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February 14: Amorous judiciary? - New Zealand Herald

2012-02-15T10:00:00.001-08:00

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2012-02-13T06:51:00.001-08:00

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Many of us, in tend to view May as an endin g ofsorts … and August as the beginningt of the last half of the year. But what abour June and July? Many people pull back durintg thesummer months. New product marketing efforts, training and new projectsx are put off until Augustor September. I consider the summerd months to be filled with spectacular Take sometime off. But then get back to refreshed and refocusing your energies on every possible summer opportunityy to buildyour brand. Remember, you are your branfd … and by building your branxd all 12 months of the year you can leverage your individualittand uniqueness.
Why is summer a terrificf time to reinforce and expand yourpersonalo brand? Because most of us tend to be less harried and more laid-baci in warmer weather. We actually have time to “get it.” Don’t miss out on some of the most productived months of youryear — June, July and Here’s one professional’s story: John, an ownert of a large commercial real estate has had years of success in the locall market. With the current economicc times, John recognized the realituy that he needed to establishg his own brand identity that aligned withhis company’sa strong brand.
“I have operationalized my personal brand into my dailt work and keep this branding topof mind. My customersw and employees have noticed things like a new tag new bio and new way of introducint myself andmy company,” he says. The results? John has alreadyu increased business forthe year, and is winning contract when his competitors are stilll struggling. “In the summer, it seemx like people have more time or take time to actually get to know you and what you he says. “I’ve already had meetings with prospectivre customers that seemed lesshurried and, actually, were more productive.” So, what abourt you?
Are you going to use the summeer to build momentum and create more success??

Austin has its eye on Silicon Valley companies - Business First of Columbus:

2012-02-11T02:34:00.001-08:00

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The Austin chamber also spends a lot of time in he said. “When you compare housing costs on office andindustria space, labor costs, the overall costs of doingf business,” he said, “and you throw in workers’ comp laws and other taxea that the California Legislature passes, it only enhances our It’s not a new story by any means. The chambe r has a 14-page list of Californiqa companies, including 43 companies from Silicon Valley and another dozen or so from elsewhere in theBay Area, that have a significany presence in the Austin area. In 2007, for Borland Software Corp.
relocated its headquarters from Cupertino to It started out its Texas presence with a researc anddevelopment site. “I thin it really started with workers’ comp issues in the 1980s,” Porter said. “There was a time when differentr states had offices in California because of the fertilshunting grounds, and some of them stil do.” Last year, the Austin chamber came to Californi 15 times, meeting with companies, venturs capitalists and site selectors. “There is a mood thers that there’s going to be more bad news on theCaliforniaq front, where companies are going to have to look Porter said.

Clear Channel names global-media sales executive - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:

2012-02-08T23:17:00.001-08:00

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In this role, Partilla will lead national business development acrossthe company’s radioi and outdoor businesses. Partilla will report to CEO Mark He will be based inNew York. Partill is joining Clear Channelfrom , where he led Time Warner’x Global Media Group. Clear Channe l is now working to accelerate and expansdthe company’s national salez reach. Clear Channel already counts (NYSE: Verizon and Kellogg’s as clients on cross-platfor and multi-property ad buys.
“We’re entering a new era for advertisin gand marketing, and the strides that Clear Channel has made in digitapl platforms across both the radio and outdoor businesses are an outstandingh match for the new demands being placed on Partilla says. “Realizing that potential will require adding strategi and creative value for our best advertisingpartnere — helping them solve theier most critical business The result will be more revenuw across all of Clear Channel’d businesses.” San Antonio-based Clear Channel is a global media and entertainmeny company. The company owns eight radio stations in the LosAngelea area.

Air America, Bonneville reach local marketing agreement for 1050 AM - San Antonio Business Journal:

2012-02-06T19:34:00.001-08:00

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The progressive talk radio network has reached a local marketing agreement with to begibn broadcasting its programmingon Bonneville’s 1050 AM signal in the Washingtojn area. Air America expects to launch durinb the month of although anofficial date, call letters and programming line-up have not yet been As part of the agreement, Air Americas will essentially lease the signal from Bonneville, and then handl operations, programming and advertising sales. Financial termsw of the multi-year deal were not Air America has hired some locaksales staff, and will occupy a small spacew in Bonneville’s Washington offices. “Aitr America is obviously very interested inthe D.C.
market,” said Bennet t Zier, Air America’s CEO and a former executivse with Clear Channel and Red ZebraBroadcastintg locally. “It’s where decisions are Its number one businesis politics.” Air America initially approachec Bonneville to put together the agreement, which had been lookingy for someone to pick up the signal. The deal came togethef during the pastfew Currently, Bonneville simulcasts WTOP’s signal on 1050 AM, alonyg with some sports programming. The sports programming will Bonneville Senior Regional Vice President Joel Oxley said, which will mainly be heardx on nights and weekends.

Greater Phoenix CVB launches social media campaign - Denver Business Journal:

2012-02-04T13:17:00.001-08:00

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The first contest offers a two-night stay at the Royaol Palms Resort and Spa and a candlelit dinner for two atthe resort’s restaurant, T. In subsequent weeks, similar packages are expectef to be given away fromthe Ritz-Carltonb Phoenix, Arizona Biltmore Resortf & Spa, InterContinental Montelucia Resort and Spa, Fairmontf Scottsdale, Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa, Westinh Kierland, Phoenician and Arizona The contest is part of a sociall media marketing campaign by the Greater Phoenix CVB that also includes a new blog, Twitter and Flickr and YouTube videos. The blog, called the Hot is a frequently updated compendium of shopsand activities.
The video project, called “Phoenix Dream features Phoenicians of local and national renown offerinfg tours of their favoritelocal hangouts. The inaugural videi is hosted by celebrity chefMark Blog: Facebook: Twitter: YouTube:

GM enters bankruptcy filing - Baltimore Business Journal:

2012-02-02T08:17:00.001-08:00

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Monday’s Chapter 11 filing by the 101-year-old automaker once the world’s biggest company and WesterjnNew York’s largest manufacturing employer for decades is among the largest in U.S. histort and largest-ever U.S. manufacturingt bankruptcy. Chapter 11, which allows the companyu to operate while protected from its pushes GM intoa fast-trackm bankruptcy and provides $30 billion of additional taxpayer fundx to restructure itself. General Motorzs CEO Fritz Henderson said in a prepared statementg that GM was being reinvented and that the compant is ready for the jobat hand.
"The economicx crisis has caused enormous disruptiob in theauto industry, but with it has come the opportunitt for us to reinvent our business. We are goinbg to do it once and do it The court-supervised process we are pursuing provides us with powerful toolx to accelerate and complete our reinvention, as well as strongf safeguards for our customers and our business," he said. The GM plan as detailex by U.S. officials would allowe a much smaller GM to emerge from court protection within 60 to90 days. GM also plans to closes 11 U.S. facilities and idle another three plantd by the endof 2010. GM’s Tonawanda engine plant, where 1,109 people work, will remain open.
The automaker has not provided an updateds target for job cuts but was lookinbg toeliminate 21,000 U.S. factory jobs from the 54,000 union memberxs it now employs. Also not immediately clear is what GM’s bankruptct filing will mean for ’w plants in Lockport, Rochester and three General Motors plans to take back the facilitieas from the former parts subsidiarhy that it spun off in according to a tentative deal reached last week betweenb GM andthe UAW.
The factories in New Michigan and Indiana would operatdeunder Delphi’s union rules, but be considerefd part of GM, once The Lockport plant — Delphi Thermal Systems, which has 2,100 employeezs — was founded as Harrisomn Radiator Co. in 1910 and became part of GM in 1918. For 81 yearsw it operated under General Motorsx ownership until the independentDelphki Corp. was formed. Delphi itself is operating under bankruptc y court supervision having filed for Chapter 11 inOctober 2005. The Mich.-based company was ready to emerge from bankruptcg in April 2008 but those plans fell apart when a key investofr dropped out ofa $2.55 billiomn stock deal with the supplier.
General Motors employs 92,000 in the Unite d States and is indirectly responsiblefor 500,000 retirees. The U.S. government would hold a 60 perceny financial interest in a reorganized GM and the UAW woulc takea 17.5 percent The governments of Canada and the provinces of Ontario have agreed to a 12 percent ownership stake in exchange for financiaol aid. GM bondholders would get 10 percent.

Energy Department awards Texas a new round of stimulus funds - San Antonio Business Journal:

2012-01-31T04:00:00.001-08:00

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The funds will be used to increas e energy efficiency and expand the use of renewable energy in thepublicc sector, while also providing information resources to help residents achievre energy, emissions and cost savings. As part of the Energy Department’s Stimulus Weatherization Texas willreceive $130.8 million over the next thres years to help weatherize homes. The money will be funnelexd through the Texas Department of Housing and Community Texas also willreceive $87.5 millionn in stimulus funding that can be used towarf demonstration projects for solar, wind, biomasds and geothermal energy technologies.
A separate progranm will make stimulus funds available for hospitals and other publix entities to modernize traffic signals and facilitate the wider deploymenty ofalternative fuels. U.S. Rep. Charliwe Gonzalez, D-San Antonio, says this fundinhg will help create jobs and accelerate the adoptio of efficient and renewableenergty technologies. “This funding will help move Texas towards a clean energy future and enhance our while keeping costs low for the hard workinhg families inour communities,” Gonzale says.

Life science organizations in the Puget Sound region line up for share of Obama stimulus money to infuse stalled research projects - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

2012-01-29T00:17:00.001-08:00

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billion from the Obama administration’ s economic stimulus package. “It’s a very dramatic given the historical records ofthe UW, Fred Hutchinsonm and others, of beating others for a disparate based on merit,” said Jack until recently president of the . “It’w very good news for our The newly available funding is especially welcomed in the curren teconomic recession, which has kept closed the walletxs of wealthy donors. “Individuals of wealth are ‘Maybe I should give money to the locaolfood bank, and hold off on locao art funding, biomedical funding,’” said Elaine chief operating officer of the .
She said her organization, with a $23 milliohn budget, is being forced by past funding difficultiesa to plateau atlast year’s level and to forgo hirinvg an extra 30 researchers. While noboduy knows exactly how much of the NIH stimulus money will come to this top researchers herehope they’lol land enough to give a kick to researchb projects stalled for lack of funds, and to keep institution vital during the economic downturn.
And all say they’r e “beaker ready” to use the moneyg immediately, a takeoff on the requirement for other types of projects the stimulusis “If there’s an opportunity to access some othee stimulus fund for that, we do have the project in place,” said Ken president and founder of the . “We’re fortunatee because of Gates Foundation, and NIH stimulus. We’ree hopeful there will be some economic recovery befor the effect of the stimulus runs is the primary source of fundingh for most ofthe region’s large biomedical research It is a unit of the U.S. Departmeng of Health and Human Services.
The largest singlw regional recipient, and the biggest singlse research institution inthe Northwest, is University of Washingtoh Medicine. Dr. Paul Ramsey, CEO of UW Medicine, said universit researchers are ready with immediates projects for thestimulusw money, which must be used in 18 months. “The NIH portio n of the federal stimulus package covers most of the areaas of ourresearch strength,” he said. “Thee immediate work will be ininfectious neuroscience, cancer research.” He also expects to win some of the NIH monet for new equipment to do cell imaging and faster gene analysis.
Right now the dean for researcgh is working with faculty to put togethe r the list of what appears to bemost needed, he Research leaders around the regioh say the funding infusion is criticallty well-timed. The reason is that the combinatiohn of growinghealth problems, and new technologies to solved them, means the money can be fruitfullhy used. “The epidemic in diabetes, it’s running away from said Paul Robertson, principal scientis t for the . The Center for Disease Control’s curreng projections are that one in thre of children born in 2000 willdevelopo diabetes.
Funding has been so tight that nationally just one in 10 biomedicakl research grant applicationsreceive funding. “During the previousz (Bush) administration, our funding just dwindled and he said. Robertson is countingh on PresidentBarack Obama’s stimulus money and getting a slice of it througb NIH funding. “It’s very accessible, very immediate. We need to get the work done so we can test the and find the right he said.
Biomedical leaders around the region say the NIH stimulux money is a reflection of theObama administration’w increased focus on funding The president has repeatedly said that the priorityg of the government must be to put the nation’s researcherws back into the lead on a global basis. Washingtomn has been among the nation’d leaders in winning NIH according toNIH data, ranking seventh in 2008, with overallp awards of $755 million.

Alder Foods CEO offers free housing for GI families - Boston Business Journal:

2012-01-26T20:00:00.001-08:00

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Still, the wartime growth of this Walpole-based company is not what’sx most remarkable. It’s the passiomn of CEO Michelle Keating to completea 20-suit home in West Roxbury that will provid e free housing for military familiews whose loved ones are injured in combat and flowmn back to the United Statess for extensive medical care at the nearby Veterans Affairs Keating is leading the charge to raisew $3 million for the completion of Boston, whichn broke ground last fall with a total expecter price tag of $6 Alder Foods is what Keatinvg does, but this project is what she “I have taken it seriouslhy to find ways to give Keating said.
For those who arguew that military contractors have a duty to suppory charities that help troops and Keatingreadily agrees. “It’s thei r way of saying they support the men and women who are fighting forour freedom.” Founded 45 yearsw ago by her Paul M. Keating Sr., Alder Foods buys provisions directlu from majorlabels — such as Stonyfields Farms, Organic Valley and Lactaid — and sellse them to the military. Sincee 2000, the company has been awardeds $175.3 million in contracts by the Defense Commissargy Agency and its bottom line has grownmfrom $16 million to $45 million — a “small but profitable Keating calls it.
Keating has made philanthropyu a corporate priority and Alde r Foods has donated closeto $500,000 over the past nine yeara to a variety of military-relates charitable causes, Keating said. She directs her philanthropif energy these days toward FisherHousse Boston, working with a local board of directors. They have raiseds $700,000 for the building, with one of the most substantiapl donations beinga $100,000o commitment from The remainder of the money came througn a December fundraiser, which raised and a series of smaller Keating said. Located on the VA medical center property in West Fisher House will be the firstt of its kind inNew England. Completion is slatee for mid-2010.
A national nonprofit organizatioh basedin Baltimore, Fisher Housw has built 43 multisuite homese nationwide and, as part of its model, looksd to the local community to raise moneyg for half of its construction costs. Before Fisher House breaks ground on new it reaches an agreementt with a branch of themilitarg — Army, Navy, Air Forc or the — that will assumr ongoing funding and managwe the site’s operation. In the case of Fishef House Boston, Veterans Affairs will take responsibility. If Fisher Housew Boston is unable toraise $3 million for the West Roxburt project, the national Fisher House organization woulf provide the rest, said Jim Fisher House spokesman.
Public service announcements and fundraisers are planneed for thecoming months, and Fishef House Boston has sent donation requests to hundreds of companies. “I’ve gone to Fisher houses and they’re amazing places,” Keatiny said. “There have been thousands and thousandx of men and women who comeback injured. They’re not in the hospitaol for a week. They’re in for a long

MedImmune gets second H1N1 flu contract - Charlotte Business Journal:

2012-01-24T15:34:00.001-08:00

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MedImmune won the additional $61 million contract from the U.S. Departmenty of Health and Human Services, six weeka after it accepted a $90 million contract from the agencyt to manufacture ingredients for a potential vaccinwe for theH1N1 virus, whichj had been widely dubber as the swine flu. now the Gaithersburg subsidiary ofthe London-basef , is using the funding to producee and test the flu-fightinh technology it uses in its seasonal FluMist product for the H1N1 which has reached the highest warning levelsw on the pandemic scale.
The follow-up awardw were given to four of five pharmaceuticals that the federap government has been contracting with to produce potential vaccinematerials — Sanofi Pasteur SA, , , and MedImmune. In all, the agencyu has spent nearly $1.9 billion to date on these MedImmune’s combined $150 milliom in awards have been the smallest so far ofthoswe companies. MedImmune sets itself apartg from many other companiesw withits live-attenuated flu vaccine technique, which uses a but weakened, strain of the virus to induce an immuns response from the patient.
The biotech company has said that procesx can protect against various circulatinv flu strainsat once, even if they’re not perfectly matchinb the original strain it was aiming to “We’re putting significant internal resources toward this projec t to deliver on this commitment and move the proceses forward as fast as we can,” said Kare Lancaster, a spokeswoman at MedImmune. She said the companyu has identified a swin eflu strain, entered the manufacturing stage and coulf produce an estimated 35 millio n to 40 million finished doses, similad to its FluMist seasonal Health and Human Services officials, who plan to reserve these vaccinea for its national stockpile for use on priorith populations in an emergency, said that clinical trials of the potential vaccines are expectedr to begin next month with some preliminary roundx of clinical data appearing as early as The agency said it can’r determine how many doses will be produced in all until it&rsq uo;s determinedd what, and how many, vaccine materialw work the best.
Local governments also received federalo funds to help prepare againsg swineflu outbreaks. The District’s publicd health officials receivednearly $500,000, while hospitalsd in the city received nearly $300,000. In public health officials received $4.8 million, while hospitalz received morethan $1.6 million. And in public health officialsreceived $6.5 million, while hospitalse received more than $2.2 million.

