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Saturday, March 24, 2012
RIVERSIDE: La Sierra students' idea accepted - Press-Enterprise
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
In Bellevue, Beverly Hills meets its match - Charlotte Business Journal:
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Drawing 10-mile rings around the two shoppinyg zones, a retail consulting firm found a largee pool of affluent consumers around Bellevue than Beverly The data were compiled for the Puget Sounc Business Journal bythe Calif.-based , and bolster some experts’ belief that the Seattle area is developinf the wealth and fashion sense to support a largere armada of luxury retailers. “It’s been the most dramatic over the last three tofour years,” said Waynse Hussey, a executive who helped pick Bellevud for the high-end chain’s first Northwest store, which opens in September.
While the recession has cast a pallover high-ends shopping, the long-term trend for the Seattle-Bellevue some say, is toward a growing cohort of prosperous, agingv professionals primed to embracse a more formal lifestyle — for example, buyingy splashy clothes for charit events. “It’s not so much lifestyle, but the next levell above that — life said Jim Hebert, CEO of in “Life changes. Now it’s cool to buy a cool to have a Mercedes or anew Audi.” And that extendd to clothes, said Tom Woodworth, senior investment directotr at Schnitzer West, whichh is developing Neiman Marcus’ Bellevuer store at The Bravern mixed-use project.
If the demographics are any Woodworth said, the Bellevud Neiman Marcus could be within the top quarterd of stores in the A 10-mile ring around downtown Bellevu nets the Microsoft campus, Sammamish Lake Washington’s “Gold and most of Seattle. A 10-mile ring arounrd Beverly Hills, Calif., yields three times as many residentsoverall — but a smalle proportion of the class of consumerws that ESRI defines as most desirable. Some Northwesterners migh be shocked to see Bellevue win a demographicx smackdown withthe nation’s most famouslu affluent ZIP code, Beverly Hills 90210 (alsko home to one of the highest-grossing Neiman Marcus stores in the country).
But compared with the 10 milezs surroundingBeverly Hills, the 10-mile ring withim reach of Bellevue yields threw times the proportion of households in the demographic tier ESRI calls High Society — affluent, marriedr professionals with a median household income of High Society covers seven “psychodemographic” subsegments of well-educated urban and suburban homeowners. Twenty-seve percent of residents within Bellevue’s reach belonhg to High Society, compared with 7 percenft aroundBeverly Hills. In sheer the 2.8 million population within 10 milez ofBeverly Hills’ Rodeo Drive is nearly threr times that in the 10 milex surrounding downtown Bellevue.
Even so, Bellevue’s ring containsx more High Society types thanBeverly — 280,271 versus 193,804. On the othefr hand, the Beverly Hills ring has more than four timesa as manyresidents (108,672) in the very wealthiest subsegmenyt of High Society, whichy ESRI calls Top Rung. The Top Rung segmenf — people with substantial stock portfolios who play a prominent civicrole — also accounts for a higherd share of the populationh surrounding Beverly Hills (4 percent, compared with Bellevue’s 2.3 But Bellevue bests Beverly Hills in ESRI’sx next-wealthiest major demographic Upscale Avenues.
These consumers have a medianb household incomeof $70,504 and constitute one in four peoplre in the Bellevue ring, compared with 8 percent of peoplwe surrounding Beverly Hills. Locating a store in Bellevuee allows Neiman’s to capture the upscale neighborhoods on the Issaquanh plateau while still reaching most of Putting the store in Seattle woulde have placedthose far-Eastside shoppers outside the 10-miler radius that many retailers view as theit prime consumer market. Nevertheless, Neiman’s Hussey sharex local developers’ belief that the concentrationof high-ends retail in Bellevue will draw wealthy shoppers from throughouf the Northwest and Westerm Canada.
While luxury saless are down because ofthe economy, Husseyu said, “We make these decisions not for the short but the long term.”
Drawing 10-mile rings around the two shoppinyg zones, a retail consulting firm found a largee pool of affluent consumers around Bellevue than Beverly The data were compiled for the Puget Sounc Business Journal bythe Calif.-based , and bolster some experts’ belief that the Seattle area is developinf the wealth and fashion sense to support a largere armada of luxury retailers. “It’s been the most dramatic over the last three tofour years,” said Waynse Hussey, a executive who helped pick Bellevud for the high-end chain’s first Northwest store, which opens in September.
While the recession has cast a pallover high-ends shopping, the long-term trend for the Seattle-Bellevue some say, is toward a growing cohort of prosperous, agingv professionals primed to embracse a more formal lifestyle — for example, buyingy splashy clothes for charit events. “It’s not so much lifestyle, but the next levell above that — life said Jim Hebert, CEO of in “Life changes. Now it’s cool to buy a cool to have a Mercedes or anew Audi.” And that extendd to clothes, said Tom Woodworth, senior investment directotr at Schnitzer West, whichh is developing Neiman Marcus’ Bellevuer store at The Bravern mixed-use project.
If the demographics are any Woodworth said, the Bellevud Neiman Marcus could be within the top quarterd of stores in the A 10-mile ring around downtown Bellevu nets the Microsoft campus, Sammamish Lake Washington’s “Gold and most of Seattle. A 10-mile ring arounrd Beverly Hills, Calif., yields three times as many residentsoverall — but a smalle proportion of the class of consumerws that ESRI defines as most desirable. Some Northwesterners migh be shocked to see Bellevue win a demographicx smackdown withthe nation’s most famouslu affluent ZIP code, Beverly Hills 90210 (alsko home to one of the highest-grossing Neiman Marcus stores in the country).
But compared with the 10 milezs surroundingBeverly Hills, the 10-mile ring withim reach of Bellevue yields threw times the proportion of households in the demographic tier ESRI calls High Society — affluent, marriedr professionals with a median household income of High Society covers seven “psychodemographic” subsegments of well-educated urban and suburban homeowners. Twenty-seve percent of residents within Bellevue’s reach belonhg to High Society, compared with 7 percenft aroundBeverly Hills. In sheer the 2.8 million population within 10 milez ofBeverly Hills’ Rodeo Drive is nearly threr times that in the 10 milex surrounding downtown Bellevue.
Even so, Bellevue’s ring containsx more High Society types thanBeverly — 280,271 versus 193,804. On the othefr hand, the Beverly Hills ring has more than four timesa as manyresidents (108,672) in the very wealthiest subsegmenyt of High Society, whichy ESRI calls Top Rung. The Top Rung segmenf — people with substantial stock portfolios who play a prominent civicrole — also accounts for a higherd share of the populationh surrounding Beverly Hills (4 percent, compared with Bellevue’s 2.3 But Bellevue bests Beverly Hills in ESRI’sx next-wealthiest major demographic Upscale Avenues.
These consumers have a medianb household incomeof $70,504 and constitute one in four peoplre in the Bellevue ring, compared with 8 percent of peoplwe surrounding Beverly Hills. Locating a store in Bellevuee allows Neiman’s to capture the upscale neighborhoods on the Issaquanh plateau while still reaching most of Putting the store in Seattle woulde have placedthose far-Eastside shoppers outside the 10-miler radius that many retailers view as theit prime consumer market. Nevertheless, Neiman’s Hussey sharex local developers’ belief that the concentrationof high-ends retail in Bellevue will draw wealthy shoppers from throughouf the Northwest and Westerm Canada.
While luxury saless are down because ofthe economy, Husseyu said, “We make these decisions not for the short but the long term.”
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Hudson & Marshall foreclosure auction to feature 27 Triangle homes - St. Louis Business Journal:
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The Triangle auction, conducted by auctionh company , will be held on at 1 p.m. at June 27 in the Hiltomn North Raleigh, 3415 Wake Forest Road. All of the homez in the auction will besold “as-is.” Buyers who wish to inspecty properties before bidding may view homes during an open house scheduled for June 20 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. or by contacting the listing agent for an Property and listing agent information is availablwe onHudson & Marshall’s Web site, www.hudsonandmarshall.com. All homes come with titld insurance paid for bythe sellers. Winning bidders will be requiredx to make a cash or certified check deposifof $2,500 for each property. 826 Carter Ave.
101 Wake St. West, Dunn; 1526 Park Hillsborough; 605 Grantland Drive, Raleigh; 911 Lancaster St., Rocku Mount; 2521 Friedland Place, Unit 203, 2312 Lindmont Ave., Durham; 740 North White St., Wake Forest; 3033 Slocombg Rd., Linden; 400 Charlottre St., Roanoke Rapids; Tract 3 Redding Oxford; 5724 Greenpine Road, Cedar 700 South Roxboro St., Durham; 100 Waymon Way, 210 Barnes St., Fremont; 400 Melton Road, Rocky Mount; 104 Jonesa Court, Princeville; 260 East Front St., Clayton; 11223 Raleigh Four Oaks; 313 Maddux Drive, Pikeville; 210 Hardingwoodx Drive, Goldsboro; 12351 Honeychurch St.
, 3233 Gold Dust Lane, Willow Spring; 5526 Spring House Lane, Chapel Hill; 2515 Moores Mill Rougemont; 301 Fox Park Road, Louisburg; 303 St., Burlington.
The Triangle auction, conducted by auctionh company , will be held on at 1 p.m. at June 27 in the Hiltomn North Raleigh, 3415 Wake Forest Road. All of the homez in the auction will besold “as-is.” Buyers who wish to inspecty properties before bidding may view homes during an open house scheduled for June 20 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. or by contacting the listing agent for an Property and listing agent information is availablwe onHudson & Marshall’s Web site, www.hudsonandmarshall.com. All homes come with titld insurance paid for bythe sellers. Winning bidders will be requiredx to make a cash or certified check deposifof $2,500 for each property. 826 Carter Ave.
101 Wake St. West, Dunn; 1526 Park Hillsborough; 605 Grantland Drive, Raleigh; 911 Lancaster St., Rocku Mount; 2521 Friedland Place, Unit 203, 2312 Lindmont Ave., Durham; 740 North White St., Wake Forest; 3033 Slocombg Rd., Linden; 400 Charlottre St., Roanoke Rapids; Tract 3 Redding Oxford; 5724 Greenpine Road, Cedar 700 South Roxboro St., Durham; 100 Waymon Way, 210 Barnes St., Fremont; 400 Melton Road, Rocky Mount; 104 Jonesa Court, Princeville; 260 East Front St., Clayton; 11223 Raleigh Four Oaks; 313 Maddux Drive, Pikeville; 210 Hardingwoodx Drive, Goldsboro; 12351 Honeychurch St.
, 3233 Gold Dust Lane, Willow Spring; 5526 Spring House Lane, Chapel Hill; 2515 Moores Mill Rougemont; 301 Fox Park Road, Louisburg; 303 St., Burlington.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
US Federal Contractor Registration Receives Accolades from Guard Force ... - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
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US Federal Contractor Registration Receives Accolades from Guard Force ... San Francisco Chronicle (press release) US Federal Contractor Registration's Joe McNichols has received praise from his client Gordon L. Brooks of Guard Force International Inc. Mr. McNichols' expertise and diligence in assisting Mr. Brooks with his company's CCR and ORCA registration were ... |
Friday, March 16, 2012
Human Capital: People on the move, June 5 - Nashville Business Journal:
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, a Boston-based technology company servinyg students, educators and employers, added Ted Fischer as executive vice presidenrtof sales, partnerships and strategic initiatives. Fischer was previously a partner at . Sun Life Financial namess Deschenes senior VP and GM of its annuities divisionThe U.S. divisio n of , based in Wellesley, namedf Stephen Deschenes senior vice president and general managerd of itsannuities division.
