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Monday, October 4, 2010
Some Ark. clerks make thousands in auction fees - Log Cabin Democrat
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Sunday, October 3, 2010
Cord Camera heads into receivership - Business First of Columbus:
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The photo processing and scrapbook retail chain filed papers in Franklin County Commo n Pleas Court on Friday to dissolvde its business and havea court-appointed receiver resolv e outstanding financial liabilities for the Cord President Steven Cordle could not immediately be reacherd for comment Thursday, but the company argued in its court filinhg that dissolution and appointment of a receiver were its only optionn to continue operations.
“Corcd believes that the appointment of a is the only recourse to ensure that Cord can continur to operate in the regular courseof business, whilr maintaining the value of its until such time as thosew assets can be liquidated at their highest and best price as a goingb concern,” the filing Dissolution is akin to a federalk bankruptcy filing that enableds restructuring or liquidation, except dissolutio is governed by state law. Cord Camera listexd its largest creditor as ColfaFinancial Inc., although the courgt filings do not say how much the company owes. The filing also said other creditorss have beguncollection actions.
The filing is the latest in a string of bad news for the Columbuzs retailinstitution – it was started in 1954 that has been financially buffeted during the 18 months-long recession. Troubles surfaced last year, when callec in Cord Camera’s $8.6 million creditr line, which resulted in expense cuts and the closure offour stores. Cord Camera was able to get the bankfundintg restored, but it ran into troublew again last month. Philadelphia-based filed a lawsuit May 8 in U.S. Districg Court in Columbus alleging Cord Camera had defaulted on threr equipment leases andowed $637,000.
That same Cord Camera moved its headquarters to smaller officezs and put its former home office on Dividenfd Drive on the selling blockfor $2.2 After Columbus Business First reported on the company’sd troubles last year, Cordles said the family company remaines dedicated to its business plan and survival. “We’rr committed to our he had said, “and to keeping what my fathedr started backin ’54 going.” The consolidatiom left Cord Camera with 28 stores in Ohio and Indiana.
The photo processing and scrapbook retail chain filed papers in Franklin County Commo n Pleas Court on Friday to dissolvde its business and havea court-appointed receiver resolv e outstanding financial liabilities for the Cord President Steven Cordle could not immediately be reacherd for comment Thursday, but the company argued in its court filinhg that dissolution and appointment of a receiver were its only optionn to continue operations.
“Corcd believes that the appointment of a is the only recourse to ensure that Cord can continur to operate in the regular courseof business, whilr maintaining the value of its until such time as thosew assets can be liquidated at their highest and best price as a goingb concern,” the filing Dissolution is akin to a federalk bankruptcy filing that enableds restructuring or liquidation, except dissolutio is governed by state law. Cord Camera listexd its largest creditor as ColfaFinancial Inc., although the courgt filings do not say how much the company owes. The filing also said other creditorss have beguncollection actions.
The filing is the latest in a string of bad news for the Columbuzs retailinstitution – it was started in 1954 that has been financially buffeted during the 18 months-long recession. Troubles surfaced last year, when callec in Cord Camera’s $8.6 million creditr line, which resulted in expense cuts and the closure offour stores. Cord Camera was able to get the bankfundintg restored, but it ran into troublew again last month. Philadelphia-based filed a lawsuit May 8 in U.S. Districg Court in Columbus alleging Cord Camera had defaulted on threr equipment leases andowed $637,000.
That same Cord Camera moved its headquarters to smaller officezs and put its former home office on Dividenfd Drive on the selling blockfor $2.2 After Columbus Business First reported on the company’sd troubles last year, Cordles said the family company remaines dedicated to its business plan and survival. “We’rr committed to our he had said, “and to keeping what my fathedr started backin ’54 going.” The consolidatiom left Cord Camera with 28 stores in Ohio and Indiana.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Senate looks to gut $1B from budget - Business First of Columbus:
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That would include $417 milliom in targeted cuts to agency budgets resultin ina still-to-be-determined number of state job Senate GOP leaders said Friday as they unveiled theif plan to balance the two-year budgetf that begins July 1. Their budgeg bill would trim morethan $1 billion from the $114 billionm spending plan passed by the Democrat-controlled Ohio House in April. At the same time, Senate Republicans said their budget proposal woul boost spending for primary and secondary schoolsz rather than cut funding for them as proposefin House-approved budget. It would raise funding for gradexs K-12 school district by 0.25 percent in fiscap 2010 compared to the curren year andanother 0.
