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Holy comeback for Adele with six Grammys - Hindustan Times

2012-02-13T09:00:00.001-08:00

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Holy comeback for Adele with six Grammys

Hindustan Times

The 54th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles was a rocking affair with artists like Adele, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Coldplay an others wowing the audience with their performances. Here's a sneak peek. It doesn't get bigger than this.

In Israel, Whitney Houst on remembered for huge voice and one strange visit

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Travelers creates D.C. institute - Washington Business Journal:

2012-02-11T04:51:00.001-08:00

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The provider of property casualty insurancsfor auto, home and business said its institute will providre information, analysis and recommendationds to public policy makers and “Travelers is committed to being a constructivs participant in the public policy dialogue with regard to important issuea facing our industry,” said Jay Fishman, chairmanj and CEO of Travelers (NYSE: TRV). “Wew hope to contribute to solutions on a wide range of issuess that faceour customers, our agents and brokers, and the communitiee we serve.
” Joan Woodward, who joineed Travelers last year as executive vice president of public will head the institute and work with the Publicx Policy Advisory Committee of the company’s boardr of directors. The institute also created a separate advisory board made up of publi policy andindustry experts. Members include Richarx Beattie, chairman of Simpson Thacher Bartlett LLP, and Leslie former chairman, president and CEO of Monumental Corp.

Tesla to open seven showrooms - Philadelphia Business Journal:

2012-02-09T01:34:00.001-08:00

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Stores in New York, Seattle and Chicagoo will open inlate June, followed by Tesla’s first European store will open in Londohn later this month, followed by Munich and The new additions will complemenr Tesla’s flagship stores in Northernm and Southern California, which opened a year ago. Tesla said it is scouting locationszin Washington, D.C., and Toronto. Tesla is the only producefr of highway-capable electric cars in North Americaor “We are rethinking almost every aspectr of the automobile – from the powertrai n to the customer experience, both online and in our said Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a statement. Tesla’xs Roadster sells for $109,000.
The company expects to introducew itssecond car, the Modelk S sedan, in late 2011. It is expectedf to sell for less than halfthe Roadster’sx price.

Lamb off, Connecticut loses at No. 24 Louisville - San Francisco Chronicle

2012-02-06T21:51:00.001-08:00

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Lamb off, Connecticut loses at No. 24 Louisville

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By COLIN FLY, AP Sports Writer Timothy D. Easley / AP Louisville's Gorgui Dieng, center, attempts a shot through the defensive pressure of Connecticut's Alex Oriakhi, left, and DeAndre Daniels during the first half of their NCAA college basketb »

Polsinelli Shughart law firm moving to LoDo - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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The firm confirmed Friday that its local office is relocatinf to the newly built 1515 Wynkoop offices building on Wynkoop Street in LoweerDowntown Denver. The Kansas City-based firm’s Denvet branch currently is locatedin downtown’s Independence Plaza at 1050 17th St. The firm’ s Denver office has leased roughlh 38,000 square feet of spacwe at itsnew location, with an option to The move is planned for Septemberr 2009.
“We are pleased to relocatde our attorneys and staff to a part of downtown that represents the growth and vitalityof Denver, enablin the expansion of our firm’s practice and presence Steve Long, founder and managing partnedr of Polsinelli Shughart’s Denver office, said in a statement Friday. “We are committed to remaining indowntowb Denver, as it allows us to be immersed in the businessd and civic community, and provides our attorneys with a vibranr place to work,” Long added.
The firm said that its new spacee is expected to qualify forLEED (Leadershipp in Energy and Environmental Design) certification for energy savings and environmentallg friendly features, based on its use of sustainable materialsd and energy-efficient lighting, heating, cooling and office equipment. LEED is the U.S. Greem Building Council’s designation for energy-efficient, sustainable Polsinelli Shughart was created in Februaryg by the merger of Kansas City law firms ShugharyThomson & Kilroy PC and Polsinelliu Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus PC. The leases of severalo major law firms, either based in metrlo Denver or withlocapl branches, are expiring this year.
While some firms are renewingg leases where theyalready are, otherse are relocating. LLP, Colorado’s largest law plans to move its southeast suburbabn office in August tothe transit-oriented, “green” Villaged Center Station project now under construction. The brancjh currently is located at8390 E. Crescentg Parkway in the Denver Tech Holland & Hart’s headquarters office remains at 555 17th Street in downtowh Denver. Earlier this year, LLP relocated to the new 1400 Wewatta officer building in LoDo from OneTaboe Center. Meanwhile, LLC recently renewed its 56,000-square-footg lease on the top three floors of One Tabor Center for 11more years.
The law firm was the firstt tenant to commit tothe building, whicj opened in 1985. Denver’s 1515 Wynkool building, developed by Houston-based Hinews Interests LP, broke ground in 2007. The eight-story office building with retail space was completedrthis spring. Other tenants in the new building, whichn is pre-certified for LEED Silver include the Van GilderInsurance Corp.’sz headquarters.

BankAtlantic seeks foreclosure on Jupiter site - South Florida Business Journal:

2012-02-02T10:34:00.001-08:00

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The Fort Lauderdale-based bank (NYSE: BBX) filed the lawsuit on May 8 in Palm Beacn County Circuit Court against Severn Jupiter and managing members Patrick McAteer andDouglas J. Wilkins. In Severn Jupiter bought the 2-acre property, at 1116 Love St. in Jupiter, for $10.55 million. The site is just east of A1A and within view ofthe city’e historical lighthouse. It includes 2,788 square feet of residential propertyy built in 1955 and a according to county property There is no recordof development. Shortly afte the purchase, Severn Jupiter obtained a $6.3 million mortgagee from BankAtlantic anda $3.7 million mortgage from Pa.-based Royal Bank America.
In Apripl 2008, BankAtlantic extended the maturity of the full outstandingg principal of its loan toMarch 27. The foreclosure also namez RoyalBank America. Wilton Manors-based attorney Richard Zaden, who representsx BankAtlantic inthe lawsuit, did not immediately respondx to a call seeking

Nonprofit, company aim to boost green energy on tribal lands - New Mexico Business Weekly:

2012-01-31T06:17:00.001-08:00

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The two Sacramento organizations intend to develop renewablee energy projects ontribalk lands, creating jobs and helpinf improve the environment. In May, the consortium announced a green jobs The alliance is the first partnership that aims to fulfill the economic development and environmental goals ofthe initiative. The consortiumj will use USST’s engineering and project managemen expertise to examine the feasibility of renewabler energy projects ontribal lands.
Possibl technologies that projects could tap intoincludw waste-to-energy, solar and wind power Once a project is authorized by a USST will manage the engineering, development and operatio of the project, and coordinate job training. For example, if there’ss a landfill in a tribal USST might developa waste-to-energy producing electricity that it wouldx likely sell to a local utility. “Wew are excited to form this alliancswith USST,” Lorenda Sanchez, executive director for CIMC said, in a news “This partnership will open the door for California’ tribes to take an activs role in protecting their native lands and the At the same time, Native Americans will now have opportunities to lead the way in the new greebn economy while addressing employment issues in tribal Projects will be financed by outside sources such as grant fundas and project investment financing “with minimal or no contributioh from CIMC.
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A.M. Best affirms Northwestern Mutual's high ratings - Pittsburgh Business Times:

2012-01-29T02:34:00.001-08:00

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A.M. Best affirmed its financial strength ratings ofof A++ and issuer credit ratings of “aaa” of Northwestern Mutualp Life Insurance Co. and its subsidiary The outloo k for both ratingsis stable, the N.J., ratings organization said Thursday. The ratings reflect Northwester Mutual’s sizable and mature individual lifeinsurancwe franchise, conservative operating profile, strong operating performance and superior risk-adjustedd capitalization, A.M. Best said. Partially offsettingh those positive rating factors was the recent decline inNorthwestern Mutual’s adjusted capital and surplua due mainly to realized and unrealized investmenr losses, A.M. Best A.M.
Best also noted that Northwestern Mutuapl maintains an above averages aggregate exposure to privateplacement bonds, below investmentr grade, or "junk," bonds, commercial mortgages and equities. Despite NM increasing the total numberd of financial representatives over the past couple Northwestern Mutual may be challenged to continure to grow the number of sales professionald while maintaining current levels of retentio and productivity over thelong A.M. Best said.

Crossvault Capital earns Informa accolade - San Antonio Business Journal:

2012-01-26T22:17:00.001-08:00

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The locally based investmentg advisory firm was nameda “Top Gun” in the Domesti c Balanced Universe in the 1 Star category for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. The 1 Star ranking is based on performance for the mostrecent quarter. Co-CEOp and Chief Investment OfficerfLaura Ehrenberg-Chesler says the company is pleased to receive the recognition in the midsgt of the on-going market “This has been a challenginy environment for both fixed-income securities and and we feel that receiving this designation followin g our two Top Guns in February validatew our current strategy,” Ehrenberg-Chesler Crossvault is registered with the SEC and is a boutiqur investment advisory firm that offers customizeds equity, fixed-income, and balanced separate-account managemenrt for high net-worth individuals and institutions.
Informwa maintains information on morethan 2,000 managers and more than 25 years of historicaol performance. The company’s database is designe d to assist investment professionals in manager searches andevaluation

CEO Ellison says Oracle might make netbooks - Boston Business Journal:

2012-01-24T17:51:00.001-08:00

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His comments came at a Sun conference for users of Java softwar e which he also said could be used on Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) earlier this year agreex to acquire Sun for $7 billion. "I don'f see why some of thosed devices shouldn't come from Sun," Reuters quoted Ellisomn as saying. "There will be computerx that are fundamentally based on Netbooks are inexpensive laptopo computers designed to connect wirelessly and are used primarily for checkint email and browsingthe Web. The market for them is expecterd to grow to between 20 millioj and 30 million unitathis year, up from the 11.7 milliohn sold last year when theirf sales took off.
Most PC makersd now have a netbook model and if Oraclse does get into the market it will go up againstrthe . (NASDAQ:HPQ) (NASDAQ:DELL) and , which either make netbookxs or develop software for Acer said Tuesday it will make a laptop runningon ’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system instead of Microsoft which most makers now use.

Integral Systems buys assets from QinetiQ - Washington Business Journal:

2012-01-22T14:00:00.001-08:00

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The Lanham-based satellite systems control maker (NASDAQ: ISYS) said it bought the servicew and product line — called satID from the U.K.-based worldwide defense and securitty technology company to add geolocationj capabilities to its offerings. Satellite operatorzs use satID to geolocate the source ofsatellite interferers, jammers, and unauthorizec users. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The newly purchasedc product line and servicez will become a part ofIntegral Systems’ space communications group.
“We are excitefd to bring this capability in-houss to enhance our space situational awarenessx product and system offerings for our saidJohn Higginbotham, chief executive officer, Integral Systems, in a statement. Technologgy consultancy and other support servicesx relating to the product line will be provided to Integrao Systems by QinetiQ inthe U.K. In a differenyt deal, Integral Systems formed an agreemen to pursue teaming arrangements with Qinetiw North America on some current programsw and to explore future programs for the defense andintelligencde markets.

Manpower: Employers struggling to find qualified job candidates - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

2012-01-20T10:17:00.001-08:00

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The employment services company (NYSE: MAN) says 30 percengt of employers worldwide are struggling to find qualifiedjob candidates, especiallyu skilled tradespeople, sales representatives and Manpower surveyed nearly 39,000 employers across 33 countries and territoriess to gauge employers' abilitty to find the talent they need. The 10 hardesf jobs to fill, as reported by U.S. employers in are: Even with unemployment at or near record levelw inmany communities, Manpower'es research highlights the problem many employers are having findingt individuals with the right combinations of job-specific skills, training and soft skills.
"Inj the four years we have performed this the same positions appear on the list againand again," said Jonas Prising, Manpower'ds president of the Americas. "Despited the current economic instabilitty andhigh unemployment, there are still skills that the U.S. work forcw seems to lack." The U.S. findings are part of a Manpowetr global study that surveyed morethan 39,00o0 employers across 33 countries and territoriesz in January 2009. Positions in the skilled sales, technical work and engineering remaih the most difficult for employers tofill globally. Manpoweer surveyed more than 2,000 U.S.
employers in the fourtbh annual survey to determines which positions employers are having difficulty fillingthis

Wikipedia begins blackout in protest against US anti-piracy laws - The Guardian

2012-01-18T05:34:00.001-08:00

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Wikipedia begins blackout in protest against US anti-piracy laws

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Wikipedia has taken its English-language content offline as part of a "day of darkness" in protest at US anti-piracy laws that it says could "fat »

Oakland settles with Chase over foreclosure evictions - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

2012-01-16T02:00:00.001-08:00

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The lawsuit was one of five filedr by Oakland in recent months accusing includingChase (NYSE: JPM) and , and several locaol real estate agents of violating an Oaklandf law that protects tenants from unjusr evictions. The city said tenants in foreclosed homes and apartmenta provided numerous examples of impropeer eviction notices theyhad received. Oakland’s so-called “Jusg Cause” ordinance allows landlords to evicyt tenants for specific reasons such as failing to pay rent ordamaginvg property. However, foreclosure is not a “jus cause” for eviction under the city’s law. Chasd agreed to a settlemeng that includesa $35,000 payment to the city.
The settlemenrt also includes an example of a legalp notice that banks can use to determine the occupanc y of a foreclosed propertyin Oakland. The Oakland Attorney’s Office is in settlementy negotiations withother defendants.

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2012-01-13T22:17:00.001-08:00

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The Seattle school said it’s offering the progra due to “the substantial rise in the numbere of corporate social responsibility jobs beingt created aroundthe globe.” Students in the MBA program will take the same core classes that othere MBA students at the school and then take courses in “sociao and environmental responsibility, marketing in a new economy, environmentakl accounting and sustainability and business Students in the MBA program can also take core classews at City University’s international locations in Europe, Asia and Nort America.
“CityU’s MBA in sustainable busineses is unique inthat (it) offers a true sense of global corporate social responsibility by allowing (a) student in different countries during the program,” said Kevihn Wilhelm, a member of the school’as advisory committee that helped develop the program.

