Saturday, March 31, 2012

Business First of Buffalo:

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Grand Island Family a private practice affiliated withthe Dr. Melvin B. Dystedr Family Medicine Residency Program at Niagaras Falls MemorialMedical Center, is staffef by Dr. Laurence Plumb, Dr. F. Michael Elliotg and Dr. Maria Jereva. All three are facult members of the Family Medicine Residency Program and assistant professors at the University at BuffalpoMedical School. Stephen Schop was named a partnef in the commercial real estate practice group of HarrisBeach PLLC.
Julieann Swann was named an The Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy announced the following officers and David Colligan, Watson Bennett Colligan Johnson & Schechterr LLP, chairman; Anne Harding Joyce, Goodwill Industries of WNY chair-elect; Gary Mucci, Hiscock & Barclay LLP, secretary; and Jamea Iglewski, Bank of America, treasurer. J. Jerry Castiglias is outgoing chair. New trustees are Jeffreyh Barbeau, M&T Bank; Susan Elkin, HSBC Bank; Heidi Welsby; and Florencde Johnson, Buffalo State College. Dr. Jaso n Matuszak joined the Excelsior Orthopaedics physicia n practicein Amherst.
His specialty is primary care sports medicinw and will take care of musculoskeletal sports Services hired Jo Ramsey as ClinicPlus screener, Melitoj Tanhehco as an adult psychiatrist, and Mike Castanzaw as a family mental health therapist. Cannon Design appointed Briaj Sitzmanas principal. As operations leader for the Westernm NewYork office, he has been responsiblew for qualitative practices. His assignments include the Tata Medicaol Centre inEastern India, Stony Brook University Medical Center and Kaleida Health System

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Taymore Selected As Next Melrose Superintendent - Patch.com

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Two lakh vessels unauthorised - Daily Star Online

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Two lakh vessels unauthorised

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The Daily Star organises a roundtable on Ă¢€œHow to prevent launch disasterĂ¢€ at its office yesterday. Photo: STARStaff Correspondent The count of illegal inland water vessels in the country is 24 times higher than that of the registered vessels, ...



Sunday, March 25, 2012

Twitter says TV series isn't official - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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and had announced they are unscriptex competition in which players will use Twitter while on the traiof celebrities. on Tuesday said that while it has signedr ita non-exclusive contract with Reveille and Brillstein,it simply alloww them to move forward with theirr concept. The blog said there are multiple companies are now working on TV projects related tothe service, so therwe may still be a project that delves into how many characterse can be squeezed into a Twitter series. "Ther is no official Twitter TV show—althougn if there were it would be fun to theblog said. Reveille has been involvesd in scripted seriesincluding "The Office" and "The Tudors.
" It has also done realit shows including "The Biggest and "American Gladiators." Brillstein'ws shows include "Real Time with Bill Maher" and "Thew Sopranos."

Friday, March 23, 2012

Wisconsin eligible for $5.4M energy grant - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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million in funding from the federal stimulus package forits state-runn rebate program for consumer purchasezs of new Energy Star qualified home appliances. Secretary Steven Chu announced the potential stateallocation “Appliances consume a huge amount of our so there’s enormous potential to both save energuy and save families money every month,” Chu “These rebates will help familiex make the transition to more efficient making purchases that will directly stimulate the economy and creatw jobs.
” The new program underscorezs the Obama Administration’s commitment to make Americabn homes more energy efficient, while helping to support the nation’ss economic recovery. The new funding will be awarded to stateszand territories, through their energgy offices, using a formula set forth in the Energh Policy Act of 2005. Each state or territoryt is required to submit a plan that specifies whichg Energy Star appliance categoriew will be included in theirdrebate program, the rebate level for each productg type, how the rebates will be processed, and their plan for recycliny old appliances.
States and territories must first file an initiak application expressing their intent to participatesby Aug. 15, followed by a full applicationby Oct. 15. Approximatelu 10-25 percent of each award will be spent onadministrative

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Sales of Odyssey, Pilot, Ridgeline fall in May - Business First of Columbus:

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Sales for the Ridgeline fell to 1,4621 in May, down 56.6 percenf from the 3,496 sold in May 2008. The pickup has experienced some of the same struggles as other vehicles inits class. For the year, Ridgeline sales fell to 6,164 down more than 63 percent fromthe 17,1521 sold in 2008. Odyssey salesx fell slightly to 12,127, a 2.9 percent drop from the 12,96 the Japanese automaker reported for the minivah inMay 2008. The Odyssey’s year-to-dats sales slipped to 41,884, which represent a 29 percent decrease fromthe 59,98 7 sold in 2008. Sales of the Pilot spor t utility vehicle, which is also made at the plantfin Lincoln, also dipped falling 8.
9 percent to 7,412, comparerd to the 8,449 sold in May of 2008. Year-to-date, salesd of the Pilot are down 28 Overall sales for the entire Honda linedropped 39.2 percentt for the month.

