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Empiric has become a full subsidiarh of Fujifilm MedicalSystems USA, which is basef in Connecticut. Financial terms weren’t Empiric Systems makes software forradiology offices. The company, founded in 2001 by radiologyu professionals Mark Janas andPete Gratale, says it offers software that helps with every task in a radiologyu office – from handling imagees to billing customers. The company’s Web site says it’z been profitable since its inception and has nosignificantt debt, venture capital or otherwise. Accordintg to a statement, Fujifilm Medical Systemd has beenoffering Empiric’s technology as a reselle r since November 2007.
In a written statement, Fujifilm Vice President Bob Cookes says that the companies already have pusherd toward integrating theirsoftware – and that “wit h the acquisition we are now in a positiohn to deliver an even deepetr integration that will yield the complete imaging informatics solutionb that healthcare facilities are A Fujifilm representative wasn’t immediately available for comment. Fujifilnm Medical Systems is a subsidiaryof Japan’d (Nasdaq: FUJI).
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
LCD makers settle price-fixing case for $553 million - Reuters
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USA TODAY | LCD makers settle price-fixing case for $553 million Reuters The latest payout includes $538.6 million to resolve claims by "indirect" purchasers that bought televisions and computers with thin film transistor LCDs, as well as claims by eight states: Arkansas, California, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, New York, ... Sharp, Samsung Agr ee on $539 Million to End Antitrust Cases LCD makers in $553 million price-fixing accord Tech firms to pay $553 million in settlement over » |
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Indonesian govt to promote Banyumas batik art - Fibre2fashion.com
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Indonesian govt to promote Banyumas batik art Fibre2fashion.com The Banyumas batik art belonging to the southwestern part of Central Java province in Indonesia will be promoted by the Government and for the purpose a gallery would be built using state funds. The Government has allocated a sum of IDR 1.78 billion to ... |
Friday, December 23, 2011
Russian spacecraft delivers 3 to orbiting station - The Associated Press
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The Associated Press | Russian spacecraft delivers 3 to orbiting station The Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) รข€" A Soyuz spacecraft safely delivered a Russian, an American and a Dutchman to the International Space Station on Friday, restoring the permanent crew to six members for the first time since September. But just as concerns over the ... Soyuz spacecraft carrying Russian, American, Dutchman docks at International ... Russian Spacecraft successfully docks to the ISS Russian Craft Docks At International Space Station |
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Burger chain inks first
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The first two Smashburger restaurants are ontheir way. The located in the Stonde Ridgeshopping center, is set to open on June 21. Storee No. 2 will open in earlgy July, at the Park North shopping center. To celebrat the debut of this new takeon fast-casualp burgers, SB Alamo will have a grand openin g celebration on June 27 at the Stone Ridge The center is located at U.S. Highwaty 281 and Evans Road, on the far North Park North is locater alongLoop 410, between Blanco Road and San Pedro Avenue, in Norty Central San Antonio.
“We are excite d to bring the Smashburger experience to San saysMike Griffith, director of marketing for SB “At Smashburger, the core of the branrd is to be every city’s favoriter burger place ... .” The owner and developer of the Smashburgert conceptis Denver-based privater equity firm . The Smashburged hamburger starts with a choice of buns a butter-toasted egg bun, multi-grain or spicy chipotle. The signatured touch is the beef is smashed onthe grill.
It is a procesd that creates on the bottonm of the patty a caramelized coatin g of juices that give the burgerits
The first two Smashburger restaurants are ontheir way. The located in the Stonde Ridgeshopping center, is set to open on June 21. Storee No. 2 will open in earlgy July, at the Park North shopping center. To celebrat the debut of this new takeon fast-casualp burgers, SB Alamo will have a grand openin g celebration on June 27 at the Stone Ridge The center is located at U.S. Highwaty 281 and Evans Road, on the far North Park North is locater alongLoop 410, between Blanco Road and San Pedro Avenue, in Norty Central San Antonio.
“We are excite d to bring the Smashburger experience to San saysMike Griffith, director of marketing for SB “At Smashburger, the core of the branrd is to be every city’s favoriter burger place ... .” The owner and developer of the Smashburgert conceptis Denver-based privater equity firm . The Smashburged hamburger starts with a choice of buns a butter-toasted egg bun, multi-grain or spicy chipotle. The signatured touch is the beef is smashed onthe grill.
It is a procesd that creates on the bottonm of the patty a caramelized coatin g of juices that give the burgerits
Monday, December 19, 2011
Canal Winchester works to fill vacancies and maintain character - Business First of Columbus:
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"That was pretty much downtown," Schmidt "There wasn't really anything with a lot of 'for lease' and 'for sale' signs." As it happened, Schmidgt had a need for commercial spac to start his computer technology firm and took the space at1 S. High St. "We wantede to help revitalize the downtown," said Schmidt, formet chief information officer at thelaw firm. Schmidt' s attraction to the historic district centered at High and Waterlolo streets came as the nonprofit Canalp Winchester Downtown Association had already begun promotiny an area boasting severalkhistoric properties. That area now has few commercial vacanciez and thriving businesseslike iBeam.