Pursuing continuing education? Do your homework - Boston Business Journal:

2012-01-11T17:34:00.001-08:00

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The classes -- specific industry or topic training not related to a degreeprogram -- can be highluy beneficial but also represent a significant investment, especially for small and midsize companies that oftenh find them difficult to snare at an affordablwe price. With so many outlets for continuing experts suggest doing your homework beforre plunking downany money. Checking with professionao associations, local universities and community colleges is a good way to saidJudy Bailey, chairwoman of the Authorized Providefr Commission for the International Association for Continuing Education and Plenty of private training companies round out the continuing education and it's wise to pay close attention to theire credentials.
"You want to research a providerr as thoroughly asyou can, evaluate a trainingh program as carefully as you would a employee that you expect to keep for 10 Bailey said. Find out if the trainin g is the right fit by looking at a list ofcoverec topics. And ask out about the level of participatiobsince it's easier to learnm in an interactive, small group setting. " don't think that you can teach effectivelyu or learn in a group of morethan 25-30," Bailey "I wouldn't want to go to a hotel ballroo m and sit with 75 other For individuals, continuing education courses can help enhanc the skills of those who want to changew careers or move up the ladder in theier current field.
Local community and technicap colleges can be the best place for individuals to start looking for continuing education courses, according to Michele executive vice president of the Association for Continuing Highetr Education. "In addition to their traditional degree programs, many colleges and universities offefr non-credit courses, those not counting toward a Shinn said. "And many continuing education providersz are moving into theonline arena, making their coursese accessible and convenient for nontraditional In some fields, continuing education courses are necessary for professionak credentials.
Shinn said one hot arena is project management where certificatiobn requires passage of aspecial test. "There's a slew of occupationes out therethat don't require a formal degree but do requird intense coursework and perhaps taking a national certificatio exam," she said. And fieldss such as information technology are constantly so taking continuing education classes might be the best way tostay "The certifications change with the job market and wher the interests are," Shin n said.
"That is one of the reasons continuinv education is such a great resourcer for working individuals because we can respond very quickl to what the needs of the community The renewal of many professional licenses requiresw continuing education classes in industriee suchas engineering, real health care, law and education. When searching for training to meet professional license see what continuing education unit your licensing body will For example, the IACET-CEU is accepted by a number of organizations.

Mattel, Fisher-Price pay $2.3M fine - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

2012-01-09T13:51:00.001-08:00

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million civil penalty for violations of the federal lead paint banin children’d toys. The civil fine comes after the completed an investigation into the importingh and selling of toys with lead paint levele that exceededthe .06 percent lead by weight limity that is federally mandated. Accordinb to the CPSC, which recently crafted the Consumer Productr SafetyImprovement Act, aimed at toughening requirements for lead and phthalatesa in children’s products, Mattel imported up to 900,000 non-complianf toys between July 2006 and September 2007. Fisher-Price importedr over 1 million non-compliant toys betweej July 2006 andSeptember 2007.
Among the toys in questio n were the popular Sargetoy car, various Barbie products and some Go Diegop Go toys. Most of the toys that had excessivde levels of lead were shippee to retail stores for sale tothe public. In a massive toy recall took place wherew about 95 Matteland Fisher-Price toy modelx were determined to have exceeded the lead Lead can be toxic if ingester by young children and can cause serious healtuh problems. The topic of lead paint in children’sz products has been a hot button issue as of with the rollout of the controversia l CPSIAof 2008.
Toy manufacturers and retailere have said the new regulations are costlyand arbitrary, often requiring the duplicatde testing of products. Some smaller manufacturers say the laws threatenn to put them outof business. On the politica front, Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-Fairport, said protecting children has to be thetop “When the toy recall happenexd (in 2007) I called the head of Fisher-Prices and I told him they needed to start making their toys here Slaughter said.
“We didn’t have thesre kind of problems before they imported the Thiscivil penalty, which is the highest for violationsx involving importation or distribution of a regulate d product, is the third highest of any kind in CPSC “These highly publicized toy recalls helpe spur Congressional action last year to strengthen CPSC and make even strictefr the ban on lead paint on said CPSC Acting Chairman Thomas “This penalty should serve notice to toy makers that CPSC is committe to the safety of children, to reducing theirr exposure to lead, and to the implementationm of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act.
” As part of a story featured in our sister publication, The Buffalo Law Journal , lookinv at the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, which ran prior to the announcemeny of these fines, Fisher-Price declinedr to provide a representative to discuss the lead paint Instead, they issued a written statemeng which read, in part: “Mattel is well positioned as it generally designds its products to meet globa l standards. Mattel has also been a leader in the effortzs of industry to establish voluntaryindustryu standards.
” The statement also said that Mattel would continue to comply with the applicable regulations of the Mattel was unable to be reached for commentf Monday morning, though a representative said they would have a responsr later in the day. Despite agreeinyg to pay $2.3 million in Mattel and Fisher-Price deny that they knowingly violatedfederal law, as allegef by CPSC staff.

Penn State Names Paterno Replacement - WLWT Cincinnati

2012-01-07T10:00:00.001-08:00

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Penn State Names Paterno Replacement

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One of O'Brien's tasks as the Nittany Lions' first new coach in nearly a half-century will be to win over several former players and alumni who are skeptical about the hiring of a replacement without Penn State ties or angered by the search process ...

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Eric C. Tripp Executive Profile

2012-01-05T05:51:00.000-08:00

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About Eric C. Tripp Eric Trippp was appointed President of BMO Capital Markets onMarch 5, 2008. Mr. Tripo has responsibility for BMOFinancial Group's dealings with corporate, institutionapl and government clients, whichg encompass investment & corporate bankinhg as well as trading products and treasuryg operations. He also sits on BMO Financial Group

Chrysler to restart Kenosha engine plant - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

2012-01-03T01:34:00.001-08:00

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The Auburn Hills-Mich.-based automaker idled all its plants when it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcyAprilk 30. Chrysler said factories in Michigan, Missouri, Canada and Mexico would resume operationsJune 29. A Dodger plant in Detroit had alreadgy resumed operationson Monday. Chrysler emerged from its Chapted 11 bankruptcy onJune 10, with the company’sz assets being transferred to a new corporatiohn operated by .
The reorganization plan remade the company into one ownedx 55 percent by a unionpensiohn trust, 20 percent owned by Fiat a share that could grow to 35 percentr — and the rest ownec by the governments of the United States and Fiat cannot obtain a majorithy stake in Chrysler until all taxpayer fundsd are repaid. Chrysler had intendex to close its engine plant in Kenosha in 2010 underthe reorganization.

CU offering digital media program - San Francisco Business Times:

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CU will operate the called BoulderDigital Works, in partnership with the paren t company of advertising giant , whicn moved many of its employees from Miami to a new Bouldere office in the past few years. The parentf company is MDC Partners, a Toronto-based network of CU’s Division of Continuing Education and Professional Studiex will operatethe program, which will be open to mediqa professionals, community members and CU students. The School of Journalism and Mass Communication, especially the advertising will handle theacademic management. Advertising professod David Slayden will serve asexecutivee director.
Sweden’s Hyper Island, a digital learning program in also will be a partnert inthe program, with student and faculty exchanges. The program will start in the fall witha 60-weej certificate program in Digital Arts and Applications are due Aug. 15. Also, starting in late the school willoffer 36-houtr immersion Executive Programs in digital fluency for workingt professionals. For more information, visit http://bdw.colorado.edu.

Nets embarrassed in their home opener - ESPN (blog)

2011-12-29T17:00:00.001-08:00

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Nets embarrassed in their home opener

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By Mike Mazzeo A sellout crowd of 18711 showed up to watch the New Jersey Nets in what was their final home opener ever in New Jersey. âI think if our players were in the stands they would've booed us,â Nets coach Avery Johnson said. ...

Nets embarrassed in h ome opener with 106-70 loss to Atlanta Hawks

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Nets embarrassed by Hawks in home opener

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Hawks scream past Nets in 106-70 victory

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Dicker says Cuomo 'indirectly' making the point that Obama should govern like him - Capital New York

2011-12-27T13:17:00.001-08:00

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Dicker says Cuomo 'indirectly' making the point that Obama should govern like him

Capital New York

Smith: "Obama wouldn't be in the problem that he's in, Fred, if he'd governed from Washington as Cuomo has from Albany." Dicker: "I think that's not only true but it's a point that at least indirectly the governor has been making. ...

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2012 Toyota Prius v: bigger than its predecessor - Daily Gossip

2011-12-25T09:17:00.001-08:00

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2012 Toyota Prius v: bigger than its predecessor

Daily Gossip

Experts at CNET have compared Toyota Prius v and they discovered that the new model is bigger than its predecessor. At the first look, Toyota Prius v doesn't seem very different when compared to the first Prius. After all, they are both hatchback ...

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Flat-fee billing settles in; billable hour stays king - bizjournals:

2011-12-23T04:17:00.001-08:00

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Specifically, they want to know more about flat-fee billing, a methord that can prove more client-friendly than hourly Some attorneys say billing by the hour servesw neither clients nor the legaol profession as well as chargintg uniform fees based on provided Law firms in this articlse refused to divulge theirhourly fees, but the median hourly billable rate in Oregonn is $230 per Attorneys average 123 billable hours per month, accordinvg to the Oregon State Bar. Whild requests for flat-fee billing come from clients of all not all clientsmerit it. “It’s a growingf trend among larger clients,” said Wally Van Valkenburg, managinf partner for Portland’s .
“Those with larger volumes of work think they can price it in a way that makes sense to bothof us. But for mid-sizexd and early-stage companies, firms are less receptivde to those type of While Stoel Rives mulles more requestsfor flat-fee billing and also volumde discounts, other attorneys have embraced new ideas. “I’d like to do it if I can figurw out a way to do it withoutgoinh broke,” said Peter Appleton, a Salem-based sole proprietotr specializing in business “Look at the medical They charge certain amounts for certain operations because they know in advances how much time it taked to do it.
“If I were a client, I wouldd definitely want this, at least for simpld things like wills andestate planning.” Ambrosew Law Group LLC, a Portland-based banking and financia specialist, has billed via flat fees for 10 years. Chri s Ambrose said the group continually modifiew itsfee structures, but tends to use flat-fee billing for such servicezs as loan documentation and draftinbg development agreements. It does not offer the optio n when working on cases that likely require litigatiojn because such cases can drag on for Thefirm hasn’t experienced majot revenue effects, be they positive or but retains a loyal client base.
“It give s them predictability,” Ambrose said.“One of the biggestr problems in the legal field is surprise The debate over alternative billinv methods comes as clients seek to slash expensezs during tougheconomic times. The state’s unemploymentf rate continues to exceed 12 percent andeven , knowb for doling out work to most of Portland’s larger legal firms, laid off 500 workers on May 14. Usingg flat-fee billing doesn’t necessariluy mean a firm will makeless money. The Shephers Law Group, in began using flat-fee billing on Jan. 1, 2007. Revenue that year rose by 250 percent comparerdto 2006.
The firm’s 2008 revenue also states a July 2008 article in the American BarAssociation Journal. However, many law firms have resistedc the urge to chargeflat fees. Firms typically requirr their attorneys towork 1,800 billable hours before issuing bonuses. Most legal billing is done on an hourlyg basis and chargedin six-minute However, Lewis Horowitz, the Portland-based presidentr of Northwest law firm Lane Powell PC, said the industrgy tends to police itself. “Lawyer s have trouble doing anythingbut top-qualityy work,” he said. “That’s why they prefer to get paid by the Because if they uncoveran issue, they want to fix it.
” Lane Powell also wants to keep its clientsw happy, allowing certain larger clients that have been with the firm for many yeara to pay flat fees. One of them is a real estats outfit that’s currently working on 50 deals. Another is a commercial Realtor that hopes torenegotiates 2,000 leases. A third client is a larg employer that asks about 100 question a year on equalopportunitgy employment. The flat fee amountss vary. Horowitz offered this hypotheticalo example: If billed hourly, some employmenrt questions may cost as muchas $20,000 to resolve, if they require litigation. Otherz can cost as little as $3,000.
So a law firm mightt charge flat fees ofabout $8,00p0 for advice on equal opportunity “It works best with clientx with whom you have a good relationship,” Horowitz said. “Ans it’s not made available on a one-timwe basis. We know about these mattersw and know which ones might explode and becomsereal litigation.” The American Bar Association is looking into ways to encourag e more firms to charge flat fees.

Denver gas prices up 38 cents from a month ago - Charlotte Business Journal:

2011-12-21T00:00:00.001-08:00

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Regular gas was $2.01 in Denver on Aprikl 30, AAA said. It was $2.31 just a week ago, 8 centzs less. For mid-grade gas, the averags Denver price is $2.55, up from $2.16 a month ago, and for premium it's $2.67, up from $2.26 last month, AAA Still, that's a lot better thanDenvefr gas prices up 38 cents from a month ago May 30 last when regular gasaveraged $3.86 in Denver. But if the curren pace of price increases Denver would reach that price levep infour months.
The priced of crude oil was about $32 a barrel five monthz ago, but has since risen to more than $66 a barreol for July delivery, despite the Wholesale gas prices have risen 140 percenttsince December, the Associated Press reported. The highest pricwe ever recorded for regular in Denverwas $4.01 on July 17, 2008. the regular-gas average price is $2.47 a AAA says. The Fuel Gauge Reportf is compiled for the AAA by the with the help ofWrightf Express.

Giants Fall Flat in a Crucial Home Loss to the Redskins - New York Times

2011-12-18T20:17:00.001-08:00

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2011-12-16T15:34:00.001-08:00

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The index report reflects a compositr of preventivehealth behaviors, levels of chronic disease conditions, health care access, as well as community resources and policies that support physical activity. Milwaukes fell one spot from the2008 report, when it was rankex 16th. In addition to a data American Fitness Index is a program designed to help communities identifyg opportunities to improve the health of their residentzs and expand community assets to bettetrsupport active, healthy Based on figures related to health y lifestyles and physical activity, the Metropolitan Statisticalk Areas of Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allia scored 53.0 in the data report. Washingtonj D.C. Metro scored 74.
4 to achieves the top ranking. Metro areas completinh the top fivewere Minneapolis-St. Paul, Boston and San Francisco, which also finished at the top of the inaugural rankingxsin 2008. The western United States dominated thetop 10, with only thre cities lying east of the Mississippii River. The nation’s largestt cities finished in the middle of the pack with New York City at Chicago at 25th and Los Angeleasat 30th.
Milwaukee ranked 13th on personal health indicatorsx related tohealth behaviors, chronic health problems and health The area ranked 31st on community/environmental indicatorws related to the built recreational facilities, park-related expenditures, physica l education requirements and primary health care The American College of Sportx Medicine unveiled the 2009 rankings and releaseed the AFI data “Health and Community Fitness Statusw of the 50 Largest Metropolitan Areas,“ during the organization’sx annual meeting in Seattle.

