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Analyst call Jan 26 - The Malaysian Insider

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Analyst call Jan 26

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Wah Seong may also be interested in the massive Browse LNG project that would require 900km of inter-field & infield pipelines and 350km of export pipelines, to link the central gas processing and compression facility to shore.

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Vacancies, rent up for Denver-area rental homes - Denver Business Journal:

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Vacancies of for-rent single-familuy homes, condominiums, townhomes, duplexes and other small housinfg increasedto 3.6 percent during the first period from 2.7 perceny for the same quarter of 2008. But vacancieas were down in the first periodfrom 4.9 percen t in the fourth quarter of ’08. The housing division doesn’tr include apartments in its rental housing but does produce a separate reportfor apartments. Metrowide average rent for rental housing increasecdto $1,004.44 in the first quarter from $984.61 year over year.
Fourth-quarter 2008 average rent was All of the six countiew tracked by the housing division had higher vacancies inthis year’ s first quarter year over year, excep t Adams and Boulder/Broomfield counties. (While othefr agencies separate Boulder and Broomfield giving the metro areasevenb counties, the housing division combines thosee two northwestern counties.) Vacancyu rates for the first period by county Adams (5.1 percent), Arapahoe (2.9 percent), Boulder/Broomfiel (2.1 percent), Denver (4 Douglas (2.4 percent) and Jefferson (3.8 percent). From 2008’x final quarter to this year’sx first period, all counties reported dropsx invacancy rate.
Average first-quarter housingf rents were highest inthe Boulder/Broomfield area, at and lowest in Denver County, at $932.53. Average rents rose in all counties, year over year, except Arapahow and Douglas counties. Arapahoe Countty reported an average rent of and Douglas County had an averagr rentof $1,374.94. Jefferson County’s first-quarter average rent was $980.60, and Adams County’se was $1,064.17. Rents decreased from the last quartet of 2008 tothis year’s first quarter only in Douglas, Jefferson and Boulder/Broomfield according to the report.
The rental-housinbg survey was compiled by GordonVon Stroh, University of Denver businessx professor, for the housing division. Assistanced was provided by the National Association ofProperthy Managers, , Institute of Real Estate as well as individuall property owners and managers.

Colorado skier visits down 5.5% for the season - Denver Business Journal:

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percent from last year, reported Thursday. But the state’es ski resorts had an uptick in visits by FronrtRange residents, and Melanie Mills, Ski Country’s president and CEO, pronouncedx herself “very happy with wherse visitation is for this season.” “The trave industry as a whole was put to the test this past Mills said in a statement. “Buy visitation numbers show not only the enduring value of a Coloradokski vacation, but the strong commitment our residentf skiing and riding community has to our state’ds signature sports.” Ski Country is a marketing and trade groulp for 22 Colorado mountain resorts. Those member resort alone recorded 6.
79 million skier visits this down 6.9 percent from the previouzs year, Ski Country said. Member resort numbers for 2008-09 were down 3.9 percent from the average of the last five SkiCountry said. Ski Country said that in-statd resort visits were up 2.5 percent over last year, as Frontr Range residents took advantage of bargains and stayed closer to home to keep down vacationj andrecreations costs. Ski areas operated by Broomfield-basedc aren’t members of Ski Country. Those resort s include Breckenridge, Vail, Beaver Creek and Vail Resorts last week said its total skiefr visits at all its resorts including Heavenlyin California-Nevada — were down 5.
3 percent from the previousw season.

Atlas Pipeline and Williams launch Marcellus Shale venture - Denver Business Journal:

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The two companies LLC, on April 1 . Atlas Energg Resources LLC (NYSE:ATN), an affiliatw of Atlas Pipeline Partners, will be the anchor tenant on Laurel Mountain’s system. Under its agreement with Okla.-based Williams (NYSE:WMB), Atlas Pipeline Partners (NYSE:APL) will receiver $90 million in cash, a preferre d right to proceeds undera $25.5 million obligatiomn from Williams, and 49 percent of Laurel Mountain. The obligatiohn amortizes in equal principal installmentse overthree years.
Atlas Pipeline Partners can convert its right to receive accrued principal and interestr under the obligation into a sum equal to the accruex principal and interest and use that to coverd its required capital expenditures underthe joint-venture Atlas Pipeline Partners also said its lenderss recently agreed to relax the covenants relating to total debt and earningsz before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization on its $380 millio n revolving credit line and $463 million term loan Additionally, , which owns the general partneer of Atlas Pipeline Partners, said Monday it has repaied $30 million on its credit facility and will pay down the remainingb $16 million balance in equal quarterlt installments over the next year.
Atlas Pipeline Holdingss (NYSE:AHD) got the $30 million it used to pay down the facilityg byissuing $15 million of preferrerd limited partner units to Atlas Pipeline Partners and by borrowing $15 million from Atlaz America Inc., which owns Atlasz Pipeline Holdings’ general partner and 64 percenf of its common units. Atlas Americas (NASDAQ:ATLS) also guaranteed that Atlas Pipeline Holdingzs will repay theremaining $16 million on its credift facility. The Atlas companies have offices in Philadelphiaand Pa.

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Wall Street Journal starts printing in India - San Francisco Business Times:

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The Wall Street Journal Asia , put together and published inHong Kong, will be printexd weekdays in New Delhi and Mumbai for distributionm in the Indian The in Mumbai, publisher of the Indian Express newspaper, will printt the copies. Subscriptions cost about 6,000 rupees ($125) for a year. Expensivd newsprint and legacyunion costs, coupled with abysmak ad sales, have hurt many U.S. including the , whose owneres have threatened to close it by October if heavylosses can’t be stopped. But Rupert Murdoch’a . (NYSE: NWS), which bought Wall Streeyt Journal parentin 2007, is betting on growingt literacy and hunger for news in the enormouxs Indian population.
Some critics have questione what the Economist magazinecalls Murdoch’s “fondness for printer’sx ink,” but he’s made plenty of savvy bets in the past. The two planta will print so-called “facsimile of the Hong Kong paper, as allowedd by a recent Indiangovernment decision. Thesd editions will have the same content and ads as the Hong Kongprintefd paper. Joe Spitzer, a company wouldn't say how many copies will be but said circulation of the Wall Streert Journal Asia hasbeen "severakl thousand copies" in India until now.
News has pushed Dow Jones to focuss onAsia — a new glossy “lifestyle” magazine appearex in September, included in all the paper’s Asia the Journal ’s Chinese language web site has been gussie d up; and a broader Asia web site debutesd in February. A web site aimed at Indiq also startedin February. The business plans a Japanese-language site latedr this year. Suman Dubey is editor and publisherd of WSJ PublishingIndia PL.
Started in 1976, the Wall Street Journal Asia has a circulationof It’s also printed in nine othed places in the Asia-Pacific

NASA scientists call for curbing methane gas, black carbon - The State Column

2012-01-15T06:00:00.001-08:00

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Castle will oversee water and science policy for thesprawlinf land-use agency, and will be responsible for the U.S. Bureai of Reclamation and the U.S. Geological “Anne Castle has more than 25 years of experiencre inwater rights, water quality, and naturak resources law,” Secretary of the Interiot Ken Salazar, a former Colorado senator and attorneyy general, said in a statement. “I welcome Anne to our leadershipo team and look forward to workintg with her on the majord water and science challenges we fromclimate impacts, to drought and regionalo water issues.
” The U,S, Senate votedd Friday to confirm She has served on a number of Coloradoo panels concerned with water and land use, including the South Platte River Basin Task Force, the Colorado Groun Water Commission, and the Genesee Water and Sanitation At Denver-based Holland & the largest locally based firm, Castle has focused on watere rights issues. She is a formetr chairwoman ofHolland & Hart’s management committewe and of its natural resources In 2005 she was a finalist for the Denver Businessz Journal’s “Outstanding Women in Business” in the professional servicesd category. . .

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Aerojet, Solar Power to build massive solar-panel system - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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Roseville-based Solar Power (OTCBB: SOPW) shouldr complete the installation of the solar power systemjin November, with Sacramento Municipalo Utility District interconnecting the system to the power grid the same All of the power generated will be used by a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) “The electricity created by this solatr facility provides over 20 percent of the powerd required to operate our extensive groundwater remediation Aerojet president Scott Neish said in a news release. “Thisa initiative is a major step in our efforts to help the reduce our carbon footprint and return approximately 20 acress of our significant land holdings in the Sacramento area tobeneficial use.
” The 18,000 solard panels will include a sun-tracking greatly increasing production as it follows the sun durinvg the day. The Aerojet project will covet about20 acres. “The Aerojet installatioj will be one of thelargestt single-site industrial installations” in the nation, Solar Powedr CEO Steve Kircher said.

EU Weighs Oil Embargo Against Arms Race Risk, Soevndal Says - BusinessWeek

2012-01-06T14:00:00.001-08:00

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Kingpin investors raise energy stakes - Houston Business Journal:

2012-01-04T09:17:00.001-08:00

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A bevy of high-profile asset managerzs and hedge fund gurus returned to buyiny mode after taking financial lumps in the secondf half of 2008 when the valur of energy company shares tanked along with the price of oil andnaturalo gas. Prominent investors such as all-stat asset manager Paul Tudor Jones, energy mavericok T. Boone Pickens and hedge fund investor George Soro s dipped their toes in the energy pool once again and grabbedd multiple stakes inHoustonm companies, according to regulatory statements filed this Jones, who oversees Tudor Investmenty Corp.
, found bargains in 10 Houston-based energy companiew or major players with a significant presencwe in the region, and also took a new position in Waste Management Inc., stillp a big favorite of Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Pickens, who has spent the past 12 monthse lobbying for his plan to help the countryg kick the importedoil habit, still knows a fossil-fuel bargai when he sees one. The Texas oil maven took new positionzs in a wide range of energy companieswith beaten-dowb stock prices at the end of 2008, a year that the bellwethee Philadelphia Oil Service Indesx dipped nearly 60 percent. Pickend dabbled in services players such asSchlumbergef Ltd. and Halliburton Co.
, natural gas shalwe producer ChesapeakeEnergy Corp. and high-profilse exploration and production company AnadarkokPetroleum Corp. Soros took even bigget bites inthe process, gaining new positionsa in services players Nabors Industries Ltd. and Weatherford Internationalk Inc. — after selling off his Schlumbergerrstake — while adding to his positiobn in . Besides his substantial switch into Soros made another big move in late April involvinga Houston-based companyh by adding 3 million more shares of Plainsw Exploration and Production Co., boosting his stak to nearly 6.5 million shares.
Energy analystsx and asset investment managers who follow thesed movers and shakers say that after energy stock prices kept climbinv in 2007 toward lofty highsin it’s been a while sincer the notion of valude investing could be applied to the “Timing is everything,” says Eddie senior partner with Eaglw Global Advisors LLC. “There may have been an over-reaction in the fall with the sell-off of oil There’s still a lot of volatility to deal but these investors did well in anticipating therise (in oil that we’ve seen so far this year, from the mid-$30 to $60.” Allen says that value investorsz are still playing a bit of a waitingt game.
He notes that stock prices are down, naturalo gas has not followed oil’s recovery in and there are concerns that prices could stay depressed asinventories build. There is also more he adds, about possible consolidation as mid-capo exploration and production companies eye the pickings amongtsmaller competitors. Dan Pickering, co-president and head of researchjat Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.
Securities says Pickens, Soros and Tudor might have even added more shares during the quarter if energy stocks had not rallies and moved a bit higherthan “The market took off so stronglty in the first quarter that investors took a pauss waiting for a pullback that never They might have wanted more but the stocks got away a littlee bit on the upside,” Pickering says. All thingsa considered, energy was the hottest investment gamein town.
Says “The overall theme here is that investorss became reengagedin energy, which dramatically out-performed the rest of the markegt in the first quarter, as people were just less terrifiedr about the state of the world The energy resurgence party had some notable While Pickens and Soros were picking new favorites, other big-name investors were still cleaninbg house. Warren Buffett sold 13.7 million ConocoPhillipd shares in the quarter to reduce his stake to a stilosizable 71.2 million Buffet conceded to shareholders of his Berkshire Hathawagy Inc. asset management firm that his huge investment in ConocoPhillipe last year when oil prices peakedat $147 a barreol was a mistake.

Advanta agrees to refund customers up to $35M in FDIC agreements - Kansas City Business Journal:

2012-01-02T05:34:00.001-08:00

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That agreement addresses charges that theSpring Pa.-based company violated federal trade laws through its pricinh strategies on business credit cards, and in its marketing of cash-back rewards on the Advanta said it did not admit wrongdoinb and that it entered the agreement s “in the interest of expediency and to avoixd litigation.” Advanta said it took a $14 million chargr to cover refunds tied to the alleged marketing violations in third-quarter 2008 and will take a second-quarterr 2009 charge to cover refunds over its pricint strategies, which it said could total $21 million.
Advanta also agreed to a $150,000 In a separate agreement withthe FDIC, Advanta’s ability to use cash and pay dividendsx has been restricted. The company must submit a plan toremaib "well-capitalized," and submit a plan to terminate its deposit-taking operatione and deposit insurance once its deposits are repaidd in full, a process expected to take a few The second agreement with the FDIC places restrictionsd on Advanta’s use of its cash assets, payment of dividends and transactionse that would materially alter its balance sheett composition and taking of brokered deposits.
Advantqa said the second order does not in any way restrict it from continuingy to service itsmanaged credit-card account s and receivables. In an effort to limi t losses and erosion of its capitalp ascredit deteriorates, Advanta said in earlty May that its securitization trust will go into early amortization — where the companyy uses receivables from customers to accelerats payment to investor bondholders. While that protects investors from prolonged exposure to a pool of receivablesx whose credit performancehas deteriorated, Advanta would have needed an alternative way to fund new purchases on its credit cards. So it had to shut down future use, effective May 30.
It has sincd referred some customers to AmericanExpress Co. Advanta’a stock closed 2 7 percent lower Wednesda y at42 cents.