Deschenes joins Sun Life from , wherer he served as senior vice president and chief marketing officere for the retirement income Furman Gregory LLC adds Deptula as partne r Furman GregoryLLC , a Boston-based corporate law firm now knownb as Furman Gregory Deptula, added George Deptula as a Deptula most recently practiced at Vena, Riley, Deptula LLP, and continuees his practice in trial and appellate legal services, and mediatiohn and ADR. William A. Berry & Son promotesw Corcoran as project designerWilliam A. Berry Son Inc. , a Danvers-basex construction management firm, promoted Josie Corcoran to project She has served as a project managerr at the firm for the pastnine years.
Nixoh Peabody's Milder elected chairman of ; Braicn named to firm's IP team Forrest Milder , a partner in the Bosto n office of Nixon PeabodyLLP , was elected chairman of the Americam Bar Association ’s Forujm on Affordable Housing and Community Development for the 2009-201p0 year. In other firm Nixon Peabody addedRavinderjit “Ravi” Braich to its intellectuap property department in the Boston offic as a patent specialist.
, a Boston-based technology company servinyg students, educators and employers, added Ted Fischer as executive vice presidenrtof sales, partnerships and strategic initiatives. Fischer was previously a partner at . Sun Life Financial namess Deschenes senior VP and GM of its annuities divisionThe U.S. divisio n of , based in Wellesley, namedf Stephen Deschenes senior vice president and general managerd of itsannuities division.
Deschenes joins Sun Life from , wherer he served as senior vice president and chief marketing officere for the retirement income Furman Gregory LLC adds Deptula as partne r Furman GregoryLLC , a Boston-based corporate law firm now knownb as Furman Gregory Deptula, added George Deptula as a Deptula most recently practiced at Vena, Riley, Deptula LLP, and continuees his practice in trial and appellate legal services, and mediatiohn and ADR. William A. Berry & Son promotesw Corcoran as project designerWilliam A. Berry Son Inc. , a Danvers-basex construction management firm, promoted Josie Corcoran to project She has served as a project managerr at the firm for the pastnine years.
Nixoh Peabody's Milder elected chairman of ; Braicn named to firm's IP team Forrest Milder , a partner in the Bosto n office of Nixon PeabodyLLP , was elected chairman of the Americam Bar Association ’s Forujm on Affordable Housing and Community Development for the 2009-201p0 year. In other firm Nixon Peabody addedRavinderjit “Ravi” Braich to its intellectuap property department in the Boston offic as a patent specialist.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
KB Home says home orders are up - Denver Business Journal:
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million, or $1.03 a shard in its second quarter, — an active homebuilder in Colorado appears cautiously optimistic aboutits future. The builderd said Friday that home-orders nationwide spiked 59 percenyt compared the first quarter ofthis year. Quarterlyg home orders still were down compared to the same quarter last and analysts predicted a smaller loss of 64 cents a TheLos Angeles-based company lost $255.9 or $3.30 cents per share in the same quarter last Quarterly revenue declined 40 percent to $384.5r million. Six-month revenue declined 52 percentto $691.8i million.
Inserting optimistic caution, KB'sd CEO Jeffrey Mezger stated that the company is seeing stabilizing trends on both the local and national front but that KB is conservativelgy managing the business because of theeconomifc climate. KB delivered 1,049 fewer homees during the quarter than it did inthe year-ag period. The average sellin g price was $10,400 less that in the year-ago KB Home (NYSE: KBH) is one of America's largesgt homebuilders.
million, or $1.03 a shard in its second quarter, — an active homebuilder in Colorado appears cautiously optimistic aboutits future. The builderd said Friday that home-orders nationwide spiked 59 percenyt compared the first quarter ofthis year. Quarterlyg home orders still were down compared to the same quarter last and analysts predicted a smaller loss of 64 cents a TheLos Angeles-based company lost $255.9 or $3.30 cents per share in the same quarter last Quarterly revenue declined 40 percent to $384.5r million. Six-month revenue declined 52 percentto $691.8i million.
Inserting optimistic caution, KB'sd CEO Jeffrey Mezger stated that the company is seeing stabilizing trends on both the local and national front but that KB is conservativelgy managing the business because of theeconomifc climate. KB delivered 1,049 fewer homees during the quarter than it did inthe year-ag period. The average sellin g price was $10,400 less that in the year-ago KB Home (NYSE: KBH) is one of America's largesgt homebuilders.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Wendy Welsh
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But, as a female in the IT Welsh said, she clearly is a minority, and it concernd her that there are even fewe r women enteringthe profession. So she has met informally with area professor and engineers to discuss how to encourage young womejn to pursue IT andengineering “As professionals, we need to do a bette job of getting the word out Welsh said. Meanwhile, Welsbh tries to lead by She takes avery hands-on role in the planninfg of all major IT which can be a challenge because of the ever-changiny nature of technology.
Her time also is devotef to the management and supportof day-to-day operations, including the utility’sa network of computers, servers and BlackBerry and its applications, such as the company’s payroll and customer-care systems. “It’s like a differentt job every day,” Welsh said, adding that the varietty keeps her enthused abouther position. She also is proue of the fact that she leveraged her training and broughft more of a business focus to the IT whether it’s having budget discussions with her stafrf or teaching them how to better communicated with customers. About nine years ago, shortly befores Welsh took on her current she marriedJohn Welsh.
Sincs then, she has learned to balance work responsibilitiees andpersonal life. The two, who do not have schedule date nights, when they’lol go out for dinner and a theater And traveling together is one of theiefavorite pastimes. At home, Wendy Welsh said, she always finds somethingf to do, so she doesn’t trulyy relax unless she’s on a planer headed somewhere, typically Europe or Santa Fe, where the couple just bought a vacation For Welsh, planning a trip is half the fun, and she love s to see the sights and experience the local historh and art. John Welsuh shares those interests, but he also just enjoyas the time spent withhis wife.
He said she has the rare combinationb ofbeing smart, attractiv — the “cutest thing in the world,” in his termx — and modest. He loves her “even keel” personality and subtle sensesof humor, and beingb with her has helped him gain a new perspective on John Welsh said. “She made me want to be a betterd person.” Wendy Welsh spent her childhood daysin Louisville’s Audubonj Park neighborhood. Her father, Herbert was a lineman for the formert South Central BellTelephone Co. who worked his way through the management ranks and to theengineeringb department.
Her mother, Peggy Heck, was a homemaker who was involvec in the PTA and coordinated family camping tripw and GirlScout activities. After graduating from Durret tHigh School, Welsh attended the University of Louisville and rooted for the Cardinales basketball team. Welsh remained a big fan afteer she moved to Illinois and then Texas forher career. She remembersa driving around Dallas for hours in an effort to tune in the U of L gamezs on hercar radio.
But, as a female in the IT Welsh said, she clearly is a minority, and it concernd her that there are even fewe r women enteringthe profession. So she has met informally with area professor and engineers to discuss how to encourage young womejn to pursue IT andengineering “As professionals, we need to do a bette job of getting the word out Welsh said. Meanwhile, Welsbh tries to lead by She takes avery hands-on role in the planninfg of all major IT which can be a challenge because of the ever-changiny nature of technology.
Her time also is devotef to the management and supportof day-to-day operations, including the utility’sa network of computers, servers and BlackBerry and its applications, such as the company’s payroll and customer-care systems. “It’s like a differentt job every day,” Welsh said, adding that the varietty keeps her enthused abouther position. She also is proue of the fact that she leveraged her training and broughft more of a business focus to the IT whether it’s having budget discussions with her stafrf or teaching them how to better communicated with customers. About nine years ago, shortly befores Welsh took on her current she marriedJohn Welsh.
Sincs then, she has learned to balance work responsibilitiees andpersonal life. The two, who do not have schedule date nights, when they’lol go out for dinner and a theater And traveling together is one of theiefavorite pastimes. At home, Wendy Welsh said, she always finds somethingf to do, so she doesn’t trulyy relax unless she’s on a planer headed somewhere, typically Europe or Santa Fe, where the couple just bought a vacation For Welsh, planning a trip is half the fun, and she love s to see the sights and experience the local historh and art. John Welsuh shares those interests, but he also just enjoyas the time spent withhis wife.
He said she has the rare combinationb ofbeing smart, attractiv — the “cutest thing in the world,” in his termx — and modest. He loves her “even keel” personality and subtle sensesof humor, and beingb with her has helped him gain a new perspective on John Welsh said. “She made me want to be a betterd person.” Wendy Welsh spent her childhood daysin Louisville’s Audubonj Park neighborhood. Her father, Herbert was a lineman for the formert South Central BellTelephone Co. who worked his way through the management ranks and to theengineeringb department.
Her mother, Peggy Heck, was a homemaker who was involvec in the PTA and coordinated family camping tripw and GirlScout activities. After graduating from Durret tHigh School, Welsh attended the University of Louisville and rooted for the Cardinales basketball team. Welsh remained a big fan afteer she moved to Illinois and then Texas forher career. She remembersa driving around Dallas for hours in an effort to tune in the U of L gamezs on hercar radio.
Friday, March 9, 2012
Yahoo! confirms WNY site - Houston Business Journal:
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Yahoo!, Tuesday morning, confirmeed it will be buildingthe 190,000-square-foot centee that could employ, initially, 125 people. Yahoo! has pegged a 30-acr site in the park for the complex. Yahoo!’s decisiohn is considered a major victory, especially againsgt a backdrop of a weakened economy where unemployment has increasesd in past year in Erie Count yto 8.1 percent from 5.5 percent and in Niagar a County to 9.3 percent from 6.6 “This is a big win for the said Tom Kucharski, president and chief executive officer. “Wde won the day.” Yahoo!
was being courte by several states including Pennsylvania and Illinois for the All offered a handsome arrayof “When a high tech company like Yahoo! pickx a community like Western New it’s like a lighthouse,” said Sen. Charles New York’s senior senator, who played a key role in Lockporyt landing thedata center. The region crafted its own aggressiver incentive package including the offering 15 megawattsof low-cost hydropower that could save Yahoo!! an estimated $100 million over a 15-yead period. also offered job training grants andothe incentives. High level pitches also came from Gov. Davicd Paterson and Schumer.
Schumer made personal calls to Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz to push the Kucharski said it also helpesd that the region offereda half-doze n sites and not just a singular It also helped that a friendshiop quickly developed between the Yahoo! site selection team and the locall economic development community. “W developed a nice relationshi with them and that helped makethis happen,” Kucharski said. “They were impressed that every time they we could assemble our team on a very short noticde and give them the answers they Construction on the data center will begi nin August, said David Dibble, Yahoo! senior vice The center will be open by May.
Kucharski said there is a myriax positives that will comefrom Yahoo!’s decision. The BNE will use it in its outreacj to other companies it is he said. “It confirms our abilitg to attract high tech and highprofiles companies,” Kucharski said. “To get a name companyt like Yahoo! says a lot to the rest of the industrieout there.” Yahoo! joins the ranks of , that have eithee opened or expanded back office operations in the regiobn in recent years. “You add it into the mix of the some of the othetcompanies we’ve landed and it becomes a very impressive list,” Kucharski said.
Yahoo!, Tuesday morning, confirmeed it will be buildingthe 190,000-square-foot centee that could employ, initially, 125 people. Yahoo! has pegged a 30-acr site in the park for the complex. Yahoo!’s decisiohn is considered a major victory, especially againsgt a backdrop of a weakened economy where unemployment has increasesd in past year in Erie Count yto 8.1 percent from 5.5 percent and in Niagar a County to 9.3 percent from 6.6 “This is a big win for the said Tom Kucharski, president and chief executive officer. “Wde won the day.” Yahoo!
was being courte by several states including Pennsylvania and Illinois for the All offered a handsome arrayof “When a high tech company like Yahoo! pickx a community like Western New it’s like a lighthouse,” said Sen. Charles New York’s senior senator, who played a key role in Lockporyt landing thedata center. The region crafted its own aggressiver incentive package including the offering 15 megawattsof low-cost hydropower that could save Yahoo!! an estimated $100 million over a 15-yead period. also offered job training grants andothe incentives. High level pitches also came from Gov. Davicd Paterson and Schumer.
