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years in prison. Sponsored by statwe Sen. Linda Gray, R-Glendale, the measurer modifies existing lawsfor shoplifting. Arizona had no penalties for those stealing merchandise for the purposew of reselling or tradinfgthe goods. Instead, penalties for shoplifting varied from misdemeanorato felonies, typically dependent on the valud of the merchandise taken. This measures creates a separate categor y of organized retail theft that includes groups of people workinb together for the purposew of stealing merchandise and then trading orresellinf it, regardless of how much the items cost. “Thisz was a deeply bipartisan consensus that was developecdby Sen.
Gray and the governor sharex a deep concern over this saidPaul Senseman, spokesman for Gov. Theft rings have become of increasing concern to law enforcemenand retailers, as criminals can stea l thousands of dollars in merchandise at once. Stole goods often are resold online or at flea providing cash to pay for othetr types ofcriminal activities, policwe say. Baby formula is commonly stolen and is oftenh used as an ingredient to cut The measure passed by a 55 to 0 vote in the Houswe and a 27 to 0 vote in the Senatw and will take effect in90 days.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010
Panel says don't merge college, TEC - Vineland Daily Journal
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Panel says don't merge college, TEC Vineland Daily Journal The panel recommends against merging Cumberland County College and the county Technical Education Center, an idea that originated with former college ... |
Friday, December 24, 2010
Poll: Cover letters still important to employers - Boston Business Journal:
http://www.gsoares.org/article/Chocolates----Everybodys-Weakness.html
Even thought the Internet Age is infull swing, a majoritu of employers polled by an independentg research firm for staffing company said they still considerr a cover letter valuable. Some 23 percent said a cover letter accompanying a resume was very while 63 percent said it was somewhat valuablew and 14 percent said it was not valuableat all. Aske how common it was to get a cover leverfrom applicants, 37 percent said it was very 43 percent said it was somewhatr common, 18 percent said it was not commomn at all and 2 percent did not know.
OfficeTeam said the survety came from telephone interviews with 150 senior executivesa from the largest companies in the United The firm also offered coverletter advice, recommending the cover lette r be only one page, include information that can fills gaps on a resum e and be scrutinized for typos and grammatical Menlo Park, Calif.-based OfficeTeam is a division of It has more than 300 officess around the world.
Even thought the Internet Age is infull swing, a majoritu of employers polled by an independentg research firm for staffing company said they still considerr a cover letter valuable. Some 23 percent said a cover letter accompanying a resume was very while 63 percent said it was somewhat valuablew and 14 percent said it was not valuableat all. Aske how common it was to get a cover leverfrom applicants, 37 percent said it was very 43 percent said it was somewhatr common, 18 percent said it was not commomn at all and 2 percent did not know.
OfficeTeam said the survety came from telephone interviews with 150 senior executivesa from the largest companies in the United The firm also offered coverletter advice, recommending the cover lette r be only one page, include information that can fills gaps on a resum e and be scrutinized for typos and grammatical Menlo Park, Calif.-based OfficeTeam is a division of It has more than 300 officess around the world.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Kingpin investors raise energy stakes - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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million. COMPANY: Schlumberger Ltd. TRANSACTION: Took initial positiom of 75,000 shares now wortg $3.8 million. COMPANY: Transocean Inc. TRANSACTION: Added another 150,0009 shares to boost holdings to 450,000 shares now worth $32.3w million. TRANSACTION: Bought another 712,500 shares to boost holdingsd to 4,135,850 shares now worth $183.5 COMPANY: Frontier Oil Corp. TRANSACTION: Took initial position of 350,000 shares now worthh $5.6 million. COMPANY: Nabors Industries Ltd. TRANSACTION: Took initial position of 750,000 shareds now worth $12.6 million. COMPANY: Petrohawk Energ Corp. TRANSACTION: Took initialk position of 200,000 shares now worth $4.
6 COMPANY: Plains Exploration & Production Co. TRANSACTION: Althoughg not executed in thefirst quarter, Soroxs made a big move early in the second adding nearly 3 million shares of Plaina E&P to increase his position to nearlt 6.5 million shares, or more than a 5 percent now worth $151.7 million. Schlumberger Ltd. TRANSACTION: Sold off entire holdings of 1,705,02u shares. COMPANY: Weatherford International Inc. TRANSACTION: Took initialk position of 4,963,000 shares now worth $92.9 million. HCC Insurance Holdings Inc.
million. COMPANY: Schlumberger Ltd. TRANSACTION: Took initial positiom of 75,000 shares now wortg $3.8 million. COMPANY: Transocean Inc. TRANSACTION: Added another 150,0009 shares to boost holdings to 450,000 shares now worth $32.3w million. TRANSACTION: Bought another 712,500 shares to boost holdingsd to 4,135,850 shares now worth $183.5 COMPANY: Frontier Oil Corp. TRANSACTION: Took initial position of 350,000 shares now worthh $5.6 million. COMPANY: Nabors Industries Ltd. TRANSACTION: Took initial position of 750,000 shareds now worth $12.6 million. COMPANY: Petrohawk Energ Corp. TRANSACTION: Took initialk position of 200,000 shares now worth $4.
6 COMPANY: Plains Exploration & Production Co. TRANSACTION: Althoughg not executed in thefirst quarter, Soroxs made a big move early in the second adding nearly 3 million shares of Plaina E&P to increase his position to nearlt 6.5 million shares, or more than a 5 percent now worth $151.7 million. Schlumberger Ltd. TRANSACTION: Sold off entire holdings of 1,705,02u shares. COMPANY: Weatherford International Inc. TRANSACTION: Took initialk position of 4,963,000 shares now worth $92.9 million. HCC Insurance Holdings Inc.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Manpower: Employers struggling to find qualified job candidates - Washington Business Journal:
http://www.hidenseek.me/2010/12/10/choosing-the-right-wood-flooring-for-your-home/
The employment services company (NYSE: MAN) says 30 percent of employers worldwide are strugglintg to find qualified job candidates especiallyskilleed tradespeople, sales representatives and technicians. Manpower surveyed nearlyu 39,000 employers across 33 countriesa and territories togauge employers' ability to find the taleng they need. The 10 hardest jobs to fill, as reportedx by U.S. employers in 2009, are: Even with unemploymentr at or near record levelsw inmany communities, Manpower's researcgh highlights the problem many employers are having finding individualss with the right combinationn of job-specific skills, experience, training and soft skills.
"Im the four years we have performecdthis research, the same positions appeat on the list again and again," said Jonas Manpower's president of the Americas. "Despite the curreny economic instability and high there are still skills thatthe U.S. workforcer seems to lack." The U.S. findings are part of a Manpowerd global study that surveyed morethan 39,000 employers across 33 countries and territories in Januaruy 2009. Positions in the skilled trades, sales, technical work and engineering remain the most difficulg for employers to fill Manpower surveyed morethan 2,000o U.S.
employers in the fourth annual survey to determine which positions employerse are having difficulty fillingthis
The employment services company (NYSE: MAN) says 30 percent of employers worldwide are strugglintg to find qualified job candidates especiallyskilleed tradespeople, sales representatives and technicians. Manpower surveyed nearlyu 39,000 employers across 33 countriesa and territories togauge employers' ability to find the taleng they need. The 10 hardest jobs to fill, as reportedx by U.S. employers in 2009, are: Even with unemploymentr at or near record levelsw inmany communities, Manpower's researcgh highlights the problem many employers are having finding individualss with the right combinationn of job-specific skills, experience, training and soft skills.
"Im the four years we have performecdthis research, the same positions appeat on the list again and again," said Jonas Manpower's president of the Americas. "Despite the curreny economic instability and high there are still skills thatthe U.S. workforcer seems to lack." The U.S. findings are part of a Manpowerd global study that surveyed morethan 39,000 employers across 33 countries and territories in Januaruy 2009. Positions in the skilled trades, sales, technical work and engineering remain the most difficulg for employers to fill Manpower surveyed morethan 2,000o U.S.
employers in the fourth annual survey to determine which positions employerse are having difficulty fillingthis
Friday, December 17, 2010
Sterling loses $356M in Q4; execs won
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million, or a loss of $6.87 per which compares with net earningsof $16.9 or 33 cents per share a year For fiscal 2008, the company reported a loss of $336.7 million, or a loss of $6.512 per share, which compares with net earnings of $93.3 million, or $1.86 per share in fiscal 2007. Basedf on the results, the Spokane bank holding company (NASDAQ: STSA) said it won’t pay cash bonuse to its executive management Results for the latest quarter include a noncashg chargeof $223.8 million related to the impairmenrt of goodwill, including the sustained drop in its stock price and market capitalization; and a provisionj for credit losses of $228.
5 million, relate d to “worsening economic conditions (and) the continued stressx on real estate values.” “Durinyg the fourth quarter of 2008, we witnessed accelerationm in the slowdown of the which caused higher levels of credit stress amontg our borrowers and an elevationj in the level of both our nonperforming and classifiecd assets. We, therefore, modified our approacn in determining the fair market value of loanse identifiedas impaired,” said Harold chairman and CEO, in a statement.
million, or a loss of $6.87 per which compares with net earningsof $16.9 or 33 cents per share a year For fiscal 2008, the company reported a loss of $336.7 million, or a loss of $6.512 per share, which compares with net earnings of $93.3 million, or $1.86 per share in fiscal 2007. Basedf on the results, the Spokane bank holding company (NASDAQ: STSA) said it won’t pay cash bonuse to its executive management Results for the latest quarter include a noncashg chargeof $223.8 million related to the impairmenrt of goodwill, including the sustained drop in its stock price and market capitalization; and a provisionj for credit losses of $228.
5 million, relate d to “worsening economic conditions (and) the continued stressx on real estate values.” “Durinyg the fourth quarter of 2008, we witnessed accelerationm in the slowdown of the which caused higher levels of credit stress amontg our borrowers and an elevationj in the level of both our nonperforming and classifiecd assets. We, therefore, modified our approacn in determining the fair market value of loanse identifiedas impaired,” said Harold chairman and CEO, in a statement.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Group: Ohio mosque received anti-Muslim e-mail - Washington Post
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Sunday, December 12, 2010
Prudential takes on commercial - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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Prudential Commercial Real Estate, whicbh officially opened its doors about twomonthxs ago, handles acquisitions and leasing, management and consultation of retail, industrial and special-use properties in four Northeast Florids counties and all over the country. “Jacksonville’x commercial real estate market offers more opportunities to prospectived corporations and investors than many other Florida said PrudentialNetwork Realty’ds founder, President and CEO, Linda “We see the commercial market as a greay opportunity for growth.
” Sherrer, who will continuw managing 300 residential said she’d been looking for someone in the commercialk industry to partner with for years, and finally foundd what she was looking for in commercial real estatr veteran Andre J. van She was impressed with van Rensburg’s globalk experience, education, his professional real estate designationb of Certified Commercial Investment Member and his belief in continuing education and decided to appoint him as president of the new Van Rensburg said he was lookingh for an alliance to create a nationap platform for his commercial realestate “The commercial animal and the residentialo animal are two very different van Rensburg said.
“Residential and commercial real estate practitioners have differentskill It’s a great advantagee for either to be able to use each other’w skills to provide full service to our customers. “We’res not a general real estate vanRensburg said. “We’rr specialized disciplines working hand-in-hand.” In Jacksonville, ther e are two real estate brands with both a residential and acommercial company: Coldwell Banker and Watson Realty. Jacksonville-based ’x founder and chair, Bill Watson, created about a decade aftef the residential companywas created.
Like the Prudential residential andcommercia companies, the Watson companies are house d in different areas of the same but share referrals and The system has been very successful, said Watson Realty President Ed Forman. “It is a perfecty fit for a residential brokerage to have a commercial Forman said. “Why not refer to your own company? There’w a great business opportunity” in having both. Benchmarkl and Coldwell Banker Devonshire Realty are ownesd by two different but Coldwell Banker Commercial President Nick Nicholson said the two stillkwork together.
In fact, the biggest advantage of having both franchises during a downturn is that agentsz can sell both residential andcommercial properties. Before joining the Prudentiak team, van Rensburg, who was born in South Africz and is nowa U.S. citizen, was the presideny of Ltd. in St. which will eventually close when all the ongoinhg business there is He moved to the United States 10years ago, after being the president and majoritgy stockholder of South Africa’s oldest ongoing real estatde company, Steer & Co. Commercial in Cape which was establishedin 1879.
The residential and commerciapl companies at Prudential will work as a partneringwhen applicable, cross-trainin on referrals and handing off leads to each Van Rensburg said he and his team of 12 also have identifiedr cycles in commercial real estatee in Jacksonville. He is planning to hire more employeesw based onthose cycles, two of whom will begi working in the next two Prudential Commercial is also capitalizing on othe r companies shrinking in the market by working with lender s on asset qualities for lender-owned properties, also know n as real estate-owned properties.
Prudential Commercial Real Estate, whicbh officially opened its doors about twomonthxs ago, handles acquisitions and leasing, management and consultation of retail, industrial and special-use properties in four Northeast Florids counties and all over the country. “Jacksonville’x commercial real estate market offers more opportunities to prospectived corporations and investors than many other Florida said PrudentialNetwork Realty’ds founder, President and CEO, Linda “We see the commercial market as a greay opportunity for growth.
” Sherrer, who will continuw managing 300 residential said she’d been looking for someone in the commercialk industry to partner with for years, and finally foundd what she was looking for in commercial real estatr veteran Andre J. van She was impressed with van Rensburg’s globalk experience, education, his professional real estate designationb of Certified Commercial Investment Member and his belief in continuing education and decided to appoint him as president of the new Van Rensburg said he was lookingh for an alliance to create a nationap platform for his commercial realestate “The commercial animal and the residentialo animal are two very different van Rensburg said.
“Residential and commercial real estate practitioners have differentskill It’s a great advantagee for either to be able to use each other’w skills to provide full service to our customers. “We’res not a general real estate vanRensburg said. “We’rr specialized disciplines working hand-in-hand.” In Jacksonville, ther e are two real estate brands with both a residential and acommercial company: Coldwell Banker and Watson Realty. Jacksonville-based ’x founder and chair, Bill Watson, created about a decade aftef the residential companywas created.
Like the Prudential residential andcommercia companies, the Watson companies are house d in different areas of the same but share referrals and The system has been very successful, said Watson Realty President Ed Forman. “It is a perfecty fit for a residential brokerage to have a commercial Forman said. “Why not refer to your own company? There’w a great business opportunity” in having both. Benchmarkl and Coldwell Banker Devonshire Realty are ownesd by two different but Coldwell Banker Commercial President Nick Nicholson said the two stillkwork together.
In fact, the biggest advantage of having both franchises during a downturn is that agentsz can sell both residential andcommercial properties. Before joining the Prudentiak team, van Rensburg, who was born in South Africz and is nowa U.S. citizen, was the presideny of Ltd. in St. which will eventually close when all the ongoinhg business there is He moved to the United States 10years ago, after being the president and majoritgy stockholder of South Africa’s oldest ongoing real estatde company, Steer & Co. Commercial in Cape which was establishedin 1879.
The residential and commerciapl companies at Prudential will work as a partneringwhen applicable, cross-trainin on referrals and handing off leads to each Van Rensburg said he and his team of 12 also have identifiedr cycles in commercial real estatee in Jacksonville. He is planning to hire more employeesw based onthose cycles, two of whom will begi working in the next two Prudential Commercial is also capitalizing on othe r companies shrinking in the market by working with lender s on asset qualities for lender-owned properties, also know n as real estate-owned properties.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Union extends deadline for new Safeway contract - Kansas City Business Journal:
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The extension was announced late Thursdahy by the United Food and Commercial Workers UniojLocal No. 7, which represents about 17,000 Denver-area grocery workers now negotiating new contractswith Albertson’s and . It is the third extension in theSafewayh talks, which began in early April. Safewag workers voted last month to call for a strike if but neither side has indicaterd that a strike is likely in the near Both Albertson’s and King Soopers workers are operatinhg without contracts right now. Negotiationd center around the issuesof wages, pension benefits and health-care plans.
Safeway and King Soopers have offererpension cuts, pay raises for just a portion of the workere and new preventative health-care benefits, saying that with the rise of non-uniob grocery stores, some cutbacks must be made. “I think this [latesg extension] gives us an opportunity to continue to negotiatee and really be able to tackl e the tough issues like wagexs andpension benefits,” said Kris Staaf, Safeway’e Denver-area director of public affairs. The latesft counter-proposal from Safeway workers calls for annual pay increase s of 75 cents per hour over the duratiobn ofthe five-year contract, according to UFCW spokeswomahn Laura Chapin.
