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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
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Sunday, May 29, 2011
Area brownfield projects get $2.42M - The Business Review (Albany):
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Gov. George Pataki announced the funding for a totakl of eight projects around the statwe during an appearance Fridauyin Warrensburg. "Brownfield sites have untapped potential, and the statee is working closely with locap communities to help them restore and redevelopthese properties, and open up new opportunities for recreation and economic development," Pataki said. $348,700 for the Town of Warrensburg to evaluate petroleum contamination at thevacant 3.5-acrs and Paper Mill site. In the state conducted an emergency cleanup actiohn atthe site, which is near the Schroon River.
$99,000 to the Town of Clermont for the investigationn of environmental contamination at the former Hettling propert yin Clermont. Waste materials, including railroad ties, were disposef of on the 20-acre property. $105,30 to the Schuyler Height Fire District to investigatse contamination at avacant 7.5-acre parcel in the Town of Albany County. The fire districg bought the property in May 2005 and plans to put a new firehousd atthe site. The property was once used as a rail loadinf and unloading facility and as a scrap metalrecoveryy operation. $234,000 to the city of Amsterdam, N.Y.
, for the investigation of environmental contamination at the formefr Chalmers Knitting Mill complexin Amsterdam, Montgomer y County. The property was used by the formefr from the 1920s throughthe 1950s. Areaes of potential environmental concern include former dye facilitiesw and underground petroleumstorage
Gov. George Pataki announced the funding for a totakl of eight projects around the statwe during an appearance Fridauyin Warrensburg. "Brownfield sites have untapped potential, and the statee is working closely with locap communities to help them restore and redevelopthese properties, and open up new opportunities for recreation and economic development," Pataki said. $348,700 for the Town of Warrensburg to evaluate petroleum contamination at thevacant 3.5-acrs and Paper Mill site. In the state conducted an emergency cleanup actiohn atthe site, which is near the Schroon River.
$99,000 to the Town of Clermont for the investigationn of environmental contamination at the former Hettling propert yin Clermont. Waste materials, including railroad ties, were disposef of on the 20-acre property. $105,30 to the Schuyler Height Fire District to investigatse contamination at avacant 7.5-acre parcel in the Town of Albany County. The fire districg bought the property in May 2005 and plans to put a new firehousd atthe site. The property was once used as a rail loadinf and unloading facility and as a scrap metalrecoveryy operation. $234,000 to the city of Amsterdam, N.Y.
, for the investigation of environmental contamination at the formefr Chalmers Knitting Mill complexin Amsterdam, Montgomer y County. The property was used by the formefr from the 1920s throughthe 1950s. Areaes of potential environmental concern include former dye facilitiesw and underground petroleumstorage
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Production and revenues jump at Exillon Energy - ShareCast
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Production and revenues jump at Exillon Energy ShareCast Capital expenditure for the four-month period grew to $30.2m (2010: $12.5m), 64% of which was spent on infrastructure, including the construction of an inter-field road, system of electricity supply and inter-field pipeline system. ... |
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Online news site meshes traditional journalism and blogs - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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The has five similar sites in four otherd states andin Washington, D.C. The will focus on statewidre coverageof government, politics, poverty, the environmeny and growth, among other topics, said Jefferson national editorial director for the Center. Davidf Alire Garcia, formerly of the , has been hired as the directort ofthe site. Trip Jennings, who came from the , will be the news Joel Gay, formerly of the Albuquerque Tribune, and bloggers Heath Haussamemn and Margery Childress will write forthe site, as will Gwynethj Doland, who will coverr the politics of food. Jennings said combining traditionap journalism with the growinhg online worldattracted him.
He sees a lot of people leaviny newsrooms, or losing their jobs as paperszcut staff, and moving to the onlins realm. The latest census by the found that newsroom staff nationwide droppedby 4.4 percent last year, to The Center has training programe to build its stable of bloggers and onlinwe journalists. Morley said the Center is a nonpartisan organization that focuseeon "citizen-driven" journalism. "We're not detacherd from the issues wecare about," said a former world news editoe of . "What we want to do is writre about these things so citizens and the public are informed and know how to make sensible choices when it comedsto government.
" The president and CEO is Davidd S. Bennahum, who was a founding writer of . The Center is supported by foundations that sharethe organization' belief that journalism is essential to a democratic Morley said. Some sites sell but the Center is interested in developingt sponsorshipsand partnerships. "What I envision and hope will happen is something along the lines of thatcombinea philanthropy, reader support and sponsorships," he Bennahum said the Center has funding in place for a year wheneverr it launches a site in a new The goal is to generatr earned income through advertising, but not necessarily to becomee self-sufficient.
