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Instead, they can call Centralizeds Showing Service, a company that has signed a three-yead contract with the Capita l Region Multiple Listing Service tocoordinate showings. MLS officialz said the service will free real estate agents from the hassledsof phone-tag, last-minute requests, schedule change and other frustrations that come with arranginf home showings for clients. Based in operators working for CSS will make the calls andsend e-maild to buyers, sellers and agents to checm availability, confirm appointments and announce cancellations.
Agentsw will benefit in other ways, such as havingy access to a databases showingwhich houses, and at whicj price ranges, are generatinhg the most interest from prospective buyers. in turn, could help their clients have a bettet grasp of the demand in the Based onthe information, for a seller may drop his asking price to get more peopl interested in the house. “We after looking at this very thoroughly, thers are a lot of benefits for our membershipp and the publicwe serve,” said MLS Presidenr Joel Koval, an associate broker at .
The service will come at a cost, The board of directors of the MLS has yet to vote on the but it will likelytbe $200 annually, said Jim chief executive officer of the . The MLS has 3,300p members, including those who belong to GCAR and thosew who belong tothe . GCAR members currently pay $735 in membershil fees; SSSAR members pay $665. That has upset some agents who are already contendingh with a slower housing marketand don’t want to pay an extraw fee.
Some don’t like the idea of a third partyg contacting clients on their Doreen Ross, a Schenectady-based agent who has been selling homes for 39 isn’t opposed to the concept of a schedulintg system, but said it’s a bad time to add anotherf $200 to the annual fees that agent s pay. “I think the timinhg for implementing itis very, very bad,” Ross “The real estate business is Agents out there are ... It’s just bad timing.” Ader said the $200 fee was reasonabl given the amount of time it can sometimes take to arrangemultiplse showings.
“If you spend 20 hoursa a monthdoing this, you’re paying somebody less than a buck an hour to do it for he said. Officials have been studyinhg the idea since last summer and consideree three firms before settlingon CSS. CSS schedules more than 15 million showings annuallyfor 100,000-plus Realtorzs in more than 40 markets in the U.S., according to its Web mdemasi@bizjournals.com | 518-640-6814 To comment on this and to get the latest updates and breaking go to albany.bizjournals.com.
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Friday, December 28, 2012
Southwestern Carpets grows business from the ground up - bizjournals:
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Bill McCaddon has stripped Southwestern Carpets down and recreates it a couple of timee since purchasing it from Don Lynchin 2001. When he bought the floorinbg company, it specialized in removing and replacingv carpets in apartments betweenrental occupation. The Lewisville company was producing annuak revenueof $5 million, but McCaddon found the businesws too impersonal because it was driven by producf sales and not on building relationshipx with customers.
So he decided to switch focus to themore relationship-centrifc business of providing floorinyg solutions to new home-construction projects, which includesd hardwood floors, carpeting, and backsplash and tile The wholesale company saw dramativ growth as a result, with annual revenue of $22 millio n in 2007. But the growtb was so rapid and so intense that managers were losinyg control of the direction the companywas heading.
So in he enlisted Don Brush, a consultant with The Renova to help bring new energy tohis McCaddon’s sense of direction and leadershi abilities come from his experiencew as a manufacturer’s representative for 18 years at companiez like Shaw Carpet Manufacturer and Aleta Co. He had learned the importancde of building relationshipswith “My background was in working with new The apartment business was non-relationship said McCaddon. “I didn’t know how to build a busineswsthat wasn’t relational.” McCaddon downsized the company to redirect the focues to the home-construction industry. He was met with resistancde fromhis employees.
“I realized that using the sameemployeess wasn’t going to work. I was tryinhg to halfway do the he said. “Once we made the commitment, we reallyh turned the corner.” He began switchingh out personnel. The company, which had grown annual revenueto $5 million, saw revenues drop to under $3 million during the But, once the commitment was McCaddon noted marked improvement. By revenue had grown by 35%. Between 2004 and the company went through its biggesttgrowth spurt, reaching up to $22 millionh in sales and employing more than 60 But at that time, the storybool growth came to an end.
“It was gettiny to be chaotic because of so many new We werean 8-cylinder enginde working on six or seven cylinders. We’d lost a senswe of teamwork, and everyone was territorial.” That’s when McCaddoj brought in Brush. “For the most I engage them and talk with them in orded to builda relationship. I wante d to find out the strengtha of the company and what was workingv and whatneeded improvement,” said Brush. “They’v e got the dreams; they’vde got the vision. It’s just giving them the opportunity.
” Brushj met with employees to figure out areas that needesd improvement and then created an action He showed the company how to creat e committees to address problems as they come up and then dissolv e the committees after the problem hasbeen handled. The shift has translated intohappier customers. Bill Darling, president and co-owner of Darling Homes has worked with McCaddon since McCaddon purchased Southwestern Carpetsin 2001. “(Wes started working with Southwestern Carpets) because of Bill and his relationalk approach to working with homebuilders as opposed to thetraditional price-only approach,” said Darling.
“Brusu has helped Bill figure out how to communicate better so that everyone is going in the same directiomn as the management and will yielrd themaximum impact.” For Chris McCoppin, operations manager for Southwestern the change in the corporate culturre has been noticeable. “Sometimes you don’t realizr that when one department changes theidr policiesand procedures, it affects others. Now everyonr talks to each other,” McCoppin said. “We’ve empoweresd them to make decisions. We gave them the power to run the Theyfeel accountable.
” With this new sense of as well as an improved use of digitizin g software called Measure, Southwesterbn Carpets has seen a markedx improvement on the accuracy of the 3,00p work orders entered each month 95% accuracy, up from 77% accuracyy — and has saved about $160,000 in unnecessarg costs for having to fix incorrect work Instead of pursuing potential clients merely for the sake of new McCaddon and his staff focus on getting to know potential clients, researching them as much as possible and understanding their needs beforre they even meet. “We’ll only do businesd with people who will sit down and have a relationshipwith us.
Someonse is always going to come inlowefr (priced) than you,” said McCaddon. “We were alwayas chasing people who were focusedon price. If they say, fax us (a pricwe sheet), we say sorry, we can’t work with you. We stay togethet as a result. If you have the valude relationship, they don’t leave.”
Bill McCaddon has stripped Southwestern Carpets down and recreates it a couple of timee since purchasing it from Don Lynchin 2001. When he bought the floorinbg company, it specialized in removing and replacingv carpets in apartments betweenrental occupation. The Lewisville company was producing annuak revenueof $5 million, but McCaddon found the businesws too impersonal because it was driven by producf sales and not on building relationshipx with customers.
So he decided to switch focus to themore relationship-centrifc business of providing floorinyg solutions to new home-construction projects, which includesd hardwood floors, carpeting, and backsplash and tile The wholesale company saw dramativ growth as a result, with annual revenue of $22 millio n in 2007. But the growtb was so rapid and so intense that managers were losinyg control of the direction the companywas heading.
So in he enlisted Don Brush, a consultant with The Renova to help bring new energy tohis McCaddon’s sense of direction and leadershi abilities come from his experiencew as a manufacturer’s representative for 18 years at companiez like Shaw Carpet Manufacturer and Aleta Co. He had learned the importancde of building relationshipswith “My background was in working with new The apartment business was non-relationship said McCaddon. “I didn’t know how to build a busineswsthat wasn’t relational.” McCaddon downsized the company to redirect the focues to the home-construction industry. He was met with resistancde fromhis employees.
“I realized that using the sameemployeess wasn’t going to work. I was tryinhg to halfway do the he said. “Once we made the commitment, we reallyh turned the corner.” He began switchingh out personnel. The company, which had grown annual revenueto $5 million, saw revenues drop to under $3 million during the But, once the commitment was McCaddon noted marked improvement. By revenue had grown by 35%. Between 2004 and the company went through its biggesttgrowth spurt, reaching up to $22 millionh in sales and employing more than 60 But at that time, the storybool growth came to an end.
“It was gettiny to be chaotic because of so many new We werean 8-cylinder enginde working on six or seven cylinders. We’d lost a senswe of teamwork, and everyone was territorial.” That’s when McCaddoj brought in Brush. “For the most I engage them and talk with them in orded to builda relationship. I wante d to find out the strengtha of the company and what was workingv and whatneeded improvement,” said Brush. “They’v e got the dreams; they’vde got the vision. It’s just giving them the opportunity.
” Brushj met with employees to figure out areas that needesd improvement and then created an action He showed the company how to creat e committees to address problems as they come up and then dissolv e the committees after the problem hasbeen handled. The shift has translated intohappier customers. Bill Darling, president and co-owner of Darling Homes has worked with McCaddon since McCaddon purchased Southwestern Carpetsin 2001. “(Wes started working with Southwestern Carpets) because of Bill and his relationalk approach to working with homebuilders as opposed to thetraditional price-only approach,” said Darling.
“Brusu has helped Bill figure out how to communicate better so that everyone is going in the same directiomn as the management and will yielrd themaximum impact.” For Chris McCoppin, operations manager for Southwestern the change in the corporate culturre has been noticeable. “Sometimes you don’t realizr that when one department changes theidr policiesand procedures, it affects others. Now everyonr talks to each other,” McCoppin said. “We’ve empoweresd them to make decisions. We gave them the power to run the Theyfeel accountable.
” With this new sense of as well as an improved use of digitizin g software called Measure, Southwesterbn Carpets has seen a markedx improvement on the accuracy of the 3,00p work orders entered each month 95% accuracy, up from 77% accuracyy — and has saved about $160,000 in unnecessarg costs for having to fix incorrect work Instead of pursuing potential clients merely for the sake of new McCaddon and his staff focus on getting to know potential clients, researching them as much as possible and understanding their needs beforre they even meet. “We’ll only do businesd with people who will sit down and have a relationshipwith us.
Someonse is always going to come inlowefr (priced) than you,” said McCaddon. “We were alwayas chasing people who were focusedon price. If they say, fax us (a pricwe sheet), we say sorry, we can’t work with you. We stay togethet as a result. If you have the valude relationship, they don’t leave.”
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Roundy's adds Twin Cities to gas card promo - Charlotte Business Journal:
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In March, Milwaukee-based Roundy’s introduced the programj to its stores in theMadisom area. Last year, Roundy’s piloted the program in Kenoshsand Wausau. “We are pilotinv the project invarious markets,” Roundy’s spokeswoman Viviajn King said Monday via The grocer continues to perfect the program, which is calledf Fuelperks!, she said. Fuelperks! started on May 31 at the Rainboe stores. When a customer spends $200 on groceries, he or she can save 40 cents per gallonof gas. Customers must sign up for a new Roundy’x Rewards Card, which is free.
For every $50 a customere spends at Rainbow onqualified purchases, the customer earnsw 10 cents off per gallon of gas at participatintg BP gas stations. Rainbow customerss can insert their Roundy’s Rewards Card at the pump and receivde a discount on up to 20 gallond of gas in asingld transaction. The discount is automatically applied to the price atthe Roundy’s said. Roundy’s Supermarkets operates 151 retail grocery storez under thePick 'n Save, Copps, Rainbo w and Metro Market banners in Wisconsib and Minnesota.
In March, Milwaukee-based Roundy’s introduced the programj to its stores in theMadisom area. Last year, Roundy’s piloted the program in Kenoshsand Wausau. “We are pilotinv the project invarious markets,” Roundy’s spokeswoman Viviajn King said Monday via The grocer continues to perfect the program, which is calledf Fuelperks!, she said. Fuelperks! started on May 31 at the Rainboe stores. When a customer spends $200 on groceries, he or she can save 40 cents per gallonof gas. Customers must sign up for a new Roundy’x Rewards Card, which is free.
For every $50 a customere spends at Rainbow onqualified purchases, the customer earnsw 10 cents off per gallon of gas at participatintg BP gas stations. Rainbow customerss can insert their Roundy’s Rewards Card at the pump and receivde a discount on up to 20 gallond of gas in asingld transaction. The discount is automatically applied to the price atthe Roundy’s said. Roundy’s Supermarkets operates 151 retail grocery storez under thePick 'n Save, Copps, Rainbo w and Metro Market banners in Wisconsib and Minnesota.
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Shareholders in Washington state demand a voice on governance issues - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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Several Washington companies face shareholder resolutions seeking more shareholder say on executivse pay and the makeulp ofcorporate boards. It’s a sign that companyh directors are coming under fire as shareholderes look for a place to put theire anger and frustration in a national seasonh of huge investment losses and unpopular taxpayer bailoutas for banks andother corporations. “Shareholderzs are looking at their portfolios. They are taking a look at theirr 401(k) plans. They are seeing theirr paychecks. They are scrutinizing everything,” said Franik Valenzuela, managing director of the AltmanGrouop Inc.
, a New Jersey-based proxy solicitation company that has clientsx in the Seattle Beth Young, a senior research associatee with the Corporate Library, a Portland, Maine-basee independent organization that provides analysis and research on corporate governancer issues, said investment anger in 2009 is similat to the reaction earlier in the decade when corporater scandals at companies such as Enron were But unlike those scandals, which affected a relatively small number of investors, this recessioh and its own set of scandals — including bank bailouts and executive compensation issues — is having broad And shareholders are speaking out by challenging companies’ governiny boards.
They also are seeking some oversight onexecutive pay, sparkint several so-called “say-on-pay” initiatived that are awaiting votes by corporate boardes and their shareholders. Nationwide, the number of overall shareholdefr proposals is a bit down this year compared to last according to the proxy advisorygfirm RiskMetrics. One reasom for the dip in proposalsa this year may be that activist shareholder funds may be strapperd for cash because ofthe recession.
Anotherf reason may be that labor unionrepresentatives haven’t ramped up for a new figh t following the November national elections, according to In essence, it’s still early in the proxy But RiskMetrics says it does expect a steady streakm of shareholders to advocate putting more corporate governance-related questionz before fellow shareholders for a vote at annual meetingws of publicly traded companies. In Washington, severalk companies already arefacing shareholder-led votes. A year afterr battling one of its largest shareholders regarding an executivwcompensation issue, is again at odds with Gamcio Asset Management Inc.
This time, Gamco is calling for a proxy vote that wouldr require shareholder approval for any companyg acquisition that costs morethan $25 million. Gamcok — run by New York money manager MarioGabellk — controls about 20 percent of Fisher’ outstanding shares. Fisher has been at odds with Gabellik on this andother issues. But Gabellij does have the clout to get In March, Fisher agreed to nominate two director candidates he has At other company shareholder meetings, the issu e of executive pay is under And there is the say-on-pau issue, which has heated up as more investor have gotten their dander up over bank bailoutes and overpaid executives.
Banks that participateed in federal bailout programs are mandated to put nonbinding advisory votes beforetheir shareholders. Meanwhile, activist shareholders have pushed toplacse say-on-pay advisory votes on proxy ballots of thres companies that either are based in Washington or have strongf presences here: Boeing, and Board makeul is another key issue. Shareholder activists at wantede to strip former CEO Steven Rogel of his title as chairman ofthe board.
Supporters of the move say Rogel’s role as directod and former CEO is a conflict of interest and is not adequately protecting shareholders because he is not able to provide independent oversight of the executivee of theFederal Way-based forestry and forest products company. Weyerhaeuser management opposec an advisory question on the boarfdchairman matter, but a shareholder pension fund and two investment fundws supported it. At the April 16 shareholders’ meeting, the item failesd to draw support from thenecessary two-thirds of the outstandinhg shares to be ratified. Shareholders also will vote on a proposalo for an independent chairmanat , a Spokane-base energy company.
In most instances, companiesa are pushing back againstactivist shareholders. But some are givinhg in, perhaps to quell investor anger or in anticipation of new AlaskaAir Group, the parent compang of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, said it would supporty giving shareholders an advisory vote on executive pay. Valenzuela of the Altman Group said corporation s would do well to heed the demands oftheir shareholders, especially in this climate, unless they want to builf on the distrust and anger that is swellinv all around them. “If shareholders think your compensationis excessive, they are goinhg to penalize you for it,” he said. “You have to run a tightg ship.
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Several Washington companies face shareholder resolutions seeking more shareholder say on executivse pay and the makeulp ofcorporate boards. It’s a sign that companyh directors are coming under fire as shareholderes look for a place to put theire anger and frustration in a national seasonh of huge investment losses and unpopular taxpayer bailoutas for banks andother corporations. “Shareholderzs are looking at their portfolios. They are taking a look at theirr 401(k) plans. They are seeing theirr paychecks. They are scrutinizing everything,” said Franik Valenzuela, managing director of the AltmanGrouop Inc.
, a New Jersey-based proxy solicitation company that has clientsx in the Seattle Beth Young, a senior research associatee with the Corporate Library, a Portland, Maine-basee independent organization that provides analysis and research on corporate governancer issues, said investment anger in 2009 is similat to the reaction earlier in the decade when corporater scandals at companies such as Enron were But unlike those scandals, which affected a relatively small number of investors, this recessioh and its own set of scandals — including bank bailouts and executive compensation issues — is having broad And shareholders are speaking out by challenging companies’ governiny boards.
They also are seeking some oversight onexecutive pay, sparkint several so-called “say-on-pay” initiatived that are awaiting votes by corporate boardes and their shareholders. Nationwide, the number of overall shareholdefr proposals is a bit down this year compared to last according to the proxy advisorygfirm RiskMetrics. One reasom for the dip in proposalsa this year may be that activist shareholder funds may be strapperd for cash because ofthe recession.
Anotherf reason may be that labor unionrepresentatives haven’t ramped up for a new figh t following the November national elections, according to In essence, it’s still early in the proxy But RiskMetrics says it does expect a steady streakm of shareholders to advocate putting more corporate governance-related questionz before fellow shareholders for a vote at annual meetingws of publicly traded companies. In Washington, severalk companies already arefacing shareholder-led votes. A year afterr battling one of its largest shareholders regarding an executivwcompensation issue, is again at odds with Gamcio Asset Management Inc.
This time, Gamco is calling for a proxy vote that wouldr require shareholder approval for any companyg acquisition that costs morethan $25 million. Gamcok — run by New York money manager MarioGabellk — controls about 20 percent of Fisher’ outstanding shares. Fisher has been at odds with Gabellik on this andother issues. But Gabellij does have the clout to get In March, Fisher agreed to nominate two director candidates he has At other company shareholder meetings, the issu e of executive pay is under And there is the say-on-pau issue, which has heated up as more investor have gotten their dander up over bank bailoutes and overpaid executives.
