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Tabloid editor got free horse from UK police force - The Associated Press

2012-02-28T17:00:00.001-08:00

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LONDON (AP) â" British police gave former News of the World tabloid editor Rebekah Brooks a retired police steed to look after, the force confirmed Tuesday â" but they insisted it was not a gift horse. The Metropolitan Police said the 22-year-old horse ...

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Fort Detrick plans to shed pipelines - WTOP

2012-02-26T14:17:00.001-08:00

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Frederick County Animal Control Director Harold Domer has had a view of the pipes from his office on Rosemont Avenue for nine years. "It's not an eyesore to me," Domer said. "You become accustomed, like water towers." Would Domer notice if the pipes ...

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Free buses bring Chapel Hill livability award - Dallas Business Journal:

2012-02-24T11:34:00.001-08:00

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The home of the , Chapeol Hill beat out more than 200 municipalitiexs across the nation to claimja first-place City Livability Award. Chapel Hill won for cities with populations of fewerthan Charleston, S.C., won for cities with populations of more than The contest was judged on three criteria: mayoralp leadership, creativity and and the broad impacyt on the quality of life for residents. The U.S. Conferencer of Mayors honored Chapel Hill for its decision in 2002 to no longerd charge fares to any rider on itsbus system, the organizatio n said in a press release.
While many bus systemsa in collegetowns don’t charge students and faculty to a scant few provide free serviced to all riders. The town implemented the fare-frew system to encourage people to take the bus and leave their carsat home. The plan worked. Ridership on Chape l Hill transit has more than doubled since farexs wereeliminated – going from 3 million in 2002 to a projectefd 7 million this “The Chapel Hill Public Transit systemj is the foundation of our sustainable Foy said in a press release. “This bus systenm makes Chapel Hill continuw to be the kind of placepeople love; for us it is an investmen t and it has paid off big time.
” The town says it is plannintg a “community event” to celebratr the livability award and that it will release detaile soon.

Six Flags files Chapter 11 - Phoenix Business Journal:

2012-02-22T09:00:00.001-08:00

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New York-based Six Flagse (OTC BB: SIXF) said its reorganizationn plan has unanimous support of its steering committee and the administrativde agent forthe company’sd $1.1 billion senior secured credit facility. The plan wouldf deleverage the company’s balancs sheet by $1.8 and cut more than $300 million in mandatorily redeemablwe preferredstock obligations. The company listedd assets of $3.03 billion and debts of $2.367 billion in its filing. “The current management team inheriteda $2.4 billioh debt load that cannot be sustained, particularl y in these challenging financial markets,” said Mark Shapiro, president and CEO of Six in a statement.
“As a we are cleaning up the past and positionintg the company forfuturd growth... Following a record year of performancdein 2008, which completed the three-yeard turnaround of our system-wide park this action to clean up the balancew sheet paves the way for a full revivall of the company. ” Six Flags has 97.7 millionn shares of common stockand 1.1 millionm shares of preferred stock. Six stock closed June 12 at 26 cents a Six Flags reported aof 2009. It had a in 2008. Six Flagzs operates Atlanta's Six Flags Over Georgia, American Adventures and Six Flaga White Watertheme parks.

Industry searches high and low for signs of hope - Business First of Columbus:

2012-02-20T05:51:00.001-08:00

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Periods of 2007 were like a lifeless drought withlittlee movement. Foreclosure sales rose to peakds this year alongside the plunging valleyof new-home Financial institutions that bet on subprime mortgages collapsed last September as if they had been swallowed by the San Andreaxs Fault. With the constantly shiftinfg topography, economists and housing expert s plumbing the depths of the downturn for clues are dividedd on whether the worst isbehind us. “Yoiu can see some occasional signs in the saidSanjay Varshney, dean of the Californi a State University Sacramento School of Busines who led the school’s new economivc forecast project this year.
“We basically tend to lead the We ledthe downside.” But Varshneh is not convinced we’re leading the upside or even at the bottonm yet. Alan Nevin, director of economic researchb at MarketPointeRealty Advisors, said ther e is zero indication of a quick market rebound that will brinvg prices surging back, but there will be scattered recover in areas performing moderately well. “Ijn Sacramento you have to look at it ona community-by-communith basis,” he said, rejectin any notion of a return of bubble-erz pricing. “I don’t see the ebullience, the vitality in the market. I see stability.
” But consider the difficulthy one faces in making such predictions by lookingv at the last Any recovery would have been tough to spot from the housing markert data after the crash of theearlh 1990s. According to housing analyst FirstAmericanj CoreLogic, Sacramento’s median home price actually lost grounsd against inflation from 1991 through 1999, even during times when the economy was When Sacramento prices finally rebounded in 2000, it was a time when the overalo economic outlook was actually downcast. Housingf and the economy seemed like actors on separatsestages then, but many consider them intertwined today.
So as predictiond emerge for a very sloweconomif recovery, experts are noticing affirmative signs of housin g recovery as well. According to market analyst , a divisiom of Sacramento’s Lyon Real Estate, there’zs less than a two-month supplyy of homes on the market in Sacramento County compared with the number of pending Many of these pendingg home sales areshort sales, an arrangement between sellers and their lenderz to avoid foreclosure by selling a home for less than the loan They’re available because the suppluy of foreclosed homes has been bought up more rapidly than they’re coming to market.
That inventoryt shortage was unthinkable twoyears ago, when more than 17,00 homes were languishing on the Last year, Sacramento prices fell 31.5 percent, according to the Sacramentol Regional Research Institute. The potential impact is that foreclosureds might stop driving home prices That appears to be the case over at leas the pastfew months. As Dataquick Informationn Systemshas reported, median home prices in Sacramentop County have leveled off after more than a year of On a national level, some are suggesting housint is now undervalued.
Capital Economics Group, an independent macroeconomid consultant basedin Toronto, has been widelhy quoted within the past montg as saying that after significant price declines, homees are now about 10 percent undervalued relative to But there are also suggestionzs that things aren’t turning around so quickly. Varshneyh notes there is stilo a second wave of potential foreclosures loomingtin 2010. That’s when a bubble of exotic mortgages for thosewith better-than-subprims credit resets to higher rates. The bubble was firsg documented by financial firm in but Varshney saidconditions haven’t changed significantlyu enough to ward off that cominf wave.
He did predict, that the world’s financial systems will be better preparesd to deal with the consequencew after thesubprime fallout. Nevin, the housingg industry economist, works in San Diegp but is familiar enough with the Sacramenti market that he feels bad to be consistently needlingh its worsthousing markets, such as Elk Grove. He sees factor s such as retail vacancy rated and retail employment continuing to be drains on the local economy.
One consequence of this downturn, he is that Sacramento isn’t likely to see a high-rise downtown condo tower for at leasta New-home construction, meanwhile, has been at the merchy of existing home prices, Roseville-based analyst John Schleimerr said. He sees no immediate improvementin California’s Central Valley new-home construction until home prices rise. “We’rw getting closer,” he said. “Until we see threwe continuous monthsof improvement, we’re still in it.
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Tennessee cotton planting expected to rise in

2012-02-18T02:51:00.001-08:00

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Farmers have told the that they intenr toplant 340,000 acres of cotton this a 19 percent increase over 2008. The pendulukm to cotton swung aroundApril 1, according to the TDA, as farmerw watched low but stable cotton Corn and soybean prices have swung erratically and have dropped rapidly since the year’s growing season began. Farmers also expect late summert and fall price rallies in cotton as drought conditions in WestTexas persist, according to the TDA. Persistentg rainfall throughout April and May made for one of the most difficultf planting seasons inrecentf times. Many cotton acrese had to be replanted this season due to floodinvg andseed rot.
The rain also led many farmers to adjust their overallplanting intentions. The rain led many farmer to plant 7 percent more soybeans than they did last Tennessee farmers willplant 1.6 million acres of soybeans this year, the highesyt soybean acreage in 25 TDA attributes some of this to corn acreage abandonment as the rains made farmers miss thei r planting windows. Corn acreage is expecte to be down 6 percent overallat 650,000 This is down 20,000 acres from March intention s and down 40,000 acres from last year.

Axmin Announces Share Consolidation - Marketwire (press release)

2012-02-16T00:34:00.001-08:00

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Axmin Announces Share Consolidation

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Letters of transmittal with respect to the consolidation will be mailed out to all registered shareholders on or about February 23, 2012. All registered shareholders of the Company will be required to send their certificates representing ...

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$200M venture proposed for N.F., Ont. - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

2012-02-13T21:17:00.001-08:00

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In a plan that’s been working its way through theCanadian city’s municipal departmentas since late last year, prominent hotelier and developeer Tony Zappitelli and his company, has unveiled plans for three high-rise hotels along Stanley Avenue. The tallesg of the three towers couldbe 57-stories, with a 42-stor and 32-story hotel also in the mix. Condominiumsx or apartments may replace some of thehoteo rooms, depending on future developments, Zappitelli Zappitelli pegged the total development cost at “anywherde between $200 million and $300 million.” The project will be privatelg funded.
The Niagara Fallsx Common Council agreed to permitgthe development, but several other municipa approvals are also needed befor construction can begin. Work could starrt by later this year orearluy 2010. The 7.4-acre Stanley Avenude site is part of the Loretto Christian Life Centree campus that Romzap acquiredr threeyears ago. The portions of the 148-year-old religious center will remain as part of the agreementy Zappitelli crafted with NiagaraFalls officials. The Loretto property is just southu of the proposeddevelopmentt site.
The site is near the Niagarsa Falls Convention and CivicCentres that’s under construction and due to open in Apri 2011 and less than one-half mile from the Hiltomn and Niagara Fallsview Casino The project will add several hundrerd hotel rooms to Niagaraz Falls’ stock of more than 14,000p hotel rooms. Niagara Falls has the thirdr most number of hotel rooms in trailing only Torontoand

Obama Says Contraceptive Rule Finds Balance on Religious Rights - San Francisco Chronicle

2012-02-11T17:17:00.001-08:00

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Obama Says Contraceptive Rule Finds Balance on Religious Rights

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Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama sought to quell the uproar over a requirement that employers provide coverage for contraception by saying religious-affiliated charities and hospitals won't have to pay for such services.

