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and had announced they are unscriptef competition in which players will use Twitte r while on the trailof celebrities. on Tuesdag said that while it has signed ita non-exclusivd contract with Reveille and Brillstein,it simplyy allows them to move forward with their concept. The blog said there are multiple companies are now working on TV projectz related tothe service, so there may stilkl be a project that delves into how many characterd can be squeezed into a Twittert series. "There is no official Twitter TV show—although if thers were it would be funto cast!" the blog Reveille has been involved in scripted seriesz including "The Office" and "The Tudors.
" It has also done realityh shows including "The Biggest and "American Gladiators." Brillstein's shows include "Real Time with Bill and "The Sopranos."
пятница, 30 декабря 2011 г.
среда, 28 декабря 2011 г.
Second Life's Linden Lab sells virtual realities to businesses - Birmingham Business Journal:
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The courting of companies comes at a time of renewer growthfor 6-year-old Second Life that begaj with the appointment of Mark Kingdon as CEO of Lindeh Lab in May 2008. “Enterprise is a reallyu important growth vector for usbecause (Second Life is) a really compelling platform for learning and collaboration. Especialluy today in large enterprises that aredistributed (around the world),” Kingdo n said. Over the last six Linden Lab has put togethee a team of 25 people to market and develop Second Life productse forenterprise customers.
Linden Lab, whichj does not disclose revenue but says it is hired more than 100 people in 2008 and has more than 300 employeew in eight offices aroundthe world. The compang hired close to 30 people this year and is currentl y hiring for19 positions. Basic accounts are free. The companyy makes money by selling and renting virtualreal estate, with premiumn memberships and by charging a fee on sales of Linde dollars, the currency used online. The company does not tracki the number of companiese using its services and does not charge them differently fromindividualo users, but estimates that 15 to 20 percenft of its revenue comes from enterprisexs and educational institutions.
And since April, the companyh has been testing a version of Second Lifewith , IBM, , the and other The so-called “Nebraska” version of Second which is run on an institution’sa own servers, will get wider testing this summer and is scheduled for general releass by year’s end. The pricing for the privatr version has notbeen announced. “Basefd on the level of the interest we’rd seeing, we are poised for explosivee growth,” said Amanda Van who joined Linden Lab six months ago as executive directofr ofenterprise marketing. “This is not a We’re ready for business. My role is to get that messagde out,” she said.
Van Nuys said a number of factors are helpinghher cause, including general efforts to cut traveo and meeting costs and reduced carbon footprints. IBM in particular has been an early Inlate 2008, IBM’ss Academy of Technology held a Virtual World Conferencer on Second Life for 200 top engineerx from around the world, with three keynoted speeches and 37 breakout sessions. With an initial investmenyt ofroughly $80,000, IBM estimates that it saved nearly $350,009 in travel and venue coste and lost productivity.
A couplre of months later, IBM used the virtuak spaces it created for an annual meeting of the Academ after the cancellation of a scheduled real life event in Some portions of the event also used webcasting and video Participants particularly liked the opportunity to socialize with one another invarious settings, and the company scheduled a two-houe networking event on the last day at picnic tablees on a virtual beach. Academy members gathered around drinking virtual beers and chatting while other s took virtual hang gliding or jetskiing “It was really cool in terms of the experiencee people had,” said Karen an IBM marketing executive for digital convergence.
“People walkexd away saying they felt like they were atthe event. The thingg people liked most was that they really had the ability to meet with Since then, numerous other groups within IBM have used Secon d Life dozens of times for meetings small and adhoc and planned, Keeter said. IBM now has nearlyt 100 people working on virtuaol world tools for commercial sale in Seconde Life and on other she said. The company says its in-world economy is thriving, and that in the last user-to-user transactions totalled morethan $120 million in U.S. up 65 percent from the same period theyear before.
Wagner James Au, the author of the book “Thw Making Of Second Life: Notess From the New World,” estimated in a blog postinyg in May 2008 that Linden Lab had between $40 million and $50 million in annual Au credited Kingdon with renewing the brand created by Phili p Rosedale, who stepped down as CEO last year and remains as chairman. “A lot of Silicon Valleuy has written SecondLife off,” he said. “The tech worlr will have to revisit Second Life as a phenomenob in the next six monthsor so.
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The courting of companies comes at a time of renewer growthfor 6-year-old Second Life that begaj with the appointment of Mark Kingdon as CEO of Lindeh Lab in May 2008. “Enterprise is a reallyu important growth vector for usbecause (Second Life is) a really compelling platform for learning and collaboration. Especialluy today in large enterprises that aredistributed (around the world),” Kingdo n said. Over the last six Linden Lab has put togethee a team of 25 people to market and develop Second Life productse forenterprise customers.
Linden Lab, whichj does not disclose revenue but says it is hired more than 100 people in 2008 and has more than 300 employeew in eight offices aroundthe world. The compang hired close to 30 people this year and is currentl y hiring for19 positions. Basic accounts are free. The companyy makes money by selling and renting virtualreal estate, with premiumn memberships and by charging a fee on sales of Linde dollars, the currency used online. The company does not tracki the number of companiese using its services and does not charge them differently fromindividualo users, but estimates that 15 to 20 percenft of its revenue comes from enterprisexs and educational institutions.
And since April, the companyh has been testing a version of Second Lifewith , IBM, , the and other The so-called “Nebraska” version of Second which is run on an institution’sa own servers, will get wider testing this summer and is scheduled for general releass by year’s end. The pricing for the privatr version has notbeen announced. “Basefd on the level of the interest we’rd seeing, we are poised for explosivee growth,” said Amanda Van who joined Linden Lab six months ago as executive directofr ofenterprise marketing. “This is not a We’re ready for business. My role is to get that messagde out,” she said.
Van Nuys said a number of factors are helpinghher cause, including general efforts to cut traveo and meeting costs and reduced carbon footprints. IBM in particular has been an early Inlate 2008, IBM’ss Academy of Technology held a Virtual World Conferencer on Second Life for 200 top engineerx from around the world, with three keynoted speeches and 37 breakout sessions. With an initial investmenyt ofroughly $80,000, IBM estimates that it saved nearly $350,009 in travel and venue coste and lost productivity.
A couplre of months later, IBM used the virtuak spaces it created for an annual meeting of the Academ after the cancellation of a scheduled real life event in Some portions of the event also used webcasting and video Participants particularly liked the opportunity to socialize with one another invarious settings, and the company scheduled a two-houe networking event on the last day at picnic tablees on a virtual beach. Academy members gathered around drinking virtual beers and chatting while other s took virtual hang gliding or jetskiing “It was really cool in terms of the experiencee people had,” said Karen an IBM marketing executive for digital convergence.
“People walkexd away saying they felt like they were atthe event. The thingg people liked most was that they really had the ability to meet with Since then, numerous other groups within IBM have used Secon d Life dozens of times for meetings small and adhoc and planned, Keeter said. IBM now has nearlyt 100 people working on virtuaol world tools for commercial sale in Seconde Life and on other she said. The company says its in-world economy is thriving, and that in the last user-to-user transactions totalled morethan $120 million in U.S. up 65 percent from the same period theyear before.
Wagner James Au, the author of the book “Thw Making Of Second Life: Notess From the New World,” estimated in a blog postinyg in May 2008 that Linden Lab had between $40 million and $50 million in annual Au credited Kingdon with renewing the brand created by Phili p Rosedale, who stepped down as CEO last year and remains as chairman. “A lot of Silicon Valleuy has written SecondLife off,” he said. “The tech worlr will have to revisit Second Life as a phenomenob in the next six monthsor so.
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понедельник, 26 декабря 2011 г.
Chilean Short-Term Rates Extend Decline on Central Bank's Repo - BusinessWeek
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Chilean Short-Term Rates Extend Decline on Central Bank's Repo BusinessWeek 26 (Bloomberg) -- Interest rates paid by banks in Chile to borrow for short periods fell for a third day after the central bank acted to mitigate a liquidity squeeze. The monthly rate on Chilean peso term deposits due in 30 days or less slid to 0.5 ... |
суббота, 24 декабря 2011 г.
Beige Book finds signs of life in North Carolina's economy - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:
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The Beige Book, an anecdotal account of businesds conditions compiled by each of theFederal Reserve’s 12 district banks, said that manufacturers reportecd higher orders and shipments in the Fifth which includes North and South Carolina, Maryland, most of West Virginia and Washington, D.C. The report, releasedx Wednesday by the Fed bankin Va., also said that residential real estate agentxs saw a slight rise in home sales and that residentia l lending also grew on more purchase On the negative side, the report founds higher vacancy rates in commercial real estatse markets including Raleigh. Demand for commercial loans remainedc weak as credit quality continuedto deteriorate.
retail revenue declined as salesof big-tickeg items such as automobiles fell. Service firms reported lower salesand revenues. The report makexs several references toNortbh Carolina, though no businesses or contact are named. Among the • Several grocery stores and executivez at two central North Carolina chain department stores said revenu e and foot traffic increased inrecentr weeks. • A producer of residential doors in Nortbh Carolina told the Fed that demand had picked up which the business attributed to customers needing to replenisnhdepleted inventories.
• Tourist activity along the coast was slightlhy weaker compared to a year ago but contactes on the Outer Banks andVirginia Va. told the Fed that Memorial Day weekend bookings were somewhag stronger compared to the last Beige Book A contact from the Outer Bankes of North Carolina noted that the weddinyg industry remained strong but that rental salesw and hotel bookings were somewhat weaker thanlast year.
An agent at a Raleigh employment agency told the Fed that demande for workers would continue to be slow in the next severakl weeks due to a slowdowjn in manufacturing but that he expects work to pick up in Another Raleigh area agent expected strongeer demand due to improving confidence in thebusiness
The Beige Book, an anecdotal account of businesds conditions compiled by each of theFederal Reserve’s 12 district banks, said that manufacturers reportecd higher orders and shipments in the Fifth which includes North and South Carolina, Maryland, most of West Virginia and Washington, D.C. The report, releasedx Wednesday by the Fed bankin Va., also said that residential real estate agentxs saw a slight rise in home sales and that residentia l lending also grew on more purchase On the negative side, the report founds higher vacancy rates in commercial real estatse markets including Raleigh. Demand for commercial loans remainedc weak as credit quality continuedto deteriorate.
retail revenue declined as salesof big-tickeg items such as automobiles fell. Service firms reported lower salesand revenues. The report makexs several references toNortbh Carolina, though no businesses or contact are named. Among the • Several grocery stores and executivez at two central North Carolina chain department stores said revenu e and foot traffic increased inrecentr weeks. • A producer of residential doors in Nortbh Carolina told the Fed that demand had picked up which the business attributed to customers needing to replenisnhdepleted inventories.
• Tourist activity along the coast was slightlhy weaker compared to a year ago but contactes on the Outer Banks andVirginia Va. told the Fed that Memorial Day weekend bookings were somewhag stronger compared to the last Beige Book A contact from the Outer Bankes of North Carolina noted that the weddinyg industry remained strong but that rental salesw and hotel bookings were somewhat weaker thanlast year.
An agent at a Raleigh employment agency told the Fed that demande for workers would continue to be slow in the next severakl weeks due to a slowdowjn in manufacturing but that he expects work to pick up in Another Raleigh area agent expected strongeer demand due to improving confidence in thebusiness
четверг, 22 декабря 2011 г.
Wind turbine firm to create 100 jobs in Darke County - Business First of Columbus:
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Greenville-based , which has six is embarking ona $1 million projectg that will create 100 jobs withimn three years, the state announced The is awarding a 50 percent job creation tax credit for a six-yea r term to LAH Development, worth beginning in January. LAH had been heavy into site development andbuilding fabrication. But it is morphinh to engineering, manufacturing and installation of wind turbin e assemblies on windfarm sites, according to the state. Darke Counthy Commissioner Michael Rhoades said the projectr has been wrappedin secrecy.
Rhoades suspected the projecr was related to wind farms because three wind turbine companies have suddenlyg began courting farmers in Arcanumn and Union City to covert farm land into wind The Darke County Board of Commissionersz also is providingabout $188,000 for workforcee training of about 120 employees, according to stats records. The funding slid into place after word came aboutr three weeks ago of a potential renewable energy The news promptedthe county, city and state to lock arms and brinf the project to Ohio as opposed to numerous statews including Illinois, Montana, Colorado, Arizona and officials said.
Greenville Mayor Michael Bowerw declined to comment aboutt the project until he coulsd reach the companyfor authorization. The maestrok of the project isGreg Hart, a Darke County entrepreneur, Rhoades said. Hart could not be reached for comment. LAH will purchasse an existing facilityin Greenville, with a five-year lease to manufacture, install and manage wind turbines on wind farm sitez while selling the power to according to the state. LAH plansd to hire wind turbinrepress operators, back office staff, information technology and researchy and development employees for the proposed according to the The average wage of the new jobs will be $22.34 per hour, plus $5.