Eco Academy plants seeds for home efficiency vocation - Triangle Business Journal:

2012-01-22T11:51:00.001-08:00

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Then the stock market tanked in And againin October. And in November. By the time his wife founxd the advertisement for the on he had run out of severance monegy andhealth insurance, and no one was hiring. “Iu have four kids, so it was a prett frightening time,” recalled Clark, 44, a Havertown “It’s been a very tough job I had three interviews insix It’s very tough.” The advertisement was for a new trainintg program that promises to give people with no environmentak background new careers as self-employed home efficiencyt consultants — all for less than $1,009 and in under one month.
The academyy is an offshoot of a home remodeling resource created in 2006 by localo green consultantCharlie Szoradi. Szorad i built the site after he and his wife transformesd their 1950s home in Wayne into a highly efficientgreen prototype. With what he learnee from that experience, he created return-on-investment tablese to share withother remodelers. Some of them wantedr him to personally audittheird homes, and he soon found himself in demand. Too much in “It felt like when gas turnex to $4 a gallon the sun rose up over the Szoradi said.
“All of a suddehn from last summer through October it becamse obvious thatthis wasn’t another green lift but a game Szoradi realized he could help the environment, job real estate and GreenandSave all at “Every dollar saved [in energy efficiency] creates a $20 lift in the appreciationn of a home,” he told a recen class in April. “Th e byproduct of creating a new job and new career is higherehome values.
” Training consistx of a two-day layperson’s course and practice home Student-consultants collect data at clients’ homes using a checklisr provided by GreenandSave, then plug the data into a softwarde program Szoradi created that provide s a return-on-investment formula for each green The software then spits out a handy report for the homeowner. Thinking about buyinb Energy Star appliances? The report showd you how muchfaster you’lol make your money back by switching to compactr fluorescent lights instead. GreenandSave collects leads that it givesto consultants, takinvg a 5 percent finder’s fee off the $395 cost of a home checkk up. The software is free.
Most of the additional equipment a consultant might need is just a coupler ofhundred dollars. Consultants can borroe additional, high-end equipment from About 100 people have been througbh the courses since they began in The first three months of training sold out to an eclectif group ofall ages, racexs and walks of life, attractingt people from as far away as John Krulewski traveled from New York for a recenty class in April. The 52-year-old formetr Wall Street trader listed mortgag e derivatives for a major investmeng bank before he was laid off with thousandsd of others latelast year.
Now Krulewski is starting a solar panel business in New Jersey and he thinka Eco Academy can give him a leg up in thegreeh field. “This gives me some cash income now, plus I learh something new while I work on other he said. Renee Todd, 32, came to the clase with three classmatesfrom . All are lookiny to fast-track into meaningful jobs. Todd said the clasz exceeded her expectations. “With the economyt the way it is and peopld needing to save money this is importantr for everyoneto know,” she A young mother who was unhappy with her secretariak job saw this as a way to spen d more time with her children.
Szoradio gave her some ideasx for generating leads and told her how GreenandSave could assist.

Roberts backs KU Cancer Center's push for NCI designation - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

2012-01-20T07:51:00.001-08:00

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Roberts, R-Kan., spoke at The ’s Westwood medical He said that it now takes 10 yearas to 17 yearsand $1 billion to bring a new drug to which Roberts called a “nationalp disgrace.” The National Cancert Institute said in November that the KU Cancer Center has a 25, 2011, application date for its efforts to get an initial five-year designation as an NCI cancerf center. The months-long application process for institutions seekinf new designations begins with submission of documentation that sometimesexceedsd 1,000 pages and includes a site visit and othere steps. The earliest that KU Cancer Center’s applicatio could be approved is the sprintgof 2012.
Nationwide, 64 cancer centersa receive Cancer Center Support Grants to supportg research to reducethe incidence, morbiditty and mortality rates of There are 23 cancer centers and 41 comprehensiv cancer centers. The KU Cancer Centert is part of , whicy is the medical research and educatiob arm of the Universityof Kansas. NCI designationm — KU’s No. 1 priority — typicallty is granted to academimedical centers. Therefore, KU Medical Center is the entity that will applhy forNCI designation. • Increasee regional patient accessto cutting-edgwe clinical trials. • More than $1.
3 billio in annual economic benefits inthe • An increase in KU Cancer Center’z annual NCI financing from the curren t $7.5 million to about $40 million. NCI-affiliated institutions also attract world-class researchers who bring NCI grantswith them, and part of the estimatexd increase is based on that. Many of these researchers doubleas clinicians, adding expertise and depth in variou cancer-care sub-specialties.

Pending home sales inch up in U.S., Northeast - Pittsburgh Business Times:

2012-01-18T03:17:00.001-08:00

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New figures from the show its Pendinf HomeSales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contractzs signed in May, increased 0.1 percent to 90.7 in April. That reading is 6.7 percentg higher than in May 2008 when itwas 85. The last time therwe were four consecutive monthly gainsw was in October a promising sign for a still deeply depressedhousinh sector. A sale is listed as pending when the contracyt has been signed but the transaction has not which usually takes another one or two An index of 100 is equaol to the average level of contract activity during 2001, the first year to be examined as well as the firs of five consecutive record years for existing-home sales.
The Pendingv Home Sales Index in the Northeastrose 3.1 percentr to 80.9 in May and is 6.8 percent above a year ago. In the Midwestr the index slipped 1.3 percent to 89.2 but is 11.4 percenyt above May 2008. The indexx in the South declined 1.7 percent to 92.6 in May but is 7.9 percenyt higher than a year ago. In the West the indesx rose 2.2 percent to 96.9 and is 0.7 percent abovde May 2008.

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Spacecraft Completes Biggest Maneuver - Clarksville Online

2012-01-15T23:51:00.001-08:00

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Wichita ranks high for economic performance - South Florida Business Journal:

2012-01-13T20:00:00.001-08:00

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Brookings ranked the 100 largest U.S. metrpo areas on six key indicators: employment, unemployment rates, gross metropolitan product, housing prices and foreclosurs rates. The organization says the reportis “by far the most comprehensives analysis to date of how metro areas acrossa the nation are faring during this economic downturn Wichita ranked high despite an unemploymentf rate of 7.1 percent and thousands of layoffs associated with the aircrafty industry. San Antonio ranked No. 1, followedf by Oklahoma City, Austin, Houston and Four of the last five arein Jacksonville, Lakeland, Tampa and Detroit is the metro with the worsr economic performance in the firs t quarter.
The report says all the metro areas lost jobs during the and nearly all metro areas have seen a decline ineconomicf output.

Lenovo's profits skyrocket - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

2012-01-11T15:17:00.001-08:00

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Lenovo, which has headquarters in Morrisville but tradess shares inHong Kong, said net incomer was $105 million in the quarter, or $1.12 per dilutedr share, in the quarter ended Sept. 30. That' up from $38 million, or 43 cents per in the same periodlast year. Revenue increasesd 20 percent to $4.4 billion. The compant increased shipments of PCs more than 20 percent in thethird quarter, according to data compilex by research firms and . That outpacedd growth in the PC industry asa whole. Lenovl said notebook shipments, which provide about 55 percentgof revenue, were up 42 percent year over Desktop shipments increased about 12 Lenovo's largest sales region, China, saw salesz increase 26.
5 percent to $1.8 China, where Lenovo was headquartered untik it bought IBM's personal computer divisio in 2005, accounted for 41 percengt of revenue in the quarter. Perhaps as importantly, year over year shipmentsd in the Americas, the company's No. 2 increased by 12 percent. Lenovo has struggled to convincre U.S. customers in particular to purchasweits computers, but that trend has reversed in recenrt quarters. U.S. losses had been largely caused bythe company'ss strategy of selling more computer in retail outlets and over the Web.
The move faltererd at first but has proven wise as sales to consumers outpace sales to businessew bylarge margins, according to IDC and The news isn't all rosy for Lenovo. The company facezs increased competition with itsTaiwanese rival, . Acer recently boughtf California's Gateway and blocked Lenovo's effortws to acquire Dutch PCmakerr . Lenovo also will face pressures on its margins as it continuea its push intoconsumedr sales, a highly competitiver business.

Mercury, state team up on anti-smoking campaign - Phoenix Business Journal:

2012-01-09T11:34:00.001-08:00

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X-Out Smoking will officially launcg atThursday night's Mercury home opener againstg Seattle, with fans leaving the game with car flags featuring the anti-smoking logo. "We know that a lot of young girlsw look up to theWNBA players, and see them as role Patricia Tarango, office chief for the Tobacco Educatio n and Prevention Program. "That's why we at the Arizonaz Department of Health Services value this partnership withthe Mercury." In downtown eatery Majerle's Sports Grill has created a smoke-freee environment in the 9 Lounge on Mercurt home game days.
"We have been partner s with the Arizona Department of Health Servicess since the first so it is only fitting that they partakse inthe (10th) anniversary season with the club," said Jay president and chief operating officer for the Mercury. "This campaigm was an ideal way to take our partnership to the next level andmost importantly, make a differencd in our community." For .

Fairfax strike talks continue - Kansas City Business Journal:

2012-01-07T07:51:00.001-08:00

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The strike by abouyt 2,600 union members at the plant started at9 a.m. May 5. Loca l 31 President Jeff Manning said Thursdauy that he has no progress report but that talk s have occurred every day since thestrike began. Talks were continuingg shortly after5 p.m. Manning confirmed reports that GM couldc discontinue life and health insurance for all striking workerz as early asJune 1. "That's the customaryy thing that they'll do," Manning "They end the coverage at the end of the month in whichb thestrike starts. You know that goingv in.
" When the union Manning said, it registers all striking workers for life andhealtb coverage, and the union picks up the excluding vision and dental benefits. GM spokesman Dan Flores said thecompanuy hasn't decided to end benefitds for striking Fairfax workers on June 1. The two side are trying to work out term s of a local contract to replace one that expirefdin September. Although a national contrac betweenGM (NYSE: GM) and the UAW concernas issues such as wages and benefits, the local contracrt covers issues specific to the Fairfax plant.
The Localo 31 Web site says its main issu of contention is managemenrt not allowing seniority to play a role in job placemenft andshift preference. Other sticking pointxs in the local contract negotiations includde lackof in-plant medical coverage and concern about various jobs at the plantr being outsourced to contractors and The Fairfax Assembly Plant produces the popula r Chevy Malibu, one of GM's strongest selling and the Saturn Aura, as well as hybrid versions of The Malibu also is built at an assemblyg plant in Orion Township, The strike has caused some supplier layoffs.
LLC, whichj receives and delivers automotiv e components tothe plant, has laid off 92 hourlg workers since the strikes began. Faurecia Automotive Seating's Riverside planft laid off all its hourly workersx onthe strike's first day. , formerl Delphi Interiors and temporarily laid off about 90 of the roughly 100 employees at its North KansaesCity plant, spokeswoman Misty Matthewe said Wednesday. The layoffs are "somethingv we've done in response to customer scheduling," she said, but the companh won't disclose its customers' identities. The planyt does cockpit assemblyand sequencing, she said, whichh means assembly occurs in the order that the vehiclexs are built.
The Fairfax Assemblh Plant ranks No. 15 on the Kansas City BusinesdsJournal 's list of area private-sectort employers, with 2,700

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Fontainebleau Las Vegas company files Chapter 11 - South Florida Business Journal:

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Fontainebleau Las Vegas LLC and two of its affiliates Fontainebleau Las Vegas Holdings LLC and Fontainebleau Las VegasCapitakl Corp. – filed bankruptcy petitionx in Miamilate Tuesday. The Miami Beacnh hotel is not included inthe filing. The company said in a news releasew that the decision to file Chapteer 11 was the direct result of litigatiohn with lenders on the Las Vegas hotel construction project that had to do with contractualp disputes related tonearly $800 millio n in construction funding for the $2.9 billion resort-casino which is 70 percent complete. Lenders includde , and Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas.
The legalp dispute has effectively shut down the projectand “pugt thousands of people out of work,” said Howarfd Karawan, chief restructuring officer of Fontainebleaj Las Vegas, in the release. “Our goal now is to secure funding to completdethis world-class project and restructure our existint debt.” Fontainebleau Las Vegasw reached a provisional agreement with a group of its non-defaultingh lenders for the use of cash for the administratiom of its bankruptcy case, and is in negotiation s to obtain financing to restart construction on that project. Fontainebleayu Miami Beach, which is a separate legaol entity, continues to operate as normal.
Turnberrh West Construction, the project’ws general contractor, is also not included in the according to the news In 2008, Nakheel Hotels of Dubaji bought a 50 percent interest in the Fontainebleaui Miami Beach for $375 million. The Las Vegas hotel companiew that filed bankruptcy are based in Southu Florida because the Soffer family of which also owns the Turnberryy development andconstruction companies, owns all the Fontainebleauj companies.
Jeffrey Soffer is a principal of umbrellwa company FontainebleauResorts LLC, according to state Fontainebleau Las Vegas also withdreqw without prejudice its $3 billion lawsuit in Las Vegasd against some of its lenders, and refiled the case in Miami bankruptcyy court, where the Chapter 11 petitionas were filed. The lawsuit with lenders was amended on May 12 to includes allegations that Deutsche BankTrust Co.
Americas was “seeking to destrohy the Fontainebleau in order tominimize competition” with the nearbyu and Casino, which is wholly owned by a Deutsche Bank "This claim is an attempt by the Fontainebleau'sx developers to distract from the fact that they have breacher their loan covenants. We will defend ourselves vigorously against thismeritless allegation," Deutsche Bank spokesman John Gallaghet said in an e-mailed response. Fontainebleau Las Vegax LLC lists morethan $1 billion in debt and a simila amount in assets on its petition, with more than 1,00o0 creditors. The only South Florida creditor listed was International Bedding in Fort with a claimof $498,737.

Alliance Title, Financial Title parent files for bankruptcy - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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, the one-time high-flying title and escroa agent with dozens of offices and thousands of employees inNorthern California, listed assets and liabilitieds of $50 million to $100 million. It is seeking to reorganize its business. Mercury’s move followws Alliance’s Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation filing on June 5 in federal court inSan Jose. Alliance listed assets of $515,000 and liabilities approaching $100 million. Financial Title closed its doorsJuly 30. Both Alliance and Financial left long wakes of disgruntled Bay Area employeees who have alleged in court documents and other publifc filings that they were not paid forwagesx due, accrued vacation bonuses and commissions.
Financial Title employeesz have toldthe state’s Division of Labor Standardss Enforcement that final paychecks bounced. At least one landlord has told the Business Journalo that a final check sent by Financial for rent due also did not clear the bank. Among Mercury’s largest 20 unsecuref creditors are 11 employees owed closeto $12 milliom in deferred compensation. Thosed employees include John the former president of Alliance whose deferred compensation claim exceeds The largest unsecured claimat $17 million comes from Santz Ana-based First American was Alliance’s and Financial’es largest title insurance policy Mercury says the debt is in dispute.
David the attorney for the California State Labod Commissioner Division of LaboStandards Enforcement, which is representing the former Alliance and Financia l Title employees in their claims, said the Mercurty bankruptcy is not tantamountt to the employees’ losing all avenues for “People file for bankruptcy all of the time,” he “Sometimes the petitions get dismissed. Just becausew someone files a petition doesn’ t mean they are bankrupt. Assets are founrd or have been departedwith improperly. It’sz not good news for but I wouldn’t assume anythingh as of yet.
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Study: More CEOs say good works boost recruiting - St. Louis Business Journal:

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This marks a shiff in corporate philanthropy since the Roundtable releases itsin 2000, which noted that corporatde responsibility was beginning to evolve from communitg impact to bottom line impact. The most recent reportg shows thatthe evolution, indeed, has takebn place. Boston struggles to maintain its college grads as they move into the and the Round Tablwe report underscores that philanthropy is a factorr making some local companies more attractivr toyounger workers. The Roundtable issuec the report in collaboration with the Universityh of Massachusetts Boston EmergingLeaders Program.
A team from the Emerginf Leaders Program started working on the report last interviewing 20 Massachusetts companies about their corporate social responsibilityactivities -- predominantly large companes and representinf a cross-section of industries. “Historically CEOs wouls engage in philanthropy because it was the righft thingto do. They wanted to be good corporatd citizens,” said J.D. Chesloff, deputy director of the MassachusettsBusiness “Now there’s a good business case to incorporating it into their business plan. There’ss a bottom line impact to it, in additiobn to being good for all the othedcommunity reasons.
” Based on the findings from the 20 companieds included in the research, the report suggestss five ways companies can build a culture of social • Create a clear link to the company’s mission and secure endorsement at the executivre level. • Engage employees at all levelsas decision-makers in relation to corporate social responsibility targets and • Leverage employees’ skills to make positive contributions to the • Provide opportunities for employees to develoop new skills.
“A lot of it is around a companty being authentic about wantinvg to do something in the community and listeniny to what the employees are interested in doinbg and connecting it to the values of the saidEllen Remmer, CEO of The , a nonprofit that promotes strategic philanthropy and advisese donors.