Obama strike s a balance on contraception coverage

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Grady Memorial Hospital turns

2012-02-09T13:51:00.001-08:00

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For Lisa Gentile, a medical-surgical unit nurs at in Delaware, enougb was enough. “Every time we’d delive r a meal to a darn it, that bottle would be sittinhg there,” she said. She and hospitaol maintenance mechanic Ron Swecker brainstormed on a He rummaged through astorage closet, founsd a wall mount for a soap and after some tinkering had a cage to hold the urinak on the bed rail. “Immediately, all the nursese wanted to know where we could get it and how soon it wouldf be inthe hospital,” Gentile said.
On a manager’s recommendation, the two turned to ’w , which helps bring inventions to markett and has startedsix spin-off Grady is part of the OhioHealth system. “We thought it was a smalll project thatthey wouldn’t be interested Gentile said. Turns out it was just what the instituterseeks – ideas to improve patient care, said Patricia manager of commercialization and technologyu transfer. The institute obtained engineerint help from and the and got a unit to make 250 prototypesz soon to be testeddwith patients. They cost about $5 apiece.
OhioHealth will develolp the product for internal usebut can’f commercialize it because the design might treasd on other patents, such as for bicycle drinik holders, Spitzner said. “Our first name for it was the urinall holster,” Gentile said. Stafgf started strapping the cages to their beltes anddrawing (empty) bottles like guns. “We had fun.” In the end, they settledd on the less provocative U-Caddy. Honda comes up with an accommodating SUV The Hondqa Elementlight truck, already honoresd by one group as top dog for pet ownerd because of its fairly spaciouw and easy-to-clean interior, is getting a more canine-friendly Inc.
unveiled the dog-friendly sport-utility vehicles at the New York International Auto Showthis month. Spokesman Chrisa Martin said the idea started in 2005 in Japanh withthe Wow, a wagon aimed at dog owners. For the Unitef States, it made sense to pair the features with the which already had been recognizedsby Dogcars.com as the 2007 Dog Car of the Seriously. Features on the concept vehicle include a cushioned cargk area bed withsafety second-row pet seating with a spill-resistant water bowl, specializedx ventilation fans and a retractable making it easier for animals to get in and out of the Seat covers are machine-washabls and floor mats feature bone and paw-print patterns.
Martin said the optionn package could change and thepricing isn’tr set. The vehicle, which is assemblefd in East Liberty, is scheduled to come out this Ron Lietzke, a spokesman for , the company’s Marysville-basedc production division, said that if a buyer wantss the features, they will be adderd to the SUV at dealerships, not on the production line. According to , the pet and pet producrt marketwas $43 billion in 2008.
Any gains with those shopperw would be welcomefor Honda, which saw Elementt sales tumble 61 percent through the first

Weekend box office too close to call - St. Louis Business Journal:

2012-02-07T10:34:00.001-08:00

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"Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" from Fox and Revenge of the Fallen" from Paramounyt both projected the same box office grossw for theweekend -- $42,500,00p -- according to , which tracks box-officer revenues. The estimated numbers are from the studioxs and are based on estimatesz from Friday and Saturday and projections for thereport said. was number one at last week's box and "Ice Age" is in its firsg week in theaters. Another new release, "Public from Universal came in third, with an estimate $26,172,000. Rounding out the top five were Disney'sd "The Proposal" and Warner Bros.
' "The Hangover," which broughr in an estimated $12,779,000 and respectively. "Transformers" also passed Disney/Pixar's as the top-grossing moviwe of the year, as it has broughrt in an estimated $293,459,000, compared to an estimatedd $264,873,000 for "Up." "Transformers" also now has the 31st highesft domestic grossall time, according to the site.

Human Capital: People on the move, June 22 - Boston Business Journal:

2012-02-05T06:17:00.001-08:00

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promoted Mark Whalen to executive vice based in its main officein Needham. Whalen, who has nearlgy 28 years of bankinggindustry experience, is the former president and CEO of . He joined Needham Bank in March of 2007 when the twoinstitutionxs merged. The law firm of LLP in Bostobn added Robert Brady as senior of counsel in the bankinhg and financialservices practice. Brad y was most recently a vice president inthe supervision, regulationj and credit department of the . G.T. Reilly Co. , a Milton-based accounting firm, promotecd Jayme Fitzgerald to accounting and auditing She joined the firmin 2003.
hirer Lynnette Best as program and event She previously worked for TD Banknorth Garden as a communityrelationsz coordinator.

Washington Business Journal:

2012-02-02T23:00:00.001-08:00

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Timothy Keeler became counsel at Mayere Brown LLP in the governmen and global trade practicein D.C. David Winsteaxd joined the real estate department of Ballard SpahtrAndrews & Ingersoll LLP in D.C. Christopher Wall rejoined Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLPin D.C. as seniorf international trade partner. Lerch, Early & Brewef Chartered in Bethesda addedMimi L. Magyar as a principal in the familuy law practice group and Ruth Katz as an associate in the communitty associationspractice group. Robert Greenm joined Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meaghet & Flom LLP in D.C. as head of the worldwidse transfer pricing and competentauthority practices.
David Verheyt joined Holland & Knight LLP in D.C. as a partnerd in the public policy andregulation practice. Edward O

Dana White's Feud With Anonymous May Have Cost Cop His Job - Bloody Elbow

2012-01-31T19:00:00.001-08:00

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by Kid Nate on Jan 31, 2012 2:30 PM EST in UFC News UFC president Dana White has been feuding with the hacker collective Anonymous since last week when the UFC web site was hacked over their support of the controversial SOPA legislation.

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Times' retirement plan hit by $154M loss - Business First of Buffalo:

2012-01-29T14:51:00.001-08:00

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Net assets of the plan for the Times, whicu owns the Globe and T&G, fell to $417.7 The plan was particularly hard hit bysome $171.5 milliomn in losses within several mutualp funds. For example, the plan’ss largest holding, the Vanguarrd 500 Index Investment fund, suffered a nearlyg 40 percent loss in Another fund inthe portfolio, the Vanguard Asset Allocation Investment fund, dropped nearly 32 perceng year-over-year. Only one of its major fund theDodge & Cox Income posted a positive return in 2008. Investments in fixed incomer and insurance assetsgenerated $5.3 million in income. Dividenc income of $11.6 million also helped offset losses.
Interest income from the company’s borrowing from its retirement fundtotalexd $594,000. The Times has traditionally matches a fraction ofGlobd employees’ contributions to their 401(k) however a proposal in front of leadership would eliminatw the program.

Memphis City Schools lays off 320 - Kansas City Business Journal:

2012-01-27T10:34:00.001-08:00

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In a budget proposalp to the Memphis City Council on April 29, MCS superintendent Kriner Cash presented a plan to lay off up to 100 administratorss and 250 custodial workers. The cuts were discussed and passedcduring MCS’ April 9 budget meeting, durinyg which MCS approved its budget of $875 million. MCS had no furthe comment on the layoffs. The job cuts were cited in a Tennesses Department of Labor and Workforce Developmentr reportreleased Monday. The layoffs were implemented aftere an analysis revealed MCS had too many employeesz in some areas and not enoughnin others, said Martavius Jones, Memphis City Schools Commissioner for District 4.
“I can’tg second guess what someone else did, but the districtt didn’t look to make difficult reductions in workforc in the pastwhen necessary,” Jones said. He said the layoffs will be butthere won’t be any more during this fiscal year. “Theres could be more difficult decisions to makegoing forward,” Jonez said. “Superintendent Cash put us on noticse that it couldhappen again. The city councikl is currently reviewing the budget and assessingthe city’ss $84.7 million share of the 2009-1 0 budget. The city has budgeted schoolp fundingat $25 million for the coming schooll year. Last year, it cut $66 million in schooo funding.
The Shelby Counth Chancery Court has ruled the city is requirede to fund the schools and it must payMCS $57 millionb from last year.

Abandoned assets worth millions go unclaimed - bizjournals:

2012-01-25T06:00:00.001-08:00

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“We cannot fathom how that but a lot of times customers move and they lose traci oftheir money,” said vice president of Central Pacific’s operationa and administration department. “Sometimes, they may be elderly and if they are incapacitated theirr children may not know where theitemsx are.” Financial institutions and other holders of abandonef property are required to report their findings annually, after five yearse of dormancy, to the state ’s Unclaimecd Property Program, which returns property to rightfup owners for free.
The most common typeds of property are savings andcheckinb accounts, safety deposit box items, warrants, refunds and insurance proceeds. Beginning July 1, the Unclaimedx Property Law will change to help parties keep bettet track ofabandoned property. The new rules, passed in the 2008 legislativs session, will allow owners of interest-bearing accounta to receive interest on property submittedc to the program afterJune 30. The rules also require financial institutions, when reporting abandoned property, to segregate interest-bearinvg funds from noninterest-bearing ones.
In addition, holderz of abandoned property must submit notarizedc affidavits to theBudget Department, stating that written notices have been sent to ownersx of unclaimed property worth more than $50. “Previously, we didn’t have information on whether theywere interest-bearinfg or not,” said Scott Kami, an administratord in the unclaimed property The state’s unclaimed property fund has growh to $140 million since the 1980s. Despite the statee government’s fiscal challenges, the fund is protected by law and cannot be reallocatec to other state departments whose budgetds were cutthis year.
In the most recentt fiscal year endingJune 30, 2008, a total of 9,74u claims worth $5.9 million were returned to rightful So far this fiscal year, as of May 15, approximatelhy $4.95 million has been Honolulu resident Marty Schiller recently learned that Oceani c Time Warner Cable owed him $220. The money sat unclaimed for seven years. “I simply did not know the monety existed or was owedto me,” said Schiller, ownetr of The Schiller Agency. “The Department’s staff was wonderful.
They walkedr me through, step by step, on how to claim the Monetary payouts are easier to retur than safety depositbox items, which are kept in a “vert overburdened vault full of boxes,” Kami A feather lei, vintage cameras and jewelry are amonh the abandoned safety deposit box contents. a woman who “had personal challengees in her life,” waited a few yeards before claiming her silverware from the Another woman recently retrieved a coin collectioh belonging to herlate father.
The budger department’s outreach team, comprising a half-dozemn state employees, regularly appearz at public venues to educate the public about lost The public-private partnership is a majoer component of the program, say those involved. Everyy November, banks and other account holder s give the state a listof accounts, which are then advertisedx in local newspapers in March of the followinbg year.
Accounts that aren’t claimed by mid-April are notedc and sent to the state in Mayfor “A lot of people, believe it or not, are foreigners who come to Hawaii to open an account thinkingb they’ll have funds here,” said Scottt Takahashi, vice president for the legal and custodyt department at Bank of Hawaii. “And they forgef about it.”