5 percent in 2011. Senate Republicanxs also rejected Gov. Ted Strickland’s sweepinv evidence-based school reform plan, calling it “fundamentally because it is basedc on school staffing needs instead ofstudent needs. They want the governor’x proposed education model to be reviewed by a bipartisanstudgy council. Senate President Bill Harris, R-Ashland, said he wants the where Republicans holda 21-12 to pass a budget bill June 4 or 5. That woulde set the stage for a House-Senate conference committee to hash out the difference in their versions of the bill and present a balances budgetfor Strickland’s signature by a June 30 deadline set by stat law.
“We want to work with the governor and Harris said, “to do what is righft for this great state. This budget is part of Like theHouse version, the Senatr Republicans’ bill does not call for tax increasezs and safeguards the broad tax reforms favored by the business community and approved by legislatores in 2005. It also protectzs a two-year tuition freeze at communityh colleges, such as Columbus State, and one-yeare freeze and 3.5 percent cap on increase in fiscal 2011at four-year state including , that were proposed by Strickland and passed by the House.
Senate Republicansx were able to provide such safeguardz despite having to workwith $912 millio n less than what the House had counted on when it passesd its budget bill. The revenues shortfall became apparent in early May when the Strickland administratioh reported state income tax receipts through April 30 were 15 percenr lower than a year ago and well belosthe administration’s revised budget forecast in Besides the $417 million in cuts for stat e agencies, Senate Republican budget-balancing moves include mandating $42 milliobn in cost-containment measures for the Medicaid health-car e program for the poor and locking in $200 million in agency service cuts ordered by Stricklanfd earlier this year.
“We thin k spending more money is not the Harris said. “The answer is getting more Ohioan s back to work and helpingy more businesses and industries in Ohiobe successful.” Eliminating 34 proposed fee increases for employers, includin ones affecting the coal, agriculture and constructionn industries. • Requiring state regulatoryh agencies to eliminate bureaucracy and red tapefor businesses. • Holdinf the line on new health-carwe mandates that drive up the cost of health insurancerfor employers.
• Eliminating a proposed fee ofapproximatelh $8 million per year for the disposal of construction and demolition • Preserving funding for the and Ohio Stater University Extension for research and innovation • Enhancing a $100 million film tax crediy to attract the motion picture industry to • Supporting expansion of the state’s Job Retention Tax Credit and Technology Investment Tax Credit. • Providing more fundingy for state Rapid Outreacj grants to attract and retain businessesin Ohio.
That would include $417 milliom in targeted cuts to agency budgets resultin ina still-to-be-determined number of state job Senate GOP leaders said Friday as they unveiled theif plan to balance the two-year budgetf that begins July 1. Their budgeg bill would trim morethan $1 billion from the $114 billionm spending plan passed by the Democrat-controlled Ohio House in April. At the same time, Senate Republicans said their budget proposal woul boost spending for primary and secondary schoolsz rather than cut funding for them as proposefin House-approved budget. It would raise funding for gradexs K-12 school district by 0.25 percent in fiscap 2010 compared to the curren year andanother 0.
5 percent in 2011. Senate Republicanxs also rejected Gov. Ted Strickland’s sweepinv evidence-based school reform plan, calling it “fundamentally because it is basedc on school staffing needs instead ofstudent needs. They want the governor’x proposed education model to be reviewed by a bipartisanstudgy council. Senate President Bill Harris, R-Ashland, said he wants the where Republicans holda 21-12 to pass a budget bill June 4 or 5. That woulde set the stage for a House-Senate conference committee to hash out the difference in their versions of the bill and present a balances budgetfor Strickland’s signature by a June 30 deadline set by stat law.
“We want to work with the governor and Harris said, “to do what is righft for this great state. This budget is part of Like theHouse version, the Senatr Republicans’ bill does not call for tax increasezs and safeguards the broad tax reforms favored by the business community and approved by legislatores in 2005. It also protectzs a two-year tuition freeze at communityh colleges, such as Columbus State, and one-yeare freeze and 3.5 percent cap on increase in fiscal 2011at four-year state including , that were proposed by Strickland and passed by the House.
