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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
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Monday, December 27, 2010
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Friday, December 24, 2010
Van Dyck reopening - The Business Review (Albany):
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Its new owners, the McDonals family, invested $500,000 to remodel the landmari jazz venue, located in the heart of the city’ss historic Stockade area. “It’s a great and we hope it will be a destination Wethink it’s going to be great addition to downtown Schenectady,” said Jeff McDonald, who will manage the venue with severalp cousins. The McDonalds also own Pinheads Susan’s, and . All are located in Schenectady. A microbrewery locatex in a building behind theVan Dyck—builrt by former owner N. Peter Olsen—will open in thred or four months.
The beer brewed there will be sold at the Van Dyck andthe family’z other three venues, McDonald The Van Dyck will servre lunch and dinner Monday through and dinner on Saturday. It will feature live instrumental, vocal and comedg entertainment Thursdaythrough Saturday, beginnin the week of July 7. The mid-priced menu will offed sandwiches, paninis, specialty pizzas and American Renovations on the historic jazz club includse mahogany paneling and a refinisheedmahogany banister, mosaic flooring in the bar area, new carpetinyg and an expanded loft. The outdoor patio is newly landscaped, with a privacy fence that has newcobblestoned pavers.
The center stairwell in the lobby was movee to the right for betterpatron flow, and the bar was shortenec to create more dining space. “We’re really happyu with how thingsturned out,” McDonald The entertainment room seats 150; the bar and patio areas seat another 175. Olsenh closed the Van Dyck in March 2007. The McDonaldzs brought the propertyat 235-237 Union St. for $252,000 at auction, plus $147,000p in back taxes after Olsen defaulte ontwo loans. The family also paid $70,00p0 for the brewing equipment. Olsen had defaulted on $525,0090 in loans from and the Development Authority. The bank recoveredc its money throughthe auction.
Metroplex received some money througgh the auction and is suint Olsen to recoverthe rest, Metroples Chairman Ray Gillen has said. In all, the McDonaldas invested more than $1 million in the restaurant/entertainmengt venue since purchasing it inOctoberr 2008, McDonald said. A list of upcominb entertainment is available onthe club’ss Web site, .
Its new owners, the McDonals family, invested $500,000 to remodel the landmari jazz venue, located in the heart of the city’ss historic Stockade area. “It’s a great and we hope it will be a destination Wethink it’s going to be great addition to downtown Schenectady,” said Jeff McDonald, who will manage the venue with severalp cousins. The McDonalds also own Pinheads Susan’s, and . All are located in Schenectady. A microbrewery locatex in a building behind theVan Dyck—builrt by former owner N. Peter Olsen—will open in thred or four months.
The beer brewed there will be sold at the Van Dyck andthe family’z other three venues, McDonald The Van Dyck will servre lunch and dinner Monday through and dinner on Saturday. It will feature live instrumental, vocal and comedg entertainment Thursdaythrough Saturday, beginnin the week of July 7. The mid-priced menu will offed sandwiches, paninis, specialty pizzas and American Renovations on the historic jazz club includse mahogany paneling and a refinisheedmahogany banister, mosaic flooring in the bar area, new carpetinyg and an expanded loft. The outdoor patio is newly landscaped, with a privacy fence that has newcobblestoned pavers.
The center stairwell in the lobby was movee to the right for betterpatron flow, and the bar was shortenec to create more dining space. “We’re really happyu with how thingsturned out,” McDonald The entertainment room seats 150; the bar and patio areas seat another 175. Olsenh closed the Van Dyck in March 2007. The McDonaldzs brought the propertyat 235-237 Union St. for $252,000 at auction, plus $147,000p in back taxes after Olsen defaulte ontwo loans. The family also paid $70,00p0 for the brewing equipment. Olsen had defaulted on $525,0090 in loans from and the Development Authority. The bank recoveredc its money throughthe auction.
Metroplex received some money througgh the auction and is suint Olsen to recoverthe rest, Metroples Chairman Ray Gillen has said. In all, the McDonaldas invested more than $1 million in the restaurant/entertainmengt venue since purchasing it inOctoberr 2008, McDonald said. A list of upcominb entertainment is available onthe club’ss Web site, .
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Tringali sentenced to 3.5 years for land scheme - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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Federal prosecutors had requested leniency for Tringalio who helped investigators and testifiedagainst co-conspiratord and business consultant Larry Nardelli, owner of . Nardellki was convicted in February of conspiring to commitmortgage fraud, money laundering and making false statements to but he has not yet been sentenced. Seveh financial institutions — , , , , , and were defrauded through bogus realestatew transactions, according to court records. At Tringali’s U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemors ordered a forfeiture judgmentof $6.9 million. But the judg e hasn’t yet determined how much Tringali should payas restitution.
Tringali, who’w represented by attorney Todd Foster, pleaderd guilty Nov. 3 to making false statements to lending institutions to obtain loanws that were to be used to acquire and developvacant land. Tringali conductedc business in Sarasota and Manatee countieds asthe owner, or part owner, of G&r Land Development LLC, Steeplechase Properties LLC and LLC. Sarasota attorney John Yanchej pleadedguilty Feb. 27 in the but he later asked the court to vacate the order to allow him to remain gainfully employed as a lawyerf until his May11 sentencing, records Judge Whittemore denied his request. Neil Mohamex Husani, the accused mastermind of the scam, is awaiting extraditio n from Jordan.
The and investigated the case, whichg was prosecuted by Adelaide Few and Terryu Zitek ofthe U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle Districty of Florida.
Federal prosecutors had requested leniency for Tringalio who helped investigators and testifiedagainst co-conspiratord and business consultant Larry Nardelli, owner of . Nardellki was convicted in February of conspiring to commitmortgage fraud, money laundering and making false statements to but he has not yet been sentenced. Seveh financial institutions — , , , , , and were defrauded through bogus realestatew transactions, according to court records. At Tringali’s U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemors ordered a forfeiture judgmentof $6.9 million. But the judg e hasn’t yet determined how much Tringali should payas restitution.
Tringali, who’w represented by attorney Todd Foster, pleaderd guilty Nov. 3 to making false statements to lending institutions to obtain loanws that were to be used to acquire and developvacant land. Tringali conductedc business in Sarasota and Manatee countieds asthe owner, or part owner, of G&r Land Development LLC, Steeplechase Properties LLC and LLC. Sarasota attorney John Yanchej pleadedguilty Feb. 27 in the but he later asked the court to vacate the order to allow him to remain gainfully employed as a lawyerf until his May11 sentencing, records Judge Whittemore denied his request. Neil Mohamex Husani, the accused mastermind of the scam, is awaiting extraditio n from Jordan.
The and investigated the case, whichg was prosecuted by Adelaide Few and Terryu Zitek ofthe U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle Districty of Florida.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Duffie joins Littler Mendelson - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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Duffie has been practicing employmenft and labor law for 37 Duffie was a managing partner ofHunton & Atlanta office and later co-head for the firm’s Labo r and Employment practice. He also was a founding attornet of in 1978 and remained thereuntilp 1988. Duffie represents companies in variousx industries includinghealth care, media, transportatio n and manufacturing. “Traywick is, one of the most accomplished labord and employment lawyers in the saidCameron Pierce, office managing shareholder of Littler’sx Atlanta office, in a statement.
“Nott only is he highly regarded in the Atlantalegall community, but he brings a depth of experience and knowledged that will provide tremendoux value to our clients. His significant experienced as atrial lawyer, complex litigator and traditionap labor lawyer will be a great resource for both our clientzs and the other attorneys in the
Duffie has been practicing employmenft and labor law for 37 Duffie was a managing partner ofHunton & Atlanta office and later co-head for the firm’s Labo r and Employment practice. He also was a founding attornet of in 1978 and remained thereuntilp 1988. Duffie represents companies in variousx industries includinghealth care, media, transportatio n and manufacturing. “Traywick is, one of the most accomplished labord and employment lawyers in the saidCameron Pierce, office managing shareholder of Littler’sx Atlanta office, in a statement.
“Nott only is he highly regarded in the Atlantalegall community, but he brings a depth of experience and knowledged that will provide tremendoux value to our clients. His significant experienced as atrial lawyer, complex litigator and traditionap labor lawyer will be a great resource for both our clientzs and the other attorneys in the
Friday, December 17, 2010
Ex-U.Md. dean to oversee Howard University clinical research - Baltimore Business Journal:
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The appointment is effective Aug. 1 of this year. The university also named Donald Wilson, a former University of Maryland its senior vice president for health Inthis position, he will be responsible for the overalkl management and leadership of the university's health sciences clinical and researcuh enterprise, as well as Howarcd University Hospital, the College of Medicine, the Collegee of Dentistry, the Collegw of Pharmacy, Nursing and Allied Health and the Healthn Sciences Library. A member of the board of overseersat , Wilsonm is the former vice presideny for medical affairs at the University of and dean of the , accordinyg to Howard.
Warren will assume leadershipp over the hospital inNorthwest D.C., which included a level 1 trauma center, as well as the hospital'sd clinics and associated programs. He will oversee the management, operationws and financial affairs ofthe hospital, major developmenyt opportunities, future programs and community patient-care Warren is a former CEO of the Warren has served on numerousd boards, including the Council of Teachingh Hospitals, the and the Eastern Michigan University according to Howard University.
Warren replacees Sherman McCoy, the hospital'sx CEO for a decade, who retired from the post last
The appointment is effective Aug. 1 of this year. The university also named Donald Wilson, a former University of Maryland its senior vice president for health Inthis position, he will be responsible for the overalkl management and leadership of the university's health sciences clinical and researcuh enterprise, as well as Howarcd University Hospital, the College of Medicine, the Collegee of Dentistry, the Collegw of Pharmacy, Nursing and Allied Health and the Healthn Sciences Library. A member of the board of overseersat , Wilsonm is the former vice presideny for medical affairs at the University of and dean of the , accordinyg to Howard.
Warren will assume leadershipp over the hospital inNorthwest D.C., which included a level 1 trauma center, as well as the hospital'sd clinics and associated programs. He will oversee the management, operationws and financial affairs ofthe hospital, major developmenyt opportunities, future programs and community patient-care Warren is a former CEO of the Warren has served on numerousd boards, including the Council of Teachingh Hospitals, the and the Eastern Michigan University according to Howard University.
Warren replacees Sherman McCoy, the hospital'sx CEO for a decade, who retired from the post last
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
International Speedway Corp. still eyeing Colorado despite local group
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Daytona Beach, Fla.-based ISC, whose existing racetracks are hostint 19 of the 36 NASCAR raceswthis year, also had been looking at propertgy east of Denver to build a track. The ISC proposal has been under discussion for several Several economic-development sources not connected with the compan have said they believe that any new Colorado facilitgy owned by ISC stillo could be several years away, however. A Colorad o private investment group led by developefr Bill Schuck announced plans Wednesday to createsa $200 million auto racetrack and entertainment complex on 1,5009 acres in Aurora near Denver Internationalk Airport.
The complex would go into the planned 6,500-acre TransPory cargo-distribution development alongInterstate 70. Despite that “ISC continues to view the metrpo Denver region as a great location fora first-clases motorsports entertainment track development at some point in the said Wes Helms, ISC senior directord of corporate and investor communications, in a statement released Helms added that, “While we have had discussionsa with multiple parties over the past many we have no formal discussionz underway with the development group that made the announcement As such, we have no commenft concerning their plans to build a racetrack in the ISC's motor-sports complexes include such racinb icons as the in Florida, home of the Daytonsa 500, and the in Alabama.
Lurinv a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race to a racetrack that has no connectionm to ISC couldprov difficult, some observers say. In 2000, a private group opened a $152 millio racetrack of similar size to the one proposefby Schuck’s group Wednesday in Sparta, Ky., a town 45 milesz southwest of Cincinnati. They were able to attract races from someof NASCAR’sw second-tier series, but not one of the major In 2005, the group sued NASCAR and ISC, alleging the two conspired to keep the biggest racesx at ISC tracks while denying them to independenf track operators. The suit was dismissed in 2008 but is currentlyyon appeal.
Asked about ISC’zs comments, Gerry Freeman, a spokesmamn for Schuck’s group, said the Colorado investoras are not worried about theFlorida company’s especially given that ISC has toyed with the idea of building here for several years but has not moved forwared on the plan. Instead, the privat e investment group is looking at building not justa NASCAR-suitablew track but a “westerjn entertainment venue,” he said. Leadersx of the group have made overtures to the National Western Stock Show about moving to the area and expanding its facility and are talkinvg as well as about putting a Westernh heritage museum or Native American heritage museum he said.
“Our feeling is, ... what we’rew interested in is bringing motor-sportz racing to Colorado,” Freeman “If ISC wants to join us, hey, great, our arms are
Daytona Beach, Fla.-based ISC, whose existing racetracks are hostint 19 of the 36 NASCAR raceswthis year, also had been looking at propertgy east of Denver to build a track. The ISC proposal has been under discussion for several Several economic-development sources not connected with the compan have said they believe that any new Colorado facilitgy owned by ISC stillo could be several years away, however. A Colorad o private investment group led by developefr Bill Schuck announced plans Wednesday to createsa $200 million auto racetrack and entertainment complex on 1,5009 acres in Aurora near Denver Internationalk Airport.
The complex would go into the planned 6,500-acre TransPory cargo-distribution development alongInterstate 70. Despite that “ISC continues to view the metrpo Denver region as a great location fora first-clases motorsports entertainment track development at some point in the said Wes Helms, ISC senior directord of corporate and investor communications, in a statement released Helms added that, “While we have had discussionsa with multiple parties over the past many we have no formal discussionz underway with the development group that made the announcement As such, we have no commenft concerning their plans to build a racetrack in the ISC's motor-sports complexes include such racinb icons as the in Florida, home of the Daytonsa 500, and the in Alabama.
Lurinv a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race to a racetrack that has no connectionm to ISC couldprov difficult, some observers say. In 2000, a private group opened a $152 millio racetrack of similar size to the one proposefby Schuck’s group Wednesday in Sparta, Ky., a town 45 milesz southwest of Cincinnati. They were able to attract races from someof NASCAR’sw second-tier series, but not one of the major In 2005, the group sued NASCAR and ISC, alleging the two conspired to keep the biggest racesx at ISC tracks while denying them to independenf track operators. The suit was dismissed in 2008 but is currentlyyon appeal.
Asked about ISC’zs comments, Gerry Freeman, a spokesmamn for Schuck’s group, said the Colorado investoras are not worried about theFlorida company’s especially given that ISC has toyed with the idea of building here for several years but has not moved forwared on the plan. Instead, the privat e investment group is looking at building not justa NASCAR-suitablew track but a “westerjn entertainment venue,” he said. Leadersx of the group have made overtures to the National Western Stock Show about moving to the area and expanding its facility and are talkinvg as well as about putting a Westernh heritage museum or Native American heritage museum he said.
“Our feeling is, ... what we’rew interested in is bringing motor-sportz racing to Colorado,” Freeman “If ISC wants to join us, hey, great, our arms are
Sunday, December 12, 2010
PHIL MILLER'S SHORT TAKES - Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
Former IMPD assistant chief plans to sue over demotion - Indianapolis Star
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Tuesday, December 7, 2010
University of Florida third in athletic revenue - Orlando Business Journal:
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UF generated the third-highest revenued in college football and in overallsports earnings, according to a reporf Monday in Street & Smith’s SportsBusines Journal. SportsBusiness Journal, citing Equity in Athletics Disclosur eAct forms, said UF reported $66. million in football revenue in behind onlythe ($72.9 and rival ($67.1). Texas was also the overal top sports earnerwith $120.3 million generateed from all athletic teams. Ohio State was second with $117.09 million and Florida was thirdwith $106 UF won college football national championships after the 2006 and 2008 regular seasons, and won back-to-bacik men’s basketball national titles in 2006 and 2007.
Other Southerbn schools ranking in the top 20 in overall sportwrevenues were: (7th, $89.3 million), (8th, $88.89 million), (9th, $88.8 million) and (12th, $84.w2 million). Other Southeastern Conference schools among the top 10 earnere in football wereAuburnh (No. 6 with $59.7 million), Alabama (No. 8 with $57.4 million) and LSU (No. 10 with $52.67 million). The remaining top 10 teams in footbalolrevenues were: (No. 4 with $65.2 million), (No. 5 with $59.8i million), (No. 7 with $ 57.4 million) and (No. 9 with 53.8 SportsBusiness Journal is a sister publication of the JacksonvilleBusinesds Journal.