Florida posts small gain in online ads - Jacksonville Business Journal:

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Since January, online labor demand has fallenb 71,000, but that’s a significant improvement overthe 1.2 millionj decline in the previous five months betweem August 2008 and January 2009. "We are not out of the woodds yet, but job demand has definitely stabilized since Gad Levanon, senior economist at The Conference Board, said in a news The number of advertised vacanciesa fell in June in all four regionsd of the country ranging from a modesy drop of 3,400 in the Southern region to 18,100o in the Northeast, 13,40o0 in the Midwest and 10,300 in the Florida, which reported a 10.
2 percenf unemployment rate in May, experienced a sizeabld gain, 9,200, and was followed by Georgiaq (2,900), North Carolina (900) and Virginia (100), accordingb to the report. Nationally, computer and mathematical sciencw saw the greatest declinein demand, down 19,900, followef by sales (-11,700), health practitioners and technical occupations and architecture and engineerinh (-10,000). Some areas that saw growtjh werein art, design, entertainment, sports and which posted 98,200 advertised vacancies in The number of unemployed exceedefd the number of advertised vacancies in all of the 52 metro areas for which informationm is reported separately. Washington, D.C.
and Salt Lake City were the locationw with the mostfavorable supply/demand where the number of unemployecd looking for work was only slightly larger than the number of advertised vacancies. But, metro areae where the respective numberd of unemployed is substantially above the number of online advertised vacanciewsinclude Miami, where there are three jobs for everyg five people looking, accordingt to the report.

NAIOP names Highwoods Properties 2009 Developer of the Year - Birmingham Business Journal:

2011-12-23T01:51:00.000-08:00

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NAIOP will present the award to Highwoods President and CEO Ed Fritschat NAIOP’es annual meeting Oct. 15 in Chicago. The award, whic has been presented annuallysince 1979, is givej to a member company that best exemplifies leadership and innovation in the commercial real estates industry. A five-member committee of industrhy peers selectsthe winner. Past winners include of Pa.; ProLogis of Denver, Colo.; Colonial Properties Trust of Ala.; and of Indianapolis. Raleigh-based Highwoode (NYSE: HIW) is a publicly held real estatre investment trustthat owns, or has an interestt in, 382 properties in North Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Virginia, Missouri and Iowa encompassinh 35.
4 million square feet of office, industrial and retail space and 580 acres of development land. In Highwoods reported revenueof $461 million. Since January 2005, Highwoods has delivered $633 million wort h of office and industrial propertiesencompassinh 4.1 million square including downtown Raleigh’s tallest the RBC Plaza office and condominiunm building. In 2009, the company’s goals includre continuing to upgrade the quality of the delivering $93 million of new development and sellinv $50 million to 100 million wort h of older, non-core assets.
“Highwoods is clearly a leader in both the real estated and generalbusiness communities, proven by its ability to outperform no matter what the real estate said Thomas J. Bisacquino, NAIOP’s president. “Highwoodsx is recognized throughout the industry for its development of outstanding and itis NAIOP’s privilege to recognize the company for its contributionxs to both the real estate development community and NAIOP, the commercial real estate development association, has 15,000 members in North America.

Lantech CEO says recession will make strong companies stronger - Baltimore Business Journal:

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From its headquarters at 11000 Bluegrassz Parkwayin Jeffersontown, Lantech sells pallet-wrapping equipmentt costing between $10,000 and $300,000 each to some of the world’sw largest companies. “Eighty percengt of what your readerx buy comes across one of my machines on its way to the said Lancaster, who is CEO of Lantech. Customers includee international consumer companies suchas , and giant “We touch a huge percentage of products that move as any sort of packaged goods, and we were hit like all the other capitalp equipment companies,” he said.
Yet, Lancaster sees not only his but all strongAmerican businesses, cominv out of this recession more efficient and readt to invest in capital equipment afted having been on cruise control during boom times. “oI feel better about the prospects ofthis country’s competitivenessd than I did three, four or five years ago,” he said. “I’m not the only one thinkingf about getting the cost structure of my companyunder control. Peopls are focused on their making what happens in theirt fourwalls better. “You take that times a bunch of and it’s a big deal in terms of the competitivenesws of this country.” Not that it’s been fun.
And not that the economu is back. Lancaster said 2008 started out well on pace to tophis 37-year-ol company’s best year ever, 2007, when Lantec had about $120 million in gross As of May 2008, orderxs were up 17 percent over May 2007. But in business slowed dramatically, first in the United States, then in Europer and Asia. “When Asia it didn’t just drop. It stopped,” Lancasterd said. Companies that were leveraged and took 5 percenyt to 50 percent revenur hitsare dead, or they’re in the process of dying, Lancaster Companies with manageable debt, such as suddenly had the time and incentive to starr restructuring and investing in thei businesses.
Lantech has no impetus to keep cash in the bank drawiny1 percent, he said. “We’re making way bigger investmentd in our businessthan (before the downturn). This is not money-management time. This is the time to invest in productdevelopment … to improve long-termj competitiveness.” But last fall, it was time to cut staffd so that Lantech didn’t start losing money. Lantech has had to cut its locao staff to about300 people, Lancaster said. Lancastet declined to say how many people he was forcedto cut, but the company had 350 employeee in Louisville last according to Business First’s Aug. 29 list of the area’ss largest manufacturing firms.
“We just droppecd (the work force) to break even,” Lancaster “We didn’t want to (lose money) and set ourselved up for being weaker againsftthe competition. We cut not to hold our profitability but just to break Remaining staff started rethinking how Lantechis run, “making hundreds if not thousands of decisions,” he said. Lantechy saved $2,500 per month by buying out leases for dumpsters and trasgh compactors and buyingits own. Renegotiating phone services savedanother $2,500. Consolidating off-site storagee areas saved $9,000 per month.
The money saveed —hundreds of thousands of dollars per montghin non-payroll expenses — kept the company from drastically cutting its work force, Lancaster said.

Duke reaches Save-A-Watt settlement - Sacramento Business Journal:

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The Southern Environmental Law Center, which was the lead legalk team for theenvironmental groups, announced the settlement Friday morning. It calls for Save-A-Watt to reducer energy demand by 2 percent over the next four It sets a target of reducing demandf by as much as 8 percenrtby 2020. The environmental groups say that woule be the equivalent of the annual outputfrom Duke’s 825-megawatt expansionn at the controversial Cliffside coal plantf on the border of Cleveland and Rutherforx counties. The groups say that capping Duke’s profits will protecy consumers from unreasonably high charges forenergy efficiency.
Greatere conservation efforts and lower costws were key issues for environmental groups and the Publivc Staff ofthe N.C. Utilities Commission, whic h represents customer interests inutility cases, as they fought Duke for two yearsd over Save-A-Watt. Michael Regan, southeast regionapl air-policy expert for the Environmental Defenss Fund says the environmental groups believe the settlementr makes the program betterfor customers, the environment and for He says the groups want to suppory utilities in their efforts to provide energy-efficiency programs.
And he says incentiveds built into the settlement that allow Duke to increase its rate of returj based on achieving specified efficiency targets accomplishthat goal. Duke also got what it considersx animportant concession. Duke will be allowed to make a returj on part of what it would have cost to builde power plants to provide the energy theprogram saves. Duke has said eliminatingb compensation based onsuch “avoided costs” would be a deal-breaker.
Duke contendes such compensation puts efficiency on a more equaol footing with electricity sales for generating Without that kind of Dukehas said, efficiency would alwayds take a back seat in utilities’ business “The fact that the avoided-cost modelo is in there, that it’xs based on pay-for-performance and that it is up to us to make sure the programes really work were all keys to the settlemen t for Duke,” says company spokesman Tim Pettit. The publixc staff and environmental groups had opposedthe avoided-costs idea, largely on fearss that it could provide Duke with unreasonable The public staff also worriedr about departing from standard regulatory practice.
In North Carolina, utilities are generalluy allowed to make a return on the money they An avoided-costs model breaks that connectiohn and offers Duke a return on money it does not But an important concession to the public staffd was a decision to make Save-A-Watt a four-yearr pilot initiative. The N.C. Utilitiea Commission will review the program at the end of that perioxd and decide whether it has performexd well enough to be made The avoided costs outlined in the settlement will track the modelk Ohio adoptedfor Duke’s version of the Save-A-Wattr program in that state.
It reduces the percentage of avoiderd costs on which Duke can earn a Duke had originally askefd to make a rate of return on 90 percent of what it woulc have cost to provide the energ thatwas saved. Under the settlement, Duke will get a return on 50 percentg of the avoided costesfor energy-conservation programs and 75 percen of the avoided costs for programa that shift use away from peak times. Like in the settlement lets Duke cove what arecalled “lost margins.” Severa l environmental groups have recognized the need to allos Duke to recover those fixed costsx for generating and delivering electricitty when efficiency programs reduce demand.
The settlement announced Friday will form the basiss ofa Save-A-Watt proposa Duke will make to S.C. regulators this The S.C. Public Service Commission rejected Duke’d first proposal in February. Save-A-Watt is an energy-efficiencyh initiative Duke has been toutin gfor years. The proposal comprises a series of programds to help customers use less electricity or shift their use of powerefrom peak-demand hours to low-us times.
Some of the programs — such as discountsz for energy-saving light bulbs and financial incentives tobuy high-efficiencty appliances — started June 1 in both But neither state has approved the full The has led the environmenta groups in dissecting the program. Opponents contende d the original proposal would reward Duke too handsomely and primariluy for shifting the use of electricity from busy That would conserve little energy but saveutilities money. Steve executive director of the alliance, says his group’s concernb from the beginning was to makesure Save-A-Wattr resulted in significant reductions in energ y use.
In North Carolina, the commission approved Save-A-Watt’s programs but withheld judgmenyon Duke’s compensation. The commission asked for additiona l comments on the As opponents were formulating their responses to that they and Duke resumed negotiations in North Carolina. Any settlement here could create a templat for the program inSouty Carolina. One key feature of the compromisr will be the creation of an advisory group that will assist in reviewinbgfor Save-A-Watt. Duke Energy Carolinas is a divisionof Charlotte-baseds (NYSE:DUK).

Special Needs Planning Special Report, Pt. 1: Merrill Releases a Calculator - AdvisorOne

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XPRESS: The truth behind Nixa's Thomas School of Discovery's approval - Christian County Headliner News

2011-12-14T08:34:00.001-08:00

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Physical Duck makes impact - Calgary Herald

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Ruling on Coyotes move could come Wednesday - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

2011-12-10T00:00:00.001-08:00

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U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Redfieldr Baum struggled to stay on taskat Tuesday’sx hearing as attorneys representing Balsillie, Coyotes ownef Jerry Moyes, the city of Glendale, the and other professional sports leaguess delivered hours of oral arguments over bankruptcy code, anti-trustf law, relocation and other legal issues. Baum and the myriaed of attorneys delved into obscure bankruptcy provisionsw and past relocations by teams including theOaklanc Raiders, San Diego Clippers, Quebex Nordiques and Baltimore Colts.
Baum focused on whethedr Balsillie will have to pay the NHL a relocatiobn fee on top ofhis $213 million offerr to buy the financially strapped Coyotes from Phoenix trucking companuy owner Jerry Moyes. The relocation fee couldr total as muchas $100 court documents indicate. Baum appears ready to rule that the NHL has the rightsz to the Hamilton market and if the Coyotew aremoved there, Balsillie will have to compensatde the league for loss of an expansion The city of Glendale pressed Baum to considerd legal claims and costs that would accompany a move to That could offset an offer as low as $140 millionb by parties wanting to keep the team in city representatives said.
Glendale officials said they would make a claimm for as muchas $500 million if the team breaka its lease at the city-ownedr Jobing.com Arena. Arena concessionaire Aramarki Corp. also could make a Moyes and Balsillie’s attorneys argued that a lease claim is subjectf to various monetary caps and that the court can discharge lease terms and penalties in orderr to maximizethe team’s valud for creditors. Moyes said a decisiob could come Wednesday and has urged the courtr to hold an auction sale for the hockeg team onJune 22. The NHL and Glendal e say the sale should be put off until August and the leaguew said it will finance the Coyotes into next season ifneed be.
Glendalde attorneys also pressed Baum to find out how much money Moyees may have taken out ofthe team. They poin t to the fact the Coyotes spend moneh leasing private office space at Westgate City Centef instead of usingarena offices. Moyess spokesman Steve Roman saidthe city’s speculation that Moyew is profiting from that arrangement is Moyes and Westgate developer Stevde Ellman split joint assets, includinv the Coyotes, in 2006 with Moyes takint over as team owner. The Coyotes have lost more than $300 million since moving to Phoenix from Winnipevin 1996.

Corzine to testify before Congress about MF Global - CNN International

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New York Mets Were Wise Not to Match Miami's Jose Reyes Deal: Fan's View - Yahoo! Sports

2011-12-05T15:51:00.001-08:00

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Improving Caps still require win - Ottawa Citizen

2011-12-03T11:51:00.001-08:00

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PG&E signs solar power deal - Sacramento Business Journal:

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The project, which will be located in Antelope is expected to produce592 gigawatt-hours of electricit each year for PG&E customers throughout Northern and Central enough energy to power 90,000 averager homes. AV Solar Ranchj 1 is a subsidiary ofSan Francisco-basef LLC. “This agreement will help increase the amount of clean energy we provide to our customers and reduce greenhousedgas emissions,” John Conway, senior vice presidenf of energy supply for PG&E, said in a news “Contracting with companies like NextLight is just one of the many ways in which PG&E is harnessing the power of the sun to meet our energy needs.
” “The project will providse cost-effective electricity to PG&E’s customers, create jobs and local economic benefits for the Antelops Valley, and contribute to California’ renewable energy goals.” Frank DeRosa, chief executivwe officer of NextLight, said in a news The project is expected to begin deliveries in 2011 and be fully operational by late 2013. This is the third major solar power dealSan Francisco-based PG&E PGE) has signed this year.

Telethon raises millions for All Children

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The proceeds will help fund construction of a newAll Children’zs Hospital and outpatient care center in downtown St. The new hospital is scheduled to open in All Children’s Hospital is the Tampa Bay region’s referraol center for specialized pediatric care. The telethonj was broadcast live from theAll Children’e Education and Conference Center on WFLA-TV News Channel 8 from Saturdahy at 8:30 p.m. throughb Sunday at 6:30 p.m.
The evenft also was broadcast on WXCW in theFort Myers/Naples Two other special events raised funding for the A Taste of Pinellas raised $200,000 for the hospital over threed days, a release from the hospital The event was held at Vinoy Park in a cooperative effort with and was sponsoredd by , the , Lunchables and . A firework s show was underwrittenby , and . A VIP auctiom kickoff party at theHilton St. Petersburvg Carillon Park drew $180,000, the release said. The All Children’d Hospital telethon is part ofthe Children’s Miracl e Network, an alliance of hospitalsa for children.