Aurora's Southlands shopping center damaged by tornado - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

2011-12-14T10:51:00.001-08:00

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A twister reportedly touched down nearbtyat 1:49 p.m. Sunday and crossed through the area on an eightto 10-mile-long path for about 30 the said. . Firefighters foune moderate damageat Southlands, located at E-470 and Smoky Hill Road, CBS4 News Rooftop heating, venting and air-conditioning units were windows were broken, a shed was and a car was overturned. Natural-gasd leaks also were noted. Authoritie shut down gas service to Southlandas earlySunday afternoon.
No serious injuries were reported onthe shopping-centee grounds, but a man in a nearby neighborhooed who was trying to take pictures reportedlyy was hospitalized with unspecified serious according to news A Southlands spokeswoman told CBS4 most of the center'xs stores will be closed Monday to allo w for continued damage assessment. She said customers shoulds call individual stores to verify whether they are closedor Southlands, which opened in is the Denver area's largest shoppinvg center by retail space, at 1.7 millionb square feet. It consists of several freestandin g buildings connected by pedestrian corridorsxand streets.
The complex is ownedr by Granite Southlands Town Center LLC and managed by Forest City CommerciakManagement Inc. Four other tornadoes were spottede north and east of DenverSunday afternoon, and baseball-sized hail struckm some areas. As many as 3,000 customers were withoutt power for a time in partsw of Auroraand Centennial. .

Report: Rents falling, but S.F. still expensive - San Francisco Business Times:

2011-12-12T06:17:00.001-08:00

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percent in San Francisco over the last part of a trend around the United but the City bythe Bay’s stillk not a cheap place to live. A studyy by showed a 2.7 percent drop in San Francisco metro area askinfg rents in the second and those inSan Jose’s metro area fell 3.8 San Mateo saw its average rent fall 6.5 percentr year-over-year to $1,672. The only quarterly gainas in the country werein Tampa-St. Fla., where rents grew 1.2 percent; Kansad City, where they grew 0.7 percent; and San Antonio, where they grew 0.6 percent. Average askinbg rents in the natiobnwere $968 per month in the seconr quarter, down from $978 a month in the firsy quarter.
In the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremony region, average rents were $1,544, down 2.7 percent from $1,5877 in the first Rents were down 4.6 percent from a year ago. Occupancyt in the region was 94.3 percent. San Francisco itseltf is still a very expensivse place tolive — average rent there was $2,27q1 per month, an occupancy is 96.1 percent, higheer than anywhere else in the area. Marin’s occupancy rate was 95 percenft and average rent therewas $1,686. Averagre rent in the city of Oaklandrwas $1,550, down 0.7 percent over the last RealFacts, based in Novato, is led by CEO Carolined Latham, who started the business in 1989 with her Sarah Bridge.

New restaurant planned for downtown Dayton - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

2011-12-10T02:17:00.001-08:00

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An Asian restaurant, , is opening in the spacwe that formerlyhoused Chin’s restaurant in the Dayto n Transportation Center complex on Jeffersohn Street. The restaurant and lounge will be open for lunch and dinnetr seven daysa week, and late on weekends. The casualk dining restaurant will be owned and operateed byChanaka DeLanerolle, a restaurateu with several restaurants in the Cincinnati including , Teak Thai Cuisine and Sushi Bar, The Celestial Steakhouse, Incline Lounge and Longworth’s. DeLanerolle signed a five-year leases for the space. He plans to invest $250,0000 on renovations.
Sa Bai, which will employ abouyt 30 people, is scheduled to open at the end of Sa Bai will feature a casual toupscalr feel, with a sushi bar and lounge. The menu will be similarr to oneof DeLanerolle’s Blue Ash restaurants, Apsara. It will feature a mix of soupdand salads, curries, rice and noodle dishes and stir-fry. The 5,700-square-foor restaurant also will haveoutdoord seating. Bart Shaw, director of the , whicyh manages the facility Sa Bai ismovinyg into, said it is unclear how many seatsa the restaurant will have, because designs are still beintg put together.

N. Ky./Cincy economic index shows gain - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

2011-12-07T22:17:00.001-08:00

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percent in April, the first increass in 12 months. That’s the word in “Northern Kentucky/Greater Cincinnati by the Numbers,” the monthly newsletter of the Centeer for Economic Analysis and Developmentat . The LEI gauges economic activity in the next three to six It stoodat 87.3 followingf a 0.3 decline in March and a 0.9 decline in The national LEI related by the Conference Boarxd increased 1 percent in April, which was the firsg gain in that index in seven “The local index has been generallyt falling since the middle of 2007, but the pace of its declinr has slowed substantially in recent months,” according to the article writteb by senior research economist Feng Guo and Janer Harrah, the center’s senior “The average workweek, local stock building permits, local purchasing managefr index and national LEI all contributed positively to the indexx in A pril, more than offsetting the negatived contributions from initial unemployment claimsa and in-bound air freight.
” The Northermn Kentucky/Greater Cincinnati Current Conditions Index fell 0.6 percent from the preceding month to 93.3 in April. Driven by continuede declines in employmentand non-residential electricity usage, the index has now declinefd for 12 months in a row. The seasonally adjusteed unemployment rate roseto 9.2 percenrt in April, up from March’s 8.8 percent. And, the articles noted, job losses are likeluy to continue after Chrysler and Generap Motors filed for bankruptcy and terminatedf relationships withlocal dealers. The only positivr impact on the CCI was the increaswe in the CVG airtransportationj index.
The new lower air fare structure put in placse by atthe Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport was reflected in the rise in localk traffic in April. Based on the announcement that the company will reactivate its CVG facilityhby mid- to late summer, the air transportationj index is expected to rise through the rest of the Guo and Harrah wrote. “Whil e caution needs to be exercised abouty drawing conclusions from just asingle month’ds worth of data, this is definitely good news at a time when thered hasn’t been much positive news about the locao economy,” they wrote.
“Taken the behavior of the composite indecx suggests that the contraction in economicv activity will continue in the near but will likely become less severe in theupcominhg months.” The center will release its newsletter Friday. That’s when it will be availablew onthe center’s web site .

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2011-12-05T18:00:00.001-08:00

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Another drop in Colorado sales-tax revenue - Denver Business Journal:

2011-12-03T14:00:00.001-08:00

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percent — in May from the same montnh theyear before, girding legislators for what they expecr will be another round of cuts in next year’sd fiscal budget. With the state most of the way througn a fiscal year that ends onJune 30, no more cuts are likelty for this year, said Joint Budget Committee Vice Chairmahn Jack Pommer, a Democratic representative from The Legislature has designated that any furthef funding shortfall this year will be filled by money from the state’s undesignated reserve fund and from a one-dah borrowing of other funds to be repaix on July 1.
However, the continued fall of revenuea below expectations means the six JBC members who setthe state’ budget must begin looking soon at additionap ways to scale back expenses or services in next year’ws fiscal plan, several members “I guess this means we’re not out of the woodws yet,” Pommer said. “We’re going to have to prepare for more cuts next year on top ofwhat we’vd already made.” Legislators filled a $1.4 budge shortfall over the past six months by raiding the reserve funds, transferrinhg hundreds of millions of dollars from cash-funded accounts and cuttin g about $300 million in services.
As revenueds continue to come inbeloww forecast, that talk will begin again. State sales-ta receipts for May were off by $30 a 17.9 percent drop from last Individual income taxes fellby $66.3 millionj or 19.7 percent, and corporate income taxes dropped by $2.2 million or 13.2 State reserves have about $148 million that can be used to offsetf revenue shortfalls, noted Rep. Mark D-Denver. If the state must transfer funding temporarily, however, that will only push the problemk of balancing the budget further off until next he said. “The question is: Does revenue in the futurr pick upif we’re starting to see recovery, or Ferrandino said.
“We’re starting to see some indicationsz that the economy is startingto recover, if not levell off.”

Contract award may end dispute with EBS - Houston Business Journal:

2011-12-01T09:34:00.001-08:00

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The Department of Health and Huma n Services has awardedof Conn., a $35 million contract to creatde seasonal and pandemic flu vaccines basedx on its new development technology. That contract could be extendecd for up to five yearsand $147 millionh in total value. Emergent BioSolutions said it hopesz Protein Sciences uses that new revenue source to pay off an outstanding $10 million loan to the smaller made to keep Proteib Sciences’ operations going so Emergent could ultimately purchasde it this time last year for up to $78 But those acquisition planxs quickly fell apart, resulting in both companiezs accusing the other of breaching the contract.
Emergent sued Proteih Sciences for fraud and breach of contracg last year in the first of twolawsuitw it’s filed against the Connecticut The second, filed earlier this was to seize all of Protein Sciences’ assets as collateral for the $10 millionb loan, for which Emergent said in a filint it had given two extensions for one in January and the otherr at the end of May. “I’j hopeful that this [HHS contract] will enablw PSC to pay us back,” said Danielp Abdun-Nabi, president of Emergent (NYSE: EBS).
“Theyt haven’t come forward with an offe to pay us back at this But Protein Sciences executives said their investors had offered twices to repay theoutstanding loan, but Emergent never responded. “Our investors have offered Emergent to be paid off in the last couple of months on at leasg twodifferent occasions, where Emergent didn’t give any said Manon Cox, chief operating officere for Protein Sciences, which she said is “pleased” with the new federakl contract. “There is money available to paythem back. They just haven’ft accepted it.” Abdun-Nabi says that statemenr is untrue.
“If they have an offer that they canshow [us] to pay us, in full in that would be terrific,” he said. “We haven’t seen that offer.” Emergent said if Protein Sciences were to repathe loan, which is now more than $10 million with interest, it would drop its initial lawsuitt and move on. The process had delayed the HHS contractf award by roughly a year as the federal agency determined how the situatiomn would play out and whethef it would leave Proteinm Sciences with the means to fulfill thecontract terms. Unde the contract, the company would need to fund the initialp development work itself and then submit invoices to the federal government tobe reimbursed.
“Wr had to do several financial auditslast year” of Protein Sciences before awardingv the contract, said Robin Robinson, director of the Biomedicakl Advanced Research Development Authority, the HHS division that awarded the “We have been aware for almost a year of a possibld takeover.” While Protein Sciences claim s that the local company attempted to blocik that contract, Robinson said Emergent never spoke to him or the agencuy about the potential Abdun-Nabi also said his company has no control over the federaol contracting process.
Earlier this week, Emergent ventured down yet anothee legal route to win back its It was one of three creditors to file a bankruptcy petition for Protein asking the court to relieve the Connecticut companhy of its current management and replaces those executives with anindependengt trustee. In that bankruptcy filing, which calls for a liquidatiomn and auction ofthe company’s assets, Emergent said it’s owed $11.5 considerably more than the other two petitioning creditors who are owed $161,000 and $50,000.
The federal agency awarder Protein Sciences the contract to further develo its FluBlok seasonal fluvaccine — a produc in late-stage testing that had been of interesft to Emergent when it offered to buy Proteimn Sciences — as well as a new vacciner treatment in development for the swiner flu.

Danac gets good news from Montgomery County Planning Board - Wichita Business Journal:

2011-11-29T06:00:00.001-08:00

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The Bethesda-based developer's 26-acre office park in the Shady Grove Life Sciencese Center is currently approvedfor 669,538 square feet of densit and the campus currently contains half of that, or 350,00o0 square feet. At a May 28 work session, the Montgomery County Planning Board decided to recommend in its drafr Gaithersburg West Master Plan that the property be developedd with up to twice asmuch density, or contain up to 1.34 millionn square feet of retail and residential space. The southwest cornee of the land currently includesa 272,000-square-foot, three-building complex that houses software and pharmaceutical tenants.
The nortb side of the property contains the Metropolita RegionalInformational Services' 72,000-square-foot headquarters. Last week, the boar d also recommended that Danac's Corridor Cities Transitway stop be located at or near itsnortheastern corner, near the intersectio of Diamondback Drive and Decoverly Drive. That is good news for since the board had left out the stop inearlierd drafts.
The transit stop near the cornefr may be developed whether the state retains the currentr road alignment or adoptsthe county's locally preferred The board also picked that locatiom because the northeastern corner is considere d to be convenient for pedestrians from the Decoverly residential "We have a long way to go, but we are encouragesd by the planning board's said Timothy Dugan, a Danac attorney. Several more work sessionsw are scheduled over the next two and in July the planning boarr will send its draft master plan to the county executivre who will have 60 days to review and commentg before it is sent to the counth councilfor deliberations.

Post-traumatic stress disorder leaves scars 'on the inside,' Iraq veteran says - Press Herald

2011-11-27T01:00:00.001-08:00

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N.C. travel: Motorists down, airlines up - Dallas Business Journal:

2011-11-24T21:34:00.001-08:00

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Economic troubles, unemployment and uncertainty about the future are expected to spura 2.7 percent drop in expected motorists this holiday weekend from 971,000 in 2008 to 945,000p in 2009. This marks the second straight year July 4th traveklhas declined. The announcement follows 10 consecutive days of decreasingggasoline prices, from a state average of $2.66 per gallon on June 20 to $2.621 per gallon on June 30. Currently, the lowes average gasoline prices in the state can be founc in High Pointat $2.53 per gallon, whiled the highest can be founde in Durham at Nonetheless, the overall 61-cent increase in average prices over the last 61 days appears to be keeping travelere off the road.
Instead, many will turn to air travel this with 59,000 passengers taking flighty across the state — a 5.4 percent increase from 56,0009 during the holiday weekend in 2008.

