Saturday, March 24, 2012

RIVERSIDE: La Sierra students' idea accepted - Press-Enterprise

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Three La Sierra University business students had their business start-up accepted on Kickstarter.com, a website that coordinates crowd funding of creative projects. The launch of their language-learning concept, Languages That Stick, marks the first ...



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.”

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.

Sunday, March 18, 2012

US Federal Contractor Registration Receives Accolades from Guard Force ... - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

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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.

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.

Monday, March 12, 2012

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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.

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.

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.

Monday, March 5, 2012

U of I board to president: Repair your relationship with faculty - Chicago Tribune

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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

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Asteroid anxiety: In a worst-case scenario, Asteroid 2011 AG5 will hit Earth ... - WPTV

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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 ...



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