Southwest, American make food and beverage upgrades - bizjournals Business Travel Guide

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Southwest has added two new winex onits flights, a spokeswoman for the company said Wednesday. The addition of the wines -- a Coastalo Ridge Chardonnay and a Coastal Ridgse Merlot producedby California's -- will not necessarily add new revenue to the airline sincr they're replacing existing brands and are still priced at $5 per However, the wines are part of an ongoing Southwesg initiative to research customers' desirezs and to use that data to enhance the flying experience, Ashley Rogers, a spokeswomanh for Dallas-based Southwest (NYSE: LUV) said Rogers said Southwest has been researching what customerd want through surveys and taste The airline tested more than a dozen winews before selected Ceres, Calif.
-based Bronco Wine Co. Rogersz also said Southwest research showedr that 70 percent ofthe airline' customers were avid coffee The airline used its customer research data to created its new Lift coffee brand, which is now offerexd on board. At Fort Worth-based Americanb Airlines Inc. (NYSE: ), the companhy has completed the rollout of its newl y enhanced table setting inthe first- and business-class The airline is now offering fliers new china, cutlery and wine glasses in thos cabins.
Customers flying on international first-class flights aboard the Boeint 777 and aboard transcontinentalBoeing 767-2009 flights will now be sippingf wine out of glasses that featurse a tulip-shaped globe, AMR said Wednesday. "We are committeed to investing in products and servicex that our loyalcustomers value," said John Tiliacos, American'as Managing Director - Onboard Products. "We continually evaluate our onboard product offerings and make necessary adjustments baseds on feedback from our customers and ourflighf attendants." Economy class was included in the recentf food and beverage upgrades.
American said fliers traveliny in economy class internationallu started receiving enhanced food and beverage itemsin May. The new producte include a gourmetsnacko mix, fresh green salads, cheese and crackers, a larget mid-flight snack box and a new dessert option with the

Fine Arts Fund raises $12.2M in total - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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million in special Karen Hoguet, chief financial officer for Macy’ds Inc., (NYSE: M) and general chairwoman for this year’e campaign, announced the resultsd at a Thursday event. “Evenm in a year when so many are feelingh uncertain aboutthe economy, Greater Cincinnatians recognized the value of our arts and contributefd generously,” Hoguet said in a news The $1.1 million, from the Carol Ann and Ralphy V. Haile/U.S. Bank will support the Arts & Culture Partnership of the Fine Arts providing funding for initiatives in art regional and neighborhood arts and diversearts offerings, according to the The fund raised $12 million in 2008 and allocated more than $11.
43 million to support more than 95 local arts organizations. Thoser ranged from cultural icons like the Cincinnati Art Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Playhouse inthe Park, to smal l arts groups and programs. Volunteers will begin the process of selectingthis year’s grantees, the organization At the event, Julie president of Duke Energy Ohio and Kentucky was introduced as the general chairwoman for the 2010 The Scripps-Corbett Awards, which honor groups and individuals who contributew to local arts and culture, were given to: the Cincinnat i Chamber Orchestra; Madcap Puppet Theatre; Cincinnati Art Museu m Bus for Kids; Artists Reaching the Carruthers family and Dick Waller.
The Fine Arts founded in 1927, has raised more than $200 millioj for its member organizations overthe years.

Btv interpreters distort news, confusing the deaf - Mmegi Online

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Btv interpreters distort news, confusing the deaf Mmegi Online The Botswana Association of the Deaf (BOAD) has lamented the use of sign language by Botswana Television (Btv) interpreters arguing that they confuse rather than help them comprehend the English news.  »

Chipman: A towering health issue - Fayetteville Observer

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Chipman: A towering health issue Fayetteville Observer Arecent attempt to erect a 120-foot cellphone transmitting tower in a Fayetteville residential neighborhood provoked general public condemnation and a denial by the city government to grant the sponsoring company a variance to erect such a structure. ... and more »

US sees challenges in some financial cases - Reuters

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US sees challenges in some financial cases Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The government is continuing an aggressive drive to hold accountable those responsible for the 2007-2009 financial crisis, but prosecutors may find it tough to prove criminal intent in some cases, ... and more »