bizjournals: Small towns 2005

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consisting of Martha's Vineyarx and 10 other is an upscale vacationm destination off the southern coast ofCape Cod. Full-timse residents are highly educated: 38 percentt hold bachelor's degrees. New England top 10 1. Dukesz County, Mass. 2. Nantucket County, 3. Litchfield County, Conn. 4. Addiso County, Vt. 5. Washingtoh County, Vt. 6. Windsor County, Vt. 7. Grafton County, N.H. 8. Merrimack County, N.H. 9. Bennington County, Vt. 10. Windham Vt. State: Counties in section: New York leader : Columbiaz County, located in New York's scenic Hudson Valley, is withinm commuting distance of Albanyg and is reasonably close to New York a bit more than two hourss awayby car.
White collars are in: One-third of local workerzs hold management orprofessionakl jobs. New York top 10 1. Columbia County, N.Y. 2. Clintonn County, N.Y. 3. Otsego County, N.Y. 4. Essexs County, N.Y. 5. Steuben N.Y. 6. Genesee County, N.Y. 7. Cayuga County, N.Y. 8. Delawar e County, N.Y. 9. Jefferson N.Y. 10. Lewis County, N.Y. States: Delaware, Maryland, New Pennsylvania, West Virginia Counties in section: Countiesa making national top 250 MiddlsAtlantic leader: St. Mary'ss County, Md., is bordered by the Washingtonh metro area onthe north, Chesapeaker Bay on the east, and the Potomac Riveer on the south.
The countg is growing rapidly: Roughlu half of its housing stock has been constructexd in the past20 years. Middles Atlantic top 10 1. St. Mary'w County, Md. 2. Talbot County, Md. 3. Monros County, Pa. 4. Montour County, Pa. 5. Unionj County, Pa. 6. Sussex County, Del. 7. Worcestedr County, Md. 8. Kent County, Md. 9. Franklin Pa. 10. Elk County, Pa. States: North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia Counties in section: Counties makingf national top 250: Southeast King George County, Va., can be reached from Washingtonm in slightly more than an hour when trafficis light, but it stilol retains many of its rura charms.
The county's populatio was just 16,800 in 2000, though the growtn rate is accelerating. Southeast top 10 1. King Georgew County, Va. 2. Beaufort County, S.C. 3. Dare N.C. 4. Rappahannock County, Va. 5. Moore N.C. 6. Northumberland County, Va. 7. Augustsa County, Va. 8. Madison County, Va. 9. Transylvania N.C. 10. Iredell County, N.C. Counties in section: Counties makingy national top 250: Florida Look to Florida's southern tip to find Monroes County, which includes the famous archipelago stretchinv from Key Largo to Key Commuting isa breeze: 10 percenf of local workers either walk to theire jobs or work at home. Florid a top 10 1. Monrowe County, Fla. 2. Flagler County, Fla. 3.
Franklin County, Fla. 4. Jacksobn County, Fla. 5. Waltohn County, Fla. 6. Highlandes County, Fla. 7. Taylor Fla. 8. Gulf County, Fla. 9. Bradforcd County, Fla. 10. Citrus County, Fla. Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee Counties in section: Countie s making national top 250 SouthCentral leader: Baldwij County, Ala., is lined with beaches. Its western border is formed byMobile Bay, its southern edge by the Gulf of Property taxes are exceptionally low, runninv just $9 for every $1,000 of personal South Central top 10 1. Baldwin County, Ala. 2. Franklinm County, Ky. 3. Washingtom County, Okla. 4. Beaver County, Okla. 5. Boyle Ky. 6. Alfalfa County, Okla. 7.
Payn County, Okla. 8. Woods County, 9. Lee County, 10. Grant County, Okla. States: Counties in Counties making nationaltop 250: Texaa leader: Hartley County, located on the northwestern fringw of Texas' panhandle, offers wide open spaces at an elevation of 3,4090 feet. Traffic is not a concern: 71 percent of the county's workere travel from home to job in less than15 minutes. Texazs top 10 1. Hartleu County, Texas 2. Gillespie County, Texas 3. Blanco Texas 4. Somervell County, Texase 5. Mills County, Texas 6. Kerr County, Texas 7. Hood County, Texazs 8. Llano County, Texas 9. Hutchinsojn County, Texas 10.
Fayette County, Texaws States: Indiana, Michigan, Ohio Countieas in section: Counties making nationap top 250: Eastern Great Lakes leader: Grand Traverse County, situated on the bay of the same is renowned as aresort It's also the economic hub of the northern half of Michigan's lower peninsula. The workforce is well-educated: 10 percent of adults hold graduate Eastern Great Lakes top10 1. Grand Traverse County, Mich. 2. Leelanau Mich. 3. Midland County, Mich. 4. Hancocko County, Ohio 5. Emmetg County, Mich. 6. Dubois County, Ind. 7. Otsego County, 8. Putnam County, Ohio 9. Kosciuskop County, Ind. 10. Charlevoix Mich.
States: Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin Counties in Counties making nationaltop 250: Western Great Lakeds leader: Nicollet County, Minn., sits just minutess from the urban center of Mankato, yet remainse substantially rural. The county boasts an impressive stocof large, older homes: 17 percengt of all houses contain at least nine rooms. Western Greatf Lakes top 10 1. Nicollet County, Minn. 2. Cook Minn. 3. Steele County, Minn. 4. Rice County, 5. Goodhue County, Minn. 6. Lyon County, 7. Stevens County, Minn. 8. Kandiyohi Minn. 9. Roseau County, 10.
Brown County, States: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota Countie in section: Counties makinb national top 250: Plains leader: the seat of Hughes doubles asSouth Dakota's It's tiny (population: but its workforce has strong credentials (32 percenty with bachelor's degrees) and enjoys short commutesx (80 percent live within 15 minutesx of their jobs). Plaine top 10 1. Hughes County, S.D. 2. Siouzx County, Iowa 3. Scott County, Kan. 4. Mercerr County, N.D. 5. Stevenas County, Kan. 6. Thomas County, Kan. 7. Barbed County, Kan. 8. Winneshiek County, Iowa 9. McPherson County, Kan. 10.
Carroll County, Iowa States: Arizona, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming Counties in section: Countiesw making national top 250: Interior West leader: Los Alamos located about 30 miles northwest ofSanta Fe, not only ranks No. 1 in the Interiodr West, but also leads the entirer nation. Its median household income ($78,993) is the highest in any nonmetropolitan county acrossdthe U.S. Interior West top 10 1. Los Alamos County, N.M. 2. Teton County, Wyo. 3. Routf County, Colo. 4. Pitkin Colo. 5. San Miguel County, 6. Summit County, Colo. 7. Blainde County, Idaho 8. Eagle Colo. 9. Gunnison Colo. 10. La Plata Colo.
States: Counties in section: Counties making nationalo top 250: California Mono County is the direct opposite of California's giant metroplexes. It spreads across the star k eastern slopes of theSierra Nevada, directlg east of Yosemite National Park. More than a third of its 12,8000 residents are between the ages of 25and 44. California top 10 1. Mono Calif. 2. Nevada Calif. 3. Amador County, Calif. 4. Humboldt County, 5. Mendocino County, Calif. 6. Tuolumne Calif. 7. Plumas Calif. 8. Inyo Calif. 9. Calaveras County, Calif. 10. Mariposa Calif.
States: Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada, Washington Counties in section: Countiees making national top 250: Far West leader: Juneau, the capital of is isolated inthe state's panhandld region, lacking road access to most Alaskan But it has managed nonetheless to build a sturdy economy: 42 percent of workere hold management or professional positions. Far West top 10 1. Juneai City and Borough, Alaska 2. San Juan County, 3. Sitka City and Borough, Alaskaz 4. Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska 5. Island Wash. 6. Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska 7. Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska 8. North Slope Borough, Alaskz 9. Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaskaq 10. Elko County, Nev.

Study: Long-term benefits trump cost of health insurance for all U.S. children - Portland Business Journal:

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“Providing health insurance to all childrej in America will yieled substantialeconomic benefits,” wrot Vivian Ho, chair in healtyh economics at Rice University and co-autho of the report. Researchers at the Baker Instituts said children who receive healt care coverage go on to becoms moreproductive adults. The cost incurred by insuringf the children is offset by the increased value of the additionak life years and quality of life gained bymedical coverage, the report “The up-front incremental costs of universal health insurance coveragre for children are relatively modest, and they will be offseg by the value of increased health capitao gained in the long term,” the repor stated.
The research was basesd on studies published in scholarly journalse examining the economic impacrt of failing toinsure U.S. children. Researchers estimatw that nearly eight million childrenh inthe U.S. are uninsured, and the nation ranks third among the 30 industrialized members of the Organization for Economiv Cooperation and Development in percentage ofuninsuref citizens.

Skier Maple's Streif debut lasts few seconds - The Associated Press

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GE Aviation racks up Paris Air Show deals - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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billion in orders so far during the International Pariz Air Show in including agreements for its repair andoverhaul services. The air held from June 15-21 at the Paris-Lde Bourget Airport, is an opportunity for aerospace firm to show off their products andmake deals. A firm commitment by Brit Air, a subsidiary of Air for six BombardierCRJ1000 aircraft, powerex by GE’s CF34-8 engines, worthu about $300 million at list price.
• An ordetr from Cebu Pacific, a discount Philippineas airline, for CFM International’ss CFM-56-5B engines to powee 10 new Airbus A320 aircraft worthabout $155 million, plus a 12-yeart OnPointSM agreement for maintenance and overhaul of the valued at more than $100 • A $240 million order from Air based on the Indian Ocean island of La for Engine Alliance GP720p engines to power two Airbus A380 worth about $240 million. The Engine Alliancw is a joint venture between General Electric andPratt Whitney. • An order from Etihad Airways, of the Unites Arab Emirates, for Engine Alliance GP72090 engines to power 10 Airbus A 380 plusa long-term fleet management agreement.
The total value of the deal is morethan $1.3 Etihad with GE Aviationj for GEnx engines and services. • A 12-yeard OnPointSM agreement fromLAN Cargo, a unit of Chile-based LAN Airlines, for maintenanc e and overhaul of its GE90-110B engines, worth about $135 million. A five-year OnPointSM deal with Air Italy to maintainm10 CFM56-5B and CF6-80C2 engines, no valuse given. • A 12-year OnPointSM agreement with Braziliann airlineTam S.A., for its GE90-115g engines, worth about $346 million. • A 12-yeaer OnPointSM deal with WestJet, a Canadian discoun airline, for maintenance of its CFM56-7++ engines, worth about $850 million.
Evendale-based GE Aviation is a unit of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), headquartered in Fairfield,

Neighbors recall young man with lofty goal he achieved - Indianapolis Star

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Revamp of FKI pays off in new contracts - St. Louis Business Journal:

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Ackerman, president of FKI Logistesx North America, put his restructuring plan in placer 18months ago. The revamp of FKI Logistex, which makea material handling systems, resulted in threr significant contracts within the last few Those contracts includea $22 milliojn deal announced Sept. 14 to upgrade the material handlingh system for theArmy & Air Force Exchangs Service, which operates military base stores, at a facility in Newporrt News, Va. In May FKI Logistex announced it had wona $14.65 million contract to integrate American Airlines' baggage screeninhg system at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. Its parengt company, FKI PLC, came into the St.
Louis area in 1999 when it acquire PinnacleAutomation Inc., which owned Alvey Systema Inc., a manufacturer of conveyer machinery with localp roots that date back to 1911. At the time of the FKI PLC owned a numbe r of manufacturing companies in the Uniteds States also involved in the material handling including theBuschman Conveyor, Mathews Conveyor and Crisplany Inc. brand names. Ackerman has worked to reorganizde and consolidate eightof FKI'es material handling companies in the United Statesd under the FKI Logistex business and brand since his appointment last year afteer serving as president of Alvey Systems.
In December, Ackermanj reorganized FKI Logistex's business into three main divisions: warehousre and distribution; manufacturing systems operations; and post and parcel operations. The manufacturing operation is based atFKI Logistex'es North American headquarters in Olivette and makess a wide range of including conveyors and palletizers, used to move goods in warehouses and manufacturing plants. As part of the FKI Logistex named Ted Clucass president of FKI Logistex Manufacturing Systems Nortgh Americain St. Louis. The company also hired Dick Braatz last month as vice president of manufacturing forNorthb America. FKI Logistex North Americaq employs 650 inthe St. Louis area.
FKI PLC is a Britisy engineering conglomerate. Its North American operation generated revenueof $1 or 51 percent of the parent company's revenue of $2.1 billiom for the year ended March 31. As part of Ackerman'ss reorganization, FKI Logistex sold its Whitse Systems unit in New Jersey earlier this monthy to a group of managers and ManagemenCapital LLC, a Providence, R.I., investment

IDS concierge taps into enviable network of contacts for tenants - Nashville Business Journal:

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Toth fell into the profession about 17 years ago while working at a hotel to pay for The problem-solving aspect of the work appealed to her too much to leave it, and she soon transitioned into a businesse concierge career track. For the past three she’s tracked down reservations and tickets for tenantxs at theIDS Center, as well as organizecd high-profile events for the center and its Crystaol Court, including the extensive holiday programminy at the end of each year. “I think it takexs a special kind of person to thrive off this energy and Toth said. “There’s a certain skill set that’ s needed.
I’ve just found this job tailor-made for me, and the abilitty to organize nonprofit events isa privilege.” Because of her speedyu work and extensive contacts, some tenants see her as a miraclwe worker. At IDS tenant company , receptionist Bev Wrigh t once asked Toth about getting a room at the Radisson for an Wright had called and been told that an eveng had sold out all of the rooms and nothinhgwas available. After a few phone calls by Toth, Wright not only got a but secured a suite for the price of astandard room. “It was but not surprising, because she’as good at responding in that way,” Wrighrt said.
“She’s excellent to work with, and always shops for the best possible There are some tasks thatToth won’t do. No mattetr how much pleading atenant does, weddin planning is outside her role. But that doesn’y mean she can’t help out by sharing her weddingy resources and helping to book hotepl rooms or get ticketsfor guests. And if she doesn’ t have the contacts, one of her fellow concierges probabl will. Toth has a certification from the , and membershipp in that organization effectively triples her number of she said.
Since a concierge is really only as good as herdigitap Rolodex, that makes Toth a formidabled force, and sometimes she definitely has to draw on that For example, she recalled, there was the tenant who phonedr on the afternoon of Valentine’z Day and wanted to proposw to his girlfriend at a romanticv restaurant. “I was looking at the clock, and ‘This should be a challenge,’ ” she said. “But we put it all and he looked like a rock star to hisnew fiancée. And that’ss what it’s all about, taking care of people, removinfg their stress. Maybe my blood pressure goes sky high for acouple minutes, but it all works out.
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Facebook Fridays: Pertinent And Constructive Edition - GM Authority (blog)

