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The Bethesda-based provider of satellite telephone which expects to become publicly traded this summer through an posted a 42 percent decline in net incomwe in the first quarter endedMarch 31, to $9.7 million from $16.7 millionb a year ago. Th company attributed the decline to costs related toits next-generation satellite “Iridium continued to grow, althouguh the pace slowed given the current economicv climate,” said CEO Matt Desch.
“In addition to the impact of phasiny outequipment amortization, we believe the economic climate is affecting equipmenf sales, as is the transition of newlu introduced products into the distribution channel as our partnerds move existing inventory to make way for new Company officials say either Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin or Thales Alenia Space will be selecte d as the program’s lead contractor this summer. The program’s new networki of satellites called Iridium NEXT is expected to be deployedcin 2014. Iridium NEXT will provide higher data greater bandwidth and the potential to deliver new data servicess and applicationsto customers.
The company says its or earningsbefore interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, increased 4.9 percent to $27.6 million in the first up from $26.3 million a year ago, though most analysts do not use that as a reliabl financial measure. Iridium’s revenue rose 2 percent to $75.u million for the quarter, compare d to $74.3 million for the first quartefr 2008. The slightly higher revenue came from increasef commercial services revenueof $36.8 million but was offsetr by a decline in subscriber equipment revenuse to $20.5 million for the quarter. Iridium’s commerciaol markets include maritime, aviation and land mobile customers, whichy grew by 11.
5 percent for the The company’s sales to government including the Departmentof Defense, grew 31 percent. Despitr a 31 percent increase in subscriber sto 328,000, compared to 250,000 in the firsy quarter of 2008, a $2 million amortization of equipment related to prior year equipment added to the decline in subscriber equipment revenue. The companuy is planning to go public this but it is not taking the initial publicoffering route. It is acquiring a publicly tradedrinvestment group, (NYX: GHQ), an affiliate of Greenhill Co. Iridium has retained Deutsche Bank as its financial adviser forthe transaction.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Ainol Tablet with Honeycomb: Chunky But Appealing - Online Social Media
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GizmoCrave | Ainol Tablet with Honeycomb: Chunky But Appealing Online Social Media This time it's an Ainol tablet, again with Honeycomb and although it looks a little chunky it does have some appeal. The Ainol tablet is due for release next month although there's no price available yet and no name either but some teasers that have ... Ainol Honeycomb: Sneaky peek at Android tablet |
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Man charged over lecturer's death - BBC News
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stv.tv | Man charged over lecturer's death BBC News A 20-year old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of an Edinburgh university lecturer. Roger Gray, 64, a Heriot-Watt University maths lecturer, was found at his home in Merchiston Crescent at the weekend, with multiple stab wounds. ... Lecturer murder accused in court Two cyclists seen near lecturer's house on the night of his death Man appears in court charged with murder Edinburgh University lecturer |
Thursday, March 24, 2011
P&G, Teva enter global tie-up - Investor's Business Daily
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P&G, Teva enter global tie-up Investor's Business Daily The world's largest consumer products maker is teaming with Teva Pharmaceutical (TEVA), the world's biggest generic-drug maker. They will combine their over-the-counter businesses outside of N. America. The joint venture's combined sales are worth ... |
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Bills bolster Bell, irk rivals - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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(NYSE: BLS) will back Senate Bills 388 and 389. In the evenft of a federally certifiexdnatural disaster, SB 388 would allow the dominant local phone to collect a 10 percent "stormj surcharge" from the smaller competitors that use its BellSouth ostensibly would use this money to defrau the cost of repairing its network, which suffereed perhaps $600 million in damage from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The companyu could keep the surcharge in placr up to a year from the date of the SB 388 is sponsored bystate Sen. Mitch Seabaugh, R-Sharpsburg, who is chairman of the Senate Regulated Industriees andUtilities Committee.
He compared it to the General Assembly'a decision last year to cap taxes on jet fuel in orde toassist now-bankrupt -- the state tryintg to support a major pillar of the locall economy in time of crisis, even if it couled only supply a few million dollars when far more was needed. BellSouthb spokeswoman LeAnn Boucher agreed withthat assessment. "Whaty we could potentially recoup from those other carriers using ournetwork wouldn'f even [have] come close" to cleaning up from she said. BellSouth competitorse are unhappy about the measure and its SB 389, which could stri them of millions of dollars in future revenue.