It also seeks assurancesw that workers can continue receiving pensionn benefits at age 50 rather than having to wait untiplage 62, that current health benefits are not decrease d and that current health-care premiums are not increased. Safeway has not made a new contrac proposal, Staaf said. Sherree Carlson, a 15-year Safewag employee from Westminster, expressexd frustration over the pace of negotiations in a news releasee put out bythe “We gave you a proposal a week ago, and you keep coming back at us with the same Carlson said. “We need a fair deal and we need to keep the work and the worker here inour community.
”
The extension was announced late Thursdahy by the United Food and Commercial Workers UniojLocal No. 7, which represents about 17,000 Denver-area grocery workers now negotiating new contractswith Albertson’s and . It is the third extension in theSafewayh talks, which began in early April. Safewag workers voted last month to call for a strike if but neither side has indicaterd that a strike is likely in the near Both Albertson’s and King Soopers workers are operatinhg without contracts right now. Negotiationd center around the issuesof wages, pension benefits and health-care plans.
Safeway and King Soopers have offererpension cuts, pay raises for just a portion of the workere and new preventative health-care benefits, saying that with the rise of non-uniob grocery stores, some cutbacks must be made. “I think this [latesg extension] gives us an opportunity to continue to negotiatee and really be able to tackl e the tough issues like wagexs andpension benefits,” said Kris Staaf, Safeway’e Denver-area director of public affairs. The latesft counter-proposal from Safeway workers calls for annual pay increase s of 75 cents per hour over the duratiobn ofthe five-year contract, according to UFCW spokeswomahn Laura Chapin.
It also seeks assurancesw that workers can continue receiving pensionn benefits at age 50 rather than having to wait untiplage 62, that current health benefits are not decrease d and that current health-care premiums are not increased. Safeway has not made a new contrac proposal, Staaf said. Sherree Carlson, a 15-year Safewag employee from Westminster, expressexd frustration over the pace of negotiations in a news releasee put out bythe “We gave you a proposal a week ago, and you keep coming back at us with the same Carlson said. “We need a fair deal and we need to keep the work and the worker here inour community.
”
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
The Genesis of a Theme Park - New York Times (blog)
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New York Times (blog) | The Genesis of a Theme Park New York Times (blog) Courtesy of Ark Encounter A rendering of a park centered on Noah's ark, seen below in a 19th-century woodcut, planned for Grant ... Is a Noah's ark theme park unconstitutional? Full-scale replica of Noah's Ark planned in Kentucky Noah's ark lands in midst of state and church separation debate |
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Hunting traditions change as age demographics shift - Montana Kaimin
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Hunting traditions change as age demographics shift Montana Kaimin Thomas Baumeister, Hunter Education Coordinator for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks said a combination of demographic shifts, the targeting of young people ... |
Thursday, December 2, 2010
RED Development wants stimulus money for Reno arena - Kansas City Business Journal:
http://www.vienna-discounted-hotels.com/parkhotel-schonbrunn-main-hotel.html
RED, which is co-headquartered in Kansasa City and Scottsdale, Ariz., was the developer of the $250 milliob Legends of Village West destination retail center inKansaxs City, Kan. Its $500 million Legends of Sparks Marinain Sparks, Nev., was to have included a basebalk stadium similar to CommunityAmerica Ballpark at Legends of Village But the nearby city of Reno developed a ballpark site in its so RED came up with the 6,500-seat arena as a replacemeny anchor. “We’ve been noodling this idea of an arenaz for18 months,” said Dave Claflin, a spokesman for RED “But we had no idea how to clos e the gap between the cost of the arenza and what we could raise privately.
Then the stimuluws bill came along, and it seemed to fit the bill.” Clafli said the appropriate split between private financinfg and stimulus dollars had notbeen determined. The projectf is shovel-ready and would create 2,000p construction jobs. Therefore, it has won enthusiastic supportr from Nevadastate Sen. Randolph Townsend, R-Reno. With Townsend’s RED officials have begun lobbying other state lawmakers to suppor the use of some ofthe $1.5 billionb in stimulus money Nevada is expected to reap. Nevada is amontg states that have been hardest hit bythe recession. Despite however, RED is preparing for a grand opening of Legends atSparkse Marina.
The project, which includes about 1 milliojn square feet of retail and restaurant includes Target, Best Buy and Scheels All Sportg stores as anchors. RED will use about $157 million in sales tax revenue bonds to develop the Legends atSparksw Marina. It will be adjacent to a $500 milliobn casino to be developed on land that RED sold to Las Vegaw casino developer OlympiaGaming LLC.
RED, which is co-headquartered in Kansasa City and Scottsdale, Ariz., was the developer of the $250 milliob Legends of Village West destination retail center inKansaxs City, Kan. Its $500 million Legends of Sparks Marinain Sparks, Nev., was to have included a basebalk stadium similar to CommunityAmerica Ballpark at Legends of Village But the nearby city of Reno developed a ballpark site in its so RED came up with the 6,500-seat arena as a replacemeny anchor. “We’ve been noodling this idea of an arenaz for18 months,” said Dave Claflin, a spokesman for RED “But we had no idea how to clos e the gap between the cost of the arenza and what we could raise privately.
Then the stimuluws bill came along, and it seemed to fit the bill.” Clafli said the appropriate split between private financinfg and stimulus dollars had notbeen determined. The projectf is shovel-ready and would create 2,000p construction jobs. Therefore, it has won enthusiastic supportr from Nevadastate Sen. Randolph Townsend, R-Reno. With Townsend’s RED officials have begun lobbying other state lawmakers to suppor the use of some ofthe $1.5 billionb in stimulus money Nevada is expected to reap. Nevada is amontg states that have been hardest hit bythe recession. Despite however, RED is preparing for a grand opening of Legends atSparkse Marina.
The project, which includes about 1 milliojn square feet of retail and restaurant includes Target, Best Buy and Scheels All Sportg stores as anchors. RED will use about $157 million in sales tax revenue bonds to develop the Legends atSparksw Marina. It will be adjacent to a $500 milliobn casino to be developed on land that RED sold to Las Vegaw casino developer OlympiaGaming LLC.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Yes! Solar sells Colorado, Montana franchises - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
http://www.vienna-discounted-hotels.com/hilton-vienna-plaza-hotel.html
and Bozeman, Mont., the company announced The two territories extendthe company’s franchise network to abourt 95,000 more homeowners and many small businesses. Founded in 2005, Sola Power (OTCBB: SOPW) works with clients to obtain permits and manage the installation of solare power systems in smalland medium-sized The company also manufactures or procures all the parts and pieced to make the systeme work. In addition, Solar Powef installs home solar systemsthrough Yes! Solar Yes! has a stor in Roseville, three franchises in the San Franciscpo Bay Area, and a handful of franchisees in N.C., Helena, Mon., and Colo.
The latest franchisees in Pueblp and Bozeman are set to begij operationsin June. “We look forward to serving the home and businessw owners within our expanding reach with our solar energy system solutions and a growinbg number of solarproduct innovations,” said Jeff Pontius, executive vice presideny for Yes! Solar Inc., in a news
and Bozeman, Mont., the company announced The two territories extendthe company’s franchise network to abourt 95,000 more homeowners and many small businesses. Founded in 2005, Sola Power (OTCBB: SOPW) works with clients to obtain permits and manage the installation of solare power systems in smalland medium-sized The company also manufactures or procures all the parts and pieced to make the systeme work. In addition, Solar Powef installs home solar systemsthrough Yes! Solar Yes! has a stor in Roseville, three franchises in the San Franciscpo Bay Area, and a handful of franchisees in N.C., Helena, Mon., and Colo.
The latest franchisees in Pueblp and Bozeman are set to begij operationsin June. “We look forward to serving the home and businessw owners within our expanding reach with our solar energy system solutions and a growinbg number of solarproduct innovations,” said Jeff Pontius, executive vice presideny for Yes! Solar Inc., in a news
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Business groups slam proposed tax increases - Washington Business Journal:
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The said it opposes changes to the corporateminimum tax, a new corporat e income tax and a new personalo income tax. The alliance consists of 30 business groupe that represent morethan 25,000 Oregon businessees and employ 500,000 Raising the taxes could cause the state to lose 6,0009 jobs, according to state revenue office estimates. “These proposalz ignore the stark realities of ourcurrentf recession,” the group said in a news releasre sent by J.L. Wilson, a lobbyisy with Associated Oregon Industries. “They are counterproductiv e measures that kill jobs and prolongour recession.
” The corporate minimum tax and corporates income tax proposals would collectivelyu harm companies with small profit margins as well as businessesw looking to invest more in capita l equipment, the group said. The alliance called on lawmakersz to instead focuson private-sector job retention and creation. “Ww believe strongly that increased taxes are detrimental tojob growth,” Wilsobn said in the news release. “An increased tax burden will hurt the ability of our memberss to create desperately needed It is the wrong approacuh to balancethe state’s budget.
” Other groups signing the letted include Associated Oregon Loggers, Independent Communituy Banks of Oregon, the Northwest Food Processore Association, Oregon Association of Realtors, the Oregon Automobile Dealerd Association, the Oregon Bankers Association, the Oregon Home Buildersd Association, the Oregon Restaurant Association and the Oregon Truckinbg Association. Oregon’s House and Senate members hope to adjourbn byJuly 1. Lawmakers must address a $4.2 billion budgeg shortfall before they adjourn or in a series of specialp sessions throughout the rest ofthe year.
The said it opposes changes to the corporateminimum tax, a new corporat e income tax and a new personalo income tax. The alliance consists of 30 business groupe that represent morethan 25,000 Oregon businessees and employ 500,000 Raising the taxes could cause the state to lose 6,0009 jobs, according to state revenue office estimates. “These proposalz ignore the stark realities of ourcurrentf recession,” the group said in a news releasre sent by J.L. Wilson, a lobbyisy with Associated Oregon Industries. “They are counterproductiv e measures that kill jobs and prolongour recession.
” The corporate minimum tax and corporates income tax proposals would collectivelyu harm companies with small profit margins as well as businessesw looking to invest more in capita l equipment, the group said. The alliance called on lawmakersz to instead focuson private-sector job retention and creation. “Ww believe strongly that increased taxes are detrimental tojob growth,” Wilsobn said in the news release. “An increased tax burden will hurt the ability of our memberss to create desperately needed It is the wrong approacuh to balancethe state’s budget.
” Other groups signing the letted include Associated Oregon Loggers, Independent Communituy Banks of Oregon, the Northwest Food Processore Association, Oregon Association of Realtors, the Oregon Automobile Dealerd Association, the Oregon Bankers Association, the Oregon Home Buildersd Association, the Oregon Restaurant Association and the Oregon Truckinbg Association. Oregon’s House and Senate members hope to adjourbn byJuly 1. Lawmakers must address a $4.2 billion budgeg shortfall before they adjourn or in a series of specialp sessions throughout the rest ofthe year.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Kansas City Royals hope economy
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Season-ticket renewals are said Mark Tilson, Royals vice president of saleesand marketing, and most clubs he talk s to are seeing the same thing. “Thw common sentiment is that we’ve neveer seen anything like this,” Tilson said. “It’s affectinhg not only our corporate accounts, but people who traditionally purchase seaso n tickets for personal entertainment are getting hit as So it seems no one is immunse to what is goinhg on in the current economic spokesman Rich Levin said inan e-maik that the league hasn’r received complete forecasts from all the clubs.
“We can’y predict the future, but we certainly expecr the economic downturn will have an effectt on baseball as it has onother industries,” Levin “We just don’t know to what Patrick Rishe, a sports marketing consultant and associate professor of economics at in St. Louis, said concerns abourt long-term financial security make peopleless free-spending with their cash. “Theyg are holding on to what they’ve got righyt now,” he said. “They aren’t as willinb to spend money on entertainment ifthey don’yt feel they will get value for their entertainment dollar.
The Royals recent history doesn’t creater high expectations of being competitive for a playoff Massive renovations at Kauffmabn Stadium could providea positive, Rishe The new look could pique fan interest and get them out to see the “Historically, there is a boost, but the size of that boosg is relative to the performance of the team,” he said. “In the case, that means the boosrt is likely to be larger early in the while everything is still new and hope still abounds. But they would have to be within a game or two of the wild card in Augusf and September for the teamperformancee ...
to really have an Tilson said Royals fans are optimistidc and already areshowinf interest. The home opener against the on April 10 will be itsusual sellout. there is a hangover when it comed to the second and third games after opening day,” he said. “People usually wait to see what the weathefr will be like before buying But I think thisyear we’rwe seeing a combination of wantint to see the stadium along with a heightened senser of optimism in the club
Season-ticket renewals are said Mark Tilson, Royals vice president of saleesand marketing, and most clubs he talk s to are seeing the same thing. “Thw common sentiment is that we’ve neveer seen anything like this,” Tilson said. “It’s affectinhg not only our corporate accounts, but people who traditionally purchase seaso n tickets for personal entertainment are getting hit as So it seems no one is immunse to what is goinhg on in the current economic spokesman Rich Levin said inan e-maik that the league hasn’r received complete forecasts from all the clubs.
“We can’y predict the future, but we certainly expecr the economic downturn will have an effectt on baseball as it has onother industries,” Levin “We just don’t know to what Patrick Rishe, a sports marketing consultant and associate professor of economics at in St. Louis, said concerns abourt long-term financial security make peopleless free-spending with their cash. “Theyg are holding on to what they’ve got righyt now,” he said. “They aren’t as willinb to spend money on entertainment ifthey don’yt feel they will get value for their entertainment dollar.
The Royals recent history doesn’t creater high expectations of being competitive for a playoff Massive renovations at Kauffmabn Stadium could providea positive, Rishe The new look could pique fan interest and get them out to see the “Historically, there is a boost, but the size of that boosg is relative to the performance of the team,” he said. “In the case, that means the boosrt is likely to be larger early in the while everything is still new and hope still abounds. But they would have to be within a game or two of the wild card in Augusf and September for the teamperformancee ...
to really have an Tilson said Royals fans are optimistidc and already areshowinf interest. The home opener against the on April 10 will be itsusual sellout. there is a hangover when it comed to the second and third games after opening day,” he said. “People usually wait to see what the weathefr will be like before buying But I think thisyear we’rwe seeing a combination of wantint to see the stadium along with a heightened senser of optimism in the club
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Architect group designs its independence - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
http://www.pstexteffects.com/light_and_shade.html
Robert Rule, Joseph Trammell and Daniel Joy, all architects, as well as Ann an interior designer, have left Atlanta's fifth-largest architecturakl firm -- Smallwood, Stewart, Stewart & Associates Inc. -- to form theirr own venture, Rule Joy Trammell + Rubio/Architecturee + Interior Design. Trammell himsel was a principal with Smallwood Reynolds and was directlu involved in both the Federal Reserved office buildingproject (with Rubio) in Midtown and the Metropolids tower. The move is a culmination of what Trammel calledan "entrepreneurial itch." "It's all about doingh things the way you want to do Trammell said.
"If you have an entrepreneurial inclination, you want to wait too long." For Joy and staying at Smallwood Reynolds meant waiting 15 years before beingv in line to be made a partnef inthe firm. The new firm will draw on each ofthe architect's specialties to pursue projects, with a particular emphasis on multifamil and mixed-use developments. "W e have a diverse experience, but you've got to go to wher the business is, and the business is in multifamilyh residential," Trammell said. Collectively, the four have handlecd architectural needs for some notable developerxs includingNovare Group, and Birmingham-based condk developer Daniel Corp.
, which is co-developing The Plaza Midtowhn with Joy designed the residential component for Daniel on its Plaza Midtown, a planned $100 million, 500,000-square-foog mixed-use development bound by Eighth Peachtree Place, Spring Street and West Peachtree Street. The four were mum on potentiak projects under their new banner or whether any clientes they handled for Smallwooc Reynolds would jump to the new firmas well. Smallwoodc Reynolds officials did not return callsseeking comment.
Peterd Lyon, a client services manager for HanscomvbFaithful & Gould, a constructiobn management and consulting firm, said architectural firm mergerd and divisions are becoming a little more prevalent in today'se market. "Today we have more of an entrepreneurial spirit, and younv people want a biggerd piece ofthe pie, so they end up leavingt to start their own firm or mergee with other firms," Lyon said. "It's more prevalent in today's worlx than many years ago." Rule Joy Trammell + Rubio isn't the only firm focusing on mixed-usew projects.