Miss. St. celebrates 23-17 win over Wake Forest - The Associated Press

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McLaren's New Formula - Wall Street Journal

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It's official: 15 General Motors dealers in Colorado to lose franchises - Wichita Business Journal:

2011-12-26T17:00:00.001-08:00

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It was the first definitivw statement of exactly how many GM dealers in the state were informede thay will lose their franchise agreementsin 2010. The Colorado Automobile Dealers Association previously had estimated the number at 13 to 15 basedc on reports from GM still is not releasinf the names ofthe 1,323 dealers it plands to drop nationwide, including the 15 in The information came in a list released by the Houswe Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, based on informatiohn provided by GM. Executives of GM and Chrysler, which plands to shed 14 Colorado testified before Congress about thei dealerplans Friday.
GM's car lines includw Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick, GMC, Saab, Saturn and Hummer. It has some 6,009 dealerships nationwide. Letters sent in mid-May to GM dealersx the company planned to a copy of which was obtained by the DenvefrBusiness Journal, said the automakerd reviewed each of its dealers' sales volume, capitalization, location and facilities along with other "marketf patterns." . "Based on our review and current and foreseeable markety conditions andyour dealership's historicalp performance, we do not see that GM can have a productive businessa relationship with [name of dealership] over the long term," said the dated May 14.
About 92 of Colorado's 264 auto dealerships sell one or moreGM lines, said Tim Jackso of the state auto dealers Additional dealers may lose theire franchises later, GM has said.

Jets Still in Clear Control of Their Destiny: A Fan's Take - Yahoo! Sports

2011-12-24T12:51:00.001-08:00

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Monsanto, BASF announce breakthrough in drought-resistant corn development - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

2011-12-22T08:00:00.001-08:00

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The companies said they would use the gene to develolthe world’s first biotechnology-derived drought-tolerany crop. The discovery is a timely accordingto Monsanto. The numbet and duration of dry spells, especially in already drought-prone areas, is expected to increase due to climate according to aUnited Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization repory prepared for ministers of the G-8, Monsanto said. Monsanto and BASF said the drought-tolerantg corn product is targeted for as early as 2012 pendin appropriateregulatory approvals. The two companiez are jointly contributing $1.5 billion over the life of theirtresearch collaboration.
Chemical company BASF is baseedin Ludwigshafen, Germany. Creve Coeur, Mo.-based Monsanto Co. MON), led by Chairman, President and CEO Hugh develops insect- and herbicide-resistant cropzs and other agricultural It is one of the larges t employersin St. Loui s with 4,000 local employees.

Native American is proclaimed Catholic saint - USA TODAY

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Charles W. Thurston Executive Profile

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billion gross in 2006. Comcast Spotlight is in nearlhy 90 DMAs acrossthe U.S. includingg 20 of the top 25 markets. Priofr to this role, he was Presidengt and CEO of Adlink, the Los Angeles digitalo interconnect. Hired as Adlink's General Sales Manager in 1989, Charlier was promoted to Vice President of Sales and Marketing in and then to President and CEOin 1992. His experienc e spans more than 24 yearz in the cable He was General Manager ofContinental Cablevision's Cabler Advertising Division from 1986-1989. Prior to that, his career include launching advertising sales departments for Cablevision Systems in New Connecticutand Boston.
His career began in 1980 selling cabl e televisionsubscriptions door-to-door. Originally from Rye, New York, Charlied holds a Bachelor of Arts degree fromWilliamxs College, 1980. He attended the Haas School of Business'es Advanced Management Program at the University of California at and is a member ofYPO (Young Presidents Organization). Charlie was recognized by Inc Magazine as an Entrepreneurf of the Year Finalistin "Communications" in 1995, and "Technology" in and was the recipient of "The Silved Bell" Award from the Ad Council in 2005. He serves on the Boardc of Directors of National CableCommunications (NCC), Vehix.
com, The Advertising Council, and he is the Chairma n of the Board for The Cable Advertising Bureauj (CAB). Charlie is also an avid fundraiser for which aids The Olympic DisablerSki Team. Charlie is marrier with a four-year-old son and a one-year-oldx daughter. Recent News About Charles W. Thurstohn **All Executive profile data provided byDow Jones & Co., Inc.

Aurora opening Summit clinic early - The Business Review (Albany):

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The Aurora Wilkinson Medicalo Clinic will open October 26 and will replace the current Aurorza Wilkinson Medical Clinic at 915Summit Ave. in although urgent care services will continuse to beoffered there. The new clinicc also will replace the AuroraWilkinson Women’s Center and the Aurora Vision both currently in Oconomowoc. The other Aurors Wilkinson Medical Cliniclocations – in Hartland, Delafield, Wales and Waukesha – will continus to serve patients. “October 26 will representy the start of a new era in healtjh care inthis area,” said Dr.
Davidr Ulery, president of Aurora WilkinsonMedical “The opening of our new clinif and cancer center will move us closer to a fullhy integrated system of care for the peoplr of western Waukesha County.” the hospital part of the project remains on scheduld to open in early Aurora officials said. The Wilkinsonb clinic will open at the same time as the new Vincw Lombardi Cancer Clinic on the Summit The new Aurora Medical Center campu in the Town of Summit is at the southeasyt corner of Interstate 94 andHighway 67. The new Aurorz Wilkinson Medical Clinic will be on the west side of the and the new Vince Lombardi Cancerf Clinic is on thesouth side.

Chase commits to Central Ohio expansion - Phoenix Business Journal:

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The New York company, Central Ohio’es second-largest bank and third-largest employer, said it plans to add several hundrec jobs atits 8,000-employee McCoy Centef operation at Polaris whilde several hundred jobs will be addes to a lending facility near Eastom Town Center. About 150 jobs will be addes atthe company’s Clevelandx Avenue operations in Westerville. Chase (NYSE:JPM) said it’s boostin employment in the region to handle additionaol support functions needed after buying Washingtoh Mutuallast September.
The move comes after statee and local officials extended a round of incentiver packages valued atabout $20 That includes a more than $6 million package from Columbuas and a 15-year, 75 percent tax credift valued at about $14 million from the state. Gov. Ted Strickland in a statemenrtcalled Chase’s announcement “a tremendous boostt to our economy and very welcomee news for Ohio.”

Skyscraper developer shakes off $266 million New York judgment - South Florida Business Journal:

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Early last year, Leon Cohen and his Maurice Cohen, proposed a 93-story skyscraper at 330 Biscaynwe Blvd., in downtown Miami. They soughg land use approvals and hiredan architect. But, in the Cohens lost a defaultt judgment in New York State Supremre Court in a lawsuit over financial fraud allegations connected to a Manhattanhotel redevelopment. Attorneys for a corporatioh formed by the French government pursued courtt action in Florida in an attemp t to tie upthe Cohen’s Floridza properties to satisfy the $266 million But, an appellate division of the New York courgt on May 21 reversed and vacatedf the lower court order, whicn has the effect of freeing the Cohends from any attempt to encumber their property in Southy Florida.
In its recent the appellate courtsaid “reasonable latitudse should have been afforded before imposing the ultimater sanction.” , the corporation formed by the Frencyh government, alleged in the New York lawsuit that Leon of Fisher Island, defrauded a French lender in a previouas multimillion-dollar transaction related to the Flatotel in The Cohens have denied the allegations. In an Aug. 25 lettetr to the Business Journal, New York attorne y Thomas Dewey wrote that theCohens “categorically reject any assertion that they committedx any wrongdoing, and they are confident that once the merits of the [CDR case are considered, they will prevail.
” New York Suprem Court Justice Walter Tolub wrotee the August decision for default judgment againsgt the Cohens and other defendants in connectiobn with alleged civil fraud at the Flatotel. His rulinyg had said the “defendants’ long-standing patterns of lateness and abject failure to comply with courty orders amounts towillful conduct, whicj not only warrants, but necessitates awarxd of default judgment.” The French corporation claims the Cohens sold the Flatotekl to a Bahamian company controlled by hotelied Simon Elias in 2000 without disclosing the transaction to CDR Creancee or making any payment on the loan.
CDR represented locally by Miami-based law firm Kenny had previously asked for a temporary injunction barring sale of and a lispendens (notice of pendinvg litigation) on the Cohens’ properties in “We’re prepared to prove they stole $20 million out of the and another $30 million when they sold Kenny Nachwalter attorney Marcos Jimenez told Miamio Dade Circuit Judge Sarah Zabel in a Nov. 12 hearinb in the judge’s chambers. “At the same they were acquiring theFloridza properties. We believe we can show direcr correlation.
” A complaint, filer against the Cohens last yearin Miami-Dade Countyy Circuit Court, refers to “a labyrinthinse web of affiliated shell companies located in Florida, New York, Lichtenstein, the British Virgin Islands, Panama, Quebec and Francre to conceal their actions.” The six Florida properties targetec in the lis pendens were 429 Lenosx Ave., Miami Beach; 7213 Fisher Island Fisher Island; 5930 N. Bay Road, Miamj Beach; 330 Biscayne Blvd., 268 Park Drive, Bal Harbour; and 1475 Collins Miami Beach.
Justin Elegant, an attorney for the Cohens with in Coral said in an interview that his clients are pleased with the recen t appellate ruling and believe they will prevaill in the CDRCreances lawsuit. CDR Creances attorneh Douglas Kellner, of , said in an “With the vacated judgment, we’re back wherre we were last August with pushintg forwardon discovery. We think the claims have Duringa Nov.
12 hearing in Miami-Dadd Circuit Court, William Petros, an attornet for the Cohens, had said the Cohens have a potential buye r for some of their InJanuary 2008, a Miami panel gave Leon Cohen and his , initial approval for the Empire Worl d Towers project, which would have 1,557 residential units. At the time, real estates analysts questioned the feasibility of the project because ofhurricane codes, height restrictions and the recession. Regardless of the outcoms of the litigation, local real estate experts stilkl question the feasibility of a massive projectr like Empire World Towersin today’ds market.
Scott Sime, of Holly Sime Real said: “Unless there’s a specialize user in mind, to build a spec office buildinb at this time would be a veryriskyg proposition.” Chris Lee, of , said: “There’s absolutely no markeyt support for it righft now.”

Magazine honors The Children's Hospital - The Business Review (Albany):

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The hospital qualified for the magazine’s “Honoe Roll” in its 2009 edition of America’s Best Children’ s Hospitals. The Honor Roll is reserved for hospitalsx that achieved ranking in all surveyed specialty areas coverefd by the monthlynews publication. Children’s rankeds in the top 10 in sixspecialty areas, includinv cancer (No. 10), diabetes and endocrine disorders (No. 10), digestive disorderas (No. 5), neonatal care (No. 8), orthopedicse (No. 8) and respiratory disorderd (No. 5). Last Children’s was ranked No. 7 overall amonhg the nation’s pediatric hospitals. In it finished at No. 4.
Because of a change in how the reportwas compiled, therd was no general numerical rankingy this year.

Champs Sports extends agreement - Washington Business Journal:

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Champs Sports, a division of New York-based FL), and Florida Citrus Sports announcex the sponsorship extensionJuly 7, but didn’tf disclose any specifics of the deal in a written The game is playexd on Dec. 29 each year between college teamse from the Atlantic Coast and Big Ten Last year’s game attracted a recorxd number of attendees — 52,692 — and was among the highest-rated bowl games telecasgt by ESPN. “Champs Sports is truly one of the most committed sponsors incollege football. We are extremely pleaseed to have them as a partner and name sponsoe of the Champs Sports Bowl for another four saidSteve Hogan, CEO of Florida Citruzs Sports.
Florida Citrus Sports is a nonprofiyt organization dedicated to promoting the Central Florida communityt through foursignature events, includinfg The Capital One and Champs Sporta bowl games, the Orlando Citrus Parade and the OUC half marathon and 5k.

Icahn ups Lions Gate stake to 16.87 percent - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:

2011-12-04T21:34:00.001-08:00

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Many of Icahn's various investment entities acquiredabout 1.5 milliob shares (NYSE: LGF) in the latesty purchase, saying in statement that "the common shares of Lions Gate were undervalued." Icahjn now controls about 19.8 milliohn shares, and in a statement said that the investment entitiezs might acquire more shares. The statemenrt also hinted at a possiblre shakeup of the Lions Gate board of directors at the nextshareholder "The Icahn Affiliates may seek to add nominees designated by the Icahn Affiliates to Lions Gate's board of which could include expanding the size of the board of directorsz of Lions Gate and/or removing individuals from the boarc of directors of Lions Gate," the statemen said.
Santa Monica-based Lions Gate's largest shareholder is stillMark Rachesky, a former Icahn advisor. Rachesky's stake is just undert 20 percent. Rumors have persisted as to whethefIcahn . He has been critical of the studio's expenses and expenditures, especially .

Call This Bike Advocate a Spokes-woman - Voice of San Diego

2011-12-02T17:34:00.001-08:00

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Call This Bike Advocate a Spokes-woman

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Samantha Ollinger recently quit her job as an accountant to focus full-time on advocating for bicyclists in San Diego.Samantha Ollinger recently quit her job as an accountant to focus full-time on advocating for bicyclists in San Diego. ...

Police question wife of Chinese activist - msnbc.com (blog)

2011-11-30T12:34:00.001-08:00

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Police question wife of Chinese activist

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The wife of Ai Weiwei was questioned by Chinese police for several hours Tuesday. She described what happened to NBC News. By Eric Baculinao BEIJING â" The wife of Ai Weiwei was questioned by Chinese police for several hours Tuesday in what appears to ...

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Existing month-to-month home sales increase for first time since September 2005 - Orlando Business Journal:

2011-11-28T09:17:00.001-08:00

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On Tuesday, the released its monthly reporon existing-home sales. The report showed the first month-to-month increase since September 2005. Salex of existing single-family homes, condominiums and co-ops rose to a seasonally adjusted annuao rateof 4.77 million units in May, a 2.4 percenyt increase from 4.66 million in April, accordinfg to NAR. The May 2009 figures are 3.6 percentr lower than a year ago, when the pace was 4.95 In the announcement, NAR’s chief economist, Lawrencre Yun, said low mortgage lower purchase prices and the federak tax creditfor first-time buyeres helped spur sales.
the increase in sales is less than expectex because poor appraisals arestalling transactions,” Yun said. “Pendinhg home sales indicated much stronger but some contracts are falling through from faulty valuations that keep buyers from gettina loan.” While existing home salex increased, mortgage originations are coming in lower than previously forecast. On the lowered its forecast of mortgage originations in 2009 by morethan $700 citing lower purchase more cash purchases, lower refinancing ratexs and lower volume in the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Home Affordable Refinance Program. The association now expects mortgag originations tototal $2.03 trillion in 2009.
As part of its the MBA studieshome sales. It is forecastinvg 4.8 million existing home sales in a 1.2 percent decline from 2008, and 352,00 0 new home sales, a decline of about 27 “Median home prices for new and existing homeds will likely continue to fall, dropping by aboutf 10 percent from 2008 levels, but leveling off in 2010 as the economu improves,” the association’s chief economist, Jay Brinkmann, said in a writtem statement issued Monday.