"The goal is to produce public interest journalism," he said. That's difficult to do in a for-profiy model, Bennahum added. The Center has sitez in Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Washington, D.C. , which drew 2.7 millioj readers last year, according to the Center'as annual report. Morley said the states wherwe the Center has opened online sites over the last two yearsa are eventlydivided politically. New West, based in launched a similar kind of site herein 2005, meldinbg original reporting with blogging.
The sites coveringb the northern Rockies aredoing well, but the New Mexicop site shut down last year when it didn't get the trafficd it needed to sell advertising, said Emilyu Esterson, who edited the New Mexic site for New West. a former editor of the Business Weekly, said the biggestr challenge was marketing. The Internet audience is fickle, she The Center will hire a public relationxs firm to promotethe site's official launcuh in May. The site is live in beta versio nowat .
The has five similar sites in four otherd states andin Washington, D.C. The will focus on statewidre coverageof government, politics, poverty, the environmeny and growth, among other topics, said Jefferson national editorial director for the Center. Davidf Alire Garcia, formerly of the , has been hired as the directort ofthe site. Trip Jennings, who came from the , will be the news Joel Gay, formerly of the Albuquerque Tribune, and bloggers Heath Haussamemn and Margery Childress will write forthe site, as will Gwynethj Doland, who will coverr the politics of food. Jennings said combining traditionap journalism with the growinhg online worldattracted him.
He sees a lot of people leaviny newsrooms, or losing their jobs as paperszcut staff, and moving to the onlins realm. The latest census by the found that newsroom staff nationwide droppedby 4.4 percent last year, to The Center has training programe to build its stable of bloggers and onlinwe journalists. Morley said the Center is a nonpartisan organization that focuseeon "citizen-driven" journalism. "We're not detacherd from the issues wecare about," said a former world news editoe of . "What we want to do is writre about these things so citizens and the public are informed and know how to make sensible choices when it comedsto government.
" The president and CEO is Davidd S. Bennahum, who was a founding writer of . The Center is supported by foundations that sharethe organization' belief that journalism is essential to a democratic Morley said. Some sites sell but the Center is interested in developingt sponsorshipsand partnerships. "What I envision and hope will happen is something along the lines of thatcombinea philanthropy, reader support and sponsorships," he Bennahum said the Center has funding in place for a year wheneverr it launches a site in a new The goal is to generatr earned income through advertising, but not necessarily to becomee self-sufficient.
"The goal is to produce public interest journalism," he said. That's difficult to do in a for-profiy model, Bennahum added. The Center has sitez in Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Washington, D.C. , which drew 2.7 millioj readers last year, according to the Center'as annual report. Morley said the states wherwe the Center has opened online sites over the last two yearsa are eventlydivided politically. New West, based in launched a similar kind of site herein 2005, meldinbg original reporting with blogging.
The sites coveringb the northern Rockies aredoing well, but the New Mexicop site shut down last year when it didn't get the trafficd it needed to sell advertising, said Emilyu Esterson, who edited the New Mexic site for New West. a former editor of the Business Weekly, said the biggestr challenge was marketing. The Internet audience is fickle, she The Center will hire a public relationxs firm to promotethe site's official launcuh in May. The site is live in beta versio nowat .
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Carolinas HealthCare reduces 1Q loss - Washington Business Journal:
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Investment losses for the latest quarterd totalednearly $101 million. Chief Financiakl Officer Greg Gombar anticipates gains in the financial market in April and May will erasethosw losses. Carolinas HealthCare uses investmenf earnings forcapital expenditures. That money is not used for dailh operations. The health-care system hopes negotiations with several lenderzs will cut its interest expenses tied to variable debt andhighed bank-liquidity fees. Those fees are about $1 millionb per month. Interest expenses in the first quarterwere $21.8 million.
From an operational Carolinas HealthCare had a strongfirsyt quarter, says Russ Guerin, executive vice president for businessx development and planning. Net operating revenue climbede 8.6 percent to $1.2 billion Operating income exceeded $24.5 million. The health-care system saw adjusted discharges — a calculation that gauge patientactivity — climb 5.2 percent from a year Growth within the health-care system and expense managementr “is the primary driver why we’re above budget Guerin says. Carolinas HealthCare spent morethan $106 millionm on capital projects in the first quarter.
Project s include new operating roomsat CMC-NorthEast and Carolinas Medical an expansion of CMC-Pineville, a new hospitao at CMC-Lincoln and constructiob of health-care pavilions in Steele Creek and which will include free-standing emergency Challenges in the coming months include managingy the system’s growing bad-debt and charity-care costs, reducing interest expensese and preparing for a possiblre state cut in Medicaid funding, Gombar Bad-debt costs were 12 percent over budgetr during the first topping $48 million in the first quarter.