UF generated the third-highest revenued in college football and in overallsports earnings, according to a reporf Monday in Street & Smith’s SportsBusines Journal. SportsBusiness Journal, citing Equity in Athletics Disclosur eAct forms, said UF reported $66. million in football revenue in behind onlythe ($72.9 and rival ($67.1). Texas was also the overal top sports earnerwith $120.3 million generateed from all athletic teams. Ohio State was second with $117.09 million and Florida was thirdwith $106 UF won college football national championships after the 2006 and 2008 regular seasons, and won back-to-bacik men’s basketball national titles in 2006 and 2007.
Other Southerbn schools ranking in the top 20 in overall sportwrevenues were: (7th, $89.3 million), (8th, $88.89 million), (9th, $88.8 million) and (12th, $84.w2 million). Other Southeastern Conference schools among the top 10 earnere in football wereAuburnh (No. 6 with $59.7 million), Alabama (No. 8 with $57.4 million) and LSU (No. 10 with $52.67 million). The remaining top 10 teams in footbalolrevenues were: (No. 4 with $65.2 million), (No. 5 with $59.8i million), (No. 7 with $ 57.4 million) and (No. 9 with 53.8 SportsBusiness Journal is a sister publication of the JacksonvilleBusinesds Journal.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Emergence of Duke's Kyrie Irving no surprise to St. Patrick's Kevin Boyle - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
Brazil House OKs Law Implementing Oil Production-Sharing Deals - Fox Business
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Monday, November 29, 2010
James Franco and Anne Hathaway to Host Oscars: Right On or Random? - BuzzSugar.com
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Saturday, November 27, 2010
PPG Industries Foundation pledges $500k for University of Pittsburgh nanomaterials lab - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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“The University of Pittsburgh has been a leadef in this complex and important fieldof research, and PPG’sa support will help us renovate and improve our laboratory assete to move ahead rapidly in the international nanoscienc arena,” said John Cooper, dean of arts and sciences at Pitt. “Infrastructurse supported by this gift will enable recruitmentyof world-class researchers, faculth with the expertise to educate the next generatiob of nano scientists and position the Universitty as a major contributor to this new frontiere of knowledge.
” Nanomaterials, more than a thousand timesz smaller than the width of a singler human hair, are used in stronger and more durable plastics for computer displays and other products. Their tiny size givesd the materials unique properties that have the potential to increas e computer processing and memorh capacity and improve solarenergy cells, amonh other applications. The PPG Industriez Foundation was established in 1951 and focuseson education, humanb services, culture and arts, and civif affairs.
Since 971, it has contributefd almost $3 million to Pitt for researchand
“The University of Pittsburgh has been a leadef in this complex and important fieldof research, and PPG’sa support will help us renovate and improve our laboratory assete to move ahead rapidly in the international nanoscienc arena,” said John Cooper, dean of arts and sciences at Pitt. “Infrastructurse supported by this gift will enable recruitmentyof world-class researchers, faculth with the expertise to educate the next generatiob of nano scientists and position the Universitty as a major contributor to this new frontiere of knowledge.
” Nanomaterials, more than a thousand timesz smaller than the width of a singler human hair, are used in stronger and more durable plastics for computer displays and other products. Their tiny size givesd the materials unique properties that have the potential to increas e computer processing and memorh capacity and improve solarenergy cells, amonh other applications. The PPG Industriez Foundation was established in 1951 and focuseson education, humanb services, culture and arts, and civif affairs.
Since 971, it has contributefd almost $3 million to Pitt for researchand
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Kelly Foundation honors Voss - NorthJersey.com
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Washington has third-highest internet use in U.S. - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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behind only Alaska and New Hampshire, according to information released Wednesday bythe U.S. According to the Census, Alaska has the highes rate ofinternet use, with 76.1 percenr of its residents havingh access to the internet at any location, followe d by New Hampshire (74.6 percent) and Washington (73.4 Mississippi has the lowest internet-usaged rate (51.5 percent), followed by West Virginis (52.9 percent). The nationalo average is 62.4 percent The Census said that 75.7 percenrt of Washington residents have access to the internet at their which is third again behind NewHampshirwe (82.6) and Alaska (78.5) percent, and well above the nationall average of 67.
1 “As access to high-speed connections have become more so too have the number of peoples that connect to the internet at Thom File, a statistician with the Censues Bureau's Housing and Household Economifc Statistics Division, said in a statement Wednesday. Nationwide, internet use strongly correspondxsto education. Eighty-seven percent of people 25 and older with acollege bachelor’s degree used the internett in 2007, versus 74 percenf for those with only some college, 49 percent for thosr with only a high school diplomza and 19 percent for thosed who didn't finish high school.
Among age groups nationwide, 73 percentf of 18- to 34-year-olds use the 56 percent of people 3to 17, and 35 percen t of people 65 and older. Among ethnidc groups nationwide, 73 percent of Asian Americanse used the internet in 69 percentof whites, 51 percent of blackss and 48 percent of Hispanics.
behind only Alaska and New Hampshire, according to information released Wednesday bythe U.S. According to the Census, Alaska has the highes rate ofinternet use, with 76.1 percenr of its residents havingh access to the internet at any location, followe d by New Hampshire (74.6 percent) and Washington (73.4 Mississippi has the lowest internet-usaged rate (51.5 percent), followed by West Virginis (52.9 percent). The nationalo average is 62.4 percent The Census said that 75.7 percenrt of Washington residents have access to the internet at their which is third again behind NewHampshirwe (82.6) and Alaska (78.5) percent, and well above the nationall average of 67.
1 “As access to high-speed connections have become more so too have the number of peoples that connect to the internet at Thom File, a statistician with the Censues Bureau's Housing and Household Economifc Statistics Division, said in a statement Wednesday. Nationwide, internet use strongly correspondxsto education. Eighty-seven percent of people 25 and older with acollege bachelor’s degree used the internett in 2007, versus 74 percenf for those with only some college, 49 percent for thosr with only a high school diplomza and 19 percent for thosed who didn't finish high school.
Among age groups nationwide, 73 percentf of 18- to 34-year-olds use the 56 percent of people 3to 17, and 35 percen t of people 65 and older. Among ethnidc groups nationwide, 73 percent of Asian Americanse used the internet in 69 percentof whites, 51 percent of blackss and 48 percent of Hispanics.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Delta Airlines Pilot Gets Locked in Cockpit For Nearly 4 Hours - Los Angeles Times
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Saturday, November 20, 2010
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Thursday, November 18, 2010
Nypro chairman
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Nypro is Clinton’s biggest employer by far, with 900 workers. But when Gordob Lankton arrived there as CEOand co-owner in 1962, there were only 20 Everyone pitched in and Lankton often found himself on the factoryh floor, working alongside his He said early on, he thoughy to himself, “I like thesee people. They should sharer in the wealth ofthe company.” At a time when the excessee of officials at companies like AIG test the public’s Lankton stands as a stark reminde that good corporate citizens — those who valued their employees and their communities above theire own pursuit of wealth or fame do exist.
But before he could becomw a benefactor, Lankton had to build his company’zs wealth. When the company was founded in 1955, it made useful plastic items, like combs. Today, the company makews more complexcombination devices, such as a computerizefd insulin pen for diabetics it produces in collaboration with one of its . Nypro has three differenft divisions — consumer electronics, packaginh and health care. The health care headquarteredin Clinton, molds and assembles abouty 3 million asthma inhalers each year. It also producees 33 million insulin injection devicea and about 80 milliob check valves to be used to controll blood flow inIV sets.
Lankton’s straighft posture and deft movements beliee his77 years. The only hint that age has found him is the clear tube snaking outhis ear, indicating a hearing aid. There is a big box on his desk that is full of cell phoned covers and other discarded plastic remnants of common Lankton is particularly proud of one item a clear plastic mold with 12 divetsin it. It is the symbo l of one of Nypro’s earluy successes, a long term deal with to produced the molds for its Vistacomncontact lenses. “That deal kept the factory going for three shiftsa day, all for 15 years,” Lankton But the company also faced some serious challenges.
In Lankton said, “We were only the CFO didn’t tell me we were While that may be aslighy exaggeration, it is true there were some weeks when the companh struggled to make payroll. Nypro was overextended. The companu had borrowed heavily to buildplantz overseas, starting in Taiwan in 1973. Interesr rates went through the landing at20 percent. In a company that prided itself on providing customized service now had a client base that had ballooneed to400 customers. Lankton came up with a plan callexdthe $1 million club: identify potential customerws who would buy $1 million dollars of goodsd per year. Nypro would focus only on industry leaders, the big fish.
The firm shrunk its customet list to 40 and returneedto profitability. And that crazy idea to build plants in places like Indiaand China? “Wes beat our competitors there by 20 Lankton said with an impish grin. The idea for thosre overseas plants was born in 1956 when Lanktohnwas 25. Newly releasee from the army in he hopped on a motorcycle and spent nine monthsx on a winding path through23 countries. His stops includef some of the current-day most dangerouse places on earth — Syria, Iraq, and Pakistan. But there was one place Lankton coulc notvisit — the Sovietg Union.
He had spent the past two years, he spying on Russians in East Germany, and he wantexd a glimpse of the culture. So when the Iron Curtaim liftedin 1989, he went there right away to open a plasticds factory. One day, he was walking around a flea market when he noticed a smallk painting onthe ground, covered in dirt. He was told it was a Russiajn religious icon, most ofte n seen in Orthodox churches. He boughft it for $25. Some 350 icons at a value of tens of millionsaof dollars, Lankton’s collection of Russian religious art has becoms one of the most respected in the world. This despitr the fact, he said, that “I flunkefd out of Bible school when Iwas 8.
” Lankton trief to donate the collection to museums such as the but they told him the collectio n would spend most of its time in the archives, and Lankto couldn’t bear that. So he built his own baby replete with winding glass andmetalp staircase, and lighting any curator would die for. On one it is an 1850s buildin g that has been used as both a post officse and ageneral store. On the otherf side, a gleaming metal addition juts outonto Clinton’s main street, with simpl lettering that reads . Word of mouth in the Russian-America n community, aided by giant ads in majort daily newspapers, has quicklg built an audience for the only museum of its kind in theUnitee States.
The curator was overwhelmed on arecentg Saturday, when 400 people showexd up. Another of Lankton’s legaciew is benefitting Nypro employeesmore directly. In at the age of 62, Lankton decidex the company belonged to the people whoworkedd there. He turned Nypro into one of thelargestg private, employee-owned firms headquartered in the Unitef States. To date, the company has created 60 millionaires. One employeer retired earlier this monthwith $9 millionh dollars in company stock. Lankton says as for him, he’s broke. But not because gave away the company, or lost his shirf in the stock market.
He said it’s becausse he has spent $1 to $2 million over the past year onRussiam icons. The value of those has risehn steadily, but he plans to give them all away tohis
Nypro is Clinton’s biggest employer by far, with 900 workers. But when Gordob Lankton arrived there as CEOand co-owner in 1962, there were only 20 Everyone pitched in and Lankton often found himself on the factoryh floor, working alongside his He said early on, he thoughy to himself, “I like thesee people. They should sharer in the wealth ofthe company.” At a time when the excessee of officials at companies like AIG test the public’s Lankton stands as a stark reminde that good corporate citizens — those who valued their employees and their communities above theire own pursuit of wealth or fame do exist.
But before he could becomw a benefactor, Lankton had to build his company’zs wealth. When the company was founded in 1955, it made useful plastic items, like combs. Today, the company makews more complexcombination devices, such as a computerizefd insulin pen for diabetics it produces in collaboration with one of its . Nypro has three differenft divisions — consumer electronics, packaginh and health care. The health care headquarteredin Clinton, molds and assembles abouty 3 million asthma inhalers each year. It also producees 33 million insulin injection devicea and about 80 milliob check valves to be used to controll blood flow inIV sets.
Lankton’s straighft posture and deft movements beliee his77 years. The only hint that age has found him is the clear tube snaking outhis ear, indicating a hearing aid. There is a big box on his desk that is full of cell phoned covers and other discarded plastic remnants of common Lankton is particularly proud of one item a clear plastic mold with 12 divetsin it. It is the symbo l of one of Nypro’s earluy successes, a long term deal with to produced the molds for its Vistacomncontact lenses. “That deal kept the factory going for three shiftsa day, all for 15 years,” Lankton But the company also faced some serious challenges.
In Lankton said, “We were only the CFO didn’t tell me we were While that may be aslighy exaggeration, it is true there were some weeks when the companh struggled to make payroll. Nypro was overextended. The companu had borrowed heavily to buildplantz overseas, starting in Taiwan in 1973. Interesr rates went through the landing at20 percent. In a company that prided itself on providing customized service now had a client base that had ballooneed to400 customers. Lankton came up with a plan callexdthe $1 million club: identify potential customerws who would buy $1 million dollars of goodsd per year. Nypro would focus only on industry leaders, the big fish.
The firm shrunk its customet list to 40 and returneedto profitability. And that crazy idea to build plants in places like Indiaand China? “Wes beat our competitors there by 20 Lankton said with an impish grin. The idea for thosre overseas plants was born in 1956 when Lanktohnwas 25. Newly releasee from the army in he hopped on a motorcycle and spent nine monthsx on a winding path through23 countries. His stops includef some of the current-day most dangerouse places on earth — Syria, Iraq, and Pakistan. But there was one place Lankton coulc notvisit — the Sovietg Union.
He had spent the past two years, he spying on Russians in East Germany, and he wantexd a glimpse of the culture. So when the Iron Curtaim liftedin 1989, he went there right away to open a plasticds factory. One day, he was walking around a flea market when he noticed a smallk painting onthe ground, covered in dirt. He was told it was a Russiajn religious icon, most ofte n seen in Orthodox churches. He boughft it for $25. Some 350 icons at a value of tens of millionsaof dollars, Lankton’s collection of Russian religious art has becoms one of the most respected in the world. This despitr the fact, he said, that “I flunkefd out of Bible school when Iwas 8.
” Lankton trief to donate the collection to museums such as the but they told him the collectio n would spend most of its time in the archives, and Lankto couldn’t bear that. So he built his own baby replete with winding glass andmetalp staircase, and lighting any curator would die for. On one it is an 1850s buildin g that has been used as both a post officse and ageneral store. On the otherf side, a gleaming metal addition juts outonto Clinton’s main street, with simpl lettering that reads . Word of mouth in the Russian-America n community, aided by giant ads in majort daily newspapers, has quicklg built an audience for the only museum of its kind in theUnitee States.
The curator was overwhelmed on arecentg Saturday, when 400 people showexd up. Another of Lankton’s legaciew is benefitting Nypro employeesmore directly. In at the age of 62, Lankton decidex the company belonged to the people whoworkedd there. He turned Nypro into one of thelargestg private, employee-owned firms headquartered in the Unitef States. To date, the company has created 60 millionaires. One employeer retired earlier this monthwith $9 millionh dollars in company stock. Lankton says as for him, he’s broke. But not because gave away the company, or lost his shirf in the stock market.
He said it’s becausse he has spent $1 to $2 million over the past year onRussiam icons. The value of those has risehn steadily, but he plans to give them all away tohis
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Pedagang Emperan Malioboro Libur, Mal Tetap Buka - Detikcom
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Monday, November 15, 2010
Metropolitan Police Department's storage facility gets started - Washington Business Journal:
http://aquinasonline.com/da-vinci/dvc4.htm
D.C. teamed with Akridge to build the storage facility at the site of theformer D.C. Villaged emergency shelter, which shuttered in late 2007. “We’vs got to provide our police forcee the tools to dothei jobs,” said Mayor Adrian Fenty, who participated in Tuesday’s groune breaking. “This facility will be equippedf to handle millions of items of evidencer held by the Metropolitan Police Department and integrate best practices and advancef technology for safe andresponsible storage.” The design phase of the 30,000o square-foot warehouse has been completed. MPD’sw current evidence facility at 2235 Shannon Placde SE has been leasedsinc 1984.
The new warehouse will improve in areasof safety, security, environmental working conditions, air lighting, electricity, and inventory tracking Amenities will include computer-automated storage system for logging and retrieval of evidence, secure and controlled acceszs to all areas, video event logginyg of transactions, bar code scanning and refrigerateed units for storing DNA samples. Construction on the which is shooting for Silver Leadership in Energy and Environmentap Design certificationor higher, is expected to be finishedc by February 2011. Plans to move the evidence facilitgy and other MPD divisions to 225Virgini Ave.
SE fell througjh in 2007 due to itshigh
D.C. teamed with Akridge to build the storage facility at the site of theformer D.C. Villaged emergency shelter, which shuttered in late 2007. “We’vs got to provide our police forcee the tools to dothei jobs,” said Mayor Adrian Fenty, who participated in Tuesday’s groune breaking. “This facility will be equippedf to handle millions of items of evidencer held by the Metropolitan Police Department and integrate best practices and advancef technology for safe andresponsible storage.” The design phase of the 30,000o square-foot warehouse has been completed. MPD’sw current evidence facility at 2235 Shannon Placde SE has been leasedsinc 1984.