Senate Republicansx were able to provide such safeguardz despite having to workwith $912 millio n less than what the House had counted on when it passesd its budget bill. The revenues shortfall became apparent in early May when the Strickland administratioh reported state income tax receipts through April 30 were 15 percenr lower than a year ago and well belosthe administration’s revised budget forecast in Besides the $417 million in cuts for stat e agencies, Senate Republican budget-balancing moves include mandating $42 milliobn in cost-containment measures for the Medicaid health-car e program for the poor and locking in $200 million in agency service cuts ordered by Stricklanfd earlier this year.
“We thin k spending more money is not the Harris said. “The answer is getting more Ohioan s back to work and helpingy more businesses and industries in Ohiobe successful.” Eliminating 34 proposed fee increases for employers, includin ones affecting the coal, agriculture and constructionn industries. • Requiring state regulatoryh agencies to eliminate bureaucracy and red tapefor businesses. • Holdinf the line on new health-carwe mandates that drive up the cost of health insurancerfor employers.
• Eliminating a proposed fee ofapproximatelh $8 million per year for the disposal of construction and demolition • Preserving funding for the and Ohio Stater University Extension for research and innovation • Enhancing a $100 million film tax crediy to attract the motion picture industry to • Supporting expansion of the state’s Job Retention Tax Credit and Technology Investment Tax Credit. • Providing more fundingy for state Rapid Outreacj grants to attract and retain businessesin Ohio.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wells Fargo Insurance Services nabs Las Vegas brokerage in buying spree - Nashville Business Journal:
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The brokerage network, part of (NYSE: WFC) said the deal closesd June 1. Terms were not According to has been in businesssincee 1999, when it was founded by John and focuses exclusively on health and benefitsw insurance, with customers in the construction, health-care, auto sales and home development niches. Grady is now managingf director ofemployee benefits. Wells Fargo Insurance Services isthe world’s fifth-larges t insurance brokerage and the nation’s largest bank-owned brokerage, according to Business Insurance magazine’zs 2008 list, with more than 200 officed in 37 states. The brokerages network has been on a buyingsprew recently.
It bought Novato’s and in early April, and abouy a month before that acquiredWalnut Creek-based , an employes benefits consulting firm that also has offices in Houston and among other deals in recent months.
The brokerage network, part of (NYSE: WFC) said the deal closesd June 1. Terms were not According to has been in businesssincee 1999, when it was founded by John and focuses exclusively on health and benefitsw insurance, with customers in the construction, health-care, auto sales and home development niches. Grady is now managingf director ofemployee benefits. Wells Fargo Insurance Services isthe world’s fifth-larges t insurance brokerage and the nation’s largest bank-owned brokerage, according to Business Insurance magazine’zs 2008 list, with more than 200 officed in 37 states. The brokerages network has been on a buyingsprew recently.
It bought Novato’s and in early April, and abouy a month before that acquiredWalnut Creek-based , an employes benefits consulting firm that also has offices in Houston and among other deals in recent months.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Developer scraps S.F. Whole Foods project because of city fees - San Francisco Business Times:
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Project manager Mark Brennan said the family development business woulds have had to paybetween $5 million and $6 million in city fees just to pull permites on the development, which was to includwe 62 apartments and a 34,000 square foot Whole Foods. The developmeng fees cover everything from an affordable housing to San Francisco Unified School Districyt to the PublicUtilitiexs Commission. “It’s prohibitive,” said Brennan. "We just took a look at the markeyt and our own budget and every time we came up with a the feeswere prohibitive.
” Brennan blamed the city'a rigorous 32-month entitlement process that started in Februarty of 2006, when the economy was roaring, and did not end untiol October 2008, when the global financial crisis was in full “This project should have started a year ago. It’es ridiculous,” he said “If this had started when it was suppose d to start we would have already turned the shell over to Whole We wouldbe fine. But the financin will be difficult to get Brennan said his family is in talks with Wholde Foods about possibly building out a smaller specialthy grocery store in theexisting 23,600 square foot but that no deal has been reached.
The buildingt was home to Cala Foods until the storw closed in Mayof 2006.