Skyrim Gets Mature Rating – Features Drunken Decapitation! - RipTen

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Skyrim Gets Mature Rating â€" Features Drunken Decapitation! RipTen Well, thanks to the ESRB, Skyrim gets a Mature rating that consists of; Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes and the Use of Alcohol. Sweet The ESRB also listed a lengthy summary of the title, which has also confirmed you'll be able to ... ESRB Rates Skyrim 'Mature' Thanks To Sex, Booze & Gore Game Rant Slow-Mo Decapitations Earn Skyrim an M Rating Escapist Magazine Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim rated by ESRB Gamepur MMOMFG -NowGamer -Strategy Informer (press release)  »

GOP candidate Herman Cain employed gay man, tried to hide it, staffer claims - ChicagoPride.com

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GOP candidate Herman Cain employed gay man, tried to hide it, staffer claims ChicagoPride.com by GoPride.com News Staff Des Moines, Iowa â€" Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain tried to hide the fact that his campaign had employed a gay man named Scott Toomey, a former staffer now claims. Toomey was Cain's senior political advisor! ... and more »

MQM stages token walkout over Karachi situation - The Nation, Pakistan

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MQM stages token walkout over Karachi situation The Nation, Pakistan In the start of the Senate proceedings, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) staged a token walkout from the house after Senator Babar Ghauri said that the government was not serious in nabbing terrorists in Karachi despite the action taken by the Rangers ... and more »

Courts delay Chrysler bankruptcy - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

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According to Bloomberg, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has put the bankruptcgy court ruling allowing the sale on hold untilfurthee notice, though a timeline and specifiv reason was not provided. The delay came aftee Indiana pension funds requested a stay from the courtg so it could hear thei appealof Chrysler’s decision to sell to Under Chrysler’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, Chrysler would sell its assetas to Italian car maker Fiat. It also was announce d last month789 U.S.
dealerships will lose their franchise s by June 9 as part of the Chrysler has listed two Triad dealerships that will losetheirf franchise: Stearns Chrysler Jeep in Graham and City which sells Jeep, in Greensboro. Mike Cranford, general manager of City said he does not know if they delay will mean anything significant for his but hopes that the courts will more closely revies the decision tocut franchises. He says if nothingh else, he’d hope Chrysler could help buy back inventory and not simply take awaythe brand. “If we can’tr be Jeep dealer, we’d at leasyt like a chance to sell the he says.
He said the compang has managed to sell about 10 of its 16 new Jeep some ata loss, just to get them liquidated. Aboug five employees have beenlaid off, leavinb about 20. Another six to eight could be cut if thebankruptcyu deal, as is, goes through.

G-20 security planning briefings scheduled - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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The organizers — Three Rivers Contingency Planninhg Association, , the , the City of Pittsburghy and AlleghenyCounty — will briev attendees on what will be needed to assist the , which is in chargd of security measures for the Safety precautions may call for: Heavg police and military presence, police dogs, sharpshooters, light restrictions around the patrols, increased railroad security, extensive road closurezs and other means. Membersa of the business community, including security officers, information facilities managers and human resources personnel are encouraged to To weigh in on the planning process or submit concerns to be addressedf atthe Aug.
5 meeting, e-mail G20ConferenceInPGH@gmail.com. An agenda and list of speakersa will be postedat trcpa.org/trcpa/meetings.asp.

Belgrade 3, Central 1 - Billings Gazette

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Belgrade 3, Central 1 Billings Gazette BELGRADE -- Shelby Erdahl scored two goals Thursday afternoon to help Belgrade hand Billings Central a 3-1 defeat in Eastern A girls soccer -- Central's first loss since 2007. The three-time defending state champion Rams had been unbeaten in their last ... and more »

Gender gap: Girls have the edge over boys - Business First of Buffalo:

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"We see it in a broad sense. What we've noticedx is that female students who apply here tend to havehigherr grade-point averages in high says Christopher Dearth, director of admissions at . "Thatt has been the case for Overall in theUnited States, adolescent females outperform adolescentf males," says Karen Karmazin, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction at the Gran Island Central School A new Business Firsr study corroborates their observations. Girls have a definite edge in the as shown by an analysis of WesternNew York's top studentw and the region's standardized test scores. 1.
Girls outnumber boys in the ranksa of elite students The 100 members ofBusiness First's 2009 All-Western New York Academi c Team, announced earlier this week, are hailedf as the best and brightest high school seniord in the eight-county region. This year'ds honorees include 62 girls and38 boys. The imbalance is even more pronouncee on theFirst Team, which consist of the 25 Academic Team members judgedd to have the strongest records of classroom leadership skills and community Seventeen of the 2009 First Teamers -- 68 percentf -- are female.
The Academic Team was chosen through a blind process designed to remove The selection committee was given an editex summary ofeach candidate's Nominees' names and schools were removed from thos e forms, as was any informationh that might indicate gender or But the odds nonetheless favored the selection of girls over boys. That's because Westernh New York high schools submitted 254 female students forthe panel'sw consideration, compared to 134 males. Each schoolp was limited to four nominees, a way of encouraging them to submif only theirbest candidates. Twenty-five high schools nominated four Only five schools submittedfour 2.
Girls outscore boys on most standardized exames Business First analyzed a battery of 13 statewides tests duringthe 2007-2008 academixc year, including English, math and science exams in fourth and eightbh grades; social studies exams in fifth and eightg grades; and Regents examss in English, math, science, global history and U.S. history. The girls in Westerjn New York's 98 school taken collectively, did better than boys on nine of thosr13 tests. The biggest disparity occurred on the eighth gradesEnglish exam. Two-thirds of the region's girlsw (66.8 percent) demonstrated basic skillsd on that test last comparedto 52.2 percent of the a gap of 14.
6 percentage (Any student who reaches Level 3 or 4 on an elementar or middle school or who scores 65 or bettedr on a Regents exam, is defined as having basicd skills.) Girls beat the boys by at leasy one percentage point on four otherr tests: fourth grade Englishu (a gap of 8.8 percentage eighth grade math (4.4 points), Regente English (2.7 points) and Regents math (1.2 There were only two tests on which boys beat girles by a margin of at least one point: eightbh grade science (1.5 and fourth grade science (1.0 3. Girls outperform boys in most schoolk districts Business First used the same 13 testsx to measure the gender gap in all98 districts.
Boys or girlw were given a point each time they did betted than the other side in reachin g either the basic orsuperior (Any student who hits Level 4 in elementary or middl e school, or who scorese 85 or higher on a Regents exam, is said to have superiodr skills.) The maximum possiblse score was 26 points. Females took the upper hand in 67 while males had the advantage injust 24. The remaininh seven were draws. Western New York'sw biggest mismatch occurred inGrand Island, wherr girls won 21 points to the boys' Other strongholds for girls were Alden, Letchwortnh and Medina, where they earned 20 points apiece, and Akron, Kenmore-Tonawands and Silver Creek at 19 points each.
Boys were strongest in Cheektowaga-Sloan and where they came away with 19 of 26possibl points. Next were Clarence and LeRoy, wherse males won 18 points.

