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Good question. Before you apply, there are a couple of thingsd to keepin mind. Sure, it’s old news that the soon-to-be-departed transit CEO, has spent plenty of time lobbyinv for federal and statee money while steering preliminary work onthe billion-dollatr light-rail extension and a $378 million commuter-rail line. Plunging transig tax revenue has made the expansion discussion far more complicated than Will CATS be forced to choose one of its rail linesw overthe other, or can it find a way to do both?
At the same time, a simmering debate over a possible new transit tax, doubling the current one, also Some city and county leader s favor at least gaining the right to put the tax beforde the voters by seeking General Assemblg approval. But a coalition of business and politicao leaders prefers to see new dollars funneledto Parker, seated in his uptown officew overlooking the transit center, cites none of those things during an interview a few hoursw after announcing he’s headed to Texas to run San Antonio’s transit Instead, he describes what the giftsa and burdens are of a job that routinely consumes 75 hoursx a week or more.
As with football coaches, Parker sees few, if any, transitf executives spending decades in their jobstheser days. At 42, he envisions another five yearws — eight, at most before turning to teachinbg transit at thecollege level. Why? Because the pressure, the spotlightt and the worries are What keeps Parker upat night? Plent y of things. “It is an enormously grindin g job because there are somany audiences,” Parker reflecting on his 18-month tenuree leading CATS. “The transit director in Charlottw is very different from the transit directotr in Raleigh or even the transit directore in some other major citiew because of how it startede and the attentionit gets.
” Like? “Like the attentioh me leaving would get.” Here, Parker notes, the transigt chief generates the same interest and scrutiny as the police the school superintendent and the city People want to see the CATS chief’sd e-mail, his schedule and, most of all, his No time to complain abourt that, though. As transit CEO, you’re presidinfg over a business that runs 24 hourdsa day, seven days a week — holidayes need not apply. of course, you have the occasional silo collapsinyg alongyour light-rail line or someone crashing into your control box. All of whicjh pales next to the real worriews any transitchief faces.
The doomsday scenarip is something Parker has notrouble sharing, sinced it has run through his mind more than a few A perfect safety record can be ruined in a A bus driver can go out one get drunk and jump behind the wheelo and kill a family. At any moment. In a granxd understatement, Parker says, “All of those thinge lend itself to a very complex andchallenginy environment.” Applications, anyone?
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Dell: W-S work force reduction totals 260 - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
http://www.0fx.info/authors/author-182.html
Monday marked the first time anyone outside the including officials with the city of learned the current employment numbers following thejob cuts. The city and Forsytb County have combined to offer the computemaker $22 million in incentives, provided Dell invests at least $100 millio n in its plant and employs 1,7000 people by September 2010. But the companyt had remained tight-lipped about its employment figures following the layoffs, and Mayor Allen Joines called for a meetingg with Dell officials. Frank a vice president with Dell, said the recession has causedr fewer people tobuy computers.
He said that worldwide computerr shipments were down 7 percent in thefirstg quarter, the first year-over-year decline in more than eigh years. "Dell is fully accountable for performance-based Miller said. "Not as many computers are beinh sold, and we must size our staff accordingly. We do not take reductionsa lightly." And more customers are shiftingto laptops. The Winston-Salem plantf manufactures desktop computers, though Miller noted it was builty with flexibility in mind and could possibly begi n makingother products, such as though he declined to say how likelu that might be.
Miller said the company has alreadyu invested morethan $130 million in the Winston-Salem plant, including a recent $10 million spenft on improvements to a production line, meetingy that part of the incentive Donna Oldham, a Dell said that the company could not say when or if it woulds employ the 1,700 required to earn all the saying that if Dell did not fulfillo the requirement the company would not acceptt the incentives package.
Dell typicalluy releases its total worldwide employment once a year and only reportasits Winston-Salem employment once a year in an updates to city, county and state Company spokesman David Frank said competitorsd could calculate how many computers an individual plant was able to produce and exploit that advantagwe if employment figures were more readily Miller also said Dell has instituted a recalk program, so that should the economgy rebound and production increase at the plant, laid off workers will be the firsf ones called to fill new Joines said he is hopeful that Dell officials will make employment figures more readily available in the future.
Monday marked the first time anyone outside the including officials with the city of learned the current employment numbers following thejob cuts. The city and Forsytb County have combined to offer the computemaker $22 million in incentives, provided Dell invests at least $100 millio n in its plant and employs 1,7000 people by September 2010. But the companyt had remained tight-lipped about its employment figures following the layoffs, and Mayor Allen Joines called for a meetingg with Dell officials. Frank a vice president with Dell, said the recession has causedr fewer people tobuy computers.
He said that worldwide computerr shipments were down 7 percent in thefirstg quarter, the first year-over-year decline in more than eigh years. "Dell is fully accountable for performance-based Miller said. "Not as many computers are beinh sold, and we must size our staff accordingly. We do not take reductionsa lightly." And more customers are shiftingto laptops. The Winston-Salem plantf manufactures desktop computers, though Miller noted it was builty with flexibility in mind and could possibly begi n makingother products, such as though he declined to say how likelu that might be.
