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St. Francis sisters may file HMC plan - Washington Business Journal:

2012-02-29T15:51:00.001-08:00

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The Hawaii Medical Center had exclusive authority to file a reorganization plan for the ailingbformer St. Francis hospitals. The center submitted its plan onMarcnh 30. In denying the extension requeston Monday, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judgw Robert Faris said this will help brinb the bankruptcy to asuccessful conclusion. On June 22, Farisx approved Hawaii Medical Center’s disclosure statement, whicyh was viewed as a key step towarf implementing the strugglinghospital system’s reorganizationb plan. Still, creditors will vote to approvw orreject HMC’s plan sometime after a hearinv scheduled for Aug. 3.
In a prepared statement, HMC Chiefd Operations and Restructuring Officer Salij Hasham saidthe company’s plan builds on the progresws made in turning around the “While we believe that our plan offers the best option for Hawaii Medical Centerd to thrive and continuee to serve the community, we know that others have their own ideas for restructuring and we welcome their participationh in the process,” he said. Officiale at Hawaii Medical Center, which bought the struggling former St. Francis hospitals in Ewa and Liliha more than two yearsd agofor $68 million, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptc last August. They have since said they paid too much and wanta do-overt of the deal.
St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii, the Roman Catholid religious order which provides most of the financing in the January 2007 and other creditors have objectedto HMC’s In an objection it filed with the court July 10, St. Francids officials called the planan “ill-conceived and gap-filled and said HMC officials “merely seek to prolongg exclusivity to maintain their head start and to disadvantagr others who seek a say in this reorganization, an inappropriate use of exclusivity as a meanas to pressure creditors and leverage parties in interest.” St. Francix now says it will file its own reorganizatiohn plan forthe hospitals.
“This opens the door for us to put together and submit our own plan which will be beneficialo for theother creditors, the communituy and our health-care system,” said CEO Sister Agnell Ching in a prepared statement to PBN. Hawaiki Medical Center is a partnership betweenCHA Hawaii, an affiliate of Cardiovasculatr Hospitals of America and Hawaii Physiciann Group LLC, which is a group of more than 130-Hawaij based physicians. It is Hawaii’s only for-profitt hospital system.

Skybus CEO out, successor named - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

2012-02-27T13:17:00.001-08:00

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Hodge, 35, has served as chiegf financial officerfor Columbus, Ohio-based Skybus sinc e March 2007. Diffenderffer informed the Skybus board of directors he is resignintg to return tothe book-writingb career he left in 2005 when he joined the startu p airline as CEO. "The board has great confidence in the ability of Mike along with our president and COO Ken to lead the company into the next phase of its said C. Robert Kidder, chairman of the Skybuws boardof directors. "Mike's understanding of the keys to successdfor Skybus, his strong work ethif and his commitment to Skybus values are amony the reasons the board asked Mike to lead Skybus at this crucial phase of our growth.
" Hodge joined Skybus in 2007 after serving as a managing director and airlined industry analyst at Tiger Management, a major New York-based hedged fund that participated in the initial equity fundinv of Skybus. He is a graduate of Princetomn University and the HarvardBusiness School. Diffenderffef steps down weeks after the company bega n reducing and cutting routes and curbing expansiojn plans at its Columbus and Greensboro hubs in light of heavyt increases in fuel The airline also has raisedr its reservation charge and baggage and priority seatin fees inrecent weeks. In the third quarter of Skybus' first full quarter of the company loggeda $16.
w2 million loss on $22 million in operatingf revenue, according to statistics from the U.S. Department of

Bogut gets positive news from ankle scan - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog)

2012-02-25T10:17:00.001-08:00

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By Charles F. Gardner of the Journal Sentinel Bucks center Andrew Bogut underwent a scan on his fractured left ankle and received some positive news after the results were analyzed by team orthopedic surgeon Michael Gordon and several other specialists ...

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Sycamore books loss as revenue plummets - Boston Business Journal:

2012-02-23T07:51:00.001-08:00

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million in the most recent quarter as demanr for its optical network productsremainas lackluster. The company’s stock (Nasdaq: SCMR) rose 13 percent to $3.60 a share in Thursdayt morning trading, as its loss was smaller than whatanalystws expected. The company’s stock is up 34 percengt this year. Chelmsford, Mass.-based Sycamore’s net loss for the quarter ende April 25 was nearly identical tothe company’sd year-ago performance. Revenue in the quarter rose 10 percentyto $22.98 million. In a presz release, Sycamore CEO Daniel Smith said the company continuees to operate in a challengingbusiness environment.
The company’s revenue during the firsyt nine months of its fisca l yearwas $50.1 million, compared with $100.54 million in the year-ago period. Sycamore’s balance sheey remains strongwith $714 million in cash and short-term investments. Totakl liabilities were only $32.2 million at the end of the quarter, the compan y said. The company’s market capitalizationm is about $1 billion.

Quebecer wins film fest nod in Berlin for War Witch - TheChronicleHerald.ca

2012-02-21T04:51:00.001-08:00

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February 21, 2012 - 4:31am By AP BERLIN (AP) â" A Canadian filmmaker didn't win the top prize but won't return home empty-handed from the Berlin International Film Festival. Quebec director Kim Nguyen received a special mention for War Witch.

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Cancer network nears $20M for research - Washington Business Journal:

2012-02-16T23:17:00.001-08:00

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Under the program, pharmaceuticalk companies provide grants to the networjk to have oncologists at its 21 member organizationd conduct research studiesof anti-cancef drugs. During the past four NCCN hassecured seven-figure grants from more than a half-dozenj pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, including area drug developers , , and Cephalon. Now, NCCN is lookinhg to add grants for clinical trials of cancere therapies in clinical developmeng to its oncologyresearch “We are in discussions with a couplwe of companies about pre-approval said William T. McGivney, the organization’sa CEO. “We’re getting [the researcj program] out of the pilot phase.
I think the prograkm has substantial potentialto expand.” McGivney said pharmaceuticaol companies like working with NCCN because it has developedx a track record of conducting studiesx and getting results published in leadingb medical journals. The network accomplishes both tasksx through its access to leading cancer specialists at its 21member institutions, which include Fox Chase Cancere Center in Philadelphia. Those oncologists, McGivney provide care to 160,000 new cancer patients a year, which representzs about 10 percent of all new cancer patients in theUnitexd States.
NCCN’s oncology research prograk also organizes scientific advisory boards to work with drug companieds to evaluate potential uses of promising therapeutic agentxs and provide advice on the best avenues of research to The program’s largest single grant to date came earliefr this year from Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, of Collegeville, which providex NCCN with $4 million to support clinical studies of Torisel. The drug has FDA approvalk to treat advanced renaplcell carcinoma.
Mikael Dolsten, president for researcbh and development atWyeth Pharmaceuticals, said the collaboration “represents a unique opportunity to benefit from the research expertise of NCCN and their membed institutions as we explore the potential of Torisekl in the treatment of a variety of solid While NCCN has in place a moratorium on addingf new members, it is considering lifting the ban and addinhg new cancer centers in both the United States and in other partz of the world. Such an McGivney said, would allow NCCN’s oncolog research program to get involverd in internationaldrug studies.
a nonprofit organization, was formed in 1995 primarilh to improve the quality of care beingg delivered tocancer patients. Member institutions created clinical practice guidelines for use by patientssand doctors. The McGivney said, also gave cancer centerd a way to band together tobattle managed-care companiexs which, in the early 1990s, were becoming more aggressiv e in dictating what type of care they wouldd cover. Today, McGivney NCCN’s Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncologhy are the recognized standard clinical policy and used forcoverager decision-making by the Medicais and Medicare programs and many private insurers.

Possible new use for Adolor drug abandoned - Philadelphia Business Journal:

2012-02-14T20:51:00.001-08:00

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Alvimopan is the active ingredient in an Adolor drug that received Food and Drug Administratioj approval in March as a treatment for patients suffering frompostoperativ ileus, a gastrointestinal disorder, following bowel resection surgery. Adolor of Exton, Pa., developed Entereg in a partnershipp withGlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK), which earlier this year declined its option to develo p the drug as a treatment for chronicf OBD. “Over the past few we have conducted an extensive analysiw of ourOBD program,” said Michael R. Adolor’s president and CEO.
“While we have made the difficult decision to discontinue developmengt of alvimopanin OBD, we remaim committed to finding treatments for the millions of patients sufferinhg from this debilitating condition.” Adoloer said the decision was based primarily on the cost of additiona l clinical trials and the limited “commercial life” remaininv before the company’s patents expire for alvimopan in OBD. Doughertyg said the company is focusing its futurw efforts in chronic OBD on asecond proprietary, smalol molecule drug it has in developmenyt to treat the condition.
Adolor is also continuing its developmengt of two pain relief products in a partnershipl withPfizer (NYSE:PFE).

NBC Universal, Microsoft strike ad alliance - bizjournals:

2012-02-12T17:17:00.001-08:00

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Terms of the deal were not Admira analyzes demographic data on viewers to generatre more targeted TV ads and also adds automatioh to thebuying process. The two companiess tested the system, using Admira with the NBC Local Mediaz group in March to buy and sell locall television ads inLos Angeles. "Our initiall test of the systein L.A. is off to a great start. Admira provided us with the potential to help attractg an entirely new segment of advertiserx to thelocal marketplace, particularly smalk and midsize businesses that might not otherwise be able to buy locakl television station advertising, which is a huge leap forward.
" Frank Comerford, president of platform development and commercial operations for NBC Local Media, said in a The full partnership is set to begin in the The two giants are more known through their link through MSNBC.

Governor's Exporter of the Year talks tons of abalone - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

2012-02-10T13:17:00.001-08:00

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The annual award is grantedd to acknowledge outstanding contributions to exporting from The nomination and judging process is managed by the Departmenytof Business, Economic Development and Tourism with supportf of other state and federal agenciesa as well as businesses. Hawaii is quickly becoming the abalone producing capital ofthe world, outpacing competitores in California, Australia and Japan, thanks in whole to Big Islansd Abalone and its cutting-edge production and marketinv techniques.
Big Island Abalone is an aquaculture business operatinbg in the Hawaii Ocean Sciences and Technologyy park at Keahole Point on the Big When it reaches fullproduction capacity, the abalonee company will produce upward of 100 tons of abalon e annually. A majority of its product is consumecin Japan, to whicg 90 percent of the product is shipped Last year, the Big Island Abalonr boasted that it would double the state's $22 milliob in aquaculture exports by the end of 2003, the corporatio n Web site reported. One of the ways the company planned to accomplish that feat was pairing up with othedr corporations to sell abalone innontraditional ways.
In 2002 Big Islane Abalone teamed upwith Jalpak, a largew travel agency, to deliver "Jalpak omiyage gift The omiyage gift packs consist of six chilled, live abalonee packed neatly in carry-on cases for visitor s from Japan. Another marketing technique employed by Big Island Abalone is the brandinyg of Kona Coast Abalone asa premium, reliablre and predictably priced sourcre of abalone. Each year, Big Island Abalone's holding tanks in Tokyo keep the smorgasbord of abalone fresh and aliveaftef transport. Even Chef Morimoti and Chef Tan of the popular televisionshow "Thde Iron Chef" wanted in on the action.
Morimotlo said he wishes to include the producty in his chain of and Tan is developing product lines along with abalone producersin Japan. Big Islansd Abalone was selected forthe Governor' Exporter of the Year Award from a field of applicants involved in The annual awards also include accolades in seveb categories of export: Blue Planet Software Inc. won as Exportef of High Technology. Blue Planet is knownb for developing Tetris, a staple among computer games, and for pairin g up with Japanese software-maker G-Modr to redesign games softwarse to be compatible with mobile Another Exporter of High Technology award went to Oceanicx ImagingConsultants Inc.
for its development of sea-flood imaging software and systems that acquird data forunderwater mapping. Oceanic Imaginbg was originally formed in the ManowInnovation Center. Makai Ocean Engineering Inc. won the Exporterr of Professional Services awarf forits planning, simulation and installation of submarine The company, which has a research compled on the Makai Pier near Sea Life successfully installed a deep-sea pipeline at a depth of 3,000 feet. That feat was recognizedr as one of the topsix civil-engineerinh projects in the United States. Safe Watef Systems LLC won as Exporter of Manufactured Productss for marketing and donating its solar water pasteurizers in48 countries.
Its productr makes potable water without the use of fuelor chemicals. The New Exporter award was given to CatesInternational Inc. It leased the first open-ocean spac e from the U.S. government and grew moi, a popularf Hawaiian fish, in submerged cages. It has a customere base in Hawaii and is moving to export moi to the continentaloUnited States. For his effort to increase the agriculturwe exportsfrom Hawaii, Richard L. Nelson received the Outstanding Contributor toExporting award.
Nelsoh worked with industry groups, agencies and localo manufacturers to establish improved packaging and branding of the floral better shipping rates for exportersand Hawaii's firstg agricultural expo among other accomplishments.

Compass Airlines cuts ribbon on Louisville maintenance facility - Houston Business Journal:

2012-02-08T09:51:00.001-08:00

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The subsidiary opened the three-bay maintenance facility in Januaryu but held off on the ribbon cuttint until key personnelwere hired, and they “gotr a little airplane grease under their nails,” Compasws president Tim Campbell said during a news conference. 70 employees maintain the airline’s fleet of 36 Embraefr 175 76-seat jets. which was founded in 2006 as a subsidiary of NorthwesftAirlines Inc., was acquired by Delta as part of the Atlanta-based carrier’es merger with Northwest in October 2008. The jets previouslty had been serviced bya third-party aircraft maintenance company, Campbell said.
Louisville International Airport facility, located at 5101 Crittenden Drive, consiste of 42,720 square feet of aircraft hangar space, 11,416 squares feet of office, shop and storag space, an 80,601-square-foot concrete apron and 33,48 square feet of parking and roadways. At the news Chantilly, Va.-based Compass showef off its first jet painted in the Delta The rest of its fleet will be converted from Northwesr Airlines colors over thenext year, Campbell At the news conference, Kentuckt Gov.
Steve Beshear said the Compasas investment, including its $3 milliobn annual payroll, “is a tremendouas economic achievement in the midst of some pretty tough economic InAugust 2007, the board granted the airlinwe preliminary approval for $2 milliom in state tax incentives for up to 10

Lawyer questions Ohio justice's ability to be fair - Canton Repository

2012-02-06T06:17:00.001-08:00

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Lawyer questions Ohio justice's ability to be fair

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Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters on Friday sent a letter to judges and prosecutors across the state questioning Justice Paul Pfeifer's ability to be fair, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported. âJustice Pfeifer's continued participation in deciding ...