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FHP Investigation Says Trooper Used Discretion During Traffic Stop - NBC Miami

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Fate of Busch Gardens ranges from staff cuts to status quo to spin-off - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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Staying on with InBev, the Belgian beer giantr that is buying theirparent company, Cos. Inc., likelhy would mean staff cuts and other cost according to anindustry analyst. An acquisition by another entertainment firm woulr potentially dilute the unique experience of the anotherobserver said. A spin-off of Buscgh Entertainment asa stand-alone public compant could preserve the quality of the themde parks, but it could be a bad time for an initial publifc offering, analysts said. Busch Gardens' fate coulr have a major impact onthe area'zs tourism industry. Visitors to Hillsborough Countyy cite Busch Gardens asthe No.
2 reaso for a trip here, second only to seeing friend sand family, said Steve Hayes, executive VP at Tampa Bay Company. The Tampa park, with 3,769 had 2007 attendance of 4.4 million and was No. 19 on a list of most visitefd themeparks worldwide, according to a report from the and . A companiom water park, Adventure Island in Tampa with555 employees, drew 615,00p0 visitors in 2007 and was No. 16 amonh water parks worldwide, the report said.
InBev, which announcedf Sunday it wouldbuy Anheuser-Busch (NYSE: BUD) for $52 billion in cash, or $70 a share, has not specificallty addressed its plan for the but has said it wouldc finance the deal with $45 billion in including a $7 billion bridge financing from the sale of non-core assetws from both companies. Observers generally agrere that InBevconsiders A-B's themd parks as part of those non-core assets. "Theh [InBev] are interested in the brewing part of the saidJack Russo, an analyst at Edward Jones in St. Louis.
"j would fully expect those parks to be put up for Busch Entertainment includes Busch Gardens Africq and Adventure Islandin Tampa; Buscyh Gardens Europe and Water Countru USA in Williamsburg, Va.; in Orlando, San Antonio and San Aquatica in Orlando; Discovery Cove in and Sesame Place near Philadelphia. Russo estimatedd Busch Entertainment could be soldfor $3 billiob to $4 billion. He said the entertainmen t and A-B's packaging division could draw acombined $5 billioj to $6 billion.
Potential strategic buyers LP FUN), the Sandusky, Ohio-based operator of 17 amusemeng parks andwater parks, and (NYSE: SIX), a New York-basede operator of 20 parks, have high levela of debt and neither is in a strontg financial position to make an acquisition now, said Hayleyt Wolff, an analyst at in Conn. Another option is a financial such as private equitygiant (NYSE: BX), whicbh owns . Merlin's properties are largely in Europe, but it has globak expansion plans that would help it rivalWalt Co. DIS), according to Property Week, a London-base d trade journal. It's possible the Buscn parks could besplit up, said Martin Palicki, editorf of the trade journal InPar Magazine.
Disney might be interested in the parkwin Williamsburg, where it doesn't have a but not the Tampa or Orlando which are closing to existing Disney There's a difference between themr park companies such as Cedar Fair, whicu focuses on thrill rides, and Busc Gardens, which emphasizes conservation and creating environmentxs that lend themselves to experiencexs through animals and nature, Palicki said. Other parkss commonly license intellectual property, while Busch developse its own themes. "It' s one of the things that makesx their parks so special and somethingyou wouldn't want to lose," said Judith Rubin, who edited the 2007 attendancse report.
No one is certaib about the timing ofa deal. With attendance and revenue at U.S. them parks in general potentially dropping this year as a resultg of high gas prices and aweak economy, InBev coulde decide to keep the Busch Entertainmenyt properties for a trying to bolster an eventual sale price by trimmingy expenses, in the same way it has cut cost in its brewing operations, said John managing director of Leisure Business Adviser s LLC in Richmond. Va. That wouldd be a mistake, he "Demoralized and overworked employees affect the experiencse avisitor has," Gerner said. Othersa see room for cost cuts.
Wolff, the Rochdale said theme parks often are not run as efficiently as theycouldc be. The best option Gerner sees is for the Buscnh Entertainment division to be spun off into a publicd company through an initiapublic offering. "Not only do you have individualsd in the company whoare well-qualified and have workerd for the company for a long but you have an ethos, a way of doinv things that has been set up for decades and has been reinforced through a stable environment and has worked very he said. But the market is not good now for any consumetrdiscretionary company, and the equities of publicl traded theme park companies have not been great Wolff said.

Pope & Talbot Halsey mill back in business - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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Cascade Pacific Pulp LLC, the mill's new owners, said in a news releasr Tuesdaythe mill's operationa have resumed after seven weekas of laying dormant. "It is great to have the employeesw back and the mill inoperation again," Wayne Henneck, Cascader Pacific's president, said in a news The mill shut down on May 9 when Pope & the bankrupt Portland-based paper products transitioned from Chapter 11 reorganization to Chapter 7 liquidation On June 20, Minnesota-based made a winning $31.
15 million cash bid for the mill in the secons of two bankruptcy Wayzata, an investment firm with $5 billioh under management, created Cascade Pacific Pulp as a wholl y owned subsidiary to run the mill. It appointed who was general manager of the site undeerPope & Talbot, as president. Operations resumex June 27 with Cascade hiring most ofthe mill's formere employees, the company said in the news The mill employs about 150 people and has the capacitty to produce 180,000 tons of bleached and unbleached pulp per year for use in variousx paper products and building The pulp is shipped to customerx across the United States and in Asia and

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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Though President Obama urged Washington this week to stop thinking about policy debates as a "contest between politicians," it's hard not to see winners and losers emerging from the latest dispute over the payroll tax cut. ...

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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:

2011-12-17T03:51:00.001-08:00

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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:

2011-12-14T22:51:00.001-08:00

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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):

2011-12-12T18:51:00.001-08:00

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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 IguaÃ§u estÃ¡ com inscriÃ§Ãµes abertas - H2FOZ

2011-12-10T14:17:00.001-08:00

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Para ClÃ¡udio Osako, da DivisÃ£o de Engenharia Civil e Arquitetura da Itaipu Binacional e Coordenador do Ceasb, o Dinter Ã© de fundamental importÃ¢ncia para os pesquisadores da regiÃ£o e para as instituiÃ§Ãµes envolvidas. âPara a Itaipu, o curso permitirÃ¡ a ...

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Exxon sees CO2 from energy rising until 2030 - Chicago Tribune

2011-12-08T10:17:00.001-08:00

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Exxon sees CO2 from energy rising until 2030

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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 ...

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

2011-12-06T06:00:00.000-08:00

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Intel roadmap shows Core i 3000 CPUs inbound for Q2 2012

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Intel is set to toss some new processors out into the market early in 2012. A new roadmap leak has shown that in Q2 2012 Intel will launch the Core i 3000 series processors. The specific month pegged for the launch is April. Previously the chips had ...

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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

2011-12-01T21:51:00.001-08:00

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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 ...

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Economic woes affecting young lawyers just starting out - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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and recently deferred the start-dates of thei first-year associates for one year but will pay them a stipenx to work with public interest legalp organization or another professional development Law school career planning administrators said those two firmws have been proactive in helpinb students line upappropriate jobs. Other largs firms such as Blanl Rome, , , and have delayed start dates untilk atleast January. said this week that its 63-personj first-year class will start in three equalwavesx — fall 2009, March 2010 and fall 2010. Firmas such as , , and have yet to announce such plans.
Thers is also the dilemma for locao law students who were set to startg their careers at Wolf which voted to dissolvelast month. Melissa Lennon, assistant dean for career planningat ’s Beasley School of Law, said she is advising affecteds students to focus on studyintg for the July state bar examinations. “Doing a full-tim e job search when you are studying for the bar is too much of a Lennon said. “So we will see what’s availablwe after that. We need to see what the worldd will looklike then.
” Heather Frattone, associate dean for careeer planning and placement at Law talked to third-year students abou t using professional development resources as well as optionx for securing health insurance and repaying hefty law schoool loans. ’s Earle Mack School of Law is readying its firsty graduating class for the slowjob market. Unlike the othefr schools, Drexel Law cannot tap into alumni as Amy Montemarano, assistant dean of career and professionao development, said the school has a handful of students affecte by the deferrals.
They have secured a wide range of She said one will travel to South Africaq to handle human rights Another will work in the DelawareAttorney General’s Office in the childs advocate division. But she said theree are fewer job opportunities in city governmenr because of thebudget crisis. the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office rescindeds its offers to its incoming classof entry-level prosecutors.
Legal publicd interest organizations would clearly like to add the But some would like them for a year and only those from Morgan Lewis and Ballard Spahr can commit to such a Many of those students might not be locak and could choose to take a job close neartheif hometowns, where they might choose to live with thei parents to save money. Frank executive director for Support Centerr forChild Advocates, whicj helps abused and neglected childre n in Philadelphia, said his organization could take two students. Whil e there is no singular clearinghouse, he said the ’s Delivery of Legal Services Committee has takenn a lead inthat area.
Publicx interest organizations fill out a surve saying how many they want and forhow long. Cervone said the law graduated will handle child abuse cases and providde backup to the more than 300 activw volunteer lawyers the agency uses at anyone

EDUCATION: Maryland parent involvement award calling for nominations - Delmarva Now

2011-11-27T13:34:00.001-08:00

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EDUCATION: Maryland parent involvement award calling for nominations

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BALTIMORE -- The Maryland State Department of Education announced a call for nominations for the fifth annual Maryland Parent Involvement Matters Award (PIMA). The award program honors parents and others with legal responsibility for a child, ...

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Works Ministry diligently rehabilitating Road Town - SKNVibes.com

2011-11-25T09:34:00.001-08:00

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ROADTOWN Tortola BVI, November 24th, 2011 â" The Ministry of Communications and Works is forging ahead with its plans to rehabilitate Road Town by first fixing the parking lot adjacent the Peebles Hospital. Minister for Communications and Works ...

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UNCC honors Rodgers Builders CEO - Business First of Buffalo:

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The Charlotte-based company has worked on several university projects, including the Barnhardt Student Activity Irwin Belk Track and Field Lynch Residence Hall and the Bioinformaticxs Research Center. Rodgers Builders also is the construction manager onthe university’sw new, $50.4 million Center City Building projecty that is slated to open in the fall of 2011. A groundbreaking ceremony was held in April forthe 12-story, classroom buildinvg at the corner of Ninth and Brevarsd streets in uptown Charlotte.
“What sets Pat apart from most is her she remains personally invested in the institutionsw and organizations she touches long aftee her formal involvementhas ended,” says Philip UNC Charlotte chancellor. “Her commitment to the betterment of our community extends to herbusinessz philosophy. In fact, Rodgers Builders has been hailesd time and again as the epitomreof civic-minded business.” Rodger is also chair of the Charlotte Symphony boarrd and will assume the chairmanship of the Charlotte Chamber board in 2011. The university established the Distinguisheds Service Awardin 1987.
It honors individuales who have provided outstanding leadership and service to the Charlottse community and to the advancemen ofUNC Charlotte. Rodgers was honored Tuesdau during a luncheon atthe school. UNC Charlottwe is the fourth-largest campus amonyg the 17 institutions of theUNC system. It is the largest institutioj of higher education in theCharlottee region, offering doctoral, master’s and bachelor’s programs. Fall 2008 enrollmenft was 23,300, including nearly 5,000 graduate students.

Umbrella pokes the skittish - News & Observer

2011-11-21T02:00:00.001-08:00

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When East Carolina University police shut down the campus for three hours recently after hearing that an armed man was roaming the campus, they had no way of knowing he was armed only with an umbrella and that it was unloaded. ...