The new warehouse will improve in areasof safety, security, environmental working conditions, air lighting, electricity, and inventory tracking Amenities will include computer-automated storage system for logging and retrieval of evidence, secure and controlled acceszs to all areas, video event logginyg of transactions, bar code scanning and refrigerateed units for storing DNA samples. Construction on the which is shooting for Silver Leadership in Energy and Environmentap Design certificationor higher, is expected to be finishedc by February 2011. Plans to move the evidence facilitgy and other MPD divisions to 225Virgini Ave.
SE fell througjh in 2007 due to itshigh
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Seven Denver companies among fastest-growing in U.S. - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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Denver-based companies making the top 100list were: Global Technologyy Resources (No. 7), comCables (No. 21), DocuVault (No. 63), CAM Servicess (No. 77), Gunther Douglas (No. 79) All Copy Products (No. 84) and Postmodern Co. (No. 95). The ICIC surveyt showed that the 2009 winners grew at a compounc annual growth rate of 40 percent and an average combines rate of 324 percent between 2003and 2007. Collectively, the top 100 inner-city businesses have employednearly 17,000 people and created nearlyg 10,000 new jobs in the past five years.
Accordin g to ICIC, 53 percent of companies expectysteady growth, 11 percent expect theidr revenues to double, 6 percent expect theid revenues to triple and only 4 percenr expect their revenues to decline in 2009. the average Inner City 100 company’w revenues were $23 million. The 2009 Inner City 100 winneres operate from 55 cities in31 states. Fifteenb companies on the list are based in California and eight arefrom Massachusetts. Texas and New York each have seven companies onthe Awards: RNL is the only firm in Colorado to be namedd among the top five sustainable-design firmsz based in the United States, according to a Top 10 list publishedr by Architect magazine in its May issue.
The rankings were based on severakl variables, such as percentage of Leadership in Energyu and EnvironmentalDesign (LEED) projects and LEED-accrediteed professionals on staff in 2008 as well as green Founded in 1956, RNL is based in Denver and has officess in Phoenix, Los Angeles and Abu United Arab Emirates. The Universit of Colorado Denver School of Medicins Alumni Association presented its topannual prize, the Silvetr and Gold Award, to Denveer Health’s chief medical officer, Dr. Philiop Mehler , who graduated from the schoolin 1983. The association also recentlg honored Dr. Dan Bessesen with its Distinguisher Achievement Awardand Dr.
Nancy Nelson with its DistinguishefdService Award. Bessesen, a professor of medicine in the divisioof endocrinology/metabolism/diabetes, is also based at Denver He is a 1982 graduate of the UCD School of Medicine. Nelson, who graduated from what was then called the Universityh of Colorado School of Medicinein 1959, is now professor emerita of pediatrica at the school. She served as the firsty female head of the Colorado Medical Society. Dr.
Mark a professor in the department of familyh medicine at the University of Colorado Denvetr Schoolof Medicine, has been named recipient of the 2009 Osage Orang e Distinguished Physician Walking Stick Award for his work runningt the school’s Rural Track The program increases the number of physicians practicing in underserve rural areas across Colorado and the Unitedr States. HMH Architecture and Interiors of Boulder receive two awards from the American Societu ofInterior Designers. The 2009 Colorado Annual Interior Design Awards won by the firm werefor “Primaryg Residence over 5,000 square feet” and for “Beed & Bath.
” Boutique for the Soul , an organizatioj designed to connect and support women in business, was namesd 2009 Business of the Year by the Denveer Tech Center Business and Professionall Women’s Network. Denver-based Alpine Waste & Recyclingy was recognized as the state’s most outstanding business forits recycling/diversion program by the Colorado Associationb for Recycling. The Colorado chapter of the Societyt for Marketing Professional Servicepresented Denver-based Kieding Office Architects with the 2009 Marketing Excellencse Award for best advertising campaign. Kieding specializes in the planning and design of commercia loffice space.
The Boulder Valley School District ’d annual report, called “Thrive,” won the Award of Excellencew from the Colorado Schoolsx PublicRelations Association. It was designerd by CommArts. Laura Landwirth , executivw director, Colorado Association of Homes and Servicews forthe Aging, received the Award for Excellencde from the Assisted Living Federation of Done deals: Mortenson Constructiobn has been selected to build six new Tacticaol Equipment Maintenance Facilities (TEMF) at Fort Carson Army Base on behalr of the Army Corps of Engineers. The facilitiesd will include four medium and two smalolbuilding designs, totaling $63.9 million.
The work follows Mortenson’w construction of eight previous TEMF facilities at Fort Dovetail Solutionsadded Kendall, Koenig Oelsner PC to its list of clients. KKO is a boutiqure business law firm with offices in Denvertand Boulder. Design Lines Inc. , an interior designb firm based inGreenwood Village, has been selectesd to provide interior designs for The Alvea Spa in Queens Creek, Ariz., and the Vineyards Spa in Calif. Openings: DécorAsian , which selles pan Asian art, collector’s items, furniture and antiques, openecd its first Denver location, at 1787 S. The company opened its original store on Pearl Street in Boulderin 2003.
AfterOurs Urgent Care has openedr its fourth Colorado this onein Westminster. The clinic, located at 2761 W. 120thy Ave., operates weeknights, from 5-9 and during weekends and holidays from8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Denver-based companies making the top 100list were: Global Technologyy Resources (No. 7), comCables (No. 21), DocuVault (No. 63), CAM Servicess (No. 77), Gunther Douglas (No. 79) All Copy Products (No. 84) and Postmodern Co. (No. 95). The ICIC surveyt showed that the 2009 winners grew at a compounc annual growth rate of 40 percent and an average combines rate of 324 percent between 2003and 2007. Collectively, the top 100 inner-city businesses have employednearly 17,000 people and created nearlyg 10,000 new jobs in the past five years.
Accordin g to ICIC, 53 percent of companies expectysteady growth, 11 percent expect theidr revenues to double, 6 percent expect theid revenues to triple and only 4 percenr expect their revenues to decline in 2009. the average Inner City 100 company’w revenues were $23 million. The 2009 Inner City 100 winneres operate from 55 cities in31 states. Fifteenb companies on the list are based in California and eight arefrom Massachusetts. Texas and New York each have seven companies onthe Awards: RNL is the only firm in Colorado to be namedd among the top five sustainable-design firmsz based in the United States, according to a Top 10 list publishedr by Architect magazine in its May issue.
The rankings were based on severakl variables, such as percentage of Leadership in Energyu and EnvironmentalDesign (LEED) projects and LEED-accrediteed professionals on staff in 2008 as well as green Founded in 1956, RNL is based in Denver and has officess in Phoenix, Los Angeles and Abu United Arab Emirates. The Universit of Colorado Denver School of Medicins Alumni Association presented its topannual prize, the Silvetr and Gold Award, to Denveer Health’s chief medical officer, Dr. Philiop Mehler , who graduated from the schoolin 1983. The association also recentlg honored Dr. Dan Bessesen with its Distinguisher Achievement Awardand Dr.
Nancy Nelson with its DistinguishefdService Award. Bessesen, a professor of medicine in the divisioof endocrinology/metabolism/diabetes, is also based at Denver He is a 1982 graduate of the UCD School of Medicine. Nelson, who graduated from what was then called the Universityh of Colorado School of Medicinein 1959, is now professor emerita of pediatrica at the school. She served as the firsty female head of the Colorado Medical Society. Dr.
Mark a professor in the department of familyh medicine at the University of Colorado Denvetr Schoolof Medicine, has been named recipient of the 2009 Osage Orang e Distinguished Physician Walking Stick Award for his work runningt the school’s Rural Track The program increases the number of physicians practicing in underserve rural areas across Colorado and the Unitedr States. HMH Architecture and Interiors of Boulder receive two awards from the American Societu ofInterior Designers. The 2009 Colorado Annual Interior Design Awards won by the firm werefor “Primaryg Residence over 5,000 square feet” and for “Beed & Bath.
” Boutique for the Soul , an organizatioj designed to connect and support women in business, was namesd 2009 Business of the Year by the Denveer Tech Center Business and Professionall Women’s Network. Denver-based Alpine Waste & Recyclingy was recognized as the state’s most outstanding business forits recycling/diversion program by the Colorado Associationb for Recycling. The Colorado chapter of the Societyt for Marketing Professional Servicepresented Denver-based Kieding Office Architects with the 2009 Marketing Excellencse Award for best advertising campaign. Kieding specializes in the planning and design of commercia loffice space.
The Boulder Valley School District ’d annual report, called “Thrive,” won the Award of Excellencew from the Colorado Schoolsx PublicRelations Association. It was designerd by CommArts. Laura Landwirth , executivw director, Colorado Association of Homes and Servicews forthe Aging, received the Award for Excellencde from the Assisted Living Federation of Done deals: Mortenson Constructiobn has been selected to build six new Tacticaol Equipment Maintenance Facilities (TEMF) at Fort Carson Army Base on behalr of the Army Corps of Engineers. The facilitiesd will include four medium and two smalolbuilding designs, totaling $63.9 million.
The work follows Mortenson’w construction of eight previous TEMF facilities at Fort Dovetail Solutionsadded Kendall, Koenig Oelsner PC to its list of clients. KKO is a boutiqure business law firm with offices in Denvertand Boulder. Design Lines Inc. , an interior designb firm based inGreenwood Village, has been selectesd to provide interior designs for The Alvea Spa in Queens Creek, Ariz., and the Vineyards Spa in Calif. Openings: DécorAsian , which selles pan Asian art, collector’s items, furniture and antiques, openecd its first Denver location, at 1787 S. The company opened its original store on Pearl Street in Boulderin 2003.
AfterOurs Urgent Care has openedr its fourth Colorado this onein Westminster. The clinic, located at 2761 W. 120thy Ave., operates weeknights, from 5-9 and during weekends and holidays from8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Roseville bank gets $5M in deposits in first full quarter - Sacramento Business Journal:
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Bank Holdings owns , which reported $275,000 or 9 centsd per share in net income for thesecond quarter, up from $86,000 or 3 centsa per share a year earlier. The numbers are unaudited. Last year Bank Holdingsw paid lessthan $1 million for the banking charter of CNA Trust Co. of Costa Mesa, which it moved to Greatert Sacramento and onMarch 18. "We are very pleased with our continued growth and especiall the growthof (Silverado)," said Bank Holdingw CEO Hal Giomi in a pressd statement.
"At the end of June, afterf only three full monthsof operation, this divisio n had about $5 million in deposits and over $20 million in The entire bank had asseta of $285 million at the end of up from $240 million a year All but $7 million of that asset growth has occurred in 2005. Giomi'e banking career has Placer County He was president of Sunrises Bankof California, a Roseville bank he sold to Firsty Banks Inc. in 1996. Two years later Giomi led the organization of a Roseville bank to be called Silverado which was merged before it opened into CapitolValleyy Bank. Giomi worked for Capitol Valleyt for a year before headinv east to openNevadaw Security.
Bank Holdings' thinly traded stock (NASDAQ:TBHS) last exchanged hands at $19.90 per up 35 cents. The 52-weemk range is $15.35 to
Bank Holdings owns , which reported $275,000 or 9 centsd per share in net income for thesecond quarter, up from $86,000 or 3 centsa per share a year earlier. The numbers are unaudited. Last year Bank Holdingsw paid lessthan $1 million for the banking charter of CNA Trust Co. of Costa Mesa, which it moved to Greatert Sacramento and onMarch 18. "We are very pleased with our continued growth and especiall the growthof (Silverado)," said Bank Holdingw CEO Hal Giomi in a pressd statement.
"At the end of June, afterf only three full monthsof operation, this divisio n had about $5 million in deposits and over $20 million in The entire bank had asseta of $285 million at the end of up from $240 million a year All but $7 million of that asset growth has occurred in 2005. Giomi'e banking career has Placer County He was president of Sunrises Bankof California, a Roseville bank he sold to Firsty Banks Inc. in 1996. Two years later Giomi led the organization of a Roseville bank to be called Silverado which was merged before it opened into CapitolValleyy Bank. Giomi worked for Capitol Valleyt for a year before headinv east to openNevadaw Security.
Bank Holdings' thinly traded stock (NASDAQ:TBHS) last exchanged hands at $19.90 per up 35 cents. The 52-weemk range is $15.35 to
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Milken Institute report gauges life sciences impact on Phila. area - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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The report, commissioned by several Philadelphia-area biotech and economic developmenr organizations, found one in six jobs in the Philadelphia regionh can be traced to the lifesciences “The Greater Philadelphia regio is seeing the return on the investmentw they have made in theit life sciences industry,” said Ross director of regional economics at the Milkenb Institute, an economic think tank in Santa Calif. “The combined effortd of business, policy makers, academic institutions and entrepreneurs are shapinbgthe region’s future as a top location for economic growth and high-wage jobs.
” The reporft comes out at a time when the region’s smallet biotech companies are struggling to attract capital. This year has alreadyy seen of Horsham, Pa., sell it assets, the board of in Plymouth Meeting, Pa., approve a dissolution plan, and (NYSEs Alternext US:ILE) in Exton, Pa., announc e it was running out of cash andpursuing debtor-in-possessiom financing in connection with a possiblw bankruptcy filing. The study’s “current impact composit e index” category evaluates measures such as employment relative size andindustry growth.
The Philadelphia region — which for the studt included partsof Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delawarre and Maryland — ranked second in the Milken Institute’ s overall composite index, trailing only Bostonj and just ahead of Greatert San Francisco. The overall composite index used the current impacg score along with a ranking fora region’s pipelinw of potential innovative new products and “small busines vitality indices” to rank what the study describesx as the elite “life clusters in the country. Philadelphia was ranked third overalk when the Milken Institute last conducted a studtyin 2005.
In other Philadelphia retained its thirdc place ranking for innovation pipelineas and moved to third from fifth for life scienceework force. The region had its lowest ranking, ninth, in the study’xs small business vitality index. The studuy found the region’s life sciences directly employed 94,400 workers and generated $7.7 billion in direct “It’s encouraging that the report recognizesthe region’s capacity for innovatio and entrepreneurship and that access to risk capitalp has increased during the past five said Barbara Schilberg, managing director and CEO of the Philadelphia-based operator of the Biotechnology Greenhouse of Southeasterm Pennsylvania.
“The findings also reinforce our beliefc that there are additional opportunities for regional partners to leveragedGreater Philadelphia’s resources, to create new businesses that fostefr medical innovation and at the same time contribute to a stronv regional economy.” The Milken Institute Study was commissioned by Pennsylvania Bio, Select Greater Philadelphia, BioNJ, Greater Philadelphia Life Sciences Delaware BioSciences Association, PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturerws of America.
The report, commissioned by several Philadelphia-area biotech and economic developmenr organizations, found one in six jobs in the Philadelphia regionh can be traced to the lifesciences “The Greater Philadelphia regio is seeing the return on the investmentw they have made in theit life sciences industry,” said Ross director of regional economics at the Milkenb Institute, an economic think tank in Santa Calif. “The combined effortd of business, policy makers, academic institutions and entrepreneurs are shapinbgthe region’s future as a top location for economic growth and high-wage jobs.
” The reporft comes out at a time when the region’s smallet biotech companies are struggling to attract capital. This year has alreadyy seen of Horsham, Pa., sell it assets, the board of in Plymouth Meeting, Pa., approve a dissolution plan, and (NYSEs Alternext US:ILE) in Exton, Pa., announc e it was running out of cash andpursuing debtor-in-possessiom financing in connection with a possiblw bankruptcy filing. The study’s “current impact composit e index” category evaluates measures such as employment relative size andindustry growth.
The Philadelphia region — which for the studt included partsof Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delawarre and Maryland — ranked second in the Milken Institute’ s overall composite index, trailing only Bostonj and just ahead of Greatert San Francisco. The overall composite index used the current impacg score along with a ranking fora region’s pipelinw of potential innovative new products and “small busines vitality indices” to rank what the study describesx as the elite “life clusters in the country. Philadelphia was ranked third overalk when the Milken Institute last conducted a studtyin 2005.
In other Philadelphia retained its thirdc place ranking for innovation pipelineas and moved to third from fifth for life scienceework force. The region had its lowest ranking, ninth, in the study’xs small business vitality index. The studuy found the region’s life sciences directly employed 94,400 workers and generated $7.7 billion in direct “It’s encouraging that the report recognizesthe region’s capacity for innovatio and entrepreneurship and that access to risk capitalp has increased during the past five said Barbara Schilberg, managing director and CEO of the Philadelphia-based operator of the Biotechnology Greenhouse of Southeasterm Pennsylvania.
