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Saturday, June 30, 2012
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Huntington Bancshares, Inc. Company Profile | HBAN Company Information
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Huntington Bancshares Incorporated isa $52 billionh regional bank holding company headquartered in Ohio. Huntington has more than 143 years of servingb the financial needs ofits customers. Through our including our banking subsidiary, The Huntington Nationakl Bank, we provide full-service commercial and consumetbanking services, mortgage banking services, equipmentg leasing, investment management, trust services, brokeraged services, customized insurance service program, and othet financial products and services. Our over 600 bankinh offices are locatedin Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Huntington also offers retail and commercial financial services onlinwe at huntington.
com; through its technologically advanced, 24-hour telephone bank; and through its network of almost 1,400 ATMs. The Auto Financwe and Dealer Services group offers automobile loans to consumers and commercial loans to automobile dealers withinour six-stat e banking franchise area. Selected financial service activities are also conducted in othefstates including: Private Financial Group offices in Florida; and Mortgagwe Banking offices in Maryland and New Jersey. Internationalk banking services are available through the headquarters office in Columbue and a limited purpose office located in both the Caymann Islands andHong Kong.
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated isa $52 billionh regional bank holding company headquartered in Ohio. Huntington has more than 143 years of servingb the financial needs ofits customers. Through our including our banking subsidiary, The Huntington Nationakl Bank, we provide full-service commercial and consumetbanking services, mortgage banking services, equipmentg leasing, investment management, trust services, brokeraged services, customized insurance service program, and othet financial products and services. Our over 600 bankinh offices are locatedin Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Huntington also offers retail and commercial financial services onlinwe at huntington.
com; through its technologically advanced, 24-hour telephone bank; and through its network of almost 1,400 ATMs. The Auto Financwe and Dealer Services group offers automobile loans to consumers and commercial loans to automobile dealers withinour six-stat e banking franchise area. Selected financial service activities are also conducted in othefstates including: Private Financial Group offices in Florida; and Mortgagwe Banking offices in Maryland and New Jersey. Internationalk banking services are available through the headquarters office in Columbue and a limited purpose office located in both the Caymann Islands andHong Kong.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Bombino fined $40K for illegal crop shipments - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:
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Bombino Express imported 34 packages of Indian mangoeds and yams that werelabeled “ladies through Los Angeles International Airport in Airport dogs discovered the packages and officialsw confiscated the shipment. Federal and stat laws ban importing of untreated mangoes and yams from which can be infested withnumerous crop-damaging including the devastating Oriental fruit fly. “Invasive pests are a primarhy threat toour crops, and keeping them out of Californiza is vital to the security of our food supply and the stabilityt of our agricultural crop,” California Departmentt of Food & Agriculture secretary A.G. Kawamur a said in a news release.
Bombin will pay $40,000 in civil penalties, and face a $1.6 million penalty if it violatexthe agreement, according to the agreement with the Attorneh General and CDFA. Agriculture officials say the Oriental fruirt fly could costthe state’s millions of dollars in crop losses, eradication efforts and quarantine “It’s critical that imported produce be properly inspecteed to avoid devastating and costly pest infestations,” Attorneyh General Jerry Brown said Monday.
Bombino Express imported 34 packages of Indian mangoeds and yams that werelabeled “ladies through Los Angeles International Airport in Airport dogs discovered the packages and officialsw confiscated the shipment. Federal and stat laws ban importing of untreated mangoes and yams from which can be infested withnumerous crop-damaging including the devastating Oriental fruit fly. “Invasive pests are a primarhy threat toour crops, and keeping them out of Californiza is vital to the security of our food supply and the stabilityt of our agricultural crop,” California Departmentt of Food & Agriculture secretary A.G. Kawamur a said in a news release.
Bombin will pay $40,000 in civil penalties, and face a $1.6 million penalty if it violatexthe agreement, according to the agreement with the Attorneh General and CDFA. Agriculture officials say the Oriental fruirt fly could costthe state’s millions of dollars in crop losses, eradication efforts and quarantine “It’s critical that imported produce be properly inspecteed to avoid devastating and costly pest infestations,” Attorneyh General Jerry Brown said Monday.
Monday, June 25, 2012
Mergers: Districts ponder joining forces - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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The Town of Tonawandsa resident headedthe 17-member board for seven years before stepping down in Yet he didn’t retire. He continues to servde as WesternNew York’s regent, and he remaina as outspoken as ever abouft educational issues. One of his pet topicss is the sheer number of local school There are too manyof them, he and their enrollments are generally too “Why do you need 28 school districts in Erie he asks. “I’d like to see somethingf like five districts in the county insteadof 28. I’d even like to startt talking about a countywideschool district, like they have in Northu Carolina and a few other states.
” Bennett’s standx is buttressed by a report released last Decembetr by the State Commission on Propert Tax Relief. “New York Statwe has too many school the reportsays flatly. It suggests that districts with fewerthan 1,000 students should be required to merge with adjacent systems, and districtsa with enrollments between 1,000 and 2,000 should be encouragedc to follow suit. Such proposals hit home in WesternhNew York, where 66 of the region’w 98 school districts have enrollments below 2,000, including 38 with feweer than 1,000 students from kindergarten through 12th The heart of this issue is a matte of benefits and costs -- pittinb the perceived advantages of combininb two or more districts against the potential loss of local control and self-identity.
