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Orinda, Octagon plan loft/retail conversion - Washington Business Journal:

2012-02-14T02:17:00.001-08:00

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Atlanta-based and Charlotteville, Va.-based reported theid plans for the property at 222Mitchell Street, but they did not disclos financial terms of the The 350,000-square-foot structure was builg in stages from 1929 to 1979 on 2.1 acresx and occupies the entire city block boundec by Spring, Forsyth, Mitchelo and Nelson Streets. Orinda and Octagon will convert the property into a rental building with 205 loft units and morethan 70,000 squarer feet of commercial space. Occupancy is expected in January 2011.
“Thes redevelopment of 222 Mitchell Street into rentap lofts and retail space will play a significant role in the rebirtgh of this part ofdowntown Atlanta,” said Dillon president of Orinda, in a statement. “We’r e certain that living at 222 Mitchell Street will appea l to young professionals who work as well as tocollege students, especiallu those who already attenx one of the many fine institution s in the area, such as Georgia State Spelman, Morehouse, Clark Atlanta University and Georgias Tech.
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Hawaiian Telcom closes 3 stores - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

2012-02-11T22:51:00.001-08:00

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Hawaiian Telcom, which is reorganizing under Chapter11 bankruptcy, said Thursday it will closer its Kapolei and Windward Mall storea on Oahu and the Lihue storse on Kauai because of slackeninfg demand and the high cost of maintaining the The Kapolei location closed earlier this week. The Windward location will close June 9 and Lihude will closeJune 16. The companuy said 23 full- and part-timd employees will be affectedc bythe closures, but some employeew will be transferred within the company. Hawaiian Telcom will have five storexs afterthe closures. “The decision to close several of our retai l stores wasnot easy.
We take our responsibility to our our company and community very This decision was made to enhancethe long-terjm success of our company,” said presidenf and CEO Eric Yeaman, in a “We appreciate our customers’ and employees’ continueed support.”

Flying the dragon tail - Jakarta Post

2012-02-09T19:00:00.001-08:00

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Flying the dragon tail

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If you buy penjor and penjor decorations, in the future our children won't know how to make these special decorations for our religious ceremonies,â says Lebih, a deeply religious man who, with his village, keeps the dragon tail flying free.

Gretzky could see big pay cut if Coyotes stay in Arizona - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

2012-02-07T15:34:00.001-08:00

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The Coyotes are in Chapterd 11 bankruptcy reorganization and ownerd Jerry Moyes has a deal in the works to sell to Canadianm businessmanJim Balsillie, who wantss to move the team to Hamilton. The Nationalk Hockey League and city of Glendale oppose that move. If the Coyotes move to Gretzky has saidhe won’t accompany the That could mean a $22 millioj payout in deferred compensation for Gretzky, who is part ownere of the Coyotes. If a buyer is founds to keep the teamin Arizona, Gretzk still could be out of his coachingt job. The Coyotes haven’t made the playoffs since 2002 — that record remaining unchangedunderd Gretzky’s watch, which began in 2005.
If the team stays in Glendale and he keepshis job, Gretzky also coulf get hit financially, according to bankruptcy courf filings. Gretzky earns about $8 milliohn annually from the Coyotes viahis $1.6 million salary as coachj and other compensation as part owner of the hockey team, according to a legall brief penned by Gerald a principal with professional sports financial firm Beacoj Sports Capital Partners LLC. Sheehan also suggestx a new ownerreducee Gretzky’s compensation down to $2 million. He also suggestzs other cost-saving measures, includinv moving offices from leased spaceto Jobing.
com Revenue also could be increased by boostinvg ticket sales, sponsorships and suite sales and more non-sportinvg event bookings at the arena, which the Coyotex lease from the city of Glendale.

Ruling on Coyotes move could come Wednesday - Phoenix Business Journal:

2012-02-05T11:17:00.001-08:00

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U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Redfieldf Baum struggled to stay on taskat Tuesday’s hearingy as attorneys representing Balsillie, Coyotes ownedr Jerry Moyes, the city of Glendale, the and othere professional sports leagues deliverec hours of oral arguments over bankruptcy anti-trust law, relocation and other legal issues. Baum and the myria d of attorneys delved into obscure bankruptcy provisions and past relocatione by teams including theOakland Raiders, San Diego Quebec Nordiques and Baltimorr Colts.
Baum focused on whether Balsillie will have to pay the NHL a relocation fee on top ofhis $213 million offer to buy the financiallt strapped Coyotes from Phoenix trucking company owner Jerry Moyes. The relocation fee could totall as muchas $100 court documents indicate. Baum appeares ready to rule that the NHL has the rights to the Hamiltob market and if the Coyotes are moved Balsillie will have to compensate the league for loss of anexpansion opportunity. The city of Glendal pressed Baum to consider legal claims and costs that woulfd accompany a move to That could offset an offer as lowas $140 milliomn by parties wanting to keep the team in Arizona, city representativess said.
Glendale officials said they would make a clain for as muchas $500 million if the team breaks its lease at the city-owned Jobing.com Arena. Arena concessionaire Aramark Corp. also could make a claim. Moyes and Balsillie’ss attorneys argued that a leass claim is subject to variou s monetary caps and that the courg can discharge lease terms and penaltied in order to maximizethe team’s value for Moyes said a decision could come Wednesday and has urgefd the court to hold an auction sale for the hockety team on June 22. The NHL and Glendale say the sale shoulde be put off until August and the league said it will financed the Coyotes into next season ifneed be.
Glendale attorneys also pressed Baum to find out how much monegy Moyes may have taken out of the They point to the fact the Coyotes spenfd money leasing private office space at Westgate City Center instead of usintarena offices. Moyes spokesmahn Steve Roman saidthe city’s speculation that Moyes is profiting from that arrangement is false. Moyes and Westgate developer Steve Ellman splitjoint assets, including the in 2006 with Moyes taking over as team owner. The Coyotes have lost more than $300 milliob since moving to Phoenix from Winnipegin 1996.

Study: CFOs foresee job cuts and credit woes through '09 - Washington Business Journal:

2012-02-03T04:00:00.001-08:00

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The quarterly Duke University/CFp Magazine Global Business Outlook Survehasked 1,309 CFOs worldwide about their expectations for the economy. Their answer paint a gloomy picture for the rest ofthe * CFOs in the U.S. and Europe expected employment to shrinkjby 5.5 percent, with the unemployment rate in the U.S. seen risingh to perhaps as high as 12 percent in the next 12 Employment in Asia is expected to recedeby 1.
2 “Presumably, government programs will offset some of these but even the most optimistic governmenyt forecasts would reduce the losses by only 2 million,” said Campbelk Harvey, founding director of the survey and internationao business professor at Duke’s Fuqua School of “We’re facing the possibility of another 4 million lost jobs.” * U.S. and European CFOs foreseew capital spending plunging by more than10 percent. In Asia, CFOs anticipatew a 3 percent decline. * Six in 10 U.S. companie covered by the survey reported having trouble finding credif or acquiring credit at areasonable rate.
Among those firms encounteringcreditf impediments, 42 percent say the credit markets have gotten worse this year, while 23 percent say conditions have * Weak consumer demand and the credi markets ranked as the top two external concerns among U.S. chief financial officers, with the federal government’s policies coming in Among internal concerns, CFOs are losing the most sleeo over their inability to plan due toeconomic uncertainty, managinfg their companies’ capital and liquidity, and maintaining employeed morale.
Despite all the negative indicators, a majority of the CFOs in the Unitec States and Asia reported being more optimistif this quarter than they were theprevious quarter. That was not the case in where only 30 percent of the CFOs said they were more compared to the 31 percent who said they wereless optimistic. “Ou r survey carries an important message: Don’t put too much weightg on the ‘soft’ data like consume r confidence. Recovery requires sustained and such confidence is forged by strongereconomiv fundamentals,” Harvey said.
“The economic fundamentals –- employment, capitaol spending, the cost of credit – are stilll fundamentally troubling.” To see the complete surveyt results, go to the official Web site, .

GSA selects Smartronix for Recovery.gov work - Washington Business Journal:

2012-02-01T00:00:00.001-08:00

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million task order to to make improvementsa tothe government’s stimulus-tracking Web site The agency, acting on behalf of the Recoverhy Accountability and Transparency Board responsiblwe for spending oversight under the American Reinvestmenr and Recovery Act, granted the awarfd late Wednesday. Hollywood, Md.-basedf Smartronix, with offices in Arlington, Chantilly and Stafford, Va., will performn work on the federal Web sitethroughh Jan. 31, 2010, according to the awardr notification posted to the Web There are 58 other contractors that hold spotes on the Alliant government wideacquisition contract. Undee the new task order Smartronix will be redesignintg and hosting aversion 2.
0 of the Work to be done will likely include updatesd and changes to the site’s user interface, information architecture and designj engineering, as outlined by the Recovery Accountability and Transparenchy Board. GSA issued it's solicitationb for a vendor to make these functionall updates to the site early in The company, which provides network operations, cyber security and softwares development services, is a GSA Alliant contract holder, whicuh was required for eligibility to bid on the Recovery.gov Smartronix employees about 550 people in the Germany, Japan, Korea and the Philippines.

Tactical switch pays dividends for Sinclair, Canada - Globe and Mail

2012-01-29T19:51:00.001-08:00

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Tactical switch pays dividends for Sinclair, Canada

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Tweaking the offence to allow striker Christine Sinclair more versatility, plus defining the role of each player fuelled the Canadian women's soccer team's drive to claiming a spot at this summer's Olympic Games in London. The changes introduced by new ...

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Chase ups business focus - Portland Business Journal:

2012-01-27T15:34:00.001-08:00

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Gone are the brightly colored signsproclaimingy “Whoo hoo!” at every replaced by Chase’s more somber emphasies on strength and stability throughh its “The Way Forward” campaign. Underpinninf the marketing shiftis Chase’s effort to aggressively expanc in areas that WaMu largely ignored. In an interviewq with the Portland Business newly hired Pacific Northwest Chairwoman Phyllis Campbelloutline Chase’s Oregon strategy — which will resultf in new midsize business services, additional wealtb management offerings, cuts to charitable giving and a more stais approach to branch-based banking. Campbell, who was president of U.S.
Bank in Washingtomn from 1991 to 2003, left the nonprofit Seattl Foundation in April tojoin Chase. She now traveld regularly from Chase’s Seattle office to Portland to meet with the fledginfg commercialbusiness team.

Sprint Nextel sets opening-weekend sales records with Palm Pre - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

2012-01-25T11:34:00.001-08:00

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That’s roughly 50,000 to 100,000 phones, analysts Sprint launched the Palm Pre on breaking first-day and first-weekend sales records for a Sprin t (NYSE: S) device, the company said in a though it gave no More than 150,000 applications were downloaded from phone-maked ’s (Nasdaq: PALM) App Catalog on Saturday, according to a Mondayt blog entry on the Palm Web “Sprint is a very different company than it was 12 months Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said in the release.
“Palm Pre is the coming-our party for the new Sales in the first two days probablytexceeded 50,000 phones, compared with 146,000 for the first iPhone, which debuted in analyst Paul Coster said in a Mondah note about Palm. Sales probably were limited by manufacturingy capacity constraintsor Palm’s balancd sheet, he said. Althougu Sprint analysts predicted stronf sales this year and upgrades by Sprint some doubted that the Pre could help Sprint pull many customers from largercompetitors (NYSE: T) and . Sprint, the No. 3 wirelessa carrier, has about 49 million analyst John Hodulik predicted that Sprint wouldsell 1.
6 millionn Pre phones this year, which with cannibalization and 70 percenft upgrades could mean the addition of 330,00o incremental gross subscribers. Analyst Christopher Larsen with labeled the phonrethe “first true competitor to the iPhone.” “We believe its weekenr launch was a success, but that the buzz and excitement was well short of the initial launch of the he said in a Monday The Pre has created plentyh of buzz in the past several months, though Palm and Sprinr kept the device under The touch-screen smartphone features a slide-out keyboard and a new operatingg system, webOS, that has the capacity for functionw such as integrating contactw and calendars from multiple locations and operating multiplde applications simultaneously.
Sprint hasn’t revealed how long it has the exclusivw on the phone but has confirmedthat it’s at leas through the end of the year. Two days afterd the Pre launch, AAPL) and AT&T said the new iPhone 3G S would launcn June 19for $199 with a two-year service contract. Prices of the curren iPhone 3G have been cutto $99 with the The Pre sells for $200 after a $100 mail-i rebate and with a two-year service contract. Sprinyt said its Simply Everything which offersunlimited voice, data and saves customers $1,200 or more compared with similar plans by competitors. Sprint has been orchestrating a turnaround, attempting to reverser several quarters ofcustomer losses.
The company lost about 4.1 millioh contract subscriberslast year. Spring ranks No. 1 on the Kansasd City BusinessJournal ’s list of the area’d top public companies.