Study: Californians must make big shift to electric power to meet long-term ... - MiamiHerald.com

2011-11-26T04:51:00.001-08:00

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BentleyForbes signs 19 new tenants - Dallas Business Journal:

2011-11-24T01:00:00.001-08:00

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The new activity includes a 25,500-square-foot leased inside the company’s Park Center which was securedby . BentleyForbes also enterefd into an agreement with Key Bank in which the firm willleases 26,000 square feet of space at BentleyForbes’ Prestonj Commons building. Los Angeles-based BentleyForbes has a Dallas offics portfolio of 1 million square feet of Clases Aoffice space. The company also operates a local officein Dallas. Below is a complete listing of all the leasesd secured atthe company’zs Park Center, Preston Commons and U.S.
Renaol Care: 25,500 square feet Shaddock Development: 11,90o square feet Newmark Knight Frank: 9,500 square feet First American Title: 5,000 square feet Vaco: 3,60p square feet PRT: 2,600 square feet Key 26,000 square feet Blankenship 3,400 square feet : 2,350 square feet Hollon Meaders: 1,800 square feet CNC: 1,250o square feet Southwest Federated: 1,000 square feet Holmah Roberston/Russell Cosby: 7,000 square feet Atkinsa O’Toole: 3,450 square feet Argent Properties: 3,275 squarre feet Caiman Energy: 3,150 square feet : 1,900 square feet First Tennessee: 1,850o square feet Lazarus: 1,100 square feet

An Enclave of Artists, Reluctant to Leave - New York Times

2011-11-21T21:34:00.001-08:00

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Reef Hall, 5, and her mother, Samantha Hall, in the Westbeth complex, the first federally subsidized artists' colony in the country. More Photos Â» By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS âBarton, it's me; poke your head out the door,â Lucille Rhodes said into her ...

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High-end home builder Tall House liquidating - Denver Business Journal:

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which built some of the Triangle’s most expensive custo homes for the past33 years, has filec for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Tall which was helmed by founder, owner and President Richarsd Tilley, submitted the filing on May 15 in the for the Easterhn District ofNorth Carolina. The company listed $419,28 in assets and $629,173 in Tall House representatives wouldn’t discuss the circumstances that ledto liquidation. “I’mm not going to make any comment,” Tilley said in a bried phone conversation. Bill Janvier, an attorney at Everetf Gaskins in Raleigh who is representing Tall House in the also declinedto comment.
News of the filing surprised Ed a veteran residential real estate insider who is an agenyfor . “I was shockesd to hear about that,” says “He’s been around forever.” Willer wasn’t sure what caused Tilley’w firm to have to declare “He’s well regarded, that’s all I can tell says Willer. The bankruptcy is a far cry from whenTall House’s $2.6 million average home price made it the Triangle’sz No. 3 custom home according to a list of those builderz compiled by Triangle Business Journalin 2007. Tall House catere to high-end customers, building just six home s in 2006 with prices rangingfrom $1.2 million to $5.
45 The firm generated $15.59 million in revenuwe that year, according to information provided by the companhy to TBJ at that time. The Raleigh-based which was founded in 1976, built its homes from custom designs approved by ownersw in prestigious areas and communities suchas Wakefield, Country Club Hills and inside the Beltline. The company generatedf nearly $7.3 million in gross incom e duringits 2006-07 fiscal year, whicb ran from Nov. 1, through Oct. 31, 2007, the bankruptct filing shows. That declined to about $5.2 milliob in 2007-08. Gross income from Nov. 1, through May 15, 2009 totaled $6.
2 Court documents show that Tall House’s major creditorsd include , which has a claim for nearl $260,000, and Stock Loan Services LLC, whicbh is owed $231,000. Both have claims relater to a lot at the Hillsz of Rosemont community inChatham County. “Ay Rosemont, we’re sad to see this happen,” says Kevij O’Neal, a salesman at Durham-based The Real Estat e Company, whose communities include Rosemont. “Wde were always happy to do businesxswith them.” Tall House built severak houses in the Rosement community, though O’Neal says that the propertg mentioned in the bankruptcy filing is stilpl a vacant lot.
O’Neal estimates that Tall House employe aboutfive people. While officials involvefd with the filing were mum about the financial problems that precipitateethe bankruptcy, it’s no secret that the housingt industry – especially at the high end has been battered by the economic downturn. “It’s much more difficult today to get financing fora million-dollar houss than it was a year ago,” says Tim an executive vice presidentt at the Home Builders Association of Raleign and Wake County. “It’s really made it hard on the builderw in thatprice point.
” One reason is that FHA loansx will only go up to $417,500 in this If the price tag goes above that amount, buyerss have to get a second loan called a “jumb loan” from investors. Jumbo loans have higher interest rate s thanFHA loans. And while the jumbows do still exist, they’re much more rare than they were beforre theeconomic meltdown.

Salaries for Niagara County teachers - The Business Review (Albany):

2011-11-17T14:17:00.001-08:00

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for an explanation of these • Barker -- $36,972 (29). Median: $55,718 Peak: $84,673 (16). Lewiston-Porter -- Start: $40,971 (6). $58,397 (7). Peak: $78,732 • Lockport -- Start: $37,1132 (27). Median: $54,769 (14). $81,257 (32). • Newfane -- Start: $37,39w (25). Median: $48,318 (48). Peak: $83,823 (19). • Niagara Falls -- $42,265 (1). Median: $57,372 Peak: $83,469 (22). • Niagara-Wheatfiele -- Start: $41,427 (4). Median: $56,131 (12). $83,901 (18). • Nortu Tonawanda -- Start: $41,214 (5). Median: $62,049 (2). Peak: $83,3765 (23). • Royalton-Hartland -- Start: $34,55 7 (59). Median: $48,413 (46). Peak: $78,008 (46). Starpoint -- Start: $38,517 (14).
Median: $49,9667 (31). Peak: $82,721 • Wilson -- Start: $35,301 (50). $50,293 (27). Peak: $84,926 (15). to proceed to the salaru chart for teachers in theSouthernj Tier.

Groups Praise New Colorado Law to Protect Vulnerable Rivers, Streams

2011-11-15T10:17:00.001-08:00

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The bill creates a new, refundable income tax credir for farmers and ranchers who donatse their water to protecg rivers and streams in the A broad coalition of groups supported the including EnvironmentalDefense Fund, Rocky Mountain Farmers Colorado Water Trust, Trout Unlimited, and the Northerh Colorado Water Conservancy District. "By enacting this Colorado is taking the lead in crafting and implementinv incentives to encourage conservation of our most precious resources and creating a national model for protectinhg the iconic and vulnerable waterwayss ofthe west," said , Rocky Mountain Regionaol Director for Environmental Defense Fund and a former vice chairma of the Agriculture, Natural Resources and Energy Committew in the Colorado Senate, who attended the bill "This law gives Colorado's farmers and ranchers the opportunityu to build partnerships with the statse and the conservation community to protecgt critical stream reaches and avoid the often-draconian implications of more Endangerede Species Act listings.
" Passed by the legislaturde during the 2009 session, House Bill 1067 createx a new incentive for individuals to contribute to the long-ter health of important stretches of streamk in all of Colorado's river basins. Under current law, the Colorad o Water ConservationBoard (CWCB) can receiver donations of water rights to protect stream flows and benefit the environment. The legislation authorizes the Colorado Water Conservation Board to award tax credit certificates to donors of wate rights that the Board deems worthy ofsuch consideration. The Boarr negotiates the tax credit values with the waterdright donor.
"Giving Colorado's familt farmers more options in deciding how to benefit from theie property will help ouragricultural communities," said , Presidengt of the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union. "As good land family farmers will look favorablhy upon this program as an alternative to selling their right to water developers who often export the waterr to urban and suburban parts ofthe state."" Environmental Defense Fund, a leadingy national nonprofit organization, representsx more than 500,000 members. Since 1967, Environmental Defense Fund haslinked science, economics, law and innovative private-sector partnershipsa to create breakthrough solutions to the most seriou s environmental problems.
For more information, visitt . , 303-887-8206-c, , , 202-572-3354,

Bernstein-Rein lays off staff, warns of more - Kansas City Business Journal:

2011-11-13T06:51:00.001-08:00

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Steve Bernstein, president of Bernstein-Rein, indicated that an unspecifieds number of future cuts may be The layoffs came in several departmentsx during the course ofrecent weeks, he said. Bernsteimn cited the poor economy, less client spendint on advertising and reducesd margins from billing as factors drivingthe “I’d say with there is a tightening of the belt with everybody’s marketinfg spend,” Bernstein said. The company’s most recent head count stood at 253 compared with 351 inMarch 2007. Bernstein-Rein, for many yearx No.
1 on the Kansas City Business Journal ’s list of top area advertising has been supplanted the past two years by Bernsteimn said layoffs after losing accounts with and the in combined with natural resulted in the loweremployee count. “There’sa no doubt losing Wal-Mart and USAA, and the economy have made us asmalle agency,” Bernstein said. Gross income was $45.1 millionb in 2008, down more than 9 perceng from its 2007 totapof $49.7 million. one of Kansas City’s best-knowm and longest-standing ad agencies, has hardly been alone in cuttin g jobs in theslipping economy.
Kansas City-based let go of abouft 30 employeesin February, or 10 percenft of its total work Wichita-based cut jobs in its Kansaes City office, though it didn’t specifu how many. In the public relations which often intersects with localadvertising firms, let go of abouyt 13 employees in February. A year ago, well before the effect of the recession wasfully apparent, several agency executivea said a slowing economy presented an opportunity because they expected clients to ramp up marketingb and advertising efforts. Few are sayingt that now.
“This isn’t the nicest environment these saidPete Kovac, CEO of “I don’gt think anyone realized how bad things were in September and Octobeer when budgets were being locked.” Industr executives said clients in the current economuy also are less willing to commirt to long-term authorizations with a singlre company, opting instead at times for monthly or quarterlt engagements. “It’s soft. ... Clearly everuy client got the lettert from the CEO thatsays we’re not going to but there’s stuff to said Phil Bressler, partner with . Bernsteijn said clients also were moving away from payingmediq commissions.
A traditional and increasinglyoutdated approach, the commissions pay a percentagr of a media buy back to the He said that methoc of payment has fallen out of favor with clients who suspectt that their advertising is pushed into ineffectivre media. Alternate billing methods haven’t always provided the same high marginws asmedia commissions. “We’ve let the margin disappear too Bernstein said.

Green Township OKs Mercy hospital plan - Phoenix Business Journal:

2011-11-11T02:51:00.001-08:00

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The plan passed 3-0. “We’re very pleased to get to this stag e and excited to take thenext step,” said Pete spokesman for Mercy. “We realize there is still a lot of work to do and we look forward to continuing to work with the residents and the township leaders to develop a hospital everyone can beproudf of.” The project will now be submitted to the Hamiltonn County Regional Commission for consideration, probably next Gemmer said. The planned hospital and parking areas would cover about 40 acres and sit near toInterstate 74. The to cost $200 million, couldr open in early 2014.
The proposed site is 60 Mercy has said it will close itstwo West-Side Mercy Hospital Western Hills and Merc Hospital Mount Airy. The new hospital, with 200 to 250 will be a replacementfor them. Some residents in the area had expresseed concerns about increased traffic as a resulyt ofthe hospital, whose main accesx road would be from North Bend Road, at roughly the midway point between Kleeman and Gemmer said a traffic impact studt through the Hamilton County Engineer’s Officse is nearly complete.

Salvation Army of Augusta seeking volunters to staff red kettles - The Augusta Chronicle

2011-11-08T23:17:00.001-08:00

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Salvation Army of Augusta seeking volunters to staff red kettles

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During the 2010 holiday season, The Salvation Army of Augusta raised more than $200000 through the Red Kettle Campaign. This year, the goal is $250000. Hundreds of volunteers are needed to staff the Salvation Army's iconic red kettles, ...

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Helix Energy to reduce Cal Dive stake - Phoenix Business Journal:

2011-11-06T19:17:00.001-08:00

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The Houston-based offshore energy companyt plans to offer 20 million shares in Cal Dive through a publifc offeringat $8.50 per with an option for underwriters to purchase an additionapl 3 million shares to cover Helix (NYSE: HLX) also has agreed to sell Cal Dive an additionapl $14 million worth of sharess at a price equal to the offering. Houston-based Cal Dive DVR) has 94 milliob shares outstanding. When the offering closezs and Cal Dive repurchasesits Helix’s ownership in Cal Dive will be reducedx to 25 percent from 51 percent, according to a regulator filing with the .
If the over-allotment optiojn is not exercised, Helix’s ownership will be 28 Helix expects to use the proceedss for general corporate Helix shares closedat $11.25 on Frida and were trading at $11.92 mid-morning Monday, while Cal Dive shares closedx Friday at $10.09 and were tradingf at $9.85 mid-morning on

Hartnett: Rangers Finding Consistency And Confidence - CBS New York

2011-11-04T16:17:00.001-07:00

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Hartnett: Rangers Finding Consistency And Confidence

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After surrendering three third period goals to the Ottawa Senators on Saturday, the New York Rangers knew they needed to find better consistency from start to finish. After securing consecutive victories over strong Western Conference ...

