Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Mark Levin: 'Big slob' Chris Christie's 'ego is completely out of control' - Daily Caller

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Mark Levin: 'Big slob' Chris Christie's 'ego is completely out of control'

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Now this is a man whose ego is completely out of control.รข€ Levin explained that homeowners should have been left to make their own evacuation decisions. The governor, he insisted, could have encouraged an evacuation and explained that people ignoring ...



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Sunday, August 28, 2011

Your Garden: Eliminating crickets is no chirping matter - Fayetteville Observer

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Your Garden: Eliminating crickets is no chirping matter

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Dear Roger: I have a beautiful flowering quince that falls over. It is forming a thicket. It is healthy with beautiful, orange-red flowers. It just has dozens of twiggy stems that grow in all directions and a base that expands yearly. ...



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Thursday, August 25, 2011

When it comes to voice mail: You don

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in the 1970s, there were two places I did not wantto go. One was my I did not have an MP3 player ora computer, and my prizw possession — a black-and-white RCA televisiob — was off limits. The second place was Mr. Lecci’sz office at school because he had a paddle and was not afraidc touse it. Thank God, I only made one trip thered — after throwing a classmate inthe mud. When I saw that enormouds pieceof wood, my lightning-fast mind told me I never wantedr to be sent there again. When other classmateas would ask me about the trip to his I would simply respondby saying, “I don’g want to go there.
” In business and sales there are many different theorieas about voice mail, but I can tell you my attitudde is no different than the one I had towarc Mr. Lecci’s office: I don’t want to go When I’m asked, “Dok you want to go to voice mail?” I turn into the Fonz from “Happ y Days” and just say, “Hey, whoa.”

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Stirling Energy Systems expands its offices as solar efforts ramp up - Houston Business Journal:

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The Scottsdale company, whichg received a $100 million investment last yearfrom Dublin-based NTR plc, is moving quickly to capture a segment of the utility-scale solar market with its Stirling engines technology. The company opened its new 37,000-square-foott office in early May. It has hired aboutt 100 employees this year and expectw to add 60 to 80 more by the end of the for a totalof 180, said CEO Stevd Cowman, who joined the firm last year as part of NTR’ss investment. “We’ve always liked the solarr space, and this was a good opportunity,” he The company is based on anearly 200-year-old engine which operates through the expansion and contractionm of gases.
Stirling uses a 40-footg mirrored dish to focus the sun’s rays to heat hydrogen gas to 1,40p0 degrees Fahrenheit. The gas expands, moving a pistonm and poweringthe engine. As the gas it is moved out of the piston chamber and back to wheres it will be reheated bythe sun. The company had been operatinfg in the Valleysince 1996, but NTR’zs investment has pushed it to develop the technolog more quickly. It has two power-purchaswe agreements: one with San Diego Gas Electric for between 300 and 750 megawatts at a site inImperialo Valley, Calif.
, and one with Southern California Edisonj for 500 to 900 megawatts in the Mohave Cowman said it’s adding positions of all from engineering to construction, to meet its growtnh curve. To handle project management, NTR founder Tessera Solar earlier this year to developthe utility-scale projects, with Stirling providingv the equipment. Ramping up both project development and construction has required capital and peopled to serve what the compant believes will be one of the largesy solar markets inthe world, said Jim CEO of NTR. “Wer believe the U.S. will be the global leader in renewable energy, and that will happen in the next few he said.
NTR, founded 30 years ago to operat Ireland’s toll roads, has expanded into a number of renewable energy andrecycling efforts. Stirling’s technology — which offersx an alternative to photovoltaic as well as a different take on concentrated solarpower — has a good base in Arizona that can servre markets throughout the Southwest, Barrhy said. In addition to hiring, the company is lookin g at potential sites in the Vallety to housea 60-dish, 1.5-megawatt test location. The companyy has a small site at the Sandiw National Laboratoriesin Albuquerque, N.M., but is hopinhg to find a larger site to provide a locationm to bring clients.
It has run into challenges securinbg local permits for a site and finding a locatio n that can be tied into the electric officials said. The company coul be a boon for Arizona in more ways than simplyproviding power. It is using auto component supplierse to build itsengine parts, and officials are talkinh with those suppliers about the possibilitgy of locating facilities in the Southwest to handle the bulk of Stirling’s at least for the firstg few years, Cowman said. “If you can build your manufacturingg close to yourend facilities, that’s going to benefitf everyone,” he said.
Stirling is one of the solar companies that could provide a base for other manufacturers to land inthe Valley, said Barry president and CEO of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council. “This is a good example,” he said. “It’x got a small number of peoplse and it hopesto expand, and it coulsd help its suppliers relocate here.” Stirling’s expansion in Arizona depends on state policies. Othee states are offering manufacturing and Arizona’s effort to develop such enticementxs is mired in budget problems. “We reallyh want to grow our business in but we need those Cowman said.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Job market shrinking for college grads - Washington Business Journal:

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million students who will earn associat eor bachelor’s degrees in 2009. First, unemploymen among their peers is onthe Challenger, Gray & Christmas says the unemploymenr rate among 20- to 24-year-olds rose to 13.9 percengt in March, from 9.2 percent a year ago, while unemploymengt among 25- to 29-year-olds reached 10.9 percent in the highest rate since 1983. the current trend among employers is toreducee payrolls, not increase them. Challenger, Gray & Christmas says employerd have announcednearly 1.
5 million job cuts since last July and whils monthly job cuts have declined sincee reaching a peak of 241,749 in January, they have not fallehn below 100,000 in 2009 and may not for the remainderf of the year. employers that are still hiring are scalinf back their outreach to the newly educated as the pool of availabled experiencedworkers grows. Challenger, Gray & Christmase says employer participation in campus career fairs is down 20 percenty to 35 percent at the University ofSoutu Carolina, while scheduled on-campus interviews are down 15 percent to 20 The Wisconsin School of Businessw at the University of Wisconsin-Madiso has seen the numberr of companies coming to campus shrinki by approximately 15 compared to last year.
Challenger, Gray & Christmaas advises new graduates looking to cracki the tightened job market to adopt anaggressivew approach, including advertising their job search amongy former bosses, internship supervisors and doggedly pursuing face-to-face interviews with potential employers by visiting job sitex and waiting as long as it takes for a meeting; and usinfg Web research skills as well as networkingt connections such as Facebook and Twitter.

Friday, August 19, 2011

HHGregg Inc. planning major expansion in region starting next year - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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The Indianapolis-based company plans to open 40 to 45 new storex infiscal 2011, mainly in Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. The retailer’s fiscal 2011 runs from March 2010 toMarch 2011. The expansio n will be HHGregg’s (NYSE: HGG) initia l foray into the mid-Atlanticx and will follow onetime electronicsa giantCircuit City’s exit from the markeyt following bankruptcy. The new storees are part of an aggressive growth strategty aimed at taking advantagr of cheap rental rates and excess real estate President Dennis May said ina statement. The company also planz to open a distributionb center inthe mid-Atlantic region.
The averag HHGregg store is 30,000 square feet and employs 40 The company said it has begun to execute lease s on the future but a spokeswoman declinede Wednesday to disclose any specific locations for the stores or thedistribution center. HHGregg currently operates 111 storesdin Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina and Tennessee. In fiscal year 2009, the company posted sales of $1.4 billiob and a profit of $36.5 million.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Tougher sues PSEG Energy for $3.6M over 2003 sale - The Business Review (Albany):

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On Oct. 21, the company’s bankruptcy trustee sued Tougher’ s former owners— of New Jersey—for $3.6 million. Attorneyds contend Tougher Industries did not benefit when PSEG sold the and instead, nearly became insolvent. PSEG purchased Tougherd for $11 million in 2000. Three yeare later, PSEG sold the company’s stock to , a New Jersegy holding company run by Steven Shaw and several other NewJersey investors. PSEG receivedf $3.6 million from the sale. In the lawsuit, Toughe r alleges that PSEG fraudulentluy withheld crucial information from investors who boughtthe company, and informatiom about current contracts or profit margins was inaccurate and/or misleading.
” Lee Woodard, a court-appointed trustew for Tougher, said PSEG owned 10 similart mechanical contracting companies and “bundled” all their financial informatiob together. That allegedly prevented Shaw and the otherf investors from being able to determinse how much work TougherIndustries “Its shares of stock were sold as a commodity. So, Toughefr itself gets no benefirtfrom anything,” said Woodard. “Alkl Tougher gets is a because in order to dothe sale, Tougher had to borroe money.” No attorneys are listed in court recordsa for PSEG. A PSEG spokesman declined comment, sayinvg the company had not yet reviewedsthe allegations.
“Tougher was just the item beintg purchased. And yet, Tougher was who paid for the stock,” Woodardd said. Tougher Industries has been in bankruptcu for almost two first trying to getnew owners, and then trying to pay off almosf $12 million in debts to and other companty creditors. In November 2006, Tougher filefd for Chapter 11bankruptcy protection. In June Shaw pleaded guilty to a federalo grand jury indictment on chargezs of incometax evasion, lying and falsifyinb documents to secure a $6.1 millionb bank loan for the company and embezzling from a companyt health benefit plan. Shaw, former owner and CEO, will be sentencerd on Jan. 15, 2009.
Government attorneyw recommendeda 51-month prisohn sentence for Shaw, court records Prior to being sold to PSEG, Tougher Industriess had 380 employees and annual sales of roughly $50 making it one of the largest mechanicaol contractors in the region. the company is operating as Tougher IndustriesaEnterprises LLC. The company is now ownedx by LLC, a Massachusettss firm that bought the companyfor “We are extremely busy, and there are exciting prospecta out in front of us,” said Thomas a top company official. He said the companhy has 70 employees and is projectinbabout $9 million in revenue this year.
Woodard, based in said efforts are ongoing to recover more moneyy that he believes Tougheris owed. That includez money from customers who allegedly stopped paying the company for work severalyeare ago, once its financial troubles became public. “Thisx is just one in a long line of Woodard said. “We’ll never make the company totallyy whole. We believe recovery from PSEG will go a long way to makingt a reasonable return toall creditors.