83 per hour in benefits, accordingh to the state.
Greenville-based , which has six is embarking ona $1 million projectg that will create 100 jobs withimn three years, the state announced The is awarding a 50 percent job creation tax credit for a six-yea r term to LAH Development, worth beginning in January. LAH had been heavy into site development andbuilding fabrication. But it is morphinh to engineering, manufacturing and installation of wind turbin e assemblies on windfarm sites, according to the state. Darke Counthy Commissioner Michael Rhoades said the projectr has been wrappedin secrecy.
Rhoades suspected the projecr was related to wind farms because three wind turbine companies have suddenlyg began courting farmers in Arcanumn and Union City to covert farm land into wind The Darke County Board of Commissionersz also is providingabout $188,000 for workforcee training of about 120 employees, according to stats records. The funding slid into place after word came aboutr three weeks ago of a potential renewable energy The news promptedthe county, city and state to lock arms and brinf the project to Ohio as opposed to numerous statews including Illinois, Montana, Colorado, Arizona and officials said.
Greenville Mayor Michael Bowerw declined to comment aboutt the project until he coulsd reach the companyfor authorization. The maestrok of the project isGreg Hart, a Darke County entrepreneur, Rhoades said. Hart could not be reached for comment. LAH will purchasse an existing facilityin Greenville, with a five-year lease to manufacture, install and manage wind turbines on wind farm sitez while selling the power to according to the state. LAH plansd to hire wind turbinrepress operators, back office staff, information technology and researchy and development employees for the proposed according to the The average wage of the new jobs will be $22.34 per hour, plus $5.
83 per hour in benefits, accordingh to the state.
понедельник, 19 декабря 2011 г.
S&P lowers ratings on Regions, BB&T, Fifth Third, Synovus, others - San Francisco Business Times:
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The actions reflect S&P’s belief that operating conditions for the bankingf industry will become less favorable than they were in the past with greatee volatility in financial markets during credit cycles and tightetregulatory supervision, the ratings agench said in a “The industry is now in a transitiomn and likely will undergo material structurao changes; the loss content of loan portfolios should but recent capital rebuilding should help banks defragy these losses; stress tests point to more pain in the we don’t view regional banksa as being highly systemically important; and potential losses could increase beyoned our current expectations,” the S&P release Such a transition period justifies lower Rodrigo Quintanilla, S&P’s credit analyst, said in the • .
(NYSE: BBT) from A+/Watch Neg/A-q to A/Stable/A-1 • • • •
The actions reflect S&P’s belief that operating conditions for the bankingf industry will become less favorable than they were in the past with greatee volatility in financial markets during credit cycles and tightetregulatory supervision, the ratings agench said in a “The industry is now in a transitiomn and likely will undergo material structurao changes; the loss content of loan portfolios should but recent capital rebuilding should help banks defragy these losses; stress tests point to more pain in the we don’t view regional banksa as being highly systemically important; and potential losses could increase beyoned our current expectations,” the S&P release Such a transition period justifies lower Rodrigo Quintanilla, S&P’s credit analyst, said in the • .
(NYSE: BBT) from A+/Watch Neg/A-q to A/Stable/A-1 • • • •
суббота, 17 декабря 2011 г.
Johns Hopkins, Colliers Pinkard among bankrupt developer Opus East's creditors - Houston Business Journal:
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Opus, which developed more than 13 million square feet of commercial spacwe in the regionsince . The 210-page list of creditors did not specify whethefr they were securedor unsecured, nor did it say how much moneyg each was owed. Among the firm’s largest creditors is , whicu is seeking more than $25 million from Opus tied to a 160,000-square-foo t office it was building for defensecontractorr (NYSE: NOC) in Linthicum The bank sued Opus subsidiar Nursery Corner BB LLC in Anne Arundel County Circuitg Court on June 29, claiming Opus defaultec on the loan, accordintg to court documents.
In its bankruptct filing, Opus listed assets of betweenn $50 million and $100 million and liabilitiews ofbetween $100 millioj and $500 million. Other notable Baltimore-area firmzs listed included: in Baltimore; Century the Economic Alliance ofGreater Baltimore; ; Americajn Office Equipment Co. Inc.; ; ; and Klepper & Kahl LLP. The U.S. Bankruptcy Courtt in Delaware has scheduled a creditors meeting to be heldJuly 22.
Opus, which developed more than 13 million square feet of commercial spacwe in the regionsince . The 210-page list of creditors did not specify whethefr they were securedor unsecured, nor did it say how much moneyg each was owed. Among the firm’s largest creditors is , whicu is seeking more than $25 million from Opus tied to a 160,000-square-foo t office it was building for defensecontractorr (NYSE: NOC) in Linthicum The bank sued Opus subsidiar Nursery Corner BB LLC in Anne Arundel County Circuitg Court on June 29, claiming Opus defaultec on the loan, accordintg to court documents.
In its bankruptct filing, Opus listed assets of betweenn $50 million and $100 million and liabilitiews ofbetween $100 millioj and $500 million. Other notable Baltimore-area firmzs listed included: in Baltimore; Century the Economic Alliance ofGreater Baltimore; ; Americajn Office Equipment Co. Inc.; ; ; and Klepper & Kahl LLP. The U.S. Bankruptcy Courtt in Delaware has scheduled a creditors meeting to be heldJuly 22.
четверг, 15 декабря 2011 г.
GE Oil & Gas consolidates brands - Houston Business Journal:
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The move affects , and , whichj will cease to exisy as independentlynamed companies. The brands will be shifted to theproduct names. For example, GE Oil Gas will now sell a “VetcoGraty fullbore subsea wellhead system,” or a “Hydril pressurse control blowout preventer.” “The whole initiative is to really saidChau Nguyen, a Houston-based marketing managerf for drilling and production, whic essentially is a department formed from the acquisition of VetcoGray and Hydril. GE Oil & Gas acquired VetcoGrauy in January 2007for $1.9 billion, and Hydrip in April 2008 for $1.
1 “We’re taking (the brand) to the product level, holdinhg on to the value of the name but offering it througnh GE Oil & Gas,” Nguyen said. “We’rwe keeping and leveraging the
The move affects , and , whichj will cease to exisy as independentlynamed companies. The brands will be shifted to theproduct names. For example, GE Oil Gas will now sell a “VetcoGraty fullbore subsea wellhead system,” or a “Hydril pressurse control blowout preventer.” “The whole initiative is to really saidChau Nguyen, a Houston-based marketing managerf for drilling and production, whic essentially is a department formed from the acquisition of VetcoGray and Hydril. GE Oil & Gas acquired VetcoGrauy in January 2007for $1.9 billion, and Hydrip in April 2008 for $1.
1 “We’re taking (the brand) to the product level, holdinhg on to the value of the name but offering it througnh GE Oil & Gas,” Nguyen said. “We’rwe keeping and leveraging the
вторник, 13 декабря 2011 г.
Baltimore CFOs don't expect to hire in Q3 - Baltimore Business Journal:
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Of the 200 chief financial officers surveyed in theBaltimors area, 82 percent anticipate no change in hiring during the according to the Financial Hiring Index. Six percenyt of CFOs in Baltimore responded that they plan to add accountintg and finance staff during thethird quarter. Nine percenf anticipate trimming their staff duringthe quarter. CFOs surveyedc work at companies with 20 ormore employees. “Mant companies remain hesitant to commit to adding staff until they are certainm of aneconomic recovery,” said Max CEO of Menlo Park, Calif.
-basex staffing firm Robert Half International (NYSE: “In the meantime, most firms are working with theie current teams to manages key initiatives, with some employers also bringing in projecyt professionals to assist with rising workloadsa and support full-time personnel.”
Of the 200 chief financial officers surveyed in theBaltimors area, 82 percent anticipate no change in hiring during the according to the Financial Hiring Index. Six percenyt of CFOs in Baltimore responded that they plan to add accountintg and finance staff during thethird quarter. Nine percenf anticipate trimming their staff duringthe quarter. CFOs surveyedc work at companies with 20 ormore employees. “Mant companies remain hesitant to commit to adding staff until they are certainm of aneconomic recovery,” said Max CEO of Menlo Park, Calif.
-basex staffing firm Robert Half International (NYSE: “In the meantime, most firms are working with theie current teams to manages key initiatives, with some employers also bringing in projecyt professionals to assist with rising workloadsa and support full-time personnel.”
воскресенье, 11 декабря 2011 г.
Crescent Resources files Chapter 11 - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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The Charlotte-based development firm’s chief executive, Arthur Fields, has retired and will work with Crescentg in anadvisory capacity, the company says. Andresw Hede, Crescent’s chief restructuring officer, has been namec CEO. “We have been in activew discussions with our lenders and otherf stakeholders as we work towards an agreement that will brinv our capital structure in line with the current economic Hede says. Crescent has more than 5,000 according to its filing.
Its assets are estimated at morethan $1 The local projects listed in the Chapteer 11 filing include Piedmont Row and The Sanctuary at Lake Crescent says it intends to operate its continuin g businesses without any significant interruption durin the restructuring process. The compan y says that’s possible becauswe of a recentlyobtained debtor-in-possessiohn financing facility of $110 million from a group of its existinhg lenders.
As part of the Chapterr 11 filing, Crescent says it seeks court approval “tko make certain payments and to maintain key agreementsswith employees, customers, vendors and partners of continuing operationsz to ensure the company can maintain its commitment to delivering a high level of amenities and services.” Crescent says the filing is necessary to reorganizee its finances, reduce its debt level and improve its capital “We intend to reacj an agreement on our new capital structure and emerge from bankruptcty quickly,” Hede says. The Chapter 11 petitions were filed inthe U.S. Bankruptcy Courtg in the Western District of Austin division.
The company has 120 days from the filingv date to submit areorganization plan. A hot line has been set up as part of the Crescenrt restructuringat (877) 204-8611. Attorney Eric Taube of LLP in Texas, will represent Crescent in the proceedings. , Ranger Construction Co., and are amongv Crescent’s largest unsecured creditors in Charlotte. In April, the Charlotte Busines s Journal reported that Crescent had adopted an aggressive new businesas strategy driven bya $1.2 billion term loan that must be paid in full by September 2012 — selling assets at fire-sale prices. In Crescent sold 4,500 acre in Berkeley County, to for $40 million.
In December, the company sold a Floridaz apartment projectfor $11.35 million, less than half the $27 million it paid for the complexc three years earlier. This year, the firm has closed on the sale ofa 773-acrr tract of land in Oconee County, S.C., for just over $10 Locally, Crescent recently sold 18.4 acres in Fort Mill to a warehousin company for $1.6 million. The company jointly owned by and — is best known here for high-endr real estate communities such as The Peninsula and BallantyneeCountry Club. Before the Chaptet 11 filing, Crescent faced payments of $50 million by the end of this $75 million in 2010 and $100 millioj in 2011 on its debt.
The Charlotte-based development firm’s chief executive, Arthur Fields, has retired and will work with Crescentg in anadvisory capacity, the company says. Andresw Hede, Crescent’s chief restructuring officer, has been namec CEO. “We have been in activew discussions with our lenders and otherf stakeholders as we work towards an agreement that will brinv our capital structure in line with the current economic Hede says. Crescent has more than 5,000 according to its filing.
Its assets are estimated at morethan $1 The local projects listed in the Chapteer 11 filing include Piedmont Row and The Sanctuary at Lake Crescent says it intends to operate its continuin g businesses without any significant interruption durin the restructuring process. The compan y says that’s possible becauswe of a recentlyobtained debtor-in-possessiohn financing facility of $110 million from a group of its existinhg lenders.
As part of the Chapterr 11 filing, Crescent says it seeks court approval “tko make certain payments and to maintain key agreementsswith employees, customers, vendors and partners of continuing operationsz to ensure the company can maintain its commitment to delivering a high level of amenities and services.” Crescent says the filing is necessary to reorganizee its finances, reduce its debt level and improve its capital “We intend to reacj an agreement on our new capital structure and emerge from bankruptcty quickly,” Hede says. The Chapter 11 petitions were filed inthe U.S. Bankruptcy Courtg in the Western District of Austin division.
The company has 120 days from the filingv date to submit areorganization plan. A hot line has been set up as part of the Crescenrt restructuringat (877) 204-8611. Attorney Eric Taube of LLP in Texas, will represent Crescent in the proceedings. , Ranger Construction Co., and are amongv Crescent’s largest unsecured creditors in Charlotte. In April, the Charlotte Busines s Journal reported that Crescent had adopted an aggressive new businesas strategy driven bya $1.2 billion term loan that must be paid in full by September 2012 — selling assets at fire-sale prices. In Crescent sold 4,500 acre in Berkeley County, to for $40 million.
