Rebel Rebel yells of soaring revenue - Portland Business Journal:

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“We didn’t come out the flashiest, but when people got a chancwe to see our work they realized how solidwe are, and it’s created relationships that have been continual,” said Dianna co-founder of Rebel Rebel. Since launching in Rebel Rebel has provided productionand post-production services from commercials and videos to presentations and videl Web content — and has amassed a roster of notable clients, including GSD&M Idea City, Dell Inc., Sicolqa Martin, Schematic and Door Number 3. The five-persob production house grew 100percentg year-over-year, and is on target to generatee $1 million in revenue this year.
But beforwe growth there was overcomingbeing new, said Chris the other co-founder of Rebel Rebel. “Irt was a little tough getting in the door of some placesdat first. The first year was kind of hard. I don’yt think either of us realized how hard it would Blankenship said. Blankenship and Colton have experience and connectionss in the local production Blankenship cut his teeth in productiohn in China and has 17 years of experienc ein editing, visual effects and post production. Colton has executivee producing experience, and she launched a successfukfashion business.
Blankenship said transitionintg from a freelancer to a businessmaj hasbeen challenging, and getting clients to think of Rebeo Rebel for larger projects took some convincing at first. “Wes took a pretty good look at what we thoughyt the business was going to befor us, and we had to come to some hard realizationse that that wasn’t the way things Blankenship said. In addition to being persistent, Blankenship said the company’s flexibility in takin g small and large projects has helpec sellits services. The company uses freelancers, which enables it to ramp up quicklhy for larger projects and to test out employees beforew adding them totheir staff.
Blankenship said Rebel Rebel hasn’t been entirely immunee to the recession. It saw work plateay in March, but for the most business hasbeen steady. “We’ve been prettyy busy for the last year,” he said. As a smalledr production company, Rebel Rebel has been able to weather the recession a bit bettere because it hasless overhead, Blankenship There are more than 20 film and video production companies in the Central Texas Among the largest productioh companies here are Omega Broadcast Group, 501 Group Inc. and Elephant Productions Inc.
Quincy president of Elephant Productions, says that the production landscaps is getting increasingly more competitive with new players enteringthe market. At the same he said demand is going up forproduction work. “Iu think the outlook is positive. Video is increasingly being used to train and now everybody has videop on theirWeb site,” Lowmanm said. “The market has grown, but the competitiob has grown.” Colton said Rebe Rebel’s work has been evenly splig between local, regional and national work. It recentlh hired a national sales representative. Colton and Blankenshi p said they aren’t concerned with becominv a larger company.
“We will continur to work with more people and createmore relationships,” Colton said. “Inh the short term, we want to find new clients, buildr a base and do a varietyof work.”

BFC Financial, Woodbridge to merge - Sacramento Business Journal:

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In a joint press release Monday, the Fort Lauderdale-baserd companies said they entered into a merge agreement whereinWoodbridge (Pink Sheets: WDGH) woulc become a wholly owned subsidiary of BFC (Pink Sheets: BFC currently controls majority voting stakes in both Woodbridge and BBX). BFC lost $58.9 million on revenue of $487.5 million in 2008. Woodbridge owns , which is buildingh Tradition Florida inPort St. Lucie, and has investmentsx in various companies includingand . Woodbridgw lost $140.3 million on revenue of $25.5 millionm in 2008.
In its firsf quarter earnings report, Woodbridge warned that Core Communitiese could default on the loans for Tradition Florida if its lenderas demand that it put more equitycapital down. Under the mergerr deal, all shareholders of Woodbridge Class A common stocik except BFC wouldreceive 3.47 shares of BFC’s Class A commonb stock per share. With shares of BFC opening at 40 cents it equalsnearly $1.39i a share for each share of Woodbridge, which opened at $1.1 Monday. Levan and Abdo are chairman andvice respectively, of both companies. The merger would save betweenm $1 million and $2 million in professional fees and SEC reporting costsw forthe companies, Levan said.
It woulx also reduce the taxes Woodbridge wouled pay on its earnings once it returns to he said. Currently, Woodbridgre pays taxes on its earnings, and then BFC pays taxez on the portionof Woodbridge’s earningxs that it counts on its balance sheet. The move will not caus any staff reductions, Levan noted. Woodbridgre will continue operate independently. The agreement would include all currenf board members of Woodbridgeon BFC’s new board and add Woodbridg e President Seth Wise and BankAtlantic Bancorl President Jarett Levan to BFC’s 12-member board, as Wise would also becomr executive vice president of BFC. The deal is expected to close before the endof 2009.
BFC sharez closed unchanged at 40 The 52-week high was 95 centa on Sept. 2. The 52-week low was 6 centz on Feb. 5. Woodbridge shares close down 2 centsto $1.08. The 52-week high was $6.6p on Aug. 21. The 52-week low was 2 cents on Oct. 24.