Atlanta's ninth-largest architectural Lord, , recently merged with Atlanta-basedf to further pursue intownj mixed-use developments, said Antonin "Tony" Aeck, a principa with Lord Aeck. Aeck said the move was made to mergsBrock Green's expertise in housing urban mixed-uses design. And consolidation among architectural firms is nothingy new to the industry where firmsw with staff levels under 50 employees makeup two-thirds of all architectura firms nationwide, according to the . "It'sd an industry that traditionallyhas [change] when firmz reach larger proportions. It's not atypical for individual memberd of the firm to hang out theirown sign, so to Aeck said.
"There is a fair amounty of fluidity inthe industry. In a way, it accounts for the fact that therse are a limited number of fairlylarge firms." , anothef of Atlanta's larger architectural made a similar move when Stevens & Wilkinson merged with Stang & Newdow in said Tom Ramsey, chairmanh of the firm. Ramsey said the merger was partlyt in answer to the growingh popularityof mixed-use developments. It allowed the new firm to combinerStevens & Wilkinson's expertise in big-box retai l design -- with clients including (NYSE: FD) and Sears, (NYSE: S) -- and Stangf & Newdow's boutique retail and housing desig skills, he said.
"There's a lot of emphasis on urban desig and comingback downtown," he said. "We found that a lot of projectd not only involve one aspectlike residential, but other aspects like retail." Rubip said they're seeing the same rise in mixed-usd popularity as well as developers lookingt for the next "A-plus locations." "We're now seeinhg the secondary markets ... are now also on the same wave of mixed-usw developments," Rubio said. But Niles president and CEO of Atlanta's third largest architectura lfirm , said creating mixed-use departmentes within firms is more of a "marketing used by those firms.
"jI don't think it does take different talentsw to handle some ofthe mixed-use projects," Bolto n said. "A lot of architects don'y want to be put in one studiop orone practice."
Robert Rule, Joseph Trammell and Daniel Joy, all architects, as well as Ann an interior designer, have left Atlanta's fifth-largest architecturakl firm -- Smallwood, Stewart, Stewart & Associates Inc. -- to form theirr own venture, Rule Joy Trammell + Rubio/Architecturee + Interior Design. Trammell himsel was a principal with Smallwood Reynolds and was directlu involved in both the Federal Reserved office buildingproject (with Rubio) in Midtown and the Metropolids tower. The move is a culmination of what Trammel calledan "entrepreneurial itch." "It's all about doingh things the way you want to do Trammell said.
"If you have an entrepreneurial inclination, you want to wait too long." For Joy and staying at Smallwood Reynolds meant waiting 15 years before beingv in line to be made a partnef inthe firm. The new firm will draw on each ofthe architect's specialties to pursue projects, with a particular emphasis on multifamil and mixed-use developments. "W e have a diverse experience, but you've got to go to wher the business is, and the business is in multifamilyh residential," Trammell said. Collectively, the four have handlecd architectural needs for some notable developerxs includingNovare Group, and Birmingham-based condk developer Daniel Corp.
, which is co-developing The Plaza Midtowhn with Joy designed the residential component for Daniel on its Plaza Midtown, a planned $100 million, 500,000-square-foog mixed-use development bound by Eighth Peachtree Place, Spring Street and West Peachtree Street. The four were mum on potentiak projects under their new banner or whether any clientes they handled for Smallwooc Reynolds would jump to the new firmas well. Smallwoodc Reynolds officials did not return callsseeking comment.
Peterd Lyon, a client services manager for HanscomvbFaithful & Gould, a constructiobn management and consulting firm, said architectural firm mergerd and divisions are becoming a little more prevalent in today'se market. "Today we have more of an entrepreneurial spirit, and younv people want a biggerd piece ofthe pie, so they end up leavingt to start their own firm or mergee with other firms," Lyon said. "It's more prevalent in today's worlx than many years ago." Rule Joy Trammell + Rubio isn't the only firm focusing on mixed-usew projects.
Atlanta's ninth-largest architectural Lord, , recently merged with Atlanta-basedf to further pursue intownj mixed-use developments, said Antonin "Tony" Aeck, a principa with Lord Aeck. Aeck said the move was made to mergsBrock Green's expertise in housing urban mixed-uses design. And consolidation among architectural firms is nothingy new to the industry where firmsw with staff levels under 50 employees makeup two-thirds of all architectura firms nationwide, according to the . "It'sd an industry that traditionallyhas [change] when firmz reach larger proportions. It's not atypical for individual memberd of the firm to hang out theirown sign, so to Aeck said.
"There is a fair amounty of fluidity inthe industry. In a way, it accounts for the fact that therse are a limited number of fairlylarge firms." , anothef of Atlanta's larger architectural made a similar move when Stevens & Wilkinson merged with Stang & Newdow in said Tom Ramsey, chairmanh of the firm. Ramsey said the merger was partlyt in answer to the growingh popularityof mixed-use developments. It allowed the new firm to combinerStevens & Wilkinson's expertise in big-box retai l design -- with clients including (NYSE: FD) and Sears, (NYSE: S) -- and Stangf & Newdow's boutique retail and housing desig skills, he said.
"There's a lot of emphasis on urban desig and comingback downtown," he said. "We found that a lot of projectd not only involve one aspectlike residential, but other aspects like retail." Rubip said they're seeing the same rise in mixed-usd popularity as well as developers lookingt for the next "A-plus locations." "We're now seeinhg the secondary markets ... are now also on the same wave of mixed-usw developments," Rubio said. But Niles president and CEO of Atlanta's third largest architectura lfirm , said creating mixed-use departmentes within firms is more of a "marketing used by those firms.
"jI don't think it does take different talentsw to handle some ofthe mixed-use projects," Bolto n said. "A lot of architects don'y want to be put in one studiop orone practice."
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Hawaii jobless rate at 6.9% in April - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
http://upaboston.org/meetings/july07.shtml
percent in April, down from 7.1 percent in Marcuh and up 3.4 percentage points from a year ago. The rate is up from 3.5 percen t in April 2008. There were 17,200 more people out of work than there were the previous thesaid Friday. There were 646,2000 people in the work force and 44,40 people without jobs in Kauai’s jobless rate more than tripledfrom 3.1 percent to 9.7 percen t over the year. Molokai had the state’s highes t unemployment rate at 14.4 percent, up from 4.7 percent a year ago. Maui County’s jobless rate jumped from 3.3 percen t in April 2008 to 8.7 percent in April 2009. On the Big Island, the rate rose from 4.2 percentf to 9.7 percent.
Oahu had the state’s lowesr rate at 5.7 percent but it was nearly doubld the rate fromApril 2008, when it was 2.9 percent. Hawaii’ws jobless rate is still belowe thenational figure, which rose to 8.9 percentt in April, up from 8.5 percent in March. California’x rate was 11 percent.
percent in April, down from 7.1 percent in Marcuh and up 3.4 percentage points from a year ago. The rate is up from 3.5 percen t in April 2008. There were 17,200 more people out of work than there were the previous thesaid Friday. There were 646,2000 people in the work force and 44,40 people without jobs in Kauai’s jobless rate more than tripledfrom 3.1 percent to 9.7 percen t over the year. Molokai had the state’s highes t unemployment rate at 14.4 percent, up from 4.7 percent a year ago. Maui County’s jobless rate jumped from 3.3 percen t in April 2008 to 8.7 percent in April 2009. On the Big Island, the rate rose from 4.2 percentf to 9.7 percent.
Oahu had the state’s lowesr rate at 5.7 percent but it was nearly doubld the rate fromApril 2008, when it was 2.9 percent. Hawaii’ws jobless rate is still belowe thenational figure, which rose to 8.9 percentt in April, up from 8.5 percent in March. California’x rate was 11 percent.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Fresh crop advantage - Houston Business Journal:
http://www.petersburg-bridges.com/hermitage/the-history-of-the-museum.html
Part of a strong crop of de or new, banks statewide in 2007, Dallas outpostzs have largely escaped the impact of thedown economy. They’re not writinh off real estate loans becausethey didn’t make But they are facing increasing competition in the communithy bank niche as well as a continuing plethora of retaik banking branches from the giant banking companies. Although 2006 and 2007 were banneer yearsfor startups, 2008 is unlikelh to mirror that pace. “There were threr in February, one in March and two in May andnothing since,” said Paul an associate at Houston-based investment banker “Thde money just dried up.
” Now bank organizers are findingt it easier to sell investors on buying a bank that is already making money, Stephens said, because new banksa are traditionally expected to lose money the first break even the second and then make “meaningfulk earnings” in the third. Even if a purchased bank isn’t making money, an experiencex bank team can often cut costs and make it profitables faster than the de novo he added. A purchase also allowxs the group to bypass startupo costs and the lengthy regulatory processa and has been popularwith out-of-state banksa aiming to set up shop in The state is still a draw because of its growth.
Despite the vigorousz activity, Texas isn’t amony the states with the most intensee competition inbanking services, according to an analysis by the . the state’s major urban centers, includinhg the Dallas area, have seen a largwe increase inbank branches. The Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitaj area had 1,817 branches as of an increase of 506 locationssince 2002. “In the economy is better than most parts of the so community banks are making moneyand growing,” said Lee an Atlanta-based managing partner with investmenty banker Commerce Street Capital LLC of Dallas. “There’ws a slowdown in the numbee ofcharters now, because it’s harder to raise capital.
But it can be a bettert time to start at the bottom of aneconomixc cycle, where you don’t have a hot market wher e people are making a lot of loansw that will be questionable down the road,” said who has helped to raise capital for 126 de novo including many in Texas. “The new banksx that started out with fresh capita and no bad assets are at the head of theclasa now, at a time when the regionao banks have had to batten down the hatches and cut back on theirf employees. That gives the new banks an opportunity to pickoff (the largee banks’ unhappy) customers,” he said.
The greatest predictor of a new bank’sa success is who’s running the bank, and if they’v e been through the procesd successfully before, Bradley Among the class of 2007 is which opened in April 2007 near President Georgw Bush Turnpike and Alma Road in President and CEO Gary Mulhollen has workeed in community banking in the Dallas market since for banks bigand small. One draw for establishintg Vision Bank-Texas was to be able to cut throughb the bureaucracy and offer customers access to good bankere in aconvenient setting. A second branch is plannedd to opennext year.
People may question whether therde are toomany banks, but there are definitelyh not that many good bankers available, , he so recruiting them to his operation is one way to distinguisuh it from the multiple retail branches formag of some of the larger, national players. The bank employs 13. Visionb Bank-Texas, which has 96 shareholders, startedf with $14 million in As of June 30, the bank had $41 million in loanas and $37.
6 million in deposits, Mulhollen Projections called for profitabilitgy at18 months, and the bank did it in 12, he One factor in that milestone was the decision to leass space, which allowed the bank to open with less than half of the occupancy expense had it built its own building. Its bread and buttetr is small business, including loans of up to $3 million for companiex in sectors ranging from manufacturingy tohealth care. “We don’ t do any residential construction loans, and that was the plan from day he said. Still, the bank wages “a constanr fight for deposits,” he said. One nearby competitore is another 2007 de novo targetingv Richardson andnearby areas: .
Opportunityg Bank opened in June 2007 near Campbell andPlanlo roads. “We’re very happy with where we’res at. We have no real estate but we are seeing some deals that otherbankse can’t take on anymore,” said Bill senior vice president-operations and retail. The bank, whichb employs 21, is on task to hit profitability atthe 18-month mark, he said. It has depositsd of $45 million and $32 million in
Part of a strong crop of de or new, banks statewide in 2007, Dallas outpostzs have largely escaped the impact of thedown economy. They’re not writinh off real estate loans becausethey didn’t make But they are facing increasing competition in the communithy bank niche as well as a continuing plethora of retaik banking branches from the giant banking companies. Although 2006 and 2007 were banneer yearsfor startups, 2008 is unlikelh to mirror that pace. “There were threr in February, one in March and two in May andnothing since,” said Paul an associate at Houston-based investment banker “Thde money just dried up.
” Now bank organizers are findingt it easier to sell investors on buying a bank that is already making money, Stephens said, because new banksa are traditionally expected to lose money the first break even the second and then make “meaningfulk earnings” in the third. Even if a purchased bank isn’t making money, an experiencex bank team can often cut costs and make it profitables faster than the de novo he added. A purchase also allowxs the group to bypass startupo costs and the lengthy regulatory processa and has been popularwith out-of-state banksa aiming to set up shop in The state is still a draw because of its growth.
Despite the vigorousz activity, Texas isn’t amony the states with the most intensee competition inbanking services, according to an analysis by the . the state’s major urban centers, includinhg the Dallas area, have seen a largwe increase inbank branches. The Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitaj area had 1,817 branches as of an increase of 506 locationssince 2002. “In the economy is better than most parts of the so community banks are making moneyand growing,” said Lee an Atlanta-based managing partner with investmenty banker Commerce Street Capital LLC of Dallas. “There’ws a slowdown in the numbee ofcharters now, because it’s harder to raise capital.
But it can be a bettert time to start at the bottom of aneconomixc cycle, where you don’t have a hot market wher e people are making a lot of loansw that will be questionable down the road,” said who has helped to raise capital for 126 de novo including many in Texas. “The new banksx that started out with fresh capita and no bad assets are at the head of theclasa now, at a time when the regionao banks have had to batten down the hatches and cut back on theirf employees. That gives the new banks an opportunity to pickoff (the largee banks’ unhappy) customers,” he said.
The greatest predictor of a new bank’sa success is who’s running the bank, and if they’v e been through the procesd successfully before, Bradley Among the class of 2007 is which opened in April 2007 near President Georgw Bush Turnpike and Alma Road in President and CEO Gary Mulhollen has workeed in community banking in the Dallas market since for banks bigand small. One draw for establishintg Vision Bank-Texas was to be able to cut throughb the bureaucracy and offer customers access to good bankere in aconvenient setting. A second branch is plannedd to opennext year.
People may question whether therde are toomany banks, but there are definitelyh not that many good bankers available, , he so recruiting them to his operation is one way to distinguisuh it from the multiple retail branches formag of some of the larger, national players. The bank employs 13. Visionb Bank-Texas, which has 96 shareholders, startedf with $14 million in As of June 30, the bank had $41 million in loanas and $37.
6 million in deposits, Mulhollen Projections called for profitabilitgy at18 months, and the bank did it in 12, he One factor in that milestone was the decision to leass space, which allowed the bank to open with less than half of the occupancy expense had it built its own building. Its bread and buttetr is small business, including loans of up to $3 million for companiex in sectors ranging from manufacturingy tohealth care. “We don’ t do any residential construction loans, and that was the plan from day he said. Still, the bank wages “a constanr fight for deposits,” he said. One nearby competitore is another 2007 de novo targetingv Richardson andnearby areas: .
Opportunityg Bank opened in June 2007 near Campbell andPlanlo roads. “We’re very happy with where we’res at. We have no real estate but we are seeing some deals that otherbankse can’t take on anymore,” said Bill senior vice president-operations and retail. The bank, whichb employs 21, is on task to hit profitability atthe 18-month mark, he said. It has depositsd of $45 million and $32 million in
Thursday, November 18, 2010
SEC: N.Y. investment firm misled S. Fla. seniors - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
http://financeservicesnews.com/minority-concessionaires.htm
"They used free lunches as the low-tech bait for thei high-scale scheme," said Robert director of the SEC's Division of The SEC alleges elderly and retired investors were lureds into purchasing highly unsuitable variablew annuities with lucrative sales commissions while ignoring the financiao goalsof victims. The SEC alleges that Eric J. Browb of Highland Beach, Matthew J. Collins of Boynton Beach, Kevin J. Walsh of Viera, and Mark W. Wellzs of Boca Raton, were among those offering and sellingthe annuities. It’es alleged that the firm and its representativesz earned millions of dollars insalesd commissions.
PCS is a registered broker-dealert and wholly-owned subsidiary of Gilman Ciocia, an incomee tax preparation business headquartered in Poughkeepsie that offeres financial services in New New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida. Robert Heim, a NewYork attorney who representsPrime Capital, Gilman Ciocia, and severa l of the individuals, including Collins and said the conduct at issur in the complaint is "very old" and occurred in the late 1990s and early 2000. He said the companyy reached a settlement withthe (FINRA), when it was called the (NASD). As part of that agreement, the company implementedf some wide-ranging updates to its supervisory and complianced systemsin 2005, Heim said.
He added that he didn'gt know why the SEC was going over thesame ground. "All of these issuexs were addressed years ago and we feelthe company's responsse has been appropriate," he said. While Browjn and Walsh have since left, Collins and Wellsw are still withthe company, he said. An administrativd law judge will determine whether the allegation s against the respondents aretrue and, if so, whether they should be orderecd to cease and desist from future violations.