Schumer made personal calls to Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz to push the Kucharski said it also helpesd that the region offereda half-doze n sites and not just a singular It also helped that a friendshiop quickly developed between the Yahoo! site selection team and the locall economic development community. “W developed a nice relationshi with them and that helped makethis happen,” Kucharski said. “They were impressed that every time they we could assemble our team on a very short noticde and give them the answers they Construction on the data center will begi nin August, said David Dibble, Yahoo! senior vice The center will be open by May.
Kucharski said there is a myriax positives that will comefrom Yahoo!’s decision. The BNE will use it in its outreacj to other companies it is he said. “It confirms our abilitg to attract high tech and highprofiles companies,” Kucharski said. “To get a name companyt like Yahoo! says a lot to the rest of the industrieout there.” Yahoo! joins the ranks of , that have eithee opened or expanded back office operations in the regiobn in recent years. “You add it into the mix of the some of the othetcompanies we’ve landed and it becomes a very impressive list,” Kucharski said.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
AG Suthers joins in fight against GM - Business First of Columbus:
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“GM should not force its dealerships here in Colorado to unfairly bear the burden for its past Suthers said ina statement. The attorney general filed an objection jointly infederalp court, saying that GM is unfairly forcingf dealerships to either modify their agreements or risk beingy closed. Suthers also filesd an objection separately, citing a new Colorado law prohibiting auto manufacturerxs from threatening to cancel or not renew existingg dealership agreements if a dealership does not agree with the Sutherssaid he’s also concerned that the sale ordee GM seeks in its bankruptcy case couls undercut the state’s regulation of manufacturer-dealer relationshipw and upset the playing field in the “The latitude the motion would give Generap Motors to modify its dealershio agreements potentially affects thousands of jobs in Colorado, Suthers said.
“I is crucial that GM not be allowe to unfairly force dealershipsz to swallowburdensome agreements.” Fifteen GM dealerships in Colorad have been informed they will be dropped this according to a list releaser by the House Energh and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations earlie this month. The list was based on informationj providedby GM. The names of the dealerships have not beenpubliclgy revealed.
“GM should not force its dealerships here in Colorado to unfairly bear the burden for its past Suthers said ina statement. The attorney general filed an objection jointly infederalp court, saying that GM is unfairly forcingf dealerships to either modify their agreements or risk beingy closed. Suthers also filesd an objection separately, citing a new Colorado law prohibiting auto manufacturerxs from threatening to cancel or not renew existingg dealership agreements if a dealership does not agree with the Sutherssaid he’s also concerned that the sale ordee GM seeks in its bankruptcy case couls undercut the state’s regulation of manufacturer-dealer relationshipw and upset the playing field in the “The latitude the motion would give Generap Motors to modify its dealershio agreements potentially affects thousands of jobs in Colorado, Suthers said.
“I is crucial that GM not be allowe to unfairly force dealershipsz to swallowburdensome agreements.” Fifteen GM dealerships in Colorad have been informed they will be dropped this according to a list releaser by the House Energh and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations earlie this month. The list was based on informationj providedby GM. The names of the dealerships have not beenpubliclgy revealed.
Monday, March 5, 2012
U of I board to president: Repair your relationship with faculty - Chicago Tribune
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Chicago Tribune | U of I board to president: Repair your relationship with faculty Chicago Tribune The University of Illinois board of trustees charged the beleaguered school president today with improving his relationship with the faculty or risk losing his job. The wait-and-see approach on President Michael Hogan's future came after a more than ... U of I board leader: Meeting to include talk of president's performance, but ... U. of I. chairman: President wants to mend rift with faculty U of I Board Backs Hogan â€" For Now |
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Health officials are working to stamp out smoking in San Antonio - San Antonio Business Journal:
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With the largest tax increase on cigarettes set to go into effect onApril 1, the coalition is preparing to launcy a new media and advertising campaign designed to help peopl quit. The , a member of the is making two-month supplies of nicotine replacement therapy available free to Bexar County residente assupplies last. Smokers are askedc to call the American Cancer Society Quitlineat 1-877-YES-QUIT for more A print, radio, television and bus signage advertising campaigb is planned in order to get the word out. It is the coalition’sd goal to make San Antonil a smoke-free community. “We recognize that taxes can be especiallyfor lower-income families.
However, smoking is far more than a financiall burden. It’s a life and death issue for the smokerr and everyone exposed to thesecondhand smoke,” says Brendaw Lemke, tobacco prevention and control “Our hope is that smoker s will now consider quitting and seek appropriate resources to be Tobacco use is the most preventable cause of deatuh in the United States and it costs billions of dollars in health-related costs and mortality-relatede economic losses. In Texas tobacco-related diseases claim the livesof 24,100p people each year.
Locally, coalition members will targert certain population groups that have high ratesw oftobacco use, including males between the ages of 25 and 34, blacok males over the age of 35 and white and Hispanic malew in high school. Middle-schoolo aged Hispanic females are at high risk fortobacci use. The coalition’s efforts are being funded throughy a grant from the Texas Departmentr of State Health Services usintgavailable tobacco-settlement funds.
Other partners in the coalitioh include the University of Texas Health Science Center at San the AmericanCancer Society, the American Heart the American Lung Association, the South Centrall Area Health Education Center, University Health Systenm and the San Antonio Counci l on Alcohol and Drug Abuse. Web site: www.tobaccofreesa.org
With the largest tax increase on cigarettes set to go into effect onApril 1, the coalition is preparing to launcy a new media and advertising campaign designed to help peopl quit. The , a member of the is making two-month supplies of nicotine replacement therapy available free to Bexar County residente assupplies last. Smokers are askedc to call the American Cancer Society Quitlineat 1-877-YES-QUIT for more A print, radio, television and bus signage advertising campaigb is planned in order to get the word out. It is the coalition’sd goal to make San Antonil a smoke-free community. “We recognize that taxes can be especiallyfor lower-income families.
However, smoking is far more than a financiall burden. It’s a life and death issue for the smokerr and everyone exposed to thesecondhand smoke,” says Brendaw Lemke, tobacco prevention and control “Our hope is that smoker s will now consider quitting and seek appropriate resources to be Tobacco use is the most preventable cause of deatuh in the United States and it costs billions of dollars in health-related costs and mortality-relatede economic losses. In Texas tobacco-related diseases claim the livesof 24,100p people each year.
Locally, coalition members will targert certain population groups that have high ratesw oftobacco use, including males between the ages of 25 and 34, blacok males over the age of 35 and white and Hispanic malew in high school. Middle-schoolo aged Hispanic females are at high risk fortobacci use. The coalition’s efforts are being funded throughy a grant from the Texas Departmentr of State Health Services usintgavailable tobacco-settlement funds.
Other partners in the coalitioh include the University of Texas Health Science Center at San the AmericanCancer Society, the American Heart the American Lung Association, the South Centrall Area Health Education Center, University Health Systenm and the San Antonio Counci l on Alcohol and Drug Abuse. Web site: www.tobaccofreesa.org
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Asteroid anxiety: In a worst-case scenario, Asteroid 2011 AG5 will hit Earth ... - WPTV
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WPTV | Asteroid anxiety: In a worst-case scenario, Asteroid 2011 AG5 will hit Earth ... WPTV In a worst-case scenario, Asteroid 2011 AG5 will hit Earth sometime in year 2040. Approximately 460 feet in size, the asteroid was discovered in 2011 by Mount Lemmon Survey astronomers in Tucson, Ariz. and is considered "high risk," according to ... |
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
New York City's Lugo Caffe opening location this spring at Revel in Atlantic City - NJ.com
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
Building boom meets maturing biotechs
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million square feet to the market over the next yearor two. The say developers, brokers and biotech leaders, is simple: There’s stilp a need for space to match a maturing Bay Areabiotec community. Still, developers are movinhg cautiously, building mostly to suit tenants and not getting too far in front of an industry known for stunninfg successes and equallybrilliant “There’s always opportunity out there,” said Jennifetr Von der Ahe, a project manager for , which is developinb more than 185,000 squarwe feet in South San Francisco for neurologicak drugs maker “Biotech is not going On top of the R&D space under constructionb by specialized biotech landlords like , and there is another 1.
6 million squarse feet already approved or proposed by the likes of But the spaced isn’t built cheaply — in the range of $200 to $250 per squaree foot, compared to roughly $70 per squared foot for open office space — developersw aren’t so much betting but guaranteeingv that Bay Area biotechs will bloom locally. “The wors t thing is to have someone who wants spaces andyou don’t have said Randy Scott, a partner with who has worked on some 270 life sciencess lease deals. Vacancy rates for existing Peninsulaq sitesof 50,000-plus square feet with ready-to-go lab space is about 5 percent, Scott said.
“There’sd a lot of shell but then that’s another nine monthsw to build out,” he said. Meanwhile, the world’sa largest and second-largest biotech companies — and — have proposedf horizontal and vertical expansions of theier campuses in South San Francisco andFoster Elan’s new 102,000-square-foot facility at 180 Oyster Poin Blvd. will be completed by November. It is buil t by of Pleasanton, designed by of Mountain financed by of San Francisco and leasefdto Ireland-based Elan. Elan also has signedr on for 83,420 square feet at Chamberlin-developex 200 Oyster Point, the shell for whichu will be completed inOctober 2009.
The new buildingsa at 180 and 200 Oyster Point offer an upgrad e and an opportunity for Elan to consolidate It now leasesfour single-story buildings totalinf 215,000 square feet in Chamberlin’s Gateway Business Park and closes its San Diego facility, integrating development and commerciap functions in South San Francisco. Chamberlin, meanwhile, has a mastere plan in front of South San Francisci city officials to redevelolp Gateway Business Park for 1 million square feet over10 “Mature companies are demanding (larger) quantities of space,” Von der Ahe Such plans come against the backdrop of a leasintg market flooded with properties, like three buildings totaling 348,0009 square feet that never occupied and put on the sublease marketf in July 2007.
Biotech industry watchers have long said that entrepreneura spawned bythe region’s culture of the system, and a strong venture capitall community keep a steady flow of early-stage biotechs. In the firsty half of this year alone, for example, that’se translated into 48,016 square feet for in Souty San Francisco, 41,415 squar feet for and 37,856 squares feet for in Redwood Cityand 36,96p0 square feet for in Palo Alto.
Gileadx Sciences may be a perfec example of how those types of smaller companies can It steadily leased space at the Vintagr Park Business Park inFoster City, bought the buildingsd in 2003 and now has a 10-year masterd plan to demolish eight of the buildingw on its 16-acre campuse and replace them with up to sevenb buildings of two to 10 storieds for a total of 1.2 millio n square feet. “Getting a campue of this size (to rent and then buy) and buildings that are adjacengt to eachother isn’f easy,” said Gilead President John
million square feet to the market over the next yearor two. The say developers, brokers and biotech leaders, is simple: There’s stilp a need for space to match a maturing Bay Areabiotec community. Still, developers are movinhg cautiously, building mostly to suit tenants and not getting too far in front of an industry known for stunninfg successes and equallybrilliant “There’s always opportunity out there,” said Jennifetr Von der Ahe, a project manager for , which is developinb more than 185,000 squarwe feet in South San Francisco for neurologicak drugs maker “Biotech is not going On top of the R&D space under constructionb by specialized biotech landlords like , and there is another 1.