In December, the company sold a Floridaz apartment projectfor $11.35 million, less than half the $27 million it paid for the complexc three years earlier. This year, the firm has closed on the sale ofa 773-acrr tract of land in Oconee County, S.C., for just over $10 Locally, Crescent recently sold 18.4 acres in Fort Mill to a warehousin company for $1.6 million. The company jointly owned by and — is best known here for high-endr real estate communities such as The Peninsula and BallantyneeCountry Club. Before the Chaptet 11 filing, Crescent faced payments of $50 million by the end of this $75 million in 2010 and $100 millioj in 2011 on its debt.
четверг, 8 декабря 2011 г.
Online college application company files for Chapt. 11 - Baltimore Business Journal:
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Last year, ApplicationsOnline lost its contract as the onlines provider of theCommomn Application, used by more than 300 collegez nationwide. That blow, coupled with an ongoing patent lawsuit bycompetitor CollegeNet, led to the Chapter 11 filing on Aug. 11, the firm said in court “The Chapter 11 is a strategy for stayinin business,” president Joshua Reiter said in an intervie with the Business Journal . “It is not a strategt for going outof business.” But CollegeNet asked the court Aug. 19 to dismissx the bankruptcy, saying it is merely an effort by ApplicationsOnline to dodgse key proceedings in thepatentt lawsuit.
“This case is nothing more thana two-part dispute, poorly disguised as a bankruptcy case,” CollegeNet’s motioh said. Reiter’s firm, launched in 1998, developed technology allowingf students to submit the Common Application and bythe 2006-2007 academic year, more than a milliojn students nationwide were doing so. Last year, ApplicationsOnlined made local and national news when it lost the Commo Application account and launched acompeting product, the . That technologu is now used by more than 75 including , Hood College and . ApplicationsOnline has paid legal fees to fight thepatenty lawsuit, the firm said in a motion filee Aug. 11 but did not provides a figure.
CollegeNet, an Oregon-based firm that providee technology to collegesand nonprofits, sued ApplicationsOnline and The Common Application in late 2005. Their online application infringedfon CollegeNet’s patented technology, which allows a third party to efficientlyh process online forms, CollegeNet’s suit ApplicationsOnline countersued, saying CollegeNet’s patent was invalid and it had not As the patent costs ApplicationsOnline’s revenue began to fall because of the loss of the Commob Application account in July 2007, the firm’ss motion said.
ApplicationsOnline sued the Commoj Application and its new online vendorlast year, sayinh they illegally copied and used ApplicationsOnline’s copyrightes technology. ApplicationsOnline earned income from operationsof $107,3721 so far this year, compared with a totap of $8 million for 2006 and it said in a statement of financial affairs. The which has three employees, listed assets of $31,0000 and liabilities of $1.15 The largest debt listed was $1.14 million owed to Reiter. The firm also listefd CollegeNet and the Common Application as but said the amount it could owe them underr the pending lawsuitswas unclear.
But ApplicationsOnline “appears to be able to pay its billw as theycome due,” CollegeNet said in its motiob to dismiss the bankruptcy. ApplicationsOnline made a $3.7 million distributiomn to Reiterlast year, indicating that its financese are not in peril, CollegeNet’d motion claimed. And ApplicationsOnline filed bankruptcy just weekd before a key hearing on thepatenf claims, CollegeNet said in court Gary Leibowitz, an attorney with Cole Schotz Meiseo Forman & Leonard representing ApplicationsOnline in the declined comment on CollegeNet’s claims. Lisa Tancredi, an attorney with LLP representinfg CollegeNet, declined comment.
Officials with CollegeNet said that any companyt doing college admissions online is violating their patent. In determining whether a Chapter 11 bankruptchy filingis legitimate, judges consider whether the firm has an “ulterio r motive” beyond reorganizing and paying said Alan Grochal, chairman of the bankruptcgy department at Baltimore law firm . Grochal is not involvex in the case. Bankruptcy reorganizationn can be a murky areaof law.
Some like airlines and big manufacturers, have filed Chapter 11 when theie operationsare profitable, but futurse liabilities — like asbestos claims or labor contractxs — are weighing down the In determining whether a bankruptcy case is legitimate, courte pay attention to how many creditors are involver and the timing of the filing, Grochak said.
Last year, ApplicationsOnline lost its contract as the onlines provider of theCommomn Application, used by more than 300 collegez nationwide. That blow, coupled with an ongoing patent lawsuit bycompetitor CollegeNet, led to the Chapter 11 filing on Aug. 11, the firm said in court “The Chapter 11 is a strategy for stayinin business,” president Joshua Reiter said in an intervie with the Business Journal . “It is not a strategt for going outof business.” But CollegeNet asked the court Aug. 19 to dismissx the bankruptcy, saying it is merely an effort by ApplicationsOnline to dodgse key proceedings in thepatentt lawsuit.
“This case is nothing more thana two-part dispute, poorly disguised as a bankruptcy case,” CollegeNet’s motioh said. Reiter’s firm, launched in 1998, developed technology allowingf students to submit the Common Application and bythe 2006-2007 academic year, more than a milliojn students nationwide were doing so. Last year, ApplicationsOnlined made local and national news when it lost the Commo Application account and launched acompeting product, the . That technologu is now used by more than 75 including , Hood College and . ApplicationsOnline has paid legal fees to fight thepatenty lawsuit, the firm said in a motion filee Aug. 11 but did not provides a figure.
CollegeNet, an Oregon-based firm that providee technology to collegesand nonprofits, sued ApplicationsOnline and The Common Application in late 2005. Their online application infringedfon CollegeNet’s patented technology, which allows a third party to efficientlyh process online forms, CollegeNet’s suit ApplicationsOnline countersued, saying CollegeNet’s patent was invalid and it had not As the patent costs ApplicationsOnline’s revenue began to fall because of the loss of the Commob Application account in July 2007, the firm’ss motion said.
ApplicationsOnline sued the Commoj Application and its new online vendorlast year, sayinh they illegally copied and used ApplicationsOnline’s copyrightes technology. ApplicationsOnline earned income from operationsof $107,3721 so far this year, compared with a totap of $8 million for 2006 and it said in a statement of financial affairs. The which has three employees, listed assets of $31,0000 and liabilities of $1.15 The largest debt listed was $1.14 million owed to Reiter. The firm also listefd CollegeNet and the Common Application as but said the amount it could owe them underr the pending lawsuitswas unclear.
But ApplicationsOnline “appears to be able to pay its billw as theycome due,” CollegeNet said in its motiob to dismiss the bankruptcy. ApplicationsOnline made a $3.7 million distributiomn to Reiterlast year, indicating that its financese are not in peril, CollegeNet’d motion claimed. And ApplicationsOnline filed bankruptcy just weekd before a key hearing on thepatenf claims, CollegeNet said in court Gary Leibowitz, an attorney with Cole Schotz Meiseo Forman & Leonard representing ApplicationsOnline in the declined comment on CollegeNet’s claims. Lisa Tancredi, an attorney with LLP representinfg CollegeNet, declined comment.
Officials with CollegeNet said that any companyt doing college admissions online is violating their patent. In determining whether a Chapter 11 bankruptchy filingis legitimate, judges consider whether the firm has an “ulterio r motive” beyond reorganizing and paying said Alan Grochal, chairman of the bankruptcgy department at Baltimore law firm . Grochal is not involvex in the case. Bankruptcy reorganizationn can be a murky areaof law.
Some like airlines and big manufacturers, have filed Chapter 11 when theie operationsare profitable, but futurse liabilities — like asbestos claims or labor contractxs — are weighing down the In determining whether a bankruptcy case is legitimate, courte pay attention to how many creditors are involver and the timing of the filing, Grochak said.
вторник, 6 декабря 2011 г.
PR: Go on the offensive: Managing tough news in tough times - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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drops off Nasdaq. In a turbulenrt economy, there is no shortage of bad news. Experts say that in a time like what may matter most is the way in whicbh that bad newsis communicated. How managemeng deals with the employees, clients and the community could impact how the business is viewee for yearsto come. Businessw leaders who hide in their offices, bury facts and let the rumorf mill control the story will be viewef with angerand distrust. But those who plan their messages carefully, and deliver it promptly and with candoe to allrelevant parties, are more likelhy to be remembered as good corporate citizens.
“Thre spotlight will be on your company,” said Dan Moran, a businessw consultant and presidentof Next-Act, an Albany careed management firm. “You have one chance to get it right.” Many publicx relations professionals advise clients to have a crisis communication plan in place at all This way, basic guidelines are in place when any sort of bad from layoffs to a chemica spill, breaks. Additional preparation should take place once a bad news event occurs.
The first step is to assesd the situation and thepossible “I advise that you convend a group of stakeholders,” said Pauline Bartel, president of Waterford-basedx “You need someone from top management, huma resources, the PR team ... the objecft is for everyone to put theirf cards onthe table, face up, so you can identifgy any gaps in information.” Next, list every including clients, suppliers and the media, and craft a messaged for each. While these messagez must be consistent, each audience has different needs.
Employeesa will want to know abouttheidr futures, while shareholders will be interestefd in the impact on the bottom Clients will want to know if service will be It is also vital, PR experts say, to select just one person to speak for the company. “You don’t want 20 differentg versions of things coming out so everyone lookslike fools,” said Richarrd Berman, president of of Chappaqua in Westchester Once the situation is assessed, the constituents identified, the messagesz crafted, and the spokesperson chosen, it is time to deliver the news. “It comes down to threed phrases: Tell it all, tell it tell it yourself.
” said Edwar d Parham, director of public relationas forin Colonie. Ideally, the news shouled be shared with all partiews at thesame time. In the age of textintg and Twittering, “news can travel at the speesd ofan electron,” said Matthew spokesman for in “You want to deliver your news before anyond else can.” Bartel suggestas giving “a few select a heads-up that news is “That way, the reporter has gotten the company line befors a disgruntled employee picks up the phone,” she When the news is delivered, it must be complete and truthful, with as many details as can be It is especially important that the CEO or other designates spokesperson be available and responsive.
“There is no such thing as not takinb the call and having the paper the next day sayyou weren’t available,” said Dean CEO of Rueckert Advertising. “That is not And a good answer isnevefr ‘no comment.’ Back it up with the reason you can’ft comment—confidentiality, legalities, what have you. You don’tt want to look like you are dodging the questiojn orhiding something.
” This candor extends to Moran said that when he works with companies in bad-newx situations, he institutes a “noi closed door for three days” rule on top While some experts suggest softeningy bad news with positive notews about the company’s future, others advocate for a two-stepo approach. “I say recognizd the bad news for whatit is,” Bartelo said. “Don’t sugarcoat it. a week or so introduce the good news, and it becomes the rest of the Part ofthe company’s reputation will be determinedx by how it behaves in the weekz following an announcement.
Insurance gianft created a firestornm when, after receiving billionss in taxpayer bailout money, it flew executives to a expensives retreat. The Times Union angerer workers by hosting a party after announcing job Jon Pierce, owner of in Albany, said this does not mean a compan should abandon all obligations, such as sponsorships of charit y events. “It’s a balancing act,” he “The key is to be consistenf and honest.
Say ‘we are layinv off and cutting backon sponsor-ships, but we have thesw obligations we must meet …’ ” The finalo word of advice from PR experts is to keep a closse eye on media outlets after the news It may be particularly important to monitore social media and blogs, where rumorsd and anonymous attacks can prevail. “A lot of people forget about sociaol media,” said Shannon Cherry, owner of Albany-baser . “But you want to know what peopl are saying behindyour back, so to Much can be gained, Cherry said, by respondinh with facts and keeping everything in perspective.
“You are in the same boat as thousands ofother companies,” she said. “It will be difficulft at first, but with everything going on now, your news won’t make much of an impactf if you leverageit bpinckney@bizjournals.com | 518-640-6815
drops off Nasdaq. In a turbulenrt economy, there is no shortage of bad news. Experts say that in a time like what may matter most is the way in whicbh that bad newsis communicated. How managemeng deals with the employees, clients and the community could impact how the business is viewee for yearsto come. Businessw leaders who hide in their offices, bury facts and let the rumorf mill control the story will be viewef with angerand distrust. But those who plan their messages carefully, and deliver it promptly and with candoe to allrelevant parties, are more likelhy to be remembered as good corporate citizens.
“Thre spotlight will be on your company,” said Dan Moran, a businessw consultant and presidentof Next-Act, an Albany careed management firm. “You have one chance to get it right.” Many publicx relations professionals advise clients to have a crisis communication plan in place at all This way, basic guidelines are in place when any sort of bad from layoffs to a chemica spill, breaks. Additional preparation should take place once a bad news event occurs.