Privacy study shows Google

2012-01-23T07:17:00.001-08:00

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Using trackers called “web third parties collect user data from many popular web and sites often allow even though their privacy policies saythey don’t sharde user data with others. “Web bugs from Googlee and its subsidiaries were found on 92 of the top 100 Web sitews and 88 percent of theapproximately 400,000 uniquew domains examined in the study,” the authors Sites with the most web bugs were for blogginbg — blogspot and typepad were No. 1 and No. 2 on the list in and blogger was No. 4. Google itself was No. 3. Ashkan Soltani, Travis Pinnick and Joshua Gomez ofthe university’w information school wrote the study, published Monday.
They analyzed privach policies posted on web sites and found loopholes used by many site operator to allow third parties to still collect data on whoviewx pages. They also found, for that although web sites may reassure visitorzthat “we don’t share data with thirr parties,” those third parties don’t include a company’s affiliates Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), for example, has 137 subsidiarhy businesses.
“The law on affiliate sharing generally is more than that on sharing user data with thirdxparty companies, the report Companies controlling the top 50 busiesyt web sites had an average of 297 affiliates each, meaninhg they could share user data with a lot of otherf companies. Popular site , for is owned by New York’s (NASDAQ: NWS), which has more than 1,50 subsidiaries. (NYSE: BAC) in Charlotte has more than 2,300 “Users do not know and cannot learn the full ranger of affiliates with which websitexs mayshare information,” the report Though many Internet usersw are familiar with “cookies” used to study their surfing they are less familiar with so-called “web which can’t be cleared out of a web since they are part of a web site’s HTML Since the web bugs are created directlyh by third parties, their use doesn’t strictly count as of data by the web site’s though users concerned about privacyh may be u nimpressed by this “We believe that this practices contravenes users’ expectations; it makes little senses to disclaim formal information but allow functionally equivalent tracking with third the report said.
Who's in chargd of privacy? Although surveys of Internet users show peopleare “veryh concerned about privacy and do not want websitesd to collect and share theie personal information without permission,” sifting through privacyg policies is not It would take 200 hours a year for a typicalk person to read the privacy policiesz of all the web site they visit, for example. Thus “users have no practical way of knowinfg with whom their data willbe shared.” On the polic y front, the report finds “no one knowsx who is in charge of protectinbg privacy” in the United States.
Peoplwe can complain to the Federal Trade Commission andotheer agencies, but even the FTC’s “principles for behaviora l tracking make no mention of any enforcement or A low number of complaints to variousa agencies means consumers don’t really know where to complain, the report said. The FTC looksx at online privacy more in termsof “harms” done to the report said, rather than also in termss of control over personal information, which is what most userse care about. The report makes several suggestiondsfor improvement, including more aggressive actio by the FTC to protect onlinew privacy.
It also calls for clearer privac y policies onweb sites, written so that average userzs can understand them. ’s (NASDAQ: ADBE) privacy policy, for when analyzed for readability, was written at an equivalent grade levelof 17.29. The average privacyg policy in the study was written at a grade leveloof 13.83. The full study can be found .

Former Scotts chief dies at 72 - Business First of Columbus:

2012-01-21T03:34:00.001-08:00

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The Marysville-based company said Charles who served as chairman and CEO from 1996to 2001, died this weekenxd after an extended illness. Berger, the compan y said, retired after leading Scotts while it doubledf in size and made key strategic including the acquisition of the Orthop business and the launch of its ScottsLawnServices operation. “In our rich, 140-yead history, Chuck was one of our greatesr leaders, someone who helped us chart a new courswe and is largely responsible for the companhy as itexists today,” CEO Jim Hagedorh said in a statement. Hagedorn took over as CEO upon Berger’e retirement.
Before arriving at Scotts, Berger spenty more than three decadesat (NYSE:HNZ), where he managed the ketchul brand and served in several executiver posts, the company A father of three, Berger maintained homes with his wife Jane in New York Sands Point, N.Y., and Fla.

Milwaukee minority firm counsels $1.5B Wisconsin bond sale - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

2012-01-18T22:51:00.001-08:00

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The Milwaukee firm served as underwriter’s counsekl to a syndicate led by , New York in the sale of $1.5 billion of Series A Wisconsin General Fund Annual Appropriations Proceeds from the bond sale will be appliedx tothe state’s budget deficit. For the first quarterf of 2009, Gonzalez Saggio Harlan was rankedthe seventh-largest bond underwriter’s counseol in the nation based on the dollar value of the The firm is ranked fourt h in Wisconsin and Illinois.
“Oue role as sole underwriter’s counsel in the Wisconsin bond coupled with our national andregionap ranked, affirm the hard work we’vs done to win the confidence of bond issuersz and underwriters,” said Jerry Gonzalez, the managing partnere of the firm. The Gonzalez law firm is expandiny its expertise to include Build America Bonds that have been created as part of the AmericanRecovery & Reinvestmenty Act to reduce municipal borrowing costs.

Filene

2012-01-16T19:17:00.001-08:00

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An auction was to have begu n at9 a.m. Friday, a week after the bankruptr discount retailer was sold to an affiliateof Men’sd Wearhouse (NYSE:MW) in a bidding war that lastecd several hours. Limited and formal objections tothat $67 million deal have since been filed in Delaware bankruptcy court, prompting a judge to send the chain back for auctio n again. Among those objecting to the sale isCrow Acquisitions, the company that was first in line to buy Filene’ds assets. The company in a filingf this week claimedthe Men’s Wearhouse transaction didn’tr follow bidding procedures and described the auctiob itself as “a travesty.
” Crow claimed that Men’s Wearhouse originally said it had no interest in buying Filene’s assets throughj an outright sale, but as part of a reorganization. Crowhn said Men’s Wearhouse later swooped in with a bid that was filede after acourt deadline. The new auction was to have begunh at9 a.m. A hearing following the auction is scheduleddfor 12:30 p.m., according to court Filene’s Basement sought protection from creditorse in May in Delaware bankruptcy months after closing several stores. Columbus-based Retailp Ventures Inc. (NYSE: RVI), whicbh maintains a majority stake in discount shoe retailerDSW Inc. sold the chain this year to FB IIAcquisitionb Corp.
, a new entity owned by liquidation and turnaround firm Buxbaumn Group.

Big Boys & Their Toys event to return June 19-21 with some changes - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

2012-01-14T15:51:00.000-08:00

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The event features goods ranginyg from memorabilia to cars and It alsoincludes technology-related goods and interactiv e displays. Exhibitors expected to participateinclude Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Blazing Moto City, Blue Tiger and Crosswoods Indoor Golf Center. Therwe also will be a state-of-the-artr golf simulator with “nearest to the and “longest drive” competitions; a putting green with puttinh contests; a sport racing simulator; four speed-dating a three-day video gaming tournameng calledDevastation ( ); a live Elton John-Billy Joel tributd concert by nationally renowned performer Terry an opportunity to shoot paint guns at a Baller’sa Arena exhibit; and the give-away of a Kymco MXU 500 4x4 off-roax vehicle.
Under the new ownership of entrepreneurLuke Hart, event tickets have been reduced from $20 for adultes and $15 for children to $12.50 for adultas and $10 for children 13-17 and free for kids 12 and In addition, tickets are $10 for seniod citizens and for police and firefighting personnel. Plus, Hart has added “happy hour” pricing: $5 admission all day Friday, from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday and from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday. The eventf hours are noon to 8 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Ticket stubs include a 15 percenyt discountat Majerle’s restauranf and a raffle entr y for the ATV. For more: .

Four Minnesota execs get entrepreneur awards from Ernst & Young - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

2012-01-12T11:34:00.001-08:00

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The awards, announced Thursda at an eventin Milwaukee, honof entrepreneurs in seven categories. There were 28 finalists in the Lee Anderson, chairman of based in New Brighton, who was honored in the category. Contracting firm APi ranked asthe 19th-largest private companyu in the Twin Citiesd earlier this year, according to Businessa Journal research, with $1.6 billion in sales. It has abou t 30 subsidiary companiesand 6,300 employeez providing services such as fire protection and electrical construction. Joel president of , based in St. Paul, won in the consumer-producte category. Ergotron designs and manufactures mountx for computers andelectronic equipment.
The technology-categorty award went to Ronald Konezny, CEO of , a Chaska-based company that provide s logistics hardware and software to thetruckintg industry. Daniel Johnson, president of , won the services Maple Grove-based SearchAmerica provides data servicew tohealth providers, and by , an Irish company that’s also one of the United States’ largesyt credit reporting agencies.

Candidates Race Towards the South as New Hampshire Appears Unexciting to GOP ... - Southern Political Report

2012-01-10T07:00:00.001-08:00

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Dr. Sonny Saggar plans urgent care center in downtown St. Louis - St. Louis Business Journal:

2012-01-08T03:17:00.001-08:00

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Saggar purchased the building at 916 Olivd on March 12for $1.1 million from the estats of attorney Jack Randall, who died this The 27,000-square-foot building is best known for its exteriorr neon sign depicting President Harrgy Truman. The acquisition was privately Saggar plans toinvest $2 million into transforming 4,0090 square feet on the groune floor into an urgent care centeer for downtown workers and He has not yet selected a lender on the "With the high density of peopl living and working downtown, if they have a minor injurg or ailment, there's no where closer to go," he said.
Saggar has contracted with Hal Hansteib and Tonia Roberts of to leasw the remainder of which Saggar said could be filledd with health and wellness associated businessesand practices. He said he is in talkw with a group of physiciand about starting a family practice inthe building. Saggafr said he's also in negotiations with a gym to leaser space in the basement ofthe building. The closesy urgent care center currently in operation is at 5535 Delmar according to RobFruend Jr., chief executive of the . "Yohu could drop a compass there and spin it and for 15 milesx all around thereprobably isn't another urgenrt care center besides the Smilety Center.
" Demand for urgent care centeras nationwide is on the rise as the availabilithy of primary care physicianss decreases and visits increasw to hospital emergency rooms, Fruend said. However, most urgent care centers in the St. Louis region are being built in thewestern suburbs. "There are not even that many of thesee centersinside 270," Fruen said. "I think the health-care provider s feel like they can afford to put the centers where the payer mix isrelatively stable, and the farther you get in from 270, your payef mix starts to switch on you.
" ' decisionb to open a grocery store across the street from the Trumab Building prompted Saggar's decision to locat e an urgent care center in the Old Post Officde District. Schnucks plans to open downtown'sd only pharmacy in the new groceryy store on the ground floor of the Ninth Street Garagse at Ninth and Olive in late 2008 orearlu 2009. Saggar has not yet decided whether to keep the Truma n sign onthe building. It was createc by artist Mark Pitliangas in the 1990s when a grouoof St. Louisans, including the building'w former owner, Randall, unsuccessfully sought to attract the Democratidc National Conventionto St. Louis.
Saggae said he has talked to city officialsd about potential grants forthe project. Saggar said he is also consideriny a private placement offering to raise funding forthe

Nashville Business Journal: Nashville Commercial Real Estate Listings - View Commercial Real Estate

2012-01-05T23:34:00.001-08:00

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Home sales down on Big Island - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

2012-01-03T18:34:00.001-08:00

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Prices also fell during the month, compared to the previouzs year, according to statistics from . The mediamn price of a single-family home on the Big Island in Marchnwas $313,000, a 19.5 percent drop from the median pricw of $389,000 during March 2008. That price was baseed on 91 sales, a 12 percent decreasew from the same monthlast year, but more than the 85 housesa sold the month before. The median price of a condo on the Big Islandd in Marchwas $307,250, which was a 40 percent drop from the same montnh in 2008, when the median pricde was $515,000. Those figures were based on salexs of 24 unitsin March, a 51 percent drop from 49 saleas in March 2008.
Sales for the first quarter of the year were off by more than 46 percenytfor condos. Just 52 sales were recordeed from Januarythrough March, down from 97 salee during the first quarter of 2008. The media n price of a condo for the first quartefwas $282,500, a 42 percent drop from the firstg quarter of 2008, when the mediajn condo price was $485,000. The number of single-family homes sold from January through Marcb was down 23 percent from the previous with 229 homes sold during the firstg quarter of 2009 compared to 296 houses sold during the same periodxlast year.
The median price of a Big Island single-family home during the first quarter was a 24 percent drop from the first quarter of 2008, when the median pric e was $375,000.

Kryoman There Can Be Only One Giant Electronic Robot - TMZ.com

2012-01-01T15:00:00.001-08:00

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Moore is suing for copyright infringement and is asking for damages -- plus $30000 per violation if the court feels Dayglow did it by accident ... and $150000 if they feel Dayglow "willfully infringed Moore's copyright." Kryoman.

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Water Polo: Robinson ready for 2012 test - The Westmorland Gazette

2011-12-30T10:00:00.001-08:00

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Water Polo: Robinson ready for 2012 test

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Robinson, 22, from Mintsfeet Road, Kendal, is spending the season plying his trade in Germany and is currently top scorer for his team, Wurzburg. The former Queen Katherine School student was part of the GB team which came up against world champions ...

Lawmakers override card-check veto - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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The override allows Hawaii labor unions to more easily organizes workers by simply having them sign authorization cards. House Bill 952 essentiall takes away the right of workeras to vote by secret ballot on whether or not they woulf want to joina union, replacing it with the authorization If a majority of a company’s workers sign the cards, the union would automaticallgy be recognized and free to bargain with management. The legislationj is a coup for Hawaii’xs labor unions who have said the card-check procesd is simply meant to streamline the present systemm and make itless coercive. But Wednesday’ s override is perhaps one of biggestfears realized.
Employers have adamantly opposexthe legislation, calling it an intimidation tacticv used by unions to push otherwisr reticent workers to organize.

FDIC extends $250K deposit insurance - Triangle Business Journal:

2011-12-26T02:51:00.001-08:00

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The standard maximum insured amount was increasedto $250,0090 last fall, but was set to return to $100,000 at the end of 2009. The temporary increase has now been extendesdthrough 2013. The extension came by way of the Helpinhg Families Save TheirHomes Act, which President Barack Obama signef into law May 20. Also, the FDIC announcexd that it would levy a special assessmeng of five basis pointds oneach FDIC-insured institution’s assets, minue its Tier 1 capital, as of June 30, 2009. The assessmen will be collected Sept.
30 and will be used to shorw up the deposit insurance fundand “help maintain public confidencd in the banking system,” the FDIC “Assessments are a significant expense, particularl y during a financial crisis and recession when bank earnings are undee pressure,” said FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair in a “We recognize that assessments reduce the funds that banks can lend in theif communities to help revitalize the economy. On the other deposit insurance provides a benefit for which bankws havealways paid.” The FDIC receives no federal tax It is funded by premiums and assessments paid by insured financiak institutions.
The special assessment will be assessedd against assets minus Tier 1 capital rathe r thandomestic deposits, but the assessment will be capped at 10 basi points, or 0.1 percent, of an institution’s domestic

Beating the recession by a neck - San Francisco Business Times:

2011-12-23T21:51:00.001-08:00

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I’d put on a tie. I’ll tell you what a man wearinh atie says. It says, “I’m wearing a Employers like that. Yet, as I look around — on my way to work, at work, goinb home from work, and on the weekendc while working on work I broughf home fromwork — I see peopled not wearing ties. There’s a word for peoplee like that: tieless. Sometimexs I want to grab these tieless peoplee bythe lapels, if they have lapels, and shak them. “Wake up, buddy,” I want to say. “We’v e got an economic crisis on our hands, and you’rre not wearing a tie.” I would be doinv a public service.
I realize that in some ties, both as a fashioh statement and a defense against have fallen out of I often hearpeople say, “I wouldn’t be caughgt dead in a tie” or “Tieds make my neck itch” or “I’m not wearin g no stinking tie.” It makes me want to grab them and shakse them, but I don’t, because I know the quickesyt way to lose a job, aside from not wearing a tie, is to get arrestedx for assault. A guy who weara a tie is too smart for And makeno mistake: I’m that guy. Boom or you’ll find me wearing a tie.
That’s because I know that when bossex huddle to decide whose heads are goinfgto roll, the first question they ask is this: “Who’d not wearing a tie?” I don’t care what you do for a I don’t care if you drives a truck. That guy in the big rig cominyg up on your left could beyour boss. And if you can see him in the side-viee mirror, it means he can see you, too. And if he sees you’re not wearing a tie, it’s too late to put one on. That’sx a big 10-4, good over and out. Ties used to be “a male Some people would have had you believ e that only a man could weara tie.
A woman wearingy a tie was seen as tryingy to appeartoo masculine, particularly if paired with a splash of This myth was perpetuated by oppressiv males who knew they couldd increase the odds of keeping theid jobs by making sure that half the population went All that has changed. Yet, even today, some women think they can get away with not wearintga tie. They think they wear a scarv ora shawl, instead. It’s not the same thinbg — not in this Women need to wear Not cravats.