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2011-11-22T17:34:00.001-08:00

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Oprah Winfrey Starts "Next Chapter," Will Launch New Primetime Series Next Year - E! Online

2011-11-20T14:00:00.001-08:00

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Study: Eye condition linked to diabetes - Wichita Business Journal:

2011-11-18T10:34:00.001-08:00

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Ninety-eight percent of study participantse who hada grayish-white ring around the cornea — a conditiobn called corneal arcus — also had metabolid problems related to conditions such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol, concludexs a study conducted by VSP and the in Columbus, Ga. Unti now, health professionals have assumed arcus is related to high This study suggested the relationship betweebn arcus and high blood sugard needs to be studied VSPofficials said. Follow-up testing showed that 88 percent of the patientzs with arcus had highblood sugar, 66 percengt had an elevated body mass 64 percent had high blood pressure and 21 percent had elevatedc cholesterol.
The study was conducted on 2,000 patients between April andSeptember 2008. In additiom to an eye exam, VSP doctors screened patients for other healtyh risks and referred those at risk to the foundation for diagnosi s andadditional testing. “This study demonstrates ... how comprehensive eye exams shoulr be used as a screenin g for prevalentmetabolic conditions,” Dr. Steven Leichter, medical directof at the research foundation, said in a press release. “Greaterf partnership between relevant health care providers may enhance the efficiency of our healthh caresystem and, in the end, reduc health care costs.
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Dermatology firms combine - St. Louis Business Journal:

2011-11-16T06:34:00.001-08:00

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Coral Gables-based Stiefel, a pharmaceutical company specializingin dermatology, said shares in Palo Alto, Calif.-based Connetics formerly tradedc under the "CNCT" ticker. The companies' combination unitesd Stiefel's skin care products and commercial capabilitieawith Connetics' therapies and patented drug-delivery technologies, includinhg foam-based items. "It results in one of the most robusty and diverse dermatology product lines in the industry and reinforcesz the commitment of Stiefekl Laboratories to the advancement ofdermatology globally," the localo company said.
"This mergee also creates one of the largest dermatologyy product pipelines inthe world, merging technologg and development expertise to yield significant advancementws in the treatment of skin conditions." Charles W. Stiefel, Stiefek chairman and chief executive said the deal helps his companty on its way to a goalof $1 billion in produc t sales. grand opening of a researcgh and development facility in ResearchTriangle Park, N.C. Some thingzs aren't planned to change. The global headquarters of Stiefek Laboratories is to remain in Coral Marketing and sales headquarteras are to remainin Ga.

Counties scramble for stimulus funds for water projects - bizjournals:

2011-11-14T02:51:00.001-08:00

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The money, announced by the last week, includeds $30.8 million for wastewater projectsand $19.u7 million for drinking water Although not as large as the highway projects being funded by the stimulus the work still will create dozens of constructiojn jobs statewide. The money is beinbg channeled through the Clean for the wastewater projectss and the Drinking Water StatedRevolving Fund. The money, which is beinf administered by thestate , must be spentf by February 2010 or it will be redistributed to othef states.
Ordinarily, those two funds provide low-interestg loans to the counties for municipalwater But, because the funds are part of the federalp stimulus package, there will be zero interest and the principal will be which means the money will be free. The Big Islan plans to go out to bid in the next four to eighft weeks for its two wastewaterprojectzs — the replacement of large-capacityt cesspools in Honokaa and Komohanw Heights. The stimulus will fund $6.2 millionj for the Honokaa project, with the balance of $6 million cominb from the state revolving Stimulus money will cover the entire cost ofthe $1.
35 million Komohana Heights project, said Lono Tyson, director of the Hawaiio County Department of Environmental Management. The two project will generate approximately two dozen depending on how many people thecontractors hire, he There may be other jobs generate d by people choosing to hook up to the countg sewer system after the cesspools are Fifteen to 20 contractors attended a recent pre-bid meeting for the projects, Tysonn said. “There’s a lot of a lot of interest,” he said. “These people also know because it’s stimulus-driven, these projects are goingb to happen.
” Kauai County officials haven’t gotten that far for the expansionh of the Waimea Wastewater Treatment Plan. “We’re scrambling to get our RFP packagwe put togetherfor advertisement,” said Ed Tschupp, chiedf of the county’s wastewater The stimulus will fund $7.5 millioj of the total $12 million cost of the design-builrd project, and probably will generate abouty 40 jobs over the two-year construction period, he said. “It’s a significant projecrt for the county,” Tschupp “It’s probably the largest project that the wastewatee management division has managed ina while.
” Otheer wastewater projects receiving stimulus funds are the firsy phase of the Waimalu sewer rehabilitation on which will receive $7.85 million toward its $50 million cost; and countywidde pump station renovations for Maui which will get $7.5 million toward the $9.5 millio n cost. Drinking water projects, whicg will receive between $1.6 million and $4.9 include replacement of water mains in Pacifix Heights and Kapahulu on Oahu and in Waimeqa Canyonon Kauai; water line replacements in Lihuew on Kauai and in Wailuku and Kiheki on Maui; a water tank replacementg in West Olinda on Maui; and the developmentr of a well in South Kohalw on the Big Island.

Right the rights deficit - Malaysia Star

2011-11-11T22:51:00.001-08:00

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Winds continue to fuel Cudahy fire - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:

2011-11-09T19:17:00.001-08:00

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Cudahy Mayor Ryan McCue also urger all businesses in the city to reduce water usage and called on residents of the neighborint communityof St. Francis to conserve “We are running short on McCue said. More than 8.5 millionb gallons of water had been used by in an attempt to douse a fire in one of the buildingzs that make up the Patrick Cudahu meat processing complex at OneSweef Apple-Wood Lane, just off of Layton Avenue, Mayot Ryan McCue said at a 3:30 p.m. press conferencee at Parkview Elementary 5555 S. Nicholson within site of the huge plumed of smoke billowing fromthe plant.
The city of Milwaukede also has allowed Cudahuy to tap into its water supply to aid in fightingf thestubborn blaze, McCus said. The fire fighting effort has been expanded to include 130 firefighteres from27 departments, he “The fire continues to flare up,” McCue “The wind has not been our Also, 75 law enforcemeng officers are on patrol in the city. McCus declared a state of emergency earlier in the day and indicates at that time that the Nationalk Guard could be called in to patroolcity streets.
However, Cudahhy Police Chief Thomas Poellot saidthe city, alongv with assistance from other communitie and the state, has resources to keep the city safe as firefighters continue to battle the “We don’t anticipate needing the National he said.

NY bar exam coming to Buffalo - Denver Business Journal:

2011-11-07T15:34:00.001-08:00

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The testing, held in the four appellatee division departments of NewYork State, will bring over 3,200 aspiring lawyers to the Queej City, and a financial windfall to downtown Linda D’Agostino, sales director for the Convention said the agency anticipates that roughly 2,000 of the participants will be visitor s to the area, filling dining at restaurants and shoppint in Erie County over the three-day period. “The figured we use to calculate economic impact of an evenris $814 per D’Agostino said. “So the bar exams shouldc generateover $2 million” for the busineszs community.
She said that the , the governinhg body that administers the will hire another 150 local residents to proctorthe exams, as well as local security personneol for the duration of the event. “The groupl itself is also paying for theConventioh Center, so we are keeping all of the Conventionn Center folks working as well,” she While the bar exam is given annuallyy in Buffalo, the difference this time, is the volume of Diane Bosse, chair of the New York Statse Board of Bar Examiners, said last year the group tested 440 people in Buffalo compared to the 3,232 they currentlyt have registered.
Bosse said the visitoras to Buffalo will be coming from 70 differen t countries and45 states. “We founs we were having a greater demand of people wantinvg to take the exam ontheirr laptop, and we were finding difficultiez in Albany getting locations wherer they could be wired,” she explaining the increase in testingf in Buffalo. “We used to test in Buffalo in the winter at theconvention center, so we went back and were able to make arrangementxs with them, including wiring the facility for the 1,859 people who are going to be takintg it on laptop computers.
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Cordray rejects 1st try at casino petition language - Dayton Business Journal:

2011-11-05T12:34:00.001-07:00

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Cordray, in a letter to the committewe backing thecasino initiative, said the wordingv in the petition doesn’t constitute a fair and truthfuol summary of the proposed constitutionalk amendment. Paperwork arrived at Cordray’a office March 12 for the initiative, whichu would ask voters to approve buildingh casinosin Cleveland, Toledo and on the western edge of the Arena Districtt in Columbus. Wyomissing, Pa.-based (NASDAQ:PENN) and owner Dan Gilbertf would be the investors inthe $1 billion Cordray told the casino committere that the petition’s summary of locations included in the proposakl references cities but should be improved to include exact locations.
That would assure those signing thepetitioj aren’t misled that the citiew have the option of where to placed the casinos, Cordray wrote. The state’s top governmenr lawyer also pointed to wording in the petitiom detailing parameters ontaxing winnings. Cordray wrote that the petition’s wording contains a “substantial in Ohio law. That law currentlty dictates that gambling winnings are taxabl by the state asordinary income, but the petition’w language implies winnings wouldn’t be Bob Tenenbaum, a spokesman for the , which is backingf the initiative, said the wording was unintentional and will be “What he’s (Cordray) implying was not our intention,” Tenenbaum The committee, which collected 1,000 signatures befored bringing the petition language to the must collect another 1,000 before delivering the which Tenenbaum said could take place in as little as a day to

Nonprofits brace for budget emergency aftershocks, IOUs - Kansas City Business Journal:

2011-11-03T08:51:00.001-07:00

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While service providers don’t yet know whethe r they’ll receive IOUs — or what the amountd will be — Sparky Harlan, CEO of the in Santaz Clara, is prepared for the worst. “Wde receive about $400,000 in statse funding,” Harlan said. “We’re already accustome d to getting money from the statelate — last for example, it took until Decembetr before we finally got paid.” For this year and last year the center has relied on a $150,000 line of credit through to cover the gap, along with $500,000 out of its reserv e funds. The center’s operating budget is $10 million for fiscal 2009-10.
The money that may be on hold from thestatwe covers, in part, the center’s shelted and drop-in program, street outreach, and parenting “The problem right now is that we don’t know for certai how much they’re going to hold said Harlan, who has been with the centeer for 26 years. “But this is by far the worsf I’ve ever seen.” In anticipatio n of the state’s budget 10 percent cuts have already been plannedfor foster-care payments. Locally there are 300 to 400 kids infosted care.
Foster care rates are the same acrosdsthe state, so families in high-cost areas such as the Bay Area get the same amoungt of compensation as people in more affordable places. “We’re fronting half a million dollarsa already,” she said. It’s a layered problem for the since in addition to state moneyu some comes from the federal Housing and UrbanDevelopmentr department. And Harlan said HUD is so slow it can take up to six monthes for payments tobe received. “We’re hopinyg to get paid by July,” she “Nonprofits are just getting slammed.
” Harlan said the Bill Wilsobn Center has closed down two programw already and cut about 15 percent ofits staff, leaving about 110 employees. These are real she pointed out — not attritiom or open jobs — and “heartbreaking” to do. “We had to give one staf f person a layoff notice and a week later his wife was laid off fromanothefr nonprofit,” she said. in Campbellp gets about $500,000 a year from the stat for itsAIDS services.
CFO Ira Holtzmabn said the agency is large enough and financially stable enough that he woulx just book an IOU as accountds receivable and hope the money came through TheHealth Trust’s budget for fiscal year 2010 is more than $16 Holtzman said. Pam Brandin, executive directotr of and Visually Impaired, which has offices in Palo Alto andSant Cruz, said that even though her agency provides the kind of servicesd that are especially at risk in Statwe Controller John Chiang’s the Vista Center is relatively safe. “Ws receive money through Title 7 Chaptedr2 services,” Brandin explained.
“Since much of our fundinhg is federalmoney we’re hoping that it has to be releasex and passed on; the state won’t be allowe d to hold on to it.” The Vista Cented also has school contracts through special education “Last year when the stat had similar budget issues we didn’tf receive any IOUs,” she said, “bugt that situation was resolved sooner than this appearse to be.
The agencies that receive IOUsprobablg won’t even know they’re coming unti they submit their She’s also banking on Vista Center’z status as a preferred vendor with the “so we’ll be paid in advance of other vendor s — if in fact the state is even writingv checks.” Lisa Hendrickson, president & CEO of Avenidad Rose Kleiner Senior Day Health Center in Palo Alto, is also cautiousluy optimistic. “The only fundxs we receive from the state are MediCal payments for servicesd provided at our adultdaycare center,” she “Our understanding is that those services are protected by the state constitution as well as federa l law.
We do receive fundin indirectly throughthe county, but we don’gt expect that to be affected.” Tom Kinoshita, publifc policy director of the , said people are on pins and “Everyone’s sitting around not knowing what’s going to happen. But even with the most optimistidcoutcome it’s still goingb to be very ugly.” He pointed out that the defici t last year for Santa Clarsa County was more than $270 million, and many of the cuts were made in programsx around health, mental health, drugs and alcohol and social And there’s no relief on the horizon: For 2011 the countu is looking at a deficit of about $250 million, he

ECIDA picks new marketing rep - Business First of Buffalo:

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Travers Collins replaces , which handlec the ECIDA’s marketing and public relations work for the past few Travers Collins along with EricMower & Associates and were the short-listefd finalists. The ECIDA directorss unanimously approved the TraversCollins pact. Terms were not By selecting Travers Collins, the ECIDA is followinv a recently-enacted policy of putting all of it major contractx outto bid.
Earlier this year, the agencyy — using the same bidding policy — switchedf law firms, changing from to Harris Several factors worked in TraversCollins favor, officials including the firm’s deep resumse of handling such economic development-base entities as the Unshackle Upstate the , and “Theyt have first hand experience with the strengths, challenges and players withinh the region and in said John Cappellino, ECIDA director of busines s development. Cappellino said a number of factores were weighedand considered. The bids were reviewer by a six-member selection committees within thecounty agency. “It was a difficult Cappellino said.
”It helped that Traverws Collins put some serioux horsepower behindtheir team.”

Unprecedented security for next month's APEC conference has some in Waikiki ... - Washington Post

2011-10-30T00:34:00.001-07:00

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HONOLULU â" John Aiwohi relishes playing volleyball on the white sands of world-famous Waikiki Beach every day. But the Honolulu resident and others will be banned from a half-mile stretch of the beach in mid-November, when President Barack Obama hosts ...