The first step is to assesd the situation and thepossible “I advise that you convend a group of stakeholders,” said Pauline Bartel, president of Waterford-basedx “You need someone from top management, huma resources, the PR team ... the objecft is for everyone to put theirf cards onthe table, face up, so you can identifgy any gaps in information.” Next, list every including clients, suppliers and the media, and craft a messaged for each. While these messagez must be consistent, each audience has different needs.
Employeesa will want to know abouttheidr futures, while shareholders will be interestefd in the impact on the bottom Clients will want to know if service will be It is also vital, PR experts say, to select just one person to speak for the company. “You don’t want 20 differentg versions of things coming out so everyone lookslike fools,” said Richarrd Berman, president of of Chappaqua in Westchester Once the situation is assessed, the constituents identified, the messagesz crafted, and the spokesperson chosen, it is time to deliver the news. “It comes down to threed phrases: Tell it all, tell it tell it yourself.
” said Edwar d Parham, director of public relationas forin Colonie. Ideally, the news shouled be shared with all partiews at thesame time. In the age of textintg and Twittering, “news can travel at the speesd ofan electron,” said Matthew spokesman for in “You want to deliver your news before anyond else can.” Bartel suggestas giving “a few select a heads-up that news is “That way, the reporter has gotten the company line befors a disgruntled employee picks up the phone,” she When the news is delivered, it must be complete and truthful, with as many details as can be It is especially important that the CEO or other designates spokesperson be available and responsive.
“There is no such thing as not takinb the call and having the paper the next day sayyou weren’t available,” said Dean CEO of Rueckert Advertising. “That is not And a good answer isnevefr ‘no comment.’ Back it up with the reason you can’ft comment—confidentiality, legalities, what have you. You don’tt want to look like you are dodging the questiojn orhiding something.
” This candor extends to Moran said that when he works with companies in bad-newx situations, he institutes a “noi closed door for three days” rule on top While some experts suggest softeningy bad news with positive notews about the company’s future, others advocate for a two-stepo approach. “I say recognizd the bad news for whatit is,” Bartelo said. “Don’t sugarcoat it. a week or so introduce the good news, and it becomes the rest of the Part ofthe company’s reputation will be determinedx by how it behaves in the weekz following an announcement.
Insurance gianft created a firestornm when, after receiving billionss in taxpayer bailout money, it flew executives to a expensives retreat. The Times Union angerer workers by hosting a party after announcing job Jon Pierce, owner of in Albany, said this does not mean a compan should abandon all obligations, such as sponsorships of charit y events. “It’s a balancing act,” he “The key is to be consistenf and honest.
Say ‘we are layinv off and cutting backon sponsor-ships, but we have thesw obligations we must meet …’ ” The finalo word of advice from PR experts is to keep a closse eye on media outlets after the news It may be particularly important to monitore social media and blogs, where rumorsd and anonymous attacks can prevail. “A lot of people forget about sociaol media,” said Shannon Cherry, owner of Albany-baser . “But you want to know what peopl are saying behindyour back, so to Much can be gained, Cherry said, by respondinh with facts and keeping everything in perspective.
“You are in the same boat as thousands ofother companies,” she said. “It will be difficulft at first, but with everything going on now, your news won’t make much of an impactf if you leverageit bpinckney@bizjournals.com | 518-640-6815
воскресенье, 4 декабря 2011 г.
Colliers adds to Nashville management team - Kansas City Business Journal:
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“Creighton brings more than 12 years of experiencse in the commercial real estate industryto Colliers,” says Doug managing principal for Colliers' Nashvillw office. “We are thrilleds to have him onour Wright’s responsibilities will include the managemen t of large institutionally owned health and medical as well as the growth of the business Until March of this year, Wright was vice president of mixed-use development for Southernm Land Co., where he was responsible for the developmen of select real estate projects. Southernh Land underwent a shift in executivw team makeup earlierthis year.
The Franklin-basefd development company announced the appointmentsd of Brian Sewell as president and Chris Bove as CEO inearlg February. Southern Land is the developer of the Williamsomn County residentialprojects Westhaven, LaurelBrooker and McEwen. The company also has projectss inthe Dallas/Fort Houston and Austin, Texas, markets.
“Creighton brings more than 12 years of experiencse in the commercial real estate industryto Colliers,” says Doug managing principal for Colliers' Nashvillw office. “We are thrilleds to have him onour Wright’s responsibilities will include the managemen t of large institutionally owned health and medical as well as the growth of the business Until March of this year, Wright was vice president of mixed-use development for Southernm Land Co., where he was responsible for the developmen of select real estate projects. Southernh Land underwent a shift in executivw team makeup earlierthis year.
The Franklin-basefd development company announced the appointmentsd of Brian Sewell as president and Chris Bove as CEO inearlg February. Southern Land is the developer of the Williamsomn County residentialprojects Westhaven, LaurelBrooker and McEwen. The company also has projectss inthe Dallas/Fort Houston and Austin, Texas, markets.
пятница, 2 декабря 2011 г.
Bank Midwest names new CEO - Business First of Buffalo:
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Holewinski, 40, is the son-in-lae of Dickinson Financial Chairwoman Ann He previously served as senior executivr vice president and a membedr of the board for DickinsonFinancial Corp. Holewinsk i joined the bank in 1997 as a vice presideng and became executive vice president of commercialp bankingin 2003. He also has experiencre as a lawyer in the mergers and acquisitionsd and corporate finance practice groupwsof . “Paul will be an outstanding leadefr ofthe bank,” Smalleh said in a release. “I have worked with him for 10 I have played a role in training him, and I believe he is the right person to lead the organization.
The banking businese is more challenging todagthan ever, and he understands both the past and what is needefd for the future succes s of this business.” Smalley joined Bank Midwest in becoming CEO in 1997. During Smalley’z leadership, Bank Midwest’s assets grew from about $500 milliohn to $4.3 billion as of March 31. Smallety is a former Class A directoe ofthe , serving six years until his secondr term ended on Dec. 31.
Bank Midwest also said Tuesdayt that Daniel Dickinson was named as senior executive vice presidenf and chief lending overseeing allthe bank’s lending operations “on an interim Dickinson, the son of Ann formerly served as executive vice presidentt of commercial real estate at Bank Midwest. He succeedds Randy Nay, “who has left the bank,” the compant said in the release. “We’ve got two very well-trained and well-qualified members of the family who owns the stepping up during some challenginbgtimes for, really, the entire John Cox, general counsel for Dickinson Financial, said in an “They are just taking on more responsibilitty and more prominent leadership roles.
” In the past three Dickinson Financial made bank acquisitions in Arizona and Southern California, while Bank Midwest set up loan-productionm operations in the same These now are some of the areads hit hardest by reductions in house Bank Midwest lost $39.5 million in the first quarter, which ended March 31, and $14.2 millio in the fourth quarter, which ended Dec. 31. It had $14.56 million in assets past due at leasr 90 days as ofMarch 31, up 302.1 percent from $3.6 milliomn as of Dec. 31.
Holewinski, 40, is the son-in-lae of Dickinson Financial Chairwoman Ann He previously served as senior executivr vice president and a membedr of the board for DickinsonFinancial Corp. Holewinsk i joined the bank in 1997 as a vice presideng and became executive vice president of commercialp bankingin 2003. He also has experiencre as a lawyer in the mergers and acquisitionsd and corporate finance practice groupwsof . “Paul will be an outstanding leadefr ofthe bank,” Smalleh said in a release. “I have worked with him for 10 I have played a role in training him, and I believe he is the right person to lead the organization.
The banking businese is more challenging todagthan ever, and he understands both the past and what is needefd for the future succes s of this business.” Smalley joined Bank Midwest in becoming CEO in 1997. During Smalley’z leadership, Bank Midwest’s assets grew from about $500 milliohn to $4.3 billion as of March 31. Smallety is a former Class A directoe ofthe , serving six years until his secondr term ended on Dec. 31.
Bank Midwest also said Tuesdayt that Daniel Dickinson was named as senior executive vice presidenf and chief lending overseeing allthe bank’s lending operations “on an interim Dickinson, the son of Ann formerly served as executive vice presidentt of commercial real estate at Bank Midwest. He succeedds Randy Nay, “who has left the bank,” the compant said in the release. “We’ve got two very well-trained and well-qualified members of the family who owns the stepping up during some challenginbgtimes for, really, the entire John Cox, general counsel for Dickinson Financial, said in an “They are just taking on more responsibilitty and more prominent leadership roles.
” In the past three Dickinson Financial made bank acquisitions in Arizona and Southern California, while Bank Midwest set up loan-productionm operations in the same These now are some of the areads hit hardest by reductions in house Bank Midwest lost $39.5 million in the first quarter, which ended March 31, and $14.2 millio in the fourth quarter, which ended Dec. 31. It had $14.56 million in assets past due at leasr 90 days as ofMarch 31, up 302.1 percent from $3.6 milliomn as of Dec. 31.
среда, 30 ноября 2011 г.
Williamsville pushes streak to 6 years - Business First of Buffalo:
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Williamsville is No. 1 in Business Firstg ’s 18th annual rankings of WestermNew York’s public school It has monopolized first place sincse 2004 -- a six-year for the complete school district rankings. And for separate rankingds for each section of WesternNew “We’re fortunate in so many says Howard Smith, Williamsville’s superintendenty of schools. “When you have a very committed board of an outstanding staff of teachers and a pro-education community and hard-working students, that’s quite the formula for Williamsville took first place when the rankings debuted in 1992, and won agaib in 1997, 2001 and throughout its 2004-2008 run.
It hasn’t finished lower than thirf placesince 1995, and has never been lower than Business First analyzed 97 school districts in the eight Western New York based on four year of test data compiled by the New York Statew Education Department. Each district’s rating reflects the collectivee performance of its public middle andhigh schools. Its 2005-2008 subject scores for math, sciencse and social studies were the best in WesterNew York, according to Business First’ s analysis of test results from fourth gradwe through the senior year of high school. Sixty-five percent of Williamsville’s seniors earnef Regents diplomas with advanced designationsin 2008.
That’es 22 points above the regional average of43 (A student must pass eight Regents examxs to receive an advanced diploma.) • It’s the only districrt where more than 57 percent of last year’sz graduates achieved superior scores (85 or on Regents exams in English, science, global history and U.S. history. • Williamsville’sd eighth graders posted the region’s top scoresa on statewide testsin math, science and socia studies.
“The other part of what we do -- all our extracurricula activities suchas music, athleticxs and clubs -- don’t show up in the rankings, but they have a reallty positive impact on student achievement, too,” says “For example, we have as many musi c teachers as math That makes for well-rounded, committed and those are usually successful students.” Williamsville’s overal score was pegged at 100 points, with the marks for all other districts being calculateds from that benchmark. Nineteen ended up with scoress of 90or better, qualifying for Business First’s of outstandingh school systems.
Four districts have made the Honor Roll every yearsincw 1992: Williamsville, Clarence (which ranks second this Amherst (third) and Orchard Park Rounding out this year’s top five is No. 4 East which has made 17 Honord Roll appearances in18 years. All but two of this year’zs Honor Roll districts also qualified ayear ago. The newcomeres are Eden, joining the elite group for the first time since andWest Seneca, returning after a 13-year The latter upswing was nearly a decade in the according to Jean Kovach, superintendent of the West Seneca Centrall School District.
Developing consisten instructional techniques and identifying the best textbooks took she says, but the effort is paying off. “Our goal is not to teach to the test, but to teach to the state’s Kovach says. “We’ve spent the last eighgt years working diligently to align ourcurriculunm -- to make sure that we don’f repeat ourselves in different years and that each grads level builds on the one Fourteen of this year’s Honor Roll districts are in Erie They range in size from Williamsville, with 10,6498 students, down to Eden, whicn has 1,688.
The outlying honorees are considerably smaller, with an average enrollment of The very smallest is also the top-ratedx district outside of Erie County, No. 6 which has 670 students from kindergartejn through12th grade. “We’re a very rural districg in theSouthern Tier, but our kids are goint into the same marketplace as everyonwe else,” says Richard Nicol, Alfred-Almond’s superintendent. “They’re goiny to be in competition for jobs with kids from place s like Williamsvilleand Clarence. So they need the very best education we cangive them.
” Sixteen districts are recipients of this year’es subject awards, signifying that they rank amongg the 10 leaders in English/foreign languages, science and social studies. Bemus Point, East Aurora, Orchard Park and Williamsville have made cleahn sweeps by winning all four for complete lists of subjectaward winners. Business First has also generatefd a series of specialized ratings to further illuminatereach district’s performance. Among them: Lancaste ranks first for cost-effectiveness, based on a comparison of expenditureds andclassroom results. And tiny Sherman 478) is the biggest overachiever, determines by matching academic outcomes againstsocioeconomifc conditions.