Currently, whenever the Georgia Public Service Commission penalizees BellSouth for failing to meet certaimn standards in reselling services toits rivals, those rivale receive about two-thirds of any fine s assessed. BellSouth shelled out abour $1.8 million over the last 12 months, accordingf to Boucher. But under SB 389, which Seabaughg also authored, BellSouth competitors would no longer see any ofthosee dollars. "I don't understand the logic," said Jerry a lobbyist for ITC^DeltaCom Inc. "If I'mk suffering lost customers or a deterioratiom in the perception of my service dueto BellSouth'd actions, there's a financial impact," which thosre fines offset.
The new billa come on the heelsof Seabaugh's SB 120, introduced in 2005, whicy would prevent the PSC from regulating broadband Internet and cell phonr service. Although BellSouth (which posted $20 billion in 2004 could soon find itself enjoying a little extrsapocket money, its joint venture with may take a bit of a hit from SB 395, the brainchildx of state Sen. Cecil Staton, R-Macon. SB 395 woulds prevent cell phone companies from extending the term of aGeorgisa customer's service contract whenever that customeer wants to add another line, change their numbert or otherwise modify their plan.
Staton said he was open to lettinf carriers continue requiring contract extensions when they provide new phones to existinbg subscribers in order to recoverthat cost. Cingulat lobbyist Steve Skinner said without that the company would be unabl e to offer its customers new phones at subsidized One bill unlikely to face corporate oppositionis Staton's SB 394, which expands on a stats anti-spam bill signed in 2005 by specifically targeting scammers posing as legitimate companies such as or (Nasdaq: in unsolicited commercial These scammers "phish" for sensitive personao data by directing recipients of the spam to visitr Web sites that masquerade as those of credit card companies, etc.
Recipientas are then asked to enter theidr SocialSecurity numbers, passwords and the Staton wants to hit offenders with jail terms of up to 20 fines of up to $500,000, or both. No Georgia-based businessews have complained to him ofbeinyg impersonated, he said. The most ambitious of the new Senate Resolution 642 bystate Sen. Judson Hill, R-Marietta, would require two-thirds of both the House and Senate to agree in order to increase any existinh statetax (including the corporate income tax) or licensd fee or create any new ones. The idea is to make it very difficult for Democrats to raise taxes if they win back one or more chambersx in 2006 or at some future Hill said.
Also noteworthy: State Sen. Ralph Hudgens, R-Comer and chairman of the Senate Insurance and Labor has filed SB 384 and SB 385 at the requesr of state insurance commissionerfJohn Oxendine. SB 384 would add Georgia to the 20 statesx that have already joine d an interstate compact allowing life insurance productz approved for sale in any one state to be sold in all of Oxendine said some ofthe nation'sa largest insurers, including (NYSE: MET) and , have been pushing Georgiwa to join the compact, which won't becomr active until a few more states sign up. SB 385 givez Georgia-based insurers the ability to add municipal bondesfrom U.S.
and Canadiann cities and counties with populations of lessthan 25,00 0 to their portfolios. Oxendine craftedr the bill, which he callex vital for localeconomic development, after ran into the regulatioj in Dodge County in 2005.
(NYSE: BLS) will back Senate Bills 388 and 389. In the evenft of a federally certifiexdnatural disaster, SB 388 would allow the dominant local phone to collect a 10 percent "stormj surcharge" from the smaller competitors that use its BellSouth ostensibly would use this money to defrau the cost of repairing its network, which suffereed perhaps $600 million in damage from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The companyu could keep the surcharge in placr up to a year from the date of the SB 388 is sponsored bystate Sen. Mitch Seabaugh, R-Sharpsburg, who is chairman of the Senate Regulated Industriees andUtilities Committee.
He compared it to the General Assembly'a decision last year to cap taxes on jet fuel in orde toassist now-bankrupt -- the state tryintg to support a major pillar of the locall economy in time of crisis, even if it couled only supply a few million dollars when far more was needed. BellSouthb spokeswoman LeAnn Boucher agreed withthat assessment. "Whaty we could potentially recoup from those other carriers using ournetwork wouldn'f even [have] come close" to cleaning up from she said. BellSouth competitorse are unhappy about the measure and its SB 389, which could stri them of millions of dollars in future revenue.
Currently, whenever the Georgia Public Service Commission penalizees BellSouth for failing to meet certaimn standards in reselling services toits rivals, those rivale receive about two-thirds of any fine s assessed. BellSouth shelled out abour $1.8 million over the last 12 months, accordingf to Boucher. But under SB 389, which Seabaughg also authored, BellSouth competitors would no longer see any ofthosee dollars. "I don't understand the logic," said Jerry a lobbyist for ITC^DeltaCom Inc. "If I'mk suffering lost customers or a deterioratiom in the perception of my service dueto BellSouth'd actions, there's a financial impact," which thosre fines offset.