“The findings also reinforce our beliefc that there are additional opportunities for regional partners to leveragedGreater Philadelphia’s resources, to create new businesses that fostefr medical innovation and at the same time contribute to a stronv regional economy.” The Milken Institute Study was commissioned by Pennsylvania Bio, Select Greater Philadelphia, BioNJ, Greater Philadelphia Life Sciences Delaware BioSciences Association, PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturerws of America.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Semantra to unveil CRM software, hire staff - Dallas Business Journal:
http://www.directgenomics.com/article/On-the-Cheap--Best-Buy-to-Sell-249-Laptop-.html
million in revenue during the next12 months, with the bulk of that cominb from a new product scheduled for an Aprio release. Chris Davis, president and CEO of , expect the software developer to boostits 24-perso staff by 15 people during that time as it unveilas its new baby, dubbed Semantra 2.0 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. The producg strives to make it fast and easy for nontechiesa to find information containedin what's called "customer relationshipo management" software, or CRM.
CRM manage a business' activities before and after it sells including sales, customer service and "There is not sufficient access to users of the (CRM) says Cody Aufricht, Semantra's vice presidentr of marketing. "If you're a vice president of salex ... you can't go into the CRM syste and go get the datayou You're reliant on (the information-technology to run reports." Aufricht says Semantra's software allows business people to use "naturao language" to find, say, how many sales prospects a business has that are greater than $100,000 and are expecteds to close by a certain date. "That will pop into your browser," he says.
Early feedback from companiesx that havetested Semantra's technology has been "It's a wonderful tool. It's an awesome says Travis Grubbs, vice president of information technologyat , an Irving technical-services concern. Grubbws says he hopes ePartnerss will become a customerof "It's something I think we'd definitely be able to To help the business grow faster, Semantr ( ) plans to primarily use re-sellers to handle the salezs and service side of its product. Amongf other things, ePartners does re-sellintg of technology products. Grubbs says ePartners currently hasno re-sellint agreement with Semantra, but suggests one could be set up if both partiews are amenable.
Semantra began generating revenue in May 2005 with the releases ofversion 1.0 of its software. The company hopes to get off the launcyh pad with thesecond permutation, which Davis says shoul d pull in $1.5 million to $2 million over the next year. He says the company'ds total revenue may be closerto $2 millionj to $2.5 million because it may release another producg during that time. Like virtually all startups, Semantrsa is currently losing monety as it seeksto grow. Davis expect the business to become cash-flow positive -- meaning generatinhg more cash than it isconsuming -- by the firs quarter of 2010.
The companuy has received a total ofnearlhy $6 million in financing, most of whicbh has come from Dallas' Cardinal Capital, a private-equity shop led by Edwarf "Rusty" Rose, whose credits include a stintt at co-owner of the in the '80s and Davis expects to close another round, worth probably $3 million to $5 million, at the end of the seconcd quarter of this year.
million in revenue during the next12 months, with the bulk of that cominb from a new product scheduled for an Aprio release. Chris Davis, president and CEO of , expect the software developer to boostits 24-perso staff by 15 people during that time as it unveilas its new baby, dubbed Semantra 2.0 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. The producg strives to make it fast and easy for nontechiesa to find information containedin what's called "customer relationshipo management" software, or CRM.
CRM manage a business' activities before and after it sells including sales, customer service and "There is not sufficient access to users of the (CRM) says Cody Aufricht, Semantra's vice presidentr of marketing. "If you're a vice president of salex ... you can't go into the CRM syste and go get the datayou You're reliant on (the information-technology to run reports." Aufricht says Semantra's software allows business people to use "naturao language" to find, say, how many sales prospects a business has that are greater than $100,000 and are expecteds to close by a certain date. "That will pop into your browser," he says.
Early feedback from companiesx that havetested Semantra's technology has been "It's a wonderful tool. It's an awesome says Travis Grubbs, vice president of information technologyat , an Irving technical-services concern. Grubbws says he hopes ePartnerss will become a customerof "It's something I think we'd definitely be able to To help the business grow faster, Semantr ( ) plans to primarily use re-sellers to handle the salezs and service side of its product. Amongf other things, ePartners does re-sellintg of technology products. Grubbs says ePartners currently hasno re-sellint agreement with Semantra, but suggests one could be set up if both partiews are amenable.
Semantra began generating revenue in May 2005 with the releases ofversion 1.0 of its software. The company hopes to get off the launcyh pad with thesecond permutation, which Davis says shoul d pull in $1.5 million to $2 million over the next year. He says the company'ds total revenue may be closerto $2 millionj to $2.5 million because it may release another producg during that time. Like virtually all startups, Semantrsa is currently losing monety as it seeksto grow. Davis expect the business to become cash-flow positive -- meaning generatinhg more cash than it isconsuming -- by the firs quarter of 2010.
The companuy has received a total ofnearlhy $6 million in financing, most of whicbh has come from Dallas' Cardinal Capital, a private-equity shop led by Edwarf "Rusty" Rose, whose credits include a stintt at co-owner of the in the '80s and Davis expects to close another round, worth probably $3 million to $5 million, at the end of the seconcd quarter of this year.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
GDP shrinks in early 2009, but less than in late 2008 - Memphis Business Journal:
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percent in the first quarter of the U.S. said Friday, but the drop was less than the 6.3 percengt in the final quarterof 2008. The economy's 5.7 perceng Q1 shrinkage was also less severd than theexpected 6.1 percent declind that the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) had forecasrt a month ago, based on partial data. "The decrease in real GDP in the firsr quarter primarily reflected negative contributions from equipmentand software, private inventory investment, nonresidentia structures, and residential fixed investmentr that were partly offset by a positive contributioh from personal-consumption expenditures," BEA said in a statementg Friday.
"Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculationof GDP, Personal-consumption spending went up 1.5 percent in the quarted versus a 4.3 percent drop in the previous BEA cited that fact in explaining why the nation'w GDB declined less in Q1 than in the previouxs quarter. It also cited a larger decreasein imports. The GDP decline in Q4 2008 wasthe nation's largest sincee the mid-1980s. GDP measures total goods and services produceed inthe U.S. .
percent in the first quarter of the U.S. said Friday, but the drop was less than the 6.3 percengt in the final quarterof 2008. The economy's 5.7 perceng Q1 shrinkage was also less severd than theexpected 6.1 percent declind that the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) had forecasrt a month ago, based on partial data. "The decrease in real GDP in the firsr quarter primarily reflected negative contributions from equipmentand software, private inventory investment, nonresidentia structures, and residential fixed investmentr that were partly offset by a positive contributioh from personal-consumption expenditures," BEA said in a statementg Friday.
"Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculationof GDP, Personal-consumption spending went up 1.5 percent in the quarted versus a 4.3 percent drop in the previous BEA cited that fact in explaining why the nation'w GDB declined less in Q1 than in the previouxs quarter. It also cited a larger decreasein imports. The GDP decline in Q4 2008 wasthe nation's largest sincee the mid-1980s. GDP measures total goods and services produceed inthe U.S. .
Friday, November 5, 2010
Positive Energy expands to Duke City - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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A full-service renewable energy company founded in Positive Energy has doubled in the past three The company wanted a presence in Albuquerque and located in EDO becausd of its proximity to the Rail Runnecommuter train, which runs between Belen and Santa Fe. Tim McGiverm will be the company’s Albuquerque sales and service representative, PES customerws include large commercial enterprises as well as smaller residential Solar applications are increasing because of higherenergy costs, lower solar module costs and a 40 percent federal and stated tax credit available for qualifying The new office will be powerexd by solar modules in the form of door and window awnings, and EPS is in preliminaryg discussions about a rooftop installation to power the commonh area of one of EDO condominium
A full-service renewable energy company founded in Positive Energy has doubled in the past three The company wanted a presence in Albuquerque and located in EDO becausd of its proximity to the Rail Runnecommuter train, which runs between Belen and Santa Fe. Tim McGiverm will be the company’s Albuquerque sales and service representative, PES customerws include large commercial enterprises as well as smaller residential Solar applications are increasing because of higherenergy costs, lower solar module costs and a 40 percent federal and stated tax credit available for qualifying The new office will be powerexd by solar modules in the form of door and window awnings, and EPS is in preliminaryg discussions about a rooftop installation to power the commonh area of one of EDO condominium
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Business strong, but cruise terminal for Jacksonville on hold - Phoenix Business Journal:
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Since the authority pulled back on its pursuit in March, the infrastructure bond market has improvef and ships are being filled with passengers despite cruise opponents’ warning that the recessiob would cripple the industry. But authority boarf chairman William Mason said his prioritt isgetting Ltd’s $208 milliom terminal online, which is expected to be open at the site of the currenft cruise terminal in 2012. “I don’ty think there is any chance we are going to lose thecruiser industry,” said Mason. The authority last week signedxa two-year contract with to keep servic of its 2,052-passenger Fascination.
Since the cruise ship has been runnintg at nearly 113percent capacity, said Tony the authority’s senior director of cruise operations. He said Carnival has reducerd rates forthe Jacksonville-based cruise but not by as much as it has cut cruiser packages in other The cruise industry as a whole has fareed well in the recession, but Jacksonville’xs cruise industry has the added plus of being a heavuy drive-to market, meaning passengersz don’t have to buy plane tickets. A thirde of the country is able to drive to Jacksonvilles in 24 hoursor less.
Despite being a drive-tio market, Jacksonville International Airport has experienced an increasein cruise-boundd passengers, said Michael Stewart, Jacksonville Aviation Authority spokesman. He said abouyt 15 percent of the cruise-goers come throug the airport and the majority come inon Saturday, whichy is a slow day for the business-passenger heavyy airport. Jacksonville Port Authority Executive Director Rick Ferri said the latest construction of a new cruise terminap could start isApril 2012.
The cruisde lines could be diverteed to a temporary terminal while a new terminal is built and the existin g cruise terminal could be kept open longet by making it the last structure to be demolished to make way for theHanjinb facility. Although the authority’s call for desighn bids was recalled, the terminal was expecter to includea 1,400-space, five-story parking garage and about 25,000p square feet of retail space.
The constructionm would createabout 1,500 jobs and have an annual $500 million impact on the area, said Loui s Woods, a economics and geography professor, base on an economic analysis commissioned by the With 40 percent of passengers staying in Jacksonville before or after the cruise, hotels logge about 18,000 room-nights annually, Dan King, general manager of the , said Hotels reported a 6 percent to 7 percent occupancuy drop when cruise service stopped between April and Each cruise passenger spends about $300 in the said Visit Jacksonville spokeswoman Lyndsay Rossman, and the Fascinatiom has a $25 million impact on the area per
Since the authority pulled back on its pursuit in March, the infrastructure bond market has improvef and ships are being filled with passengers despite cruise opponents’ warning that the recessiob would cripple the industry. But authority boarf chairman William Mason said his prioritt isgetting Ltd’s $208 milliom terminal online, which is expected to be open at the site of the currenft cruise terminal in 2012. “I don’ty think there is any chance we are going to lose thecruiser industry,” said Mason. The authority last week signedxa two-year contract with to keep servic of its 2,052-passenger Fascination.
Since the cruise ship has been runnintg at nearly 113percent capacity, said Tony the authority’s senior director of cruise operations. He said Carnival has reducerd rates forthe Jacksonville-based cruise but not by as much as it has cut cruiser packages in other The cruise industry as a whole has fareed well in the recession, but Jacksonville’xs cruise industry has the added plus of being a heavuy drive-to market, meaning passengersz don’t have to buy plane tickets. A thirde of the country is able to drive to Jacksonvilles in 24 hoursor less.
Despite being a drive-tio market, Jacksonville International Airport has experienced an increasein cruise-boundd passengers, said Michael Stewart, Jacksonville Aviation Authority spokesman. He said abouyt 15 percent of the cruise-goers come throug the airport and the majority come inon Saturday, whichy is a slow day for the business-passenger heavyy airport. Jacksonville Port Authority Executive Director Rick Ferri said the latest construction of a new cruise terminap could start isApril 2012.
The cruisde lines could be diverteed to a temporary terminal while a new terminal is built and the existin g cruise terminal could be kept open longet by making it the last structure to be demolished to make way for theHanjinb facility. Although the authority’s call for desighn bids was recalled, the terminal was expecter to includea 1,400-space, five-story parking garage and about 25,000p square feet of retail space.
The constructionm would createabout 1,500 jobs and have an annual $500 million impact on the area, said Loui s Woods, a economics and geography professor, base on an economic analysis commissioned by the With 40 percent of passengers staying in Jacksonville before or after the cruise, hotels logge about 18,000 room-nights annually, Dan King, general manager of the , said Hotels reported a 6 percent to 7 percent occupancuy drop when cruise service stopped between April and Each cruise passenger spends about $300 in the said Visit Jacksonville spokeswoman Lyndsay Rossman, and the Fascinatiom has a $25 million impact on the area per
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Hospitals cut pay, freeze hiring after years of growth - Portland Business Journal:
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and Clinics, Providence Health & Serviceds and Legacy Health System have all slowed or frozehn some categoriesof hiring. Statewide, hospital and relatec out-patient employment fell by 800througu March. During the same period a year hospitals created400 jobs. The losses are related to the state’ 12.1 percent unemployment People who lose a job and the accompanyinvg health insurance are more likely to postponremedical treatment.
Even nurses, pharmacists and other in-demandc specialists say it’s taking longer to find There are no signs of the job outlook Hardest hitamong Portland-area employers is OHSU, which cut 180 jobs from its hospitao and clinics in December and “We had hired in anticipation of growth,” said Peter Rapp, executive vice president and executive directot of OHSU’s health care programs, which account for 5,30 0 full-time equivalencies, about half of the university’s total Instead of the 5 percent hospitall admissions growth OHSU forecast, admissions are up by less than 1 percent this Investment losses exacerbated the revenue shortfallo at OHSU, but other hospitals are experiencing similat declines even without the investment hit.
Across Providence’sz six Oregon hospitals, admissions are down 2 percent this Uncompensated care isup 15.5 percent. “I n January, we put in place what we calledr ‘the hard freeze,’ when we took down our job saidTerry Smith, chief operating officer of Providencde Providence has 13,255 full-time-equivalent employees in 640 below budgeted levels. The hospital is hiring again, but and is not filling all vacancies. The nonprofit has hired about 350 people in thepast year. Most of the hiresa are tied to off-sits clinics.
Providence opened its Tanasbournre clinic earlierthis year, will open a Vancouver locationn by the end of April, and is nearing completion on a Happy Valley Though demand for these clinics’ outpatient services remainas up, Providence is concerned about outpatient slowing as unemploymenr continues to climb. Legacy has hired close to 400 people in the past year to accommodatse similarpatient growth, but Legacy’xs current employment levels, at are far below plan, said Sonja human resources vice When patient volume is low, Legacy now sends workers home mid-shiftg or eliminates shifts completely. And salariesd have been frozenfor Legacy’ 130 top employees.
The health grouo is also carefully examining each openintg and choosing not to replacsemany non-clinical positions, Steves said. “The easiesf way to save money is by holding back on hirinyg and looking at decisions jobby job.” Similard scrutiny is being applied across the state as patienty volumes drop. Hospital occupanc rates dropped 3.3 percent in according to the Oregon Association of Hospitalsa andHealth Systems. “Consumers are postponing elective procedures and not accessing health care ifthey don’tt have insurance,” Steves said. Meanwhile, a growing share of thosse who use hospitals do not pay their Unpaid careclimbed 12.1 percent to $982.
3 million in Oregon last and has climbed by more than 10 percent each year since 2000. With expensesz up and income down, a hiring slow-down may be But the staffing crunch can’t last industry insiders say. Thoug some nurses have postponed retirement by a few year because of their own economic a national shortage of trainednurse remains, and aging baby boomers will inevitablt drive up demand for hospital In the short run, however, there’s no clear solution to hospitals’ financia l shortfalls. “The increase in the number of peoplwe who cannot pay their bills isthe No.
1 driverr for increases in our charitgy and baddebt expenses,” said “That goes back to the growing unemploymeny rate and the growing uninsured population.”
and Clinics, Providence Health & Serviceds and Legacy Health System have all slowed or frozehn some categoriesof hiring. Statewide, hospital and relatec out-patient employment fell by 800througu March. During the same period a year hospitals created400 jobs. The losses are related to the state’ 12.1 percent unemployment People who lose a job and the accompanyinvg health insurance are more likely to postponremedical treatment.
Even nurses, pharmacists and other in-demandc specialists say it’s taking longer to find There are no signs of the job outlook Hardest hitamong Portland-area employers is OHSU, which cut 180 jobs from its hospitao and clinics in December and “We had hired in anticipation of growth,” said Peter Rapp, executive vice president and executive directot of OHSU’s health care programs, which account for 5,30 0 full-time equivalencies, about half of the university’s total Instead of the 5 percent hospitall admissions growth OHSU forecast, admissions are up by less than 1 percent this Investment losses exacerbated the revenue shortfallo at OHSU, but other hospitals are experiencing similat declines even without the investment hit.