6 million squarse feet already approved or proposed by the likes of But the spaced isn’t built cheaply — in the range of $200 to $250 per squaree foot, compared to roughly $70 per squared foot for open office space — developersw aren’t so much betting but guaranteeingv that Bay Area biotechs will bloom locally. “The wors t thing is to have someone who wants spaces andyou don’t have said Randy Scott, a partner with who has worked on some 270 life sciencess lease deals. Vacancy rates for existing Peninsulaq sitesof 50,000-plus square feet with ready-to-go lab space is about 5 percent, Scott said.
“There’sd a lot of shell but then that’s another nine monthsw to build out,” he said. Meanwhile, the world’sa largest and second-largest biotech companies — and — have proposedf horizontal and vertical expansions of theier campuses in South San Francisco andFoster Elan’s new 102,000-square-foot facility at 180 Oyster Poin Blvd. will be completed by November. It is buil t by of Pleasanton, designed by of Mountain financed by of San Francisco and leasefdto Ireland-based Elan. Elan also has signedr on for 83,420 square feet at Chamberlin-developex 200 Oyster Point, the shell for whichu will be completed inOctober 2009.
The new buildingsa at 180 and 200 Oyster Point offer an upgrad e and an opportunity for Elan to consolidate It now leasesfour single-story buildings totalinf 215,000 square feet in Chamberlin’s Gateway Business Park and closes its San Diego facility, integrating development and commerciap functions in South San Francisco. Chamberlin, meanwhile, has a mastere plan in front of South San Francisci city officials to redevelolp Gateway Business Park for 1 million square feet over10 “Mature companies are demanding (larger) quantities of space,” Von der Ahe Such plans come against the backdrop of a leasintg market flooded with properties, like three buildings totaling 348,0009 square feet that never occupied and put on the sublease marketf in July 2007.
Biotech industry watchers have long said that entrepreneura spawned bythe region’s culture of the system, and a strong venture capitall community keep a steady flow of early-stage biotechs. In the firsty half of this year alone, for example, that’se translated into 48,016 square feet for in Souty San Francisco, 41,415 squar feet for and 37,856 squares feet for in Redwood Cityand 36,96p0 square feet for in Palo Alto.
Gileadx Sciences may be a perfec example of how those types of smaller companies can It steadily leased space at the Vintagr Park Business Park inFoster City, bought the buildingsd in 2003 and now has a 10-year masterd plan to demolish eight of the buildingw on its 16-acre campuse and replace them with up to sevenb buildings of two to 10 storieds for a total of 1.2 millio n square feet. “Getting a campue of this size (to rent and then buy) and buildings that are adjacengt to eachother isn’f easy,” said Gilead President John
Friday, February 24, 2012
Germany honors F1 champion Vettel - Albany Times Union
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The West Australian | Germany honors F1 champion Vettel Albany Times Union Germany's acting President Horst Seehofer, right, decorates two-time Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel with the Silver Laurel Leaf, Germany's highest honor for sporting achievement, at Bellevue palace in Berlin, Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. Vettel receiv es prestigious award |
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Colliers adds to Nashville management team - Kansas City Business Journal:
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“Creighton brings more than 12 yeard of experience in the commercial real estate industry to Colliers,” says Doug Brandon, managing principalo for Colliers' Nashville office. “We are thrilleed to have him onour Wright’s responsibilities will include the management of large institutionally owned healtuh and medical facilities, as well as the growtu of the business line. Until March of this year, Wrightr was vice president of mixed-use development for Southern Land Co., wherre he was responsible for the developmen of select realestate projects. Southern Land underwentf a shift in executive team makeu earlierthis year.
The Franklin-based development company announced the appointments of Brian Sewell as president and Chris Bove as CEO inearlu February. Southern Land is the developer of the Williamson Countyu residentialprojects Westhaven, LaurelBrooke and McEwen. The companhy also has projects inthe Dallas/Forgt Worth, Houston and Austin, markets.
“Creighton brings more than 12 yeard of experience in the commercial real estate industry to Colliers,” says Doug Brandon, managing principalo for Colliers' Nashville office. “We are thrilleed to have him onour Wright’s responsibilities will include the management of large institutionally owned healtuh and medical facilities, as well as the growtu of the business line. Until March of this year, Wrightr was vice president of mixed-use development for Southern Land Co., wherre he was responsible for the developmen of select realestate projects. Southern Land underwentf a shift in executive team makeu earlierthis year.
The Franklin-based development company announced the appointments of Brian Sewell as president and Chris Bove as CEO inearlu February. Southern Land is the developer of the Williamson Countyu residentialprojects Westhaven, LaurelBrooke and McEwen. The companhy also has projects inthe Dallas/Forgt Worth, Houston and Austin, markets.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
sungguh-sungguh terjadi - Kedaulatan Rakyat
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sungguh-sungguh terjadi Kedaulatan Rakyat Langsung â€didebat†oleh kusir delman: â€Pak, kalau ini bukan masuk angin, ini namanya keluar anginâ€. Dialog singkat itu mengilhami munculnya istilah debat kusir, perdebatan ringan dan spontan tapi sulit dibantah.â€"(Kiriman: Pak Dhe Bono, Pujokusuman MG ... |
Friday, February 17, 2012
When is Surgery Done on a Brain Aneurysm? - EmpowHer
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When is Surgery Done on a Brain Aneurysm? EmpowHer About 5 percent of people have this condition, in which a weak area of the blood vessel wall balloons out or bulges, according to MedlinePlus. While only a small number of brain aneurysms cause symptoms or rupture, they can have serious effects. |
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Prepare for a long wait: Motorola reveals disappointing Android 4.0 roadmap - VentureBeat
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Gotta Be Mobile | Prepare for a long wait: Motorola reveals disappointing Android 4.0 roadmap VentureBeat If you've got a new Motorola smartphone, prepare for some disappointing news. Motorola is taking its sweet time in updating its latest devices to Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich. Android fragmentation, with devices » |
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
FWISD favors House bill for school funding - Dallas Business Journal:
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House Bill 3646, if passed, will allocate $22 million to Fort Wortn ISD, with the school districr required to spend about half of the fundingb on salary hikesfor teachers, counselors, nurses, librarians and speecu therapists. The remaining $11 milliobn will pay down the district’s the school district said in a pressreleasw Tuesday. While FWISD is not fully satisfied with the contents ofthe bill, school district leaders contenxd it is far better than the Senate’s version of the The school district says the ’s substitutre bill will reduce the amoung of money spent on Fort Worth ISD by $9 millionn and cuts the amount available for pay increases.
“Thes days and the hours of the 81st are tickingbaway – and the issue of school finance still hangs in the said Superintendent Melody Johnson on Tuesday. As lawmakerds contend with various bills to determine school funding initiatives, they are up against a June 1 which is the last day of the 81st regulatr session.
House Bill 3646, if passed, will allocate $22 million to Fort Wortn ISD, with the school districr required to spend about half of the fundingb on salary hikesfor teachers, counselors, nurses, librarians and speecu therapists. The remaining $11 milliobn will pay down the district’s the school district said in a pressreleasw Tuesday. While FWISD is not fully satisfied with the contents ofthe bill, school district leaders contenxd it is far better than the Senate’s version of the The school district says the ’s substitutre bill will reduce the amoung of money spent on Fort Worth ISD by $9 millionn and cuts the amount available for pay increases.
“Thes days and the hours of the 81st are tickingbaway – and the issue of school finance still hangs in the said Superintendent Melody Johnson on Tuesday. As lawmakerds contend with various bills to determine school funding initiatives, they are up against a June 1 which is the last day of the 81st regulatr session.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Paterson, WNY officials talk development - Memphis Business Journal:
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Paterson came to the Clarence headquarters Wednesday afternoohn to rally support forhis “Bold Steps to the New initiative. Greatbatch, which recently expandefd in Clarence after considering options elsewhere is the posterr child for the economic development agendq Patersonis pushing. He held similar roundtablee discussions earlier this week in Albanyand Syracuse. Patersonb met with 21 local leaders and executivesw ranging from University at Buffalo Presidentf John Simpson and Erie County Executive Chris Collinas toMark Dettner, managing director and founder. “I came here todat to listen as muchas talk,” Paterson said.
Paterson’ss appearance came against the backdrop of political firestornm in Albany with a battle for political controol of the New YorkState Paterson, during his hour-long roundtables meeting with the executives stayef focused on economic development Politics, however, did serves as a background. “There is a time to address these Paterson told reporters afterthe “I’m not sure why we are just hearing aboutg this problem now.” Collins, who has run or startexd a dozen local companies, said politics does impact how the business communith views the Paterson government.
“Unless you removd the stigma of New York beingthe highest-taxed all the spinoff jobs you want to create with this progran will end up in other states,” the count y executive warned. “Tom Golisano is simply the tip ofthe Golisano, in late May, renounced his New York residencuy and made Florida his officialp home because of New York’s heavy tax burdeh on upper class citizens. Golisano, the Rochester-base d billionaire, said the move will save him morethan $5 millionm annually in state income taxes. Collins said the high cost of state-ruj programs such as Medicare contribute toNew York’s taxinvg structure.
Out-of-date, union-friendly mandates like the Taylor Law, which offersz certain guarantees forunion workers, add to the tax “We don’t want to see the innovations createdx here but the jobs they create go to Collins said. Paterson agrees New York has to “cutf its infectious ways of State programs are leading to aprojected $24 billion deficity this year. Paterson, through the discussion, also heardf repeated pleas tosupport UB’ds 2020 plan that many see as a linchpin to the region’ws economic revival.
The UB plan calls for significantg investment in its Buffalo and Amherst campuses while increasing its presenc e indowntown Buffalo’s Buffalo Niagara Medical Simpson said UB 2020 represents a potentialo of $3 billion in new investmenty in the region while creating 10,000 new jobs. The catch is, the initiativew needs significant state legislative andfinancial “We need to get UB 2020 out of the startingv block,” said Thomas Hook, Greatbatch president and chief executivde officer.
Hook credited a close alliancse with UB as the sourced of the many patents and medical industr products that Greatbatch has created during the pastfive “A lot of the success Greatbatch enjoyed has come from innovations that startef from UB,” Hook said.
Paterson came to the Clarence headquarters Wednesday afternoohn to rally support forhis “Bold Steps to the New initiative. Greatbatch, which recently expandefd in Clarence after considering options elsewhere is the posterr child for the economic development agendq Patersonis pushing. He held similar roundtablee discussions earlier this week in Albanyand Syracuse. Patersonb met with 21 local leaders and executivesw ranging from University at Buffalo Presidentf John Simpson and Erie County Executive Chris Collinas toMark Dettner, managing director and founder. “I came here todat to listen as muchas talk,” Paterson said.
Paterson’ss appearance came against the backdrop of political firestornm in Albany with a battle for political controol of the New YorkState Paterson, during his hour-long roundtables meeting with the executives stayef focused on economic development Politics, however, did serves as a background. “There is a time to address these Paterson told reporters afterthe “I’m not sure why we are just hearing aboutg this problem now.” Collins, who has run or startexd a dozen local companies, said politics does impact how the business communith views the Paterson government.
“Unless you removd the stigma of New York beingthe highest-taxed all the spinoff jobs you want to create with this progran will end up in other states,” the count y executive warned. “Tom Golisano is simply the tip ofthe Golisano, in late May, renounced his New York residencuy and made Florida his officialp home because of New York’s heavy tax burdeh on upper class citizens. Golisano, the Rochester-base d billionaire, said the move will save him morethan $5 millionm annually in state income taxes. Collins said the high cost of state-ruj programs such as Medicare contribute toNew York’s taxinvg structure.
Out-of-date, union-friendly mandates like the Taylor Law, which offersz certain guarantees forunion workers, add to the tax “We don’t want to see the innovations createdx here but the jobs they create go to Collins said. Paterson agrees New York has to “cutf its infectious ways of State programs are leading to aprojected $24 billion deficity this year. Paterson, through the discussion, also heardf repeated pleas tosupport UB’ds 2020 plan that many see as a linchpin to the region’ws economic revival.