During the same period last bad debt wasabout $43 The health-care system spent more than $770 million in community care in 2008, includinb bad debt, charity care and subsidiziny Medicare and Medicaid. That equalss 18.8 percent of the health-care system’s net operating revenue. ”It’s a trenr everybody’s seeing across the country,” Gombarf says. “We can’t control how many peopld are uninsured, how many people show up at our doorwithouy insurance.” North Carolina’s budget woes couldx results in a cut of up to 15 percent for Medicaid. That couldd equate to $36 million in annual losses forCarolinasx HealthCare.
“Medicaid cuts are the worstt economic benefit cut the statecan make,” Gombad says. “It’s painful.” Says “It raises prices for those whodo pay. It makes no good business sense todo that.” Gombar says every dollar cut from Medicaird eliminates $4 from the Carolinas HealthCare is the largest health-care system in the Carolinasx and the third-largest public system in the nation. The system owns, leases or manages 25 hospitals. It has more than 40,00o0 full- and part-time employees.
Investment losses for the latest quarterd totalednearly $101 million. Chief Financiakl Officer Greg Gombar anticipates gains in the financial market in April and May will erasethosw losses. Carolinas HealthCare uses investmenf earnings forcapital expenditures. That money is not used for dailh operations. The health-care system hopes negotiations with several lenderzs will cut its interest expenses tied to variable debt andhighed bank-liquidity fees. Those fees are about $1 millionb per month. Interest expenses in the first quarterwere $21.8 million.
From an operational Carolinas HealthCare had a strongfirsyt quarter, says Russ Guerin, executive vice president for businessx development and planning. Net operating revenue climbede 8.6 percent to $1.2 billion Operating income exceeded $24.5 million. The health-care system saw adjusted discharges — a calculation that gauge patientactivity — climb 5.2 percent from a year Growth within the health-care system and expense managementr “is the primary driver why we’re above budget Guerin says. Carolinas HealthCare spent morethan $106 millionm on capital projects in the first quarter.
Project s include new operating roomsat CMC-NorthEast and Carolinas Medical an expansion of CMC-Pineville, a new hospitao at CMC-Lincoln and constructiob of health-care pavilions in Steele Creek and which will include free-standing emergency Challenges in the coming months include managingy the system’s growing bad-debt and charity-care costs, reducing interest expensese and preparing for a possiblre state cut in Medicaid funding, Gombar Bad-debt costs were 12 percent over budgetr during the first topping $48 million in the first quarter.
During the same period last bad debt wasabout $43 The health-care system spent more than $770 million in community care in 2008, includinb bad debt, charity care and subsidiziny Medicare and Medicaid. That equalss 18.8 percent of the health-care system’s net operating revenue. ”It’s a trenr everybody’s seeing across the country,” Gombarf says. “We can’t control how many peopld are uninsured, how many people show up at our doorwithouy insurance.” North Carolina’s budget woes couldx results in a cut of up to 15 percent for Medicaid. That couldd equate to $36 million in annual losses forCarolinasx HealthCare.
“Medicaid cuts are the worstt economic benefit cut the statecan make,” Gombad says. “It’s painful.” Says “It raises prices for those whodo pay. It makes no good business sense todo that.” Gombar says every dollar cut from Medicaird eliminates $4 from the Carolinas HealthCare is the largest health-care system in the Carolinasx and the third-largest public system in the nation. The system owns, leases or manages 25 hospitals. It has more than 40,00o0 full- and part-time employees.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
UCSF Med School under fire from Sen. Grassley - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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The June 17 by James Oliphant ( ), said the top Republican on the powerful SenatFinance Committee, has asked UCSF to supply documentsd on federal funding over the last five years, includinh details of an external revies by the KPMG accountinb firm. “If the financia integrity of UCSFis questionable,” Grassley said in a lettetr to the university, according to the L.A. “I am worried that similar problems regarding taxpayeer dollars may also exist at other campuses within theUC system, such as UC UCLA and UC Davis.” Grassley’ds comments come in during a continuing feud betweebn UCSF and David Kessler, former dean of its medica school, who earlier headed the U.S.
Food and Drug Administrationb underPresident Clinton, over allegations involving the medical school’s financia reporting. The Times reported that Kessler was fired inlate 2007, “after repeatedly complaining that he had been mislef about the school’s finances.” Kessler has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the and is seeking to get his job along with lost pay, benefits and damages, the Times Grassley raised his concerns in an April letter to UC President Mark Yudof, according to the UCSF was awarded $444 million last year from the National Institutes of Health, with $383 million goingf to the medical school, which is also seekinvg a big chunk of federal stimulus University officials have said Kessle was fired for performance-related reasons, Oliphant’s article but they’re treating him as a Kessler’s lawsuit has been stayed pending the conclusionh of an administrative review, the Timew report said.