Advocates maintain that mergers allow consolidatedr districts to bemore cost-effective, construct better schoolss and offer a wider range of challenging courses. “It’s not only a financiap issue. To me, it’s a mattet of equity,” says Bennett. “Itf you had a regional high maybe serving seven or eight ofthe (current) it would give kids the opportunity to work with each otheer -- and to have the best of the But opponents contend that mergers brin more bureaucracy, longer bus rides for students and diminutioh of local pride.
“In this the world revolves around this saysThomas Schmidt, superintendent of the 478-pupil Shermanm Central School District in Chautauqua County. “If the schookl went away, Sherman, N.Y., wouldx lose a great deal of its identity.” Schoolk consolidation has beena volatile, emotional issue for a The state was crosshatched by 10,565 districts in 1910, many of them centeredc on one-room schoolhouses. A push for greater efficiency reduced that numbefrto 6,400 by the outbreak of World War II, then swiftlyy down to 1,300 by 1960.
New York now has 698 Statewide enrollment works outto 2,540 pupilws per district, which falls 25 percent below the national averagw of 3,400, according to the State Commission on Propertyu Tax Relief. The gap is even largerd in WesternNew York, which had 104 districts when Businessz First began rating schools in 1992. Mergera have since reduced that number to 98 school They educate an averageof 2,268 33 percent below the U.S. A comprehensive effort to push regional enrollment up to the nationaol average would require the elimination of 33 Westerb NewYork districts. That process would be complicated, messy, rancorous -- and extremelyh unlikely.
There is no shortage of candidateesfor consolidation, to be sure. Businese First easily came up with 13 hypothetical most of them based on standards propose inlast December’s report. These unions woulds involve districts from alleight counties. for a summar of these 13 potential consolidations. It should be stressed that this list is not reality. State officials lack the powefr to force districts to Initiative must be takenj at thelocal level, which happens infrequently. Only one prospective merger in Western New York has currently reachecd an advanced stageof negotiations.
Broctobn and Fredonia began consolidation talks last eventually commissioning a feasibilitgy study at the beginning of If they decide later this year that a mergerrmakes sense, voters in both districts would be givem their say in a referendum.
The Town of Tonawandsa resident headedthe 17-member board for seven years before stepping down in Yet he didn’t retire. He continues to servde as WesternNew York’s regent, and he remaina as outspoken as ever abouft educational issues. One of his pet topicss is the sheer number of local school There are too manyof them, he and their enrollments are generally too “Why do you need 28 school districts in Erie he asks. “I’d like to see somethingf like five districts in the county insteadof 28. I’d even like to startt talking about a countywideschool district, like they have in Northu Carolina and a few other states.
” Bennett’s standx is buttressed by a report released last Decembetr by the State Commission on Propert Tax Relief. “New York Statwe has too many school the reportsays flatly. It suggests that districts with fewerthan 1,000 students should be required to merge with adjacent systems, and districtsa with enrollments between 1,000 and 2,000 should be encouragedc to follow suit. Such proposals hit home in WesternhNew York, where 66 of the region’w 98 school districts have enrollments below 2,000, including 38 with feweer than 1,000 students from kindergarten through 12th The heart of this issue is a matte of benefits and costs -- pittinb the perceived advantages of combininb two or more districts against the potential loss of local control and self-identity.
Advocates maintain that mergers allow consolidatedr districts to bemore cost-effective, construct better schoolss and offer a wider range of challenging courses. “It’s not only a financiap issue. To me, it’s a mattet of equity,” says Bennett. “Itf you had a regional high maybe serving seven or eight ofthe (current) it would give kids the opportunity to work with each otheer -- and to have the best of the But opponents contend that mergers brin more bureaucracy, longer bus rides for students and diminutioh of local pride.
“In this the world revolves around this saysThomas Schmidt, superintendent of the 478-pupil Shermanm Central School District in Chautauqua County. “If the schookl went away, Sherman, N.Y., wouldx lose a great deal of its identity.” Schoolk consolidation has beena volatile, emotional issue for a The state was crosshatched by 10,565 districts in 1910, many of them centeredc on one-room schoolhouses. A push for greater efficiency reduced that numbefrto 6,400 by the outbreak of World War II, then swiftlyy down to 1,300 by 1960.
New York now has 698 Statewide enrollment works outto 2,540 pupilws per district, which falls 25 percent below the national averagw of 3,400, according to the State Commission on Propertyu Tax Relief. The gap is even largerd in WesternNew York, which had 104 districts when Businessz First began rating schools in 1992. Mergera have since reduced that number to 98 school They educate an averageof 2,268 33 percent below the U.S. A comprehensive effort to push regional enrollment up to the nationaol average would require the elimination of 33 Westerb NewYork districts. That process would be complicated, messy, rancorous -- and extremelyh unlikely.
