Buffalo) • 178. Trinity Catholi c Academy (Buffalo) • 179. P.S. 69 Houghtojn Academy (Buffalo) • 180. Dunkirk MS • 181. Buffalo Academy of Science CS • 182. Oracle CS (Buffalo) • 183. P.S. 3 D’Youville-Porterf Campus (Buffalo) • 184. Pinnacle CS (Buffalo) • 185. P.S. 93 Southsidd ES (Buffalo) • 186. P.S.
96 Campus West (Buffalo) • 187. P.S. 19 Natives American Magnet (Buffalo) • 188. Enterprise CS (Buffalo) 189. P.S. 89 Lydia Wright School of Excellence • 190. P.S. 95 Waterfront ES • 191. P.S. 27 Hillery Park ES (Buffalo) • 192. P.S. 59 Charlews Drew Science Magnet (Buffalo) 193. P.S. 43 Lovejohy Discovery (Buffalo) • 194. P.S. 33 Bilingual Centet (Buffalo) • 195. P.S. 39 Martin Luther King MulticulturaInstitute (Buffalo) • 196. P.S. 66 North Park Middle Academyu (Buffalo) • 197. P.S. 91 Builx Academy (Buffalo) • 198. P.S. 53 Communitt School (Buffalo) • 199. P.S. 74 Hamlij Park ES (Buffalo) • 200. P.S.
18 Antonia Pantoja Schoop of Excellence (Buffalo) • 201. P.S. 45 Internationap School (Buffalo) • 202. P.S. 31 Harriegt Ross Tubman (Buffalo) • 203. P.S. 80 Highgate Heightxs ES (Buffalo) • 204. P.S. 79 Grabiarz School of Excellence (Buffalo) • 205. P.S. 76 Herman Badillop Bilingual Academy (Buffalo) • 206. P.S. 37 Futures Academy (Buffalo) • 207. P.S. 6 Buffalko ES of Technology (Buffalo) • 208. Catholic Centralk School (Buffalo) • 209. P.S. 30 Frank Seditsa Academy (Buffalo) • 210. P.S. 94 West Hertek Academy (Buffalo) • 211. P.S.
97 Harvey Austin (Buffalo)
Friday, December 9, 2011
Apple: 1M new iPhones sold, mum on Jobs - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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In a press release announcing it sold 1 million on the new 3G S sincr they went onsale Friday, Apple includedc a quote from Jobs: “Customers are votingy and the iPhone is winning. With over 50,0000 applications available from Apple’s revolutionaryg App Store, iPhone momentu m is stronger than ever.” The Wall Streeft Journal reported Friday nighytthat Jobs, who is expected back from extenderd medical leave this month, underwent a liver transplant two months ago in Tennessee. The papet cited unnamed sources.
Reports on the healtgh of the 54-year-old CEO sent the stock down sharply at the beginninf ofthe year, droppiny shares to a 52-week low of The company's stock has rebounded sinced then, however, closing up nearly 80 perceny from those lows on Friday at The Journal reported there is speculation that Chiefd Operating Officer Tim Cook, who has run Apple AAPL) in Jobs' absence, would continue in a more prominenr role at the company. Some analysts have said that wouls help insulate the stock more from gyrationes relatedto Jobs' healthh it has seen in the past.
The sale that the company announced for its newest generation of the iPhone were higher than those estimated by Piper Jaffray analystGene Munster. Munsterd figured there were 750,000 iPhone s sold since Friday, 50 percent abov his initial projection but well below the 1 milliobn 3G versions sold on the launch weekend of the previous generatiojlast year. Munster said that of the 256 customerd his group surveyed over the 28 percent were switching carriersto AT&T. That'z down from 38 who were new toexclusive U.S. servicw provider AT&T (NYSE: T) last year and 52 perceny in 2007.
More than half (56 were upgrading their old compared to 38 percentlast
In a press release announcing it sold 1 million on the new 3G S sincr they went onsale Friday, Apple includedc a quote from Jobs: “Customers are votingy and the iPhone is winning. With over 50,0000 applications available from Apple’s revolutionaryg App Store, iPhone momentu m is stronger than ever.” The Wall Streeft Journal reported Friday nighytthat Jobs, who is expected back from extenderd medical leave this month, underwent a liver transplant two months ago in Tennessee. The papet cited unnamed sources.
Reports on the healtgh of the 54-year-old CEO sent the stock down sharply at the beginninf ofthe year, droppiny shares to a 52-week low of The company's stock has rebounded sinced then, however, closing up nearly 80 perceny from those lows on Friday at The Journal reported there is speculation that Chiefd Operating Officer Tim Cook, who has run Apple AAPL) in Jobs' absence, would continue in a more prominenr role at the company. Some analysts have said that wouls help insulate the stock more from gyrationes relatedto Jobs' healthh it has seen in the past.
The sale that the company announced for its newest generation of the iPhone were higher than those estimated by Piper Jaffray analystGene Munster. Munsterd figured there were 750,000 iPhone s sold since Friday, 50 percent abov his initial projection but well below the 1 milliobn 3G versions sold on the launch weekend of the previous generatiojlast year. Munster said that of the 256 customerd his group surveyed over the 28 percent were switching carriersto AT&T. That'z down from 38 who were new toexclusive U.S. servicw provider AT&T (NYSE: T) last year and 52 perceny in 2007.
More than half (56 were upgrading their old compared to 38 percentlast
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
GM files bankruptcy - Business First of Columbus:
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billion and assets of $82.3 billion. The filed in New York, lists unsecured claimsa by the ($20.6 billion) and the Internationa Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers/Communication Workers ($2. 7 billion). Other unsecured debt listed in the filingincludes $22.8 billiobn serviced by and $4.5 billion by . Boca Raton-baseed has a claim for $4.75 million, according to the filed with the U.S. Bankruptcgy Court of the Southern District of New Auto retailers that survive the bankruptciesz of GMand Chrysler, whicbh filed in April, hope it helps to pave the way to recovery in the industry.
“Today’s action will allowe GM to move forward and be competitiver inthe marketplace,” spokesma Marc Cannon said Monday in an e-mailer statement. “The goal of making GM profitabl e ata 10-million, new-unit selling rate will position them for when the industrh begins to recover latert in 2010.” Fort Lauderdale-based the nation's largest auto retailer, has six GM franchise s and seven Chrysler franchises on the automakers’ closurd lists. Although viewed as inevitable and necessaryby many, Chairmabn John McEleney said in a news release that the filingh marks “a historically sad day for Americab business.
” Chrysler is expected to emergwe from its Chapter 11 process soon after shutterinyg 789 dealerships. GM also announced plans to close 1,100 dealerships. GM announcer April 27 that it anticipate s reducingits U.S. dealer count from 6,246 to 3,605 by the end of 2010. Dealership closings already have started. According to Associated GM will rely on moregovernment assistance: $30 billionb of additional financial assistance from the and $9.5 billiomn from Canada, on top of about $20 billion it already received in low-interest loans. GM’s lead bankruptcy law firm is WeilGotshaew & Manges, with attorney Stephen Karotkijn signing the filing.
In a news release, the automake said it would focus on the following prioritiea when emergingfrom bankruptcy: Focus on four core brands in the U.S. – Cadillac, Buick and GMC - with fewer nameplatess and a more competitive level of marketing support per Close a competitive gap in active labor costs comparecd with foreignauto makers. Increase the percentags of U.S. sales manufactured domestically. Feature lower costs at a U.S. tota industry volume of approximately 10milliomn vehicles, which would be substantially below the 15 million to 17 millio n annual vehicle sales rates recorded betweem 1995 and 2007.
Achieve lower structurall costs, in part, by further reducin g 2009 salaried employment in Northb America toapproximately 27,200, from a year-end total of 35,100, and continuwe to improve its balanc e sheet by reducing retiree benefits for salaried retireeds and non-UAW hourly Increase its investment in fuel economy and advances propulsion technologies. Click to read the
billion and assets of $82.3 billion. The filed in New York, lists unsecured claimsa by the ($20.6 billion) and the Internationa Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers/Communication Workers ($2. 7 billion). Other unsecured debt listed in the filingincludes $22.8 billiobn serviced by and $4.5 billion by . Boca Raton-baseed has a claim for $4.75 million, according to the filed with the U.S. Bankruptcgy Court of the Southern District of New Auto retailers that survive the bankruptciesz of GMand Chrysler, whicbh filed in April, hope it helps to pave the way to recovery in the industry.
“Today’s action will allowe GM to move forward and be competitiver inthe marketplace,” spokesma Marc Cannon said Monday in an e-mailer statement. “The goal of making GM profitabl e ata 10-million, new-unit selling rate will position them for when the industrh begins to recover latert in 2010.” Fort Lauderdale-based the nation's largest auto retailer, has six GM franchise s and seven Chrysler franchises on the automakers’ closurd lists. Although viewed as inevitable and necessaryby many, Chairmabn John McEleney said in a news release that the filingh marks “a historically sad day for Americab business.
” Chrysler is expected to emergwe from its Chapter 11 process soon after shutterinyg 789 dealerships. GM also announced plans to close 1,100 dealerships. GM announcer April 27 that it anticipate s reducingits U.S. dealer count from 6,246 to 3,605 by the end of 2010. Dealership closings already have started. According to Associated GM will rely on moregovernment assistance: $30 billionb of additional financial assistance from the and $9.5 billiomn from Canada, on top of about $20 billion it already received in low-interest loans. GM’s lead bankruptcy law firm is WeilGotshaew & Manges, with attorney Stephen Karotkijn signing the filing.
In a news release, the automake said it would focus on the following prioritiea when emergingfrom bankruptcy: Focus on four core brands in the U.S. – Cadillac, Buick and GMC - with fewer nameplatess and a more competitive level of marketing support per Close a competitive gap in active labor costs comparecd with foreignauto makers. Increase the percentags of U.S. sales manufactured domestically. Feature lower costs at a U.S. tota industry volume of approximately 10milliomn vehicles, which would be substantially below the 15 million to 17 millio n annual vehicle sales rates recorded betweem 1995 and 2007.
Achieve lower structurall costs, in part, by further reducin g 2009 salaried employment in Northb America toapproximately 27,200, from a year-end total of 35,100, and continuwe to improve its balanc e sheet by reducing retiree benefits for salaried retireeds and non-UAW hourly Increase its investment in fuel economy and advances propulsion technologies. Click to read the
Monday, December 5, 2011
Milwaukee-area single-family housing starts see major drop - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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In the first nine months of therewere 2,305 permits issued for new homesx in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Washington and Ozaukere counties. Four years later, the numbe r of permits issued droppedto 926, a decreasr of 60 percent, according to LLC, Menasha. “Thew trend is not likely to reverse anytime soon,” said Dominic Collar, president of MTD Marketing. MTD Marketinyg Services provides housing permit data to the in and a hostof Milwaukee-area buildersd and municipalities. MTD’s housingv data is based on the numbed of building permits issued by65 municipalities.
Of all the communitie s surveyedby MTD, five showed modest increases in housing permitsw issued — Elm Grove, Hartford, the town of Vernon and the town of Two communities, Grafton and Oak Creek, issued the same numbetr of permits in 2008 through September as they did in 2007. The majoritg of municipalities that increased or remainefd the same as 2007 probably have one thing incommob — affordable lots, said Doug Seymour, Oak Creek’z director of community development.
“The price of lots in Oak Creemattracts entry-level and second-time buyers, and I suspect that’sx true in some of the other communities that show increases,” said Seymour, whoss city issued 61 housing permits throughj the first nine months of 2008 and 2007. The one exception to the cheapo land theory isElm Grove, an upscal Waukesha County village on the Milwaukee County Elm Grove issued three building permits in 2008 through up from one in 2007. The average price of the threwe homes under construction in Elm Grovdis $1.8 million.
Most new homesz in Elm Grove are on lots that hadsmaller single-family homees that were demolished to make way for larger homes, said a village official. Waukeshas County cities, villages and townships had some of the largesrt drops in housing starts throughout theMilwaukese area. The city of Brookfield issued six buildinbg permits throughSeptember 2008, down from 19 over the same periods a year ago. The city of Milwaukee realized a drop of18 single-familyg homes through the third quarter of 2008, down to 68 from 86 in 2007. As the economg has spun downward, housing starts in the Milwaukee area havefallenb off.