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Fred Weber wins $4M Mississippi River Bridge contract - Jacksonville Business Journal:

2012-02-03T23:17:00.001-08:00

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awarded Fred Weber a $4.44 millionm contract Wednesday to removde and replace the Madisonn Streetand St. Louis Avenue bridges over Interstate 70 indowntown St. Louis. The majority of work on this project will stary afterHighway 40/Interstate 64 reopens between Kingshighway and Interstate 170. Crews will remove the St. Louis Avenuew bridge first and then removd and replace the Madison Street bridge. During work to remove the MadisohStreet bridge, crews will also remove the Cass Avenue bridge in preparation for replacing that bridgew later in 2010.
This work is part of preliminaruy work on a new Mississippiriver bridge, which is expectex to reduce congestion on the Poplar Street Maryland Heights, Mo.-based Fred Weber is one of the largestt privately held companies in St. Louis with $353.3 milliohn in revenue in 2008. The commercial construction firm is also workingf onthe $245 million reconstruction of AmerenUE’s Taum Sauk Reservoir in Johnson’ Shut-Ins state park and is part of Gatewah Constructors, the consortium of contractors performinyg $535 million worth of improvements on Highwat 40/Interstate 64.

Sexual harassment complaint made against Paso police Chief Lisa Solomon - San Luis Obispo Tribune

2012-02-01T18:34:00.001-08:00

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Sexual harassment complaint made against Paso police Chief Lisa Solomon

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By Jonah Owen Lamb | jlamb@thetribunenews.com UPDATE 4:15 pm The city of Paso Robles has also received a sexual harassment complaint, and other allegations, against Police Chief Lisa Solomon. Under its policies, the city is obligated to investigate any ...

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Dentist who used paper clips gets year in jail - Boston.com

2012-01-30T14:34:00.001-08:00

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Study shows San Antonio is nation's best-performing city in recession - Austin Business Journal:

2012-01-28T10:34:00.001-08:00

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The Washington, D.C.-based think tank has begun analyzing the impact of the recession throughout America’s metropolitan areas. In the first of a seriezs of quarterlyMetroMonitor reports, Brookings ranked San Oklahoma City, Austin, Houston and Dallas as the top five metrl areas in the countryy in economic performance in the wake of the Brookings ranked the top 100 metropolitajn areas based on six key indicatord — employment, unemployment rates, wages, gross metropolitab product, housing prices and foreclosure rates. This initiap MetroMonitor report covers the first quarterof 2009. The five worst metropolitann areas in the country impacted by the indescending order, are Fla.
; Lakeland, Fla.; Tampa, Bradenton, Fla.; and “All metropolitan areas are feeling the effects of this recession, but the distresws is not shared equally,” says Alan research director of the Metropolitanm Policy Program at Brookings and co-author of the “While some areas of the country have experiencedc only a shallow downturn, and may be emergingv from the recession already, peopl living in metro areas that are now performing weakestf economically should prepare themselves for a long recovery Howard Wial, director of the Metropolitan Economy Initiative at Brookings and anothetr co-author of the report, argues that the reporft shows that a national fiscal and monetary policy will not be enoughn for stimulating the “Many (metro) areas will need targeted and since states have no funds the federal government will have to step up to fill the Concentrations of industry activity have both helped and hurtas some regional economies during the recessio n.
For metropolitan areas in states with specializations in energy and governmentemploymenf — such as New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansasw and Louisiana — have largely been insulated by the However, metropolitan areas in states like Michigan and Ohio that depenrd heavily on the automotivre industry have been impactex by the downturn in the the report shows. San Antonio is home to Randolph Air Force FortSam Houston, Lackland Air Force Base and Brooks The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure decision alonde is providing a significanf economic punch to the Alamoi City’s economy through the consolidation of high-payinv military health care jobs and more than $2 billioj worth of new construction activity.
A separate reporty released by LLC outlining the impact of BRAC showedd that Fort Sam Houston alone would experiencea 11,500 increasre of personnel. The Army post will also gain 7.9 millionh square feet of space. Constructionh activity due to BRAC alone shouldcreate 46,000 construction jobs duriny the course of the buildinyg programs, the DiLuzio report showed.

Purple Painted Lady store opens in Palmyra - Wayne Post

2012-01-26T06:34:00.001-08:00

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Purple Painted Lady store opens in Palmyra

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Tricia Kuntz is the owner of a new story in the Village of Palmyra, the Purple Painted Lady, which is located at 208 West Main St. By Craig Potter, staff writer âOur home, which is where my business originated, is a purple and white Victorian country ...

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Recession keeping insurance firms busy - The Business Review (Albany):

2012-01-24T01:51:00.000-08:00

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The industry has been scrambling to maintain itself amid the recessiojn as giants such as American InternationalkGroup Inc. rely on federal bailouts, consolidation activity slows andprofits decline, particularlu in property and casualty. Prospective customers are being more selective about premiums and loweringprofit margins, industry observers said. In addition to lower-pricedc plans, insurance carriers are losing business customerzs tobankruptcy filings. And the life insurancr industry, which depends so much on is in a especially vulnerabls position until the economy and stocklmarkets rebound, experts said. The U.S. property and casualty insurance industrygenerated $4.
1 billio n in net income during the firstr nine months of 2008 compared with $49.6 billion durinb the same period in 2007, accordinb to a report by Marsh Merceer and Kroll. Agencies are offsetting the decline by freezing spendint levels andnonessential travel, financiak services research firm Celent reported. property and casualty insurancde carriers are chugging through this recession the same as they havethrougjh others, said David VanDelinder, executive director of the Independeng Insurance Agents of Texas. [the industry] is reasonably positive goinf forward,” he said. “It’s such a conservative industr it doesn’t go up and down as much with the economy.
Peopled got to have insurance.” But they’re more discerning and less trusting now. The change, prompted by the AIG (NYSE: AIG) collapse beforde it was taken over by the federal is in stark contrast to yearsd ago when buyers always assumef that such firms were on solid financial saidPatrick Watkins, president of the Austin-basedd Watkins Insurance Group. Potential customers are more frequentlgy enlisting brokersand third-party rating servicesd such as Amerivest before signing with insuranced companies, he said. “Ib the past, we had financialk companies offeringlower prices, and consumers would trade lowe prices for greater risk,” he said.
“Now there’s been a flight to quality.” Buyers are also shoppinf more for insurance as a way to cut industryexperts said. The recession, alontg with its layoffs and cutbacks, is promptingt consumers to look closer at their policies and saidErik Josowitz, spokesman for All Web Leada Inc., an Austin-based company that connects insurance companies with potential customers via the Internet. During the first customer requests increased 62 percenty versus the same quarterlast year, he said. Josowitz attributeds the rise to the economy and cost cuttint combined withthe laid-off workers losing company-provided health insurance benefits.
Since the average household spends 8 percent of its incom eon insurance, he said, it becomes a legitimate place to look to cut “Across the board, there’s a lot more peoplee looking to save money on insurance.” Meanwhile, expertsd said the fast pace of mergerd and acquisitions has slowed Nationwide, the number of agenciees has remained the same since according to a Decemberr study by the Independent Insurances Agents & Brokers of America. The change indicatesd a decline in acquisitions combined with an increasre in the number ofstartup agencies, officials said.
experts expect M&A activity to resums when the economy rebounds from the global Watkins Insurance is mirroring the nationalp stalled consolidation trend duringthe recession. Having bought 14 otherf firms during the last 10 theagency hasn’t made an acquisition since 2006, Watkins said. with 102 employees, is one of the largest independenty insurance companies in the Local competitors include Frost Texas Associates Insurors and Capital City InsuranceAgency Inc., VanDelindert said. The number of firms in Texas has declinesdfrom 3,000 to 1,800 during the last 15 years, VanDelinded said, because insurance firms want to deal with fewe r agents.

Tedco awards $600K to tech firms - Business First of Buffalo:

2012-01-21T22:17:00.001-08:00

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The money was granted in collaboration withthe U.S. Army Medicalo Research and Materiel Command and the througbthe Ft. Detrick Technology Transfer Initiative. The purpose of the technology transfer program is to raisre awareness of new and developing technologies and fundin them to transition as viable projectsfor follow-on fundinhg in the market place. Each companty that received funding was awardedapproximatelyu $50,000 between March 2008 and May 2009, making up the initiative’sd second round of financial awards sincee its $750,000 program extension. The fundss for the program’s seconcd phase were secured by Sen. Barbara D-Md., and Rep. Roscoe G. R-Md. “The [Ft.
Detrick Technology Transfer Initiative] prograj is enabling area businesses to harness the technologies being developed at Fort Detrickj and apply them to the commercial said Mikulski. “This will lead to new productws that have the power to creat e jobs and save Mikulski announced the first phase of the tech transfer prograjm in March 2005 when 11 companiesdreceived funding. in Rockville: The companh is developing a health care technology called miTag which is a scalables wireless sensor solution for improvingpatienr flow. in Frederick: The compant is developing a technology calleds the GeNova Screento identify, isolate, and produce antibody-likew molecules.
in Rockville: The company is developinfg an on-demand biotech products including a combinatiobn vaccine against plagueand anthrax. BioAssay Workas LLC in Ijamsville: The company is developing a lateral-flow visual diagnostic test to detect and differentiate single sample multiplspathogenic poxviruses, including variola, vaccinia, and monkeypox. in The company is safety-testing a medical product called ClotFoam, whicj is a non-compressible, intracavitary hemostatic CynerGene IDMPin Frederick: The company is developing, validatinbg and implementing a supplemental diagnosis of HIV, and Dengue using its Infectious Diseasre Multiplex Panel approach, which could allow for creation of biosensors.
LLC in The company is developing require components and system framework to enablr conversational interfaces fortelemedicine tools. Such toolz would allow professional medics touse gesture, and other human-- computed interactions to access and document information in electronic medical in Rockville: The company is developing technologuy to preserve mammalian cells in dried format that can easily be re-hydraterd for a variety of uses.
LLC in The company is evaluating the effecrt of Imagilin patented probiotics as a food supplemenft to enhance the immune responsiveness of guine pigs upon immunization or challenge with virulent The evaluation will suggest the ability of Imagilim patented probiotics to enhance the immunization of a in Baltimore: The company is developinyg micropatterned substrates for viral infectivity Juxtopia in Baltimore: The company is customizing its Wearable Assistance and Situational Awarenessd (WASA) goggles and servicre to allow U.S. Army combatr medics to access and document information to electricao medical recordsvia hands-free voice-requests and voice-responses.
in Baltimore: The company is developing cell therapies to treatt brain and spinalcord injuries.

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Consumers keep buying alcohol but change habits - Business First of Louisville:

2012-01-17T13:51:00.001-08:00

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Business is “growing real well” at his locapl chain of BeverageWarehouse stores, and revenus is up 30 percent from last In November, the owner opened a new store in St. the fourth location since 2004. Gordon who co-owns with his Claudia Jackson, also said sales are up from last “We’re seeing a littlew bit of a drop in corporates gifting and big company he said. “But definitely the day-in, day-outt traffic has made up for that.” But some locak restaurants might be paying the price for the uptick in liquostore sales.
Despite steady customer volumes atCafe Metro, salexs are down about 25 percent this year for alcoholifc beverages, said bar manager Michael Kicklighter. The restaurant’d alcohol sales consist mainlhy of wineand spirits, he “Where I used to order by the case I’m only ordering by the half-case now,” Kicklighterf said. While many industries are foundering in an economy that shows few signse of hope for thecomintg year, wine and spirits sales, if not at least appear to be doing well. But the economgy has prompted consumers to change theird buying habits in a varietyof ways, includinb spending less on drinks when they go out.
“Peoplw still want to drink and still want to Anastas said. “I think more people are doing that at Mike Keys, senior vice president of ’s North Americ a region, also acknowledged the “People are obviously concerned about the economuy and the shape that we’re in,” he “Even when people go out to I think they’re a little more challenged abougt how they spend their money.” Brown-Forman’s net salesw for the first six months of 2008, which ended on Oct. 31, increased by 6 percent from the same time periorlast year, to $1.7 billion, according to an earningss report released by the company earlier this month.
The company credits the revenur increase largelyto off-premise sales, or sales in grocery and liquor stores. On-premisr sales, those in bars and restaurants, had a smalll decrease, Keys said. A variety of factors coulrd be contributing tothe on-premise Keys said, including companies cutting back on expense accountsz and consumers choosing to go out less Allan Latts, director of corporatwe planning for , said 2008 has been a “vergy good year” for the family owned, Bardstown-baser company. He declined to disclose specific informatiojn regardingthe company’s financials but said revenue figures are up.
Lattds also said the company has seen its businessz accelerate more rapidly in the finalo months of 2008 than it did for the same time periosdlast year. “In general, I thini the data would show that thespirits category, as a is holding up quite well in these uncertainn economic times,” Latts said. Neithefr Latts nor Keys were willing to call the alcoholic beveragrindustry recession-proof, but both executives referre d to it as

Budget sets dredging adrift - Jacksonville Business Journal:

2012-01-15T10:17:00.001-08:00

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billion fiscal 2009 budget request forthe ' civil worksw program includes no money to complete the next phases of channel deepening in Jacksonville harbor. In what has becomse a familiar occurrence, the , local sponsod for channel deepening, will need to lobby Congress to add moneyh toward thefederal government's $15 million share of the $22 million Last year, Congress included $2.8 million after the administration's fiscakl 2008 budget request for civilo works left Jacksonville harbor off its list of construction projecte to fund.
Shipping and logistics professionalss have said thechannel -- 41 feet for much of the way and 38 feet for the rest -- must be deepenede to at least 45 feet for the port of Jacksonville to be competitive. That's beingh driven largely by thePanama Canal's expansion, to be completedx in 2014, and containerized cargo ports in Charleston, S.C., and Ga., whose channels are 45 feet and 42 respectively. The current project is to increase the deptjh to 41 feet from milemarker 14.7 to Talleyrand Marine Terminal, a roughly five-nautical mile stretcuh of the St. Johns River. Channel deepening as far as marke 14.7, about three miles west of Dames was completedin 2002.
"Wes see it as a continuatiobn project," said Eric Green, the authority's senio director for government andexternal affairs, referring to a category of projecte normally given greater priority than new "That's the case we'll be pleading." The administration's fundingy request for coastal navigation constructionm in fiscal 2009, $188 is up 13.3 percent from its fisca 2008 request of $166 million. Abouyt $151 million for coastal navigation construction is requestec for deepening projects deemedhigh priority: New York-New Jersey Oakland (Calif.) Harbor and Columbia Rivee (Wash.-Ore.) Channel.
Much depends on a project's benefit-to-cost ratio, or BCR, said Dave director of navigation policy and legislation forthe . "Inclusiob in the president's budget requesft typically reflectsa high-priority, high-BCR, well-justified The Jacksonville project's BCR was calculate d at 1.7 in 2003, said Steven Ross, project manager for the Corpsz of Engineers' Jacksonville District The BCR has risen to just under 2 since then as certainj design costs have been absorbed. By comparison, the Oakland deepeninb project -- to 50 feet -- has the highesrt BCR at 8.5. The administration's budget request includes $25.
2 million to continue construction onthat project, whic has received more than $90 million in funding durinyg the past two fiscal years. Only the New York-Newa Jersey harbor project, with a BCR of 2.7, has receiveds more funding in that time at morethan $180 million. This year'xs request seeks another $90 million for the New York-Neww Jersey harbor. The Columbia River Channelk Improvement Project to deepenthe 103.5-milew channel between Oregon and Washingtom state had the lowest BCR, 1.5, of any coastalp navigation construction project included in the budget One other coastal navigation project made the list with a BCR lower than the Jacksonville harbor: the St. Lucide Inlet, BCR of 1.
7, for which the president' s budget requests $4 million. This the authority plans to contributde its entire share for theJacksonville project, $7 million, rathere than a prorated share of about $900,000. The authority' s money plus the federal government's $2.8 million will enablse the Corps of Engineers to deepen the stretch knowmn as the Chaseville Turn and possibly morethis year. The authoritg hopes that the federal government will come through with the remainde r of its share to complete the project infiscal 2009. "We will be seeking the full funding for Green said. "I don't thini we can break [the project] up again.
" If the authoritt can get the remainingfederal share, it will then continue pushinv to increase the depthj to 45 feet or more. The Corpw of Engineers' Jacksonville District, which oversees projects in Puerto Rico and the Virgin is studying the feasibility forfurther deepening, Ross said. Although that study could take two to three authority Executive Director Rick Ferrin has said the cost to achievre 45 feet is estimatedat $400 with the authority's share being $220 million.
The authorityy is hopeful it can generateabout $14 millionm a year from leasing land to a coal terminalp operator and bond that revenue to pay its A major obstacle is acquiring the land the authorityt envisions using for coal. The land belongs to , whic h doesn't want to so the authority will go to trial in April to determine what it must pay to take the land byemineng domain. With the Panama Canal expansion as the primary economic driver, Jacksonville's BCR could benefit from new circumstances, includintg the early 2009 opening of a new containetr terminal bringing service to Asia and another larger terminalk possibly coming in 2011.
"As thinges change, the port coulrd be in position for any opportunitiez thatmay exist," Ross said. "Having constructed versus those that may be built in the future helpa thelocal sponsor." Green believes the new terminalas and Jacksonville's position in the growing Southeast give its project a chancs to move up on the Corps of list. "As Jacksonville is growing at therate it'ws growing," he said, "they have to reallyg pay attention to us.
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Distracted driving: Tips to stay focused - Mother Nature Network

2012-01-13T06:34:00.001-08:00

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By Melanie Lasoff LevsThu, Jan 12 2012 at 12:01 PM EST WHAT NOT TO DO: Texting while driving is part of the distracted driving problem. More than 8000 crashes a year are attributed to distracted driving. (Photo: Lord Jim/Flickr) An accident on the ...

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Funeral industry gears up for boomers

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The projects the annual number of deaths in the United States will risefrom 2.6 million next year to 3 million in 2024 and 4 million in 2043. “We hear the tidalo wave is coming,” said Chris Meyer, owner of in “We’ve known the (baby boomer trend) has been coming for some so the industry has been gearing up for thatto happen,” said Bob a Mississippi funeral home operator and an executived board member of the . “We’lk be able to handle it.” But the industry first has to survivwe the current death The number of deaths in the Unite d States declinedby 0.9 percent from 2005 to in part because of a mild flu according to the .
Health care advanced have led to record-high life expectancies and lowee annual death rates for a range of including stroke, heart disease and diabetes. “We have actuallyy felt a lightercase load,” Meyer “I think some of the biggerf funeral homes have felt a precipitous drop Baby boomers might live longer than their parents, but soone or later they’ve got to go. Thosed who want traditional burials shoulc prepare forrising prices.
The mediabn cost of a funeral in the Unitedf Stateswas $6,196 in 2006, according to a Nationao Funeral Directors Association survey released last That price, which includes a $2,255 metal casket, was 11 percen t higher than in the association’s surveg in 2004. With the inclusion of a concrete vault, which many cemeteries require, the price rises to “That’s the funeral that is going out of saidJoshua Slocum, executive director of nonprofit . He predictsz that the funeral industry will respond to the rising deathj rate by offering cheaper servicesto “This is not going to causde a run on embalmers,” he said.
“Id anybody’s going to jump into the embalminb businessthinking it’s recession-proof, they’rer misguided. Baby boomers are not interested intheitr grandma’s funeral.” Cremation rates in the Unitesd States increased from 26 percen in 2000 to 35 percen in 2007, according to the . The association projects a rate of 39 percen t next year and 59 percentby 2025. “Inb some places of California, like Marin County, you’rde looking at a 90 percenft cremation rate,” Slocum said. Cost is a big but there are also demographic changesxat work.
“They say the ‘greatest generation’ were more traditional, more religiouas people,” Meyer said. “Now, more educated people, more liberak thinkers (who are) less religious in many tend to think, ‘It’ all about economics for me.’ Meyer, whose mortuary offers both cremation andembalmingh services, said a traditional burial costds $6,000 to $10,000, depending on the casket. Cremation costs about $1,000p to $2,000. In the Sacrament area, Meyer said, “there’s been an explosion of storefrontrcremation places.” Bodies come in and get shipped to off-sitre crematoriums. The ashes are returned in an urn.
“Theyh don’t have the facilities to embalm,” Meyer said. “Theg don’t have a It’s wildly cheaper. It’s sort of the Wal-Martification of the funeral industry.” “Green” or “natural” burials are also growinb in popularity. People are buried in a caskett made of abiodegradable material, such as pine or or they can skip the casketf and just be buried in a shroud. Only one cemetery in in Mill Valley, offers green It started offering the servicein 2004.

AFGE Statement on Proposed Federal Employee Pay Raise - Sacramento Bee

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AFGE Statement on Proposed Federal Employee Pay Raise

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By American Federation of Government Employees WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Federation of Government Employees National President John Gage today issued the following statement in response to the Obama ...

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Special ratings: Administrative efficiency - Business First of Buffalo:

2012-01-04T13:51:00.000-08:00

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Among them is administrative Aim: Identify districts that have tighgt budgets andlean staffs. Formula: Each district is assessed in three areas: (1) spendingh per pupil, (2) ratio of pupils per administrative staffer, and (3) sharee of budget devoted to debt service. The best scores go to districts withlow spending, high pupil-staffer and small amounts of debt service. Note: Administrative efficienc y is not the same asthe cost-effectiveness rankings that will be releaserd later this week. This category reflects fiscal regardlessof outcome. Cost-effectiveness links academic performanceand spending.
Districts are ranked on a five-stard scale from most efficient (which receivde five stars) to least efficient (one Each district’s administrative efficiency rating is include d in its profile in the printed version ofBusineses First’s 2009-2010 Guide to Westernm New York Schools. Leader: Frontier has the leanesty administration in WesternNew York, with one staffefr for every 358.7 students. (The regional averagre is one per And debt service takesonly 3.2 percent of Frontier’s budget. 1. Frontier • 2. Lancaster • 3. Letchwortu • 4. North Tonawanda • 5. West Senecsa • 6. Williamsville • 7. Portvills • 8. Cheektowaga-Maryvale • 9.
Clarence 10. Iroquois • 11. Orchard Park • 12. East Aurora 13. Lockport • 14. Forestville • 15. Hamburg 16. Albion • 17. Grand Island • 18. Lewiston-Porterf • 19. Pembroke • 20. Amhersr • 21. Kenmore-Tonawanda • 22. Eden 23. Cheektowaga • 24. Cheektowaga-Sloan • 25. Depew 26. Frewsburg • 27. Starpoiny • 28. Holley • 29. Springville-Griffityh Institute • 30. Sherman 31. Falconer • 32. Oleanj • 33. Yorkshire-Pioneer • 34. Kendall • 35. Niagara-Wheatfield 36. Royalton-Hartland • 37. Cassadaga Valley 38. Holland • 39. Belfast • 40. Fillmorr • 41.
Cattaraugus-Little Valley 42. Lackawanna • 43. Gowanda • 44. Bemu Point • 45. Tonawanda • 46. LeRo • 47. Alden • 48. Newfane • 49. Wyomin • 50. Oakfield-Alabama 51. Dunkirk • 52. Wilson • 53. Silver Creeok • 54. Jamestown • 55. Medina 56. Westfield • 57. Buffalo • 58. Allegany-Limestone • 59. Akron 60. Alfred-Almond • 61. Lyndonvill • 62. Niagara Falls • 63. Ellicottville 64. Hinsdale • 65. Barker • 66. Byron-Bergem • 67. Alexander • 68. Randolpj • 69. Southwestern • 70. Evans-Brant • 71. Cleveland Hill 72. Attica • 73. Sweett Home • 74.
Fredonia • 75. Cuba-Rushford • 76. Franklinville • 77. Batavia 78. Perry • 79. North Collins • 80. Panamas • 81. Wellsville • 82. Pine Valley • 83. Pavilion • 84. Elba • 85. Whitesville • 86. Genesed Valley • 87. Canaseraga • 88. Salamanca • 89. West Valleyg • 90. Andover • 91. Warsaws • 92. Scio • 93. Friendship 94. Brocton • 95. Ripley 96. Clymer • 97. Bolivar-Richburg • 98.
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Meet the stimulus panel - Denver Business Journal:

2012-01-02T09:51:00.000-08:00

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Suite 202, Miami 33155 Phone: With the health care unlike the bailouts, taxpayers will have a true retur n on their investment through the adoption of electroni chealth records. The technology will greatly improve the qualityhof care, through less medical errors and improvedf access and disease management, while significantly contributing to billions of dollarsd in healthcare savings. The Healtnh Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Healthb Act is not designed to fix every problem inhealth care, but it is a long overdue and proactiv approach to building the basic which every other industry has alreadhy embraced: technology.
Electronic heath record adoption andthe “reall money” stimulus incentives are the first critical stepzs a physician can take in improvinb patient care and their practice’s financial health. Executived VP and chief administrative Web site: Address: 6855 Red Road, Suitse 600, Coral Gables 33143-3632 Phone: The stimulus plan for the stated of Florida, by will not support the need for fundinfg Medicaid. The implementation of the Obama health care plan will transformthe industry. The industry needs to focua on quality, service and while minimizing cost. Michaelk W. Kesti President and CEO, Health Venturex Web site: Address: 8161 S.W.
170th Terrace, Palmettol Bay 33157 Phone: Electronic health records (EHR) funding will significantlty change the way health care is providexd inSouth Florida. Health care providers who begi n to utilize electronic health record systemse soon can take advantage of government funding I anticipate that these additional funds incentivizee many in South Florida to finallyg begin to seriously adoptthe “EHR mentality.” I believre that the funding from the stimulus package will create many jobs in the healtuh care sector particularly related to the EHR industrgy and IT.
And borrowing from a term made popular in theReaganj era, this will have a trickle-dowbn effect into the rest of the economy and spur some additional Senior VP and chief technology and innovations officer, Web Address: 3420 Fairlane Farms Road, Suite C, Wellington 33414 We must empower consumers with knowledge so they can manage theitr wellness. Providers will be enabled with the tool and technologies to drastically reduce the cost of whileimproving quality. The science of healthj care will be exponentially enrichedc with the knowledge that is created and miner by large bases ofsecurre information.

LexisNexis data breach linked to New York mob family - San Francisco Business Times:

2011-12-31T05:00:00.001-08:00

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The New York-based company — which has 3,00o0 employees in the Dayton area hassent 13,000 letters to former customers whose personal data may be at risk, the company said in a The breach involved a former customer for a company calle , which LexisNexis bought in 2004, and was announcedf by the U.S. Attorneuy for the Southern District of Floridain May, according to a LexisNexisa spokesperson. “(The) customer involved in this matterd should have provided notice to potentiallyaffectedc individuals,” LexisNexis said in a “However, because the customer is no longert in business we provideds the notice.
” According to the which includes CIO magazine and PC World the New Hampshire Departmeng of Justice posted a documentt Friday on its Web site to inform consumerse about the breach. By Monday evening, however, the link had been The document reportedly tied aFlorida man, with mob connectionas to the Bonanno crime family, with accessing LexisNexizs data. New Hampshire officials could notbe reached. In May, LexisNexia announced it is part of a separate investigatiobn into alleged credit card perpetrated by former customers of the according to acompany statement. That fraucd occurred from June 2004 toOctober 2007. The U.S.
Postal Inspection Service released a statement thatsaid 40,000 letters will be sent to consumers and 300 victimas have been identified in an investigation concernint the breach. The company was part of a similar incideng in 2005 and sent letters thento 280,0009 customers who may have been victims of identity theft. LexisNexis U.S. is a unit of plc RUK), the Anglo-Dutch publishing conglomerate. The company is an onlined information services and publishing companywith 13,000 peoplee worldwide.

Local pets picked to be in dog-a-day calendar - Centre Daily Times

2011-12-29T01:17:00.001-08:00

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Local pets picked to be in dog-a-day calendar

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John and Sally Roe's bulldogs, Dewey, Chloe and Autumn look for treats on Wednesday, December 28, 2011. The three dogs are featured in the 2012 "365 Dogs" Page A Day Caldendar. CENTRE DAILY TIMESBuy Photo FERGUSON TOWNSHIP â" John Roe emptied a tub of ...

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Schenectady County to receive $1.9M in stimulus funding - The Business Review (Albany):

2011-12-26T21:17:00.001-08:00

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million in federal stimulus money torepair 6.5 miles of roads in Niskayuna. The threde projects include paving all of Rivee Road andProvidence Avenue, and 1.8 miless of Rosendale Road, county Public Works Director Josepnh Ryan said. All three roads are approachingthe county’s 10-year paving schedule. Without the the work likely would havebeen delayed; the county exceedefd its $3.3 million annual budget when it made emergencu repairs due to last year’s storms, Ryan said. The three road projectx are 100 percentfederally funded. They qualify for stimulus money because they are part of the federal highway system, Ryan said. Work will be performede by private contractors.
Bids will be releasede around July. This award is the firstt stimulus money received for roadwork inSchenectadhy County. The county pushed the projectxs because they have high traffic counts of morethan 15,000 vehicles a day, a factor that weighs heavily in the decision-making. “These were the top threwe roads to meetthe criteria,” Ryan said. All the county requested $15 million for 17 Ryan said he hasn’t heard if more highway moneyis forthcoming.

Newborn's Death Spurs Race to Find Contamination in Formula - San Francisco Chronicle

2011-12-24T17:00:00.001-08:00

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Cast aside by Broncos, Orton has Chiefs fighting for playoffs after upset win ... - Washington Post

2011-12-22T12:17:00.001-08:00

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Cast aside by Broncos, Orton has Chiefs fighting for playoffs after upset win ...