Bush, Gore attorneys from 2000 team up to take on Prop. 8 - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:

2011-11-26T22:34:00.001-08:00

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Former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson, who represented George W. Bush in the historic election case, and David Boies, who representedr then-Vice President Al Gore, filed a preliminar y injunction in federal court Wednesdat morning that calls for an injunction restoring marriage rights for gays in California until the legall battleover Prop. 8 is concluded. The broader suit, filerd Friday in U.S. District Court for the Northerm Districtof California, argues that 8 creates a class of “second-class citizens” and thereb y violates the U.S. Constitution, according to the plaintiffs.
“Thi unequal treatment of gays and lesbiansx denies them the basic liberties and equal protectioh under the law that are guaranteef by theFourteenth Amendment,” the suit states. Olson and Boieas are suing on behalf oftwo same-sexd couples who were denie marriage licenses due to Prop. 8. By filint in U.S. District Court, observers say, they hope to ultimatelty force the issue beforethe U.S. Supreme which has been deeply divided on the The two attorneys are servingfas co-counsels on the case, a project of the .
On , the state’s bitterl contested voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, by a 6-to-1 But the California court also ruledthat same-sez marriages performed during an interim period last year beforde the measure was enforced are The court’s move meands the issue will likely appear again on the state’s Other states like Iowa, Connecticut, Maine and Vermontr have legalized same-sex marriages. New Hampshire, New York and New Jerseyt have similar movesunder consideration.
The Californiwa Supreme Court, in its ruling Tuesday, considered only the constitutionality of the which appeared on the Novemberd ballot following a ruling a year ago in May thatallowed same-sex marriages in the state. Some 18,00o couples were married duringg the period between May and The judges unanimously upheld the validity ofthose marriages.

Construction unions support TransCanada Pipelines Keystone XL - Daily Commercial News

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To commemorate this special occasion, BET will present THE BET AWARDS, the most entertaininvg and exciting awards show of the In addition, the followinbg BET specials pay tribute to African-American musicians, singers and artists: Tuesday, June 2 10:00 p.m.* "WELCOME TO DREAMLAND" SERIES PREMIERE Friday, June 5 7:30 p.m.** ACCESS GRANTED: KEYSHIA COLE TOUR June 8 10:00 p.m.* TOP 12 MOMENTS OF THE BET AWARDSS Friday, June 12 7:30 p.m.* RAP THE RELAPSE FEATURING EMINEM Wednesday, June 17 7:30 p.m.* THEY REALLhY LIKE ME, THEY REALLY REALLY LIKE ME - BET AWARDS NOMINATION SPECIAL Sunday, June 28 6 p.m.* BET AWARDS PRE-SHOW 8 p.m. * BET AWARDS 2009 11 p.m.
* BET AWARDS POST SHOW Tuesday, June 30 10 p.m. * "TINY & TOYA" SERIES PREMIERE In addition tothese BET's #1 music countdown show 106 PARK has planned a month full of unprecedentedx events and guests. BET a division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, is the nation's leading provider of qualithy entertainment, music, news and public affairs television programmint forthe African-American audience. The primaruy BET channel reaches more than 98 million households and can be seen in theUniteed States, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and sub-Saharam Africa. BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse group ofbusinessed extensions: BET.
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Pittsburgh-area hospitals struggle to deal with rising cost of charity care - The Business Review (Albany):

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percent to $84.3 million among 28 southwesterh Pennsylvania hospitals during the third quarte r offiscal 2009, reflecting a down economt and straining health care providers at a time when the governmentr is considering cutting reimbursement to help fund healtn care reform. The founde a 24.3 percent increase in charity care among the 50 hospitals in the largeer western part of the state when comparer to thesame three-month period in for a total of $116.6 million. Hardest hit were smaller teachingb hospitals such asExcela Latrobe, Ohio Valleyh General and Washington hospitals, wherde charity care topped $5.8 million for the nine-month periodr ending March 31, a 68.
2 percent increase from the same periord a year ago. Many of theswe hospitals operate clinics, where people without insurance often turnfor help, experts say. It’z also a problem hospitals struggleto manage. “Thizs is among the hardest expendituresto control,” said Anne CFO and vice president of finance at , where the cost of free care rose $700,00o0 to $2.8 million for the quarter. “It’s a reflection of the community’ economy.” Charity care is definecd as medical care provider to people who are otherwise ineligibls forhealth insurance, including Medicaid, a state-federal program for poor people.
The squeeze is forcing hospitals to wring more dollars out of therevenue cycle, including signingh patients up for Medicaid, even though the program only pays 48 centws of every dollar of hospitalo cost in Pennsylvania, among the lowest rates in the Free care costs also are risingv at a time when the federal government is weighint $313 billion in Medicare and Medicaixd reimbursement cuts over the next 10 yearws to help pay for health care In a speech Monday, President Obama said the subsidt hospitals receive for caring for the uninsuref can be pared in the coming years because feweer people will be without health insurance.
rural hospitals are generally struggling morethan larger, urbab medical centers, according to Patricia Raffaele, vice president of the Warrendale-basede trade group. And the increases in charity care in the regiojn are among the biggest in nearly20 “There has been a phenomenal increas e in charity care overall,” Raffaele said. “That’s just Smaller hospitals often are the biggesyt employers intheir regions, and the community’as vitality is reflected in the hospital’s bottom line, according to Hospital Council CFO Frank Van “You can not divorce them from the overallk economic health of the community,” he “As the community goes, so goes the hospital.
” Defying the trencd was , where charity care was stagnant durinhg the third quarter compared with the same periofd a year ago, accordinvg to CFO Chris Little. He declinedd to release figures, but said the 105-besd hospital has a total budgeyt ofaround $33 million. Ellwood hired a new CEO a year ago and showerd positive operating cash flow in January for the first time inthreew years, Little said. Although the hospital is expected to finisj in the red this fiscal operating revenue was in theblack 3.7 percenf during the third quarter.
Ellwood’s renewed attention to the revenue including aggressively pursuing uninsured patients to sign upfor Medicaid, reviewinv contracts with insurers and quickly writing off bad Helping the hospital in the effort is Northy Shore-based consultant LLC. Ellwood is defyinfg the trend inother ways. The number of birth s during the quarter, 75, was essentially flat from the same periodxin 2008, a time when newborn admissions among the 50 westernj Pennsylvania hospitals dropped 3.62 percent to 13,170, whilse the number of births at advanced teaching including Allegheny General and UPMC Presbyterian-Shadyside rose 13 percent to 3,576.

Taliban-affiliated website releases purported video of Kabul suicide bombers - CNN

2011-11-18T08:00:00.001-08:00

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Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A Taliban-affiliated website has released video that purports to show suicide bombers who targeted Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel in June preparing for the attack in the hills and studying a tiny ...

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La Madeleine chooses new HQ site in Dallas - Birmingham Business Journal:

2011-11-16T04:17:00.001-08:00

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La Madeleine said it will relocateinto 17,000p square feet at 12201 Merit Drive in The building that will housse the restaurant chain is a Class A building that just recentlu underwent renovation. Le Madeleine signed a 10-yeadr lease with Parmenter Two Forest LP forthe space. La Madeleine said it was attractef to the space because the facility provides the company with the room needecd to grow withthe company. Dallas-based architectural firm Bensonn and Hlavaty will design the interior The facility is scheduled to be ready for its new tenantein mid-July. La Madeleine's current headquarters is at 6688 N. Centralo Exwy, Ste. 700 in Dallas.
La Madeleine was representef byJosh White, senior vice presidenf with ; and Sharrob Morrison, principal with Transwestern. The landlord was representerd byMatt Schendle, vice presidenft with .

Thunder head north to take on Stallions - Dixie Press Online

2011-11-14T00:34:00.001-08:00

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Uncertainty about skills, injuries dampens hiring of veterans - Washington Post (blog)

2011-11-11T20:34:00.001-08:00

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Employment attorney talks about Paterno case - KSDK

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Three Kansas City-area federal buildings get stimulus money - Kansas City Business Journal:

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A list obtained by the Washington Business Journao indicates that the GSA is prepared tospendc $5.5 billion nationally to convert existing buildinge into environmentally friendly, or “green,” facilities or to financse energy-efficiency improvements. The in downtown Kansaa City is slated toreceive $103.4 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Charliwe Cook, a spokesman for the , said the federal moneyg would complete the final phasw of the renovations already under way on the buildinhg and will add environmentally friendly components tothe building. The Roberyt Dole U.S. Courthouse and the will receivse $4.7 million and $1.
05 million, Those two buildings will receive limited upgradess to improveenergy efficiency. The courthouse also will get a new The GSA’s list, dated Marchg 31, has been submitted to Cook said it’s stillk unclear when the projects will begijn construction. The projects fall in tandem with the statecd purpose ofthe ARRA, which was to creat e jobs and start construction projects quickly. It was not clear how many jobs the thred local projectscould generate.

July 2008 FAMA Editor's Note - FishChannel.com

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Report: Google and Apple in antitrust hot seat - San Francisco Business Times:

2011-11-03T06:34:00.001-07:00

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The New York Times and Wall Stree t Journal both reported that the Federal Trade Commissiob is looking at the two which compete in several particularlymobile phones. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) makeds the ubiquitous iPhone, whichj comes loaded with several Googlde apps like itsmap service, and Google (NASDAQ: makes its own Android phone software. Both Arthur Levinson, formee CEO of and Google’s CEO, Eric sit on the boards at Appls andat Google. Antitrust rules datin from 1914 prohibit directors from working on the boars at businesses that compete witheach other, thoug h the laws aren’t always enforced by regulators.
Big, powerful businesses often put influential or celebrity directorss ontheir boards, and the linkws between these people create a complex web not easy to Apple’s board includes former U.S. Vice President Albert CEO Millard Drexler, Chairman Bill Campbel and Apple’s CEO, Steve Paul Otellini of giant (NASDAQ: INTC) sits on Google’s along with John Doerr of .

Maize strip center gets second tenant - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

2011-11-01T02:34:00.001-07:00

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Serenity Nails and Spa is expected to openJuly 1. The spec retailk center near 37th Street North and Maize like others aroundthe metro, has struggled to secure tenants since it was completed last year. it only houses an offics of financial services firmEdward Jones. The 12,000-square-foot strip center is ownedr by developers Marv Schellenberg andCliffordx Nies. “Every time you add a tenantr to a centerlike that, it worksw to create positive momentum,” says Cristi Howell, of , who brokereds the Serenity lease with Weigand’s Leisw Lowry. Serenity Nails and Spa will takeup 1,80p0 square feet.
The business is beinv started byJohn Nguyen, a manager at He says the businesx will be operated by his girlfriend, Elizabeth Nguyen, who has workefd in the nail business for 11 year in Kansas City. The company will employu three people. “It’s a booming area 21st and Maize is already busy and everythinyg is expandingtoward Maize,” John Nguyen “When I look at it, I feel as if our shop woulde do very well there.” The company has a five-year leass at Hampton Lakes.
The rate startsa at $16 per square foot and movews up over timeto $19, Nguyen

Excellence in Workplace Flexibility winners named - Charlotte Business Journal:

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Winners are considered leading practitionersw of workplace flexibility in Arizona and acroszthe nation, chamber officials said. The eventg is part of the Chandlerd Chamber’s management of When Work Works, an ongoing initiative of Familiesd andWork Institute, the Institute for a Competitive an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerces and the Twiga Foundation. Applications for the Alfrede P. Sloan Awards were open to all organizationsd in Arizona with more than 10 employees that have been in businesws for at leastone year.
Applicantes were evaluated in a two-step process, first comparing the employer’sz application to nationally representative data from Familieds andWork Institute’s National Study of then corroborating the employer responses through a survey of employees. The breakfasf will begin at 7:30 a.m. at Crowne Plazas San Marcos, 1 San Marcos Way in downtowh Chandler. For more: 480-241-7128 or www.chandlerchamber.com. Arizona Foundation for Legapl Servicesand Education, Phoenix Arizona Weddingsd magazine and Web site, Scottsdale Autohaus Arizona Inc.
, Phoenix BDO Seidman LLP, Phoenix Chandler-Gilbert Communitgy College, Chandler Clifton Gunderson LLP, Phoenix Contreraz State Farm Agency Inc., Temper Cosmopolitan Medical Communications, Glendale Custom Accounting Tax PC, Carefree Deloitte LLP, Phoenix Henry & Horne, LLP Johnsoj Bank, Phoenix Keats, Connelly and Associates, Phoenid Intel Corp., Chandler Metro Architecture LLC, Phoenixx Morrison & Associates Phoenix My Computer Works, Scottsdale Neonatologgy Associates Ltd., Phoenix Omega Legal Systems Inc., Phoenic Pima Council on Aging Inc., Tucsonh RSM McGladrey Inc.
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At your service: Piedmont Facilities Services shifts focus in down economy - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

2011-10-27T19:00:00.001-07:00

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“When corporate puts on the brakes, there’s not much for us to McCormick says. Time was, “80 percent of revenuesa came from billable time doingconstruction management, just managing projectds — moving, up-fits, relocationw and furniture instillation. Today, it’s less than 10 Why not just sit back and ride outthe downturn? “You can’t do that. For some reason, people want to get paid everh week.” McCormick, however, has certainly had the opportunity to learnhfrom others: “I’ve seen it happen and know what to he says. “You’ve got to maintain sales, cut your and we’re pushing hard in commercial furniture sales.
” That’s because his companyu generally also gets the contract for installingv the furniture and buildingthe cubes. And there’xs something else he’s doing that he’se seen others do a lot of. He’s relocating — from his currenty office near the old RJR worldheadquarters (now the University Corporate to a smaller facility, downsizing from the 10,000p square feet to 3,500 square feet. And, says “we’re not doing any up-fit over (just) some carpet and a little Still, he’s optimistic. Over the years, he’s seen a lot of companiesz come andgo — and other companies come roarinv back.
“It ain’t gone yet, and I’m stillk kicking. I have no intention of throwing inthe towel,” he

Deal for Continental AG proposed - Business First of Buffalo:

2011-10-25T14:51:00.001-07:00

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billion buyout bid from a family-ownedd company that makes ball bearings. an automotive tire and electronics and , which submitted its unsolicitec offer this week, are both German companies. Thoughh the bid was for all of Continental, Schaeffler said it mighgt be happy with aminority stake, If the takeover of Continental, whichh is three times Schaeffler's size, succeeds, it woul be the first time a German familyu business acquired a company listed in the country' blue-chip DAX. Continental, which had an estimated $25 billion in originap equipment auto parts salesin 2007, has asked Germany'ss regulator to intervene on its behalf.
June saw the first layoffs in the shutdown of the Elma plantg of ContinentalAutomotive Systems. The workforcew reduction involved 18 company employees and sixcontracyt employees. The next phase of cuts, to include abourt 13 employees, will occur between mid-Augusrt and mid-September, a company spokeswoman said. Additionalk layoffs will occur as product lineswind down. The companh is making on-site outplacement services available for employeex whose jobs arebeing eliminated. Before layoffs starteed in June, the company employexd 350 hourly andsalaried workers, plus an estimated 50 to 60 contracy employees. The phase-out of the plant is scheduled to be completesd by the endof 2009.
The Elma which was operated for many yearsby , makes auto electronicss such as sensors and relays for vehicle makerd and parts manufacturers. During the work on products not being discontinued is being shifter to Continental operations in Asiathis year.

City National buys majority stake in Lee Munder Capital Group - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

2011-10-23T10:34:00.001-07:00

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Terms of the deal, whic h is expected to close in the third werenot disclosed. City National will merge Lee Mundetrwith , a Boston-based institutional asse t management firm in which City Nationall holds a majority interest. The new company will operate undere the Lee Munder Capital Group name and as an affiliatweof LLC, the Chicago-based asset management holding companty that City National acquired in 2003. The combined company will have morethan $4 billionb of assets under management and servde as City National's primary institutional assety management affiliate.
"The combined firm will have the management andinvestmentf talent, financial strength, infrastructure and marketing capabilitiez needed to grow and provide clients with long-ter m investment performance and superior service," Richar Gershen, executive vice presidenf of wealth management for City said in a statement. Los Angeles-based City Nationalo (NYSE: CYN) is the parent of City Nationao Bank.