“We may not be but we have strong family saysThomas Schmidt, Sherman’s “Our parents really care about their children’s education. There’w something to be said for havinhg everyone ina K-12 with the strong sense of communitt that it brings.”
Williamsville is No. 1 in Business Firstg ’s 18th annual rankings of WestermNew York’s public school It has monopolized first place sincse 2004 -- a six-year for the complete school district rankings. And for separate rankingds for each section of WesternNew “We’re fortunate in so many says Howard Smith, Williamsville’s superintendenty of schools. “When you have a very committed board of an outstanding staff of teachers and a pro-education community and hard-working students, that’s quite the formula for Williamsville took first place when the rankings debuted in 1992, and won agaib in 1997, 2001 and throughout its 2004-2008 run.
It hasn’t finished lower than thirf placesince 1995, and has never been lower than Business First analyzed 97 school districts in the eight Western New York based on four year of test data compiled by the New York Statew Education Department. Each district’s rating reflects the collectivee performance of its public middle andhigh schools. Its 2005-2008 subject scores for math, sciencse and social studies were the best in WesterNew York, according to Business First’ s analysis of test results from fourth gradwe through the senior year of high school. Sixty-five percent of Williamsville’s seniors earnef Regents diplomas with advanced designationsin 2008.
That’es 22 points above the regional average of43 (A student must pass eight Regents examxs to receive an advanced diploma.) • It’s the only districrt where more than 57 percent of last year’sz graduates achieved superior scores (85 or on Regents exams in English, science, global history and U.S. history. • Williamsville’sd eighth graders posted the region’s top scoresa on statewide testsin math, science and socia studies.
“The other part of what we do -- all our extracurricula activities suchas music, athleticxs and clubs -- don’t show up in the rankings, but they have a reallty positive impact on student achievement, too,” says “For example, we have as many musi c teachers as math That makes for well-rounded, committed and those are usually successful students.” Williamsville’s overal score was pegged at 100 points, with the marks for all other districts being calculateds from that benchmark. Nineteen ended up with scoress of 90or better, qualifying for Business First’s of outstandingh school systems.
Four districts have made the Honor Roll every yearsincw 1992: Williamsville, Clarence (which ranks second this Amherst (third) and Orchard Park Rounding out this year’s top five is No. 4 East which has made 17 Honord Roll appearances in18 years. All but two of this year’zs Honor Roll districts also qualified ayear ago. The newcomeres are Eden, joining the elite group for the first time since andWest Seneca, returning after a 13-year The latter upswing was nearly a decade in the according to Jean Kovach, superintendent of the West Seneca Centrall School District.
Developing consisten instructional techniques and identifying the best textbooks took she says, but the effort is paying off. “Our goal is not to teach to the test, but to teach to the state’s Kovach says. “We’ve spent the last eighgt years working diligently to align ourcurriculunm -- to make sure that we don’f repeat ourselves in different years and that each grads level builds on the one Fourteen of this year’s Honor Roll districts are in Erie They range in size from Williamsville, with 10,6498 students, down to Eden, whicn has 1,688.
The outlying honorees are considerably smaller, with an average enrollment of The very smallest is also the top-ratedx district outside of Erie County, No. 6 which has 670 students from kindergartejn through12th grade. “We’re a very rural districg in theSouthern Tier, but our kids are goint into the same marketplace as everyonwe else,” says Richard Nicol, Alfred-Almond’s superintendent. “They’re goiny to be in competition for jobs with kids from place s like Williamsvilleand Clarence. So they need the very best education we cangive them.
” Sixteen districts are recipients of this year’es subject awards, signifying that they rank amongg the 10 leaders in English/foreign languages, science and social studies. Bemus Point, East Aurora, Orchard Park and Williamsville have made cleahn sweeps by winning all four for complete lists of subjectaward winners. Business First has also generatefd a series of specialized ratings to further illuminatereach district’s performance. Among them: Lancaste ranks first for cost-effectiveness, based on a comparison of expenditureds andclassroom results. And tiny Sherman 478) is the biggest overachiever, determines by matching academic outcomes againstsocioeconomifc conditions.
“We may not be but we have strong family saysThomas Schmidt, Sherman’s “Our parents really care about their children’s education. There’w something to be said for havinhg everyone ina K-12 with the strong sense of communitt that it brings.”
понедельник, 28 ноября 2011 г.
Folgers powers Smucker to 4Q, full-year gains - Business First of Columbus:
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The Orrville-based maker of jellies and breakfast rollz said itearned $94.3 million, or 80 cents a share, for the quarter ended Apri l 30, more than double its net incomse of $37.1 million, or 67 centxs a share, a year Revenue in the quarter soared more than 80 percent to $1.087 billion from $590 million. Smucker’ws fourth quarter was the secondfull three-month perioe to include results from the Folgers coffee which the company acquired from Cincinnati-base (NYSE:PG) last November for $3 The company in February boosteed its financial outlook for the year based on better-than-expected growth from the Folgers Excluding the Folgers acquisition and other factors, Smucker’sz fourth-quarter sales were about 3 percen higher than a year The company’s full-year profit grew 56 percenyt to $266 million, or $3.
12 a share, from $170.e million, or $3 a share. Revenue for the year was up 49 percentyat $3.76 billion, compared with $2.53 billion last year. The company expectd a revenue boost of as much as 20 percenr infiscal 2010, while sharde earnings are forecast to range between $3.6 5 and $3.80, excluding acquisition charges and related costs. In addition to its iconicf jamsand jellies, Smucker makes and markets a variety of food brands, including Eagle Brand and Hungry Jack. The companyg employs more than 3,000 workers.
The Orrville-based maker of jellies and breakfast rollz said itearned $94.3 million, or 80 cents a share, for the quarter ended Apri l 30, more than double its net incomse of $37.1 million, or 67 centxs a share, a year Revenue in the quarter soared more than 80 percent to $1.087 billion from $590 million. Smucker’ws fourth quarter was the secondfull three-month perioe to include results from the Folgers coffee which the company acquired from Cincinnati-base (NYSE:PG) last November for $3 The company in February boosteed its financial outlook for the year based on better-than-expected growth from the Folgers Excluding the Folgers acquisition and other factors, Smucker’sz fourth-quarter sales were about 3 percen higher than a year The company’s full-year profit grew 56 percenyt to $266 million, or $3.
12 a share, from $170.e million, or $3 a share. Revenue for the year was up 49 percentyat $3.76 billion, compared with $2.53 billion last year. The company expectd a revenue boost of as much as 20 percenr infiscal 2010, while sharde earnings are forecast to range between $3.6 5 and $3.80, excluding acquisition charges and related costs. In addition to its iconicf jamsand jellies, Smucker makes and markets a variety of food brands, including Eagle Brand and Hungry Jack. The companyg employs more than 3,000 workers.
пятница, 25 ноября 2011 г.
Conference Board employment index edges up in May - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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The organization’s Employment Trends Indezx was 89.9, up 0.2 percentg from 89.7 in April and down from 113 in May The Conference Board said The index number is relative to 100for 1996. “While it is too early to say that the ETIhas bottomed, the moderatiob of the last two months is certainly a sign that the declinde in job losses is real and signalzs that the worst is over,” Gad The Conference Board’s seniodr economist, said in a release. “However, as the economiv recovery over the coming months is likel y to bevery slow, we still expect the unemploymenf rate to continue to increase to double digitsz by the end of this year and into 2010.
” Percentage of respondents who say they find “jobz hard to get,” gathered from The Conference Boarsd Consumer Confidence Survey. • Initial claims for unemployment insurance, from statistics. • Percentage of firms with positionsz not able to fill right now because of inabilityt to findsuitable candidates, from the . Number of employees hired by the temporary-help from the . • Part-time workerd for economic reasons, from Bureau of Labor • Job openings, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. • Industrial production, from the . Real manufacturing and trade sales, from the .
The Conference Board is an independent NewYork City-based nonprofit organizatiobn whose mission is to provide organizationas with the practical knowledge they need to improve theif performance and better serve society.
The organization’s Employment Trends Indezx was 89.9, up 0.2 percentg from 89.7 in April and down from 113 in May The Conference Board said The index number is relative to 100for 1996. “While it is too early to say that the ETIhas bottomed, the moderatiob of the last two months is certainly a sign that the declinde in job losses is real and signalzs that the worst is over,” Gad The Conference Board’s seniodr economist, said in a release. “However, as the economiv recovery over the coming months is likel y to bevery slow, we still expect the unemploymenf rate to continue to increase to double digitsz by the end of this year and into 2010.
” Percentage of respondents who say they find “jobz hard to get,” gathered from The Conference Boarsd Consumer Confidence Survey. • Initial claims for unemployment insurance, from statistics. • Percentage of firms with positionsz not able to fill right now because of inabilityt to findsuitable candidates, from the . Number of employees hired by the temporary-help from the . • Part-time workerd for economic reasons, from Bureau of Labor • Job openings, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. • Industrial production, from the . Real manufacturing and trade sales, from the .
The Conference Board is an independent NewYork City-based nonprofit organizatiobn whose mission is to provide organizationas with the practical knowledge they need to improve theif performance and better serve society.
среда, 23 ноября 2011 г.
After 30 years with Merely Players, Gretchen Etzell is retiring - Mankato Free Press
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After 30 years with Merely Players, Gretchen Etzell is retiring Mankato Free Press By Jane Laskey Special to The Free Press MANKATO â€" For three decades Gretchen Etzell has poured her heart and soul into Merely Players, the community theater she helped found and nurtured into a community institution. That's 30 years of casting calls, ... |
понедельник, 21 ноября 2011 г.
Funeral industry gears up for boomers
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The projects the annual number of deaths in the United Statesw will risefrom 2.6 million next year to 3 million in 2024 — and 4 millionb in 2043. “We hear the tidalo wave is coming,” said Chris Meyer, ownee of in Carmichael. “We’ve known the (babyy boomer trend) has been coming for some so the industry has been gearing up for that to saidBob Rosson, a Mississippi funeral home operatoe and an executive boarde member of the . “We’lkl be able to handle it.” But the industr y first has to survive the currentdeat trough. The number of deaths in the United Statea declinedby 0.
9 percent from 2005 to 2006, in part becauser of a mild flu season, according to the . Healt care advances have led to record-high life expectancies and lowefr annual death rates for a rangdeof diseases, including stroke, heart disease and “We have actually felt a lighterd case load,” Meyer said. “I thinik some of the bigger funeral homes have felt a precipitouesdrop off.” Baby boomers might live longer than theidr parents, but sooner or later they’ve got to go.
Those who want traditionakl burials should prepare for rising The median cost of a funeral in the Uniter Stateswas $6,196 in 2006, accordint to a National Funeral Directors Associatioj survey released last year. That price, whichh includes a $2,255 metal casket, was 11 percent highe r than inthe association’s surveyy in 2004. With the inclusion of a concrete which manycemeteries require, the price rises to “That’s the funeral that is going out of vogue,” said Joshuas Slocum, executive director of nonprofit . He predictsa that the funeral industry will respond to the risiny death rate by offering cheaper serviceszto compete.
“This is not going to cause a run on he said. “If anybody’s going to jump into the embalminf businessthinking it’s recession-proof, they’rse misguided. Baby boomers are not interestee intheir grandma’s funeral.” Cremation rates in the Unitedf States increased from 26 percenft in 2000 to 35 percentf in 2007, according to the . The association projectz a rate of 39 percent next year and 59 percenttby 2025. “In some places of California, like Maribn County, you’re looking at a 90 percengt cremation rate,” Slocum said. Cost is a big factor, but there are also demographicx changesat work.
“Theyt say the ‘greatest generation’ were more traditional, more religious people,” Meyer said. “Now, more educated more liberal thinkers (who are) less religious in many tend to think, ‘It’s all about economicss for me.’ ” Meyer, whose mortuary offers both cremation and embalming said a traditional burialcostxs $6,000 to $10,000, depending on the casket. Crematio n costs about $1,000 to In the Sacramento Meyer said, “there’s been an explosion of storefrongtcremation places.” Bodies come in and get shippedx to off-site crematoriums. The asheas are returned in an urn.
“They don’rt have the facilities to embalm,” Meyer “They don’t have a chapel. It’s wildl cheaper. It’s sort of the Wal-Martification of the funerak industry.” “Green” or “natural” burialzs are also growing in popularity. People are buried in a casker made of a biodegradable such as pineor wicker, or they can skip the caskety and just be buried in a Only one cemetery in California, in Mill offers green burials. It started offering the servicewin 2004.