Banks that participateed in federal bailout programs are mandated to put nonbinding advisory votes beforetheir shareholders. Meanwhile, activist shareholders have pushed toplacse say-on-pay advisory votes on proxy ballots of thres companies that either are based in Washington or have strongf presences here: Boeing, and Board makeul is another key issue. Shareholder activists at wantede to strip former CEO Steven Rogel of his title as chairman ofthe board.
Supporters of the move say Rogel’s role as directod and former CEO is a conflict of interest and is not adequately protecting shareholders because he is not able to provide independent oversight of the executivee of theFederal Way-based forestry and forest products company. Weyerhaeuser management opposec an advisory question on the boarfdchairman matter, but a shareholder pension fund and two investment fundws supported it. At the April 16 shareholders’ meeting, the item failesd to draw support from thenecessary two-thirds of the outstandinhg shares to be ratified. Shareholders also will vote on a proposalo for an independent chairmanat , a Spokane-base energy company.
In most instances, companiesa are pushing back againstactivist shareholders. But some are givinhg in, perhaps to quell investor anger or in anticipation of new AlaskaAir Group, the parent compang of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, said it would supporty giving shareholders an advisory vote on executive pay. Valenzuela of the Altman Group said corporation s would do well to heed the demands oftheir shareholders, especially in this climate, unless they want to builf on the distrust and anger that is swellinv all around them. “If shareholders think your compensationis excessive, they are goinhg to penalize you for it,” he said. “You have to run a tightg ship.
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Monday, December 24, 2012
Father-and-son developers indicted in multimillion fraud scheme - St. Louis Business Journal:
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Gary Rickert, Sr., 64, and Briahn Rickert, 29 of Creve Coeur, have been indictes by a federal grand jury on five felong counts ofbank fraud, three felony countse of money laundering and a forfeiture count involving personal and real property financed by the alleged the U.S. attorney’s office for Easterjn Missouri said. The Rickertz were in the real estate developmengt business under the name and sought to develop five residences in Ladue andother high-end suburbs.
In order to obtain financintg forthese developments, the Rickerts are alleged to have submittedr phony income tax returns, sales contracts and financial statements, according to the The government seeks two of the residential properties that remain in the name of the Rickerts’ a vehicle and a diamond ring purchasee with proceeds from the fraud. In all, at leastf $4.9 million dollars was lent to the Rickertd for the development of thefive properties. The five localo banks affectedare , , , and .
Gary Rickert, Sr., 64, and Briahn Rickert, 29 of Creve Coeur, have been indictes by a federal grand jury on five felong counts ofbank fraud, three felony countse of money laundering and a forfeiture count involving personal and real property financed by the alleged the U.S. attorney’s office for Easterjn Missouri said. The Rickertz were in the real estate developmengt business under the name and sought to develop five residences in Ladue andother high-end suburbs.
In order to obtain financintg forthese developments, the Rickerts are alleged to have submittedr phony income tax returns, sales contracts and financial statements, according to the The government seeks two of the residential properties that remain in the name of the Rickerts’ a vehicle and a diamond ring purchasee with proceeds from the fraud. In all, at leastf $4.9 million dollars was lent to the Rickertd for the development of thefive properties. The five localo banks affectedare , , , and .
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Louisville Metro Council approves GE incentives - Business First of Louisville:
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million in occupational tax refunds over 10 yearszfor Co., which is considering launchinv a hybrid electric water heater productio line at Louisville’s Appliance Park. The vote came on the heels of the Kentucky Economic Developmenrt FinanceAuthority board’s preliminar y approval of $10 million in tax incentives over 10 yearse for the project. It also woulfd include the addition of production lines for refrigerator and dishwasher components and the creatio n of a data center atAppliancer Park. The project would add as many as 420 jobs at the accordingto GE’s KEDFA incentive to read more about the project.
The projectr is seen as a big boost toAppliancs Park, which is home to Conn.-based GE’s Consumer & Industrial Headquarters. Appliancer Park lost $72 million last year, and the company’s appliancex division has struggled amidst increasedr foreign competition and the downturn in the residentiaklhousing market. To cut costs, GE offered voluntar y buyouts to about 100 hourly employees onMarch 1. Two days the company closed its second-shift dishwasher productionn atAppliance Park, eliminatinyg 185 jobs through a voluntaryh retirement option.
GE (NYSE: GE) currently employs 2,100 hourly and 2,000 salaried employeezs at Appliance Park, down from 23,000p at the height of the appliancee business’ success. “The metro councill saw this as a very positived thing forthe community,” said Tony spokesman for the metro council’s Democratic caucus. “The council wantse to see GE healthyt and remainin Louisville.”
million in occupational tax refunds over 10 yearszfor Co., which is considering launchinv a hybrid electric water heater productio line at Louisville’s Appliance Park. The vote came on the heels of the Kentucky Economic Developmenrt FinanceAuthority board’s preliminar y approval of $10 million in tax incentives over 10 yearse for the project. It also woulfd include the addition of production lines for refrigerator and dishwasher components and the creatio n of a data center atAppliancer Park. The project would add as many as 420 jobs at the accordingto GE’s KEDFA incentive to read more about the project.
The projectr is seen as a big boost toAppliancs Park, which is home to Conn.-based GE’s Consumer & Industrial Headquarters. Appliancer Park lost $72 million last year, and the company’s appliancex division has struggled amidst increasedr foreign competition and the downturn in the residentiaklhousing market. To cut costs, GE offered voluntar y buyouts to about 100 hourly employees onMarch 1. Two days the company closed its second-shift dishwasher productionn atAppliance Park, eliminatinyg 185 jobs through a voluntaryh retirement option.
GE (NYSE: GE) currently employs 2,100 hourly and 2,000 salaried employeezs at Appliance Park, down from 23,000p at the height of the appliancee business’ success. “The metro councill saw this as a very positived thing forthe community,” said Tony spokesman for the metro council’s Democratic caucus. “The council wantse to see GE healthyt and remainin Louisville.”
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Blue Moon's New 'Ale' Is Half Wine - Businessweek
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Blue Moon's New 'Ale' Is Half Wine Businessweek Just the idea of a beer-wine hybrid raises so many questions. OK, really, just one: Is that as disgusting as it sounds? Armed with two bottles of Blue Moon's new Vintage Ale beer-wine hybridâ€"coming soon to stores in all 50 statesâ€"two of my colleagues ... |
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Battery manufacturer eyes Cecil plant - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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is applying for a $100 million granty through the federal stimulus package to build a facility that wouldproduce lithium-ion cells and integrate batteries for a variety of uses. “This factory of the future will help the administrationb reach its goals to stimulate the economuy by creating an estimated 800 new jobs within three years and will accelerate the market for and reduce the costsz of renewable energy technologies in the said Saft America CEO Thomas Alcids in a news The company, which employsx 4,000 worldwide, wants to manufacture batteriezs for military vehicles, aviation, smart grid support, broadband back-up powed and emerging applications, such as renewable energy storage.
Saft America’s coming to Jacksonville depende on the state allowing the city to use the federakl stimulus grant program for theproposed facility. “Wed are very supportive of Saft’s efforts to potentiallh invest millions of dollars in both capitalk and salariesin Jacksonville, particularly during this difficult economic time,” Mayor John Peyton said in a news
is applying for a $100 million granty through the federal stimulus package to build a facility that wouldproduce lithium-ion cells and integrate batteries for a variety of uses. “This factory of the future will help the administrationb reach its goals to stimulate the economuy by creating an estimated 800 new jobs within three years and will accelerate the market for and reduce the costsz of renewable energy technologies in the said Saft America CEO Thomas Alcids in a news The company, which employsx 4,000 worldwide, wants to manufacture batteriezs for military vehicles, aviation, smart grid support, broadband back-up powed and emerging applications, such as renewable energy storage.
Saft America’s coming to Jacksonville depende on the state allowing the city to use the federakl stimulus grant program for theproposed facility. “Wed are very supportive of Saft’s efforts to potentiallh invest millions of dollars in both capitalk and salariesin Jacksonville, particularly during this difficult economic time,” Mayor John Peyton said in a news
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Cleantech venture investing jumped in Q2 - Orlando Business Journal:
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Global cleantech investments totalled $1.2 billion acrosw 94 companies, a 12 percent increaser over thefirst quarter. The increase was driven by interest inalternative vehicles, which grabbecd $236 million, and advanced batteries, which received $165 Watertown, Mass., lithium ion battery maker landed a $100 million investmentg round led by Co. in April. The report’s authore say cleantech companies will continue to be buttressed by investmenta by the federal government and electric power companie to complement venturecapital “New investment tax credits are playing a major role in makint new solar thermal, solar PV, and wind projects more economicallgy viable for utilities, which are bringing their accesxs to capital to the said Scott Smith, United States leaded of Deloitte’s cleantech practice, in a statement.
Global cleantech investments totalled $1.2 billion acrosw 94 companies, a 12 percent increaser over thefirst quarter. The increase was driven by interest inalternative vehicles, which grabbecd $236 million, and advanced batteries, which received $165 Watertown, Mass., lithium ion battery maker landed a $100 million investmentg round led by Co. in April. The report’s authore say cleantech companies will continue to be buttressed by investmenta by the federal government and electric power companie to complement venturecapital “New investment tax credits are playing a major role in makint new solar thermal, solar PV, and wind projects more economicallgy viable for utilities, which are bringing their accesxs to capital to the said Scott Smith, United States leaded of Deloitte’s cleantech practice, in a statement.
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Obama outlines financial regulatory overhaul - The Business Review (Albany):
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In his speech, the president said the goal isto “restored markets in which we reward hard work and not recklessness and greed – in whichj honest, vigorous competition in the system is prized, and thoses who game the system are thwarted.” Amongg other things, the president’s plan requirea all financial firms that post a significant risk to the financiall system at large to be overseen by consolidated supervision and regulation. An 89-pagwe report by the notes thatthe “roots of the economic crisis go back decades. Years withouty a serious economic recessionn bred complacency among financial intermediaries and thereport reads.
Rather than scrap the entire system, Obama said the reforms “pinpoingt the structural weaknesses that allowed for this crisizs and to make sure that these problems are dealtg to avertfuture crises.” Increase market disciplinwe and transparency to make markets strong enough to withstand system-wide stress and the potentialo failure of one or more large financial institutions. Rebuild trust in the marketx by creating the Consumer FinancialProtectio Agency. Provide the government with the toolsd needed to manage financial crises so it is not forced to choose between bailouts and financial Raise international regulatory standards and improvesinternational coordination.
In his speech, the president said the goal isto “restored markets in which we reward hard work and not recklessness and greed – in whichj honest, vigorous competition in the system is prized, and thoses who game the system are thwarted.” Amongg other things, the president’s plan requirea all financial firms that post a significant risk to the financiall system at large to be overseen by consolidated supervision and regulation. An 89-pagwe report by the notes thatthe “roots of the economic crisis go back decades. Years withouty a serious economic recessionn bred complacency among financial intermediaries and thereport reads.
Rather than scrap the entire system, Obama said the reforms “pinpoingt the structural weaknesses that allowed for this crisizs and to make sure that these problems are dealtg to avertfuture crises.” Increase market disciplinwe and transparency to make markets strong enough to withstand system-wide stress and the potentialo failure of one or more large financial institutions. Rebuild trust in the marketx by creating the Consumer FinancialProtectio Agency. Provide the government with the toolsd needed to manage financial crises so it is not forced to choose between bailouts and financial Raise international regulatory standards and improvesinternational coordination.
Friday, December 14, 2012
Colorado wind farm to supply Tri-State power customers - Denver Business Journal:
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The wind farm is to be build by N.C.-based Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), with powerf supplied to Westminster-based Tri-State under a 20-year power-purchase agreement, Duke said. Duke said it will develop the 51-megawatt Kit Carson Windpoweer Projecton 6,000 acres near Burlington under a long-term lease. The project will be the company’se first in Colorado and fourth in the The project is expected to start commercial operation by the endof 2010. The Kit Carson project will consist of 34 GEwind turbines, each capabl e of generating 1.
5 MW of electricity, Duke "We're proud to be partnering with Duke Energy on our firs t utility-scale wind power project," said Ken Anderson, Tri-Stater executive VP and general manager, said in a statement release by Duke Monday. "The project will furthee diversify ourresource mix, brinbg value to our member cooperatives, and support jobs and investment in the rurakl areas our members serve." Tri-State it would shift its focus from building more coal-firedc power plants to natural gas, renewablre energy and efficiency.
It was a major change of policufor Tri-State, which supplies wholesale powert to 18 electric-distribution cooperatives in Coloradol and 26 in Wyoming, New Mexic o and Nebraska. The utility's two-year-old resource plan had calledx for the constructionof 2,100 megawattxs of new coal-fired power plantse by 2012. Critics had blamed nonprofit Tri-Stater for not embracing alternative energy in its future theway investor-owned utility Xcel Energyy has.
Ritter supported Tri-State'as policy change, telling Tri-State's board: "You deserve a lot of credig formaking efficiency, renewables and new technology investments a high priority as you look for new and bettetr ways to provide affordabl e and reliable electricity to your rurakl customer-owners." Tri-State has said it also plans to develop a 30-megawatt, 500,000-panel solar photovoltaic power plant in northeasterm New Mexico by late 2010.
The wind farm is to be build by N.C.-based Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), with powerf supplied to Westminster-based Tri-State under a 20-year power-purchase agreement, Duke said. Duke said it will develop the 51-megawatt Kit Carson Windpoweer Projecton 6,000 acres near Burlington under a long-term lease. The project will be the company’se first in Colorado and fourth in the The project is expected to start commercial operation by the endof 2010. The Kit Carson project will consist of 34 GEwind turbines, each capabl e of generating 1.
5 MW of electricity, Duke "We're proud to be partnering with Duke Energy on our firs t utility-scale wind power project," said Ken Anderson, Tri-Stater executive VP and general manager, said in a statement release by Duke Monday. "The project will furthee diversify ourresource mix, brinbg value to our member cooperatives, and support jobs and investment in the rurakl areas our members serve." Tri-State it would shift its focus from building more coal-firedc power plants to natural gas, renewablre energy and efficiency.
It was a major change of policufor Tri-State, which supplies wholesale powert to 18 electric-distribution cooperatives in Coloradol and 26 in Wyoming, New Mexic o and Nebraska. The utility's two-year-old resource plan had calledx for the constructionof 2,100 megawattxs of new coal-fired power plantse by 2012. Critics had blamed nonprofit Tri-Stater for not embracing alternative energy in its future theway investor-owned utility Xcel Energyy has.
Ritter supported Tri-State'as policy change, telling Tri-State's board: "You deserve a lot of credig formaking efficiency, renewables and new technology investments a high priority as you look for new and bettetr ways to provide affordabl e and reliable electricity to your rurakl customer-owners." Tri-State has said it also plans to develop a 30-megawatt, 500,000-panel solar photovoltaic power plant in northeasterm New Mexico by late 2010.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Mall of America, Inc Company Profile | Company Information
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About Mall of America, Inc At Mall of Americaa , safety is a top priority. Mall of Americas Security Department is ahighly respected, professionalk and private security organization. We seek to hire only the finesty and most qualified candidates We invite thousands of candidates throughour the yearto apply. We recruitf at many college campuses and law enforcementtrainint centers, in search of candidatese with a positive attitude who meet our high standards. The processd for becoming a Mall of America Security Officed is very competitive and only a small percentagre of applicants are offered a positionof employment.
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About Mall of America, Inc At Mall of Americaa , safety is a top priority. Mall of Americas Security Department is ahighly respected, professionalk and private security organization. We seek to hire only the finesty and most qualified candidates We invite thousands of candidates throughour the yearto apply. We recruitf at many college campuses and law enforcementtrainint centers, in search of candidatese with a positive attitude who meet our high standards. The processd for becoming a Mall of America Security Officed is very competitive and only a small percentagre of applicants are offered a positionof employment.
In order to increasew the chances of becoming a securityt officer withour department, the ideal candidate should possess at leastt one of the following: prioe security / law enforcement experience or some related college education. A viabl e candidate should also have favorablework experiences, good drivinvg history and pass a pre-employment drug Please determine whether or not you meet the abovs prerequisites to qualify as an applicant with the Security Departmentf at Mall of Mall of America Security Department is a progressivd leader in the private securitu field.
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Prime Point Media dialing up phone booth work - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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Started last year with angel andemployee investments, Prime Point Mediza has the advertising rightds to about 50 percent of the nation'ss telephone enclosures, more than any company in the said Karen Robinson, the company'ds president and CEO. Prime Point is negotiating the rights to severa hundredthousand more, she said. The compangy has developed a software program that targeta advertising on the enclosures to audiencesby age, income, sex and location. The network includese 20,000 enclosures at or near 200 universitied and locations at 30 professionalsports stadiums, Robinsonn said.
Prime Point doesn't do the creative work for the but it has contracts with companies nationwide to instalp and removethe ads. The ads cost aboutg $1 for every 1,000 peoplde who view them, compared with about $3 for every 1,0000 who view a regular billboard, Robinso said. Most recently, the company placesd Dasani water ads on abou 50 phone booths along the courswe of the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta and ads for the Turne South television network on phone booths in small Jack Hanrahan joined the company earlier this month as chief marketing Hanrahan was assistant vice president and worldwid e media director forThe Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) before joiningb Prime Point Media.
He also spenrt 20 years with the LeoBurnett Co. in Chicago. Robinsonm was co-founder and chairman of Enrev Corp. of Atlanta from 1996 until she joined Prime Pointlast year. She was presidenyt and CEO of Electronic PowerrTechnology Inc. from 1993 to 1995. Colony Homes Promoting Thrashers. Atlanta-based home builder Colonhy Homes LLC has signed a sponsorshiop agreement with the hockey team that includes contests at the games and aroun d themetro area, including a drawinv to give away a home. Colonyy Homes is the title sponsor ofthe team'a First Timers Program, designed to attract new fans to the game, and the Hockeyu in the Streets program, designed to promote hockegy outside the arena.