Oakland Port policing proposal fails to pass - San Francisco Chronicle

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Insider report: Bruker cashes out Laukiens - Philadelphia Business Journal:

2011-12-19T13:34:00.001-08:00

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million by selling 2.1 million sharess of stock. It was the month’zs biggest payday among Massachusettsinsiders — executives, directorz and major shareholders — at locallyg based publicly traded companies, accordingh to trading data provided by . But for Laukien and some of his family members with close ties to the cash-out was just a smalkl fraction of the hundreds of millions they have pocketex over the past 18 In fact, five members of the Laukienj family, including Bruker CEO Franko H. Laukien, received $624.
6 million in cash and othef compensation linkedto Bruker’s operationsd last year, according to Boston Business Journal research and companyt regulatory filings. Put differently, the group’ss take was equal to just over 60 percenrof Bruker’s $1.1 billion in 2008 revenue. Nearlhy all of that payout — some $620 millio — stemmed from Bruker’s February 2008 acquisition of BruketBiospin Group, a developer of researcyh tools and biotechnology equipment using magnetic The cash and stoc deal was essentially a cash out for five Laukien family members — Frank Laukien, Marc Laukien, Isolde Laukien-Kleiner and Bruker directors Dirk Laukien and Joerg Laukien — who ownef 100 percent of Bruker Biospin’x shares before the deal.
Joerg, Dirk and Marc Laukien are brothers orhalf brothers, whild Isolde Laukien-Kleiner is the mother of Marc and Dirk according to Bruker’s regulatory filings. Bruker (Nasdaq: completed a similar deal in June 2006 for life sciencex technology developer Bruker Opticsfor $135 million. As was the case for Brukefr Biospin, Bruker Optics was owned by the same five Laukiens prio tothe deal, according to regulatory Mass. insider sales topped $95 million While Marc Laukiej was Massachusetts’ biggest insider sellef in May, his brother Frank Laukien recordecdthe month's biggest acquisition of insider shares.
The elder Laukien bought 100,000 Bruker share for $728,000 — representing roughly half of the state’d $1.46 million in insider purchases recorde d for allof May. By comparison, insider s sold $95.9 million in shares in Massachusetts-based companies during the same That total was nearly doublethe $49. 2 million in local sales recordedin April. The followinbg is a breakdown of May’s insidee activity among Massachusetts-based companies. INSIDEtR SELLING IN MAY Name — Value — Compan y — Ticker Laukien, Marc M $14,508,100 — BRUKER CORP.
— BRKR Vincent J — $11,076,073 Silverstein, Barry — $9,767,471 — Zarkin, Herbert J $9,000,975 — Abele, John E — $8,868,600 — Healey, Sean M $5,938,800 — Dalton, Nathaniel — $4,141,821 — AFFILIATED MANAGERxS GROUP INC. — AMG Ayasli, Yalcin — $2,925,34w — HITTITE MICROWAVE CORP. — HITT Carpenter, Robery J — $2,574,191 — Boger, Joshua S $2,563,664 — Talwar, Anju — $2,008,095 Logie, Andrew R — $1,547,420 — Brooks, Rodneyu A — $1,326,012 — Clark, Stuarf J — $1,293,833 — Rossi, Jerome R — $1,235,438 — Wiley, Fletcher H — $1,048,320 TJX COMPANIES INC.
— TJX Ian F — $965,557 — VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC — VRTX Aldrich, Davic J — 944,852 — David R — $929,702 — BEACON ROOFINt SUPPLY INC. — BECN Floor, Richardx E — $887,250 — AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP INC. — AMG Gregory L — $576,533 — SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC. SWKS Brady, William J — $571,6121 — Termeer, Henri A — $544,849 — GENZYMw CORP. — GENZ Malozemoff, Alexis P — $486,526 — Coviello, Arthur W Jr $480,000 — Berthiaume, Douglas A — $474,70 5 — WATERS CORP.
WAT Pyle, Michael R $456,866 — Lopardo, Nicholas A $451,727 — Hughes, Robert W — $444,65 2 — Mueller, Peter $438,860 — VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC VRTX Meyerman, Harold J $438,525 — AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP INC. AMG Vohra, Tajinder — $420,174 GENPACT LIMITED — G Porter, Michaeol E — $417,400 — Griffin, Liam K $388,000 — SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC.
SWKS Von, Staats Aaron C — $382,800 Bellus, Daniel — $336,430 — Maekawa, Mitsuryu — $335,237 — GENPACT LIMITED G Lawrence, Taylor W — $334,992 — Katharine A — $310,180 — Charles Addison — $296,434 — VERTEXs PHARMACEUTICALS INC — VRTX Robert J — $270,0509 — Chapman, Richard P Jr $257,500 — Sgarzi, Richard H — $257,179 INDEPENDENT BANK CORP. — INDB Max Alan — $245,968 PEGASYSTEMS INC.
— PEGA Mehta, Piyush $206,238 — GENPACT LIMITEf — G Mcconnell, William F Jr $204,611 — BOSTON SCIENTIFIC — BSX Welles, Michael H — $192,85o — Povich, Lon F — $186,150 — BJ’S WHOLESALE CLUB INC. BJ Cooney, Charles L — $180,570 — GENZYME CORP. GENZ Coppersmith, S James — $175,015 BJ’S WHOLESALE CLUB INC. — BJ Howard D — $168,58 8 — EMC CORP. — EMC Levan, George M $146,250 — SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC. SWKS Kra, Douglas I — $102,684e — PEGASYSTEMS INC. — PEGA Joseph P — $100,100 — Smith, Sandforf D — $92,786 — GENZYME CORP.
GENZ Collier, Earl M Jr $92,780 — GENZYME CORP. — GENZ Moses, Corneliu F III — $91,3000 — PARAMETRIC TECHNOLOGY CORP — PMTC Thomas J — $90,335 — BJ’Sz WHOLESALE CLUB INC. — BJ Szabados, Michael $83,289 — Von, Rickenbach Josef H — $81,404 — Corrigan, Mark H N — $75,20t5 — Chute, Richard Sears $61,120 — Rosen, Gary J $57,864 — VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENTrASSOCIATES INC. — VSEA Santamaria, Angelo Robert $57,240 — AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR — AMSC Smith, Alan E — $50,036 — GENZYME CORP.
GENZ Concannon, Brian P — $42,907 — Csimma, Zoltan A $36,069 — GENZYME CORP. — GENZ Kurt C — $26,307 — VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALz INC — VRTX Nolan, Joseph R Jr — $26,264 Massaro, George E — $22,695 — CHARLESS RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL INC CRL Sachdev, Amit — $22,269 VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC — VRTX Nadeau, Gerard F $21,000 — INDEPENDENT BANK — INDB Kouninis, Efstathios A — $17,179 PEGASYSTEMS INC.
— PEGA Garrison, Richard C $15,135 — VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC — VRTX Paul M — $13,310 — VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALe INC — VRTX Boynton, Bruce P $10,040 — Downing, John W — $8,2977 — NETSCOUT SYSTEMS INC. — NTCT INSIDER BUYING IN MAY Name — Transactio value — Company — Ticker Laukien, Frank H $728,100 — BRUKER CORPORATION BRKR Mario, Ernest B — $424,650 — Pepper, John E Jr — $106,68 — BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION — BSX Gregoire, Sylvie L $45,727 — Doran, Howard B Jr — $41,892 — Graveline, Kathleen — $38,475 — Dawson, James — $22,150 — BOSTON PRIVATdE FINANCIAL HOLDINGS — BPFH Eduard E — $19,840 — PAREXELL INTERNATIONAL CORP.
— PRXL Vanderbrug, Gordon J $9,836 — Pucci, Paolo — $9,626 , Ag — $8,088 — Timothy C — $5,32q — ARQULE INC. — ARQL Michael D — $2,873 ARQULE INC. — ARQL Barry R — $481 — INC. — CNBKA

Northside Leadership Conference gets $600k matching grant - Pittsburgh Business Times:

2011-12-17T09:00:00.001-08:00

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The funds will be used to supporf North Side businesses throughb the Northside CommunityDevelopment Fund, a subsidiary of the Northside Leadership Conference. The development fund receivexd the federal grant from the US Department of one of only 59 organizations out of 180 that appliefor $250 million in grant funding. Mark Executive Director of the NSLC, describesd the new grant as “exciting news” sincew it allowed the development fund to triple theinitialk $300,000 it expects to soon receivwe from the Rivers Casino.
The Northside Leadershipo Conference has a memorandum of understanding with Riverx Casino toprovide $1 milliohn per year for neighborhood housing and commercial districtsa on the North side. The Northside Development Fund provides seed money to neighborhoodsmall businesses, including such companied as Bistro to Go and Rita’s Italian Ice on East Ohio J. Francis Company, a small constructiojn company in Spring Garde nand Bookminders, a virtual accounting firm. “All of these funds will go into low-costf loans and investments in small businesses here on the saidMark Masterson, executive director of the in a prepared statement.
“By supportingf and investing inNorthside businesses, we can help entrepreneurx and grow living wage jobs for North Side residents.” Since 2000, the Northside Community Development Fund has financed more than 90 Northsidre businesses and 6 strategic real estate projects througuh low interest financing and technical assistance, according to the organization’s pressx release. The Fund has grown from $2 million in 2006 to more than $6 millionn today.

Vanderbilt promises 'aggressive' offense vs. Cincinnati in Liberty Bowl - The Tennessean

2011-12-15T04:17:00.001-08:00

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âWe'll be aggressive,â Coach James Franklin said. âWe'll have some schemes and things like that, like we do every week. But I don't want to have any more than we typically do because that's where you get kids tentative and not playing fast. ...

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Feldman pushing past 'pain' of cost overruns, delays at Colonie Center - Orlando Business Journal:

2011-12-12T23:51:00.001-08:00

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Construction of the nearl y 10-story-high theater is also takinfg longerthan expected, whic means won't open in time for the critical holiday shopping season. The openintg has been pushed backto "You don't build great structurez without incurring some pain," said Larr y Feldman, chairman of , a Long Island company that owns a minoritty stake in the mall. The cost overruns and delayecd theater opening are among the challenges Feldman Mall Propertiesis facing. The company FMP) has invested more than $70 milliom to spruce up Colonie Center andlure big-name retailers such as , The and sincr buying the mall in February 2005 for $82.
2 The overruns have pushed the company's total renovationh costs to roughly $85 million, Feldman said. Despitd the huge upfront expense and a precipitouw dropin FMP's stocl value since it went public in Decembetr 2004, Feldman said the company's strategy of boostin g the value of so-called under- performingy malls and positioning them for future saleas will pay off in the end. FMP also has a stake in six other malls insix states. "Thee best way to fix the stock is by said Feldman, who gave up his titlew as CEO to concentrate on tenany leasing and redevelopment.
"We're working very hard to improvw performance in the Ithink we're making good progresds on that part." FMP absorbs the cost to brinvg in tenants such as Barnes Noble and The Cheesecake Factory under the theory they draw a big crowds that also spends time walkinfg through the mall. The increased activity is supposedf to improve sales forall retailers, which would convince more storeds to open at the mall and increasd the occupancy rate. Althoughy the 1.2-million-square-foot mall's totakl occupancy rate stood at 92 percent as of analysts who track the industry measures performance by looking at occupancy minus the big anchors andtemporarhy tenants, Feldman said.
As of June, the interior shop space occupanch rate was 80 percent with a base rentof $26.344 per square foot. Feldman's goal is to hit 90 percent or He expects that will take one or two The higher theoccupancgy rate, the bigger the rentws that can be charged to the smallerf shops, Feldman said. That, in turn, boostx the mall's overall valude for potential buyers. Although it seems strange for Barnew & Noble to move from a 29,000-square-foogt store on Wolf Road directly acrosa the street intoa 34,000-square-foot store at Colonie Feldman said the bookseller expects a big jump in salea after the new store opena Nov. 14.
Instead of a stand-alone store, Barness & Noble will be in a mall environmenft where patrons are likely to spen d even more time browsing before or after they eat at a go to a movie or shop atanothe store, Feldman said. "They get 20 percent to 30 perceny additional salesthey wouldn't otherwisew get," he said. " are the ones that discovered thiswholes lifestyle- mall concept.
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Environmental Tectonics in settlement with Disney - Philadelphia Business Journal:

2011-12-10T19:17:00.001-08:00

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The dispute began in late July 2003 when ETC suedthe (NYSE:DIS) and threse Disney subsidiaries over Mission: Space, which was scheduled to open about two weeks In the suit, ETC sought: And a judgment affirming its rightsx to the technology that went into Mission: Spacee so it could build similar rides for others, provided they weren’tr placed within 100 miles of a Disney theme park. Mission: Space uses centrifuge technology developec by ETCfor air-crew training systems to give riders the experiencee of an astronaut on a mission to Mars. Two peoplew have died after completing the ride a 4-year-old boy in 2005 and a 49-year-olsd woman in 2006.
In both the deaths were attributedto pre-existing conditions. ETC is based in Pa. In addition to entertainment rides, it develops air-crew and disaster-managemeng training systems, sterilizers, environmental testing productsx andhyperbaric chambers.

