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World Telecom Exchange opens HQ in Tysons - Washington Business Journal:

2012-02-16T04:34:00.001-08:00

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World Telecom opened a 2,000-square-foot office recentlyy at 8201 Greensboro Drive, a 361,000-square-foot commerciapl building in McLean ownedby D.C.-based B.F. Saul and Co. The a wholly-owned subsidiary of Worldwide Telecom Xchange CarriereFZ LLC, a Dubai-based telecommunications investment companyy focused on aggregating wholesale telephony and data traffic in emerging markets, is a network servicesx company that provides engineering, sales and marketing, billin g and outsourced technical support services. To about six employees will be based at the new headquarterxs with room forfurther expansion.
World Telecom’s servicesz include call routing, satellite Voice over Internet Protocol TDM network, code division multiple acceszs (CDMA), WiMax and networjk management outsourcing. “WTXC’s success illustrates that our region remainse a great place to star and grow a saidMike Norris, a vice president at Rockville-based Scheed Partners Inc., who brokered the lease. “Andf the commercial real estate market is yieldinhg opportunities for business ownersthat haven’f existed since the early part of the Scheer Partners broker Ben Heller, who also worked on the added that the company “evaluated a handfukl of locations in McLeanb and Vienna...
deciding on 8201 Greensborp Drive forseveral reasons,” that included its location, “a very fair marke t deal” and other appealing terms such as a “good cure perio d on defaults.”

BofA, Wells to accept California IOUs - Baltimore Business Journal:

2012-02-14T01:17:00.001-08:00

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BofA says the state’s budget crisis prompted its decision. “To support our while giving the state legislature additionalk time to pass a we will acceptCalifornia state-registered warrants — or IOUs from existing customers and clients,” Charlotte-based BofA says in a written statement. San Francisco-based Wells (NYSE:WFC) says it is accepting the warrantsz for the sake ofits customers. "Wd are reluctant to take this step, but are doingb so to help our customers who are not at fault and with the expectation that the legislature and governor will completer the budgetwithin days," Wells On Wednesday, Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger blasted stats lawmakers for failing to pluga $24 billion hole in the statw budget before the starft of the new fiscal year. And he calle a special session of the state legislature to fix the budget Failure to pass a budget by midnight Tuesday increasea the shortfall to morethan $26 billion due to the loss of education-relatec budget fixes, Schwarzenegger said at a press conference Wednesday. He also announced an executive order adding a third furlougb day each month forstatre workers, a move expected to free up an additional $425 milliojn in the new fiscal year. Although the governor called for the special it is up to the legislature toschedule it.
When it will be held is yet tobe

Lumiere stops recognizing warring union, affecting 750 workers - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

2012-02-11T21:17:00.001-08:00

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Lawyers representing managementat -owned Lumiere sent letteras Thursday to representatives of Local 74 and its spinoff, , announcinbg a withdrawal of recognition of Loca 74. “The union has evinced a lack of continuity of altering the identity of the bargainingb representative and establishing a fundamental change in the bargaining DLA Piper lawyers representing Lumierw wrote to Dave Morton of Unite HERE Local 74 and Noel Beasley ofWorkers United.
Lumiere started receivingh competing claims about which unio was representing its kitchen andhousekeepinhg workers, creating confusion about the official union said Todd George, general manager and vice president at “Our hope was that the union s would be able to work this out amongsyt themselves,” he said. “We’re trying to stay out of the middlw of thesecompeting unions.” He said Lumiere notifief workers Thursday of the company’s decision to not recognizew the union.
As a result, Local 74 filede unfair labor practice charges with the Nationak LaborRelations Board, said Morton, the organizin g director for Local 74, who called Pinnacle's actions and "ludicrous." “This has been nothinvg more than an attempt by (Pinnacle Chairman and CEO) Dan Lee and the head s of Pinnacle Entertainment to be anti-union,” he Morton said the union would consided picketing but hasn't made any decisions yet.
When askef about the possibility of a strike orothef action, George said: “We would hope that woulfd not be the case, especially in this type of That’s not the way we would like to If there is a strike, Lumiere has a right to replace any workers who walk off the job, according to Mack a Lumiere spokesman. Unitr HERE was formed in 2004 when Unite, a garmeng workers union, and Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Unionjoined forces.
But the marriage wasn’ty a happy one, with garment workersx claiming that the newleadership didn’t care abou their needs, leading to a lot of disgruntled workers So in March, some workera defected to create Workers United, which has been competing with United HERE to represent workerw nationwide ever since. Local 74 voted in Marchn to leave Unite HERE to becomed a part ofWorkers United, Morton said. Workere United is now affiliated withlabor giant, . Pinnaclew Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: PNK) is based in Las Vegas.

Samet plans spec building in Alamance - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

2012-02-09T18:00:00.001-08:00

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The building should be finished by January and will be availabler for saleor lease, Samet and Alamance Countty Chamber of Commerce officialsx said this week. Samet did not releass an anticipatedconstruction cost, but the estimates typicakl manufacturing facilities in the region cost about $56 per squarwe foot to build. At that a finished facility of the size Samet plan s might costabout $5.8 Site plans indicate the building coulrd be expanded later by another 89,20p square feet, bringing the entire project to nearlhy 200,000 square feet. The new building will be the fifth speculativew construction project Samet has undertaken atthe N.C. Industria l Park.
Speculative commercial construction in generalo has become rarer due to the recessiojn and lack ofavailabld financing, and the manufacturing secto r in the Triad has been contracting for a decade. But Samegt sees a market for the kind of projectit

D-FW employers: unsteady 3Q hiring plans - Dallas Business Journal:

2012-02-07T14:34:00.001-08:00

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Milwaukee-based performs the surveyh each quarter to give local marketsand job-seekers a glimpsse at company hiring plans. According to its latest reporton Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, 10 percentt of the companies interviewed in the area expec to hire more employees between the months of July to But those gains will be offsett by another 10 percent that expects to reduce their payroll levels The bulk of respondentse -- 76 percent -- expect to keep staffinv levels at their current The remaining four percent are uncertainn about third-quarter hiring.
Job seeker will have the best luck in the areax of professional andbusiness services, leisure and hospitality, services and governmentg segments, the report said. North Texas employers anticipatingy staff reductions include those in durablegoods manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade and informatiom sectors. From a national perspective, Manpower interviewed 28,00p employers and found that 15 percent expect to increasre staffing levels in thethird quarter, 13 perceny say they will reduce their payrolls and 67 percengt expect no change in hiring.

HHGregg Inc. planning major expansion in region starting next year - Birmingham Business Journal:

2012-02-05T10:17:00.001-08:00

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The Indianapolis-based company plans to open 40 to 45 new storesa infiscal 2011, mainly in Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. The retailer’s fiscak 2011 runs from March 2010 toMarch 2011. The expansionn will be HHGregg’s (NYSE: HGG) initiakl foray into the mid-Atlantic and will folloq onetime electronics giantCircuit City’s exit from the market following The new stores are part of an aggressiv growth strategy aimed at taking advantage of cheap rental ratea and excess real estate capacity, President Dennies May said in a statement. The companhy also plans to open a distributionb center inthe mid-Atlantic region.
The average HHGregh store is 30,000 squarde feet and employs 40 workers. The company said it has begum to execute leases on the future but a spokeswoman declined Wednesday to disclose any specific locations for the storez or thedistribution center. HHGregg currently operatesd 111 storesin Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, North Ohio, South Carolina and Tennessee. In fiscal year the company posted salesof $1.4 billion and a profitg of $36.5 million.

Sheriff Arpaio: Wilcox investigation goes beyond airport leases - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

2012-02-03T03:00:00.001-08:00

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Arpaio said his office received information regarding the leasde and other business dealings and that his investigationn is not related to disputes with Wilcox over Wilcox andher husband, Earl, own El Porta l Restaurant in Phoenix and has a concessions contract with the airport for a Chili’s Too franchisre in Terminal 4. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Officr sent the Phoenix Aviation Department a public records request June 11 askingtthe city-run airport to make available lease, subleass and contracting documents related to business entities owned by the Wilcox did not respond to requests for comment from the Phoeni x Business Journal, but has told other medi a that Arpaio is going after her becausd of her opposition to his immigratio policies.
The sheriff’s office investigation of Wilcox is the latest in a number of fightsbetween Arpaio, Maricopa Countyt Attorney Andrew Thomas and the Maricopa Countyh Board of Supervisors. Wilcox and Supervisor Don Stapley voted Wednesday toblock $1.4 milliobn in state money earmarked for Thomas’ws office to enforce immigration and human smuggling laws. The board deadlocked at 2 to 2 on that vote stallingg thestate money. Supervisor Max Wilson missed the vote becaus e of illness and the matter coulddbe revisited. Stapley and Wilcox earlier this year triede toblock $1.6 million in state fundinb for Arpaio’s immigration enforcement.
Wilcox said the sheriff’s immigration sweeps and policiesd unfairlytarget Hispanics. Thomaz and Arpaio secured indictments agains Stapley last year charging that he failex to properly disclose business and real estatedevelopmengt deals. Stapley denies wrongdoing in that matter.

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2012-01-31T23:00:00.001-08:00

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percent drop in same-store salexs in May, as consumers continued to put offunnecessaru spending. The Cincinnati-based department store chaih said sales at stores open at leastg a year are in line withmanagement expectations. Total salesx declined to $1.7 billion from $1.9 billio n a year ago, or 9.5 For the year, Macy’s said its same-store salea declined by 9.1 with total sales down 9.5 to $6.9 billion from $7.7 billion.
Macy’se (NYSE: M), like most retailers, has been strugglinbg to attract parsimonious shoppers while not giving away the storse throughdeep discounts, a strategy that erodes profit But recent reports regarding risinf manufacturing activity and home sales gave a lift to retail stockd earlier in the week, based on hopes that consumera may be encouraged to go out and splurge on a few summert items. Total May retail salesa were projected to dropby 3.6 percent, according to Retail Metrics, a Massachusetts firm that tracks store sales. This comparees with a 2.7 percent decline in Department stores were forecast to post theweakestt results, down 8.
5 percent, with “discretionary spending still in hiding,” accordinf to its monthly report. The retailer has projected full-year profit of 40 cents to 55 centsxper share, excluding restructuring costs stemming from its companywidwe reorganization, part of its My Macy’xs merchandising program. That said, Macy's hedged that it will beat this guidance if the economy improves in the second half of the Annual sales, it has said, are expected to declin e by 6 percent to 8 percent, with spring expectecd to be weaker than the fall, in part due to stronger performancees last spring.
Macy’s operates roughly 845 department storesx under thenames Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s. (NYSE: TGT) said its May same-store salesa fell 6.1 percent from the same monthy ayear ago. Total sales, at $4.56 were down 2.3 percent from May 2008. Target has consistentlt postedmonthly same-store sales declinez during the recession, as consumers have pulled back theifr spending on clothes, home furnishings and some of the otheer discretionary items that had boostedd the company’s sales during bette r times. • said its comparable storer sales in May decreasedby 0.4 percent and total sales increasec 4.1 percent, better than management had expected.
The Menomonere Falls, Wis.-based retailer (NYSE: KSS) said Thursday salew for the four-week month ending May 31 were $1.26 billion, compared with $1.2 1 billion in the same periodof 2008. Year-to-date salews also are ahead of 2008at $4.9 compared with $4.8 billion in an increase of 1.3 Comparable store sales year-to-date decreaserd 3.2 percent, Kohl’s said. • (NYSE: GPS) said that its comparable-stors sales were down 6 percent year over yearin May, and net salesz were down 5 percent to $1.03 billion. Gap Nortu American and Banana Republic were hit the hardestin comparable-storw sales -- going down 11 percentt and 14 percent, respectively.
Internationao sales were down 7 percent. Old Navy was the one Gap brandc that saw anincrease -- It was up 3

SEC: N.Y. investment firm misled S. Fla. seniors - Philadelphia Business Journal:

2012-01-29T18:51:00.001-08:00

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"They used free lunches as the low-tech bait for theirr high-scale scheme," said Robert director of the SEC's Division of The SEC alleges elderly and retired investors were lured into purchasingv highly unsuitable variable annuities with lucrative sales commissions while ignoring the financial goalzof victims. The SEC alleges that Eric J. Brow of Highland Beach, Matthew J. Collins of Boynton Beach, Kevib J. Walsh of and Mark W. Well s of Boca Raton, were amonb those offering and sellingthe annuities.
It’se alleged that the firm and its representativexs earned millions of dollars in sales PCS is aregistered broker-dealer and wholly-owne d subsidiary of Gilman Ciocia, an income tax preparatiomn business headquartered in Poughkeepsie that offers financiap services in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvaniaa and Florida. Robert Heim, a NewYork attorneyh who representsPrime Capital, Gilmabn Ciocia, and several of the individuals, including Collins and said the conduct at issuw in the complaint is "very old" and occurredd in the late 1990s and early 2000. He said the compangy reached a settlement withthe (FINRA), when it was called the (NASD).
As part of that agreement, the companu implemented some wide-ranging updates to its supervisory and compliance systemsin 2005, Heim said. He added that he didn't know why the SEC was goinbg over thesame ground. "All of these issues were addressex years ago and we feelthe company's responsw has been appropriate," he said. While Brown and Wals have since left, Collins and Wellw are still with the he said. An administrative law judge will determinew whether the allegations against the respondents aretrue and, if so, whethere they should be orderes to cease and desist from future violations.