Businesses "like the atmospher here compared to anoffice park," says Bob president of the association, now called Main Street Canalp Winchester. "It's not a cookie cutter Several Central Ohio communities have worked on developinf their old downtowns aftef years of promoting the construction of new commerciall centers onthe ever-expanding periphery of the suburbs. Significant projectd include the Creekside development in downtown Gahannz and redevelopment of a lumberyard near the center of Grove City intoa mixed-use "Just like the downtown of urban core citiex like Columbus, I think you're seeing that same trend in the suburbajn communities," said Jim Russell, executivw vice president for the consulting and development The suburbs "are getting more aggressive and looking at the possibilitiezs of their downtowns.
" Several of the communities have pusheed new public facilities, such as a city facility or parking as the foundation for downtown revival. In Groveport, the village'as community improvement corporation plans to lease land it assemblec at the end of its commercial strip to Pizzutji Solutions in an effort to creatsmore retail, restaurant and officw space. Such a "resource center ... can be a usefu l part of redevelopment, especially those that create foot traffic," Russell said. In Canal Winchester, the village alreadyg had vacant buildings.
So the business associatioh played up the charm of the which has several buildinge onthe , and promoted eventz such as summer farmers' markets and the village's Labof Day festival. "We didn't go out and get businessesz here," said John executive director of the MainStreet "We just promote it and let the marke forces work." Downtown did take a bit of a hit a few years ago when access at High and U.S. Route 33 became limited.
That cut off a majot entry corridor into the downtown from the But Garrett said downtown has established itselfd so well as a destinatioh business center that customers just found their way from Gender Road via The few businesses that did close were replaced by new such asthe Fern's Attic consignmen t shop and the Shop on High dress The Team Gear sports apparel formerly the Cool School Shop until it movedx out to Gender Road six years ago, planas to return downtown by mid-September to 29 W. Waterloo St. Establishedf businesses downtownhave expanded.
Schmidt said iBeam bought out a formetr office across the street from its original location threwe years ago as the technology businesz thrived and ran out of space in itsoriginalk digs. "Minutes after the 'for-sale' sign went up, we walkesd over," said Schmidt, now Main Street president. "It was just the perfec fit for us." The building, whichu Schmidt said once served as a Cold Warfallouf shelter, works well as a place to operate remote computer servers for iBeam clients, he (Studio Fusion Salon & Spa now occupie iBeam's original space.
) Greg Powers, majority ownef of the Shade on the Canapl restaurant, said he expect s to open a 60-seat expansion of the restaurang he and his partners re-opened in March 2004 afterd a number of restaurants failed. He said the name of the restaurany comes from the Shade restaurant that first opened more than 60 yearsx ago and also recognizes the canapl that ran through town inthe "There's always been something special about this said Powers of its atmosphere and history. "It's still small-town he added. "I always wanted to move to Mayberry," the fictional setting of the "Andy Griffithb Show" in the 1960s.
Schmidt and Powers said the quie setting has proven resilient as customers and employeez at each of the businesses stop by to visig other businesses inthe district. Schmidty said his business "helps create a nice luncuh crowd for Shade andHarvest Moon," a nearby coffee house and That works for Powers. He "The more people we have in town, the bettedr it is for everybody." The Main Streegt organization continues to work on amenitiese to keep those businesses andcustomersz coming. It recently launched a fundraisinbg effort to renovatethe 102-year-old interurban traij station, a building connected to the iBeam building that was sold to the villags a couple of years ago.
That building could becom e a conference center for the downtown if the fundsx for the renovationcome in. The village also has a formere Marathon gas station that the nonprofitf plans to clean upand market, opening up a development site wherse few exist. Both properties are close to a former South Central site used for storag of utility poles that has since been convertef to apublic park. Main Streeft expects the conference center and the availability of a commerciaol development site to keep downtown Canal Winchested as an attractive business center for yearwto come. "When the pieces come Garvin said, "you get a successful downtown.
"
"That was pretty much downtown," Schmidt "There wasn't really anything with a lot of 'for lease' and 'for sale' signs." As it happened, Schmidgt had a need for commercial spac to start his computer technology firm and took the space at1 S. High St. "We wantede to help revitalize the downtown," said Schmidt, formet chief information officer at thelaw firm. Schmidt' s attraction to the historic district centered at High and Waterlolo streets came as the nonprofit Canalp Winchester Downtown Association had already begun promotiny an area boasting severalkhistoric properties. That area now has few commercial vacanciez and thriving businesseslike iBeam.
Businesses "like the atmospher here compared to anoffice park," says Bob president of the association, now called Main Street Canalp Winchester. "It's not a cookie cutter Several Central Ohio communities have worked on developinf their old downtowns aftef years of promoting the construction of new commerciall centers onthe ever-expanding periphery of the suburbs. Significant projectd include the Creekside development in downtown Gahannz and redevelopment of a lumberyard near the center of Grove City intoa mixed-use "Just like the downtown of urban core citiex like Columbus, I think you're seeing that same trend in the suburbajn communities," said Jim Russell, executivw vice president for the consulting and development The suburbs "are getting more aggressive and looking at the possibilitiezs of their downtowns.
" Several of the communities have pusheed new public facilities, such as a city facility or parking as the foundation for downtown revival. In Groveport, the village'as community improvement corporation plans to lease land it assemblec at the end of its commercial strip to Pizzutji Solutions in an effort to creatsmore retail, restaurant and officw space. Such a "resource center ... can be a usefu l part of redevelopment, especially those that create foot traffic," Russell said. In Canal Winchester, the village alreadyg had vacant buildings.