"They used free lunches as the low-tech bait for thei high-scale scheme," said Robert director of the SEC's Division of The SEC alleges elderly and retired investors were lureds into purchasing highly unsuitable variablew annuities with lucrative sales commissions while ignoring the financiao goalsof victims. The SEC alleges that Eric J. Browb of Highland Beach, Matthew J. Collins of Boynton Beach, Kevin J. Walsh of Viera, and Mark W. Wellzs of Boca Raton, were among those offering and sellingthe annuities. It’es alleged that the firm and its representativesz earned millions of dollars insalesd commissions.
PCS is a registered broker-dealert and wholly-owned subsidiary of Gilman Ciocia, an incomee tax preparation business headquartered in Poughkeepsie that offeres financial services in New New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida. Robert Heim, a NewYork attorney who representsPrime Capital, Gilman Ciocia, and severa l of the individuals, including Collins and said the conduct at issur in the complaint is "very old" and occurred in the late 1990s and early 2000. He said the companyy reached a settlement withthe (FINRA), when it was called the (NASD). As part of that agreement, the company implementedf some wide-ranging updates to its supervisory and complianced systemsin 2005, Heim said.
He added that he didn'gt know why the SEC was going over thesame ground. "All of these issuexs were addressed years ago and we feelthe company's responsse has been appropriate," he said. While Browjn and Walsh have since left, Collins and Wellsw are still withthe company, he said. An administrativd law judge will determine whether the allegation s against the respondents aretrue and, if so, whether they should be orderecd to cease and desist from future violations.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Australian Institute of Architects Launches Book in Beijing - CRIENGLISH.com
http://sochi-wg.com/index.php?pn=34
CRIENGLISH.com | Australian Institute of Architects Launches Book in Beijing CRIENGLISH.com Katarina Stube (left), publisher of "Inspire 2010" and David Parken, co-publisher and CEO of the Australian Institute of Architects, attend a news ... |
Monday, November 15, 2010
Colorado wind farm to supply Tri-State power customers - Orlando Business Journal:
http://www.thenewpornigraphers.com/article/Thermaltake-unveils-Spirit-RS-heatpipe-memory-cooler-.html
The wind farm is to be builsd by Charlotte, N.C.-based Duke Energy (NYSE: with power supplied to Westminster-based Tri-State under a 20-yeaf power-purchase agreement, Duke said. Duke said it will develoop the 51-megawatt Kit Carson Windpower Projecton 6,00p acres near Burlington under a long-term lease. The projecyt will be the company’s first in Coloradio and fourth inthe region. The projecrt is expected to start commercial operation by the endof 2010. The Kit Carso n project will consist of 34 GE wind each capable ofgenerating 1.5 MW of Duke said.
"We're proud to be partnering with Duke Energh on ourfirst utility-scale wind powef project," said Ken Anderson, Tri-State executivwe VP and general manager, said in a statemenyt released by Duke Monday. "The project will furthetr diversify ourresource mix, bring value to our member and support jobs and investment in the rurao areas our members serve." Tri-State it wouldf shift its focus from building more coal-fired power plants to natural gas, renewable energy and It was a major change of policy for which supplies wholesale power to 18 electric-distributiobn cooperatives in Colorado and 26 in Wyoming, New Mexic and Nebraska.
The utility's two-year-old resource plan had callesd for the constructionof 2,100 megawatts of new coal-fired power plants by 2012. Critic s had blamed nonprofit Tri-State for not embracinyg alternative energy in itsfutur plans, the way investor-owned utilith Xcel Energy has. Ritter supported Tri-State'w policy change, telling Tri-State's board: "Yoiu deserve a lot of credit formakin efficiency, renewables and new technology investmentds a high priority as you look for new and better ways to provid e affordable and reliable electricity to your rura customer-owners.
" Tri-State has said it also planes to develop a 30-megawatt, 500,000-panel solar photovoltaic power plant in northeastern New Mexico by late 2010.
The wind farm is to be builsd by Charlotte, N.C.-based Duke Energy (NYSE: with power supplied to Westminster-based Tri-State under a 20-yeaf power-purchase agreement, Duke said. Duke said it will develoop the 51-megawatt Kit Carson Windpower Projecton 6,00p acres near Burlington under a long-term lease. The projecyt will be the company’s first in Coloradio and fourth inthe region. The projecrt is expected to start commercial operation by the endof 2010. The Kit Carso n project will consist of 34 GE wind each capable ofgenerating 1.5 MW of Duke said.
"We're proud to be partnering with Duke Energh on ourfirst utility-scale wind powef project," said Ken Anderson, Tri-State executivwe VP and general manager, said in a statemenyt released by Duke Monday. "The project will furthetr diversify ourresource mix, bring value to our member and support jobs and investment in the rurao areas our members serve." Tri-State it wouldf shift its focus from building more coal-fired power plants to natural gas, renewable energy and It was a major change of policy for which supplies wholesale power to 18 electric-distributiobn cooperatives in Colorado and 26 in Wyoming, New Mexic and Nebraska.
The utility's two-year-old resource plan had callesd for the constructionof 2,100 megawatts of new coal-fired power plants by 2012. Critic s had blamed nonprofit Tri-State for not embracinyg alternative energy in itsfutur plans, the way investor-owned utilith Xcel Energy has. Ritter supported Tri-State'w policy change, telling Tri-State's board: "Yoiu deserve a lot of credit formakin efficiency, renewables and new technology investmentds a high priority as you look for new and better ways to provid e affordable and reliable electricity to your rura customer-owners.
" Tri-State has said it also planes to develop a 30-megawatt, 500,000-panel solar photovoltaic power plant in northeastern New Mexico by late 2010.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
49ers' Santa Clara stadium financing clears hurdle - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
budimirukaovyril.blogspot.com
City Councilors Will Kennedy and Jamie McLeod were the only ones to side with the dissentersa in the audience who opposefd any public subsidy forthe stadium. The 5-2 vote on a $79 milliojn subsidy for the project came aftera two-and-a-half-hourd presentation and lengthy public comments that included concerns raised by the ownerd of California's Great Cedar Fair of Sandusky, has been negotiating to sell the sprawling thrill-ride park whichb is next to the proposed stadiu m site to the 49ers. An attorney representinvg the park owners, John A. Hickeyy of Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel Inc.
, askexd for a delay on the "We want to reach an agreement (to sell the park), but whiler you have been working on the term sheegtfor months, we and members of the publix have only had two business days to read this complexs document." Hickey said he was surprisec at earlier comments made by Jennifer Sparacino, Santa Clara'e City Manager, that he regarded as overly optimistic aboug the closeness of an agreement between Cedar Fair and the 49erd to sell the park.
Jed president of the 49ers, praised Santa Clara officials forcreatinh "the best infrastructure in the Bay and told city officials and a crowx of more than 150 onlookers that the proposes 68,500-seat stadium to be built on an overfloq parking lot at the amusement park woulxd not only host up to 10 NFL gamesw annually, but possibly a variety of glamorouws events, including the World Cup soccer in the future. Stadium proponents also view it as a likelyh venue formajor concerts, college football bowl gameas and even the Super Bowl. "uI feel the excitement in this city abouythe stadium," York said.
"This (stadium) deal will make Santa Clara a better place to work and play inthe future." As part of a 40-yea r agreement with the 49ers, city officials agreed to contribute $79 million to the project, including $42 million in redevelopmen agency funds, $20 million from the city-ownee utility district to relocate an electrical substation near the site and $17 milliob to build a parking garage. That figure is well belosw the $222 million city officialds proposed spending on the project when it was firs t proposed twoyears ago, as they cites the poor economy and shrinking city revenue as reasons for a much-reducee contribution.
Another $35 million would be raised by a tax on guests staying at any one of eighgt hotels inthe city's North Bayshore redevelopmentg area surrounding Great America. City officialsx stress no General Fundmoney -- whichj pays for city services such as fire, parks and libraries — will be used to pay for stadium construction or operations. A Stadium Authority, a joinyt powers governing body compriser of city andteam officials, along with the 49erw and the NFL would be responsible for $825 million in stadium constructiomn costs under the agreement.
City Councilors Will Kennedy and Jamie McLeod were the only ones to side with the dissentersa in the audience who opposefd any public subsidy forthe stadium. The 5-2 vote on a $79 milliojn subsidy for the project came aftera two-and-a-half-hourd presentation and lengthy public comments that included concerns raised by the ownerd of California's Great Cedar Fair of Sandusky, has been negotiating to sell the sprawling thrill-ride park whichb is next to the proposed stadiu m site to the 49ers. An attorney representinvg the park owners, John A. Hickeyy of Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel Inc.
, askexd for a delay on the "We want to reach an agreement (to sell the park), but whiler you have been working on the term sheegtfor months, we and members of the publix have only had two business days to read this complexs document." Hickey said he was surprisec at earlier comments made by Jennifer Sparacino, Santa Clara'e City Manager, that he regarded as overly optimistic aboug the closeness of an agreement between Cedar Fair and the 49erd to sell the park.
Jed president of the 49ers, praised Santa Clara officials forcreatinh "the best infrastructure in the Bay and told city officials and a crowx of more than 150 onlookers that the proposes 68,500-seat stadium to be built on an overfloq parking lot at the amusement park woulxd not only host up to 10 NFL gamesw annually, but possibly a variety of glamorouws events, including the World Cup soccer in the future. Stadium proponents also view it as a likelyh venue formajor concerts, college football bowl gameas and even the Super Bowl. "uI feel the excitement in this city abouythe stadium," York said.
"This (stadium) deal will make Santa Clara a better place to work and play inthe future." As part of a 40-yea r agreement with the 49ers, city officials agreed to contribute $79 million to the project, including $42 million in redevelopmen agency funds, $20 million from the city-ownee utility district to relocate an electrical substation near the site and $17 milliob to build a parking garage. That figure is well belosw the $222 million city officialds proposed spending on the project when it was firs t proposed twoyears ago, as they cites the poor economy and shrinking city revenue as reasons for a much-reducee contribution.
Another $35 million would be raised by a tax on guests staying at any one of eighgt hotels inthe city's North Bayshore redevelopmentg area surrounding Great America. City officialsx stress no General Fundmoney -- whichj pays for city services such as fire, parks and libraries — will be used to pay for stadium construction or operations. A Stadium Authority, a joinyt powers governing body compriser of city andteam officials, along with the 49erw and the NFL would be responsible for $825 million in stadium constructiomn costs under the agreement.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Denver gives out 1,234 free building permits - Kansas City Business Journal:
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The free permits issue under the city’s “Home Renovatiojn Bonanza” program saved resident an estimated $85.774 in fees, officials said. Building-permif fees normally range from $20 to severapl thousand dollars, depending on the value of the The program aimed to boost the locap economy byencouraging home-improvement The free permits, available June 1-15, are for common improvement projects involving single-family homes and duplexes. “Wer wanted a bonanza and it seemes wegot one,” Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper said in a statement. “We hopedf to stimulate the local economy by offering an incentive for residents to make improvements totheier property.
This is a good sign that people are moving forwarfd and doing what they can to get our economu backon track.” The permits are validc for 180 days.
The free permits issue under the city’s “Home Renovatiojn Bonanza” program saved resident an estimated $85.774 in fees, officials said. Building-permif fees normally range from $20 to severapl thousand dollars, depending on the value of the The program aimed to boost the locap economy byencouraging home-improvement The free permits, available June 1-15, are for common improvement projects involving single-family homes and duplexes. “Wer wanted a bonanza and it seemes wegot one,” Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper said in a statement. “We hopedf to stimulate the local economy by offering an incentive for residents to make improvements totheier property.
This is a good sign that people are moving forwarfd and doing what they can to get our economu backon track.” The permits are validc for 180 days.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Parent deployment may impact mental health of children - WiredPRNews.com (press release)
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Monday, November 8, 2010
No victims in Centergy Parking Deck collapse - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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Harry Gleich, spokesman for Metromont, made the comment at a mid-day news conference Tuesday near the parking Gleich said the deck isa pre-fabricated, pre-cast concrete structure that was builty eight years ago and is the same designb at 60 percent of the parking structures in the Unitef States. The cause of the “pancake where a section of the fourtbh floor fell ontothe third, second and firsf floors, is still under investigation. As of noon Stewart reported 60 cars had been towed out of the deck to a parkingg lot at 8th andSpring Greenville, S.C.-based Metromont has a planyt in Hiram, Ga. Gleich said both plantd built sections ofthe deck.
A portionh of the Centergy Parking Deck collapsed early Monday afternoonj near the intersection of Sprintg and5th Streets, damaging or destroying 38 Gleich said company engineers spenty the night doing a visual inspection of the deck, and have shores up possible weak areas by using 6x6 woodemn supports. Atlanta Fire Department spokeman Bobby Stewart said firefightersare "very fortunate to have found no victims" in the collapse. Beginning at 5 owners will be able to claim theird vehicles atthe lot. Owners can send an e-mail to centergyparking@gofifthstreet.
comk and provide their name, e-mailo address, cell and work phone numbers, make and modeol of car, color of car, and license plate Stewart said emergency personnel willsearch "every every vehicle" of the parking deck to make sure there are no victimss of the collapse. The Atlanta Fire Department has set upa 404-546-2374, for anyone who fears they know someone who may be missingt in the collapse.
Harry Gleich, spokesman for Metromont, made the comment at a mid-day news conference Tuesday near the parking Gleich said the deck isa pre-fabricated, pre-cast concrete structure that was builty eight years ago and is the same designb at 60 percent of the parking structures in the Unitef States. The cause of the “pancake where a section of the fourtbh floor fell ontothe third, second and firsf floors, is still under investigation. As of noon Stewart reported 60 cars had been towed out of the deck to a parkingg lot at 8th andSpring Greenville, S.C.-based Metromont has a planyt in Hiram, Ga. Gleich said both plantd built sections ofthe deck.
A portionh of the Centergy Parking Deck collapsed early Monday afternoonj near the intersection of Sprintg and5th Streets, damaging or destroying 38 Gleich said company engineers spenty the night doing a visual inspection of the deck, and have shores up possible weak areas by using 6x6 woodemn supports. Atlanta Fire Department spokeman Bobby Stewart said firefightersare "very fortunate to have found no victims" in the collapse. Beginning at 5 owners will be able to claim theird vehicles atthe lot. Owners can send an e-mail to centergyparking@gofifthstreet.
comk and provide their name, e-mailo address, cell and work phone numbers, make and modeol of car, color of car, and license plate Stewart said emergency personnel willsearch "every every vehicle" of the parking deck to make sure there are no victimss of the collapse. The Atlanta Fire Department has set upa 404-546-2374, for anyone who fears they know someone who may be missingt in the collapse.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Valero Energy expects big hit from proposed Obama tax plan - San Antonio Business Journal:
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The Obama administration announced plans earlier this monty to change tax laws that impact companies with overseas operationds in a bid to promote more job growth in theUnited States. “Our tax code actually provides a competitivse advantage to companies that invest and create jobs overseas compared to those that investt and create those same jobs inthe U.S.,” Whitd House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said in a news “In addition, our tax system is rife with opportunities to evadwe and avoid taxes through offshore tax Gibbs says that in 2004, the most recent year for whic data is available, U.S.
multinational corporations paid $16 billion in taxew on $700 billion in foreigh active earnings, for an effectivwe tax rate ofjust 2.3 percent. As the firsft plank of its international taxreformj package, the Obama administration wants to repeaol the ability of American companies to “take deductions against theirf U.S. taxable income for expenses supporting profitsin low-tax jurisdictionz on which they defer paying taxes on for year and perhaps indefinitely.” This is the provisiohn that would most impact Valero, according to companh spokesman Bill Day.
“The portion we are concerned about is the part that would removs deductions on interest forinvestments overseas,” Day This would have the biggest impact on Valero’sd operations at its refinery in Aruba, Day says. Aruba is a 21 mile-lonh island that is part of the Lesser Antilles chain in the southerjCaribbean Sea. Valero’s refinery in Arubw has a throughput capacityof 285,000 barrels per day. It coulfd also impact the company’s refinery in Quebec, Canada which has a throughput capacittyof 215,000 barrels per day.
Day says if Valerlo loses the ability to deducy interest on loans the company takes out to do maintenancse and repair work atits foreign-based it would cost the company approximately $30 million annually. “Ww disagree that this would create more jobs inthe U.S.,” Day “We think that it would make us less competitive Day says that Valerok should not be penalized for its operationa in Aruba and Quebec because the company did not take jobs out of the U.S. it purchased existing refineries in thosw countries and madesubstantial upgrades.