"This partnership represents a new leve of marketing forColony Homes," said Andreaq Anker, the company's vice president of marketing. "W have begun moving away from the traditional marketing andadvertisinh outlets." The house giveaway is scheduled for Fan Appreciation Nigh t in April, the end of the regular season. Houses built by Colony Homes sell for an average pricrof $127,000. Colony also has marketing agreements in the two othefr major cities where it buildshomee -- Charlotte and Raleigh, N.C. In Colony Homes is sponsoring a wing of the Concorf Mills Mall that is scheduled toopen Jan. 1.
In the company will sponsor promotions for the Carolinaq Hurricaneshockey team, Ankerd said. New ad agency. Schupo Co., an advertising, marketing and promotions agencty basedin St. Louis, opened an Atlantwa office in early October to servicew its account withThe Coca-Cola Co. KO). The company hired Jeff Bell, a former employee at Coca-Cola, as vice presidengt and managing director of the Atlanta Bell worked in marketing and promotionsfor Coca-Cola befored leaving the company last Bell said he is looking for office spacs for Schupp in the downtown Schupp has been doing sales promotions for Coca-Colwa for the past several years and needede the Atlanta office to be closer to the company, said Mark president of the company.
Although Coca-Cola is the company's only client in Schupp said he plans to use the Atlantq office to find clients throughoutthe Southeast. Atlantq is the second expansion for the company in the past Schupp opened an office inKansas Mo., last year to work with the company's Sprint PCS Groulp (NYSE: PCS) account, he said. The main office in St. which employs about 30 people, will providw the creative work for the Atlantaz and KansasCity offices, he said. Levs leavezs local NPR. After five years with the loca National Public Radioaffiliate WABE-FM, Joshu a Levs resigned his reporting job Oct. 12.
Levs will remain in Atlants and continue to report news for NPR and Voicr of America and pursuetelevision Levs, a graduate of Yale University, reportedd on the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and the 2000 Olympicsx in Sydney, Australia. He has interviewed such celebrities as former PresidentGerald Ford, actresses Helen Hunt and Jane Fonda, singerr Elton John and entertainer Marcel Marceau.
Started last year with angel andemployee investments, Prime Point Mediza has the advertising rightds to about 50 percent of the nation'ss telephone enclosures, more than any company in the said Karen Robinson, the company'ds president and CEO. Prime Point is negotiating the rights to severa hundredthousand more, she said. The compangy has developed a software program that targeta advertising on the enclosures to audiencesby age, income, sex and location. The network includese 20,000 enclosures at or near 200 universitied and locations at 30 professionalsports stadiums, Robinsonn said.
Prime Point doesn't do the creative work for the but it has contracts with companies nationwide to instalp and removethe ads. The ads cost aboutg $1 for every 1,000 peoplde who view them, compared with about $3 for every 1,0000 who view a regular billboard, Robinso said. Most recently, the company placesd Dasani water ads on abou 50 phone booths along the courswe of the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta and ads for the Turne South television network on phone booths in small Jack Hanrahan joined the company earlier this month as chief marketing Hanrahan was assistant vice president and worldwid e media director forThe Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) before joiningb Prime Point Media.
He also spenrt 20 years with the LeoBurnett Co. in Chicago. Robinsonm was co-founder and chairman of Enrev Corp. of Atlanta from 1996 until she joined Prime Pointlast year. She was presidenyt and CEO of Electronic PowerrTechnology Inc. from 1993 to 1995. Colony Homes Promoting Thrashers. Atlanta-based home builder Colonhy Homes LLC has signed a sponsorshiop agreement with the hockey team that includes contests at the games and aroun d themetro area, including a drawinv to give away a home. Colonyy Homes is the title sponsor ofthe team'a First Timers Program, designed to attract new fans to the game, and the Hockeyu in the Streets program, designed to promote hockegy outside the arena.
"This partnership represents a new leve of marketing forColony Homes," said Andreaq Anker, the company's vice president of marketing. "W have begun moving away from the traditional marketing andadvertisinh outlets." The house giveaway is scheduled for Fan Appreciation Nigh t in April, the end of the regular season. Houses built by Colony Homes sell for an average pricrof $127,000. Colony also has marketing agreements in the two othefr major cities where it buildshomee -- Charlotte and Raleigh, N.C. In Colony Homes is sponsoring a wing of the Concorf Mills Mall that is scheduled toopen Jan. 1.
In the company will sponsor promotions for the Carolinaq Hurricaneshockey team, Ankerd said. New ad agency. Schupo Co., an advertising, marketing and promotions agencty basedin St. Louis, opened an Atlantwa office in early October to servicew its account withThe Coca-Cola Co. KO). The company hired Jeff Bell, a former employee at Coca-Cola, as vice presidengt and managing director of the Atlanta Bell worked in marketing and promotionsfor Coca-Cola befored leaving the company last Bell said he is looking for office spacs for Schupp in the downtown Schupp has been doing sales promotions for Coca-Colwa for the past several years and needede the Atlanta office to be closer to the company, said Mark president of the company.
Although Coca-Cola is the company's only client in Schupp said he plans to use the Atlantq office to find clients throughoutthe Southeast. Atlantq is the second expansion for the company in the past Schupp opened an office inKansas Mo., last year to work with the company's Sprint PCS Groulp (NYSE: PCS) account, he said. The main office in St. which employs about 30 people, will providw the creative work for the Atlantaz and KansasCity offices, he said. Levs leavezs local NPR. After five years with the loca National Public Radioaffiliate WABE-FM, Joshu a Levs resigned his reporting job Oct. 12.
Levs will remain in Atlants and continue to report news for NPR and Voicr of America and pursuetelevision Levs, a graduate of Yale University, reportedd on the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and the 2000 Olympicsx in Sydney, Australia. He has interviewed such celebrities as former PresidentGerald Ford, actresses Helen Hunt and Jane Fonda, singerr Elton John and entertainer Marcel Marceau.
Monday, December 10, 2012
D.C. could be losing hotel taxes to online companies - Washington Business Journal:
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D.C., as one of the nation’es top tourist destinations, could be owed more than $100 million in back taxexs and penaltiesbut — despitew an anticipated budget deficit of $967 milliob in fiscal 2011 — it has yet to join the D.C. hotels pay a 14.5 percent tax on everyy room they book, but when onlines companies receive rooms at wholesale rates and offe them tothe public, they pay taxed on the wholesale prices, not the marked-u ones. If, for Expedia buys a room nightfor $100 and rents it for D.C. does not receive the 14.5 percent tax — abougt $7.25 — on the $50 difference. That has led Calif.
, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisci and other destinations to sue the online travel companies forunpaicd taxes. Steven Wolens, a principalk at the Dallas-based law firm who representsx cities in some ofthe cases, said the travepl firms control the price, cancellation rules and othed contract details just as hotels do and in most placees should be paying the same “The online travel company does everything except provide the bed, the key, the turndown service and the mint on your Wolens said.
Under former mayor Anthony the District sought a private law firm to make such a More recently, officials in the , under Chief Financial Officer Natwarr Gandhi, have raised the idea with Attorney Genera Peter Nickles. Nickles, however, said he is monitorint cases in other jurisdictions but would not take any actiob until a court deliversza “definitive decision.” Until then, he action is a waste of time. “This litigation is goin g to go on a verylong time,” he “When it becomes clear there is a case we will decidre whether to take action.” He said city rulee barred the hiring of firms on a contingencyu basis.
Southlake, Texas-based Travelocity and Bellevue, Wash.-based Expedia, which owns and Hotwire.com, referred questions to Art Sackler, executive directo r of the , who said they are full compliant withtax “The online travel companies are not hotel Sackler said. “They don’t buy, resell, rent, reserve blocks of hotel rooms. What they do is serv e as a travel intermediary that enables consumerd to book their own hotelrooms online. They facilitate travel.” Elizabeth Herrington, a partner at McDermott Will Emory whorepresents Chicago-based , says bricks-and-mortar travel agents never paid hotekl taxes for the same reason.
“Thd only difference is that the online companies are doing it on a muchbiggerd scale,” she said. But with jurisdictionsd in sore need of tax revenue and triall lawyers trawling the countryfor cases, the suits aren’gt likely to go away, particularly after Atlanta’s case reached the Georgia Supremer Court last September. The court hasn’t issued a decision yet. D.C. took in $204 millionn from its hotel tax in fiscalo 2008 and anticipates takinvin $212 million this year. How much it could pursu is difficult to ascertain because estimates on what portion of rooms the hotels book but Wolens guessedthat D.C.
is owed roughly $125 milliom going back to 1999 inunpaid taxes, interest and penaltiesz from the online companies. An attorney from the Georgiaq case, Neal Pope, a senior partner in Ga.-based Wade Tomlinson, Pope, LLP said, “You’re lookinyg at, I think conservatively, in excesz of $100 million in taxes that have not been paidto
D.C., as one of the nation’es top tourist destinations, could be owed more than $100 million in back taxexs and penaltiesbut — despitew an anticipated budget deficit of $967 milliob in fiscal 2011 — it has yet to join the D.C. hotels pay a 14.5 percent tax on everyy room they book, but when onlines companies receive rooms at wholesale rates and offe them tothe public, they pay taxed on the wholesale prices, not the marked-u ones. If, for Expedia buys a room nightfor $100 and rents it for D.C. does not receive the 14.5 percent tax — abougt $7.25 — on the $50 difference. That has led Calif.
, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisci and other destinations to sue the online travel companies forunpaicd taxes. Steven Wolens, a principalk at the Dallas-based law firm who representsx cities in some ofthe cases, said the travepl firms control the price, cancellation rules and othed contract details just as hotels do and in most placees should be paying the same “The online travel company does everything except provide the bed, the key, the turndown service and the mint on your Wolens said.
Under former mayor Anthony the District sought a private law firm to make such a More recently, officials in the , under Chief Financial Officer Natwarr Gandhi, have raised the idea with Attorney Genera Peter Nickles. Nickles, however, said he is monitorint cases in other jurisdictions but would not take any actiob until a court deliversza “definitive decision.” Until then, he action is a waste of time. “This litigation is goin g to go on a verylong time,” he “When it becomes clear there is a case we will decidre whether to take action.” He said city rulee barred the hiring of firms on a contingencyu basis.
Southlake, Texas-based Travelocity and Bellevue, Wash.-based Expedia, which owns and Hotwire.com, referred questions to Art Sackler, executive directo r of the , who said they are full compliant withtax “The online travel companies are not hotel Sackler said. “They don’t buy, resell, rent, reserve blocks of hotel rooms. What they do is serv e as a travel intermediary that enables consumerd to book their own hotelrooms online. They facilitate travel.” Elizabeth Herrington, a partner at McDermott Will Emory whorepresents Chicago-based , says bricks-and-mortar travel agents never paid hotekl taxes for the same reason.
“Thd only difference is that the online companies are doing it on a muchbiggerd scale,” she said. But with jurisdictionsd in sore need of tax revenue and triall lawyers trawling the countryfor cases, the suits aren’gt likely to go away, particularly after Atlanta’s case reached the Georgia Supremer Court last September. The court hasn’t issued a decision yet. D.C. took in $204 millionn from its hotel tax in fiscalo 2008 and anticipates takinvin $212 million this year. How much it could pursu is difficult to ascertain because estimates on what portion of rooms the hotels book but Wolens guessedthat D.C.
is owed roughly $125 milliom going back to 1999 inunpaid taxes, interest and penaltiesz from the online companies. An attorney from the Georgiaq case, Neal Pope, a senior partner in Ga.-based Wade Tomlinson, Pope, LLP said, “You’re lookinyg at, I think conservatively, in excesz of $100 million in taxes that have not been paidto
Saturday, December 8, 2012
What Is Paul Ryan's Role During the Fiscal Cliff Negotiations? - ABC News
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ABC News | What Is Paul Ryan's Role During the Fiscal Cliff Negotiations? ABC News After 88 days in the spotlight as Mitt Romney's VP pick, Paul Ryan has stepped into the shadows (specifically, hometown Janesville, Wisc.) for the five-day House break â€" but that doesn't mean he's not taking phone calls and answering emails. The topic ... |
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Bangladesh: How Rules Went Astray - Wall Street Journal
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Wall Street Journal | Bangladesh: How Rules Went Astray Wall Street Journal Facing capacity constraints, Simco subcontracted the work to another company without Wal-Mart's authorization, the Simco executive said. Wal-Mart, which said it has strict rules for factories manufacturing its orders, declined to respond to specific ... |
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Missouri lets Embarq set its prices - Kansas City Business Journal:
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The Missouri operating company forOverland Park-based local phonee service provider Embarq Corp. EQ) met the conditions to be a competitivr telecommunications company set forth in a bill the Generalk Assembly passedlast year, the release The designation means that the PSC no longet controls price and rate regulation and that Embar can independently alter telephone rates basef on market conditions. For the 61 residential exchangezs newly designatedas competitive, the law keeps Embarq from raisingy rates by more than $2 a line each month for the next four the release said.
The PSC will keep monitorinfg Embarq’s rates and subscriber base; the PSC staf f can alert the commissiomn ifEmbarq doesn’t comply with the limitationw or raises its rates so high that they keep customersz from receiving the service. The residential exchangess becomingcompetitive include: Appleton City, Blackburn, Blairstown, Brazito, Butler, California, Camden Point, Centertown, Centerview, Chilhowee, Clarksburg, Clinton, Cole Camp, Craig, Dearborn, Deepwater, Eugene, Fairfax, Green Ridge, Hardin, Henrietta, Holden, Holt, Hopkins, Houstonia, Ionia, King City, Leeton, Lexington, Lincoln, Malta Bend, Missouri City, Montrose, Moundd City, New Bloomfield, Orrick, Otterville, Pickering, Richland, Russellville, Smithton, St.
Strasburg, Sweet Springs, Syracuse, Taos, Tipton, Urich, Warrensburg, Warsaw, Waverly, Wellington and Embarq has received competitive classification in dozens of Missouriu citiesthis year. The company has been looking to gain competitive status throughourt the country because local phone companiesare regulated, thoug h others that provide local phone service, such as cabl companies, are not, an Embarq spokesman said earliet this year.
Competitive classification requires the existencer of two separate entitiesa also providing local phone one of which can be a wireles provider and the othetr a wireline company that offers local voicr service through facilities it owns in part orin Embarq, the nation’s No. 4 local phone servicwe provider, ranks No. 3 on the Kansasa City BusinessJournal ’s list of area public by in an $11.6 billion deal expected to closr in the first half of 2009.
The Missouri operating company forOverland Park-based local phonee service provider Embarq Corp. EQ) met the conditions to be a competitivr telecommunications company set forth in a bill the Generalk Assembly passedlast year, the release The designation means that the PSC no longet controls price and rate regulation and that Embar can independently alter telephone rates basef on market conditions. For the 61 residential exchangezs newly designatedas competitive, the law keeps Embarq from raisingy rates by more than $2 a line each month for the next four the release said.
The PSC will keep monitorinfg Embarq’s rates and subscriber base; the PSC staf f can alert the commissiomn ifEmbarq doesn’t comply with the limitationw or raises its rates so high that they keep customersz from receiving the service. The residential exchangess becomingcompetitive include: Appleton City, Blackburn, Blairstown, Brazito, Butler, California, Camden Point, Centertown, Centerview, Chilhowee, Clarksburg, Clinton, Cole Camp, Craig, Dearborn, Deepwater, Eugene, Fairfax, Green Ridge, Hardin, Henrietta, Holden, Holt, Hopkins, Houstonia, Ionia, King City, Leeton, Lexington, Lincoln, Malta Bend, Missouri City, Montrose, Moundd City, New Bloomfield, Orrick, Otterville, Pickering, Richland, Russellville, Smithton, St.
Strasburg, Sweet Springs, Syracuse, Taos, Tipton, Urich, Warrensburg, Warsaw, Waverly, Wellington and Embarq has received competitive classification in dozens of Missouriu citiesthis year. The company has been looking to gain competitive status throughourt the country because local phone companiesare regulated, thoug h others that provide local phone service, such as cabl companies, are not, an Embarq spokesman said earliet this year.
Competitive classification requires the existencer of two separate entitiesa also providing local phone one of which can be a wireles provider and the othetr a wireline company that offers local voicr service through facilities it owns in part orin Embarq, the nation’s No. 4 local phone servicwe provider, ranks No. 3 on the Kansasa City BusinessJournal ’s list of area public by in an $11.6 billion deal expected to closr in the first half of 2009.
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Smallwood leads WNY elementary schools - San Francisco Business Times:
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Amherst's Smallwood Drive School ranks No. 1 again. It leads Westernn New York's elementary schools for the third consecutivesyear -- and the fourthj out of five. "That's really a tribute to the staff at Smallwood and their commitment to And to the parentsas well," says Lauraw Chabe, superintendent of the Amherst Centra School District. "We're fortunate to have a communit y that is so supportive of for the complete elementaryschool rankings. And for separatw rankings for each sectiomn of WesternNew York.
The present stability is quite a switch fromthe 2004-2006y period, when three publicx elementary schools, including Smallwood, took turns at the top of the (Business First produced separate rankings of publicc and private schools until 2007, when the two listss were merged.) Smallwood has been remarkablyu consistent since then. Its four-yeat rating for English language artsis second-besrt among all Western New York elementary according to a Business Firsyt analysis of 2005-2008 test And its math rating also is second-highest in the eight-county Chabe says the school's successes in English and math are interrelated, thankds in part to a districtwide policy.
"We have a strong curriculuj that is focusedon literacy," she "which I think has been instrumental in helpingh kids be successful in all not just English." Business First assesseds 292 elementary schools across Westerhn New York, using four years of test data for fourthn graders. All test scores came from the . The them e of stability extends toseconed place, which is held by Orcharxd Park's South Davis Elementary School, just as it was in 2008. Roundinvg out this year's top five are Maple East ElementarSchool (Williamsville), Southern Tier Catholic School and Charlotte Avenue Elementary School (Hamburg).
Maple East leads all Western New York elementary schools in based onBusiness First's four-year analysis. Sixty-six percent of its fourth graders achieved superiotscores (Level 4) on the statewide math test in 2008. The regionalp average was 24 percent. Principal Cathy Mihalid is still learning the ropes atMaple East. She arrived in January from Hamburg's Armo r Elementary School, which ranks 19th this "I knew the (Williamsville) district had a long-standinvg reputation for excellence, and that Maple East was one ofthe highest-performinhg schools," she says. "uI knew it would be a stimulatinfg atmosphere, and it is. We have a very dedicatexd staff.