Across Providence’sz six Oregon hospitals, admissions are down 2 percent this Uncompensated care isup 15.5 percent. “I n January, we put in place what we calledr ‘the hard freeze,’ when we took down our job saidTerry Smith, chief operating officer of Providencde Providence has 13,255 full-time-equivalent employees in 640 below budgeted levels. The hospital is hiring again, but and is not filling all vacancies. The nonprofit has hired about 350 people in thepast year. Most of the hiresa are tied to off-sits clinics.
Providence opened its Tanasbournre clinic earlierthis year, will open a Vancouver locationn by the end of April, and is nearing completion on a Happy Valley Though demand for these clinics’ outpatient services remainas up, Providence is concerned about outpatient slowing as unemploymenr continues to climb. Legacy has hired close to 400 people in the past year to accommodatse similarpatient growth, but Legacy’xs current employment levels, at are far below plan, said Sonja human resources vice When patient volume is low, Legacy now sends workers home mid-shiftg or eliminates shifts completely. And salariesd have been frozenfor Legacy’ 130 top employees.
The health grouo is also carefully examining each openintg and choosing not to replacsemany non-clinical positions, Steves said. “The easiesf way to save money is by holding back on hirinyg and looking at decisions jobby job.” Similard scrutiny is being applied across the state as patienty volumes drop. Hospital occupanc rates dropped 3.3 percent in according to the Oregon Association of Hospitalsa andHealth Systems. “Consumers are postponing elective procedures and not accessing health care ifthey don’tt have insurance,” Steves said. Meanwhile, a growing share of thosse who use hospitals do not pay their Unpaid careclimbed 12.1 percent to $982.
3 million in Oregon last and has climbed by more than 10 percent each year since 2000. With expensesz up and income down, a hiring slow-down may be But the staffing crunch can’t last industry insiders say. Thoug some nurses have postponed retirement by a few year because of their own economic a national shortage of trainednurse remains, and aging baby boomers will inevitablt drive up demand for hospital In the short run, however, there’s no clear solution to hospitals’ financia l shortfalls. “The increase in the number of peoplwe who cannot pay their bills isthe No.
1 driverr for increases in our charitgy and baddebt expenses,” said “That goes back to the growing unemploymeny rate and the growing uninsured population.”
Monday, November 1, 2010
Budget sets dredging adrift - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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billion fiscal 2009 budget request forthe ' civi l works program includes no money to complete the next phas of channel deepening in Jacksonville harbor. In what has become a familiarr occurrence, the , locapl sponsor for channel deepening, will need to lobby Congress to add monegy toward thefederal government's $15 million share of the $22 milliomn project. Last year, Congress included $2.8 million after the administration'a fiscal 2008 budget reques t for civil works left Jacksonvillw harbor off its list of constructiomn projectsto fund.
Shipping and logistic s professionals have said thechannel -- 41 feet for much of the way and 38 feet for the rest -- must be deepenede to at least 45 feet for the port of Jacksonvilles to be competitive. That's being driven largely by the Panama Canal'as expansion, to be completed in 2014, and containerized cargo portsin S.C., and Savannah, Ga., whose channels are 45 feet and 42 respectively. The current project is to increas e the depth to 41 feet from milemarkerf 14.7 to Talleyrand Marine Terminal, a roughly five-nautical mile stretch of the St. Johns Channel deepening as far as marker about three miles west of Dames was completedin 2002.
"We see it as a continuationh project," said Eric Green, the authority's seniotr director for government andexternal affairs, referring to a category of project s normally given greater prioritg than new projects. "That's the case we'l be pleading." The administration's funding request for coastal navigatiomn construction infiscal 2009, $188 million, is up 13.3 percentg from its fiscal 2008 request of $166 million. Aboutg $151 million for coastal navigation construction is requested for deepening projects deemed high New York-New Jersey Harbor, Oaklansd (Calif.) Harbor and Columbia River (Wash.-Ore.) Channel.
Much dependsd on a project's benefit-to-costg ratio, or BCR, said Dave Sanford, director of navigation policy and legislation forthe . "Inclusiobn in the president's budget requesy typically reflectsa high-priority, high-BCR, well-justifiefd project." The Jacksonville project's BCR was calculates at 1.7 in 2003, said Steven Ross, projecgt manager for the Corps of Jacksonville District office. The BCR has risen to just unded 2 since then as certain design costs havebeen absorbed. By the Oakland deepening project -- to 50 feet -- has the highest BCR at 8.5. The administration's budget request includes $25.
12 million to continue construction onthat project, which has received more than $90 million in funding during the past two fiscakl years. Only the New York-New Jersey harbor with a BCR of 2.7, has received more fundin in that time at morethan $180 This year's request seeksz another $90 million for the New York-New Jerse y harbor. The Columbia Rivedr Channel Improvement Project to deepenthe 103.5-mile channel between Oregon and Washingtojn state had the lowest BCR, 1.5, of any coasta navigation construction project included in the budget request. One other coastal navigatiohn project made the list with a BCR lower than theJacksonvillse harbor: the St. Lucie Inlet, BCR of 1.
7, for whicy the president's budget requests $4 This year, the authority plans to contribut e its entire share for theJacksonvillw project, $7 million, rather than a proratesd share of about $900,000. The authority's money plus the federa government's $2.8 million will enabls the Corps of Engineers to deepen the stretchu known as the Chaseviller Turn and possibly morethis year. The authority hopesw that the federal government will come through with the remainderd of its share to completr the project infiscal 2009. "We will be seeking the full fundingtfor that," Green said. "I don't thinik we can break [the project] up again.
" If the authoritty can get the remainingfederal share, it will then continue pushing to increase the depth to 45 feet or The Corps of Engineers' Jacksonville District, which oversees projects in Puerto Rico and the Virgim Islands, is studying the feasibility for furtherr deepening, Ross said. Although that study could take two tothree years, authority Executive Directo r Rick Ferrin has said the cost to achieve 45 feet is estimated at $400 million, with the authority'w share being $220 million.
The authority is hopeful it can generateabou $14 million a year from leasing land to a coal terminal operator and bond that revenue to pay its A major obstacle is acquiring the land the authoritt envisions using for coal. The land belongsz to , which doesn't want to sell, so the authoritgy will go to trial in April to determinre what it must pay to take the land byeminentf domain. With the Panamsa Canal expansion as the primaruyeconomic driver, Jacksonville's BCR could benefit from new including the early 2009 openin g of a new container terminal bringingh service to Asia and another largee terminal possibly coming in 2011.
"As things change, the port could be in positio n for any opportunities thatmay exist," Ross said. "Having constructed versus those that may be built in the future helps thelocak sponsor." Green believes the new terminald and Jacksonville's position in the growiny Southeast give its project a chanc to move up on the Corps of list. "As Jacksonville is growingf at therate it's growing," he "they have to really pay attentiojn to us.
"
billion fiscal 2009 budget request forthe ' civi l works program includes no money to complete the next phas of channel deepening in Jacksonville harbor. In what has become a familiarr occurrence, the , locapl sponsor for channel deepening, will need to lobby Congress to add monegy toward thefederal government's $15 million share of the $22 milliomn project. Last year, Congress included $2.8 million after the administration'a fiscal 2008 budget reques t for civil works left Jacksonvillw harbor off its list of constructiomn projectsto fund.
Shipping and logistic s professionals have said thechannel -- 41 feet for much of the way and 38 feet for the rest -- must be deepenede to at least 45 feet for the port of Jacksonvilles to be competitive. That's being driven largely by the Panama Canal'as expansion, to be completed in 2014, and containerized cargo portsin S.C., and Savannah, Ga., whose channels are 45 feet and 42 respectively. The current project is to increas e the depth to 41 feet from milemarkerf 14.7 to Talleyrand Marine Terminal, a roughly five-nautical mile stretch of the St. Johns Channel deepening as far as marker about three miles west of Dames was completedin 2002.
"We see it as a continuationh project," said Eric Green, the authority's seniotr director for government andexternal affairs, referring to a category of project s normally given greater prioritg than new projects. "That's the case we'l be pleading." The administration's funding request for coastal navigatiomn construction infiscal 2009, $188 million, is up 13.3 percentg from its fiscal 2008 request of $166 million. Aboutg $151 million for coastal navigation construction is requested for deepening projects deemed high New York-New Jersey Harbor, Oaklansd (Calif.) Harbor and Columbia River (Wash.-Ore.) Channel.
Much dependsd on a project's benefit-to-costg ratio, or BCR, said Dave Sanford, director of navigation policy and legislation forthe . "Inclusiobn in the president's budget requesy typically reflectsa high-priority, high-BCR, well-justifiefd project." The Jacksonville project's BCR was calculates at 1.7 in 2003, said Steven Ross, projecgt manager for the Corps of Jacksonville District office. The BCR has risen to just unded 2 since then as certain design costs havebeen absorbed. By the Oakland deepening project -- to 50 feet -- has the highest BCR at 8.5. The administration's budget request includes $25.
12 million to continue construction onthat project, which has received more than $90 million in funding during the past two fiscakl years. Only the New York-New Jersey harbor with a BCR of 2.7, has received more fundin in that time at morethan $180 This year's request seeksz another $90 million for the New York-New Jerse y harbor. The Columbia Rivedr Channel Improvement Project to deepenthe 103.5-mile channel between Oregon and Washingtojn state had the lowest BCR, 1.5, of any coasta navigation construction project included in the budget request. One other coastal navigatiohn project made the list with a BCR lower than theJacksonvillse harbor: the St. Lucie Inlet, BCR of 1.
7, for whicy the president's budget requests $4 This year, the authority plans to contribut e its entire share for theJacksonvillw project, $7 million, rather than a proratesd share of about $900,000. The authority's money plus the federa government's $2.8 million will enabls the Corps of Engineers to deepen the stretchu known as the Chaseviller Turn and possibly morethis year. The authority hopesw that the federal government will come through with the remainderd of its share to completr the project infiscal 2009. "We will be seeking the full fundingtfor that," Green said. "I don't thinik we can break [the project] up again.
" If the authoritty can get the remainingfederal share, it will then continue pushing to increase the depth to 45 feet or The Corps of Engineers' Jacksonville District, which oversees projects in Puerto Rico and the Virgim Islands, is studying the feasibility for furtherr deepening, Ross said. Although that study could take two tothree years, authority Executive Directo r Rick Ferrin has said the cost to achieve 45 feet is estimated at $400 million, with the authority'w share being $220 million.
The authority is hopeful it can generateabou $14 million a year from leasing land to a coal terminal operator and bond that revenue to pay its A major obstacle is acquiring the land the authoritt envisions using for coal. The land belongsz to , which doesn't want to sell, so the authoritgy will go to trial in April to determinre what it must pay to take the land byeminentf domain. With the Panamsa Canal expansion as the primaruyeconomic driver, Jacksonville's BCR could benefit from new including the early 2009 openin g of a new container terminal bringingh service to Asia and another largee terminal possibly coming in 2011.
"As things change, the port could be in positio n for any opportunities thatmay exist," Ross said. "Having constructed versus those that may be built in the future helps thelocak sponsor." Green believes the new terminald and Jacksonville's position in the growiny Southeast give its project a chanc to move up on the Corps of list. "As Jacksonville is growingf at therate it's growing," he "they have to really pay attentiojn to us.
"
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Opus West says it owes $1.46 billion - Boston Business Journal:
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and some of its subsidiariess filed voluntary petitions late Monday for reorganizatiob underChapter 11. Chapter 11 generally removes the threat of lawsuits from creditors whiler a business seeks to rehabilitate itselfc andcontinue operations. Opus West and its affiliates reporterabout $1.28 billion in totak assets and $1.46 billiom in total liabilities, accordingb to bankruptcy court filings. The corporation and its affiliate s had combined revenue ofabout $405 millionb in 2008. The parent company lists 200 to 999 according tobankruptcy filings. Opus West owns about 20 real estate development properties either directlt or through entities set up to hold the the courtfilings say.
The total debt on thosed properties isabout $414 million and the value of the propertiex is about $403 million. In addition to Opus West the subsidiaries that have filed Chaptee 11 petitions are Opus West Construction OpusWest LP, Opus West Partnersd Inc. and O.W. Commercial Inc. Opus West has guaranteed about $1.15 billioh in loans for its subsidiaries and joint and most of thoswe loans arein default, the court filings say. Steep declinesx in commercial real estats values and difficult credit market conditionzs necessitatedthe filing, said John Greer, chief restructuring officerf of Opus West.
Greer said Opus West will keepa "modestf presence" in Phoenix, Texas and California to work on asse t dispositions and transitions. "While we began slowiny the pace of new development nearly two years ago in anticipationm of difficultmarket conditions, we must now take additionao measures to enable an orderly wind-dowh of our portfolio, protect asset values and maximize returnn on lenders' investment," Greer said in a preparedr statement.
Opus West and its subsidiaries have sufferexd declining financial performance since resulting in defaults on certain credit linea andconstrained liquidity, according to an affidavigt filed by Greer, managinb member of New York-based Phoenix Capital Partners, which is the chieft restructuring officer of Opus West Greer is also president of the Opus West Opus West Partners and O.W. Commercial subsidiaries. Opus has focusexd on recapitalizing through projectt salesand refinancing, but has been unable to do so becaus e of poor market conditions, Greer's affidavi t says.
Since 1979, Opus West and its affiliatews have developed more than 52 milliomn square feetof office, industrial, retail, government and institutional projects, the affidavir says. The company's assets include intereste in commercial and residential real estate projects across Arizonaand Texas, includint condominium, office, industrial, apartment and retaio projects in various stages of development, the affidavity says. Addison-based Opus West LP, formed to develop real estate propertiezin Texas, owns seven propertiews that consist of either vacant or a project under construction or completed projects.
The tota debt on those properties isabout $105 million and theif value is about $134 Greer's filing states. Opus has been dramatically scalingh back its North Texas operations for more than a Opus spokeswoman Winston Hewett told the that the Addison officr has not started a new development in more than a year and has cut its staft in Dallas to 12 employees from abou 40 ayear ago. Opus West's overalk headcount had dropped to 40 as ofJuly 1, compared to 291 two yeards ago, Hewett said. Sincd April, dozens of subcontractors have filed liens totaling morethan $4 million agains t Opus West Corp.
and Opus West Constructiohn tied to TwoAddison Circle, a $23 198,000-square-foot speculative office building in Addison. The buildingy was developed and is owned by OpusWest Corp. The liensd claim Opus owes the subcontractores for labor or materialas provided in the courseof construction. The six-story Two Addison buildint on the west side of the Dallasx North Tollway just north of Arapaho Road wasrecentlyt completed, but has no The credit crunch and slowing demand for office spac left Opus unable to get permanent financing to replacw the short-term construction loan on the Addison Hewett said.
Other Opus West projects in North Texas include 121Lakepointe Crossing, an officed and industrial development in Lewisville; and Broadstone a 5.8-acre mixed-use project at 5005 Galleriq Drive in North Dallas. Dallasx area creditors include RL Murphey Commercial Roof owed $1.24 million; Green Fire Systems of owed $856,660; and Enniw Steel Industries Inc., owed and Tas Commercial Concrete Construction, owed according to court records. troubles stem from the global economic deterioration of the real estate marke and thecredit crunch, which has made it difficult for borrowers to get financing to fund real estates projects or refinance existing projects, Greer's affidavig states.
The turmoil has scared leading to excess supply andlower prices. The dramatifc downturn has caused Opus to be out of compliance with terms of various loans and unable torestructurwe them, and attempts to raise capital and sell assetx have proven difficult, bringinfg about the Chapter 11 filing, Greer's affidavigt says. Opus' challenges vary considerably by saidMark Rauenhorst, chairman and CEO of Opus Corp. "Opuss West faced particularly dramaticf drops in real estate valuexs in markets such as California and and has been particularly challenged by the sharp downturn in the capital marketws and availabilityof refinancing," he said.
Rauenhorst said that two othe r independent operating companies of OpusGroup -- and Opus Northwest LLC -- have been less affectedx by the economic and capital marker conditions because of their mix of project typesx and their location in stronger , which is based in Minnetonka, Minn., is a design-buil d development firm that specializes in office, retail, multifamily, government and institutiona projects. It also controls Washington-basecd LLC, which filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in late Opus Group saidits subsidiary, which is basedc in Atlanta, filed for reorganization in bankruptcy courtg on April 22.
and some of its subsidiariess filed voluntary petitions late Monday for reorganizatiob underChapter 11. Chapter 11 generally removes the threat of lawsuits from creditors whiler a business seeks to rehabilitate itselfc andcontinue operations. Opus West and its affiliates reporterabout $1.28 billion in totak assets and $1.46 billiom in total liabilities, accordingb to bankruptcy court filings. The corporation and its affiliate s had combined revenue ofabout $405 millionb in 2008. The parent company lists 200 to 999 according tobankruptcy filings. Opus West owns about 20 real estate development properties either directlt or through entities set up to hold the the courtfilings say.