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Treasury Department selling TARP warrants at 34% discount - Sacramento Business Journal:

2011-11-02T12:51:00.001-07:00

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Through the Troubled Asset Relief Program, knownb as TARP, the Treasury Department purchasec preferred stock and warrants from banks in an effor to propup Warrants, which give the holder the right to buy a company’s stock at some point in the future for a specifif price, presented a lot of potential upside for taxpayers, shoulde bank stock prices rise above the face valu e of the warrants. Many banks have sought to buy back theitr preferred shares and warrantsfrom Treasury.
“Because the warrantw that accompanied TARP assistance represent the only opportunit y for the taxpayer to participate directly in the increase in the shar e prices of banks made possible by public the price at whicn the warrants are soldis critical,” the panelo said. The panel, charged with determining whether taxpayers are receiving maximun benefit fromthe TARP, conducted its own valuation of the warrantes the Treasury holds.
It found that 11 banka have repurchased their warrantsx from the Treasury for a total amount that the panell estimates to be only 66 percen of currentmarket value, shortchanging taxpayers by $10 The Treasury is still in the earlu stages of its warrant repurchass program, and the panel acknowledgee that the prices thus far may not be representative of what is to

5 Questions about Wealth Management - The Business Review (Albany):

2011-10-31T08:34:00.001-07:00

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came after a period of lower-than-normal volatility the previoudsseveral years. In fact, the volatilityy levels in the fourth quarter of 2008 were beyond what most investors have experienced intheirt lifetime. This combination of high volatility and fallingv asset prices in a very condensed time frame has many investorsd questioning their risk toleranceand long-term investment Do you advise clients to invest in alternative assets?? Why or why not? “We do recommend an allocation to alternative investmentsz for most of our high-net-worth clients who have ample liquidity across the rest of theit investment portfolios.
Given the illiquid nature of mostalternativ investments, the size of an alternative investmentg allocation will depend on the risk profilse of the client and their overall comforft level with having investments that do not have daily or even monthl y liquidity.” Generally speaking, what are the benefitw and shortfalls of alternative compared with the equity markets? “Our definition of alternativde investments includes most of the nontraditionap asset classes beyond stocks and bonds, including hedgwe funds, commodities, private equity and real estate.
Including thes types of investments in a portfolio eitherthrough (exchange-traded funds), mutual funds or direcr investments — increases the overall diversification and enhances the risk/returbn profile of an overall portfolio. The primary downside to these typees of investmentsis illiquidity, which is why clients need to thinlk beyond the return expectationsx when committing capital to alternativde investments.” Would you advise clients to remove funda from their IRAs and invest in alternative assets ?
“Given the fact many alternative investmenta are not very tax-efficient and are somewhatr illiquid, we have found that owning them in tax-deferrer accounts with longtime horizonws like IRAs can be an ideaol situation. This would relate more to clientx that havelarge tax-deferred accounts, like rollover IRAs from previoues 401(k) plans. By owning alternative investmentxs ina tax-deferred account, you are able to eliminatr the tax inefficiency issue.” What are the safesgt investment bets right now?
“While the equituy markets have had a significant rally off the Marcg 9 lows, we think the safest long-term bets are high-quality investments acrosa both the equity and fixed-income markets. In the equity the rally has been led by those sectorss that were beaten down the most last yearand low-quality stocks in general. We thinmk that high-quality, large-cap, globalp franchise businesses continue to be cheapo on arelative basis. In fixe d income, we expect to see the continued normalization in the credit marketsd andprefer high-quality corporatde and municipal bonds.
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Clear Channel Outdoor names new CFO - San Antonio Business Journal:

2011-10-29T04:34:00.001-07:00

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Chet Kwasniak’s position is effective June 15. Kwasniakj will oversee all financial reporting and IT activities for CleaeChannel Outdoor. He will report to Paul president and CEO of Cleare Channel Outdoor forthe Americas. Kwasniak is joining Clear Channelp Outdoor after holding executiveor management-level positions at , , and “Chet’s extensive experience with systems designed to bring data-driven discipline to the businesses he has worked with provide him with the exactg skill set to become an important strategic contributor to our managemeny team,” Meyer says.
Clear Channel Outdood (NYSE: CCO) is the world’s largest outdoor advertising company with closse to 1 million displays in over 50 countries across five In theUnited States, the company operates just undere 200,000 advertising displays and has a presence in 49 of the top 50 designatedr market areas.

Neighbors push for end of Waialae driving range - Honolulu Star-Advertiser

2011-10-27T00:51:00.001-07:00

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Neighbors push for end of Waialae driving range

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Bristow Group continues with cost reduction initiative - Houston Business Journal:

2011-10-24T20:51:00.001-07:00

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The Houston-based helicopter services providef employsabout 3,600 people, according to Perrhy Elders, chief financial officer. "We still have long-term growth but those have slowed down," he said. "Wre plan to cut less than 10 percenyt of our totalwork force." The companu said it has alreadhy made some staffing reductions in its U.S. Gulf of Mexico, West Africw and Australia operations, including the release of many of its temporarty andconsulting staff. In Bristow Helicopter Group Ltd., the company’s European affiliate, has started talks with tradw union representatives and employees in Europe regarding proposedstaffinvg reductions.
As part of the cost reduction initiatives, Bristo (NYSE: BRS) in Feburary began evaluating itscapitaol expenditures, froze management salaries and started reviewing its staffinb levels and compensation.

Carrying the Crossaire - Irish Times

2011-10-22T16:51:00.001-07:00

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Carrying the Crossaire

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CROSSWORDS: When Derek Crozier, the setter behind the fiendish Crosaire crossword, died last year, he left behind a huge stock of puzzles for The Irish Times . Now, a cryptic successor has been picked. Roy Earle tells ELGY GILLESPIE about the pride and ...

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Architects picking up something at the shops - San Francisco Business Times:

2011-10-20T13:00:00.001-07:00

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That has meant that retail architecturse practices have boomed in thepast decade, with San Francisco-based leadinfg the explosion. Retail is now one of this office'd largest practice areas. "Competitionj (among retailers) is so said Jeff Henry, a principall in Gensler's San Francisco Interiors are one way that retailers candifferentiats themselves, and so improve their bottom lines. 'sd recent performance highlights thisretail truth.
One of the company'ws chief strategies to reversea two-year slide in same-storr sales is a complete store redesign that it tested last year in That redesign has impressed shoppers and investors in the four citiew where it has though the San Francisco-based retailer will not comment on how sale improved at the remodeled "Gap owned the white-wall-and-maple-floor Henry said of Gap's years-old store design. "But everyon e caught up." To shoppers, a stalre look can be read as stale style, and Gap's shopperd have seemed tired ofthe brand.
"There are so many choicesa where consumers can buy the same and it's the retailers who create the most memorable experiencez who attract repeat said Chris Barriscale, a principal with , whicy opened its San Francisc o office in July 2004. Gap was slow to realizse it had lost itsdesigjn preeminence, but once it did, it callef Gensler, which has designed almosy all Gap brand stores from the company's Gap spent a lot of time researching its redesign. The lighting has been sittingareas introduced, the floors made dark. Gap foundd that women shopperslike mystery, meanderingv through a space to discover merchandise gems. Men hate that.
So the men's and women's sides of the storews are separateand distinct. The men's side is open so shopperse can easily find what they The women's side, by contrast, is divided into smalleer spaces. Gensler worked with Gap's in-hous design team for over a year on the With a fleet of morethan 3,00p0 stores, a complete redesign of all Gap store s is too expensive to do in one go. To close to 60 storesz in Denver, Hartford, Conn., New York, San Diego and Palo Alto have undergon some elements ofthe redesign, and Gap expects to remode l 20 more in 2006. Some stores have been closed for three months duringthe remodel.
like Palo Alto, incorporate only some elementsd of the redesign and so remained open duringgthe makeover. The Gensler folksd also came upwith smaller, less-expensive changes the retailee can implement now. Storefronts provide one such opportunity: Genslere envisions every Gap witha blue-framed entryway, whethed it is in a mall or on a high "Our intent ... is to create an elemeng so iconographic that you can see the blue box and not even need a Gap saidMichael Bodziner, a principal at "Like the golden arches." "Gettinb into the customer's mind is almos t more important than getting into the right neighborhood," Henryu added.
Retail interiors are very much aboua brand. But success breeds copycats, so smarr merchants will retool their brands and reconfigurd them once theybecome diluted. "All retailers have to evolv and refreshtheir looks," Barriscale said. "A lifetime of the typical storwe these days is about five years for asmalp store, and department storees are constantly undergoing renovation." RYA Design Consultancy is workingb on the new 340,000-square-footy that will open on Mission Street in the fall, and Barriscale said that being able to evolver and adapt to its customers' changing tastes is builtf into its architectural design.
The San Francisco Bloomingdale'e flagship will feature smaller retail spaces that operatw as specialty stores within the bigdepartment Bloomingdale's tried out that architectural approachh in its smaller-format SoHo store in New York and foundd that customers responded with theier wallets, Barriscale said. "The Mission stor will be more like a series of specialty shops bundled together undedrthe Bloomingdale's umbrella," Barriscale said. Understandinfg a store's customers and creating an environment with them in mind is crucial toretail success, and means that retail architecturw is not pure architecture.
Industry leaders incorporate elementxs ofconsumer psychology, brand strategy and packagingf into their work, and some even participatwe in developing new concepts. Gensler did that with , whicuh launched One Thousand Steps, and RYA worked closely with Bebe when it decided to roll out Especiallyfor large, multi-channel retailers, the in-store experienc is one big branding opportunity. Channeo consistency is key, and too, can be achieved by design. "Retai is a critical part of a brand experience," said Davie Zapata, creative director for Fitch's San Francisc o office.
"Apple is a terrific examplr where itsweb site, packaging, retail and the customer'w experience with the product are all seamlessly integratedf in your absolute delighft in this technology and your sense of accessing something and that you're special as a result." The right look can boost though authenticity is key. As customers become more design can't do it all; there must be substancre to the brand beneath thecosmetic "In terms of keeping environments current, brands are more appreciative of the need for refreshment than they have Zapata said.
That is good news for the retailkarchitecture field, where keepinf ahead of the fashion curve means retail architects have built-inh work. "When we design, we design with the idea that this conceptr be replicatedmany That's key to how we do it," Henry Gensler designed the Forever 21 store on Powell Streey in San Francisco, from the preservation of the historicalp façade to the addition of a mezzanine to the 40,000-square-fooyt interior. That gig led to Gensler assisting inForevere 21's new flagship in Gensler has also designexd the new store in Dallas, has assisstedf with the new Boston store, and will be workingg with Barneys on its upcoming San Francisco store.
It is working on the store that will open this yearat , and coulsd have a hand in future stores as Williams-Sonom expands its new concept. Successful retaiol architecture expresses retail strategy through abuilt "While we would love to come in and create an ode to that's not what it's about in Henry said. "Architecture can't over-dominate the product," Bodzinetr added.
"In retail, architecture always plays a supportinb role; it's not the main

Donnellan resigns as Channel 5 news director - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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“The news business is facing a whirlwind of Donnellon wrote in July 7 blog entruat aroundanderson.com, in which he announced his departur e from News 5. “k believe opportunities are being created right now for new channelws of community information likeArounx Anderson. This seems like the best and most exciting way to build something positive forour hometown.” In an Donnellon described his departure as a “mutuapl and amicable parting” and said he’as seeking other work in digital and traditional media.
He doesn’tr expect the blog to be his full-time WLWT General Manager Richard Dryerepraised Donnellon’s work for the city’s third-rankec TV News operation, but he added that ratings are not wher he wants them to be. With former WXIX-TVc Channel 19 anchor Jack Atherton joining the News 5 team in October andJay Leno’s new prime time show set to premie r Sept. 14, Dryer felt it was “time to make a at the top. He said no other staff changes are plannedc atthe station, wheres roughly half of its 150 employees work in the “I’m hopeful we’ll have somebody in place in the next montyh or so,” Dryer said.
“In today’s business climate, we’lll have a large number of qualified

Insurance agencies merging - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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has agreed to acquire , both of Greenwood The merger is expected to be completweby Oct. 1. Financial terms weren't disclosed. The combined agency will have 55 employees and servw morethan 8,000 "We're looking to take Cherry Creek to the next level," said CEO Brooo Mahoney, who founded Cherry Creekm Insurance in 1986. "There are a lot of midsize insurancs agenciesout there, but just a few that I wouldx consider jumbo agencies. It's always been our goal to be able to providew a very wide range of services to our and in order todo that, you have to have a certai n size.
" Cherry Creek's near-term plan includes establishingy risk management and claims management departments, functions it couldn'tf perform as a smaller agency, he Working for a larger, combined agency will mean more opportunity for Gaspar-Jonese & Associates' employees, said President Carl Gaspar, who joiner Gaspar-Jones & Associates in 1975. The two agencies "have been friendlhy competitors for20 years," Gaspar said. "We're about a half-milre apart, we represent the same carriers, and we have very similarr cultures. Both of us have often thoughyt that it would be agood fit.
I have a lot of longevitgy with mystaff -- I'm so proucd of the people here -- and I wantex to make sure that it was a good fit for as well." Mahoney estimated that the combined company would be the fourth-largesgt Colorado-based independent insurance agency, based on It would fall behind Van Gilder Insurancer Corp., , and , he said. Gaspar-Jonesa & Associates, founded in was attractive because ofits reputation, as well as similar cultur e and account sizes, Mahoney said.
The two agenciess also have different strengths and salee niches that will complementeach other, he Both Mahoney and Gaspar are past presidentas of the Professional Independent Insurance Agents and Brokersa of Colorado. "Carl Gaspar and I have knowjn each other for a long Mahoney said. Gaspar plans to become communications directoer of thecombined company, and will help managwe the transition and work on specialk projects. Gaspar-Jones & employees are expected to move intoCherry Creek's officezs at 5660 Greenwood Plaza Blvd. by Oct. 1.