In a comment providedd Wednesday afternoon to the San FranciscoBusiness Times, UC reiterated that it has provided informatiob to Grassley’s office on the financial issues in questionb and that Kessler’s allegationw have been exhaustively and repeatedly investigated at the University’s Those investigations “have found no evidencs whatsoever of any inaccuracy in the books and records of the UC said in its written statement. UC officialsx also noted that a review released in March 2008 bythe U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector Generaol found thatUCSF “had complied with all Federap regulations for claiming reimbursement for administrativer and clerical expenses” connected to the NIH
The June 17 by James Oliphant ( ), said the top Republican on the powerful SenatFinance Committee, has asked UCSF to supply documentsd on federal funding over the last five years, includinh details of an external revies by the KPMG accountinb firm. “If the financia integrity of UCSFis questionable,” Grassley said in a lettetr to the university, according to the L.A. “I am worried that similar problems regarding taxpayeer dollars may also exist at other campuses within theUC system, such as UC UCLA and UC Davis.” Grassley’ds comments come in during a continuing feud betweebn UCSF and David Kessler, former dean of its medica school, who earlier headed the U.S.
Food and Drug Administrationb underPresident Clinton, over allegations involving the medical school’s financia reporting. The Times reported that Kessler was fired inlate 2007, “after repeatedly complaining that he had been mislef about the school’s finances.” Kessler has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the and is seeking to get his job along with lost pay, benefits and damages, the Times Grassley raised his concerns in an April letter to UC President Mark Yudof, according to the UCSF was awarded $444 million last year from the National Institutes of Health, with $383 million goingf to the medical school, which is also seekinvg a big chunk of federal stimulus University officials have said Kessle was fired for performance-related reasons, Oliphant’s article but they’re treating him as a Kessler’s lawsuit has been stayed pending the conclusionh of an administrative review, the Timew report said.
In a comment providedd Wednesday afternoon to the San FranciscoBusiness Times, UC reiterated that it has provided informatiob to Grassley’s office on the financial issues in questionb and that Kessler’s allegationw have been exhaustively and repeatedly investigated at the University’s Those investigations “have found no evidencs whatsoever of any inaccuracy in the books and records of the UC said in its written statement. UC officialsx also noted that a review released in March 2008 bythe U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector Generaol found thatUCSF “had complied with all Federap regulations for claiming reimbursement for administrativer and clerical expenses” connected to the NIH
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Small-biz index shows gains - Portland Business Journal:
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points in April, with a majority of businesws owners expecting the economu to improve over the next threre tosix months. The percentagw of small business owners who are optimistic abougt the economy jumped 24 points in the monthly survey. Sales expectations, which hit a recorrd low in March, improved by 20 points. Scores for six other indicatorsalso increased, enablingh the index to rise to 86.8 — still far below 100, the leveo that reflects small business conditions in 1986. NFIB Chief Economistf William Dunkelbergcautioned “the improved numbers were stil very low,” so “no immediate turnabout” is likelu for the economy.
About 30 percent of smalkl businesses reduced employment over the pastthreer months, compared with 4 percent that increasefd the size of their work force. “It appears that ownere are not through withtheir labor-based cost cutting,” Dunkelbert said. A net 14 percent of small-businesxs owners reported that loans were harderto get, the highestt reading since the recessionb of the early 1980s.
points in April, with a majority of businesws owners expecting the economu to improve over the next threre tosix months. The percentagw of small business owners who are optimistic abougt the economy jumped 24 points in the monthly survey. Sales expectations, which hit a recorrd low in March, improved by 20 points. Scores for six other indicatorsalso increased, enablingh the index to rise to 86.8 — still far below 100, the leveo that reflects small business conditions in 1986. NFIB Chief Economistf William Dunkelbergcautioned “the improved numbers were stil very low,” so “no immediate turnabout” is likelu for the economy.
About 30 percent of smalkl businesses reduced employment over the pastthreer months, compared with 4 percent that increasefd the size of their work force. “It appears that ownere are not through withtheir labor-based cost cutting,” Dunkelbert said. A net 14 percent of small-businesxs owners reported that loans were harderto get, the highestt reading since the recessionb of the early 1980s.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Nick Cannon's explanation of the CPS visit - TheCelebrityCafe.com
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Friday, May 13, 2011
Hawaiian Holdings to Present at Bank of America and Merrill Lynch 2009 Global Transportation Conference
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Hawaiian's presentation is schedulef for Thursday, June 11, at 3:50 p.m. Easterbn Time. The presentation will be webcast live and will be availablse on the Investor Relations section ofHawaiian Airlines' website at . For thos who are not available to listen to the live the call willbe archived. Hawaiian is the nation'se highest-ranked carrier for service quality and performance in 2008 in the 19th annuall Airline QualityRating study. Hawaiiah has also led all U.S. carriers in on-time performancw for each of the past fiveyears (2004-2008) and has been an industryh leader in fewest misplaced bags during that same period (#1 from #2 in 2008) as reported by the U.S.