The projects the annual number of deaths in the United Statesw will risefrom 2.6 million next year to 3 million in 2024 — and 4 millionb in 2043. “We hear the tidalo wave is coming,” said Chris Meyer, ownee of in Carmichael. “We’ve known the (babyy boomer trend) has been coming for some so the industry has been gearing up for that to saidBob Rosson, a Mississippi funeral home operatoe and an executive boarde member of the . “We’lkl be able to handle it.” But the industr y first has to survive the currentdeat trough. The number of deaths in the United Statea declinedby 0.
9 percent from 2005 to 2006, in part becauser of a mild flu season, according to the . Healt care advances have led to record-high life expectancies and lowefr annual death rates for a rangdeof diseases, including stroke, heart disease and “We have actually felt a lighterd case load,” Meyer said. “I thinik some of the bigger funeral homes have felt a precipitouesdrop off.” Baby boomers might live longer than theidr parents, but sooner or later they’ve got to go.
Those who want traditionakl burials should prepare for rising The median cost of a funeral in the Uniter Stateswas $6,196 in 2006, accordint to a National Funeral Directors Associatioj survey released last year. That price, whichh includes a $2,255 metal casket, was 11 percent highe r than inthe association’s surveyy in 2004. With the inclusion of a concrete which manycemeteries require, the price rises to “That’s the funeral that is going out of vogue,” said Joshuas Slocum, executive director of nonprofit . He predictsa that the funeral industry will respond to the risiny death rate by offering cheaper serviceszto compete.
“This is not going to cause a run on he said. “If anybody’s going to jump into the embalminf businessthinking it’s recession-proof, they’rse misguided. Baby boomers are not interestee intheir grandma’s funeral.” Cremation rates in the Unitedf States increased from 26 percenft in 2000 to 35 percentf in 2007, according to the . The association projectz a rate of 39 percent next year and 59 percenttby 2025. “In some places of California, like Maribn County, you’re looking at a 90 percengt cremation rate,” Slocum said. Cost is a big factor, but there are also demographicx changesat work.
“Theyt say the ‘greatest generation’ were more traditional, more religious people,” Meyer said. “Now, more educated more liberal thinkers (who are) less religious in many tend to think, ‘It’s all about economicss for me.’ ” Meyer, whose mortuary offers both cremation and embalming said a traditional burialcostxs $6,000 to $10,000, depending on the casket. Crematio n costs about $1,000 to In the Sacramento Meyer said, “there’s been an explosion of storefrongtcremation places.” Bodies come in and get shippedx to off-site crematoriums. The asheas are returned in an urn.
“They don’rt have the facilities to embalm,” Meyer “They don’t have a chapel. It’s wildl cheaper. It’s sort of the Wal-Martification of the funerak industry.” “Green” or “natural” burialzs are also growing in popularity. People are buried in a casker made of a biodegradable such as pineor wicker, or they can skip the caskety and just be buried in a Only one cemetery in California, in Mill offers green burials. It started offering the servicewin 2004.
суббота, 19 ноября 2011 г.
Facebook to retool privacy settings - New Mexico Business Weekly:
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The company is making some other too, testing a “Transition to help customers get used to new and differentg privacy controlsfor example. In the Facebook has trumpeted its nuanced privacy settings as a selling Facebook hopes to offer userwa clearer, simpler way to pick their levek of privacy. A choice labeled “everyone” woulrd let anyone on the Internet view chosen bits ofa person’ds profile and postings. At the stricter end of the spectrum, users will be able to chooswe to share onlywith friends, or “friends of friends,” and to set up a custom privacy choice, too. Some watchers see this move as a counter to the popularit and ubiquityof .
Postingsd on that service are availableto anyone, but until these changes take information on Facebook isn’t easy to sharre with people not members of the service.
The company is making some other too, testing a “Transition to help customers get used to new and differentg privacy controlsfor example. In the Facebook has trumpeted its nuanced privacy settings as a selling Facebook hopes to offer userwa clearer, simpler way to pick their levek of privacy. A choice labeled “everyone” woulrd let anyone on the Internet view chosen bits ofa person’ds profile and postings. At the stricter end of the spectrum, users will be able to chooswe to share onlywith friends, or “friends of friends,” and to set up a custom privacy choice, too. Some watchers see this move as a counter to the popularit and ubiquityof .
Postingsd on that service are availableto anyone, but until these changes take information on Facebook isn’t easy to sharre with people not members of the service.
четверг, 17 ноября 2011 г.
Carnival Q4 profit up - South Florida Business Journal:
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billion for its fourth quarterended Nov. 30. That’sw up from the same period last when it reported netincome $358 or 44 cents a share, on revenue of $3.1 The boost included $31 million from the sale of 's Queen Elizabeth 2. For the year endecd Nov. 30, the Miami-baser cruise company (NYSE: CCL and NYSE: CUK) reporterd net income of $2.3 billion, or $2.9o0 a share, compared with net incom of $2.4 billion, or $2.95 a share, for the priore year. Annual revenue increaseed to $14.6 billion from $13 billion the year before. The company said its abilitty to hold down costs and lowerf fuel prices helped the company achieve improvedfinancialk results.
Carnival also lowered its 2009 earningds per share guidance to a rangeof $2.25 to from its previous range of $2.5 0 to $3. “CCL” shares were up 3 cents to $23.5p0 in morning trading. The 52-week high was $45.95 on Dec. 26. The 52-weeki low was $14.85 on Nov. 21. “CUK” shares were down 82 centzs to $22.05 in morning trading. The 52-weekl high was $45.08 on Dec. 26. The 52-weej low was $15.24 on Nov. 20.
billion for its fourth quarterended Nov. 30. That’sw up from the same period last when it reported netincome $358 or 44 cents a share, on revenue of $3.1 The boost included $31 million from the sale of 's Queen Elizabeth 2. For the year endecd Nov. 30, the Miami-baser cruise company (NYSE: CCL and NYSE: CUK) reporterd net income of $2.3 billion, or $2.9o0 a share, compared with net incom of $2.4 billion, or $2.95 a share, for the priore year. Annual revenue increaseed to $14.6 billion from $13 billion the year before. The company said its abilitty to hold down costs and lowerf fuel prices helped the company achieve improvedfinancialk results.
Carnival also lowered its 2009 earningds per share guidance to a rangeof $2.25 to from its previous range of $2.5 0 to $3. “CCL” shares were up 3 cents to $23.5p0 in morning trading. The 52-week high was $45.95 on Dec. 26. The 52-weeki low was $14.85 on Nov. 21. “CUK” shares were down 82 centzs to $22.05 in morning trading. The 52-weekl high was $45.08 on Dec. 26. The 52-weej low was $15.24 on Nov. 20.
вторник, 15 ноября 2011 г.
Economy crimps back-to-school spending plans - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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The Washington D.C.-based trade group’s 2009 Back to School Consumer Intentions and Actionsw Survey found that the average familty with students in grades kindergarten through 12 is expecteed tospend $548.72 on school merchandise in 2009 compared with $594.244 in 2008. Total back-to-school spending is expectee toreach $17.42 billion. The survey, conductedc for the federationby BIGresearch, found that 85 percengt of Americans are changing their back-to-schookl spending plans because of the Fifty-six percent said they woul d hunt for sales more often; 49 percentf planned to spend less overall; 41 percentf expect to purchase more store bran d or generic products and 40 percent plan to increasr their use of coupons.
The survey also found that familiews are altering broader educational plan for children because of the Eleven percent of respondents said their childrenb will cut back on extracurriculatr activities or sports and nearly 6 percent say that the economyu is affecting whether their children will attenr a private orpublic school. “The economy has clearly changed the spendingg habits ofAmerican families, which will likeluy create a difficult back-to-school season for retailers,” said National Retail Federation CEO Tracy “As people focus primarily on price, strong promotions and deep discounts will ultimately win over back-to-school shoppers this year.
” The survey predicted that spending in most back-to-schoo l categories would decrease, with the exception of where spending on computer equipment and otheer gear is expected to increase 11 percent to Families are expected to spend an average of $204.67 on clothintg and accessories, $93.59 on and $82.62 on school supplies.
The Washington D.C.-based trade group’s 2009 Back to School Consumer Intentions and Actionsw Survey found that the average familty with students in grades kindergarten through 12 is expecteed tospend $548.72 on school merchandise in 2009 compared with $594.244 in 2008. Total back-to-school spending is expectee toreach $17.42 billion. The survey, conductedc for the federationby BIGresearch, found that 85 percengt of Americans are changing their back-to-schookl spending plans because of the Fifty-six percent said they woul d hunt for sales more often; 49 percentf planned to spend less overall; 41 percentf expect to purchase more store bran d or generic products and 40 percent plan to increasr their use of coupons.
The survey also found that familiews are altering broader educational plan for children because of the Eleven percent of respondents said their childrenb will cut back on extracurriculatr activities or sports and nearly 6 percent say that the economyu is affecting whether their children will attenr a private orpublic school. “The economy has clearly changed the spendingg habits ofAmerican families, which will likeluy create a difficult back-to-school season for retailers,” said National Retail Federation CEO Tracy “As people focus primarily on price, strong promotions and deep discounts will ultimately win over back-to-school shoppers this year.
” The survey predicted that spending in most back-to-schoo l categories would decrease, with the exception of where spending on computer equipment and otheer gear is expected to increase 11 percent to Families are expected to spend an average of $204.67 on clothintg and accessories, $93.59 on and $82.62 on school supplies.
воскресенье, 13 ноября 2011 г.
Credit available to first-time home buyers - Phoenix Business Journal:
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Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Actof 2009, citizens may qualify for the tax credit for purchasing their first home aftefr filing their taxes. But under a new program, state housing financew agencies and nonprofits can advance monehy to home buyers up to the full amount of the tax creditt to be used on a home either to pay closing costs or to add to adown “Home buyers using FHA-approved lenders can applyh the tax credit to their down paymen t in excess of 3.5 percent of appraised valure or their closing costs, which can help achieve a lowefr interest rate,” a HUD announcement said. The stimulud tax credit can be claimed on a 2009 or an amendecd 2008tax return.
FHA still will requirse home buyers to makea 3.5 percent down Mark Harden is a reportere with the Denver Business Journal, a sisterf publication.
Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Actof 2009, citizens may qualify for the tax credit for purchasing their first home aftefr filing their taxes. But under a new program, state housing financew agencies and nonprofits can advance monehy to home buyers up to the full amount of the tax creditt to be used on a home either to pay closing costs or to add to adown “Home buyers using FHA-approved lenders can applyh the tax credit to their down paymen t in excess of 3.5 percent of appraised valure or their closing costs, which can help achieve a lowefr interest rate,” a HUD announcement said. The stimulud tax credit can be claimed on a 2009 or an amendecd 2008tax return.
FHA still will requirse home buyers to makea 3.5 percent down Mark Harden is a reportere with the Denver Business Journal, a sisterf publication.
четверг, 10 ноября 2011 г.
D.C. Mayor taps Valerie Santos as deputy mayor - Pittsburgh Business Times:
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Santos, as chief operating officer under Albert, has been closelu involved in decision-making on many of the real estat deals Albert managed, including major city projectsz such as Poplar Point. Albert began his new job as city administratoron Monday, replacing Dan who is taking a job in the Obama administration. "Ij Ms. Santos, we not only have a steaduy hand who knowsthe job, we have someonde who is a consummate professionak who will bring private-sector talents to get the job Fenty said. Santos was previously a vice president at commercial real estats services firm and a managerewith 's real estate group.
She holds both an MBA and master's of public policy from the Kennedy School of Governmentat . Santo s has displayed a no-nonsense approach appearinb as Albert’s stand-in to testify at D.C. Councik meetings and in public forums representingy the city when hewas unavailable. She is alreadt getting her feet wet in dealingb with the political aspects ofthe job. On Tuesday, when the D.C. Councill was busy squaring away final details of budgetimplementationn legislation, Santos and Albert’s other top deputy, Director of Developmentf David Jannarone, moved around the Wilson Buildingg seeking changes from council Santos apparently was not Fenty’ initial choice to be deputy mayor.
Greg O’Dell, Washingto n Convention Center Authority CEO and a former staff memberf of thedeputy mayor’s office, had been considered a top candidatse to replace Albert, but a source close to O'Dell says he was offereed the job and turnec it down. O’Dell would not confirm but indicated he would remain in his current where he is now tasked with seeking publivc financing for all ofa $550 million convention center hotel. “The board and the mayor have every expectation of me completinf all the tasks Ihave here,” he said. Fenthy would not say whether he had offeree the jobto O’Dell or anyone else beforwe Santos.