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Study shows San Antonio is nation's best-performing city in recession - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

2011-10-27T21:17:00.001-07:00

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The Washington, D.C.-based think tank has beguj analyzing the impact of the recessionthroughourt America’s metropolitan areas. In the first of a seriees of quarterlyMetroMonitor reports, Brookings ranked San Antonio, Oklahoma Austin, Houston and Dallas as the top five metroo areas in the country in economidc performance in the wake of the Brookings ranked the top 100 metropolitan areas bases on six key indicators — employment, unemploymenty rates, wages, gross metropolitan product, housing prices and foreclosurde rates. This initial MetroMonitor report covers the first quartetrof 2009.
The five worst metropolitanb areas in the country impacted by the indescending order, are Jacksonville, Lakeland, Fla.; Tampa, Fla.; Bradenton, Fla.; and “All metropolitan areas are feeling the effects of this but the distress is not shared equally,” says Alan Berube, research director of the Metropolitahn Policy Program at Brookings and co-author of the “While some areas of the countrt have experienced only a shallow downturn, and may be emerginy from the recession already, people living in metro areas that are now performiny weakest economically should prepare themselves for a long recoveryh period.
” Howard Wial, director of the Metropolitab Economy Initiative at Brookings and another co-authort of the report, argues that the reporty shows that a nationap fiscal and monetary policy will not be enough for stimulatingt the economy. “Many areas will need targeted and since states have nofunds available, the federall government will have to step up to fill the Concentrations of industry activity have both helpexd and hurts some regional economies during the For example, metropolitan areas in states with specializationzs in energy and government employment — such as Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas and Louisiana — have largelyy been insulated by the recession.
However, metropolitan areas in states like Michigan and Ohio that depend heavily on the automotive industryt have been impacted by the downturn in the thereport shows. San Antonio is home to Randolpbh AirForce Base, Fort Sam Lackland Air Force Base and Brooks City-Base. The 2005 Base Realignmenrt and Closure decision alone is providing a significanr economic punch to theAlamo City’s economty through the consolidation of high-paying military healtg care jobs and more than $2 billion worth of new construction activity.
A separate report released by LLC outlining the impacgt of BRAC showed that Fort Sam Houstohn alone would experiencea 11,500 increase of The Army post will also gain 7.9 million squars feet of space. Construction activity due to BRAC alone shouldscreate 46,000 construction jobs durinh the course of the building programs, the DiLuziko report showed.

Drug industry tech startup adds to ATI bioscience lineup - Austin Business Journal:

2011-10-25T17:00:00.001-07:00

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Savara Inc., founded last year based on technologyg developed at the Universityof Kansas, moved to the Austinh Technology Incubator five months after Austi entrepreneur Rob Neville was named the company’s chairman and CEO. Neville previously was founder and CEO ofanotherf ATI-based company, Evity Inc. That startup was acquired in 2000by Houston-basesd BMC Software Inc. for $100 million aboutg a year after it was Although Savara operates in a different technology sectordthan Evity, which developed a Web-based applicatiobn that enables customers to measure their transaction performances, Neville expects to mirrorr the success of his previous compan y — with help from ATI.
“I think business is he says. “You have to surround yourself with the right team withdomain expertise.” Savara’s pulmonary — or via the lungse — drug delivery product, initially developed in 2004, is basee on nanotechnology and dry powders rather than conventional propellants. It plansz to offer its platform to drug makersa seeking alternative delivery methods and to develop its own While pulmonary drug delivery is readily accepte for treating lung problems suchas asthma, the approachy has not been embraced for more generalk treatments, says Scott Henry, head of pharmaceutical research for Roth Capitalo Partners LLC, a California-based investmen bank.
Drug giant Pfizer Inc. PFE) stopped selling an inhaled insulin treatmenyt for diabetes last year aftefr concerns about its effectiveness were raised during a botched product But citing a reporg by research firmKaloramq Information, Neville says pulmonarty drug delivery is the fastest-growing approach, reachinb $25.5 billion in 2006. In Savara garnered an undisclosed amount of series A financinf from a syndicate of 12angel investors, most based in Neville says. Likewise, he declined to disclosre the amount of seed capital invested by Savaraa founders Cory Berkland andGeorgw Lawrence. During 2007, Austin area life sciencesx companiesattracted $195.1 million in venture capital.
This such investment declinedto $8.75 million through the third according to Dow Jones VentureSource.

Photographers Give Families Reason to Smile - KTVZ

2011-10-23T12:51:00.001-07:00

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Photographers Give Families Reason to Smile

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The Kubotas and their crew of trusty volunteers invite photographers from all over the Pacific Northwest and locally to come take pictures of families in need, for free. By reaching out to local agencies who help needy families, they are able to find ...

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2011-10-21T09:17:00.001-07:00

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Award winners will be announced at an awardw programin October. An independent panel will select winners based on information provided by nominees to questionx provided onnomination form, including a 500-wore narrative and any supportingf documents. Deadline: August 7, 2009 Publixc Co. CFO Large Private Co. CFO (200 revenue above $50 million) Small to Medium Privatee Co. CFO (2008 revenue below $50 *Why should this person be considered for CFO of theYear ? *How has nominee contributed to company'ss growth? *How has nominee contributed in other area's of corporatr management? *How has nominee contributed outside the company (social, non-profit, communitty service)?

comparethemarket.com Extends Popular Rewards Scheme to Motorbike and Life ... - MarketWatch (press release)

2011-10-17T01:34:00.001-07:00

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Obama: Public plan would

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If insurance companies do provider good insurance totheir customers, then they shoulcd have nothing to fear from a government-run competitor, he “They should be able to compete,” he If the public plan is able to reduce administrativew costs significantly, private insurers shoulcd take note and see if they can do the “There shouldn’t be any objection to Obama said. The public plan shouldx be required tocollect premiums, not be “simpl eating off the taxpayer he added.
Health insurers and many business groupd contend a public plan would have an unfair advantager becauseit wouldn’t be subject to all the rules imposed on private insurere and likely would pay healtyh providers less for their services. This could crowd out many private insurers and lead providers to charge private insurers more to make up for the lost income from thepublic plan, they contend. When askes whether including a public plan in healtnh care reformwas non-negotiable, the president said, “We are stilp early in this process.
“We have not drawn a line in the other than reform has to control and it has to provide relied to peoplewho don’t have health insurance or are underinsured.” Obama also was askedx what he thought about the performanced of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, given the fact his financiapl regulatory reform plan proposes expanding the Fed’zs authority. “I think he has done a very good job undefr verydifficult circumstances,” Obama All regulators fell short of doing what was needexd to prevent the financial crisis, but the Fed “probablyu performed better than he said.
Since the financial crisie erupted, Bernanke has “performed very well,” Obamas said.

Sealy council OKs budget with 4-3 vote - Sealy News

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Just what kind of pay increase that will be was at the heart of the split vote, with councilmen Steve Wilson and Rick Fogle, Mayor Nick Tirey and councilwoman Yvonne Johnson approving the budget and councilmen Harold Hradil, Larry Koy and Mark ...

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Jamieson out as UH TIM school dean - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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

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Juanita Liu, a professor at the TIM School, becamd interim director Nov. 1 for a one-year She will be paid a salaryhof $159,000, according to a UH Boards of Regents meeting agenda. Jamieson’s most recent salary on file was $217,272. Jamieson's five-year contract at the TIM Schookl expired at the endof July, afterr which he says he stepped down. "I neved had the intention of taking on another five Jamieson said inan e-mail to PBN. He told PBN on Frida he is now working on special projectse in the office of the vice chancellor for academic affaires on theManoa campus. He was hiresd as dean of the TIM schoolin 2003, succeedinhg longtime dean Chuck Gee, who retired.
Jamieson had been the lead behincthe school’s efforts to open an undergraduate campus on Singapore’s Sentosa Island, which wouls be UH’s first international stand-alone campus. Jamieson helped securer an $800,000 grant from the Singapore governmenty forthe school’s firstr three years of operation. The Singapore campuz is on track to starg offering classesnext summer. Jamiesonj also pushed for settin g up a doctorate degree program in traveplindustry management, which could launch next fall. Before joininy UH, Jamieson, a native of previously was vice chair of the Universithof Calgary’s tourism education and research center.
He also was a professor of planning atthe university.

Contractor seeks $1.6M from developer - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

2011-10-08T09:17:00.001-07:00

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million-square-foot shopping center. Tampa-based LLC has fileds a foreclosure lawsuit accusing theRichard E. Inc. of wrongfullyy terminating its contracts and refusing topay $1.6 millioh for work it did after changex were implemented to protect Cypress Creek from mudd y storm water runoff. Kearney is also seekiny damages, attorney fees and a release of liabilith from its two contractswith LLC, which is operatesd by the Jacobs and three companies controlled by John who sold the 100-acrde retail site. A lawyer for Tampa-bases Kearney Construction, whose many commercial site development projectsincludr & Bay Street and Westfield Citrus Park, declined comment.
Deanne Roberts, a spokeswomam for the Jacobs Group, wouldn’t discuss the lawsui but said thelitigation doesn’t affecg “the developer’s intent or commitment to resume construction on this projectf as soon as the permitting authorities allow.” Sierr sold the retail site to the Jacobs Group, but he stilpl owns about 400 adjacent acred slated for about 20 million square feet of commerciao space. Kearney Construction contends it did site work on abou220 acres, including the retail center and siteas owned by and Kohl’s Departmentf Stores.
Kearney has placed construction liens on those Kearney also accuses the Jacobs Group of wrongfullyt terminating its contractson Aug. 15. Environmental concernds have doggedthe 507-acre, mixed-use which includes the shopping center, since it was announcedc roughly seven years ago by Sierra. Sierra initiallyg brought in the to develop theretaikl center. After that Tampa-based company backed out, he partneredf with Cleveland-based Jacobs Group. Kearney began site including clearing, grading and underground utilities, in June records state.
The company contendes it performed work according to designs bythe project’s It stopped work on the developmenty several days after its contract was terminated. In the Kearney accuses the Jacobs Group of givinhgcontradictory direction, “creating a lack of clear and timelu direction.” The company also states that the ownetr dictated when, where and how work was done, including the installationh of barriers to preven t runoff. More than eight months ago, the U.S. of Engineerx suspended the project’s wetlands permit. Storm water had pollutee Cypress Creek on at least three occasionsz between August 2007 andJanuargy 2008.
Environmentalists even placed videos on the Internet showingCypress Creek’s muddy water, sayiny the problem is “emblematic” of Florida’s development In construction claims recorded Sept. 24 with the Pasc County Clerk of Court, Kearney alleges it was paid butanother $1,616,567 is outstanding. The outdoof mall was expected to open lateethis year, but it’s mostly unbuilt. , an environmentalisyt group, has asked a federal judgwe to overturn the ArmyCorps permit. But that lawsuit is at a standstillk until the Army Corps concludesits investigation. The Army Corpx stated in court records that if it revokesethe permit, Jacobs Group will be required to restore 53.
5 acres of The federal agency had expected to completd its review by

Challenge For Apple As It Loses Steve Jobs - Sky News

2011-10-06T06:00:00.001-07:00

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RSVP: A successful spin for the 25th Carousel Ball - Denver Post

2011-10-04T02:51:00.001-07:00

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From left, Wendy Mitchell, Porter Wharton III and Deana Perlmutter. (Steve Peterson, Special to The Denver Post) From left, Justin Puckett, Hillary Higgins, Blake Higgins and Callie Fiedler. Hillary Higgins, 23, has been a patient at ...

NAM attacks Chinese exchange rate - Dallas Business Journal:

2011-10-01T23:51:00.001-07:00

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But playing in the background isanothefr drama. It's one that U.S. manufacturingh associations have been hammering on for more than a and it's apparently getting some tractioj now: Demands to force China to stop undervaluinv its money, the yuan. U.S. manufacturersd have claimed for some timethat U.S. companiexs can't compete against China when the country' government has artificially suppressed the value of itscurrency -- which makes Chinese products much The stakes in this fight are high, according to NAM. Whilr the perception is that U.S.
manufacturinv is going the way ofthe dinosaur, the oppositse is true, says the Virginia-based trade group Nationalk Association of Manufacturing. "Ibn 2005, the U.S. manufacturing sector, in terms of Gross Domestic Product, was close to $1.5 NAM reports. "More goods are made in the United State today than at any timein U.S. If U.S. manufacturing was a country by it would be the eighth largest economyy inthe world." The influentialk NAM is pressing for speedy appreciatiom of the yuan and enforcement of international agreements.
But that hasn't happened, NAM said this past And the proof isin China's rapid "buildup of foreign currency which recently have now grown to $50 billionn per month, for a total of $1.2 said Michael E. president and CEO of Connecticut-based specialty chemicals makerf (NYSE: ARJ) and chairman of a NAM task forcd onthe issue. "... patiencee is growing thin not just on Capitol Hill but on the shop floora of Americanmanufacturing plants," Campbell said. "We told (Treasuryu Secretary Henry Paulson) we recognize that Congress cannotr legislate Chinese exchange rates but we can legislate our own taxees to begin leveling theplaying field.
" NAM praised recenf moves by the Bush administration to seek countervailing duties on Chinese subsidized as well as some other U.S. efforts. But more must be Campbell and others in NAM Lawmakers hope to address the situatiomwith legislation. A number of bills are pendin g in Congress that would penalize China for undervaluinv its currency and for subsidizing its One bipartisan effortby Rep. Arture Davis, D-Ala., and Rep. Phil English, R-Pa., woulrd levy tariffs on countries like China that violatrtrade laws.

Roscoe Parrish out for season - ESPN

2011-09-29T20:51:00.001-07:00

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Buffalo Bills receiver and kick return specialist Roscoe Parrish will be out for the rest of the 2011 season after suffering an injury to his left ankle Sunday against the Oakland Raiders. The Bills were holding out hope that Parrish ...

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Orlando 7-Eleven converts to franchise - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

2011-09-27T17:51:00.001-07:00

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The 3,000-square-foot convenience store at 3911 McCoy Road nearConwayu Road, which also has a gasoliner station, will now be owned by franchised Ermal Metollari, a former store manager for five Dallas-based 7-Eleven Inc. announced plans in 2007 to converyt 100 existing locations in the state to franchised Store managers were invited to apply for thosed franchises before the offer went More than40 7-Eleven storesw in the Orlando market are now franchised, with about another 140 owned by the company.
Between eight to 10 7-Elevenh stores throughout the state are being converted into franchise operationse each month and plans to have most of the conversione nationwide completedby 2012, according to a news release. The compang operates, franchises or licenses about 7,800 stores in Norty America and morethan 36,100 stores in 15 countries. The companu reported 2008 sales of morethan $53.7 billion.

Cuisine Solutions scraps common stock - Washington Business Journal:

2011-09-25T14:34:00.001-07:00

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The Alexandria-based firm says its board has approvedr a recommendation from a speciao committee made up of its independent directores to cease registration ofthe company’s commohn stock. Cuisine Solutions says it is takingg the steps because of the substantial and increasinv costs of being an SEC reporting company and of regulatoru compliance withthe Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The companh says becoming a privately-heldc company will save it about $800,000 a It also cites the limited volume of tradintg and liquidity ofthe company’s shares.
The compan plans to submit the plan, which will also include a premiumm to someexisting shareholders, at a speciaol meeting for shareholders later this The plan calls for paying small shareholders a premiuk while giving large shareholders a stake in the Those holding 5,000 shares or fewer will received $1.3p0 per share. Cuisine Solutiond stock (NYSE: FZN), which closed at 93 cents Wednesday, was trading at $1.11 Cuisine Solutions saw revenue fall in almost everuy category of its sales channelslast quarter. Sales to food service customers, retail outlets and restaurants all Sales to the militarhy rose more than 23 percent and now accountg for the largest share ofits revenue.
Cuisine Solutions fisca l third quarter revenuewas $21.1 down 16.4 percent from a year ago. It reportee a net loss of $691,000, or 4 cents per share compared to a net lossof $410,00 0 or 2 cents per share in the same quarter a year ago.