Bashir says Sudan will adopt entirely Islamic constitution - Reuters

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Southwestern Carpets grows business from the ground up - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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Bill McCaddon has stripped Southwestern Carpets down and recreated it a couple of times since purchasing it from Don Lynchin 2001. When he boughtt the flooring company, it specializesd in removing and replacing carpets in apartmentxs betweenrental occupation. The Lewisvillr company was producing annual revenueof $5 but McCaddon found the business too impersonao because it was driven by producf sales and not on building relationships with So he decided to switch focux to the more relationship-centric business of providing floorinh solutions to new home-construction projects, which includes hardwoof floors, carpeting, and backsplash and tile The wholesale company saw dramaticf growth as a result, with annual revenue of $22 millionm in 2007.
But the growth was so rapied and so intense that managers were losing control of the directiob the companywas heading. So in he enlisted Don Brush, a consultant with The Renovw Corp., to help bring new energy to his McCaddon’s sense of direction and leadership abilitiew come from his experience asa manufacturer’s representative for 18 years at companies like Shaw Carpet Manufactured and Aleta Co. He had learnes the importance of building relationshipswith clients. “Mg background was in working withnew homebuilders. The apartment business was non-relationship driven,” said “I didn’t know how to build a businessthat wasn’t relational.
” McCaddon downsizec the company to redirect the focus to the home-constructiohn industry. He was met with resistance fromhis “I realized that using the same employees wasn’t going to work. I was trying to halfway do the he said. “Once we made the commitment, we really turner the corner.” He began switchin out personnel. The company, whichn had grown annual revenueto $5 million, saw revenue drop to undefr $3 million during the But, once the commitment was made, McCaddon notes marked improvement. By 2003, revenur had grown by 35%.
Between 2004 and the company went through its biggestgrowthb spurt, reaching up to $22 million in saleds and employing more than 60 workers. But at that the storybook growth came toan end. “It was gettint to be chaotic because of so many new We werean 8-cylinder engine working on six or sevejn cylinders. We’d lost a sense of teamwork, and everyonew was territorial.” That’s when McCaddon brought in Brush. “Fof the most part, I engage them and talk with them in ordetr to builda relationship. I wanted to find out the strengths of the company and what was working and what needed said Brush. “They’ve got the they’ve got the vision.
It’s just giving them the opportunity.” Brushh met with employees to figure out areaas that needed improvement and then created anactionn plan. He showed the company how to create committees to addresxs problems as they come up and then dissolve the committeesa after the problem hasbeen handled. The shift has translater into happier customers. Bill president and co-owner of Darling Homes Inc., has workedx with McCaddon since McCaddom purchased Southwestern Carpetsin 2001. “(We starte d working with Southwestern Carpets) because of Bill and his relationao approach to working with homebuilders as opposed to thetraditiona price-only approach,” said Darling.
“Brush has helped Bill figure out how to communicate better so that everyone is goinb in the same direction as the managemenrt and will yield the maximum ForChris McCoppin, operations manager for Southwesterb Carpets, the change in the corporate culturre has been noticeable. “Sometimes you don’t realize that when one department changed their policies and itaffects others. Now everyone talks to each other,” McCoppin said. “We’vde empowered them to make decisions. We gave them the powed to run the business.
They feel With this new sensewof empowerment, as well as an improves use of digitizing software callexd Measure, Southwestern Carpets has seen a markeds improvement on the accuracy of the 3,0090 work orders entered each month 95% accuracy, up from 77% accuracy — and has savexd about $160,000 in unnecessary costs for having to fix incorrect work orders. Instead of pursuinyg potential clients merely for the sake of new McCaddon and his staff focus on getting to knowpotential clients, researching them as much as possible and understandiny their needs before they even “We’ll only do business with people who will sit down and have a relationshiop with us.
Someone is alway s going to come inlower (priced) than you,” said “We were always chasing peoplr who were focused on price. If they say, fax us (a prices sheet), we say sorry, we can’t work with you. We stay togetherd as a result. If you have the value relationship, they don’tt leave.”

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2011-10-05T10:51:00.001-07:00

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Wall Street protests enter 3rd week - Seattle Post Intelligencer

2011-10-03T07:34:00.001-07:00

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Business groups slam proposed tax increases - Nashville Business Journal:

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The said it opposes changee to the corporateminimum tax, a new corporatse income tax and a new personal income tax. The alliance consists of 30 businessd groups that represent morethan 25,000 Oregon businessee and employ 500,000 residents. Raisingt the taxes could cause the state tolose 6,000 according to state revenue office “These proposals ignore the stark realities of our currenft recession,” the group said in a news release sent by J.L. a lobbyist with Associated Oregon Industries.
“They are counterproductivew measures that kill jobs and prolong our The corporate minimum tax and corporate incomr tax proposals would collectively harm companies with small profitg margins as well as businesses looking to investf more incapital equipment, the group said. The alliance calle d on lawmakers to insteasd focuson private-sector job retention and creation. “We believee strongly that increased taxee are detrimental to job Wilson said in thenews release. “Anh increased tax burden will hurt the ability of our memberws to create desperately needed It is the wrong approach to balancethe state’x budget.
” Other groups signing the letter include Associated Oregon Loggers, Independent Community Banksa of Oregon, the Northwes t Food Processors Association, Oregon Association of Realtors, the Oregon Automobile Dealers the Oregon Bankers Association, the Oregon Home Builders the Oregon Restaurant Association and the Oregonj Trucking Association. Oregon’s House and Senatw members hope to adjourn byJuly 1. Lawmakers must address a $4.
2 billion budget shortfall beforre they adjourn or in a series of special session throughout the rest ofthe

ESD CEO resigns; Gov. Paterson names new leader - Orlando Business Journal:

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Over the weekend, Gov. David Paterson announced that Mariswa Lago will leave Empire StateDevelopment Corp. at the end of Paterson appointed Lago to the job inAugust 2008. Lago said she’s leaving to pursue othert jobs. “Given the public nature of Empire [State] Development and the need for a leadetr who can devote full timeto [the agency’s] critical I think it is advisable that I Lago said in a briefg statement. Also on June 6, Patersonn promoted Dennis Mullen to bethe agency’s new presidenty and CEO.
Mullen has been overseeing the agency’s upstat division for less than a Empire State Development is charged with spearheadingthe state’as economic development efforts. The agency also administer the EmpireZone program, which awards tax breaks to companies that pledge to create jobs and expans their facilities in New York. The leadershipp changes continue anongoing shake-up in the agency’s management, dating back to early 2007. Some leadershipl positions are stillvacant today. Paterson’s former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, put two people jointly in charg ofthe agency. He appointed a leadef for upstate New York development and another for downstatse NewYork development.
Spitzerd resigned from office inMarcn 2008. Paterson erased Spitzer’s leadershipp structure at the agency and has instead advocated a model where one chairman oversees upstate and downstate divisions ofthe agency. Robergt Wilmers, chairman of Buffalo-based , became chairman of Empired State Development inJune 2008. He is workin for $1 a year leading the state Mullen is nowthe No. 2 officiap in the agency. He is the formed president and CEO ofthe , a regionaol economic development organization. He also spentg years in the privatse sector, including a stint as chairmab and CEO ofNew York-bases Birds Eye, which makes frozen vegetables.
“My focuxs now will be on ensuring a smooth transition as our teammovex forward,” Mullen said. Now, the agency lacks someons to lead itsupstatew divisions. A similar position for the agency’ s downstate operations has remainedx vacant since Patersontook office. “Theres are many details that we will be workinbg out over the nextseveral weeks,” Warner Johnston, an agency said in a statement. “We will be moving quickly.” Lago came to Empirw State Development from a job as globak head of complianceat . Before she was an executive atthe U.S. Securitie and Exchange Commission. She was making $215,000 a year with the [ ].
Paterson has announced a number of leadershil changes inrecent weeks, incuding , and a new . For more business news, click .

Government-backed SBA loans could spare auto dealers - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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Many lenders have stoppeds making so-called floorplan loans because they haven’t been able to sell them on the secondarhy market. Through these lines of auto dealers borrow against their vehicle repay the debt when vehiclesare sold, and then borrow again to add more John Lyboldt, NADA’s vice president of dealership operations, applauded the SBA and President Barack Obamza “for understanding that any effort to revitalizee the auto industry simply will not work until dealefr credit issues are resolved.
” “The succesa and continued operation of thousands of family-owned auto dealerships across the countruy are directly connected to theit ability to purchase both new and used vehicle s to offer their Lyboldt said. Beginning July 1, the SBA will guarantee 75 percent of floorplan lines of credit throughits 7(a) business loan SBA lenders will make the loans, which will rangre from $500,000 to $2 million. Dealer s in automobiles, recreational vehicles, motorcycles, boats and manufactured homes are eligiblew forthe loans. The loans will be available througn Sept. 30, 2010, and possibly longedr if the SBA decides to extende thepilot program.
Floorplan loanws previously were ineligible forthe 7(a) program. “Countlese small businesses, including dealerships, across the countrt are facing significant challenges as a resulft of the uncertainty in the auto SBA Administrator KarenMills “Floorplan financing can offer some dealershipz the opportunity to get through these tough economic timews by allowing them to keep their inventory and cash flow as well as save the jobs these smallo businesses provide.” Sen.
Mary Landrieu, and Olympia Snowe, D-Maine, the top-rankin g members of the Senate Smallk Business andEntrepreneurship Committee, notec that auto dealers, like other small businesses, will benefit from the temporar y elimination of fees on 7(a) loanws that was included in the economidc stimulus bill. More auto dealers became eligiblefor 7(a) loans when the agency changed its rules May 1 so that more businessesz with high sales volume but low profit marginsw could qualify as small businesses.
Previously, only auto dealere with less than $29 millionn in annual sales qualifiedfor 7(a) “Nearly 20 percent of all retaipl purchases are new cars and so expanding access to credit for dealers will not only help the strugglinb auto industry but aid the overall economy as well,” Lyboldyt said. Md. schools get $589M Marylan d schools will receive $589 million from the federakl stimulus package, the U.S. Department of Educatioj said June 1.
The state will use the money to improve publiv schools and community Maryland learned it will receive the moneyt after applying for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds in To receivethe money, Marylande had to assure it will collect and analyze data on the qualitu of classroom teachers, student improvements and efforta to turn around underperforming The state also has to report the numbeer of jobs saved through the funding, tax increases that were averted and how the funds are used. Marylansd will be eligible to apply foranothert $290 million this fall. To Maryland has received $180 million in educatiob stimulus funds.
Maryland will receiv nearly $122 million in federal stimulus funds to help boost stated water infrastructure projects and improve theChesapeakd Bay. The announcement was made June 2 at Bladensburfg Waterfront Parkby U.S. Sen. Benjamin L. a Maryland Democrat and chairman of the Senat environmental and public works wated andwildlife subcommittee. Other states officials will be on hand forthe announcement. The fundsz will be used to construcgt water infrastructure projects thatcreate jobs, protect public health and bolster the Chesapeake Bay, according to a press release. Specific projects were not yet unveiled.

International Visitors Council to team with Iraqi city - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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Under the partnership, IVC will arrange for Mosul officials to visift Philadelphia to learn aboutdemocratic governance. Also, committees of Mosul and Philadelphiwa residents will work to improve humanitarian conditiondin Mosul. The partnership between Philadelphia and Mosu l is the fourth undeethe project, which teams American and Iraqi The first three, which were announcefd last year, paired Dallas with Kirkuk; Tucson, with Sulaymaniyah; and the Denver Regional Councikl of Governments with Baghdad. The U.S.
governmeny is contributing initial funding forthe project, with each partnership receiving a $20,000 seed grant for air fare, housing and The IVC of Philadelphia was chosen for the projecft through a competitive grants proces s managed by in cooperation with the Statre Department's Bureau of Educational and Culturak Affairs. Although the partnerships are administered througu SisterCities International, the IVC and Mosull partnership does not create a Siste City relationship between Philadelphia and The IVC of Philadelphi a was formed in 1954 as a public/private partnership with the U.S. Department of State and the citizens of thePhiladelphia region.
To supportt the Mosul program, or to learn more about it, call IVC of Philadelphia President Nancy Gilboyat (215) 683-0997y or e-mail her at nancy.gilboy@phila.gov.

Europe to Redouble Efforts to Stimulate Growth in Greece - New York Times

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Insurance group spent $300000 lobbying in 2Q - BusinessWeek

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The lobbying sum for April-June was down from the $340000 that the organization spent in the same quarter a year ago, and up from the $230000 spent in this year's first quarter. The organization said in a July 19 filing with the House clerk's office ...

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Russia media boss Alexander Lebedev in TV punch-up - BBC News

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Going, going, gone (green): Woodland Corporate Center opens - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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has just completed its 90,000-square-foot, three-storyy office building at on WestWaters Avenue. It was constructed to the gold standardxs ofthe U.S. Green Building Council's . "It'es all about keeping employeeds happyand healthy," said Jody Johnston, VP and city managefr for Liberty in Tampa. Goingv green appears to be a plus forLibertyg (NYSE: LRY). The real estatee investment trust is still putting the final touches on its final building at Woodland Corporate Parkand it' already 40 percent leased, said Paul a senior leasing associate.
He expects that numberf to jump to 60 percent within a The moves in June intonearly 26,009 square feet, taking up the second floor at 4631 Woodland The insurance company is now in anotherd building at the 183-acre business park. "More buildings are goingf green because the marketplace is demanding saidNicole Kibert, a commercial real estatwe attorney at . In fact, many expertds predict that all new Class A officw buildings will be built toLEED standards, Kibert said. In the green movement has been slower than otheer parts ofthe country, such as Boston and New York where local and state governments offer tax incentivee to developers that builxd LEED certified projects.
Woodland's newest building, which is one of Tampa's first multi-story green buildings, has showerse and lockers for workers who need to clean up or changer clothes after biking or jogging to A large deck with floorin g made of recycled plastic borders the back of the buildingg and awetlands area, providing shade. Carbon dioxidse sensors tell the air conditioninbg system when fresh airis needed.. Native Floridq plants that need minimal water are used in A white reflective roof deflectsthe sun. Recyclinb bins are near the trash bin. Urinales in the men's room don't use They rely on gravity, a filter and regular cleaninvg toreduce odors.
That feature alone is expected tosave 360,00 0 gallons a year since each urinal uses an estimatexd 40,000 gallons annually, Johnston said. Outside, grasds parking lines the perimeter of the parking lotabsorbingf rainwater. And a recycled rubber, called is used for paving around the large oak trees that linethe lots. That porous rubber allow s water to soak intothe trees' root sending rainwater back into the The Malvern, Pa.-based is seekinb gold certification for the building, whichn was constructed by St. Petersburg-based . Gold is next to the highesrt LEEDrating available.
Johnston estimates the green features added an additionap 5 percent to the construction costs ofthe building, but that will be more than made up by lowerr energy costs. "One of the biggesr barriers to going green is not knowingg what the additional costswill be," Kibertt said. Certification, however, is important to ensure developers aren'ty "greenwashing projects," claiming green features that can't be independentlh substantiated, she said.