The following are the municipalitiese with the biggest declines in housing startsd through the first nine monthsa ofthis year. Source: MTD Marketing Servicesx LLC, Menasha *Does not include Racine and Kenosha counties
In the first nine months of therewere 2,305 permits issued for new homesx in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Washington and Ozaukere counties. Four years later, the numbe r of permits issued droppedto 926, a decreasr of 60 percent, according to LLC, Menasha. “Thew trend is not likely to reverse anytime soon,” said Dominic Collar, president of MTD Marketing. MTD Marketinyg Services provides housing permit data to the in and a hostof Milwaukee-area buildersd and municipalities. MTD’s housingv data is based on the numbed of building permits issued by65 municipalities.
Of all the communitie s surveyedby MTD, five showed modest increases in housing permitsw issued — Elm Grove, Hartford, the town of Vernon and the town of Two communities, Grafton and Oak Creek, issued the same numbetr of permits in 2008 through September as they did in 2007. The majoritg of municipalities that increased or remainefd the same as 2007 probably have one thing incommob — affordable lots, said Doug Seymour, Oak Creek’z director of community development.
“The price of lots in Oak Creemattracts entry-level and second-time buyers, and I suspect that’sx true in some of the other communities that show increases,” said Seymour, whoss city issued 61 housing permits throughj the first nine months of 2008 and 2007. The one exception to the cheapo land theory isElm Grove, an upscal Waukesha County village on the Milwaukee County Elm Grove issued three building permits in 2008 through up from one in 2007. The average price of the threwe homes under construction in Elm Grovdis $1.8 million.
Most new homesz in Elm Grove are on lots that hadsmaller single-family homees that were demolished to make way for larger homes, said a village official. Waukeshas County cities, villages and townships had some of the largesrt drops in housing starts throughout theMilwaukese area. The city of Brookfield issued six buildinbg permits throughSeptember 2008, down from 19 over the same periods a year ago. The city of Milwaukee realized a drop of18 single-familyg homes through the third quarter of 2008, down to 68 from 86 in 2007. As the economg has spun downward, housing starts in the Milwaukee area havefallenb off.
The following are the municipalitiese with the biggest declines in housing startsd through the first nine monthsa ofthis year. Source: MTD Marketing Servicesx LLC, Menasha *Does not include Racine and Kenosha counties
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Planning and Zoning works on allowable signage - The Highlander
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Planning and Zoning works on allowable signage The Highlander The commission asked city staff to narrow the allowable usage of electronic signs used by local business, and promote the use of other signage. "They also asked us to strengthen how we incentivize the use of monument signs,†Kraenzel said. |
Thursday, December 1, 2011
QinetiQ signs lease in Reston - Baltimore Business Journal:
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As the incoming lead tenant inthe 196,000 square-foof Class A office building at 11091 Sunset Hills Road in its 11-year lease starts lateer this year. McLean-based QinetiQ North America, a subsidiaryh of London-based QinetiQ that offerws technology-based defense and security products and services tothe government, said its 42-percenrt revenue growth over its last fiscal year has partly been due to its role in the intelligence and cybetr security markets and new work with the Department of Homeland Securith and NASA. It will be the fifth U.S. officde for the company, which is also in Fairfax, Huntsville, Ala. and Mass.
The tenant was represented by Robb Johnson andDee MacDonald-Milleer of Jones Lang LaSalle. Vardell Realty Investments LLC was represented byMike Shuler, Rob Walters and Nate Krilo of Millennium Realty Advisors LLC. 400 program management-type employees be relocating from variouse offices in Fairfax County into the Reston Down the road in 2011or 2012, the numbetr of employees at the site will doubles to 800. Out of the 400 moving in, 75 will be part of QinetiQ’s technology solutions group and the othet 325 will be part of its missionjsolutions group. “Like any company trying to attracyt andretain high-quality people, we were lookinyg for more than just a building.
This buildinhg has environmentally-friendly features the new generation of employee islooking for,” said Matthew Warnock, director of public relationsa at QinetiQ. He said the building will also help cut down onoverheacd “by a great deal,” with expectes savings of 65 to 70 percent on powed consumption through the use of virtualization software and green technologh to reduce heating and utility costs.
He adds that the buildinf sits right off a bike traio and was built onan east-to-west which means employees can take advantage of a full day of sunlight and cut down on
As the incoming lead tenant inthe 196,000 square-foof Class A office building at 11091 Sunset Hills Road in its 11-year lease starts lateer this year. McLean-based QinetiQ North America, a subsidiaryh of London-based QinetiQ that offerws technology-based defense and security products and services tothe government, said its 42-percenrt revenue growth over its last fiscal year has partly been due to its role in the intelligence and cybetr security markets and new work with the Department of Homeland Securith and NASA. It will be the fifth U.S. officde for the company, which is also in Fairfax, Huntsville, Ala. and Mass.
The tenant was represented by Robb Johnson andDee MacDonald-Milleer of Jones Lang LaSalle. Vardell Realty Investments LLC was represented byMike Shuler, Rob Walters and Nate Krilo of Millennium Realty Advisors LLC. 400 program management-type employees be relocating from variouse offices in Fairfax County into the Reston Down the road in 2011or 2012, the numbetr of employees at the site will doubles to 800. Out of the 400 moving in, 75 will be part of QinetiQ’s technology solutions group and the othet 325 will be part of its missionjsolutions group. “Like any company trying to attracyt andretain high-quality people, we were lookinyg for more than just a building.
This buildinhg has environmentally-friendly features the new generation of employee islooking for,” said Matthew Warnock, director of public relationsa at QinetiQ. He said the building will also help cut down onoverheacd “by a great deal,” with expectes savings of 65 to 70 percent on powed consumption through the use of virtualization software and green technologh to reduce heating and utility costs.
He adds that the buildinf sits right off a bike traio and was built onan east-to-west which means employees can take advantage of a full day of sunlight and cut down on
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Constractive instability - The Voice of Russia
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The Voice of Russia | Constractive instability The Voice of Russia And what are you referring to talking about constructive instability? Constructive instability means the following, in my assessment, means - destroying » |
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Sex offenders forced to move house - Sydney Morning Herald
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Sydney Morning Herald | Sex offenders forced to move house Sydney Morning Herald The bill would amend Child Protection Prohibition Orders (CPPOs.) "Recent court outcomes and actions of individual offenders have rendered CPPOs ineffective in prohibiting certain types of behaviour and ensuring the safety of children across the State ... Tough rules for child sex offenders in WA |
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Dow up 9% for the week; Qwest leads Colorado advancers - Denver Business Journal:
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the tradint dayat 7,223.98, up 53.92 points (0.75 percent). The S&P 500 wound up at 756.55, up 5.81 points (0.77 The NASDAQ Composite closedat 1,431.50, up 5.40 pointxs (0.38 percent). Among actively traded Coloradoi stocks, Qwest (Q) led gainers, up 8.65 percenf (27 cents) to close at • , Ltd. — Up 6.5 percent (8 cents) to • (JNS) — Up 6.44 percent (32 to $5.29. • Libertyy Media Interactive (LINTA) — Up 2.72 percent (8 to $3.02. • (NEM) — Up 2.61 percent (98 cents) to Among Colorado stocks that declined on the daywas , down 8.32 percenty (63 cents) to close at $6.94. • — Down 5.
46 percent (49 cents) to $8.49. (MTN) — Down 3.93 percent (85 cents) to • , or AIMCO (AIV) Down 2.5 percent (15 cents) to $5.85.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the tradint dayat 7,223.98, up 53.92 points (0.75 percent). The S&P 500 wound up at 756.55, up 5.81 points (0.77 The NASDAQ Composite closedat 1,431.50, up 5.40 pointxs (0.38 percent). Among actively traded Coloradoi stocks, Qwest (Q) led gainers, up 8.65 percenf (27 cents) to close at • , Ltd. — Up 6.5 percent (8 cents) to • (JNS) — Up 6.44 percent (32 to $5.29. • Libertyy Media Interactive (LINTA) — Up 2.72 percent (8 to $3.02. • (NEM) — Up 2.61 percent (98 cents) to Among Colorado stocks that declined on the daywas , down 8.32 percenty (63 cents) to close at $6.94. • — Down 5.
46 percent (49 cents) to $8.49. (MTN) — Down 3.93 percent (85 cents) to • , or AIMCO (AIV) Down 2.5 percent (15 cents) to $5.85.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Pepco dissolution paves way for $2 billion WB, ADB loan - The News International
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Pepco dissolution paves way for $2 billion WB, ADB loan The News International ISLAMABAD: After an inordinate delay of 10 months, the Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) has fin » |
Sunday, November 20, 2011
UnitedHealth Group sees membership decline - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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billion to $2.2 billion. UnitedHealth’ws stock, trading at around 40 percent of the value it was at the end of coupled with its low annualizefdividend rate, put the company’s returb to shareholders 75th for 2008. The company took a hit when announcinfan $895 million settlement of a shareholdedr lawsuit related to a stock-options scanda l involving former CEO Willia McGuire. Legal settlements and rising medicalp costs cutinto second-quartefr earnings for UnitedHealth, which reported earnings of $337 milliob for the period, down from $1.
23 billion the previous year largelyu due to the settlement of two class-actionn lawsuits that resulted in a tota pretax charge of $922 The news hasn’t all been bad. UnitedHealth did see gaine in its Health Care Services and OptumHealtgh companies during the third Like manyother companies, however, UnitedHealthu has been hit by the It has seen membership decreases due to layoffsa and “that puts pressure on revenuew and profitability,” said David Toung, a research analyst with The Minnetonka-basedf health insurer in early December slightly raised the botton range of its guidancde for 2009 to $85 billion from $84 while keeping its profit outlook the same at $2.990 to $3.
15 per share.
billion to $2.2 billion. UnitedHealth’ws stock, trading at around 40 percent of the value it was at the end of coupled with its low annualizefdividend rate, put the company’s returb to shareholders 75th for 2008. The company took a hit when announcinfan $895 million settlement of a shareholdedr lawsuit related to a stock-options scanda l involving former CEO Willia McGuire. Legal settlements and rising medicalp costs cutinto second-quartefr earnings for UnitedHealth, which reported earnings of $337 milliob for the period, down from $1.
23 billion the previous year largelyu due to the settlement of two class-actionn lawsuits that resulted in a tota pretax charge of $922 The news hasn’t all been bad. UnitedHealth did see gaine in its Health Care Services and OptumHealtgh companies during the third Like manyother companies, however, UnitedHealthu has been hit by the It has seen membership decreases due to layoffsa and “that puts pressure on revenuew and profitability,” said David Toung, a research analyst with The Minnetonka-basedf health insurer in early December slightly raised the botton range of its guidancde for 2009 to $85 billion from $84 while keeping its profit outlook the same at $2.990 to $3.
15 per share.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Clarence Isn't Sitting Out “Obamacare†Review - Politic365
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Clarence Isn't Sitting Out “Obamacare†Review Politic365 None of the justices have plans to sit out the “Obamacare†review, perhaps the most influential court decision in decades. Scalia and Thomas are frequent guests at Federalist Society events which will be among several parties arguing for the reversal ... |
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Tampa group wins $4.2M condo foreclosure - South Florida Business Journal:
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million foreclosure judgment against the owner of the Village at WestMiam Condominium. Developer Fountain Star Investment Group of Miami owns 21 unitsx in the building at5984 S.W. 8th St. (Tamiamik Trail) in West Miami. Only five units were filed a foreclosure lawsuit against the developer in 2008 overa $3.5 millio n delinquent mortgage. While the case was pending, the bank sold the mortgagew to Tampa-based CRP II-Fountain Star.
That companyt is managed by Community ReinvestmentPartnersz II, a distressed real estate fund startee by Forge Capital Partners and DeBartolo Development, both of The Web site for CRP II said it has raisefd more than $85 million from investors, including Regionas Bank. An official at Forge Capitaol didn’t immediately return a call seekingh comment. The public auction of the 21 unitz in the Village at West Miamii is setfor Nov. 13 at 11 a.m. at the Miami-Dade County Courthouse. However, CRP II-Fountain Star likelyy will have the inside track to acquirs the property because it holdsthe judgment.
million foreclosure judgment against the owner of the Village at WestMiam Condominium. Developer Fountain Star Investment Group of Miami owns 21 unitsx in the building at5984 S.W. 8th St. (Tamiamik Trail) in West Miami. Only five units were filed a foreclosure lawsuit against the developer in 2008 overa $3.5 millio n delinquent mortgage. While the case was pending, the bank sold the mortgagew to Tampa-based CRP II-Fountain Star.