Friedman to shrink operations - Houston Business Journal:

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Houston-based Friedman manufactures and distributes steel Last week, , an affiliate of Pittsburgh-based (NYSE: X), told Friedman that it would be temporarilty shutting down its plant at Lone Star in East Texas due to “weaok market conditions.” U.S. Steel said the idling was not permanent and that it wouled bring the plant back online whendemand U.S. Steel Tubular is Friedman’sw primary supplier of tubularr products and coil material used in pipe manufacturinhg and is a major customerof Friedman’x finished tubular products. As a result of the planft closing, Friedman (AMEX: FRD) doesn’t expect to receive orderw from U.S. Steel. “If the idling of the U.S.
Steek plant in Lone Star continues for a significang periodof time, the loss of U.S. Steel as a supplier and custome could have a material adverse effect onthe company’z business,” Friedman said in a statement.

Analysis: Winners and Losers in the Payroll Tax Cut Debate - Fox News

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Hours extended for Louisville's Friday trolley hop - Business First of Louisville:

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Trolleys will run downtown along Main andMarketg streets. Some galleries typicall y open during the trolley hops will be closed because of Kentuck yOaks Day, but other galleries and restaurants along the trolley hop routse will remain open, accordinh to a news release. The trolley hop is beingv offeredby , with sponsorship from Miller The hours of this month’sd trolley hop have been extended so trolleys can providew transportation to the Miller Lite-sponsored Derbyy Eve Jam concert on the Waterfront. All TARC services is being provided for free according tothe release.
Free parking for the Firs Friday Trolley Hop is availabld atSlugger Field, Main Street at Jacksohn Street, the Fourth Street Live garage and on the stree after 6 p.m. • Cake Flour, 909 E. Market St.; Rouge Noir Gallery, 333 E. Markeg St.; • River Bend Winery, 120 S. 10th St.; Tim Faulkner Gallery, 815 E. Market St., Suites 1; • The Mary Craik 815 E. Market St.; Flame Run Gallery, 828 E. Market St.; and Retail Row in the Galt House Rivue 140 N. Fourth St.

Century-old collegiate rowing competition coming to Lake Natoma - Sacramento Business Journal:

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The 107th National Championships are being presenteed by the andthe . Competition begine at 8 a.m. Thursday, June 4. The three-day competition ends at 1:15 p.m. June 6, with the men’s heavyweight varsityt eight final. The will defend its 2008 crowns in theheavyweighgt men’s eight and lightweight women’sz eight, while Cornell will try to repeat as championw in the lightweight men’s eight. The is the defendin champion in the Jim Ten Eyck teampoints “We’re honored to be the first community in this part of the Unitedc States to stage an event of this John McCasey, executive director of the Sacramentlo Sports Commission, said in a news release.
“Sacrament has a history of hosting world-class sportinb events, and the IRA Championships certainluy help us expand onthat tradition.” “The Aquatic Center has a long history of hosting collegiatse rowing championships at the highest level, including the WIRA ( ), Pac-1o and NCAA Women’s National Championships,” Brianm Dulgar, operations manager of the Aquatidc Center, said in the news release. “Wde believe the Sports Commission and theECAC ( ) will help us set a new standars for the IRA Championships.” A three-day tickety to the IRA Championships costs $20 and can be purchased the day of the event.
Daily ticketds are $5 for Thursday, $10 for Fridag and $12 for Saturday.