Vacancies rise at smaller retail spaces - Boston Business Journal:

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Those are among the findings of a recently released reporft by KeyPointPartners LLC, a Burlington-based commerciap real estate firm that tracksw retail space supply. The retaipl vacancy rate in eastern Massachusetts roseto 6.9 percentt during the 17-month period ending March 1. The last time KeyPoin released a survey was for when the vacancy ratewas 6.1 percent. Smaller space usersd -- retailers taking up 2,500 square feet or less, whicuh make up a big part of the markef shareat 21.4 percentr -- have been disproportionately affected. The vacanchy rate for small space usersis 9.9 percentt in 2007/2008, up from 8.4 percent in 2006.
Big-boxx retailers and department stores takingup 200,000o square feet or improved occupancy rates as less than 1 percent of the larged retail formats were vacant. The disappearance of Filene's departmenft stores, a New England had little impact on thatvacancyu rate, as and othe r department stores have stepped in to fill most of the approximatde 1.6 million square feet left Filene's closed six stores in eastern Massachusetta after a merger with Macy's, leaving temporary vacancieas that have been mostly filled by Macy's operating including Macy's and , or demolished to make room for Nordstro m department stores.
About 73,400 square feet remainsx vacant fromthe Macy's Other nameplates that disappeared include , Decathlon USA, Jasmine Sola, Strawberries Records Tapes, and Alpha Omega. lost the most number of storesz -- 117 -- to Rite Aid Pharmacy (NYSE: which acquired Brooks in 2007. Other retailersa that cut back store numbers include Curveafor Women, , Work'n Gear, and . "I thin the vacancy rate is on par with the saidBob Sheehan, vice president of research for KeyPoint Partners. "I don'r think we're through the fallout," he added.
Sheeham said the vacancy ratesd in this downturn are not as steep as the last downturbnin 2001/2002, when the eastern Massachusetts vacancyy rate hovered around 8.5 percent. Just as some nameplatee disappeared fromthe area, others grew Rite Aid expanded into the 117 store s left by Brooks. Fitness Together grew the most by openingf30 locations; Citibank followed with 18 Mattresses opened 16 locations for a total of 33 locationx in eastern Massachusetts. Many of the retailers new to the area were introduced through new construction and suchas Ikea. Newly constructed retail space grew 4.5 million square feet duringy the 17-month report period, a large jump from the 1.
9 milliojn square feet in the 2006 report. and were amont the concepts that opened inlifestyle developments, often upscale outdoor malls. "What we're seeintg is the kind of retail bein developed is the kind of retaill that consumers are demanding at this pointand time," said The net absorption of the newly built 4.5 million square feet was 4.2 milliohn square feet, an improvement from the 2006 reporgt that shows net absorption of 1.2 million square feet on 1.9 million squar e feet. Patriot Place in Foxborough, Mansfieled Crossing, , Legacy Place in Dedham, Wareham Crossin g and the Natick Collection are just severak lifestyle centers that have been built or areundedr construction.
Among regions, the highestt vacancy rate belongsto Buzzard's Bay, whichh includes Fall River and New Bedford, showing a rate of 8.2 up from 5.9 percent in 2006. Boston's vacancy rate is the second highest, yet has remainedf relatively flatat 8.1 percent for compared to the 8 percent vacancy rate reported in 2006. The Southwest, which includesx Bellingham and Wrentham, has the lowest vacancyu rate at 6 upfrom 5.8 percent rate in 2006.

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Gail Long, CEO of the Bostom chapter of the Association ofCorporate Growth, is leavingh the organization, its board president announced to members Federal regulators have taken Millenniu m Pharmaceuticals to task over an advertisement for the companyh

Spirit of St. Louis gives $195,000 to nonprofits - St. Louis Business Journal:

2011-11-14T14:51:00.001-08:00

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In 2009, more than 100 St. Louis-area organizationsx requested grants from the fund exceedinb a totalof $2 million. · provides counseling, emergenct sanctuary and critical services to adults and childreb impacted bydomestic abuse; $10,00 0 to support the “Nights of Safety” · provides value-centered homes and educationn through college to in-need children; $10,0000 to support summer programs and educationa activities. · advocates for abusede and neglected children from birth to 18 year of ageneeding safe, permanenf homes; $20,000 toward addint two case advocacy supervisors to staff.
provides underprivileged high school studentas with the academic tools and life skills neededx to succeedin college; $20,000 to suppory 150 current and future students. · teachees English, life skills and domestivc abuse rights toimmigrant women; $12,00o to support services to 100 women for one · (LAAW) provides crisis intervention, advocacy and legal $20,000 to support free legal representationb and the crisis/legal helpline. · providese clothing and supplies to disadvantaged school children at12 St. Louis area $20,000 to sponsor one additional school.
· provides comprehensive eye care to the homelesse andmedically disenfranchised; $25,000 for optical goods and · supplies backpacks fillexd with necessities to at-ris k children removed from homez during a crisis; $5,000 to support stafvf and $10,000 to buy backpacks and · inspires at-risk preschool children to read by hostinh readings and increasing exposure to booke and stimulating activities; $15,000 to recruit volunteers and purchase books. · develops the charactef and competence of children through camp experiencesw ina healthy, caring community; $4,00o0 to support six campers for 12 · provides work experience througyh art apprenticeships to St.
Louis metropolitahn youth; $4,000 to support four apprenticee ina six-week summer program. helps abused women and childrej break the cycle of violencd intheir lives; $20,00 to fund the children’s program coordinator Spirit of St. Louis Women’sa Fund, a component of the , has 197 members with each committed to an annuap contributionof $1,200 or more for five years to fund grantx for St. Louis area nonprofit organizations.
In 2009, SOS achievefd the $500,000 milestone in charitable

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The Memphis-based discount retailed reported salesof $134.7 million for May, down 6 percentf compared to sales of $143.4 million in May 2008. Theses numbers include Fred’s (NASDAQ: FRED) closing 74 underperforming stores and 23 Excludingthose stores, Fred’s sales increased 1 percenf compared to last May. Comparabl store sales in May rose 0.2 percent, down compared to 3.4 percengt in the same period last For the first four fiscal months of the company reported total salesof $593.1 million, down 2.4 percenrt compared to $607.
7 million for the same year-ago However, excluding stores closed in 2008, salesw from ongoing stores increased 4 percent compared to the same four-monthj period last year. On a comparabler store basis, year-to-date sales increased 2.1 percent compare to 2.4 percent last year. Fred’e opened one new pharmacy in May. Fred’s operates 666 discount merchandise stores, including 24 franchised store nationwide. Shares closed down 12 centzs to $14.22 per share Wednesday.

New Resource Bank gets cease-and-desist order from regulators - Portland Business Journal:

2011-11-10T07:34:00.001-08:00

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The $166 million San Francisco bank gota cease-and-desis t order from the and the Californias Department of Financial Institutions on May 29. The bank was ordererd to pay particular attention to its lending polices relating to constructio n loans as well as loans made tobank insiders. The bank said the ordetr was based onthe bank’s condition on Sept. 30, and that it has alreadh made some progress on meeting theregulatorsw demands. “New Resource Bank currently has high levelse of capitaland liquidity,” Vincentg Siciliano, president and CEO, said in a statement.
“Likd many financial institutions, we are facingv a challenging economic climate that resultecdin under-performing loans in the real estate constructionj and development sector. “We are working with borrowers to reducedour problem-loan exposure and have made significanr progress,” Siciliano said. The bank raised almost $15 milliom in a stock offering last As ofMarch 31, the bank said its risk-based capitao ratio was 18.97 percenyt -- almost double the 10 percent benchmarj of a bank considered well In addition to bringing on Siciliano as CEO, the bank also hire d Bill Peterson as chief credit officerr and Charmaine Detweiler as chief financial officer.
The bank’ds board also recently elected Mark Finseras chairman. He has 25 yearss of experience insocial finance. New Resourcs Bank, now serving 2,000 opened in October 2006 to promote green businessesand

New Social Security formula would cut benefits, raise taxes - Detroit Free Press

2011-11-08T03:51:00.001-08:00

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New Social Security formula would cut benefits, raise taxes

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AP WASHINGTON -- Just as 55 million Social Security recipients are about to get their first benefit increase in three years, Congress is looking at reducing future raises by adopting a new measure of inflation that also would ...

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Israel's Peres says Iran attack 'more and more likely' - AFP

2011-11-06T01:00:00.001-07:00

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Israel's Peres says Iran attack 'more and more likely'

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JERUSALEM â" Israeli President Shimon Peres warned late on Saturday that an attack on Iran was "more and more likely," days before a report by the UN nuclear watchdog on Iran's nuclear programme. He told Israel's privately owned Channel Two television: ...

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Petition Drive Challenges Medical Marijuana Ban in Rural California County - New York Times

2011-11-03T21:00:00.001-07:00

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Petition Drive Challenges Medical Marijuana Ban in Rural California County

New York Times

But a funny thing happened on the way to the ban: medical marijuana advocates started a petition drive to challenge it, calling for a referendum on the law, something that could happen as soon as next year. In the meantime, the law is in limbo. ...

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In-Stat/MDR study shows changing consumer attitudes - Phoenix Business Journal:

2011-11-01T17:00:00.001-07:00

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"In a time of intense competition andindustru consolidation, consumers' perceptions of their wirelesw carriers are critical factors in the battle for market share," said Clint Wheelock, director of In-Stat/MDR's Wireless group. "Whil the industry's service levels remai strong in several key there are a number of opportunitiesw for improvement in quality of servic andcustomer service, as subscribere grow increasingly willing to switcnh carriers in the pursuit of bettert service." The study also found that Sprin t subscribers have the longest average tenure and T-Mobile subscribersw have the shortest.
Verizonh Wireless subscribers were the most impressed withtheir provider's qualitgy of service. Wireless phone providerz should alsotake note, In-Stat/MDf researchers said, that consumers' willingness to switch providerds has increased dramatically in the past with nearly 20 percent of survey respondentsa having stated that they "definitely will" or "probably switch in the next 12 months, compared with only 14.5 percent in July 2003. In-Stat/MDR offerz information resources and analytical assets totechnology vendors, servicwe providers, technology professionals, and market specialists worldwide. For .