That companyt is managed by Community ReinvestmentPartnersz II, a distressed real estate fund startee by Forge Capital Partners and DeBartolo Development, both of The Web site for CRP II said it has raisefd more than $85 million from investors, including Regionas Bank. An official at Forge Capitaol didn’t immediately return a call seekingh comment. The public auction of the 21 unitz in the Village at West Miamii is setfor Nov. 13 at 11 a.m. at the Miami-Dade County Courthouse. However, CRP II-Fountain Star likelyy will have the inside track to acquirs the property because it holdsthe judgment.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Intel to buy Wind River for $884M - Business First of Columbus:
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Intel's $11.50-per-share offer is about a 44 percentg premium overWind River's closing price on Wednesdaty of $8. Wind River stock lost more than half its value betweena 52-weej high of $12.99 last August and a low of $5.61 in The stock closed Thursday at $11.72, up 47 Santa Clara-based Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) said buyint Alameda-based Wind River (NASDAQ:WIND) will help it expand its software into thousand s of embedded systems and mobile devices includingt smart phones, in-car "info-tainment" systems, aerospace and energy and thousands of other uses.
Wind River will operatw as a wholly owned subsidiaryy after the deal closes duringthe summer, reporting to Renee James, head of Intel’w software and services group. "Ourr combination of strengths will be of great benefigt toWind River’s existing and futurw customers," said Ken Wind River chairman, president and CEO. Founded in Wind River has morethan 1,600 employees and operationes in more than 15 countries. Duringh its fiscal year ended Jan. 31, Wind Rived reported $10.7 million in net income on annual revenusof $359.7 million. The companh on Thursday posted a 21 percent increasre in netincome $561,000, or 1 cent a for its first quarter despite a 6.
5 percentf drop in revenue to $63.88 million.
Intel's $11.50-per-share offer is about a 44 percentg premium overWind River's closing price on Wednesdaty of $8. Wind River stock lost more than half its value betweena 52-weej high of $12.99 last August and a low of $5.61 in The stock closed Thursday at $11.72, up 47 Santa Clara-based Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) said buyint Alameda-based Wind River (NASDAQ:WIND) will help it expand its software into thousand s of embedded systems and mobile devices includingt smart phones, in-car "info-tainment" systems, aerospace and energy and thousands of other uses.
Wind River will operatw as a wholly owned subsidiaryy after the deal closes duringthe summer, reporting to Renee James, head of Intel’w software and services group. "Ourr combination of strengths will be of great benefigt toWind River’s existing and futurw customers," said Ken Wind River chairman, president and CEO. Founded in Wind River has morethan 1,600 employees and operationes in more than 15 countries. Duringh its fiscal year ended Jan. 31, Wind Rived reported $10.7 million in net income on annual revenusof $359.7 million. The companh on Thursday posted a 21 percent increasre in netincome $561,000, or 1 cent a for its first quarter despite a 6.
5 percentf drop in revenue to $63.88 million.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Certainty still a question in land rights and resource development - Vancouver Sun
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Certainty still a question in land rights and resource development Vancouver Sun When First Nations Summit executive member Douglas White looks over the map of British Columbia, he still sees an uneven landscape when it comes to meeting obligations to consult with ... |
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
GE Aviation heading into market for general aircraft, business jets - Business First of Columbus:
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It is making a concerted push on several fronts intogeneral aviation, developing smaller engines that power businessa jets and other light and midsizr aircraft that are not part of the airlines industry. Despite a rash of bad publicity recentl related to corporateexecutive perks, officials at GE Aviation’w Evendale headquarters outside Cincinnati think the sector offersd significant potential. It hopes to grab marke share from existing suppliers including engine rival and aviation systems providerds such asand – and to participatse in the segment’s continued rapir growth once global economic expansion resumes.
“In undoubtedly the worst economic crisis since WorldWar II, it’s still a tremendous space,” said Chet Fuller, GE Aviation’s general manager of marketing. “There are two thingsx fueling business aviation, and they aren’tg going to change.” One is the globapl expansion of wealth and the need for businesspeople to reach remotedareas efficiently. The other is heightened securitu that adds considerable time tocommercial flights. “If you’re a business owner with half a dozennsites ...
chances are it’s going to be impracticaol to always use commercial The cost-conscious solution is a private aircraft,” Fuller Fuller flies 350,000 miles a almost all on commercial airlines. He cites trips to Kan., only a two-and-a-half hour flight from Cincinnati on aprivate jet. But it’ an all-day trip on a commercial airline. Either you leave early in the morning and get back late at or youstay overnight. “It is grueling,” he said. GE Aviation’se push into general aviation began in 2004 when itformes , a 50-50 joint venture with Honda Motor Co. The venturde is developing a powef plantfor Honda’s HondaJet, a six-passenger light business jet.
The HF120 engine is a derivative of an enginreHonda developed, which has been improved with GE Aviation’w engine design and materials technology. Fulled said GE Aviation is investingabout $250 The HF120 is expectes to be certified this year. More than 200 twin-engine HondaJetsa are on order. GE Aviation’ next move, one that affects general aviationmore indirectly, came in 2007 when it acquire d U.K.-based Smiths Aerospace.
It renamed that businessz GE Aviation Systems, moving its headquarters to It’s important for GE Aviation’s genera l strategy because it enables it to offer manufacturers of general aviatiomn aircraft a package of engines and related electronic and mechanical The systems include avionics and flightmanagement systems, powe generation and distribution equipment, and digitap flight controls. By offering aircraft manufacturerxs anintegrated package, GE Aviation can reduce weight and cut operatinbg costs, while at the same time improving production Fuller said.
GE is biddingf on a number of sole-source agreements of that type with airframe The next major step will be the developmenrt of a new engine for regional commutefr aircraftand large-cabin business jets. Dubbes TechX, the engine has been in the workzs for awhile and eventually will replaceGE Aviation’s CF34 familu that evolved decades ago from a militarh engine. Representing a $400 million it will incorporate many of the advancezs in designand high-tecuh materials that are being developed with larger enginese in mind. TechX gives it a chance to brinb them to marketmuch sooner. Aerospace industry analyst Richard Aboulafia with the in Fairfax, Va.
, said GE Aviation’s move into general aviation makes sensslong term. The sector is fallinvg faster thanany other, but it had been the fastest-growing beford the downturn. General aviation typically has higher margins thanthe large-engine and revenue had been growing at twice the rate in recent he said. “If you believe in long-term future this is a good placer to putyour money,” Aboulafia Ed Bolen, CEO of the , said “right now, things are not good” in that market. But he concurreed with Fuller’s assessment.
Privately owned business aircraft give companies the flexibility to locate facilitie s in many small and midsize towns with poor commercial Bolen said. They’re also productivity enhancers, as they turn travel time into work People can’t have confidential talks on a commerciapl airliner but can on a private plane, he As bad as the environment is hours flown were down 30 percenf year-over-year in January – the sector will be well-positionecd when the economy starts growing again, Bolen said. “Companiezs will be very lean and focused on he said. Aboulafia said GE Aviation has its workcut out.
Pratrt & Whitney has had a very strony position in general aviationfor years, and Rolls-Roycee is well-positioned, he said. GE Aviation’s move into the turboprop market withthe Czech-made M601 is “easilyt the weakest part of their strategy,” he said. It’a unlikely to have any technology that will allow it to make a dentin Pratt’w “unquestioned market dominance.” It might be able to do it if it builtt a new engine from scratch, “butg that would take a long Aboulafia said. GE’s initiativre is not likely to make a huge impacrt on its number ofmanufacturing jobs. The engines are mostluy made elsewhere.
But the research and engineering employes to develop and test the engines and to maintain their competitiveness over time is a key driverrof Cincinnati’s regional Much of the engineering is beingh done in Evendale. The overall potential of general aviationb is comparable to that ofcommerciak aviation, where GE Aviation is No. 1, “but it’s not going to be that size,” Fuller “You don’t create that kind of volumes overnight, no matter how much you want to or how muchyou
It is making a concerted push on several fronts intogeneral aviation, developing smaller engines that power businessa jets and other light and midsizr aircraft that are not part of the airlines industry. Despite a rash of bad publicity recentl related to corporateexecutive perks, officials at GE Aviation’w Evendale headquarters outside Cincinnati think the sector offersd significant potential. It hopes to grab marke share from existing suppliers including engine rival and aviation systems providerds such asand – and to participatse in the segment’s continued rapir growth once global economic expansion resumes.
“In undoubtedly the worst economic crisis since WorldWar II, it’s still a tremendous space,” said Chet Fuller, GE Aviation’s general manager of marketing. “There are two thingsx fueling business aviation, and they aren’tg going to change.” One is the globapl expansion of wealth and the need for businesspeople to reach remotedareas efficiently. The other is heightened securitu that adds considerable time tocommercial flights. “If you’re a business owner with half a dozennsites ...
chances are it’s going to be impracticaol to always use commercial The cost-conscious solution is a private aircraft,” Fuller Fuller flies 350,000 miles a almost all on commercial airlines. He cites trips to Kan., only a two-and-a-half hour flight from Cincinnati on aprivate jet. But it’ an all-day trip on a commercial airline. Either you leave early in the morning and get back late at or youstay overnight. “It is grueling,” he said. GE Aviation’se push into general aviation began in 2004 when itformes , a 50-50 joint venture with Honda Motor Co. The venturde is developing a powef plantfor Honda’s HondaJet, a six-passenger light business jet.
The HF120 engine is a derivative of an enginreHonda developed, which has been improved with GE Aviation’w engine design and materials technology. Fulled said GE Aviation is investingabout $250 The HF120 is expectes to be certified this year. More than 200 twin-engine HondaJetsa are on order. GE Aviation’ next move, one that affects general aviationmore indirectly, came in 2007 when it acquire d U.K.-based Smiths Aerospace.
It renamed that businessz GE Aviation Systems, moving its headquarters to It’s important for GE Aviation’s genera l strategy because it enables it to offer manufacturers of general aviatiomn aircraft a package of engines and related electronic and mechanical The systems include avionics and flightmanagement systems, powe generation and distribution equipment, and digitap flight controls. By offering aircraft manufacturerxs anintegrated package, GE Aviation can reduce weight and cut operatinbg costs, while at the same time improving production Fuller said.
GE is biddingf on a number of sole-source agreements of that type with airframe The next major step will be the developmenrt of a new engine for regional commutefr aircraftand large-cabin business jets. Dubbes TechX, the engine has been in the workzs for awhile and eventually will replaceGE Aviation’s CF34 familu that evolved decades ago from a militarh engine. Representing a $400 million it will incorporate many of the advancezs in designand high-tecuh materials that are being developed with larger enginese in mind. TechX gives it a chance to brinb them to marketmuch sooner. Aerospace industry analyst Richard Aboulafia with the in Fairfax, Va.
, said GE Aviation’s move into general aviation makes sensslong term. The sector is fallinvg faster thanany other, but it had been the fastest-growing beford the downturn. General aviation typically has higher margins thanthe large-engine and revenue had been growing at twice the rate in recent he said. “If you believe in long-term future this is a good placer to putyour money,” Aboulafia Ed Bolen, CEO of the , said “right now, things are not good” in that market. But he concurreed with Fuller’s assessment.
Privately owned business aircraft give companies the flexibility to locate facilitie s in many small and midsize towns with poor commercial Bolen said. They’re also productivity enhancers, as they turn travel time into work People can’t have confidential talks on a commerciapl airliner but can on a private plane, he As bad as the environment is hours flown were down 30 percenf year-over-year in January – the sector will be well-positionecd when the economy starts growing again, Bolen said. “Companiezs will be very lean and focused on he said. Aboulafia said GE Aviation has its workcut out.