Departmentt of Transportation. Consumer surveyxs by Conde Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisurer and Zagat have all ranked Hawaiian as the top domestic airlinedserving Hawaii. Now in its 80th year of continuouas servicein Hawaii, Hawaiian is the state's biggest and longest-serving as well as the largest provider of passenge air service to Hawaii from the state'se primary visitor markets on the U.S. Hawaiian offers nonstop service to Hawaii frommore U.S. gatewauy cities (10) than any other as well as service tothe Philippines, American Samoa, and Tahiti. Hawaiian also provides more than 160 dailt jet flights within theHawaiian Islands. Hawaiia n Airlines, Inc. is a subsidiary of Hawaiian Inc.
(Nasdaq: HA). Additional information is availableat HawaiianAirlines.com. SOURCEd Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.
Hawaiian's presentation is schedulef for Thursday, June 11, at 3:50 p.m. Easterbn Time. The presentation will be webcast live and will be availablse on the Investor Relations section ofHawaiian Airlines' website at . For thos who are not available to listen to the live the call willbe archived. Hawaiian is the nation'se highest-ranked carrier for service quality and performance in 2008 in the 19th annuall Airline QualityRating study. Hawaiiah has also led all U.S. carriers in on-time performancw for each of the past fiveyears (2004-2008) and has been an industryh leader in fewest misplaced bags during that same period (#1 from #2 in 2008) as reported by the U.S.
Departmentt of Transportation. Consumer surveyxs by Conde Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisurer and Zagat have all ranked Hawaiian as the top domestic airlinedserving Hawaii. Now in its 80th year of continuouas servicein Hawaii, Hawaiian is the state's biggest and longest-serving as well as the largest provider of passenge air service to Hawaii from the state'se primary visitor markets on the U.S. Hawaiian offers nonstop service to Hawaii frommore U.S. gatewauy cities (10) than any other as well as service tothe Philippines, American Samoa, and Tahiti. Hawaiian also provides more than 160 dailt jet flights within theHawaiian Islands. Hawaiia n Airlines, Inc. is a subsidiary of Hawaiian Inc.
(Nasdaq: HA). Additional information is availableat HawaiianAirlines.com. SOURCEd Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Bright idea: Marvin Dufner makes millions recycling bulbs - Kansas City Business Journal:
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After building his fluorescent light bulbrecycliny company, H.T.R. Inc., into a nationa player with customers thatinclude , Walgreens, and Dufner sold the business in March to Houston-basedd an estimated $12 million. H.T.R.’s revenue reached $6 milliobn last year, 17 times more than the $350,000 the companty made when Dufner bought it inDecember 1999. A decadee ago, the business recycled about 30,000 fluorescent bulbs a month to keep hazardous mercurt out of landfills andwater supplies.
That number reachedr about 18 million bulbs a year by the time of the Dufner andRaymond Kohout, his minority partner and chiegf operating officer, decided they needeed to either invest a largd amount of capital to open additional recycling facilities or find a strategicx partner or buyer for their Dufner turned to lifelong friendx James Stuart of in Stuart reached out to contacts at Wastre Management, and after about a year of talks, he helped brokerr H.T.R.’s sale. Dufner estimated fluorescent bulb recyclingb isa $100 million to $150 million industry.
Analyst Michael Hoffma of in Baltimore noted that garbage disposalo isa $52 billion industry and medical wasts disposal accounts for another $3 billiobn to $4 billion. Add-on services such as recycling can help a companyh win additionalmarket “One of Waste Management’s core goals is to grow its medicao waste business to about $300 million in revenue in the next 24 Hoffman said. “Now they can walk into health-care facilitiesa and hospitals and offer to dispose of their medical waste, regular trash and also their fluorescenyt bulbs, which for a hospital is no small thing.” Wastw Management, North America’s largest waste disposal posted net income of $1.
09 billion on revenue of $13.43 billion last year and employs about 46,000. 54, grew up in Granite City and St. attending and at Carbondale. In he bought one of the first franchises ofEarth City-basedr Dent Wizard, a company that provides paintless dent remova for automobiles. Dufner moved to Atlanta to run his territory of Georgia and Alabama. But in Atlanta-based acquired Dent Wizard and proceeded to buy out its Dufner sold his business forabout $5 million, and at age 45 founrd himself looking for a new In 1999, while at the Lake of the Dufner struck up a conversation with an employee of H.T.R.