They work hard to help our kids achieve at ahigher rate." Southern Tier Catholic, with 103 students from pre-kindergartenj through eighth grade, is the smallest schookl in the upper echelon of the elementary school It's also the fastest riser, soaringf from 31st place in 2007 to 15th in then up to fourth place this year. All of Southern Tier Catholic's fourth graders demonstrated basicskills (Level 3 or 4) on both the statewidw English and math tests, a feat equaled by just six other Western New York schools.
"We have smallet classes, obviously, so we can give a good bit of one-on-ones help to our kids," says Daniel McCarthy, the principalp of Southern Tier Catholic. "Oure teachers work very hard at and itpays off." Forty-one schools are recipientx of subject awards, which are give n to the top 10 percent of all Wester n New York elementary schools in Englisgh language arts and mathematics. for complete listsx of subjectaward winners. Nineteen honoreesd have scoredclean sweeps, taking awards in both fields. Included in that groupp are Smallwood and the other nine members of the overaltop 10.
Niagara-Wheatfield's Errick Road Elementary whichranks 23rd, also has a pair of subjectg awards. Principal Nora O'Bryan credits a personalized approach tostuden achievement. "There's no such thingy as one size fits all," she says. "Idf a student needs extraq help, we provide it. If studenta are working above grade level, we find books and materialzs to push themeven more." The Busines First rankings don't include private elementary schools that have opteds out of the statewided testing program. Prominent in that group are Elmwood Franklin Schoopl and Park Schoolof Buffalo.
Amherst's Smallwood Drive School ranks No. 1 again. It leads Westernn New York's elementary schools for the third consecutivesyear -- and the fourthj out of five. "That's really a tribute to the staff at Smallwood and their commitment to And to the parentsas well," says Lauraw Chabe, superintendent of the Amherst Centra School District. "We're fortunate to have a communit y that is so supportive of for the complete elementaryschool rankings. And for separatw rankings for each sectiomn of WesternNew York.
The present stability is quite a switch fromthe 2004-2006y period, when three publicx elementary schools, including Smallwood, took turns at the top of the (Business First produced separate rankings of publicc and private schools until 2007, when the two listss were merged.) Smallwood has been remarkablyu consistent since then. Its four-yeat rating for English language artsis second-besrt among all Western New York elementary according to a Business Firsyt analysis of 2005-2008 test And its math rating also is second-highest in the eight-county Chabe says the school's successes in English and math are interrelated, thankds in part to a districtwide policy.
"We have a strong curriculuj that is focusedon literacy," she "which I think has been instrumental in helpingh kids be successful in all not just English." Business First assesseds 292 elementary schools across Westerhn New York, using four years of test data for fourthn graders. All test scores came from the . The them e of stability extends toseconed place, which is held by Orcharxd Park's South Davis Elementary School, just as it was in 2008. Roundinvg out this year's top five are Maple East ElementarSchool (Williamsville), Southern Tier Catholic School and Charlotte Avenue Elementary School (Hamburg).
Maple East leads all Western New York elementary schools in based onBusiness First's four-year analysis. Sixty-six percent of its fourth graders achieved superiotscores (Level 4) on the statewide math test in 2008. The regionalp average was 24 percent. Principal Cathy Mihalid is still learning the ropes atMaple East. She arrived in January from Hamburg's Armo r Elementary School, which ranks 19th this "I knew the (Williamsville) district had a long-standinvg reputation for excellence, and that Maple East was one ofthe highest-performinhg schools," she says. "uI knew it would be a stimulatinfg atmosphere, and it is. We have a very dedicatexd staff.
They work hard to help our kids achieve at ahigher rate." Southern Tier Catholic, with 103 students from pre-kindergartenj through eighth grade, is the smallest schookl in the upper echelon of the elementary school It's also the fastest riser, soaringf from 31st place in 2007 to 15th in then up to fourth place this year. All of Southern Tier Catholic's fourth graders demonstrated basicskills (Level 3 or 4) on both the statewidw English and math tests, a feat equaled by just six other Western New York schools.
"We have smallet classes, obviously, so we can give a good bit of one-on-ones help to our kids," says Daniel McCarthy, the principalp of Southern Tier Catholic. "Oure teachers work very hard at and itpays off." Forty-one schools are recipientx of subject awards, which are give n to the top 10 percent of all Wester n New York elementary schools in Englisgh language arts and mathematics. for complete listsx of subjectaward winners. Nineteen honoreesd have scoredclean sweeps, taking awards in both fields. Included in that groupp are Smallwood and the other nine members of the overaltop 10.
Niagara-Wheatfield's Errick Road Elementary whichranks 23rd, also has a pair of subjectg awards. Principal Nora O'Bryan credits a personalized approach tostuden achievement. "There's no such thingy as one size fits all," she says. "Idf a student needs extraq help, we provide it. If studenta are working above grade level, we find books and materialzs to push themeven more." The Busines First rankings don't include private elementary schools that have opteds out of the statewided testing program. Prominent in that group are Elmwood Franklin Schoopl and Park Schoolof Buffalo.
Friday, November 30, 2012
Flag waving - St. Louis Business Journal:
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We wanted to write our first salute to Scottf Air Force Base around the July 4th holiday because the base symbolizese so much that is right in our regiom and inour nation. As St. Clair Countgy Chairman Mark Kern emphasizes, the base is a sourcde of great talent as well as a hugeeconomixc driver. Who knew the St. Louids Character story this week (page 8) woulsd also feature Scott? Susan Baginski’s fatheer was one of many who servedr at the base andsettled here.
We certainly coule not have predicted the sectionm on Scott and the big sale would coincidr with the holiday issue of the yet the importance of one reinforcesthe Again, it’s Mark Kern who articulates the importance of both: “W value the presence of Scott and will go the extr mile to make sure we’re known for our friendlines s to the military.”
We wanted to write our first salute to Scottf Air Force Base around the July 4th holiday because the base symbolizese so much that is right in our regiom and inour nation. As St. Clair Countgy Chairman Mark Kern emphasizes, the base is a sourcde of great talent as well as a hugeeconomixc driver. Who knew the St. Louids Character story this week (page 8) woulsd also feature Scott? Susan Baginski’s fatheer was one of many who servedr at the base andsettled here.
We certainly coule not have predicted the sectionm on Scott and the big sale would coincidr with the holiday issue of the yet the importance of one reinforcesthe Again, it’s Mark Kern who articulates the importance of both: “W value the presence of Scott and will go the extr mile to make sure we’re known for our friendlines s to the military.”
Thursday, November 29, 2012
NASA's Cassini sees abrupt turn in Titan's atmosphere - Nanowerk LLC
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Nanowerk LLC | NASA's Cassini sees abrupt turn in Titan's atmosphere Nanowerk LLC (Nanowerk News) Data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft tie a shift in seasonal sunlight to a wholesale reversal, at unexpected altitudes, in the circulation of the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan. At the south pole, the data show definitive evidence for .. . Atmosphere of Saturn moon Titan shows surprising rise Titan's Atmosphere Shifts Abruptly, South Pole Vortex Forms If You Think Winters Are Crazy Here, Check Out Seasons For Saturn's Moon Titan |
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Air America, Bonneville reach local marketing agreement for 1050 AM - Birmingham Business Journal:
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The progressive talk radio network has reacher a local marketing agreement with to beginn broadcasting its programmingon Bonneville’s 1050 AM signal in the Washingto area. Air America expects to launcy during the monthof June, although an official date, call letters and programming line-u p have not yet been determined. As part of the Air America will essentially lease the signallfrom Bonneville, and then handlw operations, programming and advertising sales. Financial termws of the multi-year deal were not Air America has hired some locallsales staff, and will occup a small space in Bonneville’s Washington “Air America is obviouslty very interested in the D.C.
market,” said Bennett Zier, Air America’sa CEO and a former executive with Clear Channel and Red ZebraBroadcasting locally. “It’z where decisions are made. Its number one business is politics.” Air Americsa initially approached Bonneville to put together the which had been looking for someonde to pick upthe signal. The deal came togethe during the pastfew months. Currently, Bonneville simulcast s WTOP’s signal on 1050 AM, along with some sportx programming.
The sports programming will Bonneville Senior Regional Vice President JoelOxleyu said, which will mainly be heard on nights and
The progressive talk radio network has reacher a local marketing agreement with to beginn broadcasting its programmingon Bonneville’s 1050 AM signal in the Washingto area. Air America expects to launcy during the monthof June, although an official date, call letters and programming line-u p have not yet been determined. As part of the Air America will essentially lease the signallfrom Bonneville, and then handlw operations, programming and advertising sales. Financial termws of the multi-year deal were not Air America has hired some locallsales staff, and will occup a small space in Bonneville’s Washington “Air America is obviouslty very interested in the D.C.
market,” said Bennett Zier, Air America’sa CEO and a former executive with Clear Channel and Red ZebraBroadcasting locally. “It’z where decisions are made. Its number one business is politics.” Air Americsa initially approached Bonneville to put together the which had been looking for someonde to pick upthe signal. The deal came togethe during the pastfew months. Currently, Bonneville simulcast s WTOP’s signal on 1050 AM, along with some sportx programming.
The sports programming will Bonneville Senior Regional Vice President JoelOxleyu said, which will mainly be heard on nights and
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Applied Aerospace Structures lands cargo spacecraft deal - San Francisco Business Times:
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Stockton-based Applied will do the workfor (NYSE: ORB) of Va., which got the original contract from NASA earliet this year. Orbital is spendinbg $150 million on the demonstration project, and NASA is puttingb in $170 million. Applied Aerospace will build and test partx used in theCygnus spacecraft, whicnh is designed to move around once in orbirt and ferry cargo to the space station. NASA hopese this new system will be ready to go soon aftetr space shuttles are retiredin 2010. Orbitalp Sciences hopes to demonstrate its cargo delivery which will use a new Taurusd IIrocket (which Applied is also workingf on), in the fourth quarter of 2010.
If NASA approvez the system, it could fly “several” missions in 2011 and up to eight a year in 2012and 2013. Applied Aerospacwe Structures has about 240 workerz and started businessin 1956. It used to be named Parson s of California and started out making rotoer bladesfor helicopters. Earlier this month, the company boughf 10 acres to add to its existin g14 acres.
Stockton-based Applied will do the workfor (NYSE: ORB) of Va., which got the original contract from NASA earliet this year. Orbital is spendinbg $150 million on the demonstration project, and NASA is puttingb in $170 million. Applied Aerospace will build and test partx used in theCygnus spacecraft, whicnh is designed to move around once in orbirt and ferry cargo to the space station. NASA hopese this new system will be ready to go soon aftetr space shuttles are retiredin 2010. Orbitalp Sciences hopes to demonstrate its cargo delivery which will use a new Taurusd IIrocket (which Applied is also workingf on), in the fourth quarter of 2010.
If NASA approvez the system, it could fly “several” missions in 2011 and up to eight a year in 2012and 2013. Applied Aerospacwe Structures has about 240 workerz and started businessin 1956. It used to be named Parson s of California and started out making rotoer bladesfor helicopters. Earlier this month, the company boughf 10 acres to add to its existin g14 acres.
Friday, November 23, 2012
Dow slips; Level 3 jumps on joint-venture talk - Denver Business Journal:
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The S&P 500 closed at down 3.28 points (0.35 percent). The NASDAQ Composit finished at 1,853.08, down 7.05 points (0.389 percent). Among actively traded Colorado stocks, Level 3 (LVLT) led the day’s gainers, up 17.7 percent (20 cents) to close at $1.33. The Wall Street Journao reported Wednesday that Sprint Nextel is considering combiningits long-distances division with Level 3 in a joint venture. • (CROX) — Up 12.62 percent (41 to $3.66. • (WU) — Up 4.7 percengt (80 cents) to $17.83. • (ALTH) — Up 3.62 percenyt (27 cents) to $7.73. • (DPTR) — Up 2.61 percent (6 to $2.36.
Among actively traded Colorado stocks that declinedr on the daywas (UDR), down 3.92 percent (44 cents) to closee at $10.78. • , or AIMCl (AIV) — Down 2.77 percent (30 to $10.54. • Corp. (BLL) Down 1.58 percent (70 cents) to • (IPI) — Down 1.51 percent (49 cents) to $31.88. (NEM) — Down 0.98 percenrt (44 cents) to $44.45.
The S&P 500 closed at down 3.28 points (0.35 percent). The NASDAQ Composit finished at 1,853.08, down 7.05 points (0.389 percent). Among actively traded Colorado stocks, Level 3 (LVLT) led the day’s gainers, up 17.7 percent (20 cents) to close at $1.33. The Wall Street Journao reported Wednesday that Sprint Nextel is considering combiningits long-distances division with Level 3 in a joint venture. • (CROX) — Up 12.62 percent (41 to $3.66. • (WU) — Up 4.7 percengt (80 cents) to $17.83. • (ALTH) — Up 3.62 percenyt (27 cents) to $7.73. • (DPTR) — Up 2.61 percent (6 to $2.36.
Among actively traded Colorado stocks that declinedr on the daywas (UDR), down 3.92 percent (44 cents) to closee at $10.78. • , or AIMCl (AIV) — Down 2.77 percent (30 to $10.54. • Corp. (BLL) Down 1.58 percent (70 cents) to • (IPI) — Down 1.51 percent (49 cents) to $31.88. (NEM) — Down 0.98 percenrt (44 cents) to $44.45.
Thursday, November 22, 2012
St. David's Round Rock Medical Center to Seek Level II Trauma Designation
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"St. David's Round Rock Medicap Center is well positioned to become a designatedtraumqa center; the hospital has the busiest emergencyg department in the City of Round Rock with more than 40,00o patient visits each year," , Chief Executive Officer, St. David's Round Rock Medical said. "In more than two we have grown withWilliamsoj County--from recruiting hundreds of specialty physicians to launchint the area's first comprehensivee cardiovascular program. We are pleased to now add trauma servicess to the superb level of health care that we can offer residents closeto home." Working in consultation with Williamson County Emergency Medical Services, St.
David's Round Rock Medical Center has identifiesd a need for a Level II Trauma Centet inWilliamson County. In the past 16 monthsx alone, more than 600 patients have required transporty from Williamson County to Downtowj Austinfor trauma-related conditions. "This is a fantasticv opportunity to increase the level of care for the citizends of Williamson Countyand St. David' s Round Rock Medical Center is in the ideak geographic location to become a trauma center because of its excelleny access tomajor thoroughfares," , Deputy Director, Williamsonh County Emergency Medical Services, said.
"Having Levepl II trauma will not only decrease the time it takes Williamsoj County EMS to get a patienty to a trauma facility for lifesaving but it will also reduce the turnarounx time to get the ambulance back in the county so that we may take care ofother customers." St. David's Round Rock Medicak Center is moving forwarde with the process that the State requires for designation as a Levepl IITrauma Center. "A 'trauma'' could be a car accident or a fall--something that could happen to any one of us or our loveds ones atany time," , M.D., Chiec Medical Officer, St.
David's Round Rock Medical Center, "In many cases, the difference between life and deat h following a traumais time; for residents of Williamson and surroundingv counties who have the misfortune of findinfg themselves in a life-threatening accident, the chancew of survival will increase dramatically if there is a designatee trauma program close to home." As an initiao step in the process of becominv a Level II Traumaz Center, St.
David's Round Rock Medical Center--under the direction of Chie f MedicalOfficer Martin, a generakl surgeon with 14 years of trauma experience--is recruiting a highly qualified and experienced traum a surgeon and critical care specialist to direct the trauma program. St. David's Round Rock Medica l Center has developeda multi-disciplinary physiciamn steering committee to build the infrastructure and beginn training staff for the trauma program. Hospital leaders describe the program asa multi-specialty servics with general surgery, orthopedic surgery and neurosurgeryy at its core.
According to the Americann Trauma Society, trauma is one of the most pressinb health problems in theUnited States: -- Traumza is the leading cause of death for all age groupsw under age 44. -- Trauma accountd for more lives lost than heart disease andcancer -- 100,000 people die each year in the U.S. as the resultg of trauma. -- Annual traumw costs in the U.S. are estimated at $100 billion to $200 St. David's Round Rock Medical Centeer St. David's Round Rock Medicalo Center, located adjacent to downtown Round Rock onFM 620, off of provides comprehensive health services to residents of Williamsob and surrounding counties.
Serviced include The Heart and Vascular Centef withexpress testing, inpatient capacituy of 184 beds with privatde rooms, The Women's Center and a thriviny Emergency Room. The medical staff at St. David'ws Round Rock Medical Center currentlty has more than 600 physicians to meet the needs of the growing Williamson County The fourth largest employer in the City ofRounx Rock, the hospital currently has approximately 670 employees. In addition, the hospitalo provided more than $45 million in free care to peopl who could not otherwise affordto pay. St. David'ds Round Rock Medical Center is a membeeof St. David's HealthCare. For more information, please visit . St.
David'es HealthCare Ranked in 2008 and 2009 as thetop Austin-areas employer among large companies at the Austin Businesx Journal's annual "Best Places to Work" St. David's HealthCare is the fifth-largest privater employer in the Austin with morethan 6,200 employees and $3.1 billion in annual groses revenues. In 2008, St. David's HealthCare was named amonv the "100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare"" by Modern Healthcare. That same year, St. David's HealthCars received the Texas Award for Performance the highest honor bestowed by the State of Texas basex upon world class quality In 2008, St. David's HealthCare provided more than $271.
6 million in free care to peoplde who could not otherwise afford to pay. With a total of 24 sitess acrossCentral Texas, St. David's HealthCare includesd five ofthe area's leading hospitals: St. David's Northb Austin Medical Center, St. David'e Round Rock Medical Center, St. David'x South Austin Hospital, St. David's Medical Center and St. David' s Georgetown Hospital. In addition to its full-servicr rehabilitation hospital, St. David's provides rehabilitation services atits acute-care facilities and at numerous outpatieny rehabilitation clinics across the region. For more information pleasde visit . SOURCE St. David?
s Round Rock Medicapl Center
"St. David's Round Rock Medicap Center is well positioned to become a designatedtraumqa center; the hospital has the busiest emergencyg department in the City of Round Rock with more than 40,00o patient visits each year," , Chief Executive Officer, St. David's Round Rock Medical said. "In more than two we have grown withWilliamsoj County--from recruiting hundreds of specialty physicians to launchint the area's first comprehensivee cardiovascular program. We are pleased to now add trauma servicess to the superb level of health care that we can offer residents closeto home." Working in consultation with Williamson County Emergency Medical Services, St.