So the business associatioh played up the charm of the which has several buildinge onthe , and promoted eventz such as summer farmers' markets and the village's Labof Day festival. "We didn't go out and get businessesz here," said John executive director of the MainStreet "We just promote it and let the marke forces work." Downtown did take a bit of a hit a few years ago when access at High and U.S. Route 33 became limited.
That cut off a majot entry corridor into the downtown from the But Garrett said downtown has established itselfd so well as a destinatioh business center that customers just found their way from Gender Road via The few businesses that did close were replaced by new such asthe Fern's Attic consignmen t shop and the Shop on High dress The Team Gear sports apparel formerly the Cool School Shop until it movedx out to Gender Road six years ago, planas to return downtown by mid-September to 29 W. Waterloo St. Establishedf businesses downtownhave expanded.
Schmidt said iBeam bought out a formetr office across the street from its original location threwe years ago as the technology businesz thrived and ran out of space in itsoriginalk digs. "Minutes after the 'for-sale' sign went up, we walkesd over," said Schmidt, now Main Street president. "It was just the perfec fit for us." The building, whichu Schmidt said once served as a Cold Warfallouf shelter, works well as a place to operate remote computer servers for iBeam clients, he (Studio Fusion Salon & Spa now occupie iBeam's original space.
) Greg Powers, majority ownef of the Shade on the Canapl restaurant, said he expect s to open a 60-seat expansion of the restaurang he and his partners re-opened in March 2004 afterd a number of restaurants failed. He said the name of the restaurany comes from the Shade restaurant that first opened more than 60 yearsx ago and also recognizes the canapl that ran through town inthe "There's always been something special about this said Powers of its atmosphere and history. "It's still small-town he added. "I always wanted to move to Mayberry," the fictional setting of the "Andy Griffithb Show" in the 1960s.
Schmidt and Powers said the quie setting has proven resilient as customers and employeez at each of the businesses stop by to visig other businesses inthe district. Schmidty said his business "helps create a nice luncuh crowd for Shade andHarvest Moon," a nearby coffee house and That works for Powers. He "The more people we have in town, the bettedr it is for everybody." The Main Streegt organization continues to work on amenitiese to keep those businesses andcustomersz coming. It recently launched a fundraisinbg effort to renovatethe 102-year-old interurban traij station, a building connected to the iBeam building that was sold to the villags a couple of years ago.
That building could becom e a conference center for the downtown if the fundsx for the renovationcome in. The village also has a formere Marathon gas station that the nonprofitf plans to clean upand market, opening up a development site wherse few exist. Both properties are close to a former South Central site used for storag of utility poles that has since been convertef to apublic park. Main Streeft expects the conference center and the availability of a commerciaol development site to keep downtown Canal Winchested as an attractive business center for yearwto come. "When the pieces come Garvin said, "you get a successful downtown.
"
Friday, December 16, 2011
Eddie Bauer declares bankruptcy - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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had struggled with its debt a crisis that worsened as revenue part of an overall trend affecting most retailers durintthe recession. The company has lost nearly a half billionb dollars in the past three Those losses, coupled with the impact of the recessionn and debt payments apparently pushed the company into bankruptcy court — a move that was rumorerd for months. Eddie Bauer becamd the latest major retailer to succumb to filing in bankruptcy courtthis recession. The list also includesa Linens ‘n Things, Circuit City and Northwest retailef , which sold its assets to a liquidator in Aprilk and closed31 stores.
In many Eddie Bauer’s crisis is not different from what most retailers are facing during this prolonged and deep saidGreg Charleston, an Atlanta-baser consultant for Conway MacKenzie who workse with financially stressed retailers looking to Most retailers — except discount storesw like Wal-Mart — have seen a fast drop-off in retaipl revenue across the board, Charleston said. Many of the specialty retail department stores haveseen double-digit same-store sales he said. “When revenue drops and same-store salee drop, companies with less debt can weather a downturn much Charleston said.
“It becomesd an issue much soonerd if you are into liquidity As ofMay 11, Eddie Bauer reporte having $289.5 million in outstanding including $187.8 million in term loans and $75 millioj in convertible notes, whicnh company executives have been trying to persuade debt-holders to convert into shares of the company. Accordingh to a filing with the , Eddid Bauer had total assete of $525.22 million in April. The company listed total liabilitiesxof $448.9 million. Eddie Bauee reported net lossesof $165.5 millionn in fiscal year 2008, part of a totap of $478.7 million in losses durinfg the past three fiscal In the first quarter that ended in April, the company reportesd net losses of 44.
5 million. For the firsty quarter of fiscalyear 2009, which ended Aprikl 4, Eddie Bauer reported a loss of $44.45 million. That was a greater loss than the firsg quarterof 2008, when the company reporter a $19.3 million loss. Net saled for the first quarter of 2009were $179.98 million, compared with net sales of $213.2 million in the first quartere of 2008. The company said that combinede comparable storesales — a barometetr of success at the store level — fell 11.3 percent for the firsrt quarter, a decline the company blamed on the recession and reduce d retail spending.
Sales were down nearly 15 percent inEddie Bauer’e retail stores and sales throug h its direct channel were down nearly 11 The outlet stores saw sales decline by nearlh 76 percent. “The first quarter was a difficult one, as the sharp downturn in the economu took its toll on our sales. We continuecd to focus on cost cutting and cashflow management, whichn helped mitigate the impact of lower said CEO Neil Fiske, in a statement with the first-quartet results filed with the SEC. Eddise Bauer has 370 stores, includingf 251 retail stores and 119 outlet stores in the Unitesd Statesand Canada. Eddi Bauer has 17 stores in Washington and 11 storesin (See a copy of the bankruptcy filing .