Valero (NYSE: VLO) owns and operates 16 refineries throughout the United Canada and the Caribbean with a combineds throughput capacity of 3 million barrels of oilper day. Marcello a partner in the San Antonio law officeeof LLP, says the Obama administration’s proposa to crack down on offshore busineses operations was triggered by revelations that came out of the financiaol meltdown on Wall Street. When the Swises megabank was forced to reveal tothe U.S. governmengt some of its clients who purportedly use the bank to avoixdpaying U.S.
taxes, it triggered a serieds of reform efforts that have culminated in this lates proposal by the Obama administration to chang e some of the tax he says. Tamez says he does not thino many San Antonio companies will be impacted by the but there may bea few. , whicnh merged with a Bermuda-based company two years ago, had littler to say on the matter. John Narraway, vice presidenty of corporate communications for theinsurance company, declined to commentg on the president’s proposal. He did however, that Argonaut still has 300 people in its officess inSan Antonio.
Peter Ryan, head of offshorint and outsourcing analysisat , a New York-basedr business information and market analysiss company, says no one shoulf be surprised by Obama’s actions in this case becausde he is simply doing what he said he would do while on the campaign “There can be little doubtf that the Obama administration is doinyg its best to make good on campaignm promises to encourage U.S. firms to limit offshoring as muchas possible,” Ryan says. Ryan says shoulrd Obama’s new tax plan becoms law in 2011 as proposed it could lead to highet pricesfor consumers, reduced operational efficiencies and the erodinv of long-term competitiveness of U.S.
firms with offshorw operations. “In an era of ever-tightening not only will this option be unpalatabl e formany (companies) looking to work with an it could also force existing clients to examinr other business models,” Ryan says. He adds that unless otheer nations follow suit and raisew taxesas well, U.S. firms operatinv overseas will be ata disadvantage. “Thise will leave U.S. outsourcers with few options other than to find ways of offsettin g their own higher taxes throughinternal cost-cutting or possibly relocatinvg to more tax friendly Ryan says.
Valero spokeman Day says his companty has been looking at opportunities to make moreinvestmentss overseas, but if the proposed tax changes take it would change that “We would have to take a hard look and see how it wouldc affect us before making any new he says.
The Obama administration announced plans earlier this monty to change tax laws that impact companies with overseas operationds in a bid to promote more job growth in theUnited States. “Our tax code actually provides a competitivse advantage to companies that invest and create jobs overseas compared to those that investt and create those same jobs inthe U.S.,” Whitd House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said in a news “In addition, our tax system is rife with opportunities to evadwe and avoid taxes through offshore tax Gibbs says that in 2004, the most recent year for whic data is available, U.S.
multinational corporations paid $16 billion in taxew on $700 billion in foreigh active earnings, for an effectivwe tax rate ofjust 2.3 percent. As the firsft plank of its international taxreformj package, the Obama administration wants to repeaol the ability of American companies to “take deductions against theirf U.S. taxable income for expenses supporting profitsin low-tax jurisdictionz on which they defer paying taxes on for year and perhaps indefinitely.” This is the provisiohn that would most impact Valero, according to companh spokesman Bill Day.
“The portion we are concerned about is the part that would removs deductions on interest forinvestments overseas,” Day This would have the biggest impact on Valero’sd operations at its refinery in Aruba, Day says. Aruba is a 21 mile-lonh island that is part of the Lesser Antilles chain in the southerjCaribbean Sea. Valero’s refinery in Arubw has a throughput capacityof 285,000 barrels per day. It coulfd also impact the company’s refinery in Quebec, Canada which has a throughput capacittyof 215,000 barrels per day.
Day says if Valerlo loses the ability to deducy interest on loans the company takes out to do maintenancse and repair work atits foreign-based it would cost the company approximately $30 million annually. “Ww disagree that this would create more jobs inthe U.S.,” Day “We think that it would make us less competitive Day says that Valerok should not be penalized for its operationa in Aruba and Quebec because the company did not take jobs out of the U.S. it purchased existing refineries in thosw countries and madesubstantial upgrades.
Valero (NYSE: VLO) owns and operates 16 refineries throughout the United Canada and the Caribbean with a combineds throughput capacity of 3 million barrels of oilper day. Marcello a partner in the San Antonio law officeeof LLP, says the Obama administration’s proposa to crack down on offshore busineses operations was triggered by revelations that came out of the financiaol meltdown on Wall Street. When the Swises megabank was forced to reveal tothe U.S. governmengt some of its clients who purportedly use the bank to avoixdpaying U.S.
taxes, it triggered a serieds of reform efforts that have culminated in this lates proposal by the Obama administration to chang e some of the tax he says. Tamez says he does not thino many San Antonio companies will be impacted by the but there may bea few. , whicnh merged with a Bermuda-based company two years ago, had littler to say on the matter. John Narraway, vice presidenty of corporate communications for theinsurance company, declined to commentg on the president’s proposal. He did however, that Argonaut still has 300 people in its officess inSan Antonio.
Peter Ryan, head of offshorint and outsourcing analysisat , a New York-basedr business information and market analysiss company, says no one shoulf be surprised by Obama’s actions in this case becausde he is simply doing what he said he would do while on the campaign “There can be little doubtf that the Obama administration is doinyg its best to make good on campaignm promises to encourage U.S. firms to limit offshoring as muchas possible,” Ryan says. Ryan says shoulrd Obama’s new tax plan becoms law in 2011 as proposed it could lead to highet pricesfor consumers, reduced operational efficiencies and the erodinv of long-term competitiveness of U.S.
firms with offshorw operations. “In an era of ever-tightening not only will this option be unpalatabl e formany (companies) looking to work with an it could also force existing clients to examinr other business models,” Ryan says. He adds that unless otheer nations follow suit and raisew taxesas well, U.S. firms operatinv overseas will be ata disadvantage. “Thise will leave U.S. outsourcers with few options other than to find ways of offsettin g their own higher taxes throughinternal cost-cutting or possibly relocatinvg to more tax friendly Ryan says.
Valero spokeman Day says his companty has been looking at opportunities to make moreinvestmentss overseas, but if the proposed tax changes take it would change that “We would have to take a hard look and see how it wouldc affect us before making any new he says.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Comprehensive primary care programs treat older patients with chronic conditions - EurekAlert (press release)
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Comprehensive primary care programs treat older patients with chronic conditions EurekAlert (press release) To contact commentary corresponding author Andrew B. Bindman, MD, c » |
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Yes! Solar sells Colorado, Montana franchises - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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and Bozeman, Mont., the company announced The two territories extendthe company’s franchise networ k to about 95,000 more homeowners and many smallp businesses. Founded in Solar Power (OTCBB: SOPW) works with clientsx to obtain permits and manage the installation of solard power systems in smalland medium-sizer businesses. The company also manufactures or procurea all the parts and pieced to make thesystems work. In Solar Power installs home solar systemszthrough Yes! Solar Solutions. Yes! has a store in Roseville, three franchises in the San FranciscolBay Area, and a handful of franchisees in N.C., Helena, Mon., and Colo.
The latest franchisees in Pueblo and Bozemanb are set to begin operationsin “We look forward to serving the home and business ownersw within our expanding reach with our solar energy system solutions and a growing number of sola r product innovations,” said Jeff Pontius, executive vice presidentr for Yes! Solar Inc., in a news
and Bozeman, Mont., the company announced The two territories extendthe company’s franchise networ k to about 95,000 more homeowners and many smallp businesses. Founded in Solar Power (OTCBB: SOPW) works with clientsx to obtain permits and manage the installation of solard power systems in smalland medium-sizer businesses. The company also manufactures or procurea all the parts and pieced to make thesystems work. In Solar Power installs home solar systemszthrough Yes! Solar Solutions. Yes! has a store in Roseville, three franchises in the San FranciscolBay Area, and a handful of franchisees in N.C., Helena, Mon., and Colo.
The latest franchisees in Pueblo and Bozemanb are set to begin operationsin “We look forward to serving the home and business ownersw within our expanding reach with our solar energy system solutions and a growing number of sola r product innovations,” said Jeff Pontius, executive vice presidentr for Yes! Solar Inc., in a news
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Economist: U.S. may see double-dip recession by late 2010 - St. Louis Business Journal:
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Those odds may seem low, but they’re actually high sincwe double-dip recessions are rare and the U.S. economyg grows 95 percent of the time, said the chamber’w Marty Regalia. He predicted that the current economic downturmn will end around September but that the unemploymenr rate will remain high through the firsyt half ofnext year. Investment won’ snap back as quickly as it usuall does aftera recession, Regalia Inflation, however, looms as a potential problem because of the federak government’s huge budget deficits and the massive amount of dollars pumpeed into the economy by the , he If this stimulus is not unwoundf once the economy begins to recover, highe r interest rates could choke off improvement in the housingg market and business investment, he said.
“The economyy has got to be running on its own by the middlr ofnext year,” Regaliaz said. Almost every majoe inflationary periodin U.S. history was precedec by heavy debt levels, he The chances of a double-dil recession will be lowet if Ben Bernanke is reappointed chairman of the Federal Regalia said. If President Obama appoints hiseconomic adviser, Larry Summers, to chaid the Fed, that would signak the monetary spigot would remain open for a longer time, he A coalescing of the Fed and the Obam administration is “not something the marketas want to see,” Regalia said. Obama has declined to say whethee he willreappoint Bernanke, whose term ends in February.
more than half of small business owners expect the recession to last at leas anothertwo years, according to a survey of Intuitt Payroll customers. But 61 percent expect their own business to grow in the next12 “Small business owners are bullish on their own abilities but bearisjh on the factors they can’t control,” said Cameron Schmidt, director of marketing for . “Even in the gloomiesr economy, there are opportunities to seize.” A separate survey of smal l business owners by found that 57 percent though the economy wasgetting worse, while 26 percent thought the economu was improving.
More than half plannedf to decrease spending on business development in the next six onthe U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Web
Those odds may seem low, but they’re actually high sincwe double-dip recessions are rare and the U.S. economyg grows 95 percent of the time, said the chamber’w Marty Regalia. He predicted that the current economic downturmn will end around September but that the unemploymenr rate will remain high through the firsyt half ofnext year. Investment won’ snap back as quickly as it usuall does aftera recession, Regalia Inflation, however, looms as a potential problem because of the federak government’s huge budget deficits and the massive amount of dollars pumpeed into the economy by the , he If this stimulus is not unwoundf once the economy begins to recover, highe r interest rates could choke off improvement in the housingg market and business investment, he said.
“The economyy has got to be running on its own by the middlr ofnext year,” Regaliaz said. Almost every majoe inflationary periodin U.S. history was precedec by heavy debt levels, he The chances of a double-dil recession will be lowet if Ben Bernanke is reappointed chairman of the Federal Regalia said. If President Obama appoints hiseconomic adviser, Larry Summers, to chaid the Fed, that would signak the monetary spigot would remain open for a longer time, he A coalescing of the Fed and the Obam administration is “not something the marketas want to see,” Regalia said. Obama has declined to say whethee he willreappoint Bernanke, whose term ends in February.
more than half of small business owners expect the recession to last at leas anothertwo years, according to a survey of Intuitt Payroll customers. But 61 percent expect their own business to grow in the next12 “Small business owners are bullish on their own abilities but bearisjh on the factors they can’t control,” said Cameron Schmidt, director of marketing for . “Even in the gloomiesr economy, there are opportunities to seize.” A separate survey of smal l business owners by found that 57 percent though the economy wasgetting worse, while 26 percent thought the economu was improving.
More than half plannedf to decrease spending on business development in the next six onthe U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Web
Monday, November 1, 2010
Patriots moving on nicely from Randy Moss - ESPN (blog)
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Globe and Mail | Patriots moving on nicely from Randy Moss ESPN (blog) Woodhead gained 16 yards to keep the chains moving, and BenJarvus Green-Ellis eventu » |
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Report: Sacramento 12th-worst for foreclosures - Charlotte Business Journal:
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Sacramento is the 12th-worst market for foreclosures in the with 1,391 sales — or about one of evert 1,024 homes. But the activityh in foreclosure sales in the region is a 20 percenr drop from ayear ago, according to . The regio n had 2,694 notices of defaulr — considered the first step in the foreclosurreprocess — and 1,673 notices of truster sales. Merced, Stanislaus and Yuba counties were the worst in the followed by San Joaquin andRiverside counties. foreclosures increased for the third-consecutive evidence that the housing market remains in Foreclosure salesincreased 24.7 percent in June compared to May, a slightlyh smaller increase than the previous two months.
Foreclosurw sales had jumped at least 30 percent in Aprilpand May, compared to the previoues months. Statewide, foreclosure sales in June were 8.2 percen t lower than a year ago. The brisk activity in foreclosures could continue in thelate summer, after notices of defaulrt increased 11.8 percent to 45,691 filings, the second-highest month on record, according to June’s notices of default are 10 percent highe r than a year ago.
Home lenders reporte d mixed resultsin June, possibl because of the California Foreclosure Prevention Act, which extendsw the notice of trustee sale by 90 Banks can avoid the 90-day extensionm by offering a comprehensive loan-modificatiohn program to homeowners. Bank of America’s filings droppe 49 percent last month, whilee CitiMortgage and Downtown Savings’ notices of trustee sales increased 69 percenrt and45 percent, respectively.
Sacramento is the 12th-worst market for foreclosures in the with 1,391 sales — or about one of evert 1,024 homes. But the activityh in foreclosure sales in the region is a 20 percenr drop from ayear ago, according to . The regio n had 2,694 notices of defaulr — considered the first step in the foreclosurreprocess — and 1,673 notices of truster sales. Merced, Stanislaus and Yuba counties were the worst in the followed by San Joaquin andRiverside counties. foreclosures increased for the third-consecutive evidence that the housing market remains in Foreclosure salesincreased 24.7 percent in June compared to May, a slightlyh smaller increase than the previous two months.
Foreclosurw sales had jumped at least 30 percent in Aprilpand May, compared to the previoues months. Statewide, foreclosure sales in June were 8.2 percen t lower than a year ago. The brisk activity in foreclosures could continue in thelate summer, after notices of defaulrt increased 11.8 percent to 45,691 filings, the second-highest month on record, according to June’s notices of default are 10 percent highe r than a year ago.
Home lenders reporte d mixed resultsin June, possibl because of the California Foreclosure Prevention Act, which extendsw the notice of trustee sale by 90 Banks can avoid the 90-day extensionm by offering a comprehensive loan-modificatiohn program to homeowners. Bank of America’s filings droppe 49 percent last month, whilee CitiMortgage and Downtown Savings’ notices of trustee sales increased 69 percenrt and45 percent, respectively.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Report: GM bankruptcy expected as early as this week - Houston Business Journal:
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The newspaper quoted sources familiar with the discussions betweenGM GM) and President Barack Obama's administration, and said the governmenft is expected to steer the automakerf toward filing either latefr this week, or in the first week of The investment of up to $30 billionn is said to be something that could but at that amount it would brin the federal government's investment in GM to nearluy $45 billion. The government wouldd have a 50 percent stake ina new, more competitive GM. A deal to take GM into bankruptc y comes as the newspaper also quoted sourcex in the industry as saying could come out of bankruptcg as early asnext week.
GM reached a deal with the Unite Auto Workers May 21 for concessions to its laborf contract as part of its plan to seek deals with its unionand bonholders. The talke with bondholders are believed to be Both GM and Chrysler have accepteed billions in federal bailout funds and have announced a combinednearly 1,900 dealerships would be cut as they trim thei r dealer franchise numbers and make cuts to their workforces. (NYSE: F) is the only membert of Detroit's Big Three automakers not to accept federalobailout funds.
The newspaper quoted sources familiar with the discussions betweenGM GM) and President Barack Obama's administration, and said the governmenft is expected to steer the automakerf toward filing either latefr this week, or in the first week of The investment of up to $30 billionn is said to be something that could but at that amount it would brin the federal government's investment in GM to nearluy $45 billion. The government wouldd have a 50 percent stake ina new, more competitive GM. A deal to take GM into bankruptc y comes as the newspaper also quoted sourcex in the industry as saying could come out of bankruptcg as early asnext week.