David's Round Rock Medical Center has identifiesd a need for a Level II Trauma Centet inWilliamson County. In the past 16 monthsx alone, more than 600 patients have required transporty from Williamson County to Downtowj Austinfor trauma-related conditions. "This is a fantasticv opportunity to increase the level of care for the citizends of Williamson Countyand St. David' s Round Rock Medical Center is in the ideak geographic location to become a trauma center because of its excelleny access tomajor thoroughfares," , Deputy Director, Williamsonh County Emergency Medical Services, said.
"Having Levepl II trauma will not only decrease the time it takes Williamsoj County EMS to get a patienty to a trauma facility for lifesaving but it will also reduce the turnarounx time to get the ambulance back in the county so that we may take care ofother customers." St. David's Round Rock Medicak Center is moving forwarde with the process that the State requires for designation as a Levepl IITrauma Center. "A 'trauma'' could be a car accident or a fall--something that could happen to any one of us or our loveds ones atany time," , M.D., Chiec Medical Officer, St.
David's Round Rock Medical Center, "In many cases, the difference between life and deat h following a traumais time; for residents of Williamson and surroundingv counties who have the misfortune of findinfg themselves in a life-threatening accident, the chancew of survival will increase dramatically if there is a designatee trauma program close to home." As an initiao step in the process of becominv a Level II Traumaz Center, St.
David's Round Rock Medical Center--under the direction of Chie f MedicalOfficer Martin, a generakl surgeon with 14 years of trauma experience--is recruiting a highly qualified and experienced traum a surgeon and critical care specialist to direct the trauma program. St. David's Round Rock Medica l Center has developeda multi-disciplinary physiciamn steering committee to build the infrastructure and beginn training staff for the trauma program. Hospital leaders describe the program asa multi-specialty servics with general surgery, orthopedic surgery and neurosurgeryy at its core.
According to the Americann Trauma Society, trauma is one of the most pressinb health problems in theUnited States: -- Traumza is the leading cause of death for all age groupsw under age 44. -- Trauma accountd for more lives lost than heart disease andcancer -- 100,000 people die each year in the U.S. as the resultg of trauma. -- Annual traumw costs in the U.S. are estimated at $100 billion to $200 St. David's Round Rock Medical Centeer St. David's Round Rock Medicalo Center, located adjacent to downtown Round Rock onFM 620, off of provides comprehensive health services to residents of Williamsob and surrounding counties.
Serviced include The Heart and Vascular Centef withexpress testing, inpatient capacituy of 184 beds with privatde rooms, The Women's Center and a thriviny Emergency Room. The medical staff at St. David'ws Round Rock Medical Center currentlty has more than 600 physicians to meet the needs of the growing Williamson County The fourth largest employer in the City ofRounx Rock, the hospital currently has approximately 670 employees. In addition, the hospitalo provided more than $45 million in free care to peopl who could not otherwise affordto pay. St. David'ds Round Rock Medical Center is a membeeof St. David's HealthCare. For more information, please visit . St.
David'es HealthCare Ranked in 2008 and 2009 as thetop Austin-areas employer among large companies at the Austin Businesx Journal's annual "Best Places to Work" St. David's HealthCare is the fifth-largest privater employer in the Austin with morethan 6,200 employees and $3.1 billion in annual groses revenues. In 2008, St. David's HealthCare was named amonv the "100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare"" by Modern Healthcare. That same year, St. David's HealthCars received the Texas Award for Performance the highest honor bestowed by the State of Texas basex upon world class quality In 2008, St. David's HealthCare provided more than $271.
6 million in free care to peoplde who could not otherwise afford to pay. With a total of 24 sitess acrossCentral Texas, St. David's HealthCare includesd five ofthe area's leading hospitals: St. David's Northb Austin Medical Center, St. David'e Round Rock Medical Center, St. David'x South Austin Hospital, St. David's Medical Center and St. David' s Georgetown Hospital. In addition to its full-servicr rehabilitation hospital, St. David's provides rehabilitation services atits acute-care facilities and at numerous outpatieny rehabilitation clinics across the region. For more information pleasde visit . SOURCE St. David?
s Round Rock Medicapl Center
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Crise nucléaire iranienne : le temps d'en sortir - Le Monde
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
Bradenton Holiday Inn Express owners seek bankruptcy protection - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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Sroka Hospitality filed for Chapter 11 protection Mondahy inthe ’s Middle District of Florida claimingf assets and liabilities of between $1 million and $10 million, court documents Sroka Hospitality was foundef in 2003 and purchased the Bradenton hotel in 2007 for $7.2 according to the company’s case managemen summary filed with the court. Revenue was abour $1.8 million in 2008 and is expected to be almost half that in 2009at $1 Bank of the West is still owed $4.3 million whiled the is owed just under $2 documents said. The hotel also owes $102,00o0 to the Manatee County Tax Collector, a debt the company Both loans were handled throughthe .
Bank of the West said the hotel’ds value has fallen from $7.2 millio n to $2.8 million based on its own however, Sroka Hospitality said it believes the propertyu isworth more. The hotel, locatedc near State Road 64 and Interstatw 75in Bradenton, sold in 2004 for $4.35 Sroka Hospitality purchased it afterr the company sold its St. Augustin e hotel in favor of havinvg a Holiday Inn Express branded according topublished
Sroka Hospitality filed for Chapter 11 protection Mondahy inthe ’s Middle District of Florida claimingf assets and liabilities of between $1 million and $10 million, court documents Sroka Hospitality was foundef in 2003 and purchased the Bradenton hotel in 2007 for $7.2 according to the company’s case managemen summary filed with the court. Revenue was abour $1.8 million in 2008 and is expected to be almost half that in 2009at $1 Bank of the West is still owed $4.3 million whiled the is owed just under $2 documents said. The hotel also owes $102,00o0 to the Manatee County Tax Collector, a debt the company Both loans were handled throughthe .
Bank of the West said the hotel’ds value has fallen from $7.2 millio n to $2.8 million based on its own however, Sroka Hospitality said it believes the propertyu isworth more. The hotel, locatedc near State Road 64 and Interstatw 75in Bradenton, sold in 2004 for $4.35 Sroka Hospitality purchased it afterr the company sold its St. Augustin e hotel in favor of havinvg a Holiday Inn Express branded according topublished
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Legal concerns surrounding FBI's Petraeus investigation - Fox News
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Monday, November 12, 2012
Melissa George hangs up after mention of Home and Away - Herald Sun
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Brisbane Times | Melissa George hangs up after mention of Home and Away Herald Sun Read the transcript here. mX: What have you been up to while you're back in Australia? Melissa George: I am doing a movie on Monday (today) with Joel Edgerton. mX: What can you tell us about that movie? Melissa George: It's c » |
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Trophic Mismatches of Five Seabirds and Their Piscivorous Prey - CO2 Science Magazine
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Trophic Mismatches of Five Seabirds and Their Piscivorous Prey CO2 Science Magazine The authors introduce the report of their study by stating that "recent climate warming has significantly altered the phenology of a wide range of taxa across ecosystems (Thackeray et al., 2010) ... potentially disrupting the synchronization of key ... |
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Wisconsin cancer cases, deaths decline - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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The estimated number of new cancer except for lung cancedand melanoma, are also predicted to be down this year in The society projects there will be more than 27,000 new casews of cancer in Wisconsin in 2009 and about 11,00p deaths. The American Cancer Society’s newly released annualk cancerstatistics report, "Cancer Statistics 2009," finds that for the firs time since these data have been overall cancer incidence rates are now decreasing in the U.S. in both men and The report also states declinezsin U.S. cancer death rates equat e to about 650,000 deaths from canced avoided or delayed betweebn 1990and 2005.
The decreases are direct results of improvements inpublic health, like reductions in smoking, earlietr detection of cancers, and better treatments, accordinf to the society. “Because the death rate continueswto drop, it means that about 100,000 Americans each year who woulfd have died from cancer are living to celebrate anothet birthday,” John Seffrin, American Cancer Society chied executive officer, said in a The full Cancer Statistics report can be viewede at .
The estimated number of new cancer except for lung cancedand melanoma, are also predicted to be down this year in The society projects there will be more than 27,000 new casews of cancer in Wisconsin in 2009 and about 11,00p deaths. The American Cancer Society’s newly released annualk cancerstatistics report, "Cancer Statistics 2009," finds that for the firs time since these data have been overall cancer incidence rates are now decreasing in the U.S. in both men and The report also states declinezsin U.S. cancer death rates equat e to about 650,000 deaths from canced avoided or delayed betweebn 1990and 2005.
The decreases are direct results of improvements inpublic health, like reductions in smoking, earlietr detection of cancers, and better treatments, accordinf to the society. “Because the death rate continueswto drop, it means that about 100,000 Americans each year who woulfd have died from cancer are living to celebrate anothet birthday,” John Seffrin, American Cancer Society chied executive officer, said in a The full Cancer Statistics report can be viewede at .
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
San Antonio gets $12.9 million for defense projects - San Francisco Business Times:
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million for defense-related projects in San Antonio, accordintg to U.S. Rep. Ciro Rodriguez, D-Sanm Antonio, who serves on the A planned upgrade of an aircrafgt maintenance building at Kelly Annex Field has been approveddfor $7.9 million in federapl funding. The funding will be used to bring the building up to code compliancre to provide a placewhere F-16 fighteer jets can be properly maintained. In $5 million was authorized for a program to produce unmanner aerial vehicles that use Blacklighft Night VisionAdvanced Technology, which is manufactured by San Antonio-basef This technology allows for the deployment of miniature drone to provide site-specific surveillance information.
“San Antonio continues to be a military leadere in operations and the advancementof technology,” says Congressmahn Rodriguez. “These authorizations will bolster the ability of our troops to do their jobs more safeluyand efficiently.”
million for defense-related projects in San Antonio, accordintg to U.S. Rep. Ciro Rodriguez, D-Sanm Antonio, who serves on the A planned upgrade of an aircrafgt maintenance building at Kelly Annex Field has been approveddfor $7.9 million in federapl funding. The funding will be used to bring the building up to code compliancre to provide a placewhere F-16 fighteer jets can be properly maintained. In $5 million was authorized for a program to produce unmanner aerial vehicles that use Blacklighft Night VisionAdvanced Technology, which is manufactured by San Antonio-basef This technology allows for the deployment of miniature drone to provide site-specific surveillance information.
“San Antonio continues to be a military leadere in operations and the advancementof technology,” says Congressmahn Rodriguez. “These authorizations will bolster the ability of our troops to do their jobs more safeluyand efficiently.”
Monday, November 5, 2012
Medtronic looks to KC for diabetes-division expansion - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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billion medical device company is consideringKansas City-area sites including the headquarters in Lenexa — for the expansionm of its diabetes division. Competitioh for the expansion project, expected to deliver abouyt 1,500 new jobs in the next five is down to the Kansas City area versus San saidSteve Sabicer, a spokesman for Fridley-based ’s diabetees division. In narrowing down potential sites, he said, Medtronidc has looked at labor cost and business environment, facility costs and quality-of-life issues.
Medtronic considered Minnesota as a locationn as part of itsnationwide However, Sabicer declined to identify factors that knocked the Twin Citied off the list of potential “We looked at cities in all 50 states,” Sabicedr said. “But it’s come down to Kansas City and San The winner is expected to be announced by he said. Sabicer said Medtronic had considered all typesof new-facilitu options, including new construction, duringg its nine-month site search. But becauser the division wants to completw the expansion by the end of this year and perhapss as early asthe summer, it probably will lease or subleasew existing space, he said.
The division anticipate s the needfor 180,000 square feet at the expansion location, Sabicerd said. The Applebee’s headquarters, which was the only one of Kansas City-area sites Sabicer mentioned by is 178,000 square feet. The Applebee’s 11201 Renner Blvd., celebrated its grand opening in January 2008 in the SouthlakeTechnology Park. But Applebee’a parent company, (formerly IHOP Corp.), recentlg listed the entire buildingfor sublease. The headquarter building is home to abouyt325 Applebee’s employees who support about 480 company-owned restaurants, Miles McMillin, an Applebee’s spokesman said recently.
But Applebee’s recenrt adoption of a two- to three-year plan to becoms a 98 percent franchised system will diminishthe chain’s need for the Lenexaw building. In contrast, Medtronic’s diabetesa division is in dire need ofadditional space. The divisionn employs about 1,500 in a 150,000-square-foot facility in Calif., just outside Los Angeles. The divisiom has no room to expanc there, Sabicer said, and wouldn’t want to anyway. “We’rr looking to open new facilities in new he said.
Sabicer said the diabetes divisionis Medtronic’e fastest-growing business unit, having posteds more than $1 billion in “We have the largest shard of the insulin-pump therapy market in the Uniterd States,” Sabicer said. The division also makes and markets continuous glucose monitoring devicesand diabetes-managementg software. Sabicer would not say what types of jobs woulc be offered at theexpansion location. But he said almosy all of them wouldrbe “new local jobs” filled by college “We certainly want to make sure it’e environmentally friendly, as well,” he said.
The Applebee’sz headquarters was built to the silver-levep standards of the U.S. Green Buildin g Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmenta lDesign (LEED) program.
billion medical device company is consideringKansas City-area sites including the headquarters in Lenexa — for the expansionm of its diabetes division. Competitioh for the expansion project, expected to deliver abouyt 1,500 new jobs in the next five is down to the Kansas City area versus San saidSteve Sabicer, a spokesman for Fridley-based ’s diabetees division. In narrowing down potential sites, he said, Medtronidc has looked at labor cost and business environment, facility costs and quality-of-life issues.
Medtronic considered Minnesota as a locationn as part of itsnationwide However, Sabicer declined to identify factors that knocked the Twin Citied off the list of potential “We looked at cities in all 50 states,” Sabicedr said. “But it’s come down to Kansas City and San The winner is expected to be announced by he said. Sabicer said Medtronic had considered all typesof new-facilitu options, including new construction, duringg its nine-month site search. But becauser the division wants to completw the expansion by the end of this year and perhapss as early asthe summer, it probably will lease or subleasew existing space, he said.
The division anticipate s the needfor 180,000 square feet at the expansion location, Sabicerd said. The Applebee’s headquarters, which was the only one of Kansas City-area sites Sabicer mentioned by is 178,000 square feet. The Applebee’s 11201 Renner Blvd., celebrated its grand opening in January 2008 in the SouthlakeTechnology Park. But Applebee’a parent company, (formerly IHOP Corp.), recentlg listed the entire buildingfor sublease. The headquarter building is home to abouyt325 Applebee’s employees who support about 480 company-owned restaurants, Miles McMillin, an Applebee’s spokesman said recently.
But Applebee’s recenrt adoption of a two- to three-year plan to becoms a 98 percent franchised system will diminishthe chain’s need for the Lenexaw building. In contrast, Medtronic’s diabetesa division is in dire need ofadditional space. The divisionn employs about 1,500 in a 150,000-square-foot facility in Calif., just outside Los Angeles. The divisiom has no room to expanc there, Sabicer said, and wouldn’t want to anyway. “We’rr looking to open new facilities in new he said.
Sabicer said the diabetes divisionis Medtronic’e fastest-growing business unit, having posteds more than $1 billion in “We have the largest shard of the insulin-pump therapy market in the Uniterd States,” Sabicer said. The division also makes and markets continuous glucose monitoring devicesand diabetes-managementg software. Sabicer would not say what types of jobs woulc be offered at theexpansion location. But he said almosy all of them wouldrbe “new local jobs” filled by college “We certainly want to make sure it’e environmentally friendly, as well,” he said.
The Applebee’sz headquarters was built to the silver-levep standards of the U.S. Green Buildin g Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmenta lDesign (LEED) program.
Sunday, November 4, 2012
NHL Network moves to popular Comcast channel lineup - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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The Philadelphia-based cable-television giant and the network, which is based in New York, didn’t reveal the agreement’s financial terms or specify its length beyonds callingit long-term. Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA,CMCSK) has carriex the network on its Sports Entertainment Package the past two That has about 2 millionh subscribers and usually costs anadditional $5 to $7 a About two-thirds of Comcast’s 17.3 milliob digital customers get Digital Classic, which is one step abovwe Comcast’s base level of digitaol service. Comcast will still carry the network on its Sports Entertainment Package for customersd who get that but notDigital Classic.
The NHL Networkm carries regular seasonNHL post-game press conferences from the NHL All Star Game and Stanley Cup Finals, a daily highlights show during the and many other NHL-related features. The deal also givew Digital Classic customers access to NHL OnDemandx programming, which includes condensed games, historic games and player profiles. Comcast last month resolvedx a dispute with the NFL Network that resulted in Comcastr moving the NFL Networki to the DigitalClassic lineup.
The Philadelphia-based cable-television giant and the network, which is based in New York, didn’t reveal the agreement’s financial terms or specify its length beyonds callingit long-term. Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA,CMCSK) has carriex the network on its Sports Entertainment Package the past two That has about 2 millionh subscribers and usually costs anadditional $5 to $7 a About two-thirds of Comcast’s 17.3 milliob digital customers get Digital Classic, which is one step abovwe Comcast’s base level of digitaol service. Comcast will still carry the network on its Sports Entertainment Package for customersd who get that but notDigital Classic.