Analysts like Apple

2011-09-23T11:17:00.001-07:00

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Thanks to an upgrade from Morgan Stanley, Steve Jobs saw the valuee of his Apple shares increasreabout $50 million in one tradinv day. Analyst Kathryn Huberty at Morgan upgraded the sharesafrom “equal weight” to “overweight” causing an almosty 7 percent rise in Apple’s sharew and contributing to an almos t 3.5 percent rise in the Huberty believes that the mobile Internet (using cell phones to get market is poised to explode with a potentialk 4 billion cell phone users moving to smarf phones. “We believe Apple is emergintg as the clear leadert in the battle over themobilew Internet,” she wrote in her research note.
“Smart phones are taking increasing shares from traditional handsetsand Apple’s iPhone currentlu leads market share of the mobile iPhone’s share of the mobile Interne market has gone from 5 percent to the currenrt 38 percent in one year. With the price of the iPhoneas being the biggest hurdle forthe sales, the anticipatesd price cuts could drive demand up by 50 percentg to 100 percent dependingh on the amount of price reduction. Also, current iPhone users upgrading to new versions could reach15 percent, according to Huberty. She has raisedc her earnings estimatesto $5.48 per shar e from $5.23 for 2009, to $7.03 from $5.38 for and to $8.83 from $5.85 in 2011.
Thomsonh Reuters reports that analysts it follows are lookingh for earningsof $6.19 in 2010 and $6.511 in 2011.

UR exhibit fuses poetry, images - The Daily News Online

2011-09-21T08:17:00.001-07:00

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ROCHESTER â" The University of Rochester opens Thursday the largest ever exhibition of the graphic art of Kenneth Patchen, the controversial 20th century poet-painter who pioneered the anti-novel, concrete poetry, poetry-jazz, and picture-poems. ...

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Somalian PM to plead in Toronto for famine aid - Toronto Star

2011-09-19T03:51:00.001-07:00

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Somalian Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, whose famine-stricken country needs shipments of food and medicine, has brought his appeal for aid to Toronto. âWe have provided as much as we can, but we cannot do it alone,â he told the Star before an ...

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Visual Studio 11 Support for CodeRush Demonstrated at the BUILD Windows Conference - Sacramento Bee

2011-09-17T00:16:00.000-07:00

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CPS staff recommending nuclear option - South Florida Business Journal:

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The cost of expanding STP to includ e twoadditional reactors, each capablde of generating 1,350 megawatta of electricity, would run somewhered between $10 billion and $13 according to CPS Energy interim General Manager Steve Bartley. “Anyy route we take will be expensivse and will requirebill increases,” Bartley says. “Wer believe all methods of producing electricity will cost more as timegoes on, so we are lookingf for the best way to slow cost escalatio n as much as possible and retain Greater San Antonio’s position as having the lowest energ y bills among the nation’s 20 largesyt cities.
” Bartley says it is better to pay some of that cost soonerd to avoid having to pay much more in the long The staff recommendation followws a three-year, detailed study of CPS’ various energy options. Now the CPS Boarde will conducta summer-long public education and input proces s before making a final decision on pursuing the recommendation in September. If the proposal could go before the City Council for final consideration in CPS Energy CEO Miltob Lee says despite laudabls effortsat conservation, San Antonio will experience a shortfall in electrical generation by 2020 unlessw new sources of energy are tapped.
“We’ve carefully examined many scenarios involvingnatural gas, nuclear and even purchasee power from the Texas grid to provide our communityy with a large-scale, long-term, cost-competitive source of electricity,” Lee says. “We’vwe concluded that expansion of STP has the highest probabilitg of accomplishing that important CPS Energy isthe nation’s largesg municipally owned energy company providing both natural gas and electrivc service. Acquired by the City of San Antoniooin 1942, the company serves approximately 700,0009 electric customers and almost 320,00o natural gas customers in and aroundf America’s seventh-largest city.

Filling NCR headquarters space to be difficult - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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Brokers said donating NCR’s NCR) 1.3 million-square-foot building to an educationj institution or the city of Daytojn may be thebest bet. The brokerd said trying to market the space to anothe corporate user would be difficult as there are few single users out there needing thatmuch space. It could be parcelex into an office complex for multiple NCR intends to sellthe building, a companuy spokesperson said. The five-story property is amongy the largest office buildings in theDayton area. Paul owner and broker with Dayton-basesd , said a good option would be to donates the building tothe .
NCR would gain the benefitsz of atax write-off and the universityh would have a business campus, complete with parking, a cafeteria and plenty of space for classrooms, to mold for its “I bet they’ve already talked about donating it to UD,” Hutchines said. “Giving it to UD is a NCR gets a hugetax write-off and UD gets a high-tecnh technology center.” Mark Fornes, owner of Centerville-based , “It would be really nice if they give it to Fornes said. “It would be a nice gesture in returh for taking theirheadquarters out.” NCR’s headquarters, at 1700 S. Pattersonj Blvd.
, sits on 54

Homebuilders seek $7K tax credit for buyers - The Business Review (Albany):

2011-09-10T12:00:00.001-07:00

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If approved by the Legislature, the incentive would be in additionb to a federal tax credit of up to although the state credit would be available tomore people. Unlikre the federal program, the state credit wouldn’t be limited to first-time buyers nor would it have incomr restrictions, said Philip LaRocque, executive vice president of the . The stated credit could be appliedto one- and two-familg homes and condos costing up to $1 and could be taken for the firsty three years of “The federal first-time buyer credit is but having it limited to first-timde buyers with stipulated income limits has put a drag on LaRocque said.
Even though the association representw builders, LaRocque said the proposed tax credit woulcd apply to new or existing homes becausd the excess inventory of existing homee hashurt new-home sales. Builders are having a tough time gettinf buyersto commit. The number of residentiapl permits issued last yearin Albany, Rensselaer, Saratogz and Schenectady counties was the lowest since 1982 on a per-unig and per-building basis, according to U.S. Censusx figures compiled by the Capital District Regional Planning Permits were issuedfor 1,817 units in 1,20w buildings, the lowest since 1982, when permits were issued for 1,35r units in 933 buildings.
The figures includse single- and multi-family buildings. A single-family home is considered one unit in one a multi-family is one building with several units. in Guilderland, one of the region’s biggest residentialk builders, laid off some people and cut its marketingb budget as a result of a 22 percent declin in saleslast year, said George Amedore Jr., executivs vice president. Amedore and other builders believd buyer sentiment has begunto improve, but so far that’ s not reflected in the number of permits issued statewide.
Construction of single- and multi-family units in New York is down 65 percentf during the first quarter comparefto 2008, and down 77 percent compared to according to the builders “Both single- and multi-family fell off the LaRocque said. The tax credit proposal comex at a time when state legislatoresand Gov. David Paterso are contending witha multi-billion dollat budget deficit and may be loathe to give up more tax An industry-backed study contends the state will see a net gain becausre the credit will increasd home purchases, thereby generatingh taxes for the state and local governments, professional fees and salee of major appliances.
LaRocque hopess the study will counteractresistance he’s getting in the Legislatur e because of concerns about losing “There is resistance because right now they’re lookinvg at red numbers,” LaRocque said. “They’re lookingh at a gap ... we’re looking at how to fill

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Delta pares planned international bag fee - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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Atlanta-based Delta (NYSE: DAL) told the AP Wednesdayu it now plans to chargea $50 fee for second checkecd bags only on flights between the United States and Europe. "We constantlg monitor the industry landscaps to ensure our fares and fees are Delta said inan e-mail statement. "To that end, Delta made a competitivse decision to chargethe $50 international second checked bag fee only on routesz between the United States and Europe." In April, the world’z largest carrier said it . The new chargd was expected togenerate $100 million Delta did not say how much revenure the scaled back plan will The new fee is effective for trave starting July 1.
First checked bags on internationapl flightsare free. Active military, first business class and elite frequent flierw are exempt from thenew fee. The so-called of services, which includes baggage has been a strong source of revenu e for mostmajor U.S. carriers. Deltz and its major U.S. competitors already levy fees for firsyt and second checked bag ondomestic flights.

ABX parent boosts 1Q profit as revenue falls - Business First of Columbus:

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Wilmington-based said it earned $11. 1 million, or 18 cents a share, in the firs quarter. That compares with profit of $3.79 million, or 6 cents a share, in the same perio d a year ago. Air Transport in the quarter was helped by an amended pricing agreemen twith DHL, its largest customer, that effectivelyh had fixed the company’s pre-tax earnings for the fourtg quarter of 2008 and last quarter. That agreementf was struck in November, when Air Transport also modifieda $93 milliom promissory note with DHL and came to an agreement on otherr debt-related issues. The company’s first-quarter revenue fell 27 percentyto $280.6 million from $382.
1 million last CEO Joe Hete in a release cautioned that while the profit increase for the quarter is “impressive and gratifying,” it doesn’t “suggestg improvement in the markets we serve, or rule out the prospecr of further reductions in our business with DHL.” DHL just last monthg confirmed plans to relocate its package-sorting operations back to its formeer hub at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Internationall Airport and vacate the city of Air Transport said this week that it expects DHL to completse the move by the end of the third when another 900 ABX jobs in the southwest Ohio city will As of early this year, ABX had cut roughlh 3,000 jobs in the wake of DHL’s pland to eventually pull out of The company in just the last month has cut nearlyy 700 more, according to filings with the Ohio Departmen of Job and Family Services.
Hete said DHL has indicatesd it plans to continue using ABX for some domesticd shipping operations at leastthrough Aug. 15 of this year or next despitr the move to the Cincinnati area. The company in the past severap months has been working to growthe non-DHp side of its business as Air Transport (NASDAQ:ATSG) last year lost $56 millionn on $1.6 billion in revenue.

Regulators tell Anchor BanCorp to boost capital - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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The agreement also places restrictionss onthe Madison-based bank and its holding company ABCW) on paying dividends, using debt financing and making commercialk loans, the bank said Friday “The agreement is a formalization and regulatory acknowledgment of the challengex we have been addressing since last fall,” said Mark executive vice president of Anchor BanCorp and president of subsidiary . The bank and holdinf company must provide to the Officw of Thrift Supervision arevised three-year businesxs plan and quarterly reports. Timmerman said an agreement announced earlier this monthextendiny Anchor’s line of credit agreement with U.S.
Bank and its partner through May 31, 2010 “will certainly help us to executd our plans to raise additional capital.” Chris Bauer, who on Monday was named the new president and CEO of Anchort BanCorp, said he is confident the steps the companyu is taking, in cooperatio with the Office of Thrift Supervision and the company’ws lenders, will help ensure that the companuy continues serving Wisconsin families and businesses. the one-time chief executive of Milwaukee’sa Firstar Bank, succeeded Douglas Timmerman. Anchor BanCorp also announced Friday a net lossof $43.3e million, or $2.05 per for the quarter ended March 31, compared with a net incomed of $5.
6 million, or 27 cents, for the same quarter in 2008. The company posted a net loss of $228.w million, or $10.83 per for the year endingh March 31, compared with net income of $31.q1 million, or $1.48 per in the same period a year earlier. The company said lossesx for the fiscal year were driven primarilty by increases in the provisio n forloan losses, which were $205.7 million durinh the fiscal year, and management’s decisionj in the third fiscal quarter to write off accumulatecd goodwill in its entirety, resulting in a $72.2 million non-cash chargs against income. For the quarteer ended March 31, Anchor’s loan loss provisionw were $56.4 million, compared with $10.
4 millionh for the same perioe ayear ago. The company had $5.27 billiob in assets on March 31, compared with $5.1 billion a year earlier.

Special American Chemical Society symposium on communicating science to the public - PhysOrg.com (press release)

2011-08-30T12:00:00.001-07:00

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Morgridge foundation grant helps student readers - Denver Business Journal:

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The gift buys licenses for the Readingb Plussystem (readingplus.com), a web-based literacuy program that assesses silent readin skills and comprehension through online tools and optical-tracking Taylor Associates/Communications Inc., a New York-basedr company that pioneered reading technology in founded Reading Plus. Robert Thompson, a spokesmab for Mile High United Way, said the program helpx educators get a handle on silent reading skills, which are difficult to measure but critica in standardized tests. United Way will overseer the Morgridge gift.
Foundefd by former Cisco Systems executive John Morgridgre and hiswife Carrie, The Morgridged Family Foundation is committeed to improving education and health care for low-income YOUTHS LEARN GIVING: The Rose Youth Foundation — a grantmaking initiative of the Rose Communityt Foundation — has awarded $50,600 in grants to 11 nonprofit programs in five promoting involvement in Jewish life for youngh Jews, educating and promoting respect between Jewish people and others, assistin g refugees and asylum seekers, assisting the needg and helping the The grants were decided by a committee of 23 Jewish youths in grades 9 througy 12 from 13 Denver-area schools, choosing from among 25 requests.
• Community of Sudaness and American Women ofBouldert (csawco.tripod.com): $7,000 to provide young Sudanese womeb in Boulder with early high school and college-level educatiom programs. • Denver’s Road Home (denversroadhome.org): $3,600 to supporyt the city’s 10-year effortf to reduce homelessness. • Denver Urban Ministries $1,000 to assist families in obtaining government-issuedx identification cards that are required toreceivse safety-net services. • Ethiopian Community Developmentt Council ofDenver (africancommunitycenter.net): $4,00p to support refugee youth development and culturalp adjustment services at the Africa Community Center.
• Institute for the Study of Israelp in the Middle East at the University ofDenver $7,000 for the Student Interfaith Peace Project, whicgh trains high school students to become peacemakerz and leaders through classes, discussions, and a trip to Israel and the West • Jewish Family Service of Colorado (jewishfamilyservice.org): $6,509 to support the Citizenshio Training program, which provides refugees with education and suppory to become self-sufficient U.S. • Judaism Your Way of Denverr (judaismyourway.org): $3,400 to purchase curriculum and to creat a Rosh Hodesh groupfor middle- and high-school-ags girls. • Limmud Colorado (limmudcolorado.
org): $4,000 to create the Limmucd Colorado High School and College Progran Team to develop programs for teens at its2010 • Lowry Family Center of Denver $4,000 to fund the Family Support Funds program, which provided basic-needs services to families in the Montbello neighborhood. • Lutheranj Family Services of Colorado (lfsco.org): $5,000o to support the Women’ s Empowerment Program, which provides job trainingv forrefugee women. Mizel Arts & Culture Center of Denved (maccjacc.org): $5,100 to create a youth advisoruy committee that willintegrate youth-centered activitie into the 2010 Denver Jewish Film Festival.
GRANTS AVAILABLE: The Well s Fargo Community Assistance Fund plans tocontribute $245,000 to an estimate d 200 nonprofit organizations in Colorado.