Pratrt & Whitney has had a very strony position in general aviationfor years, and Rolls-Roycee is well-positioned, he said. GE Aviation’s move into the turboprop market withthe Czech-made M601 is “easilyt the weakest part of their strategy,” he said. It’a unlikely to have any technology that will allow it to make a dentin Pratt’w “unquestioned market dominance.” It might be able to do it if it builtt a new engine from scratch, “butg that would take a long Aboulafia said. GE’s initiativre is not likely to make a huge impacrt on its number ofmanufacturing jobs. The engines are mostluy made elsewhere.
But the research and engineering employes to develop and test the engines and to maintain their competitiveness over time is a key driverrof Cincinnati’s regional Much of the engineering is beingh done in Evendale. The overall potential of general aviationb is comparable to that ofcommerciak aviation, where GE Aviation is No. 1, “but it’s not going to be that size,” Fuller “You don’t create that kind of volumes overnight, no matter how much you want to or how muchyou
Monday, November 7, 2011
Minus the controversies, ThinkFest could rival TED - Times of India
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Firstpost (blog) | Minus the controversies, ThinkFest could rival TED < /p>Times of India But perhaps the most off-beat session was the last one, 'Of love and other demons' a discussion by a panel comprising eminent psycho-analyst Sudhir Kakar, Tarun Tejpal, Nayantara Sahgal and for some reason, Chitrangada Singh, who seemed tot » |
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Walmart bleaching suspect arrested - Ukiah Daily Journal
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Walmart bleaching suspect arrested Ukiah Daily Journal A Willits man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of destroying more than $11000 worth of clothing at the Ukiah Walmart with bleach, the Ukiah Police Department reported. According to the UPD, a man came into the store on Sept. ... |
Thursday, November 3, 2011
New SBA stimulus loans meant to get businesses through crisis - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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And local bankers say they believethe program, funded by stimuluas money, could produce a double economic coming at a time when they say commercial loan demand is The SBA-guaranteed loans will be made directly by banks, which can begin submitting applications from small businesses on June 15. The program allows for about 10,000 America’s Recovergy Capital deferred-payment loans of as much as $35,00p each.
That amount is far less than the typical SBA But the program is designed to provide financial relief to small businesses struggling to meet existing expenses such as debtws andpayrolls “so they can keep theirf doors open and get theirr cash flow back on track,” according to SBA documents. “This loan is meanty to be used by a viable smalllbusiness (so) that with this they can (ensure) their survival,” said Mike Stamler, directof of the SBA press office in Washington, D.C.
Stamletr said the American Recovery and Reinvestment Actof 2009, passed in provides the SBA with about $255 million to cover the costs of administering the The ARC loans fall under SBA’as 7(a) program, which includes its most government-guaranteed loans. The loans are made directlyh by lenders, and those expensez include training bank personnel on how to administer the Stamler said. Several features set apart the ARC Other SBA programs guarantee the majorithy ofthe loan, but if the borrower banks must pay the “deficien amount” — the difference between an 80-percent SBA guarantes and the unsecured 20 percent.
The ARC loanws are 100 percent guaranteed by the which is crucial because the loans are meantf expressly for struggling and SBA officials expect a highe r default rate than with other SBA Stamler said. Unlike other SBA small-business loans, the borrowers pay neithefr loan fees, which could be thousands of dollars forlarge loans, nor interest, Stamler said. (See related item at right.) ARC loanxs give qualified borrowers monthly disbursements of amounts — depending on the terms — up to $35,00 0 over 18 months to use to pay underlyin g business debts and he said. Borrowers get one year after the finalp disbursement to start paying back the principapl overfive years.
The federal government, under pays lenders prime rate plus 2percent — a total rate of about 5.35 percenr as of mid-June — and those lendersa receive the interest for six and a half years, the total life of the Stamler said. “These are attractive terms,” he They’re so attractive that Stamlere expects demand for the loans far beyondthe 10,00o0 ARC loans Congress funded undet ARRA. The program is in the earl stagesof implementation, with June 15 as the firstg day lenders can submit loan Local SBA offices are just now beginnin g to train lenders, Stamler said. At & Trust Co.
, historicallyg one of the largest loca l SBAprogram lenders, executives receivecd the ARC regulations on Mondayh and are assessing the details, said Michaeo Sadofsky, director of marketing at which is the largest Louisville-basec bank, ranked by total deposits.
And local bankers say they believethe program, funded by stimuluas money, could produce a double economic coming at a time when they say commercial loan demand is The SBA-guaranteed loans will be made directly by banks, which can begin submitting applications from small businesses on June 15. The program allows for about 10,000 America’s Recovergy Capital deferred-payment loans of as much as $35,00p each.
That amount is far less than the typical SBA But the program is designed to provide financial relief to small businesses struggling to meet existing expenses such as debtws andpayrolls “so they can keep theirf doors open and get theirr cash flow back on track,” according to SBA documents. “This loan is meanty to be used by a viable smalllbusiness (so) that with this they can (ensure) their survival,” said Mike Stamler, directof of the SBA press office in Washington, D.C.
Stamletr said the American Recovery and Reinvestment Actof 2009, passed in provides the SBA with about $255 million to cover the costs of administering the The ARC loans fall under SBA’as 7(a) program, which includes its most government-guaranteed loans. The loans are made directlyh by lenders, and those expensez include training bank personnel on how to administer the Stamler said. Several features set apart the ARC Other SBA programs guarantee the majorithy ofthe loan, but if the borrower banks must pay the “deficien amount” — the difference between an 80-percent SBA guarantes and the unsecured 20 percent.
The ARC loanws are 100 percent guaranteed by the which is crucial because the loans are meantf expressly for struggling and SBA officials expect a highe r default rate than with other SBA Stamler said. Unlike other SBA small-business loans, the borrowers pay neithefr loan fees, which could be thousands of dollars forlarge loans, nor interest, Stamler said. (See related item at right.) ARC loanxs give qualified borrowers monthly disbursements of amounts — depending on the terms — up to $35,00 0 over 18 months to use to pay underlyin g business debts and he said. Borrowers get one year after the finalp disbursement to start paying back the principapl overfive years.
The federal government, under pays lenders prime rate plus 2percent — a total rate of about 5.35 percenr as of mid-June — and those lendersa receive the interest for six and a half years, the total life of the Stamler said. “These are attractive terms,” he They’re so attractive that Stamlere expects demand for the loans far beyondthe 10,00o0 ARC loans Congress funded undet ARRA. The program is in the earl stagesof implementation, with June 15 as the firstg day lenders can submit loan Local SBA offices are just now beginnin g to train lenders, Stamler said. At & Trust Co.
, historicallyg one of the largest loca l SBAprogram lenders, executives receivecd the ARC regulations on Mondayh and are assessing the details, said Michaeo Sadofsky, director of marketing at which is the largest Louisville-basec bank, ranked by total deposits.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
In Conversation With Lee Myung-bak - Wall Street Journal (blog)
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In Conversation With Lee Myung-bak Wall Street Journal (blog) Following are some of the highlights of the conversation. Q: Ahead of the G-20 summit in Cannes, the dominant issue is the crisis in the euro zone. What's your assessment of the plan that has been put in place to tackle the crisis? ... |
Saturday, October 29, 2011
With more dining out less, chains eyeing kitchens - Portland Business Journal:
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Grocery stores now rival the typical shopping centert formerchandising restaurant-brand foods Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts, Quaker Steaok & Lube, Bob Evans and California Pizza Kitche n are among a growing number of dinin g chains with products on supermarket shelves and in freezer cases. “There is a conveniencs factor for consumers,” said spokeswoman Amy “Consumers keep telling us theywant it.” And what consumers they typically get.
Columbus-based is the latest to widej itsgrocery approach, putting its take-and-bakre pizzas into Kroger supermarkets in the Atlanta That adds 215 storees in the South to the 130 Krogerd stores that sell the pizza s in the Midwest. “We’ve performed at the high end,” said Donatoz spokesman Tom Santor, who declined to detaiol supermarket sales for thepizzeria chain. “Obviously, Kroger is This is a validationof that.” take-and-bake business began in 2005, when six Centra l Ohio Kroger markets started carrying the pizzas. Of restaurant-brand consumer products aren’t novel – Columbus-basedf has sold its breakfasft sausages at supermarketsfor decades.
But restauranyt companies are taking an greater interestt in the approach at a time when consumerws are paring their restaurant spending amida U.S. grocery store sales rose 6.7 percent last compared with a 5.5 percent increase in while restaurants have experienced a slowed paceof growth, according to Raleigh, N.C.-baseed financial researcher Donatos has its eye on the with a franchisee planning more than 60 shopsw in the Carolinas, but the take-and-bakw pizza entry into Atlanta is a return of sorts. At one the Ohio company had 23 restaurants opened and closedr in that area during the four years that Donatos was ownedcby McDonald’s Corp.
“We think we stillo have a lot of fansdown there,” said Bob Donatos’ vice president of food service, who said the pizzass appeal to consumers in searchn of a restaurant-prepared meal at a lower pricr and that can be consume d at home. The Atlanta region for Cincinnati-based Kroger covers Georgis but stretches intoother states, includint the Chattanooga, Tenn., and Hiltob Head, S.C., markets. Kroger stockd the pizzas in several varieties and price them below what Donatos charges atits restaurants. Baueer said Donatos is talking with other supermarketsas well, such as in where the 180-unit pizzeria chain operates but Krogerd doesn’t.
The company will look for other opportunitieswith Kroger, in cities where both companiews operate and communities such as Atlantaq where Donatos doesn’t exist. McCormicm said another possible target is rural Ohio wher the Donatos name maybe known, but its products aren’ty available. “We’re able to give our customers a productthey can’y necessarily get,” she said. Unlike chainw such as , whose branded ice creamm is madeby , and , whos e microwave flatbreads are produced by , Donatoz prepares its foods ratherf than outsourcing the work to a contractor. Its businessd expansion is linkedto $4.
5 million in research-and-development and manufacturing upgrades the company undertook in 2006 with the help of a $2.9 millioh loan from the state. “We have the manufacturingg nailed down,” Bauer said. “We’rr looking for significant growth soon.” Donatos’ Taylo r Station Road complex can servicew upto 1,500 supermarkets with 13-inchj take-and-bake pies, as well as 7-inch pizzas for the company’s entertainmenf venue business, which includes Central Ohio’sd major sports facilities, such as Nationwide Arena, and others in Ohio, Indiana and North
Grocery stores now rival the typical shopping centert formerchandising restaurant-brand foods Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts, Quaker Steaok & Lube, Bob Evans and California Pizza Kitche n are among a growing number of dinin g chains with products on supermarket shelves and in freezer cases. “There is a conveniencs factor for consumers,” said spokeswoman Amy “Consumers keep telling us theywant it.” And what consumers they typically get.
Columbus-based is the latest to widej itsgrocery approach, putting its take-and-bakre pizzas into Kroger supermarkets in the Atlanta That adds 215 storees in the South to the 130 Krogerd stores that sell the pizza s in the Midwest. “We’ve performed at the high end,” said Donatoz spokesman Tom Santor, who declined to detaiol supermarket sales for thepizzeria chain. “Obviously, Kroger is This is a validationof that.” take-and-bake business began in 2005, when six Centra l Ohio Kroger markets started carrying the pizzas. Of restaurant-brand consumer products aren’t novel – Columbus-basedf has sold its breakfasft sausages at supermarketsfor decades.
But restauranyt companies are taking an greater interestt in the approach at a time when consumerws are paring their restaurant spending amida U.S. grocery store sales rose 6.7 percent last compared with a 5.5 percent increase in while restaurants have experienced a slowed paceof growth, according to Raleigh, N.C.-baseed financial researcher Donatos has its eye on the with a franchisee planning more than 60 shopsw in the Carolinas, but the take-and-bakw pizza entry into Atlanta is a return of sorts. At one the Ohio company had 23 restaurants opened and closedr in that area during the four years that Donatos was ownedcby McDonald’s Corp.
“We think we stillo have a lot of fansdown there,” said Bob Donatos’ vice president of food service, who said the pizzass appeal to consumers in searchn of a restaurant-prepared meal at a lower pricr and that can be consume d at home. The Atlanta region for Cincinnati-based Kroger covers Georgis but stretches intoother states, includint the Chattanooga, Tenn., and Hiltob Head, S.C., markets. Kroger stockd the pizzas in several varieties and price them below what Donatos charges atits restaurants. Baueer said Donatos is talking with other supermarketsas well, such as in where the 180-unit pizzeria chain operates but Krogerd doesn’t.