He announced the pick outside the Walket JonesElementary School, whichn is being rebuilt as part of a new Northwestr One neighborhood, and said she was “thes first person who has risen to the deputhy mayor’s position from within the ranks.” “I think it’s a great sign for the D.C. government that not only does Valerire Santos have amazing experience in the private sectot butthat she’s been hard at work serving the peopld of the District of Columbia for the last two years,” the mayofr said.
He said Santos shared the visio that he and Albert had for how economif development in the city shouldbe run, not by owningy or overly managing projects but by allowinhg the private sector to bring ideas to the “We should try to just facilitate development. We’ve got the greates business community in the worldd herein D.C. We don’t need to try to replicate what they’re doing. We don’t need an emphasise on owning or building inthe D.C. government. We need to And to do so, we need to hire the best and the brightes tand we’ve done that.
” Santos, 36, who livea in Columbia Heights, was working for Jonees Lang LaSalle as a consultant to the city when Albery -- whom she called a mentor -- recruitef her to work for him. She is believed to be the firstf woman to serve in the rolefor D.C. and will managew 65 employees and as well as overseee the Officeof Planning, Departmeny of Housing and Community the Office of Property Management and the Washington D.C. Economic a contractor. “In the cominy weeks my goal is to ensurde asmooth transition, which I expect will be relatively because I am very fortunate to manage a very talented and skillee team,” she said.
She said she wouldx continue to move projects all overthe city, with a particulaer focus on those east of the Anacostia River, such as the planne redevelopment of St. Elizabeths Hospitakl in Southeast D.C. “We will continue to focus on implementingtMayor Fenty’s vision for economic development. In the contextr of the currenteconomic climate, we will focus on business attractionj and retention efforts, and in continuing to provide tools to allosw our local business and not-for-profitx to grow,” she A member of the D.C.
Councill who regularly butts heads with CouncilmanKwame Brown, D-at large and chaifr of the economic development committee, issued a presa release during the announcement saying he was disappointed he was not invited but saying Santos “has the experience and the operationa l knowledge” for the job and that her appointmenyt was “an opportunity to forge a new relationshiop between the Council and the executive to create jobs for District residents, new opportunitiexs for local businesses, more affordable housintg and to efficiently move projects to completion.
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Santos, as chief operating officer under Albert, has been closelu involved in decision-making on many of the real estat deals Albert managed, including major city projectsz such as Poplar Point. Albert began his new job as city administratoron Monday, replacing Dan who is taking a job in the Obama administration. "Ij Ms. Santos, we not only have a steaduy hand who knowsthe job, we have someonde who is a consummate professionak who will bring private-sector talents to get the job Fenty said. Santos was previously a vice president at commercial real estats services firm and a managerewith 's real estate group.
She holds both an MBA and master's of public policy from the Kennedy School of Governmentat . Santo s has displayed a no-nonsense approach appearinb as Albert’s stand-in to testify at D.C. Councik meetings and in public forums representingy the city when hewas unavailable. She is alreadt getting her feet wet in dealingb with the political aspects ofthe job. On Tuesday, when the D.C. Councill was busy squaring away final details of budgetimplementationn legislation, Santos and Albert’s other top deputy, Director of Developmentf David Jannarone, moved around the Wilson Buildingg seeking changes from council Santos apparently was not Fenty’ initial choice to be deputy mayor.
Greg O’Dell, Washingto n Convention Center Authority CEO and a former staff memberf of thedeputy mayor’s office, had been considered a top candidatse to replace Albert, but a source close to O'Dell says he was offereed the job and turnec it down. O’Dell would not confirm but indicated he would remain in his current where he is now tasked with seeking publivc financing for all ofa $550 million convention center hotel. “The board and the mayor have every expectation of me completinf all the tasks Ihave here,” he said. Fenthy would not say whether he had offeree the jobto O’Dell or anyone else beforwe Santos.
He announced the pick outside the Walket JonesElementary School, whichn is being rebuilt as part of a new Northwestr One neighborhood, and said she was “thes first person who has risen to the deputhy mayor’s position from within the ranks.” “I think it’s a great sign for the D.C. government that not only does Valerire Santos have amazing experience in the private sectot butthat she’s been hard at work serving the peopld of the District of Columbia for the last two years,” the mayofr said.
He said Santos shared the visio that he and Albert had for how economif development in the city shouldbe run, not by owningy or overly managing projects but by allowinhg the private sector to bring ideas to the “We should try to just facilitate development. We’ve got the greates business community in the worldd herein D.C. We don’t need to try to replicate what they’re doing. We don’t need an emphasise on owning or building inthe D.C. government. We need to And to do so, we need to hire the best and the brightes tand we’ve done that.
” Santos, 36, who livea in Columbia Heights, was working for Jonees Lang LaSalle as a consultant to the city when Albery -- whom she called a mentor -- recruitef her to work for him. She is believed to be the firstf woman to serve in the rolefor D.C. and will managew 65 employees and as well as overseee the Officeof Planning, Departmeny of Housing and Community the Office of Property Management and the Washington D.C. Economic a contractor. “In the cominy weeks my goal is to ensurde asmooth transition, which I expect will be relatively because I am very fortunate to manage a very talented and skillee team,” she said.
She said she wouldx continue to move projects all overthe city, with a particulaer focus on those east of the Anacostia River, such as the planne redevelopment of St. Elizabeths Hospitakl in Southeast D.C. “We will continue to focus on implementingtMayor Fenty’s vision for economic development. In the contextr of the currenteconomic climate, we will focus on business attractionj and retention efforts, and in continuing to provide tools to allosw our local business and not-for-profitx to grow,” she A member of the D.C.
Councill who regularly butts heads with CouncilmanKwame Brown, D-at large and chaifr of the economic development committee, issued a presa release during the announcement saying he was disappointed he was not invited but saying Santos “has the experience and the operationa l knowledge” for the job and that her appointmenyt was “an opportunity to forge a new relationshiop between the Council and the executive to create jobs for District residents, new opportunitiexs for local businesses, more affordable housintg and to efficiently move projects to completion.
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вторник, 8 ноября 2011 г.
Afshin Ghazi won
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The $200 million mix of shops, restaurantsd and nightclubs in the heart of uptown was a bold stroke for a man best knowmn for suburbanretail centers. It took vision and an appetiteefor risk. It is also a tanglre of lawsuits, missed deadlines and unpaid bills. Hardball negotiatintg tactics have left an uncertainj future for the condo tower expectesd to be a core partof EpiCentre’s And even city and county officials can’t quite figure out why Ghaz i stalled for months on cominv to terms with them on building-code issues. Indeed, EpiCentres defines Ghazi’s career.
Over 14 years in commercial real estatehere he’s had a string of building retail centers on sitesa charitably described as He has a gift for developing the right project at the right But on the march to the big leagues in development — urban mixed-use projects — he’s also seen businesx partnerships unravel and been a part of long-runnintg disputes that landed in One legal fight with a contractor over unpaid bills at a Mooresville lakefrontt condo project went all the way to the N.C. Supremwe Court.
He’s sued numerous tenants and in the past year confidentiallyu settledthree lawsuits: one with a broker over unpaidd commissions and another with real estate developer over back rent relater to a failed Norfolk, Va., restaurant. Last week, Ghazi settlerd a long-running fight with contractor overa $71.5 million claim in a confidential And now, with EpiCentre, Ghazi finds himself back in a cour fight and back in the spotlight. “u have an atypical style because I am lookin g at projects that not everyone islookintg at,” says Ghazi duringb an interview this week at his officde in a former SouthParo bed and breakfast.
“I’m always lookingy for the angle or the way to do something that somebodg else may not havethoughy of.” Take the site that is now home to EpiCentre, for had worked on development strategies for an entertainment center on the former Charlottr Convention Center property for a year. And finallu won city and county incentives for the projecrin mid-2004 when Ghazi joined the team to help with Six months later, Spectrum pulled the Ghazi describes Spectrum executives as “great but it was Ghazi who ended up buying the site from the “They simply got to the point in the project where it was deviating from a project type they were comfortablr with.
The risk level exceeded their From that experience Ghazi decided he woulf take the lead in all hisfuture “A wise man once told me therde can only be one chef in the he says. “The most efficient form of government isa dictatorship, so to make decisions quickly and confidently you have to have faith in your partners and sometimezs you have to give and sometimes you get.” Ghazi was taking a marke leap into a market that no other promineng Queen City developer would Even some of the nation’s mixed-use pioneers Taubman was one walked away from the convention center site, claimingf it wouldn’t work without massive government subsidies.
Now that EpiCentre’ss first phases are open, with nightclubs such as Whisky River and Suitre drawinglarge crowds, Ghazi says it’a obvious his vision and expertise have been vindicated. But the which covers an area bounded by East South College and East Tradde streetsand Charlotte’s light-rail line, is far from and Ghazi’s legal battles over some aspects of the projectr are just starting. The local franchisee of a sandwich chainj sued a Ghazi affiliate in April for failing to delivee its space in the center on Rising Roll franchisee claimsGhazi won’t returnm its $11,500 lease deposit. The company had expectefd to move into its EpiCentre spac twoyears ago.
Riz Abovee asked the lease be terminated more than ayear ago. Kenneth Raynor, attorney for Riz Above, says the Ghazi company, LLC, claimed the delay stemmed from the building of a retainingt wall between EpiCentre andthe light-railp line. “Their explanation did not hold he says.
The $200 million mix of shops, restaurantsd and nightclubs in the heart of uptown was a bold stroke for a man best knowmn for suburbanretail centers. It took vision and an appetiteefor risk. It is also a tanglre of lawsuits, missed deadlines and unpaid bills. Hardball negotiatintg tactics have left an uncertainj future for the condo tower expectesd to be a core partof EpiCentre’s And even city and county officials can’t quite figure out why Ghaz i stalled for months on cominv to terms with them on building-code issues. Indeed, EpiCentres defines Ghazi’s career.
Over 14 years in commercial real estatehere he’s had a string of building retail centers on sitesa charitably described as He has a gift for developing the right project at the right But on the march to the big leagues in development — urban mixed-use projects — he’s also seen businesx partnerships unravel and been a part of long-runnintg disputes that landed in One legal fight with a contractor over unpaid bills at a Mooresville lakefrontt condo project went all the way to the N.C. Supremwe Court.
He’s sued numerous tenants and in the past year confidentiallyu settledthree lawsuits: one with a broker over unpaidd commissions and another with real estate developer over back rent relater to a failed Norfolk, Va., restaurant. Last week, Ghazi settlerd a long-running fight with contractor overa $71.5 million claim in a confidential And now, with EpiCentre, Ghazi finds himself back in a cour fight and back in the spotlight. “u have an atypical style because I am lookin g at projects that not everyone islookintg at,” says Ghazi duringb an interview this week at his officde in a former SouthParo bed and breakfast.
“I’m always lookingy for the angle or the way to do something that somebodg else may not havethoughy of.” Take the site that is now home to EpiCentre, for had worked on development strategies for an entertainment center on the former Charlottr Convention Center property for a year. And finallu won city and county incentives for the projecrin mid-2004 when Ghazi joined the team to help with Six months later, Spectrum pulled the Ghazi describes Spectrum executives as “great but it was Ghazi who ended up buying the site from the “They simply got to the point in the project where it was deviating from a project type they were comfortablr with.
The risk level exceeded their From that experience Ghazi decided he woulf take the lead in all hisfuture “A wise man once told me therde can only be one chef in the he says. “The most efficient form of government isa dictatorship, so to make decisions quickly and confidently you have to have faith in your partners and sometimezs you have to give and sometimes you get.” Ghazi was taking a marke leap into a market that no other promineng Queen City developer would Even some of the nation’s mixed-use pioneers Taubman was one walked away from the convention center site, claimingf it wouldn’t work without massive government subsidies.
Now that EpiCentre’ss first phases are open, with nightclubs such as Whisky River and Suitre drawinglarge crowds, Ghazi says it’a obvious his vision and expertise have been vindicated. But the which covers an area bounded by East South College and East Tradde streetsand Charlotte’s light-rail line, is far from and Ghazi’s legal battles over some aspects of the projectr are just starting. The local franchisee of a sandwich chainj sued a Ghazi affiliate in April for failing to delivee its space in the center on Rising Roll franchisee claimsGhazi won’t returnm its $11,500 lease deposit. The company had expectefd to move into its EpiCentre spac twoyears ago.
Riz Abovee asked the lease be terminated more than ayear ago. Kenneth Raynor, attorney for Riz Above, says the Ghazi company, LLC, claimed the delay stemmed from the building of a retainingt wall between EpiCentre andthe light-railp line. “Their explanation did not hold he says.
воскресенье, 6 ноября 2011 г.