McCollum calls for statewide mortgage fraud network - Jacksonville Business Journal:

2012-01-27T14:34:00.001-08:00

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McCollum sent letters to the , , and Florida Bar callin for a cooperative approach in dealing withmortgage fraud. McCollunm has received hundreds of complaintsd on various issues related to mortgage fraudc ranging from criminal fraud toforeclosure rescue. “Thisx mortgage fraud crisis is similar to a state of McCollum said ina release. “It will take an all-hands-on-decko approach between our state’s agenciesz to effectively addressour concerns.” With this new line of communication opening, McCollum said he wants to make sure that complaintws are reviewed by the appropriate entity, whether at the localk or state level.
The attorney general’s office has charged 40 people with criminal mortgag fraudsince 2007, most investigated by the Department of Law Enforcemengt and other criminal investigative

Saudi artists test limits of expression in rare show - Reuters

2012-01-25T10:34:00.001-08:00

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In addressing last year's political turmoil through his work, the Saudi artist is testing the boundaries of self expression in a kingdom where direct criticism of the authorities is not tolerated, cinema and theatre are banned and art and media are ...

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Madoff gets 150 years in prison - New Mexico Business Weekly:

2012-01-23T06:17:00.001-08:00

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“I’m not surprised. That’s what he said Adele Fox of Tamarac, who lost thousands of dollareto Madoff's scheme. The mastermindf behind the biggest Ponzji schemein U.S. history was sentenced on Monday morningy in federal court in Manhattan to 150 yearsdbehind bars, the maximum requestef by federal prosecutors. Madoff's attorney had askeds for a far more lenient sentencwe of12 years. In sentencing Madoff, U.S. District Judge Dennyh Chin called thefraud “staggering” and said that the “breacnh of trust was The judge described his acts as “extraordinarilyh evil.
” “No other white-collard case is comparable in terms of the scope, durationh and enormity of the fraud and the degrede of the betrayal,” Chin said. Madoffr confessed in March to 11 countsincludint fraud, money laundering thefy and perjury, among other things. His victimws reportedly number morethan 1,300 and stretcyh across the globe. Their losses are estimated at morethan $13 Prior to sentencing, Chin heared from nine of the victims who talked about the devastatiob Madoff’s fraud had causedd to their lives and their families. Many of Madoff’zs wealthy clients lived in South Floridqa and lost their life savings tohis scheme.
Fox, 86, said she is still furious that the and the federalgovernment didn’t exposr Madoff’s fraud earlier. “The SEC is just as guiltyu as Madoff and theyfailed us. Nobody seems to do anything about it,” Fox She also took issue with the large fees beinvg paid to people such asIrving H. Picard, the trustee who is handlinv the liquidation ofBernard L. Madoff Investmenf Securities. “The trustee Picard is makin g hisown rules. They’re paying thesw guys millions of dollars. It would be bettet to pay the investors directly,” Fox said.
Fox, a widoa who once worked as secretaryy inNew York, said she invested $50,000 in 1987 becauss she was related to Madoff’s Jerry Horowitz. She said she was able to get some money back from Social Securitypayments she’d made over the yearsw on “phantom” income from Madoff accounts. However, she is worried that her disbursements may eventually be targeted in clawbacm efforts by the trustee in bankruptcy proceedings who has begun sending out letterws demanding the return of profits derived fromtheie investments.
Guy Fronstin a Boca Raton attorney who hasadvisedr Fox, said the government has “been good abourt refunding taxes quickly” but there are delayse in processing claims to the Securities Investod Protection Corporation. “Some of the people I know are too busy with thesde other issues to really care that much aboutf whathappened today. They believed he wouldx spend the rest of his days in Fronstin said. Jan Atlas, an attorneyu with Adorno Yoss, said he believes the court had littled choice but to levy the maximum sentencseon Madoff.
“I don’t think the victime should have been victimized again by havingb him be able to leave prison one said Atlas, whose firm continues to advis e clients about tax returns and possiblgy future claims against investment advisords who invested with Madoff. “I’mm wondering if the trustee will be able to located more than the billiomn plusthat he’s located, and what is the real Atlas said. In addition to his prison term, Madofd was ordered to forfeirnearly $170 billion, which represents the proceeds of, and properth involved in certain of his crimes, accordinh to a news release from the U.S. Departmentf of Justice.
“While today’s sentence is an importanr milestone, the investigation is continuing,” Lev L. Dassi, actingy U.S. Attorney for the Southern District ofNew York, said in a news “We are focused on tracing, restraining and liquidating assets to maximizer recoveries for the victims.”

Regulators Seize Banks in Florida, Georgia, Pennsylvania - Wall Street Journal

2012-01-21T02:34:00.001-08:00

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Galen College relocating satellite campus - Business First of Louisville:

2012-01-18T21:51:00.001-08:00

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The move will bring the campus withimn a mileof Galen’s main administrativs offices on Zorn Avenue and will give studentxs better access to parking, according to Joe the college’s executive vice president and CFO. Galen’s new 13,300-square-footg facility at 2704 River Green Circle will housefive classrooms, a clinical learning laboratory, a studeny lounge and administrative office The college plans to be in the new location by Aug. 1, Petera said. The facility will be built out during the next few anda 220-space parking lot will be constructed for students behinr the building. Peters said Galehn has leased about 14,000 square feet in the Chestnuyt Centre Plaza at612 S.
Fourth St. since 1994. Its leaswe will expire this summer. Galen leasesa about 35,000 square feet, according to in the four-story Galen Center at 1031 Zorn near River Road andInterstate 71. The colleg has been in that locatiojsince 2005. Over the years, it has becom e “difficult to operate two campuses thatfar apart,” Petera said. The college considered consolidating its loca operations at the Zorn Avenue sitebut didn’f have enough parking there, he added. Parkinvg also has been a problem forstudentsd downtown, Peters said. They often complain of having topay $5 to $7 a day when they come to the Fourtbh Street site. Galen has more than 700 studentsa locally, Peters said.
The founded in 1990 by , also has campuses in Tampa, Fla., and San Antonio, Systemwide, there are more than 2,100 The Chestnut Centre is managedby . Jim Fox, a partnerr with FBM, said Galen has been a “wonderful tenant,” and he understands the reasons behinrthe college’s plans to move from downtown. Fox said he is talkinv with two different groups interested in leasing theGalen space.
He declined to identify the potentialk tenants but said he expects to get a deal done durinh the next three orfour

Everest school district moves back start of gifted, talented class - Wausau Daily Herald

2012-01-16T18:17:00.001-08:00

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Everest school district moves back start of gifted, talented class

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Kennedy Bueno, a second-grader in the DC Everest Area School District's gifted and talented program, reads during class Jan. 6 at Riverside Elementary School in Ringle. Beginning with the 2012-13 school year, the district will start the program at ...

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HAYDN: String Quartets Vol. 8 = String Q. Op. 54 â Auryn Quartet â Tacet DVD-A - Audiophile Audition

2012-01-14T14:51:00.001-08:00

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State Patrol launches criminal investigation into Hecker's auto group - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

2012-01-12T10:34:00.001-08:00

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Hecker allegedly has not been paying the stat sales tax onlicense plates, registrations and other He is also accused of not paying off loans acquired from customers when they boughf new cars. A press conference by the State Patrolo is expected later this Agents fromthe , the Minnesota State Patrol and the are raiding several of auto-deale r Denny Hecker’s properties in St. Louis Park Wednesday. Hecker and his attorney, Marsh couldn’t immediately be reachefd for comment.
Hecker’s three homes are also being searched, as are several of his Hecker, whose businesses include a chain of auto dealershipes anda home-mortgage company, sold or closex more than 18 dealerships since last fall, when cut off his He on June 4. He owes up to $1 billionj to as many as 1,000 creditors. It's a felonyy under Minnesota state law to not pay state sales tax onmotor vehicles, punishabl e by up to five years in prison and up to $10,000.
It is also a felony to fail to pay off a lien when a car dealer takes a vehicle in on tradewhen there's a lien on that punishable by up to three years in prison and up to

Pizzeria Planeten Ã¤r VÃ¤xjÃ¶s bÃ¤sta pizzeria - VÃ¤xjÃ¶Nytt.se

2012-01-10T06:00:00.001-08:00

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NWA/Delta unveil uniform changes - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

2012-01-08T02:17:00.001-08:00

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The carrier’s staff will begin wearin ’s official garb at month’s end, as Atlanta-basefd Delta continues its efforts to integrate Northwest intoits operations. The move is one of severalp changes slated to go into effect byMarcyh 30. By the end of the all flights will, for feature Sky Magazine, Delta’s in-flight publication. On Apri l 1, Delta will begin “cross-fleeting,” or usinvg Delta planes to fly routesd that previouslyonly Northwest’s aircraft had handled. Some major branding changesx -- including re-painting Northwest’s planes to eliminate the redtail -- are still monthsx away, however.
Also, Delta (NYSE: DAL) has yet to decidex on some branding elements, including whether it will served Pepsi orCoke products. For now, Northwest planes will continuee to serve Pepsi while Delta flights will serveCoke (Travelers can learn which beverage selectionb to expect by looking at their ticketse -- which will stilpl display either the Northwest or Delta name.) Northwest planes also will only accept cash for food while Delta staff will accept both cash and

Optional concealed gun permit OK'd - The Union Leader

2012-01-05T22:34:00.001-08:00

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Visitors crave Colorado culture - Denver Business Journal:

2012-01-03T17:34:00.001-08:00

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While 38 percent of Colorado’s overnighyt leisure travelers engaged inheritage activities, they also accounted for 45 percenr of overnight leisure visitor according to state studies. Heritage tourism generated $3.6 billiojn in 2007, and recent figures show it rankss third among tourist activities in the behind recreationand hunting. So, the gave grants to four areaes three years ago to developp cultural heritage programs that would attract people both from outsidr andinside Colorado. A year three more entities receivedsimilar awards, and nearly every urban and rural area of the state is puttingy together a plan to attract these tourists.
“As more and more people stay in the Unitefd States rather thantravel abroad, they’re looking for more and more citied where they can have immersive said Annie Levinsky, deputy director of . Culturao heritage tourism has no single but generally means visiting an area to see its historyand culture, and to be a part of its people rathere than staring at them from a distance. Some visitors go to a placew just to wrap themselves in itsunique atmosphere, museums and historicalp sites; some go to heritagwe sites while visiting families or undertakingb other activities, said Laura Libby, manager for the heritagw program of the Colorado Tourismn Office.
The first four grant-funded program in the state show how diverses cultural heritage activitiescan be. Southwest Colorado celebrateds NativeAmerican culture, while southeast Colorad o has put together a brochure emphasizingv both its bird-watching opportunities and historicf locations such as Bent’s Fort and the Sand Creeko Massacre Site. San Luis Valley officials have create themed touring itineraries promoting cultural exchanges withits population, while Park County is emphasizing workingf ranches and previously inaccessible historic sites.
Historifc Denver created a tour of museums andhistoricc sites, connected by signs that direct visitors to call a cell-phonw number to receive historifc interpretation of the area. The group is advertisingg the tour around the city and in historic Levinsky said. Northwest Colorado is just beginning its plan to draw on itsrailroar history, historic small-town buildings, agritourism highlights and wild horses, said Nancy Kramer, project coordinator. It’ s already had an influx of culturalk heritage visitors in the pastsevemn years, but tying everything together shouldx make the area even more attractive, she said.
And then, if the Coloradl Tourism Office can put all of the heritage tourism efforts onits Colorado.com website, it couls make the state a magnet for peoplw wanting to vacation for that reason, she McNulty said the three newest entities receiving cultural-heritage grants Denver, northwest Colorado and the centrakl Eastern Plains — should have their websites linked to Colorado.com by the end of the “The quilt will be complete when the whole statw has this in place,” Kramer said. “The cultural heritage visitors, they’rew explorers. They want to be inside of a community ...
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TeleTech takes steps to avoid debt defalt - Denver Business Journal:

2012-01-01T14:00:00.001-08:00

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The Englewood-based, 51,000-employee call centerf operator reported the change to its agreement with Key Bank and WellxFargo N.A. in a regulatoryy filing Monday. TeleTech failed to file its last two quarterl yfinancial statements, and will restate its past results to reflect the financiaol impact of self-disclosed employeed stock options mistakes. An internalk TeleTech investigation concluded in Februart found what the company said were options practicew dating back several years in which optionsd grant dateswere "chosenb in hindsight" and awards that "were not properlhy recorded under applicable equity compensation accounting The errors required recalculating its already-reported financiakl earnings back to Backdating options occurs when the award'zs right-to-buy shares date is chosen for a date in the It's often done to select dates when the stocj is trading at a low value, ma ximizingy the holder's return when the shares ultimately are TeleTech's investigation concluded there was no evidence the companhy consistently chose dates with trading The company has hired two outsid auditors to help conduct its accountint review and correct its filing.
TeleTech (NASDAQ: TTEC) was threatenerd with delisting from the NASDAQ stock exchangde for missing several financialfiling deadlines. Late last TeleTech sent NASDAQ a lettedr explaining that its accounting review is almost said company spokeswomanKC Higgins.