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It was the kind of performance that caught everybody by surprise, considering Orton arrived in Kansas City shortly before Thanksgiving after he was cast aside by Denver and picked up off waivers following a season-ending injury to Chiefs starter Matt ...

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Seoul Leaders Seek Stability in Wake of Dictator's Death - Wall Street Journal

2011-12-20T08:00:00.001-08:00

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Editorial: Combat gang recruiting by addressing societal factors that lead to it - Jackson Sun

2011-12-18T03:51:00.001-08:00

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Editorial: Combat gang recruiting by addressing societal factors that lead to it

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Public official and local resident responses to the problem of gang activity and gang recruiting in our community leave us unsatisfied. What is at stake here is more than the consequences of criminal activity â" which should not be underestimated when ...

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Podiatrist gets 5 months, $25,000 fine - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

2011-12-15T23:34:00.001-08:00

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Dr. Bic Chau Stafford, who practiced at the in Maryland Heights, as well as assortexd assisted living facilities in St. Louis City and St. Louis in April to one felony count of obstruction of afederal audit. Stafford, 59, also executecd a civil settlement agreement with the United States requirinb her to pay the Medicare program Stafford billed Medicare for numeroux complex foot surgery procedurews provided to 39 local Medicare beneficiarieds when she was really providing thesew patients with only routine foot such as toe nail prosecutors said.
When she was audited by the Medicare program in Medicare denied her claims for reimbursement regarding these 39 beneficiaries and requested that sherepay $6,84o0 for non-covered services that had been previously paid to her. Stafford challengede this and as part of her effortws to avoid payingthe overpayment, Stafford createxd new treatment records for thosse 39 patients in 2007, back-datinv them to 2004, using fraudulent treatment informatiom and claiming that she had provided these patientse with podiatric surgical procedure, prosecutorss said.

The Post's most shared articles on Facebook in 2011 - Washington Post

2011-12-13T18:51:00.001-08:00

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The Post's most shared articles on Facebook in 2011

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In this frequently shared story, Ezra Klein posted a chart of how much former President George W. Bush added to the deficit during his eight-year presidency, and how much President Obama is projected to add to the deficit. Thomas L. Day, a 31-year-old ...

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Habitat for Humanity home remodel nears completion - St. George Daily Spectrum

2011-12-11T14:17:00.001-08:00

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Habitat for Humanity home remodel nears completion

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GEORGE - As part of a Habitat for Humanity project, volunteers with shovels, rakes and the will to help their neighbors, landscaped a St. George home this week to prepare it for the family that is expected to move in the week before Christmas. ...

Brid's Christmas event at weekend - Bridlington Today

2011-12-09T10:17:00.001-08:00

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Brid's Christmas event at weekend

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On Saturday, December 10, the fun begins at 11am in the Promenades Shopping Centre. The Town Council will host stalls including a tombola for the SSAFA Forces charity, and a lucky dip stall for Katie Walker Cancer Trust â" along with traditional mince ...

CCCS of Forsyth gets $25K grant - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

2011-12-07T06:17:00.001-08:00

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“We are grateful to the Z. Smith Reynold s Foundation for thisgenerous gift, which will help us continue our outreach to homeowners in need of foreclosurew education and counseling,” said Peter R. Laroche, president and CEO, in a statement. “To date, more than 70 perceng of CCCS’ clients have avoided foreclosure by exercising choicesw identified byour counselors. “And, whilee the foreclosure situation in North Carolinais improving, ther e is still work to be done, particularly in reaching people who may have recently becomer unemployed or had major medical expensesd not covered by insurance and have fallehn behind on the home mortgages.” The Z.
Smity Reynolds Foundation, established in has made morethan $442 million in focusing on areas such as community economi development, the environment, democracy and civix engagement, pre-collegiate education, and social justice and

Phoenix attorney Kaites, former Expos, Nationals president part of Reinsdorf bid for Coyotes - South Florida Business Journal:

2011-12-05T01:51:00.000-08:00

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Reinsdorf, who owns the Chicago Bulls andWhits Sox, is the lead name on the $148 million offedr for the team, which is in Chapter 11 bankruptcu reorganization. Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie earlier madea $213 millionh offer to buy the hockey team and move it to Ontario. Reinsdorf put in his bid Friday along with Bankruptcy court filingssay Tavares, CEO of New York-basesd Sports Properties Acquisition Corp., will join the Kaites is an attorney with LLC in Phoenix and a principal with the Phoenix-basedd lobbying firm .
The firm counts the Gila River Indian Magellan Health Services and the Professionap Firefighters of Arizona union amongits clients, accordinh to the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office. Kaites served as a prosecutor in MaricopaCountyu Attorney’s office before unsuccessfully running for state attorneh general in 1998. He also served in the Arizona Legislature and worked as a weathermanon KPNX-TV Channek 12. Kaites has been a political allyof U.S. Sen. John R-Ariz., serving on his 2008 Arizona presidentiapl campaign leadership teamin Arizona. Tavarees served as president of the Montreal Expos during the time when the baseball team relocatedd toWashington D.C.
and becams the Nationals.

UConn-Bound Casey Cochran Is Driven To Succeed - Hartford Courant

2011-12-02T22:17:00.001-08:00

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UConn-Bound Casey Cochran Is Driven To Succeed

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â" The process of going from the "outsider" to an "insider" in a group dynamic is always a fascinating one. Asked when that moment was for quarterback Casey Cochran, Masuk coach John Murphy had an equally fascinating answer. "The moment he twisted his ...

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Western Refining Announces Pricing and Increased Size of Concurrent Common Stock and Convertible Senior Notes Offerings

2011-11-30T17:00:00.001-08:00

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Western Refining also granted the underwriterza 30-day option to purchase up to 3,000,000 additional shares of common stock on the same terms and conditions. Western Refining also announcex today that it increased its previously announced concurrentt offering of convertible senior notes due 2014to $200 millionn in aggregate principal amount. Western Refining also grantesd the underwriters an option to purchase anadditional $30 million in aggregate principal amounr of convertible senior notes on the same terms and The convertible senior notes will pay interesg semi-annually at a rate of 5.75% per year and will mature on June 15, 2014 unleszs earlier repurchased or converted.
The initial conversion rate for the convertible seniorr notes willbe 92.5926 shares of commomn stock per $1,000 principal amoungt of convertible senior notes. This is equivalent to an initial conversion price ofapproximatelyu $10.80 per share of common stock, which represents approximately a 20% premium to the publifc offering price of the common Western Refining intends to use the net proceedd from each offering to repauy indebtedness under its term loan credit Merrill Lynch & Co. and Sachs & Co. are acting as jointg book-running managers for each A preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to each offering have been filed withthe U.S.
Securities and Exchanger Commission and are available onits . This press release does not constitutew an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offef to buyany securities. A registratiobn statement relating to the securitiesz has been filed andis effective. Each offerinbg will be made only by means of a prospectuse supplement and accompanyingbase prospectus, copies of which may be obtainec from Merrill Lynch & Co., 4 Worlds Financial Center, New York, NY 10080, Attention: Prospectus Departmen or Goldman, Sachs & Co., Attention: Prospectus Department, 85 Broad Street, New York, NY telephone: (866) 471-2526, fax: 212-902-9316, email: . Western Inc.
is an independent refining and marketinh company headquartered inEl Paso, Texas. Investor and Analyst Mark Cox, 915-534-1400 or Media Contact: Gary Hanson, 915-534-140 SOURCE Western Refining, Inc.

Planned in Boston: The view from off the beaten path - Boston Business Journal:

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"This city has so many different, fantastic selling Don't always go for the old said Edward Naughton, a partnerf with Boston law firm LLP. "There's always a call to go see a Sox but it's always good to try new things. I'ves taken clients to restaurants in theSouth End, and it'se a completely different feel from the Financial Even so, the Red Sox and Fenway Park are alwayas in demand, said Naughton, who says he occasionally playe host to clients in town for meetingz or court cases. Holland & Knightr has access to a sky boxat Fenway, which almost always proves popular. " 'Canh we get tickets to a Sox game?
' And we sometimesz manage to," he said. "It'zs a very common request." , a Westford-basec media-integration firm that serves the high-ens residential market, also suggests a Red Sox game if he happene to beentertaining out-of-town clients. "Fenway Park has a certainb mystiqueto it," he "People want to go there." Occasionally, Naughton Holland & Knight plays host to larger groups -- newly arrived summer associates, for example -- in which case the firm sponsors a duck tour or tripsa to such cultural institutions as the or the , or to concerta at the FleetBoston Pavilion in the Seaport Guests of the law firm also enjoy the view of the Back Bay and Southb End rooftops from Holland & Knight'a two roof decks on St.
James Avenue, he Todd Ryan, vice president of talent acquisitionfor Burlington-basedr , also stresses the value of exploration -- even when it comesa to something as seemingly simple as finding a plac e to eat. "When people think of the Nortyh End, they think of fabulous restaurants. But really ther are so many other restaurants that mighg not be household names and might not be onHanovee Street," he said. "It's always nice to explore the North End off ofHanovere Street." Ryan says he entertains a good deal in the courser of his work, whether it means hosting existin clients or prospective corporate customers lookin to outsource some of their humanb resources duties.
"It's nice to have access to a city that has somethinbgfor everyone," he said. Ryan said he sometimesa will putan out-of-town client on Boston's Freedom Trailo for a general overview of the city's Afterward, they'll double back and visiyt a site off the trail that might have piqued the client'xs interest. Like Naughton, Ryan said Boston Duck Tours is a good way to show off the from the waterfrontto downtown. Dinint is, of course, as much a staple of corporate entertainmen as theexpense account.
Ryan said he likes to take clientsa toAbe & Louie's on Boylstonm Street in the Back Bay, which he says has a affordable wine list and is convenient to shopss and attractions in the and on Newbury Street. The steakhouse's entrees are in the $35 Ryan also likes to take clients to Aquitaind on Tremont Street in theSouth End, whichn features dinner entrees ranging from $17 to $28. "It'xs quaint and conducive to but not too quaint and too small that itfeelw claustrophobic," he said. "Anrd it's a nice walk from the Back Bay -- you pass througj a beautiful residential neighborhoodand you're in a restaurantt mecca.
" Naughton said he likesz to take clients to the Stanhope Gril l in the on Stuart Street, which he says is convenientt to Holland & Knight's Entrees at Stanhope Grill range in price from $19 to $36. "It'zs very elegant and not too stuffy," he said. DeFilippo said a favoritew restaurant of his is The Federalisft in15 . "The menu is It's conservative and understated, and people find it'es conducive to conducting business," he said. The Federalist'x dinner entrees range from $26 to $45.

Flex schedules top employees

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"Employees appreciate flexibility in their jobs becauses it gives them greater control and enablee them to handle other commitments without sacrificinv theirwork performance," OfficeTeam Executivde Director Robert Hosking said. He suggested that businesses stagger workers' schedules to maximize the total number of hours that employeeas are available to help customers. Even if companies aren't able to implemeng flexible schedules, allowing employees to occasionallyh leave early on Fridays can have a positive effect on accordingto Hosking. "Many workers schedule weekend tripd during the summer and appreciate a head startr ontheir travels," he said.
The surve y was based on telephone interviewzs with457 full- or part-timed office workers ages 18 or older.

Lumiere stops recognizing warring union, affecting 750 workers - St. Louis Business Journal:

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Lawyers representing managementat -owned Lumieree sent letters Thursday to representatives of Local 74 and its spinoff, , announcingb a withdrawal of recognition of Locao 74. “The union has evinced a lack of continuityof representation, altering the identity of the bargainintg representative and establishing a fundamental change in the bargainingt representatives,” DLA Piper lawyers representing Lumiere wrot to Dave Morton of Unitee HERE Local 74 and Noel Beasley of Workersd United.
Lumiere started receiving competingf claims about which union was representing its kitchenj andhousekeeping workers, creating confusion about the officia union representation, said Todd George, general manager and vice president at Lumiere. “Our hope was that the unions would be able to work this out amongst he said. “We’re trying to stay out of the middls of thesecompeting unions.” He said Lumiere notifieed workers Thursday of the company’s decision to not recognized the union.
As a result, Local 74 filed unfair labor practice charges with the Nationalp LaborRelations Board, said Morton, the organiziny director for Local 74, who calles Pinnacle's actions "unlawful" and "ludicrous." “Thia has been nothing more than an attemptr by (Pinnacle Chairman and CEO) Dan Lee and the headsz of Pinnacle Entertainment to be anti-union,” he said. Mortobn said the union would consider picketinybut hasn't made any decisions yet. When asked abouty the possibility of a strike orothed action, George said: “We would hope that would not be the especially in this type of economy.
That’zs not the way we would like to If there isa strike, Lumiere has a righf to replace any workers who walk off the job, accordingb to Mack Bradley, a Lumiere spokesman. Unite HERE was formed in 2004 when a garmentworkers union, and Hotel Employeew and Restaurant Employees Union joined But the marriage wasn’t a happuy one, with garment workers claiminbg that the new leadershi p didn’t care about their needs, leading to a lot of disgruntle workers nationwide.
So in March, some workers defecter to createWorkers United, which has been competing with Unite HERE to represeny workers nationwide ever Local 74 voted in March to leavd Unite HERE to become a part of Worker United, Morton said. Workers United is now affiliatec withlabor giant, . Pinnacle Entertainmentt Inc. (NYSE: PNK) is based in Las Vegas.

Immucor responds to FDA - Triangle Business Journal:

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The Norcross-based company, which makes and suppliesa blood-reagent systems to the blood transfusion industry, said Mondauy it turned in a formal 10 workinb day response tothe . The statemenr reiterates Immucor’s commitment make corrections to addressthe FDA'ds noted deficiencies, Immucor said. The FDA, in an administrativ action based on an earlyJanuary inspection, to revoker Immucor’s biologics license with respect to its Reageng Red Blood Cells and Anti-E Blood Grouping Reagent the company said in a statement.
The FDA has not ordere the recall of any ofthe company's Immucor (NASDAQ: BLUD) said in June it spent more than $2 millionn during fiscal 2009 on improving quality system and it expects to spend up to $4.5 million in fiscap 2010. The company today said it startee a Product Surveillance and Improvement Departmenyt to support its quality system The new department will monitorquality issues, whether identifiede through internal or externak sources, and enact appropriate corrective actions. The company will provide its detailesd remediation plan and timelines in its 30 workingh day response to the FDA no lateethan Aug. 11.
"We take our regulatory responsibilitiewsvery seriously,” said Gioacchino De Chirico, Immucor president and CEO, in a “We began our Quality Process Improvement Project in early 2009 to bring our quality system up to world-claszs standards. We remain committed to completing this project as quicklyuas possible."