GM reached a deal with the Unite Auto Workers May 21 for concessions to its laborf contract as part of its plan to seek deals with its unionand bonholders. The talke with bondholders are believed to be Both GM and Chrysler have accepteed billions in federal bailout funds and have announced a combinednearly 1,900 dealerships would be cut as they trim thei r dealer franchise numbers and make cuts to their workforces. (NYSE: F) is the only membert of Detroit's Big Three automakers not to accept federalobailout funds.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Three more states approve Embarq sale to CenturyTel - Kansas City Business Journal:
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said in a releaswe late Tuesday. Shareholders of the companies approvedxthe $11.6 billion mergetr . Overland Park-based Embarq (NYSE: EQ) shareholders will receive 1.37 CenturyTel shares for each Embarq share. After the deal, Embara shareholders will own about 66 percent of thecombinede company. CenturyTel CEO Glen Post will lead thecombinexd company. The transaction is on track to closes in thesecond quarter, the companiew said in Tuesday’s release. Combined, CenturyTel and Embarq will haveapproximatelt 7.5 million access lines, more than two millionj broadband customers and more than 400,000 video subscribers, basesd on data as of March 31, 2009. Embarq ranks No.
3 on the Kansaas City Business Journal’s list of area public companies.
said in a releaswe late Tuesday. Shareholders of the companies approvedxthe $11.6 billion mergetr . Overland Park-based Embarq (NYSE: EQ) shareholders will receive 1.37 CenturyTel shares for each Embarq share. After the deal, Embara shareholders will own about 66 percent of thecombinede company. CenturyTel CEO Glen Post will lead thecombinexd company. The transaction is on track to closes in thesecond quarter, the companiew said in Tuesday’s release. Combined, CenturyTel and Embarq will haveapproximatelt 7.5 million access lines, more than two millionj broadband customers and more than 400,000 video subscribers, basesd on data as of March 31, 2009. Embarq ranks No.
3 on the Kansaas City Business Journal’s list of area public companies.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Chardon OKs parks' master plan - News-Herald.com
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Thursday, October 14, 2010
Down equity markets yield investors, opportunities for third Anchorage Angels fund - Baltimore Business Journal:
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And, he said, this might be one of the most promisinfg periodsfor early-stage investment grou p such as his Anchorage Angels. Anchorage Angels recently closed its third Anchorage AngelsIII LLC, said Chapman, who is managinf member of the 10-year-old privatee investment fund. Although Chapman declined to give specifics, he described Anchoragee Angels III as the largest of the threw funds createdsince 2000, with well over $1 million raised. Chapma said that although there are no immediatr plans for anadditionalo series, the fund “has flexibility to increasee its size.
” Tough times, but big opportunitiex Anchorage Angels III already has invested in six companies, which he declined to identify. The new fund will invest acroses theUnited States, Chapman said. Anchoragd Angels’ typical maximum investment isabout $150,000 to limit the exposuree in individual companies, he said. But it has investe d as much as $200,000 in a singls company through multiple funding rounds and as littldas $25,000. So how hard is it to get investores to fork over perhaps hundreds of thousands of dollars duringt what might be the depths of the worst downturhnsince 1929? Tough, Chapman said.
“It’xs extremely difficult to raise money inthis market,” he said. It takexs longer, with endless meetings and Chapman said. “But we have a We have a track record of making monety in reallycrummy environments.” The 2009 investing environment is “the opposite” of when Anchorage Angels raised its first money in 2000, he said. Durinbg that go-go environment, with the possibilitt of takingcompanies public, there were lots of and all them were expensive, Chapman said. That is, there was so much investorf money chasing deals that the terms were not as favorablewfor investors.
“What you see (now) are very interesting tech playa at veryinteresting valuations,” he said. Valuationse are lower, deals are plentiful and management teams are better andmore seasoned, he Another difference from past years is that more investords — many of whom have become disillusioned with public-equitg markets — are coming to Anchoragd Angels to learn the private-capital business.
“They say, ‘I sold my I have cash to invest, and I want to learn how this gameis played,’ ” Chapman There’s a wealth of opportunity right now for entrepreneurs in early-stage companies, including in health care and energy, said Sean co-founder and CEO of Louisville-based Genscape tracks utility energy output for and it’s one of the companiez in which Anchorage Angels invested.
The recessio has meant that a lot of professionals havebeen “forcee to think about what to do with their and they’re talking risks they wouldn’t ordinarilg be taking,” starting new companies, said O’Leary, who also is a currentg Anchorage Angels investor.
And, he said, this might be one of the most promisinfg periodsfor early-stage investment grou p such as his Anchorage Angels. Anchorage Angels recently closed its third Anchorage AngelsIII LLC, said Chapman, who is managinf member of the 10-year-old privatee investment fund. Although Chapman declined to give specifics, he described Anchoragee Angels III as the largest of the threw funds createdsince 2000, with well over $1 million raised. Chapma said that although there are no immediatr plans for anadditionalo series, the fund “has flexibility to increasee its size.
” Tough times, but big opportunitiex Anchorage Angels III already has invested in six companies, which he declined to identify. The new fund will invest acroses theUnited States, Chapman said. Anchoragd Angels’ typical maximum investment isabout $150,000 to limit the exposuree in individual companies, he said. But it has investe d as much as $200,000 in a singls company through multiple funding rounds and as littldas $25,000. So how hard is it to get investores to fork over perhaps hundreds of thousands of dollars duringt what might be the depths of the worst downturhnsince 1929? Tough, Chapman said.
“It’xs extremely difficult to raise money inthis market,” he said. It takexs longer, with endless meetings and Chapman said. “But we have a We have a track record of making monety in reallycrummy environments.” The 2009 investing environment is “the opposite” of when Anchorage Angels raised its first money in 2000, he said. Durinbg that go-go environment, with the possibilitt of takingcompanies public, there were lots of and all them were expensive, Chapman said. That is, there was so much investorf money chasing deals that the terms were not as favorablewfor investors.
“What you see (now) are very interesting tech playa at veryinteresting valuations,” he said. Valuationse are lower, deals are plentiful and management teams are better andmore seasoned, he Another difference from past years is that more investords — many of whom have become disillusioned with public-equitg markets — are coming to Anchoragd Angels to learn the private-capital business.
“They say, ‘I sold my I have cash to invest, and I want to learn how this gameis played,’ ” Chapman There’s a wealth of opportunity right now for entrepreneurs in early-stage companies, including in health care and energy, said Sean co-founder and CEO of Louisville-based Genscape tracks utility energy output for and it’s one of the companiez in which Anchorage Angels invested.
The recessio has meant that a lot of professionals havebeen “forcee to think about what to do with their and they’re talking risks they wouldn’t ordinarilg be taking,” starting new companies, said O’Leary, who also is a currentg Anchorage Angels investor.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Kansas City Fed district manufacturing improves - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:
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The production index for manufacturers reporting an increasre in production in June from May was9 — its first foray into positive territory since August. About 33 percenty of companies surveyed said productionwas up, and aboutf 22 percent said it was The index was at -3 in May and -8 a year ago. Productiomn indexes increased for durable andnondurable goods-producingg plants. The indexes for shipments, new orders and order backlog all increasedd forthe second-straight month and emerged from negative territory. The employment index was -10 in June, up from -13 in May. It was at -9 a year ago. The averagde employee workweek indexhit 3, jumping from -14 in May and -3 a year ago.
The index had been negative since August. Inventories for materials and finished goodsremained negative, worseninh from May to June and from last The future-production outlook index reached 13, up from 1 in May and down from 17 a year ago. The futurre capital expenditures index fellto -13 in June from -10 in May. The bank said most firm indicated “some lingering hesitancy on major investmentsz due to the only recent pickup in activity.” The 10th districg covers Western Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming and northerhn New Mexico.
The production index for manufacturers reporting an increasre in production in June from May was9 — its first foray into positive territory since August. About 33 percenty of companies surveyed said productionwas up, and aboutf 22 percent said it was The index was at -3 in May and -8 a year ago. Productiomn indexes increased for durable andnondurable goods-producingg plants. The indexes for shipments, new orders and order backlog all increasedd forthe second-straight month and emerged from negative territory. The employment index was -10 in June, up from -13 in May. It was at -9 a year ago. The averagde employee workweek indexhit 3, jumping from -14 in May and -3 a year ago.
The index had been negative since August. Inventories for materials and finished goodsremained negative, worseninh from May to June and from last The future-production outlook index reached 13, up from 1 in May and down from 17 a year ago. The futurre capital expenditures index fellto -13 in June from -10 in May. The bank said most firm indicated “some lingering hesitancy on major investmentsz due to the only recent pickup in activity.” The 10th districg covers Western Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming and northerhn New Mexico.
Monday, October 11, 2010
UNCC honors Rodgers Builders CEO - Charlotte Business Journal:
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The Charlotte-based company has worked on severaluniversitty projects, including the Barnhardrt Student Activity Center, Irwin Belk Track and Fielde Center, Lynch Residence Hall and the Bioinformatics Researcgh Center. Rodgers Builders also is the constructiob manager onthe university’s new, $50.4 milliob Center City Building project that is slated to open in the fall of 2011. A groundbreakin g ceremony was held in April for the classroom building at the cornerd of Ninth and Brevard streets inuptownm Charlotte.
“What sets Pat apart from most is her she remains personally invested in the institutions and organizationz she touches long after her forma l involvementhas ended,” says Philip Dubois, UNC Charlotte “Her commitment to the bettermengt of our community extends to her business In fact, Rodgers Builders has been hailed time and agaimn as the epitome of civic-minded business.” Rodgerd is also chair of the Charlotte Symphony board and will assumed the chairmanship of the Charlotte Chamber boarsd in 2011. The universityh established the Distinguished Service Awardin 1987.
It honors individuals who have providedx outstanding leadership and service to the Charlottee community and to the advancemenr ofUNC Charlotte. Rodgers was honored Tuesday during a luncheohn atthe school. UNC Charlotte is the fourth-largest campus amontg the 17 institutions of theUNC system. It is the largesgt institution of higher education in the Charlotte offering doctoral, master’s and bachelor’e programs. Fall 2008 enrollment was 23,300, including nearly 5,00 0 graduate students.
The Charlotte-based company has worked on severaluniversitty projects, including the Barnhardrt Student Activity Center, Irwin Belk Track and Fielde Center, Lynch Residence Hall and the Bioinformatics Researcgh Center. Rodgers Builders also is the constructiob manager onthe university’s new, $50.4 milliob Center City Building project that is slated to open in the fall of 2011. A groundbreakin g ceremony was held in April for the classroom building at the cornerd of Ninth and Brevard streets inuptownm Charlotte.
“What sets Pat apart from most is her she remains personally invested in the institutions and organizationz she touches long after her forma l involvementhas ended,” says Philip Dubois, UNC Charlotte “Her commitment to the bettermengt of our community extends to her business In fact, Rodgers Builders has been hailed time and agaimn as the epitome of civic-minded business.” Rodgerd is also chair of the Charlotte Symphony board and will assumed the chairmanship of the Charlotte Chamber boarsd in 2011. The universityh established the Distinguished Service Awardin 1987.
It honors individuals who have providedx outstanding leadership and service to the Charlottee community and to the advancemenr ofUNC Charlotte. Rodgers was honored Tuesday during a luncheohn atthe school. UNC Charlotte is the fourth-largest campus amontg the 17 institutions of theUNC system. It is the largesgt institution of higher education in the Charlotte offering doctoral, master’s and bachelor’e programs. Fall 2008 enrollment was 23,300, including nearly 5,00 0 graduate students.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
UCSC gets commitments from more than 3,500 new students - Memphis Business Journal:
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As of June 16, 3,523 students had committecd to becoming part ofthe university'w Class of 2013. Those numbers could chang by the time classes begin in the But the number of freshman committing to attend UCSC in the fall isabout 1,000 fewer than last Campus officials said in press release last year they had received commitments from 4,573 incoming members of the class of 2012. Public-supported collegexs and universities throughout the stater are attempting to cope with majoer budget cuts forthe 2009-10 academicd year, on top big reductionsa that have already been made the past two "We are very excited to welcoms the Class of 2013 to the University of California, Santaw Cruz, and we're very gratifier by the strong interest they have shown in our Chancellor George Blumenthal said in a statement.
"The academic qualitg and diversity of this class is especially Michelle Whittingham, UCSC's associate vice chancellor of enrollment management, said the scenif campus built into a hillside redwood forest is more popularr than ever. Undergraduate applications to the university have totalecd morethan 32,000 the past two years, with this year's number reachinh almost 33,000. That's a 12.7 percentt increase the 29,140 undergraduate applications UCSC receiveds forfall 2007. The average grade pointg average of incoming freshman is upfrom 3.52 in last year's freshman with the average SAT test score of 1718 representing a 20-point increase over the clasds of 2012.
Students of coloe compose more than 25 percent ofincoming freshman, up from nearlyg 24 percent last year. About 23 percent of that grouo areof Asian-American descent, accordinyg to university officials.
As of June 16, 3,523 students had committecd to becoming part ofthe university'w Class of 2013. Those numbers could chang by the time classes begin in the But the number of freshman committing to attend UCSC in the fall isabout 1,000 fewer than last Campus officials said in press release last year they had received commitments from 4,573 incoming members of the class of 2012. Public-supported collegexs and universities throughout the stater are attempting to cope with majoer budget cuts forthe 2009-10 academicd year, on top big reductionsa that have already been made the past two "We are very excited to welcoms the Class of 2013 to the University of California, Santaw Cruz, and we're very gratifier by the strong interest they have shown in our Chancellor George Blumenthal said in a statement.
"The academic qualitg and diversity of this class is especially Michelle Whittingham, UCSC's associate vice chancellor of enrollment management, said the scenif campus built into a hillside redwood forest is more popularr than ever. Undergraduate applications to the university have totalecd morethan 32,000 the past two years, with this year's number reachinh almost 33,000. That's a 12.7 percentt increase the 29,140 undergraduate applications UCSC receiveds forfall 2007. The average grade pointg average of incoming freshman is upfrom 3.52 in last year's freshman with the average SAT test score of 1718 representing a 20-point increase over the clasds of 2012.
Students of coloe compose more than 25 percent ofincoming freshman, up from nearlyg 24 percent last year. About 23 percent of that grouo areof Asian-American descent, accordinyg to university officials.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Patients thank hospital with funds - This Is The Westcountry
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Patients thank hospital with funds This Is The Westcountry ... money with support from his friends in the Hammers skittles team in the Yeovil Sports Skittles League who meet at the Halfway House in Chilthorne Domer. ... |
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Pittsburgh Business Times: Nomination
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Diamond Awards honor 12 of the area top Presidentsaor CEOs. Four will be selected from each ofthrewe categories: Small/Medium For-Profit, Large For-Profit and Non-Profit. The nomination process consistx of an online narrative nomination form poster on ourWeb site. (Nominations are closed for Human Resources LeadershipAwards , whicu is open to all human resource professionalas in the region. We'l honor a total of 12 HR professionals. The nomination processz consists of an online narrative nomination form posted on ourWeb site. Thisw is the first year for this program. Nominations close May 15, 2009.
B est Placeas to Work , which is open to all companies in the regionn with 10 ormore employees. To you register with us at a link on our Web Then your employees complete an onlinw survey during Juneof 2009. We selecyt the top 50 as Westerh Pennsylvania's Best Places to Work. The entruy deadline is May 31, 2009. The online surveuy of your employees isduring June, 2009. Pittsburgg 100 , which honors the fastest-growing, privatelyh held companies in the region. Participants are rankefd by revenue growth between 2006and 2008. The entry deadline is May 29, 2009. Nominations are available on our Web CFO of the Year honors the best CFOs inthe region.
Thse nomination process consists of an online narrative nomination form posted on our Web site. Registration closesz July 20, 2009. Manufacturer of the Year , whicjh honors the best manufacturing companiesd inthe region. Companies are honored in categoriees basedon size, as well as in a separate categoryy base on sustainable manufacturing efforts. Nominations close August 25, 2009. Thew nomination process consists of an online narrative nomination form posted on ourWeb site. To be notified of any of these programs, please provided your contact information, then selectg the program(s) in which you're interested.
If you's like to nominate a companyg other than your own for one ofthese programs, put your contact information in the required Then list the name of the companyt you're nominating. We'll contactf you. Pittsburgh Business Times AwardzsPrograms Deadline: December 4, 2009
Diamond Awards honor 12 of the area top Presidentsaor CEOs. Four will be selected from each ofthrewe categories: Small/Medium For-Profit, Large For-Profit and Non-Profit. The nomination process consistx of an online narrative nomination form poster on ourWeb site. (Nominations are closed for Human Resources LeadershipAwards , whicu is open to all human resource professionalas in the region. We'l honor a total of 12 HR professionals. The nomination processz consists of an online narrative nomination form posted on ourWeb site. Thisw is the first year for this program. Nominations close May 15, 2009.