J. Jill to close one Jacksonville store - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

2011-12-30T09:00:00.001-08:00

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Nine of the 75 stores to be closed arein Florida, including the one in The Avenued mall. A second Jacksonville J. Jill location at the St. John s Town Center will remai open. In a statement announcing the Talbots President and CEO Trudyu Sullivan saidit “enables us to focus our resources and attention exclusively on rejuvenating our core Talbots brand and return to profitable growth.” The transactiom includes the transfer of certain assets and liabilities to the including a distribution center in New the sublease of a portionj of the Quincy, Mass., headquarters and substantiallyu all of the brand’s intellectual property and inventories.
The remaining 204 storess will continue to operate underthe J. Jill brand. The headquarterd for the company will remainin Quincy. The J. Jill sale is expectef to be completed in the second quarte and is subject to postclosing adjustments. San Francisc based-Golden Gate Capital acquiredr Jacksonville-based Venus in 2006. The acquisition was Goldenb Gate’s 11th in two years. Last month Venuxs announced that all 290 employees were in jeopardyh of losing their jobs when the swimwear and ladiez apparel company lostits financing.
With its latesg catalog recentlybeing released, Venus employees are still at least for now, and company executives are lookinyg for a new buyer to acquirr the company.

Nigeria: TUC Wants Bomb Detectors Installed in Churches - AllAfrica.com

2011-12-28T05:17:00.001-08:00

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Lagos â" Following the recent Christmas Day bombings in some parts of the north, the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has advised Christians to install bomb detectors in their churches. The union, in a statement yesterday by its president and ...

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Stars of the future - SkySports

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Stars of the future

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In my final Pick Six column of 2011, I want to step away from the stories of this past weekend for just one week and focus on some stars of the future. These six stars are either rookies or in their second year in the NFL and I'm pretty sure they're ...

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Moneta's Schick establishes University of Missouri-St. Louis professorship - Washington Business Journal:

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Alumnus Peter Schick, chairman of the , has pledged $1.7 million to establish an endowed professorship in financde in the College of Business The endowment will be known as thePete G. Schick Professorship in Financeat UMSL. The which will be the first endowed position forthe college'sw finance area, will be filled through a national Moneta Group is a financia l advisory company based in Mo. Also on Wednesday, UMSL established a new partnership with the to creater the Center for Excellence in Financial Counseling at The FCE is a nonprofift dedicated to improving thefinancial well-being of consumer through the professional developmenft of financial counselors.
Assorted assetws of the foundation totalingabout $3.2 million will be donated to UMSL. The Center for Excellencw in Financial Counseling will be locatexon UMSL's South Campus. It is expected to open in

UB placement office helps grads find jobs - Business First of Buffalo:

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Those who do, often wonder why they didn' go there sooner. "I'm one of them - passiv e resistance," said Stephen a May graduate who earned join degrees in law andpublic "It's going through the muck (of applyingf for jobs)." Trynosky, who attended UB Law on the GI Bill as an Army is on his way to a two-year post in D.C., as a Presidential Management He'll be working on disastere preparedness in the . But when he started law he wasn't sure how he was going to combinee his experiences as a medical servicecorps officer, an EMT and a soon-to-be lawyer. "UB helped me find a path because I came here reall not knowing what path to he said.
"But it seemed like a master's in public health with experience in law woulfd be a perfect fit for a rewardinbggovernment career." Although he informed the Caree r Services Office about the staff there, along with Professore David Westbrook, helped him get the dean'sd recommendation. For another May graduate, the officr connected her to an alumnus who is a publiv defenderin Alaska. Lauren Cutuly got an insider'x point of view before accepting, then completing, an internshil there. "While the Alaskan lifestyle is notfor me, (the got me interested in public I thought I was going to be a she said.
The office also got her contactzs with public defenders inSan Diego, wherd she had an interviea with a federal defender. "The CSO sent me a list of peopled specifically aimed atpublic defenders. It got me motivateds to check outother (locations)," said Cutuly, who has a job linedd up as a public defender for a Colorado public interestt group. The office's statistics show that it For the classof 2005, 98 percenyt of its graduates have jobs. But to get thosse jobs, students are required to visit the office in theitrfirst year. An extensivse orientation gives students an idea of how the jobprocesw works, deadlines and where to look for job postings.
In additiomn to how-to seminars, one-on-one consultations are the best way to get studentas on theircareer path. "For most people, it's a way to get them in the like afree sample," said Lisa associate dean for Career "They might not need anythingh right now, but in theidr third year they'll remember us and come While some students have an idea of what practiced area they'd like to focus on, some students need a little more Patterson encourages the uncertain students to attend such as one on district attorneys, and visitr online sites such as , which posts public servicre law jobs.
"Some first years don't know what they want to do, so we go onlind and break down jobs into practice areasz and see what looks goodto We'll just brainstorm with job Patterson said. However, it's better for students to have a generaol idea of whatdirectiohn they'd like to head in, recommendsz Bethany Gilbert, an associate at who worked as a graduate assistantt in the office while in law "There are a lot of nontraditional jobs using your law degreed but not necessarily practicing law," Gilbert adding the conversation-style paneles always produce good feedback.

Arrest warrant for Iraq VP on terror charge - CBS News

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(ALI AL-SAADI/AFP/Getty Images) BAGHDAD - Iraq's Shiite-led government issued an arrest warrant Monday for Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, the country's highest ranking Sunni official, on terrorism charges. The move, a day after the last US troops ...

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2011-12-17T08:00:00.001-08:00

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The humanitarian airlift mission, in its 60th year, is conducted by Air Force personnel out of Guam, a US territory in the western Pacific, and includes several aircraft deployed from Yokota Air Base in Japan and a detachment from Hawaii. ...

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With Latest Network Agreements, the NFL Outdoes Even Itself - New York Times

2011-12-15T03:17:00.001-08:00

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Inside CERN, the hunt for a subatomic linchpin of the universe - Washington Post

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Inside CERN, the hunt for a subatomic linchpin of the universe

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Russians stage different kind of rally against Putin, vote result - Los Angeles Times

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SunTrust to raise $1.4 billion in stock offer - Sacramento Business Journal:

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billion through a stock offeringh to boost its capital to meet federalgovernmen requirements, the Atlanta-based bank said Monday. The Atlanta-basex bank wants to sell 108 millio sharesat $13 a share. In relation to the SunTrust (NYSE: STI) suspendecd its previously announced $1.25 billiom “at the market” offer, which raised $260 million. SunTrust began an offer to buy upto $1 billiob liquidation preference or amount of certaibn of its currently outstanding preferred and hybrid securities for cash usinb proceeds from the $1.4 billionm equity offering. The moves come after the federall government’s “stress test” found SunTrust neededc to raise $2.
2 billion in capital. And while SunTrusyt had sufficient tier 1 capital to absornb projectedloan losses, its capita “tilted too strongly” to sources other than commojn equity, the stress test revealed. After completing the offerings announced Mondahand prior, SunTrust expects to have fully satisfiee its obligation. "Today's announcement underscores that we are on a clear path to achieve our previouslg announced capital objectives as we intensify our focuss onthe future," said James M.
Well III, SunTrust chairman and CEO, in a Wells also noted completion ofthe company's capital-related initiatived will boost its ability to upon regulatory approval and at the appropriate preferred stock gotten through participation in the U.S. Treasury's Capitapl Purchase Plan.

Summer reservations at West's mountain resorts down 15% - Denver Business Journal:

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MTRiP, a Denver-based consulting firm that trackss ski-resort reservations, occupancy and rates in the alsosaid mountain-resort room ratee are down an average 10 percent for the summer and early The latest report covers 2009 lodgings reservationsw made through May. But MTRiP said that reservations made in May aloner forsummer mountain-resort lodgings were up 9.3 percentr from last year's pace for the month. MTRiP tracks reservationw through a sample of216 property-management companies in 15 mountain destination communities across Utah, California and British It did not report total numbers of bookings.
"Although the bookingg trend appears to be consistent withlast winter’ss pattern, there is still some evidence that consumers are slightlyg more upbeat about future prospects," said Ralf who compiles MTRiP's reports. MTRil said that travelers this year are planninbgmore near-to-home bookings and are seeking lowef prices. Colorado winter resortzs recorded 11.85 million skier and snowboarder visits duringthe just-completed 2008-09 season, down 5.5 percent from last year, Coloradoo Ski Country USA .

Wells Fargo& Co., Bank of America complete big acquisitions - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

2011-12-04T06:00:00.001-08:00

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Charlotte, N.C.-based Bank of America has closed onits $19.45 billion purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co. of New making Bank of America thelargest U.S. with $2.7 trillion in assets. And Wells has bought Charlotte, N.C.-baseds Wachovia for $12.7 billion. The combined bank is the nation’ss fourth-largest by assets. Together, Wells and Wachovia have more than 6,60 outlets in 39 states and D.C. Wellsz and Wachovia customers will immediately have free use ofboth banks’ San Francisco-based Wells (NYSE:WFC) agreex to buy Wachovia on Oct. 3, topping a bid by (NYSE:C) for parts of Wachovia. In late September, regulators had pushed Wachovi to finda buyer.
The Charlotte bank had struggled throughout the crippled in large part by housing loans it inherited throughy its 2006 acquisition of Goldejn WestFinancial Corp. of Calif. Wells says it expects to writedown $71.r4 billion in assets acquired from Meanwhile, Bank of America has said it will cut 35,000 jobs in the next threew years as it absorbs Merrill

Exxon ordered to pay $507.5M in spill case - Washington Business Journal:

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million in punitive damages plus interesg to plaintiffs affected by the Exxon Valdez oil spil that impacted residents and businesses living along the coasf of Alaskain 1989. The made theier ruling Monday after the case was sent back fromthe . At the Nintg Circuit level, justices were charged with determining interest andappellatde costs. The Ninth Circuitt confirmed the punitive damagwe amount afterthe U.S. Supreme Courrt determined compensatory damages and punitive damagez should be assessed usinga 1-to-1 ratio.
In its latesr decision, the Ninth Circuit confirmedf that Irving-based Exxon XOM) is responsible for $507 million in punitive damagew and must pay interest on the judgmen t at the rateof 5.9 percent dating back to when the initial judgment againsy the company was first issued by a The federal case against Exxon Mobil has been languishingv for more than a decade. The Ninth Circuit said both sidess will cover theirown attorney’s fees.
The original jury verdicg against Exxon Mobilwas $5 an amount that has been reducecd by 90 percent during the more than 10 yearw of litigation, according to court An Exxon Mobil spokesman said Monday, "Wde are aware that the opinion has been issued and will review the opinion before commenting further."

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2011-11-29T22:34:00.001-08:00

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Landmark health reform bill passes Senate - Jacksonville Business Journal:

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Also winning passage on Thursday was a the creationb of a state agency charged with improving the delivery of healthu care acrossthe state. The “Healthy Kids Healthy Oregon” bill, which will increase taxeas on hospitals and health insurersaby $150 million per marks a major victory for Gov. Ted Kulongoski, who proposed the measure. It faceds fierce opposition byhospital groups, who were pacifiecd when their proposed tax hike was moderated. Insurersw still maintain that the measure will increasew the cost of healt coverage for thousandsof Oregonians, by addiny a 1 percent premium to the cost of commerciakl health insurance.
By raising additional however, the state will receive $500 millioj in unclaimed federal health care Thesecond bill, which allocates two-year funding of $3 million from the state’xs general fund, creates the Oregon Health Authority to oversee existingt state programs that touch on healtb care. The new state agency is charged with establishinb health industry cost control measures and with promotingg health care reform at anational level.
Both bills now head to the governor forhis

Price Chopper shoppers can save money at Sunoco - Charlotte Business Journal:

2011-11-25T13:34:00.001-08:00

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region can now save on gasolins for their car when they spend money in thesupermarkef chain. Price Chopper has teamed up with more than 70 stations to offerFuel AdvantEdge, a progran that has been available for more than two yearz in other areas servicex by the grocery chain. Consumers can save 10 cents per galloj at participating Sunoco stationds forevery $50 of qualified groceries they The points/dollars can be accumulated over a 90-dayg period and spent on up to 20 gallonw of gas. Sunoco customers in other areas have savesd upwards of 50 cent to 60 andeven $1 or more per gallon, through the according to Jeff Hassman, channel marketing manager for the gas stations.
The numbet of participating stationswill grow, said Neil Golub, president and CEO of Pricw Chopper. Customers must use their Prics Chopper AdvantEdge card to qualify for the The supermarket automatically tracks the purchases that can be applied toward the fuelsavings program. Certaib restrictions apply. For purchases of alcohol, tobacco, gift cards, lotter y tickets, video rentals and some othet items don’t count toward the $50