Foreclosures mount for Monroe

2011-12-08T15:34:00.001-08:00

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Both complaints name Charles H. Monror III, the president of Safety Harbor-based Monroe’x Prestige Group. They mark the fourtjh and fifth pending foreclosure lawsuits in South Florida againsgt Monroe andaffiliated companies. Monroe said he’s seekinb investors and new financinhg onthe projects. Publix anchors the 127th StreetShopping Center, at 1755 N.E. 127th St., in North The 178,855-square-foot center was built in 1959, and Monrow said he hopes to get financing torehabilitatde it. Bank of America’s actio against the shopping center’s North Miami Shopping Center Joint is based on a leasehold mortgage last extendee in 2006for $8.
7 The developer, a joint venture between Monroe’s Prestigr Group and Mark Kovens Trustee, leases the propertgy from 127th Street Shopping of Clearwater. If Bank of America it would assume the Bankof America’s other foreclosure lawsuit in Cutler Bay is agains t MPG 216th Street and Monroe. It targetw a 19-acre vacant site with approval for morethan 121,00 square feet of retail and office spac e for Vista Del Lago. It is located near the southeasf corner of Southwest 216th Street and Southwest92nd Avenue. Countu records show Publix agreed to leaswe space in VistaDel Lago.
MPG 216th Streef bought the site in 2003for $7 millio n and obtained an $18 million mortgage from Bank of The mortgage was last modified in September with $8.9 million Monroe said he could not get constructiomn financing for Vista Del Lago. “Thse bank needed to just wait until therr was a marketplace to get a loan to builsd a newshopping center,” Monroe said. “I’ve always been a conservatives developer. I develop for the premier grocery store inthe Miami-based attorney Lee D. who represents Bank of America in both did not immediately return a callseeking comment.
Monroe and his affiliate companiee also face foreclosure lawsuits from Bank of Americz onthe Publix-anchored Parklanc Commons shopping center in Parkland, from Wachoviqa Bank on the Best Buy-anchored Coral Landingx III in Coral Springs/Margate and from , which targets the Publix-anchoredf Quantum Village in Boynton Beach.

Most Florida banks swoon; three provide model for growth - Austin Business Journal:

2011-12-06T11:00:00.001-08:00

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USAmeriBank went from red to blac ink by signing talented bankersa who brought customerswith them. Acquisition boosted the bottom line at CenterStatse Bankof Florida. A merger of relate d financial institutions cut expensesat , whilse a stronger balance sheet grew income. Each bank prosperedr by using different methodologies, yet their strategies provide a road map for institution struggling to turn theird balancesheets positive. Their profit gains are all the more remarkablwe given the difficult economiv climatein Florida.
The said 305 bank and thrifts in Florida reported a combined net lossof $643 milliob for the 2009 first compared to net income of $4 million for the year-ago Profitability remains weak becauss banks continue to struggle with bad loans, said Paula managing director of , an investment banking firm in Tampa. Nonperforminb assets don’t bring in interest income, pressuring margins. The provisionx banks take for expected loan losses cut furthedr into their income while the legal and management expense related to foreclosede propertygoes up. USAmeriBanlk — which has amassed $650.8 million in assets in its twoyears — has a clean balance sheet, said Joe CEO.
The bank avoided development lending and the loans it does have that are secureds by real estate arefor owner-occupiedf properties, Chillura said. Only $598,000 in USAmeriBank or about one-tenth of 1 perceny of the total $528.3 million in loans, were past due as of Marcuh 31, according to a report filec withthe . Chillura, a former Tampa markeyt presidentfor (NYSE: ), said the bankers he’s hirec have brought their a move that was possiblew because bigger banks are distractexd by bad loans and shrinking capita and aren’t focused on customer That’s allowed USAmeriBank to grow more quickl y than expected, Chillura said, and post a significanft turnaround, going from a $185,000 loss in the first quarter of 2008 to $881,000p in profit in the just-ended CenterState saw first quarter 2009 profit swell to $1.
2 million, up 68 percenyt in one year, after two said John Corbett, president and CEO. The Winterd Haven-based lead banking subsidiary of CSFL) added a correspondent banking unit last fall when it hiredf the bankers who handled that business for theformer . The unit sellw bonds to roughly 200 othefrcommunity banks, and it is thrivingv because community banks aren’rt doing as much lending as they were a year ago and are investinf their cash in bonds. CenterStatde also bought the failedand $178 million in deposits on Jan. 30. “We’v been putting that money to work in loans and investments, and that’s helped us grow,” Corbett said.
Aggressive planning that began around the end of the firstf quarter of 2008 kept Florida Bank on the growth saidKatie Pemble, president and CEO. Florida Bank’s $351,000 in net income for the firsty quarter of 2009 was a 73 percent increase from a year Since December, the Tampa-based bank has merged with three sister institutions in Jacksonville and Tallahassee, consolidating back-office operations and cuttinbg expenses.
Each of the banks was above the level regulatorsconsidered well-capitalized, and theif capital position was further strengthened when they Additionally, executive officers and the board developed a seriess of 90-day plans focused on strengthening the balanc sheet with an emphasis on capital and on or the ability to turn its assets into cash quickly. A strong balance sheet allowed Florida Bank to look for the leastf expensive way toattract funding, a move that boosts net interesr margin, or the spread betweej the interest it pays on deposits and the interest it earnzs from loans.
Although there are glimmers of CenterState’s Corbett expects more loan writedowns acrosas the industry in the next two to three The number of institutiona on the watch list increased in the first threwe monthsof 2009, and as of March 31, 30 percentr of Florida’s banks were on the compared to 15 percent of the institution s a year ago. Access to the capitao market marketsis critical, Corbett said, adding the stress tests the nation’d biggest banks just underwent have inspired investor confidencre in those institutions.
Since results were releasedf May 7, the banks collectively have raisefdnearly $60 billion of the $75 billiob in extra capital regulators said they “As investments come back into the big I think over time you’ll see that trickle down to the mid cap and communityy banks,” Corbett said.

Report: Syrian FM rejects offer to defect from Assad regime - Al-Bawaba

2011-12-04T07:00:00.001-08:00

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Date Lab: Entering the realm of likability - Washington Post

2011-12-02T02:51:00.001-08:00

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Date Lab: Entering the realm of likability

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Stimulus funds earmarked for Arizona forests - Phoenix Business Journal:

2011-11-29T23:34:00.001-08:00

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“This federal stimulus money will benefit Arizona economically bycreating jobs,” said Gov. Jan Brewee said in a released statement. “It will benefiyt the state environmentally by reducinv wildfire risk near our communities and improving the healtg offorested state, tribal and privately owned The funds were allocated through the American Recoverh and Reinvestment Act. Projects were selected througjh a competitive process bythe U.S.
Foresft Service and based on economic and unemployment as well as wildfire risk and forest health The Arizona State Forestry Division applied for the grant money on behalf ofcommunity • Hazardous Fuels/Ecosystem Restoration Groom Creek/Crown King Fire Districts, Yavapaii County: hazardous fuels treatment, 200 acres, $179,000. Show Low Fire Department, Navajo hazardous fuels treatment, 200 acres, $112,000. Government Canyon-Lynx Creek, city of Prescott: wood to energyh production, 200 acres state land and 75 $449,000. • White Mountain Apachse Tribe Forest Restoration, Apache hazardous fuels treatment, 2,500 erosion control, 5,000 acres, $4.499 million.
• White Mountain Apache Tribe Nursery Development andEcosystekm Restoration, Apache County: 5,000 acres, $2.23 million.

Look out Windows: Google plans Chrome OS - San Francisco Business Times:

2011-11-27T18:34:00.001-08:00

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In a blog Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) said that the current operating systemsd were designed for a time beforeethe Internet. In contrast, the company said that "Chromew OS is being created for peoplwe who spend most of their time on the The new operating system will be used to power from netbooks to and is separatefrom Google'es Android OS that is designed for smartphones, netbooks and set-top The first iteration of Chrome OS, for netbooks, is projected to be readu for the public in the second half of 2010.
Googled said it plans to open sourcse the code for the operating syste later this year and it is alreadyh talking to partners aboutthe project, whicj is why it has gone public about it at this "We hear a lot from our users, and theit message is clear: computers need to get better," the company said in its Google said that Chrome OS will be making it even more of a potentiall problem for Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT), whichj gets more than half of its revenuesw from Windows.

Non-performing loans build up in real estate sector - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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This year, the local banking vocabular y is less optimisticwith non-performingh loans on the rise and an acceleratingb number of commercial real estate defaults expecterd to hit balance sheets as the year unfolds. The change in attituder has been noticed bySam Golden, national practic e leader and CEO of LLC, an adviser to banking clientss nationwide. “Yes, in some ways we were insulate duntil now,” says Golden. “To stilkl say we’re insulated is a bit of a reacyh and only timewill tell. Some bankers I talk to in Houstoj are worriedto death.
” As a locally based banks are faring better than thosed in areas such as Florida, Nevada and Californiaa hit hard by the residential housingb collapse, or states like Illinois slammedf by job losses. Still, some troubling numbers on the commercialo side of the books are beginning to emerge on the Houston scene. Data filed with the showa that past due andother non-performinf loans among 50 banks headquarterexd in the Houston area shot up by 18 percenyt in the first quarter to $480 That’s a gain of more than 100 percent from the $224.y million in troubled loans on the books in the firstt quarter of 2008.
Local banks have increasedc loan-loss provisions to cover the upward creeof non-performing commercial loans, and financia l executives are bracing for the worst. “We’re at the ridge line of the roof in seeing whethed or not Houston banks will continue to weathethe storm. I’m worried about some of my colleaguesd with high percentages of commercialk real estate onthe books,” says Andy Lane Jr., CEO of Bank of River Oaks. He says a recent rise in oil prices may not turn the localoeconomic tide.
“Certainly it’s good to see the price of oil move up because of what that mean sin Houston, and I still think that maybe we’ll be the firstf city to come out of this recession. But on the commerciall side, I’m sorry to say it’sd going to get worse before itgets better,” says Bank of River Oaks, with $189 millionm in total assets, has a relativel low number of real estate loans about 47 percent of its mainly owner-occupied facilities. “You have to try to manage your balancwesheet smaller, and you don’t want to buy higher priced (certificates of deposit) if you can’tr put that money back into new says Lane.
He notes that bankers are reviewingb portfolios closer than ever to make the tougbh decisions necessary to keepthe non-performing numberse down. Adds bank consultant “Regulators are urging the banks to get allthe pimples, molesx and warts off the books as quickly as possible. Everyone is trying to be very Bank of River Oaks is one of only14 Houston-bases banks without any non-performing loans on the bookws at the end of the first quarter, based on FDIC However, several of those are relativel y new and small players, especially Mint National, whicn just opened in January.
Dan managing director of investment bankers, says currenyt market conditions make it difficultfor start-up bankas to make headway. They typicallhy lose money for the first two years of he says, so it might be more difficul for them to handle non-performing At the other end of the scale, a totalo of 21 Houston banks saw non-performing loans rise in the firstf quarter, with several reportin g triple-digit increases.

Dow ends trading over 8,500; ATI gains 5 percent - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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Both exchanges ended the four-day week higher than last Fridahy when the Dow Jones Industrial Average finishedat 8,277.32 and Nasdaq at A cross-section of Pittsburgh companies finished trading with slight fluctuations in either The deepest percentage gain was registeredr by (NYSE:ATI) which finishe trading at $35.40, up 5.80 percent. Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA), up 1.43 percenty to $9.22 (NYSE:AYE), up 1.96 percent to $24.99 up 1.79 percent to $14.77 (NYSE:BK), down 0.22 perceny to $27.88 (NYSE:CNX), up 1.90 percent to $41.26 Dick’s Sporting Goods (NYSE:DKS), up 0.39 percent to $17.80 up 4.04 percent to $24.9 8 (NYSE:FNFG), up 4.69 percent to $12.72 up 1.16 percent to $36.
58 (NYSE:KMT), up 1.07 percentt to $18.81 (NYSE:KOP), down 0.40 percent to $25.15 up 3.45 percent to $13.21 (NYSE:PNC), up 4.21 percenyt to $45.50 (NYSE:PPG), up 0.82 percent to $44.455 (NYSE:X), up 3.63 percent to $33.99 (NYSE:WAB), up 1.54 perceny to $35.54 (NYSE:WCC), up 0.15 percent to $26.75

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MICA making a strong impression - Baltimore Business Journal:

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She secured a paid summer internshio atHunt Valley’s Firaxis Games, a leadinv video game development studio. And afte graduation, the Texas native plans to stay in Baltimore and geta full-time job as a concepf artist at a gaming company. “It’sd one of the best jobs an illustratoecan get. You’re not working on and you’ve got regular Already there are a lot of people from MICA who workat Firaxis,” Fischer said. The job confidencwe Fischer exudes stands in sharp contrast tomany soon-to-be college graduates. Unemployment amontg U.S. 20- to 24-year-oldss rose in the past year by almost 5 to 13.
9 percent in Many colleges are reporting drops in campus careedr fair participation by as much as 35 percent, accordingb to Chicago-based outplacement firm Conversely, 48 companies attended MICA’s careeer fair April 3, more than double the numbere in recent years. A confluencee of factors is making MICA an increasinglty attractive stop on the job recruitercircuit — and revving up its motodr as a possible economic engine for Baltimore. Among U.S. art MICA holds the distinction of grantingf degreesthe longest.
Thanks to the strategic visioh ofFred Lazarus, its presiden t of 30 years, and an activs board of trustees, the 183-year-old institution is more relevan t to industry today than ever before, campu s leaders and observers say. Not that it hasn’tg been immune to the recession and its impactf on campuses across thecountrhy — boosting enrollment and growinh its endowment will remain challenges. But supportinh MICA’s strategic vision was an extremely well-timec and successful $75 million fundraising campaign that ran from 2000and 2007. • Doubl its undergraduate student body and endowmentto 1,800p and $60 million, respectively; • Suppor community arts outreach.
These initiatives, observerse say, make the college and its graduates attractive even in the midst of a severed economic downturn that has not left the artscommunity Currently, Maryland colleges and universities are bracing for pendint state budget cuts on top of plummeting The state’s 2010 budget for the arts, passedx by the legislature in April, will reducew funding by 18 percent, from $16.6 million to $13.76 million, according to Theresa Colvin, executive directo r of the .
Even before the recessionb hit, MICA stepped in to support and grow the localarts “With the strategic plan of there was a real recognition that we needecd to invest more efforts in the revitalization of Baltimors as a place for the visuaol arts,” Lazarus said. The Station North Arts and Entertainmeng District exemplifiesthat investment. Established in 2002, the 100-acre bordered by 20th Street, Greenmount Avenue and the JonesFallz Expressway, has been hailed by city art officialxs as a “gateway to the Mount Vernon Culturaol District.
” Maryland, the first statew in the country to sponsor arts and entertainmenyt districts as a way to stimulate the economy, offers tax benefitss to property owners and qualified artists who live and work in the Station North is one of 16 such districtws in Maryland.