Weatherization projects get stimulated - Business First of Buffalo:

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That’s because the federal stimulus act callw for an infusion ofnearly $400 up from about $100 to be used on weatherization in New York beforer October 2011. That’s good news for weatherization director for SupportiveServices Corp. It’s also good news for otherf organizations likehis – ones that receiv funds from the New York State Departmengt of Housing and Community Renewal to provid weatherization services and conduct energy audits. “That coulde have a huge impact,” Wojciok said of the nearly fourfold increase in fundinh toweatherize homes. As a result, he’sx already planning to increasehis 24-personm staff to 32.
And while his not-for-profirt organization weatherized395 single-family homes this past year at a cost of $4,2187 per unit, they’re looking to expand the scops of their work. Likewise, Dave Laczi is lookingv to perhaps add 10 tohis He’s weatherization director for Lt. Col. Matt Urba Human Services Center ofWNY Inc. They focus on weatherizatiomn efforts on theEast Side. “Because of the influx of we changed our initial focus to acceptmore multi-unigt projects,” Wojcik said, adding the fundw for large projects were never He anticipates being able to weatherize the same amoun of single-family homes.
“At least in the we’ll look to weatherize more rentapl unitsand multi-family housing,” he said. But since the DHCR’zs plan has not yet been Laczi said, “everything is subject to change.” Departmeng of Housing and Community Renewal spokeswoman Nancy Peterzs said the plan is awaitingh approval by the Departmentof This, she said, could take a couplde months. The plan can be found at

Targacept drug meets targets in trial - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:

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Major depressive disorder affects nearly 15 millionm Americans and is the leading cause of disability inthe U.S. for peoplw between the ages of 15and 44, according to the National Institutes of Mental Health. The Winston-Salem-based Targacepy (NASDAQ: TRGT) said the trial showed that patientw who used the existing drug treatment citalopram augmented with its experimental known for nowas TC-5214, showed statistically significanty improvements in levels of depression, disability and other measuresa than patients who were givem citalopram plus a placebo.
One patient duringy the trial suffered a seizure which could have been related to either the citalopramk orthe TC-5214, but overall study investigators found TC-5214 to have "favorable tolerability," with the most frequent side-effectas being headache, dizziness and constipation. Targacept said it plan to present detailed results ofthe TC-5214 triap at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in October in Chicago. The company is activre in discussions with several pharmaceutical companies that could become a commercialization partnet forthe drug. Targacept will meet with the FDA and expectas to begin Phase 3 clinical developmentof TC-5214 in the second quarter of 2010.
The successfulo trial is the second piece of good news for Targacepythis month. On July 8, pharmaceutical giantt AstraZeneca announced it would keep pushingy ahead with Targacept on a drug that could become a treatmenyt forattention deficit/hyperactivity disorder or ADHD, and made a $10 millioh milestone payment to Targacept for that drug's progress.

Japanese union backs Pacific Beach boycott - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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Union leaders of the Japanese Trade Union knownas RENGO, said they woulx endorse the boycott of Pacific Beacj Hotel, but are carefuol not to discourage members from visiting Hawaii With 6.8 million members, RENGO is the largestt national trade union organization in Japan. Two monthes ago, the largest labofr federation inthe U.S., the AFL-CIO, callee for a boycott of the hotels as a resulty of long and contentious contract negotiations between HTH and the 142.
In Hawaii, localo labor unions and community groups includingt the ILWU and Justice on the Beacbh have long been lobbying against the hotel sayinyg it is among the worstf employers in the state with a penchant for treatingfworkers unfairly. HTH officials have stood firm and said the company was no longetr recognizing or negotiating with the union as a resultg ofits tactics. HTH Corp. Regiona Vice President Robert "Mick" Minicola told PBN that Pacifix Beach Hotel employees are frustratedand "mad as at the union's push to barricade them from customers and business, especially in a waverinhg economy with fewer visitors.
"I haven'r seen the employees so mad," he "We have spent 40 years nurturing businessx from Japan and to have the uniobn do this is a reallyhorrible act. This is a worldwide campaign for the union and the peoplethat they're hurting the most are the The message from me is that we don'y talk or negotiate with peopld who are trying to hurt our employee and our business and these tactics will not get us to a discussion or a resolution." The ending of contracgt negotiations for some 450 workers at the 837-rookm Pacific Beach Hotel in Waikiki and a management change led the ILWU and other local organizations to call for a boycott last Pacific Beach Corp.
, which assumec management of the hotel Dec. 1 from -affiliatw PBH Management, said it has rehirec 90 percent ofthe staff.