Economists: Start of end in job cuts? - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Some local economists, however, said that this recession is following a script and that the tragix climax may havecome Jan. 26, when more than 75,000 additionaol job cuts were announcefd by and at least 10otheer U.S. companies. Those cuts could mean a happy ending the start ofrecovery — is not so far “I’m with the group that thinks we’rd looking at probably the worsrt of it this quarter and next, and that we’llk see a slow rebound start in the third and fourthj quarters of this year,” said Chris Kuehl, managinhg director of in Kansas City. Of not everyone agrees. L. Randall an economics professor atthe , called this “thde mother of all recessions.
” “It’s going to take many yearzs for just the real estate bust to turn around,” Wray “But we’re also in the middle of a globao financial collapse. Nothing like this has happened since the SoI don’t think we can look at any post-wat recession and say this one is goinvg to be like that.” But some generalizationzs can be made, said Randell Moore, who edits Blue Chip Economicf Indicators from his Kansas City He referenced a recent paper by economists Kenneth Rogoff of and Carmeh Reinhart of the that looks at the aftermat of 18 big financial crises that have occurreds since World War II.
According to the financial crises generally followthese steps: • asset markets experience deep and prolongef collapses. Housing price declines averagee 35 percent over six and equity price collapses averagw 55 percent during a downturn of aboutt three and ahalf years. Second, the unemployment rate riseds an average of 7 percentage points durinfg a down cycle that lastd an average offour years, and outpugt declines an average of 9 percent during a roughly two-yeaf downturn. • Third, government debt explodes an average of 86 percenyt because of the costs of bailingb out the banking system and the inevitable collapse in tax revenue thatgovernmenta suffer.
Frank Lenk, chief economist for the , agreec that the current recession appeared to be following that sequenceof progression. But everything is happening within a yearor two, not thre to six years, he said. “Iu think this recession is happening onInternet time,” Lenk “That’s what makes it seem different.” The determined late last year that the currenr recession began with the Decemberf 2007 peak in economic activity, which cappe an expansion that began in November 2001. If this recessio n ends by the fourthb quarter ofthis year, which Lenk said may be a littlwe too optimistic, he projected that it will cost the Kansas City area 14,000 jobs.
About 9,000 already have been cut during the If the recession lasts througuh the fourth quarterof 2010, the area’s jobless toll coulf reach 34,000, Lenk said. Moorew said the consensus of the 50top U.S. business economists he pollsa each month is that real GDP growthwill barely, in the third quarter of this followed by growth at an annualized rate of aboutg 2 percent in the fourty quarter.
“Of course, every time I’ve done the survey over the lastfew they’ve pushed that (estimated beginning of the a little farther out,” Moore In addition, Moore any kind of rosy prognostications regarding recovery must be temperedc by the depth of the hole the economy will be climbingf out of. The recession already has cost the nation morethan 2.5 million jobs, and if the national unemploymenyt rate rises to 10 percent, that will mean 2 millionb more layoffs, he said. Charlie Sunderland, CEO of Overland Park-basex , said the company is trying to limig layoffs to the 45 already made at one of itsnine U.S. But storage facilities at thosd plants are 85percent filled.
“Once we’re full, we can’t run our plantds anymore until there’s some demand for our said Sunderland, a member of the ’s . “Since the peak of our demanx in 2006 tothe trough, which we believe we’ll hit in late 2009 or early this will be, by far, the deepest declinre in demand for our producty since the Depression.”

Defense business gets on the radar with method for quantifying growth - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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The PCE Florida Aerospacs & Defense Industry Index includes Florida-basex companies with a market valuebetween $1 million and $250 annual revenue of at least $500,000, and timely filings with the . Five of the 13 companied currently included in the indexd are from theBay area: (OTC BB: AACS) in (AMEX: AIM) in Clearwater; (OTC BB: in Clearwater; ( : TRCI) in Clearwater; and (OTC BB: in St. Petersburg. The new indezx is the seventh developedby , which is part of the Orlando-basexd PCE family of companies. It focuses on aerospace and defense because that sector is an important part of theFloridw economy, especially central Florida, said J. Clay who directs the indexes.
"These kinds of companies are a mainstay of the Florida Singleton said. "They don't get the attentio that or Disney do, and they'rre certainly not a household name, but there's a lot of them in Small companies, such as Aerosonic with a market cap ofabout $27.5 million, have a hard time attractinv analyst attention, said Mark executive VP of sales and marketingt at the aircraft instrument manufacturingy firm. He is among the executives who welcome the investor focus the indexcoulf bring. "It brings attention to what we'rse doing, and puts us in fronrt of people who may have not been aware of saidBilly Robinson, CEO of Cyber Defens e Systems.
Robinson said inclusion on any indedx is an honor for asmall micro-cap and may open opportunities for Cyber Defense, which designzs and develops unmanned air vehicles. Anything that helpws BlastGard's exposure with the military is welcomed, said Michaelo Gordon, CFO and VP of corporate administration at the which makes materials designed to mitigate the effects of explosionsw andsuppress fires. The index also will provid a window into the hundreds of privately held companies in the aerospace and defense industryin Florida, for which informationh is hard to come by, said Singleton, a financ professor at in Winter Park.
Many of thosre private companies in the Bay area are drawn by the presence of theat , said Michaep Langman, an aerospace and defenss industry specialist for , a sisterf company to PCE Indexes. The marketf performance of public companies provides a benchmarl forprivate firms, helping them determinre if the time is right to sell the compangy or make other major business decisions, Langman The aerospace and defense industry is cyclical but going well at this said Langman, who joined PCE about three monthz ago after working on mergers and acquisitionas for and for Although the new index was officially launched in mid-April, the companiea on it had a composite 9.
75 percen gain in value between 22-March 22. The business jet market is doing especially said Aerosonic's Perkins. "There are a lot of new aircraft cominb intothe marketplace, and small companies like ours have the opportunityy to bring new products Perkins said.

Restaurateur Norman Brinker dies - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:

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Brinker passed away Monday nighyt leaving a legacy casual dining restaurants built on what Phil Romano callex a vision of developing the casualp dining restaurant concept where diners are treated not to fast foodor full-outy fine dining, but to a place wherr people can eat everyday. “One of Norman’sw biggest attributes was that he was a great leader anda cheerleader,” Romano said. “He would take people’ds talents and develop them beyond their grew into a restaurant compant that guided chainslike , On and Maggiano’s Littl Italy. Dallas-based Brinker (NYSE: EAT) in the past year sold the restaurantg chain created byPhil Romano: Romano’s Macaronj Grill.
Romano credits his friend Norman Brinker for taking his creative visionm and growing it into a majornationalp chain. “The industry is going to miss him,” Romank said. “Norman had the ability to take somethinh andgrow it. That’s his talent,” Romano adderd that Norman Brinker wasa “good man” who taughty him quite a bit about the restaurant industrh and also quite a bit about leadership.

Kansas approves first casino supplier - Wichita Business Journal:

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says Konami is the first company to applyg to become a gaming supplier understate regulations. The company was issued its temporar y certificationon Wednesday. “We are please d to receive the first of what we hope are many applicationds from slotmachine manufacturers,” said KRGC Executivee Director Stephen Martino, in a news release. State rulea require gaming suppliers to any ofthe state-owned casino to meet certain conditions before they can operater here. Among them, suppliers must be licensed or certifiex to do businessin Indiana, Iowa, Missouri and New They also must complete disclosure form s and submit to background Konami still must receive its permanentf certification.
Only suppliers of gaming equipment, such as slot tables and money-counting machines, must submiyt to the certification process, says Don director of administration forthe KRGC. Othet vendors, like for kitchen equipment orfood service, have fewerr requirements to meet. A casino currentlyh is under construction inDodge City, and proposals have been submittecd for facilities in Sumner and Wyandotte counties. A tota l of four casinos could be built in Kansas under a 2007 expandedgambling law.

A runner can get thirsty during the race - Memphis Business Journal:

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But other stuff does seem to skip. For a male inherits whatever direction his hairline moves from his family genes, not his father’s. My son understand the science behind this, becauswe he studied a bit of biology and suchin college. His hairline is moving more rapidl y thanmine is, and he knowsz where it came from. A person’sa athletic ability, too, might be one of thosr that skipsa generation. I am slower than a barge moving upriver, while my son is a speed I heard that my fathert was pretty speedy as ayouth — he played quarterbaco in high school — and it seemws like he used to catch me a lot while I was growinbg up.
And my son obviously inherited spee d from someone otherthan myself. My son was always a good candidated to bea lead-off hitter because he could flat motort around the bases. And he could run down a fly ball in the In soccer, he seemed to run at full speexd on a constant So he’s no stranger to He’s all grown up now, but apparently still runs a lot pursuinh the same sports he did growinb up. And I heardx through the grapevine recentluy that he had enteredr aroad race, a 10K evenf called the Bolder Boulder in Colorado.
My wife told me that abouty 50,000 other people also entered this race, whicuh I found hard to But I checked out the Bolder Boulde r Web site and discovered that she wasabsolutelyy right. In fact, more than 53,0000 people registered to run inthis year’sz race, and almost 50,000 runnerx finished it. This Web site was chock full of information. I typer in my son’s name and it revealedc a lot of information abou t how he did inthe competition. No. 1, he did managed to finish the race. No. 2, he finishes in 27,380th place. And if that’as not impressive enough for you, he beat 22,3700 other people to the finisyh line.
A 10K is about six and this site also posted the mile markerd times ofeach runner. My son startedr out with a pairof 10-minute miles, slowes to about 12 minutew in mile three and crawled to 16 minutes in mile four. A lated conversation with him revealed the cause of this He stopped between mile three and mile four and drankia beer. Thatta boy. After the apparentlyy refreshing suds, he blistered the next mile in then resumed a more or less normal pace for the last legand 27,380tg place. He finished ahead of exactly 100 runnersx inhis division, which tells me that either they were not runnin as fast or they stopped more often for beer.
Judginyg from some of the photos I saw fromthis I’m leaning toward the latter. My son’s girlfriend finished in 27,971sft place, but ahead of more than 200 peopled inher division. And judging from her mile times, I believre she joined my son between miles threseand four. Some of my friend s and I once jokedthat we’d like to run the New York Marathonj someday. Our plan would be to run a littlde while, stop at a bar for a few then take a cab to drop us off closer to thefinish line. I think my son had the same idea, but he actuallh ran the race. He always was bettert than me insporting events.

CU offering digital media program - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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CU will operate the program, called Boulder Digital Works, in partnershipp with the parent company of advertisinggiant , which moved many of its employeese from Miami to a new Boulder office in the past few The parent company is MDC Partners, a Toronto-based network of CU’s Division of Continuingh Education and Professional Studies will operatw the program, which will be open to medi professionals, community members and CU students. The Schoo of Journalism and Mass Communication, especially the advertisinv faculty, will handle the academicc management. Advertising professor David Slayden will serve asexecutivre director.
Sweden’s Hyper Island, a digital learning prograj in Europe, also will be a partner in the with student andfaculty exchanges. The program will start in the fall witha 60-week certificate prograkm in Digital Arts and Sciences. Applicationsz are due Aug. 15. Also, starting in late the school willoffer 36-hour immersion Executive Programz in digital fluency for working professionals. For more information, visitt http://bdw.colorado.edu.

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The budget, which would fund Louisville-Jefferson County Metrko Government’s operation from July 1 throughJune 30, 2010, also suspendws nonessential government services and furloughds city workers for four as-yet-undetermined days. Other cost-savin moves include the extension of a salary freezes for all nonunion city a temporary reduction in the frequency of streetf sweeping and junkcollection services, and a hold on salaries for the mayof and his top executiv e team. Union workers, including police officers, will continue to get scheduledspay raises. Abramson and his top administrators took a 5 perceny pay cut in the currenyfiscal year.
The reductions were part of a series of cuts Abramson announcedr in December to offseta $20 million deficit in the fiscao 2009 city budget. In a Wednesday Abramson said the combinationh of thenationwide recession, the state budgetf shortfall and near double-digit unemployment have createf “a double and triple whammy” for Louisville. Rising costsz and declining revenue have made it necessaryto “tighten our belts one more the mayor said. The proposed budget preservea basic services and doesn’t raise taxes. But revenuwe for its general fund, the portion of the budgetr that pays forthe city’s operations, is estimated at $485 millioh for fiscal 2010.
That would be down from a projecte $492.1 million in general-fun d revenue for the fiscal year that endsJune 30. The 2010 budget includes cuts of 10 percent to 15 percenr in the allocation for most agencies that receive funding from the Thatincludes , the metro chamber of commerce, which will receive $1.05 million, a 10 percentt decrease from last year, according to city Despite its many negativd implications, there is a positive dimension to Abramson’s spendinh plan. It includes more than $100 millionn this year from federal, stater and private sources that will be used to pay forcapitall projects. Nearly $58.
2 million of that moneuy is coming directly from the American Recovery and Reinvestmeny Actof 2009. That and othetr funding related to the federal stimulus package is expectef to create or retainhabout 3,000 private-sector jobs in Louisville through investments in roads, public housing and parks, according to city Abramson was set to introduce his budget proposal for fiscakl 2010 during a special Thursdah meeting of the Louisville Metrl Council. The meeting was scheduled aftetBusiness First’s press deadline, but the newspaper was provided with a summaru and highlights of the spendinb plan in advance.
Businesss First agreed not to contact Metro Councilp members before they received details of the proposed budget fromthe mayor. The council, by law, must approver the budget before the endof June. City work forcr cut by 1,600 since merger City workers who will lose thei r jobs were scheduled to benotified yesterday. Layoffz will be completed by July 1. Most of the job cuts are supporgt staff inthe city’s neighborhoods, housing and family services, human resources and information-technology according to Chad Carlton, Abramson’s communications Substantial job losses also are expected in the city’ws economic development department, according to its Bruce Traughber, although he declined to disclose a The recommendation for the economid development department’s budget has been reduced to $7.
5 millionj for fiscal 2010, compared with $9.2 million for the currentg fiscal year. “We will lose a significantf number of professionalstaff members,” Traughber “It will impact our ability to continure our retail outreach. We will continue as best as we City workers who lose theirr jobs will be included ina “talenft pool” of former employeesw who are the first people considered when city positione become open, Carlton said.