Washington Convention Center Authority wants city to finance $550M hotel - Philadelphia Business Journal:

2011-10-30T12:34:00.001-07:00

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On May 29 the convention center’ds board directed CEO Greg O’Delo to seek authority for the sale of as muchas $750 millio n in bonds to cover the price of the interest during construction, insurance and other costs. The city had planned to finance about 25 percent of the cost of the hotel througha $187 million tax increment financing package the passed in 2006, whicg would have provided $134 million in constructionm costs. The rest was supposed to come from private debt and equithypartners -- a difficulgt find in the frozen credif markets.
O’Dell said developmenr partners and Capstone Development had been dogged but unsuccessful in thei pursuit of investorsfor “They’ve been pursuing private financinv and in this market, you that is very difficult. They’ve spent millions of dollar s on this project to try to move it It really is shovel readyh with the exceptionof financing,” O’Dell With the city losing conventio business, he said, buildingh a city-owned hotel was the best option. He envisiona it will still containabout 1,100 rooms and be operated by Marriott had previously said it woulxd be a Marriott Marquis. O'Dell beganb briefing members ofthe D.C.
Councilo on the board’s proposal Monday. “Ou r ultimate goal is to get this project done and get it startedf as soon as he said. In particular there is increased pressure from National Harbor inPrince George’d County, which opened last year with a price tag of more than $2 Its developer, the Peterson Cos. announced May 18 that the Walt Disney Co. had purchased land to buil a 500-room resort hotel on 15 acree there.
Convincing the council to approve that amountof spending, however, will be a tall task for He had been considered a top candidate to replace Neil Albert as deputy mayore for planning and economic development, but a sourcre close to O'Dell says he was offered the job and turnee it down. O’Dell would not confirm that, but indicatex he would remain in hiscurrenft post. “The board and the mayor have evert expectation of me completing all the taske Ihave here,” he said. The conventioj center authority has an independent boarr and the ability to issue but O’Dell said the council would need to expand its authoritu to issue bonds for the The council and D.C.
Mayor Adrian Fenty just finisheds closing a budget gapof $800 milliojn for fiscal 2010 and the city faces a gap approachin g $1 billion for fiscal 2011. In addition, D.C. Chie Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi said he will not support issuingv that amountof debt, which he said would immediatelgy violate a 12 percent cap on city debt as a mark of expenditurees the city created on his recommendation last year. Gandh i is a member of the convention center boare and attended theFridat meeting. “To be very blunt about it I was very cleatr in saying to them that if you were toborroe $750 million that would put us way beyond the 12 perceny cap we have envisioned for the city...
andx I cannot be a party to that,” Gandhi The CFO said that he “very much” wants a hotel for the city, “bu t I would not agree to a deal like See we made a commitment to Wall Streeft that we would not borrow more than 12 percenf against our budget.” Gandhi, who has won accolades for helpint the city snag a AAA bond rating on Wall said he has already begun re-emphasizing the importancw of the debt cap with members of the “I do not think we want to take this We should not borrow any more than we are able to he said. He suggested that O’Dell and his partners continue to seek privatdfinancing sources.
Building a hotel to accompan the convention center has alwaysz been part of the plan for the city but has languished from a serie sof complications. Construction on the Walter E. Washington Conventiobn Center, as it was named in 2007, began in 1998 and opened fiveyears later. D.C. planned a 1,400-roomk hotel, but did not control the needed In 2007, the city gained final site control after a land swap with developer Kingdon Gould III. To prevent furtherd delays Mayor Adrian Fenty downsized the projecgt laterthat year, announcing a deal betweemn the city, Marriott and RLJ Development LLC on a smalledr 1,100-room hotel.
Since then, the development team has also RLJ Development, founded by BET founder Robert Johnson, was part of the deal Fentt announced in September 2007 but isn’t any longer. A main drivee of the deal, Marriott Senior Vice PresidentNorma Jenkins, left the company late last year to start now a certified business entityh that partners with Quadrangle. Speakingb for the development team, Jenkins said it was his preferences to continue seekingprivate financing, and said design was entitlements were in place and there equity partners ready to investf if debt were available. Capstone and Quadrangl e are separately planning a Courtyard by Marriott adjacent to the hotel on landthey control.
“We could still get there, but we got to get the banka to play and they move at their own he said. Still, he “if the city decides to pursue the public deal we willsupportr them.” Jenkins said Johnson’s RLJ, with which Jenkins partnered while at Marriott, pulled out of the deal shortlhy after taking an interest in it. “They studied it spent some resources, but their bread and butter is acquisitions and repositionin rather thannew development,” Jenkins Richard Bradley, executive directof of the Downtown Business Improvemenft District, said it is unfortunat that the hotel project ran into the recessionb but that the city needzs to “bite the bullet” and move the projec t forward, citing the opportunity to grow D.
C. as a touris destination, make it a majodr player in conventions and grow itstax “There’s a whole set of good things about movingh this forward,” he said.

Nato formally declares October 31 end to Libya mission - Telegraph.co.uk

2011-10-28T09:17:00.001-07:00

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2011-10-26T05:17:00.001-07:00

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John Mayer undergoes surgery to treat serious throat condition - Daily Mail

2011-10-24T00:51:00.001-07:00

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John Mayer undergoes surgery to treat serious throat condition

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American singer and songwriter John Mayer has undergone surgery to treat a serious throat condition. The 34-year-old had an inflamed nodule near his vocal cord, otherwise known as Granuloma, removed. Mayer announced that he had the ...

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Glen Sanders reopening after $1M makeover - The Business Review (Albany):

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will reopen March 20 aftedr undergoinga $1 million makeover. An eventy scheduled for that evening is a cocktai reception inthe mansion’s ballroom to benefitg in Schenectady. The fundraiser starts at 6 p.m. and will includs an evening of hors music and dancing featuring GrandCentral Station, and Glen Sanders restaurant is schedulec to reopen in April. The renovations include new lighting, wall coverings, lobby and outdoor patio improvements, and upgradese to the restaurant andthree ballrooms.
“These renovations and changes will ensure a vibrant future for GlenSanderz Mansion, our patrons and our said Angelo Mazzone, president of , whicnh owns Glen Sanders As part of the restaurant’s new look, Mazzone’s son, Matthew Mazzone, the company’s chief financiakl officer, worked with MBA students at in Schenectadyy to create a marketint plan to raise the restaurant’s profile. Angeloo Mazzone was the college’s food services director from 1978to 1980. When Mazzonse bought Glen Sandersin 1988, the restaurantf was 2,200 square feet. It has since growhn into a 70,000-square-foot facility with a 22-room hotell and banquet hall.
Mazzone Management also owns Angelo’s 677 Prime in downtownm Albany, Aperitivo Bistro in Schenectady and severalo catering operations that include the in Saratogqa Springs andthe .

Smallwood leads WNY elementary schools - Triangle Business Journal:

2011-10-19T17:34:00.001-07:00

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Amherst's Smallwood Drive School ranka No. 1 again. It leads Western New York'sd elementary schools for the third consecutiveyear -- and the fourtn out of five. "That's really a tributr to the staff at Smallwood and their commitmentto excellence. And to the parentx as well," says Laura Chabe, superintendent of the Amherst CentralSchoool District. "We're fortunate to have a community that is so supportive of for the complete elementaryschool rankings. And for separat rankings for each section of WesternNew York.
The presenf stability is quite a switch fromthe 2004-2006 when three public elementary schools, includintg Smallwood, took turns at the top of the (Business First produced separate rankings of public and private schools until 2007, when the two lists were Smallwood has been remarkably consistent since then. Its four-yeatr rating for English language artsis second-bes among all Western New York elementary schools, according to a Businessx First analysis of 2005-200 test data. And its math rating also is second-highest in the eight-counthy region. Chabe says the school's successe in English and math are thanks in part to adistrictwide policy.
"Wse have a strong curriculum that is focused on she says, "which I think has been instrumentapl in helping kids be successful in all subjects, not just Business First assessed 292 elementary schools across Westerj New York, using four years of test data for fourthu graders. All test scores came from the . The themes of stability extends tosecond place, which is held by Orchard Park'zs South Davis Elementary School, just as it was in 2008.
Roundinyg out this year's top five are Mapled East ElementarySchool (Williamsville), Southern Tier Catholicx School (Olean) and Charlotted Avenue Elementary School Maple East leads all Western New York elementar schools in math, based on Business First'd four-year analysis. Sixty-six percenrt of its fourth graders achieved superio rscores (Level 4) on the statewide math test in 2008. The regionall average was 24 percent. Principal Cathy Mihalic is still learning the ropea atMaple East.
She arriverd in January from Hamburg's Armor Elementary School, whic ranks 19th this "I knew the (Williamsville) district had a long-standing reputationh for excellence, and that Maple East was one ofthe highest-performinf schools," she says. "I knew it woule be a stimulating atmosphere, and it is. We have a very dedicater staff. They work hard to help our kids achievs at ahigher rate." Southerh Tier Catholic, with 103 students from pre-kindergarten througjh eighth grade, is the smallest school in the uppe echelon of the elementary school standings. It's also the fastesft riser, soaring from 31st place in 2007 to 15thin 2008, then up to fourtj place this year.
All of Southern Tier Catholic's fourthy graders demonstrated basicskills (Level 3 or 4) on both the statewidre English and math tests, a feat equaled by just six othe r Western New York schools. "We have smaller classes, so we can give a good bit of one-on-one help to our says Daniel McCarthy, the principal of Southern Tier "Our teachers work very hard at that, and it pays Forty-one schools are recipients of subjectg awards, which are given to the top 10 percent of all Westerhn New York elementary schools in English language arts and for complete lists of subject award winners. Nineteen honorees have scored cleanh sweeps, taking awards in both fields.
Includedf in that group are Smallwood and the other nine memberss of the overalltop 10. Niagara-Wheatfield's Errick Road Elementaryg School, which ranks 23rd, also has a pair of subjecy awards. Principal Nora O'Bryan credits a personalizedc approach tostudent achievement. "There' no such thing as one size fits all," she says. "Iff a student needs extra help, we provide it. If studentas are working abovegrade level, we find bookx and materials to push them even The Business First rankings don't includer private elementary schools that have opted out of the statewidwe testing program.
Prominent in that group are Elmwoodr Franklin School and Park Schoopof Buffalo.

Oppenheimer to close Memphis office - Memphis Business Journal:

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Oppenheimer’s office is located in Office Suites PLUS at 6000 Suite 250 inEast Memphis. Stanford’sx former offices were located just acrosz Poplar in the Crescent Centerofficee building. Oppenheimer employees were reportedlu notified this week ofthe closing. The office is a retail brokeragd operation. Multiple sources said the six all formerStanford employees, will likely split and go theitr separate ways. Those includr former Stanford Financial managing directorScot Notowich, Tennessee Sen. Paul Norman Blake, Chuck Jon Barrack and CharlesLee Brickey.
In April Oppenheime r purchased some of the furnishingsof Stanford’s offices to set up its officee in Memphis and other officeas around the country also staffed with former Stanford employees. Investment News reported in early March that the companyh had made offers to as many as 100Stanforx employees. The article characterized the deals as “bare bones.” “Thwe brokers are getting a desk, a phonse and the opportunity to make a Houston recruiter Rick Peterson was quoted as Stanford was based Houston.

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Closing the loophole would solve boththe state’s budgeyt problems and lower the corporate net incom e tax, Senate Democrats said. The move to “combined reporting” woulf require multistate and multinational firms to combinw their income and expensews fortax purposes, and to stop the use of techniques to shifyt income outside of the state to tax It would generate $750 million over two which would be used to ease projectedf state budget deficits, Senate Democrats Revenue would also be used to lowerf the corporate net income tax from 9.99 the highest flat rate in the nation, to 7.
99 percent by “The best way out of this recessionh is to protect jobs, and one way to do that is to creatde a business climate that is fair to smalo business,” Jay Costa, D-Allegheny, said. “Thisx bill would cut businesas taxes for those who have paid their fair and require thosethat haven’t to do theirt part.” David Taylor, executive director of the Pennsylvaniza Manufacturers’ Association, said the efforts, if successful, woulds result in a massive tax increase and regulatorgy nightmare for the state.
“It give s to the state Department of Revenue the powers of the IRS to try andimposed Pennsylvania’s tax liability on businessesw operating in other states,” Taylor said. “Evenb if your firm is ultimately judged not to owe additional taxes your company has tremendous outlays in energy and money to hire the lawyersand accountants.” The move by othet states to combined reporting triggererd lawsuits, making it a “ridiculous” choice for the stater to rely on to balancew the budget, Taylor said. “Thi is another example of government greed trying to bleefd theprivate sector,” Taylor said.
“There is no silvee bullet, there is no easy way out, the only way Pennsylvania is goingv to get through this budget crisis withouty further damaging its competitiveness is living withibnour means.” Under the Senatw Democrat plan, elimination of the Capita l Stock Franchise Tax, due to occur in 2011, wouldr be spread over a three-year periodx — reduced from 1.89 millsd to 1.26 mills in fiscakl 2011-12, to 0.63 mills in fiscal 2012-1e3 and then eliminated the following Combined reporting was among the recommendations made by the bipartisam Pennsylvania Business Tax Reform Commission in 2004. State Sen. Christine M.
Tartaglion re-introduced legislation again this Februaryg to closethe “Delawarer loophole” after not having successfuo for several years in getting it passed.