, a three-year-old company then basec in the small town of Golden City in southwesg Missouri. A new federal law regulating the management of waste containing hazardous materials such as mercury had just goneinto effect, but H.T.R.’a 14 investors were short on funds to take advantage of potentialk growth. Dufner bought them out “for a very low price” and took over the businesse as president. Dufner recruitex Kohout, a friend who owned a gun storedin St. Louis and was familiar with dealing withgovernmenr regulators, to help run the business and expand its service area nationwide.
They invested in some tractor-trailersz and started picking up burned-out fluorescent bulbsd from all over the country and hauling them back to Missouriufor processing. Over the next few years, they relocated the planyt to its current locationin Kaiser, Mo., near Lake As Dufner improved customer service and the speerd of waste pickup using third-party freighft companies, business boomed. Beginning in H.T.R. secured contracts with Wal-Mart to pick up and recycls used bulbs. Other large retailers, severall colleges and universities, and states such as Iowa and Missouri also signes upwith H.T.R. All of the materialp in the bulbs H.T.R. picked up — metal and glass — was recycled.
None went to landfills. But with the Dufner and Kohout also found themselves facintga decision: Expand to keep up with increasing or find someone who couldr do so for “The right way to do it would be to build two more recyclint plants, one on the West Coast and one on the East to cut transportation distances and freight Dufner said. “Ray and I can’t be in three placed at one time. It was going to require a lot more capital to open two new facilitiesx and managethem properly.” So who has children ages 3 and 5 with his Renee, decided to look for a buyer last year and eventuallgy struck the deal with Waste “We thought H.T.R.
would make a good fit for saidRick Cochrane, senior busineszs director for Waste Management’s WM Lamptracker “Over 70 percent of fluorescent lighting in the country stillk isn’t recycled properly, and that’ where we think the upside is.” The and many statesa are targeting a fluorescent recycling goal of abourt 75 percent, Kohout Some 800 million fluorescenyt lamps burn out each year, and now millionse of residential light sockets are also switching from incandescent to compact fluorescent light bulbx (CFLs). Although Missouri does not require residential recycling of manystates do, he said.
“The timing was said Kohout, who continues to run the former operations withinWM Lamptracker. “Wew are now the largest lamp recycler inthe country, and Wast e Management is really pushing the sustainability and recycling front. We’ve had nine years of double-digi growth, and we’ve just gotten started.” As for he is building a home in Laduee and has notdecided what, if he will do next. “Am I looking for something? Possibly, but not necessarily,” Dufner “That’s how H.T.R. happened.
I wasn’y really looking and then it fell inmy
After building his fluorescent light bulbrecycliny company, H.T.R. Inc., into a nationa player with customers thatinclude , Walgreens, and Dufner sold the business in March to Houston-basedd an estimated $12 million. H.T.R.’s revenue reached $6 milliobn last year, 17 times more than the $350,000 the companty made when Dufner bought it inDecember 1999. A decadee ago, the business recycled about 30,000 fluorescent bulbs a month to keep hazardous mercurt out of landfills andwater supplies.
That number reachedr about 18 million bulbs a year by the time of the Dufner andRaymond Kohout, his minority partner and chiegf operating officer, decided they needeed to either invest a largd amount of capital to open additional recycling facilities or find a strategicx partner or buyer for their Dufner turned to lifelong friendx James Stuart of in Stuart reached out to contacts at Wastre Management, and after about a year of talks, he helped brokerr H.T.R.’s sale. Dufner estimated fluorescent bulb recyclingb isa $100 million to $150 million industry.
Analyst Michael Hoffma of in Baltimore noted that garbage disposalo isa $52 billion industry and medical wasts disposal accounts for another $3 billiobn to $4 billion. Add-on services such as recycling can help a companyh win additionalmarket “One of Waste Management’s core goals is to grow its medicao waste business to about $300 million in revenue in the next 24 Hoffman said. “Now they can walk into health-care facilitiesa and hospitals and offer to dispose of their medical waste, regular trash and also their fluorescenyt bulbs, which for a hospital is no small thing.” Wastw Management, North America’s largest waste disposal posted net income of $1.
09 billion on revenue of $13.43 billion last year and employs about 46,000. 54, grew up in Granite City and St. attending and at Carbondale. In he bought one of the first franchises ofEarth City-basedr Dent Wizard, a company that provides paintless dent remova for automobiles. Dufner moved to Atlanta to run his territory of Georgia and Alabama. But in Atlanta-based acquired Dent Wizard and proceeded to buy out its Dufner sold his business forabout $5 million, and at age 45 founrd himself looking for a new In 1999, while at the Lake of the Dufner struck up a conversation with an employee of H.T.R.