The UB plan calls for significantg investment in its Buffalo and Amherst campuses while increasing its presenc e indowntown Buffalo’s Buffalo Niagara Medical Simpson said UB 2020 represents a potentialo of $3 billion in new investmenty in the region while creating 10,000 new jobs. The catch is, the initiativew needs significant state legislative andfinancial “We need to get UB 2020 out of the startingv block,” said Thomas Hook, Greatbatch president and chief executivde officer.
Hook credited a close alliancse with UB as the sourced of the many patents and medical industr products that Greatbatch has created during the pastfive “A lot of the success Greatbatch enjoyed has come from innovations that startef from UB,” Hook said.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
NCR moving HQ to Duluth, to bring 2,100-plus jobs to Georgia - Portland Business Journal:
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adding clout to metro Atlanta’s technology reputation. NCR will relocat 1,250 corporate jobs to its GwinnettCounty operation, a source familiar with the plan The company is also expected to launcn a 550,000-square-foot manufacturing operation in Columbus, Ga., where it will employ nearly 880, the source said. Georgiw Gov. Sonny Perdue is expected to make the officialannouncement Tuesday. NCR CEO Bill Nuti and Ohio Gov. Ted Stricklande spoke by phone Monday and Nuti told Strickland the company has been looking at Georgia forsome time, an official in the Ohio governor’se office told Atlanta Business Chronicle sister publication Daytonb Business Journal (DBJ).
In a letter to Nuti obtainedr by theChronicle , Stricklansd to convince Nuti to keep the compan in Ohio. On May 31 , the Chronicle , and the DBJ , firs t reported . NCR (NYSE: NCR), which makes automatef teller machines (ATMs) and retail self-checkouts, will be Georgia’sz 14th Fortune 500 company and the secondin Duluth. Last (NYSE: ABG) announced the relocation of its headquartersa to Duluth fromNew York. NCR, whichj employs 20,000 employees globally, ranked 446 on the 2009 Fortunr500 list. The company, whicb did not return calls Monday, reported a $228 millionm profit on $5.3 billioh in revenue last year.
Last fall, NCR said it woulc move its Worldwide Customer Services headquarters to metro investing $15 million and creating more than 900 jobs in Peachtrer City and Duluth. In NCR said it would co-locate an NCR Learning Center and its Customefr Care Center hub for the Americas region withthe company’s existing Globak Service Materials operation in Peachtree City. NCR, which occupiezs about 150,000 square feet at its Satellite Boulevarrd operationin Duluth, will lease an additionall 100,000 to 200,000 square feet at that facility. The corporate jobs will pay on averageabout $70,009 annually.
The manufacturing distribution operation will be in two buildingsd and willmake ATMs, accordinf to the source. Employees at that facility will make on averag eabout $43,000 annually, the source said. NCR receivedx tax incentives from both Gwinnetrt andColumbus governments, the source declining to disclose detailsw about the state’s incentive While Dayton -- where NCR was founded in 1884 -- is the company’xs official headquarters, the city is not the centerd of the company’s influence.
Nuti, along with the company’ chief financial officer and othedsenior executives, maintain offices on an entirse floor of 7 World Trade Center in In March, NCR remove the language “world headquarters” from the sign at its Daytobn campus. Nuti will not be moving to Atlanta. Relocating to Atlanta — the commercial capital of theSoutheasy — makes sense for the Four of the cities in Ohio — Youngstown, Canton, Dayton and are among the top 10 dying cities in according to an August 2008 report in “They [NCR] can’t recruit talent to move to Dayton, the source said.
(NYSE: DAL), (NYSE: HD) and (NYSE: STI) -- big NCR customerss -- are also basesd in metro Atlanta. NCR supplies Delta with self-service kiosks, and NCR and Home Depoy announced a deal in 2002 toinstall self-checkoutg lanes in about 800 of its 1,487 In 2007, the two companies announcesd a deal to expand the project into Home Depo stores in Canada. In 2005, SunTrust said NCR woulsd upgrade existing ATMs and provide new ATMs for all newSunTrusrt branches.
adding clout to metro Atlanta’s technology reputation. NCR will relocat 1,250 corporate jobs to its GwinnettCounty operation, a source familiar with the plan The company is also expected to launcn a 550,000-square-foot manufacturing operation in Columbus, Ga., where it will employ nearly 880, the source said. Georgiw Gov. Sonny Perdue is expected to make the officialannouncement Tuesday. NCR CEO Bill Nuti and Ohio Gov. Ted Stricklande spoke by phone Monday and Nuti told Strickland the company has been looking at Georgia forsome time, an official in the Ohio governor’se office told Atlanta Business Chronicle sister publication Daytonb Business Journal (DBJ).
In a letter to Nuti obtainedr by theChronicle , Stricklansd to convince Nuti to keep the compan in Ohio. On May 31 , the Chronicle , and the DBJ , firs t reported . NCR (NYSE: NCR), which makes automatef teller machines (ATMs) and retail self-checkouts, will be Georgia’sz 14th Fortune 500 company and the secondin Duluth. Last (NYSE: ABG) announced the relocation of its headquartersa to Duluth fromNew York. NCR, whichj employs 20,000 employees globally, ranked 446 on the 2009 Fortunr500 list. The company, whicb did not return calls Monday, reported a $228 millionm profit on $5.3 billioh in revenue last year.
Last fall, NCR said it woulc move its Worldwide Customer Services headquarters to metro investing $15 million and creating more than 900 jobs in Peachtrer City and Duluth. In NCR said it would co-locate an NCR Learning Center and its Customefr Care Center hub for the Americas region withthe company’s existing Globak Service Materials operation in Peachtree City. NCR, which occupiezs about 150,000 square feet at its Satellite Boulevarrd operationin Duluth, will lease an additionall 100,000 to 200,000 square feet at that facility. The corporate jobs will pay on averageabout $70,009 annually.
The manufacturing distribution operation will be in two buildingsd and willmake ATMs, accordinf to the source. Employees at that facility will make on averag eabout $43,000 annually, the source said. NCR receivedx tax incentives from both Gwinnetrt andColumbus governments, the source declining to disclose detailsw about the state’s incentive While Dayton -- where NCR was founded in 1884 -- is the company’xs official headquarters, the city is not the centerd of the company’s influence.
Nuti, along with the company’ chief financial officer and othedsenior executives, maintain offices on an entirse floor of 7 World Trade Center in In March, NCR remove the language “world headquarters” from the sign at its Daytobn campus. Nuti will not be moving to Atlanta. Relocating to Atlanta — the commercial capital of theSoutheasy — makes sense for the Four of the cities in Ohio — Youngstown, Canton, Dayton and are among the top 10 dying cities in according to an August 2008 report in “They [NCR] can’t recruit talent to move to Dayton, the source said.
(NYSE: DAL), (NYSE: HD) and (NYSE: STI) -- big NCR customerss -- are also basesd in metro Atlanta. NCR supplies Delta with self-service kiosks, and NCR and Home Depoy announced a deal in 2002 toinstall self-checkoutg lanes in about 800 of its 1,487 In 2007, the two companies announcesd a deal to expand the project into Home Depo stores in Canada. In 2005, SunTrust said NCR woulsd upgrade existing ATMs and provide new ATMs for all newSunTrusrt branches.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Sunday, January 29, 2012
State Fund files for 15% July 1 workers
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The new rates will applyh to new and renewed policies effective on or afterJuly 1, officials said. Stated Fund has seen its premiuk volume dipfrom $2.3 billion in 2007 to just undet $1.7 billion last year, and its market share tumble from about 26 percent to less than 23 said spokeswoman Jennifer Vargen. Some of the decliner could be healthy, since the organization and a numberf of outside observers believedd its market share grew too larges and too rapidly during theearly 2000s. In asking for an increases lower thanthe 23.
7 percent July 1 increasse recommended by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau, along with severalk other comp insurers, State Fund may have reducedc pressure on Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner to clamp down on rate increasesx when he makes his own recommendations next month. Woodland Hills ' , one of the bigger players in the California comp filed for a 4 percent July and two entities have filedfor 10.3 percent increases. Several Guard Insurancer Group companies, meanwhile, filed for jumps in the 2.
2 percenf to 5 percent Poizner is expected to make his recommendatiojn after an upcoming public hearing on the and some industry observers have told the San Francisco Business Times they expect him to reluctantly recommendfa double-digit increase, albeir one far smaller than the WCIRB’s which was lowered from 24.4 percentf to 23.7 percent last month. Last Poizner cut the WCIRB’s recommended 16 percent Jan. 1, increase to just 5 percent, and most companies came in with rate jumpds inthat vicinity. California comp insurersw aren’t required to follow the Commissioner’s but they generally stick reasonably closde tothe commissioner’s advisory rate.
Jan Frank, Stat e Fund’s president and CEO, blamed the 15 percen increase on rapidly increasing medical costs in the comp sector. Those costs have jumpe about 16 percent annually for the pastthree years, accordinfg to the most recent report by the WCIRB, an industry-supportec advisory group. State Fund premium rates have fallen significantly sincee 2003 andearly 2004, when reformsw instituted by Governors Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger took effect, officials Even after this increase, its rateas will be 46 percent below pre-reform levels. that may be little consolation to policyholderxs battling a brutaleconomic slowdown.
The new rates will applyh to new and renewed policies effective on or afterJuly 1, officials said. Stated Fund has seen its premiuk volume dipfrom $2.3 billion in 2007 to just undet $1.7 billion last year, and its market share tumble from about 26 percent to less than 23 said spokeswoman Jennifer Vargen. Some of the decliner could be healthy, since the organization and a numberf of outside observers believedd its market share grew too larges and too rapidly during theearly 2000s. In asking for an increases lower thanthe 23.
7 percent July 1 increasse recommended by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau, along with severalk other comp insurers, State Fund may have reducedc pressure on Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner to clamp down on rate increasesx when he makes his own recommendations next month. Woodland Hills ' , one of the bigger players in the California comp filed for a 4 percent July and two entities have filedfor 10.3 percent increases. Several Guard Insurancer Group companies, meanwhile, filed for jumps in the 2.
2 percenf to 5 percent Poizner is expected to make his recommendatiojn after an upcoming public hearing on the and some industry observers have told the San Francisco Business Times they expect him to reluctantly recommendfa double-digit increase, albeir one far smaller than the WCIRB’s which was lowered from 24.4 percentf to 23.7 percent last month. Last Poizner cut the WCIRB’s recommended 16 percent Jan. 1, increase to just 5 percent, and most companies came in with rate jumpds inthat vicinity. California comp insurersw aren’t required to follow the Commissioner’s but they generally stick reasonably closde tothe commissioner’s advisory rate.
Jan Frank, Stat e Fund’s president and CEO, blamed the 15 percen increase on rapidly increasing medical costs in the comp sector. Those costs have jumpe about 16 percent annually for the pastthree years, accordinfg to the most recent report by the WCIRB, an industry-supportec advisory group. State Fund premium rates have fallen significantly sincee 2003 andearly 2004, when reformsw instituted by Governors Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger took effect, officials Even after this increase, its rateas will be 46 percent below pre-reform levels. that may be little consolation to policyholderxs battling a brutaleconomic slowdown.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Moody
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Moody’s cut the Charlotte-based company’s ratinhg to Caa2 from B3. The agency also lowered FairPoint’s rating to negativre from rating-under-review. FairPoint’s ratings on its secure and unsecured debt alsowere lowered. Moody’xs says the downgrade is basedon “Moody’s expectatiob of a high default probability and a though still above-average, estimated recoveryy rate across all debt instruments.” The agency says its decisiob follows the telecommunication company’s announcemen last week that it was launching a privatwe exchange offer for its outstanding 13.125 percent seniorf notes due in 2018.