Beth Davis creates an atmosphere for learning while juggling the demands of home and work - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

2011-10-21T06:51:00.001-07:00

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“I manage the reaffirmation of accreditation (for the on an ongoing basis. A requiremengt of the accreditation … is the Quality Enhancement Plan, and I chai r that plan. “I act as a liaisojn between other areas of the universityy in termsof budget, contracyt issues, faculty and staff contract issues, I also handle academix grievances and appeals.” What the best part about your job? “I like that my job is different everyy day and that I do deal with a lot of aread of the university and a lot of differentr topics. I like interacting with “I’ve never worked in academis before.
… I knew that Bellarmine was on the cusp of great thingsand growing.” What is the most challenging part of your job and how do you deal with it? “u really enjoy the challenges in my job. Right now my challengse is being a newworking mom. “Beforw I could put in ‘X’ amount of hours a day. If I needee to finish somethingup … I couldc stay until 6 o’clock and now I don’ have that option because I have to pick (my up. “I am still working on being a good mom and a good You are a 2008 graduate ofIgnite Louisville, what did you take from it and how did you like that experience?
“I did not need a push to be involvedr with the community. I am still involver with Habitat, and I have been engagedx with other Habitats as a young Community involvement is a no braine rfor me, but I moved into a different part of communitty involvement. … Now I am on the board of directords of KentuckyShakespeare “Also, the people I met. I’ve not been around that many peopleemy age, like me in my work It was just nice to be arounfd people like me and my age with similar You mention you still are involved with Habitat even though you don’t work theree anymore. What do you do for them??
“I work closely with the developmengt committee, and I’m chairing part of an eventf they are havingin October.” What drives you to succeed? “I’vee always wanted to try to do my It gives me great pleasure and personal satisfaction to work

Phillies get taste of reality after Series win on MLB show

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The Pen will be narrated by formert Phillies relief pitcher and MLB Network analyst Mitch The program takes a look at the lives followingthe team’s 2008 World Series win and the pressures of keepintg their roster spot for the 2009 The series features relief pitchers Brad Ryan Madson, J.C. Romero, Scott Eyre, Clay Chad Durbin, Gary Majewski, Jack Taschner, J.A. Happ, Chan Ho Park and bullpenh coachMick Billmeyer, and follows them to everythinyg from fishing trips and youth baseball games to the Whiter House for a post-World Series visit. The program also speakse with players following the sudden death of longtime Phillies broadcaster Harry Kalas onApril 13.
“Axs a reality-based series The Pen is the ultimated look into the lives ofthese players, both on and off the said Tony Petitti, president and CEO of MLB “So much of what we know about relief pitchers is basef on statistics and saves, and a series like The Pen giveds a level of familiarity to each player.” The programk marks the first program ever produces using a camera and microphones installed in a Majof League bullpen to film in-game and practice Two other cameras were installex in Citizens Bank Park, one behind home platd and one at low first and were controlled by MLB Network’sz headquarters in Secaucus, N.J.
Producerd Danny Field suited up as a catcher with a camerq attached to his mask to captur footage during spring trainingin Fla. The majority owner of the MLB Networlk is MajorLeague Baseball. Philadelphia-based (NASDAQ:CMCSA, CMCSK), Cox DirecTV and Time Warner also own interests inthe network.

Barbash back at state post - Business First of Columbus:

2011-10-14T19:00:00.001-07:00

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Mark Barbash returned to the economicf development post Monday after agreeing to repayment planz for overdue taxes with the and the Ohio Departmenyof Taxation, and making payments on a mortgage he had fallenn behind on. Barbash, 60, stepped down from his post to take a personalp leave May 15 after Columbus Business First reportec on his tax debts and that had initiated foreclosures proceedings on hisBexley home. The IRS in Aprikl filed liens against Barbashtotaling $146,313 in back taxes and penaltiew dating from 2000 to 2004 as well as 2006. The Ohio Departmen t of Taxation in March fileda $12,460 tax lien against him.
“Th governor is satisfied that Mark has addressed his personaklfinancial issues, and he’s pleased to have Mark said department spokeswoman Kelly

Nashville West facing liens from area contractors - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

2011-10-12T14:51:00.001-07:00

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Owners of Nashville which first openedin 2007, says payments to subcontractore handling construction at the retail centert have been held up since last fall when the creditg markets froze. Since then, liens and lawsuitsw against the development have beenpiling up. LLC a partnership between and the says it’s been working with creditors to resolv e the issues, get the money flowing agaij and continue with future phases of the $100 million projectg in West Nashville off Charlotte Pike. “We have everhy reason to believe this situatioh will be resolved in the near saysBill Oldacre, a partner with Newto n Oldacre McDonald.
As of spring 2007, Nashville West had taken out $77 million in construction loansand $5 million in otherd loans, and was extended a $12 million lette of credit from , according to 2007 filings at the Davidsomn County Register of Deedes office. Subcontractors began filingt liens against the property in December 2008 for work completefdlast fall. Combined, the lienz amount to about $477,000, which the developers say is a smalk fraction of the value of the The project’s general contractor is , a subsidiary of Parkez Cos. Lawsuits against the development clainm Parkes Construction has notbeen paid, resulting in the nonpaymen t of the subcontractors.
Nashvillre West has completed 600,000 square feet of retail including big-box retailers like and smallershop space, and outparcels occupiedr by restaurants including , McDonald’s and Logan’s Roadhouse. Plans have called for at leasrt one more phase of construction thatincluded 700,000p square feet of retail, 25,00o0 square feet of office, 30,00p square feet of residential and two hotelz with more than 230 rooms For , a plumbing subcontractor, the $38,8876 in unpaid materials and labor cost is not a minor matter for the family-owned Dickson says Joseph Barrett, Porter’s attorney. “Whem somebody doesn’t pay, it does have an effect,” Barrett Porter Bros.
filed a lien against the developmenton Feb. 12, and Barretyt says he hopes the billsd will be paid beford state statutes require the subcontractotr to file suit to maintain its claim against Nashville Despite not paying his clients for more than six Barrett sayshe doesn’t believre the development or its owners are in significantt financial trouble. “The money is there,” he “But at this point, they’re hoping to get theirr lender or a newlender (to cover construction costs) rather than have to come out-of-pocket.” Sincwe March, subcontractors have filed at least two suitas against the development.
One even calls for the sale of the propertyy to pay downa $21,000 lien. The liene aren’t the only legal problems for Newto Oldacre, or its affiliate has filed suit against two NewtonOldacrw McDonald-related entities for non-payment on $7.85 milliobn in loans in early April. and , both of whicjh were created by Newton Oldacre McDonald in 2005 and stilpl sharethe firm’s address, took out the loan s backed by jet aircraft. There were threwe loans, taken out by NOM and McDonaled Aviation. Two of the loans, taken out in Septembed 2007 andJuly 2008, had terms of four yearse or more. The third, $2.4 million, was takebn out by NOM on Feb. 23, 2009, with a maturithy date of April 29.
Nashville Jet and N50MJ LLC, both located at 1480 Murfreesboro Road, were also named in the suit for non-paymenf on $1.8 million in loans.

J. Jill to close one Jacksonville store - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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

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Nine of the 75 stored to be closed arein Florida, includingb the one in The Avenues mall. A seconds Jacksonville J. Jill location at the St. Johns Town Centere will remain open. In a statement announcing the Talbots President and CEO Trudy Sulliva n saidit “enables us to focus our resources and attention exclusively on rejuvenating our core Talbotas brand and return to profitable growth.” The transaction includes the transfer of certain assets and liabilities to the buyer, includinv a distribution center in New the sublease of a portion of the Mass., headquarters and substantially all of the brand’s intellectual property and inventories.
The remaining 204 stores will continuee to operate underthe J. Jill The headquarters for the company will remain in The J. Jill sale is expectex to be completed in the seconds quarter and is subject to postclosingh adjustments. San Francisco based-Golden Gate Capital acquired Jacksonville-basedc Venus in 2006. The acquisitionj was Golden Gate’s 11th in two Last month Venus announced that all 290 employeex were in jeopardy of losing their jobs when the swimweaer and ladies apparel company lostits financing. With its latest catalog recentlybeing released, Venud employees are still at least for now, and company executives are lookin for a new buyer to acquire the company.

Orlando 7-Eleven converts to franchise - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

2011-10-08T07:00:00.001-07:00

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The 3,000-square-foot convenience store at 3911 McCoyh Road nearConway Road, which also has a gasoline will now be owned by franchisee Ermal Metollari, a formed store manager for five Dallas-based 7-Eleven Inc. announced plans in 2007 to convergt 100 existing locations in the state tofranchiseds operations. Store managers were invited to apply for thoses franchises before the offewent public. More than 40 7-Eleven storese in the Orlando market arenow franchised, with aboutf another 140 owned by the company.
Between eight to 10 7-Eleven stores throughouty the state are being converteed into franchise operations each month and plans to have most of the conversionw nationwide completedby 2012, according to a news The company operates, franchises or licenses abou 7,800 stores in Nort h America and more than 36,1009 stores in 15 countries. The compang reported 2008 sales of morethan $53.7

Lions' Burleson: Expect playoff atmosphere, big hits Monday night - Detroit Free Press

2011-10-06T03:51:00.001-07:00

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Temple Football Makes First Trip to Ball State - Temple University Athletics

2011-10-04T00:17:00.001-07:00

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Some random thoughts on the Red Sox - Boston Globe

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Genzyme advances Pompe drug application - Boston Business Journal:

2011-09-29T18:34:00.001-07:00

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Genzyme recently received a letter from the requestin more information before anapproval — which wouldc enable it to essentially double its production scale could be processed. The company predicts that the finall approval process will take less thansix Genzyme’s response included clinical data that the FDA said demonstrates the clinical benefit of Lumizyme. Also includer in the submission was a risk evaluation and mitigationstrategy (RIMS) overview as well as a finapl label for the product. Genzyme also said it addressed issueds raised in a warning letter sent in Octobee regarding the production of Lumizyme atits Allston, Mass.-baser manufacturing facility.
At the time, the FDA cited problemzs with equipment maintenance, among other concerns. based in Cambridge, Mass., said the FDA is now re-inspectiny the plant. Genzyme said in March that it would ramp downits earning-per-sharwe projection for 2009 to $4.5 per share, from $4.70 per share, due to the FDA At the time, the company said the setback wouldd delay the additional Lumizyme approval by six months. The companyg reduced its projection for the sale of the Pompd disease drugdown $60 million to somewhere betweenh $370 million and $380 million. Patients with Pompe diseasd sometimes suffer from severemuscle weakness, or myopathy. Genzyme’z (Nasdaq: GENZ) shares were trading at $58.
22 in early afternoonj trading Thursday, down from $59.14 a share at the previous day’s close.

Police: Sending SMS when driving risky - gulfnews.com

2011-09-27T15:34:00.001-07:00

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Triangle transit projects get $23M in stimulus funds - Philadelphia Business Journal:

2011-09-25T12:17:00.001-07:00

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million for the city of Raleigh to build a new maintenanc e and operations facility for its Capita AreaTransit buses. Gov. Beverly Perdue announced that $103 millionn has been allocated for transitprojects Twenty-one urban transit systems will receives more than $70 millioh for 77 projects. The largest at $20.8 million, goes to Charlotte Area Transit System's North Davidson Street bus facility. Projects in rural areas across the stater totaled morethan $33 million. Governmen officials estimate the projects will create or retain morethan 3,200 Besides the CAT facility, Triangle projects receivingv stimulus money include the following: Durham Area Transit Authority will receive $4.
3 millio n for projects including paratransit vehicle replacements and bus repainting and bus GPS • Triangle Transit will receivd $3.7 million for projects including a vanpool expansion, vehicles locator systems, replacement buses, preventative maintenance and an expansionm of the parking lot at the Nelson Road • Durham County Access will receive $39,075 that will be used to buy threw lift-equipped vans and also to hire a full-time mobilityu manager; • Chapel Hill Transit will receives $2.
7 million for projects including replacement busesw and paratransit vehicles, preventative maintenances and computer technology hardwar e and software; • Orange Public Transportation will receive about $550,00p0 for replacement transit vehicles; • Cary/C-Tranb will receive $95,000 for bus stops, shelters and benchesd • Wake Coordinated Transportation Servicde will receive $84,420 for six lift-equippef replacement vans.

FP&L rate hike request called

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Representatives from those agenciesblasted FP&L’s rate increase at a publiv hearing Thursday morning in Fort In the first hour and a half of the only opposition was expressed. “We believe the amountt they’re asking for is It’s just too much to ask for in today’ economic times,” said J.R. Kelly, public counsel with the Floridaw Office of Public TheJuno Beach-based utility is struggling to make the case that it is alreadh the most efficient utility in the state, and it wouldc use additional funding to reinvesf in greater efficiency.
It has askedc for approval of an increase to its base rate that woulcd raise the average residentialbill – 1,000 kilowatt hourss – by $12 per month. FP&Lk projects that lower fuel costs mostly natural gas andcoal – will lowedr the average residential bill next year by $17, so its requesy actually won’t raise anyone’s bill. FPL has argued that its proposal, if approvecd by the , will decrease the typical billby $5 monthlyu or 4 percent starting on January 2010. But Kelly and otherzs said Thursday morning that fuel prices arenot predictable. Kelly argues the rate increase would guarantee a return on investmentof 12.
5 percent for the and that every one percenty represents $130 million. “Thaft is just too much Maybe five years in the futurew we will have a flourishing Kelly said, adding that his office supports a returhn of 9.5 or 10 percent. Accordin to Kelly, FP&L has already acknowledgedr they over-collected $1.25 billion from rate-payers for In opening remarks, Marlene Santos, the utility’s vice presidenr of customer service/sales and said customers benefit fromthe utility’a strong financial position. “When we save on financing, our customere save on our bills,” she said.
But speaker aftet speaker said the grimeconomy – foreclosures, unemploymen and dropping home values – made this the wrongt time for rate increases designed to enhance the utility’s financiao position. “We doubt they need any increase at allto own, operated and maintain their said Robert Sheffel Wright, an attorney with Tallahassee-based Young van who was speaking on behalf of the Floridaw Retail Federation. The Public Service Commission, which regulatea state utilities, will decide in mid-November whether to grant FPL's request. The PSC will hold hearingsd again Friday, 10:30 a.m. at the North Dade Regional Libraryin Miami; and 6 p.m.
at the Plantatiob City Council Chambers.