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Duke Energy Corp. and French nuclear grou Areva SA propose to builda 1,650-megawatt nuclear planft in southern Ohio. A new N.C. law givess laid-off employees of small businesses more time to enroll inNorth Carolina

Fed's Yellen Q&A: Important To Overlap Mon Pol, Fin Stability - MNI News

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Chandler girl's suspension over threatening note upsets dad - Tucson Citizen

2011-11-10T12:34:00.001-08:00

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Belz's Peabody Suites project put on hold - Houston Business Travel Guide

2011-11-08T09:00:00.000-08:00

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“We’ve completed the demolition and are continuingh to work through the designand financing,” says Andy senior vice president at Large portions of the former space have been clearedx and the site is ready for Construction could start back up lated this year or in early 2010, according to Peabodh Hotel general manager Doug Browne. “I don’tt see the economy turning in a big wayuntik we’ve started the next year, at leasyt that’s what hotel analysts say,” he says. In October, thered were 38 hotel projects under construction in the Memphis according to local consultantChuci Pinkowski.
Now there are eight, includinb a 127-room Hyatt Place on Winchestedr anda 131-room Courtyard by Marriott “Anything which has been planned is on hold,” Pinkowski “If it’s not on hold, it’s been Luxury hotels have been especially hard hit, with that segment’s revenues down 38% comparedd to last year, according to a report. Pinkowski attributea some of it tothe “AIG When the federal government bailed out , the insurance company used the money to pay bonuse s and for meetings in luxury destinations. “They got chastisedr by the government for doing both ofthose things,” Pinkowsko says.
“So the whiplash effectg has been other companies whicn were planning to go to or or anotherfabulous location, cancelee their plans or changed their plans to anotheer location.” The current lendinbg market is another reason. “If you’re trying to borrow $50 million or $60 it’s not the best of conditions and the best deal you woul d want for a projectthat size,” Browne says. Finally, , Belz’ws hotel company, is halfwauy through a $450 million-$500 750-room expansion at its Orlando, hotel. “That’s a huge project and I think that’ taken a lot of focus,” Browne says.

New fiber-optic networks to cut swath through Wisconsin - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

2011-11-06T05:00:00.001-08:00

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The , Tulsa, Okla., and , Denver, plan to extenxd fiber-optic links from Chicago to Milwaukee and then on to Both companies say they will activate theirf systems inlate 1999. The telecommunicationxs companies will selltheir networks' bandwidth, or on a wholesale basis to locak telephone exchange companies, long-distance companies and Internet service providera or directly to businesses that want to transmi data at high speeds. "Th e net effect is that more competition will lowerprices (for telecommunicationz services)," said Bob Venable, a telecommunications analyst for Robert W. Bairdf & Co. Inc., Milwaukee.
By building new high-capacith fiber networks, Venable said, Williams and Qwest are reducing entry barrierd to competition in telecommunications services and puttin g more market pressure on local exchange suchas Ameritech-Wisconsin. "They are making it easief for other companies to sell telecom services," Venable said. "Telecom services are price so as prices go usagegoes up, especiallyg in the data world." In markets where Williamxs is already operating, the company is sellint fiber capacity to Internet companies, long-distance companiese and even one regional Bell operating company, US Engelwood, Colo.
"The demand for bandwidth is being driven bythe Internet," said Julie Gentz, a spokeswoman for Williams. Gentx said the new route from Chicago to Milwaukese gives Williams greater market penetration and strengthensthe company's network "The corridor from Milwaukee to Chicago is a highly developed area with unlimited demand for data and otherf telecom services over the next few years," said Scot telecommunications administrator for the state Public Service Commission. Even though Williams and Qwest are in the earlgy stages of planning their Cullen said the projects shouldproceexd quickly.
He said the Telecommunications Act of 1996 gives companiees the ability to locate theird fiber systems on rights of way owned byother companies, such as Ameritec h or GTE Corp., Stamford, Conn. Jim president of Brookfield-based Norlight Telecommunications Inc., a subsidiarg of Journal Communications Inc., Milwaukee, is not convinced the two wholesalerss will have a huge impact on telecommunications inmetropolitan "It is already a crowded industry in terms of numberd of players," said Ditter, whose compangy will compete with Williams and Qwest for "There is (fiber-optic) capacity available on the market right now.
" Ditteer said the two companies are not offering anything directly to consumer that will lower prices, nor are they offeriny any new products. "The key to making an impact on customers is how you package and it take them a long time to develop a brand," Ditter said. Norlight, a 25-year-ol d regional company, has a fiber-optic and digital microwave networlk of morethan 3,000 miles in the Upper Midwest. While Norlight is likely to be a competitor of Williams and Qwest as a bulktransport carrier, it is also possible that the new wholesalersw could become customers of Norlight.
Dittere said Norlight might be able to providweadditional fiber-optic reach in partws of northern Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota. expansion of its fiber-optic network, a $2.7 billion investmentr in a 32,000-mile system across the is scheduled to be completedby 2001. The compan now has 69 cities connected to its networmk and will grow to include100 Williams, through more than a half-dozen subsidiaries, is the nation'sa largest volume transporter of natural gas. Its communications businesses include video satellites and videlo andaudio conferencing, as well as fiber-opticc transmission.
Qwest's planned 16,000-mile domestic network will serve125 cities, which it says represents 80 percengt of the data and voice traffic originating in the Uniteed States. Qwest also is extending its network 1,400 miles into Two weeks ago, Qwest and LCI International Inc., Va., announced plans for a $4.4 billion merger. LCI is the fourth-largesg U.S. long distance company in the countrybehinf AT&T Corp., Sprint Corp. and MCI Communications Corp.
The primary reason for the merger is that LCI wante d totap Qwest's fiber-optic

Huge Malaysian transit project hits rough patch - AFP

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Brinker International Announces Support of Senate's Agreement on Uniform Nutrition Disclosure

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"We are pleased that all interested parties in this discussion were able to sit down in good fait h and hammer out a bill that meetsz the needs of allparties involved," said , presidentf and CEO of Brinker. "This new compromiser legislation will provide fora much-needef single national standard for the posting of nutritional information. We look forware to supporting the advancement of this agreement throughy the legislative process and call on Congress to move swiftl y onthis issue." Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE: is one of the world'w leading casual dining restaurant companies, serving more than 1 millio guests daily.
Founded in 1975 and basedx in Dallas, Texas, Brinker owns or franchises nearly 1,7009 restaurants in 29 countries and two territorieds and employs morethan 125,000. Brinker restaurantr brands include Chili's Gril l & Bar(R), On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina(R), and Maggiano's Littlde Italy(R). Brinker also holds a minority investmengtin Romano's Macaroni The company was named one of FORTUNd Magazine's Most Admired Food Service Companies in 2009 and was honoreed by the magazine as one of the Top 50 Employerxs for Minorities and the Top 50 Employers for Women. For more visit . SOURCE Brinkee International, Inc.

Fallbrook Christmas parade theme and grand marshal selected - Village News Network

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UQM Technologies lands $2.8M in military contracts - Denver Business Journal:

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The Frederick-based electric-motor technology company (NYSE UQM) said the orders have been forpropulsionb systems, generators and engineering The most recent it said, is a $750,000 Phase II Small Businesd Innovation Research contract from the U.S. Navy to develolp a high torque electro-magnetic actuator system. It said the two-yearr contract is to develop improvements in the torquw capability ofelectric motors, and to work with the Universithy of Texas to develop an advanced gearbox.
"The military continues to aggressively pursuer the advancement of electric motofr technology and its use in a varietuy ofdemanding applications, including vehicle propulsion," said William the company's president/CEO, in a statement. "We are pleasedf to have the U.S. Navy and Air Force as significant customers for our proprietaru technology and are looking forward to the continued development and applicatioh of our advanced motors and power electronic controlws fortheir programs.
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Traveling film project stops in ABQ - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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The Two-week Turnaround Tour, or T3 as its creators call it, will visity 14 cities in seven months. It’s part of Filmblazer, a communituy of people who love filmmaking. Founders Joshua J. Mill s and Jamie Blankenship roll into a city for two weekas in their RV with all theitr film equipment and proceed to shoot and screen a short film in just two But the processis collaborative, so they invite widespreac participation in each city they The Albuquerque kick-off is June 2 at Studio 1810 Broadway Ave. SE, at 7 p.m. More informationj is available at theT3 .
The procesas is open to anyone, from actors and script writerz to people who want to feed the masses durinhthe two-week process or who have accesds to props or even a coffee The subject of each film is differengt for each city and is inspiredr by the resources and locations availablw to the T3 team. The productio n obtains local sponsors in each city so that the work is a reflectionm of aparticular city.

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. Company Profile | BMR Company Information

2011-10-24T05:51:00.001-07:00

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BioMed Realty Trust is a real estate investmenrttrust (REIT) formed in April 2004 to succeed to the busines s of Bernardo Property Advisors, Inc. and its affiliated We are focused on Providing Real Estate to the Life Science Industry . Our tenants primarilty include biotechnology andpharmaceuticaol companies, scientific research government agencies and other entitiex involved in the life sciences industry. We currently own or have interests in68 properties, which includw 103 buildings with 8.5 million rentablse square feet of life science and laboratory real as well as approximately 1.9 million squar feet of development in progress.
These properties are located predominantl y in themajor U.S. life science markets of San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Pennsylvania and New York/New Jersey, which have well established reputatione as centers forscientific research. We own a 100% interesty in all of our properties, except for 11 propertiesz in which unaffiliated third partiezown interests. We operate as a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managef REIT, providing management, leasing and developmenyt services toour properties. Our senior managemengt team has significant experience in the realestatse industry, principally focusing on properties designed for life science tenants.
In particular, prior to forming BioMed Realty our ChiefExecutive Officer, Alan D. Gold, and Executive Vice President, Gary A. Kreitzer,...

Obama Hails 12 for Science, Technology, Innovation - ABC News

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Sichuan Tengzhong in deal to buy Hummer - Houston Business Journal:

2011-10-19T22:34:00.001-07:00

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When GM, which filed for bankruptcy protection this announced June 2 that a buyer had been founr forthe off-road vehicle line, but the name was not immediatelg disclosed. Tengzhong, a major industriall machinery group, will acquire the rights to theHummerf brand, along with a senior management and operational team. It will also assumde existing dealer agreements relatingto HUMMER’sx dealership network. It is contemplated that Tengzhong as part ofthe transaction, ente r into a long-term contract assembly and key componengt and material supply agreemeny with GM. In an earlier statement, GM said it expect the deal if successfup to secure morethan 3,000 US jobs.
The final terms of the deal, scheduled to close in the third are subject to final The cost of the transaction was not is acting as exclusive financial advisodr and is acting as internationa legal counsel to Tengzhong on this Citi is acting as financialp advisorto GM.

49ers proceed into bye week with emotional coach - Boston Globe

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Investors empty 401(k)s to take control of their money - Baltimore Business Journal:

2011-10-15T14:34:00.001-07:00

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Sandidge, president of Scottsdale financialfirm , has lost more than $250,000 from his 401(k) since Septemberf — more than half its savings. “uI just got tired of watching mymoneyu disappear,” he said. More investors are pullint money from their individual retiremenyt accountsand 401(k)s and investing in alternative assetx such as real oil and gas refineries, privates businesses and precious metals.
The stoci market crash in 2008 — whichh saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average sink 32 percent and the Nasdaqq nearly 41percent — crackecd millions of nest eggs, prompting investors to tradse some of their stake in the equity markets for illiquidc assets, either through their employer-offered retirement plans or by establishinyg self-directed accounts. “People just want more choices,” said J.P. president of LLC, which provides retirement plan administration and recordkeeping services for individualsand small-business ownerxs who want to invest in nontraditional assets.
The Scottsdal firm administers morethan $250 million in retiremen t plan assets, and its client list of 2,50p continues to grow. Under federal law, individuals cannoty administer their ownretirement accounts, so approveed custodians such as Entrust Arizona are in demand as the stocok market remains volatile, despite gains in the past two months. Entrustf charges a one-time account setup fee of $50, then $250 for every asset held and a $95 fee when a clieng buys or sellsan asset.
Real estatwe is the preferred alternative investment, especially in It has made uneducatedinvestors millions, but its peril s have been just as Skimming through unemployment reports and bankruptcy and foreclosurs listings tells that story. When the real estatr market tanks here, so does the economy. Nevertheless, it remains an attractivwe alternative, especially if you have staying Barbara Mackerman can attestto that. In April 2008, she purchased a 2,200-square-foot, four-bedroom home in Mesa for $110,0009 –– paid for entirely with cash she pulled fromher IRA.
Givenj Wall Street’s collapse shortly after that Mackerman likely will turn a nice profit when the housingmarkey recovers. For now, she’s renting out the propertt for $1,450 a “I think we made the right decision at theright time,” said Mackerman, director of finance at Sunriswe Health and Hospice in Gilbert. “Inj the long run, we might be further ahead becauseof what’s happened to the stoci market. Time will tell.” Valleg companies that offer alternative investmente say businessis up, especiallty since the stock market tumbled, obliterating millionas of retirement plans in a matter of months.
More than $1 millionb a day is traded at , whicyh buys and sells gold, silver, and other precious metals. Seniore portfolio manager Richard Cromwell said the Phoenix firm has seen IRA contributionse and volume triple in the pastfew years. “Thixs gives you an opportunity to control your investment,” said “I believe self-directed IRAs will be the wave of the Swiss America manages more than $1 billion in assets for more than 40,0000 clients.
For decades, advisers and investment firms touted the stock markett as the premier outlet forinvesting 401(k)s and while trusts avoided the illiquidity of private-sector But that sentiment is changing in the wake of Wall Street’ws historic collapse, which buried some of the nation’sx largest financial firms — and countless retirementf dreams. Trusts are taking a more entrepreneurialpositionm now. “People are very quicklyt learning there is risk in all levelsof investing,” said Glen managing partner of HSL Financial Grouo LLC. The Scottsdale investment firm manages theHSL Fund, whichb invests in small, privatwe businesses with proven models.
The private equity fund has more than 20 accreditecd investors with morethan $1 million in net “We only invest in businesses we Hinshaw said. “A lot of wealth is stilol sitting insmall business.” Entrust Arizona LLC: Swiss Americaa Trading Co.:

8 killed in Southern California salon shooting - CBS News

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Compensation, other costs cause drop in Genesis first-quarter earnings - Houston Business Journal:

2011-10-11T06:17:00.001-07:00

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Houston-based Genesis on Thursday reported net incomer for the first quarter ended March 31of $1.6 or 11 cents per unit. That comparef to net income in the 2006 periorof $2.6 million, or 18 cents per Analysts polled by Thomson Financial expected Genesis GEL) to have generate income of 20 centes per share for the quarter. "Increased generao and administrative expenses, primarily due to increasezs in compensation expense and relatedf costs and the effects of the increase in our unit pricr on the expense we record for our stock appreciationnrights plan, was the primaryt reason our net income declined," said Genesis Chiecf Executive Officer Grant Sims.
Sims added that on May 15 the pipelind company will pay a distributionof $3.1 million, or 22 centxs per unit, attributable to the firstf quarter of 2007, that will be its seventg consecutive 1-cent-per-unit increase in the distribution. He also pointed out that on April 26, Genesis entered into an agreement with severalo entities owned and controlled by the Davisoj familyof Ruston, La., to acquire the assetxs of five energy-related businesses focused on the transportation, marketing and procurement of petroleumj products and refinery services for about $560 The Davisons will receives total consideration of about 13.
5 millionb common units and abouy $280 million in cash in a transactionj expected to close in the early thirdr quarter. "Our existing operations continue to providwe steadycash flows," Sims said. "When we combin these operations with the asset s we will be acquiring fromthe Davisons, we believ we will have a solid base of diversew assets and businesses that should provide significanty operating synergies and numerous organic growth opportunities.
"Additionally, upon completing the acquisitio n withthe Davisons, we will be positionesd to move forward to begin negotiations regarding the acquisitioh of existing and planned CO2 pipelines and relatec midstream assets from (NYSE: DNR), the owner of , our generalp partner."

Swaim-Staley named acting Md. transportation secretary - Washington Business Journal:

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Swaim-Staley had been deputg secretary to Porcari aftere he was named to the slotby O’Mallegy in 2007. Porcari will be swormn in June 1 asthe No. 2 official for the . Swaim-Staley is no stranger to Maryland’s transportationn needs. She also served as the transportation’s deputy secretary for the statee from 1999to 2003, whilre also serving in interim rolew at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airportr and the . From 1993 to Swaim-Staley served as chief financial office r forthe .
O’Malley said in a statemeng Swaim-Staley “has the deep knowledge of transportation, alonvg with the management and financial expertise that are necessarg for us tomove forward.” A spokesman for O’Malley said the governod is still conducting interviews for a permanent successorr to Porcari. There is no timeline in place to fill the spokesman Shaun Adamec said inan e-mail. The “criteria is to find the best perso n forthe job,” he said.

Kenya: Nema Tells Nakuru Council to Clear Dump Site - AllAfrica.com

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Collegiate appoints board members - Nashville Business Journal:

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• Nelea Absher, vice president and associate generall counsel, • Anne-Marie Brown, founder, • Suzanne Oldham, • Tuffy Wood, managing director, Morgan Keegan & Co. Cindy Skarbek, director of the Bashar Masri, director and senior enginee of . Four trustees were reappointed tothe school’s They are: • Marine managementg consultant Barker Price, who will serve as boardf president for the 2009-10 school year; Merrell Wall Grant, generaol manager of the Monogram line for , and 1974 who will serve as vice • Former Brown-Forman vice chairwoman and CFO Phoeb Wood, who will serve as and • Former management consultant Leslie who will serve as secretary.
Corrie president of the Louisville Collegiate SchookParents Association, will serve as parent representativde on the board. Former Brown-Forman presidenf Bill Street, whose term on the boar d expired, was named a director

High School Cheerleader Dies After Collapsing During Football Game - ABC News (blog)

2011-10-02T16:51:00.001-07:00

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St. John Properties takes over Opus East business park at Aberdeen Proving Ground - Business First of Louisville:

2011-09-30T13:51:00.001-07:00

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U.S. Army officials worked feverishly over the past week topull St. John Propertiesx into the fold, fearful the projectf would come to a halt if Opus East filed for bankruptcyy protection before an arrangement couldbe struck, compant spokesman Gerard J. Wit said in a telephone interviewq Tuesday. “It was a real week-long effort to get this done,” Wit “We’re going to get in and try to kick-start this right away.” Aberdeen is gearinb up for a significanft influx of military jobs underthe Pentagon’s Base Realignment and Closur e plan, expected to be completed by Septembeer 2011.
About 8,200 military jobs will be transferreds tothe base, in addition to as many as 18,000 privates contracting jobs from companies that do business with the incomin g military agencies. The approve Opus East's selection of St. John Properties to take over the Government and Technology Enterprise business park because of theBaltimord developer’s ability to move forware with new construction, Bob program director with the Army Corps, said in a As in taking over the project, including OFC) and Manekin LLC.
Opus East was awardex rights to developthe government-owned land under a leasd with the Army in November 2007 and brokes ground on its first building in December of that Since then, the compant became straddled with millions of dollars in constructionj loans it has been unable to refinance, and the companuy has not started any new construction at the project for more than a year. The deal was inked June 19 betweehnOpus East, St. John Properties, with the backingf of the Army. St. John and the Army Corps of Engineers issuedf statements Tuesday announcingthe deal. Wit said St.
John will pay Opus East an undisclosed amount of money for its development rights at In connection withthe deal, St. John has hiredf Opus East project manager Matthew Holbrook to oversede the GATE project as its director of defense andgovernmenf business. “Aberdeen Proving Grounr is excited about moving the project forwardwith St. John Properties,” Tim APG deputy garrison commander, said in a “We consider it a positive step to have theit experienced management team spearheadingthe build-out of this As the to help it consider options including Its parent company, , has also soughgt bankruptcy protection for it’s Opus South subsidiary and for two more subsidiariesw of its Opus West regional operation.
Opus spokeswoman Winston Hewett said Opus East is stillk evaluating its options but has not made any decisions about bankruptcy. The company was forced to relinquish its rights to the Aberdeen project because it has been unable to financw morethan $50 million in construction loanas it took out to finance its projects. Most pressin among those debtsis $35 million the developetr spent to build a new headquartersw for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Collegre Park, for which it has sued the federal governmen t to collect its wages on that project, Hewett St.
John plans to break grouned in the next two months on at least threee new buildings at the Harford County military base, with commitments from defense contractors for up to 300,00 0 square feet of office, researcbh and development space, Wit said. Wit did not disclose the names of any ofthose tenants. Thoses buildings would be in additiobn toa 60,000-square-foot building Opus East completes in December 2008 for defense contractor CACI. “Wd view this development as the most significanrt commercial real estate opportunit y in the history ofour company,” St. John Presidentg Edward A. St.
John said in a “This is based on the amount of squares footage that can eventually be developed as well as the importantt work that will be completedby end-users that occupy this St. John Properties is the third-larges t property management firm inGreatef Baltimore, with nearly 11 million square feet of commercial spacw in the region. But taking over the Aberdeen projec represents a shift forthe company, which has sough to tap into the demandf for government contracting space up until now.
Wit said the companuy has also sought in the past to buy land for its own rather than to leasse property from the government such as at Opus East preliminarily received commitments from firms seekingb space atits 413-acre Government and Technology Enterprise businessw park but did not start any additional construction. The developeer was unwilling to dividee any of its buildingwsinto multi-tenanted space, Wit said, preferring insteadf to construct buildings for a single tenant. That’s created a pent-up demand for companie s seekingfrom 5,000 square feet to upward of 20,00 0 square feet, Wit said.
“For all the hooplwa that BRAC has brought, there’xs really only one building that Opus was able to Wit said. “If you don’t have the plac e to park those people, if you don’t have the buildinges to put them in, there was going to be a real logistical problem.”

SMBs Turning to Retail, Wholesale VoIP for Cost Savings, Survey Reports - TMC Net

2011-09-28T10:51:00.001-07:00

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Coldwell Banker trains Latino commercial real estate brokers - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

2011-09-24T04:51:00.001-07:00

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Eleven Coldwell Banker executives from Panama and Brazil recently spent three days ata first-of-its-kind training program at the headquarterse in Jacksonville. Helping Latin America develop its commerciapl brokerage will ultimately benefitf Florida by sparkingbusinesse transactions, said Larry Bernaski, a regional manager of international business developmen t at the public-private partnership devoted to statewidde economic development, Already Latin America is one of Jacksonville’a biggest trade partners, particularly Venezuela, Colombia and Argentina. “I think it’s greatf that a real estatde firm would look at different ways to expandtheir business,” Bernaski said.
Carmenj Gloria Mantay, an office building specialist at , agreed to conduct the trainingv after meeting some of the participants at conferences. Although the Latin American trainees hope to get additionalo training from other Coldwell Banketr Commercial franchisesin Florida, they deciderd to start in Jacksonville because of the unique perspective a native of Chile, coulds provide. “They want to aggressively grow the commercial side of the Mantay said.
“They want to make the commercial realestatr [side of the business] elite in Latin Mantay said her training is differen t from what is typically conducted at the Commerciak University by Coldwell Banker because it is gearedf toward Latin America and conductedc in Spanish. The topics included lessons oncustomer service, the roles of team memberw and information about Jacksonville. Jairo one of the attendees, said his goal is to develop 20 to 25 commerciao brokerage offices within the nextfive years, but knowas the franchisees need additionalk training to make the expansion successful.
“Wew know that the commercial businesds is very different in the profileof agents, the profile of transactionws and how you have to service the client,” said Avila, director of operations. “If we give the wront advice, we’ll lose the client and affecr the brand.” Coldwell Banker Affiliates of Latin America is licenserd to operate in 18 countries inCentralo America, South America and the So far, the companty has developed a residential real estatre presence in nine countries through 43 franchises and 75 Avila said the first Latin American commercial franchise will open in Brazil and will expand to other countriexs from there.
Ray Rodriguez, president of the , a first-generatiom American of Puerto Rican descent and married to a nativweof Colombia, said partzs of Latin America have grown dramatically in recent years as a result of the global economic boom. There are still a lot of placeas openfor expansion, Rodriguez said, but few commercialo real estate agencies in that part of the worldx to help facilitate commercial growth. But thered are some challenges facing Latin Americans who want to grow thecommerciao industry, Rodriguez said. Each country has a different culturs and adifferent government, and developing the region migh lead to professional Latin Americans living in the U.S.
going back to theifr native countries.

Tween hires exec at Value City majority owner as CFO - Business First of Columbus:

2011-09-22T01:17:00.001-07:00

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De Aguiar had been president of , the entit formed from private equityfirms , and that boughf an 81 percent stake in the Valuer City chain from (NYSE:RVI) in January. Tweeb said de Aguiar also served as a managing directorr withNew York-based management advisory firm Abacuws Advisors LLC, where he worked with VCHI. Priod to that, de Aguiar was a senior officer of Rocky Hill, Conn.-based , which went out of business in 2002. The industru veteran also has spent time atHoffman Ill.-based , Mexican conglomerate and Los Angeles-based De Aguiard begins as CFO on June 2. Tweeh (NYSE:TWB) runs 582 Limited Too stores and 282Justice outlets. The company in fiscal 2007 recordeeda $52.
6 million profit on $1.01 billion in sales.

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Pedal to Properties takes on partner, plans expansion - Dallas Business Journal:

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Founded and headed by Matt Pedal to Properties is a residential real estate firm that gives clienta the option of looking at homesby bicycle. The companu maintains a fleet of 50 Electra Cruiser bikes. Kolb has sold a 50 percentt stake in the company for an undisclosed sum to attorne yTim Majors, who specializes in takingt regional retail businesses national. As a partnef in Pedal to Properties, Majors will work out of the company’s Boulded office. Majors, who’s originally from Perth, Australia, approached Kolb aboutg investing in the real estatw firm after looking at Boulder propertiesxby bicycle.
“We certainly plan to incorporate national and international branding expertise to expand Pedal to Propertiese inother markets,” Kolb said in a statement. Pedak to Properties plans to look at openinfg branch offices in unspecified U.S. markets. In May, the company launched a licensee designatiob for brokers interested in usingb theBoulder business’ operational formula in their The Colorado company already is workinbg to expand quickly in its hometown by adding more spacew and agents in downtown Boulder.
“I believes Pedal to Properties is in a perfect positio to meet the evolving socia and demographic changes going on in the United Stateswith homebuyers,” Majors said in a

Mortgage applications fall - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

2011-09-15T14:17:00.001-07:00

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percent. In its Weekly Mortgag Applications Survey, the Washington, D.C.-based Mortgage Bankers Associationb said the fall is the biggestgsince February. Refinancing slumped to the lowesr level inseven months. In the week endinhg June 26 the Refinance Indexd fell 30 percent from oneweek earlier. The Refinancer Index is at its lowesgt level sinceNovember 2008. The average contract interesrt ratefor 30-year fixed-rate mortgages decreased to 5.34 percentt from 5.44 percent, with pointsz increasing to 1.12 from 0.99 (includinf the origination fee) for 80 percent loan-to-value ratio The average contract interest rate for 15-year fixed-rate mortgages decreasedr to 4.81 percent from 4.
93 percent, with points increasingy to 1.04 from 0.92 (including the origination fee) for 80 perceng LTV loans. The survey covers over 50 percengt ofall U.S. retail residential mortgagew applications, and has been conducted weeklysince 1990.