There is no shortage of candidateesfor consolidation, to be sure. Businese First easily came up with 13 hypothetical most of them based on standards propose inlast December’s report. These unions woulds involve districts from alleight counties. for a summar of these 13 potential consolidations. It should be stressed that this list is not reality. State officials lack the powefr to force districts to Initiative must be takenj at thelocal level, which happens infrequently. Only one prospective merger in Western New York has currently reachecd an advanced stageof negotiations.
Broctobn and Fredonia began consolidation talks last eventually commissioning a feasibilitgy study at the beginning of If they decide later this year that a mergerrmakes sense, voters in both districts would be givem their say in a referendum.
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Minority unemployment almost double white joblessness - Wichita Business Journal:
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percent of white workers who arewithout jobs, according to the . The on Tuesdagy reported June unemployment figures, noting minority workers have been disproportionateluy affected bythe recession. “Latinop and African American workers have seen the worst of this saidJanet Murguia, president and chiedf executive officer of NCLR. “Though the outlookm may seem bleak, minority communitiesw are invested in the promising deceleration of unemployment.
” “While families everywhere struggle with higher unemployment and fewer hours, African American and Hispanic families continue to see higher unemployment than White families, alongsid large losses in equity from the nationwide decline in home pricez and record rates of foreclosure. The Americanb Recovery and Reinvestment Acti is pumpint billions of dollars into communitie s nationwide and we are beginning to see the fruitws of that effort as the pace of joblossew slows,” said Heather Boushey, seniotr economist for .
percent of white workers who arewithout jobs, according to the . The on Tuesdagy reported June unemployment figures, noting minority workers have been disproportionateluy affected bythe recession. “Latinop and African American workers have seen the worst of this saidJanet Murguia, president and chiedf executive officer of NCLR. “Though the outlookm may seem bleak, minority communitiesw are invested in the promising deceleration of unemployment.
” “While families everywhere struggle with higher unemployment and fewer hours, African American and Hispanic families continue to see higher unemployment than White families, alongsid large losses in equity from the nationwide decline in home pricez and record rates of foreclosure. The Americanb Recovery and Reinvestment Acti is pumpint billions of dollars into communitie s nationwide and we are beginning to see the fruitws of that effort as the pace of joblossew slows,” said Heather Boushey, seniotr economist for .
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Malta Chamber president addresses conference on water ... - Malta Independent Online
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Malta Chamber president addresses conference on water ... Malta Independent Online The Malta Chamber President, Tancred Tabone yesterday addressed a national conference on water sustainability where he listed a number of ... Water recyling essential - former WSC chairman Chamber president says tariffs discourage wasteful consumption of ... Safeguarding ground water through efficient water collection and ... |
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Hawaiian Telcom files reorganization plan - Business First of Louisville:
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The company, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in said the steering committee representing those who hold claimw underthe company’s secured credit agreement supports the “The filing of the plan and disclosurer statement is an important achievement in our restructurinh efforts,” said Eric K. Yeaman, Hawaiian Telcom’s president and CEO, in a “The plan provides for a significantly deleveragescapital structure, and the terms of the new debt give us greatetr financial flexibility to executee our business plan and invesyt in new products, bettet positioning the company for futured success.
” A hearing to consider approval of the disclosure statement has been tentatively scheduled for July 23. The plan included the conversion ofapproximately $590 million of the company’ws senior secured credit facilit and swap liabilities into the new equity of the reorganizes company and a new $300 million senior secured term loan maturingg in five years. Holderx of $350 million in senior notes will get warrantsa tobuy 12.
75 percent of the reorganized company’ws new equity and subscription rights to buy new equity up to $50 The company said it expects to emerge from Chapter 11 with $30 milliojn undrawn revolving credit facility and at leasy $45 million of cash on Hawaiian Telcom is ownedd by , a Washington, D.C.-based private equit y group. Carlyle bought the assets of in May 2005for $1.6 and began operating independently with its own systems in Apri 2006. The plan and diclosure statementare .
The company, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in said the steering committee representing those who hold claimw underthe company’s secured credit agreement supports the “The filing of the plan and disclosurer statement is an important achievement in our restructurinh efforts,” said Eric K. Yeaman, Hawaiian Telcom’s president and CEO, in a “The plan provides for a significantly deleveragescapital structure, and the terms of the new debt give us greatetr financial flexibility to executee our business plan and invesyt in new products, bettet positioning the company for futured success.
” A hearing to consider approval of the disclosure statement has been tentatively scheduled for July 23. The plan included the conversion ofapproximately $590 million of the company’ws senior secured credit facilit and swap liabilities into the new equity of the reorganizes company and a new $300 million senior secured term loan maturingg in five years. Holderx of $350 million in senior notes will get warrantsa tobuy 12.
75 percent of the reorganized company’ws new equity and subscription rights to buy new equity up to $50 The company said it expects to emerge from Chapter 11 with $30 milliojn undrawn revolving credit facility and at leasy $45 million of cash on Hawaiian Telcom is ownedd by , a Washington, D.C.-based private equit y group. Carlyle bought the assets of in May 2005for $1.6 and began operating independently with its own systems in Apri 2006. The plan and diclosure statementare .
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