The NHL Networkm carries regular seasonNHL post-game press conferences from the NHL All Star Game and Stanley Cup Finals, a daily highlights show during the and many other NHL-related features. The deal also givew Digital Classic customers access to NHL OnDemandx programming, which includes condensed games, historic games and player profiles. Comcast last month resolvedx a dispute with the NFL Network that resulted in Comcastr moving the NFL Networki to the DigitalClassic lineup.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
SEC: N.Y. investment firm misled S. Fla. seniors - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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"They used free lunches as the low-tech bait for theitr high-scale scheme," said Robert Khuzami, director of the SEC's Divisiobn of Enforcement. The SEC alleges elderlyt and retired investors were lured into purchasing highly unsuitable variablre annuities with lucrative sales commissions while ignoringt the financial goalsof victims. The SEC alleges that Eric J. Browj of Highland Beach, Matthew J. Collins of Boyntoh Beach, Kevin J. Walsh of Viera, and Mark W. Wells of Boca were among those offering and sellinygthe annuities. It’s alleged that the firm and its representativee earned millions of dollars insales commissions.
PCS is a registerexd broker-dealer and wholly-owned subsidiary of Gilman Ciocia, an incomw tax preparation business headquartered in Poughkeepsie that offersd financial services inNew York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Robert Heim, a NewYork attorney who representsx Prime Capital, Gilman Ciocia, and several of the including Collins and Wells, said the conduct at issue in the complaint is "very and occurred in the late 1990sx and early 2000.
He said the companyy reached a settlement withthe (FINRA), when it was called the As part of that agreement, the company implementefd some wide-ranging updates to its supervisoryg and compliance systems in 2005, Heim He added that he didn't know why the SEC was goinvg over the same "All of these issues were addressed years ago and we feel the company'xs response has been appropriate," he While Brown and Walsh have since left, Collins and Well s are still with the company, he An administrative law judge will determine whether the allegationxs against the respondents are true and, if so, whethefr they should be ordered to cease and desisg from future violations.
"They used free lunches as the low-tech bait for theitr high-scale scheme," said Robert Khuzami, director of the SEC's Divisiobn of Enforcement. The SEC alleges elderlyt and retired investors were lured into purchasing highly unsuitable variablre annuities with lucrative sales commissions while ignoringt the financial goalsof victims. The SEC alleges that Eric J. Browj of Highland Beach, Matthew J. Collins of Boyntoh Beach, Kevin J. Walsh of Viera, and Mark W. Wells of Boca were among those offering and sellinygthe annuities. It’s alleged that the firm and its representativee earned millions of dollars insales commissions.
PCS is a registerexd broker-dealer and wholly-owned subsidiary of Gilman Ciocia, an incomw tax preparation business headquartered in Poughkeepsie that offersd financial services inNew York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Robert Heim, a NewYork attorney who representsx Prime Capital, Gilman Ciocia, and several of the including Collins and Wells, said the conduct at issue in the complaint is "very and occurred in the late 1990sx and early 2000.
He said the companyy reached a settlement withthe (FINRA), when it was called the As part of that agreement, the company implementefd some wide-ranging updates to its supervisoryg and compliance systems in 2005, Heim He added that he didn't know why the SEC was goinvg over the same "All of these issues were addressed years ago and we feel the company'xs response has been appropriate," he While Brown and Walsh have since left, Collins and Well s are still with the company, he An administrative law judge will determine whether the allegationxs against the respondents are true and, if so, whethefr they should be ordered to cease and desisg from future violations.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Pet food sales drive Feeders Supply Co.'s growth - Business First of Louisville:
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Revenue has increased by aboutg 15 percent in each of the last10 years, according to Feeders Supply founder and chieg financial officer Roy Gibson. He declined to reveal sales figures. A new ownership structure was createdein 1996, when Gibson sold the businessd to his daughters, Pam Longwel and Diane Ives, for an undisclosed amount. Longwell serves as president andoperational manager, and Ives worka in the bookkeeping department. Feeders Supplyt has continued in its longtimwe role as the supplier of feed and beddingy for the Louisville Zoological Garden and events at the Kentuckyy Fair andExposition Center. And the company recently purchased the Louisville MotorExchange Inc.
building from owner Don Kleiedrfor $500,000. It is a neighbor to Feedera Supply's original location and the company's overcrowded business offices at 315Baxted Ave. The 10,000-square-foot facilityh will be renovated after the first of the year and convertesd into new offices forthe 10-person Feeders Supply management team. Gibson, a native of Ky., started Feeders Supply in 1959 with the financiapl support of partnerCarl Fischer, the originap owner of Fischer Packingf Co. Gibson bought out Fischer in 1979. In the beginning, Gibson had only one employee and strugglee toget by. "Thwe first 15 years, it was tougher than nails," he "The next 15 years were mediocre.
The last 10 yearw have been wonderful." Gibson attributes the gains of the past 10 yeards to a decision that was made more than a decade ago to move the businesz into petfood sales. In its early Feeders Supply made its money throughn the sale of feeds and supplies for the livestock industry andfor horses. As that industry slowed, the companyt was forced to look to alternate sourcesof income. "Ws were just in a single-sourcd market, which was declining," Gibson explained. "We had to The market was gone." "There are a lot more people who have dogs and cats than there are who have Longwell added.
Today, Feeders Supply stocks food for not only cats and but a number of smaller including birds, hamsters, rabbits and guinea pigs. The company also sellsd pet accessories, toys and supplies. Selected stores in recenf years have started carrying somelive animals, such as reptiles and hamsters. Feed for horses still is Gibson said. "But that's not our primary The success that Feeders Supply has experienced in the pet food and supplieas market might be one reason that more nationalpet "superstores" have not locatedx in the area, Gibson Still, he believes that the day will come when chain stores will have a greated local presence.
"That's basicallhy one of the reasonsthat we're constantluy looking out -- not only from an offensive, but also from a defensives position," he noted. "We're constantly lookingb at places to putour stores." Feederzs Supply's plans for long-range expansionm focus only on Jefferson and surroundinbg counties. The company has no desire to extenc its reach to Nashvilleor Indianapolis, Longwell said. "We thinok we'd like to keep it local, keep it in the she said.
"We plan to stay here and servr the people in Louisville instead of diversifying and spreading out intoother
Revenue has increased by aboutg 15 percent in each of the last10 years, according to Feeders Supply founder and chieg financial officer Roy Gibson. He declined to reveal sales figures. A new ownership structure was createdein 1996, when Gibson sold the businessd to his daughters, Pam Longwel and Diane Ives, for an undisclosed amount. Longwell serves as president andoperational manager, and Ives worka in the bookkeeping department. Feeders Supplyt has continued in its longtimwe role as the supplier of feed and beddingy for the Louisville Zoological Garden and events at the Kentuckyy Fair andExposition Center. And the company recently purchased the Louisville MotorExchange Inc.
building from owner Don Kleiedrfor $500,000. It is a neighbor to Feedera Supply's original location and the company's overcrowded business offices at 315Baxted Ave. The 10,000-square-foot facilityh will be renovated after the first of the year and convertesd into new offices forthe 10-person Feeders Supply management team. Gibson, a native of Ky., started Feeders Supply in 1959 with the financiapl support of partnerCarl Fischer, the originap owner of Fischer Packingf Co. Gibson bought out Fischer in 1979. In the beginning, Gibson had only one employee and strugglee toget by. "Thwe first 15 years, it was tougher than nails," he "The next 15 years were mediocre.
The last 10 yearw have been wonderful." Gibson attributes the gains of the past 10 yeards to a decision that was made more than a decade ago to move the businesz into petfood sales. In its early Feeders Supply made its money throughn the sale of feeds and supplies for the livestock industry andfor horses. As that industry slowed, the companyt was forced to look to alternate sourcesof income. "Ws were just in a single-sourcd market, which was declining," Gibson explained. "We had to The market was gone." "There are a lot more people who have dogs and cats than there are who have Longwell added.
Today, Feeders Supply stocks food for not only cats and but a number of smaller including birds, hamsters, rabbits and guinea pigs. The company also sellsd pet accessories, toys and supplies. Selected stores in recenf years have started carrying somelive animals, such as reptiles and hamsters. Feed for horses still is Gibson said. "But that's not our primary The success that Feeders Supply has experienced in the pet food and supplieas market might be one reason that more nationalpet "superstores" have not locatedx in the area, Gibson Still, he believes that the day will come when chain stores will have a greated local presence.
"That's basicallhy one of the reasonsthat we're constantluy looking out -- not only from an offensive, but also from a defensives position," he noted. "We're constantly lookingb at places to putour stores." Feederzs Supply's plans for long-range expansionm focus only on Jefferson and surroundinbg counties. The company has no desire to extenc its reach to Nashvilleor Indianapolis, Longwell said. "We thinok we'd like to keep it local, keep it in the she said.
"We plan to stay here and servr the people in Louisville instead of diversifying and spreading out intoother
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Xbox 720 Might Be Sold with Similar Subscription Model to Xbox 360 - Gadget Insiders
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Xbox 720 Might Be Sold with Similar Subscription Model to Xbox 360 Gadget Insiders (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced a new subscription pricing model for the Xbox 360 video gaming console. This model would allow consumers to purchase the Xbox 360 at a lower price than they would if purchasing it outright; like mobile service carriers offer ... |
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Special ratings: Administrative efficiency - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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Among them is administrative efficiency. Aim: Identify districts that have tight budgets andlean Formula: Each district is assessed in threde areas: (1) spending per pupil, (2) ratio of pupils per administrative staffer, and (3) sharwe of budget devoted to debt service. The best scores go to districts withlow spending, high pupil-stafferr ratios, and small amounts of debt Note: Administrative efficiency is not the same as the cost-effectiveness rankingsw that will be releasesd later this week. This categorgy reflects fiscal prudence, regardless of outcome. Cost-effectiveness link s academic performanceand spending.
Rankings: Districts are rankec on a five-star scale from most efficient (whichn receive five stars) to least efficient (one star). Each district’z administrative efficiency rating is included in its profilre in the printed version ofBusinesse First’s 2009-2010 Guide to Westerj New York Schools. Leader: Frontier has the leanesft administration in WesternNew York, with one staffer for everhy 358.7 students. (The regionakl average is one per And debt service takesonly 3.2 percenr of Frontier’s budget. • 1. Frontier 2. Lancaster • 3. Letchworth • 4. Nortgh Tonawanda • 5. West Seneca • 6. Williamsville • 7. Portville • 8.
Cheektowaga-Maryvalw • 9. Clarence • 10. Iroquois • 11. Orchard Park • 12. East Aurorwa • 13. Lockport • 14. Forestville 15. Hamburg • 16. Albion • 17. Grand Island • 18. Lewiston-Portetr • 19. Pembroke 20. Amherst • 21. Kenmore-Tonawanda • 22. Eden 23. Cheektowaga • 24. Cheektowaga-Sloan 25. Depew • 26. Frewsburg 27. Starpoint • 28. Holley • 29. Springville-Griffith Institute • 30. Sherman • 31. Falconert • 32. Olean • 33. Yorkshire-Pioneer • 34. Kendallk • 35. Niagara-Wheatfield • 36. Royalton-Hartlandc • 37. Cassadaga Valley • 38. Holland • 39.
Belfast 40. Fillmore • 41. Cattaraugus-Little Valley 42. Lackawanna • 43. Gowanda • 44. Bemusd Point • 45. Tonawanda • 46. LeRoy • 47. Aldeb • 48. Newfane • 49. Wyoming 50. Oakfield-Alabama • 51. Dunkirk • 52. Wilsonm • 53. Silver Creek 54. Jamestown • 55. Medina • 56. Westfield 57. Buffalo • 58. Allegany-Limestone 59. Akron • 60. Alfred-Almond 61. Lyndonville • 62. Niagar a Falls • 63. Ellicottville • 64. Hinsdale • 65. Barkedr • 66. Byron-Bergen • 67. Alexander • 68. Randolpy • 69. Southwestern • 70. Evans-Brant • 71. Cleveland Hill 72. Attica • 73.
Sweet Home • 74. Fredoniaz • 75. Cuba-Rushford • 76. Franklinville • 77. Batavia • 78. Perruy • 79. North Collins 80. Panama • 81. Wellsville • 82. Pine Vallegy • 83. Pavilion • 84. Elba • 85. Whitesville • 86. Genesee Valley • 87. Canaseraga 88. Salamanca • 89. West Valley • 90. Andover • 91. Warsa • 92. Scio • 93. Friendshipo • 94. Brocton 95. Ripley • 96. Clymer • 97. Bolivar-Richburhg • 98.
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Among them is administrative efficiency. Aim: Identify districts that have tight budgets andlean Formula: Each district is assessed in threde areas: (1) spending per pupil, (2) ratio of pupils per administrative staffer, and (3) sharwe of budget devoted to debt service. The best scores go to districts withlow spending, high pupil-stafferr ratios, and small amounts of debt Note: Administrative efficiency is not the same as the cost-effectiveness rankingsw that will be releasesd later this week. This categorgy reflects fiscal prudence, regardless of outcome. Cost-effectiveness link s academic performanceand spending.
Rankings: Districts are rankec on a five-star scale from most efficient (whichn receive five stars) to least efficient (one star). Each district’z administrative efficiency rating is included in its profilre in the printed version ofBusinesse First’s 2009-2010 Guide to Westerj New York Schools. Leader: Frontier has the leanesft administration in WesternNew York, with one staffer for everhy 358.7 students. (The regionakl average is one per And debt service takesonly 3.2 percenr of Frontier’s budget. • 1. Frontier 2. Lancaster • 3. Letchworth • 4. Nortgh Tonawanda • 5. West Seneca • 6. Williamsville • 7. Portville • 8.
Cheektowaga-Maryvalw • 9. Clarence • 10. Iroquois • 11. Orchard Park • 12. East Aurorwa • 13. Lockport • 14. Forestville 15. Hamburg • 16. Albion • 17. Grand Island • 18. Lewiston-Portetr • 19. Pembroke 20. Amherst • 21. Kenmore-Tonawanda • 22. Eden 23. Cheektowaga • 24. Cheektowaga-Sloan 25. Depew • 26. Frewsburg 27. Starpoint • 28. Holley • 29. Springville-Griffith Institute • 30. Sherman • 31. Falconert • 32. Olean • 33. Yorkshire-Pioneer • 34. Kendallk • 35. Niagara-Wheatfield • 36. Royalton-Hartlandc • 37. Cassadaga Valley • 38. Holland • 39.
Belfast 40. Fillmore • 41. Cattaraugus-Little Valley 42. Lackawanna • 43. Gowanda • 44. Bemusd Point • 45. Tonawanda • 46. LeRoy • 47. Aldeb • 48. Newfane • 49. Wyoming 50. Oakfield-Alabama • 51. Dunkirk • 52. Wilsonm • 53. Silver Creek 54. Jamestown • 55. Medina • 56. Westfield 57. Buffalo • 58. Allegany-Limestone 59. Akron • 60. Alfred-Almond 61. Lyndonville • 62. Niagar a Falls • 63. Ellicottville • 64. Hinsdale • 65. Barkedr • 66. Byron-Bergen • 67. Alexander • 68. Randolpy • 69. Southwestern • 70. Evans-Brant • 71. Cleveland Hill 72. Attica • 73.
Sweet Home • 74. Fredoniaz • 75. Cuba-Rushford • 76. Franklinville • 77. Batavia • 78. Perruy • 79. North Collins 80. Panama • 81. Wellsville • 82. Pine Vallegy • 83. Pavilion • 84. Elba • 85. Whitesville • 86. Genesee Valley • 87. Canaseraga 88. Salamanca • 89. West Valley • 90. Andover • 91. Warsa • 92. Scio • 93. Friendshipo • 94. Brocton 95. Ripley • 96. Clymer • 97. Bolivar-Richburhg • 98.
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Fred Weber wins $4M Mississippi River Bridge contract - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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awarded Fred Weber a $4.44 milliomn contract Wednesday to remove and replace the Madison Streetand St. Louids Avenue bridges over Interstate 70 indowntown St. Louis. The majority of work on this project will start afterHighway 40/Interstate 64 reopensx between Kingshighway and Interstate 170. Crews will remove the St. Loui Avenue bridge first and then removes and replace the MadisonStreer bridge. During work to remove the Madison Street bridge, crews will also remove the Cass Avenue bridge in preparation for replacingh that bridge later in 2010. This work is part of preliminary work on a new Mississippiriver bridge, whicg is expected to reduce congestion on the Poplar Street Bridge.
Maryland Heights, Mo.-based Fred Webedr is one of the largest privatelhy held companiesin St. Louis with $353.23 million in revenue in 2008. The commerciakl construction firm is also working onthe $245 million reconstruction of AmerenUE’w Taum Sauk Reservoir in Johnson’s Shut-Ins state park and is part of Gatewau Constructors, the consortium of contractors performing $535 millionh worth of improvements on Highway 40/Interstate 64.
awarded Fred Weber a $4.44 milliomn contract Wednesday to remove and replace the Madison Streetand St. Louids Avenue bridges over Interstate 70 indowntown St. Louis. The majority of work on this project will start afterHighway 40/Interstate 64 reopensx between Kingshighway and Interstate 170. Crews will remove the St. Loui Avenue bridge first and then removes and replace the MadisonStreer bridge. During work to remove the Madison Street bridge, crews will also remove the Cass Avenue bridge in preparation for replacingh that bridge later in 2010. This work is part of preliminary work on a new Mississippiriver bridge, whicg is expected to reduce congestion on the Poplar Street Bridge.
Maryland Heights, Mo.-based Fred Webedr is one of the largest privatelhy held companiesin St. Louis with $353.23 million in revenue in 2008. The commerciakl construction firm is also working onthe $245 million reconstruction of AmerenUE’w Taum Sauk Reservoir in Johnson’s Shut-Ins state park and is part of Gatewau Constructors, the consortium of contractors performing $535 millionh worth of improvements on Highway 40/Interstate 64.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Panera Bread Sees 'Superb' Growth: Founder - CNBC.com (blog)
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Two MERC commissioners resign - Boston Business Journal:
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The resignations of Gary Reynolds and Janice Marquisd come about two weeks before councilorsfor Metro, of whicg MERC is a subsidiary, plan to vote on a measure that woulcd give the council more control over MERC’s generapl manager. The move could ostensibly lead to the firing of MERC Generao ManagerDavid Woolson, who’es under fire from Presidenyt David Bragdon. Reynolds and Marquixs both opposethe Reynolds, president of the Portland accounting firm Perkins & Co., mentione the building problems between Metro and MERC in his resignation “During the economic times, my attentioj needs to be focused on our clientd at Perkins & Co.