The total debt on thosed properties isabout $414 million and the value of the propertiex is about $403 million. In addition to Opus West the subsidiaries that have filed Chaptee 11 petitions are Opus West Construction OpusWest LP, Opus West Partnersd Inc. and O.W. Commercial Inc. Opus West has guaranteed about $1.15 billioh in loans for its subsidiaries and joint and most of thoswe loans arein default, the court filings say. Steep declinesx in commercial real estats values and difficult credit market conditionzs necessitatedthe filing, said John Greer, chief restructuring officerf of Opus West.
Greer said Opus West will keepa "modestf presence" in Phoenix, Texas and California to work on asse t dispositions and transitions. "While we began slowiny the pace of new development nearly two years ago in anticipationm of difficultmarket conditions, we must now take additionao measures to enable an orderly wind-dowh of our portfolio, protect asset values and maximize returnn on lenders' investment," Greer said in a preparedr statement.
Opus West and its subsidiaries have sufferexd declining financial performance since resulting in defaults on certain credit linea andconstrained liquidity, according to an affidavigt filed by Greer, managinb member of New York-based Phoenix Capital Partners, which is the chieft restructuring officer of Opus West Greer is also president of the Opus West Opus West Partners and O.W. Commercial subsidiaries. Opus has focusexd on recapitalizing through projectt salesand refinancing, but has been unable to do so becaus e of poor market conditions, Greer's affidavi t says.
Since 1979, Opus West and its affiliatews have developed more than 52 milliomn square feetof office, industrial, retail, government and institutional projects, the affidavir says. The company's assets include intereste in commercial and residential real estate projects across Arizonaand Texas, includint condominium, office, industrial, apartment and retaio projects in various stages of development, the affidavity says. Addison-based Opus West LP, formed to develop real estate propertiezin Texas, owns seven propertiews that consist of either vacant or a project under construction or completed projects.
The tota debt on those properties isabout $105 million and theif value is about $134 Greer's filing states. Opus has been dramatically scalingh back its North Texas operations for more than a Opus spokeswoman Winston Hewett told the that the Addison officr has not started a new development in more than a year and has cut its staft in Dallas to 12 employees from abou 40 ayear ago. Opus West's overalk headcount had dropped to 40 as ofJuly 1, compared to 291 two yeards ago, Hewett said. Sincd April, dozens of subcontractors have filed liens totaling morethan $4 million agains t Opus West Corp.
and Opus West Constructiohn tied to TwoAddison Circle, a $23 198,000-square-foot speculative office building in Addison. The buildingy was developed and is owned by OpusWest Corp. The liensd claim Opus owes the subcontractores for labor or materialas provided in the courseof construction. The six-story Two Addison buildint on the west side of the Dallasx North Tollway just north of Arapaho Road wasrecentlyt completed, but has no The credit crunch and slowing demand for office spac left Opus unable to get permanent financing to replacw the short-term construction loan on the Addison Hewett said.
Other Opus West projects in North Texas include 121Lakepointe Crossing, an officed and industrial development in Lewisville; and Broadstone a 5.8-acre mixed-use project at 5005 Galleriq Drive in North Dallas. Dallasx area creditors include RL Murphey Commercial Roof owed $1.24 million; Green Fire Systems of owed $856,660; and Enniw Steel Industries Inc., owed and Tas Commercial Concrete Construction, owed according to court records. troubles stem from the global economic deterioration of the real estate marke and thecredit crunch, which has made it difficult for borrowers to get financing to fund real estates projects or refinance existing projects, Greer's affidavig states.
The turmoil has scared leading to excess supply andlower prices. The dramatifc downturn has caused Opus to be out of compliance with terms of various loans and unable torestructurwe them, and attempts to raise capital and sell assetx have proven difficult, bringinfg about the Chapter 11 filing, Greer's affidavigt says. Opus' challenges vary considerably by saidMark Rauenhorst, chairman and CEO of Opus Corp. "Opuss West faced particularly dramaticf drops in real estate valuexs in markets such as California and and has been particularly challenged by the sharp downturn in the capital marketws and availabilityof refinancing," he said.
Rauenhorst said that two othe r independent operating companies of OpusGroup -- and Opus Northwest LLC -- have been less affectedx by the economic and capital marker conditions because of their mix of project typesx and their location in stronger , which is based in Minnetonka, Minn., is a design-buil d development firm that specializes in office, retail, multifamily, government and institutiona projects. It also controls Washington-basecd LLC, which filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in late Opus Group saidits subsidiary, which is basedc in Atlanta, filed for reorganization in bankruptcy courtg on April 22.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Former Provident Bank exec lands at MacKenzie Capital - Boston Business Journal:
http://www.hgllc.com/company/Click-n-Done/click-n-done.htm
The move comes at a tumultuous time for the banking and realestate industries, both heavilg impacted by the economic downturn. Both of theire challenges are linked, Decker noted in an interview Tuesday, by a lack of commercial real estate financin g flowing from banks to developers seeking to startf new construction or refinanceetheir short-term construction loans. “Financing for those markets has been a challenge for the and for the commercial for the past12 months,” the 55-year-oldc Howard County resident said. “The pressure is on, heavily, in tryin to find a commercial bank that is financing to do startup properties.
” Decker began working at MacKenzies Capital LLC on Monday after 30 years in the commercial real estatw financing business. He previously servee as senior vice president and headof Provident’a real estate lending division, a position he was promotes to in May 2006. While at Provident, he was involvedf with the closing of morethan $1.5 billio n in commercial and residential real estate He also established Provident’s residential constructio n lending departments for its Maryland and Northerhn Virginia office. Decker admits his job at MacKenzie won’t be easy, at least for the next as few banks are showintg signs of loosening up their creditstandards significantly.
But amid the ongoinf credit crunch, Decker said he hopes to use his bankinv experience to advise developers on their options and how best to seek out ways to fundtheid projects. “He’s a senior guy, and he’s been around for a long Glenn Ercole, senior vice president of MacKenzie Capital, said in a telephone interview. “The best reason he fits so wellis that, in his he has built up a lot of trustf with his clients.” Ercole said now more than ever developers are looking for help on how to finance their and experts like Decker bring both an insider’w insight into the banking industry and a level of trustg built up over his 30 years in the industry.
Deckert graduated from with a master’s degree in management and from witha bachelor’se degree in business administration. Prior to joininh Provident in 1986, Decker served as a commerciakl real estate loan officer at First Nationall Bankof Maryland, also an acquisition of M&T Bank. M&fT Bank acquired Provident Bank ina $401 million deal that closed May 26. Decke r said he left M&T Bank of his own volition to pursue other areas withinb the real estatelending industry.
He said he respectsx M&T’s local leadership, and pointed to the bank’as retention of the rest of Provident’s real estate lending group as an example of how Greateer Baltimore factors into its futurebanking
The move comes at a tumultuous time for the banking and realestate industries, both heavilg impacted by the economic downturn. Both of theire challenges are linked, Decker noted in an interview Tuesday, by a lack of commercial real estate financin g flowing from banks to developers seeking to startf new construction or refinanceetheir short-term construction loans. “Financing for those markets has been a challenge for the and for the commercial for the past12 months,” the 55-year-oldc Howard County resident said. “The pressure is on, heavily, in tryin to find a commercial bank that is financing to do startup properties.
” Decker began working at MacKenzies Capital LLC on Monday after 30 years in the commercial real estatw financing business. He previously servee as senior vice president and headof Provident’a real estate lending division, a position he was promotes to in May 2006. While at Provident, he was involvedf with the closing of morethan $1.5 billio n in commercial and residential real estate He also established Provident’s residential constructio n lending departments for its Maryland and Northerhn Virginia office. Decker admits his job at MacKenzie won’t be easy, at least for the next as few banks are showintg signs of loosening up their creditstandards significantly.
But amid the ongoinf credit crunch, Decker said he hopes to use his bankinv experience to advise developers on their options and how best to seek out ways to fundtheid projects. “He’s a senior guy, and he’s been around for a long Glenn Ercole, senior vice president of MacKenzie Capital, said in a telephone interview. “The best reason he fits so wellis that, in his he has built up a lot of trustf with his clients.” Ercole said now more than ever developers are looking for help on how to finance their and experts like Decker bring both an insider’w insight into the banking industry and a level of trustg built up over his 30 years in the industry.
Deckert graduated from with a master’s degree in management and from witha bachelor’se degree in business administration. Prior to joininh Provident in 1986, Decker served as a commerciakl real estate loan officer at First Nationall Bankof Maryland, also an acquisition of M&T Bank. M&fT Bank acquired Provident Bank ina $401 million deal that closed May 26. Decke r said he left M&T Bank of his own volition to pursue other areas withinb the real estatelending industry.
He said he respectsx M&T’s local leadership, and pointed to the bank’as retention of the rest of Provident’s real estate lending group as an example of how Greateer Baltimore factors into its futurebanking
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Md. colleges given $11M to combat nursing shortage - East Bay Business Times:
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The grants, being divvied among 17 Marylandnursing schools, will be used to lure facult y and students, and improve technology at the universities. Maryland’ds nursing shortage is expected toreach 10,000 by according to the . The current vacancy rate of nurseas at state hospitals is8 percent. The economic downtur has helped the industry because many retiresd nurses have come back to but once the recession ends the shortagrwill worsen, said Carmela Coyle, CEO of the Maryland Hospital Association. The first round of grants will increase the numberr of nurses graduating by 300 students and add 20 facult positions at nursing programs acrosssthe state.
“The number of nurseds graduating from Maryland schools are simplygnot enough,” said Ronald B. president of and co-chaitr of the “Who Will campaign at a press conference “We cannot take our eye off the nursing The campaign’s goal is to add 1,50p new nursing students. The program has raised $15.5 million to date through the state’s business community, including funds from the Baltimore construction form , , the region's largest hospitakl system, and , the region'as largest health insurer. Greater Baltimore Medical Center, for gave $500,000.
The goal is to raise $20 milliomn from the private sector by the end of the and then raise anaddition $40 million in local and federal funds. • • • • • ; and, .
The grants, being divvied among 17 Marylandnursing schools, will be used to lure facult y and students, and improve technology at the universities. Maryland’ds nursing shortage is expected toreach 10,000 by according to the . The current vacancy rate of nurseas at state hospitals is8 percent. The economic downtur has helped the industry because many retiresd nurses have come back to but once the recession ends the shortagrwill worsen, said Carmela Coyle, CEO of the Maryland Hospital Association. The first round of grants will increase the numberr of nurses graduating by 300 students and add 20 facult positions at nursing programs acrosssthe state.
“The number of nurseds graduating from Maryland schools are simplygnot enough,” said Ronald B. president of and co-chaitr of the “Who Will campaign at a press conference “We cannot take our eye off the nursing The campaign’s goal is to add 1,50p new nursing students. The program has raised $15.5 million to date through the state’s business community, including funds from the Baltimore construction form , , the region's largest hospitakl system, and , the region'as largest health insurer. Greater Baltimore Medical Center, for gave $500,000.
The goal is to raise $20 milliomn from the private sector by the end of the and then raise anaddition $40 million in local and federal funds. • • • • • ; and, .
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Niagara fruit crops holding up - San Francisco Business Times:
http://www.conyersschoolofballet.com/store2/kunnan-te-combo-copyx1x.html
But many more orchards and other including residential areas in the Lake OntarioFrui Belt, remain to be tested for plum pox virus befored September. Teams working for the and the state Department of Agriculturew and Markets began taking leaf samplexin May. Subsequent laboratoryh tests did not disclose any new outbreakd of the virus inNiagara County, Jackie Klahn, directod of the USDA’s Lockport field office, said. In early May, as orchardds blossomed, optimism was growing that the spread of the which made its Niagara County debut 2006 mightbe waning.
Betweenn 2006 and 2008, plum pox was discovered in several NiagarsCounty orchards, in Orleans Countyg and Wayne County, east of Rochester. Though harmlesws to humans and animals, the virus posesa an economic risk for commerciaol fruit growers because they must destroy all susceptiblwe treeswithin 1.5 miles to 2 miles of an identifief hot spot. Plum pox destroys the commercial value of the fruift that it attacks because it discolorz anddisfigures peaches, plums, prunes and nectarines. In New York statde counties lying alongLake Ontario’s south fruit growing is a multi-million-dollar industry.
But many more orchards and other including residential areas in the Lake OntarioFrui Belt, remain to be tested for plum pox virus befored September. Teams working for the and the state Department of Agriculturew and Markets began taking leaf samplexin May. Subsequent laboratoryh tests did not disclose any new outbreakd of the virus inNiagara County, Jackie Klahn, directod of the USDA’s Lockport field office, said. In early May, as orchardds blossomed, optimism was growing that the spread of the which made its Niagara County debut 2006 mightbe waning.
Betweenn 2006 and 2008, plum pox was discovered in several NiagarsCounty orchards, in Orleans Countyg and Wayne County, east of Rochester. Though harmlesws to humans and animals, the virus posesa an economic risk for commerciaol fruit growers because they must destroy all susceptiblwe treeswithin 1.5 miles to 2 miles of an identifief hot spot. Plum pox destroys the commercial value of the fruift that it attacks because it discolorz anddisfigures peaches, plums, prunes and nectarines. In New York statde counties lying alongLake Ontario’s south fruit growing is a multi-million-dollar industry.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Miley Cyrus "Who Owns My Heart" Video - Another Luscious Jail Bait Music Video - CMR
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Miley Cyrus "Who Owns My Heart" Video - Another Luscious Jail Bait Music Video CMR Miley Cyrus' new video for her hit dance single “Who Owns My Heart†is out and it definitely leaves a lot to be desired in the wholesome department. ... |
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Crucial Security sold to Harris Corp. - Washington Business Journal:
http://www.fordautosclub.com/92-e150-351-hard-starting-when-hot
already is involved in that field with services that help protec information usedby U.S. military, intelligence, transportation and commerces agencies. "Crucial Security's deep understanding of both offensive anddefensivew cybersecurity, unparalleled software engineering domain and immensely talented employees — most of whom have high-levepl security clearances — add significantly to our current initiatives in the fast-growing cybersecurity market," said Harris CEO Howard "Crucial Security is deeply embedded with its customerse and has key contracts with federal law enforcemeny and intelligence agencies.
" Crucial Securitu has about 110 employees, most of them in according to the announcement. Harris Corp. has 16,00p employees and does work in more than150 countries. It reportedc revenue of $5.3 billion in its fiscall year that endedJune 27.
already is involved in that field with services that help protec information usedby U.S. military, intelligence, transportation and commerces agencies. "Crucial Security's deep understanding of both offensive anddefensivew cybersecurity, unparalleled software engineering domain and immensely talented employees — most of whom have high-levepl security clearances — add significantly to our current initiatives in the fast-growing cybersecurity market," said Harris CEO Howard "Crucial Security is deeply embedded with its customerse and has key contracts with federal law enforcemeny and intelligence agencies.
" Crucial Securitu has about 110 employees, most of them in according to the announcement. Harris Corp. has 16,00p employees and does work in more than150 countries. It reportedc revenue of $5.3 billion in its fiscall year that endedJune 27.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Report: BofA covering Mozilo
http://briancaines.com/cpsc805/asg5.php
BofA told the news agency Mozilo is covered by an indemnity clauss that was in place when he ran which BofA acquired in Julyfor $2.5 The deal made the Charlotte-based bank the country’x largest mortgage lender. Last week, the Securitie and Exchange Commission charged Mozilko and two others withsecurities fraud. SEC regulators accuse Mozilo and the other former Countrywide executives of misleading investors about the credity risks the company took to increase its market The SECalleges Mozilo, former Chiefg Operating Officer David Sambol and former Chief Financial Officer Eric Sieracki falsely assured investorss that Countrywide was primaril a prime-quality mortgage lender that had avoided underwriting risky loans.
The charges stem from actionss in 2005to 2007. Mozilo also was charged with insiderd trading. The SEC allegews he sold Countrywide stock on the basis of nonpublic information, reaping $140 million in
BofA told the news agency Mozilo is covered by an indemnity clauss that was in place when he ran which BofA acquired in Julyfor $2.5 The deal made the Charlotte-based bank the country’x largest mortgage lender. Last week, the Securitie and Exchange Commission charged Mozilko and two others withsecurities fraud. SEC regulators accuse Mozilo and the other former Countrywide executives of misleading investors about the credity risks the company took to increase its market The SECalleges Mozilo, former Chiefg Operating Officer David Sambol and former Chief Financial Officer Eric Sieracki falsely assured investorss that Countrywide was primaril a prime-quality mortgage lender that had avoided underwriting risky loans.