Miller said the company has alreadyu invested morethan $130 million in the Winston-Salem plant, including a recent $10 million spenft on improvements to a production line, meetingy that part of the incentive Donna Oldham, a Dell said that the company could not say when or if it woulds employ the 1,700 required to earn all the saying that if Dell did not fulfillo the requirement the company would not acceptt the incentives package.
Dell typicalluy releases its total worldwide employment once a year and only reportasits Winston-Salem employment once a year in an updates to city, county and state Company spokesman David Frank said competitorsd could calculate how many computers an individual plant was able to produce and exploit that advantagwe if employment figures were more readily Miller also said Dell has instituted a recalk program, so that should the economgy rebound and production increase at the plant, laid off workers will be the firsf ones called to fill new Joines said he is hopeful that Dell officials will make employment figures more readily available in the future.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Richmond II: Series round 26 preview - Motorsport.com
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The Virginian-Pilot | Richmond II: Series round 26 preview Motorsport.com The remaining two drivers will race their way into the Chase by the end of Saturday night's race at Richmond ... The top 10 drivers in the standings heading ... NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup heats up at Richmond Jeff Burton's Richmond report Richmond II: Jeff Burton preview |
Monday, September 6, 2010
Nuti: NCR to save millions with Georgia move - Business First of Buffalo:
http://www.it-systems.org/articles/10_04_09_2.htm
was as much about consolidation and cost saving as it was about Georgia’s $60 million incentive its demographics, infrastructure and skilled The relocation will save the Fortune 500 company “tene of millions of dollars” over the next decade, NCR chiegf Bill Nuti told Atlanta Business Chronicle on Tuesday. NCR’s decisiomn to locate in Georgia, will bring more than 2,100 jobs including nearly 900 to a manufacturing operationin Columbus. That will be NCR’s first manufacturing plant in the Unitedc States sincethe 1970s. NCR is consolidatiny corporate jobs from notjust Dayton, but from several other U.S. Nuti said, declining to disclose the cities.
NCR will continue to employ less than 50 in where it will maintain a data centee and sales andservicew operations. Atlanta’s academic institutions also helped win the NCR The company views schools like as a potential labofr pool and a partner for joiny innovationand development. The region’se relatively robust economy, its supply chain logisticas infrastructure andcorporate base, also helpe d win NCR over. “Wer looked at all of these factore and Georgia scored amongst the highest of all Nuti said. Atlanta also got a little help from the economicallygdepressed Midwest.
“Recruitment has been difficulyin Ohio,” Nuti NCR’s move to the Southeasgt was also prompted by consolidation. “Aty the end of the day we reallt were a company that waswidely dispersed.” Nuti said. Sincs NCR’s 1997 spin-off from “the company was everywhere and nowhere.” The company needed to consolidate into a single campus to improve collaboratiomnand productivity, he said. NCR’s executive offices, however, will remain in Manhattan, Nuti “That center surrounds our largest and most majot customers in the world in thebankinvg industry,” he said.
“That’s where we host many of our customersa in the financialservices base.”
was as much about consolidation and cost saving as it was about Georgia’s $60 million incentive its demographics, infrastructure and skilled The relocation will save the Fortune 500 company “tene of millions of dollars” over the next decade, NCR chiegf Bill Nuti told Atlanta Business Chronicle on Tuesday. NCR’s decisiomn to locate in Georgia, will bring more than 2,100 jobs including nearly 900 to a manufacturing operationin Columbus. That will be NCR’s first manufacturing plant in the Unitedc States sincethe 1970s. NCR is consolidatiny corporate jobs from notjust Dayton, but from several other U.S. Nuti said, declining to disclose the cities.
NCR will continue to employ less than 50 in where it will maintain a data centee and sales andservicew operations. Atlanta’s academic institutions also helped win the NCR The company views schools like as a potential labofr pool and a partner for joiny innovationand development. The region’se relatively robust economy, its supply chain logisticas infrastructure andcorporate base, also helpe d win NCR over. “Wer looked at all of these factore and Georgia scored amongst the highest of all Nuti said. Atlanta also got a little help from the economicallygdepressed Midwest.
“Recruitment has been difficulyin Ohio,” Nuti NCR’s move to the Southeasgt was also prompted by consolidation. “Aty the end of the day we reallt were a company that waswidely dispersed.” Nuti said. Sincs NCR’s 1997 spin-off from “the company was everywhere and nowhere.” The company needed to consolidate into a single campus to improve collaboratiomnand productivity, he said. NCR’s executive offices, however, will remain in Manhattan, Nuti “That center surrounds our largest and most majot customers in the world in thebankinvg industry,” he said.
“That’s where we host many of our customersa in the financialservices base.”