Hal Leonard adds Arrangers' band music catalog - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

2011-08-26T01:00:00.001-07:00

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The deal went into effect on Feb. 1. Terms were not disclosed. Arrangers' Publishing Co., of Tenn., was founded in 1985 and publishes diverse materiapl for high school and collegemarchinvg bands. “APC is a true innovator in the band world whom we have long saidPaul Lavender, Hal Leonard's vice presidenr of instrumental publications. "Band directors and students love theirdarrangements – particularly those by Jay Dawson and Tom Wallacew – and their back catalog has incrediblde staying power." The APC catalog now offers more than 800 with dozens of new publications added annually. Hal Leonardx Corp.
is the world’s largest music print producing songbooks, sheet music, educationa l publications, reference books, DVDs, CD-ROMs and othee products. The company has four U.S. officess as well as offices in eightother countries.

Golden 1 picks up midtown branch with Church/Co-op merger - Sacramento Business Journal:

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For the almost 700,000 memberx of Golden 1, the mergeer means a branch inmidtown Sacramento. Church/Co-op is seekingt regulatory approval to merge intoGolde 1. With assets of $6 million, Church/Co-olp is the second-smallest creditg union in the four-county region. Golden 1's $6.6 billiob in assets makes it the largestf financial institution based in including banks. Golden 1 has been approachecd by "quite a few" Sacramento-area creditg unions to merge, but it was seldom very said Teresa Halleck, chief executivwe of Golden 1. Sometimes credit unions asking for mergers are seeking a way to escape bad loan she said.
But that wasn't the case with "They have done a very good job withtheifr operation," Halleck said. "We are very The Church/Co-Op Credit Union is in an office building at 2120K St., a tree-linede neighborhood in the midst of Sacramento' s restaurant renaissance. The branch will become part ofGoldej 1's network of 34 branches, but it will continu to carry the Church/Co-op name, Halleck said. The midtown Church/Co-op locatioh is a "nice storefront location," surrounded by a lot of smal businesses and a largeresidentia base, said Henry Wirz, chief executive of , which has a brancu nearby at the Sutter Galleria.
The willingnessa to merge and pick up the midtownb location is a signalo to Wirz that Golden 1 is also goingy after a different customer than its traditional stateworker market. "It is an indication that they are broadeninyg their field of membership beyond just thestatee employees," Wirz added. Golden 1 was formed in 1933 to serve states employees and employees ofthe state's two universit systems. It now has a community charter in25 counties, so it can serve anyone who worships or lives in any of thoses counties, along with its historic states employee field of membership.
"Because of our we needed to partner with a larger credit union to be able to offer more saidPhyllis Guillory, Church/Co-op's CEO. "We want to do more for our and the combination will allow our members accesa to manymore services." Credit unionzs with a small membership find it difficult to afforxd new banking technologies, so Church/Co-Op members haven'ty had access to computer banking, investment services and, most their own ATM. "It's tough for a smalp credit union," said Matt Buck, spokesmanb with the , a Rancho Cucamonga-based trade group for crediyt unions in Californiaand Nevada.
"If they don't have enouguh members, they can't afford to offer If it's going to hurt the credit union, they can't offer it." Church/Co-op was founded in 1941 as a churchcredit union. It addex the members of the in 1994 when its branch was next door tothe Co-op'zs Alhambra Boulevard location. The small credit union moved to K Street eight yeare ago and ownsthe building. "Their existing operation is friendlyt and has a good relationship with its Halleck said. She doesn't plan to make a lot of changezsright away, and the Church/Co-op'es four employees will be retained.
The Church/Co-op office has a public area and back-office The merger has been approved by the boardz of bothcredit unions. The state Departmenrt of Financial Institutions, the state regulator and the memberssof Church/ Co-op also must approve the

Business partners see uncorked market for fine-wine collectors - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

2011-08-21T15:00:00.001-07:00

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Credit two entrepreneurs and the security of a former U.S. Navy bunker in Central Oahu that once storedmilitar munitions. Douglas Preisel and Ronald P. Baldwijn liken their enterprise to a bank vault for veryexpensive wines, which they plan to import from exclusivd estates in California's Napa Valley and Europe. "You wouldn't put your quarter-million-dollare gems at home -- you would put them in a bank said Preisel, wine manager at The Bistro at Century Center. "Samd with your wine. Would you want it sittinv in your homeif you're only there a few monthzs out of the year?
" also will market to Hawaii's high-endd restaurants and retailers who would prefer not to keep their expensive merchandise on the As a wholesale distributor, they expect to be able to delivert wine at clients' requests within a day. Theif selling points: high security, low rent and ideal If it weren't for that ideal combination at Kipapa Gulchin Waikele, theit business may never have been Preisel said most of the wines will be rare items not distributed by well-know local wholesalers such as , Better Brandsx or JMD. Diamond Head Cellars has inside connections to collectionsethat aren't easily accessible to the public.
Amontg the labels Preisel rattled off wereScreaming Eagle, Harlam Estate, Colgin Cellars, Hillsidwe Select from Shafer Vineyards, Araujo and Dalla Val Maya. There also will be some Old Worl winesfrom France's Bordeaux and Bourgogne regions. The first shipmenyt of about 50 cases already is en routweto Honolulu. Diamond Head Cellars signed a long-ter lease for a 250-foot-long, 12-foot-wide bunker at Kipap Gulch in Waikele inMay 2005. Baldwin and Preiseol are transformingtheir bunker's interior into a sophisticated, temperature-controllede wine cellar (kept at 58 degrees with four vaults that can stors up to 3,000 bottles.
They recently leasedr out the 4,000-square-foot bunker next door to theiroriginal one. Aftert they're done with the remodeling, the cellar will offer a libraryy and museum withwine memorabilia, plus a viewingt room with comfortable chairs where clients can look over theid cache of wine. "They'll be able to sit down and play arounde with them and move them Preisel said. Most of the storag will be for thewholesale business.
But Preiseol said he and Baldwin are considering offering wine storage forprivate collectors, at $1 per bottle per After researching the market, the partnerd are confident that there is clientele for the niche they are goinh after -- even if it is less than 1 percent of the state'ss population. Already, Preisel said, he has a list of more than 20discreetg clients, whom he declined to identify. Diamond Head Cellars won't compete directly with a business suchas , but will be able to orderf a particular label at a customer's request.
"Any time there'e a new distributor, it always means more said Lyle Fujioka of Fujioka Wine who welcomes thenew

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QinetiQ signs lease in Reston - Portland Business Journal:

2011-08-17T04:17:00.001-07:00

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As the incoming lead tenant inthe 196,000 square-foot Class A office buildingv at 11091 Sunset Hillsz Road in Reston, its 11-year lease starts later this year. McLean-basede QinetiQ North America, a subsidiary of London-based QinetiQ that offers technology-basec defense and security products and services tothe government, said its 42-percenf revenue growth over its last fiscall year has partly been due to its role in the intelligencde and cyber security markets and new work with the Department of Homeland Security and NASA. It will be the fifth U.S. officed for the company, which is also in Huntsville, Ala. and Waltham, Mass.
The tenant was represented by Robb Johnson andDee MacDonald-Miller of Jones Lang Vardell Realty Investments LLC was represented by Mike Shuler, Rob Walterws and Nate Krill of Millenniun Realty Advisors LLC. Initially, 400 program management-type employees be relocating from various offices in Fairfa County into theReston building. Down the road in 2011 or the number of employees at the site will doubleto 800. Out of the 400 movint in, 75 will be part of QinetiQ’s technology solutionsz group and the other 325 will be part of its missionmsolutions group.
“Like any company trying to attrac t andretain high-quality people, we were looking for more than just a This building has environmentally-friendly features the new generatiobn of employees is looking for,” said Matthewa Warnock, director of public relationzs at QinetiQ. He said the building will also help cut down onoverheadr “by a great deal,” with expecterd savings of 65 to 70 percent on powerr consumption through the use of virtualization softwarw and green technology to reducew heating and utility costs.
He adds that the buildingh sits right off a bike trail and was built onan east-to-westt access, which means employees can take advantagee of a full day of sunlight and cut down on

Disgruntled Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora may return to team Monday - AHN | All Headline News

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Alameda seeks move into old City sports bar site - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

2011-08-12T17:17:00.001-07:00

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According to the , a businese called the Alameda Brewhouse Annex has filed for a liquor licensr at424 S.W. Fourt h Ave. An Alameda employee confirmed that breweryu owner Matt Schumacher also ownsthe building. The site is the formeer home ofThe City, a sports bar that close last winter. The liquor commission cancelexdthe bar’s license on Jan. 6 aftert several “serious and persistent problems.” The orderf came less than a week after a homicide that apparentlyh took place earlyNew Year’s Day. The City surrenderef its liquor license amonth later. The Alamedaa Brewhouse Annex license request is still saidChristie Scott, a commission spokeswoman.
The ownerxs filed the liquor license requestin February. The company DBO LLC purchasedx the building containing the proposed Annex in 1999 for It has a current market valueof $1.25 Alameda’s primary brewpub is at 4765 N.E. Fremontg St.

Poll finds close race for Anthony Weiner's seat in Congress - Los Angeles Times

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The seat had been held by a Republican. Though the 9th District is not as strongly-Democratic as most of the other New York City-based seats, the poll finds strong support for the party's stance in favor of raising taxes on high-income earners and ...

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In final flurry, Ritter signs tourism-incentives bill, vetoes another labor measure - Washington Business Journal:

2011-08-08T06:00:00.001-07:00

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Ahead of Friday’s deadline for actionj on legislation, Ritter signed 12 bills, including Senatwe Bill 173, which will allow local governmente to work with the state Economic Developmentf Commission to usesome sales-tax money to attractr and help to build tourist The bill, sponsored by formere Sen. Jennifer Veiga, D-Denver, is considered key to two pursuit of a NASCAR track in separate areas east of But Ritter also vetoed SenateBill 180, which wouldx have given local firefighters the ability to engage in collective Business groups praised the move as one that will give the statee a more stable business atmosphere, but uniond blasted the Democratic governor for breaking a promise to look out for workinv Coloradans.
Ritter said in a news conference that he had littl doubt on whether he would signthe tourism-tacx bill but struggled over the collective-bargaining Ritter said he vetoed SB 180 becausew it would have overturned the will of individual communitied that have outlawed collective bargaining by public-safety workers and because local firefighteres already can seek collective bargaining with their city “This was a wholesale successa for a session in terms of what it did for workingg families,” Ritter, a son of a union membed and a former union member himself, said, referrinfg to laws that increase unemployment benefits and get more peoplde onto Medicaid.
SB 173 rankds with a bill Ritter signedc earlier this year that gives tax credits for job creatioh as two of hisstrongest pro-business moves, said Travis lobbyist for the . Both measures give opportunitiese for private companies to work with the governmengt to bring about big projectxs that they might not be able toaccomplish otherwise, he Meanwhile, the twin vetoes of SB 180 and an earlief bill — House Bill 1170, which would have offerede unemployment benefits to union workers locked out during a work stoppage — send a signa that the economic viability of the state is a priorityh of the administration, Berry “I think it sends a message to employers that are either here thinking about growing or outsidd looking to come into the statd that they can find a predictablew business climate instead of one that moves wildly,” Berryu said.
But Colorado AFL-CIO Executive Director Mike Cerbo said that Ritteer had turned his back on workers who risk theidr lives and that his organizationm now will haveto “determine how to procees in its future relations with the Ritte Administration.” SB 180 sponsoring Rep. Ed Casso, a Thorntonj Democrat whom some union members have approached about running against Ritter ina primary, said he too was disappointexd in the governor’s action.
Ritter also signes into law House Bill which limitsthe Colorado-source capital gainas subtraction to the first $100,000 of gain on assets held for five years or Though business groups had asked him to veto the Ritter said he ultimately felt that the $15.8 million it wouldx generate to help the recession-addled state budget was a more importangt factor.

SoundBite targets $69M in initial public offering - Kansas City Business Journal:

2011-08-06T01:00:00.001-07:00

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The fast-growing company, which helpds bill collectors and marketer s make automatedphone calls, revealed both plans in an Aprilk 16 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the SoundBite said it hopes to raise upto $69 millioj in the IPO and trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol SDBT. The company also says it is searchingb for new office space and hopee to move in the seconr half ofthe year. Bob the company's chief operating officer, said SoundBite is currently leasing 23,000 square feet in two buildingsw in Burlington but would prefere to be inone location.
Leahy said the company is lookiny for space in Burlington and otherdnearby towns, so as not to pose too largse a disruption for current workers. "Our employeesw are our single largest asset,'' Leahy said. As of SoundBite had 125 employees, including 113 in but needs additional space to In addition, the SEC filing for the firs t time provides a wealth of financial detailds about the company, which has mostly flowbn under the radar. According to the document, SoundBite took in $29 millio n in revenue last year, nearlyu double its 2005 sales and quadruplre its2004 tally. Though SoundBite earne d $1.2 million in 2005, it lost $123,00o in 2006 as the company expanded.
Leahy said the companyt could not discuss the figures while it is inthe SEC-mandatexd "quiet period" for companie s going public. SoundBite focuses on a growin niche: "automated voice messaging" services. Specifically, the compant helps call centers automatically placecallz (screening out answering machines), dial customerx and play prerecorded voice messages or connect customers to an automatedc phone attendant.
Though many peoples say they prefer talking to a live SoundBite says an automated system can handlwe many types of calls more such as asking customers to reneew subscriptions or warning them about an overdue bill, The company says more than 200 subscriber have used its service since January 2006. Two and , each accounted for more than 10 percenof SoundBite's revenue in 2006. SoundBite, whichh has raised more than $30 million from investors, is backesd by , , and of New England, according to the Peter Shields, a former executive at and , has served as the company'es CEO since May 2004.
Last fall, SoundBite accused threse former employees of violating noncompete and nondisclosure agreementsz after they joined a debt collectionn companyin Newton, The lawsuit was settled six weeks ago. An attorneg for Credit Control Services declined to give detaila onthe deal.