Critics call out Cincinnati Yellow Pages deal - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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, a Denver company that has owned the rightx tothe region’s largest Yellow Pagese product since 2002, blames the delagy on printer changes and organizationapl restructuring. About 140 of its 900 directoriesz are beingdelayed nationwide. Cincinnati is the largest markeyt affected. “It’s a stinking deal,” said Brenda Hacker, controlle for in Clermont County. Hacket was planning to downsizdeher company’s ad in a directorty she thought would be published in June. When she called the companu in May to confirmthe change, she was told it was exercisingb its contractual right to extend last year’d publication.
Hacker said it will cost her compan anextra $700 each month. “It’s just not what they’re doing to she said. Local Insight spokeswoman Pat Nichols said 75 percent ofits 10,000 local customers will be unaffecteed by the delay. Those are companie that plan to maintain the same ads they had last year or Local Insight CEO Scott Pomeroy is asking business owner angered by the delay to callthe company’sd customer service line, (888) although it’s not clear what steps the company will take to addresxs concerns. “If the product’s not delivering value to them, our customert service department is prepared to talk tothosse folks,” Pomeroy said.
“I think it’a evaluated on a case-by-case basis.” The director delay comes at a time of turmoipl for Yellow Pagespublisherss nationwide. The recession is accelerating a trend that has long threatenecd theindustry – the shift of so-callexd “directional advertising” from print publication to online search engines and mobile phones. The , a subsidiar of , is projectinhg total revenue will shrinkto $11 billion for Yelloqw Pages publishers by 2013, down from $14.5 billion in 2008. A year ago, the Kelseyy Group was forecasting a compouns annual growth rate for the industrtyof 4.5 percent.
Now, it’s minus 5 “The recession has driven print sodeeply negative,” said Charles Laughlin, senior vice president and program director of the Kelsey Report. Laughlim said growth in digital revenue mighgt never make up for sales lost inprintt publications. “Those who downsize, will they start spendingt again once thesmoke clears?? It’s probably next year before we know,” he Laughlin said most of the nation’s largesf Yellow Pages markets are seein g revenue dips of more than 20 percen t this year. Pomeroy declined to reveal numbers for Cincinnatik but said the revenue dropis “nowhere 20 percent here.
He said companywide revenuew was flatin 2008, standing at roughly $700 million. Laughlih declined to reveal Kelsey’s futurr outlook for Cincinnati, which is dominates by Local Insight but includees asecond directory, the Yellos Book, published by of Berkshire, England. The industry’s majodr players, including spinoff Idearc and the better-known , are struggling throughg the recession with heavydebt loads. Locakl Insight also has leverage issues, but its focud on smaller markets has helped temper the impact of the recession on the saidEmile Courtney, a credit analysg for ’s.
“Idearc has filed for bankruptcy, and Donnelley has missed interest payments on debt with various entities. Local Insight has not. From a stricyt financial-metrics point of view, they’re the healthieer of the three,” Courtney said. S&P revised to “negative” its outloomk on Local Insight but retained a rating on its corporate debt in a Marchu31 report. At least one of the company’s locap customers has a less positive outlook. “I thinmk they’re really in trouble.
The phone book is a and nobody’s using it any more,” said Vicky exclusive marketing agent for Bezak estimated the directoruy delay would cost hercompany $300 a monthg – if she pays it. “I’m going to call Cincinnatoi Bell and tell them that my contractrwith (Local Insight) terminates on June 1, and I’m not payinvg the ad costs listedd on my current bill because I didn’t renew it,” she said. Cincinnati Bell serves as the billingy agent for Local Insight and permitse the use of its brand name as part of a rightsz agreement signed when it sold its YellowPages , in 2002.
But Cincinnati Bell is not involved inthe company’s operations according to Lisa McLaughlin, a public relations consultant for Bell.

UTSA doctoral accounting students eligible for new scholarship - Baltimore Business Journal:

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UTSA accounting doctoral students are now eligiblre to apply for the Accounting Doctoral Scholarsfellowshi program. The UTSA College of Business is one of only 40 academicv programs nationwide to participate in the Accounting DoctoraScholars program. Each year, the institute will select 30 candidates nationwide to receivea four-yeat $30,000 stipend. The aim of the Accounting Doctoraol Scholars program is to increase the number of doctora l accounting graduatesin America. There is a critical shortage of accountinf doctoral faculty teaching auditing andtax courses, according to UTSA and the The goal is to increasre the number of people with doctorak degrees in accounting.
The plan is to encouragr these individuals to then join the businesss faculty at schools throughout the country so that they can teachyundergraduate courses. The institute founded the Accounting Doctoral Scholars programin 2008. The program is funded by accounting firms. Candidates shouldc have experience in audit or tax in a publicaccountiny firm, be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident and be workin toward a career as an accountingfacultyy member. Applications will be accepted for the Fall 2010 clasxsthrough Oct. 1. UTSA’s Collegee of Business is one of the 40th largesg business schools in the nation with morethan 5,80 0 students. Web site: www.adsphd.
org