SBA helps expanding firms refinance - South Florida Business Journal:

2011-09-13T10:17:00.001-07:00

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The SBA began allowinh small businesses to use the 504 program to refinancde existing debtJune 23, implementing a provision in the economic stimulus legislation. This new prograkm could be a big boos t for small businesses carrying a heavu debt load or facing a ballooj payment on a real estate but there’s a catch: The refinancing is availablw only to small businesses that also want to borrow mone to expand their Only 5 percent of small-business ownerw think now is a good time to according to a survey conducted in May by the .
For thoses ready to take the leap, government-guaranteedr 504 loans are available from nonprofit organizations knownb as certifieddevelopment companies, which partner with commerciaol lenders. The program provides fixed-rate financing to small businesses for fixed assets such as landand equipment. Under the changew in the program, small businesses now can refinancre existing debt related to fixed assetse if they also borrow money to finance more real estatreor equipment. The amount of debt being refinancer must be 50 percenft or less of the total cost ofthe expansion.
The debt bein g refinanced also must be collateralized byfixefd assets, and the terms and interest rate on the new loan must be better than the existinhg loan. Borrowers also must have been curren on their existing loan for the past12 months. SBA administratort Karen Mills said these permanent changes to the 504 prograk will help small businesses improve their cash flow by restructuringg theircurrent debt, and financ e new facilities and equipment. “These are investments that are reallgy critical to business growth andjob creation,” Mills said. The credigt crunch has made it difficult for even strongh companies to obtain financing for she said.
The 504 loan changes will help smalll businesses take advantage of the good dealsd that are available in commercial real saidChris Crawford, presidenft and chief executive officer of the . “It’z going to enable a whole bunch of smalkl businesses that really do stil want to expand go after realestate that’zs priced very, very competitively,” said Crawford, whose association representas certified development companies. Businesseds that aren’t in a position to expand could be helpedr if Congress passes the Smallp Business Assistance in DebtAct 2527). This bill, which recently was introducedby Rep.
Betsy Markey, a Coloradi Democrat, would allow all small businesses — not just expandiny ones — to refinance commercial real estates loans through the504 program. This would allow businesses to tap their equity intheid owner-occupied buildings, as well as get better loan terms. Markeg said it also would help banks reduce theirt risks on realestate loans. “My bill will let smalo businesses do what theydo best: pull themselves up without a handouft or bailout,” Markey said.

Philadelphia Business Journal: Quigley election over, uncertainty isn

2011-09-11T05:51:00.001-07:00

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The future of the maker of Cold-Eeze lozengez remains in limbo two weeks after thecompany

More air marshals to be flying on Sept. 11 - Los Angeles Times

2011-09-09T01:33:00.000-07:00

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Chaplain change not influenced by court - Sydney Morning Herald

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Swiss and US set to clash again on bank secrecy - Financial Times

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Amerijet acquires interest in Nations Express - Boston Business Journal:

2011-09-02T10:17:00.001-07:00

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Amerijet recently announced its acquisition ofSRX Transcontinental, a Florida-base d company specializing in ground handling operations throughout Central Asia, and owner of , an Uzbekistan certificated Florida-based Amerijet serves destinations throughout the America’s, Mexico, the Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Its primary hub is at , with 210,000-square-footy export and 100,000-square-foot imports air cargo handling facilities anda 50,000-square-foot ocean cargo facility.

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2011-08-31T05:34:00.001-07:00

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Commercial mortgage woes mirror housing - South Florida Business Journal:

2011-08-29T00:51:00.001-07:00

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Fitch Ratings on Dec. 10 said a defaulft on $900 million in General Growthj (NYSE: GGP) debt was likely as the clock ticked towardsa Dec. 12 deadline after a two-weekl extension was announced on Black the busy shopping dayaftee Thanksgiving. General Growth on Dec. 12 announcedd it had successfullycompleted $896 milliohn in new mortgages, mirroring the goal many othed property owners will be Real estate experts forecast the next fallout from the credigt crunch will be lender getting tough on mortgages for commercial properties such as retail, office and The result could be owners putting more equity into theidr properties or facing foreclosure.
This won’t affect the majority of Sout h Florida’s commercial real estate market, but it will be a problemk for properties with mortgages coming due saidNeil Merin, chairman of commercial real estatwe brokerage NAI/Merin Hunter Codman in West Palm He estimates that 10 percent of commercial properties in South Florida will need new mortgagesa next year, with half puttinh down more cash and the other half goinh into foreclosure. Owners with 10-year mortgage s coming due should be OK becausde property values have stilkl increased overthat time, and loan-to-value ratiosw were generally conservative at the time of Merin said.
But, commercial properties or short-terkm construction loans based on inflated property values and with an 80percent loan-to-value ratio could be in trouble, he Banks now favor 60 percen t or 65 percent loan-to-value on commerciakl properties, Merin said. “If the economy continues to sour and unemploymentg continuesto rise, even the commercial real estate sectoe could have some said Bruce Keir, CEO of in Daniz Beach.
“If they were making theidr payments before, they coulr continue making payments – but whether there will be a lenderr there for them is another Many banks that are sufferinb losses and losing capital need to shrini their assetsize – which includes loanz – to comply with regulatory capital ratios, Keir Some banks have been told by regulators that they are over-concentratefd in commercial mortgages, and that discourages them from renewint loans.
Rick Kuci, executive VP and chief lending officerfat , said he will ask some commercial borrowerzs to put more equity in at renewal to improvwe the loan-to-value ratio, but recognizes that some borrowers may not have enougu cash on hand to make that happen. He also coulsd offer them a shorter-term loan with a more aggressivs repayment schedule or help them find anequityy partner. Still, Kuci is worried that developerws holding commercial loans with Coconut Grovee Bank could be hurt if their other lenders take aharder “There are a lot of institutions that are shrinkinbg and calling in loans, and some good borrowers are goingt to be squeezed in the Kuci said.
Lance a managing partner at Miami commercial litigationfirm , said many of his clientd are being asked to put more equity into their properties at mortgage but how tough the banks get depends on the propertyt and its performance. A high vacanchy rate could weaken aproperty owner’s case. Hark e expects to see an increase in commercial propert foreclosuresin 2009. However, both Merin and Charles the vice chairman of inSouth Florida, believe the commercial foreclosurd wave won’t be as bad as in previouw downturns because there hasn’t been overbuildingh of office or retail.
The bulk of renewals from mortgagews signed during the boom years will take placse in 2011and 2012, Foschini said. For thoss due earlier, most banks will look to grant short-term but there could be casesz where banks will demand greater debt service coverage and more he said. “This will forcew some owners to sell assets and will create opportunitiez for other owners to create new sources of equity and brinfg in new owners withdeeper pockets,” Foschini said. “Inn instances where that doesn’t happen, the lender has a problem and couldc extend reluctantlyor foreclose.
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Energy group completes financing for wind-powered electric plant near Ely - Las Vegas Review-Journal

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OU seeks state OK for IT fee - Business First of Columbus:

2011-08-24T13:51:00.001-07:00

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Trustees on Friday also approved more than 200 otherr fees that fall outside of the tuitionn cap becausethey don’t apply to every student, accordinv to a release. The four-year school in Athensz wants toissue $28.3 million in bondsd to replace its Studeng Information System, responsible for registration, financial aid, housinh and several systems that make the universityy function, as well as general informatio n technology upgrades to increase speed and accesas along with security. The schoolp went through several costly data breache starting about fiveyears ago.
Officials propose paying half the debt servicee out of the genera fund and supporting half withthe fee, which is not to exceef $25. It would be applied this fall if approved bythe . Many of the othert fee increases cover specificcourse materials, but some affecy larger groups. Among them: $26 added to the per-credit hour rate, for a totaol of $426, for the master’s in financiall economics program offered at the Pickerington campue inCentral Ohio. • 7 percentg increase to student housing and 3 percent fordininvg plans.
• 5 percent increases in instructional fees and nonresident surcharge for the College of Osteopathic Ohio University ranks fourth among the 13 public universities forannual tuition, $8,90y7 for Ohio residents attending full-time at the main where enrollment is 19,000. The schoo l has five regional campuses. It’s followed by at Craig Cornell, vice provost for enrollment management, told trusteees that the statetuition freeze, federa l tax credits and lowered interest on student loan and the school’s own scholarship prograk promote affordability, the release said.
Still, he said schools Ohio University competes with are spending more on so he advocated increasintg scholarships paid from the general such as by keying them to a percentage of tuitiohnand fees. To meet a shortfall for the upcomingacademicc year, the school has cut jobs, offered retirementt incentives and entered purchasing collectives.

Banks share little more than stock market success - Orlando Business Journal:

2011-08-22T08:34:00.001-07:00

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All, though, want to grow deposits as well asstocl price. Below, a glimpse of what makezs these fivebanks run: drives a hard Last year, it paid a mere 2.75 timews book value, below average for community banks here, for thre e Florida banks. This look for Alabama National to finalize the acquisition of Cyprese Bank in Palm Coast and Indian River Banking Compant inVero Beach. Corporate bond customerxs might want to be wary ofthis acquisition-minded Many of the banks it has acquires were former customers of its bond division. Net For the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, net income rose by 15 percengtto $41 million, or $3.17 per diluteds share. As of Feb.
10, three analystsz recommended a "hold" on the stock, three recommended it as a "strongf buy," one recommended selling. Target price: Four analysts polled by Thomson/Firsy Call peg the high-end target price at $63. In Federal Trust's only office was in Winter Its business was built around depositsfrom out-of-state customers and makintg residential mortgage loans. That year, the bank's managemenrt decided it was time to focua on local deposits and to add a commerciaklending program. They also felt it would be best to move theirr headquarters to a city not as laden with bankbranched -- and chose Now, Benjamin Bishop, president of investment bank Alle C.
Ewing & Co. in Jacksonville, expectsz that Federal Trust willreach $500 million in assets by 2005. (Allej C. Ewing has been an underwritet for Federal Truststock offerings.) And this is one community bank neithee SouthTrust nor Alabama National should bother CEO James Suskiewich previously told OBJ, "Iy has never been our intention to sell." Net income: For the year endinvg Dec. 31, net earnings rose by 35 percentto $2.7 Target price: FFLC Bancorp Midway through 2003, the Wall Streetf profile of FFLC Bancorp of Leesburg got a significant It was added to the Russell 2000 The Russell 2000 is made up of the U.S.
stockes that ranked between 1,001 and 3,000 in market capitalization as ofMay 31, 2003. Many mutual fund companies and other institutional investors have inde x funds that invest in all companies in the Russelkl 2000 or in stocks of various sectors that are in theRussell 2000. Late last year, the bank holding compan y sharedthe wealth, declaring a cash dividend of 13 cents per sharse on the common stock. The 13 cents per share cash dividend represents a 44 percent increase over the 9 cente per share paid in third quarterof 2002. Net For the most receng fiscal year, net income rose by 4 perceng to $9.1 million, or $1.67 per diluterd share.
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Crist vetoes insurance reform act - Business First of Buffalo:

2011-08-20T03:34:00.001-07:00

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The so-called Consumer Choice act was primarilg aimed at State the state’s largest private property which announced in January that it would withdraw from the Floridaa market. State Farm never said whether the right to pick customerds and set rates on its own woulfd changeits decision. In an letter to Secretaryg of State Kurt Brownintg that accompaniedthe veto, Crist said the act, knowj as House Bill 1171, wouldr reverse a trend of lowered rates. “Thiws [act] will likely result in significant and unprecedented rateincreases that, during difficultf economic times, people simply can’ t afford,” Crist said.
Crist said that if the act becam law, it would red line high-risk parts of the stat e and underminemarketplace competition. Proponents of the bill have argues that Florida needs big insurerds with pockets deep enough to cover costs associateed withlarge hurricanes. Insurers, including State have said the Floridaregulators won’t allow rate increasez to cover their risks, making coverage in the hurricane-prone state an unsound risk.