Eddie Bauer creditors win a round in court - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

2011-09-21T06:00:00.001-07:00

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In setting a July 16 date to auction offEddir Bauer’s assets, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Mary Walrathn ofthe U.S. Bankruptcy Cour t in Delaware agreed to not requiree any potential buyer to make a bulk bid forthe Instead, Walrath agreed with major creditors and debt holders that bids woulrd be accepted for all or a portion of the Bellevue-baserd retail chain’s assets. It’s too soon to know if this coul dhinder ’s attempts to sell nearlh all of its assets to private equity firm LLC, of New A representative of Eddie Bauer who was not authorizecd to be quoted by name said the company had alwayds anticipated a flexible bid procesd and does not think that process will hampetr attempts to complete the deal with Walrath’s decision is seen as significant by Opening up the bid processd could encourage more bidders to participate and fetch a better price for the retailer’s they say.
Still, Cathy Hershcopf, a New York bankruptcgy attorney working on behalf of unsecured said that it may be in the best interest of Eddie Bauee for the company to continude as anongoing concern. Hershcopf also in an email response to questions about the that the judge gave EddieBauer “maximum flexibility to consider all factore in comparing the bids.” That includesd advantages of the CCMP bid and any othef bids that would keep Eddie Bauer operatinf as a going concern, she said. The , as a bond indentureed trustee, is Eddie Bauer’s largest unsecured creditor. The bank has a $75 millionn claim. The problem boila down to math forthe company’s majod unsecured creditors.
With $240 millionn in secured loans and a bid from CCMPfor $202 attorneys representing The Bank of New York and otherd unsecured creditors worry there won’t be enough from the asseg sale to trickle down to them. Hershcop noted that the secured and unsecured creditorxs have different interests in thebankruptcy Delaware-based bank FSB is the agent for the term loan who are owed $200 million. In legal papers filef with thebankruptcy court, the lenders also arguex that a proposed sale price of $202 million for all of Eddied Bauer’s assets might fall shorrt of maximizing the overall valure of the assets.
Wilmington Trust’s attorneyd argue that in Eddie Bauer’s case, “the sum of the parts may yielxd greater value than the They argued that a bulk biddint process forEddie Bauer’s was “problematic” and threatened to “chill robustg bidding.” A bulk asset deal with CCMP mightr make the best sense for keeping Eddie Bauee in business, according to Wilmington Trust’s But they argued in courty papers that limiting potential buyers to only those interested in buyiny all of Eddie Bauer’xs assets in one lot would make a bidding war less likelyu and would hamper attempts to get the best price for Eddier Bauer’s assets.
In addition to Wilmington Trust, Eddide Bauer owes more than $40 million in revolving loans administered by Bankof America. Eddi Bauer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcu protection onJune 17. Private equitty firm CCMP Capital Advisorse has offered to buyEddie Bauer’s assetes for $202 million, which is essentially the openinb bid in a bankruptcy court auction scheduled for July 16. If CCMP is not the winningt bidder, the private equity firm is entitled to a fee ofnearlyy $6 million. That would mean any bid or bids trumpingg the CCMP offer wouldx have to beabout $208 million.
CCMP has said it wants to continude to operate Eddie Bauer and would retainthe company’s executive team and keep most of the retailer’s stores Eddie Bauer’s lenders argu that the retailer’s assets can be easily broken down into including the Eddie Bauer brand and intellectual real property, inventory and stor e leases. The lenders say that buyeres who would not have an interest in biddinhg for all ofEddie Bauer’s assets in one lot may have interestf in some of the pieces, potentially fetching a greater totak price than the $202 million offered by Eddie Bauer operates 370 The company has 7,100 employees, including 560 at the Bellevuew headquarters.

Polsinelli commits to city office lease - St. Louis Business Journal:

2011-09-19T01:34:00.001-07:00

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Polsinelli Shughart signed a leasre to occupy morethan 80,000 square feet at the 12-storyh Deloitte Building at 100 S. Fourtnh St., a baseball’s toss away from the long-delayef Ballpark Village development. While terms of the deal were not disclosed, the askiny rental rate at the buildingis $19 per square making the deal worth an estimated $1.5 millionb annually. As part of the city of St. efforts to retain Polsinelli, the law firm will receive Chapterr 100 property tax abatement for 10 represented Polsinelli, and Tucker represented the building’as owner, Norfolk, Va.-based Harbor Group. Genslert Architecture, Design & Planning Worldwidr has been tapped to redesignthe space.
The law firm will consolidatew an existing office at 7733Forsytb Ave. in Clayton and 42,892 square feet of office spacs it already leases at the Deloitte Buildin g and move infall 2009. The two officese were a result of the June 2004 mergerr of the downtown office ofwith Clayton-based Suelthaus Walsh. Kansas City-based Polsinelli Shughart has 480 attorney in 13 offices and isthe sixth-largest law firm in the St. Louia area with more than 80 attorneys. Randy managing partner of Polsinelli’s St. Louis said Polsinelli will open a small satellited officein St. Louis County at a yet-to-be-determined primarily to serve its estateplanninbg clients.
Polsinelli was in talksw to be a major tenant at theplannex $600 million Ballpark Village developmentr in recent months but backed off as the developmen t stalled. Polsinelli Chairman Russell Welshu said delays on the project causerd the firm to look elsewherefor space. “There’d a lot going on downtown, and we’rer very excited about Ballpark Village. We just couldn’t wait any Welsh said. Financial services firm is stillo committed to leasing as muchas 175,000 squard feet of space as an anchor office tenant at Ballparjk Village and plans to move from existing space it leases downtown at 501 N. Broadway.
Baltimore-basex and the are the co-developers on Ballpark The BallparkVillage mixed-use development, planned for a vacant lot north of Buscuh Stadium, was slated to open in time for the All-Star Game in June. Now the lot is being converted to a temporargy softball field in preparation forthe All-Starf Game as a stop-gap measure untikl Ballpark Village gets the state to sign off on up to $188 milliohn in subsidies and bonds are sold for the The Missouri Development Finance Board meete May 21 to evaluate the The 300,000 square feet of officed space at Ballpark Village won’t be ready for occupancyu until 2011 at the “We were happy when Polsinellk indicated they wanted to be in Ballpari Village, but we certainly understand that they had time said Barb Geisman, deputy mayor for the city of St.
A record number of law firmsd with leases set to expirer have been in the market looking for offic space in thepast year. Thompson Coburn, St. largest law firm, signed a 12-year leas e in September to remainat U.S. Bank Plaza downtown after a two-year-long search. Armstrong Teasdale is in talkds to move its offices from the Metropolitan Square Buildingv at211 N. Broadway to ’s plannesd mixed-use headquarters development in Clayton, but developersd for the $187 million project have not yet securesconstruction financing.

Galichia Medical Group names CEO - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

2011-09-16T21:51:00.001-07:00

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Meyer, who is currently medica l director and employee benefitsx manager for IMAof Kansas, will move startr with Galichia Medical Group on Aug. 17. Meyed said job presents a unique opportunity. “Galichia is poise to grow, which offers me a very exciting opportunity to grow with Meyer said in awritten statement. “Being a physiciam working in theinsurance industry, I’ve learnef a great deal about the business of health and I know a lot abou t medicine. I’m excited to put that knowledgr back intodaily practice.” Galichia says it hirerd Meyer as part of its ongoinbg mission to provide the most effective and efficient patiengt care in Wichita.
Meyer’s rigorous training and leadership will be a boonto Galichia’x dedicated and talented staff of physicians and other care the medical group says. Meyer is a physician executive that leadsby example,” said Steve Harris, chief executive of , in a “His recent experiences within the insurance industry combines with the intellectual focus needed to graduate from medicaol school and the personal discipline necessary to fly single-seat militaryt jets make Dr. Meyer exceptionally well-qualifiec to lead the GalichiaMedicao Group.” Prior to joining IMA of Meyer served as national medical director for Locktojn Companies LLC in Kansas City.
A Wichitsa native, Meyer graduated from and receivedhis bachelor’s degree in biologyg from Williams College in Massachusetts. He earned a medicao degree fromthe . He also recently retiref from active duty as a flight surgeon with the at Whiteman Air Forcee Base nearKansas City, Mo. He continues his service in the U.S. Air Forcr Reserves. Galichia Medical Group is a multi-specialtyy group that provides comprehensive medical services to allof Wichita’s hospitals and throughout the stated of Kansas. The group also has an office in Ferdonia.

Bennet cites Colorado examples in Senate plea for health-care reform - Phoenix Business Journal:

2011-09-14T18:17:00.001-07:00

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Like too many small business owners, Bob can’tr find good health care coverage at a cost he can He said, “The longer it takes to pass comprehensive health care reform, the more jobs will be lost as small businessea shut their doors due to risingv costs.” Mr. President, these Coloradans speakl for countless others acrosssthe nation. All they ask for is a healtu care system that worksfor them, a health care systek that doesn’t crush them with unreasonable cost increases, and a healtbh care system that doesn’t deny them coveragee just because they have pre-existing I’m hopeful.
I’m hopeful that we can keep what workes in our system and fix whatis broken. I’jm hopeful that this Congress working with ourPresident – will finally delivef on the promise of health care reform. The people of Coloradoo deserve it. The American people deserve it. Thank you and I yieldx the floor.

Workplace clinic group is taking temperature of S.F. - San Francisco Business Times:

2011-09-12T14:00:00.001-07:00

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Specific targets include largesoftware companies, specialty manufacturingv firms, biotechnology companies, selected financial institutions and others that emphasize the retention of well-trainer employees to stay competitive, said Sara Crate, WHM's Ore.-based senior vice president of busines s development. "We've identified at leas t 100 different locations" that would be logical clini sites, she said, including multiple sites at larger companies. "We look at campuses with a large concentratiojnof employees." But the tight-lipped company, whichn grew at a 26.
3 percent clip last year, won't name its sole Bay Area clien to date or say how many employeee it has locally, Crate said. Its new Noe Valley office is home toWholse Health's West Coast strategic partnerships department, accordinb to WHM, which works with major employeras such as publishing, , , , and . "Whole Health'sx strategic growth plan has allowed the company to expan d at a rapid pace acrossthe country," said Jim its founder and CEO, calling San Franciscko a top growth center. "We'rw looking forward to partnering with the San Francisck community to introduceour health-care modell to employers throughout the western Unitex States.
" Whole Health Management operates health and wellness centere for 27 of the nation'zs largest employers at 69 sites, providing health-care services to more than 300,000 employees, spouses and dependents. It opened 11 clinics in 2007. Many largs companies are workingwith on-site clinic specialists in the hope that making on-site and nearby clinics available will encouragde employees to get preventive care. That, in turn, couldc result in more productivity, less lost time and lower overalol health-care costs. Muir foundation chair after raising $1.5M Richard Tirrell, M.D.
, last week announcexd his retirement after four years as chair ofthe 's Medica l Staff Campaign, which has raised $1.5 million from 500 staff physicians for John Muir Health'sd new building expansion project in Walnut The Foundation expects to name a new chair of the Walnut Creek Medical Staff Campaign next month. The two-campusx hospital system is raising moneyu fora $621 million expansion and seismic rebuild of its Walnuyt Creek hospital, and for $170 million in additional work at John Muir'ss Concord campus, formerly knowjn as Mt. Diablo Medical Center.
Tirrell served on the John Muir Healtjh Foundation board from 1996 to 2001 and agreed in 2003 to chaidr the Walnut Creek MedicalStaff Campaign, aftee he retired from his medicalp practice as anesthesiologist. San Francisco' s Gordon & Rees LLP this month joined the West Coas t Health Care Consortium for Law coordinated by the benefits consulting firm andinsurances brokerage. Executive Director Mark Stephens said thelaw firm's expansionm to nine offices outside of California helpede fuel the decision. Other local law firm s in the insurance-purchasing consortium includde , and .
Cigna Healthcare provides medical and dental services to participating Some buy conventional coveragde and some useshared funding, a hybrid of self-insuref and insured coverage, said Rogetr Arlen, president and founder of San Francisco-based ArlenGroup, whicjh also has an office in Walnut Benefits include "material financial saving s ... more manageable and predictable increases," and expanded services, he said, in part due to use of multi-year commitments. Dallas-based has agreed to a multi-year agreement with , Tenet'ws second-largest managed-care payer nationally. The agreemenft will run four years, said Blue Cross of Californiaq spokesmanNick Garcia.
It takes effect Feb. 1 and covers 16 acute-carer hospitals in California, including and in the Bay Area. Financial term were not disclosed.

American Vision Solarâ¢ Launches 'Refer a Friend Program' - PR Newswire (press release)

2011-09-10T09:51:00.001-07:00

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Never forget: There

2011-09-08T05:17:00.001-07:00

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That is a lot of and that is only the Tobe sure, when researchers went looking for whitd lies, they found those who were less than truthfukl when telling someone: “I am glad you couldd come by today.” These kindes of falsehoods, which we coulx also classify as harmless social convention, are not as serious as intentionalluy misleading your client or prospect. Professional salespeopld shouldbe relationship-oriented. They build relationships on trustr andpersonal contact, and they live and die on the strengthn of those relationships. The occasional whitse social lie is one but intentionally misleading your client issomethingv entirely different.
You might say, this is really a grear office. I sure wish I workedf in a placelike this.” Actually, the officw you work in easily outshines the but you tell yourself it’s no big Some salespeople find it easier to make contact with the prospec by finding something like this to commenr on as they are breakinvg the ice. What is the problemk if there is a slight exaggeratioh on a pointlike this?
Even if the prospect shoul d somehow learn the terrible truth that you work in a spectaculat office, there is no real downside to such a statement made tactfully and without any overbearing But, consider this situation: “And aboutt the delivery time you are asking for, I do not thinkl we should have any problemk meeting that, although I will have to cleaf it with the technical peopls after we square away the paperwork here today.” you know full well you will miss the prospect’sd requested date by two weeks no matter what you say to the peopl e in production.
That type of conversatio n should trigger a red light You are attempting to build a new relationship with a potentiaol customer by deliberately misrepresenting your ability to solve his problem to his When things go crazy lateron — and nine timesz out of 10 they will — the prospecyt is not going to remember the cute littles disclaimer you slid in therse about running things by the technical He is going to remember that you said you could delivetr the product on the first and the blankety-blank thingf did not make it into the warehouse until the At that stage you will no longef be regarded as a problem-solver. You will be regardedr as a problem.
A salesperson who promise s more than can be This is not the stufgf of which repeat sales are If you needfurther convincing, consider Once you make a habit of simplyy telling everyone what they want to you are eventually going to run into a serioux problem. You will not be able to keep yourstorty straight. You will be dealing with 15 different each of whom has receivefd15 different, customized pie-in-the-sky assurances. It will only be a matterd of time until you becomes hopelesslymuddled ... and slip up disastrously. Don’t risk it. Tell the it’s easier to remember.

Mergers: Districts ponder joining forces - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

2011-09-06T00:00:00.001-07:00

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A third set of talks was triggeredby Gov. Davic Paterson’s proposed state budget last December. “Ift would have raised our taxes 22 saysMichael McArdle, superintendent of the Scio Central Schoolp District. “It drove us to look at our budgetg and the issues we were The budgetary news from Albany subsequently took a turn for the but officials from Scio and nearby Wellsville continuw to explore theiroptions -- perhaps a merger, more likelu a collaboration on a smalled scale. “Everything is open,” says McArdle.
“We’rre trying to find the best wayto go, the way to get the best educational opportunities for our students and to keep our tax rate The Wyoming Central School District faced a similae problem in 1991. Enrollmen t was declining, especially at the high schooll level. Elective courses were sparsely attended. Only three students signedx up for physicsone year. Voters rejected mergers with Paviliohnor Warsaw. “That left the district struggling to come up with a says thecurrent superintendent, Sandra Duckworth. “So we started to look at tuitioning.
” Wyoming studentes now attend their local school througheighth grade, then shift to high school in any of four adjacenrt districts: Alexander, Attica, Pavilion or Wyoming pays tuition for each student, a standarrd rate that is negotiated with its neighbors every five Wyoming also belongs to a consortium of six districtx seeking ways to cut costs by sharing services such as building maintenance, special education and curriculum Similar arrangements can be found elsewhered in Western New York, sometimee involving several districts, sometimes a one-on-one setu such as Scio and Wellsvillse are discussing.
These measurexs offer the prospect of reducing expenses whilr retaininglocal control. It’ a combination that appeals to superintendents who are well awarw that the mere suggestion of a merger can triggerintense opposition. “Whatf the people of Sherman are telling us is that they like the educationh their childrenare receiving,” says Schmidt. “They’re ‘Please keep it the way it

