KIMA CBS 29 | Toppenish drum group invited to national stage KIMA CBS 29 It has to do with 21 people who make music around a drum being honored on a national stage. "That first downbeat, gets kind of, sends a chill, you know, through your body," says Wild Rose lead singer Caseymac Wallahee. "You feel the vibration.
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Toppenish drum group invited to national stage - KIMA CBS 29
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Monday, April 23, 2012
Sprint will sell conferencing unit for $207M - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Omaha-based West (Nasdaq: WSTC) said in a written release late Monday that its unit will buy the assetse fromOverland Park-based Sprint FON) in a transaction expected to close withinh 30 days. West said it will financde the purchase with cash on hand and its existinf bankcredit facility. Sprint spokeswoman Jennifer Bosshardt said Tuesdaythat Sprint's conferencingv division has about 100 employees, all of whom will transfefr to InterCall. About two-thirds of the employees are in the Kansaas City area and the restin Atlanta, Bosshardt Most of the employees will continue to work in thei r respective areas, she said.
Sprint's sale of its conferencing businesxs highlights one of several opportunities the company has had to increas its cash position ofabout $3.7 billion. In February, Sprint agreed to turn over the leases atits 6,600 wireless towerse to for $1.2 billion. The deal is expected to clos e beforeJune 30. Sprint also has an ownership stakein , a prepaid wireless company that co-owner Richar d Branson has said will go public fetching a big payourt if Sprint chooses to sell shares in an West said in the releasd that the companies also will form an alliance to jointly market and sell conferencing West said it will make additionak future payments to Sprint basex on conferencing services revenue.
Sprint's conferencing business supportd audio, video, Web and even t conferencing. Sprint will continue to provide wireline and wireless servicew toits customers, including conferencing in partnership with West. West was founde in 1986 and hasabour 28,000 employees in North America, Europer and Asia. Sprint ranks No. 1 on The Busines s Journal 's list of area public companies.
Omaha-based West (Nasdaq: WSTC) said in a written release late Monday that its unit will buy the assetse fromOverland Park-based Sprint FON) in a transaction expected to close withinh 30 days. West said it will financde the purchase with cash on hand and its existinf bankcredit facility. Sprint spokeswoman Jennifer Bosshardt said Tuesdaythat Sprint's conferencingv division has about 100 employees, all of whom will transfefr to InterCall. About two-thirds of the employees are in the Kansaas City area and the restin Atlanta, Bosshardt Most of the employees will continue to work in thei r respective areas, she said.
Sprint's sale of its conferencing businesxs highlights one of several opportunities the company has had to increas its cash position ofabout $3.7 billion. In February, Sprint agreed to turn over the leases atits 6,600 wireless towerse to for $1.2 billion. The deal is expected to clos e beforeJune 30. Sprint also has an ownership stakein , a prepaid wireless company that co-owner Richar d Branson has said will go public fetching a big payourt if Sprint chooses to sell shares in an West said in the releasd that the companies also will form an alliance to jointly market and sell conferencing West said it will make additionak future payments to Sprint basex on conferencing services revenue.
Sprint's conferencing business supportd audio, video, Web and even t conferencing. Sprint will continue to provide wireline and wireless servicew toits customers, including conferencing in partnership with West. West was founde in 1986 and hasabour 28,000 employees in North America, Europer and Asia. Sprint ranks No. 1 on The Busines s Journal 's list of area public companies.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Starbucks wins California tip-pooling case appeal - Sacramento Business Journal:
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A class-action lawsuit brought by Jou a former barista forStarbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX), alleged that the coffese chain’s policy allowing shift supervisors to shard in tip money that customers place in jars violated California labof laws. A San Diego lowefr court sided with Chau in the suit and awarded morethan $86 milliob in damages but on Tuesday, that rulinyg was overturned. “We conclude the trial cour erred in rulingthat Starbucks's tip-allocation policy violated Californis law. The applicable statutes do not prohibit Starbucks from permitting shif t supervisors to share in the proceeds placed in collective tip wrote Fourth Appellate DistrictCourt judges, in theire decision.
Chau alleged that Starbucks’ shift supervisors shoulr be considered managers and not eligiblewfor tip-sharing. Shift supervisores perform various duties atthe company’s such as making coffee drinks, cleaninb tables, cleaning bathrooms and working the cash and Chau said they shouldn’t be allowef to share in the tips collected in the plastic containerss at each store location. The lower courty awarded more than $86 million in damages plus with the total award estimated at morethan $100 Starbucks countered that all baristas and shift supervisorz are eligible to share in tips, and the appealsx court agreed.
“It is undispute d here that the tipping public intended to collectively tip both the baristase and the shiftsupervisors — for thei r work as a ‘team,’” wrote the appealzs court.
