Farmers add plants to attract, nourish bees - The Associated Press

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Farmers add plants to attract, nourish bees The Associated Press "For bees to thrive, they need a diverse diet, so we're trying to bring more pollen diversity to farms, more plants to be part of the bees' buffet," said Mace Vaughan, the group's pollinator program director. "This isn'ta panacea to pollination woes. ... Farmers nationwide plant bee-friendly habitat to attract native pollinators ... Washington Post  »

New Albany law firm has San Francisco, NYC offices - The Business Review (Albany):

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"My partner is in San said D'Alessandro. D'Alessandro, 35, met his law partner, Stephen Keohanre about seven years ago when Keohanew was counselfor . "H was one of my best clients," D'Alessandrio said. A senior associate, Darrelpl Pogue, is based in New York City. D'Alessandro was one of the founderd of the Albany intellectual property firm Warnick & D'Alessandro LLC. Michael Hoffman, Spencer Warnick and D'Alessandro startedx the firm about nine years ago when they met whil working atanother firm, LLP in Latham. Last it was announced that the firmwas rebranding, calling itselcf . D'Alessandro said he enjoyed startinh upanother firm.
"I didn't realize how much fun it was to be back at thegrase roots," he said. "Each day can bring something different. You nevert know what the next daywill bring. It can brinh headaches but also a lot ofinterestingg challenges." It took a week for the furniture to arrive at his new office at 1881 Western Ave. "We had a full week on a foldingf tableand chairs, and frequen trips to the gas stationj and for coffee," D'Alessandro said. But the firm alreadg has several clients. "We do have a prettgy active client base," D'Alessandro said. "I'd say all threed of us are booked up.
" This is just one of the majofchanges D'Alessandro is facing this month. He is also gettinv married on June 28 toErin Vestal, who also is a Vestal just started a new practice as well, Vestal Law TLLC, focusing on real She is located in the same building as Keohane D'Alessandro. "It's two different brands of law," D'Alessandro "I am dedicated to intellectualproperty law, she's in the real estate practice. But it's kind of cool to see her everyh day.
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Bauer takes stars from 17 banks - Dayton Business Journal:

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The company uses federal regulatory data to rate banke based oncapital ratio, profit/loss delinquent loans and other factors. Bauer's rating ranks from a high of 5 stara to a low of0 stars. in Coral Gablese lost a star going to four fromfive (superior) stars. Four otheras maintained their five-star ranking: American National Bank, Oaklanfd Park City National Bankof Florida, Miamu First National Bank, South Miami Intercontinentapl Bank, West Miami in Miami rose to three stare from two. First United Bank in Boca Ratonj and Biscayne Bank in Coconut Grove roseto 3.5 stara from three. in Fort Lauderdald made four stars, up from 3.5. Severalk banks went to 3.5 from four stars.
They are: , Homestead Doral-basesd slipped again, this time to three stars from three-and-a-half stard in the first quarter. That’s down from four stars in the thirdd quarter oflast year. Otherr banks that slipped to threestara (good) from 3.5 are: Executive National, Miami , Miamji , Miami U.S. Century Bank, Miamiu Valley Bank, Fort Lauderdale Lydian Private Bank in Palm Grand Eastern Bank of Floridqin Miami, Metro Bank of Dade County, and in Miami fell to two stars from three. , Miami, in Nortn Lauderdale and in Boca Raton fell a notchn toone star, down from two in the fourt h quarter.
Four banks retained zero stars, Bauer’s lowesg rating: , Miami Republic Federal Bank, Miamji , Miami Integrity Bank, Jupiter

Butler's Offense Sputters in Battle of Unbeatens - Patch.com

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Ritter certifies RTD, Fastracks projects for stimulus funding - Denver Business Journal:

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The bulk of the newly certifiedr projects involvethe Denver-based and its FasTracks rail-transi t initiative and would receive $58 million in stimuluw funding. The latest certification by Ritter, announced is the fourth set of Colorado projects to be added to the list of those eligible for funding throughthe "American Recovery and Reinvestmenr Act." Under the terms of the act, the governor in each stat e must certify that a project is appropriater for stimulus funding and ready to begin construction.
Colorado'e total list now includes transportation and transit projects that qualif for anestimated $481 million from the stimulus program, out of the $500 milliom that Colorado is expected to receive for such Work on the first few transportation projectas is expected to begin in May. Amonhg the RTD items added to the list Fridagis $17.1 million to purchase new fareboxeas for the transit system's bus fleet. RTD says its existinvg fareboxes are 25 years oldand outdated, addinb that it need new ones to allow it to accepft "smart cards" and better manage The list also includes $9.
8 million for improvementa to Denver's Union Station, whichg serves as a transit hub linkinfg bus and rail lines.

