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Sunday, September 9, 2012
Taliban Rages Over US Decision on Terrorist Group - New York Times (blog)
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Saturday, September 8, 2012
Ohio Senate OKs budget bill - Business First of Columbus:
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In a 20-11 vote along party lines, the Senatre approved a budget that calls for morethan $113 billion in state spending over the two-year period beginning July 1. That is nearlu $1 billion less than the budget approved earlier bythe Democrat-controllee House. “This budget protects funds basic services and puts seniors andchildren first,” said state Sen. John R-Wellston, chairman of the Senate’s Finance and Financiapl Institutions Committee. Senate Republican leaders their budget planMay 29. The bill passe d Wednesday was consistent with that version and remains at odds on many issue with the one approved by House Democrats.
Differences between the bills will need to be reconcile d by a House and Senate conference committere in thecoming weeks. The legislature needse to present a balanced budgetfor Gov. Ted Strickland’s signature by a June 30 deadline. Complicating the budger process is thatthe House-Senate conference committee is expectes to receive updated state revenue estimatesx from Gov. Ted Strickland’s administration that are likely to require additionalk cuts to the budget passed bythe Senate. The final version of the Senatwe bill contained an amendment that protectes Ohio hospitals from beintg hurt by a new franchise fee called for inthe House-passedr budget bill.
Designed to allow the statw to receiveapproximately $1.7 billion in matching federakl funds for Ohio’s Medicaid health-carer program for the poor, the franchisew fee would have cost hospitals an estimated $333 million over the two-yeafr budget cycle. The Senate bill retains the franchise fee but returnsz all the assessment dollarsto hospitals, the That would be done through a 5 percen t Medicaid payment increase for hospitals, higher paymentse for hospital-owned home health services and potentially increase payments for ambulance and hospice services owned by the The other big amendment in the bill would open stats parkland to drilling for oil and natural gas.
Revenue from well leasews would be used to maintain and improvestatd parks.
In a 20-11 vote along party lines, the Senatre approved a budget that calls for morethan $113 billion in state spending over the two-year period beginning July 1. That is nearlu $1 billion less than the budget approved earlier bythe Democrat-controllee House. “This budget protects funds basic services and puts seniors andchildren first,” said state Sen. John R-Wellston, chairman of the Senate’s Finance and Financiapl Institutions Committee. Senate Republican leaders their budget planMay 29. The bill passe d Wednesday was consistent with that version and remains at odds on many issue with the one approved by House Democrats.
Differences between the bills will need to be reconcile d by a House and Senate conference committere in thecoming weeks. The legislature needse to present a balanced budgetfor Gov. Ted Strickland’s signature by a June 30 deadline. Complicating the budger process is thatthe House-Senate conference committee is expectes to receive updated state revenue estimatesx from Gov. Ted Strickland’s administration that are likely to require additionalk cuts to the budget passed bythe Senate. The final version of the Senatwe bill contained an amendment that protectes Ohio hospitals from beintg hurt by a new franchise fee called for inthe House-passedr budget bill.
Designed to allow the statw to receiveapproximately $1.7 billion in matching federakl funds for Ohio’s Medicaid health-carer program for the poor, the franchisew fee would have cost hospitals an estimated $333 million over the two-yeafr budget cycle. The Senate bill retains the franchise fee but returnsz all the assessment dollarsto hospitals, the That would be done through a 5 percen t Medicaid payment increase for hospitals, higher paymentse for hospital-owned home health services and potentially increase payments for ambulance and hospice services owned by the The other big amendment in the bill would open stats parkland to drilling for oil and natural gas.
Revenue from well leasews would be used to maintain and improvestatd parks.
Friday, September 7, 2012
Italian Doubles Team Wins a Shootout - New York Times (blog)
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AFP | Italian Doubles Team Wins a Shootout New York Times (blog) Two point-blank shootouts enlivened Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci's semifinal doubles victory on Thursday. The Italians won, 6-3, 6-2, over Nuria Llagostera Vives and Maria Martinez Sanchez of Spain. The first shootout came in a six-shot r » |
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Cincinnati-area firms win Ohio incentives - Dayton Business Journal:
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, a maker of marketing simulatiobn andplanning software, received $1.1 million from the Innovatiobn Ohio Loan Fund, at an annual interesf rate of 1 percentt for the first year and 8 percenty for five years. The Cincinnati-based company will use the loan to developp a new generation of its Emerging Marketplaced software and buycomputer equipment. The $2.2 millionm project is expected to create 36 jobs and retai n10 jobs. Two local firms also receivexd Job Creation Tax Credits forexpansion projects. , a supplier of labelinv systems for thebeverage industry, was awarded a 45 percenrt tax credit for five years for a $1 millio expansion project in Mason.
The company expectds to use the credit, worth about $52,700 over its to create 25 jobs andretain 118. • won a 45 percenf job credit, for a six-year for a $170,000 expansion project at its regionaloffice downtown. The credit is valued at about $119,7509 over its term. Advantage expects to create 33 positionss andretain 65. The company, headquartere in Spokane, Wash., provides energ management consulting services.
, a maker of marketing simulatiobn andplanning software, received $1.1 million from the Innovatiobn Ohio Loan Fund, at an annual interesf rate of 1 percentt for the first year and 8 percenty for five years. The Cincinnati-based company will use the loan to developp a new generation of its Emerging Marketplaced software and buycomputer equipment. The $2.2 millionm project is expected to create 36 jobs and retai n10 jobs. Two local firms also receivexd Job Creation Tax Credits forexpansion projects. , a supplier of labelinv systems for thebeverage industry, was awarded a 45 percenrt tax credit for five years for a $1 millio expansion project in Mason.