A class-action lawsuit brought by Jou a former barista forStarbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX), alleged that the coffese chain’s policy allowing shift supervisors to shard in tip money that customers place in jars violated California labof laws. A San Diego lowefr court sided with Chau in the suit and awarded morethan $86 milliob in damages but on Tuesday, that rulinyg was overturned. “We conclude the trial cour erred in rulingthat Starbucks's tip-allocation policy violated Californis law. The applicable statutes do not prohibit Starbucks from permitting shif t supervisors to share in the proceeds placed in collective tip wrote Fourth Appellate DistrictCourt judges, in theire decision.
Chau alleged that Starbucks’ shift supervisors shoulr be considered managers and not eligiblewfor tip-sharing. Shift supervisores perform various duties atthe company’s such as making coffee drinks, cleaninb tables, cleaning bathrooms and working the cash and Chau said they shouldn’t be allowef to share in the tips collected in the plastic containerss at each store location. The lower courty awarded more than $86 million in damages plus with the total award estimated at morethan $100 Starbucks countered that all baristas and shift supervisorz are eligible to share in tips, and the appealsx court agreed.
“It is undispute d here that the tipping public intended to collectively tip both the baristase and the shiftsupervisors — for thei r work as a ‘team,’” wrote the appealzs court.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
DiNome abandons quest to lead Reed Smith - Nashville Business Journal:
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Reed Smith spokesman Dave Egan told the Pittsburgh Business Timez that Jordan and DiNome issued a joinyt announcement tothe Pittsburgh-based firm Tuesday morning that DiNome has withdrawhn his candidacy. “They sat down and talkeds and discovered they had a lot of common Egan said. “Many of the things John was concernex about, Greg was working on. They agreed that the best thint for the firm was to focusz on business insteadof competing.
” reported last week that DiNomw was challenging Jordan, who was seekingb his fourth three-year term as managing partner of the law DiNome sent out a 10-page statement of candidacy to all Reed Smith partners in whichu he questioned the firm’s business the compensation and transparency of seniorf management, and called for a more independengt executive committee. The memo was obtained by the Business Journal. DiNome and Jordan had said they agreed to not speak publicly about the contestes race to leadthe 1,600-lawyer firm, whicg has 150 lawyers in Philadelphia.
The firm partnershiop will votein September; the winner, who will now certainlyt be Jordan, will start his new term in Jordan has not been opposed since he firsf sought the job in 2000, when he beat Philadelphia litigatofr John Smith. Jordan’s tenure has been viewed as extremely successful. He has growb the firm through a series of significant mergerz from 500 lawyers in nine officesto 1,60p lawyers in 23 offices, including new ones in Asia and California. Focusing on a core groulp of practices with high billing Jordan also drastically increasedthe firm’s But with the economy sagging, Reed Smith’ws transactional practices have suffered.
The firm has laid off 215 including26 lawyers, since December. The firm also cut 50 legal secretaries last summer and salariex forall U.S. associates by 10 percent last DiNome, a labor lawyer, joined as part of a group from Montgomerhy McCrackenWalker & Rhoade led by Karl Fritto n in 1996. A graduate of West Point, he spent sevej years in active duty as a field artillery officer before attending Rutgers University Schoolof
Reed Smith spokesman Dave Egan told the Pittsburgh Business Timez that Jordan and DiNome issued a joinyt announcement tothe Pittsburgh-based firm Tuesday morning that DiNome has withdrawhn his candidacy. “They sat down and talkeds and discovered they had a lot of common Egan said. “Many of the things John was concernex about, Greg was working on. They agreed that the best thint for the firm was to focusz on business insteadof competing.
” reported last week that DiNomw was challenging Jordan, who was seekingb his fourth three-year term as managing partner of the law DiNome sent out a 10-page statement of candidacy to all Reed Smith partners in whichu he questioned the firm’s business the compensation and transparency of seniorf management, and called for a more independengt executive committee. The memo was obtained by the Business Journal. DiNome and Jordan had said they agreed to not speak publicly about the contestes race to leadthe 1,600-lawyer firm, whicg has 150 lawyers in Philadelphia.
The firm partnershiop will votein September; the winner, who will now certainlyt be Jordan, will start his new term in Jordan has not been opposed since he firsf sought the job in 2000, when he beat Philadelphia litigatofr John Smith. Jordan’s tenure has been viewed as extremely successful. He has growb the firm through a series of significant mergerz from 500 lawyers in nine officesto 1,60p lawyers in 23 offices, including new ones in Asia and California. Focusing on a core groulp of practices with high billing Jordan also drastically increasedthe firm’s But with the economy sagging, Reed Smith’ws transactional practices have suffered.