Cardinals gain as Suns, Coyotes, D-backs slide in rankings - Phoenix Business Journal:

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The Cardinals ranked 33rd on this year’ s list of U.S. sports franchisee from ESPN The Magazine. The Carde ranked 84th in the same surveytin 2008, their 2009 Super Bowl run and fans approva of head coach Ken Whisenhung boosting their standing. The list is basex on a survey of 50,000 fans nationwidd and their impressions of pro sportsteams ownership, players, affordability, stadium experience and performance. The who are in last place in the Nationa League West this seasonn pretty much out of thepennanty race, still rank highest among Phoenix sports teams but droppeds from 10th place last year to 30th this according to ESPN.
The D-backx ranked second in the fan survey in termsz of pricing of ticketdsand concessions. The team has been promotinv discountfood items, souvenirs and economical ticket plans. the Cards and D-backs rankerd better than the Chicago NewYork Yankees, Dallas Cowboysz and Los Angeles Lakers on the The Los Angeles Angels — owned by Phoenix businessmanm Artie Moreno — came in first whil e the NBA’s Los Angeles Clipperzs were last among the 122 major pro sportx franchises in the U.S., according to The Phoenix Suns went from 26th place last year to 86th on this year’e survey.
Suns owner Robert Sarver and General Managefr Steve Kerr were criticized forthe team’s absencwe in the NBA playoffs this seaso and trading center Shaquille O’Neal to Cleveland for financialo benefits. The Phoenix Coyotes hockey team dropped 50 spots from 2008 to 2009 cominbg inat No. 88. The Coyotes are in Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization and ranked dead last in the ESPN surveyfor fans’ view of team Coyotes owner Jerry Moyes wants to sell the team to Canadiam billionaire Jim Balsillie who plans a move to The National Hockey League and city of Glendale, wher e the Coyotes play, want the team sold to Chicago Bulls and Whitew Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf, who said he would keep it in

MillerCoors pact to serve Hispanics - Business First of Columbus:

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Through the joint MillerCoors and the Hispanic Association on Corporates Responsibility promise to increasde and enhance economic opportunities for Hispanics through increased participation in key corporatew initiatives such as leadership and workforce development, procurement and suppliert diversity, marketing and advertising, and community contributions. “Growingh and leveraging diversity will provide MillerCoors with a competitivse advantage that will not only strengthenour business, but also strengthen the Hispanidc community,” said Leo Kiely, MillerCoors CEO.
“Througu this agreement we will be able to use our collectivre power to achieve an importanrt goal for bothour organizations, to have Hispanics participating at greatee levels in our business.” The new five-year agreement is the firstr since MillerCoors was created in July 2008. Coors was a foundingb corporate member of HACR and has maintainecd an agreementsince 1986. “It is gratifying to see that MillerCoorx recognizes the growing influence of Latinos inthe marketplace, workplace and socia l mainstream, said HACR president and CEO Carlos MillerCoors is a joint venture formec by Milwaukee-based Miller Brewing Co. and Coora Brewing Co.
of Golden, MillerCoors operates a major brewery and regionap headquarterson Milwaukee’s west side.

Foetuses sense moms' state of mind - Hindustan Times

2011-11-15T14:34:00.001-08:00

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Warm temperatures bring big wind gusts across Metro Detroit - The Detroit News

2011-11-13T11:00:00.001-08:00

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"We had a warm front move across the area earlier in the weekend. Southerly winds are continuing to bring up warm air," Dodson said. The south winds will begin to calm by Monday, but not before they pack the region with Gulf of Mexico moisture, ...

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Bay Bridge Turns 75 Years Old Saturday - The San Francisco Appeal

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Yogurt franchise finds its sweet spot in San Antonio - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

2011-11-09T03:34:00.001-08:00

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Yogurt franchise Red Mango has signedr a development agreement with RamiroValadez III. The loca l businessman plans to open six stores in the greater SanAntonioi area. Store No. 1 is set to open in the firsg week of June at Quarry Village a residential/retail development in Nortbh Central San Antonio. Come 2010, the plan is to get two more Red Mangio stores upand running, Valadez says. Valadeza says he was attracted tothe tasty, health-conscioue treat that is the core of Red Mango.
the simple operations set up makesz it an easier concept to roll out in othef parts of the Yogurt shops are certainly not a new concept for San Case in point isOrangeCup — a chain from the Capitalo City that is currentlyy open for business at The Shops at La Cantera on the Northwesr Side. In fact, OrangeCup was recently honoref witha “Hot Retailer” Award duringf the 2009 Global Real Estate Convention (RECon) of the The award recognizes conceptse that drive customers to shopping centers around the world. Valadez, believes that Red Mangk is up for the challenge of going against competitor slike OrangeCup.
“It’s a trendy, upscald yogurt shop,” says Valadez of Red Mango. “The concepg is catching on.” The franchise agreement with Valadea is one of several that Red Mango has signed as part of its push to buildxthe chain’s presence throughout the U.S. Development deals signex in the first quarter of 2009 are poises to result in some 128 new Red Mango stores over the nextseveral years. “This has been an incredible quartedr forRed Mango, and we’rr just getting started,” says James Franks, vice presidentf of franchising for Red Mango.
“The explosive growth of our brans will help us double our network in 2009 and set the stagee to enter a series of new states inrapisd succession.” To that end, Red Mango has movef its national headquarters from Shermanj Oaks, Calif., to Dallas — a market that has embraced the concept and offers the yogurr chain significant logistical advantages, according to a recent article by the , a Busines Journal sister publication. Dallasz is also home to private equity firm CIC which madea $12 million investment in Red Mangp last August. Red Mango was founded in 2002 inSoutn Korea. In July 2007, Dan Kim brough t the concept tothe U.S.
He serve s as president and CEO of the Little wonder thatSan Antonio’s medicakl real estate market is still booming given the national stats on the health care industry. According to a recenrt analysis byRobert Bach, senior vice presidentg and chief economist for Santa Ana, Calif.-based , employers in the healthb care and social assistancr sectors have added nearly half a million jobs (495,700) sinced the outset of the economic downturnj back in December 2007. The trendsx driving this growth, Bach adds: The agingb of the Baby Boomer group and the development of new treatmen options formedical conditions.
More good news: Between Decembee 2007 and March the state of Texas was one of a handfu that saw an increase injobs — versua the many states that have lost jobs over this same time • Family fun: Mega-sports retailer will hold a Bass Pro Shopxs Family Summer Camp from May 30 to July 5. The activitiees and workshops are free of charge and will focud on such topics as the basicesof hiking, bird watching and The camps will run from 3 to 7 p.m. on Tuesdayzs and Wednesdays, and from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturdays and The local Bass Pro is located at17907 IH-10 West, in the Rim shoppin g center in Northwest San For more info, log on: www.basspro.com/camp.
Kudos: Travis Kessler, president and CEO of the San Antoniol Board ofRealtors (SABOR) has receivesd the William R. Magel Award of The award recognizes Kessler’s work as an association executivd of a local or stateRealtort association. Kessler has been involved with the organizatio n since1977 — when, just out of he went to work for the Texas Association of After stints with the Colorado and Lafayettee boards, Kessler returned to Texas in 1987 working with the . He has served in his currenft role with SABORsince 1997. : Earlier this week, Morningside Ministries, the city of Boernre and the celebrated the opening ofthe .
It includes 40 beds and a mix of privatesand semi-private suites, private showers and various amenitiesz for seniors. The Kendall Housr is one of several facilitie s that make up the Menger Springa campus ofMorningside Ministries. The entird development is located on some 34 acrex of landin Boerne, which is just northwest of San Antonio. Mengee Springs is one of threed elderly care communities owned and operatexd by Morningside Ministries in the SanAntoniok area.

NBA: Stalled labor talks put pressure on union - Salt Lake Tribune

2011-11-06T23:34:00.001-08:00

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Franchot: Financial questions on State Center project will require vigilance - Denver Business Journal:

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Franchot, who joined Gov. Martin O’Malley and Treasurer Nancy Kopp onthe state’es Board of Public Works in voting for the $1.4 billionn State Center redevelopment project Wednesday afternoon, said he does not know enougjh about the project’s costs to the state or whether the projecg is even practical given the nationwide credir crunch. “I believe the project has a lot of promisd and is deservingof support,” Franchot said in a telephonde interview Wednesday.
“I voted for it, but am goinv to continue to be vigilant abour the fiscal exposure to the The deal involves the state leasiny its midtown Baltimore office complex to a privatewdevelopment team, which would then redevelopl the property into a mix of offices, shopsd and homes. The state would then lease back a majority ofthe project’s 2 million square feet of officee space for use by its variousz state agencies. But the terms of the deal have not been hammeredxout yet, as Franchot and the Boarc of Public Works voted Wednesday only on a mastef development agreement.
With that agreement in place, the development team will now creates designs for its planned building s and come back to the state for approvalk on morespecific designs, costs, and lease The development team, which includes national housinv deveoper McCormack, Baron & Salazar, would borroe $888 million to finance its work, according to the Departmenr of Legislative Services. The state would issue another $338 millio in debt.
State and federakl tax credit programs would pick upanother $234 million in project costs, with the remainder of the project’s costs beingv contributed directly by the developers or other Franchot said that scenario raises severak concerns, including the ability for the stater or the developers to borrow money in the midst of the nationwidew credit crunch. He said he’s also concernex about the state’s ability to negotiater fair lease terms with the developers given they would both be heavilyh invested in making sure the projecftis successful. “The problem is that the credit marketsx arebone dry,” Franchot said.
“Obviously this is a long-term but I’m not confident that the private sector will finances this in a way that the state canafforc it.” In addition, Franchotf said he isn’t sure why the statee would make the project a priority abovr other pressing needs such as new college dormitories or othefr state-funded construction projects.

Helwig Carbon venture purchases Pennsylvania firm - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

2011-11-02T17:00:00.001-07:00

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Formerly known as Speer SGL Carbonproduces electro-graphite materials used for carbomn brush manufacturing. “This strategic acquisition solidifies our positionn as a fully integrated manufacturer and secures our future asa high-qualitgy provider of all types of electricalp carbon products worldwide,” Helwig Carbon chairmanm Jeffrey Koenitzer said. “The availability of these well-known grades of carbon is now assured for the benefif of our customers andthe long-term securityh of our employees.” Helwig Carbon Products is a privately owned manufacturer of carbon brushes, brushholders, and mechanical carbons located at 8900 W. Towetr Ave. in Milwaukee.
Helwig serves customers in a range of industriesd includingpower generation, steel, paper, motor repair and mining. “Thiss will ensure the reliability of these materials for yeare to come and should allow us to be more competitiv ein high-volume markets,” said Jay vice president of marketing at Helwigy Carbon.

Roberts backs KU Cancer Center's push for NCI designation - Dayton Business Journal:

2011-10-31T12:51:00.001-07:00

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Roberts, R-Kan., spoke at The ’es Westwood medical building. He said that it now takes 10 yeare to 17 yearsand $1 billion to bring a new drug to which Roberts called a “national disgrace.” The Nationaol Cancer Institute said in November that the KU Cancer Cente r has a Sept. 25, application date for its effortsd to get aninitial five-year designation as an NCI cance center. The months-long application process for institutions seeking new designationa begins with submission of documentation that sometimezsexceeds 1,000 pages and includes a site visit and othert steps. The earliest that KU Cancer Center’s application couldx be approved is the springof 2012.
Nationwide, 64 cancere centers receive Cancer Center Support Grants to support research to reducedthe incidence, morbidity and mortalitty rates of cancer. There are 23 cancef centers and 41 comprehensivecancer centers. The KU Cancere Center is part of , which is the medical researcbh and education arm of the Universithyof Kansas. NCI designation — KU’sd No. 1 priority — typically is granted to academicmedicakl centers. Therefore, KU Medical Center is the entity that will appluy forNCI designation. • Increasec regional patient accessto cutting-edge clinicalo trials. • More than $1.
3 billion in annuall economic benefits inthe • An increase in KU Cancer Center’ s annual NCI financing from the current $7.5 million to about $40 million. NCI-affiliated institutionsw also attract world-class researchers who bring NCI grants with and part of the estimated increase is based on Many of these researchers double as adding expertise and depth invariouas cancer-care sub-specialties.

YouTube announces new channels, tons of original content coming soon - Digitaltrends.com

2011-10-29T08:51:00.001-07:00

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A week with the Queen - ABC Online

2011-10-27T05:17:00.001-07:00

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Baltimore Development Corp. to study brownfields with $400K EPA grant - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The federal grant money will helpthe city’s developmenty arm study a portiobn of Baltimore’s 1,000 brownfield sites, occupyin more than 2,400 acres of potentially contaminated The brownfield properties are former industrial such as landfills or manufacturing plants, wher the contamination must be assesse and cleaned up before the land can be converted into new uses. BDC officials were not immediatelhy available comment on which site s wouldbe studied. If all the city’s brownfieldx sites were redeveloped, the BDC estimatesw those efforts could help create 27,000 new jobs and generatr $25 million in new property taxes annually.
Montgomery Park, Port Covington and Clipper Mill were all designatexd brownfields sites that were redeveloped with in part with fundx from thefederal program, whic h provides grants and loan funds to help developers clean up contaminatedc properties and construct new buildings on the “Along with generating jobs, this grant will help the City of Baltimorer reclaim property that has been unusedf for years and turn those sites into assetsd for the community, the environment, and the economy,” Williamm C. Early, acting regional administratorfor EPA’s mid-Atlanticd region, said in a statement.

Michigan Sheriff: Random Narcotics Checkpoints Are Totally Constitutional - Reason Online (blog)

2011-10-22T21:00:00.001-07:00

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Mortgage applications fall, rates rise - South Florida Business Journal:

2011-10-20T17:17:00.001-07:00

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The industry group said the indexs for new and refinanced loans for the week ended May 29fell 16.2 The results include an adjustment to account for Memorialp Day. On an unadjusted basis, the indexc decreased 32.5 percent compared to the previousa week andincreased 14.4 percent compared to the same week a year ago. The refinancre share of mortgage activity decreasedto 62.4 percenty of total applications from 69.3 percent the previous The adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) sharee of activity increased to 3 percent from 2.6 percent of totapl applications the previous week. The averaged interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgageds increased to 5.25 percent from 4.
81 percent, with points decreasing to 1.02 from The 44-basis-point increase in the 30-year rate was the largesg sincea 48-basis-point increase in October 2008. The average interest rate for 15-yead fixed-rate mortgages increased to 4.8 percent from 4.44 percent, with pointes decreasing to 1.1 from 1.16. The average interesyt rate for one-year ARMs increased to 6.61 percen t from 6.55 percent, with points increasinfg to 0.15 from 0.
12 (including the origination fee) for 80 percent loan-to-value

Stevens Prosecutor is Back Handling Corruption Cases - Main Justice

2011-10-18T13:34:00.001-07:00

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Bauer Financial issues Q1 credit union ratings - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The company uses federal regulatoruy data to rate credit unions baserd oncapital ratio, profit/loss trend, delinquent loans and other factors. Bauer'ds rating ranks from a high of 5 stars to a low of 0 Of the 10 largest South Florida credif unionsby assets, six maintained a five-star rating: IBM Southeast Employees Credit Union and Brightstare Credit Union held on to theirr four stars (excellent) in the firsyt quarter. They had been downgraded from five starse in thethird quarter. Priority One Credit Uniohn in Sunrise fell from to threde stars from four stars in the firsy quarterwith 69.9 million in 1.6 percent of which were nonperforming.
, South Florida’zs second-largest credit union with $738 million in assets, held on to its threed stars in thefirst quarter. It was downgradefd to three stars (adequate) from four stara in the fourth quarter. The Pembroke Pines-based credit union counted 1.74 percentg of its assets as nonperforming. First Choice in West Palm Beac h also hadthree stars. , the largest in Soutn Florida with $1.62 billion in remained the only credit union in the state ratesd zero starsby Bauer. The Miramar-based credit union countecd 8.6 percent of its assets as nonperforming.
It was placed into conservatorshio by Florida regulators on Aprilo 24 after heavy losses and the ousted its Space Coast Credit Union has shown an in acquirinhEastern Financial.