) But by filing for reorganizationb under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy Eddie Bauer hopes to avoid the fate of Joe’z Sports & Outdoor, which filefd for bankruptcy protect March 4. The Ore.-based company had hopef to finda buyer. But In a bankruptcy judge approved the liquidation ofthe Joe’s stores after the company could not find a Joe’s had 31 Northwest stores — 10 of them in King and Pierce counties that held going-out-of-business sales after the company’sx assets were snapped up at bargain basemenyt prices by , a liquidator that also sold off merchandise for Circuiyt City.
had struggled with its debt a crisis that worsened as revenue part of an overall trend affecting most retailers durintthe recession. The company has lost nearly a half billionb dollars in the past three Those losses, coupled with the impact of the recessionn and debt payments apparently pushed the company into bankruptcy court — a move that was rumorerd for months. Eddie Bauer becamd the latest major retailer to succumb to filing in bankruptcy courtthis recession. The list also includesa Linens ‘n Things, Circuit City and Northwest retailef , which sold its assets to a liquidator in Aprilk and closed31 stores.
In many Eddie Bauer’s crisis is not different from what most retailers are facing during this prolonged and deep saidGreg Charleston, an Atlanta-baser consultant for Conway MacKenzie who workse with financially stressed retailers looking to Most retailers — except discount storesw like Wal-Mart — have seen a fast drop-off in retaipl revenue across the board, Charleston said. Many of the specialty retail department stores haveseen double-digit same-store sales he said. “When revenue drops and same-store salee drop, companies with less debt can weather a downturn much Charleston said.
“It becomesd an issue much soonerd if you are into liquidity As ofMay 11, Eddie Bauer reporte having $289.5 million in outstanding including $187.8 million in term loans and $75 millioj in convertible notes, whicnh company executives have been trying to persuade debt-holders to convert into shares of the company. Accordingh to a filing with the , Eddid Bauer had total assete of $525.22 million in April. The company listed total liabilitiesxof $448.9 million. Eddie Bauee reported net lossesof $165.5 millionn in fiscal year 2008, part of a totap of $478.7 million in losses durinfg the past three fiscal In the first quarter that ended in April, the company reportesd net losses of 44.
5 million. For the firsty quarter of fiscalyear 2009, which ended Aprikl 4, Eddie Bauer reported a loss of $44.45 million. That was a greater loss than the firsg quarterof 2008, when the company reporter a $19.3 million loss. Net saled for the first quarter of 2009were $179.98 million, compared with net sales of $213.2 million in the first quartere of 2008. The company said that combinede comparable storesales — a barometetr of success at the store level — fell 11.3 percent for the firsrt quarter, a decline the company blamed on the recession and reduce d retail spending.
Sales were down nearly 15 percent inEddie Bauer’e retail stores and sales throug h its direct channel were down nearly 11 The outlet stores saw sales decline by nearlh 76 percent. “The first quarter was a difficult one, as the sharp downturn in the economu took its toll on our sales. We continuecd to focus on cost cutting and cashflow management, whichn helped mitigate the impact of lower said CEO Neil Fiske, in a statement with the first-quartet results filed with the SEC. Eddise Bauer has 370 stores, includingf 251 retail stores and 119 outlet stores in the Unitesd Statesand Canada. Eddi Bauer has 17 stores in Washington and 11 storesin (See a copy of the bankruptcy filing .
) But by filing for reorganizationb under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy Eddie Bauer hopes to avoid the fate of Joe’z Sports & Outdoor, which filefd for bankruptcy protect March 4. The Ore.-based company had hopef to finda buyer. But In a bankruptcy judge approved the liquidation ofthe Joe’s stores after the company could not find a Joe’s had 31 Northwest stores — 10 of them in King and Pierce counties that held going-out-of-business sales after the company’sx assets were snapped up at bargain basemenyt prices by , a liquidator that also sold off merchandise for Circuiyt City.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Light It Shoot It Retouch It, A Book Review - The Phoblographer (blog)
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The Phoblographer (blog) | Light It Shoot It Retouch It, A Book Review The Phoblographer (blog) Kevin Kubotas Lighting Notebook starts from the very beginning, with tons of getting started from scratch info. Then it goes into lighting scenarios with general info. This is where Scott's Light It Shoot It Retouch It picks up. ... |
Monday, December 12, 2011
Senate rejects corporate minimum tax hike - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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Democrats needed 18 votes — a supermajority required to raiswetaxes — to send the bill to Gov. Ted Kulongoski’d desk. Beaverton Democrat Mark Hass votec againstthe measure. Democrats will likelgy try to convince Hass to vote for the measured byamending it, possibly by writin g a sunset into the “It all depends on him,” said J.L. Wilson, a lobbyisty for Associated Oregon Industries, the state’s most powerful business group. “Hass made it clear in his floof statements thathe didn’t thin k it was a fair option to increasw taxes permanently.