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Brooksville developer files for bankruptcy - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
http://www.ani-stohini-unami.com/article/Agents-Rejoice--Intel-Announces-Support-for-Phoneline-Based-Home-Networking.html
submitted its paperwork Monday withthe ’s Middlee District of Florida. The company, lead by Charles M. Sasser Jr., offerexd 224 units in the first phase of the projec t located just off Cortez and Clinton boulevardsin Brooksville. Unitsa there started at $220,000, according to the property’xs Web site. Hernando Beachy has a pair of construction loanz on the property that it stilllowes $3 million, although one loan where $1.7 million is owed to in is disputed, according to court documents. Two otherf loans are to in Brooksvillewherew $1.3 million is still owed. Much of Hernandok Beach Inc.’s unsecured claims are to subcontractors rangingfrom $8,00 0 to $39,000.
The developer owes more than $409,000 to its larges t unsecured creditors, although nearly $275,000 of it is Hernando County property records show only one sale atSouthernn Pines, a $202,100 purchase made in March 2008. Hernando Beach Inc. listse the value of its propertyt thereat $6.77 million. A creditore meeting is scheduled for July 2at 1:30 p.m. at the 501 E. Polk St. courthousd in Tampa.
submitted its paperwork Monday withthe ’s Middlee District of Florida. The company, lead by Charles M. Sasser Jr., offerexd 224 units in the first phase of the projec t located just off Cortez and Clinton boulevardsin Brooksville. Unitsa there started at $220,000, according to the property’xs Web site. Hernando Beachy has a pair of construction loanz on the property that it stilllowes $3 million, although one loan where $1.7 million is owed to in is disputed, according to court documents. Two otherf loans are to in Brooksvillewherew $1.3 million is still owed. Much of Hernandok Beach Inc.’s unsecured claims are to subcontractors rangingfrom $8,00 0 to $39,000.
The developer owes more than $409,000 to its larges t unsecured creditors, although nearly $275,000 of it is Hernando County property records show only one sale atSouthernn Pines, a $202,100 purchase made in March 2008. Hernando Beach Inc. listse the value of its propertyt thereat $6.77 million. A creditore meeting is scheduled for July 2at 1:30 p.m. at the 501 E. Polk St. courthousd in Tampa.
Friday, September 3, 2010
Treasury lets 10 banks repay $68B - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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According to MarketWatch, and are not amongy them. The department says the which it didnot name, have met the requirementzs for repayment established by federal banking It says many banks recentl y have raised equity capital from privatew investors and have issued long-term debt that is not guaranteedf by the government. “These repayments are an encouraging sign offinancial repair, but we stilpl have work to do,” Treasury Secretar Tim Geithner says. According to MarketWatch, the banks permitterd to pay back the funds are JPMorgahnChase & Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morganj Stanley, American Express, Bank of New York Mellon, Statde Street, US Bancorp, BB&T Corp.
, Capital One Financiao Corp. and Northern Trust. More than 600 banks receivecd a total ofnearly $200 billion through the department’xs Troubled Asset Relief Program. About $2 billion of that money was paidback Charlotte-based BofA (NYSE:BAC) received a total of $45 billion through the San Francisco-based Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC), whicj acquired of Charlotte late last year, got $25 billion from the TARP which is designed to thaw the credit markets and boosf the economy. Under the banks retiring their preferred stocl can repurchase the warrants held by theTreasury Department. Besides the proceedd from the sales of the the department also hasreceived $4.
5 billiom in dividend payments from program Proceeds from the repayments will go to the Treasuru Department’s general fund. The funds can be used to reducd the national debt and can serve as a cushion in case the departmeny needs to respond to financial emergencies inthe future, the departmen says.
According to MarketWatch, and are not amongy them. The department says the which it didnot name, have met the requirementzs for repayment established by federal banking It says many banks recentl y have raised equity capital from privatew investors and have issued long-term debt that is not guaranteedf by the government. “These repayments are an encouraging sign offinancial repair, but we stilpl have work to do,” Treasury Secretar Tim Geithner says. According to MarketWatch, the banks permitterd to pay back the funds are JPMorgahnChase & Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morganj Stanley, American Express, Bank of New York Mellon, Statde Street, US Bancorp, BB&T Corp.
, Capital One Financiao Corp. and Northern Trust. More than 600 banks receivecd a total ofnearly $200 billion through the department’xs Troubled Asset Relief Program. About $2 billion of that money was paidback Charlotte-based BofA (NYSE:BAC) received a total of $45 billion through the San Francisco-based Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC), whicj acquired of Charlotte late last year, got $25 billion from the TARP which is designed to thaw the credit markets and boosf the economy. Under the banks retiring their preferred stocl can repurchase the warrants held by theTreasury Department. Besides the proceedd from the sales of the the department also hasreceived $4.
5 billiom in dividend payments from program Proceeds from the repayments will go to the Treasuru Department’s general fund. The funds can be used to reducd the national debt and can serve as a cushion in case the departmeny needs to respond to financial emergencies inthe future, the departmen says.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Facebook page leads search for loved ones in Haiti - Washington Post
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Facebook page leads search for loved ones in Haiti Washington Post Among them were Siegfried Francisco, head of civil aviation for the Caribbean island of Curacao, and his colleague, Auxencio "Angelo" Isenia, ... |
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