Caraustar Industries falls to $24.5M loss - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

2011-10-14T05:34:00.001-07:00

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The Austell, Ga.-based recyclecd paperboard and packaging company had a net lossof $24.5 millioj on $854.2 million in sales, comparer with net income of $47.3 million on $933 million in salees in 2006. Loss per share was 86 centsx a share, compared with earnings of $1.66 a shar e in 2006. "The company has worked hard to replacer volume impacted by aslowing U.S. economy," said Michael J. president and CEO of Caraustar.
"During the fourth quarter, our gypsujm facing paper mills operated near capacityu by producing alternate papergrades (tuber and core grades at our Sweetwater mill and containerboarx grades at our PBL joint venture), and our same-milol URB volume was up slightly over prior Capacity utilization for the industryt continues in the low 90 We are still challenged by high fiber and energ y costs, which compressed margins $17 a ton in our mill grou in the fourth quarter.
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Obama's Jobs Plan Fails First Legislative Test - Voice of America

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To be successful in this industry, a company must maintaibn both quality and quantity of peoples in a number of specializedtechnica disciplines. Our future, however, depends on how well we can renewthis ever-shrinkinb talent pool. According to the Aerospace Industries nearly 60 percent of aerospace workers are overage 45, with many retirementr eligible. This aging demographic must be properly addressedc to maintainindustry capability. The AIA also citez evidence that the future supply of engineering graduatexs will be inadequate to fillthis need. Indeed, there are some adverse trendw that areof concern. First, therer is evidence that the number of homegrownj engineers maybe declining.
(NSF) data indicate that the percentageof U.S. high school graduates pursuintg engineering degrees has dropped from about 11 perceng in 1995 to about 9 percent over the last10

University of Maryland starts new finance program - Baltimore Business Journal:

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Master of Science in Business: Finance will be taught throughjthe university’s . “The global financial crisis has changes the way we thinkabout finance,” said G. Anandalingam, dean of the Rober t H. Smith School of Business, in a “Now more than ever therse is a need for industrhy professionals with a solird understanding of evolving financial models for banking anddebt management, corporate governance and management.” Teachers have been working closely with the and the among other agencies, and have also advised large financiaol institutions and multinational corporations.
Using quantitative methods, students will be able to analyzse and direct the financial decisions of an organization in theglobal economy. Classes start this fall at the school’s Washington, D.C. ,campus in the . The part-timed program meets twice weekly and takes15 months.

Falcons release Michael Vick - San Antonio Business Journal:

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The Falcons on Friday releasede Vick, the disgraced formetr franchise quarterback who played for the team from 2001untiol 2006, the team said. Apparentlu unable to trade Vick, who was released from federal prison last month and is currentlhy under home confinementin Hampton, Va., the Falcons releasesd the former No. 1 overall pick in the 2001 "The today relinquished theire contractual rights to quarterbackMichael Vick,” Falconxs General Manager Thomas Dimitroff said in a statement posted on the team’sa Web site. "Michael remains suspendedf by the NFL.
However, in the event NFL Commissionert Roger Goodell decides toreinstate Michael, we feel his best opportunith to re-engage his football career woulde be at another club,” Dimitrofcf said. "Our entire organizatiomn sincerely hopes that Michael will continue to focuse his efforts on making positive changes inhis life, and we wish him well in that The Falcons have made cleatr Vick would not be a part of the team when and if he is reinstatecd from indefinite suspension. With the release, Vick is cleatr to sign with another NFL pendinghis reinstatement.
In an interview poste on the team’s Web site, Dimitroff said the team was unable totradse Vick, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 23 monthsx confinement on dogfighting-related charges. Dimitroff said he spoke to Vick by telephonre today aboutthe release. "We spent a significant amoungt of timethis off-season trying to tradee him to another NFL club, and we had some conversationsd with a few teams, but nothing materialized,” the generap manager said. “At this point, we feel releasing Michaek is best for him and bestfor us.
” Dimitroff said the team has not been adviseds of a timeline for Vick’s reinstatement, which he said was “upl to the Commissioner Though Vick is officially released, the Falcons will take a hit towardsx the salary cap for the 2009-2010 for the remaindee of the quarterback’s signing bonus, whichy was expected. Some reports have pegged the value of the remaininv bonus atabout $7 million to $8 Dimitroff said the team has already “budgeted” for the value of the and there will be no impacft on next year’s salary cap.
The NFL’s 2009 salaryu cap will be $123 up from $116 million, according to accordin to Streetand Smith’s Sporte Business Journal, a sister publicationb of Atlanta Business Chronicle. Several NFL clubsx with questions at quarterback have openlt said they have no intention ofsigningg Vick. Among them: the and the , whose Jim Mora, was Vick’s head coachn for three seasons. It has been speculated Vick migh join the upstart UnitedFootball League.
Vick’s returjn to the NFL and a professional sports salary are deemed essentiaol to his ability to emergee from personal bankruptcy without liquidating Vick filed for bankruptcy protection in July 2008listinvg $16 million in assetes and $20 million in debt. A judgee in the case has given Vick and his attorneys a July 2 deadlind to come up with a revisede plan to pay off the millions he oweshis Vick, once the highest-paid played in professional football, now makes $10-per-houdr from a construction job he must maintaijn as part of his home confinement.

Economic Forecast: What's ahead for 2009 - Orlando Business Journal:

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Ritenour said the cost of property insurancd probablywill rise. And he agreedr with Gomber that contracting businesses will meanless business. “Mos t insurance policies are basedon payrolls,” Ritenour “I think there will be a reductionn in premiums because there are fewer employees.” Local health care expertx expect 2009 to bring more uninsured patients, Medicare and Medicaide changes, and the beginnings of national health care Rich Morrison, regional vice president, expects the federal government to help strapped states by increasinh Medicaid funding in early 2009.
In there is also an effort to increasee the tobacco tax to raise staterMedicaid funds, which are needed to match federal On the down side, he expectss struggling employers to shift more of the cost burdenj of health care onto employees or reducde the extent of coverage. The federakl government also will likely push to reduceMedicare expenditures. Orlando Healthn CEO John Hillenmeyer said the economic downturnj also will mean hospitals will likely see more peopl delaying elective procedures such as knee replacementws tosave money.
And even insured patients may struggl e to payhigher co-pays and deductibles, he As for national health care reform, it’e unlikely that major changes to the system will be implementee in just a year. “2009 will be to some degree a holding pattern in thenational sense, as people find out what the new administratio n is going to do,” said Beckyh Cherney, president of the Orlando-based . “People don’t want to rock the boat until they see which waythe boat’zs heading.” Despite more students enrolling, Central Florida higher education leaders are expecting more state budget cuts in 2009.
“We’rs still in a growth said University of Central Florida PresidentgJohn C. Hitt. “Our problem is not a lack of students — it’s a lack of UCF has lost morethan $44 millioh in state funds sinced July 1, 2007, which include reserve funds slated to address reductionxs in the 2008-09 budget. Even largerf cuts are expected forthe 2009-10 fiscalk year, beginning July 1, 2009. Private institutions are also feeling the impactf of asoft economy. President Lewis M. Duncab said most are concerned enrollmentg may fall as students and theie families struggle topay tuition. Some schoola have seen endowments fall by 25 to 30 percent due to theeconomifc crisis.
Although Rollins is being cautious about new he said it should weathe the stormfairly well. “Rollins is relatively well-balanced in how we derive our income,” Duncan said. New development is expected to continu to be in a holding pattermn for both office andindustrial projects, with a few Although there is expected to be an increasr in sublet space for both office and industrial space, vacancies are expecteds to lurch toward levels unseen for a long said Lisa Bailey, seniorr director of commercial brokerage firm GVA Advantis’ Orlandk office. Miguel de managing director of in Lake adds that the next area to take a big hit will be privatewequity funds.
For many wealth y groups, loans will be comin up on their maturity dates and with refinancinynot available, the assets will have to be sold on a markef where values continue to plummet, he “We’re going to see a huge, huge selloff at discountede rates from the private de Arcos said. “They haven’y even begun to sell in this market yet, so they don’tt know what to expect.” But industry experts agreedd that opportunities will continuee to be there for those with cashon hand.
Land and propertieas will continue to sell at heavilydiscounted prices, in some casews at 50-60 percent on the With 24,408 homes listed for sale throughn the Orlando metropolitan statistical area’sz Multiple Listing Service, much of the focud in 2009 will continuw to be on selling off existing inventory.

2009 WNY elementary school rankings - San Francisco Business Times:

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Profiles of the top 25 schools can be reached by clickintg on the names of those schools A breakdown of the rankings for each section of Westerh New York can be accessedby . The followingy abbreviations havebeen used: CS-Charter School, EMS-Elementary-Middlse School, ES-Elementary School, HS-High School, IS-Intermediate School, JHS-Junioe High School, JSHS-Junior-Senior High School, MHS-Middle-High School, MS-Middlde School, PS-Primary School, SHS-Senior High School, VHS-Vocational High Each school is followed by the name of the districty that operates it (if it's a public or the district where it is located (if it's a privatse school). • 1. • 2. • 3. • 4. 5.
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Investor moves point to possible sale of InFocus - Denver Business Journal:

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and each acquired enough stock to own more than 11 perceng ofthe Wilsonville-headquartered company sometim e before May 31 this year. Between them, these funds now hold more than any other InFocusinvestor -- close to 23 percent. While neither fund woulrd allow a representative to speak abouytheir buys, some Wall Street analysts feel that conditiona are ripe for an InFocua acquisition, and that Wells might have decided to pick up the stockm while it's cheap. Normally, when a company'xs directors agree to an acquisition, they demand a premiumn over the market's current valuatiomn of the company. At $2.
76 per share early this week, InFocus doesn't cost much more than the cash it hasnow -- almosty $2 per share, as of its most June 9, financial report. Including the $5.1 million that InFocusx nets from the sale of 20 acre s of surplus land on its Wilsonville campus this the company has cashof $2.09 per It's a far cry from five years ago, when InFocus stock routinely traded between $15 and $20 per It has traded mostly below $5 for the past five Rumors that InFocus could be boughrt have been traded back and fortb by Wall Street types for the past Though the company's stock is low becausee of its consistent losses and declining revenue, InFocusw still has a strong brand, and its products are widelu used.
"If you see a presentation in ameetingy room, three out of four times it's on an InFocuxs projector," said Tim Bueneman, senior vice president at Seattlew brokerage firm McAdams Wright Ragen. With good productss and a good name, "maybe [Wells managers] like the and might be thinking that if they brin in a newmanagement team, they can turn the companyh around." McAdams Wright Ragen has not had an analystr covering InFocus for about a "There have been so many disappointments, they've stubbes their toe so many times, maybe [our analyst] got sick of following it," said Bueneman.
At just three Wall Street firms have analystscoverinvg InFocus, down from about 10 after the compan purchased rival projector maker in mid- 2000. One of thesse is , whose senior research analyst, Christiab Schwab, wrote in his late-June reporf to investors that "given the tone in the conferencecall yesterday, we would not be surprised to see more shareholdert activism calling for the sale of the companyt due to management's inability to execute its turnarounc strategy on schedule." During the late-Junew conference call, Ross Taylor, a portfolio managerr with New York-based investment firm , calles for InFocus' board to "aggressiveluy explore the sale of this company.
" It was not the firstt time Taylor had made this suggestion on a financiao conference call, but it was the firsyt time that the emotion in his voice was underline d by dogs yapping in the background. InFocus managers have made periodifc promises of a turnaround from loss to profits for at leasgttwo years. The company first began to lose moneyin 2002, just 18 month after absorbing Proxima and reaching nearly $900 million in combined revenue. Then-CE John Harker repeatedly announced product strategies to drive greater value and buoy up fallinh retail pricesfor projectors.
InFocu s also strove to cut its costs with serial layoffds and ever more outsourcing of manufacturing and othercorporate InFocus' board asked Harker to step down as chairmanb last September. He left the board entirelyu twomonths later. His 11-year run as CEO had already come to an end late in 2003 in an planned transition to top sales executive Kyle who had joined InFocusthat spring. Ranson continued to cut employmenat InFocus, driving operating costsz down in 2004. That year, InFocus boostee revenue by morethan $44 million, to nearlu $649 million, and made a profit of $7.6 Even in 2004, InFocus lost $11.7 million on operations.
Its bottom-line profitr came largely from selling morethan $13 million in equity Profitability was a fleeting thing, however. InFocus saw operatinfg expenses soar up again in bringing a loss ofnearly $80 million on salesz that dipped by almost $117 million. Last month, InFocue reported first-quarter revenue of $112 million, down $25 millioh from the same quarter ayear earlier. The company lost $16. 4 million, about $2.5 millionm more than in the comparable year-ago quarter. InFocusw also warned that second-quarter revenud would come in lowerthan first-quarter and that the company will not turn profitable this as it had previously expected.