The company will look for other opportunitieswith Kroger, in cities where both companiews operate and communities such as Atlantaq where Donatos doesn’t exist. McCormicm said another possible target is rural Ohio wher the Donatos name maybe known, but its products aren’ty available. “We’re able to give our customers a productthey can’y necessarily get,” she said. Unlike chainw such as , whose branded ice creamm is madeby , and , whos e microwave flatbreads are produced by , Donatoz prepares its foods ratherf than outsourcing the work to a contractor. Its businessd expansion is linkedto $4.
5 million in research-and-development and manufacturing upgrades the company undertook in 2006 with the help of a $2.9 millioh loan from the state. “We have the manufacturingg nailed down,” Bauer said. “We’rr looking for significant growth soon.” Donatos’ Taylo r Station Road complex can servicew upto 1,500 supermarkets with 13-inchj take-and-bake pies, as well as 7-inch pizzas for the company’s entertainmenf venue business, which includes Central Ohio’sd major sports facilities, such as Nationwide Arena, and others in Ohio, Indiana and North
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Zep posts $5.4M quarterly profit - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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The Atlanta-based cleaning and maintenance chemicalscompany ZEP) had net income of $5.4 millionb and earnings of 25 cents a share, comparedx with net income of $168,000 and earnings of 1 cent a sharw in the third quarter of 2008. sales in the third quarteer dropped 15.3 percent to $123 million. Raw materiao costs in the thirr quarter of 2009 wentup $4.4 But the company has consolidatef facilities to reduce its overalo size by about 15 The results for the third quarter of 2008 includedr $9.3 million in restructuring charges.
“Weak customer demans across a number ofour end-markets couplefd with high raw material costs continued to placee downward pressure on our operating margins,” said John K. chairman, president and CEO of Zep, in an earnings “However, our restructuring and cost reductioj measures have gainedadditional traction, and our third-quarter gross profif margin exceeded that of the second quarterf by 2.7 percentage points.
I believe our abilituy to generate robust cash flow and strengthe our balance sheet during these challenging economic times is a testamenytto Zep’s associates, our business modep and our ability to continue to execute despite the recessionary Looking ahead, Morgan said the company will be profitablr in all four quarters next barring further deterioration in current economic conditions.
The Atlanta-based cleaning and maintenance chemicalscompany ZEP) had net income of $5.4 millionb and earnings of 25 cents a share, comparedx with net income of $168,000 and earnings of 1 cent a sharw in the third quarter of 2008. sales in the third quarteer dropped 15.3 percent to $123 million. Raw materiao costs in the thirr quarter of 2009 wentup $4.4 But the company has consolidatef facilities to reduce its overalo size by about 15 The results for the third quarter of 2008 includedr $9.3 million in restructuring charges.
“Weak customer demans across a number ofour end-markets couplefd with high raw material costs continued to placee downward pressure on our operating margins,” said John K. chairman, president and CEO of Zep, in an earnings “However, our restructuring and cost reductioj measures have gainedadditional traction, and our third-quarter gross profif margin exceeded that of the second quarterf by 2.7 percentage points.
I believe our abilituy to generate robust cash flow and strengthe our balance sheet during these challenging economic times is a testamenytto Zep’s associates, our business modep and our ability to continue to execute despite the recessionary Looking ahead, Morgan said the company will be profitablr in all four quarters next barring further deterioration in current economic conditions.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
HPV tied to heart disease in women, but what about men? - CBS News
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msnbc.com | HPV tied to heart disease in women, but what about men? CBS News (CBS) Human papillomavirus has been tied to deadly cancers, including cervical and throat cancer. Now a study has linked HPV to a disease that takes even more American lives - heart disease. It suggests that people who have HPV are more than twice as ... Study Shows Link Between Heart Problems, HPV |
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Diagram Lost for More Than 350 Years Documents 'Seven Suns' of Rome - Scientific American
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Diagram Lost for More Than 350 Years Documents 'Seven Suns' of Rome Scientific American Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel: (Graph. C 707) Around midday on 24 January 1630, seven suns seemed to blaze over Rome. Many onlookers took the phenomenon as a celestial omen of good or ill fortune, but an adherent of the scientific revolution ... |
Friday, October 21, 2011
RI to lift workers' moratorium on Malaysia - Jakarta Post
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Malaysia Star | RI to lift workers' moratorium on Malaysia Jakarta Post Hundreds of thousands of Indonesians waiting to work in Malaysia, along with would-be Malaysian employers, can let out a sigh of relief as Indonesia has agreed to end the moratorium on its maids working in Malaysia. During a meeting in Lombok, ... Jakarta to lift maid ban Indonesia To Resume Sending Maids To Malaysia From Dec 1 Indonesia to Lift Maid Freeze to Malaysia |
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Report: House panel wants Fed documents on BofA-Merrill deal - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:
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according to The Wall Street Journal. The committe e asked the Fed to turn over documents last including e-mails to and from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, the Journalp is reporting. BofA Chief Executive Kennethh Lewis is scheduled to appear at a committeshearing Thursday. Charlotte-based BofA (NYSE:BAC) completed its deal for New York-basef Merrill Lynch on Jan. 1. Lewiss has been under intense pressure from BofA shareholdera for not disclosing the deptuof Merrill’s financial difficulties before the In February, Lewis testified under oath before New York Attorneuy General Andrew Cuomo that Bernanke and then-Treasurty Secretary Henry Paulson pressured the bank not to discuss its increasinglu troubled plan to buy Merrill.
Lewis said he believedr Paulson and Bernanke were instructing him to keep silenfabout Merrill’s financial problems. Merrill lost $15.3 billionb in the fourth quarter.
according to The Wall Street Journal. The committe e asked the Fed to turn over documents last including e-mails to and from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, the Journalp is reporting. BofA Chief Executive Kennethh Lewis is scheduled to appear at a committeshearing Thursday. Charlotte-based BofA (NYSE:BAC) completed its deal for New York-basef Merrill Lynch on Jan. 1. Lewiss has been under intense pressure from BofA shareholdera for not disclosing the deptuof Merrill’s financial difficulties before the In February, Lewis testified under oath before New York Attorneuy General Andrew Cuomo that Bernanke and then-Treasurty Secretary Henry Paulson pressured the bank not to discuss its increasinglu troubled plan to buy Merrill.
Lewis said he believedr Paulson and Bernanke were instructing him to keep silenfabout Merrill’s financial problems. Merrill lost $15.3 billionb in the fourth quarter.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Feliciano plans cafe in Vienna - Forbes
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Feliciano plans cafe in Vienna Forbes AP , 10.13.11, 02:45 PM EDT VIENNA -- Jose Feliciano has already sung an ode to one of the world's musical capitals with "The Sound Of Vienna." Now he's about to get involved with the city's other main claim to fame - cafes. ... Vienna, city of hundreds of cafes, about to get 1 more _ Jose Feliciano's to ... Feliciano café plans emerge Feliciano plans cafe in Vienna |
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Vedante's growing sales
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Online buyers purchased thousandsof Kantor’sz super-reflective Pop Bands (armbands and legbands), pet collars and leashesw made by her company, Vedante “When everybody was saying holiday sales were down, ours just said Kantor, a veteran fashion designer who startee Boulder-based Vedante nearly three years ago. The succesw of Vedante’s Pop Bands and pet productss prompted giant onlineretailer Amazon.cojm to buy most of her inventory for resale, and triggererd inquiries from large pet-store chainsa about licensing the products or buyingt her company. Kantor focused more on online salees for the holidays thantraditional brick-and-mortar salesz of Vedante products.
That was because as the recession retail sales slowed more than online The emphasispaid off, but it presented Kantoer with the problem of managing unexpected . “It wasn’t even in my game plan to havea break-eveb month for another year,” she Vedante products for pets, pedestrians and cyclistz can reflect brightly from 500 to 1,5000 feet, depending on their color. Kantor formed the busineses with the mission of improvinfnighttime safety. Cars injur or kill a pedestrianj every seven minutes in the United according to the National Highwayt Traffic SafetyAdministration (NHTSA).
That amountds to nearly 75,000 people with about 50,000 of the accidents occurrintgat night, NHTSA statistics show. Kantor takes walks at dusk and, having survived a car crash with a drunk driveryearsx ago, she always wondered about her safety crossing streetse at night. Then she saw a Boulder pedestrian hit in a crosswalj inbroad daylight, and she decided to make a productr to improve pedestrian visibility. She drew on her experiences in textiles anddesigning women’s apparelp in Los Angeles. She chose 3M’s reflective materials for Vedante’x products, and it co-brands the Pop Bands with 3M.
She uses the 3M fabricf in collars and leashes for McGuckin Hardware Store in Boulder carries both the Pop Bandeand Vedante’s cat collars. The Pop Bandxs , costing between $12.98 and $13.97 depending on size, sell comparably to the battery-powered safety lights McGuckin sells for outdoor saidRik Isakson, the store’s sporting goods managerd and buyer. “They do very well,,” he “What appeals is their ease of use, and the novelty of them popping onand off.” Vedante’sz pet collars range between $13.98 and and its leashes between $29.98 and $45.98.
Kantor’s biggest challenge is managing a surge in retailer interest withour taking on debt that couldecrimp Vedante’s long-term health. Kantor maxex out Vedante’s existing lines of credit from bankz after her salesstarted growing, and she put that monety in the bank. She fearec her banks would reduce her credit lines without thus starving the company of money at a crucial time.
Online buyers purchased thousandsof Kantor’sz super-reflective Pop Bands (armbands and legbands), pet collars and leashesw made by her company, Vedante “When everybody was saying holiday sales were down, ours just said Kantor, a veteran fashion designer who startee Boulder-based Vedante nearly three years ago. The succesw of Vedante’s Pop Bands and pet productss prompted giant onlineretailer Amazon.cojm to buy most of her inventory for resale, and triggererd inquiries from large pet-store chainsa about licensing the products or buyingt her company. Kantor focused more on online salees for the holidays thantraditional brick-and-mortar salesz of Vedante products.
That was because as the recession retail sales slowed more than online The emphasispaid off, but it presented Kantoer with the problem of managing unexpected . “It wasn’t even in my game plan to havea break-eveb month for another year,” she Vedante products for pets, pedestrians and cyclistz can reflect brightly from 500 to 1,5000 feet, depending on their color. Kantor formed the busineses with the mission of improvinfnighttime safety. Cars injur or kill a pedestrianj every seven minutes in the United according to the National Highwayt Traffic SafetyAdministration (NHTSA).
That amountds to nearly 75,000 people with about 50,000 of the accidents occurrintgat night, NHTSA statistics show. Kantor takes walks at dusk and, having survived a car crash with a drunk driveryearsx ago, she always wondered about her safety crossing streetse at night. Then she saw a Boulder pedestrian hit in a crosswalj inbroad daylight, and she decided to make a productr to improve pedestrian visibility. She drew on her experiences in textiles anddesigning women’s apparelp in Los Angeles. She chose 3M’s reflective materials for Vedante’x products, and it co-brands the Pop Bands with 3M.
She uses the 3M fabricf in collars and leashes for McGuckin Hardware Store in Boulder carries both the Pop Bandeand Vedante’s cat collars. The Pop Bandxs , costing between $12.98 and $13.97 depending on size, sell comparably to the battery-powered safety lights McGuckin sells for outdoor saidRik Isakson, the store’s sporting goods managerd and buyer. “They do very well,,” he “What appeals is their ease of use, and the novelty of them popping onand off.” Vedante’sz pet collars range between $13.98 and and its leashes between $29.98 and $45.98.
Kantor’s biggest challenge is managing a surge in retailer interest withour taking on debt that couldecrimp Vedante’s long-term health. Kantor maxex out Vedante’s existing lines of credit from bankz after her salesstarted growing, and she put that monety in the bank. She fearec her banks would reduce her credit lines without thus starving the company of money at a crucial time.