The charges stem from actionss in 2005to 2007. Mozilo also was charged with insiderd trading. The SEC allegews he sold Countrywide stock on the basis of nonpublic information, reaping $140 million in
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Skyline Exhibits Sponsors Educational Seminars on 'Successful Marketing Strategies for a Tough Economy'
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June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Skyline Exhibitsx & Events is hosting six fast-paced, information-packed educationa l classes in North Carolina that will help companies win more businesds at trade shows and events whilw reducing theiroperating costs. The Successful Trade Show Marketingy Strategies and Better Booth Staffing seminarz are concentrated learning experiencees that will benefitB2B marketers. Guest lecturerf will lay out proven strategies that enables sales and marketing professionals not only to contropl operating expenses but maximize the effectiveness of the message that isbeinh broadcast.
The seminars will be hostedx in Greensboro onJune 9, Charlotte on June 10, and Raleigh on June 11. The Marketiny Strategies Seminars will be heldfrom 9:30-12:00 and the Bettert Booth Staffing Seminar will be held from 1:30-4:00. The morninhg session is free, while the afternoon session is optionapand fee-based. See for details. - Promotinhg your participation - Before, at and after an event Attendees will also receive twotraining booklets: a 68-page "Trads Show Marketing Kit" and a "Booth Staffing Guidebook".
Register now by visitinf or by calling is designing, fabricating, and servicing innovative exhibi t systems, as well as providing concept-to-creation solutions for face-to-face marketintg environments, including trade shows and corporate From its three regional design centers in Nort h Carolina, Skyline's clients enjoy access to a worldwidd network of event marketing professionals in 47 countrie and 138 cities.
June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Skyline Exhibitsx & Events is hosting six fast-paced, information-packed educationa l classes in North Carolina that will help companies win more businesds at trade shows and events whilw reducing theiroperating costs. The Successful Trade Show Marketingy Strategies and Better Booth Staffing seminarz are concentrated learning experiencees that will benefitB2B marketers. Guest lecturerf will lay out proven strategies that enables sales and marketing professionals not only to contropl operating expenses but maximize the effectiveness of the message that isbeinh broadcast.
The seminars will be hostedx in Greensboro onJune 9, Charlotte on June 10, and Raleigh on June 11. The Marketiny Strategies Seminars will be heldfrom 9:30-12:00 and the Bettert Booth Staffing Seminar will be held from 1:30-4:00. The morninhg session is free, while the afternoon session is optionapand fee-based. See for details. - Promotinhg your participation - Before, at and after an event Attendees will also receive twotraining booklets: a 68-page "Trads Show Marketing Kit" and a "Booth Staffing Guidebook".
Register now by visitinf or by calling is designing, fabricating, and servicing innovative exhibi t systems, as well as providing concept-to-creation solutions for face-to-face marketintg environments, including trade shows and corporate From its three regional design centers in Nort h Carolina, Skyline's clients enjoy access to a worldwidd network of event marketing professionals in 47 countrie and 138 cities.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Got questions about the stimulus? - Denver Business Journal:
http://lavozdepalencia.com/2008/05/02/tu-a-la-feve-y-yo-a-seopan/
At this point, is the stimulux package that you supported helpingthe economy? “Wr are starting to see positive signs in the economy in terme of the market home sales are starting to level off and increase in some areaws and consumer confidence is improving,” said U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, “I think the $8,000 first-tim e homebuyer tax credit is priming the pump in home This month, over 91,000 of my constituents who are on Socialp Security, Railroad and VA benefits will get their benefit checks.
These payments will help seniors across the many of whom are really hurting inthis “We have also seen NREL recently awarded over $126 millionb for infrastructure improvements and importanr wind, solar and biofuel Perlmutter said. “This investment in the finest renewable energy lab will help creatw hundredsof jobs.”
At this point, is the stimulux package that you supported helpingthe economy? “Wr are starting to see positive signs in the economy in terme of the market home sales are starting to level off and increase in some areaws and consumer confidence is improving,” said U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, “I think the $8,000 first-tim e homebuyer tax credit is priming the pump in home This month, over 91,000 of my constituents who are on Socialp Security, Railroad and VA benefits will get their benefit checks.
These payments will help seniors across the many of whom are really hurting inthis “We have also seen NREL recently awarded over $126 millionb for infrastructure improvements and importanr wind, solar and biofuel Perlmutter said. “This investment in the finest renewable energy lab will help creatw hundredsof jobs.”
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Coors Light sponsors Puerto Rican Day events - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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The sponsorship involvement by the MilleBrewing Co./Coors Brewing Co. joinr venture also includes a donationof $75,000 for scholarshipxs to the National Puerto Rican Day Parade and Diversity Foundatiobn Scholarship Funds. The fundx enable students to complete their high schookleducation and/or continue their studies at an institution of highee learning. More than 500 studentd from 25 states have benefite d from the program sincw its inceptionin 1997. which claims Coors Light is the best-sellin beer in Puerto Rico and NewYork City, said the annuakl Puerto Rican Day parade in Manhattan attracts thres million spectators.
In Chicago, a week-lontg festival includes a parade that attracts making it the largest Hispanic event in the Financial terms of the Coors Light sponsorshiop werenot disclosed.
The sponsorship involvement by the MilleBrewing Co./Coors Brewing Co. joinr venture also includes a donationof $75,000 for scholarshipxs to the National Puerto Rican Day Parade and Diversity Foundatiobn Scholarship Funds. The fundx enable students to complete their high schookleducation and/or continue their studies at an institution of highee learning. More than 500 studentd from 25 states have benefite d from the program sincw its inceptionin 1997. which claims Coors Light is the best-sellin beer in Puerto Rico and NewYork City, said the annuakl Puerto Rican Day parade in Manhattan attracts thres million spectators.
In Chicago, a week-lontg festival includes a parade that attracts making it the largest Hispanic event in the Financial terms of the Coors Light sponsorshiop werenot disclosed.
Friday, October 15, 2010
HFO Investment Real Estate Named One of Portland's Top Brokerage Firms by CoStar Group
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June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- HFO Investmenrt Real Estate (HFO) is pleased to announc that CoStarGroup (Nasdaq: CSGP) has selected HFO as a CoStar Powetr Broker Award winner for the fourth straigh year. CoStar's Power Brokerf is an annual awarrd recognizingthe "best of the best" in commerciap real estate brokerage by spotlighting the U.S. firms and individua brokers who closed the highest transaction volume in commercial propertgy sales or leases for the entire yearin 2008. HFO qualifies as one of the top brokerage firms in Portlandr based on its total sale transactionw closed duringthe year.
In ordedr to be selected for this HFO was measured against commerciall real estate brokerage firms active in its region by CoStar the largest, independent researcb organization in commercial real estate, and subsequently ranked amongb the top firms in the market. : "We'rre delighted to once again be recognized again as a leadef in the commercial real estate Our strength is our exclusivde focus on theapartment marketplace. Our focus on building long-termm relationships with our clients makes each of ourtransactions significant.
" "CoStare Group is very proud to recognize the commercial real estated brokerage firms who truly excelled and achievefd remarkable sales success in 2008 despite the difficult economic circumstances," said CoStadr Group President and CEO Andrew C. Florance . "We congratulatee HFO on its impressiveprofessional accomplishment." The complete list of 2008 CoStaf Power Broker Award winners can be founrd at . HFO specializes in apartments for sale in Oregojand Washington.
Using cutting edge resources, HFO helps clients find dynamixc multifamily investment properties and offerzan insider's knowledge of the local It is HFO's missiobn to create wealth for its clients by providinv extraordinary commercial real estate sales and investmentg services. Learn more about HFO at . About CoStadr Group, Inc. CoStar Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSGP) is the number one provider of information/marketing services to commercial real estate professionals in the United States as well as theUnitefd Kingdom. CoStar's suite of services offer customers access via the Internet to the most comprehensives database of commercial real estate information throughoutgthe U.S.
as well as in the Unitex Kingdomand France. Headquartered in MD, CoStar has approximately 1,300 people working for the company worldwide, including the largest professionalk research organization in the Formore information, visit .
June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- HFO Investmenrt Real Estate (HFO) is pleased to announc that CoStarGroup (Nasdaq: CSGP) has selected HFO as a CoStar Powetr Broker Award winner for the fourth straigh year. CoStar's Power Brokerf is an annual awarrd recognizingthe "best of the best" in commerciap real estate brokerage by spotlighting the U.S. firms and individua brokers who closed the highest transaction volume in commercial propertgy sales or leases for the entire yearin 2008. HFO qualifies as one of the top brokerage firms in Portlandr based on its total sale transactionw closed duringthe year.
In ordedr to be selected for this HFO was measured against commerciall real estate brokerage firms active in its region by CoStar the largest, independent researcb organization in commercial real estate, and subsequently ranked amongb the top firms in the market. : "We'rre delighted to once again be recognized again as a leadef in the commercial real estate Our strength is our exclusivde focus on theapartment marketplace. Our focus on building long-termm relationships with our clients makes each of ourtransactions significant.
" "CoStare Group is very proud to recognize the commercial real estated brokerage firms who truly excelled and achievefd remarkable sales success in 2008 despite the difficult economic circumstances," said CoStadr Group President and CEO Andrew C. Florance . "We congratulatee HFO on its impressiveprofessional accomplishment." The complete list of 2008 CoStaf Power Broker Award winners can be founrd at . HFO specializes in apartments for sale in Oregojand Washington.
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Thursday, October 14, 2010
Popular classroom snake in Burlington dies - Chicago Tribune
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Popular classroom snake in Burlington dies Chicago Tribune AP A popular classroom snake that called a Burlington classroom home for several decades has died. Naja, a corn snake, belonged to science teacher Joe Desy ... |
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Stripy and red flowers attract bees - I Florist
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Monday, October 11, 2010
KingsIsle Entertainment Unveils the New World of Celestia - PR Newswire (press release)
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Saturday, October 9, 2010
Vail Resorts profits off 29%, but they're ahead of Wall Street forecast - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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For the three months endingy April 30, which Broomfield-based Vail Resortws (NYSE: MTN) regards as its third quarter, the mountain-resort and lodgingsa company posted earningsof $61.6 million, or $1.68u a share, down from $87.3 million, or $2.245 a share, in the same quarter a year Nevertheless, the company's profits beat Wall Streeg analysts' predictions. Analysts on average had expecterd earningsof $1.56 per Thomson Reuters reported. Vail Resorts reported Q3 revenueof $333.5 million, down 21 percenf from the year-ago quarter. Analysts had expected $339.7 millioh on average. It said operating expenseds were down20 percent, to $198.
1 The company has saved considerably through pay cuts and other means. Vail Resorts operates the Vail, Keystone and Beaver Creek ski area s in Colorado and Heavenly at Lake Tahod onthe California-Nevada It also operates , a chain of luxuryu hotels. The company said its earning were helped by a 26 percent increasein 2008-0i season-pass revenue through increased sales and higher pass But lift-ticket revenue was down 11 percent and skierd visits were off 9 percent. Dining, retail and ski school revenurealso declined. Real estate revenur was down 82 percent; the company said it sold only one condlo unit in the quarter versus 17 ayear ago.
The quarterly results "were impacted by the continuec severe downturn in the driving lower destination visitation in the CEO Rob Katz said ina statement. Vail Resortsd said its outlook for the full fiscal year is for earningaof $41 million to $51 "We are extremely pleased with the significan t increase in our advance spring perioxd pass sales for our upcomint 2009/2010 ski season," Katz said. .
For the three months endingy April 30, which Broomfield-based Vail Resortws (NYSE: MTN) regards as its third quarter, the mountain-resort and lodgingsa company posted earningsof $61.6 million, or $1.68u a share, down from $87.3 million, or $2.245 a share, in the same quarter a year Nevertheless, the company's profits beat Wall Streeg analysts' predictions. Analysts on average had expecterd earningsof $1.56 per Thomson Reuters reported. Vail Resorts reported Q3 revenueof $333.5 million, down 21 percenf from the year-ago quarter. Analysts had expected $339.7 millioh on average. It said operating expenseds were down20 percent, to $198.
1 The company has saved considerably through pay cuts and other means. Vail Resorts operates the Vail, Keystone and Beaver Creek ski area s in Colorado and Heavenly at Lake Tahod onthe California-Nevada It also operates , a chain of luxuryu hotels. The company said its earning were helped by a 26 percent increasein 2008-0i season-pass revenue through increased sales and higher pass But lift-ticket revenue was down 11 percent and skierd visits were off 9 percent. Dining, retail and ski school revenurealso declined. Real estate revenur was down 82 percent; the company said it sold only one condlo unit in the quarter versus 17 ayear ago.
The quarterly results "were impacted by the continuec severe downturn in the driving lower destination visitation in the CEO Rob Katz said ina statement. Vail Resortsd said its outlook for the full fiscal year is for earningaof $41 million to $51 "We are extremely pleased with the significan t increase in our advance spring perioxd pass sales for our upcomint 2009/2010 ski season," Katz said. .
Friday, October 8, 2010
Manpower: 6% of Honolulu employers to hire in 3Q - Business First of Louisville:
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From July to September, 6 percent of the companies interviewed in the Honolulu metrok area plan to hiremore employees, while 11 percent expectr to reduce their according to the survey from Milwaukee-based (NYSE: MAN). Seventy-eightf percent expect to maintain their current stafd levels and 5 percentr remain uncertain abouthiring plans. Hiring is expectecd to be a little lighter than in theseconx quarter, when 10 percent of companies surveyedx planned to hire and 12 percent expectecd to cut payrolls, said Manpower spokeswoman Mary Lou For the coming quarter, job prospects in the Honolulj area appear best in wholesalwe and retail trade and leisurer and hospitality.
Employers in durable goods manufacturing, nondurable goods information, professional and business services, education and healthb services and government intendd tocut staffing. Hiring in construction, transportation and financial activities and othee services is expected to remain National survey results showed little change from thesecondd quarter. Of the more than 28,000 employers surveyed across the 15 percent expect to increase their stafcf levels during the third while 13 percent expect to reducetheirt payrolls. Sixty-seven percent expect no change in hiring and 5 percenty are undecided abouttheir third-quarter hiringy plans.
“The data shows continued hesitancyamong employers,” said Jonas president of the Americax for Manpower. “They are treading slowly and watchinf withguarded optimism, hoping a few quarters of stability will be the precursorr to the recovery.”
From July to September, 6 percent of the companies interviewed in the Honolulu metrok area plan to hiremore employees, while 11 percent expectr to reduce their according to the survey from Milwaukee-based (NYSE: MAN). Seventy-eightf percent expect to maintain their current stafd levels and 5 percentr remain uncertain abouthiring plans. Hiring is expectecd to be a little lighter than in theseconx quarter, when 10 percent of companies surveyedx planned to hire and 12 percent expectecd to cut payrolls, said Manpower spokeswoman Mary Lou For the coming quarter, job prospects in the Honolulj area appear best in wholesalwe and retail trade and leisurer and hospitality.
Employers in durable goods manufacturing, nondurable goods information, professional and business services, education and healthb services and government intendd tocut staffing. Hiring in construction, transportation and financial activities and othee services is expected to remain National survey results showed little change from thesecondd quarter. Of the more than 28,000 employers surveyed across the 15 percent expect to increase their stafcf levels during the third while 13 percent expect to reducetheirt payrolls. Sixty-seven percent expect no change in hiring and 5 percenty are undecided abouttheir third-quarter hiringy plans.
“The data shows continued hesitancyamong employers,” said Jonas president of the Americax for Manpower. “They are treading slowly and watchinf withguarded optimism, hoping a few quarters of stability will be the precursorr to the recovery.”
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
GE to buy Dresser, an Addison natural gas equipment maker, for $3 billion - Dallas Morning News
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Reuters | GE to buy Dresser, an Addison natural gas equipment maker, for $3 billion D » |
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Opus West troubles mount, may file Chapter 11 - Triangle Business Journal:
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Opus has hired counsel to explore restructuring options forits Phoenix-based operating company, Opus West, according to Winstonn Hewett, a company spokeswoman. The restructuringt could include filing for Chapter 11 similar to action taken byits Atlanta-based Opus South subsidiar April 22. In early May, three weeks aftefr the Hill Country Galleria in Bee Cave was posteffor foreclosure, Opus' businesxs entity set up specifically for the outdoor mall filexd for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Austin. Opus West stateed at the time thatthe mall's bankruptcy will enabls the company to restructure its construction loan.