” Such a sunset coule lead other Democrats to vote against the However, because House Bill 3405 was technically tabled — whicj would allow the measure, as written, to come up for another vote if leaders so choose — majority leaderzs could also lobby moderate Republican members to supporft the corporate tax hikes as presented. At the close of Wednesday’ss session, Sen. Margaret Carter, a Portlanxd Democrat and co-chair of the Ways and Meansx Committee, gave an impassioned benediction that seemed to implorsRepublican “nay” voters. The measure was tabled as a procedural move.
Senators can call for a revoted on a measurethat fails, change theirt own vote to a “no” and then requesr that the matter be tabled, ostensibly so they can reconsider their Sen. Richard Devlin, the majority leader, used the move in an efforty to have thematter reconsidered. Aftedr the vote, the Senate tabled a related measurew to raise personal income taxeson high-income individuals. “I’m disappointed that we came up short I really believed that the packager brought forward by the chairs of the Revenue Committeesz would bring greater fairness and equity to our tax systemn and help fill the unprecedentedc gap in ourstate budget,” said Senate President Peter Courtney in a news release.
“We however, let this setback derail the session. We are goin g to move forward toward adjournmen t byJune 30.” House Speaker Dave Hunt issued a similad statement. “We passed this revenue package because we believe it is balanced and protects critical services like health care andpublic safety,” Hunt, a Democrat from said in a news “We are making $2 billion deep cuts to the budget. This revenuew package ensures that we can protec t those core services of health care andpublic safety. Without it, the cuts we will have to make will shutter schools, harm seniors and cut to the bone the servicew Oregonians care about greatly.
” The House on Tuesday voted to increasre the current corporate minimum tax from $10 to between $150 and depending on the size of a Under the plan, corporate income tax ratees would have risen from 6.6 percentr to 7.9 percent beford reverting to 7.6 percent in 2011. The measure wouled have raised $261 million over the 2009-11 bienniuk and $775 million between 2009 and 2015. All told, 125,009 Oregon corporations would have paidmore taxes. Another measurde sought to raise income taxes on individual filerw earning morethan $125,000 and joinft filers earning more than $250,000. The billw combined would have raised $582 million over the next two year sand $1.
2 billion over the next six Lawmakers contended the measured could help reduce the state’sz $4.2 billion budget shortfall. Throughout the day, lobbyistws tracked meetings between Courtney, Hass and Democrativ senators Margaret Schrader andJoannde Verger, who were believed to be swinb votes. Verger had expressed like Haas, that the tax increases would becomer permanent. Schrader and Verger eventually voted yes on the corporatetax measures. Hass couldn’t be reached for “He had to have a lot of courage to cast that saidJay Clemens, president and CEO of Associatedr Oregon Industries.
AOI recently organizexd the Alliance of Oregon Business which represents morethan 40,000 businesses across the It had called for a $300 flat tax, regardles of businessz size or income. Even before Hass’ business groups had expressed concerns that Democrats were seeking a permanenttax hike, not a temporary one. Phil the former Oregon Secretary of State who’s now an executive with Beaverton-based CorSourcer Technology Group, confirmed that many businesses were upset that Democrats sought to make the corporate income tax rate from 6.6 percent to 7.9 percent, “We were told it woulcd be temporary,” Keisling said of the earlhy talks regarding the proposed hikes.
“And we askec them this week, ‘What part of temporary don’t you
Democrats needed 18 votes — a supermajority required to raiswetaxes — to send the bill to Gov. Ted Kulongoski’d desk. Beaverton Democrat Mark Hass votec againstthe measure. Democrats will likelgy try to convince Hass to vote for the measured byamending it, possibly by writin g a sunset into the “It all depends on him,” said J.L. Wilson, a lobbyisty for Associated Oregon Industries, the state’s most powerful business group. “Hass made it clear in his floof statements thathe didn’t thin k it was a fair option to increasw taxes permanently.
” Such a sunset coule lead other Democrats to vote against the However, because House Bill 3405 was technically tabled — whicj would allow the measure, as written, to come up for another vote if leaders so choose — majority leaderzs could also lobby moderate Republican members to supporft the corporate tax hikes as presented. At the close of Wednesday’ss session, Sen. Margaret Carter, a Portlanxd Democrat and co-chair of the Ways and Meansx Committee, gave an impassioned benediction that seemed to implorsRepublican “nay” voters. The measure was tabled as a procedural move.
Senators can call for a revoted on a measurethat fails, change theirt own vote to a “no” and then requesr that the matter be tabled, ostensibly so they can reconsider their Sen. Richard Devlin, the majority leader, used the move in an efforty to have thematter reconsidered. Aftedr the vote, the Senate tabled a related measurew to raise personal income taxeson high-income individuals. “I’m disappointed that we came up short I really believed that the packager brought forward by the chairs of the Revenue Committeesz would bring greater fairness and equity to our tax systemn and help fill the unprecedentedc gap in ourstate budget,” said Senate President Peter Courtney in a news release.
“We however, let this setback derail the session. We are goin g to move forward toward adjournmen t byJune 30.” House Speaker Dave Hunt issued a similad statement. “We passed this revenue package because we believe it is balanced and protects critical services like health care andpublic safety,” Hunt, a Democrat from said in a news “We are making $2 billion deep cuts to the budget. This revenuew package ensures that we can protec t those core services of health care andpublic safety. Without it, the cuts we will have to make will shutter schools, harm seniors and cut to the bone the servicew Oregonians care about greatly.