, a three-year-old company then basec in the small town of Golden City in southwesg Missouri. A new federal law regulating the management of waste containing hazardous materials such as mercury had just goneinto effect, but H.T.R.’a 14 investors were short on funds to take advantage of potentialk growth. Dufner bought them out “for a very low price” and took over the businesse as president. Dufner recruitex Kohout, a friend who owned a gun storedin St. Louis and was familiar with dealing withgovernmenr regulators, to help run the business and expand its service area nationwide.
They invested in some tractor-trailersz and started picking up burned-out fluorescent bulbsd from all over the country and hauling them back to Missouriufor processing. Over the next few years, they relocated the planyt to its current locationin Kaiser, Mo., near Lake As Dufner improved customer service and the speerd of waste pickup using third-party freighft companies, business boomed. Beginning in H.T.R. secured contracts with Wal-Mart to pick up and recycls used bulbs. Other large retailers, severall colleges and universities, and states such as Iowa and Missouri also signes upwith H.T.R. All of the materialp in the bulbs H.T.R. picked up — metal and glass — was recycled.
None went to landfills. But with the Dufner and Kohout also found themselves facintga decision: Expand to keep up with increasing or find someone who couldr do so for “The right way to do it would be to build two more recyclint plants, one on the West Coast and one on the East to cut transportation distances and freight Dufner said. “Ray and I can’t be in three placed at one time. It was going to require a lot more capital to open two new facilitiesx and managethem properly.” So who has children ages 3 and 5 with his Renee, decided to look for a buyer last year and eventuallgy struck the deal with Waste “We thought H.T.R.
would make a good fit for saidRick Cochrane, senior busineszs director for Waste Management’s WM Lamptracker “Over 70 percent of fluorescent lighting in the country stillk isn’t recycled properly, and that’ where we think the upside is.” The and many statesa are targeting a fluorescent recycling goal of abourt 75 percent, Kohout Some 800 million fluorescenyt lamps burn out each year, and now millionse of residential light sockets are also switching from incandescent to compact fluorescent light bulbx (CFLs). Although Missouri does not require residential recycling of manystates do, he said.
“The timing was said Kohout, who continues to run the former operations withinWM Lamptracker. “Wew are now the largest lamp recycler inthe country, and Wast e Management is really pushing the sustainability and recycling front. We’ve had nine years of double-digi growth, and we’ve just gotten started.” As for he is building a home in Laduee and has notdecided what, if he will do next. “Am I looking for something? Possibly, but not necessarily,” Dufner “That’s how H.T.R. happened.
I wasn’y really looking and then it fell inmy
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Gwinnett Chamber to host Korean International Trade Association - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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On Thursday, there will be a pres s conference at the to reveal the trade talk agends and to show an exchange of a memorandujm of understanding between the Gwinnetft Chamberand KITA. Korean business representatives from more than 25 international companies willjoin Georgia-based and U.S.-basef businesses to discuss potential investment and partnership opportunities in areads such as commercial real estate, small business, logistics, Englishu education, pharmaceuticals and electronics. The Koreanb delegation includes S.
Bok, KITA delegationm representative; Wayne Lee, KITA American Team chief officer; and Adrianb Ahn, KITA American Team Metro Atlanta is home tothe sixth-largesyt Korean population in the United States. Doosan has its Norty American corporate headquarters in Gwinnett and there are thousands ofsmall family-owned Korean businessex in the area.
On Thursday, there will be a pres s conference at the to reveal the trade talk agends and to show an exchange of a memorandujm of understanding between the Gwinnetft Chamberand KITA. Korean business representatives from more than 25 international companies willjoin Georgia-based and U.S.-basef businesses to discuss potential investment and partnership opportunities in areads such as commercial real estate, small business, logistics, Englishu education, pharmaceuticals and electronics. The Koreanb delegation includes S.
Bok, KITA delegationm representative; Wayne Lee, KITA American Team chief officer; and Adrianb Ahn, KITA American Team Metro Atlanta is home tothe sixth-largesyt Korean population in the United States. Doosan has its Norty American corporate headquarters in Gwinnett and there are thousands ofsmall family-owned Korean businessex in the area.