Kansas City lawyers sue big New York firm for $4B in insurer

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The 42-page complaint said the 1,400-lawyerf firm gave General American bad advics during a liquidity crisis in 1999 and then implorede the company to entertain a discoun t buyout offerfrom MetLife, which the firm representesd in other matters at the same Rick Lombardo, partner with Shaffer Lombard Shurin, said the lawsuit is the latest in severapl emanating from the demise of General American, whichb once employed 4,000 people. Previous lawsuitxs against , KPMG and Morganj Stanley have settledfor $244 million. “I thinok that as time has gone onand we’vd looked at millions of documents that we learned things as we went Lombardo said.
Dewey LeBoeuf spokesman Angelo Kakolyris rejectedthe lawsuit’s claims. It make s “profoundly erroneous misstatementsof fact” and is “a misguided attemp by a liquidator to attracft media attention,” he said in a writtebn statement. The lawsuit alleged that Dewet & LeBoeuf counseled the company to entet into administrative supervision withthe state, with the understandinbg that the move would be a temporargy reprieve. Ben Schmitt, an insurance defense lawyerf with , said companies in administrativer supervisiontypically don’t come out unless they’rwe sold to a third party.
“Administration supervision happend when the corporation is no longere solventor stable,” Schmitt said. “The statr assumes directorship of the insurancecompany ... and the whols process is to wind down the insurance General American sold to MetLifefor $1.2 which the lawsuit claims was a “substantiallgy discounted sum.”

Oil and gas regulatory war heating up in Colorado - Real Aspen

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Oil and gas regulatory war heating up in Colorado

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Counties across Colorado are gearing up for the next major oil and gas boom, scrambling to draft local regulations for everything from visual impacts to physical setbacks of drilling equipment. But state officials are increasingly ...

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Councils have mounted millions of snooping operations in past decade, finds report - Telegraph.co.uk

2011-11-04T01:00:00.001-07:00

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Councils have mounted millions of snooping operations in past decade, finds report

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The list of cases includes a council which spied on a family to make sure they were not cheating on school catchment area regulations, and scores of households suspected of flouting bin rules. Campaigners warned that plans to curb council snooping do ...

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Quiksilver secures $150M term loan, posts 2Q profit - Wichita Business Journal:

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The Huntington Beach companu (NYSE: ZQK) also posted second-quarter earningxs of $2.8 million. The five-yeart term loan with private-equity firm Rhone was made to improved Quiksilver's liquidity and solidify its banking relationships. As part of the terms of the loan, Quiksilve will name a pair of Rhone appointeexs to its boardof directors. Quiksilver also refinanced its credift facility with anew three-year, $200 millioj facility led by and .
The compangy is also in discussions with its French banking partners to consolidatew its European debts into anew multi-year In the company's earnings report, the company swung to profitabilityt in the second quarter, posting the earnings of 2 centsd a share, which included several one-time items. Without the the earnings per share woul d have been 5 centsa share. Analysg estimates placed the earnings at 9 centsea share. Sales dropped 17 percent, coming in at $494.2q million. In the secons quarter a year ago, the companty lost $206.2 million, or $1.599 a share, on sales of $596.3 million. That quarter included lossee of $244.9 million from discontinuedx operations.
Quiksilver is an apparel and accessoriesw company. Its core brands are Roxy and DC. A renewed focus on thos core brands are the focus ofthe company's long-terkm plan to improve profits.

New Web portal to streamline stimulus spending reports - Business First of Columbus:

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This, in turn, will enable the federa government to providecitizens “with an unprecedented level of detail into how thei tax dollars are being spent,” said Petet Orszag, director of the . “People will be able to see who isreceivingf funds, what projects are under way, how moneyh is being spent, and how many jobs are being createdc or saved,” he said. The Obama administrationm promised this level of transparency when the American Recoveryy and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was butits Recovery.
gov Web site so far has failed to meet that Under new guidance issued by OMB, prime recipients of stimulus fundinyg must provide quarterly reports via on total fundxs received and spent; names of organizations assisting with a projec and the amount paid to that organization; a list of including location and completio n timelines; and jobs associated with each The site is expected to be available for the quarterly reporft due Oct. 10.

'Like Crazy' Opens Today: 5 Reasons To Fall In Love - MTV.com

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Burn Ban Renewed, Bids Accepted - The Llano News

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Burn Ban Renewed, Bids Accepted

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Llano County Commissioners agreed to renew the expiring Burn Ban at Monday's meeting. The original burn ban was set to expire on Monday, October 24, but due to no change in the dry conditions, the commissioners agreed that the best ...

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As stimulus money is doled out, contractors search for bonding - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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This is particularly true for womeb and minoritybusiness owners, who have facedr splotchy access to bonding “It’s been a historical problem in our said Marc Little, president and CEO of the Minority & Women Educational Labor Agencg in Lawrenceville. And sincer the stimulus bill passedxin February, demand for the organization’sx bond program has markedly increased, he said. MWELA offersz bid, payment and performance bondxs to companies in its Sheltered Bond program, which turns two yearss old in July. During that time, 11 contractors have receiver morethan $11 million in bonds from the agency for work on 46 differentg projects.
As part of the contractors have to spend five hoursa a month for six monthse at a business development class through Universitygof Pittsburgh’s Institute for Entrepreneurial The average surety bond is arouned $300,000 to $400,000, but the agency can go up to $1 millionm per project per company. For projecta larger than that, there is the Small Busines Administration’s bond program, recently enhanced by the Recoverty Act to help contractors bidding on projects upto $5 The previous limit was $2 million.
For companied bidding on federalstimulus projects, the SBA can guaranted bonding up to $10 But bonding success often isn’yt enough to get the job done, said Carl district director for the Small Business Administration’z Pittsburgh office. “The challenge is they may be able to get but they may not be able to get the he said. Bonds guarantee that a thirc party will compensate the owner thegovernment agency, in the case of stimuluw projects — if the contractor doesn’t perform, for whatever reason.
Many bondesd companies, especially the smaller ones, stilp need a line of credit to hire employeese and buy materials to carry outgovernmentg projects, which don’t provide up-front cash. “When lendersx already are not lending, even if it’sw assured and it’s bonded” it may not be Knoblock warned.

Wachovia seeks foreclosure on 49-acre site - South Florida Business Journal:

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The property is part of Mandarinj Lakes, a planned 200-acre traditionao neighborhood developmentof 1,50p0 homes and a village cented split among several builders. The undevelopef piece that faces foreclosure is owned by an affiliatdeof Tempe, Ariz.-based Coronado On May 22, Wachovia filed the foreclosure action in Miami-Dads County Circuit Court against Coronado West, affiliate CW Capital Fund One and Coronadi West President John E. Cork. The lawsuit also named , a nationwidr builder that had an option to purchasethe 49-acrr site from CW Capital Fund One. D.R. Hortoh is one of the builders on another part ofMandarinm Lakes, Cork said in a phonr interview.
The lawsuit is basefd on a mortgage that was last modified in 2007at $6.8 The property is at the cornef of Naranja Lakes Boulevard and Southwesy 145th Avenue in Naranja. Cork said he is tryinyg to negotiate a settlement with Wachovia on the which expired before he couldpay it. He said D.R. Hortonm did not use its option to buythe land. His compant has not started construction onthe site. Jacksonville attorney Harry M. Wilson III, who represents Wachoviw in the lawsuit, did not immediatel return a callseeking comment.

Cordray pans Chrysler sale over dealer worries - Nashville Business Journal:

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Attorney General Richard Cordray and officialsz from nine other states filee a limited objection and statemenf in support of auto dealers this week in of New Attorneys general argued thesale shouldn’ft allow the automaker to escapse requirements of state laws, including thosw pertaining to the termination of dealership agreements. “Onn less than 30 days’ notice, Chrysler proposes to rejec dozens of dealer agreements in Cordray said ina release. “Somse consideration should be given tothose dealers, and Chryslerf shouldn’t be allowed to disregard its obligationzs under Ohio law.
” Chrysler’s move to cut 789 dealershipx from its network in and around Centrak Ohio, including Spitzer Dodge of Columbus and Byers Dublibn Dodge. Automotive News reportede this week that a Bankruptcy Court hearing has been set for June 3on Chrysler’ds move to revoke the Cordray previously has filed objectionsa to the sale over the effects that Chrysler’xs deal to emerge as a new company underf a partnership with Italian automaker Fiat could have on Ohio’w Lemon Law and its workers’ compensation system. Cordrat said attorneys from Ohio and other statezs are negotiating withAuburn Hills, Mich.-based Chrysler on both issues.

$200M venture proposed for N.F., Ont. - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

2011-10-17T17:34:00.001-07:00

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In a plan that’s been working its way througgh theCanadian city’s municipal departments since late last year, prominent hoteliedr and developer Tony Zappitelli and his company, has unveiledr plans for three high-rise hotels along Stanley The tallest of the three towers could be with a 42-story and 32-story hotel also in the mix. Condominiumse or apartments may replace some of the hotel rooms, depending on future developments, Zappitelli said. Zappitellk pegged the total development costat “anywhere between $200 million and $300 The project will be privately funded.
The Niagara Fallss Common Council agreed to permithe development, but several othert municipal approvals are also neede before construction can begin. Work could startf by later this year orearly 2010. The 7.4-acre Stanleh Avenue site is part of the Lorettko Christian Life Centre campus that Romzapp acquired threeyears ago. The portionws of the historic, 148-year-old religious cente will remain as part of the agreement Zappitelli crafte with Niagara Falls The Loretto property is just southn of the proposed development The site is near the Niagara Falls Conventiohn and CivicCentre that’s under constructio and due to open in Apriol 2011 and less than one-half mile from the Hilton and Niagaras Fallsview Casino Resort.
The project will add several hundred hotel rooma toNiagara Falls’ stock of more than 14,00p0 hotel rooms. Niagara Falls has the third most numbefr of hotel roomsin Canada, trailing only Toronto and Vancouver.

Biogen Idec, Inc. Company Profile | BIIB Company Information

2011-10-15T13:34:00.001-07:00

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Biogen Idec creates new standards of care in therapeuti c areas with high unmet medical Foundedin 1978, Biogej Idec is a global leader in the development, manufacturing and commercialization of innovative therapies. Patients in more than 90 countriexs benefit fromBiogen Idec's significant products that address diseasesa such as multiple sclerosis (MS), lymphomaa and rheumatoid arthritis. In 2008, Biogen Idec'w total revenues grew 29 percent over 2007to $4.
1 Currently, the company markets three major therapiew and its product development pipeline includes 20 product in Phase 2 clinical trials and Our major products include TYSABRo (natalizumab), the most recently approved treatment for relapsing formes of MS; AVONEX (Interferon beta-1a), the No. 1 prescribedd therapy for relapsing forms of MS andRITUXAN (rituximab), the world's most prescribed therapy for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and marketede for the first time in 2006 for rheumatoid AVONEX and RITUXAN have for years ranked amongb the top 10 biotechnologty products sold globally.
In recent we also have leveraged our core capabilitiews to expand development into promising new therapeutic such as cardiovascular diseaseand hemophilia. Biogen Idec is headquarteredf in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with international headquartersin Zug, We have additional offices in the Canada, Australia, Japan and throughoutr Europe. ...

Storm death toll rises to 8 in Philippines - Straits Times

2011-10-13T09:17:00.001-07:00

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Storm death toll rises to 8 in Philippines

Straits Times

MANILA (AFP) - The death toll from tropical storm Banyan rose to eight on Thursday and two people were missing, in the latest disaster to hit the typhoon-ravaged Philippines, the government said. Most victims drowned while one man was blown off a ...

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Significant Strength Remains Visible On Wall Street - U.S. Commentary - RTT News

2011-10-11T05:00:00.001-07:00

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Significant strength also remains visible among steel stocks, as reflected by the 4.8 percent gain being posted by the NYSE Arca Steel Index. Energy stocks are also holding on to strong gains, benefiting from a nearly $3 a barrel increase by the price ...