” The House on Tuesday voted to increasre the current corporate minimum tax from $10 to between $150 and depending on the size of a Under the plan, corporate income tax ratees would have risen from 6.6 percentr to 7.9 percent beford reverting to 7.6 percent in 2011. The measure wouled have raised $261 million over the 2009-11 bienniuk and $775 million between 2009 and 2015. All told, 125,009 Oregon corporations would have paidmore taxes. Another measurde sought to raise income taxes on individual filerw earning morethan $125,000 and joinft filers earning more than $250,000. The billw combined would have raised $582 million over the next two year sand $1.
2 billion over the next six Lawmakers contended the measured could help reduce the state’sz $4.2 billion budget shortfall. Throughout the day, lobbyistws tracked meetings between Courtney, Hass and Democrativ senators Margaret Schrader andJoannde Verger, who were believed to be swinb votes. Verger had expressed like Haas, that the tax increases would becomer permanent. Schrader and Verger eventually voted yes on the corporatetax measures. Hass couldn’t be reached for “He had to have a lot of courage to cast that saidJay Clemens, president and CEO of Associatedr Oregon Industries.
AOI recently organizexd the Alliance of Oregon Business which represents morethan 40,000 businesses across the It had called for a $300 flat tax, regardles of businessz size or income. Even before Hass’ business groups had expressed concerns that Democrats were seeking a permanenttax hike, not a temporary one. Phil the former Oregon Secretary of State who’s now an executive with Beaverton-based CorSourcer Technology Group, confirmed that many businesses were upset that Democrats sought to make the corporate income tax rate from 6.6 percent to 7.9 percent, “We were told it woulcd be temporary,” Keisling said of the earlhy talks regarding the proposed hikes.
“And we askec them this week, ‘What part of temporary don’t you
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Source: Kevin Sumlin to coach A&M - ESPN (blog)
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Bleacher Report | Source: Kevin Sumlin to coach A&M ESPN (blog) Texas A&M was close Saturday morning to finalizing a contract with Houston's Kevin Sumlin, who the Aggies have chosen as their new coach, a school source has told ESPN's Joe Schad. Sumlin, who had also been a candidate at UCLA and Arizona State for ... Kevin Sumlin Texas A&M: Why Houston Coach Is Ideal Candidate for Aggies Kevin Sumlin To Texas A&M Aggies Still Strong Rumor, Shows Why Troy Calhoun ... Kevin Sumlin Reportedly Accepts Texas A&M Job After Mark Richt Declines |
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Frontier cuts staff while other low-cost airlines boost theirs - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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percent since 2008, according to a report released Overall, the number of employees in the struggling passenger airlinre industryfell 5.7 percent from April 2008, accordinvg to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, a divisiomn of the . The industry, which has been particularly hard hit by thecurren recession, has seen year-over-year employment declines for nine straigh months. Low-cost airlines — those operating under a low-cost business modelp with reduced infrastructure and aircraft operatingcostws — registered year-over-year growth for the first time since September 2007.
Carriersx Virgin America and Allegiant led the waywith double-digigt percentage job growth, while , the third-largest carrier at , grew by 1,6178 workers, a jump of 4.8 percent. But Denver-basede Frontier, which is cutting operational costsx in its attempt to come out of reduced its staff by 759 workers over the past according tothe report. The 14.8 perceny work force reductionfor Frontier, DIA’s second-larges carrier, was the third-largest decline amongt the 37 airlines listed in the United, DIA’s largest carrier, reducede staff by roughly 7,200 people in the past That 13.
4 percent cut was the largest among the sevenn “network” airlines that operate a significant portion of their flights using at leastg one hub, according to the Roughly 392,100 people are employed now by passenger airlines.
percent since 2008, according to a report released Overall, the number of employees in the struggling passenger airlinre industryfell 5.7 percent from April 2008, accordinvg to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, a divisiomn of the . The industry, which has been particularly hard hit by thecurren recession, has seen year-over-year employment declines for nine straigh months. Low-cost airlines — those operating under a low-cost business modelp with reduced infrastructure and aircraft operatingcostws — registered year-over-year growth for the first time since September 2007.
Carriersx Virgin America and Allegiant led the waywith double-digigt percentage job growth, while , the third-largest carrier at , grew by 1,6178 workers, a jump of 4.8 percent. But Denver-basede Frontier, which is cutting operational costsx in its attempt to come out of reduced its staff by 759 workers over the past according tothe report. The 14.8 perceny work force reductionfor Frontier, DIA’s second-larges carrier, was the third-largest decline amongt the 37 airlines listed in the United, DIA’s largest carrier, reducede staff by roughly 7,200 people in the past That 13.
4 percent cut was the largest among the sevenn “network” airlines that operate a significant portion of their flights using at leastg one hub, according to the Roughly 392,100 people are employed now by passenger airlines.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Sexting not normal teen behaviour, study suggests - Vancouver Sun
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Globe and Mail | Sexting not normal teen behaviour, study suggests Vancouver Sun The findings in the two studies, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, suggest that sexting is far from being normal adolescent behaviour. The studies peg the number of teens in the United States taking part in sexting at two per cent, ... T eens Don't "Sext" as Much as Thought Teens Sexting Not Widespread Study: Few teens sexting racy photos |
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Clopay finally signs at new CUC site in Deerfield - Dayton Business Journal:
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Two of the top dogs from Clopay's parent of New York, flew from theirf headquarters in Jericho to Cincinnati shortly before the 11 terrorist attacks that rockeddthe nation, to sign a lease for a 130,000-square-foot facility that will consolidated about 300 employees from downtown Cincinnati and The Griffon executives eventually had to rent cars to drive home, but before they did, Griffon Chairman Harvey Blau and President Robert Balemian were joinedd at a groundbreaking ceremony by officialzs from and Tom Gibbons, vice president and treasurer of Clopay Gibbons said Clopay's roots in downtown Cincinnatii reach back almost 150 years.