Monday, October 10, 2011
D.C. area office vacancies reach 12.3% - Austin Business Journal:
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The commercial real estat services firm says theWashington region’s office vacancy rate has now reachefd 12.3 percent. Lease losses in the last threre quartersmeant “virtually negating any growth in net demaned we had in 2008,” said Kevin director of market research for Cassidhy & Pinkard Colliers. “There are flickering signxs that the local economy may be reaching an inflectionb point where conditions should beginto improve, but the commerciao industry still has a ways to go beforw demand returns in a meaningfuol way.” In D.C., net absorptiomn was negative 230,900 square feet, pushing D.C.’ws vacancy rate to 9.6 percent.
In Northernj Virginia, net absorption was negativw 666,700 square feet. Northern Virginia’es second quarter office vacancy rate climbedto 13.6 Suburban Maryland’s office vacancy rate was 14 with a positive net absorptiohn rate of 171,500 square feet in the second Thorpe predicts the growth in federal governmenrt will lead to an increasse in demand for office but says the Washington area has more new spacr delivering over the next two years than any othe r market in the country. As a result, “we are enterint into a period of steady rent he said.
The commercial real estat services firm says theWashington region’s office vacancy rate has now reachefd 12.3 percent. Lease losses in the last threre quartersmeant “virtually negating any growth in net demaned we had in 2008,” said Kevin director of market research for Cassidhy & Pinkard Colliers. “There are flickering signxs that the local economy may be reaching an inflectionb point where conditions should beginto improve, but the commerciao industry still has a ways to go beforw demand returns in a meaningfuol way.” In D.C., net absorptiomn was negative 230,900 square feet, pushing D.C.’ws vacancy rate to 9.6 percent.
In Northernj Virginia, net absorption was negativw 666,700 square feet. Northern Virginia’es second quarter office vacancy rate climbedto 13.6 Suburban Maryland’s office vacancy rate was 14 with a positive net absorptiohn rate of 171,500 square feet in the second Thorpe predicts the growth in federal governmenrt will lead to an increasse in demand for office but says the Washington area has more new spacr delivering over the next two years than any othe r market in the country. As a result, “we are enterint into a period of steady rent he said.
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Geeks Who Drink makes people think - Washington Business Journal:
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That’s the sort of trivial knowledge that can earn contemporary geeks quiz paid bar tabs and the praise of And though theword “geeks” carries negative connotationsa to some, the founders of the increasingly popular pub quiz eventa use it in only the most endeariny manner. “I think the name really embodieswhat we’re doing,” said Joel co-founder and self-proclaimed geek. “Our geeks may be people who were marginalized inthe past. Maybe they weren’tt on the football team but were on the debatrteam instead. Now they want to feed an competitive urge.
” Bar trivia games becamde a European phenomenon in theearly 1990s, and they soon caughtt on in the United States, especiallyg in Colorado, where many bars, pubs, tavernd and restaurants now hold a weeklhy trivia night. “A pub quiz is differeny than traditional quiz eventsd because it becomes the focalk pointof peoples’ evening,” Peach said. “We’rs building communities of people that keep coming Those communitiesare growing, say quizmasters Peach and his partner, John who founded the company four years ago.
According to Geeks has become the largest proprieto r of bar trivia in the eclipsing competitors such as TriviaFace Off, whicu have been conducting bar trivia nights in Colorado for more than 10 years. As Geeks approaches its four-year anniversary in June, it has 57 employees, hostz 63 quizzes per week (riva Trivia Face Off hosta 50 per week) and has expanded beyond Coloradooto Texas, New Mexico and, beginning in California. The Geeks also has been adding new quiznighta weekly. Its annual Geek Bowl — a quiz held a week prio to the SuperBowl — sold out the Orienta l Theater this year and required 45 volunteers.
“Wer field about a half-dozen phone callzs a week from peoples who have heard about us online or seen a writeu pabout us,” said Peach, who wouldn’t release any figures but claimecd the company has doubled its revenue every year since it A former real estate developer and IT Peach moved from Ohio in 2004 in search of a lifestyls change that included snowboarding and an escap e from what he calls “the grind.” And though snowboardinyg played a part in Peach’s introduction to Dicker, good grammar reallt brought them together.
“John remarked that he respondedf to my Craigslistad [for a snowboarding because I used correct grammar,” Peach said with a laugh. Durin a chairlift brainstorming session, Peach, 30, and Dicker, 36, foundd other mutual interests, includinb a love of trivial knowledgw and a disdain for traditional Peach saidthat “John didn’t think the other trivia companies were that Armed with little more than some handwritten trivias questions and a Peach and Dicker began pitching thei pub quiz concept to local establishments, landing theier first opportunity at Nallen’s Irish Pub in LoDo. “When we started, John and I were doing said Peach.
“Those were humble tantamount to working forbeer money. But as soon as we laid the we realized there wasa demand.” He also said that due to low there was little startup money involved beyon licensing their concept. That initial effort at Nallen’sd didn’t last, but was a good learning experience. For one thing, they’ve learned to be more selective aboug where they setup shop, seeking out locationd not too saturated by what Peach refers to as “fickle LoDo “There are certain kinds of bars this worksd in better than he said.
Aside from location, Peacnh said that the best results usually come whenthe Geeks, the bar and independenf sponsors (such as beer and liquor team up to promote the quiz The Geeks has done that for anothe r Irish pub — Irish Snug on Colfax Avenue — whicn has had the Geeks in every Tuesdah for the past 2½ While Peach and Dicker now have othersz acting as quizmasters because of increased Dicker continues to oversee the Snug’s heralded pub quiz night. “[The bring in a lot of followers, and there’ always new people coming in that hear abougt it onthe streets,” said Dave Larson, Snug’se manager. “It’s always a great experience.
” The Snug nightsw draw between 100 and 200 people to answeerquestions (written and fact-checkeed by Peach, Dicker and about 20 employees) about music, entertainment, science, history and more. The pub quiz consistsa of eight rounds of eightquestionsa each, and teams max out at six Quizmasters read the questions; teams turn in writteh answers at the round’s end. The Geeks often throa in audio andvisual questions, too. quizmasters offer bonus questions for a free pint or othe r prizesfrom sponsors.
The top thred teams win bar tabs (typically $50 for firsyt place), usually provided by sponsors or the host Husband and wife Drew and Bonnis Stolzman have been attendingthe Geeks’ pub quiz nighft at the Irish Snug for more than a A geophysicist and an respectively, neither the couple — nor their three to four weeklyu teammates — were previous patrons of the pub. “We’re definitely not part of the regularebar scene,” Stolzman said, gesturing around the crowdecd room at his fellow geeks.
“We really are geeks, and that’ probably the case for half the people Peach said the trivia nights have become a populae way to socialize and breakj the icebetween strangers. “We’re in this era of unparalleleds access toeach other, but sometimes I don’tr think we’re really connecting,” Peachg said. “I think at our best we’re providing a forum for peoplwe to be social and reconnect witheach other. I thini people are hungry for thatand that’s why they keep comintg out.
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That’s the sort of trivial knowledge that can earn contemporary geeks quiz paid bar tabs and the praise of And though theword “geeks” carries negative connotationsa to some, the founders of the increasingly popular pub quiz eventa use it in only the most endeariny manner. “I think the name really embodieswhat we’re doing,” said Joel co-founder and self-proclaimed geek. “Our geeks may be people who were marginalized inthe past. Maybe they weren’tt on the football team but were on the debatrteam instead. Now they want to feed an competitive urge.
” Bar trivia games becamde a European phenomenon in theearly 1990s, and they soon caughtt on in the United States, especiallyg in Colorado, where many bars, pubs, tavernd and restaurants now hold a weeklhy trivia night. “A pub quiz is differeny than traditional quiz eventsd because it becomes the focalk pointof peoples’ evening,” Peach said. “We’rs building communities of people that keep coming Those communitiesare growing, say quizmasters Peach and his partner, John who founded the company four years ago.
According to Geeks has become the largest proprieto r of bar trivia in the eclipsing competitors such as TriviaFace Off, whicu have been conducting bar trivia nights in Colorado for more than 10 years. As Geeks approaches its four-year anniversary in June, it has 57 employees, hostz 63 quizzes per week (riva Trivia Face Off hosta 50 per week) and has expanded beyond Coloradooto Texas, New Mexico and, beginning in California. The Geeks also has been adding new quiznighta weekly. Its annual Geek Bowl — a quiz held a week prio to the SuperBowl — sold out the Orienta l Theater this year and required 45 volunteers.
“Wer field about a half-dozen phone callzs a week from peoples who have heard about us online or seen a writeu pabout us,” said Peach, who wouldn’t release any figures but claimecd the company has doubled its revenue every year since it A former real estate developer and IT Peach moved from Ohio in 2004 in search of a lifestyls change that included snowboarding and an escap e from what he calls “the grind.” And though snowboardinyg played a part in Peach’s introduction to Dicker, good grammar reallt brought them together.
“John remarked that he respondedf to my Craigslistad [for a snowboarding because I used correct grammar,” Peach said with a laugh. Durin a chairlift brainstorming session, Peach, 30, and Dicker, 36, foundd other mutual interests, includinb a love of trivial knowledgw and a disdain for traditional Peach saidthat “John didn’t think the other trivia companies were that Armed with little more than some handwritten trivias questions and a Peach and Dicker began pitching thei pub quiz concept to local establishments, landing theier first opportunity at Nallen’s Irish Pub in LoDo. “When we started, John and I were doing said Peach.
“Those were humble tantamount to working forbeer money. But as soon as we laid the we realized there wasa demand.” He also said that due to low there was little startup money involved beyon licensing their concept. That initial effort at Nallen’sd didn’t last, but was a good learning experience. For one thing, they’ve learned to be more selective aboug where they setup shop, seeking out locationd not too saturated by what Peach refers to as “fickle LoDo “There are certain kinds of bars this worksd in better than he said.
Aside from location, Peacnh said that the best results usually come whenthe Geeks, the bar and independenf sponsors (such as beer and liquor team up to promote the quiz The Geeks has done that for anothe r Irish pub — Irish Snug on Colfax Avenue — whicn has had the Geeks in every Tuesdah for the past 2½ While Peach and Dicker now have othersz acting as quizmasters because of increased Dicker continues to oversee the Snug’s heralded pub quiz night. “[The bring in a lot of followers, and there’ always new people coming in that hear abougt it onthe streets,” said Dave Larson, Snug’se manager. “It’s always a great experience.
” The Snug nightsw draw between 100 and 200 people to answeerquestions (written and fact-checkeed by Peach, Dicker and about 20 employees) about music, entertainment, science, history and more. The pub quiz consistsa of eight rounds of eightquestionsa each, and teams max out at six Quizmasters read the questions; teams turn in writteh answers at the round’s end. The Geeks often throa in audio andvisual questions, too. quizmasters offer bonus questions for a free pint or othe r prizesfrom sponsors.
The top thred teams win bar tabs (typically $50 for firsyt place), usually provided by sponsors or the host Husband and wife Drew and Bonnis Stolzman have been attendingthe Geeks’ pub quiz nighft at the Irish Snug for more than a A geophysicist and an respectively, neither the couple — nor their three to four weeklyu teammates — were previous patrons of the pub. “We’re definitely not part of the regularebar scene,” Stolzman said, gesturing around the crowdecd room at his fellow geeks.
“We really are geeks, and that’ probably the case for half the people Peach said the trivia nights have become a populae way to socialize and breakj the icebetween strangers. “We’re in this era of unparalleleds access toeach other, but sometimes I don’tr think we’re really connecting,” Peachg said. “I think at our best we’re providing a forum for peoplwe to be social and reconnect witheach other. I thini people are hungry for thatand that’s why they keep comintg out.
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Thursday, October 6, 2011
SolarCity lands financing from US Bancorp - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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The state’s largest residential installer saidWednesday it’sw landed additional financing from Community Development for its solar lease program that will boostf its installations and help it clear its backlovg of customers. Foster City-based SolarCity informeds customers in January that it woulcd delay installations for customer s participating in itslease program, aftet investment bank , its largest funder, stoppedx funding the program. Most solar companies have lost accese to financing through the credit crunch and recessio as their investors closed or lost the ability to use the tax credites that made solar acompelling investment.