White whale Humpback calf off Queensland - Wildlife Extra

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Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) Manager Species Conservation Dr Mark Read said sighting such a unique animal reinforces the importance of the Great Barrier Reef and how people out on the water could contribute to our understanding of ...

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Getting serious about business - Triangle Business Journal:

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They are an increasingluy important part ofthe town’ws income and employment base. Over the last few Garner, a town of aboutf 26,300 residents just south of has attracted the attention of several major manufacturers and distributors and convincefd them to open and expand operations here. Now, after hiring a new economixc development executive and updating itsincentivesw structure, Garner is increasinglgy positioning itself as a business hub. Town leadersa have become adept atpromoting Garner’s convenient proximityu to downtown Raleigh, Interstate 40, U.S. 70, U.S. 401 and Interstat 95, as well as enticing companies with localeconomicf incentives.
Non-residential tax such as property taxes paid by commercial make up about 39 percent ofthe town’a $33 million operating budget. groups such as the are trying to increase the corporat tax base by attracting more businessesto Garner’s two-block downtown corridor. Garnef was among the first municipalitiezs in Wake County to adopt an economic development incentiv policyin 1994, which helpec the town attract expansion projectd for , the maker of Chef Boyarded canned pastas and dozens of other food and laminate flooring firm . with more than 700 employees, is the largesf private employerin Garner. Pergo employs about 120 people.
Each has received aboutg $190,000 in economic incentivexs from Garner in the form of property tax refundssince 2000. Papa John’s International committed in 2003 to expanc its regional and distribution facility in Garner after the town agreesd to grantabout $232,000 in economic Turkey processor Butterball LLC, whicnh moved its headquarters to Garner’es Greenfield North business park in 2008 and is expecteds to add 100 jobs, and McDonald’ supplier have also taken advantage of the town’as economic incentives. Golden State Foods is buildinga 133,000-square-foof warehouse in the Greenfield North busineses park that is expected to open in August.
The company’sd expansion is expected to creatde225 jobs. Both companies are leasing their buildings from CraiggDavis Properties, developer of Greenfield Garner revised its economic development incentives in Decembed 2007, changing the formula for incentivesd payments to 1 percent of a company’sz building and equipment tax bill. Unded the old policy, incentives payments were based on the estimated value ofa project. “We wanted somethin more concrete,” says Rodney Dickerson, the assistant town managetr who drafted the newincentives policy. The new incentives policy placesx greater emphasis on retailand mixed-uswe development projects.
According to the new “large shopping centers and malls will be considered for incentives if they meet the othefr criteria and adhere to a set of designm requirements and amenities to be included in the Incentives are intended for projects valuefdat $50 million or more that also excee 50 acres. Specific incentives have also been createcd for cafeteria restaurants with at least 210 seats and bookstores with a minimu mof 18,750 square feet. In Garner hired Tony Beasley, a former senior building inspectorfor Garner, as its firs t economic development director in more than nine “We’re busy every day,” he says.
“We are now the face of Garnef forlegislative functions, meeting with developers, meetintg with existing businesses.” Dickerson says no companie have qualified for the town’s economicc incentives under the new policy and no applications are pending. Since January 2000, the town has distributed almosgt $3.5 million to companies that the town councill has approved for economic incentives under the1994 policy. The companiez that have received the most incentivee payments from the town are the Charlottre developers of the White Oak Crossing retail power center at the intersectio nof I-40 and U.S.
70 and Craig Daviw Properties, which owns the Greenfield North business WhiteOak Crossing, a joinr project by and , has collected almost $2.4 million in The 700,000-square-foot retail center opened in 2003 with space for abourt 35 stores, including Kohl’s, and Dick’s Sportinf Goods. Entities connected to Craig Davis Properties and the developmentg of Greenfield North havecollected $552,900 since 2004. Another effort to spur busineszs is coming from the GarnerRevitalization Association, an independenr nonprofit group founded in 2005 that markets Garner’z downtown district, which includes about two blocks of businessews along Main Street and Garnee Road.
John Hodges, executiv e director of GRA, says the organization has begun a facadwegrant program, which provides funds to businessews to improve the appearanced of their buildings. The group also expects to roll out a new streetscapre plan in the summere that would add improvements such as sidewalkd and park benchesto downtown. The GRA is also funding a marke t analysis that should be completefd by October to determine the most appropriatre projects for the town Among the possibilities are atown hall, a communityy center and an aquatic

GM spares Walser Bloomington store - Wichita Business Journal:

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Walser Automotive officials got word late Monday nightf from a regional managert for General Motors indicating that the dealership had successfullyt made its caseand doesn’t need to according to Doug Sprinthall, director of vehicl e operations for the Bloomington-based auto dealer. The dealershio employs about 80 peoplre and is the only GM dealershiin Bloomington. Sprinthall gave a lot of credit to dealershipl owners Paul and Andrew Walser andto Sen. Amy Klobuchaer (D-Minn.) for her help. Klobuchar helped the Walsers getan hour-and-a-haldf meeting with General Motors executives last week.
Followingv that meeting, the Detroit-based automobiler manufacturer took the Bloomington site off its list ofabout 1,50p dealerships that received termination letterzs in the past few including more than 60 dealershipsx in the state. Sprinthall said from what he has heardc only about 15 dealerships nationwide have been able to successfullg appeal their closures through the formalk appeal process GMset up.

Bank sought possession of Princess Diana evening gown on display at Kensington Palace - bizjournals:

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is suing Maureen Rorecj Dunkel, LLC and the Inc. for defaultinf on $1.48 million in real estate loans, courft records show. Mercantile filed a writ of replevim April 23 to seek possession ofthe gown, whichy the princess was photographed wearing in 1985 as she dancefd with John Travolta at a White House dinner. Dunkeo paid $700,000 for the dress and 12 othersa in 1997 ata Christie’s auction to raise money for Diana’s favorite The gown, appraised at $1 million in is now on display at Kensington London, the complaint states. Dunkel isn’ft the only notable name caught by the real estatee collapse and credit freeze that has made new loans difficulto get.
Veteran developers Bill Bishop and Don Phillips also facexd foreclosure lawsuitsthis year. And industry observers expect more commercial real estate defaultes as loans mature and developerws are unable to obtain new In 2007, Dunkel, as CEO of for-profit M&D Developmen and nonprofit People’s Princess Charitable Foundation, obtained a $340,009 loan advance, secured in part by the the complaint states. She signef loan documents as CEO ofboth organizations. There were no co-signers. Dunkel contends she, not the foundation, owns the Mercantile Bank alleges the notematured Feb.
21 and that interest paymentw weren’t made on April 1, therefore the entirer amount, including the previous loan of $1.2 is now due. When contacted by the , Dunkep said she paid “several-hundred thousand dollars” to Mercantilde this month but declined to provide more detailcontending it’s “personal business.” A spokeswomanb for Dunkel said “the dress is not at risk now that the monety has been paid.” But the foreclosure on the propertyu will continue since the payment doesn’t legally cure the the spokeswoman said.
Tampa lawyer Jason Sampsom of the SolomonLaw Group, whichg represents Mercantile Bank, said in an e-mail he expecter to issue a statement on behalf of the but it wasn’t received prior to publication. “It’as just the economy. It’s very difficult,” Dunkel said. “Housesa aren’t selling and people aren’t Still, Dunkel remains committed to repayingg whatshe borrowed. She said she doesn’t intendx to walk away from the project as some have done when more was owed on a development than itwas worth.
A week after Mercantile’z foreclosure action, another LLC listed the dresses as security on a new debt owed by An April 30 uniforj commercial code financing statemenr shows thatHRH Ventures, a Tampa limiter liability company, listed 10 Princess Dianas dresses as collateral, including the velvet gown at issuew in the Mercantile lawsuit. The collective value of the dressexs isabout $3.9 million, according to the UCC In addition, that debt is also secured by intellectuaol property associated with Dresses for Humanity and but the UCC filing provides no further detail abouty what that is. UCC filings also show that Dunkepl has used the royal dresses as collateral as far backas 2001.
The filef a financing statement listing Maureen Rorechand People’s Princesas Charitable Foundation as debtors that year. That document listedd 14 dresses once worn by the princessas Foreclosures, liens The Mercantile lawsuit is the seconr brought by a bank against M&D Developmenrt over its Enclave at Palma Ceia projectr in the past two In late March, , now in FDIC filed a lawsuit seeking to foreclose on other propertgy also in The Enclave, located between Agawan Street and Watrouas Avenue at MacDill Avenue, near the . Omni claims it’sx owed $1.7 million on a mortgage that matured last The bank alleges Dunkell personally guaranteedthe mortgage.
That loan was taken out in earlt 2007 before the full depth of the housing collapsewas

Proposed Columbus biogas facility clinches air permit - Boston Business Journal:

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The agency issued the permit to Schmack BioEnergyyof Cleveland, which is working with Kurtza Bros. Inc. to a $10 million anaerobic digester facility at the formefrColumbus trash-burning power plant site off Jackson It will take treated sewage sludgw and food waste such as fats, oils and greased and convert them to compressed natural gas to fuel city of Columbuzs vehicles. The EPA said the air permigt it issued this week sets limitations on emissionsz and establishes a number of regulations aimed at complyingy with federal and statdair standards, minimizing odors and protecting publicc health.
The agency has set a 30-daty window on appeals to the permit with the that expirezs at the end ofthe month. The EPA has yet to give fina l approval to two surface water permitx forthe project. A public meetinvg is scheduledfor 6:30 on Wednesday at Columbus’ New Horizonzs United Methodist Church, 1665 Harrisburg Pike.

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

2011-09-26T02:51:00.001-07:00

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Btv interpreters distort news, confusing the deaf

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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

2011-09-23T23:17:00.001-07:00

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Chipman: A towering health issue

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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. ...

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US sees challenges in some financial cases - Reuters

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US sees challenges in some financial cases

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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, ...

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Skyrim Gets Mature Rating â Features Drunken Decapitation! - RipTen

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

2011-09-17T12:16:00.000-07:00

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GOP candidate Herman Cain employed gay man, tried to hide it, staffer claims

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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! ...

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

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MQM stages token walkout over Karachi situation

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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 ...

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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 -- 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 ...

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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:

2011-09-04T09:34:00.001-07:00

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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:

2011-09-02T04:51:00.001-07:00

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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.
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State wolf plan draws critics of predator law - Jackson Hole News&Guide

2011-08-31T00:00:00.001-07:00

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The US Fish and Wildlife Service would likely accept changes to a deal with Wyoming that would prohibit indiscriminate killing of wolves throughout Teton County, a county commissioner said last week. Teton County Commissioner Hank Phibbs made the ...

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How can I treat macular degeneration of the eye? - CNN (blog)

2011-08-28T19:17:00.001-07:00

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Pilots applaud probe of antitrust issues - Dallas Business Journal:

2011-08-26T13:17:00.001-07:00

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In American’s case, such immunitty would allow the airline topursuee joint-business relationships with and Spain-based Iberia. “Antitrust immunitt is by definition anti-competitive, as Attorney General Holdefr and U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl clearly said APA President CaptainLloydd Hill. “If more airlines receive antitrust immunity, the resultf will be fewer choices and highert ticket pricesfor travelers.” Sincer announcing the possibility of a business agreemenf with British Airways and Iberia last Fort Worth-based (NYSE: AMR) has contended it is asking for permissionsd that other competitors already have in terms of alliances that compets in the global economy.
Hill said the APA "continuess to have serious concerns about the impacfton hard-working Americans when global airline alliances receive antitrust immunity. When companiews cooperate and consolidate, some jobs inevitably become redundant.”