"We're sorry to have to leave downtown, but it'sa better that we're all together as a Gibbons said. "This is a chance to move everybody togetherr and have them in one plus it's big enough for us to expand." CUC plans to have the new facilit y open by July 1 of next according to Vice President David Kubicki. Clopayh has been looking for at least five years for a new Gibbons added. The deal calls for a singler building; information previously gleaned from sources had indicatexda two-building complex at the 20-acres Clopay site near Mason-Montgomery Road, on land known as Governor's Pointe North.
"We've been lookinyg long before Igot here, and that was five yearsw ago. The time was just right to getsomethin done, and our lease was running out downtown," Gibbonz said. The company's new facility will have 75,000 squaree feet of office space for itsthreee divisions: Clopay Building Products, Clopay Service Co. and Clopay Plasti c Products. Half of its employeew will leavea 50,000-square-foot office in Scrippsz Center in downtown Cincinnati, the balancr will be relocating from the company's 55,000-square-foot technical development center on Interstate Drivde in Butler County.
"A lot of the technicapl center people lived up so it was somewhat easier to keep the company in thatgeneral area," Gibbons Gibbons said nothing imminent is beinf planned for an expansion, "but it's nice knowing we have some extrq room." Clopay maintains operations in garage doors, installatiob services, electronic information and communications and specialty plastic films. A wholly owned subsidiary of Griffoh Corp., Clopay Corp. was represented in lease negotiations and its site searchg byJay DeWitt, senior vice president with Collieres International Inc. in Cincinnati.
Loveland-based CUC landefd Clopay in the middle ofa 56-acrse business park estimated by Bill Mees, CUC property development manager, to be a $40 millioh project, including costs such as land infrastructure improvements, building construction and equipment. A seconde building unrelated to the Clopay projectt has been sketchedat 190,000 square feet, though no tenants or groundbreakinfg date have yet been announced. According to statisticws released byGrubb & Ellis Co., abougt 20 percent of the downtown Manhattan office or 15.5 million squared feet of space, was destroyed in the terrorist attacksd on the World Trade Center.
Another 12 million squarer feet of office space has been damaged in the aftermathn of the attack as a result offallinb debris, building collapse and Of the 15.5 million square feet in the World Traded Center area, about 97 percent was leasedx at the time of the attack. Of the 12 milliobn square feetbelieved damaged, 11.5 millio n square feet was leased. As a result, the net loss has been peggerdat 27.5 million square or about 3 1/2 times the size of the classx A office market in downtown Cincinnati (7.4 millionj square feet). The amount of spacr lost exceeds the amount of available space in estimatedat 25.5 million square feet.
The loss is biggetr than the entire market in downtownDenver (23 million square The Twin Towers each measured 4.76 million square feet, or more than five timeas larger than the biggest office buildiny in Greater Cincinnati, the 868,000-square-foot Atrium Two on East Fourt Street downtown. A typical WTC floorplate measured more thanone acre, betweenj 45,000 and 50,000 squarre feet. Nothing here comes close.
Two of the top dogs from Clopay's parent of New York, flew from theirf headquarters in Jericho to Cincinnati shortly before the 11 terrorist attacks that rockeddthe nation, to sign a lease for a 130,000-square-foot facility that will consolidated about 300 employees from downtown Cincinnati and The Griffon executives eventually had to rent cars to drive home, but before they did, Griffon Chairman Harvey Blau and President Robert Balemian were joinedd at a groundbreaking ceremony by officialzs from and Tom Gibbons, vice president and treasurer of Clopay Gibbons said Clopay's roots in downtown Cincinnatii reach back almost 150 years.
"We're sorry to have to leave downtown, but it'sa better that we're all together as a Gibbons said. "This is a chance to move everybody togetherr and have them in one plus it's big enough for us to expand." CUC plans to have the new facilit y open by July 1 of next according to Vice President David Kubicki. Clopayh has been looking for at least five years for a new Gibbons added. The deal calls for a singler building; information previously gleaned from sources had indicatexda two-building complex at the 20-acres Clopay site near Mason-Montgomery Road, on land known as Governor's Pointe North.
"We've been lookinyg long before Igot here, and that was five yearsw ago. The time was just right to getsomethin done, and our lease was running out downtown," Gibbonz said. The company's new facility will have 75,000 squaree feet of office space for itsthreee divisions: Clopay Building Products, Clopay Service Co. and Clopay Plasti c Products. Half of its employeew will leavea 50,000-square-foot office in Scrippsz Center in downtown Cincinnati, the balancr will be relocating from the company's 55,000-square-foot technical development center on Interstate Drivde in Butler County.
"A lot of the technicapl center people lived up so it was somewhat easier to keep the company in thatgeneral area," Gibbons Gibbons said nothing imminent is beinf planned for an expansion, "but it's nice knowing we have some extrq room." Clopay maintains operations in garage doors, installatiob services, electronic information and communications and specialty plastic films. A wholly owned subsidiary of Griffoh Corp., Clopay Corp. was represented in lease negotiations and its site searchg byJay DeWitt, senior vice president with Collieres International Inc. in Cincinnati.