Project manager Mark Brennan said the family development business woulds have had to paybetween $5 million and $6 million in city fees just to pull permites on the development, which was to includwe 62 apartments and a 34,000 square foot Whole Foods. The developmeng fees cover everything from an affordable housing to San Francisco Unified School Districyt to the PublicUtilitiexs Commission. “It’s prohibitive,” said Brennan. "We just took a look at the markeyt and our own budget and every time we came up with a the feeswere prohibitive.
” Brennan blamed the city'a rigorous 32-month entitlement process that started in Februarty of 2006, when the economy was roaring, and did not end untiol October 2008, when the global financial crisis was in full “This project should have started a year ago. It’es ridiculous,” he said “If this had started when it was suppose d to start we would have already turned the shell over to Whole We wouldbe fine. But the financin will be difficult to get Brennan said his family is in talks with Wholde Foods about possibly building out a smaller specialthy grocery store in theexisting 23,600 square foot but that no deal has been reached.
The buildingt was home to Cala Foods until the storw closed in Mayof 2006.
Monday, September 27, 2010
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Saturday, September 25, 2010
United credit card policy could foul corporate travel - Dayton Business Journal:
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San Francisco’s dominant airline informed some travel agenciesz that as of July 20 it will no longer let them procese credit and debit card purchases for airlinwe ticketsusing United’s merchant-processing services. Instead, such agencies would have to requird travelers to paywith cash, process card paymentws with the agency’s own merchant processing service and forwards the cash to United or book the tickets on United’s web site using the traveler’s credit or debit card issueds by , (NYSE: V) , (NYSE: MA) (NYSE: AXP) and An agent using United’s web site, bypassinvg such travel systems as Apollo and would not allow companies to captured the discounts they have negotiatedd with United nor would it allow their travel agent to survey several carrieres on a route to find the lowest “Several Bay Area companies have deals with United Airlines for said Marc Casto, president of Casto Travel, which isn’f among the agencies that United has cut off from its merchant-processingt service.
Casto says he’e reached out to some of the firm’s corporater clients to express concernover United’s new card acceptances policy, but declined to discusxs what was said in those conversations. United Airlines UAUA) did not respond to requests for comment. Uniteed is hoping to shif t the cost of accepting credit and debit cardsx onto selectedtravel agencies. Those agencies say the airline’s move shifts to them the risk for payinfg out refunds if the carriergoes bankrupt.
Whiled it’s also likely to reducw the amount of money that United has to keep in the bank to guaragainst charge-backs, it would increase those requirementd for the travel That’s a nonstarter for most agencies and their banks, which would have to honoer charge-back requests that couls total billions of dollarw in the event of an airline bankruptcy. “oI don’t think there’s any travel agency, including Americanj Express Travel, that coulcd shoulder that liability,” Casto
San Francisco’s dominant airline informed some travel agenciesz that as of July 20 it will no longer let them procese credit and debit card purchases for airlinwe ticketsusing United’s merchant-processing services. Instead, such agencies would have to requird travelers to paywith cash, process card paymentws with the agency’s own merchant processing service and forwards the cash to United or book the tickets on United’s web site using the traveler’s credit or debit card issueds by , (NYSE: V) , (NYSE: MA) (NYSE: AXP) and An agent using United’s web site, bypassinvg such travel systems as Apollo and would not allow companies to captured the discounts they have negotiatedd with United nor would it allow their travel agent to survey several carrieres on a route to find the lowest “Several Bay Area companies have deals with United Airlines for said Marc Casto, president of Casto Travel, which isn’f among the agencies that United has cut off from its merchant-processingt service.
Casto says he’e reached out to some of the firm’s corporater clients to express concernover United’s new card acceptances policy, but declined to discusxs what was said in those conversations. United Airlines UAUA) did not respond to requests for comment. Uniteed is hoping to shif t the cost of accepting credit and debit cardsx onto selectedtravel agencies. Those agencies say the airline’s move shifts to them the risk for payinfg out refunds if the carriergoes bankrupt.
Whiled it’s also likely to reducw the amount of money that United has to keep in the bank to guaragainst charge-backs, it would increase those requirementd for the travel That’s a nonstarter for most agencies and their banks, which would have to honoer charge-back requests that couls total billions of dollarw in the event of an airline bankruptcy. “oI don’t think there’s any travel agency, including Americanj Express Travel, that coulcd shoulder that liability,” Casto
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