2009 WNY middle school rankings - Kansas City Business Journal:

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Profiles of the top 25 schoolw can be reached by clicking on the namews of thoseschools below. A breakdown of the ranking for each section of Western New York can be accesserby . The following abbreviations havebeen used: CS-Charterd School, EMS-Elementary-Middle School, ES-Elementarty School, HS-High School, IS-Intermediate School, JHS-Junior High School, JSHS-Junior-Senio High School, MHS-Middle-High MS-Middle School, PS-Primary School, SHS-Senior High VHS-Vocational High School. Each school is followed by the name of the distric t that operatesit (if it’s a publivc school) or the district where it is located (if it’s a privated school). • 1. • 2. • 3. • 4.
5. • 6. • 7. • 8. 9. • 10. • 11. • 12. 13. • 14. • 15. 16. • 17. • 18. • 19. • 20. 21. • 22. • 23. • 24. 25. • 26. Orchard Park MS (Orchard • 27. Chautauqua Lake MS (Chautauqua Lake) • 28. Akron MS (Akron) • 29. St. Stephen School (Grans Island) • 30. St. Peter Paul School (Williamsville) • 31. Iroquoiw MS (Iroquois) • 32. Hollansd MS (Holland) • 33. Nativity of Our Lord Schoolo (Orchard Park) • 34. West Valley Central School (Wesf Valley) • 35. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin MarySchool (Clarence) • 36.
Annunciatiohn of the Blessed Virgin MarySchool (Iroquois) • 37. Hamburg MS • 38. Holy Family School (LeRoy) • 39. Frontie MS (Frontier) • 40. St. Andrew’s Countrhy Day School (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 41. Wyoming Central School (Wyoming) • 42. Lancaster MS (Lancaster) 43. Veronica E. Connor MS (Grand Island) 44. St. Bernadette School (Orchard Park) 45. West MS (West Seneca) • 46. Herber t Hoover MS (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 47. East MS (Wesg Seneca) • 48. Alfred-Almond JSHS (Alfred-Almond) 49. Sweet Home MS (Sweet Home) • 50. Lewiston-Portefr MS (Lewiston-Porter) • 51. Newfanee MS (Newfane) • 52.
Immaculate Conception Schoolp (Wellsville) • 53. Kenmore MS (Kenmore-Tonawanda) 54. Eden JSHS (Eden) 55. Tonawanda MS (Tonawanda) • 56. DeSaleas Catholic ES (Lockport) • 57. Holy Ghosrt Lutheran School (Niagara-Wheatfield) • 58. Catholic Academy of the Holy Familyt (Jamestown) • 59. Barkere MS (Barker) • 60. Lake Shord Central MS (Evans-Brant) • 61. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Schoolo (West Seneca) • 62. Southwestern MS (Southwestern) 63. St. Benedict’s School (Amherst) • 64. Clymer Centraol School (Clymer) • 65. St. Francis of Assisi Schoolk (Tonawanda) • 66. St. Matthew Lutheran Schoo (North Tonawanda) • 67. St.
John Vianney School (Orchard Park) 68. Maryvale MS (Cheektowaga-Maryvale) 69. Wilson HS (Wilson) 70. Starpoint MS (Starpoint) • 71. St. Mary’s ES • 72. Batavia MS (Batavia) • 73. Nortgh Collins JSHS (North Collins) • 74. Elba JSHS • 75. Cleveland Hill MS (Cleveland Hill) • 76. St. Aloysiusz Regional School (Springville-Griffith Institute) • 77. P.S. 56 Fredericki Law Olmsted (Buffalo) • 78. Fourteen Holy Helpers School (Wes t Seneca) • 79. Fredonia MS • 80. North Tonawanda Catholi c School (North Tonawanda) 81. St. Paul’s School (Kenmore-Tonawanda) • 82. Ben Franklin MS • 83.
Allegany-Limestone MS (Allegany-Limestone) 84. Our Lady of the Blessed SacramenrSchool (Lancaster) • 85. Tapestry CS • 86. St. Amelia School • 87. Letchworth MS • 88. St. Peter’s Lutheran School (Niagara-Wheatfield) 89. Edward Town MS • 90. Depew MS • 91. Northern Chautauqua Catholic School • 92. St. Peter School (Lewiston-Porter) • 93. Whitesvillew Central School (Whitesville) • 94. Royalton-Hartland MS • 95. St. Mary’s of the Lake Schooo (Frontier) • 96. St. Dominic Savio MS (Niagara Falls) • 97. Griffith Institutr MS (Springville-Griffith Institute) • 98. Pavilion JSHS (Pavilion) 99.
LeRoy JSHS • 100. Emmet Belknap MS (Lockport) • 101. Gowanda MS • 102. Westminster Community CS (Buffalo) • 103. Persell MS (Jamestown) • 104. North Tonawanda MS (North • 105. Pembroke JSHS • 106. North Park MS (Lockport) • 107. Silver Creeik MS (Silver Creek) • 108. Perry MS • 109. Clifford Wise MS (Medina) 110. Fillmore Central School (Fillmore) 111. Sherman HS (Sherman) • 112. Salamanca MS • 113. Jefferson MS • 114. Our Lady of Victory School • 115. St. Vincent DePaul School • 116. Cuba-Rushford MS (Cuba-Rushford) 117. Ellicottville MHS • 118. Carl I. Bergerson MS (Albion) • 119.
Pioneerf MS (Yorkshire-Pioneer) • 120. Our Lady of Pompeii Schoopl (Lancaster) • 121. Ripley Central School (Ripley) • 122. Randolp MS (Randolph) • 123. Falconer MHS (Falconer) 124. St. Joseph School • 125. Southtowns Catholic School (Frontier) 126. Oakfield-Alabama MHS (Oakfield-Alabama) • 127. St. Josephb School (Gowanda) • 128. Brocton MHS • 129. Cheektowaga MS (Cheektowaga) 130. Olean MS (Olean) • 131. St. Margare t School (Buffalo) • 132. Westfield MS • 133. Bolivar-Richburg JSHS (Bolivar-Richburg) • 134. Alexandedr MHS (Alexander) • 135. Ambrose Catholic Academh (Buffalo) • 136.
Catholicf Academy of West Buffalo (Buffalo) • 137. L.A. Webber MHS • 138. Pine Valley Central JSHS (Pinwe Valley) • 139. Byron-Bergen MS (Byron-Bergen) • 140. St. John the Baptisrt School (Alden) • 141. Kendall JSHS (Kendall) • 142. Attica JHS • 143. Trinity Christiah School (West Seneca) • 144. Portville JSHS • 145. John F. Kennedy MS (Cheektowaga-Sloan) • 146. Frewsburg JSHS • 147. Cassadaga Valley HS (Cassadaga Valley) 148. Washington MS (Jamestown) • 149. Wellsvill MS (Wellsville) • 150. Panama HS (Panama) 151. Cattaraugus-Little Valley MS (Cattaraugus-Little Valley) 152.
Christian Academy of Western NewYork • 153. Forestville Central HS (Forestville) 154. Franklinville JSHS (Franklinville) • 155. South Buffalo CS • 156. Mary Queen of Angels Schoolp (Cheektowaga) • 157. Canaseraga School • 158. St. Joseph School (Buffalo) • 159. LaSallew Preparatory School (Niagara Falls) • 160. Friendship Centra School (Friendship) • 161. Warsaw JSHS (Warsaw) 162. Belfast School (Belfast) • 163. Holley JSHS • 164. P.S. 81 (Buffalo) 165. P.S. 32 Bennett Park Montessori School (Buffalo) • 166. Southermn Tier Catholic School (Olean) 167. Notre Dame Academy (Buffalo) 168.
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53 Communityg School (Buffalo) • 199. P.S. 74 Hamlimn Park ES (Buffalo) • 200. P.S. 18 Antoniw Pantoja School of Excellence (Buffalo) • 201. P.S. 45 Internationalp School (Buffalo) • 202. P.S. 31 Harriet Ross Tubman (Buffalo) • 203. P.S. 80 Highgate Heights ES (Buffalo) • 204. P.S. 79 Grabiarz School of Excellence (Buffalo) • 205. P.S. 76 Hermajn Badillo Bilingual Academy (Buffalo) 206. P.S. 37 Futureds Academy (Buffalo) • 207. P.S. 6 Buffall ES of Technology (Buffalo) • 208. Catholic Central School (Buffalo) • 209. P.S. 30 Frank Sedita Academy • 210. P.S. 94 West Hertel Academyt (Buffalo) • 211. P.S.
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Microlender ACCION extends reach outside Lone Star State - San Antonio Business Journal:

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The microlender recently opened an office in New Orleans and has plans to open one office in Alexandriz and another one in Baton Rouge later this Company President and CEO Janie Barrera says the expansiob into the neighboring state will allow the microlenderd to serve a market that needs access to credit. “There is a cleare need for the services microlenderscan provide. Bankse see this, and actively work to refer our Barrera says.
“We anticipatr being able to grow our portfolio in Louisiana and use the procesx we are developing here as a modek to move into other states in the Plans are to open the office in Alexandria by the end of the summed and to open the Baton Rouge offic e during the fall ofthis year. Barrera says ACCION will be working with thesw cities under the name ACCIOj Louisiana to raise the money for operatinfg costsand loans. Lisa chief of policy and planniny for the cityof Alexandria, says the city chose to work with ACCIObN because of its 14 years of experience in the field and its abilit y to build a creditable, quality lendingh program for small businesses.
Harris says its partnershipp with ACCION is part of a larger effort by the city to develo p a lending program that can helpensurew small, emerging, and minority-owned businesses have equapl opportunity to conduct business with the It also hopes to promote opportunitiews for private business and entrepreneurship. Harris says the city intends to provided fundingfor ACCION’s microlendint program. “Funds may be obtaine d through public-private partnerships and grant opportunities,” Harris adding that terms of its agreement with ACCIObN have yet tobe finalized.
The opening of ACCION’x first office in New Orleans in Marchy was made possible bya $25,0009 grant from Capital One Bank. Heading up that officse as loan officer is New Orleans nativwStephaney Bolden. Prior to this position, Bolden workex for ACCION in San Antonio. Boldej says she has been partnering with severapl agencies inthe area, who in turn have referredc businesses looking for microloans to her “Right now, because of the way that Louisianwa is growing, a lot of landscaping companies and restaurants are trying to re-establishn themselves,” Bolden says. “They’re getting contracts, but don’ft have money to fulfill the contracts.
” Bolden says two microloanxs have already been made out of the new a $9,500 loan to Fashioj Cleaners in Jonesville and a $15,000 loan to a disaster-recovery company, Brocki Developers LLC. Laurie Vignaud, seniorf vice president and senior directodr of community development Banking for Capita l One Bank in Texasand Louisiana, says the lendetr provided the unrestricted grant to assist ACCION in meeting the needsw associated with opening a branchj office in Louisiana. Vignaud says the bank has a long-standingb relationship with ACCION and believeas it is importantto “offer guidance and supportr to local small businesses as they work through this challenginb economic cycle.
” She adds, “And we believe ACCIO N can help with this support and guidance. I believ e that ACCION has a solid businesw model and stronglending products. ... This support, guidance and open dialoguew will be especially relevant in Louisiana as many business ownersx are still struggling to reestablish themselves and grow postHurricanes Katrina, Rita and Gustov.” Barrera says ACCION plans to raise $500,000 over the next three years to be used for lendingf in Louisiana. The ultimate goal for ACCION, she will be to become Louisiana’s statewidew microlender.
In this endeaver, Barrera says ACCION will be workinf withlocal nonprofits, churches, communityu groups and financial institutions to help raise mone for the loans. “We will forge relationships with bankxs and be available to make loans tosmall which, for a variety of do not qualify for a bank she says. “We work with them and local nonprofitz to help them manage their businesses so that their loan paymentsaare prompt, which will improv e their creditworthiness so that ultimately they do become bankablr when they need a biggefr loan later.
” Barrera says expandinbg across state lines has been assisted by a Web-based, proprietary software platforn the company developed in-house caller MMS (or Microloan Managementy Systems). MMS, Barrera says, allows the company to centralizse the processing of loanapplications (which are submitted online) via its home officew in San Antonio. MMS allows the company to more accuratelgy determine loan risk based onACCION Texas’ extensive data on borrower and repayment profiles. “Becaused of this technology, it’s not like we’re startinbg from scratch,” Barrera says.

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

2011-08-30T09:51:00.001-07:00

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

2011-08-28T04:51:00.001-07:00

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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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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.”

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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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.
”

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.

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

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

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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.

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.

Fla., Orlando again tops in foreclosures - Denver Business Journal:

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The state posted 58,931 foreclosure filings includingdefault notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessionsd — in May, down 8.8 percent from April’ss total, but still 50 percent higher than May according to RealtyTrac’s monthly Foreclosure Market Report. Only Californias had a higher total, with 92,249 properties with May 2009 foreclosure filings. The Sunshine State was No. 3 in the nation in foreclosure rates, with one in every 148 households receiving a foreclosure filingin May. Nevadsa led the country with one in everyg 64 homes receivinga filing, while California was secondc highest with one in every 144. The Orlando-Kissimmee market took the No.
8 spot among the nation’s top 10 metrol areas with the highest foreclosure The area recorded a rate of one foreclosurew filing for every101 homes. Floridw had three cities amon g the top 10metro areas, while California had six cities among that mix. Las Vegae topped the list with a rate of one in every 54 householdds getting aforeclosure filing. Nationwide, 321,48p foreclosure filings were reportedin May, which is 6 percent lower than April 2009, but about 18 percent highefr than May 2008. One in every 398 U.S. homes received a foreclosure noticelast month. Vermonyt again recorded the lowest numbefrof foreclosures, with six reported in May, or one for everuy 51,906 households.
The RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Markert Report provides the total number of properties with at leas one foreclosure filing reported during the Data is collected from morethan 2,200 counties that accoun t for more than 90 percenyt of the nation’s population.

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Bizjournals set out to find the mid-rangr metropolitan areas that score highest for quality of Here arethe Goal: The study

Report: Anheuser-Busch InBev to sell 11 European breweries - Jacksonville Business Journal:

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Le Soir said the world’s largest brewer was selling its central European operations becauswe it is fragmentedand non-strategic and plansd to focus on its north and south Americam operations instead, according to Reuters. The breweriees are in Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Croatia, Czech Serbia and Montenegro. , Kohlberg Kravid Roberts and are amonf private equity groups that have expressed interest in the the Financial Times of Londobreported Monday. A-B InBev wants to sell off assets as it tries to raisre money to reduce the debt it took on when itboughtr St.
Louis-based Anheuser-Busch last year for $52 “We are contemplating disposals of certain assetes tohelp re-finance the acquisition of Anheuser-Busch, as previously announced,” Marianne Amssoms, an A-B InBev spokeswoman, wrotr in an e-mail to the Business “However, we cannot commenr at this stage on which businesses specificalluy would be considered. Anheuser-Busch InBev's decisiobn will be based on a diligent review of the strategic and financialp consequences of any with the goal of creating the best opportunities and value for all We will not comment on who has approacher us forwhich assets.
” In April, A-B InBev reached an agreement to to Kohlbergy Kravis Roberts. There has also been wide speculation thatthe company's Busch Entertainment unit will also eventually be sold off. Buscg Entertainment is the family entertainmentr divisionof Anheuser-Busch InBev, is based in Orlando and operates nine theme parks across the country, hosting more than 25 millioj guests per year. Three of Busch Entertainmenf Corp.’s parks — Busch Gardens Tampa, SeaWorld and SeaWorld San Diego — operat year round. The company’s remaining parkes are seasonal with varyingopening dates.

A brand new University City - Charlotte Business Journal:

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That kind of response is what has prompterd to launch a branding effort for the which is home to morethan 150,00o residents, 74,000 jobs and contributes more than $8.4 billion annually to the regionao economy, according to a recent The organization is also earmarkinhg funds for a rebranding of the 2,200-acrre University Research Park and has hired a design firm to creatse an area plan for the which has suffered from above-market vacancy For all its contributiones to the region, University City has long been viewer as an area that hasn’g lived up to its potential.
Part of the area leaders believe, is that University City doesn’ft have a clear identity or In an effort toremedy that, Universitgy City Partners, an organization that advocates for the district, has hiredc a local ad agency to creatr a brand for the area that will put it in a better position to compete with markets such as uptown or Ballantynd for relocating businesses or

San Antonio adopts Tyler Technologies

2011-07-19T01:00:00.001-07:00

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million contract to to implementthe company’s municipal court case management system. Tyler will furnish all software licenses, professional maintenance and support. This is the Dallas-based company’s largest contract in its history. San Antonio is the seventh-largestf city in the Uniteds States and the second largestin Texas. San Antonio Municipa l Courts previously relied ona mainframe-based document management system and a separate, non-integrated fee collection system. The previous system resultec in massive amounts of paperwork forclerm workers. Dispositions were oftenn hand-written.
The city’s nine judges, 11 associats judges and 250-member staff will use Tyler’s INCODdE municipal court casemanagement system. The first of 11 courtsa will go live with INCODE in the summerrof 2009. Implementation with the system at the othet courts will continue over the next 18months “By deployingt Tyler’s Courts and Justice and Document Management the City of San Antonioi will be able to improve the efficiency of theird municipal courts and enhance the overall management of their critical documents,” says Brett president of Tyler’s INCODE system. Tyler Technologiez (NYSE: TYL) is an information managemen t services company forlocal governments.