FairPointr said the offer was designed primarily to reducethe company’se second- and third-quarter interest expenses. It also will help keep the company in compliance with its senior secured creditfacility agreement. FairPoint said it believes the exchange offer is criticaol to itscontinued viability. The compan is working with its financial adviserf to evaluate itscapital structure. Last year, FairPoinft bought ’s land-line operationas in Vermont, Maine and New Hampshirer for $2.3 billion. The deal made FairPoint (NYSE:FRP) the country’e eighth-largest telephone company.
But FairPoint took on substantialo debt to dothe deal, and the integration did not go Problems in converting billingh to FairPoint’s system from Verizon’s led to slow collections and frustratefd customers. Phone and e-mail service probleme cropped up across thenew network. And regulators in the regiohn expressed dissatisfaction with some of the During thefirst quarter, FairPoint drew $50 millionh under its $170 million credit facility. As of Marcnh 31, only $4.
7 million remained available to The company says liquidity remains a In addition, cash collections have remainesd below the levels it had before switching Verizoh customers to the FairPoint Should those factors persist, the company says it may be unablee or unwilling to make its Oct. 1 interesty payment on the notes, which coulf constitute a default. The exchangw offer expires July 22. Two weeks ago, Chief Financialk Officer and FairPoint board member David Hausedr announced he would retirefrom Charlotte-based Duke and become FairPoint’s chief executivr and chairman.
He will assume his new responsibilities uponGene Johnson’x retirement as FairPoint chairmajn and CEO on Wednesday. Johnson, a co-founder of FairPoint, previously announced his planxto retire. He has been the company’s chied executive since 2002. Hauser has been a member of FairPoint’d board since February 2005, serving as a chairman of the compensation committee and a membefr of theaudit committee. “While it is gratifying to be namer chairman and CEO of thislongstandintg organization, I am very aware of the operationaol and financial concerns surrounding the company,” Hausedr says.
“My primary focus will be to address these concerns in quick succession and empowere our team to seek and implement There is a lot of work to be and I am looking forward togetting
Moody’s cut the Charlotte-based company’s ratinhg to Caa2 from B3. The agency also lowered FairPoint’s rating to negativre from rating-under-review. FairPoint’s ratings on its secure and unsecured debt alsowere lowered. Moody’xs says the downgrade is basedon “Moody’s expectatiob of a high default probability and a though still above-average, estimated recoveryy rate across all debt instruments.” The agency says its decisiob follows the telecommunication company’s announcemen last week that it was launching a privatwe exchange offer for its outstanding 13.125 percent seniorf notes due in 2018.
FairPointr said the offer was designed primarily to reducethe company’se second- and third-quarter interest expenses. It also will help keep the company in compliance with its senior secured creditfacility agreement. FairPoint said it believes the exchange offer is criticaol to itscontinued viability. The compan is working with its financial adviserf to evaluate itscapital structure. Last year, FairPoinft bought ’s land-line operationas in Vermont, Maine and New Hampshirer for $2.3 billion. The deal made FairPoint (NYSE:FRP) the country’e eighth-largest telephone company.
But FairPoint took on substantialo debt to dothe deal, and the integration did not go Problems in converting billingh to FairPoint’s system from Verizon’s led to slow collections and frustratefd customers. Phone and e-mail service probleme cropped up across thenew network. And regulators in the regiohn expressed dissatisfaction with some of the During thefirst quarter, FairPoint drew $50 millionh under its $170 million credit facility. As of Marcnh 31, only $4.
7 million remained available to The company says liquidity remains a In addition, cash collections have remainesd below the levels it had before switching Verizoh customers to the FairPoint Should those factors persist, the company says it may be unablee or unwilling to make its Oct. 1 interesty payment on the notes, which coulf constitute a default. The exchangw offer expires July 22. Two weeks ago, Chief Financialk Officer and FairPoint board member David Hausedr announced he would retirefrom Charlotte-based Duke and become FairPoint’s chief executivr and chairman.
He will assume his new responsibilities uponGene Johnson’x retirement as FairPoint chairmajn and CEO on Wednesday. Johnson, a co-founder of FairPoint, previously announced his planxto retire. He has been the company’s chied executive since 2002. Hauser has been a member of FairPoint’d board since February 2005, serving as a chairman of the compensation committee and a membefr of theaudit committee. “While it is gratifying to be namer chairman and CEO of thislongstandintg organization, I am very aware of the operationaol and financial concerns surrounding the company,” Hausedr says.
“My primary focus will be to address these concerns in quick succession and empowere our team to seek and implement There is a lot of work to be and I am looking forward togetting
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Quiksilver secures $150M term loan, posts 2Q profit - Business First of Louisville:
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The Huntington Beach company (NYSE: ZQK) also postede second-quarter earnings of $2.8 The five-year term loan with private-equit y firm Rhone was made toimprove Quiksilver's liquidity and solidify its bankint relationships. As part of the terms of the Quiksilver will name a pair of Rhonee appointees to its board of Quiksilver also refinanced its crediyt facility with anew three-year, $200 millioj facility led by and . The companyh is also in discussions with its French bankin partners to consolidate its European debts into anew multi-year facility.
In the company'sw earnings report, the compant swung to profitability in theseconsd quarter, posting the earnings of 2 centzs a share, which included severa l one-time items. Without the items, the earningx per share would have been 5 cents a share. Analyst estimates placed the earningx at 9 cents a Sales dropped17 percent, coming in at $494.2q million. In the second quarter a year ago, the company lost $206.2 million, or $1.59 a share, on salex of $596.3 million. That quarter included losses of $244.9 million from discontinued operations. Quiksilver is an apparelp and accessories company. Its core brands are Roxy and DC.
A renewed focud on those core brands are the focux ofthe company's long-term plan to improvw profits.
The Huntington Beach company (NYSE: ZQK) also postede second-quarter earnings of $2.8 The five-year term loan with private-equit y firm Rhone was made toimprove Quiksilver's liquidity and solidify its bankint relationships. As part of the terms of the Quiksilver will name a pair of Rhonee appointees to its board of Quiksilver also refinanced its crediyt facility with anew three-year, $200 millioj facility led by and . The companyh is also in discussions with its French bankin partners to consolidate its European debts into anew multi-year facility.
In the company'sw earnings report, the compant swung to profitability in theseconsd quarter, posting the earnings of 2 centzs a share, which included severa l one-time items. Without the items, the earningx per share would have been 5 cents a share. Analyst estimates placed the earningx at 9 cents a Sales dropped17 percent, coming in at $494.2q million. In the second quarter a year ago, the company lost $206.2 million, or $1.59 a share, on salex of $596.3 million. That quarter included losses of $244.9 million from discontinued operations. Quiksilver is an apparelp and accessories company. Its core brands are Roxy and DC.
A renewed focud on those core brands are the focux ofthe company's long-term plan to improvw profits.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Saepio Technologies' Success Model Delivers Quick ROI and Fast Implementation for Companies Deploying Marketing Asset Management Technology
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June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Saepio Technologies is helpingv corporations and organizations with a rapid implementation and fast returnm oninvestment (ROI) of Marketing Asset Management "In today's business environment, we have to show resultds quickly," said , vice presidengt of client services for Saepio Technologies. "We don't have a year to implementt a system and show apositive ROI. Our clients need to starg saving money and gaining efficiencies withinm onebusiness quarter.
" Saepio Professional Services has refineds its Success Model through more than 200 implementations of Saepiok Marketing Asset Management technology, which is designed to drivwe cost out of The software enables corporate marketers to maintain full brands control while giving their distributed marketing force (e.g., branch offices, franchises, agencies, and the ability to send the righgt message to the right person at the right The Saepio Success Model merges the rigod of sound IT projectf management with the creativ e collaboration that marketing professionals demand, allowing clients to begin achieving the benefitzs of a Marketing Asset Management system as quicklyu as possible.
The event-based Success Model allows clients to focuss on key build events and decisions in a compressedf format so they always know the status ofthe implementation. In most cases, Saepio can completed the implementation processin 30-456 days. For example, in Saepio launched a Fortune 50 client within 31 days ofproject kickoff. To complemen t the Success Model, a team of experienced graphic designere and artists teach clients and agencies how touse Saepio'e web-based tools during the implementation process. This ensures they are prepared to immediatelyh usethe system.
"No one can do a qualith implementation and providea brand-compliant and brand-extendinh Marketing Asset Management system more quickly and more thoroughl y than Saepio," said Siley. "The majorit of our clients are choosing to keep Saepio Professional Services engaged over the longterm - not becauswe they 'have to,' but because they see a substantial returm on their investment by partnering with the companyy that actually designed the software.
" More than 200 leading brands use Marketingg Asset Management systems powered by This includes every tenth company on the Interbranr Best Global Brands list; every seventh company in the Fortunre 100 ranking; and one out of everty six franchisors named to Franchise Times' Top 200. About Saepi Technologies, Inc. ( Saepio Technologies is the leadint providerof powerful, yet simple-to-use Marketing Assert Management technology for corporations with distributed marketin networks. These solutions combine digitaasset management, collateral customizationb and marketing process automation.
Saepio productsd are in use at hundreds of leading companies and including many ofthe world's most powerful brands. Saepio clientss include corporations who use Saepio products to empower locak marketers atregional offices, local dealerships and stores to tailof their messages to their specific audience. Advertisintg agencies and print service providers also deploy Saepiko solutions to add value to existing services and to creatw new revenue streams by helping clienta improve the way they supporft and manage the localmarketing process.
In addition to providing softwarwand tools, Saepio offers Asset Migration Campaign Support Services, Managed Marketing Storefront, and completw Business Process Outsource Programs providingy turn-key marketing automation solutions. SOURCE Saepi Technologies, Inc.
June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Saepio Technologies is helpingv corporations and organizations with a rapid implementation and fast returnm oninvestment (ROI) of Marketing Asset Management "In today's business environment, we have to show resultds quickly," said , vice presidengt of client services for Saepio Technologies. "We don't have a year to implementt a system and show apositive ROI. Our clients need to starg saving money and gaining efficiencies withinm onebusiness quarter.
" Saepio Professional Services has refineds its Success Model through more than 200 implementations of Saepiok Marketing Asset Management technology, which is designed to drivwe cost out of The software enables corporate marketers to maintain full brands control while giving their distributed marketing force (e.g., branch offices, franchises, agencies, and the ability to send the righgt message to the right person at the right The Saepio Success Model merges the rigod of sound IT projectf management with the creativ e collaboration that marketing professionals demand, allowing clients to begin achieving the benefitzs of a Marketing Asset Management system as quicklyu as possible.
The event-based Success Model allows clients to focuss on key build events and decisions in a compressedf format so they always know the status ofthe implementation. In most cases, Saepio can completed the implementation processin 30-456 days. For example, in Saepio launched a Fortune 50 client within 31 days ofproject kickoff. To complemen t the Success Model, a team of experienced graphic designere and artists teach clients and agencies how touse Saepio'e web-based tools during the implementation process. This ensures they are prepared to immediatelyh usethe system.
"No one can do a qualith implementation and providea brand-compliant and brand-extendinh Marketing Asset Management system more quickly and more thoroughl y than Saepio," said Siley. "The majorit of our clients are choosing to keep Saepio Professional Services engaged over the longterm - not becauswe they 'have to,' but because they see a substantial returm on their investment by partnering with the companyy that actually designed the software.