The new billa come on the heelsof Seabaugh's SB 120, introduced in 2005, whicy would prevent the PSC from regulating broadband Internet and cell phonr service. Although BellSouth (which posted $20 billion in 2004 could soon find itself enjoying a little extrsapocket money, its joint venture with may take a bit of a hit from SB 395, the brainchildx of state Sen. Cecil Staton, R-Macon. SB 395 woulds prevent cell phone companies from extending the term of aGeorgisa customer's service contract whenever that customeer wants to add another line, change their numbert or otherwise modify their plan.
Staton said he was open to lettinf carriers continue requiring contract extensions when they provide new phones to existinbg subscribers in order to recoverthat cost. Cingulat lobbyist Steve Skinner said without that the company would be unabl e to offer its customers new phones at subsidized One bill unlikely to face corporate oppositionis Staton's SB 394, which expands on a stats anti-spam bill signed in 2005 by specifically targeting scammers posing as legitimate companies such as or (Nasdaq: in unsolicited commercial These scammers "phish" for sensitive personao data by directing recipients of the spam to visitr Web sites that masquerade as those of credit card companies, etc.
Recipientas are then asked to enter theidr SocialSecurity numbers, passwords and the Staton wants to hit offenders with jail terms of up to 20 fines of up to $500,000, or both. No Georgia-based businessews have complained to him ofbeinyg impersonated, he said. The most ambitious of the new Senate Resolution 642 bystate Sen. Judson Hill, R-Marietta, would require two-thirds of both the House and Senate to agree in order to increase any existinh statetax (including the corporate income tax) or licensd fee or create any new ones. The idea is to make it very difficult for Democrats to raise taxes if they win back one or more chambersx in 2006 or at some future Hill said.
Also noteworthy: State Sen. Ralph Hudgens, R-Comer and chairman of the Senate Insurance and Labor has filed SB 384 and SB 385 at the requesr of state insurance commissionerfJohn Oxendine. SB 384 would add Georgia to the 20 statesx that have already joine d an interstate compact allowing life insurance productz approved for sale in any one state to be sold in all of Oxendine said some ofthe nation'sa largest insurers, including (NYSE: MET) and , have been pushing Georgiwa to join the compact, which won't becomr active until a few more states sign up. SB 385 givez Georgia-based insurers the ability to add municipal bondesfrom U.S.
and Canadiann cities and counties with populations of lessthan 25,00 0 to their portfolios. Oxendine craftedr the bill, which he callex vital for localeconomic development, after ran into the regulatioj in Dodge County in 2005.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Law Firms Need to Act More Like Businesses and Hire Accordingly, Prof Says - ABA Journal
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Law Firms Need to Act More Like Businesses and Hire Accordingly, Prof Says ABA Journal Law firms need to start acting more like businesses, a management professor says, and they could start by hiring “business-savvy nonlawyers†for leadership roles. Writing for the Washington Post's Capital Business column, ... |
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Hagen-Dazs helps honeybee research - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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Häagen-Dazs, which is owned by Inc. GIS), has given a total of $500,000 for bee research over two It depends on crop pollination by bees for several of its ice cream The company has fundeda “bee-friendly demonstration garden” at the University of California, Davis. This gardenj will not only feed local but will be used to teach people how to attracty and better feed bees in their own These donations follow distress in the beekeeping industry as many colonie have been destroyed by a poorly understood syndrom e called colonycollapse disorder.
The condition, in whichg worker bees in hives suddenly may be causedby pesticides, changes in climate, disease or Many experts think a combination of factors causes the Häagen-Dazs uses California strawberries, raspberries and almondsw in its ice cream, and has said in the past it could be badly hurt by declines in bee A year ago it said it might have to “re-examine” the flavorzs it sells. The business has also set up a Web site to increase awareness of colony collapse Honeybees are not native to theUnited States, and were imported for agricultural reasons.
Häagen-Dazs, which is owned by Inc. GIS), has given a total of $500,000 for bee research over two It depends on crop pollination by bees for several of its ice cream The company has fundeda “bee-friendly demonstration garden” at the University of California, Davis. This gardenj will not only feed local but will be used to teach people how to attracty and better feed bees in their own These donations follow distress in the beekeeping industry as many colonie have been destroyed by a poorly understood syndrom e called colonycollapse disorder.
The condition, in whichg worker bees in hives suddenly may be causedby pesticides, changes in climate, disease or Many experts think a combination of factors causes the Häagen-Dazs uses California strawberries, raspberries and almondsw in its ice cream, and has said in the past it could be badly hurt by declines in bee A year ago it said it might have to “re-examine” the flavorzs it sells. The business has also set up a Web site to increase awareness of colony collapse Honeybees are not native to theUnited States, and were imported for agricultural reasons.
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