Doutorado em Engenharia em Foz do Iguaçu está com inscrições abertas - H2FOZ

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Doutorado em Engenharia em Foz do Iguaçu está com inscrições abertas H2FOZ Para Cláudio Osako, da Divisão de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura da Itaipu Binacional e Coordenador do Ceasb, o Dinter é de fundamental importância para os pesquisadores da região e para as instituições envolvidas. “Para a Itaipu, o curso permitirá a ... and more »

Exxon sees CO2 from energy rising until 2030 - Chicago Tribune

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Exxon sees CO2 from energy rising until 2030 Chicago Tribune Carbon dioxide emissions from energy sources will rise until 2030, when they will level off as fuels such as natural gas replace dirtier supplies of coal, Exxon Mobil said on Thursday. That forecast, part of Exxon's annual global outlook that stretches ... and more »

Intel roadmap shows Core i 3000 CPUs inbound for Q2 2012 - SlashGear

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CalPERS committee OKs health care rate increases - Los Angeles Business from bizjournals:

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Rate proposals approved by the committee will go to the full CalPERz Board of Administration foraction Wednesday. Basic HMO rates for stated workers will rise an averageof 3.43 percen t in 2010, down from almosf 6.6 percent in 2009. The rate hikews run from a lowof 0.32 percent for Blue Shieldd Net Value to a high of 4.9 percenr for Kaiser. Figures for public agency workers vary by Medicare HMO rates for all workers and regionx will increase an averageeof 0.27 percent in but vary from a 12.27 drop for members of Blue Shieldd Access+ to a 6.5 percent increase for Kaisedr members.
“We are extremely pleaser to presentthese rates,” Gregory Franklin, assistanft executive officer of CalPERS health benefits told committee members Tuesday. “Negotiationss were extremely tough. There were many options and extrza meetings on what we werelooking for: The Kaiser rates were achieved by aligning them with the Blue Shield benefit design, Franklin said. Kaisee will eliminate chiropractic benefits next year and increasde the copayment fora 100-dau supply of prescription drugs. CalPERS kept the lid on increases atits self-funded preferred provider organizatiom plans by using $46.7 million in surplus reserves to “buy down” rates.
The average PPO rate increass for state workers in 2010is 3.29 but it runs from a low of 1.38 percenty for PERS Select to a high of 12 percentg for PERSCare. Medicare PPO ratez will increase an averageof 0.27 percent in all areas, but they rangee from a 12.27 percent drop for Blue Shield Access+ to a 6.5 percenf increase for Kaiser coverage. Committee chair Priya Mathuf applauded the plans and CalPERS stafc for the goodrate news, addiny that the small increases in 2010 are due to cumulativw changes over the last several years to operates the health benefits programm more cost-effectively without jeopardizing quality of care.

Downtown consultants analyze Muncie - Muncie Star Press

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Downtown consultants analyze Muncie Muncie Star Press Adam Thies, left, of Eden Collaborative, Indianapolis, Jeff Kingsbury, of Greenstreet Ltd., Indianapolis, and Eric Ernsteberger, right, from Rundell Ernstberger Associates, Muncie, answer questions from community leaders during presentations by ... and more »