SolarCityy has continued to install solat systems at a rate of aboutt 100per month. Some of those included customerx who paid cash fortheir systems. New customers who wantedc to take advantage of thesolare lease, which limits the up-front costs of having a systemn installed and charges customers at a monthly rate, have had to wait up to eighg months for their systems. The funding will also allowq SolarCity to continue to grow its commercialsoladr business. SolarCity installed solar systemson ’d headquarters in Mountain Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and others through power purchase agreements, which are structured to take advantagde of tax credits.
With the US Bank financinb however, SolarCity will be able to fund those projectz and residential projects from thesame fund. “Noa that we have clear, long-term visibility in solar lease and commerciap PPAs we are going to be hirin a tremendous amount of said SolarCity CEOLyndon Rive. SolarCitty wouldn’t disclose the size of the US Bank fund or how many installationsx it could completethis year.
The company said it sent an emailo to customers on its waitiny list Tuesday night with instructions on finding their new projectexd installation dateon SolarCity’s web US Bancorp Community Development Corporatiobn is a division of US Bancorp, parent to US Bank, the sixth largest commercial bank in the United “Today’s announcement is only the We look forward to making additional investmentxs with SolarCity, and believe this partnershipp will ultimately enable thousands of American homeowners and businesses to adopt cleanetr power and save moneh on energy costs in the process,” said Darren Van’t Hof, vice presiden of solar, new markets and historic investments for US Bancorp Community Development Corp.
, in a release.
The state’s largest residential installer saidWednesday it’sw landed additional financing from Community Development for its solar lease program that will boostf its installations and help it clear its backlovg of customers. Foster City-based SolarCity informeds customers in January that it woulcd delay installations for customer s participating in itslease program, aftet investment bank , its largest funder, stoppedx funding the program. Most solar companies have lost accese to financing through the credit crunch and recessio as their investors closed or lost the ability to use the tax credites that made solar acompelling investment.
SolarCityy has continued to install solat systems at a rate of aboutt 100per month. Some of those included customerx who paid cash fortheir systems. New customers who wantedc to take advantage of thesolare lease, which limits the up-front costs of having a systemn installed and charges customers at a monthly rate, have had to wait up to eighg months for their systems. The funding will also allowq SolarCity to continue to grow its commercialsoladr business. SolarCity installed solar systemson ’d headquarters in Mountain Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and others through power purchase agreements, which are structured to take advantagde of tax credits.
With the US Bank financinb however, SolarCity will be able to fund those projectz and residential projects from thesame fund. “Noa that we have clear, long-term visibility in solar lease and commerciap PPAs we are going to be hirin a tremendous amount of said SolarCity CEOLyndon Rive. SolarCitty wouldn’t disclose the size of the US Bank fund or how many installationsx it could completethis year.
The company said it sent an emailo to customers on its waitiny list Tuesday night with instructions on finding their new projectexd installation dateon SolarCity’s web US Bancorp Community Development Corporatiobn is a division of US Bancorp, parent to US Bank, the sixth largest commercial bank in the United “Today’s announcement is only the We look forward to making additional investmentxs with SolarCity, and believe this partnershipp will ultimately enable thousands of American homeowners and businesses to adopt cleanetr power and save moneh on energy costs in the process,” said Darren Van’t Hof, vice presiden of solar, new markets and historic investments for US Bancorp Community Development Corp.
, in a release.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Baer takes stock in the future of our children - Denver Business Journal:
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“We need to increase awareness about the importancrof early-childhood education,” said Stephanie executive director of (COP) in Denver. Studiesw show that 90 percent ofa child’s brai development happens by 3, and fundamental personalitty is set by 5. Preschool education provides both academif andsocialization skills. Neither preschooo nor kindergarten is mandatoryin Colorado. Established in the nonprofit COP isa full-day, therapeutic early-childhood education It provides free emotional and occupational therapy. COP originally served only developmentallyhdelayed children. Since the COP has enrolled students ofall levels.
With 18 teacherw and 127 students, its teacher-student ratio of 1:6 is lowed than the Colorado preschool ratioof 1:8. Baer came to COP in 2001. “Ik did not know how passionate I would becom e about early childhood until I cameto Children’x Outreach Project,” said Baer, whose grandfatherr owned a toy companu that sold metal push Now, both her professional and personal life center on early-childhood her two daughters attend the school. “Thizs position fits so Baer said.
“Being able to be intimately involvedx inmy kids’ preschool experience is a special and huge She previously worked in communications and fundraising roles for Impacft on Education (formerly Foundation for ), the Nativse American Rights Fund in Boulde and the . Although President Barack Obama is an advocatefor early-education programs, Baer said many of theie funding sources could be cut this This becomes more significant because demand for COP by low-incom families has increased between 5 percentg and 10 percent, Baer Currently, 70 percent of COP students come from low-income up from about 60 percent last year.
COP is a tuition-basec program that accepts child-care subsidiews from agencies, such as the Colorado Preschool It was the first andonly early-childhood centerd in Adams County to receive a four-stafr rating, the highest level of accreditationj a school can receive, from Qualistar Early Qualistar is an independent, nonprofit agency that evaluatea Colorado child-care and preschool Research conducted by the (NIEER) claims that early-childhoo d education improves children’s early language, literacty and mathematical development. NIEER is a nonpartisan research institute promoting early-education programs.
The organization’s research is directed towardpolicy journalists, researchers and educators. There also are financiall benefits to childrencompleting preschool. There is an estimated $7 returnh per dollar invested in early-childhood according to a (CPC) study based on low-income children attending half-day preschool After Head Start, CPC is the second-oldest federallt funded preschool program. “We all have to step Baer said. “If we don’t do it now, we’rd paying for it later.
[So] it’s reallhy important that we do this work and do this work Baer is a founding member and chairs the Early Childhood Partnershi p of AdamsCounty (ECPAC), a state-funded council comprisingg of 25 public and private agencies. She has helped raisw $200,000 for ECPAC to promote such projects as professional development for teachers and the improvemenyof early-education programs. She also is a member of Communityg Sharesof Colorado, a nonprofit that raises moneyu and awareness for 115 and the . Baer has workec only in the government andnonprofit industries.
Aftert graduating with a bachelor’s degree in English from the , she worked as a paralegal for the district attorney’s office in Madison, Wis. Also, Baer taughtr English in Tanzania througha nonprofit. “Thosse sectors speak to me a lot morebecause they’re mission-driven and not about the bottomj line,” she said. “I can’t build on someone else’z dream if it isn’t my Young professionals making an impac ontheir industries. Location: 8000 Pecos St., Colo. 80221 Website: http://www.childrensoutreachproject.
org Education: Bachelor’z degree in English from the Universityof 1992; master’s degree in nonprofit managemeny from Regis University, 2000
“We need to increase awareness about the importancrof early-childhood education,” said Stephanie executive director of (COP) in Denver. Studiesw show that 90 percent ofa child’s brai development happens by 3, and fundamental personalitty is set by 5. Preschool education provides both academif andsocialization skills. Neither preschooo nor kindergarten is mandatoryin Colorado. Established in the nonprofit COP isa full-day, therapeutic early-childhood education It provides free emotional and occupational therapy. COP originally served only developmentallyhdelayed children. Since the COP has enrolled students ofall levels.
With 18 teacherw and 127 students, its teacher-student ratio of 1:6 is lowed than the Colorado preschool ratioof 1:8. Baer came to COP in 2001. “Ik did not know how passionate I would becom e about early childhood until I cameto Children’x Outreach Project,” said Baer, whose grandfatherr owned a toy companu that sold metal push Now, both her professional and personal life center on early-childhood her two daughters attend the school. “Thizs position fits so Baer said.
“Being able to be intimately involvedx inmy kids’ preschool experience is a special and huge She previously worked in communications and fundraising roles for Impacft on Education (formerly Foundation for ), the Nativse American Rights Fund in Boulde and the . Although President Barack Obama is an advocatefor early-education programs, Baer said many of theie funding sources could be cut this This becomes more significant because demand for COP by low-incom families has increased between 5 percentg and 10 percent, Baer Currently, 70 percent of COP students come from low-income up from about 60 percent last year.
COP is a tuition-basec program that accepts child-care subsidiews from agencies, such as the Colorado Preschool It was the first andonly early-childhood centerd in Adams County to receive a four-stafr rating, the highest level of accreditationj a school can receive, from Qualistar Early Qualistar is an independent, nonprofit agency that evaluatea Colorado child-care and preschool Research conducted by the (NIEER) claims that early-childhoo d education improves children’s early language, literacty and mathematical development. NIEER is a nonpartisan research institute promoting early-education programs.
The organization’s research is directed towardpolicy journalists, researchers and educators. There also are financiall benefits to childrencompleting preschool. There is an estimated $7 returnh per dollar invested in early-childhood according to a (CPC) study based on low-income children attending half-day preschool After Head Start, CPC is the second-oldest federallt funded preschool program. “We all have to step Baer said. “If we don’t do it now, we’rd paying for it later.
[So] it’s reallhy important that we do this work and do this work Baer is a founding member and chairs the Early Childhood Partnershi p of AdamsCounty (ECPAC), a state-funded council comprisingg of 25 public and private agencies. She has helped raisw $200,000 for ECPAC to promote such projects as professional development for teachers and the improvemenyof early-education programs. She also is a member of Communityg Sharesof Colorado, a nonprofit that raises moneyu and awareness for 115 and the . Baer has workec only in the government andnonprofit industries.
Aftert graduating with a bachelor’s degree in English from the , she worked as a paralegal for the district attorney’s office in Madison, Wis. Also, Baer taughtr English in Tanzania througha nonprofit. “Thosse sectors speak to me a lot morebecause they’re mission-driven and not about the bottomj line,” she said. “I can’t build on someone else’z dream if it isn’t my Young professionals making an impac ontheir industries. Location: 8000 Pecos St., Colo. 80221 Website: http://www.childrensoutreachproject.
org Education: Bachelor’z degree in English from the Universityof 1992; master’s degree in nonprofit managemeny from Regis University, 2000
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Bauer Financial issues Q1 credit union ratings - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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The company uses federal regulatory data to rate credi t unions based oncapital ratio, profit/loss trend, delinqueng loans and other Bauer's rating ranks from a high of 5 stars to a low of 0 stars. Of the 10 largesrt South Florida credit unionsby assets, six maintained a five-stafr (superior) rating: IBM Southeast Employees Credit Union and Brightsta Credit Union held on to theitr four stars (excellent) in the first quarter. They had been downgraded from five stars in thethirde quarter. Priority One Credit Unioj in Sunrise fell from to three stars from four stars in the firsr quarterwith 69.9 million in assets, 1.6 percent of which were nonperforming.
, Soutn Florida’s second-largest credit union with $738 million in assets, held on to its thres stars in thefirst quarter. It was downgraded to threew stars (adequate) from four stars in the fourtjh quarter. The Pembroke Pines-based crediy union counted 1.74 percent of its assetxs as nonperforming. First Choice in West Palm Beach also hadthred stars. , the largest in South Florid with $1.62 billion in assets, remained the only credi union in the state rated zero stars by The Miramar-based credit union counte d 8.6 percent of its assets as It was placed into conservatorshipl by Florida regulators on April 24 after heavyy losses and the ousted its management.
Space Coast Creditf Union has shown an in acquiringEastern Financial.
The company uses federal regulatory data to rate credi t unions based oncapital ratio, profit/loss trend, delinqueng loans and other Bauer's rating ranks from a high of 5 stars to a low of 0 stars. Of the 10 largesrt South Florida credit unionsby assets, six maintained a five-stafr (superior) rating: IBM Southeast Employees Credit Union and Brightsta Credit Union held on to theitr four stars (excellent) in the first quarter. They had been downgraded from five stars in thethirde quarter. Priority One Credit Unioj in Sunrise fell from to three stars from four stars in the firsr quarterwith 69.9 million in assets, 1.6 percent of which were nonperforming.
, Soutn Florida’s second-largest credit union with $738 million in assets, held on to its thres stars in thefirst quarter. It was downgraded to threew stars (adequate) from four stars in the fourtjh quarter. The Pembroke Pines-based crediy union counted 1.74 percent of its assetxs as nonperforming. First Choice in West Palm Beach also hadthred stars. , the largest in South Florid with $1.62 billion in assets, remained the only credi union in the state rated zero stars by The Miramar-based credit union counte d 8.6 percent of its assets as It was placed into conservatorshipl by Florida regulators on April 24 after heavyy losses and the ousted its management.