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LarsonAllen to acquire accounting firm Cronstrom, Osuch & Co. PC - Phoenix Business Journal:

2011-10-09T01:17:00.001-07:00

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“This acquisition enhances our commitment toindustry specialization,” said Principalk Jon Gale, who runs Larson-Allen’ Phoenix office. LarsonAllen has major resourced devoted tothese sectors, which comprise its second-largesgt business line, behind health care. Cronstrom Osuchj specializes in auditing services fornonprofit organizations, governmenf entities and school Since its launch 22 years ago, the firm has grown to represeny more than 130 clients in Principal Dennis Osuch said the firms were in discussionxs for more than a year aftefr LarsonAllen contacted them.
“We had never thoughg about being acquired or merging with anyothefr firm,” said Osuch, but “it was good All 14 employees of Cronstrom Osuch will relocate to LarsonAllen’e Mesa office. The three principalxs will retain their positions and LarsonAllen has searchedfor industry-specific acquisitionds since entering the Phoenix market in 2005 with its purchasde of Hopkins Parker. A year later, it acquired Gale and McLaren LLP, a Mesa firm that caterefd to real estate and andthe Scottsdale-based O’Connor Group, which boosted its health banking, real estate and dealership lines. In October the firm acquired Tempe-based Skinner Tameron & Co.
, which focusede on real estate, manufacturing, wholesalera and retailers. Those deals have built LarsonAlleh from a small outfit to a midsizee firm to compete inthis region’ws fragmented accounting market, led by the Big Four in publidc accounting: KPMG International, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst Young LLP and Deloitte & Touche. “We’re going to be very strategidcgoing forward,” Gale said.
Financia details of the transaction, expecte to finalize June 1, were not

LightSquared's Impact on Small Business Explored in Hearing - GPS World magazine

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On Wednesday, October 12, at 1 pm, the House Committee on Small Business will conduct a hearing titled "LightSquared: The Impact to Small Business GPS Users." The hearing will take place in room 2360 of the Rayburn House Office Building. ...

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WES Crosses Critical Technical Indicator - Forbes

2011-10-04T18:51:00.001-07:00

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WES Crosses Critical Technical Indicator

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We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indicator used to measure momentum on a scale of zero to 100. A stock is considered to be oversold if the RSI reading falls below 30. ...

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Covad enters agreement with AOL to provide broadband services - San Francisco Business Times:

2011-10-02T15:51:00.001-07:00

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Both companies have a presence in Jacksonvillee and made theannouncement Thursday. AOL will now have accesse to Covad's nationwide which currently covers more than 40million U.S. homesa and businesses and includes service in 94 of the top Metropolitanb Statistical Areas across the United Asa result, the agreement will increase the numbee of options available to AOL in offeringv broadband services to its members. "The addition of America Online as a wholesals partner enhances our distributiojn channel enabling us to provide services to the largest Internet service provider in the saidCharles E. Hoffman, Covad CEO and president.
"Iy also gives America Online the flexibility and scalability of a national resource for their millions of customers who want to upgrade from dial-up to a high-speed, always on broadbancd connection." In addition, Covad issued warrants to America Online to purchase a total of 3.5 millionb shares of Covad common stock, whicj is equal to about 1.5 percent of Covad'sx currently outstanding common stock. America Onliner will have the option topurchase Covad's common stock at exercisw prices ranging from $1.06 to $5. Covadf has determined that the warrants have an aggregated estimated value ofabout $3.5 million.
Covad expecta to record this valuee as a deferred customere incentive and charge it against revenuw over the term of theservicew agreement.

Michael Irvin sued over "Fourth and Long" reality show - Baltimore Business Journal:

2011-09-30T12:51:00.001-07:00

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Jordan Bealmear of Thermal, Calif., and Shannonh Clark and Christopher Harding, both of Louisville, Ky., allegse Michael Irvin’s reality show “Fourtyh and Long” is thei idea with a new The plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed in Dallas County accuse Irvinof fraud, fraudd by nondisclosure, breach of contract and unjust Larry Friedman, Michael Irvin's attorney, told the Dallaws Business Journal Wednesday that the lawsuigt is completely bogus and without Friedman said Irvin met with the plaintiffs, and they had no businesse cards, no company, no stationery and worked outsidee the industry without substantial Friedman added that a lot of people in the entertainmen industry were throwing the same show concept around and Michaeol had the concept and was lookingv for a producer.
When asked who calledf the initial meeting betweenthe parties, Friedmanm said he didn't know who invited who to the In response, the attorney for the plaintiffs, Mark Taylor of Dallas, told the DBJ that the issuse is not whether the idea for the show was but whether Michael agreed to entedr into a deal and then renegef on the terms of the The plaintiffs in the lawsuiyt say they developed the concept behind the show, which they were calling "Guts to Glory" and endec up in contact with Irvihn and his representatives to invite Irvih to be the show's The plaintiffs offered a deal in which Irvinj and his agent would receive 25 percen of the proceeds and the plaintiffs would receivse 75 percent.
They later struck a deal in whicy Irvin would take 75 percent of the aggregate executiv eproducing fee, while the plaintiffs woulde share the remaining 25 percent and that adaptiona of the show for other sports woulde involve a 50-50 split, accordiny to the lawsuit. During the negotiation process, the threse say Irvin was providedr withmarketing tools, including a story to present to Dallas Cowboys executives and Dallad Cowboys Coach Jerry Jones with the intent of getting the team In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs say they were escorted out of a Marc h 10, 2008, deal signing meeting at the Dallas law offices of Friedmam & Fiegler LLP in which Larry Friedman was present.
Their attorney, Larry Kopeikin, was attending the meetinfg via aconference call. When they were brought back into the the plaintiffs were told that Irvinh would have to review the deal memobefore signing. Days they learned that Irvin would only agree toa 95-5 percenr split with Irvin taking a 95 percenr cut, and five days aftedr that Irvin sent an e-mail to Clark stating that he had never used the storyboarxd in his presentation to Jones, according to the The three individuals who planne to produce the show are suinhg Irvin claiming in their suit that Irvin “througy his agents, representatives, and/or employees, made false and materiap misrepresentations to plaintiffs concerningt his agreement to the terms of the deal including the 75-25 percent split.
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Napier -Ahuriri-Westshore Hopper Bus to start - All About Hawke's Bay

2011-09-28T09:51:00.001-07:00

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Ex-auditor: LCA errors rose under Straus - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

2011-09-26T06:51:00.001-07:00

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This is the second time former internap auditor Ronald Matter has raised allegationsagainstt Straus, his former boss. In December, he accused Straus of interferin g with treatment decisions made byLCA surgeons. Matted left the Blue Ash company in September 2008 aftet a dispute over a2007 bonus. Matte is a friend and neighbor of Craig Joffe, who is part of an investment groulp that’s trying to take control of the The Joffe investment groupp is led by Dr. Stephen Joffe, LCA’s founder and Craig’s father.
To investigate the later claimsby Matter, the Courier interviewef LCA physicians and others and reviewed Two physicians, who asked not to be identified because they feareds retribution, confirmed elements of Matter’e account. • LCA recorded 71 wrongy treatments in the 18 monthsended Oct. 31, 2008, tripl its annual average from 2004through 2006. • An LCA surgeonh requested an emergency audit of a Chicago cente last summer after discovering what the surgeon claimef was a dirty operating room and an uncertifiedc technician assigned to operatd asurgical laser. Matter claims staffing changes andbudger cuts, initiated by Straus, caused the problems.
Straus said Matte exaggerated the number of wrong treatmentsd but would notprovide details. He said LCA is workin with doctors to reduce error ratezs and improvepatient care. “I don’t believe our cost reductio efforts ... harmed the patient experience or clinical he said. According to thosse interviewed, wrong treatments include cases wherr the wrong file was used to treat patient s or incorrect data was entered into the laser devics priorto surgery. In othee cases, patients didn’t receive the treatmeny they requested. On a statistica l basis, the treatment errors represented lessthan three-tenthxs of a percent of LCA surgeries.
The Joffes are at the fronyt end of a consent solicitation in which they are asking investorw tooust LCA’s current board and management. Investors have untipl April 9 to casttheir votes. Matter claimzs he has no financial interest in the shareholde fight and will not rejoij the company if the Joffes take Hesaid he’s raising concerns becaused he’s convinced Straus is the wrong man for the job. Strauw said wrong treatments were an issue for the company in 2007and 2008. He said one doctor was terminater because of a higherror rate.
But he said at least part of the increase in treatment errors were the resulrt of a cultural change within the company that encouraged an open discussiohnof errors. “We wanted them to report it,” Straus said, “s we could address He said the company involved physicians and field managers inthe budget-cutting process to make sure patien care did not suffer. Even as it rejects Matter’sa latest claims, LCA is leveling its own allegations against itsformee auditor.
In a nine-page letter in which it formally respondasto Matter’s hotline LCA Director John Hassan accused Matter of “contactin g company personnel and attempting to influence the testimony they gave to our Although we are still considering whether you actec illegally in doing this, it is clear that your actionsw were entirely inappropriate and not made in good faith.”

Hunting for good bugs to fight bad bugs - Los Angeles Times

2011-09-24T03:51:00.001-07:00

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Hunting for good bugs to fight bad bugs

Los Angeles Times

An entomologist couple at UC Riverside travel the world searching for parasites to counter imported pests. Their lab is a high-security warren of trick doors and rooms within rooms. UC Riverside entomologists Mark and Christina Hoddle gather and breed ...

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Global Markets Overview 09/22/2011 - International Business Times AU

2011-09-22T00:17:00.001-07:00

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Global Markets Overview 09/22/2011

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US stocks dropped as investors questioned the effectiveness of the Federal Reserve's latest unconventional attempt to bolster the faltering US economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 283.82 points, or 2.5%, to 11124.84. ...

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Wichita young professionals think city has potential to attract future leaders - Wichita Business Journal:

2011-09-19T20:17:00.001-07:00

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The 28-year-old liked Wichita for its forward-thinking leadership and its He is an ambassador for and participates in networkiny events through the and other He epitomizes members of a group of young professionalsa that is taking an interest and taking action in the Thebelief is, despite the economy’s dark cloud, big thingw are on the horizomn in Wichita. “They’re very engaged, everywhere I Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer said durinv a recent Breakfast withthe Editor. “It realluy is impressive to see.” Leaders of groupws like Young Professionals of Wichita and are being hearx at events like the meetinge and Wichita Chamber ofCommerce meetings.
Cole is tryinfg to get his business , which provides marketing and planning advicse to businesses and young professionals — off the ground. Networking capabilities and a chealp cost of living made the decision to start his businesws inWichita easy. He says Wichita’s leaders are more interested in helping young professionalx than othercities he’s been in. “I think it’s a lot of business leaderz being out there and engagingwith us,” Cole “They are really getting out input on a lot of different things. I’ve been to a lot of YPW events wheree Isee ...
a lot of older business leaders there, and they’re genuinely interesterd in what I haveto say.” However, the city’s delay in offerinfg other planned amenities has him concerned. “You talk about WaterWalk, you talk abouf all these great projectsthat we’ve been promised that can be really awesome, and they reallyu could be really awesome,” he says. “But let’s go.
I thinkk we’ve got a lot of great potential, but I’m kind of sick of I’m ready for some true action and a lot of cranes to go Cole says he understands the economt has slowed the process on projectslike WaterWalk, but he maintain s such potential city hot spots will be crucial in attracting young business and community leaders. Jason Dilts and RokIC are trying to highlight thosdhot spots. For young professionals to move to and live in jobs have tobe available. After that, everything revolvews around what the community has tooffer — art, music and a social says Dilts, director of community developmenty for RokICT.
“Young people will not stay hereif they’re not able to have fun he says. “You can have the best job in the and there are lots of greaty places to work in this but when you get off work andyou don’ think you can have fun, chances are you’re going to be lookintg at another city to move to.” RokICT is tryingh to push the city’s arts and music to the It schedules events like First Friday, which last week put 13 bands in 12 downtown venues. Dilts says lines were out the door at many of the barsand It’s all part of recruiting young peoplwe here and keeping them here for years to he says.

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The company first revealefd plans to launch such a networmlast week, but held off on releasing some detailsw until a press conference in Washington DC Wednesday. The “Connectes Care” program, which UnitedHealth Group said is the firstf ofits kind, is intended to expanf health care resources into underserved rural and urba n areas. UnitedHealth Group, which has committed tens of millions of dollar s towardthe initiative, marked the announcement with the unveilingy of an 18-wheel Connected Care mobilwe clinic.
“Connected Care is the house call for the 21st centuryh and is our latest innovation providingb people with greater access to quality saidStephen Hemsley, UnitedHealth Group’xs CEO. The health provider is currently developing six Connecterd Care programs aroundthe country. UnitedHealtj Group (NYSE:UNH) is based in Minnetonka. (NASDAQ:CSCO) which will provide the video conferencinhg and othernetwork technologies, is based in San

Facebook leads social networking space as Twitter growth skyrockets - Wichita Business Journal:

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According to the new report, Facebook usersx logged 13.9 billion minutes on the site in making it the most popular sociak networking site onthe Web. was the second most popular sociap networking site with about 5 billion minutews loggedin April. Twitter logged roughlh 300 million minutes, and LinkedIn about 202 million. According to the Nielsen study, total minutes spent on social networking sites has increasefd 83percent year-over-year. Twitter had far-and-awaty the fastest growth over the pastyear -- with abouf 37-times more minutes spent on the site in Aprio 2009, compared to April of last year. Facebook also postec rapid growth, with a seven-fold increase over last year.
“Wwe have seen some major growth in Facebookm during thepast year, and a subsequent declin e in MySpace. Twitter has come on the scene in an explosivee way perhaps changing the outlook for the entire saidJon Gibs, Nielsej vice president, online media and agency “The one thing that is clear about social networking is that regardlesxs of how fast a site is growing or how big it is, it can quicklyy fall out of favor with consumers.” Whilee Facebook has become the top dog in the social networking MySpace is the leader in online video. With 121 million video MySpace.com was the No. 1 social networking destination when ranked by streams and total minutea spentviewing video.
MySpace visitors spent 384 millionh minutes viewing video onthe site, with an averagre of 38.8 minutes per viewer. In comparison, Facebook visitors spentf only 114 million minutes viewing videoin April, with an averagwe of 11.2 minutes per videok viewer. The Nielsen Co. is a global information and media company specializing inconsumefr information, television and other media measurement.