RediClinic makes push via HEBs - Austin Business Journal:

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Houston-based RediClinic bases its clinicas inside retail stores with pharmacy and staffs the clinics with nurse practicioners who collaboratde withlocal physicians. RediClinic says its clinices provide treatment for routine medical as wellas screenings, immunizations, physicals and othefr preventive services. The clinic already has a statewidwe presenceinside HEB, Walgreens and Wal-Mart. In February 2006 the companu opened a clinic inRounrd Rock's HEB Plus. RediClinicsx accept Aetna, CIGNA, Humana and Medicare health coverage.
Marketing the clinicw as providersof convenient, quiclk and affordable health care, retail health clinices RediClinic and have been making a move into Centra l Texas retail stores in the last few years.

Evans: Republicans have targeted his run - Martinsville Bulletin

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The real 'mob' - Salt Lake Tribune

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The real 'mob' Salt Lake Tribune So House Majority Leader Eric Cantor thinks the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators are a “mob” and our esteemed Sen. Orrin Hatch thinks they will eventually “riot” (“Hatch: Occupy rallies will turn to 'riots,'” Tribune, Oct. 7). ... and more »

Denver gas prices up 38 cents from a month ago - Philadelphia Business Journal:

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Regular gas was $2.01 in Denver on April 30, AAA said. It was $2.31 just a week ago, 8 centds less. For mid-grade gas, the average Denvedr price is $2.55, up from $2.16 a mont h ago, and for premium it'd $2.67, up from $2.26 last AAA said. Still, that's a lot better thanDenvere gas prices up 38 centws from a month ago May 30 last when regular gasaveraged $3.86 in Denver. But if the current pace of pricincreases continues, Denver would reach that price leve in four months.
The price of crudre oil was about $32 a barrekl five months ago, but has since risen to more than $66 a barrekl for July delivery, despite the Wholesale gas prices have risen 140 percent since the AssociatedPress reported. The highesrt price ever recorded for regulafr in Denverwas $4.01 on July 17, 2008. the regular-gas average price is $2.47 a AAA says. The Fuel Gauge Reportf is compiled for the AAA by the with the help ofWrightf Express.

Exxaro's end to local zinc refining 'clearly unfortunate' – zinc association - Creamer Media's Mining Weekly

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Exxaro's end to local zinc refining 'clearly unfortunate' â€" zinc association Creamer Media's Mining Weekly JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) â€" The end that black-controlled JSE-listed Exxaro Resources will put to local zinc refining by December 31 is “clearly unfortunate”, says International Zinc Association of Southern Africa regional director Rob White. ... and more »

Orange-Green Wave Preview - USA Today

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Orange-Green Wave Preview USA Today GAME NOTES: Sitting a game over .500 at the moment, the Syracuse Orange pay a visit to the Tulane Green Wave on Saturday night for a non-conference clash at the Superdome in New Orleans. This marks the first meeting between these two schools since 1999 ... Tulane footb »

American Electric Power Company, Inc. Company Profile | AEP Company Information

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American Electric Power is one of the largest electrid utilities in theUnited States, delivering electricity to more than 5 million customers in 11 states. AEP rank s among the nation's largesy generators of electricity, owning nearly 38,009 megawatts of generating capacity inthe U.S. AEP also owns the nation'sz largest electricity transmission system, a nearly 39,000-mile networok that includes more 765kilovolt extra-high voltage transmission lines than all other U.S. transmission systems combined.
AEP'zs transmission system directly or indirectly serves about 10 percenft of the electricity demand in theEastern Interconnection, the interconnecterd transmission system that covers 38 eastern and centrak U.S. states and eastern Canada, and approximatelyy 11 percent of the electricity demandin ERCOT, the transmissiomn system that covers much of AEP's utility units operate as AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachian Power (in Virginia, West Virginia), AEP Appalachian Power (in Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Power, Public Servicre Company of Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electric Power Company (in Arkansas, Louisiana and east Texas). AEP'zs headquarters are in Columbus, Ohio.
For additionao general information, see the 'Facts at a 'AEP leadership', and 'History' sections. For informationj about the company's business activities, see the sections on 'Energy marketing', 'Power plants and other 'Regulated utility operations', and our list of 'AEP Web Sites.' ...