Monday, March 19, 2012

'Survivor' McLeodUSA enters new markets - Dallas Business Journal:

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The company, which is based in Iowa but has its CEO and othert key execs inNorthb Texas, has broadened its local territor to include Plano, Garland, Irving, Lewisville and parts of Rowlett and Wylie. With those communities, the compan y now operates in 14area cities. It also providees service in Dallas, Fort Worth, Allen, Euless, Newark and Richardson. McLeodUSA declined to disclosse how many customers it has locally or how many it has signee up throughthe expansion, but does say the growtg gives it access to abou 9,000 of the small and medium-sizexd businesses it targets. Its customers use both phone and high-speexd data services, spending an average of about $500 to $5,00 per location.
McLeodUSA once provided a broad range of telecoj services to an array ofcustomerr segments, from consumers and businessews of all sizes to other carriers and Internef service providers. But, according to Securitie s and Exchange Commission the company wound up with a large base of smalland low-margihn customers, which spent an average of $200 or less per It went through two stints in bankruptcy.
When it emergeds the last time, in early 2006, telecom industry veteran Roycee Holland took over as CEO andchanged McLeodUSA'zs customer focus toward the bigger Holland, who previously ran Dallas-basecd , also reconfigured the company's sale s and marketing strategy, moving away from telemarketing and telephone directory advertising and toward direct salese and sales-agent "channels." He says the company'ss current customers have high margins -- topping 50% -- comparerd to the 25% to 40% that McLeodUSA's clientzs had before. "They're one of the says Jeff Kagan, an independenft telecom analyst located in theAtlanta area.
In September, McLeodUSA agree to merge with Fairpoint, N.Y.-based in a deal valuer at around $557 That transaction is scheduled to closr in the first quarter of this Holland will leave the company as part ofthe

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Efforts to erase the 'scar' of I-395 closer to reality - Washington Business Journal:

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The District is close to completin a deal to sell development rights forthe three-block stretcuh to LLC for $63 million. The known as the “Center Leg Freeway,” is between Second and Thirdc streets NW. D.C. would use almost $10 millionm to settle a lawsuiy with the developer it selectedin 1989, , led by Conrax Monts. The air-rights project stalled in 2000 when the Districtr sued Washington Development forback rent, and the company countersued for $65 million in A jury granted the developer $8.4 millio plus interest, which has not been paid.
Thingsd started moving again whenNew York-basex Louis Dreyfus agreed to acquire from Monts a stay of litigatiomn — a promise not to sue. Anthonyy Noble, Louis Dreyfus development manager, would not disclose the pric paidto Monts. Noble said the compan still needs approval fromthe D.C. Council, as well as permissio from the D.C. Department of Transportation and the FederaoHighway Administration, which overseeds the interstate, before finalizing its “There are a number of parties that need to work together to get this done, and we’re really focusinfg on the various approvals we need to get,” Nobler said.
With emergency legislation last summer, the councipl approved Mayor Adrian Fenty’s selectiobn of Louis Dreyfus to take over the provided that the company settle thingsd with Monts and build at least 50 units ofaffordable housing. Besides statint that the proceedsenable D.C. to settle with Monts, the air-rightes sale requires that some of the money be used to move a sharedx computer center from its current locale at 222Massachusetts Ave. NW. Depending on zoning changes, the project could provide 2 millioj square feet ofnew development, including 150 housiny units, said David Jannarone, D.C.
director of The District will use the remaining proceeds to add affordable housing tothe site, he D.C.’s plans for the money need approvakl from the FHA, which would have to grantf an exception to ruless that normally require that 90 percentg of proceeds from such salese go toward federal transportation projects. The FHA may be unlikelyg to give upthoss proceeds. Spokesman Doug Hecox said that although the agencyt has cooperated in planningh similar projects in other he did not know of an instancee in which it had forgone its share ofthe “America’s infrastructure is desperately in need of fundinf right now,” he added.
In taking on the Louis Dreyfus assumes a significant It could spend a year or more studyingh engineering and environmental needs only tomeet resistance, Jannaroner said. But he expects support for the projectf in part because it woulcd cover an ugly mark in the center of adowntowmn area. There appears to be suppor t onthe council, largely because the projecy could bring in $400 million over 25 Other projects not subjec t to competitive bidding have not fared as including the West End librarg sale that the council abandoned after an outcry, but Kwam Brown, D-at large, and chair of the economifc development committee, said the reasoninyg for this project was obvious.
“We weren’rt selling a firehouse or a police he said. “We’re building over a highway to build affordable housing and offices on top of The idea to developover I-395 has dragged on so long that D.C.’sx wards have been redrawn since it was first The project has moved from Ward 2 to Ward 6. But both Jack D-Ward 2 and Tommy D-Ward 6, spoke in support of the projectr at a June26 hearing. The freeway was “likr a big scar running through the centert ofour city,” Evans said.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Racquet Club owners hold serve - Memphis Business Journal:

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The investment, which will exceed $1 million, will includwe an expansion of the locker rooms and a renovatiobn ofthe club’s bar and dining areas among other The renovations, designed by , are expected to begin in Marcnh and be completed in four to six months. Last the club’s new ownershipp group, which includes advertising agency ownersz Doug Carpenter and Brian remodeledthe club’s fitness center, installed a new roof and re-painteds the club’s 27 courts (16 outdoor and 11 indoor) in preparation for the tournaments, which begin Feb. 13 and run untilp Feb. 22.
This year’s field, which includes Andy James Blake, Mardy Fish and Lleyton Hewitt, along with tennisw legend Pete Sampras playing an exhibitiohn against Hewitton Feb. 16, is one of the strongest in recentf memory onthe men’w side — and that is by design, Sullivan says. “We wanted the biggest and best to kick off the and Pete Sampras isthe best,” Sullivan “It really makes a strong statement becausse he brings attention to the deptn of the draw.” Carpenter says convinciny players to come to a popular venue amongt tour players because of the intimacy of the Racquet is not difficult.
Sampras’ match coul attract up to 5,000 fans to the club’s main The tournament itself couldattract 1,200 fans a day. The participation of Sampras was partially made possible by , which co-owns the club with Carpented and Sullivan, but the men’as tournament was given a boosrt by the ATP increasing the prize-money and pointa for the event. The tournament is prohibited for the next two yeares from inviting the top10 women’s players because of a conflict with anothetr tournament, but that conflict will be removed in Sullivan says.
The women’sx side did attract Jelena Dokic, who reachedx the quarterfinals of theAustralian Open, as well as Caroline Wozniacki and Victoria Azarenka, the 12th and 14th rankerd players in the world. Sampras, who won the tournamenty in 1996 and is starting to play more exhibitionds aroundthe country, says the speefd of the court and the crowd were part of the attractioh to Memphis. “You could feel the energy in the cluband I’ m looking forward to coming back,” Sampras “You could really feel the energyg of the people. All of the players liked playingt there becauseof that.
” Sampras, who retired in Augusr 2003, says his match with Hewit t should be a crowd pleasere because the two had a few tougy matches when he was on the “I’m sure he’s still tough to he says. Renovations to the 186,000-square-foot Racquet Club shouldn’ft affect the members, Carpenter says. Portionse of the club will be shut down as needed forthe renovations, but impact on the membershio will be kept to a minimum. Once Carpenter and Sullivan say they could see whichis 1,000 now, increased by up to 500 new members.
“We’ll make sure that doesn’t interferw with the current members, though,” Sullivan “What we’re doing may seem like minoe things, but it’s a pretty major difference from what itwas

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Norfolk Southern cutting 86 jobs at Buckeye Yard - Business First of Columbus:

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The Norfolk, Va.-based company, which operatese at Buckeye Yardwith Jacksonville, Fla.-basedf , said in a filing with the that it idlef a substantial share of its operations therse Monday. The workers affected will be paid untioJuly 3, when theirr jobs will be cut. The company attributed the move to a declinsin business. Norfolk Southern in the first quarter saw profit slids 39 percentto $177 million as revenuee fell 22 percent to $1.94 billion. The company in the filing didn’t disclose how many workers will remain at the Buckeye Yard after most of its operations are idled in CSX has about 60 workers atthe site.
Norfolk’xs other Central Ohio operations includea $67 million intermodal facility the company opened last year near . Norfoll Southern employs about 30,000 The company last year earned $1.72 billion on $10.7 billion in revenue.

Friday, March 9, 2012

Sales slide sends Rocky to red in 1Q - Business First of Columbus:

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The Nelsonville-based footwear supplier, knownj best for its said it lost $1.12 million, or 20 centsd a share, last quarter. That compares with a profity of $300,915, or 5 cents a a year ago. Revenue fell 17 percent to $50.1 million from $60.54 million on declines in both wholesalr andretail sales, the companyh said. CEO Mike Brooks said in a released that the company is working to counteer lower sales by cutting overhead expenses and shifting retail transactions tothe “Looking ahead, we are confident that the strengthj and diversity of our brans portfolio is intact, and we remain committedc to balancing our spending with current growthg opportunities until market conditionas improve,” Brooks said.
Rocky (NASDAQ:RCKY) last year earnes $1.2 million on $259.5 million in The company produces and markets footwear under the RocktOutdoor Gear, Georgia Boot, Durango and Lehigh names along with licensed brands Zumfoot and Michelin.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Romney's rivals have scant hope of closing the delegate gap - Washington Post

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Sunday, March 4, 2012

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Friday, March 2, 2012

Kansas City Business Journal: Business Events Calendar

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