Major storm could cripple state if insurance rates remain low - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

2011-07-16T18:00:00.001-07:00

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“You’ve got to get on your kneew and pray thewind doesn’t blow,” said Jeff president and CEO of the . The state’s stance alreadyh has driven away State Farm and eventually could push out more largd insurers ifthey can’y raise rates enough to see profits. State Farm decided earlier this year to discontinue property insurancde in Florida after trying unsuccessfully for yeards to raise rates to boos t reserves in case a bad storm It will phase outits 730,000 policyholdersx during the next three years. like John Ritenour, CEO of in Longwood, believe Gov.
Charlie Crist should sign into law a bill that woulfd let large insurers raise rates withouttstate approval. “Let everybody go shopping. Insuranc e companies want the business, and they’rew going to be competitive.” That’e because State Farm’s imminent departure leaves the state withthe state-runb and smaller insurers that have much slimmer reserves all overburdened with coastal, high-value or older propertiea that pay lower premiums. No one wantse a repeat of the 2004-05 hurricane season when eight stormscaused $33.e3 billion in damage.
This time around, there’x no guarantee there are enough reserves remainingv to coverthe risk, said independenf agent Doug Gomber, commercial line s and sales manager with in Areas like Miami and Tampa — where property values are higher than the premiums policyholders pay Citizens for coverage could mean “pure disaster” if a Categor y 5 storm hits, he said. Stat e regulators have taken some actiojn to remedy the low rateas that result in lowinsurancre reserves.
For example, the state may raiss the extremely low rates paid by Citizens policyholderse by about 10 percent a That could help even the playing fields forprivate insurers, which can’t compete with Citizens’ low rates. But it woulf take up to six years to fill coffers to a level that could handle a large insurers said. Meanwhile, the state-ru reinsurance fund — the Floridaw Hurricane CatastropheFund — provides reinsurancwe to most smaller insureras in the state. But in the event of a Citizens would absorb 40 percent of theCat Fund, leavinf little for other insurers to said Grady.
However, Ed Domansky, spokesman for the , said the statre reviews insurance companyfinancesz quarterly. “The office has faith that companiesw will be able to meettheid obligations.”

CareWorks deal for Plannet Group shines amid dull economy - Austin Business Journal:

2011-07-14T11:17:00.001-07:00

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, a homegrown tech company with agrowinh clientele, was acquired May 21 by Dublin-basee , which plans to add high-paying jobs to supporrt the purchase over the coming Terms of the deal between the privatelu held companies weren’t disclosed. The sale also frees Plannet Group founder Jim Mazotas to starf another tech operation that could begib hiring over the coming yearas “This first rush to the finish line endec on a positive note,” Mazotas said. “And it looksd like there is going to be anotherd onepast this.” The 39-year-old Mazotas has been runninbg the race for seven years.
He foundecd Plannet Group in 2002 to develol network security andmanagement software. He startefd the business after becoming unhappy with the directio of the software development company where hadhe worked. Mazotasa decided to focus on developinbg a program that could help computer network managers visually managetheier environment, rather than forcing them to searchg through lines of code for problems. He called the prograk Mission Control and financed Plannetr Groupwith $70,000 from savings and a second mortgage. He focusedr on government clients – including the city of Columbus and CuyahogaCounty – because of the largs computer networks they maintain.
Mazotas also movexd into the gaming industry in March after signing a contracrtwith , owner of the Indiana Live Casinko outside Indianapolis. Mission Control is what attractedCareWorkse Technologies, said President Todd Cameron. Part of the CareWorkz Family of Companies, a workers’ compensatiobn management companyin Dublin, CareWorks Technologies providess information technology services to a broader clientg base than the parent company. Cameron said the additionj of Plannet Group and its services shoulfd increase revenue at CareWorks Technologies by 25 percent this year, although he declined to be specific about eithe r company’s financials.
“We hope it growds exponentiallyafter that,” Cameron said. doesn’t have a sales team at all andwe do. It’sd a diamond in the rough.” Mazotas said the lack of a salez team athis 10-employee company was one of the reasone he decided to sell. He said the firm reached a “tipping in early 2008 after hearing interest from other companies looking to purchase Plannet including one from outof state. “Shouldd we continue as we were or take the next Mazotas said. “We wanted to get (Plannety Group) to the maturity that could be foundd by linking up with a compan ylike CareWorks.
” It’s fortunats for the region and its tech communitty that a local company bought Plannet Group, said Ted CEO of , the industry advocacy groupl that housed Plannet Group at its business incubatotr from 2005 to 2008. “If you define succesws as keeping jobs in the area and continuiny with a foundationfor growth, then this is a success,” Ford “The goal is to grow technology jobs and Columbus is becoming a very good placre to do that sort of thing.” All of Planneyt Group’s Hilliard-based employees have joined CareWork in Dublin and, over the next year, likely will be joined by five to 10 Cameron said.
Those jobs likely will pay between $70,000 and $100,000 a year. While Mazotas is joining CareWorks, he does so as a His primary focus will be on his nextventure . Mazotas is building OnGuard arounds a behavioral analysis securitg tool that flags suspiciouws patterns that could harm acomputerf network. A patent is beingt sought on the technology, Mazotas and CareWorks Technologies has invested in thenew business. By the time the producy is ready for general releasein 2010, Mazotaes hopes to have a 25- to 30-worker payroll. Mazotas hopese he will be tellingb a similar story a yearfrom now. “Itt just goes to show that little guys can have a home he said.
“Even in this

Finding reasons, solutions when buying decisions are put on hold - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

2011-07-12T04:17:00.001-07:00

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The challenge is determininfg if the delay is adisguisedr objection, an unresolved an excuse or real. Most importantly, how can you get to the trutyh and move thesale forward? Buyeres are like Wall Street: Neither likes Understanding risk can help you smooth the progressz toward a decision. Caution is an indication of risk and it’s rampant right now. Sellers become too, not wanting to hear a negative decision. But consider that getting a negative decision now is better than getting one afterdinvesting time, energy and resourcee pursuing a prospect for weeks or even months. Try facilitating a discussionjaround best-case and worst-case scenarios.
What is the worsg case if theydo nothing, and what is the best case if they move forward?? What is the worst-case scenariop if they buy now, and what is the best case if they delau the decision? Having this conversation gives you the opportunityy to influence their thoughf process and provide input into the scenarios. Threde common themes emerge as reasonxs fordelayed decisions, which are incomplete or poor initialo qualification, unanswered concerns and changes in priorities. Where you are, what to do Did you just take the prospect’as word that they could benefit fromwhat you’ree selling? Qualifying the need meands gaining evidence that their situatiobn justifies the purchase.
For everyone wants new office but how does not buying it now affecftthe company? It could rangse from lost productivity to poor marketr image to no effect at all. If there’ds evidence of significant the urgency to make a purchasseis real. It’s also important to acquirr the perspective of all involvesd decision makers toidentify roadblocks. It’s rare for everyonse to agree on needs and priorities withinna company. Without this it’s difficult to implementf a strategy tomove forward.
Opportunitiesx that need funding or that are waiting for funding are less likely to close than thosw that have abudget Risk-adverse sellers avoid havinv the early crucial conversations abour budgets and money. Hoping that traditional benefitsd will carry the decisiob is riskier than having a direct and franik discussion about the investmenf requirements early in thesales process. There is a differencd between not having the budget and being unwillinv to investthe budget. One is a logistical proble m while the other is a perceivefvalue problem. You can’t fix but you can address value. In a cautionary you must run an game andqualify thoroughly.
A presentatiom or proposal that is premature will automatically generat ea stall. Buyers unconsciously go througg three major phasesof buying. First, they evaluatre if they have a need that is severe enoughbto fix. Once a need is clear, the assessmentg of options occurs.

49ers coach says Kaepernick has chance to start - San Jose Mercury News

2011-07-09T21:00:00.001-07:00

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Wendy Welsh

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

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As senior vice president of informationm technologyfor , she manages a staff of aboutg 250 workers, two data centers and the IT operationsa for E.On’s two subsidiaries, Louisville Gas Electric Co. and Kentucky Utilities. It was her team that manned the outage-management system during the ice storm in andunder Welsh’s direction, E.On has made two significant investments in its technologuy within the past year. The first was a $25 milliob data and transmission center that opened in Shelbhy Countylast August. More recently, E.On implementeds a customer-care system that merged LG&E and Kentucky previous systems.
It was an $80 million investment, plus traininbg and operational costs, Welsg said. Ability to merge business, IT goalss Welsh’s training is not in the IT sector but in Alicensed CPA, Welsh joined LG&w as an auditor 25 years ago. She was vice president of administratiohn and then vice president of IT before assuminvg her current rolein 2001. E.On’ws IT operations were just emerging atthe time, and company officials knew they needed to make significang investments in technology. Vic Staffieri, E.
On’ws chairman, CEO and president, said Welsh’s professional background has givej her a unique set of skills needed to oversee this She understands the utility operations and what is needed from atechnicap standpoint, but she also can provid the financial analysis needed, Staffieri said. “Ws get well-thought-out solutions from Wendy,” Staffieri said. “She has developed another leg ofour strategy, givinv us the capabilities to do what we do every Although Welsh has accomplished so much, she does not tout her Staffieri said. She goes about her work in a veryunassuminbg way, he said, describing her as a deep thinkeer and a listener.
Debra Hoffer, presideny of Junior Achievementof Kentuckiana, agreed that Welsh’se personality is more reserved. She might not be the first boarx member to pipe up ina meeting, but behindc her quiet facade, she knows what she wantx to do and how she’s going to do it. “Sh e gets results,” Hoffer said. “She’s a highly effectivse manager while being a really warm persoj at thesame time.” Welsh was JA Kentuckiana’sa board chairwoman in 2002, when the nonprofit groupl was planning to open its James W. Robinsonh Junior Achievement Center for Freedoof Enterprise. The facilityy is a learning center that teaches childrenm basicfinancial principles.
She traveledc with JA staff to revie w similar facilities across the and her involvement and enthusiasm helpexd drive theproject forward, Hoffer said. Not only did she conveyh the concept to other board but she also ledthe $6.5 milliomn capital campaign that funded the project. In she convinced her employer to be one of the firsr donors witha $125,000 “She has a real can-dok attitude and strong desire to help young people be successfukl and thrive,” Hoffer said.
“Her heart is in the right Besides her rolewith JA, Welsh has spokehn to business and management classes at the , and she has becomde a role model for young said husband John Welsh, an author and retire d U of L higher education “She hasn’t become a CEO, but she’s pretth darn high in an organization and an industry that has been John Welsh said. “She’s blazed some trailx for women.
” Wendy Welsh said she never set out to break any glass She simply was raised ina middle-class home by parents who pusherd education and demonstrated a strong work The lessons seemed to have stuck as Welsh and her three siblingsa — an accountant, CFO and a consultanyt — all have found professionao success. But, as a female in the IT Welsh said, she clearly is a minority, and it concernsz her that there are even fewer women entering the So she has met informally with area professors and engineersz to discuss how to encourags young women to pursue IT andengineering careers. “Ad professionals, we need to do a better job of gettinv the word out Welsh said.
Meanwhile, Welsh tries to lead by example. She takews a very hands-on role in the planning of all majofrIT projects, which can be a challenge becausw of the ever-changing natured of technology. Her time also is devoted to the management and supporftof day-to-day operations, including the utility’s network of computers, serversd and BlackBerry devices, and its applications, such as the company’sd payroll and customer-care systems. “It’sz like a different job every day,” Welsh said, addint that the variety keeps her enthusedd abouther position.
She also is proud of the fact that she leveraged her training and brought more of a businessa focus to theIT operations, whethef it’s having budget discussions with her staft or teaching them how to better communicate with About nine years ago, shortly befor Welsh took on her current role, she marrie d John Welsh. Since then, she has learned to balance work responsibilitiesx andpersonal life. The two, who do not have schedule date nights, when they’ll go out for dinnef and a theater performance. And traveling together is one of theirfavoritr pastimes.
At home, Wendhy Welsh said, she always finds somethingb to do, so she doesn’t truly relax unlessz she’s on a plane headed somewhere, typicall y Europe or Santa Fe, N.M., wherse the couple just bought avacation home. For planning a trip is half the fun, and she lovexs to see the sights and experience the locall historyand art. John Welsnh shares those interests, but he also just enjoys the time spenf withhis wife. He said she has the rare combinatiom ofbeing smart, attractive — the “cutestg thing in the world,” in his termz — and modest.
He loves her “even keel” personalitgy and subtle senseof humor, and being with her has helpee him gain a new perspectives on life, John Welshg said. “She made me want to be a better Wendy Welsh spent her childhood daysin Louisville’s Auduboj Park neighborhood. Her father, Herbert Heck, was a linema for the former Soutb Central BellTelephone Co. who worked his way throughy the management ranks and to theengineering department. Her Peggy Heck, was a homemaker who was involvex in the PTA and coordinatedr family camping trips and GirlScout activities.
After graduatingb from DurrettHigh School, Welsh attended the University of Louisville and rootee for the Cardinals basketball team. Welsn remained a big fan after she moved to Illinoizs and then Texas forher career. She remembers drivinv around Dallas for hours in an effort to tune in the U of L games on hercar radio. When her employer at the decided to move her division to Welsh said she wrestled with whethed she should follow her job or return to her Friends and family swayed her in the directiomnof Louisville.
It helped that the city had begun its downtownn revitalization efforts with the addition of the Kentuck Center forthe Arts, and a job offee from Louisville Gas & Electric Co. sealef the deal. At her husband’s urging, Wendyy Welsh enrolled in a self-defense coursr he had taken known askrav maga, whichj is popular among law-enforcement officials. John Welsh said he realizedx how out of place she was when she showed up in pink workoutf clothes and everyone else in the room was dressedrin black.
The experience was one that she enduresd ratherthan enjoyed, but John Welsh was impressed that she was willinhg to push her She is an “extra gentle person,” John Welsh “It’s impossible to imagine her punching but she did.”

Commerce deal notable for complexity - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

2011-07-05T05:51:00.001-07:00

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The actual sale included only about an eighthy of an acre under theCommercer Building. The price was a small amount compared to many The deal, however, involved 13 separater ownership interests on one side, and , and the Boards of Regents on the other. It took nearlh a year to complete, accordin to Jim Loyd and Ken Ashleyy atCushman & Wakefield, who representexd the owners. To understand the deal's complexity, consider the The property at Mariettaw and Broad streets downtown was purchased by Newna cottonbaron "Cotton" Jones in the late and it remained in his family's hands for 100 In 1957, C&S Bank signed a 40-year grouned lease on the propertyt and built the Commerce Building, whichy served as headquarters for organizations such as the Atlanta and Georgia chambers of commerce and the The top several floorz housed The Commerce Club.
In the C&S attempted to purchase the properth the buildingis on, but was able to buy only a one-eightuh share. In 1996, with the ground lease nearing itsexpiration date, NationsBank, the successor to C&S, decided once again to try to buy the The bank faced a deadline because, undee terms of the ground lease, the building could revert to the propertyg owners or be torn down if a new leas e could not be agreed upon. The bank wantee to donate the buildingto GSU. NationsBankl approached the Jones family with anoffeer "we felt was inadequate," said Loyd, and it took 10 monthxs of negotiations to reach a price that everyonde could agree on.
During those talks, the Cushman Wakefield brokers had to deal with 13 differengt parties representing 18 different people holdinyg stakes rangingfrom one-sixteenth to one-quarterf of the property. Loyd and Ashlety faced complications because they were working for peoplewho didn'tf need to sell and had a sentimentaol attachment to the property. Even more complex was proving cleare title, Loyd said. The title examine "had to trace multiple peoplde throughmultiple generations" to make sure everyonre was credited with the proper ownership share.
The titles examiner said it was the most complex case he had ever and Loyd and Ashley agree they got an education in the laws of Onthe buyer's side, David A. Robinson, senior vice presidenrt of NationsBank, had to deal with complexitiez ofhis own. Because the buildin g would be givento GSU, for the state attorney general had to approve all aspectss of the donation -- including the intention to continue leasinf space to The Commerce which would be serving alcohol on university property. Aftee a final flurry of activity, the deal closedc at the end of with the Woodruff Foundation underwriting a part ofthe purchase.
Carter and Associates represented NationsBank throughout the deal and took no Robinson said. The result is "a transaction with a lot of Robinson said: GSU gets a buildiny that complements its campusmastert plan; The Commerce Club gets a long-term lease; Atlanta gets a boost to its efforte to revive the Fairlie-Poplar and NationsBank is able to continue its supporyt of the education and business communities.

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