Business sales plummet as owners hold on - Nashville Business Journal:

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Business brokers say their business of connectiny buyers and sellers is down by as much as 50 percenr because of a lack of financing on the partof would-b e buyers, and a desire to wait untiol valuations are higher on the part of sellers. “If you’re in busineszs right now, you’re focuserd on surviving, not selling,” says Mike Handelsman, generakl manager of BizBuySell.com, an onlines marketplace for ownersand brokers. “On the buy side, therr are a lot of potential buyerd who may have lost their jobs and may be lookinhg to getinto business.
But they’vr lost a lot of personall savings, so they have less capital to invest, and there’s a liquiditt crisis — banks aren’t lending moneg unless you don’t need it.” Mike Hankinsz purchased a WIN Home Inspection franchise througu a broker about twoyears ago. a 25-year restaurant industry veteran whose last jobwas owner-operatodr of a Stoney River Steakhouse, says he was lookingb for a business that would allow him to be home at night.

Two more leave BofA board - Baltimore Business Journal:

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According to a filing with the Securitie andExchange Commission, Prueher and Frank didn’gt resign because of any disagreement with the Jackie Ward and Patricia Mitchell resigned early this Mitchell is a former New York televisiob executive and currently servex as chief executive of the Palet Center for Media, a New York nonprofit. Ward is the retiredc chief executiveof Atlanta-based Computer Generation a software company. Robert Tillman, a formerr Lowe’s Cos. Inc. chief executive, resigned from the BofA board effectiveMay 29. And on May 29, the bank announce former lead independentdirector O.
Temple Sloan had left the BofA didn’t disclose Sloan’s reaso n for resignation. Sloan had been a BofA directord for13 years. In early June, four outsidde directors were electedto BofA’s board. They are former Federal Reserve GovernorSusan Bies, former Compass Bancshares Inc. chief executive and chairman D. Paul former Federal Deposit Insurance chairman Donald Powell and retired Bank One and VisaInternational Inc. executive William BofA’s board has been underd intense scrutiny in recent months as the bank suffereds through asharp stock-price decline after acquiring Merrill Lyncn & Co. The Charlotte-based bank also has received $45 billion in taxpayer aid.
At the bank’ds annual meeting in late April, shareholders vote to strip Chief Executive Kenneth Lewisw of his position asboard chairman. Walter Masseyy was installed as the new chairman and has indicatexd the board needs to be Lewis remainsthe bank’s CEO and

Phoenix One data center patents technology - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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The company has two patentz pending for technology installed inthe center, and it alreadt has customers at what once was the Le Nature’e water-bottling operation off Loop 202 and 48th Wanger, i/o’s president, said more companies are seeking colocatiohn services as they look to house serverse and backup data at off-site facilitied to save capital costs. Companies can rent rack space in a colocation facility to house servers that need to be connected to multiplerbandwidth providers. This is particularly important to businessez that want to ensure theitr Web sites are up andrunning 24/7. “Everybodyg is saving everything,” Wanger said.
“Yoyu send a picture to your grandmotherthrougg flickr.com, and the imagd is here and here and I/o’s new center comes at a good time for the which in the past year has seen a boom in colocatioj centers as businesses scrap plans for their own private centers, said David chief of research of infrastructure for Gartner Inc. “Ib the last year, when the economy started to (companies) started to ask if they should be spending all the capitalk moneyup front,” he I/o completed the work on Phoenix One in about six employing an army of many of whom are still workint on the second phase.
The first phas e is finished, but upgrades will continue until ther isroughly 460,000 square feet dedicated to servers. Wanger said they’re abour they’ve already completed about halfof that. The processz for developing Phoenix One started witha $56 milliob investment by Sterling Partners in December which helped i/o acquire the building on a 50-yeaf lease. I/o moved its operation from Scottsdale, where it still has a 120,000-square-foot data center, to the Phoenicx office.
Many of the technologiexs first implementedat i/o’s Scottsdals center are expanded in the new Additions include the ThermoCabinet, a server enclosurre that makes use of cool air circulatingt under the raised floor. It allowx the air to be drawn up througnh theclosed cabinet, enablinb more servers to be stored The device allows the cabinets to store as much as 10 timesd the equipment that would be used in traditional data center operations, Wanger said. “We’re seeingh people pack 5,000 square feet of data centefr intotwo cabinets,” he said.
The company also developef a plug system that works with equipment fromany It’s an easier way to distribute powerd and infrastructure than installing specialized equipment, Wanger said. “Thisd is all customer-driven,” he “People said they wanted access to multiplse brandsof equipment.” The data center will take advantagee of features originally installed in the Le Nature’ss factory, including access to an on-site Arizonaq Public Service Co. substation supplin the facility with 42 megavolts of The company plans to tripls that once the facilityis complete.
It also uses a 7,000-ton chilled water cooling system thathelps i/o reducre its power bill through thermal The process uses a water-gel combination that is frozebn at night to keep the water cooler durin g the day, Wanger said. In addition, the company is planning a 4-megawatt solar system for the building’d roof, installed light-emitting diodew for more efficient lighting, and power-saving equipment and The retrofit also will be submittef for certification as part ofthe U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Wanger said.
Phoenix once was a boomtowh fordata centers, but the tech bubbld crashed many of those plans in the early part of the In recent years, the Valley has again seen increasecd activity in becoming a data hub. Cappuccio said Phoenix has the same things going for it that it did 10yearas ago: a relatively stable cost of electricity and no naturalp disasters. As colocation continues to push the size of commerciap data centersup — even as company-owned data centere are getting smaller — more companies may look at Cappuccio said. “The colocators are going to continue to look he said. “They are going to go where they can get the lowesgt cost of a building persquare foot.
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Bill proposes 3,000 slot machines at BWI - Washington Business Journal:

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That would bring the maximum number of slotsw parlors in the statsto six, although there have only been viable bids placed on four Del. Eric Bromwell, a Baltimore County is sponsoring the bill along withten co-sponsores who represent Baltimore and Harford counties and Baltimorde City. BWI is in Anne Arundelo County. They introduced the legislation, House Bill 777, Feb. 11. No hearinbg has been scheduled and no other action has been takeh onthe bill. The proposal comese as several bidsplacec Feb. 2 have faltered. A because they did not includerequired up-frontg fees and financing.
The Laurel Racing which pitched theracetrack parlor, is challenging the move in Anne Arundek County Circuit Court. A maximum of 3,000o machines would be allowed atthe airport, according to the Bids would be due April 15, 2011. That wouldf bring the maximum number of allowes slot machines in Maryland to The racetrack. The bill adjustds current law forbidding more than one parlorf in any given county orBaltimore City. It woulr permit parlors at both Arundel Millsand BWI, whichj are both in Anne Arundel County and aroun d three miles apart.
It also maintains the requiremen t for licensing fees and construction Developers mustinclude $3 millionh in licensing fees and $25 million in construction costs for everyt 500 slot machines they plan to

Fifty-nine charged at Toby Keith concert - The Daily News Online

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Orange Park company to lay off 88 - Jacksonville Business Journal:

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“We’re going through a majofr consolidation,” said Dodie Blatherwick, the interijm director of operations for Quantum inOrangew Park. “And we’re letting a lot of peoples go asit happens.” and the parent companies of Quantum Engineering, are combining theid two offices in Northeast Florida into a single engineerinh location in Baymeadows. All of the manufacturingf operations will now be run out of its corporate headquartersain Louisville, Ky. Eighty eight out of the 100 employees from the Orang Park office on Stowe Avenue will be laid off duringbthe process. Any employees left after the summer will transfer over to the offices onBaymeadows Road.
Quantum notified the state'es Agency for Workforce Innovation of thecuts Monday. “Thd business has taken a significant Blatherwick said. “It doesn’t make sense to keep multipl operations open.” Established in 1988, the company buildw and provides technology products for therailroad industry, and sincer CSX has experienced some difficulties duriny the economy in Jacksonville, Quantum is sufferinbg as well. “CSX is a major Blatherwick said. “They are sidelining a lot of rail cars and asthey do, that hurte us.” The employees were notified of the mass lay off back in but the first cuts won’t occur until July 24.
In the Quantum has contacted the Clay County branc of WorkSource and asked its emergency responss team to come in andprovider job-seeking services to its employeez before the cuts. They shoulcd begin training within the next coupleof

Report: BofA retains top bank ranking - Orlando Business Journal:

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The bank’s completed acquisitions of and MerriloLynch & Co. Inc. moved it to the top spot from No. 3 in the first quarter of 2008. , which was No. 1 a year ago, fell to No. 3 in the firstf quarter of 2009 with assetsof $1.8 trillion, makinf it the only bank or thrift among the country’se 50 largest insititutions to move down the list. managedx to hold on to the No. 2 spot with a reportex $2.08 trillion in first-quarter assets, while was at No. 4 with $1.28i trillion. Ten foreign-owned institutions made it onto the top 50 basedon filings, including based in The The holding company of BBVA Compasd bank, headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., ranked at No.
27, up threwe spots from a year ago, with assets of $61 BBVA is owned by Spanish financialgiant . Dallas-based moved up one spot to No. 25 with assetw of $67.4 billion, while Utah-basex , which operates Houston-based , moved up four spota to No. 29 with assets of $54.5 billion.

Rangers use off-day to prep for home stretch - MLB.com

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GSI details revenue errors, probe widens - St. Louis Business Journal:

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The Bedford, Mass.-based company also said its legal counseol and audit committee were reviewing revenue bookings withi n its precision technology division for the same periods to determinre whether similar adjustmentsare needed. GSI GSI) said the affected revenue stemmed from accounting errors and the timing recorded for certain Expectedadjustments include: The situation has causeed the company to delay the release of its financial results to regulators. Last month, GSI said it was nearinh a point when it could restate those resultd and submit to regulators resultes from its fiscal first quarter endedApril 3.
the company said its filing delays have prompted a delistingf notice from the and triggered negotiations with creditors to restructurdeits . GSI said in its regulatory filing Tuesdaty that on June 11 it stood beforsthe Nasdaq’s Listing Qualifications Panel to request a stay of its pendin delisting. The company is still awaiting a ruling on the In June, GSI said a declin e in bookings in the fourth and first quarters forcedr it to restructure its operations and shave millionx in costs from its books. The compang cut 158 workers in the first quarter and another 16 employeedsin April. Those changes will resultf in roughly $9 million in annuall savings.

AP IMPACT: Some 9/11 charities failed miserably - The Associated Press

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Mob-themed Lite ads still running, but will end this week - Boston Business Journal:

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announced a week ago that television and radilo ads were being dropped after complaints that the spots perpetuate d stereotypes of Italiansas mobsters. The ads have continue d to run in heavy rotation since a joint venture formed last yearby Milwaukee-basedd Miller Brewing Co. and Coors Brewin g Co., Golden, Colo., made public the decision to pullthe spots. “The ads shouled be coming off the airthis week,” MillerCoora spokesman Pete Marino said in an e-mail. The televisionn spots feature veteran character actorFrank Vincent, who portrayed Phil Leotardo on the HBO seriee “The Sopranos.
” Vincent’s charactefr and another “wiseguy” approach a bartender in one spot and a stor clerk in another making an offer of “protection.” Radio advertisementz also have been The ads were created to highlight the improves bottle caps and can lids for Millef Lite designed to protectg the freshness of the beer. MillerCoors managemenf has stated that theads weren’t meant to be offensiv in any way.

As oldest boomers tire of the night life, many seek out matinees - Sacramento Business Journal:

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And as the generation ages, it will greatly influence entertainment, from concerts at casinos to more early-eveningb performances. The first waves of boomers already are slidinf into the same demographic patterns as oldergenerations — looking for more performing arts, hittintg the matinees and taking out their “Who has the time and the monehy to see a show? It tends to be a groupo that tends to be over 40 or 50,” said Chrias Bower, head of marketing for , which puts on the shows of Musixc Circus as well as the Broadway Series shows in the Sacramento Community Cente r Theater.
“There is a saying in our industry, ‘thered is a 50-year-old born every minute,’ and it is he said. “People say that our audiencessare older, but people age. That’se what happens. And people still want to go out for They don’t go to nightclubsw anymore, and movies get boring after a Of course, it depends on the A 50-year-old musical is going to skew towarcd an older crowd, whereas the percussion and dance show “Stomp” skewws much younger. And this summer’s five-weeo run of “The Lion will bring in a mixedx audience forevery performance, but the Thursdayy matinees at Music Circus will likely lure an olde audience.
As people get they want more daytime activities, said Alice Jacobs, a generationaol marketing consultant. “People are reticent to be drivinfg at nighttime as they age and theireyesighg diminishes, especially at night,” she said. “Peopld feel safer being downtown in the Jacobs even envisions the aging populatiomn pushing movie theaters to offerhealthier foods, rather than just salt-packed One of the current big drawz for seniors is nearby tribal which offer gaming, entertainment and food.
“One of the advantagee that Thunder Valley has is that it is halfway betwee n Sun City Lincoln and Sun City so it is close to retireee that have lots of time on their hands anddiscretionaru income, and who like to be entertainexd and to entertain their friends,” said Doug spokesman for the , the ownere of the casino. But seniorsd are far from free-spending The people who were raised during the Greagt Depression or World WarII “grew up in an era of coupohn clipping and conserving their aluminum foil and saving theirr plastic bags,” Elmets said. “Regardleses of how much discretionary incom ethey have, they are still lookint for good deals.
” Thundee Valley markets to seniors with direct mail and its membee cards. Customers collect points playing games that can be cashefd in atthe buffet. “The buffet is the big attraction, along with the potentialo to win money at the games for the older he said. “And the reality is that eventuallyg we willbe them.” general manager Rich Hoffmab agrees, adding his Amador County casino is “not reinventingv the wheel with the 55 and over Any study you look at says that is a strongb demographic for casinos.
” But the Amadoe County casino, which attracts customers from Sacramentok and San Joaquin valleys, still continues to caterd to the group — and hopes to lure Big band dances, dinner and a movise promotions featuring “Casablanca” and “Some Like it Hot,” and even a seniore expo that lured “busloa d after busload of people” attract baby boomers and boosg the bottom line.
Jackson Rancheria also offers a 100-space parking area for recreational “But you can’t have a stagnantr view of the senior demographic,” Hoffman “This is the 40th anniversary of The people who were there are starting to

Data Domain favors NetApp $1.9B offer - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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billion. Santa Clara-based Data Domain (NASDAQ:DDUP) said it favore a revised merger agreemenfwith Sunnyvale-based (NASDAQ:NTAP) for the same price. "Our board is committed to enhancing stockholder value and, after careful review with our outside determined that the $30 per share EMC Offer is not in the best interestzs of our stockholders at this time," said Frank president and CEO of Data "We are pleased with the revise terms of NetApp's acquisition offer and feel it will provide greatt value to our shareholderd and customers.
" Among its Data Domain cited a binding, negotiated commitmenrt between itself and NetApp, and the lack of a "confidentialityh and standstill" agreement with NetApp. It also notefd the "conditional" nature of the Hopkinton, Mass.-based EMC offeer and the fact that NetApp would be oweda $57 million termination fee. Qatalyst Partners is servingf as financial advisor andFenwicj & West LLP is servinh as legal counsel to Data Domain. EMC and NetApp have been vyinvg for Data Domainsince May. The company focusex on technology that cuts down ondata centers' duplicated information.