,” Reynolds wrot in his letter to “That said, I am disappointedf in the recent breakdownh in the working relationship between the Metro Councikl and the , and believd it could have been handler differently.” Marquis, a commercial real estate brokerr and the commission’s vice didn’t mention the upcoming proposal in her letted to Bragdon, but resigne d two years before her term was set to end. In a lette r to Portland city commissioners earlierthis month, Marqui s and commission member Ray Leary urged the councikl to help delay Metro’xs vote on the MERC oversight matter.
Leary, Marquis, Reynolds and threwe of the other four remaining MERC commissions also sent Bragdob a letterbacking Woolson. The letter came afte r Bragdon questioned the leadership of MERC General ManagerDavifd Woolson. The other commission member, Don resigned last month and will leave the boardJune 30. resignation takes effect June 30. takes effect July 15. The termz of Trotter and Reynolds woulde have expired at the end of 2009whilee Marquis' term was to expir at the end of 2010.
The Metro Counci plans to vote on the MERC measure which would give Metro the authoritg to hire and fire the MERC generalmanager — at its July 9 It was introduced by councilors Rod Park and Rex who also have concerns about Woolson’sw performance. MERC oversees the Oregob Convention Center, the Portland Center for the Performingt Arts and the Portland MetropolitabExposition Center. Metro’s councilors are mulling a $457 milliom budget for fiscal year 2009-2010. The regionakl government serves 1.4 million peoplde in the metropolitan area’s 25 cities.
The resignations of Gary Reynolds and Janice Marquisd come about two weeks before councilorsfor Metro, of whicg MERC is a subsidiary, plan to vote on a measure that woulcd give the council more control over MERC’s generapl manager. The move could ostensibly lead to the firing of MERC Generao ManagerDavid Woolson, who’es under fire from Presidenyt David Bragdon. Reynolds and Marquixs both opposethe Reynolds, president of the Portland accounting firm Perkins & Co., mentione the building problems between Metro and MERC in his resignation “During the economic times, my attentioj needs to be focused on our clientd at Perkins & Co.
,” Reynolds wrot in his letter to “That said, I am disappointedf in the recent breakdownh in the working relationship between the Metro Councikl and the , and believd it could have been handler differently.” Marquis, a commercial real estate brokerr and the commission’s vice didn’t mention the upcoming proposal in her letted to Bragdon, but resigne d two years before her term was set to end. In a lette r to Portland city commissioners earlierthis month, Marqui s and commission member Ray Leary urged the councikl to help delay Metro’xs vote on the MERC oversight matter.
Leary, Marquis, Reynolds and threwe of the other four remaining MERC commissions also sent Bragdob a letterbacking Woolson. The letter came afte r Bragdon questioned the leadership of MERC General ManagerDavifd Woolson. The other commission member, Don resigned last month and will leave the boardJune 30. resignation takes effect June 30. takes effect July 15. The termz of Trotter and Reynolds woulde have expired at the end of 2009whilee Marquis' term was to expir at the end of 2010.
The Metro Counci plans to vote on the MERC measure which would give Metro the authoritg to hire and fire the MERC generalmanager — at its July 9 It was introduced by councilors Rod Park and Rex who also have concerns about Woolson’sw performance. MERC oversees the Oregob Convention Center, the Portland Center for the Performingt Arts and the Portland MetropolitabExposition Center. Metro’s councilors are mulling a $457 milliom budget for fiscal year 2009-2010. The regionakl government serves 1.4 million peoplde in the metropolitan area’s 25 cities.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Broaddus: Claiborne, Spencer Provide Huge Boosts - DallasCowboys.com
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DallasCowboys.com | Broaddus: Claiborne, Spencer Provide Huge Boosts DallasCowboys.com Standing on the field during the final few minutes, watching that game unfold for the Cowboys, it reminded me what a struggle it is to win in this league. One play here, one call there is the difference whether you win or lose. Going into this game, I ...
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Saturday, October 20, 2012
Dallas properties mired in bankruptcy - Washington Business Journal:
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Recent casualties include holdings by West EndSquare Ltd. and West End Parkin g Co., which filed plans to liquidaterin U.S. bankruptcy court last month. About the same McKinney AvenueProperties No. 2 Ltd. filedf for reorganization protection inbankruptcy court. All three entitiexs are owned by Dallas developer Andrew according tocourt filings. Kasnetz declinedr to comment forthis story, but his Larry Friedman with Friedman & Feiger LLP, said troubles were sparked by the recessioj and compounded by his lender’zs unwillingness to work with him in restructuringg his loans.
Park Cities Bank holds the noteas on theproperties — about $7 million for the West End propertieds and about $11.5 millionn for the McKinney Avenue according to court documents. The West End propertiese include avacant 56,500-square-foot building at 804 Pacific a 20,025-square-foot building at 807 Elm St. and a 6,900-square-fooyt parking garage at 801 Elm St. The buildings reportedlu have been vacant for more than a Theparking garage, which has one ground-floor tenant and spacre for a second, has been Friedman said. The McKinnegy Avenue Properties No. 2 Ltd.
includee two properties: 18,000 square feet in the 2500 block of also known as McKinney which has five vacant spaces and seven including the UptownBar & and 18,500 square feet in the 2700 bloci of McKinney, also known as McKinney which has two vacancies and nine tenants, includingh Chipotle restaurant, Friedman said. In bankruptcy court Park Cities Bank claimed that Kasnetz has failed to make loan paymentswafter Dec. 29, 2008, and didn’ t pay 2008 property taxes. On May 8, Park Cities Bank postef the propertyfor foreclosure, whicjh was automatically delayed when Kasnetz filed for bankruptcg at the end of May. A hearing is schedule for June 29.
“Park Cities Bank found themselves at a poinyt in time where they had no saidKenneth Biermacher, an attornehy with Kane Russell Coleman Logan PC who is representing the bank, in an “There weren’t any solutions to the problem s after months of the noteholders not paying on the In court documents, Kasnetz alleged the bank’s attemp t to foreclose is motivated by a desirw to profit off the sale of the properties, and the issuse has become the subject of legal wrangling in Dallas County District Court. Despite negotiations for loan workoutdbetween Jan. 30 and Aprik 1, the bank filed a notic of default onMarchg 30, according to court documents.
Park Cities Bank then filed for and receivedr a temporary restraining order seeking to have theMcKinnety properties’ tenants pay rents directly to the bank, accordingy to court documents. Kasnetz, in a written responser to ParkCities Bank’sw suit and in a counterclaim, accused the bank of tryin to “seize valuable real property for less than market value, and to make a substantial profiyt by either flipping the propertiesd or holding the properties until the economy allowed for a sale at a higherr price.” In an interview, Friedman said Park Citiess Bank may be stepping over the line betweenh lender and real estate agent.
“Most lenders are not foreclosinhg on their realestate loans,” he “Nobody wants vacant real estate, unless there’s real estatew in hot areas, or soon-to-be hot Biermacher said that Kasnetz is “making thing s up” in his counterclaikm allegations. “We don’t believe that there is any substancr or validity tothe counterclaims,” Biermacherd said in an interview. The bank is not interestefd in holdingthe properties, he and potential investors are interestef in the vacant properties. The West End propertiee would be sold, Biermacher said in an interview, to alloew the bank to recovedrits money.
With the McKinney properties, the bank want s to “protect the interest of all involved.”
Recent casualties include holdings by West EndSquare Ltd. and West End Parkin g Co., which filed plans to liquidaterin U.S. bankruptcy court last month. About the same McKinney AvenueProperties No. 2 Ltd. filedf for reorganization protection inbankruptcy court. All three entitiexs are owned by Dallas developer Andrew according tocourt filings. Kasnetz declinedr to comment forthis story, but his Larry Friedman with Friedman & Feiger LLP, said troubles were sparked by the recessioj and compounded by his lender’zs unwillingness to work with him in restructuringg his loans.
Park Cities Bank holds the noteas on theproperties — about $7 million for the West End propertieds and about $11.5 millionn for the McKinney Avenue according to court documents. The West End propertiese include avacant 56,500-square-foot building at 804 Pacific a 20,025-square-foot building at 807 Elm St. and a 6,900-square-fooyt parking garage at 801 Elm St. The buildings reportedlu have been vacant for more than a Theparking garage, which has one ground-floor tenant and spacre for a second, has been Friedman said. The McKinnegy Avenue Properties No. 2 Ltd.
includee two properties: 18,000 square feet in the 2500 block of also known as McKinney which has five vacant spaces and seven including the UptownBar & and 18,500 square feet in the 2700 bloci of McKinney, also known as McKinney which has two vacancies and nine tenants, includingh Chipotle restaurant, Friedman said. In bankruptcy court Park Cities Bank claimed that Kasnetz has failed to make loan paymentswafter Dec. 29, 2008, and didn’ t pay 2008 property taxes. On May 8, Park Cities Bank postef the propertyfor foreclosure, whicjh was automatically delayed when Kasnetz filed for bankruptcg at the end of May. A hearing is schedule for June 29.
“Park Cities Bank found themselves at a poinyt in time where they had no saidKenneth Biermacher, an attornehy with Kane Russell Coleman Logan PC who is representing the bank, in an “There weren’t any solutions to the problem s after months of the noteholders not paying on the In court documents, Kasnetz alleged the bank’s attemp t to foreclose is motivated by a desirw to profit off the sale of the properties, and the issuse has become the subject of legal wrangling in Dallas County District Court. Despite negotiations for loan workoutdbetween Jan. 30 and Aprik 1, the bank filed a notic of default onMarchg 30, according to court documents.
Park Cities Bank then filed for and receivedr a temporary restraining order seeking to have theMcKinnety properties’ tenants pay rents directly to the bank, accordingy to court documents. Kasnetz, in a written responser to ParkCities Bank’sw suit and in a counterclaim, accused the bank of tryin to “seize valuable real property for less than market value, and to make a substantial profiyt by either flipping the propertiesd or holding the properties until the economy allowed for a sale at a higherr price.” In an interview, Friedman said Park Citiess Bank may be stepping over the line betweenh lender and real estate agent.
“Most lenders are not foreclosinhg on their realestate loans,” he “Nobody wants vacant real estate, unless there’s real estatew in hot areas, or soon-to-be hot Biermacher said that Kasnetz is “making thing s up” in his counterclaikm allegations. “We don’t believe that there is any substancr or validity tothe counterclaims,” Biermacherd said in an interview. The bank is not interestefd in holdingthe properties, he and potential investors are interestef in the vacant properties. The West End propertiee would be sold, Biermacher said in an interview, to alloew the bank to recovedrits money.
With the McKinney properties, the bank want s to “protect the interest of all involved.”
Friday, October 19, 2012
Wells elects four Wachovia directors - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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The news comes on the same day that Wachovi a shareholdersapproved Wells’ acquisition of Wachovia. The deal is slatec to close next week. • John Baker II, 60, presidengt and chief executiveof , a Florida-based motor carrier, flatbed transportation hauler and real estate management company Donald James, 59, chairman and CEO of , a construction-materialzs company based in Birmingham, Ala. Mackey McDonald, 62, retires chairman and CEO of , an apparel manufacturer in Greensboro, N.C. • Bob Steel, 57, presideng and CEO of Charlotte, N.C.-based Wachoviaq (NYSE: WB).
“We welcom John, Don, Mackey and Bob to our boarrd and look forward to benefiting from their executiveleadership talent, experience and their knowledger of Wachovia’s markets and customers,” Dick Kovacevich, chairman of San Francisco-basexd Wells said. “Their guidance and counsel will help us successfully integrates Wells Fargo and Wachovia so that together we can satisfu allour customers’ financialk needs and help them succeed financially.” The new boare members increase the numbetr of Wells Fargo WFC) directors to 20.
The news comes on the same day that Wachovi a shareholdersapproved Wells’ acquisition of Wachovia. The deal is slatec to close next week. • John Baker II, 60, presidengt and chief executiveof , a Florida-based motor carrier, flatbed transportation hauler and real estate management company Donald James, 59, chairman and CEO of , a construction-materialzs company based in Birmingham, Ala. Mackey McDonald, 62, retires chairman and CEO of , an apparel manufacturer in Greensboro, N.C. • Bob Steel, 57, presideng and CEO of Charlotte, N.C.-based Wachoviaq (NYSE: WB).
“We welcom John, Don, Mackey and Bob to our boarrd and look forward to benefiting from their executiveleadership talent, experience and their knowledger of Wachovia’s markets and customers,” Dick Kovacevich, chairman of San Francisco-basexd Wells said. “Their guidance and counsel will help us successfully integrates Wells Fargo and Wachovia so that together we can satisfu allour customers’ financialk needs and help them succeed financially.” The new boare members increase the numbetr of Wells Fargo WFC) directors to 20.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
ACLU, Inc. Company Profile | Company Information
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The ACLU was founded more than eighty yeara ago to advocate and protect the rights of individual persons. Today, the ACLU works tirelessl y to preserveevery individual's rights and liberties by defending political speech and personal ensuring equal treatment for all personx regardless of race, ethnicity, gender and sexuap orientation, and fighting against discriminatory practices such as racial profiling. The ACLU is on the frontlind of defending and preserving the rights of all peoplre inthis country. How is the ACLU structured The ACLU is comprised of individuals who are concernerd about the protection ofcivil liberties.
Thered are about 400,000 members acrosss the country, including 16,000 from Illinois. There are fifty-thred affiliate offices, in all fifty states, and more than two hundres chapters. The national headquarters are in New York andWashingtom D.C. Each affiliate selects cases by urgency, applicatiom to a wide range of persons, and potentiao to affect governmental policy. The ACLU also works in statre legislatures and congresses to insurwe that legislation at all levels respects and protects fundamentalconstitutionao rights. What is the High School Civil LibertiexEducation Project? The project, whicgh was founded in 1994, is designed to improve the ACLU'sd outreach to high school students.
The Project is a non-partisan informationaol resourcefor students' rights concentratinb on speaking presentations at high schoolxs in Chicago and the greater...
The ACLU was founded more than eighty yeara ago to advocate and protect the rights of individual persons. Today, the ACLU works tirelessl y to preserveevery individual's rights and liberties by defending political speech and personal ensuring equal treatment for all personx regardless of race, ethnicity, gender and sexuap orientation, and fighting against discriminatory practices such as racial profiling. The ACLU is on the frontlind of defending and preserving the rights of all peoplre inthis country. How is the ACLU structured The ACLU is comprised of individuals who are concernerd about the protection ofcivil liberties.
Thered are about 400,000 members acrosss the country, including 16,000 from Illinois. There are fifty-thred affiliate offices, in all fifty states, and more than two hundres chapters. The national headquarters are in New York andWashingtom D.C. Each affiliate selects cases by urgency, applicatiom to a wide range of persons, and potentiao to affect governmental policy. The ACLU also works in statre legislatures and congresses to insurwe that legislation at all levels respects and protects fundamentalconstitutionao rights. What is the High School Civil LibertiexEducation Project? The project, whicgh was founded in 1994, is designed to improve the ACLU'sd outreach to high school students.
The Project is a non-partisan informationaol resourcefor students' rights concentratinb on speaking presentations at high schoolxs in Chicago and the greater...
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Small business lender to move to Garvey Center - Wichita Business Journal:
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The SBA lender’s 8,000-square-foot lease takex it just a few blockds from its old home inSuttoj Place. But the negotiations leading tothe move, at least according to one owner, reveal a new level of intensitu as downtown landlords seek “It’s called let’s make a deal,” says Joe a California investor who owns the thirdd floor of Sutton, which SCKEDD is “It’s just like the residential market. The tenants have the uppere hand a little bitbecause there’s so many vacancies.
You’ve got to give He says the Garvey Center offered SCKEDD a lease ratebelow $8 per squaree foot, along with thousands of dollars in tenant which would put it well below the typicapl rate of $10 to $12 for that space. Tacellj says he nearly matchedd that deal but stilllost out. Garve Center General Manager Larry Weber saysthe less-than-$u8 lease rate isn’t correct. He wouldn’ty divulge the final terms of the lease, but “We are aggressive.” “I think they were just lookingt for space that looked betterfor them,” he SCKEDD Executive Director Bill Bolin didn’t return calls for comment.
The nonprofit group is a certified development compan y underthe , working with lenders and the SBA to make loanes in 14 counties. SCKEDD in 2008 was the sixth largest local SBA lenderwith $3.6 million in For at least five years, the group has occupiedx about 6,000 square feet in Sutton Its broker says the organizatiobn needed more room and nicer space. “The Builders (Inc.) folks and Larr y Weber bent over backward to make them says PlazaReal Estate’s Leo Goseland. SCKED D in June will occupyg seventh-floor space in the O.W. Garvey building vacated by The Kansase CWtelevision station. The lease brings the buildingy to 88percent occupancy.
But collectively, the Garvety Center’s four office buildings are 95.3 percent Jerry Gray, manager of ’ commercial division, says some downtowhn buildings, particularly those that are struggling with high are seeing more downward pressur e on theirlease rates. One is advertising $8-per-square-fooy space. But Gray cautioned there’sw not been an “all-oug rate war in downtown Wichita.” Class A buildings still command thesame $14 to $16 per squarer foot. Lower rates in other buildings, however, can affecy the overall market.
Any inclination by an ownefr with a full buildiny to raise rates likely woulc be doused should a tenant take notice of rates elsewherdebelow $10. “There’s still a fine Gray says. At Sutton Tacelli is settling in. He bought two floors in the buildingv in 2006 from Minnesota developerFor now, the commobn area on one of those floorsd will get a facelift. And Real Development is pushinb forward with a facade improvement to Tacelli will list his spacerat $12.95, full service.
That may increase following the Renee DeTar, of , is the leasing Tacelli says he probably won’g break even until he finds a new “I’ll feel the pinch,” he
The SBA lender’s 8,000-square-foot lease takex it just a few blockds from its old home inSuttoj Place. But the negotiations leading tothe move, at least according to one owner, reveal a new level of intensitu as downtown landlords seek “It’s called let’s make a deal,” says Joe a California investor who owns the thirdd floor of Sutton, which SCKEDD is “It’s just like the residential market. The tenants have the uppere hand a little bitbecause there’s so many vacancies.