Haddad-Wylie Industries develops diversity of marketing techniques - Houston Business Journal:

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These are the insights of Jamese Kunkel, who has worked with smallp business owners in one capacity or another for nearlyh 20 years at the Smal l Business Development Centerat St. Vincent College in They also arelessons Haddad-Wyliw Industries studied carefully as it grew into a $10 millionh company from a $500,000 start-up in 2004. The early challenge for HWI was a commom one forsmall businesses: how to reacgh potential clients after getting a couplw of big projects behind you, when you have a good story to “Getting people to trust us,” is how President Heathef Wylie describes it.
Husband Deric Haddad, who is the company’es CEO and COO, had 10 experience building clean rooms for compounding pharmacies when the companyhwas formed. “He knows the Wylie said. A friend provided the company’s first job lead for its inauguralp project, a clean room for a Duke University Hospital The work wascompleted successfully, so the question became, what’s the second act? Usinv the office copier, HWI printed a simple trifold brochure, whicuh was mailed mostly to hospitals on the East “We killed our copier,” Wylie She followed up the mailing with telephone calls — a triedc and true marketing staple.
Between 2005 and 2007, Wyliw said she made 48,000 follow-up calls. “It was she said. “It was very It also worked. The simple brochure and follow-up calls securede contracts at four University of Pittsburgu MedicalCenter hospitals, she as sales rose. “For us, it’s a lot of relationshilp building,” said Emily Gregory, who was hirede in 2007 as directof of marketing and sales to developthe company’sw marketing edge. It wasn’t long before the company begaj seeing results from the but not before Gregory looked over the trifold brochure and scratcherher head.
“This is reallyy complicated andI don’t understand the message,” she remembered The result was a bigger, letter-sizedc brochure, which was spiral-bound. On the cover, the company’s servicee were spelled out in threes short and concise Inside were color photographs of finished Sales continued to improve thesame year, with HWI becomintg a preferred vendor at the Cleveland Clinic. HWI’d marketing efforts shifted again in 2008 with construction of a Web which coincided with the printing of a newsleeo brochure. The Web site and brochure allowed the company to creatde auniform message, a uniform brand, Gregoryh said.
The Web site “gav e us another outlet for people to find she said. The result was an increase in inquiries from one to two weeklyg to threeto four. Howardx Wessel, lab manager at Soutuh Side-based Stemnion Inc., was among HWI clientx attracted by theWeb site. “It was very straightforwarsd and answered a lotof questions,” he said. “It was that initiap professionalism thatattracted me.” HWI begahn to try out other marketing approaches. In 2008, companyh representatives beganattending one-on-one meetinges with prospective clients that were arranged by a traded group.
This strategy further boosted HWI still mails out brochurese followed up withtelephone calls, but now the number of requestas for information began to grow. A tipping pointf had been reached, from pushing marketing to attractingf callers. “What’s nice about that is that it’w all of a sudden pull insteadof push, and that’es where you want to be,” said St. Vincent’s Small Business Developmeny Center’s executive director.
“You want the buzz to be out In February, HWI began telling its story ina newsletter, which is sent to current and prospectivde clients, about the same time the companyt hired four sales representatives who tout the companyg while boosting sales. HWI’s sales are expected to reach $15 million to $20 million this year as the companyu plots the next shift in itsmarketinfg strategy. “We are defying the recession,” Wylie “Everything that this company has gotten isthrough marketing.
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McFadden, Veldheer a winning combination - San Francisco Chronicle (blog)

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McFadden, Veldheer a winning combination San Francisco Chronicle (blog) They prefer to run it up the middle, as evidenced by the 42 plays, second-most in the NFL, for an average of 4.7 yards per pop. Thanks to last week's 70-yard touchdown run by Darren McFadden, Oakland leads the league with an average of 14.3 yards a ... and more »