Partnership scorecard shows Tampa Bay ranking on the rise - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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The report rated Tampa Bay — alongv with Atlanta, Charlotte, N.C., Dallas, Jacksonville and Raleigh-Durham, N.C. — in the categories of employment andwork force, income and productivity, innovation, education and transportation. Tampa Bay is not doingh particularly well, but the othee regions are doingcomparativelt worse, said Gary Sasso, president and chief executiver officer of and businesxs intelligence chair for the Tampa Bay Partnership. Florida was the “firs in the tank” when signe of an economic downturn appeared, Sasso said. The regiond that fared well in the last scorecars havesince “taken a dip,” he said.
Sasso, alongf with Steve Mason, Tampa Bay Partnership chair and presidenft and chief executive officerof , presented the result s to about 20 business leaderzs at a meeting Tuesday morning. In the overall ranking, Tampqa Bay tied Atlanta for third, while Raleigh-Durham ranked first, Dallas second, Jacksonvilld fifth and Charlotte sixth. Althougy Tampa Bay’s overall indicators were down, of the 21 indicators that containupdated data, eight four declined and nine were In the employment and work forcew ranking, Tampa Bay climbed from sixth to although Sasso noted the ranking is relativew and the region’s economy is still struggling.
Tampa Bay dropped from thir d to fourth in its income and productivity rankingb and placed last in the averagd wagecategory ranking. The region’s housin rank moved up from last to third mainlgy because housing valueshad dropped, Sasso said. The regio n ranked fifth in innovation, in part becaus e it has only onemajor university, the , to compete for Sasso said. In terms of education, the region placed third for the thirdconsecutive scorecard. The number of area high-schooo graduates increased, which is possibly a reflection of the reducef numberof jobs, Sasso said.
The region climbed from last to fourtuh place in the categoryof transportation, a category in whic h several indicators, including commute time and vehicle miles traveled per capita, had no new data In terms of transportation investment per Tampa moved from fourth to To address the issues revealed in recent the Tampa Bay Partnership is launching a three-yeard strategic plan called “A Modek for Prosperity,” which will map out a vision for growth through innovation, human infrastructure and quality a release said.
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Biogen confirms Icahn ally is on board - Houston Business Journal:

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Shareholders were to elect four directors at the Biogen was pushing for the reelection of all ofthe company’es existing directors, while Icahn was anglingt to seat four new director. According to Biogej Idec, shareholders appear to have reelecte current directors Robert Pangia andWilliam D. Young, and electef Icahn ally Alexander Denner. Biogen Idec official s say the vote for the fourtj seat is too closeto call. Biogen said the compant will rely on the tabulation of voteds by its independent inspectorof elections, IVS Associates, befored announcing the remaining director to serve on the board. Bruce R.
Ross, Biogen Idec’s said, “We welcome our new directorr to the board and look forward to working togethe to build on our strong tracok record ofdelivering value. While we await the outcomse of the vote for the remaining we would like to express our gratituder for the support ofour stockholders.” Icahn, in a filingy with the Securities and Exchange Commission, accused the compant of preventing the votes cast from being counted. “If the boarde is successful, Richard Mulligan, a prominent scientist and physician, may be kept from legitimatelyg being elected tothe board.
” Mulligan is the Mallinckrodg Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and director of the Harvarde Gene Therapy Initiative, according to Harvard University’ws Web site. Biogen said shareholderz rejected severalof Icahn’s othetr proposals, including moving the company’ws incorporation from Delaware to Northj Dakota, a move Icahn said woule give more power to shareholders. Biogen officials said it appearz that stockholders also rejected a proposal by Icahhn to limit the size of the boarf to13 directors. Biogen officials now have the powere to enlarge the board as theysee fit.
Icahnj is best known for unsuccessfully pushing BiogenIdec BIIB) to sell itself in 2008. Last shareholders elected the company’sa nominees over the slate of investors put up by Biogen Idec’s (NASDAQ: stock was trading at $53.17 in afternoon trading Thursday, down from the previouas day’s close of $53.43 a share.

Atlanta Business Chronicle: Cold calls? Staying aggressive.

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Now, less than half that size, the team is trying to gain groundon Atlanta's leaders in retail brokerage, The Shoppin Center Group LLC and Colliers Spectrunm Cauble Inc. The problem is that the real estatr boomis over, and the retail sectoer may be doing worse than any "This is a difficult time, but it also presentsd opportunities for people who want to go out therre and get after it," said Tony vice president of CBRE Retail Services. Cerniglia, whos work is almost always on the landlorf side ofthe business, said that's the area CB Richared Ellis is looking to grow.
While CB Richarfd Ellis is the largest brokerage house in Atlanta based on sales volume andleasing it's not the biggestt player in retail. But, Cerniglia says he is tryingb to increasehis team'sx size and profile. CBRE is workinf more with lenders who have been forced to take back nonperforming retai centers from the developerswho couldn'gt generate any positive cash flow on the With commercial property values down aboutr 30 percent even on Class A and consumer spending still way off the pace of recen t years, many retail owners are seeing their propertie s go back to the bank.
"You for the first time that Ican remember, I'm havingg to qualify the owners we may end up working with as much as I do the tenants, Cerniglia said. Cerniglia's team has about 1.2 millionb square feet of retaikl to lease upin Atlanta. And thered are a few big fish out thereto CB2, an offshoot of home furnishings chain Cratse & Barrel geared toward Generation Y, is considerinvg whether to enter the Atlanta market. Crate & Barrel, basedc in Northbrook, Ill.
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Helicos pins turnaround on cost cuts, partner search - Boston Business Journal:

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Officials at the Cambridge company hope cost cuts late last year and curreny efforts to find a partner to take over the salese part of the business will put it on morefinanciakl footing. Helicos is the maker of the Helicows GeneticAnalysis System, which has the capability of reading long genetic sequencews at a fraction of what it usuallyy costs. This technology could make it easier to learn abouta person’s genetic makeup, includinf his or her predisposition to certain diseases.
The companyt has the support of big-name scientistz — George Church, the and Massachusettzs Institute of Technology professor who helped initiate the Human Genome Projectin 1984, sits on the company’s scientifivc advisory board. Helicos realized product revenue for the firsy time in the first quarter of2009 — $963,000 from the sale of one system to in late 2008. The company has sold a seconed unit, just last month, to an undisclosede company in Maryland. Helicos has also placed a few systemsat institutions, includintg the Broad Institute and the , on a “try beforer you buy” basis.

Chase bank hiring 200 in Milwaukee - Kansas City Business Journal:

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New employees are working at the Chase 111 E. Wisconsin Ave., and are focused mainly on negotiatingy new payment arrangements with homeowners delinquent ontheird payments, said spokeswoman Christine Holevas. Chase is one of the nation’se largest mortgage servicers with a portfolioof $1.5 The bank added billionws in mortgage business with the September 2008 acquisition of Washingto n Mutual. The new hires include loan negotiators, underwriters and supervisors, Holevas said. Many alread y have started training. Chase has abouft 1,400 employees in greaterf Milwaukee, and nearly 950 in Holevas said. Chase, which is part of , New York runs 41 branches in themetropolitabn area.
In December Chase cited declining activitytin home-equity lending when it announced job eliminationxs by early February in its downtown Milwaukee home equity servicing center. Some employees who were laid off earlied this year are likely among those being hired for the mortgagdeservicing functions, Holevas said. “We had terrific people and we want to get the best ofthos back,” she said. Chase bank officials like the qualitgy of employees in Milwaukew and theirwork ethic, Holevas She could not predicr the longevity of the new jobs. “As the businessw changes so do ouremploymenty needs,” Holevas said. “We staff according to needs.
” As the number of foreclosures continues to rise Chase is far from the only bank to boosg its staff for handlingtroubleed mortgages. Some banks, including M&I Marshalol & Ilsley in Milwaukee, have instituted foreclosurd moratoriums as they attempt to modify mortgages toreduce M&I’s foreclosure moratorium is scheduled to expirew on June 30. In the past six months, M&I has increase by 50 percent its staff dedicated to assistiny the increasing number of homeowners facingfinancialp stress, said Dick Becker, presidengt of the bank’s Wisconsin community bank unit.
He declined to disclosed the number of jobsthat M&I has M&I works with homeownere before they reach delinquency to avoid foreclosure and also seekds solutions for homeowners already in foreclosure, Becker said. Minneapolis-basedf , which has the second-largest deposit markert share in metropolitan Milwaukewe and services more than 1 milliommortgages nationally, announced in Marc that it is constructing a building in Owensboro, Ky., for its mortgaged services unit. The bank already employs 850 people in Owensboro and the new buildinb will accommodate up to 300 new At the communitybank level, the loan modificatiom strategies are implemented on a smaller scale.
For , Wauwatosa, increased its collections staff from two to threer plusa half-time employee to tackle the increased said president and CEO Doug Gordon. Collections employees revieww the home-owner’s financial situation in an effort toavoidc foreclosure, Gordon said. The employees discuszs what the homeowner can afford for payments and whethet the mortgageis salvageable, he The bank has successfully modified many mortgages and even stopped some foreclosures while they were in process, he “We’d much rather modify them — work with them — than Gordon said.
“Nobody wins in We don’t want to own the real estatd andthey don’t want to lose the real estate.”

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But the Public Staff of the saysit doesn’t object to allowing the contract at the rates Duke uses for othe r wholesale customers in its service area. And the staffd considers it unlikely it will need to recommend increasing the rates Dukecharges Greenwood. The commission can requiree wholesale contracts to be made at what are calles incremental rates toensure Duke’s other customers aren’t charged extra to cover some costs of the wholesaler deals. The utility has asked for a declaratory rulingt that sales at Greenwood will always be allowexd at thelower rate.
The staffr says the commission should reserve the right to requird Greenwood to pay the higher incremental rates in the event that the small contract somedat affects the prices Duke charges its other customers.

Survey: Employers cutting benefit costs - Denver Business Journal:

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“The responses indicate that as employers develol benefit plans for 2010 they are lookingt for ways to reducebenefiyt costs, without further reducing benefits,” said Mariannd Fazen, executive director of the association. many responded that they plan to increase theirwellness • Thirty-five percent of employers responded that they plan to increased their wellness programs. • Companiew identified as its two biggestg concerns limitedbenefits budgets, and limited meritg budget and bonus pools. About 68% of companies are concerneed or very concerned about limited meriy budget andbonus pools, and about 53% are concerne d about limited benefits budgets.
• To weathet the economic downturn, almost half of respondentas are auditing or planning to audit their dependent eligibility in order to reducew the number ofindividuals covered. And 41% plan to increase employee costsz ofbenefit plans, while more than one-third have reduced or are planninv to reduce staff. • About 89% of employera believe that workers will respond to the economicx downturn bydelaying retirement. Also, 83% of employera say their workers are concernee aboutjob security, and 42% thinki their employees have been impacted by low morale. The surveg was submitted to the association's employed members and facilitated byin Houston.
The association'as 900-plus members represent a broad cross-section of benefits professionalsin Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana. Missouri and Kansas, but are not limited to thoses states.

Wegener Corporation Reports Final Results For Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2011 - MarketWatch (press release)

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Kraft Foods Inc. Company Profile | KFT Company Information

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Kraft Foods, Inc., through its engages in the manufacture and sale of packaged foods and beverages in theUnite States, Canada, Europe, Latinj America, Asia Pacific, Africa, and the Middle It offers packaged food products, including such as cookies, crackers, salterd snacks, biscuits, and chocolate confectionery; beverages, including aseptic juice drinks, flavored water, and powdere d beverages; and cheese and dairy, such as natural, process, and creakm cheeses. The company also offers grocery, including ready-to-eay cereals, enhancers, and and convenient meals, such as frozen pizza, packagexd dinners, lunch combinations, and processexd meats.
It serves supermarket wholesalers, super centers, club mass merchandisers, distributors, convenience stores, gasolined stations, drug stores, valuwe stores, and other retail food Kraft Foods sells its products throughdistributioh centers, satellite warehouses, company-operatexd and public cold-storage facilities, depots, and other The company was founded in 2000 and is basec in Northfield, Illinois. Kraft Foods, Inc. was formerlyy a subsidiary of Altria Group, Inc.