Harleysville National misses OCC deadline - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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A company spokesman said Wednesday that Harleysville National has not yet heards from regulators and does not expect animmediate penalty. The company has said regulatorsw may deem noncompliance to be an unsafe and unsoun banking practice which would subject the bank to administrativd actions or sanctions Harleysville said it has yet to raise any money or sell off any assets but is working hard todo so. the bank’s capital levels are less than those requiredx underthe ’s newly required minimum individual capital ratios.
CEO Paul Geraghtg has said Harleysville National hopes toraise $65 millionm to $120 million in He has said he believexs the OCC’s required capital ratios are but did not think it couldc be done by June 30. The company said it was conductingb due diligence on options for raising reducing its assets or The spokesman said not to expect any sale of fee businesses such as its wealth management division, which Harleysville National considers tremendousl valuable. He said a more likely option would be sellingoff loans.
Harleysville has said its ability to increase its capital levels to meetthe OCC’s requirementsd will largely depend on its financial performance and conditions in the capitalk markets, which are outside its It added that raising capital through the issuance of commonh stock or other securities would likelyy dilute the value of its common Harleysville’s capital ratios have been negatively affectedr by the economic downturn and its effect on the businesses and homeowners with whom it does Geraghty said the company has been working to strengthen credi administration, add to its loan workoutt staff, and actively manage the troubledf loans that are weighing down its portfolio.
At its most recent annuao meeting thispast spring, Geraghty told shareholdersd he intends to meet regulatory requirements for a well-capitalizexd bank by the end of the Now that plan will have to be The Harleysville, Pa.-based bank (NASDAQ:HNBC) has $5.6 billion in assets and is the largesr locally based bank in the eight-county Philadelphias region with last year’s additiob of Willow Financial It has the seventh-most deposits in the region with just more than $3

Cox Communications ups speed for residential broadband customers - Phoenix Business Journal:

2011-07-25T22:00:00.001-07:00

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The new 25 megabit-per-second speed costd about $79.99 a and requires a new modem to take advantag e of a newdownloading protocol. “Our customers tell us that speed is one of the most importantt factors in their choice and Cox Arizona is committed to enhancing our network so we can bring our customerzsthe fastest, most reliable speeds,” said Janet vice president of marketing and sales for Cox Arizona. Uploade speeds are capable of reaching 2 megabits per about 200 percent faster thanpreviouds speeds. The service is available to residential users everywher ein Cox’s Phoenix territory except Wickenburb and Queen Creek.
The move also puts the cabld carrier slightly faster than rival Qwest Communications International which offers download speeds of up to 20 megabits per The two companies have been upgrading theid systems during thepast year, in the processw leap-froging each other for top

Utah base boasts military's sole train repair shop - Deseret News

2011-07-23T15:51:00.001-07:00

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Gates Foundation donates $1.4M to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools - Charlotte Business Journal:

2011-07-21T09:34:00.001-07:00

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million grant from the will support a initiative to improve student achievement infive low-performinf schools. The program will provide student-achievemengt data to teachers at Midwood, Waddell, West Charlotte and West Mecklenburg high It also will assist administrators inprovidingv professional-development opportunities for faculty members. Each of the five high schools will havean on-sitw data analyst who will monitof each school's progress and assist teachers in strengthenin g their curriculum and instruction.
"CMx is committed to supporting classroom teachersd with the tools they need to improv instruction and help allstudents succeed," says CMS Superintendentt Peter Gorman. "Now teachers will be able to pinpoint exactlty which students are having trouble and quickly make corrections to get them back on Bill Gates is the founder ofMicrosoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) of Redmond, Wash. To date, the foundation has investef morethan $1.9 billion to improve high supporting more than 1,800 schools in 47 stateas and the District of Columbia. In Norty Carolina, the foundation has investee morethan $32 million to address the educationap needs of low-performing students.

Phoenix attorney Kaites, former Expos, Nationals president part of Reinsdorf bid for Coyotes - South Florida Business Journal:

2011-07-19T03:34:00.001-07:00

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Reinsdorf, who owns the Chicagko Bulls andWhite Sox, is the lead name on the $148 millioj offer for the team, which is in Chaptefr 11 bankruptcy reorganization. Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie earlierf madea $213 million offer to buy the hockeh team and move it to Ontario. Reinsdorf put in his bid Fridaty alongwith Kaites. Bankruptcy courr filings say Tavares, CEO of New York-based Sportse Properties Acquisition Corp., will join the effort. Kaiteas is an attorney with LLC in Phoenix and a principal withthe Phoenix-basedx lobbying firm .
The firm counts Reinsdorf, the Gila River Indiab Community, Magellan Health Services and the Professional Firefighters of Arizonas union amongits clients, according to the Arizona Secretaryu of State’s Office. Kaites served as a prosecutor in MaricopwaCounty Attorney’s office beforr unsuccessfully running for state attorney general in 1998. He also servef in the Arizona Legislature and worked as a weathermabon KPNX-TV Channel 12. Kaites has been a politicalk allyof U.S. Sen. John R-Ariz., serving on his 2008 Arizon a presidential campaign leadership team in Tavares served as president of the Montreao Expos during the time when the baseball team relocatedf toWashington D.C.
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Pupil-service provider ratios - Orlando Business Journal:

2011-07-16T20:34:00.001-07:00

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pupils per provider • 2. Wellsville, 66.4 pupils per providet • 3. North 74.8 pupils per provider 4. Dunkirk, 75.1 pupils per provide • 5. Kendall, 84.5 pupils per provide r • 6. Cattaraugus-Little Valley, 85.5 pupild per provider • 7. Pavilion, 85.6 pupilsd per provider • 8. Friendship, 85.7 pupils per providef • 9. Salamanca, 87.2 pupils per provider • 10. Clymer, 88.8 pupilxs per provider • 11. West Valley, 89.1 pupils per providef • 12. Gowanda, 90.4 pupilas per provider • 13. Brocton, 91.0 pupils per providere • 14. Byron-Bergen, 93.9 pupil s per provider • 15. 94.2 pupils per provider • 16. 99.
1 pupils per provider • 17. Chautauqua Lake, 99.3 pupils per provided • 18. Andover, 101.0 pupils per provider 18. Forestville, 101.0 pupils per providefr

CPS staff recommending nuclear option - South Florida Business Journal:

2011-07-14T13:51:00.001-07:00

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The cost of expandintg STP to include twoadditional reactors, each capable of generating 1,35p megawatts of electricity, would run somewhere between $10 billion and $13 according to CPS Energy interim General Manager Stevew Bartley. “Any route we take will be expensive and will requirdbill increases,” Bartley says. “We believe all methodsx of producing electricity will cost more as timegoes on, so we are lookinfg for the best way to slow cost escalation as much as possibled and retain Greater San Antonio’s position as having the lowest energy bills among the nation’s 20 larges t cities.
” Bartley says it is better to pay some of that cost soonetr to avoid having to pay much more in the long term. The stafgf recommendation followsa three-year, detailedr study of CPS’ various energy options. Now the CPS Boarcd will conducta summer-lon g public education and inpugt process before making a final decisio n on pursuing the recommendation in If approved, the proposal coulxd go before the City Council for final consideratiobn in October. CPS Energy CEO Milton Lee says despite laudabls effortsat conservation, San Antonio will experiencd a shortfall in electrical generatio by 2020 unless new sourcesx of energy are tapped.
“We’vr carefully examined many scenarios involvingnaturakl gas, coal, nuclear and even purchased powerd from the Texas grid to providse our community with a large-scale, long-term, cost-competitivd source of electricity,” Lee says. “We’ve concludexd that expansion of STP has the highes t probability of accomplishing thatimportant goal.” CPS Energ is the nation’s largest municipally owned energy company providing both natural gas and electridc service. Acquired by the City of San Antonioin 1942, the company serves approximately 700,000 electric customers and almosty 320,000 natural gas customers in and around America’s seventh-largesg city.

Advanced Visual Systems plans a stake in VIP Fan Connect - Mass High Tech

2011-07-12T06:51:00.001-07:00

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USF to sign first accord for new GI Bill program - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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President Judy Genshaft and Patricl Dunne, the VA’s undee secretary for benefits, will sign the accorx Thursday at the on the second floore rotundaof C.W. “Bill” Young Hall at USF’ds Tampa campus. The agreement expands some benefits andservices — such as academif advising, financial aid and career counseling geared toward veterans who attend USF unded the new GI Bill, which goes into effecft Aug. 1. Under the new effort, VetSuccesws on Campus, the VA also will have dedicatecd officeswithin USF’s Officee of Veterans Services to assist veterans in theirr transition to scholars, a release said.
The new GI bill not only coversx tuition and fees up to the highesty undergraduate rate in the which in this state is at the University of but provides a monthly housing stipend and upto $1,0000 a year for books and supplies. The new legislatioh also gives access to the benefits to thosd in the reserves and National Guard who have been activaterd for more than 90 days sincethe 11, 2001, terrorist In some cases, service men and womenn will be able to transfer their benefitsd to their spouses or children, the release said.
there are roughly 800 to 1,000 veterans or thei dependents at USF under preexisting military benefits that cover tuition and USF has the 10th larges t population of veteran and dependentr students in the nation and has had a Veterans Services Office on campussince 1974. “We want the and their dependents, who come to USF to find completes success, academically and otherwise, so that they graduatwe with education and degreeas that lead them to professional and personal said W. Robert USF’s dean of undergraduate studies, in a prepared statement.

UnitedHealth: e-payments could save billions, help pay for health reform - Nashville Business Journal:

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A report released Tuesday by the health insurance giant claims the system couldsave $332 billion over the next 10 yearxs if health providers update their technology. Minnetonka-based UnitedHealthg estimated 50 percent of the savings would go to hospitals and 20 percent to thefederal government’s Medicard and Medicaid programs, and 30 percent to commercial But UnitedHealth believes the government could institutwe policies to take a largedr share to help pay for reform programs.
“Thde resulting administrative savings could help offsef the subsidy cost of health care expansiom for thenewly insured,” the report UnitedHealth said it drew on its expertise as one of the largestf health technology companies in the Unites States to formulate the estimate. The numbe only includes administrative and doesn’t venture into how much could be saved in reducing wasteful medicall costs — what many experts have pointed to as a culpri for driving up costs.
Much of the $332 billionn in savings would come from getting rid of paper records of all types at For example, UnitedHealth estimates more than $108 billiobn would be saved in postage and administrative costes by shifting payments and remittances to an electronidc format. National information systems also could save UnitedHealth estimates morethan $47 billion could be savedr if their was a national system to monito and flag questionable health This is the second majot report UnitedHealth has issued amid the healthy reform debate, which President Barack Obama considers one of his top The health insurance giant said last month that the federalp government could save $540 billion in Medicare costs over the next 10 yearss with its own plans.

Five cent bag tax wins final council vote - Washington Business Journal:

2011-07-05T08:17:00.001-07:00

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The collections from the new 5-cent disposable bag fee, to go into effectr after a citywide public awareness campaign and free reusable bag distribution to the elderlyand low-income will flow toward a new cleanup fund for one of the country’sd dirtiest rivers. City leaders had estimated up to $3 milliobn to $4 million in the first and the food and liquor retailerxs will keep at least 1 cent of the fee eachtime it’s charged. The city also recruited a corporates partner to help fulfill its first tasks under thenew law. , whichj has 16 D.C. locations, said it will donate reusable bags to a local nonprofit or two to dole outto 10,000o low-income families.
When the bill was first introduced, Safewauy had described itself as neutral onthe issue. At that it had only suggested that the more expensivwe paper bags also be included in the fee a suggestion city leaders The D.C. Council backed the bill, firsf introduced in February by CouncilmamnTommy Wells, D-Ward 6, over protestas by some retailers, Republicans, plastic bag manufacturers and even charitie s that rely on plastixc bags to distribute donations, all of whom considerex this an added hardship for businesses and customers durinbg an already tough economy. But Council membere pointed to a recent analysias bythe D.C.
Department of the which found that plastic bags make up 20 percent of trashj in the Anacostia River and 50 percenft of trash inits tributaries. According to that same DDOE charging for plastic bags could eliminate up to 47 percenty of trash in the tributaries and 21 percent fromthe river’se main stem. “Many residents on both sides of the riverf supported this bill because they see it as a way to change our behavior to take greater responsibilitu forour environment,” Wells said after the unanimous vote.
A similard measure was the target of harsh words todayin Baltimore, wherr City Council members had introduced a bill last fall that woulrd charge a 25-cent fee for plastic grocery City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake blasted the proposed bill describing it as “good intentions gone wrong.”

Dayton region's Swine Flu count climbs to 12 - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

2011-07-03T01:51:00.001-07:00

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The reported that as of noon June 10 there were 47 confirmer cases of Swine Flu in up from 38 in the past two Clark County has the most cases of the countie in theDayton region. Of the six casezs reported in Clark Northridge Middle School students accounted for five of the And inMontgomery County, a Vandalia-Butler studen became a confirmed case last while two Dayton Public Schoolse students were confirmed this week. Therwe are four total cases inMontgomeryg County. There are 27,737 confirmeds cases worldwide, according to the , with 74countries havinv at least one There have been 141 deaths confirmecd caused by SwineFlu worldwide, according to the WHO. The U.S.
has the most with 13,217 confirmed cases. There are cases now in all 50 state splus Washington, D.C., and Puert o Rico, according to the federal . There have been 27 confirmedx deaths inthe U.S. Butler County – 2 (30-year-oldd male, 13-year-old female)Clark County 6 (15-year-old male, 25-year-old 12-year-old male, 15-year-old female, 13-year-olde male, 14-year-old male) Cuyahoga County – 6 (41-year-old 9-year-old male, 14-year-old female, 14-year-old 13-year-old male, 14-year-old Franklin County – 16 (31-year-old 33-year-old male, 18-year-old male, 20-year-old 19-year-old female, 21-year-old 20-year old male, 22-year-old female, 23-year-old female, 19-year-old 11-year-old female, 13-year-old female, 35-year-old female, 44-yearr old male, 8-year-old male, 41-year-old male) Lawrencwe County – 2 (2-year-old 8-month-old male) Montgomery County – 4 (16-year-olfd male, 13-year-old female, 9-year-old female, 17-year-old Cuyahoga County – 2 (20-year-old female, 16-year-old female)