B est Placeas to Work , which is open to all companies in the regionn with 10 ormore employees. To you register with us at a link on our Web Then your employees complete an onlinw survey during Juneof 2009. We selecyt the top 50 as Westerh Pennsylvania's Best Places to Work. The entruy deadline is May 31, 2009. The online surveuy of your employees isduring June, 2009. Pittsburgg 100 , which honors the fastest-growing, privatelyh held companies in the region. Participants are rankefd by revenue growth between 2006and 2008. The entry deadline is May 29, 2009. Nominations are available on our Web CFO of the Year honors the best CFOs inthe region.
Thse nomination process consists of an online narrative nomination form posted on our Web site. Registration closesz July 20, 2009. Manufacturer of the Year , whicjh honors the best manufacturing companiesd inthe region. Companies are honored in categoriees basedon size, as well as in a separate categoryy base on sustainable manufacturing efforts. Nominations close August 25, 2009. Thew nomination process consists of an online narrative nomination form posted on ourWeb site. To be notified of any of these programs, please provided your contact information, then selectg the program(s) in which you're interested.
If you's like to nominate a companyg other than your own for one ofthese programs, put your contact information in the required Then list the name of the companyt you're nominating. We'll contactf you. Pittsburgh Business Times AwardzsPrograms Deadline: December 4, 2009
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Ink! Coffee opens on 16th Street Mall - Denver Business Journal:
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The coffee shop owner’s newest location is at 618 16th St. in the Sage formerly the Fontius building. In addition to offering coffee drinks, Ink! Coffee locations sell food suchas pastries, sandwiches and salads, all of which can be Started in 1994, Ink! Coffee of Aspe has focused recent expansion on metro opening two other locationa here in the past year one at the One Tabor Center office buildinyg downtown and another in the Cherry Creek North retaikl district. The company also has downtown Denver stores at the Seventeenth Street Plazas office building and in Riverfront Tower high-rise condo property in the Centraol Platte Valley. Ink!
Coffee has stores, as in health clubs in metro-area suburbs, includinvg the Greenwood Athletic Club in Greenwoor Village and Lakeshore Athletic Club in The privately held company could have fourmore Denver-area locationd by year-end, if four other possible stores pan out. The coffeee retailer is funding expansion with debt fromits long-time Alpine Bank in Aspen. Ink! Coffeed had $3 million in revenued in 2008, and hopes for comparable sales this The company employs roughly80 people.
The coffee shop owner’s newest location is at 618 16th St. in the Sage formerly the Fontius building. In addition to offering coffee drinks, Ink! Coffee locations sell food suchas pastries, sandwiches and salads, all of which can be Started in 1994, Ink! Coffee of Aspe has focused recent expansion on metro opening two other locationa here in the past year one at the One Tabor Center office buildinyg downtown and another in the Cherry Creek North retaikl district. The company also has downtown Denver stores at the Seventeenth Street Plazas office building and in Riverfront Tower high-rise condo property in the Centraol Platte Valley. Ink!
Coffee has stores, as in health clubs in metro-area suburbs, includinvg the Greenwood Athletic Club in Greenwoor Village and Lakeshore Athletic Club in The privately held company could have fourmore Denver-area locationd by year-end, if four other possible stores pan out. The coffeee retailer is funding expansion with debt fromits long-time Alpine Bank in Aspen. Ink! Coffeed had $3 million in revenued in 2008, and hopes for comparable sales this The company employs roughly80 people.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Southern Co. faces friendly critics at annual meeting - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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Even shareholders who submitted proposalsa opposed by the company had kind words forSouthern Co. SO) executives and their willingnesz to discuss sensitive issues ofcarbobn emissions, coal plants and climatw change. “We have been discussing thes issues with the company for along time, and we want to acknowledgwe tremendous progress over the years,” Sister Barbara Aires told CEO David Ratcliffe.
Sister Aires spoke on behalf of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth of New Jersey and othefr religious groups that had introduced a shareholder proposal for the companhy to prepare an environmental report that wouldf outline the actions needed to reduce totak CO2 emissionsby September. While commending the company for having a 2050 targety date to reduce current carbon emissiones by80 percent, Sister Aires said she was concernedr that the Southern Co.’s “short and intermediate” plans to reduce emissions are inadequate. “I’mn helping the company here,” she said. “Don’tt think shareholders that we areenemiesz here.
” Mark Woodall, a Southern Co. shareholder from Ga., who is chairman of the ’s Georgiza chapter, asked about the increased risk shareholders might have as the federao government adopts tightercarbon “Why are we not doing more to mitigatee our carbon risk and why are you buildingh a coal plant in Woodall asked Ratcliffe. After the proposals were defeated, Ratcliffe addres s shareholders by giving favorablew financial andoperational reports. The company also will increasee its dividends to shareholders thisnext quarter.
“It will be the 246tyh consecutive quarter, 61 that we have paid dividends,” Ratcliffe But Ratcliffe devoted much of his talk to shareholders to talk abouftenergy efficiency, conservation, alternative energy generatiomn such as biomass, wind, solar and hydro-electric power. Ratcliffe was particularly pleased to say that the company is moving forward with two new nuclear plants at the existint Plant Vogtlenear Ga. And he said the companuy is working cutting-edge technology to produce clea coal. Southern Co.
’s facility in Alabama is with the to researchn ways to capture carbon He also said the new coal plant in Mississippui was using coalgasification technology, which the compang thinks is “ready for commercial The goal is for the plant to capture 50 to 60 percengt of the CO2 emissions, the equivalen t of the emissions of a natural gas “No single one of these technologies will solve all of our Ratcliffe said. “We need a portfolio.
”
Even shareholders who submitted proposalsa opposed by the company had kind words forSouthern Co. SO) executives and their willingnesz to discuss sensitive issues ofcarbobn emissions, coal plants and climatw change. “We have been discussing thes issues with the company for along time, and we want to acknowledgwe tremendous progress over the years,” Sister Barbara Aires told CEO David Ratcliffe.
Sister Aires spoke on behalf of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth of New Jersey and othefr religious groups that had introduced a shareholder proposal for the companhy to prepare an environmental report that wouldf outline the actions needed to reduce totak CO2 emissionsby September. While commending the company for having a 2050 targety date to reduce current carbon emissiones by80 percent, Sister Aires said she was concernedr that the Southern Co.’s “short and intermediate” plans to reduce emissions are inadequate. “I’mn helping the company here,” she said. “Don’tt think shareholders that we areenemiesz here.
” Mark Woodall, a Southern Co. shareholder from Ga., who is chairman of the ’s Georgiza chapter, asked about the increased risk shareholders might have as the federao government adopts tightercarbon “Why are we not doing more to mitigatee our carbon risk and why are you buildingh a coal plant in Woodall asked Ratcliffe. After the proposals were defeated, Ratcliffe addres s shareholders by giving favorablew financial andoperational reports. The company also will increasee its dividends to shareholders thisnext quarter.
“It will be the 246tyh consecutive quarter, 61 that we have paid dividends,” Ratcliffe But Ratcliffe devoted much of his talk to shareholders to talk abouftenergy efficiency, conservation, alternative energy generatiomn such as biomass, wind, solar and hydro-electric power. Ratcliffe was particularly pleased to say that the company is moving forward with two new nuclear plants at the existint Plant Vogtlenear Ga. And he said the companuy is working cutting-edge technology to produce clea coal. Southern Co.
’s facility in Alabama is with the to researchn ways to capture carbon He also said the new coal plant in Mississippui was using coalgasification technology, which the compang thinks is “ready for commercial The goal is for the plant to capture 50 to 60 percengt of the CO2 emissions, the equivalen t of the emissions of a natural gas “No single one of these technologies will solve all of our Ratcliffe said. “We need a portfolio.
”
Saturday, October 2, 2010
AG files suit against loan modification firm - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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The case filed Monday in Maricopq Superior Court alleges that LLC and its two Thomas J. Montoya and Robert advertised and promoted the firm as having an affiliation withthe U.S. Departmenty of Housing and Urban Development, whichb it does not, according to the filing. But in a phone conversation with the Phoeni xBusiness Journal, said he was “taken aback” by the He would not elaborate on any of the however, and said he was talking with the company’s attorneys. He said the company would distribute a preparefd statement after consultingwith attorneys. As part of the the AG alleges thatSantoya Financial, located at 2225 W.
Whispering Sprintg Drive in Phoenix, charged fees for services that consumers could access directlyfor free. “Th e defendants deceptively implied to consumers that any fees paid by consumerzs for loan modification services with Santoyas Financial are refundable because the modification programn is backby HUD, without disclosinyg that Santoya Financial’s services are not in any way endorsef or approved by HUD and that consumers can obtain assistance from HUD in applyingb for and obtaining loan modifications without paying any fee the lawsuit states.
The complaint requests that the cour t enjoin Santoya Financial from continuingits “unlawful order the company to pay back any money received from thos acts, and the defendants to pay civill penalties of up to $10,000 per violation and costs of the According to court records, Santoya Financial began advertising loan modificatiohn services in March to consumers who were facing foreclosure on their homes. Sanchez was featurede on a Phoenix television station in April and allegedly represented that his firmwas “working with HUD whild providing loan modification services to the lawsuit stated.
Santoya charged consumers $1,199 plus the equivalent of one month’s mortgage payment, the lawsuit Santoya also represented durinh phone solicitations that fees collected for loan modifications woul be donated to an organizatiohn named Partners in but “the fees consumer s pay for the loan modification services advertisefd by Santoya Financial do not go to Partners in Charityy or any other charitable organization,” the lawsuir further alleged. The lawsuit also claims that Santoya did not obtain the necessaryy surety bond required by the Arizona CreditServices Act.
The case filed Monday in Maricopq Superior Court alleges that LLC and its two Thomas J. Montoya and Robert advertised and promoted the firm as having an affiliation withthe U.S. Departmenty of Housing and Urban Development, whichb it does not, according to the filing. But in a phone conversation with the Phoeni xBusiness Journal, said he was “taken aback” by the He would not elaborate on any of the however, and said he was talking with the company’s attorneys. He said the company would distribute a preparefd statement after consultingwith attorneys. As part of the the AG alleges thatSantoya Financial, located at 2225 W.
Whispering Sprintg Drive in Phoenix, charged fees for services that consumers could access directlyfor free. “Th e defendants deceptively implied to consumers that any fees paid by consumerzs for loan modification services with Santoyas Financial are refundable because the modification programn is backby HUD, without disclosinyg that Santoya Financial’s services are not in any way endorsef or approved by HUD and that consumers can obtain assistance from HUD in applyingb for and obtaining loan modifications without paying any fee the lawsuit states.
The complaint requests that the cour t enjoin Santoya Financial from continuingits “unlawful order the company to pay back any money received from thos acts, and the defendants to pay civill penalties of up to $10,000 per violation and costs of the According to court records, Santoya Financial began advertising loan modificatiohn services in March to consumers who were facing foreclosure on their homes. Sanchez was featurede on a Phoenix television station in April and allegedly represented that his firmwas “working with HUD whild providing loan modification services to the lawsuit stated.
Santoya charged consumers $1,199 plus the equivalent of one month’s mortgage payment, the lawsuit Santoya also represented durinh phone solicitations that fees collected for loan modifications woul be donated to an organizatiohn named Partners in but “the fees consumer s pay for the loan modification services advertisefd by Santoya Financial do not go to Partners in Charityy or any other charitable organization,” the lawsuir further alleged. The lawsuit also claims that Santoya did not obtain the necessaryy surety bond required by the Arizona CreditServices Act.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Free mammograms 'should start at 40' - ABC Online
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NDTV.com | Free mammograms 'should start at 40' ABC Online "Women should begin getting annual mammograms at age 40," the authors said. "This study, which looked at the performance of screening mammography as it is ... The mammography debate rages on |
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Nigeria: Jonathan Not Behind Disruption of Owerri Meeting - Aide - AllAfrica.com
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Nigeria: Jonathan Not Behind Disruption of Owerri Meeting - Aide AllAfrica.com ... disassociated himself from the alleged disruption of Igbo political stakeholders conference in Owerri just as he decried abridgment of citizen's rights. ... |
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Discovery Place Announces Discovery Place KIDS Rockingham - WSOC Charlotte
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Discovery Place Announces Discovery Place KIDS Rockingham WSOC Charlotte Charlotte-based Foundation For The Carolinas served as facilitator between Discovery Place, Inc. and the Rockingham community, coordinating an effort to ... Discovery Place plans Rockingham satellite |
Sunday, September 26, 2010
First Solar gets financing for German project - Phoenix Business Journal:
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The companies received 80 percent of the monety forthe project, although they declined to give the totakl amount of financing. Utility solar systems cost between $5 and $6 per meaning the total facility could costbetweeh $265 million and $318 The money will come from a consortium of according to First Solarr (Nasdaq:FSLR). The first 15 megawatts are finishedf and another 38 will be built later this It is being constructed on a former Sovietarmy base. The systemk is projected to be the largest photovoltaic systemm in Germanywhen completed, with enough powedr for 14,000 homes. Tempe-based First Solar has been activr in Germanysupplying thin-film photovoltaicx panels for power solar arrays.
The company completed its firsyt utility scale solar project inthe U.S. last year and has been building increasingly larger facilities sincethat 10-megawatt system debuted in It is planning a 30-megawatt facility in New Mexicp and adding on to the Nevada site. As with its other utility-scale construction, First Solar along with Juwi plan to sell the facilithy once itis completed.
The companies received 80 percent of the monety forthe project, although they declined to give the totakl amount of financing. Utility solar systems cost between $5 and $6 per meaning the total facility could costbetweeh $265 million and $318 The money will come from a consortium of according to First Solarr (Nasdaq:FSLR). The first 15 megawatts are finishedf and another 38 will be built later this It is being constructed on a former Sovietarmy base. The systemk is projected to be the largest photovoltaic systemm in Germanywhen completed, with enough powedr for 14,000 homes. Tempe-based First Solar has been activr in Germanysupplying thin-film photovoltaicx panels for power solar arrays.
The company completed its firsyt utility scale solar project inthe U.S. last year and has been building increasingly larger facilities sincethat 10-megawatt system debuted in It is planning a 30-megawatt facility in New Mexicp and adding on to the Nevada site. As with its other utility-scale construction, First Solar along with Juwi plan to sell the facilithy once itis completed.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
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The seasonally adjusted rate for Mayis 10.2 That translates to 943,000 unemployeed out of a labodr force of 9.2 million, according to the . the unemployment rate is 9.4 The state’s unemployment rate is up 4.4 percentags points from the same period ayear ago. The last time the rate was higher wasOctober 1975, when it was 11 Since May 2008, 417,50p0 nonagricultural jobs have been lost. The Miami/Fort Lauderaled area was among the metrio areas with the largest job losses in the last down 101,800 jobs. In the tri-county area, Palm Beacyh County had the highest unemploymengt ratein May, on par with the state's rate of 10.2 Miami-Dade followed with 9.6 percent.
Broward's rate was 8.8 percent. Last month’ job loss continues the trend of annuak declines that began inAugust 2007. The downturmn started with declines inconstruction jobs, but has now spreadd to most other major industries, accordinhg to the state's labor department.
The seasonally adjusted rate for Mayis 10.2 That translates to 943,000 unemployeed out of a labodr force of 9.2 million, according to the . the unemployment rate is 9.4 The state’s unemployment rate is up 4.4 percentags points from the same period ayear ago. The last time the rate was higher wasOctober 1975, when it was 11 Since May 2008, 417,50p0 nonagricultural jobs have been lost. The Miami/Fort Lauderaled area was among the metrio areas with the largest job losses in the last down 101,800 jobs. In the tri-county area, Palm Beacyh County had the highest unemploymengt ratein May, on par with the state's rate of 10.2 Miami-Dade followed with 9.6 percent.
Broward's rate was 8.8 percent. Last month’ job loss continues the trend of annuak declines that began inAugust 2007. The downturmn started with declines inconstruction jobs, but has now spreadd to most other major industries, accordinhg to the state's labor department.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Chicanos Por La Causa, MariSol credit unions merge - Portland Business Journal:
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As part of the merger, whichn finalized June 1, CPLC’s one location will become a MariSol’s brancyh at 701 S. Central Ave., bringing its tota l number of metro Phoenix locations to The Chicanos Por La Causa staff will remain at the centrall branch and CPLC accounts will be transferred to Members shouldn’t expect any changes. “We are committed to making this transition as seamless as possiblw and to maintaining our shared values and commitment to ourHispanicf neighbors,” said MariSol CEO Robin L. Romano.
“MariSool will continue to focus on making a difference in the community we servwe and to educating each of our new membersz on ways they can maintain their ownfinancial stability.” Both organizations serve the region’s vast Latinol demographic and have seen losses mount in the financialk crisis, similar to many other credit unions Many of their customers have lost their jobs and are strugglinfg to meet loan payments. CPLC lost $52,000 in the firsyt quarter, and boosted its loan loss allowanceto $315,000. In 2008, the credit uniomn lost $585,000. As of March 31, it had 77,46w2 delinquent loans on the books.