Pervasive Software Lifts Q4 Outlook; Guides Q1 - Quick Facts - RTT News

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Sales heating up for Earth to Air - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Formed in 2002, Earth to Air System develops heating and cooling systems based on a technologyy known as directexchange geothermal, called DX in the industry. The company’e applications have been shown to reduce heating and cooling costa by 50 percent to80 percent, CEO Randt Wiggs says. Earth to Air’s system bypassees the more conventional geothermal heatinv andcooling model. Instead of usinhg water as a source, the technology skipzs a step and controls heating and temperatures directly from the eartnh withcopper tubing. The tubes tap into wellss that are 300 to 500feet deep. Environmentallyu friendly refrigerants are then piped throughjthe tubes.
Earth to Air’s revenues comes from licensing fees collected from heatinb and cooling companies who decide to market and installthe systems. Earth to Air got its first internationakl distributor two years ago when Australian entrepreneur John Gagliardi embracedthe technology. He says he’s securedf more than $30 million in including contracts withschool systems, mining housing projects and major such as BP. “We are moving into significant Galiardi says, adding that he’s planning on expandingg into the Southeast Asian market soon. Galiard predicts that Earth to Air willbecome “a billion dollard business or more.
” Sales in the firs quarter were up 60 percent from the same time last “We’re living in an time when there’xs a huge demand (for products) to reduce our dependencwe on foreign oil,” Gagliardi says. “Twentyu years ago this wouldn’t have It wouldn’t have even worked 10 yearse ago. But now the potential is There are multiple installations of Earthto Air’ geothermal system in the United States, but the company is just now settinv up a formal distributor network, says Claytomn Washburn, chief operations officetr at Earth to Air. “Our biggest struggled is having to say noat times,” Washburn says.
“We’rew preparing for a much bigger onslaught.”

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Hawaii mac nut harvest up 22% - St. Louis Business Journal:

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

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Hawaii’s 2008-09 mac nut harvest this year is up 22 percentto 50,000 pounds, the U.S. Department of Agriculturse reported Monday. That’s up from 41,000 poundsd the previous year, the smallest harvest sincew 1985. Growers are getting paid more, too, a net 67 cents per pound, up from 60 cents the previous The season starts July 1 and ends the followingJune 30. “Timelgy showers and an increased demandfor in-shell nuts contributedf to this season’s higher output,” the USDA said, but also noted that pigs, pests and volcanic haze on the Big Island damagexd some orchards.
But the prices growers are getting is stillk far below the peak of 90 cents in the late The report said some Hawaii growerw decidedit wasn’t worth picking the crop “anrd may switch to other commodities or temporarilty stop farming.” Harvested mac nut acreagde was the same as the previous year at but the yield per acre was up from 2.7 to 3.3. The numbedr of mac nut farms was also up from 525to 570, but down from 650 in 2004.

Amgen takes back one of three South S.F. buildings - San Francisco Business Times:

2011-07-04T13:00:00.001-07:00

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one of three structures that Amgen listed with brokeragre Kidder Mathews for sublease inAugust 2007. The other two buildings, 331 and 333 Oystert Point Blvd. — a combined 275,000 square feet are still available for On Jan. 26, Amgen reported a 6 percenft increase inadjusted fourth-quarter earnings, matchin g Wall Street estimates, but said it expected a modest 4 perceny earnings growth in 2009 as the company prepares to launchh a new, potentially blockbuster, osteoporosis Amgen is on the hook for a 15-year lease on the Gilead has completed its $137.5 million acquisition of 301 Velocity Way in Foster City.
The purchasde includes a 163,000-square-foot building as well as 30 acress of entitled development which is slated to becomer thebiotech firm’s new expanded headquarters. The seller was , a digita l printing company. Michel Seifer and Robert Dmytryk of representefthe seller. In the Business Times reported that Gilead plannex to double its campusfrom 629,000 square feet to 1.2 millio square feet, adding an additionaol 1,900 employees over the next 10 years. A week after slashing prices by 15 percent at the Millennium Tower at 333Mission St. in San has put seven more units into including a 59th floor penthousefor $10.
2 The burst of activityu follows three months during which sales activity at the Millenniuk was at a a slowdown that prompted the developedr to cut prices for all units. The 15 percent reductionxs also apply to units already in contract prio to theprice cut. “So far so good,” said Richar Baumert, managing director of Millennium Partners. “We had close to 20 people a daythrougnh — we couldn’t accommodate everybody.” The 5,555-square-foot penthouse that went into contracty is 59A, half of the 59th The other six units range from a low of $626,000o to a high of $2.6 million, with an average price of $1.5 million.
With the 15 percent discount, the buyer of 59A a woman who asked not to beidentified — saved $1.8 “This person very much wanted to be in the said Baumert. A Pleasanton couple leased a 17,000-square-foot warehousew at 6902 PattersonPass Road, Suite J, in Livermorr to open the East Bay’xs first franchise of UNITS Mobile Storage. Rick and Donna Topp opened the franchise after Rick Topp was laid offfrom ’sa former San Francisco office. The new brancy offers portable containers that individuals or businesds can rent for temporary storage at the warehoused oron site. The most populadr size, 16 feet, can hold furniture and items froma 1,500-square-fooyt home.
The economic downturn has helped the DonnaTopp said, because many people are in transition when renovatingg their homes or moving to smaller homes. Contractors also need to securse materials on a job The couple chose Livermore for its central locationn within the East Bay and reasonableleasing rates, Donnz Topp said. Michael Lloydd of ’s Pleasanton office representefdthe leasee. Mark Dowling of representeds the landlord, managed by Tom Wagner of HarvestProperty

Amerigrow Recycling faces foreclosure - South Florida Business Journal:

2011-07-02T06:17:00.001-07:00

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However, Amerigrow’s attorney, Andrea Schwartz of Boca Raton, said his client wouldd vigorously contestthe lawsuit. He caller it a draconian measure on the part of to give it leverag in renegotiatingthe loan. National City Bank filed the action on June 19 againsrAmerigrow Recycling-Delray, and its president Janet according to Palm Beach County Circuit Cour t records. The action is based on a mortgage last modifiesdat $7.1 million in 2007. The foreclosure targetsd Amerigrow’s 30.6-acre main facility at 10320 Atlantic Ave. in westerbn Delray Beach and its 30-acre location at 9538 171st St. North in Jupiter.
Amerigrow, which was foundeds in 1995, uses those facilities to recyclew organic materials into mulch for landscaping across South Its brands include Premium RedCertified Mulch, Premiujm Gold Certified Mulch, Eco-Mulch and Blacmk Magic Eco-Soil. Those productx are sold by Home Depot. According to Amerigrow’s Web site, it has the largestf fleet of grapple trucks inSouth Florida. They clean up storm debries and recycle muchof it. Amerigrow has been hurt by the but not nearly as badlyy as most of its Schwartz said. As part of renegotiating its the company followedNational City’s advices and hired an outside consultantr to evaluate the business.
The consultant generated a positivsereport – making it surprising that the bank file for foreclosure, Schwartz said. “There is absolutely nothing wrong with anyof Amerigrow’s businessese in any respects,” Schwartz said. West Palm Beach-baserd attorney John R. Hart, who represents National City, could not be reached for comment. Nationalo City is a subsidiary ofPNC Bank.

"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" reviews probably better than movie - CBS News

2011-06-30T00:00:00.001-07:00

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Methods, outcomes, and relationships - The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

2011-06-27T17:34:00.001-07:00

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Business community offers suggestions for stimulus funds - Jacksonville Business Journal:

2011-06-25T09:34:00.001-07:00

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The Economic Stimulus Package 2.0 compiles suggestions from more than 20industryh associations. The document focuses largely on transportation, water infrastructurw and deep-water port revitalization projects. has identifiec more than $7 billion in projects readt to move forward within the next 90 to 120 This could create anadditional 195,000 jobs and a statewidwe economic boost of $39 billion. Everyh $1 billion that state government invests in highwayg construction and improvements supports morethan 27,00p0 jobs, a media release said.
has said that ther e are $1 billion in wated and wastewater projects ready to move The state expects to receiveaboutf $220 million in stimulus funds devotedx to this area. This will enabl e the state to bond anadditional $250 These investments are aimed at creating jobs for engineering and other industries throughout the state. The ESP 2.0 also recommends lower state-mandated port security costs to allow portsx to compete financially and asks government officials to aid in the constructionm of warehouses and distribution centers to create a stronger Bay area In addition, the has released its own The chamber said that legislators should direct federall economic stimulus funds toward its more than 250 job creation This plan recommends talent and higher education property tax relief for employers and growtu leadership reform.
The Florida Chamber represents morethan 139,000 employers and is basede in Tallahassee.

Alnylam and Novartis extend RNAi partnership - Boston Business Journal:

2011-06-23T02:51:00.001-07:00

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The partnership, meant to discover, develo and and commercialize RNAi-based therapeutics towar a defined numberof Novartis-selected disease gene is now set to run throughg Oct. 2010. Cambridge-based Alnylam (Nasdaq: ALNY) said this will be the fiftgh and final year ofthe project. This is the second time Alnyla extended the partnershipwith Switzerland-based Novartis. The deal with Novartiw (NYSE: NVS) is worth more than $700 million to Alnylam assuminyg their research leads tocommercialp products. Scientists believe that which occurs naturallywithin cells, can be harnessed to silence genesd that cause disease.
With the extensio n of the alliance term, Novartis will continuew to fund collaboration research and development efforts conducteeby Alnylam. Further, Novartis retains certain rightes to purchase Alnylam equity up to its currentownershipo level, which is approximately 13.4

Amazon Kindle eReader Drives Physical Book Sales - Video Gaming Pros

2011-06-20T19:51:00.001-07:00

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2011-06-18T12:51:00.001-07:00

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Layne’s stock closed on Thursday at $13.10, down $4.71, or 26.5 on volume of 738,37p0 shares, according to Yahoo Finance. The stock’as average daily volume the past thred monthsis 320,550 shares. In a releas before the market opened on theMission Woods-based company (Nasdaq: LAYN) reported earningzs of $12.2 million, or 63 cents a for the quarter that ended Oct. 31. This is a 23 percentt increase from earningsof $9.9 million, or 59 centxs a share, last year. Revenue for the quartere was $264.5 million, up 17 percent from $225. 2 million last year.
Company CEO Andrew Schmitt said in the release that customerse in its mineralssegmentg “are reducing exploration programs” and that its water business project s “have become more price “All of our operating unitzs did an outstanding job this quarter delivering positive resultse despite the increasingly difficult economic environment,” Schmit t said in the release. “Like most companies, we are movingh quickly to match expenses in our various businessesz to reductions in revenue as thosebecome apparent.” Revenue rose 22.4 percengt in the company’s water infrastructure 12.2 percent in mineral exploration and 8 percentt in energy.
The company’s “other” categoryg showed a 66.5 percent revenue decreas compared withlast year. Last year, the othef category included $3.17 million in revenuew for the quarter and nine months thatended Oct. 31 relateds to two contracts to provide consultingh and logistical support for international projects in Canada and Excluding that revenuelast year, the company’s revenude in that category in this year’s quarter was comparablr to last year. Layne Christensen provideas products and services forthe water, mineraol and energy markets. It ranks No. 17 on the Kansads City BusinessJournal ’s list of area publid companies.

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2011-06-16T05:51:00.001-07:00

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Dreamtowns: The top 10 micropolitanj areas have been designated by bizjournalsas "dreamtowns, since they offer the best small-townj quality of life. Areas: Micropolitan areas, as definefd by the U.S. Office of Managementt and Budget, are smaller than metropolitan Each micro consists of acentral city, town or village with 10,0090 to 50,000 residents, surrounded by a county or clustefr of counties that are economically dependent upon it. Bizjournalsw analyzed all 140 micros that had 2006 population sof 65,000 or more (encompassinfg the central community and surroundinh area). Statistics cited in this study cove r all portionsof micros, not just their central communities.
Sources: Nineteen of the 20 statistical indicatorws came fromthe U.S. Census Bureau's 2006 Americaj Community Survey, which was released late last year. The 20th indicatotr -- air mileage to the nearest majof metropolitanarea -- was calculates by bizjournals, using latitude and longitude readinges supplied by the U.S. Census Factors: Bizjournals used a 20-part formula to rate each market'sx quality of life. Each componenyt is followed in parentheses by the trait it measured and the type ofreadinv -- highest or lowest -- that earnex a maximum score: 1. Population growth sinc e 2000 (growth, highest). 2. Percentagre of residents who have lived in the same home for more than oneyear highest).
3. Share of all residentzs who are between the ages of 25 and44 (youngg adults, highest). 4. Percentage of workers who work at home or walk towork (easr of movement, highest). 5. Average commuting time (ease of lowest). 6. Median household income (earnings, 7. Poverty rate for families (earnings, 8. Mortgage affordability, calculated as a ratio of media house valueper $1,00p0 of median household income (costg of living, lowest). 9. Rent affordability, calculated as a ratik of annual median rentper $1,00p of median household income (cost of living, lowest). 10. Unemploymenrt rate (employment, lowest). 11.
Percentage of all jobs that are classifiedd as management or professionalpositions (employment, 12. Percentage of workers who are self-employed (entrepreneurship, 13. Percentage of houses that have been built sincer1990 (housing stock, 14. Percentage of houses that have nine or moreroomzs (housing stock, highest). 15. Homeownership rate highest). 16. Median house value (homeownership, highest). 17. Percentagde of adults (25 or older) who hold high schookl diplomas (education, highest). 18. Percentage of adulte (25 or older) who hold bachelor'x degrees (education, highest). 19.
Percentage of adults (25 or who hold advanced (master's, doctoral and/or professional) degreeas (education, highest). 20. Air mileage to the closesft majormetropolitan area, defined as a metro with more than 2.5 milliob residents (metropolitan proximity, lowest). Availability: Some, but not all, of the statisticd for each micro are provideed in chart form with this Space limitations prevented the publication ofall Formula: Each micro's statistics were compared agains t the micropolitan averages in all 20 Above-average performances received positive while below-average results received negative scores. Each area'a 20 category scores were totaled to determind itsoverall rank.
Finak scores ranged from 18.19 points for Torrington, Conn., to minus-21.2 points for Opelousas-Eunice, La.

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