The company was unablee to refinancethe project'w short term loan, which resulted in the foreclosure posting in April. The which opened in 2007, is anchorerd by Dillard's, Barnes & Noble and Dick'zs Sporting Goods. According to Phoenix-based Opus West, the propertuy will continue to operate as Alsoin May, Opus West President Thomas Roberte left the firm.
Opus has hired counsel to explore restructuring options forits Phoenix-based operating company, Opus West, according to Winstonn Hewett, a company spokeswoman. The restructuringt could include filing for Chapter 11 similar to action taken byits Atlanta-based Opus South subsidiar April 22. In early May, three weeks aftefr the Hill Country Galleria in Bee Cave was posteffor foreclosure, Opus' businesxs entity set up specifically for the outdoor mall filexd for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Austin. Opus West stateed at the time thatthe mall's bankruptcy will enabls the company to restructure its construction loan.
The company was unablee to refinancethe project'w short term loan, which resulted in the foreclosure posting in April. The which opened in 2007, is anchorerd by Dillard's, Barnes & Noble and Dick'zs Sporting Goods. According to Phoenix-based Opus West, the propertuy will continue to operate as Alsoin May, Opus West President Thomas Roberte left the firm.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Waterford bank adds $3M in capital - Business First of Buffalo:
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’s investment is half of the $6 millionn in new capital that the Clarence Bank expectzs to receive over the nextseveralp months. In two separate infusionws that are expected to close in March and in thesecond quarter, Trillium, a private-equity firm, woulc receive Series A non-cumulative perpetual preferred Trillium’s investment is conditional on members of the bank’es board of directors and other current shareholder s and new investors investing an additionapl $3 million in a private placement of the same Series A preferredd stock. In the first infusion, Trillium’ds share would total $2.5 compared to $2.2 million from the otherd investors, making the total $4.
7 The second stage, whicn would be dependent on success of theprivater placement, would total $1.3 million, of which up to $500,0009 would come from Trillium and the remainde from the other investors. The infusion will raiss the regulatory Tier 1 capital requirement forthe $60 million-asset bank, which opened in February 2007, to the levep of “well-capitalized” and provide the means for futurwe growth, President and CEO Orrin Tobbew said. “We now are undercapitalized,” he said. The agreement, announcex Feb. 19, is subjec t to approval by statd and federalbanking regulators.
The $6 million capital campaign is not connected to anearlied drive, launched last June, to raise $10 million, Tobbe said. That which was not approved by the bankingb department until November when the generak economy and banking sector were in a was discontinued at the endof 2008, he “We decided to regroup and amend the offeringb circular and price,” he Trillium Group, founded in 1997, specializes in managinyg early-stage venture capital and growth equity
’s investment is half of the $6 millionn in new capital that the Clarence Bank expectzs to receive over the nextseveralp months. In two separate infusionws that are expected to close in March and in thesecond quarter, Trillium, a private-equity firm, woulc receive Series A non-cumulative perpetual preferred Trillium’s investment is conditional on members of the bank’es board of directors and other current shareholder s and new investors investing an additionapl $3 million in a private placement of the same Series A preferredd stock. In the first infusion, Trillium’ds share would total $2.5 compared to $2.2 million from the otherd investors, making the total $4.
7 The second stage, whicn would be dependent on success of theprivater placement, would total $1.3 million, of which up to $500,0009 would come from Trillium and the remainde from the other investors. The infusion will raiss the regulatory Tier 1 capital requirement forthe $60 million-asset bank, which opened in February 2007, to the levep of “well-capitalized” and provide the means for futurwe growth, President and CEO Orrin Tobbew said. “We now are undercapitalized,” he said. The agreement, announcex Feb. 19, is subjec t to approval by statd and federalbanking regulators.
The $6 million capital campaign is not connected to anearlied drive, launched last June, to raise $10 million, Tobbe said. That which was not approved by the bankingb department until November when the generak economy and banking sector were in a was discontinued at the endof 2008, he “We decided to regroup and amend the offeringb circular and price,” he Trillium Group, founded in 1997, specializes in managinyg early-stage venture capital and growth equity
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Plug settles lawsuit with UBS - The Business Review (Albany):
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The Latham, N.Y., company PLUG) sued UBS in U.S. District Court in May, claiming the Swiss investment firm improperly investerd the moneyin “unsuitable and auction-rate securities. The securities are bonds whose interest rateas are reset through periodic As part ofthe agreement, UBS will buy back the auction-ratr securities held by according to a Dec. 19 filing with the Securitiese & Exchange Commission. The lawsuit was “dismissed with according to the The settlement wasreached Dec. 15.
Plug Power said in the lawsuit that when it opene its account with UBSin 2005, Plug made it cleae that its policy permitted investments in auction-ratse securities only if they were not subject to interesr rate caps. “Despite the Plug Power policy and UBS’s knowledgse of the policy, UBS purchased [auction-rate securities] that are subject to interestfrate caps,” Plug said in the May 8 The suit also said UBS violated Plug’s liquidity requirements, and that UBS representer to Plug that the auction-rate securities were “highly liquixd and safe and that they were virtuallyy the equivalent to money markety investments or cash.
” That representation was the lawsuit stated. The settlemenft requires UBS to buy back the securities betweenm 2010and 2012. In the meantime, UBS providedd Plug Power witha $62.87 million no-interes t loan. Plug makes hydrogen-powered fuel cells for backupo power in thetelecommunications industry, and as primar y power for heavy lift equipment. The companyy is not profitable. The loan provides the company with cash for Last week, the company laid off 90 In June, Plug laid off 80 In an earlier settlement with state and federal regulators, UBS agreed to repurchase $19 billioh of auction-rate securities it sold to UBS declined comment when contactedf Monday about the settlement.
Plug’s George Carpinello, of the firm LLP, could not be reache for comment.
The Latham, N.Y., company PLUG) sued UBS in U.S. District Court in May, claiming the Swiss investment firm improperly investerd the moneyin “unsuitable and auction-rate securities. The securities are bonds whose interest rateas are reset through periodic As part ofthe agreement, UBS will buy back the auction-ratr securities held by according to a Dec. 19 filing with the Securitiese & Exchange Commission. The lawsuit was “dismissed with according to the The settlement wasreached Dec. 15.
Plug Power said in the lawsuit that when it opene its account with UBSin 2005, Plug made it cleae that its policy permitted investments in auction-ratse securities only if they were not subject to interesr rate caps. “Despite the Plug Power policy and UBS’s knowledgse of the policy, UBS purchased [auction-rate securities] that are subject to interestfrate caps,” Plug said in the May 8 The suit also said UBS violated Plug’s liquidity requirements, and that UBS representer to Plug that the auction-rate securities were “highly liquixd and safe and that they were virtuallyy the equivalent to money markety investments or cash.
” That representation was the lawsuit stated. The settlemenft requires UBS to buy back the securities betweenm 2010and 2012. In the meantime, UBS providedd Plug Power witha $62.87 million no-interes t loan. Plug makes hydrogen-powered fuel cells for backupo power in thetelecommunications industry, and as primar y power for heavy lift equipment. The companyy is not profitable. The loan provides the company with cash for Last week, the company laid off 90 In June, Plug laid off 80 In an earlier settlement with state and federal regulators, UBS agreed to repurchase $19 billioh of auction-rate securities it sold to UBS declined comment when contactedf Monday about the settlement.
Plug’s George Carpinello, of the firm LLP, could not be reache for comment.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Bankruptcy filings soar in Florida
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percent increase in filings in the for the Middlee District of Florida in the 12 monthsw endedMarch 31, compared to the same period a year The increase in bankruptcy filings in the Middle District of Florid outpaced the national increase in bankruptcy Nationally, bankruptcy filings for the 12-month period endinv March 31, 2009, were up 33.3 percent over bankruptcy filings for the 12-month period ending March 31, 2008, according to statistics released by the administrative office of the U.S. In the Middle District of Florida, ther were 47,04 bankruptcy filings in the 12 monthsx endedMarch 31, 2009, compared to 30,03 1 in the year ended Marc 31, 2008.
There had been 18,017 bankruptcuy filings in the year endedMarch 31, 2007. During the quarter endecd March 31, there were 13,332 total filingss in the Middle Districtof Florida, including 9,68u Chapter 7 filings, 127 Chaptet 11 filings, and 3,513 Chapterd 13 filings. There were 683 busineszs bankruptcies filed in the quartedr endedMarch 31, including 507 businesses that sough t to liquidate through Chapter 7, and 116 that soughty to reorganize their debts through Chapter 11. There also were a total of 12,64i non-business bankruptcies filed in the threew months endedMarch 31.
percent increase in filings in the for the Middlee District of Florida in the 12 monthsw endedMarch 31, compared to the same period a year The increase in bankruptcy filings in the Middle District of Florid outpaced the national increase in bankruptcy Nationally, bankruptcy filings for the 12-month period endinv March 31, 2009, were up 33.3 percent over bankruptcy filings for the 12-month period ending March 31, 2008, according to statistics released by the administrative office of the U.S. In the Middle District of Florida, ther were 47,04 bankruptcy filings in the 12 monthsx endedMarch 31, 2009, compared to 30,03 1 in the year ended Marc 31, 2008.
There had been 18,017 bankruptcuy filings in the year endedMarch 31, 2007. During the quarter endecd March 31, there were 13,332 total filingss in the Middle Districtof Florida, including 9,68u Chapter 7 filings, 127 Chaptet 11 filings, and 3,513 Chapterd 13 filings. There were 683 busineszs bankruptcies filed in the quartedr endedMarch 31, including 507 businesses that sough t to liquidate through Chapter 7, and 116 that soughty to reorganize their debts through Chapter 11. There also were a total of 12,64i non-business bankruptcies filed in the threew months endedMarch 31.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Examining the Green House Project senior living concept - Nashville Business Journal:
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Unfortunately, the thought of going even to a well-operated and carint nursing home strikes fear into the heartse of many seniors and the people wholove them. Addinf to this anxiety are the well-publicized reports of elder abuse and neglecft emerging fromsome facilities. Providing needed help to our seniorws without sacrificing their comfort and dignity is the goal of a new movementy in senior carecalled "The Greenn House Project." The Green House Project turns the traditional idea of a nursinh home upside down.
A Green House is almost indistinguishable from any other houswe in the community and is home to sevej to10 seniors, who live and eat togetherf much as a family does with the help of a separatw clinical support team. The Green House Projectg is the brain chilcof Dr. William Thomas, a geriatrician from upstatde New York, who grew dissatisfied with the health and happiness of seniors living even in the best traditionaolnursing homes. The first group of operatingf Green Houses opened in 2003in Tupelo, by Methodist Senior Services of Mississippi. Sincew then, six more MSSM Tupelo Green Houseeshave opened.
A $10 million grant made by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in 2005 is dedicateed to building and opening more of thesefacilities nationwide. According to the Green House Project Web there are 19 such projectxs in 12 states in the planning stages orundere construction. A two-year studty conducted by the University of Minnesota from 2003 to 2005 foundx that Green House residents had a high satisfaction no back injuries caused by transfers of less depression, and less need for anti-psychotic medication.
Familu members and staff also report satisfaction with the Green which has resulted in fewer complaintws at the state level and a stafgf turnover rate of less than 10percent - remarkablg low in the senior care industry. Buildinbg any skilled nursing facility for especially in the present hot real estatee market suchas Nashville, is a pricey However, the cost of building Green Houses fallzs somewhere between traditional institutional construction costs and residentiak construction costs, says Ellen Bartoldus, a project manager for the Greenm House Project.
Thus, the per-person cost of building one is no more expensivwe thanthe per- persoj cost of building a new traditional nursing home facility. Also, once a Green House is up and running, the operating cost compares particularly in light of the improved quality of In fact, according to the Greeb House Project Web site, the only category of spendintg for a senior living facilit y that increases is direct care staffing. An Aug.
1, 2005 articles in Newsweek reported that the monthly price to stay in a Tupelo Green House at the timewas $4,350 when the averages monthly bill for a traditional nursing home was more than Since the Tupelo Green Houses are licensedr as nursing homes, Medicaid can cover the costs for residents who otherwiser qualify for Medicaid. If a Green House didn'tf provide skilled nursing care, but acteed more as an assistedlivinyg facility, a resident would not be able to have Medicaid pay the It's also interesting to consider the University of Minnesota study'sw finding that Green House residents tend to need less In these times of rapidly escalating pricex for prescription drugs, senior livingv companies considering a move to the Greeb House model will probably find this an attractive selling point.
Overall, the evidence thus far indicatees that the Green House model providezs apleasant home-like environment in whicjh our elders can receive the medical and nursing care they need withoug sacrificing independence, comfort and privacy. Once the expensivw constructionis complete, costs of operating a Green House seem to be at least comparable to a traditiona nursing home. The NCB Development Corp., whicj received the Green House grant througj Robert Wood Johnson saysit "hopes to establish at leasgt one Green House in every state" within the next five yearss in an effort "to propel the Green House into the mainstrea m of long-term care.
" Chancesd are that most people reading this article have wonderes how they will provids for either their own needs as seniors or thosw of parents or grandparents in the not-too-distangt future. You might want to think "Green." For more informationm about the GreenHouse Project, go to
Unfortunately, the thought of going even to a well-operated and carint nursing home strikes fear into the heartse of many seniors and the people wholove them. Addinf to this anxiety are the well-publicized reports of elder abuse and neglecft emerging fromsome facilities. Providing needed help to our seniorws without sacrificing their comfort and dignity is the goal of a new movementy in senior carecalled "The Greenn House Project." The Green House Project turns the traditional idea of a nursinh home upside down.
A Green House is almost indistinguishable from any other houswe in the community and is home to sevej to10 seniors, who live and eat togetherf much as a family does with the help of a separatw clinical support team. The Green House Projectg is the brain chilcof Dr. William Thomas, a geriatrician from upstatde New York, who grew dissatisfied with the health and happiness of seniors living even in the best traditionaolnursing homes. The first group of operatingf Green Houses opened in 2003in Tupelo, by Methodist Senior Services of Mississippi. Sincew then, six more MSSM Tupelo Green Houseeshave opened.
A $10 million grant made by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in 2005 is dedicateed to building and opening more of thesefacilities nationwide. According to the Green House Project Web there are 19 such projectxs in 12 states in the planning stages orundere construction. A two-year studty conducted by the University of Minnesota from 2003 to 2005 foundx that Green House residents had a high satisfaction no back injuries caused by transfers of less depression, and less need for anti-psychotic medication.
Familu members and staff also report satisfaction with the Green which has resulted in fewer complaintws at the state level and a stafgf turnover rate of less than 10percent - remarkablg low in the senior care industry. Buildinbg any skilled nursing facility for especially in the present hot real estatee market suchas Nashville, is a pricey However, the cost of building Green Houses fallzs somewhere between traditional institutional construction costs and residentiak construction costs, says Ellen Bartoldus, a project manager for the Greenm House Project.
Thus, the per-person cost of building one is no more expensivwe thanthe per- persoj cost of building a new traditional nursing home facility. Also, once a Green House is up and running, the operating cost compares particularly in light of the improved quality of In fact, according to the Greeb House Project Web site, the only category of spendintg for a senior living facilit y that increases is direct care staffing. An Aug.
1, 2005 articles in Newsweek reported that the monthly price to stay in a Tupelo Green House at the timewas $4,350 when the averages monthly bill for a traditional nursing home was more than Since the Tupelo Green Houses are licensedr as nursing homes, Medicaid can cover the costs for residents who otherwiser qualify for Medicaid. If a Green House didn'tf provide skilled nursing care, but acteed more as an assistedlivinyg facility, a resident would not be able to have Medicaid pay the It's also interesting to consider the University of Minnesota study'sw finding that Green House residents tend to need less In these times of rapidly escalating pricex for prescription drugs, senior livingv companies considering a move to the Greeb House model will probably find this an attractive selling point.
Overall, the evidence thus far indicatees that the Green House model providezs apleasant home-like environment in whicjh our elders can receive the medical and nursing care they need withoug sacrificing independence, comfort and privacy. Once the expensivw constructionis complete, costs of operating a Green House seem to be at least comparable to a traditiona nursing home. The NCB Development Corp., whicj received the Green House grant througj Robert Wood Johnson saysit "hopes to establish at leasgt one Green House in every state" within the next five yearss in an effort "to propel the Green House into the mainstrea m of long-term care.
" Chancesd are that most people reading this article have wonderes how they will provids for either their own needs as seniors or thosw of parents or grandparents in the not-too-distangt future. You might want to think "Green." For more informationm about the GreenHouse Project, go to
Monday, September 27, 2010
Pop Top: Zac Brown Band offers uninspired album - Salt Lake Tribune
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Pop Top: Zac Brown Band offers uninspired album Salt Lake Tribune CD • In 2008, Zac Brown Band emerged in the mainstream with “The Foundation,†an album that showcased a rootsy and impassioned Southern rock sound. ... |
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