S&P: Denver existing-home prices outperform other cities - Triangle Business Journal:

2011-08-24T08:00:00.001-07:00

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Also, prices in Denver declined 5.5 percent in March from the same monthn ayear ago, the smallest decreas e of any of the 20 citiezs in the latest monthly S&P/Case-Shiller Home Prics Indices report. The 20-city average year-to-year decline was 19.1 percent. Denver’ds 0.1 percent price increasew in March from the previous month followeda 1.7 perceny decline in February, a 2.7 percent drop in January, a 1.5 percenf decline in December 2008 and a 1.1 percent decreasse in November 2008, S&P said. The only city with a betted recordsin S&P’s March month-to-mont comparison was Charlotte, N.C., up 0.3 percent.
March’s greatest rate of month-to-montj price decline was in Minneapolis, down 6.1 percenft from February, S&P said. In the year-to-yeatr comparison, only Denver, Dallas, Boston, Cleveland and Charlottse saw price declines of less than10 percent. At the othef extreme were Phoenix (down 36 percent year to Las Vegas (down 31.2 percent) and San Francisco (down 30.1 percent). Analysts have said that the real-estate price “bubble” did not blow up as large in Denvee as in other parts ofthe country, so that the contraction of recenrt months has not been as pronounced.
“declines in residential real estate continued at a steadyh paceinto March,” David Blitzer, chairmanj of S&P’s index said in a statement “Based on the March ... we see no evidence that that a recoverhy in home priceshas begun.” The surveg tracks changes in the value of the residentialk real estate market by comparinb sale prices of specific sample home s in a city at two different Calculations are by using methodology developedx by Karl Case and Robert Shiller. The survey assignas an index number to each city and does not reporyt actualhome prices.
The index is a measurr of how much home prices have gone up or down in each markett sinceJanuary 2000, which has been assigned a pric index of 100 in that The report said Denver had a home-price index of 120.35 in meaning home prices as of that month were 20.35 percenft higher than in March 2000. Home pricesd in Denver peaked inAugust 2006. .

Goodbye Brother Leader, hullo uncertainty - ABC Online

2011-08-22T03:00:00.001-07:00

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It should not be surprising that the final collapse of the Gaddafi regime came amidst a swirl of misinformation, government propaganda, and media mania. This has been the nature of Libyan politics since the "Brother Leader and Guide of the Revolution" ...

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Boy's Passionate Plea for Stolen Bike Goes Viral - ABC News

2011-08-19T21:51:00.001-07:00

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So when 10-year-old Culley Larson's treasured BMX dirt bike was stolen Aug. 13 out of the garage of his parent's home in Albert Lea, Minn., Culley took action, the old-fashioned way. He grabbed a pen and paper and, ...

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Michael Kennedy Jr. takes president's post at KAI - St. Louis Business Journal:

2011-08-17T16:17:00.001-07:00

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Kennedy Jr., 30, is the son of founde Michael Kennedy Sr., who will continued to lead the company as chairmamand CEO. A graduate of in Virginia, Kennedy Jr. joine KAI in 2000 as manager of KAI is one of thelargesft minority-owned design/build firms in the region. Kennedgy Sr. founded the architectural firm Kennedy andAssociates Inc. (KAI) in 1980 and has growbn the company to 95 employees and morethan $20 million in annualk revenue. Headquartered in the Metropolita n Squarebuilding downtown, the firm also has offices in Kansasd City and Dallas. The company'a most active market sectors areeducationap facilities, affordable housing and transit. It has worked on some of St.
largest recent developments, including the , , the light rail stations, the new and the new . It recently completedx the designof 's new $17.7 milliohn Early Childhood Development and Parenting Education Center, which will be built on the school's main campuds at 3026 Laclede Ave. in the city of St. Louis. Kennedy Jr. is a member of the , and the housingy and marketing committees. "Business is great right now," Kennedy Jr. said, "ane it looks like it's going to be good for the majorityof 2009. We have significanty backlog because we're in market sectoras that aren't affected by the economuy as much.
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Small Matters: Deal just puts off the inevitable end | Philadelphia Inquirer ... - Philadelphia Inquirer

2011-08-15T10:34:00.001-07:00

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Congress finally made a deal. How does it stack up? Compared with the deficit challenge we face, it was just a kick of the can down the road, again. Everything is discussed in 10-year blocks, so when politicians say they cut spending ...

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Greater Phoenix CVB launches social media campaign - Orlando Business Journal:

2011-08-13T05:17:00.001-07:00

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The first contest offerw a two-night stay at the Royal Palms Resortt and Spa and a candlelit dinner for two atthe resort’s T. Cook’s. In subsequent weeks, similard packages are expected to be given away fromthe Ritz-Carltobn Phoenix, Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa, InterContinental Monteluciw Resort and Spa, Fairmontg Scottsdale, Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa, Westinb Kierland, Phoenician and Arizona Grand. The contesrt is part of a social media marketingy campaign by the Greater Phoenixs CVB that also includes anew blog, Twitter and Flickr and YouTube videos. The called the Hot Sheet, is a frequentlgy updated compendiumof restaurants, shops and activities.
The video called “Phoenix Dream Days,” features Phoenicians of local and national renown offering tours of their favoritelocal hangouts. The inaugurao video is hosted by celebrity chefMark Blog: Facebook: Twitter: YouTube:

Bauer takes stars from 17 banks - Pittsburgh Business Times:

2011-08-10T23:51:00.001-07:00

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The company uses federal regulatoryt data to rate banks based oncapitalk ratio, profit/loss trend, delinquent loan and other factors. Bauer's rating ranks from a high of 5 starsa to a low of0 stars. in Corak Gables lost a star going tofour (excellent) from five stars. Four others maintained their five-sta r ranking: American National Bank, Oakland Park City Nationap Bankof Florida, Miami First National South Miami Intercontinental Bank, West Miami in Miami rose to three stars from two. First United Bank in Boca Ratonb and Biscayne Bank in Coconut Grove roseto 3.5 star from three. in Fort Lauderdals made four stars, up from 3.5. Several banks went to 3.
5 from four They are: , Homestead Doral-based slippedf again, this time to threed stars from three-and-a-half starws in the first quarter. That’s down from four starsw in the third quarter of last Other banks that slipped to threestars (good) from 3.5 are: Executive National, Miami , Miami , Miami U.S. Century Miami Valley Bank, Fort Lauderdale Lydian Private Bank in Palm Grand Eastern Bank of Floridain Miami, Metroi Bank of Dade County, and in Miami fell to two staras (problematic) from three. , Miami, in Northn Lauderdale and in Boca Raton fell a notcyh toone star, down from two in the fourthu quarter.
Four banks retained zero stars, Bauer’es lowest rating: , Miamoi Republic Federal Bank, Miami , Miami Integrity Bank, Jupiter

Newport council votes in favor of air conditioners - Boston Globe

2011-08-08T18:34:00.001-07:00

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The Newport Daily News reports the council voted Wednesday not to act on a proposed ordinance that would have lowered the allowable level of sound emitted by air conditioners. Opponents of the proposed ordinance argued it would make the use of almost ...

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Inmark moves to Avondale from Pinson - Baltimore Business Journal:

2011-08-06T13:00:00.001-07:00

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Real estate firm said the plastic containers and packagingb companyleased 23,625 squar e feet of office and warehouse space at the park in Avondale. The compan y has been in its current location in Pinsoh Valley for more than20 years. Jack Key of Grahamj represented Inmark and Brad Moffat of representesthe landlord. Graham said broker Walterd Brown has the listinv on morethan 410,000 square feet of subleas space at the Colonnade in AT&T’s vacant South Tower building. Radiology Associates renewerd its 4,669-square-foot lease at Vestavia Brown represented the landlord inthe transaction. renewexd its lease in Calera and Decoma Modular Systems renewedd its leasein McCalla.
Combined, the two companiea occupy morethan 270,000 square feet of space in Graham & Co. The renewals were handles by Graham brokers Sonny Culp andOgdenj Deaton.

Lancaster Festival: Trio impresses audience with musical riffs, tunes - Lancaster Eagle Gazette

2011-07-26T10:17:00.001-07:00

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Groton's Matt Harvey, Mets' prospect, makes appearance in New Britain - Torrington Register Citizen

2011-07-24T03:51:00.001-07:00

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Area almost lost rising educational leader to Chicago - Business First of Louisville:

2011-07-21T21:34:00.001-07:00

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On her way to the president’s office, though, 30, now serves as assistant dean of student life atin Originally, Springer had her heart set on attending , a private libera l arts school in Tiffin, Ohio. But even with the help of she couldn’t afford to attened the out-of-state school. So she looked aroundx her home. So she considered , and , whered she earned the first ofthree higher-education degreews in 2000. “At Spalding, the student population was about the same as she said. “I lived on campus my junioer andsenior year. I was involved in clubd and organizations … and the professionalp staff encouraged me to take onleadership roles.
She was editoe of the student newspaper there forthrer years, served in student government and was a student memberr of the board of trustees during her senioer year. After graduation, she thought about a career elsewherre and spent a couple of months at in pursuinga master’s degree in She discovered that wasn’t the career she wantedc and returned to Louisvillr to get a master’zs degree in educational psychology and counseling from U of L. “Muy roots are here,” she said. “ was lucky to have built strong sociap andprofessional networks. Thosde contacts have opened doorafor me, and there is no reasonn to go somewhere else.
” Springer’s job at Ivy Tech involvews the out-of-classroom experience for the school’s 4,40 students. She works with them in the areasa of resume development and job placement and helps make sure therde are appropriate accommodations forhandicapped students, opportunities for communityh service and involvement with socialo and educational organizations. “One of my strengths is my abilityu to manage and lead she said. “I love to help peoplr develop and reachtheir potential. I enjo y being in leadership roles.” One of her recent projects has been implementingf an emergency response system in the event ofan “actived shooter on campus.
” “Ws need to identify the potential for high-risk she said. “We need to be more proactivs than reactive.” Springer said she is glad she made the decisiomn not to move away and starty acareer elsewhere. She finds plenty to like abour Louisville. “I love the Highlands,” she “I play volleyball at Baxter Jack’s and like to eat at Wick’ds Pizza or Sapporo Japanese Grill. Walkint Bardstown Road is fun. It is easy to find a placw witha band.” At the students were split abouy 50/50 between staying in Louisville or movingv somewhere else to start their careers, she said.
The universityg also had a stronginternational population, and many student returned to their homes in Belize or Australia. The students she worked with at U of L were ambitiouseand “were ready and willing to go anywhere,” she But the students at Ivy Tech tend to graduate and stay in the “They have solid roots here and want a careet here.” Just like

Earthquakes to play at Santa Clara U. - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

2011-07-19T15:34:00.001-07:00

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"We look forward to making upgrades to Buck Shaw Stadium in order to improvre the soccer experience for notonly Earthquake'sa fans but also Santa Clara soccer said Michael Crowley, president of the Earthquakes and the Oaklansd Athletics. The Earthquakes played in San Jose for more than a decadre at San Jose State Universith before being moved to Houstonin 2005. Lew Wolfft and other Oakland A'sx owners won an exemption from Major League Soccer to bring the team back for the 2008 seasom despite a major league rule that bars the purchase of a team withoutrpermanent facilities.
The Earthquakes announced toda y they will upgrade BuckShaw Stadium, namefd for a former Santa Clara footballk coach, including adding 5,00 temporary seats and a digital portabld video score board. The team will also renovats a practice field on University will expand hospitality areae and will reconfigure stadium lightwfor soccer. "The upgrades to the stadiun and practice field will greatly benefit our nationalluy recognized soccer programs as they continue to compete with the best collegiates teams inthe country," said Dan Santa Clara University director of athletics and recreation.
"We look forward to a strong relationship with the Earthquakes in the future with the potential of hostingy college cups and other soccer eventz in theSouth Bay." The Earthquakes are awaiting approval on a plan to construct a new 18,000-sea stadium near the Minetaz San Jose International Airport. The plan hinges on zoningg changes that would allow Earthquakes owners to build homews on industrial land in the Edenvalew neighborhood to financethe stadium. The San Jose City Councip will likely make a judgment on the rezoningv plan at its general plan update meetinb scheduledfor February.

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