Starbucks makes food healthier - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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The coffee giant says it has simplified recipes to includewmore high-quality ingredients like whole grains, blueberriesz from Oregon and cherriezs from Michigan. “Starbucks customers have been tellin us that they want better tasting and healthier food optionsa when they visitour stores,” said Starbucks food category vice president Sandra Stark in a news releasee announcing the new “We answered their call with a delicious new menu of food made with real ingredientss and more wholesome options.” New menu items includr a blueberry oat bar, a farmer’s marke t salad and banana walnut bread that Starbuckxs says “is nearly 30 percenty real banana.
” Starbucks has been expanding its food menu in the last two year to entice customers to visit more and to spendx more per visit. The company was also among the firstt restaurant chains in the country to ban trans fat from its food and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is closing hundreds of location s and cutting thousands of jobs to trim expensee as revenue falls. The company reported saleds fell 8 percentlast quarter, following a 9 percent declinre in first quarter sales. It is also facing pressure fromMcDonalds (NYSE: MCD), whose new coffee drinks are driving sales higher.

Back to School: How to Raise Healthier, Smarter, Fitter Children - Huffington Post

2011-09-11T04:51:00.001-07:00

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Back to School: How to Raise Healthier, Smarter, Fitter Children

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In his landmark paper, Healthier Students are Better Learners: A Missing Link in School Reforms to Close the Achievement Gap, Columbia professor, Charles Basch documents the self-evident premise that kids' brains don't work if they don't eat well and ...

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Lee reaches refinancing deal on most of its debt - The Associated Press

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DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) â" Lee Enterprises Inc., publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and other newspapers, said Thursday that it had reached a deal with most of its lenders to give the company more time to pay back its debt. ...

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215 Ohio jobs on the hook as Findlay Industries seeks buyer - Business First of Columbus:

2011-09-06T19:17:00.001-07:00

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Notices the Findlay-based company filed with the Ohio Departmentr of Job and Family Services say the manufacturer will closse its corporate office and two nearby facilities alonv with a Springfield plant onJuly 18. The company employw 148 in Findlay and 67in Springfield. The company wroted that it plans to shut down thefacilitiesa “because of the current economic climate and basexd upon unforeseen developments in Findlat Industries’ relationship with Navistar and prospective buyers.
” Findlay said it’s “pursuing every realistic to keep the operations in Findlay and Springfieldf in business under new management but “cabn make no guarantees as to the succesds of that effort.” A representative for the which lists operations in several statews on its Web couldn’t immediately be reached for commenft Wednesday afternoon.

Lawsuit targets Trump hotel - South Florida Business Journal:

2011-09-04T14:00:00.001-07:00

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The complaint, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Courf for the Southern District of alleges that buyers were misleac aboutthe millionaire’s involvement in the project. They contened they were led to believe Donalc Trump would be when in fact he only licensede his name tothe development. The complaint said the operation of a ability of owners to occuph their units and the branding of the hotep asa “Trump” propertgy were a “material and indispensable” basisa of the buyer’s agreementz to purchase. “Without any one of these conditionsdin place, the value of owningy a unit in the condominium hotel is severelyh diminished.
” They also complain that the project, whicu began in 2005, has been plagued by delays. Buyerse were notified by letter on May 13 that they have to clos e on their units byMay 28, and none of the contractzs may close if 50 percent of buyers for the hotel s 298 units don’t close, accordingb to the suit. “Now we have a developer setting a very shorf clock ontheir heads, and making several startling revelations,” said Miamoi attorney Jared Beck who filedf the suit. “We also will be seeking interij relief to enjoin closings and defaultswbeing declared.” The suit asks that deposits be returne d and calls for punitive damages.
In a statementy provided on Thursday, the said buyers were told upfront that the Trump name was beinh licensed as part of alicensinf agreement. "Trump International Hotels Management LLC was retaineds to manage the operations of the subject to the terms of amanagement agreement. Pursuant to the termd of these agreements, Trump Marks Fort Lauderdale LLC and Truml International Hotels Management LLC have done everything to fulfiloltheir obligations, and continue to do so.
Similarly, we look to the owned to complete the building and meet its obligationzs toall parties, including the buyers," the statement Attempts to reach developer SB Hotel Associates were not immediately Donald J. Trump announced the start of the hotel’sa construction in 2005, developing the property in partnership with Bayrock Constructionh andNew York-based developer Roy Stillman’s company and Bayrock are also nameds defendants.
Named plaintiffs Trilogy Properties and Josepbh and Gaetano Salerno alleges that buyers paid 20 percent Joseph Salerno putdown $147,52t5 on a unit selling for while Gaetano Salerno put down a deposit of $159,8090 on a unit selling for $799,000, and Triloghy paid $95,0000 on a unit selling for $475,000. The suit also name , which provided financing on the project, as a The 24-story development, at 551 N. Fort Lauderdale Beacgh Blvd., is designed by . It featured a curved shape the developer said resemblesa a 1920s luxurycruise liner.
"Wes are thrilled to begin construction on this magnificenttoceanfront development, which will offer the most luxurioux five-star living experience anywhere," Trump said in a releas in 2005. A letter from developer SB Hotelp to Trilogy Properties is attached tothe suit. “Wer are pleased to advise that the Condominium has been the certificate of occupancy issued by the City of Fort Lauderdalw and the furniture moved theletter states.
But, later, it noted: “Givebn the uncharted economic climate that we areadaptingt to, and the impacft that the economy has had on both the real estatew and hospitality industries, we do not believe that the hotelo operation will open if purchasers have closed on fewerr than 50 percent of the units …. Additionally, pleased note that, given the governmental approvals forthe condominium, we do not believde that you will be permittefd to occupy your unit or the condominiumk until such time as the hotel In 2005, the hotel was anticipating a 5,000-square-foot health club and spa, fitneses center, restaurant, concierge, room service and 24-hour security.

Mayor's radio co-host says Bloomberg 'made mistake' in ducking questions about ... - New York Post

2011-09-02T09:17:00.001-07:00

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Mayor's radio co-host says Bloomberg 'made mistake' in ducking questions about ...

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Radio host John Gambling -- who almost always agrees with his on-air pal Mayor Bloomberg -- declared today that the mayor is making a mistake by ducking questions about the resignation of former Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith. ...

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Ritz-Carlton Denver names new GM - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

2011-08-28T23:51:00.001-07:00

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Andrew Rogers comes to the 1881Curtisa St. hotel from the Ritz-Carltoj Kapalua in Hawaii, where he oversaw the resort’d $170 million re-launch. Before Rogers served as resort managedr forthe Ritz-Carlton Club in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgib Islands, and director of golf operations forthe Ritz-Carltonj in Rose Hall, Jamaica. Befor beginning his employment forin 1999, Rogerse worked in ’s golf divisiohn at three separate resorts.
He holds a bachelorr of science in marketing from Ferrid State University and has a wife andtwo “My family and I are excited to be in a city as wonderful as Denve and I look forward to becoming part of the Rogers said in a news The Ritz-Carlton Denver property includes 202 guesft rooms spread over 14 floors, a spa and Elway’zs Downtown restaurant.

Minnesota Dad Leaves Son Behind in Foreclosed Home - Fox News

2011-08-26T17:51:00.001-07:00

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Anna effect: Locals get WR to act against cheating clerk - Times of India

2011-08-24T12:51:00.001-07:00

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Anna effect: Locals get WR to act against cheating clerk

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It all began when a commuter, RS Savant, realized that the clerk Maruti Pawar had not given him the correct change in return for a ticket he had purchased. Instead of walking away, Savant stood aside and observed the clerk duping another commuter, ...

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Alabaster's loss is Calera's gain - Birmingham Business Journal:

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Alabaster officials acknowledge that wasthe case, althouguh they're quick to note that things are differentr in the two years since Mayor David Frings and a new City Councipl took office. "They're absolutely right. Alabaster used to be an anti-commercial, anti-growtjh community. Actually, that's why they hired me – to turn it says Cam Ward, Alabaster's director of economic development, who is unopposee in November for a seat in the Alabamaw Houseof Representatives.
"The Super Wal-Mart going to Calera and the factthe (Shelbyy County) airport was annexed into Calera are both due to the fact Alabastee hasn't been friendly" to commercial developers and the businesd community in general, Ward says. Rather than throw rocks, Ward commendedf Calera Mayor George Roy and Pelham Mayoe Bobby Hayes for reeling in development Alabaster primarily by limiting extension of itssewer system. "Alabaster is still the population center ofShelbyh County, but we're working hard to catch up with thosee two," Ward says.
"The city has mended fences and turnef around in theopposite We're extremely proactive in the business Mayor Frings says. Evidence is Alabaster wooing Aronov Realty'z Whitestone Center on Alabama 119, which will be anchoredc by a Publix grocery. The Shelbyy West Corporate Park at the north end of the Shelby Countgy Airport has recently attracted new large warehouses tenants such as Birmingham Tobaccio andArmstrong Relocation, the local franchisr of United Van Lines. But it wasn't alwayz that way. "I told the mayor 'One of the best things that happened to you is when Alabasterf shutdown development.
' They just didn't seem to want says former Shelby County Probate Judge Tommy Snowden, who served from and is now a residential and commercial real estate agent workinf Calera with Re/Max First Choicse in Pelham. Part of Alabaster'x problem, Snowden says, was political infighting. "The city fathersa sort of seemed like they squabbled among while Calera was more organized like Pelhammand (Mayor) Bobby Hayes," Snowden "Alabaster made you feel like they didn'ft want you there," adds Mark Clayton, developerd of several Calera projects via his I-65 Properties and Clayton and Claytohn Realty.
"Most everybody who has triexd to develop there will tell you the same Clayton says. "But it was 180 degreesz when you talked with Calera andMayor Roy. They were even easiet to work with than Shelby Roy was such a help that Clayton was successfu naming the road through his Millenniuk Park commercialthoroughfare "George Roy But while Calera bends over backward to welcome commercial and residentiak development, Roy shrewdly uses the city'xs sewer and natural gas infrastructure to Calera's "These subdivisions said they wanted to be on our sewerf system. We told them, 'Good.
Be in the city,'" Roy says "It was our calling card to get themin Calera." Indeed, a map showx pockets of annexed land far from Calera'sx town center, encompassing upscale subdivisions such as Waterford, Shelbyu Springs Farms and Willow Cove, which is near the Chiltonm County line. Developers are nearly unanimoua in their praisefor Roy, the congenial 74-year-old who first took office in 1966. Roy, they say, is the key to makint the wheels ofdevelopment turn. "I can't say enoughh good things aboutMayot Roy," says Mike Graham, president of Graham and Co.
, developer of a $15 million, 500,000-square-foot multi-tenant warehousde in the Shelby Commerce Park on U.S. 31. "When we brinb prospects to Calera, we make a point to let them meet himbecause he's such a positivw influence. He gives businesspeople the confidence that the citysupportd business."

STUDENT DEBT: America's Next Bubble? - Fox News

2011-08-20T02:17:00.001-07:00

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STUDENT DEBT: America's Next Bubble?

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Dismay is growing among educators, economists, parents, and students over what some are calling America's next bubble: the skyrocketing volume of student loan debt. âI still have student loans,â David Guard, a graduate of Gettysburg ...

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Dyson Says Groupon Not Ready to Hold Initial Share Sale - Washington Post

2011-08-17T21:00:00.001-07:00

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17 (Bloomberg) -- EDventure Holdings Inc.'s Esther Dyson talks about initial public offerings in the technology industry and Groupon Inc.'s plans to hold an IPO. Dyson also discusses Google Inc.'s agreement to buy Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. She ...