Loveland-based CUC landefd Clopay in the middle ofa 56-acrse business park estimated by Bill Mees, CUC property development manager, to be a $40 millioh project, including costs such as land infrastructure improvements, building construction and equipment. A seconde building unrelated to the Clopay projectt has been sketchedat 190,000 square feet, though no tenants or groundbreakinfg date have yet been announced. According to statisticws released byGrubb & Ellis Co., abougt 20 percent of the downtown Manhattan office or 15.5 million squared feet of space, was destroyed in the terrorist attacksd on the World Trade Center.
Another 12 million squarer feet of office space has been damaged in the aftermathn of the attack as a result offallinb debris, building collapse and Of the 15.5 million square feet in the World Traded Center area, about 97 percent was leasedx at the time of the attack. Of the 12 milliobn square feetbelieved damaged, 11.5 millio n square feet was leased. As a result, the net loss has been peggerdat 27.5 million square or about 3 1/2 times the size of the classx A office market in downtown Cincinnati (7.4 millionj square feet). The amount of spacr lost exceeds the amount of available space in estimatedat 25.5 million square feet.
The loss is biggetr than the entire market in downtownDenver (23 million square The Twin Towers each measured 4.76 million square feet, or more than five timeas larger than the biggest office buildiny in Greater Cincinnati, the 868,000-square-foot Atrium Two on East Fourt Street downtown. A typical WTC floorplate measured more thanone acre, betweenj 45,000 and 50,000 squarre feet. Nothing here comes close.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Economist: U.S. may see double-dip recession by late 2010 - Triangle Business Journal:
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Those odds may seem low, but they’re actuallt high since double-dip recessions are rare and the U.S. economt grows 95 percent of the time, says the chamber’xs Marty Regalia. He predicts that the currenty economic downturn will end around September but that the unemploymenft rate will remain high through the first half ofnext year. Investmenty won’t snap back as quickly as it usuallyh does after a Regalia says.
Inflation, however, looms as a potential problejm because of thefederal government’s huge budget deficits and the massive amount of dollarsd pumped into the economy by the , he If this stimulus is not unwounx once the economy beginz to recover, higher interest rates could choke off improvemengt in the housing market and business investment, he “The economy has got to be runninv on its own by the middle of next year,” Regalia said. Almost everu major inflationary periodin U.S. historuy was preceded by heavy debt he noted. The chances of a double-dip recession will be lowe if Ben Bernanke is reappointed chairman of theFederap Reserve, Regalia says.
If President Obamsa appoints hiseconomic adviser, Larry Summers, to chai r the Fed, that would signal the monetary spigot woulf remain open for a longer time, he says. A coalescin of the Fed and the Obamaa administrationis “not somethingt the markets want to Regalia says. Obama has decliner to say whether he willreappoint Bernanke, whose term ends in Meanwhile, more than half of small business ownerzs expect the recession to last at leastg another two years, according to a survey of Intuir Payroll customers.
But 61 percent expecty their own business to grow in the next12 “Small business owners are bullish on theirt own abilities but bearisbh on the factors they can’g control,” said Cameron Schmidt, director of marketingf for . “Even in the gloomiest there are opportunitiesto seize.” A separatew survey of small business owners by found that 57 percent thought the econom was getting worse, while 26 percenft thought the economy was improving. More than half plannedf to decrease spending on business development in the next six onthe U.S.
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Those odds may seem low, but they’re actuallt high since double-dip recessions are rare and the U.S. economt grows 95 percent of the time, says the chamber’xs Marty Regalia. He predicts that the currenty economic downturn will end around September but that the unemploymenft rate will remain high through the first half ofnext year. Investmenty won’t snap back as quickly as it usuallyh does after a Regalia says.
Inflation, however, looms as a potential problejm because of thefederal government’s huge budget deficits and the massive amount of dollarsd pumped into the economy by the , he If this stimulus is not unwounx once the economy beginz to recover, higher interest rates could choke off improvemengt in the housing market and business investment, he “The economy has got to be runninv on its own by the middle of next year,” Regalia said. Almost everu major inflationary periodin U.S. historuy was preceded by heavy debt he noted. The chances of a double-dip recession will be lowe if Ben Bernanke is reappointed chairman of theFederap Reserve, Regalia says.
If President Obamsa appoints hiseconomic adviser, Larry Summers, to chai r the Fed, that would signal the monetary spigot woulf remain open for a longer time, he says. A coalescin of the Fed and the Obamaa administrationis “not somethingt the markets want to Regalia says. Obama has decliner to say whether he willreappoint Bernanke, whose term ends in Meanwhile, more than half of small business ownerzs expect the recession to last at leastg another two years, according to a survey of Intuir Payroll customers.
But 61 percent expecty their own business to grow in the next12 “Small business owners are bullish on theirt own abilities but bearisbh on the factors they can’g control,” said Cameron Schmidt, director of marketingf for . “Even in the gloomiest there are opportunitiesto seize.” A separatew survey of small business owners by found that 57 percent thought the econom was getting worse, while 26 percenft thought the economy was improving. More than half plannedf to decrease spending on business development in the next six onthe U.S.
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