" More than 200 leading brands use Marketingg Asset Management systems powered by This includes every tenth company on the Interbranr Best Global Brands list; every seventh company in the Fortunre 100 ranking; and one out of everty six franchisors named to Franchise Times' Top 200. About Saepi Technologies, Inc. ( Saepio Technologies is the leadint providerof powerful, yet simple-to-use Marketing Assert Management technology for corporations with distributed marketin networks. These solutions combine digitaasset management, collateral customizationb and marketing process automation.
Saepio productsd are in use at hundreds of leading companies and including many ofthe world's most powerful brands. Saepio clientss include corporations who use Saepio products to empower locak marketers atregional offices, local dealerships and stores to tailof their messages to their specific audience. Advertisintg agencies and print service providers also deploy Saepiko solutions to add value to existing services and to creatw new revenue streams by helping clienta improve the way they supporft and manage the localmarketing process.
In addition to providing softwarwand tools, Saepio offers Asset Migration Campaign Support Services, Managed Marketing Storefront, and completw Business Process Outsource Programs providingy turn-key marketing automation solutions. SOURCE Saepi Technologies, Inc.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Bizjournals debuts online business directory - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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The directory is based on proprietary researcjhfrom bizjournals. It can be sorted by 14 industry categorieds andby location, business name or Bizjournals is the online division of , the New Mexico Busines Weekly’s parent company. The directory can be accessed from all the home pagedof ACBJ’s publications. Users can rate businessed that are included inthe directory, submitt their own companies for inclusion or submit changes to existintg listings. “With the new Local Businessz Directory, we’re giving businesses a new way to connectyand succeed,” said Tim Bradbury, president of ACBJ New which oversees bizjournals.
“Itt ratchets up the value of our local businesajournal sites, which millions of people alreadyg regard as critical to their competitiveness.” Bizjournals operates the Web sitexs for each of American City Businesd Journals’ 40 print business newspaperw and operates a Web-only site with locakl business news and information for Los Bizjournals’ open-access archives contain 1.25 milliomn business news articles and features published since 1996. Bizjournals’ sitesa have more than 8 million uniquemonthlt visitors.
The directory is based on proprietary researcjhfrom bizjournals. It can be sorted by 14 industry categorieds andby location, business name or Bizjournals is the online division of , the New Mexico Busines Weekly’s parent company. The directory can be accessed from all the home pagedof ACBJ’s publications. Users can rate businessed that are included inthe directory, submitt their own companies for inclusion or submit changes to existintg listings. “With the new Local Businessz Directory, we’re giving businesses a new way to connectyand succeed,” said Tim Bradbury, president of ACBJ New which oversees bizjournals.
“Itt ratchets up the value of our local businesajournal sites, which millions of people alreadyg regard as critical to their competitiveness.” Bizjournals operates the Web sitexs for each of American City Businesd Journals’ 40 print business newspaperw and operates a Web-only site with locakl business news and information for Los Bizjournals’ open-access archives contain 1.25 milliomn business news articles and features published since 1996. Bizjournals’ sitesa have more than 8 million uniquemonthlt visitors.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Oscar's Foreign Entries: Steve Pond's Shortlist Predictions - Reuters
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Oscar's Foreign Entries: Steve Pond's Shortlist Predictions Reuters General committee members have viewed and scored all 63 of the entries, and PricewaterhouseCoopers has reviewed the ballots and come up with a list of the voters' six favorite films. On Tuesday evening, they will reveal that list to an executive ... |
Monday, January 16, 2012
Ford will stop Claycomo F-150 production for a week - Orlando Business Journal:
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The UAW Local 249 posted the informatiom in a newsletter on itsWeb site. Local 249 Vice Presidenf Bobby Wyse confirmed Monday that the informationmis accurate. The productionb stoppage comes a week before an alreadyschedulecd one-week summer break for the entirw plant starting June 29, a Localk 249 spokeswoman said. The planyt also is scheduled for a summer breaik during the weekof Aug. 17. Sales of Ford F-seriez trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 percent from 28,758 in April but down 22.3 percen t from 42,973 in May 2008.
UAW Local 249 said the slighgt increasein month-to-month sales enabled Ford (NYSE: F) to cancep the scheduled down week on June 22 at its F-150p truck plant in Dearborn, Mich., but the down week was left intacr at the Kansas City Assemblt Plant. “This is partially due to depleteed funds forthe state’s Division of Unemployment in making down weeks at less of an option,” the Locap 249 said in the Local 249 added that saled projections continue to be less than the five shiftd at the two truck plants can produce if they work full time throughn the 2010 production year. Ford runs two shiftss at Claycomo and threein Dearborn.
Wyse said Ford is considerinh once again moving a shift fromthe F-150 side of the Kansasx City Assembly Plant and putting them to work on the SUV However, nothing has been determined so far, he said. A year ago, Ford moverd about 800 workers from a second shifr onthe F-150 side of the Kansas City plant to a thirx shift on the SUV side. The employees were move back tothe F-15 0 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escapse sales in May reached 16,391, up 20.6 percent from 13,5967 in April but down 7.2 percent from 17,66 7 in May 2008. The Kansas City Assembly Plan t also produces the Mercury Marinedr and hybrid versions of the Ford Escaper andMercury Mariner.
Combined sales of hybridf versions of the Ford Mercury Milan, Ford Escape and Mercurty Mariner reached 3,906 in May, a new compan y record. The old sales record of 3,420 hybrid vehicles was set inApripl 2006. As of May, Ford’s Kansas City Assembl Plant in Claycomo hadabout 3,900 hourly and 200 salarieds employees.
The UAW Local 249 posted the informatiom in a newsletter on itsWeb site. Local 249 Vice Presidenf Bobby Wyse confirmed Monday that the informationmis accurate. The productionb stoppage comes a week before an alreadyschedulecd one-week summer break for the entirw plant starting June 29, a Localk 249 spokeswoman said. The planyt also is scheduled for a summer breaik during the weekof Aug. 17. Sales of Ford F-seriez trucks were 33,381 in May, up 16 percent from 28,758 in April but down 22.3 percen t from 42,973 in May 2008.
UAW Local 249 said the slighgt increasein month-to-month sales enabled Ford (NYSE: F) to cancep the scheduled down week on June 22 at its F-150p truck plant in Dearborn, Mich., but the down week was left intacr at the Kansas City Assemblt Plant. “This is partially due to depleteed funds forthe state’s Division of Unemployment in making down weeks at less of an option,” the Locap 249 said in the Local 249 added that saled projections continue to be less than the five shiftd at the two truck plants can produce if they work full time throughn the 2010 production year. Ford runs two shiftss at Claycomo and threein Dearborn.
Wyse said Ford is considerinh once again moving a shift fromthe F-150 side of the Kansasx City Assembly Plant and putting them to work on the SUV However, nothing has been determined so far, he said. A year ago, Ford moverd about 800 workers from a second shifr onthe F-150 side of the Kansas City plant to a thirx shift on the SUV side. The employees were move back tothe F-15 0 side on Jan. 12. Ford Escapse sales in May reached 16,391, up 20.6 percent from 13,5967 in April but down 7.2 percent from 17,66 7 in May 2008. The Kansas City Assembly Plan t also produces the Mercury Marinedr and hybrid versions of the Ford Escaper andMercury Mariner.
Combined sales of hybridf versions of the Ford Mercury Milan, Ford Escape and Mercurty Mariner reached 3,906 in May, a new compan y record. The old sales record of 3,420 hybrid vehicles was set inApripl 2006. As of May, Ford’s Kansas City Assembl Plant in Claycomo hadabout 3,900 hourly and 200 salarieds employees.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Advanta agrees to refund customers up to $35M in FDIC agreements - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):
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That agreement addresses charges that theSpring House, Pa.-basecd company violated federal trade laws through its pricing strategies on businesws credit cards, and in its marketingb of cash-back rewards on the cards. Advantas said it did not admit wrongdoing and that it entered theagreements “in the interest of expediencyt and to avoid litigation.” Advanta said it took a $14 million charge to cover refunds tied to the alleged marketing violationsx in third-quarter 2008 and will take a second-quarted 2009 charge to cover refunds over its pricing which it said could totakl $21 million.
Advanta also agreed to a $150,000 In a separate agreement withthe FDIC, Advanta’s ability to use cash and pay dividends has been restricted. The company must submi t a plan toremain "well-capitalized," and submitt a plan to terminate its deposit-takingh operations and deposit insurance once its depositds are repaid in full, a process expected to take a few The second agreement with the FDIC places restrictionz on Advanta’s use of its cash assets, paymentr of dividends and transactions that woulc materially alter its balance sheet compositionn and taking of brokered Advanta said the second order does not in any way restricr it from continuing to service its manager credit-card accounts and receivables.
In an effort to limir losses and erosion of its capital ascredif deteriorates, Advanta said in early May that its securitizatiobn trust will go into earlu amortization — where the company uses receivable from customers to accelerate payment to investor While that protects investors from prolonged exposure to a pool of receivablez whose credit performance has Advanta would have needed an alternative way to fund new purchasea on its customers’ credit cards. So it had to shut down futurw use, effective May 30. It has since referred some customer to AmericanExpress Co. Advanta’s stock closedx 2 7 percent lower Wednesda y at42 cents.
That agreement addresses charges that theSpring House, Pa.-basecd company violated federal trade laws through its pricing strategies on businesws credit cards, and in its marketingb of cash-back rewards on the cards. Advantas said it did not admit wrongdoing and that it entered theagreements “in the interest of expediencyt and to avoid litigation.” Advanta said it took a $14 million charge to cover refunds tied to the alleged marketing violationsx in third-quarter 2008 and will take a second-quarted 2009 charge to cover refunds over its pricing which it said could totakl $21 million.
Advanta also agreed to a $150,000 In a separate agreement withthe FDIC, Advanta’s ability to use cash and pay dividends has been restricted. The company must submi t a plan toremain "well-capitalized," and submitt a plan to terminate its deposit-takingh operations and deposit insurance once its depositds are repaid in full, a process expected to take a few The second agreement with the FDIC places restrictionz on Advanta’s use of its cash assets, paymentr of dividends and transactions that woulc materially alter its balance sheet compositionn and taking of brokered Advanta said the second order does not in any way restricr it from continuing to service its manager credit-card accounts and receivables.
In an effort to limir losses and erosion of its capital ascredif deteriorates, Advanta said in early May that its securitizatiobn trust will go into earlu amortization — where the company uses receivable from customers to accelerate payment to investor While that protects investors from prolonged exposure to a pool of receivablez whose credit performance has Advanta would have needed an alternative way to fund new purchasea on its customers’ credit cards. So it had to shut down futurw use, effective May 30. It has since referred some customer to AmericanExpress Co. Advanta’s stock closedx 2 7 percent lower Wednesda y at42 cents.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Dillard's stock still high on investor demands - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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, which owns a roughly 3.2 percent stake in the company, sent a lettedr to CEO William Dillardd II suggesting changesin Dillard'ws merchandising, inventory and cost systems, "as well as measures to unlock the value of the company's real estatre portfolio," according to . On the day the story June 28, shares in Dillard's rose more than 8 to about $36.70. Friday morning, shares slipped a bit to Barington, known for its investor activism, said it sent a letterf because it could not reach Dillardby Dillard's, which entered Cincinnati in 1998 througj its acquisition of Inc., has been struggling with weak revenuse for years.
Sales at its 330 stores are trendinytoward $130 per square compared with $168 in according to analyst reports from Oppenheimerr & Co. In the first quarter, sale at stores open at least a year declinede5 percent, down for the third consecutive But forcing change at the company could be a Herculean task. The family controls almost 100 percentg of theLittle Rock, Ark.-based retailer'es Class B voting shares, according to That gives them the right to electg two-thirds of the 12-member board of directors. Dillard's is run by the children of its William T. Dillard.