Friday, May 6, 2011
GlobalFoundries applies for sales tax breaks with state - Glens Falls Post-Star
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GlobalFoundries applies for sales tax breaks with state Glens Falls Post-Star MALTA -- Officials at GlobalFoundries have filed a revised application with the Saratoga County Industrial Development Agency that, if approved, could boost the total value of their sales tax exemptions to nearly $445 million. ... |
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Legislature approves carbon fuel standard - Portland Business Journal:
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The so-called “low-carbon fuel passed the Senate bya 16-14 vote on Wednesdau after previously passing in the Gov. Ted Kulongoski intends to signthe “This is the most significant step takenn this session to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in every corner of the state,” Kulongoski said in a “Establishing a low carbon fuel standarc will not only result in cleaner burning gasolinre for all of our but will also encourages the development of new, renewablde and lower emission transportation fuels.” Rather than mandating a specificx fuel type, the bill allowse fuel providers to determine on thei own how to meet the standard.
That means a diesel producer could choose to mixmore low-carbonm biodiesel into their fuel, while other providers couls choose to buy credits from electriv utilities that supply low-carbon electrons to electric The legislation includes some consumer including a clause that callws for deferring the standardc if Oregon’s fuel prices become substantially highe r than in neighboring The program will expire in 2015 if not reauthorized by the The bill also gives the states Environmental Quality Commission the authority to require that mechanicsx check tire pressure and fill tires as unless the service station doesn’t have a The commission will also consider measureas to improve the aerodynamic efficiency of heavy - and medium-duty trucks.
The so-called “low-carbon fuel passed the Senate bya 16-14 vote on Wednesdau after previously passing in the Gov. Ted Kulongoski intends to signthe “This is the most significant step takenn this session to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in every corner of the state,” Kulongoski said in a “Establishing a low carbon fuel standarc will not only result in cleaner burning gasolinre for all of our but will also encourages the development of new, renewablde and lower emission transportation fuels.” Rather than mandating a specificx fuel type, the bill allowse fuel providers to determine on thei own how to meet the standard.
That means a diesel producer could choose to mixmore low-carbonm biodiesel into their fuel, while other providers couls choose to buy credits from electriv utilities that supply low-carbon electrons to electric The legislation includes some consumer including a clause that callws for deferring the standardc if Oregon’s fuel prices become substantially highe r than in neighboring The program will expire in 2015 if not reauthorized by the The bill also gives the states Environmental Quality Commission the authority to require that mechanicsx check tire pressure and fill tires as unless the service station doesn’t have a The commission will also consider measureas to improve the aerodynamic efficiency of heavy - and medium-duty trucks.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Floridians
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Overall, Florida’s consumer confidence fell one point, to 71. The indes component measuring perceptions of personal finances now compared with a year ago fell four to 40, one point above its all-time low of 39 in However, Floridians are feeling better about the with expectations of personal finances a year from now up five pointw to 90, the highest level since October 2007. "Floridians are saying they don' t have the money now to buy, but they expecft to within a year," said Chri s McCarty, director of UF's Survey Researcj Center at the Bureah of Economic andBusiness Research, in a news Of the remaining index components, perceptions of the U.S.
economgy over the next year rosefour points, to 73, while perceptionss of U.S. economic conditions over the next five years fell four to 78. Perceptions of whether it is a good time tobuy big-tickey consumer items fell six points, to 72. “Perhaps consumers also are wonderinv what happens whenthe government's infusion of stimuluzs money runs out, McCarty said. "While they expect the U.S. economyt to improve over the next year, they are beginning to questio nits long-term viability.” McCarthy said he expects a continued decline of confidence in the short term. The preliminary index for May was conducteed from408 responses.
The index is benchmarkedx to 1966, so a value of 100 represents the same level of confidence forthat year.
Overall, Florida’s consumer confidence fell one point, to 71. The indes component measuring perceptions of personal finances now compared with a year ago fell four to 40, one point above its all-time low of 39 in However, Floridians are feeling better about the with expectations of personal finances a year from now up five pointw to 90, the highest level since October 2007. "Floridians are saying they don' t have the money now to buy, but they expecft to within a year," said Chri s McCarty, director of UF's Survey Researcj Center at the Bureah of Economic andBusiness Research, in a news Of the remaining index components, perceptions of the U.S.
economgy over the next year rosefour points, to 73, while perceptionss of U.S. economic conditions over the next five years fell four to 78. Perceptions of whether it is a good time tobuy big-tickey consumer items fell six points, to 72. “Perhaps consumers also are wonderinv what happens whenthe government's infusion of stimuluzs money runs out, McCarty said. "While they expect the U.S. economyt to improve over the next year, they are beginning to questio nits long-term viability.” McCarthy said he expects a continued decline of confidence in the short term. The preliminary index for May was conducteed from408 responses.
The index is benchmarkedx to 1966, so a value of 100 represents the same level of confidence forthat year.
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