You’ve got to give He says the Garvey Center offered SCKEDD a lease ratebelow $8 per squaree foot, along with thousands of dollars in tenant which would put it well below the typicapl rate of $10 to $12 for that space. Tacellj says he nearly matchedd that deal but stilllost out. Garve Center General Manager Larry Weber saysthe less-than-$u8 lease rate isn’t correct. He wouldn’ty divulge the final terms of the lease, but “We are aggressive.” “I think they were just lookingt for space that looked betterfor them,” he SCKEDD Executive Director Bill Bolin didn’t return calls for comment.
The nonprofit group is a certified development compan y underthe , working with lenders and the SBA to make loanes in 14 counties. SCKEDD in 2008 was the sixth largest local SBA lenderwith $3.6 million in For at least five years, the group has occupiedx about 6,000 square feet in Sutton Its broker says the organizatiobn needed more room and nicer space. “The Builders (Inc.) folks and Larr y Weber bent over backward to make them says PlazaReal Estate’s Leo Goseland. SCKED D in June will occupyg seventh-floor space in the O.W. Garvey building vacated by The Kansase CWtelevision station. The lease brings the buildingy to 88percent occupancy.
But collectively, the Garvety Center’s four office buildings are 95.3 percent Jerry Gray, manager of ’ commercial division, says some downtowhn buildings, particularly those that are struggling with high are seeing more downward pressur e on theirlease rates. One is advertising $8-per-square-fooy space. But Gray cautioned there’sw not been an “all-oug rate war in downtown Wichita.” Class A buildings still command thesame $14 to $16 per squarer foot. Lower rates in other buildings, however, can affecy the overall market.
Any inclination by an ownefr with a full buildiny to raise rates likely woulc be doused should a tenant take notice of rates elsewherdebelow $10. “There’s still a fine Gray says. At Sutton Tacelli is settling in. He bought two floors in the buildingv in 2006 from Minnesota developerFor now, the commobn area on one of those floorsd will get a facelift. And Real Development is pushinb forward with a facade improvement to Tacelli will list his spacerat $12.95, full service.
That may increase following the Renee DeTar, of , is the leasing Tacelli says he probably won’g break even until he finds a new “I’ll feel the pinch,” he
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Fed Chairman Bernanke defends moves to aid US economy as beneficial for ... - Washington Post
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BBC News | Fed Chairman Bernanke defends moves to aid US economy as beneficial for ... Washington Post Chairman Ben Bernanke is rejecting arguments that the Federal Reserve's bold moves to bolster U.S. job growth could have unwanted consequences in emerging market countries. In a speech Sunday, Bernanke disagreed with criticism that the Fed's ef forts ... Bernanke: Easing Won't Destabilize Emerging Markets UPDATE 2-Bernanke defends Fed stimulus as China, Brazil raise concerns Ben Bernanke: Fed Policies Helping, Not Hurting, Emerging Economies |
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Last Day of Special Olympics Minnesota's 2009 Summer Games
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Healthy Athletes is an initiative designed to increase the health and fitness of peoplw withintellectual disabilities, a medicallyh underserved population. The Healthy Athletes program workx to improve access to health care by providintgfree screenings, making referrals to locak health practitioners and training health professionals and students about the needz of people with intellectual Healthy Athletes Village will offer Opening Eyes, Health Promotion, a Health Fair and blooc glucose screenings by the International Diabetes Center from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. MedFest, which runs from 9 a.m.- p.m.
, is an opportunity for currentg and prospective Special Olympics Minnesota athletess to receive a freesports physical, a requiremen for Special Olympics registration. Volleyball will take placer at the Universityof Minnesota's Recreation Center (1905 University Avenue SE) from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and tennis competition will be held at the Universitof Minnesota's Baseline Tennis Center (1815 4th Stree t SE) from 9 a.m.-q1 p.m. In addition, artistixc gymnastics competition will startat 2:30 p.m. and concluds at 5:30 p.m. at Mini-Hops Gymnastica Club in Minnetonka (131 , Suite 100). Festivitiez will continue in Olympic Town, adjacent to Biermab Field, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Speciaol Olympics Minnesota offers children and adults with intellectualdisabilities year-rounxd sports training and competition. Through Speciakl Olympics' athletic, health and leadershi programs, people with intellectual disabilities transform their communities andthe world. 2009 Summefr Games Schedule ofEvents Thursday, June 18 University of Minnesotaa Bierman Athletics Complex -- Track and Fiels Competition 11:30 a.m. -3 p.m. -- Olympif Town Noon - 4 p.m. -- Healthy Athletez Healthy HearingNoon - 3 p.m. Health Fair Noon - 3 p.m. Fit Feet Noon - 4 p.m. June 19 University of Minnesota Bierman AthleticsComple -- Track and Fiel Competition 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. -- Olympic Town 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
-- Healthu Athlete Village FUNfitness9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Speciaol Smiles 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Healtjh Fair 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Opening Eyes 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Healthty Hearing 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Bloor Glucose Screening 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Mini-Hopz Gymnastics Club, Minnetonka -- Rhythmic Gymnastic Competition 2:30 - 5:30 p.m. Universitgy of Minnesota BiermanField -- Pre-Ceremonies Entertainment 5 - 7:20 p.m. -- Celebratioh Ceremonies 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Saturday, June 20 University of Minnesotza Bierman AthleticsComplex -- Track and Field Competition 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. -- Olympivc Town 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. -- Healthuy Athletes Village Opening Eyes9 a.m. - noon Blood Glucosre Screening9 a.m. - noon MedFest 9 a.m.
- 1 p.m. Healthy Promotion 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Healthn Fair 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Universit of Minnesota RecreationCenter (3rd Floor) -- Volleybalo Competition 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Baseline Tennis Center -- Tennis Competitio n 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Mini-Hopz Gymnastics Club, Minnetonka -- Artistic Gymnastices Competition 2:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Healthy Athletes is an initiative designed to increase the health and fitness of peoplw withintellectual disabilities, a medicallyh underserved population. The Healthy Athletes program workx to improve access to health care by providintgfree screenings, making referrals to locak health practitioners and training health professionals and students about the needz of people with intellectual Healthy Athletes Village will offer Opening Eyes, Health Promotion, a Health Fair and blooc glucose screenings by the International Diabetes Center from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. MedFest, which runs from 9 a.m.- p.m.
, is an opportunity for currentg and prospective Special Olympics Minnesota athletess to receive a freesports physical, a requiremen for Special Olympics registration. Volleyball will take placer at the Universityof Minnesota's Recreation Center (1905 University Avenue SE) from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and tennis competition will be held at the Universitof Minnesota's Baseline Tennis Center (1815 4th Stree t SE) from 9 a.m.-q1 p.m. In addition, artistixc gymnastics competition will startat 2:30 p.m. and concluds at 5:30 p.m. at Mini-Hops Gymnastica Club in Minnetonka (131 , Suite 100). Festivitiez will continue in Olympic Town, adjacent to Biermab Field, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Speciaol Olympics Minnesota offers children and adults with intellectualdisabilities year-rounxd sports training and competition. Through Speciakl Olympics' athletic, health and leadershi programs, people with intellectual disabilities transform their communities andthe world. 2009 Summefr Games Schedule ofEvents Thursday, June 18 University of Minnesotaa Bierman Athletics Complex -- Track and Fiels Competition 11:30 a.m. -3 p.m. -- Olympif Town Noon - 4 p.m. -- Healthy Athletez Healthy HearingNoon - 3 p.m. Health Fair Noon - 3 p.m. Fit Feet Noon - 4 p.m. June 19 University of Minnesota Bierman AthleticsComple -- Track and Fiel Competition 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. -- Olympic Town 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
-- Healthu Athlete Village FUNfitness9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Speciaol Smiles 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Healtjh Fair 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Opening Eyes 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Healthty Hearing 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Bloor Glucose Screening 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Mini-Hopz Gymnastics Club, Minnetonka -- Rhythmic Gymnastic Competition 2:30 - 5:30 p.m. Universitgy of Minnesota BiermanField -- Pre-Ceremonies Entertainment 5 - 7:20 p.m. -- Celebratioh Ceremonies 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Saturday, June 20 University of Minnesotza Bierman AthleticsComplex -- Track and Field Competition 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. -- Olympivc Town 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. -- Healthuy Athletes Village Opening Eyes9 a.m. - noon Blood Glucosre Screening9 a.m. - noon MedFest 9 a.m.
- 1 p.m. Healthy Promotion 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Healthn Fair 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Universit of Minnesota RecreationCenter (3rd Floor) -- Volleybalo Competition 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Baseline Tennis Center -- Tennis Competitio n 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Mini-Hopz Gymnastics Club, Minnetonka -- Artistic Gymnastices Competition 2:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Friday, October 12, 2012
Real Estate Roundup - Washington Business Journal:
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Portland, from Weston Investment Co. LLC. It is one of the largesty office deals in downtowb inrecent months. The Indian Healtyh Board, established in 1972, will move from its currengt location at527 S.W. Hall St. Jake Lancaster of Grubbg & Ellis Co. represented the tenant; Steve Root of Americanb Property Managementrepresented Weston. • Level 3 Communicationss LLC renewed its leasefor 4,724 square feet at the Pittockj Block, 921 S.W. Washington St., Portland, from ALCO Investmentr Co. Kevin Kaufman of CB Richard Ellis representedLevel 3; the landlord represented itself. • Telelanguages Inc. signed a new lease for 4,401 squar e feet at the PortlandExchange Building, 520 S.W.
Sixth Portland. NAI Norris, Beggs & Simpsonn represented the tenant; Ryan Livesay of Pacifif Real EstatePartners Inc. represented the property. • Stearns Lendinvg Inc. leased 3,722 square feet at Hampton Square, 6950 S.W. Tigard, from Weston Investment Co. LLC. Steve Root of Americaj Property Management representedthe lessor. • Peterz & Company PC signed a new leasefor 2,17 square feet at the Selling 610 S.W. Alder St., with the Schlesinger Kristin Hammond and Mark McFarland of Pacific Real EstatsePartners Inc. represented the tenant; Bill Smituh of NAI Norris, Beggs & Simpson represented the property. SCR Inc. leased 2,000 square feet at 8680 S.W.
Old Tualatinm Sherwood Road, Tualatin, from Kmotiomn Inc. Ian Giammanco of Bluestone & Hockley Real Estate Servicezs representedthe tenant; Scott Pierce of NAI Beggs & Simpson represented the landlord. •Remedh Intelligent Staffing leased 1,638 squared feet at The Merrick, 6646 N.E. 78th Court, from API Properties 1047 LLC. Mark McFarlanr of Pacific Real EstatePartners Inc. representedd the tenant; Rob Kimmelman of Commercial Realtyh Advisors representedthe property. • Pioneee Floor Covering Inc. leased 5,85e3 square feet at Arctic Busineses Park, 5657 S.W. Arctic Drive, from Pacific NW Properties LP. Cliff Finnell of GVA Kidde Mathews representedthe tenant.
• Carlan Enterprises operatingas Stauffer-Cisco Supply, leased 5,622 square feet at Bridgeport Woods Business Park, 7532 S.W. Bridgeport Road, Durham, from Bridgeportt Woods BusinessPark LLC. Peter Stalickl and Steven Klein of GVA Kidder Mathews represented the Dave Kiersey ofKierseg & McMillan Inc. represented the property. • Stavelh Services North Americaleased 4,860 square feet at Kittridge Distributiobn Center, 4943 N.W. Frontr Ave., Portland, from LIT Industrial Limited Partnership. Tony Reser and Sean McCarthy of GVA Kidder Mathew brokeredthe transaction. • Red Wing Brands of Americ Inc. leased 3,840 square feet at the Norstar Business 8611 N. Albina Ave.
, Portland, from Norstarf 8405 N. Albina Ave. LLC. Tony Reseer and Sean McCarthy of GVA Kidder Mathewsx brokeredthe transaction. • Biscuitsz Cafe leased 3,121 square feet at Hogan Plaza, 1905 N.E. Division St., from Peloponb LLC. Mike Foley of First Commerciao representedthe tenant; Craig Barnard of Barnard Commerciao Real Estate represented the property. Y-Chrome, a new barbershop venture fromHairM men’s salon, leased 2,05 square feet at the Commonwealth Building, 609 S.W. Washington St., from Unicio Properties LLC. Kathleen Healy of Urbah Works Real Estaterepresented Y-Chrome; Dan Bozich and Kathleehn Healy of Urban Works Real Estatw represented the property.
• Aprende Con Amigos Bilinguak Preschoolleased 1,872 square feet at Patton Park Apartments on North Interstat from Patton Square Leasing LLC. Steve Haugen of Windermere/Croninm & Caplan Realty Group Inc. represented the tenant; Charlottew Larson and Sara Daley of Urbabn Works Real Estate representedrthe property. • PDX Antiquexs leased 1,120 square feet at the K2 Building from4152 N.E. Sandy LLC. Charlotte Larso n of Urban Works Real Estate representedthe tenant; Matt Schweitzer of Nortj Rim represented the property. • Liz Richards Acupuncturd PC leased 1,046 square feet at Fremont 3531 N.E. 15th Ave., Portland, from ADG Properties LLC.
Anthyamn Nguyen of Norris & Stevens Inc. represented the tenant; Ashleyt Heichelbech of Urban Works Real Estatd representedthe property. • Statee Farm Insurance leased 1,00 square feet at 1018 N.W. 13th Ave., Portland, from Blocm Two LLC. Thom Brockmiller of Stehlinn Advisors LLC representedthe tenant; Kathleen Healy and Dan Bozich of Urban Works Real Estate represented the
Portland, from Weston Investment Co. LLC. It is one of the largesty office deals in downtowb inrecent months. The Indian Healtyh Board, established in 1972, will move from its currengt location at527 S.W. Hall St. Jake Lancaster of Grubbg & Ellis Co. represented the tenant; Steve Root of Americanb Property Managementrepresented Weston. • Level 3 Communicationss LLC renewed its leasefor 4,724 square feet at the Pittockj Block, 921 S.W. Washington St., Portland, from ALCO Investmentr Co. Kevin Kaufman of CB Richard Ellis representedLevel 3; the landlord represented itself. • Telelanguages Inc. signed a new lease for 4,401 squar e feet at the PortlandExchange Building, 520 S.W.
Sixth Portland. NAI Norris, Beggs & Simpsonn represented the tenant; Ryan Livesay of Pacifif Real EstatePartners Inc. represented the property. • Stearns Lendinvg Inc. leased 3,722 square feet at Hampton Square, 6950 S.W. Tigard, from Weston Investment Co. LLC. Steve Root of Americaj Property Management representedthe lessor. • Peterz & Company PC signed a new leasefor 2,17 square feet at the Selling 610 S.W. Alder St., with the Schlesinger Kristin Hammond and Mark McFarland of Pacific Real EstatsePartners Inc. represented the tenant; Bill Smituh of NAI Norris, Beggs & Simpson represented the property. SCR Inc. leased 2,000 square feet at 8680 S.W.
Old Tualatinm Sherwood Road, Tualatin, from Kmotiomn Inc. Ian Giammanco of Bluestone & Hockley Real Estate Servicezs representedthe tenant; Scott Pierce of NAI Beggs & Simpson represented the landlord. •Remedh Intelligent Staffing leased 1,638 squared feet at The Merrick, 6646 N.E. 78th Court, from API Properties 1047 LLC. Mark McFarlanr of Pacific Real EstatePartners Inc. representedd the tenant; Rob Kimmelman of Commercial Realtyh Advisors representedthe property. • Pioneee Floor Covering Inc. leased 5,85e3 square feet at Arctic Busineses Park, 5657 S.W. Arctic Drive, from Pacific NW Properties LP. Cliff Finnell of GVA Kidde Mathews representedthe tenant.
• Carlan Enterprises operatingas Stauffer-Cisco Supply, leased 5,622 square feet at Bridgeport Woods Business Park, 7532 S.W. Bridgeport Road, Durham, from Bridgeportt Woods BusinessPark LLC. Peter Stalickl and Steven Klein of GVA Kidder Mathews represented the Dave Kiersey ofKierseg & McMillan Inc. represented the property. • Stavelh Services North Americaleased 4,860 square feet at Kittridge Distributiobn Center, 4943 N.W. Frontr Ave., Portland, from LIT Industrial Limited Partnership. Tony Reser and Sean McCarthy of GVA Kidder Mathew brokeredthe transaction. • Red Wing Brands of Americ Inc. leased 3,840 square feet at the Norstar Business 8611 N. Albina Ave.
, Portland, from Norstarf 8405 N. Albina Ave. LLC. Tony Reseer and Sean McCarthy of GVA Kidder Mathewsx brokeredthe transaction. • Biscuitsz Cafe leased 3,121 square feet at Hogan Plaza, 1905 N.E. Division St., from Peloponb LLC. Mike Foley of First Commerciao representedthe tenant; Craig Barnard of Barnard Commerciao Real Estate represented the property. Y-Chrome, a new barbershop venture fromHairM men’s salon, leased 2,05 square feet at the Commonwealth Building, 609 S.W. Washington St., from Unicio Properties LLC. Kathleen Healy of Urbah Works Real Estaterepresented Y-Chrome; Dan Bozich and Kathleehn Healy of Urban Works Real Estatw represented the property.
• Aprende Con Amigos Bilinguak Preschoolleased 1,872 square feet at Patton Park Apartments on North Interstat from Patton Square Leasing LLC. Steve Haugen of Windermere/Croninm & Caplan Realty Group Inc. represented the tenant; Charlottew Larson and Sara Daley of Urbabn Works Real Estate representedrthe property. • PDX Antiquexs leased 1,120 square feet at the K2 Building from4152 N.E. Sandy LLC. Charlotte Larso n of Urban Works Real Estate representedthe tenant; Matt Schweitzer of Nortj Rim represented the property. • Liz Richards Acupuncturd PC leased 1,046 square feet at Fremont 3531 N.E. 15th Ave., Portland, from ADG Properties LLC.
Anthyamn Nguyen of Norris & Stevens Inc. represented the tenant; Ashleyt Heichelbech of Urban Works Real Estatd representedthe property. • Statee Farm Insurance leased 1,00 square feet at 1018 N.W. 13th Ave., Portland, from Blocm Two LLC. Thom Brockmiller of Stehlinn Advisors LLC representedthe tenant; Kathleen Healy and Dan Bozich of Urban Works Real Estate represented the
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