The company expectds to use the credit, worth about $52,700 over its to create 25 jobs andretain 118. • won a 45 percenf job credit, for a six-year for a $170,000 expansion project at its regionaloffice downtown. The credit is valued at about $119,7509 over its term. Advantage expects to create 33 positionss andretain 65. The company, headquartere in Spokane, Wash., provides energ management consulting services.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Deal reached in tech lawsuit - MENAFN.COM
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Deal reached in tech lawsuit MENAFN.COM George Ariyoshi and others seeking hundreds of millions of dollars from major financial companies over the 2002 acquisition of a Hawaii high-technology company. Ariyoshi, high-tech entrepreneur Lambert Onuma and others who owned stock in Pihana ... |
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Pioneer Drilling settles lawsuit - Philadelphia Business Journal:
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The lawsuit was settled after three days of tria l inJohnson County. It was brought on behaltf of the husband, children and parents of Rhondwa Henson, who was killed on Sept. 11, 2008, when oil field equipmenf fell offa tractor-trailert and crushed her vehicle. The tractor-trailerr was owned and operated by Pioneere DrillingServices Ltd., a division of San Antonio-based Pioneetr Drilling (Amex: PDC). The accident occurred on FM 157 inNortn Texas. During the trial, it was based on Venus PoliceDepartmen reports, that the driver of the trucik failed to control his spee and that the truck’s load was not properlyt secured.
Plaintiffs also alleged that the driver was not legally qualifies to drive the truck and that documents in his driveer qualification fileswere fabricated, falsified and backdated by Pionee employees after the accident. A spokesperson for Pioneetr Drilling was unavailablefor comment. “We believe it was a just outcomde within our civil court system and a fair settlement given the facts ofthe case,” says John Davicd Hart, a Fort Worth attorney who represented the Henson family. “We believe that this settlement will at leastf make companies more aware of the need for good safethy and hiring practices and hopefullyh prevent anotherneedless tragedy.
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The lawsuit was settled after three days of tria l inJohnson County. It was brought on behaltf of the husband, children and parents of Rhondwa Henson, who was killed on Sept. 11, 2008, when oil field equipmenf fell offa tractor-trailert and crushed her vehicle. The tractor-trailerr was owned and operated by Pioneere DrillingServices Ltd., a division of San Antonio-based Pioneetr Drilling (Amex: PDC). The accident occurred on FM 157 inNortn Texas. During the trial, it was based on Venus PoliceDepartmen reports, that the driver of the trucik failed to control his spee and that the truck’s load was not properlyt secured.
Plaintiffs also alleged that the driver was not legally qualifies to drive the truck and that documents in his driveer qualification fileswere fabricated, falsified and backdated by Pionee employees after the accident. A spokesperson for Pioneetr Drilling was unavailablefor comment. “We believe it was a just outcomde within our civil court system and a fair settlement given the facts ofthe case,” says John Davicd Hart, a Fort Worth attorney who represented the Henson family. “We believe that this settlement will at leastf make companies more aware of the need for good safethy and hiring practices and hopefullyh prevent anotherneedless tragedy.
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Saturday, September 1, 2012
Spherion: Worker confidence holds steady in June - South Florida Business Journal:
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of a point to 48, accordingh to the Spherion EmployeeConfidence Index, which measures confidence in their personal employmeng situation and optimism in the economic The index finds that whilee slightly more workers believe the economy is getting weakert and fewer jobs are available, more workere are confident in the futurw of their current employer. "Although our latest Inde shows little change fromlast month, it stilkl remains 1.9 points higher than its readingy one year ago,” President and CEO Roy Krausee said in a news "While there may be signs of a lighft at the end of the tunnel, a turnaround will not be felt The results of the survey come amid mixed economidc news.
The on Thursday pegged the nation’s unemploymenyt at a 26-year high. At the same time, the reported on Wednesdagy that pending home saleswere up. Forty percent of workerws believe the economy isgetting weaker, up from 38 percenf in the previous month. Seventy-two percenft of workers believe thers are fewerjobs available, up one percentage poinr from May. Sixty-six percentr of workers reported confidence in the futurr of theircurrent employers, up from 63 percentr the previous month. Thirty-five percenty of workers are likely to look for a new job in the next 12 up one percentage poinftfrom May.
of a point to 48, accordingh to the Spherion EmployeeConfidence Index, which measures confidence in their personal employmeng situation and optimism in the economic The index finds that whilee slightly more workers believe the economy is getting weakert and fewer jobs are available, more workere are confident in the futurw of their current employer. "Although our latest Inde shows little change fromlast month, it stilkl remains 1.9 points higher than its readingy one year ago,” President and CEO Roy Krausee said in a news "While there may be signs of a lighft at the end of the tunnel, a turnaround will not be felt The results of the survey come amid mixed economidc news.
The on Thursday pegged the nation’s unemploymenyt at a 26-year high. At the same time, the reported on Wednesdagy that pending home saleswere up. Forty percent of workerws believe the economy isgetting weaker, up from 38 percenf in the previous month. Seventy-two percenft of workers believe thers are fewerjobs available, up one percentage poinr from May. Sixty-six percentr of workers reported confidence in the futurr of theircurrent employers, up from 63 percentr the previous month. Thirty-five percenty of workers are likely to look for a new job in the next 12 up one percentage poinftfrom May.
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