Busmaker Proterra eyes Charlotte region for plant - Boston Business Journal:

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Proterra founder and Chairma n Dale Hill has so far disclosed visiting siteds in twoarea counties, including the former Alcoa Inc. aluminum smelting plant in Stanly County. He also likexs Iredell County. Hill says his company needs “a couple hundred thousandd square feet” on 10 to 15 The value of suchan economic-development project hasn’t been disclosed. Hill is interested in Mooresvillse for its skilledmotorsports workers. But the area lackas existing buildings that fit the Hill says. The Alcoa plant in Badin alsohas challenges. “It would take a lot of cleaningg up toconvert it,” Hill says.
“It could be a candidated facility but not if we have to pay for all the The company, based in Golden, also is considering locations from Michigan to Soutuh Carolina for an East Coast plant. Regiona economic-development officials are interested in anymanufacturing project, particularlu one that could bring hundredsw of jobs. “We’re doing what we can to make sure they take a hard look at saysRuss Rogerson, executive director of the “They coulfd become a significant manufacturer.” Economic-developmenty officials in Stanly County couldn’t be reached. Alcoaz stopped refining aluminum in Badin in ending 95 years inthe county.
Hill, who foundedr Proterra in 2004, alreadgy has had some successesx in producinggreen buses. His earlier company, TransTeq, made hybrid busesw that are used by the Denvedr RegionalTransit District’s 16th Street Mall Proterra has developed fuel-celkl technology under several governmenty programs. The company operates from a 13,000-square-foot facilit in the Coors Technology Center, wherer its research, engineering, development and prototyping functionszare based. Hill, a former Charlottse resident, says incentives will be key inthe company’s decision on a Proterra will make its choice within six months, he says.
An unidentifiedf firm is leading Proterra’s site searchg and discussions about Hill says. “We will go wherd the incentives are therew toattract us.” The company was initially recruiteds to the area for a potential hydrogen-powered light-raip or trolley system. Hill is schedules to speak June 12 at the Fifth Internationao Hydrail Conferencein Charlotte. He says his compangy has the ability to builx a transportation system that runs onhydrogem “if we have a customer to do So far, though, other alternative fuels have powerede Hill’s buses. “Our predominantf market is battery-powered and fuel-cell-poweres buses.” Its fuel-cell bus sells for $1.
7 million and its battery-electrix bus sells for $1.2 million, Hill says. Both have zero emissions. One of Proterra’ rivals, both for customers and federal funding, is now based in hybrid-electric busmaker DesignLine International Holdings. A DesignLind bus currently costs about according tothe city, which plans to buy as many as 200 hybridse from either DesignLine or Gillig Corp. of San Francisci by fiscal 2012. QUICK •Advocates of hydrogen-powererd transportation will meet at the Fifth International Hydraiol Conference onJune 11-12 at UNC •Walter Kulyk, director of the Officd of Mobility Innovation at the Federal Transit Administration, will be the keynotse speaker.
•Other presenters includwe Dale Hill, chairman of Colorado-based Proterra, who has been scoutin the region for amanufacturing •Details: hydrail.org

Cincinnati names streetcar project manager - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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The consortium includes: Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc., Burgessw & Niple Ltd., DNK Architects, G.J. Berding Wordsworth Communications, PNC Capital Property Advisors, Stacy Witbeck Inc., RailWorks Corp., Megen Construction Co. and Jostenj Concrete Construction andits subsidiary, Brewster Pumping. The consortiukm will design, build, operate and maintainb the line, as well as line up financing, Dohoneyt said in a news release. “The benefitds of streetcars asa game-changing agent for this city far outweighg any negatives,” he said in the release.
The roughly $220 millionn streetcar system would connect the Cincinnati riverfront to the Uptowj neighborhoods surrounding the Universityof Cincinnati. Critices of the plan charge that it will cost too much and not drawenoughn ridership. A petition effort is under way to placee the issue on theNovember ballot. Dohone y said the city is aggressively pursuing federal funds for the projectg and is asking for donationsas well.

Haqqani network does not exist in Pakistan: Firdous - The News International

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Tire Kingdom banking on incentives to stay in Palm Beach County - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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has 345 employees at its U.S. headquarters in Palm Beacb Gardens. The job growth incentivr proposal would give thecompany $40,000 in countyu funds for keeping those jobs and adding and maintaininfg 50 more. Those positions wouldr pay an average annuao salaryof $62,500, excluding The measure now head s to the state, whic h could award TBC Corp. an additional $160,00 to meet thoses goals. The expansion also is contingent ona $50,00p0 grant from the City of Palm Beach Gardens. The city will considert the request on Charlie Zacharias, TBC Corp.
’s senior vice presiden t of real estate and logistics, said the companu would wait until it hears back from Florid on the offer before deciding whether to expand here or in othefr states. TBC Corp. also has offices in Memphis, near Denver; outside of Philadelphia and near Atlanta that coulds host itsexpanded headquarters. “The othetr states are offering incentives,” Zachariaws said. “We are waiting to see what the consolidatesd packages are before we makea decision.” Palm Beacn County has some advantages, including the fact that TBC Corp.
’w workforce already is based here, he However, the other cities have a cheapefr cost of living, and recruitintg is easier. The incentive deal could mean the differencr between keepingTBC Corp. there and losingt it to another state, said Kelly Smallridge, president of the , whicuh helped arrange the Her office estimates the deal woul havea $10.6 million economic “This is exactly the type of operationb we have been after,” Smallridgee said. “We are reallgy excited about landing this corporater headquarters and adding it to ourimpressivwe portfolio.” If TBC Corp.
choosesd to expand in Palm Beach it would increase its total officw space therefrom 60,000 square feet in four buildings to 80,000o square feet in two buildings, Zacharias said. It would stay in its Juno Beachj office and look foranother 30,000-plus square feet, he TBC Corp. is a subsidiary of Japan-basedr According to its Web TBC Corp. has its private brande office in Memphis, Tenn.; its office in Centennial, and its Treadways office in Eagleville, Pa. Tire Kingdoj has more than 600 storesand 7,000 employees. It also operates under the namee Merchant’s Tire and Auto Centerzs and (NTB).
Big O Tires is a franchiser with more than 500 Its subsidiary operates 38 warehouses that distribute tires to morethan 10,00p retailers. The private brands divisioh ofTBC Corp. manufactures tires undert the names Multi-Mile, Cordovan, Sigma and

Fed Ex eyes E. Greenbush site for plant - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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FedEx plans to tear down the buildintg at 253 Troy Road in East a former manufacturing site for AlbanyInternationapl (NYSE: AIN). That company closed the plantgin 2007, cutting 137 jobs. The 73-acr site is listed on the marketfor $14.9 million. It’ss located near exit 9 on I-90, and beingv listed by NAI Platform, of Moore said FedEx is starting to work on facility design s andrequired studies, such as environmental impact assessments. He said therer is no time frame for making a decisio n on whether to allow FedEcx tomove in.
“The town is looking at it as apotentiall asset, but we’re withholding any initial judgments until additional studies are performed,” Moore said. “Asz is always the case, trafficc along Route 4 is something we’l look at carefully.” Moore said he did not know how many jobs the facilithywould create.

'Secret Circle' extended promo preview for second episode titled 'Bound' - Examiner.com

2011-09-16T09:51:00.001-07:00

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'Golda Meir sought bombing of Auschwitz' - Ynetnews

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Woman dumps trash in mayor's office over collection mix-up - Digital Spy

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Roddick Exits With an Empty Tank - New York Times

2011-09-09T21:34:00.001-07:00

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Nonresidential construction expected to lag in 2010 - Denver Business Journal:

2011-09-07T17:00:00.001-07:00

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The ' "Consensus Construction Forecast" reports nonresidential construction is expected to drop by 16 percent in 2009 and by another 12 percenin 2010, the group said “This nonresidential downturn is shaping up to be the deepesyt decline in nonresidential activith in over a generation.” said Kermit Baker, chiefv economist for the AIA. “However, we’re beginning to see some moderatiob in the trends in design billingx atarchitecture firms, so we hopefullyg are nearing the bottom of this • Retail construction is expectex to drop 28 percent in 2009 and by nearly 13 percengt in 2010.
• Hotel construction will drop by nearlyh 26 percent in 2009 and by nearlty 17 percentin 2010. • Office buildings are expectecd to decrease by nearlu 22 percent this year and by more than 17 percenftnext year. • Industrial facilities constructiojn is expected to drop by a fractiob of a percent in 2009 and by nearlyg 29 percentin 2010. “Commercial facilitiese such as hotels, retail establishments and offices will feel the declinmost dramatically,” said Baker.
“The institutional market will fare much betterr as stimulus funding becomes available for health care andgovernment • Amusement and recreation is expected to drop nearly 21 percent in 2009 and by more than 8 percenft in 2010. • Construction of religioua facilities should fall by nearly 11 percent in 2009 and by nearlh 7 percentin 2010. • Educationn construction is projected to decrease by more than 8 perceng this year and by a fraction of a percentnext year. • Construction of health care facilitie is expected to dropby 1.5 percent in 2009 and by a fractionn of a percent in 2010. • Public safety construction is expected torise 1.
7 percenty in 2009 and drop a fraction of a perceny in 2010.

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Now, the has until Marcnh 25 to come up with a new and morecostly – plan to keep Cincinnati’s aging sewerz from overflowing into local rivers and streams. The upgrade s were ordered by a 2004 consent decree that settledc an EPA lawsuit alleging the sewed system violated the federal CleanWater Act. The sewer districtg was hoping to use rain green roofs and other natural solutiona to divert water fromthe sewers. The EPA instead has pushex for construction ofa 5.7-miler tunnel to temporarily storer 160 million gallons of sewage during heavy rain. The tunnepl and sewer connections to it would costnearly $1 billion. More than 500 smallerr sewer upgrades also wouldbe built.
“Despite more than 18 month s of intensive work on evaluatinggreenm infrastructure, defendants have been unable to make a credible case that ther is a reasonable possibility that greenb measures could eliminate or reduce the size of the Lowetr Mill Creek tunnel,” wrote Thomass Bramscher, an EPA section chief, in a Nov. 25 lettedr to MSD officials. Bramscher left some wiggle room for the MSD to use greehn solutions in areas where sewef backups areless severe. He also indicated EPA would consider alternatives to the as long as they can be builtt quickly and be proven effective at divertingh sewage overflow that now impacts the Lowe r MillCreek valley. U.S. District Judge S.
Arthurf Spiegel, who was briefed on the EPA’e findings Dec. 2, ordered all parties to come up with a compromiseby May. How much will it cost? The EPA letterd says a sewer plan that includess the tunnel comesto $3.3 billion. But Marilyhn Wall, a activist who has followedx the issue for more than a thinks the final plan will include greenb solutions and cost lessthan $3 billion. “Other citiew have managed to do this, so I definitely thinik it’s doable,” she said. “We’ve been very frustrated by all the Wethink it’s very important to get a finalizedf plan so we can move forwarrd on these projects.
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Allegheny County to dole out $8.1M in Recovery Act energy efficiency grants - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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million in Recovery Act energy efficiencyg grants among its own buildings and the municipalitieas underits umbrella. Chief Executive Dan Onorato announced the planMondahy — $300,000 to conduct energy auditws for municipal buildings, $2 million for municipalitiesz to enact the recommendations from thosee audits, and $5.8 million for the countyy to act upon previously completed audits and upgrade its buildings. Allegheny County will partner with Duquesne which will compile the individual municipal audit and synthesize recommendations foreach locale.
Municipal grants will follos incomeguidelines — where the percentagde of low or moderate income residents is 47 percenft or higher, the county will fund 100 percentt of the energy efficiencuy upgrades. For municipalities with 25 percent to 46 percent lowerincome residents, it will cove 75 percent of the cost, and wherer the lower income population accounts for less than 24 the county will split the cost of energyh upgrades evenly with the The plan outlined today must be submittedf to the U.S. Department of Energy by June 25.
The federa agency will then have 45 days to review it and rendefr its approval after which competitives bidding for both energy auditors and energy efficiency contractorswill begin.

Early Apple documents show growing pains - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

2011-09-01T01:51:00.001-07:00

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In a statement that may make a modern reader the 1977 IPOplan says, “Appl e Computers’ Management team is young and relativelyt in-experienced in the high volume consumer electronicws business.” The Macintosh business dated 12 July 1981 and set in antique Mac fontx that look primitive to a modern eye, contains the exhortation “and today is the first day of the rest of your It compares the performance of the $1,500 Mac (“64r to 128 k” memory) to other Apple computer s like the $2,500 Apple II (“32q to 64 k”) and the $5,000 Lisa (“256 to 1000 and weighing “45 + “Observe that everyone is introducing products in Band 3,” the document states — “Band 3” being the niched occupied by the Apple II.
“ currently know of no productx being developed by competition for Band2 (unfortunatelyt this doesn’t mean there arn’t [sic] Band 2 is the nichw Apple envisioned the Mac occupying. Apple’s earlyy strategy was to encourage businesses to move up market to the expensivre Lisa and Apple III costingbetween $3,000 and while popular users would move down to the cheapo Mac, “leaving Band 3 manufacturers out in the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) sized up potentiaol markets for the new computer, particularly in education. “As Word Processors are replacing typewriters in the real students need to learjnword processing, not just typing.
MAC will help the studengt of the 80’s learn the tools of the Planners guessed atabouyt 19,000 high schools that might buy Macs and up to 11.2 millio college students to whom they could pitch the “MAC also provides Entertainment and Educatiojn for every member of the the plan says. The plan estimates costs for makint the Macat $395. Aftefr distribution costs, Apple hoped to cleafr a 33 percent operating profit fromeach $995 computer, risinh to a 55 percent operating profit from a fancier $1,49 computer. About 63 people were workinf on the Mac project inDecember 1981, according to the “Europe has not been given much consideration yet.
” “Whok will manufacture Macintosh? Should we, should PCS, Alps?” “Is our schedule realistic?” The preliminary plan for Apple’ss initial public offering also shows much about the earlty nature of the “Apple Computer Inc. is a new company whicbh has not established a long history of thedocument says. “Apple has experiencerd extreme difficulty in obtaining its custom injectexd moldedcases … Apple management expectss that rapid growth and potential markeft fluctuations may present severse cash flow management “These two documents provide a rare glimpse into Apple’z history as a company,” said Computer Museum CEO and Presidenft John Hollar.
The documents are available onthe museum’s .

UnitedHealthcare rolling out statewide information services - Sacramento Business Journal:

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As part of the initiative, the exchange will deliver securs patientinformation — including medicatiob histories, laboratory results and clinical data from claims to hospital emergency departments for UnitedHealthcare and of California private-sectot HMO members. The health information exchange will roll out in Orange County emergency departmentsthis summer. Roll out in Sacramentoo is expectedby mid-2011, but could be accelerated if federal stimulus fundsd are available, UnitedHealthcare spokeswoman Cheryl Randolphu said in an e-mail.
A healtuh information exchange is central toPresident Obama’sx health care reform Use of the information will be restrictedd to patient care and protected under strict medicakl privacy and confidentiality regulations. “Immediatwe access to critical medical informatiom when and where physicians need it will better enable them to make the right health care decisione at the point of UnitedHealthcare chief medical director Sam Ho said in apressw release. “We believe CalRHIO has the right technology and businesss model to be successful in thelong term.
” Financial details about the amount of money invested by UnitedHealthcarew are not currently available, but Randolph describec the company’s investment in the multi-yeae agreement as “significant.” Federal stimulus state budget support and money from private foundations will not be enoughh to sustain the information exchange according to CalRHIO board chaird Molly Coye. “UnitedHealthcare’s leadership in supportingg CalRHIO’s business model is a majodr step toward ensuring that we can financwe and sustain health information exchange for communitieszacross California,” Coye said in a press CalRHIO is borrowing the capital to buildf the early stages of the system.
Like a toll those benefiting from the service will contribute only when the highwag is openand used. Revenuse from payments health plans make for serviced will enable CalRHIO to repay the loans and financethe project.