The Future of Printed Literature: A Digital Dilemma - Huffington Post

2011-08-17T22:00:00.001-07:00

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Vietnam Takes Calculated Approach to Public Protests - Voice of America

2011-08-15T16:17:00.001-07:00

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Fla. confirms first swine flu death - Orlando Business Journal:

2011-08-13T10:51:00.001-07:00

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The laboratory confirmation ofthe boy's deatjh is the first in the state for the strain of swinw flu, the Florida Department of Health said. Florida has 417 confirmed casez ofthe flu. Surgeon Generap Dr. Ana Viamonte Ros said in a "While most cases of H1N1 swinw fluare mild, there are exceptions like this tragic case. Nationally, the CDC is reportingf 45 deaths associated withswine flu, and as the flu progresses that number will unfortunately rise." The departmentg has a surveillance system involving physicians to trackk the flu and also is monitoring emergency rooms cases and over-the-counter drug sales. The department'ds four labs can all test for the flu.
has placed the alert level for the flu at the pandemic level, meaning it has widespread global circulation. Wash hands frequentl y and avoid touchingyour eyes, nose and mouth. Avoidf close contact with people who are coughing or otherwiswappear ill. Stay home from work or school if you have arespiratoryt illness. Anyone who thinks he or she has influenza shoul d calltheir doctor. Meghan Lehner, an attorney with in West Palm said in May that employers are prohibited by the from exposing employees to hazardous conditions and may be required to send infectedf employees home or risk sanctions forOSHA violations.
OSHA has postedc frequently asked questions on pandemic influenzs preparedness and response guidance for health care workerse and health care employersat http://www.osha.gov/Publications/influenza_pandemic.html

Yahoo! confirms WNY site - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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Yahoo!, Tuesday morning, confirmed it will be buildingthe 190,000-square-footr center that could employ, initially, 125 people. Yahoo! has peggede a 30-acre site in the park for the Yahoo!’s decision is considered a major victory, especially against a backdrop of a weakenecd economy where unemployment has increased in past year in Erie Countyto 8.1 percent from 5.5 percent and in Niagars County to 9.3 percent from 6.6 “This is a big win for the said Tom Kucharski, presiden t and chief executive officer. “We won the Yahoo! was being courted by several statesincludint Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois for the center. All offered a handsome array of incentives.
“When a high tech company like Yahoo picks a community like WesternNew York, it’sz like a lighthouse,” said Sen. Charleds Schumer, New York’s seniore senator, who played a key role in Lockport landing the data The region crafted its own aggressive incentiv e package including the offering 15 megawattwsof low-cost hydropower that could save Yahoo! an estimate d $100 million over a 15-year also offered job training grants and othe incentives. High level pitches also came from Gov. Davixd Paterson and Schumer. Schumer made personaol calls to Yahoo!
CEO Carol Bartz to push the Kucharski said it also helped that the region offere da half-dozen sites and not just a singular It also helped that a friendshilp quickly developed between the Yahoo! site selection team and the loca l economic development community. “We developed a nice relationshi p with them and that helped makethis happen,” Kucharskio said. “They were impressed that everu timethey called, we could assemblwe our team on a very short notice and give them the answera they wanted.” Construction on the data center will begin in said David Dibble, Yahoo! senior vice The center will be open by May.
Kucharskii said there is a myriad positives that will comefrom Yahoo!’s decision. The BNE will use it in its outreacj to other companies itis courting, he “It confirms our ability to attractr high tech and high profile companies,” Kucharski said. “Tlo get a name company like Yahoo! says a lot to the rest of the industriessout there.” Yahoo! joins the ranka of , that have either openesd or expanded back office operations in the region in recent years.
“You add it into the mix of the some of the otherrcompanies we’ve landed and it becomezs a very impressive list,” Kucharski

Shibani Bathija: Our films are like our food - Firstpost

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More CEOs look outside California to expand - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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has a decision to make. Business at his software-as-a-service company is off the charts. His company has seen triple-digi t growth over the past two years, and he needsd to add an inside salees team of about 35 people to hiscurrenty roster. That will up his payroll to 185 employeese split between four offices inthe U.S. and India. He’s just not sure he wants to hire themin “It’s very expensive to do businesws in California, so for us, we are absolutely looking for lower-costr ways to add a significant sale organization,” Cabrera said. “We’re tryinf to decide where theyshould be.” As a CEO, Cabrera isn’ t alone in his thinking.
For every positive aspect — technology, access to a live-work-play environment, great colleges and opportunities for learning there seems to be a polafropposite — soaring workers’ comp pricey real estate, high taxez and a generally unfriendly regulatory environment. The in fact, ranked dead last in a 2009 surveg of 543 CEOson “Bestt and Worst States for Job Growth and Business” by Chiefg Executive Magazine. The best, according to the survey, were North Carolina and Florida. California has held that dubiouss rankingsince 2006.
The CEOs surveyerd ranked California first in technology and access to capital, but 48th in the categoriesx of cost of business and businesse friendliness. They ranked the Golden State 31st in As for the statebudget crisis, it’s makintg an already bad situation worse. Business leaders say the Legislature and the governor are so tied up withthe state’es financial concerns that they have little time for issued affecting business or anything “I’m aware of companies that have the opportunityh to expand in California and are beinv romanced by other states that will make enormous accommodations to attract high-tech industry,” said Tom Baruch, founderr of the venture firm CMEA Capital.
“The environmenty here in California, especially in terms of the ability to get cooperatiohn from the state withtax relief, job etc., I’ve found to be dismal.” Barucj had a visit in June from Colorado Gov. Bill who has taken an interestin CMEA’s energh investments and wanted to tell Barucjh a little about his home state — and invite him to considef locating a CMEA satellite office or some of the companies he’s funded there. “kI will follow up and pay a visi and look at investmentopportunitiee there,” Baruch said. “Mt time is so scarce, if I’m willing to take a day and spenddit there, it says something.
” In a 2008 Milke n Institute study titled “America’xs High-Tech Economy,” Silicon Valley remainedx at the top of the list of best-performing U.S. metri areas, noted for its uniqur ecosystem that spawns notonly companies, but also entirre industries. But one industry about to breako open inthe U.S. advanced battery development — is looking to Kentuckyy as itsnew epicenter. More than 50 companies from acrossthe country, including five lithiumk ion battery developers from the Bay Area, have bande d together to seek as much as $400 million in federal stimuluas money from the U.S.
Departmentf of Energy so they can build anestimatedr $500 million manufacturing facility. Kentucky has promised to pitcnin $200 million to develop that California wasn’t among the eight finalists being considered by the group, the National Alliance for Advanced Transportation Clark Dong, CEO of Molecular Nanosystems Inc. of Palo Alto, one of the members of the said his company dida line-item comparisob of all of the costzs it would incur by opening a plant in California — and the companyh is considering leaving the state. The concern isn’t the state’a stability, he said. It’s the cost of doinfg business.
“We’re exploring moviny out of state,” Dong said. “A product such as lithiumn ion is competitiveand cost-sensitive, and in orded to do any manufacturing here, it would be tough. I have to answee to my shareholders.” A report issued June 23 by the Milke Institute bearsout Dong’s problem. California had 21 percenyt fewer manufacturing jobs in 2007 thanin 2000, compares with a decline of 20 percent nationallyy and 13 percent among seven statesw competing for the same type of manufacturing jobs.
Drivinf that decline: a reputation for an unfriendlubusiness climate, comparatively high tax rates, a restrictived regulatory climate and unsustainable government spending. San Jose Mayof Chuck Reed said California’s budgett crisis ends up being another issuee weighing on the mindsof CEOs. Some companies have an — Anywhere But California — polichy when it comes to expansion plans, he One company the city foughgt long andhard for, Nanosolar Inc., needs to find spacer for a $42 million solar project, testing thin-film technology as part of a government grant. Reed said the companty has indicatedit can’t find the appropriate spac here.

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Google's social network Google+ hits 20 million visitors - Los Angeles Times

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DirecTV CEO leaving as Liberty merger nears - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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just as the satellite broadcaster readieds to merge with an offshoot ofJohn Malone’z News Corp. and DirecTV confirmed Wednesday that Carey will leaved theEl Segundo, Calif.-based satellite broadcaste July 1 to become second-in-command — handlint international operations — for Ruperft Murdoch’s global media empire. Carey’s defection may muddy reception of the planned merger betwee DirecTV andLiberty Entertainment, a divisionb of Douglas County-based Liberty Media. Carety ran DirecTV for the pastsix years, leading it through a periods of growth and winning partnerships with every majore telecom company in the U.S.
He was expected to stay with DirecTV after it became independent ofLiberty Instead, he returns to working for Murdoch and News where he worked for 15 years prior to heading Liberty Entertainment (NASDAQ: LMDIA) holds a 54 percenr stake in (NASDAQ: DTV) as well as controlling stakes in onlinew gaming company Fun Technologies, the Game Show Network and regionao sports TV networks in Denver, Pittsburgnh and Seattle. Those holdings are being spun off this year intoa free-standinhg company to clear up DirecTV’z stock structure and make it easier for it to engagw in mergers and acquisitions, the companies said. Malone’z company traded its 16 percent ownership stake inNews Corp.
back to Murdoch’s company in 2007 in exchangew for the controlling stakein DirecTV.

Cardwell replaces Arras as Boston Market CEO - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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Arras — who has been CEO since 2007 when investment firm ofBoca Fla., bought the Golden-based chain from McDonald’s — has resigned “too pursue other interests,” the company said in a Cardwell assumes the CEO positionm immediately. The company described Cardwell asa 30-yea restaurant industry veteran. He served for several monthz earlier this year as interim CEOof , the Eden Minn.-based barbecue chain, and also has been on its Cardwell formerly served as chief administrative officer and then CEO of Dallas-basesd Eatzi’s Market and a unit of Brinker and was an executive with S&A Restauranyt Corp.
He has been on several corporate including thoseof P.F. Chang’s China Taco Bueno, Fishbowl Marketing and Order Corner. “Iu am enthusiastic about joining Boston Market and believs the company has strongb potential to expand its market position inthe fast-casual categoruy by offering our customers an even better experience,” Cardwelll said in a statement “I look forward to working closely with Boston Market’ management and associates to achieve this McDonald’s bought the previously independent Bostob Market — formerly know as Boston Chicken — in 2000, paying $173.5t million.
The company was foundeed in Massachusetts in 1985 and moved to Goldenin 1994. Boston Market says it has 530 locations in28

PokerTek sees gaming growth - Charlotte Business Journal:

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Both should prove important developments forthe Matthews-based gaminf table manufacturer. But the company is not sitting on a pat Atthis week’s Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, PokerTe k is previewing an extensionh of its non-gambling games. It is introducing Bocce which will be played on the bar and amusement version ofits PokerTek’s basic product is the 10-persobn PokerPro electronic gaming table for the poke game Texas Hold ’Em. The cardw are displayed on a video scree nwith betting, dealing and all other functionsa handled by PokerTek’s software.
Last year, the company introduce a two-person, non-gambling version of the game that is marketedc to bars andgame rooms. PokerTek, foundedd four years ago, has yet to make a But its numbers are movinhg in theright direction. Revenue for the firstg nine months of the yeartotaledr $11.3 million. That’s up from $2.6 million for the firstf nine monthsof 2007. The company’s $1.8 million net loss in the thir d quarter is downfrom $4.1 million a year ago. Chief Executivew Chris Halligan told investors at an investment forum duriny the expo that the company now has 272 tables in casinoz aroundthe world.
That’s twice as many as a year ago, but less than 3% of the estimates 9,000 poker tables in gambling establishments The most important of those recentg installations could be the two dozen tablesw installed this summer in Las Vegase andAtlantic City. Those are fieled trials required by the gaming commissions of Nevada and New Jersey to determine if the tables can be used in Trump Plaza Casino in Atlantic City installes 12 tables in a specialpoker room. Although ther e is no set time for such field they routinely take three to six Frank Fantini, author of Fantini’s Gamingg Report , says the trialse appear to be nearing completion.
“Thed field trials are the last step in the approval he says. “There’s no question that unless some glitchex arefound — and there are no indicationa of glitches that I know of there is no doubt that they will be able to markety these tables in Las Vegads and Atlantic City startiny early next year.” The Excalibur Hotel and Casino in Las Vegae started a similar 12-tablr trial in late PokerTek hopes that trial will be completedr early next year. Though Halligajn is pleased withthe company’w performance, the stock has not done particularluy well. It was trading this week just above $2.
That is well off the 12-month high of $9 per share late last But it is above the lowof $1.489 hit last month.

'Dog' Chapman hit with $1.8M IRS tax lien - The Business Review (Albany):

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The Honolulu-based TV bounty hunter and his wife Alice E. Smith, known as Beth Chapman, owe $1.8 millionj to the on 2006 and 2007 income, according to a federal tax lien recorded May 19 by the Hawaii Bureahof Conveyances. The liens come five months aftefr were filed in Hawaii against the Chapmand for unpaid taxes from 2002througy 2005. The Chapmans’ Los Angeles-based accountant, Dennis Duban, told PBN in Februaryy that some of the federa tax bills had already been paid and blamed a lag between the time of paymengt and the release ofthe liens.
But accordinfg to records on file with the Bureauof Conveyances, none of the lienz filed in January have been Duban was out of the offics this week and was not available for Chapman, who owns Da Kine Bail Bondsa on Queen Emma Street and lives in Hawaiki Kai, stars in the A&rE program “Dog the Bounty Hunter.” In the IRS filed liens against Chapman for almost $200,000 in 2004 income but in earl y 2007 Duban said those tax billds had been paid.
The IRS had previously filedr liens against him for unpaid 1993 and1994

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Kannapolis honored for economic strategy - Orlando Business Journal:

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The city received the awared in the category of Excellence in EconomiccDiversification Strategies, which recognizes responsess to plant closures and other economicf dislocations, that promote economic diversification. The competition is open to local, state and regional governments; and universities and colleges. Cabarrusa and Rowan counties lost 4,300 manufacturing jobs when textilermanufacturer Kannapolis-basedPillowtex Corp. closed in July 2003. Two yearas later, California billionaire David Murdockk announced plans forthe N.C. Research Campus at the 350-acre former Pillowted headquarters andmanufacturing site.
The life-sciences hub includes the participation of Duke theUNC System, the N.C. Community College System, other educational institutions andbusiness partners. The total investment is expectefd toreach $1.8 billion. Residential and commercial developments are risint around the campus with hopees ofturning Kannapolis, a formert textile town, into a biotech center.

Manpower: 6% of Honolulu employers to hire in 3Q - Philadelphia Business Journal:

2011-07-06T02:17:00.001-07:00

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From July to September, 6 percentr of the companies interviewed in the Honolulu metro area plan to hire more while 11 percent expect to reducstheir payrolls, according to the surveyu from Milwaukee-based (NYSE: MAN). Seventy-eight percent expect to maintaim their current staff levela and 5 percent remain uncertain abou thiring plans. Hiring is expected to be a littlse lighter than in the second quarter, when 10 percenty of companies surveyed planned to hire and 12 percent expectedf to cut payrolls, said Manpowe spokeswoman Mary Lou Callahan. For the coming quarter, job prospectsw in the Honolulu area appear best in wholesale and retai trade and leisureand hospitality.
Employers in durable goods nondurablegoods manufacturing, information, professional and businesxs services, education and health services and governmenyt intend to cut staffing. Hiring in construction, transportation and financial activities and other services is expectesd toremain unchanged. National survey results showee little change from theseconr quarter. Of the more than 28,000 employers surveyef across the country, 15 percengt expect to increase their staff levels during the third while 13 percent expect to reducetheitr payrolls. Sixty-seven percent expect no changew in hiring and 5 percen t are undecided abouttheir third-quarter hirinbg plans.
“The data shows continued hesitancyamonhg employers,” said Jonas president of the Americas for Manpower. “The are treading slowly and watching with guarded hoping a few quartersx of stability will be the precursorf tothe recovery.”

Warming ocean layers will undermine polar ice sheets: study - Xinhua

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