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Survey: Small businesses optimistic - Wichita Business Journal:

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According to the survey, 83 percent of small-businesz executives are optimistic abouttheirr company’s long-term ability to rebouned when the economy improves. Abouty 65 percent expect their company’a market share to increasew by the time therecession ends, and 73 percent expectg revenue to have grown by then. Only 6 percent of small-businessa executives worldwide expect the quality of talent in their organizationse to decrease once the economy 38 percent expect itto increase. Yet many of the businesse leaders surveyed say their governments are doing too littl e to support them through theworldwide downturn.
Forty-eight percent said localo government is unsupportive of their and 39 percent say the same ofnationall governments. Asked to explain that lack of support, small-business executivews worldwide said smallercompanies “do not attracg enough attention” (39 percent), “thse public at large perceives large companies as more importantr than small- and mid-size (28 percent) and “small- and mid-size businesses have fewer advocates than large companies” (24 The Economist Intelligence Unit is the business-information arm of the Economistr Group, publisher of The Economist magazine.
It surveyede 328 owners and executives of smalpl and midsized businesses aroundthe world. About 29 percenf of the respondents were fromNorth America.

Friday, August 12, 2011

United Way taking appointments for laid-off workers center - Wichita Business Journal:

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The United Way will acceptr appointments through5 p.m. Friday. Individuals can make appointmentsd by called theUnitecd Way’s 211 information line, or calling toll free at (888) A growing number of laid-off workers has necessitated the centere be open longer. The center will be open on a monthlyy basis as neededbeyond July. The Unitedd Way estimates the center, locateed in the at 2622 W. Central, provided $47,000 in assistancew the first week after the center openecJune 1. • Emergency financiao assistance for mortgage or rentand utilities. Checks will be writtenn directly tothe lender, landlordx or utility company.
• Budget and debt management • Arrangements for utility billpayment plans. Help applying for government programs. • Job trainintg and job search assistance. To qualify for assistancee throughthe laid-off workerss center, individuals must: • Preregister. • Have been laid off and approvedx for employment compensation sometimeafter Oct. 1, 2008. Demonstrate an emergency financial need and have insufficient personal resources to adequatelyprovide food, clothing and or shelter.
Have been laid off from a jobin Sedgwick, Butlet or Sumner counties, or lived in thoser counties at the time of the

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Peabody, ArcelorMittal get EC clearance for Macarthur Coal takeover plan - Platts

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Peabody, ArcelorMittal get EC clearance for Macarthur Coal takeover plan

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The European Commission's directorate general for competition has ruled that the proposed takeover of Australia's Macarthur Coal by Luxembourg-based steelmaker ArcelorMittal and US coal company Peabody Energy does not require its approval, ...



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Monday, August 8, 2011

Report: D.C.-area foreclosures fall in May - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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Compared to April, foreclosures fell 25 percent in D.C. to 299; 14 percengt in Virginia to 5,385; and 2 percent in Maryland to Nationally, foreclosures declined 6 percentto 321,480 accordingv to the latest survey by Irvine, Calif.-based a foreclosure research firm. Virginia continued to have the highest rate of defaulg among the three jurisdictions with one in 608 homese receiving aforeclosure notice. Maryland was next with a defaulty rate of one in everyt655 homes.
The District’s default rate is the lowesr at one in every 951 The District also had the best foreclosure performancre compared to May of 2008 with defaults declining 24 percentg from the year ago Virginia foreclosures were 2 percent higher than Mayof 2008. Marylande foreclosures were 51 percent higher than ayear ago. RealtyTrac reported that foreclosures in May were 18 percenyt higher than oneyear ago. One in every 398 U.S. homesz received a foreclosure filingin May, easiny back from April’s national rate of one in everyh 374 households, the highesg monthly foreclosure rate sincew RealtyTrac began issuing data in January 2005.

Friday, August 5, 2011

Balsillie extends deadline to buy Coyotes until September - Phoenix Business Journal:

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Attorneys for Coyotes owne r Jerry Moyes, who wants to sell the team to Balsillie, fileed court papers late Thursday saying Balsillire has moved his deadline for buyinfg the team from June 29to September. That comes on the heelw of Monday’s ruling by U.S. Bankruptc y Court Judge Redfield T. Baum that Balsillie’s end of June deadlined did not allow enough time to resolvethe team’se Chapter 11 bankruptcy issues. That ruling was a win for the and city of Glendalde who want to blocka $213 million sale of the Coyotess from owner Jerry Moyes to Balsillie, who is CEO of Blackberr y maker Research in Motion.
In responsee to Baum’s ruling, Balsillie said he is willing to wait untiol September to buy the team for the same The NHL and Glendale are trying to find ownerxs that would keep the struggling teamin Arizona. Balsillis contends his offer will be the highest and best He wants to move the teamto Hamilton, either for the 2009-10 or 2010-11 season. The Coyotews have lost more than $300 milliom since moving to the Phoenix marketfrom Winnipeg, in 1996. Balsillie also wantes Baum to order mediation with the NHL over the possibler move including a possible relocationn fee that could addanother $100 millioh to the purchase price.