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Oxford United left frustrated by controversial late equaliser - Oxford Times

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Oxford United left frustrated by controversial late equaliser

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Mercy system to buy Jewish Hospital - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

2011-08-13T09:51:00.001-07:00

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The two entities will beginh exclusive negotiations to come to a definitive purchase according to a news The process is expected to take four to six and is also subject to variousregulatorgy approvals. Mercy Health Partners partners operatesfive hospitals, in Western Hills, Mount Airy, Anderson Township and Clermonty County, along with outpatient and other health care-related facilities. The purchaswe of Jewish, located in will give the system a presencre in the northeasternCincinnati "We are always working to providee high-quality care.
One of the missing ingredients in coveringh the Greater Cincinnati area wasthe I-71 corridor," said Jameds May, CEO of Mercy Health Partners, in the Jewish Hospital will also join Catholic Healthcar Partners, the Cincinnati-based parent of the Mercyy system. Mercy recently won approvakl from Green Township trustees to build a new hospital near Northn Bend Road andInterstate 74. When completed, the hospitalk will replace its Mount Airy and Western Hills The , of which Jewishb is a voting member along with University and Fort Hamilton had been considering acquiring the hospita l as well. A purchase woulcd have made it a property in thehospital group, like and the .
But in the said it would also considerothef partners, while continuing discussions with the Health Alliance.

Giants' Darius Reynaud grateful for this chance, motivated by his daughter - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

2011-08-11T04:17:00.001-07:00

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Here's how much of a surprise it was the Giants re-signed Darius Reynaud in March: Even Reynaud didn't think they wanted him back. âStop lying to me, man,â the wide receiver and kick returner told his agent. âThey didn't offer me anything. ...

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Live blog: Moody's affirms US' top credit rating - Washington Post (blog)

2011-08-08T23:17:00.001-07:00

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Shortly after 2 pm, President Obama switched to discussing the deaths of 30 soldiers in Afghanistan over the weekend, which marked the worst loss of US lives there since the beginning of the war on terror 10 years ago. âThese men and women put their ...

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McCain jabs Obama on taxes as AFL-CIO focuses on Social Security - Phoenix Business Journal:

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The McCain camp says that if electe the Democrat will increase taxes on the upper middle clasz andsmall businesses. Obama has said he supports rollingv backing some 2001 and 2003 tax cuts for higherf income individualsand businesses, but promisesx middle class tax relief and some exemptions for seniors. He also backes business tax breaks forstartup companies. McCaim wants to double child tax creditsto $7,00p per dependent, trim corporatw income taxes from 35 percent to 25 percentt and keep the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts in The AFL-CIO is sending mailers to voters in battleground states such as Ohio and Pennsylvaniq saying McCain' stance on Social Securityy could hurt the system.
The Arizona Republicam has voiced support for allowing some individual private accounts into the federaolpension system, but not a completde privatization. Obama opposes any move toward Socia Securityprivate accounts.

Second recession deemed possible - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

2011-07-26T14:51:00.001-07:00

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Those odds may seem low, but they’re actually high since double-dip recessions are rare and the U.S. economyg grows 95 percent of the saysthe chamber’s Marty He predicts the current economicx downturn will end around September. the unemployment rate will remainj high through the firstf half of next year andinvestment won’ snap back as quickly as it usually does afterr a recession, Regalia says. Inflation, however, looms as a potentiak problem because of thefederal government’s huge budge deficits and the massivd amount of dollars pumped into the economty by the Federal Reserve, he says.
“Th economy has got to be runningh on its own by the middle of next Regalia says. Almost every major inflationary periodin U.S. historyg was preceded by heavydebt levels, he The chances of a double-dip recession will be lowere if Ben Bernanke is reappointed chairman of the Federal Reserve, Regalia says. If President Baracm Obama appoints his economic adviser Larry Summerws to chairthe Fed, that would signal the monetarg spigot would remain open for a longerf time, he predicts. A coalescing of the Fed and the Obamqa administrationis “not something the markets want to Regalia says. Obama has declined to say whether he willreappointf Bernanke, whose term ends in February.

Area crops thirst for a big gulp of rain - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

2011-07-24T08:17:00.001-07:00

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Some farmers use irrigation to help water their crops. But most local farmers depend solely on the weather. / Max Schulte/staff photographer Local farms have gone from soaked to scorched in just two months, potentially causing losses from both too much ...

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BACVA launching multicultural tourism promotion to lure visitors - San Antonio Business Journal:

2011-07-22T02:17:00.001-07:00

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In a bid to get locals to plan and hold theirt family reunionsin Baltimore, BACVA will spend $300,000p to highlight the and othef city resources that might contaih family histories and other In the future BACVA plans to expandr the effort to attract different groups, including Hispanivc as well as gay, lesbian, bisexuap and transgender people, CEO Tom Noonan said. Noona outlined the plans at a press conferencwe that featured impersonators dramatizing the lives ofBillied Holiday, Frederick Douglass and Harriety Tubman, all born in Baltimore.
A new prin t ad featuring the wax figure of Presideng Barack Obama at the National Great Blacks in Wax museumm in Baltimore will aid themarketing campaign. It will run in two nationap magazines, Heart & Soul and Pathfinders. Radio advertisements will air in Va., Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. BACVA wantas to tout Baltimore’s black history, venuezs and attractions, since an estimated 21 percent ofthe city’se visitors are African-American, said The African American Travel Conferenc also plans to hold its conventiom at the convention center in Aprip 2012.
The group will bring 2,500 group travel planners and will take upto 1,000 room about 300 during the weekend, Noonan said. Landing the 2012 conventio coincideswith BACVA’s plans to focus on the War of 1812 and othere historical events to attract visitors.

Alameda seeks move into old City sports bar site - Triangle Business Journal:

2011-07-19T20:17:00.001-07:00

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According to the , a businesw called the Alameda Brewhouse Annex has fileed for a liquor license at424 S.W. Fourth Ave. An Alamed a employee confirmed that brewerty owner Matt Schumacher also owns the The site is the former home of The a sports bar that closedlast winter. The liquor commission canceledsthe bar’s license on Jan. 6 afterr several “serious and persistenr problems.” The order came less than a week after a homicides that apparently took place earlyNew Year’sw Day. The City surrendered its liquoer license amonth later. The Alameda Brewhousse Annex license request isstill pending, said Christi e Scott, a commission spokeswoman.
The owners fileed the liquor license requestin February. The compang DBO LLC purchased the building containing the proposedx Annex in 1999 for It has a current market valueof $1.25 million. Alameda’sz primary brewpub is at 4765 N.E. Fremong St.

What Black Director Would YOU Put On A Magazine Cover? - Indie Wire (blog)

2011-07-17T13:34:00.001-07:00

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What Black Director Would YOU Put On A Magazine Cover?

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That's only beaten by the 634 times he's been on the cover of Essence. OK I get it and so do you. Let's face facts. Name me another black director who can sell magazine copies. Love him or hate him (that seems to be in equal proportion) it's a business ...

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Coastal Coalition launches Citizens Referendum to Repeal Marine Act - Voxy

2011-07-15T07:00:00.001-07:00

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Eddie Bauer files Chapter 11 - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

2011-07-12T23:51:00.001-07:00

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The retailer said it has strucka $202 million asset purchase agreement with an affiliate of of New York. That deal is subjectr to an auction and bankruptc ycourt approval. In its bankruptcy courty filing, the Seattle-based company listedf assets of $476 million and debtxs of $427 million. Eddie Bauer (NASDAQ:EBHI) runs a dozen storees in Ohio, including three in Central Ohio. It also operatexs a 2.2 million-square-foot distribution center in Groveport. The company this year cut 70 jobs at theshipping center, which employed abouyt 500 workers before the staff reduction. CCMP said it intendsa to keep most ofthe company’s 370 stores and other operations open.
Eddiwe Bauer has struggled with itsdebt – a crisis that worsened when revenue dropped as the recession took its toll on The company lost nearly $500 million in the past thred years. Those losses, coupled with the effect of the recession and debt paymentsw pushed the company into bankruptcycourt – a move that had been rumored for months. The company lost $165.5 million on $1.02 billion in revenue last Eddie Bauer is no stranger to Sixyears ago, Spiegel Inc., which had owned the compan y since 1988, filed for bankruptcy protection. And as part of the the company famous forits women’s wear catalog gave creditors its stake in Eddie Bauer.
The company in 2005 emergeed as a standalone business for the firstg time in more than 30 years and carrieda $300 milliojn senior secured term loan and the task of rebuilding a brand. Compant executives have said the debt termd from the Spiegel bankruptcy case have continued to hamper efforts to turn arounedEddie Bauer.

S. Fla. biotech researchers chase stimulus cash - Baltimore Business Journal:

2011-07-10T16:51:00.001-07:00

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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, signed into law by Presiden t Barack Obama in provides for the distributionof $10 billion througy the and $3 billion more througnh the . The prospect of tappingh into the funds has local research institutions giddyu after watching federal science appropriations withed for the lastseveral years. “There’s a joke going around the countruy that all the scientists have stopped researc hbecause they’re busy writing grantr proposals,” said Dr. Richard Bookman, who overseezs efforts to secure research dollars for the andits .
Jokezs aside, stimulus money may go a long way to helpSouth Florida’s young biotech cluster step up to the next research administrators say. “The federal funding of basidc biomedical research hasbeen flat. It’s actually down if you factorrin inflation,” said Dr. Harry Orf, VP of scientifiv operations atin Jupiter. “This is allowinbg some much-needed funding to come back into the research Scripps has not seen any stimuluszmoney yet, but the institution is stillp applying to have a wide arrah of projects funded, Orf said. Among thoswe projects, Scripps has appliec for money to buy an instrument that helpd studygenetic sequencing.
There’s also a machinee that helps withprotein analysis. A thir machine on its wish list does nuclearr magnetic resonance forchemical analysis. These thred machines alone cost $20 millio n and could substantially speed up researcuat Scripps, Orf said. Of course, with a limiterd pot of money and so manyhandw out, it’s hard to predict what kind of funding Scripps may get. the chances are very low, but we believer in the quality of our applicationsso we’re hopinv for the best,” Orf said. Despite the toughn competition, the University of Miami has already receive its firststimulus awards, Bookman said.
Therew is $80,000 to hire student internzs for summer researchand $230,00p0 to expand an existing study on spinakl cord injuries. The money should start flowing thanksto UM’s aggressive efforts to chasew the funds, Bookman said. A couple of monthsd ago, UM convened something called “the stimulus workin g group,” he said. The group, made up of peopls from acrossthe school, meets every Friday morning to strategize. The medicao school submitted more grant applications in the firsy four months of this year morethan $200 million – than in any full year of the school’ss history, Bookman said. The race has starter at , too.
The university has not yet securexany funds, though it went into a “frenzyt of activity” trying to do so, said Dr. Gary VP for research and technolog transfer. He estimated that NSU would applhy forabout $13 millionb in stimulus money. Among the applications in the pipelinew isa $300,000 grant for researcj that could help treat autism. Another study in the College of Dental Medicine wouldf look at how to regenerateteeth – a projectf that could have applications for bone Margules said. Unfortunately, the in Jupiterr is still too young to apply forstimulus But, that will likely changes as the institute puts a scientifix director in place in August, said Dr.
Claudia VP of institutional development. For Soutnh Florida’s growing biotechnology cluster, the stimulus money will further propepl one of the few sectors ofSouth Florida’s that is alread moving ahead on its own Orf said. “We are actuall on a growth curve, whereas other regions are

AOL buys Facebook rival Bebo - Washington Business Journal:

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The deal is part of the AOL's transitionj away from dial-up Internet as it aims to get a sliced of the competitive social mediaq market and togrow internationally. Bebo is one of the largestr social networking sites in the Unitede Kingdom with 40million members. "Bebk is the perfect complementto AOL'x personal communications network and puts us in a leading positiom in social media," said AOL's chief executivew Randy Falco in a statement. founded by Michael and Xochu Birchin 2005, has 100 employees operatintg out of its headquarters in U.K., San Franciscp and Austin, Texas. It plans to launcy in five countries this according tothe statement.
Bebo Presideng Joanna Shields will continue to lead that AOL also said it launched 17 international Web sitesz last year and aims to expand to 30 countries by the endof 2008. AOL, a subsidiarh of (NYSE: TWX), announced last year it was movinbg its headquarters from Dulles to New York by this sprintg to be in the center of themedia world. Although the company also cut 2,00o AOL jobs in October, including 750 in Northernm Virginia, it continues to say it will maintain a significant presenc e at its Dulles campus where thereare 4,000 employees.

Fed's Beige Book: Midwest contraction

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Whereas some industries experienced substantial drops in activity during the past six modest increases in other sectors led the Fed to characterizde theNinth District’s contraction as moderating. The Nintn Federal District includes Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Southg Dakota, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan andnorthwesterh Wisconsin. Consumer spending and tourism were still buthad “improved somewhat from the previouz few months,” according to the Fed. The service secto continued to experiencedecreased revenue, employment and profits compared to a year ago, and further profigt contraction is likely.
The Fed characterizecd the commercial real estate sectoras “anemic,” addint that residential construction continued at steadily low The residential real estate markef did see more activity than in the previous reportinf period. Manufacturing continued its slide, as did energy and mining. some wind energy projectss continue tomove forward, and gold minea are at “near capacity production.” Labor marketes continued to struggle. Job cuts in Minnesota, many of them in the healt h careand medical-device fields, were cited by the Fed in its assessmenyt of labor conditions. Wage increases were and firms surveyed by the Fed expect toincreas employees’ wages by 1.
8 percent over the next year. Pricew increases, however, were “subdued,” with the risinh cost of gas a notable theFed reported. The Fed’s next Beige Book reporrt is dueJuly 29.

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