Space Coast Creditf Union has shown an in acquiringEastern Financial.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Green Street Advisors Inc. Company Profile | Company Information
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Since 1985, Green Street has been widely recognizer as a dominant and influential voics in theREIT industry, garnering numerous industrty accolades and frequent mention in the financial Our mission is to provide exceptionalk research products and consulting services that lead to superioer investment performance and insight for our clients. Green Street employx over 20 professionals dedicated solely to our research andanalytical efforts. Our coverage universe consists of approximately 70 equating to far fewer companies per analyst than is typical fora securities-research firm.
This specializatiojn leads to exceptionally detailed and timely analyticakl work oneach company, as well as thought-provokin g industry pieces. Our team of experienced analyste has delivered investment recommendations that have consistently outperformee the marketindex (see track record). Green Street's trading arm, with six full-time traders, is the largest trading operation in the countryg devoted tothis sector. The firm does not engagd in underwriting relationships, thereby avoiding the conflictsz of interest that burden the typical Wall Street Green Street is an accredited memberd of the InvestorsidesmResearch Association.
Since 1985, Green Street has been widely recognizer as a dominant and influential voics in theREIT industry, garnering numerous industrty accolades and frequent mention in the financial Our mission is to provide exceptionalk research products and consulting services that lead to superioer investment performance and insight for our clients. Green Street employx over 20 professionals dedicated solely to our research andanalytical efforts. Our coverage universe consists of approximately 70 equating to far fewer companies per analyst than is typical fora securities-research firm.
This specializatiojn leads to exceptionally detailed and timely analyticakl work oneach company, as well as thought-provokin g industry pieces. Our team of experienced analyste has delivered investment recommendations that have consistently outperformee the marketindex (see track record). Green Street's trading arm, with six full-time traders, is the largest trading operation in the countryg devoted tothis sector. The firm does not engagd in underwriting relationships, thereby avoiding the conflictsz of interest that burden the typical Wall Street Green Street is an accredited memberd of the InvestorsidesmResearch Association.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Ideas for Brack Tract unveiled - Austin Business Journal:
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Those were some of the elements presented in two mastere plans by LLP intheir long-range vision for the 350-acre The firm, which was hired 13 months ago to come up with a mastefr plan, presented their ideas to The System Board of Regentz and the public on June 18. “The site could and should be the westerm anchorof downtown. If the natured of downtown is tallerand higher, than this will be smalleer and greener,” said a representative of Coopeer Robertson. Representatives of the firm said they envision a transig oriented development with a lake frontt districtand ‘neighborhoods’ with retail and residential buildings.
The plan woulc be carried out in phases over the next few Although the firm presented twomaster plans, it recommendedr that the board select its Brackenridge Village The main difference between the plans is that the University of biological field lab would remain in the secondr scenario, called the Brankenridge Park plan. Under the Brackenridg Village plan, the UT field lab woulf be relocated to one of nine sites suggested by theplanning firm, makinh way for the development of the property. Developers of the tracy would build diverse buildings of two to six stories and structured parking that is concealed fromthe streets.
A numbe r of infrastructure improvements werealso suggested, includinv the re-alignment of Lake Austimn Boulevard, the creation of a parallel roadwauy between Lake Austin and Red Bud Trail and 20 lane-miles of new local As far as internal transportation, the plannersa advised the UT boarx to establish a Transportation Managementr Organization. Possible transportation solutions included an internal shuttle extension of proposed city trolley systekm andbus service. The planner suggested a numbed of ideas for incorporating sustainabledesign elements, such as storm waterr management units and a community garden.
The planners advised that graduatestudenty housing, which exists on three sites, be relocate d to the Gateway site betweenj 6th and 10th streets. The planse call for the development of anew 825-unit student housingf complex. Supporters of the Lions MunicipalGolf Course, knownb as Muny, received bad news when the plannerw concluded that the golf course was no longer viable and that it be used for Whichever plan the UT regents adopt, the firm suggested startin g with the graduate housing project in late 2010, and followinfg up with the selection of phasew I developers in 2012.
Several UT regentsx expressed their gratitude to the firm for their Chairman of the UT Board of RegentsJame Huffines, echoed the sentiment, and said that the boarf will begin studying the plans and reviewing all He added: “We are heartenef by the proposed graduate studentg housing that would preserve graduate housingg while freeing up 73 acres for development.” Phasee I would include about 30,000 square feet of 1 million square feet of residential and a Exposition Boulevard would be extended All four phases would have a total square footage of: 15 million square feet of retail, office and civic/institution space. About 11 acres dedicatexd for anelementary school. About 21.
5 acreas for academic uses, such as a possible UT “Boat Town” neighborhood with a waterfront plaza and Phase I would includeabout 80,00 square feet of retail and 1.3 millio square feet of residential. All four phases would have a totak squarefootage of: 5.3 million square feet of retail, office and civic/institution space. Click for more information on the tracgt and details ofthe proposals.
Those were some of the elements presented in two mastere plans by LLP intheir long-range vision for the 350-acre The firm, which was hired 13 months ago to come up with a mastefr plan, presented their ideas to The System Board of Regentz and the public on June 18. “The site could and should be the westerm anchorof downtown. If the natured of downtown is tallerand higher, than this will be smalleer and greener,” said a representative of Coopeer Robertson. Representatives of the firm said they envision a transig oriented development with a lake frontt districtand ‘neighborhoods’ with retail and residential buildings.
The plan woulc be carried out in phases over the next few Although the firm presented twomaster plans, it recommendedr that the board select its Brackenridge Village The main difference between the plans is that the University of biological field lab would remain in the secondr scenario, called the Brankenridge Park plan. Under the Brackenridg Village plan, the UT field lab woulf be relocated to one of nine sites suggested by theplanning firm, makinh way for the development of the property. Developers of the tracy would build diverse buildings of two to six stories and structured parking that is concealed fromthe streets.
A numbe r of infrastructure improvements werealso suggested, includinv the re-alignment of Lake Austimn Boulevard, the creation of a parallel roadwauy between Lake Austin and Red Bud Trail and 20 lane-miles of new local As far as internal transportation, the plannersa advised the UT boarx to establish a Transportation Managementr Organization. Possible transportation solutions included an internal shuttle extension of proposed city trolley systekm andbus service. The planner suggested a numbed of ideas for incorporating sustainabledesign elements, such as storm waterr management units and a community garden.
The planners advised that graduatestudenty housing, which exists on three sites, be relocate d to the Gateway site betweenj 6th and 10th streets. The planse call for the development of anew 825-unit student housingf complex. Supporters of the Lions MunicipalGolf Course, knownb as Muny, received bad news when the plannerw concluded that the golf course was no longer viable and that it be used for Whichever plan the UT regents adopt, the firm suggested startin g with the graduate housing project in late 2010, and followinfg up with the selection of phasew I developers in 2012.
Several UT regentsx expressed their gratitude to the firm for their Chairman of the UT Board of RegentsJame Huffines, echoed the sentiment, and said that the boarf will begin studying the plans and reviewing all He added: “We are heartenef by the proposed graduate studentg housing that would preserve graduate housingg while freeing up 73 acres for development.” Phasee I would include about 30,000 square feet of 1 million square feet of residential and a Exposition Boulevard would be extended All four phases would have a total square footage of: 15 million square feet of retail, office and civic/institution space. About 11 acres dedicatexd for anelementary school. About 21.
5 acreas for academic uses, such as a possible UT “Boat Town” neighborhood with a waterfront plaza and Phase I would includeabout 80,00 square feet of retail and 1.3 millio square feet of residential. All four phases would have a totak squarefootage of: 5.3 million square feet of retail, office and civic/institution space. Click for more information on the tracgt and details ofthe proposals.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Awards program honoring Latino musicians goes national - Austin Business Journal:
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Demonstrating the growing strength of the Texas Hispanic an Austin-based Latino music awards show will receivee national air time this year. For the firsy time, “Premios Texas 2009” is airing nationally on cable, Spanish-languangew network Galavisión on Sunday, Aug. 23 at 7 p.m. CT. Univisiom — Galavisión’s parent company — will also air the show in some ofits Austin-based KAKW Univision 62 produces the awards Luis Patino, vice president general managerf of Univision 62, said gettin national air time speaks to the wide appeal of the show’s musical line up, as well as growing clout in the Latino musicf industry.
“The state of Texas and the Texax Hispanic market represent a large business opportunity for a lot of thesrrecord labels,” Patino said. “There is a lot of influence that Texasa has over themusic industry.” In its fifth year, the awardsx show is now national in scope. This year’s show will feature bands and artistx from aroundthe world, as well as local such as Vallejo. The musicians represen various Latinmusic genres, including pop, tropical, regional Mexican, rock and The award winners are chosen by Texaa voters. A free pre-event concert on Aug. 12 is expecte to draw about 5,000 The invite-only awards program will take placde at the Long Centeron Aug.
13, and attracg about 2,500 people. The awards show has been profitablre forthe station, Patino declining to disclose specifid figures. Tecate Light is the event’s title sponsot for the second year inthe row. The programj has also attracted Target, but Patino said that two major sponsors arestillo pending. Given the economy, sponsorship is not what the stationj wouldhave liked, but Patio believes it will end up aboutr flat compared to last year. garnering national air time is proov positive that there is a demand for this type of Patino said. “I think that there was a heavy demand to have this type of premium he said.
Patino hopes that the show will alsorais Univision’s profile in the Austin market. “People don’ty realize that [Univision 62] is the No. 1 station in the Patino said. “This is a statement on where Austin is where Austin is and the relevanceof Spanish-languages media.” Univision 62 nabbesd the No. 1 spot for the 5 p.m. newscast among 18-49 year olds for the entires first halfof 2009, he As far as “Premios Texas” the station’s long-term goal is to expand its reach. “Itf would be nice to continur toshowcase Austin. We are the Live Music Capital of the We want Austin to be the Live Musicv Capital ofLatin Music,” Patino said.
Demonstrating the growing strength of the Texas Hispanic an Austin-based Latino music awards show will receivee national air time this year. For the firsy time, “Premios Texas 2009” is airing nationally on cable, Spanish-languangew network Galavisión on Sunday, Aug. 23 at 7 p.m. CT. Univisiom — Galavisión’s parent company — will also air the show in some ofits Austin-based KAKW Univision 62 produces the awards Luis Patino, vice president general managerf of Univision 62, said gettin national air time speaks to the wide appeal of the show’s musical line up, as well as growing clout in the Latino musicf industry.
“The state of Texas and the Texax Hispanic market represent a large business opportunity for a lot of thesrrecord labels,” Patino said. “There is a lot of influence that Texasa has over themusic industry.” In its fifth year, the awardsx show is now national in scope. This year’s show will feature bands and artistx from aroundthe world, as well as local such as Vallejo. The musicians represen various Latinmusic genres, including pop, tropical, regional Mexican, rock and The award winners are chosen by Texaa voters. A free pre-event concert on Aug. 12 is expecte to draw about 5,000 The invite-only awards program will take placde at the Long Centeron Aug.
13, and attracg about 2,500 people. The awards show has been profitablre forthe station, Patino declining to disclose specifid figures. Tecate Light is the event’s title sponsot for the second year inthe row. The programj has also attracted Target, but Patino said that two major sponsors arestillo pending. Given the economy, sponsorship is not what the stationj wouldhave liked, but Patio believes it will end up aboutr flat compared to last year. garnering national air time is proov positive that there is a demand for this type of Patino said. “I think that there was a heavy demand to have this type of premium he said.
Patino hopes that the show will alsorais Univision’s profile in the Austin market. “People don’ty realize that [Univision 62] is the No. 1 station in the Patino said. “This is a statement on where Austin is where Austin is and the relevanceof Spanish-languages media.” Univision 62 nabbesd the No. 1 spot for the 5 p.m. newscast among 18-49 year olds for the entires first halfof 2009, he As far as “Premios Texas” the station’s long-term goal is to expand its reach. “Itf would be nice to continur toshowcase Austin. We are the Live Music Capital of the We want Austin to be the Live Musicv Capital ofLatin Music,” Patino said.
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