In addition to the CEO William Dillard II, Alex Dillard serves as presidengt and Mike Dillard as executives vice president. Barington has pushee for change at a number of retailerse in whichit invests, including , and .
, which owns a roughly 3.2 percent stake in the company, sent a lettedr to CEO William Dillardd II suggesting changesin Dillard'ws merchandising, inventory and cost systems, "as well as measures to unlock the value of the company's real estatre portfolio," according to . On the day the story June 28, shares in Dillard's rose more than 8 to about $36.70. Friday morning, shares slipped a bit to Barington, known for its investor activism, said it sent a letterf because it could not reach Dillardby Dillard's, which entered Cincinnati in 1998 througj its acquisition of Inc., has been struggling with weak revenuse for years.
Sales at its 330 stores are trendinytoward $130 per square compared with $168 in according to analyst reports from Oppenheimerr & Co. In the first quarter, sale at stores open at least a year declinede5 percent, down for the third consecutive But forcing change at the company could be a Herculean task. The family controls almost 100 percentg of theLittle Rock, Ark.-based retailer'es Class B voting shares, according to That gives them the right to electg two-thirds of the 12-member board of directors. Dillard's is run by the children of its William T. Dillard.
In addition to the CEO William Dillard II, Alex Dillard serves as presidengt and Mike Dillard as executives vice president. Barington has pushee for change at a number of retailerse in whichit invests, including , and .
Monday, January 9, 2012
Woody Paige: Tim Tebow showed flashes of John Elway - San Jose Mercury News
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Saturday, January 7, 2012
Jabil strengthens solar panel footprint - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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Terms were not disclosed. The agreement, accordinv to a release, is the firsyt step in SunPower’s long-term strategy to implement regionalp panel assembly that will result in reduced SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWRB) also is continuing to evaluats establishing localized manufacturing facilities in large solar markets in the Unitexd States. “We are in the process of rampingb production capacity to manufacture solarr panels in Europe and Nort America for customers inthose markets,” said Brianj Althaver, Jabil’s vice president for strategic development, in a “This agreement gives us the opportunitg to use our capabilities as a global manufacturer to providee a responsive, reliable and cost-effective manufacturing solution in closs proximity to solar markets.
” Jabil JBL) also will collaborate with SunPower with the Solar America Initiative, a effort to accelerate the development of advance solar energy technologies. Through those efforts, both SunPowet and Jabil intend to explorwe the possibility of creating more plants around the country to producersolar panels. SunPower, based in San Jose, lost $4.8 million, or 6 cents per share, in the most recenrt quarter ended March 29 on revenureof $213.8 million. It made $12 or 14 cents per share the year beforw on revenueof $273.7 million. Jabil shares closed at $8.58i on Friday, and have traded between $3.100 and $18.
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Terms were not disclosed. The agreement, accordinv to a release, is the firsyt step in SunPower’s long-term strategy to implement regionalp panel assembly that will result in reduced SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWRB) also is continuing to evaluats establishing localized manufacturing facilities in large solar markets in the Unitexd States. “We are in the process of rampingb production capacity to manufacture solarr panels in Europe and Nort America for customers inthose markets,” said Brianj Althaver, Jabil’s vice president for strategic development, in a “This agreement gives us the opportunitg to use our capabilities as a global manufacturer to providee a responsive, reliable and cost-effective manufacturing solution in closs proximity to solar markets.
” Jabil JBL) also will collaborate with SunPower with the Solar America Initiative, a effort to accelerate the development of advance solar energy technologies. Through those efforts, both SunPowet and Jabil intend to explorwe the possibility of creating more plants around the country to producersolar panels. SunPower, based in San Jose, lost $4.8 million, or 6 cents per share, in the most recenrt quarter ended March 29 on revenureof $213.8 million. It made $12 or 14 cents per share the year beforw on revenueof $273.7 million. Jabil shares closed at $8.58i on Friday, and have traded between $3.100 and $18.
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Thursday, January 5, 2012
Catch the Wind secures $18.8M - Business First of Buffalo:
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million in a private placement financing to help push more saless of its new wind sensorfor turbines. Manassas-basef Catch the Wind, which trades on the Toronto Venture Exchange, sold roughly 16.7 million shares at a price ofCanadiahn $1.30 apiece in what it hopes to be its last majotr equity financing before generating enough revenue from its laser wind-sensingg product, Vindicator, to pay for operations. Company officials also participatedx in theinvestment round, along with institutionak investors, bringing its total equity fundraising to date to nearlyy $35 million. , Research Capital and CanaccordCapital Corp.
served as placement agents for this latesr fundraising in return for 6 perceny of the gross proceedas and additionalstock options. Spun off last year from LLC, a fibedr optics laser company that still sharesa the sameheadquarters space, Catch the Wind has been developinh similar technology that senses when wind is helping reorient a turbine to capture that wind beforew it passes. Most wind turbines can realign its bladews only after it feels so they’re often too late to actuallh benefit from gusts, company officials said.
“Before, it was the horse-and-buggt approach to measuring wind,” said Phil Rogers, who foundedd Optical Air Data Systems nearly 20 years ago with his wife beforee leaving recently to serve as CEO for Catchthe “Think about increasing the gas mileagde of your car,” he said. “You’ve already bought your car. But if I can sell you something that doublexs the gas mileage ofyour car, you would save more He estimates the Vindicator can capture 10 percentf to 30 percent more wind for which in turn helps generatre more clean electricity and ultimately revenue for their Catch the Wind recently sold its first unit to , a Canadianj environmental monitoring equipment maker, while starting its firsr two-month field test with the Nebrask Public Power District on its largesg wind farm with 36 wind The local company, which said it’sd also talking to federal agencies, hopesx to use that trial’s results later this summer to market to othef w ind turbine manufacturers and wind farm operators.
With six full-timr employees, Catch the Wind expects to at least double that coungt by the end ofthis year. The which had $5.5 million in cash and equivalentse on hand as ofMarch 31, is also considering whetheer to list itself on an American exchangee later this year. “We aspire to Rogers said. “I just can’t say
million in a private placement financing to help push more saless of its new wind sensorfor turbines. Manassas-basef Catch the Wind, which trades on the Toronto Venture Exchange, sold roughly 16.7 million shares at a price ofCanadiahn $1.30 apiece in what it hopes to be its last majotr equity financing before generating enough revenue from its laser wind-sensingg product, Vindicator, to pay for operations. Company officials also participatedx in theinvestment round, along with institutionak investors, bringing its total equity fundraising to date to nearlyy $35 million. , Research Capital and CanaccordCapital Corp.
served as placement agents for this latesr fundraising in return for 6 perceny of the gross proceedas and additionalstock options. Spun off last year from LLC, a fibedr optics laser company that still sharesa the sameheadquarters space, Catch the Wind has been developinh similar technology that senses when wind is helping reorient a turbine to capture that wind beforew it passes. Most wind turbines can realign its bladews only after it feels so they’re often too late to actuallh benefit from gusts, company officials said.
“Before, it was the horse-and-buggt approach to measuring wind,” said Phil Rogers, who foundedd Optical Air Data Systems nearly 20 years ago with his wife beforee leaving recently to serve as CEO for Catchthe “Think about increasing the gas mileagde of your car,” he said. “You’ve already bought your car. But if I can sell you something that doublexs the gas mileage ofyour car, you would save more He estimates the Vindicator can capture 10 percentf to 30 percent more wind for which in turn helps generatre more clean electricity and ultimately revenue for their Catch the Wind recently sold its first unit to , a Canadianj environmental monitoring equipment maker, while starting its firsr two-month field test with the Nebrask Public Power District on its largesg wind farm with 36 wind The local company, which said it’sd also talking to federal agencies, hopesx to use that trial’s results later this summer to market to othef w ind turbine manufacturers and wind farm operators.
With six full-timr employees, Catch the Wind expects to at least double that coungt by the end ofthis year. The which had $5.5 million in cash and equivalentse on hand as ofMarch 31, is also considering whetheer to list itself on an American exchangee later this year. “We aspire to Rogers said. “I just can’t say
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Skanska to extend bay area rail line to San Jose - The Associated Press
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Skanska to extend bay area rail line to San Jose The Associated Press The project extends the rail system by 9.9 miles (16 kilometers) from Warm Springs Station in Fremont to San Jose, Calif. Skanska said Tuesday that the extension includes two stations, six at-grade crossings and two above grade crossings. ... Skanska awarded USD347m contract for rapid transit line expansion in northern ... |
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Dayton region's Swine Flu count climbs to 12 - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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The reported that as of noon June 10 there were 47 confirmedd cases of Swine Fluin Ohio, up from 38 in the past two Clark County has the most cases of the counties in the Daytonm region. Of the six cases reported in Clark Northridge Middle School students accounted for five of the And inMontgomery County, a Vandalia-Butler student became a confirmed case last week, whilre two Dayton Public Schools students were confirmed this There are four totall cases in Montgomery There are 27,737 confirmed cases worldwide, according to the , with 74countriese having at least one case. There have been 141 deathsa confirmed caused by SwineFlu worldwide, according to the WHO. The U.S.
has the most with 13,217 confirmed cases. Therwe are cases now in all 50 statesplus D.C., and Puerto Rico, according to the federal . Ther e have been 27 confirmed deaths inthe U.S. Butlere County – 2 (30-year-old male, 13-year-old female)Clark County 6 (15-year-old male, 25-year-old male, 12-year-old male, 15-year-ol female, 13-year-old male, 14-year-old male) Cuyahoga County 6 (41-year-old female, 9-year-old male, 14-year-old female, 14-year-old 13-year-old male, 14-year-old Franklin County – 16 (31-year-ol male, 33-year-old male, 18-year-old male, 20-year-old 19-year-old female, 21-year-old male, 20-year old male, 22-year-old 23-year-old female, 19-year-old male, 11-year-old female, 13-year-old female, 35-year-old female, 44-year old 8-year-old male, 41-year-old male) Lawrence County – 2 (2-year-oldr male, 8-month-old male) Montgomery Count – 4 (16-year-old male, 13-year-old 9-year-old female, 17-year-old female) Cuyahogs County – 2 (20-year-old female, 16-year-old
The reported that as of noon June 10 there were 47 confirmedd cases of Swine Fluin Ohio, up from 38 in the past two Clark County has the most cases of the counties in the Daytonm region. Of the six cases reported in Clark Northridge Middle School students accounted for five of the And inMontgomery County, a Vandalia-Butler student became a confirmed case last week, whilre two Dayton Public Schools students were confirmed this There are four totall cases in Montgomery There are 27,737 confirmed cases worldwide, according to the , with 74countriese having at least one case. There have been 141 deathsa confirmed caused by SwineFlu worldwide, according to the WHO. The U.S.
has the most with 13,217 confirmed cases. Therwe are cases now in all 50 statesplus D.C., and Puerto Rico, according to the federal . Ther e have been 27 confirmed deaths inthe U.S. Butlere County – 2 (30-year-old male, 13-year-old female)Clark County 6 (15-year-old male, 25-year-old male, 12-year-old male, 15-year-ol female, 13-year-old male, 14-year-old male) Cuyahoga County 6 (41-year-old female, 9-year-old male, 14-year-old female, 14-year-old 13-year-old male, 14-year-old Franklin County – 16 (31-year-ol male, 33-year-old male, 18-year-old male, 20-year-old 19-year-old female, 21-year-old male, 20-year old male, 22-year-old 23-year-old female, 19-year-old male, 11-year-old female, 13-year-old female, 35-year-old female, 44-year old 8-year-old male, 41-year-old male) Lawrence County – 2 (2-year-oldr male, 8-month-old male) Montgomery Count – 4 (16-year-old male, 13-year-old 9-year-old female, 17-year-old female) Cuyahogs County – 2 (20-year-old female, 16-year-old
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