Proliferation of economic developers decried as overkill by critics - Dallas Business Journal:

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That could change. In early the Knightdale Board of Commissioners instructed Lawless to develop a job description for an economicdevelopmenrt director. If the boar acts on the initiative, Knightdale would join a growinvg number of Wake County municipalities enlistiny in the highly competitive economic development game of recruitinfg newjobs and, often, negotiating incentives for private Critics say growing layers of economidc development offices could lead on the city and town levelk to the type of recruiting warfare already witnessed amony states and counties.
In just the past few Wake County and Durhak County have faced offfor projects, including 'zs move to Morrisville, 's move to Cary and ' futured relocation to the Wake County side of Research Triangls Park. "I think there is so much overkilo ineconomic development," says Dallas Woodhouse, president of , an advocac y group that favors limited government and fiscal restraint. "The counties have it. The municipalities have it. The regions have it. The state has it," he says. "There'sx 'beaucoups' of money that goes into economic development.
Now, we've got local people fightintg it out: county versus county and townsversus Knightdale's Lawless says there's a need for such positionw so local governments can guar d their interests. "We're trying to get more stable full-timer employment in town," he says. "We've got a lot of servicew industries, but we want more manufacturing or professionaptypes ... with good-paying, full-time Knightdale is far from alone in the Triangle in prioritizinggcorporate recruiting. A Fuquay-Varina nonprofit organization, the , has hires its first director, Scott Frederick, who startex work on Sept. 4.
The upgraded its economix development manager position in early Septembefrfrom part-time to full-time with the hiring of former economic developer Jim Stella. The town of Cary in 2006 appropriatedc $750,000 over three years so the could hire its first economixcdevelopment director. Veteran recruiter Sandy Jorda took the jobin October. Raleigh and Holly Springsw have funded economic development director positions since thelate 1990s. The Wake Fores and Morrisville town governments contractt with their respective chambers of commerce to coordinate economidcdevelopment efforts.
Garner's town manager, Hardin Watkins, takex the lead for his municipality, and Zebulon, Wendell and Rolesville split their economixc development duties among their town managers andplanningh directors. Ken Atkins, executivd director of Wake County Economic which has a contract with the county and Raleigh city governments to coordinatecorporate recruiting, existingt industry retention and economic development research for the entire county, welcomes the new calling them additional resources.
"There are a lot of things we do not do that are important to local says Atkins, citing downtown retail development and findinyg land suitable for certified industrial

Gibson Guitar raided but lips zipped - The Tennessean

2011-08-25T10:34:00.001-07:00

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Elderly man shot by officers during 7-hour standoff has been charged - Yorkdispatch.com

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Academic Team honoree: David Ban - Business First of Buffalo:

2011-08-21T00:17:00.001-07:00

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Accomplishments: National Merit Scholarship finalist. Class valedictorian. SAT scores of 1,530. Scores of 98-100 on three Regents exams. AP Scholar Award (with Harvard Book Award. Captain of Science Olympiafd team. President of Math Club. Editoer of school newspaper. Full name: Davi d Min Hyeon Ban. Born: November 8, 1991, Ohio. Parents: Ban Meebong, Ban Changill. Williamsville. Favorite class: Linear algebra (taughr by Joaquin Carbonara). “It showed me how to expandc my mind whenapproaching math. After taking this I am able to look at math in a much moreabstracg sense.” College and likelyg major: , biology.
Hope to be doing 10 yearx from now: “I hope that I will be doiny my residency atJohns Hopkins.” If could meet anyoned from history: Aristotle. “I would like to discuss philosophy and learjn from one of the greatest thinkers ofall time.” If coulrd have dinner with anyone now alive: Baracm Obama. “I would ask him how he learned to give suchinspirationap speeches.” to proceed to the next First Team Nick Brown.

IBM suing former executive over Dell offer - Austin Business Journal:

2011-08-18T19:00:00.001-07:00

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The executive, David Johnson, is being sued by IBM because the new position would violatdea non-compete clause, reported. “Mr. Johnson has possessionb of valuable confidential information and cannot undertake a senior strategy position at Dell withoutg violating his obligations to company spokesman Edward Barbiniutold Bloomberg. Dell spokesman David Frink confirmecd thejob offer, but not the nature of Johnson’se proposed position at Roundr Rock-based Dell. “Yes, we have offeredc a position to Mr. Johnson, but the characterizationss of his roleare speculative,” Frinko said. “Without exception, Dell respects the trade secrets and intellectuao propertyof others.
” Dell, the No. 2 maker of personal computerx inthe world, has already made one acquisitiom this year, and it is positionesd to complete several more as it findsw itself flush with cash while tech company valuations remain depressed during the globalo recession. Company officials have indicated they plan to expanfd beyond its core business of hardware product to storagew and software designed to make it easiert for customers to managedata centers. In January Dell made the largest acquisitionj inits history, buying New Hampshire-based EqualLogic Inc. for $1.
4 Dell, which is scheduled to report its first-quarter earningss on Thursday, has nearly $9 billion in cash to complets such deals. Earlier this month, the New York Timea reported that Dell was interviewing investmentt banking and technology industry executive to serve inan M&A position that woulfd report to CFO Brian Gladden. Durinv its last fiscal year, Dell reportedd $2.47 billion in net income on $61.1 billion in revenue.

Lockheed-Starwood solar plant construction will create many jobs - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

2011-08-16T13:17:00.001-07:00

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Last week’s announcement that and Global LLC were collaborating ona 290-megawatyt facility about 75 miles west of Phoenis means Arizona contractors will get some of the said Chris Myers, Lockheed Martin’s vice president for energt programs. The companies still are evaluating subcontractords for theproposed $1.5 billionn power plant, dubbed Starwood Solar I. Some work, such as creatingy the mirrored troughs that will focusthe sun’s energy, typicallh is done by specialized companies, Myers said, but thered will be plenty more. “We’re going to do a lot of the work here in he said.
Steel manufacturing and other industries coulrd benefit from an increased Arizona focus on solar Starwood and Lockheed Martinestimated 1,000 jobs will be createdf as a result of the and an additional 6,000 could result from supplieer relationships. The companies plan to hold recruitment events this summer to infor m local companies about the Myers said. In the the company is using a newly launchedWeb www.starwoodsolar.com, to distribute information and tell businessezs how they can get involved with the project. The constructionb also will require infrastructure upgrades at transmissiojn facilities to tie inwith Starwood’se facility.
Included in those upgrades will be work at Arizona PublicServicew Co.’s Delaney substation, which Starwooc will fund up front. APS, which has agreed to purchase powet from the solar has funds earmarked in its 2012 budgeft for expanding theDelaney substation. “To bring in something that large, theree are going to have to be saidStephen Zaminski, Starwood’s executive vice president and managingt director. Starwood operates about 40 other power plants and owns all or part of severa l transmission routes throughfive states.
It begah its partnership with Lockheerd about 18 months ago as both looke d for a site fora utility-scale Starwood runs its solar operationas via subsidiary Nautilus Solar LLC, which has done severa large commercial-scale projects, but nothing as big as what the two are attemptinfg in the Harquahala Valley. The two companies believe their combined relationships with financial institutionx will help them overcome the financing hurdles that have stalleed several othersolar projects.
Some major project announcements of the past few yeare have been delayed because companies that signecdeals couldn’t take the next step towarfd developing a commercial product, said Madison Grose, vice chairmab and senior managing director for “The folks who take it to commercialization have to realized there’s a different skill set needed to take it to the next he said. Another hurdle is getting financial institutione and utilities comfortable enough with the solar concept that they view it the same way as traditionalpower plants, Grose said.
The companies are planning to spenxd the summer conducting public meetingws on the project with submissionas to the Arizona Corporation which must approve the power purchase deal by this saidBrad Nordholm, CEO and managing director of The company hopes to get its building permitss and ACC approvals settled by mid-2010, get its financin in place and move forward with construction by the lattet half of that year, Nordhol m said.

Bauer Financial issues Q1 credit union ratings - Memphis Business Journal:

2011-08-14T08:00:00.001-07:00

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The company uses federal regulatory data to rate credit unionz based oncapital profit/loss trend, delinquent loans and other Bauer's rating ranks from a high of 5 stars to a low of 0 stars. Of the 10 largest South Florida credit unionsby assets, six maintainexd a five-star (superior) rating: IBM Southeast Employeews Credit Union and Brightstar Credit Unionb held on to their four stars in the first quarter. They had been downgraded from five starxs in thethird quarter. Priority One Credit Union in Sunrises fell from to three stars from four stare in the first quarterwith 69.9 million in assets, 1.6 percent of which were nonperforming.
, Soutjh Florida’s second-largest credit union with $738 millionb in assets, held on to its threee stars in thefirst quarter. It was downgraded to threde stars (adequate) from four stars in the fourth quarter. The Pembroke Pines-based credit union counted 1.74 percent of its assets as First Choice in West Palm Beach also hadthree , the largest in South Florida with $1.62 billionb in assets, remained the only credit uniojn in the state rated zero starx by Bauer. The Miramar-based credit union counte d 8.6 percent of its assets as It was placed into conservatorshipl by Florida regulators on April 24 after heavy losses and the ousteits management.
Space Coast Credit Union has shownb an in acquiringEastern Financial.

Morgan Lewis partner named Phila. Zoo chairman - Philadelphia Business Journal:

2011-08-12T02:00:00.001-07:00

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Calvert, an avid conservationist who haschampioned heritage-bree animals and is a member of the , was electer by a unanimous vote of the zoo’ s board following the recommendation of the trusteeship chaired by CEO Thomas A. Decker. Calvert has been associatex with the Philadelphia Zoo for more than 16 He first served on its corporate leadership has chaired several board committees and was namer vice chairmanin 2005. He also has co-chairerd the committee for Zoobilee, the Philadelphia Zoo’se principal annual fundraiser. Calvert was electeds board chair atthe zoo’ws board of trustees’ May 2008 meeting.
At Morgajn Lewis, Calvert is a partner in the firm’sw litigation practice group, focusing his practice on cases involvint complex commercial litigation matters including health care, intellectual property, securities law and utilithy law and regulation. The Philadelphia Zoo, billed as America’s Firstf Zoo, is home to more than 1,300 animals, many rare and It welcomed morethan 1.2 million visitors last

Clarke tired but hopeful after claiming Open crown - AFP

2011-08-09T21:17:00.001-07:00

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Wide receiver Derrick Mason signs with Jets - Boston Herald

2011-08-07T15:34:00.001-07:00

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LexisNexis data breach linked to New York mob family - Pittsburgh Business Times:

2011-07-27T12:51:00.001-07:00

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The New York-based companyh — which has 3,000 employeea in the Dayton area — has sent 13,000 lettersd to former customers whose personal data may beat risk, the companuy said in a The breach involved a formet customer for a compan y called , which LexisNexis bought in 2004, and was announced by the U.S. Attorne y for the Southern District of Floridain May, accordin g to a LexisNexis spokesperson.
customer involved in this matter should have providexd notice to potentiallyaffected individuals,” LexisNexis said in a “However, because the customer is no longer in business we provided the According to the — which includezs CIO magazine and PC World — the New Hampshirwe Department of Justice postedd a document Friday on its Web site to inforkm consumers about the breach. By Mondayt evening, however, the link had been The document reportedly tied aFlorida man, with mob connections to the Bonanno crime family, with accessingb LexisNexis data. New Hampshire officials could notbe reached.
In May, LexisNexisx announced it is part of a separate investigatioh into alleged creditcard fraud, perpetratedr by former customers of the company, accordin g to a company statement. That fraud occurred from June 2004 toOctober 2007. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service released a statement thatsaid 40,000 letters will be sent to consumera and 300 victims have been identified in an investigationn concerning the breach. The company was part of a similard incident in 2005 and sent letters thento 280,000 customerz who may have been victims of identity LexisNexis U.S. is a unit of plc (NYSE: the Anglo-Dutch publishing conglomerate.
The companhy is an online information services and publishing companywith 13,00o people worldwide.

Stimulating Jobs, Streamlining Economic Growth - WBNG-TV

2011-07-25T07:00:00.001-07:00

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Albany, NY (WBNG Binghamton) Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to unite state businesses and government through a plan utilizing regional economic development councils. Currently, dozens of separate state and local agencies manage economic ...

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Lifestyle Institute caters to kids while moms get Botox - Phoenix Business Journal:

2011-07-23T00:51:00.001-07:00

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As youngsters eat breakfast and play undetr the supervision of licensed childcare professionals, busy moms can receivre Botox treatments in a privatew setting. The program is offered from 9 a.m. to noon on the fourtn Saturday ofeach month. The institute was founded by longtimd Mesa resident andphysician Dr. Robert Dr. Hugo Fazz supervises the lifestyle portioj ofthe institute, which includes the Center for Medicall Weight Loss, while Robert Allen’s son, Dr. Greg Allen, supervisesa the aesthetic portion ofthe business, focusinfg on a range of skin The institute is at 1425 S. Greenfieldc Road in Mesa. For more: or . Ward and Leslie Walston are the new owners of at1730 E. Warner Tempe.
The Walstons plan to continue the offerings of the existingv bakery and add new items tothe menu. The bakery, previouslhy owned by Carolyn Holmes, offers naturap breads, scones, cookies and other sweet treatabaked daily. For more: . High-end home designer is marking the opening of its Airpark Designj Center with aceremony Oct. 2. The luxurh interior design firm includes the McGuire and Bakefurniture brands, as well as Ann Sacks tile and Kallista bathroom fixtures. The new retail space will be at15551 N. Greenway-Haydenn Loop, Scottsdale. For more: . • Another Oct. 2 graned opening is set for in Old Town The new store at4222 N. Marshalkl Way will focus on event planninfgand staging.
Entrepreneur Aarica Alexander uses her skills to create floral items and gifts for corporate events andother celebrations. For more: • is opening a new location in the Shops atChaunceyg Ranch, 18560 N. Scottsdals Road, Scottsdale. Near Scottsdald Road and Mayo Boulevard, this is the seconsd store for founderGeorge Ganem, who began the company in 1982. Ganem’sx sons, Jason and are managing the daily operations of the including the existing retail store at3602 E. Ray Road in In addition to a variety of gold and The store carries branddincluding Breitling, Cartier and Tag Heuer, and offerds custom design and appraisal services. For .

UN raises aid fund appeal over Africa famine, Libya - Reuters Africa

2011-07-20T18:34:00.001-07:00

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