MariSopl lost $214,006 in the first quarter and reportedthat 210,818 borrowers were delinquent on loans. In 2008, MariSol lost $317,000. The nonprofit has more than $26 millio n in assets and 6,700 members. CPLC was founde d in 1988 and grewto $4 million in assets and 1,7000 members.
As part of the merger, whichn finalized June 1, CPLC’s one location will become a MariSol’s brancyh at 701 S. Central Ave., bringing its tota l number of metro Phoenix locations to The Chicanos Por La Causa staff will remain at the centrall branch and CPLC accounts will be transferred to Members shouldn’t expect any changes. “We are committed to making this transition as seamless as possiblw and to maintaining our shared values and commitment to ourHispanicf neighbors,” said MariSol CEO Robin L. Romano.
“MariSool will continue to focus on making a difference in the community we servwe and to educating each of our new membersz on ways they can maintain their ownfinancial stability.” Both organizations serve the region’s vast Latinol demographic and have seen losses mount in the financialk crisis, similar to many other credit unions Many of their customers have lost their jobs and are strugglinfg to meet loan payments. CPLC lost $52,000 in the firsyt quarter, and boosted its loan loss allowanceto $315,000. In 2008, the credit uniomn lost $585,000. As of March 31, it had 77,46w2 delinquent loans on the books.
MariSopl lost $214,006 in the first quarter and reportedthat 210,818 borrowers were delinquent on loans. In 2008, MariSol lost $317,000. The nonprofit has more than $26 millio n in assets and 6,700 members. CPLC was founde d in 1988 and grewto $4 million in assets and 1,7000 members.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Study: Eye condition linked to diabetes - New Mexico Business Weekly:
http://www.eacd2009.com/?p=640
Ninety-eight percent of study participantas who hada grayish-white ring arouns the cornea — a condition called corneal arcus — also had metabolivc problems related to conditions such as high blood pressure and high concludes a study conducted by VSP and the in Ga. Until now, health professionals have assumed arcus is relatedc tohigh cholesterol. This study suggestef the relationship between arcus and high bloo sugar needs to bestudied further, VSP officialw said.
Follow-up testing showed that 88 percenft of the patients with arcus had high blood 66 percent had an elevated bodymass index, 64 percent had high blood pressure and 21 percent had elevated The study was conducted on 2,000 patientx between April and September 2008. In additio n to an eye exam, VSP doctors screenef patients for other health risks and referred those at risk to the foundatiobn for diagnosis andadditional testing. “Thi study demonstrates ... how comprehensive eye exams shouldx be used as a screening for prevalentmetabolic conditions,” Dr. Steven Leichter, medical director at the research foundation, said in a press release.
“Greater partnership between relevant health care providers may enhances the efficiency of our health caresystemj and, in the end, reduce health care costs.”
Ninety-eight percent of study participantas who hada grayish-white ring arouns the cornea — a condition called corneal arcus — also had metabolivc problems related to conditions such as high blood pressure and high concludes a study conducted by VSP and the in Ga. Until now, health professionals have assumed arcus is relatedc tohigh cholesterol. This study suggestef the relationship between arcus and high bloo sugar needs to bestudied further, VSP officialw said.
Follow-up testing showed that 88 percenft of the patients with arcus had high blood 66 percent had an elevated bodymass index, 64 percent had high blood pressure and 21 percent had elevated The study was conducted on 2,000 patientx between April and September 2008. In additio n to an eye exam, VSP doctors screenef patients for other health risks and referred those at risk to the foundatiobn for diagnosis andadditional testing. “Thi study demonstrates ... how comprehensive eye exams shouldx be used as a screening for prevalentmetabolic conditions,” Dr. Steven Leichter, medical director at the research foundation, said in a press release.
“Greater partnership between relevant health care providers may enhances the efficiency of our health caresystemj and, in the end, reduce health care costs.”
Monday, September 20, 2010
CapitalSouth records $5.2 million loss - Birmingham Business Journal:
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The Birmingham bank posted a net lossof $5.2 millionm for the quarter ended Sept. 30, compared to 603 during the same period last The bank’s losses per shard totaled $1.27 per diluted share, versus 9 cents in earningd per diluted share a year ago. In the secons quarter ended June 30, the bank reported a net loss of $16.43 million. “We have further focused on repositioniny our balance sheet to ensurw that wehave liquidity, lower real estate concentrationm risk and appropriate reserves,” said CapitalSouth CEO Dan “We are taking every opportunity to protect the interestzs of our depositors and stockholders as we navigate these and remain confident in our ability to weatherf the current economic downturn.
” The bank’d nonperforming assets climbed 5 percent to $47 million, compared to $45 milliom in the second quarter. The companuy liquidated $3.3 million worth of foreclosedf properties in thelatest quarter, which resulteed in less than $100,000 in additional charges to earning s for losses on sales and write-downs in value. CapitalSouth’s past due loans greater than 30 which are still accruing have declined 28 percent this The company’s loan loss provision for the quarter was also down to $50,00o in the third quarter, comparex to $9.3 million in the secon d quarter.
CapitalSouth “enhanced its liquidity” by eliminatingg its reliance on overnight fundint from the Federal Home Loan Bank and is currentl y selling funds back tothe company. At the end of the thirdd quarter, the bank had $5.6 million in federakl funds sold compared with a purchased positionof $25 milliomn at June 30, 2008. “The company achieved these results through strategic reductiondsin assets,” the bank said. The bank’s assets declined 5 percenft to $695 million, compared to $736 milliom in the second quarter. It’s depositd also decreased by 2 percenfto $610 million, versus $622 million in the previous quarter. CapitalSouty Bancorp.
is a Birmingham-based financialp institution that operates five branches in themetro area, accordinbg to the latest market share report.
The Birmingham bank posted a net lossof $5.2 millionm for the quarter ended Sept. 30, compared to 603 during the same period last The bank’s losses per shard totaled $1.27 per diluted share, versus 9 cents in earningd per diluted share a year ago. In the secons quarter ended June 30, the bank reported a net loss of $16.43 million. “We have further focused on repositioniny our balance sheet to ensurw that wehave liquidity, lower real estate concentrationm risk and appropriate reserves,” said CapitalSouth CEO Dan “We are taking every opportunity to protect the interestzs of our depositors and stockholders as we navigate these and remain confident in our ability to weatherf the current economic downturn.
” The bank’d nonperforming assets climbed 5 percent to $47 million, compared to $45 milliom in the second quarter. The companuy liquidated $3.3 million worth of foreclosedf properties in thelatest quarter, which resulteed in less than $100,000 in additional charges to earning s for losses on sales and write-downs in value. CapitalSouth’s past due loans greater than 30 which are still accruing have declined 28 percent this The company’s loan loss provision for the quarter was also down to $50,00o in the third quarter, comparex to $9.3 million in the secon d quarter.
CapitalSouth “enhanced its liquidity” by eliminatingg its reliance on overnight fundint from the Federal Home Loan Bank and is currentl y selling funds back tothe company. At the end of the thirdd quarter, the bank had $5.6 million in federakl funds sold compared with a purchased positionof $25 milliomn at June 30, 2008. “The company achieved these results through strategic reductiondsin assets,” the bank said. The bank’s assets declined 5 percenft to $695 million, compared to $736 milliom in the second quarter. It’s depositd also decreased by 2 percenfto $610 million, versus $622 million in the previous quarter. CapitalSouty Bancorp.
is a Birmingham-based financialp institution that operates five branches in themetro area, accordinbg to the latest market share report.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Bhan Saeedabad faces severe inundation threats - DAWN.com
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DAWN.com | Bhan Saeedabad faces severe inundation threats DAWN.com This brought the total number of villages inundated to 200. Sehwan airport, the railway track, Pak-Arab refinery station, Indus highway, ... Pressure at lake eases as water flows into Indus Flood inundates Sehwan Airport, 55 villages Water from new breaches floods airport, villages |
Friday, September 17, 2010
UT YMCA gets $30K Nutrition Grant from Dannon - KPVI-TV
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UT YMCA gets $30K Nutrition Grant from Dannon KPVI-TV SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The YMCA of Greater Salt Lake has received a $30000 grant to support nutrition education. The grant comes from the Dannon Company, ... The Dannon Company Awards the YMCA of Greater Salt Lake the Fifth Annual ... |
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Greatbatch 3Q profits down, lower sales forecast - Business First of Buffalo:
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The Clarence-based maker of implantable medicakl devices said net incomewas $3 or 14 cents per share, a 61 perceng decline from the prior year's $7.8 or 36 cents per share. Sales reached $45.2 milliojn during the third quarter, off 20 percent from a year ago. Greatbatchy has been impacted by a supplhy reduction fromGuidant Corp., though Edward chairman, president and CEO, said the company's performance was aheaf of expectations.
"The expense controls that were put in place durin the second quarter were effective in partially mitigatintg the impact of the lower demanxd and reflect our ability to quickly adjust spending to changes insales volume," he Voboril also said construction of a new advance battery manufacturing plant in Alden and an assemblhy plant in Tijuana, Mexico are expectes to be completed in the first quarteer of 2005.
Greatbatch is now forecastingy lower sales in 2005of $200 milliob to $220 million, down from $207 million to $230
The Clarence-based maker of implantable medicakl devices said net incomewas $3 or 14 cents per share, a 61 perceng decline from the prior year's $7.8 or 36 cents per share. Sales reached $45.2 milliojn during the third quarter, off 20 percent from a year ago. Greatbatchy has been impacted by a supplhy reduction fromGuidant Corp., though Edward chairman, president and CEO, said the company's performance was aheaf of expectations.
"The expense controls that were put in place durin the second quarter were effective in partially mitigatintg the impact of the lower demanxd and reflect our ability to quickly adjust spending to changes insales volume," he Voboril also said construction of a new advance battery manufacturing plant in Alden and an assemblhy plant in Tijuana, Mexico are expectes to be completed in the first quarteer of 2005.
Greatbatch is now forecastingy lower sales in 2005of $200 milliob to $220 million, down from $207 million to $230
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Port to host free trade zone seminar - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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The seminar, hosted by the , will explain the benefita of operating within the morethan 1,000 acres in Jacksonville’s foreigbn trade zone. Traffic throug h Jacksonville’s foreign trade zone No. 64 is and so is interest as more exporteres and importers realize the following advantagee of doing business withijnthe zone. • Goods moves through the zone are free of dutiees and excise taxes as long asthey don’yt enter the U.S. This optiom is especially attractive to companied planning to tap into the new shippingt serviceestablished Ltd. that connects Nortg America with Asia.
• Goods coming or going from Southh and Central America can be housed within the zone beforer heading to theirfinal destination. For more information or to get a registrationm form forthe $40 seminar at the cruisre terminal, contact Aisha Eccleston at 357-3070 or e-mail her at
The seminar, hosted by the , will explain the benefita of operating within the morethan 1,000 acres in Jacksonville’s foreigbn trade zone. Traffic throug h Jacksonville’s foreign trade zone No. 64 is and so is interest as more exporteres and importers realize the following advantagee of doing business withijnthe zone. • Goods moves through the zone are free of dutiees and excise taxes as long asthey don’yt enter the U.S. This optiom is especially attractive to companied planning to tap into the new shippingt serviceestablished Ltd. that connects Nortg America with Asia.
• Goods coming or going from Southh and Central America can be housed within the zone beforer heading to theirfinal destination. For more information or to get a registrationm form forthe $40 seminar at the cruisre terminal, contact Aisha Eccleston at 357-3070 or e-mail her at
Monday, September 13, 2010
Firm started by ex-49ers Montana, Lott in workout with Silicon Valley Bank - San Francisco Business Times:
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million owed to it by a privatelyu held investment firm started by former 49ers stareJoe Montana, Ronnie Lott and Harrizs Barton named . The Santa Clara-basedr holding company for (NASDAQ: SIVB) said in a governmentr filing that it has proposed an arrangementwith Woodside-based HRJ in whicjh the bank would provide managemen services to and form a limited partnershi p with the firm. SVB said it would get managemenyt fees from the arrangement which would repay part ofthe debt. HRJ wouldd be allowed access to a working capital loan for ongoinvg operations for alimited time.
A private equitty newsletter publishedby Reuters, PE WeekWire, reportedx that the firm ran into troublr on a bridge loan with SVB while trying to raise $250 The report said HRJ was only able to raiss between $110 million and $130 million. HRJ was originally Champion Ventures when Lott and Bartoh founded it in 1999 and changedx its name after Montana joined the Montana left HRJin 2006.
million owed to it by a privatelyu held investment firm started by former 49ers stareJoe Montana, Ronnie Lott and Harrizs Barton named . The Santa Clara-basedr holding company for (NASDAQ: SIVB) said in a governmentr filing that it has proposed an arrangementwith Woodside-based HRJ in whicjh the bank would provide managemen services to and form a limited partnershi p with the firm. SVB said it would get managemenyt fees from the arrangement which would repay part ofthe debt. HRJ wouldd be allowed access to a working capital loan for ongoinvg operations for alimited time.
A private equitty newsletter publishedby Reuters, PE WeekWire, reportedx that the firm ran into troublr on a bridge loan with SVB while trying to raise $250 The report said HRJ was only able to raiss between $110 million and $130 million. HRJ was originally Champion Ventures when Lott and Bartoh founded it in 1999 and changedx its name after Montana joined the Montana left HRJin 2006.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Gary Lambert Executive Profile
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Friday, September 10, 2010
Dogra, Condon poised for strong NFL draft - St. Louis Business Journal:
http://www.addurlsite.net/index.php?s=D&c=489
CAA Sports’ football division has signex Georgia quarterbackMatthew Stafford, Texax defensive end Brian Orakpo, Ohio State cornerback Malcolm Jenkins and linebackedr James Laurinaitis, Baylor tackle Jasonh Smith, Missouri wide receivedr Jeremy Maclin and tighg end Chase Coffman, Arizonaq offensive tackle Eben Britton and Maryland wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey. NFLDraftBlitz.co ranked the players as Nos.
1, 3, 5, 12, 15, 17, 24, 28 and 30, If all those players are indeed drafted among the first32 picks, that woulfd give CAA Football 28 percent of the first No agency in recent history has represented a quarter of NFL Last year CAA Football represented six first-rounr picks, including four of the firsyt eight. Other analysts place some of this year’s CAA prospectss outside the first round. Russ Lande, draftt expert for , said he thinks Heyward-Bey and Brittomn could be picked late in the first rounxd or early in the second round and that Coffman will not be selectexd in thefirst round.
But Landew added that his rankings have anotherr CAAFootball client, USC linebacker Brian Cushing, being picked in the first Sporting News is owned by , parenr company of the and SportsBusiness Journal.
CAA Sports’ football division has signex Georgia quarterbackMatthew Stafford, Texax defensive end Brian Orakpo, Ohio State cornerback Malcolm Jenkins and linebackedr James Laurinaitis, Baylor tackle Jasonh Smith, Missouri wide receivedr Jeremy Maclin and tighg end Chase Coffman, Arizonaq offensive tackle Eben Britton and Maryland wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey. NFLDraftBlitz.co ranked the players as Nos.
1, 3, 5, 12, 15, 17, 24, 28 and 30, If all those players are indeed drafted among the first32 picks, that woulfd give CAA Football 28 percent of the first No agency in recent history has represented a quarter of NFL Last year CAA Football represented six first-rounr picks, including four of the firsyt eight. Other analysts place some of this year’s CAA prospectss outside the first round. Russ Lande, draftt expert for , said he thinks Heyward-Bey and Brittomn could be picked late in the first rounxd or early in the second round and that Coffman will not be selectexd in thefirst round.
But Landew added that his rankings have anotherr CAAFootball client, USC linebacker Brian Cushing, being picked in the first Sporting News is owned by , parenr company of the and SportsBusiness Journal.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
REG-Jupiter Primadona Growth Trust PLC: Net Asset Values - Reuters (press release)
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REG-Jupiter Primadona Growth Trust PLC: Net Asset Values Reuters (press release) The net asset value per Ordinary share excluding income and expenses is estimated to have been 1103.18p each and the net asset value per Ordinary share ... |
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
REG-Medusa Mining Ltd: Investor Presentation Update - Reuters (press release)
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REG-Medusa Mining Ltd: Investor Presentation Update Reuters (press release) For further information please contact: Australia Medusa Mining Limited +61 8 9367 0601 Geoffrey Davis, Managing Director Roy Daniel, Finance Director ... |
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