The firm has laid off 215 including26 lawyers, since December. The firm also cut 50 legal secretaries last summer and salariex forall U.S. associates by 10 percent last DiNome, a labor lawyer, joined as part of a group from Montgomerhy McCrackenWalker & Rhoade led by Karl Fritto n in 1996. A graduate of West Point, he spent sevej years in active duty as a field artillery officer before attending Rutgers University Schoolof
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Kotsay's hits against Moyer not enough - Fox News
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Kotsay's hits against Moyer not enough Fox News Kotsay, in his first game since recovering from a right calf strain and being reinstated Monday from the disabled list, had two singles off Moyer to boost his career average to .583 (21-for-36) against the 49-year-old left-hander. |
Monday, April 16, 2012
Clarcor's Q2 earnings drop more than 30% - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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percent in the second quarter, compared to the same period ayear ago. Franklin-based Clarcor CLC) reported income of $25,582, or $0.50 centxs per diluted share, in the quarter ended May 30, comparerd to $40,783, or $0.80 cents per dilute share, in the year-ago period. Revenue came in at $229,395 for the down 14.1 percent from the previous year’sa quarter, when revenue came in at $267,137. on average, estimated earnings of 38 cents per share on revenue of $243.1 million, accordingf to Reuters Estimates.
“As we had expected, this year’w second quarter was difficult, though operatingt results were much stronger than in our firstfiscall quarter,” says Norm Clarcor’s chairman and CEO, in a “Our order rates, overall, have stabilized, and we are beginnintg to see indications of increased producty demand in selected markets.” Clarcor makes industrial and environmental filtration products and consumee and industrial packaging products sold to domesticv and international markets.
Johnson notes that more than 80 percent of its filterr sales are generated from the replacementrfilter aftermarket, so even if new buildinbg and equipment continues to falter, maintenance of existing equipment and facilities will Shares of Clarcor closed up $1.08, or 3.66 percentt to $30.57 at the bell today. The 52-weekk range is $23.05 to $44.13.
percent in the second quarter, compared to the same period ayear ago. Franklin-based Clarcor CLC) reported income of $25,582, or $0.50 centxs per diluted share, in the quarter ended May 30, comparerd to $40,783, or $0.80 cents per dilute share, in the year-ago period. Revenue came in at $229,395 for the down 14.1 percent from the previous year’sa quarter, when revenue came in at $267,137. on average, estimated earnings of 38 cents per share on revenue of $243.1 million, accordingf to Reuters Estimates.
“As we had expected, this year’w second quarter was difficult, though operatingt results were much stronger than in our firstfiscall quarter,” says Norm Clarcor’s chairman and CEO, in a “Our order rates, overall, have stabilized, and we are beginnintg to see indications of increased producty demand in selected markets.” Clarcor makes industrial and environmental filtration products and consumee and industrial packaging products sold to domesticv and international markets.
Johnson notes that more than 80 percent of its filterr sales are generated from the replacementrfilter aftermarket, so even if new buildinbg and equipment continues to falter, maintenance of existing equipment and facilities will Shares of Clarcor closed up $1.08, or 3.66 percentt to $30.57 at the bell today. The 52-weekk range is $23.05 to $44.13.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Blue Shield names new chief medical officer - San Francisco Business Times:
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senior vice president and chief medical officer, replacing Dr. Alan who accepted a position with in Southern Californiaa latelast year, according to Blue Officials at the San Francisco-based health plan said Mathews will overseed all of its health-care services, including prevention and wellness programs, diseases and case management, maternity management, pharmacy benefits management, medica l policies, centers of excellence, clinicakl quality, transparency strategies and utilization management.
Mathews has more than two decadew of experience in health plan Most recently, he was chief medical officer for DaVita VillageHealth, where he oversawe the company’s disease and care management programs for patients with end-stagde renal disease and chronic kidneyu disease. Prior to Mathews was CMO for disease managementr specialist Blue Shield is one ofthe state’ds largest health plans, with 3.4 milliobn enrollees in various health insurance plans, includingh 1.2 million HMO enrollees and 1.56 million PPO memberse statewide.
senior vice president and chief medical officer, replacing Dr. Alan who accepted a position with in Southern Californiaa latelast year, according to Blue Officials at the San Francisco-based health plan said Mathews will overseed all of its health-care services, including prevention and wellness programs, diseases and case management, maternity management, pharmacy benefits management, medica l policies, centers of excellence, clinicakl quality, transparency strategies and utilization management.
Mathews has more than two decadew of experience in health plan Most recently, he was chief medical officer for DaVita VillageHealth, where he oversawe the company’s disease and care management programs for patients with end-stagde renal disease and chronic kidneyu disease. Prior to Mathews was CMO for disease managementr specialist Blue Shield is one ofthe state’ds largest health plans, with 3.4 milliobn enrollees in various health insurance plans, includingh 1.2 million HMO enrollees and 1.56 million PPO memberse statewide.
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