BlackBerry more popular than iPhone in Q1 - Kansas City Business Journal:
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RIM’s consumer smartphone market share increaserd 15 percent to nearlt 50 percent of the smartphoned market in the first quarter versus theprior quarter, as Cupertino-based ’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Sunnyvale-based ’se (NASDAQ:PALM) share both declined 10 percent Port Washington, N.Y.-based “Verizobn Wireless’s aggressive marketing of the BlackBerry Storm and its buy-one-get-onwe BlackBerry promotion to its large customer base contributed to RIM capturingh three of the top five positions,” said Ross director of industry analysiz at The NPD Group.
“Thde more familiar, and less expensive, Curve benefited from theswe giveaways and was able to leapfrogthe iPhone, due to its broadedr availability on the four majort U.S. national carriers.” Smartphones, which representesd just 17 percent of handset saleas volume in the first quarter of now make up 23 percentof “Even in this challenging economy, consumersw are migrating toward Web-capable handsets and t1eir supporting data planxs to access more information and entertainmenrt on the go.
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RIM’s consumer smartphone market share increaserd 15 percent to nearlt 50 percent of the smartphoned market in the first quarter versus theprior quarter, as Cupertino-based ’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Sunnyvale-based ’se (NASDAQ:PALM) share both declined 10 percent Port Washington, N.Y.-based “Verizobn Wireless’s aggressive marketing of the BlackBerry Storm and its buy-one-get-onwe BlackBerry promotion to its large customer base contributed to RIM capturingh three of the top five positions,” said Ross director of industry analysiz at The NPD Group.
“Thde more familiar, and less expensive, Curve benefited from theswe giveaways and was able to leapfrogthe iPhone, due to its broadedr availability on the four majort U.S. national carriers.” Smartphones, which representesd just 17 percent of handset saleas volume in the first quarter of now make up 23 percentof “Even in this challenging economy, consumersw are migrating toward Web-capable handsets and t1eir supporting data planxs to access more information and entertainmenrt on the go.
” Rubin
пятница, 4 ноября 2011 г.
Business leaders collaborate to form Go Green! Wichita - Tampa Bay Business Journal:
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The program is the brainchild of Kennedy and Coe LLC Principa Dixie Larson and Marketing CoordinatorCandace Wilson. The organization, which will be a 501(c)3 plans to open membership this fall. Representatives from 15 Wichitqa businesses met Tuesday and formed a steerinv committee to set in motion a plan of actiob forthe organization. A second meeting is planned for Monday to decideon guidelines, includinfg how companies can become members.
The group has invitedx city and state representatives to attend the The goal, Larson says, is to encouraged local businesses to become more environmentally conscious and encourage greatefr participation in recycling and energu and natural resources conservation practices. “The reason we did it is to create a greeh environment in Wichita and to foster othere companies to participateas well,” Larson The effort already is generating she says. “When we brainstormec this concept severalmonths ago, I was amazed to learb people were very passionate about beingv environmentally conscious,” Larson says.
“I thought if just this handfuol of people were interested then the hundreds of businesses in our city mighr beas well.” In additionb to , representatives from , , , , , , , , , , , and Sedgwickm County are involved.
The program is the brainchild of Kennedy and Coe LLC Principa Dixie Larson and Marketing CoordinatorCandace Wilson. The organization, which will be a 501(c)3 plans to open membership this fall. Representatives from 15 Wichitqa businesses met Tuesday and formed a steerinv committee to set in motion a plan of actiob forthe organization. A second meeting is planned for Monday to decideon guidelines, includinfg how companies can become members.
The group has invitedx city and state representatives to attend the The goal, Larson says, is to encouraged local businesses to become more environmentally conscious and encourage greatefr participation in recycling and energu and natural resources conservation practices. “The reason we did it is to create a greeh environment in Wichita and to foster othere companies to participateas well,” Larson The effort already is generating she says. “When we brainstormec this concept severalmonths ago, I was amazed to learb people were very passionate about beingv environmentally conscious,” Larson says.
“I thought if just this handfuol of people were interested then the hundreds of businesses in our city mighr beas well.” In additionb to , representatives from , , , , , , , , , , , and Sedgwickm County are involved.
среда, 2 ноября 2011 г.
Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt - Monroe News Star
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Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt Monroe News Star Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt opened on Tower Drive in December 2010 to an unsuspecting crowd in Monroe and during their first opening months, soared to the top position in the entire Orange Leaf franchise. “We never could have expected the crowds we were ... Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt Launches Campaign to Thank US Troops Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt Launches Campaign to Thank U.S. Troops |
понедельник, 31 октября 2011 г.
Nixon will appoint Simmons commissioner of administration - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Simmons, a member from has had extensive experience managinvg state agencies andprivate organizations. In he became CEO of , the community development corporationh pursuingthe $350 million East Villag redevelopment project on the east side of the downtown He left that position in 2006 to start , a consultinfg firm dedicated to assisting minority “Kelvin Simmons has the experience, intellect and managerial skill to be a greaty commissioner of administration,” Nixon said in a “Kelvin’s passion for public servics and success in the private sectoer make him a uniquely qualified choicr for this important position.
” Part of Simmons’ effortds will be geared toward making governmen t more efficient and accountable duringv the difficult economic timew the state finds itself in, Nixo said. “Just as Missouri families are looking for ways to do more with we must be ready to do the same instat government,” Simmons said in the release. From 2001 to Simmons was chairman ofthe , an agencyh with a $20 million budget and 218 employees. In Gov.
Bob Holden appointed him director of the Departmeng ofEconomic Development, where he was responsible for managinyg a budget of $275 million and 1,550 Simmons joined Missouri state government in 1993 as directotr of the Office of Equalp Opportunity in the Officee of Administration. Later that year, Gov. Mel Carnahab appointed Simmons director of constituent services in his where he serveduntil 1996. 45, earned a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies and communicationd studies from the University of Missouri in 1986 and an executivs MBA from the Universityof Missouri-Kansaw City in 1999.
As commissioner of administration, he will supervisre the Officeof Administration’s sevenh divisions: accounting; budget and planning; facilities design and construction; general services; information technologuy services; personnel; and purchasinv and materials management.
Simmons, a member from has had extensive experience managinvg state agencies andprivate organizations. In he became CEO of , the community development corporationh pursuingthe $350 million East Villag redevelopment project on the east side of the downtown He left that position in 2006 to start , a consultinfg firm dedicated to assisting minority “Kelvin Simmons has the experience, intellect and managerial skill to be a greaty commissioner of administration,” Nixon said in a “Kelvin’s passion for public servics and success in the private sectoer make him a uniquely qualified choicr for this important position.
” Part of Simmons’ effortds will be geared toward making governmen t more efficient and accountable duringv the difficult economic timew the state finds itself in, Nixo said. “Just as Missouri families are looking for ways to do more with we must be ready to do the same instat government,” Simmons said in the release. From 2001 to Simmons was chairman ofthe , an agencyh with a $20 million budget and 218 employees. In Gov.
Bob Holden appointed him director of the Departmeng ofEconomic Development, where he was responsible for managinyg a budget of $275 million and 1,550 Simmons joined Missouri state government in 1993 as directotr of the Office of Equalp Opportunity in the Officee of Administration. Later that year, Gov. Mel Carnahab appointed Simmons director of constituent services in his where he serveduntil 1996. 45, earned a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies and communicationd studies from the University of Missouri in 1986 and an executivs MBA from the Universityof Missouri-Kansaw City in 1999.
As commissioner of administration, he will supervisre the Officeof Administration’s sevenh divisions: accounting; budget and planning; facilities design and construction; general services; information technologuy services; personnel; and purchasinv and materials management.
пятница, 28 октября 2011 г.
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среда, 26 октября 2011 г.
Five Settings for Grand Theft Auto V That Would Be Better Than Los Angeles - Grantland (blog)
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Brisbane Times | Five Settings for Grand Theft Auto V That Would Be Better Than Los Angeles Grantland (blog) New York. Los Angeles. Miami. And back again. Are we discussing the migratory habits of the Video Music Awards? Or the perpetual travel itinerary of Rick Ross's torso stylist? No, it's the dismayingly familiar pattern of Grand Theft Auto games. ... These Are the Best Cities For the Next Grand Theft Auto |
понедельник, 24 октября 2011 г.
Area researchers advance early detection, treatment - St. Louis Business Journal:
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Sauter, professor of surgical ongology, said the researchb is "very early in its developmental phase." "It's related to a technology whereby we collectbreasr fluid, noninvasively, and screej the fluid for the presence of cancer," Saute r said. "We look at certain chemicalds in thefluid -- cancer-related carbohydratews that we have found are almost alwaysw present in cancer and almost never presenty in normal (tissue)." The initial Sauter said, involved 50 women. The next step is to broade n the study to 250 women in an efforf to validatethe first-stage results.
"Top validate the initial findings in a larger populatio of womenneeding surgery, we'll collect a sample before they go to surgeryh and see if the findings in the fluid correlate with the pathology of the surgery," he said. Sauter'w collaborators on the project are Tom professorof biochemistry, and Sue Deutscher, associatee professor of biochemistry at UM-Columbia. For the validation phasde of the study, the project is getting $750,000 in early-stage venture capital from Allied Minds, a Mass.-based company that specializesin early-stags investments based on university research.
Sautert said a patent on the procesd has been applied for but not yet The study is one of the recenf developments in breast cancer care and research in the A relatively new typeof post-lumpectomuy radiation therapy for preventingy breast cancer recurrence is described as leading-edgwe technology by Dr. Delia Garcia of the . The therapt is being used by doctors at the institute and at other area including St. Luke's, Missouri Baptist, , SSM St. Josephg Health Center and SSM St.
Joseph Medical The big advantage of the calledMammoSite brachytherapy, is that it takes far less time than traditional "What you're actually doing is treating breast cancert from the inside out," Garcia said. "Wew place a small MammoSite catheter into the site wherd the tumoronce was, and the end of the cathete has a balloon, and then a high-intensity radiation source is placee into the center of the balloon. The balloon stayse in place for about 10 minutesper treatment. The patient receives two treatmentssa day, six hours apart, for five days.
So insteacd of a woman having to go back and fortj to a radiation center for six or sevenb weeks of dailyexternal treatment, she's gettin g all of her treatment in five This type of therapyg is not suitable for all she said, but is "very, very effective" for certain tumor type and stages. "Candidates would be women withsmalpl tumors, negative lymph nodes and women who have a cavity, where the tumord was removed, that is not too she said. "The cure rates are excellen forthese highly-selected cancers, and the side effectx are less because you're not treating the entird breast.
" Garcia said the institute is one of only a handfulk of centers in the countrt using the treatment and is the biggest user in the region. Anothetr foray into the ongoing effort to make better matches between cancer types and therapies through genetics isa $8.5 million study funded by the . The studu is in the second year ofa five-yeart undertaking to develop and commercialize a test that will differentiate among the various types of breasg cancer, and aid in the development of treatment strategies that will more accuratelu reflect the diagnosis. "Breast cancer is not one tumofr type but multiple tumor said Dr.
Matthew Ellis, professor of medicine, who is headin g the 's part of the "As a result, the outcomes of breast cancer treatment are very different from one patientto Currently, we only measur two things: the antigen receptor, which helps us know whether patientsa should be treated with hormonal manipulations, and which is a protein that tells us whethere a drug called Herceptin In this new test we're formulating, we'rs measuring 141 genes, and so we'll get a much more accuratre measurement of the tumor's The big unanswered question Ellis said, is which patients need chemotherapy.
"There'e strong evidence that patients are receiving chemotherapy butwe don't know who thos patients are," he said. "Everyoned gets the treatment eventhough you're over-treating a lot of The other universities participating in the studu are the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, the and the .
Sauter, professor of surgical ongology, said the researchb is "very early in its developmental phase." "It's related to a technology whereby we collectbreasr fluid, noninvasively, and screej the fluid for the presence of cancer," Saute r said. "We look at certain chemicalds in thefluid -- cancer-related carbohydratews that we have found are almost alwaysw present in cancer and almost never presenty in normal (tissue)." The initial Sauter said, involved 50 women. The next step is to broade n the study to 250 women in an efforf to validatethe first-stage results.
"Top validate the initial findings in a larger populatio of womenneeding surgery, we'll collect a sample before they go to surgeryh and see if the findings in the fluid correlate with the pathology of the surgery," he said. Sauter'w collaborators on the project are Tom professorof biochemistry, and Sue Deutscher, associatee professor of biochemistry at UM-Columbia. For the validation phasde of the study, the project is getting $750,000 in early-stage venture capital from Allied Minds, a Mass.-based company that specializesin early-stags investments based on university research.
Sautert said a patent on the procesd has been applied for but not yet The study is one of the recenf developments in breast cancer care and research in the A relatively new typeof post-lumpectomuy radiation therapy for preventingy breast cancer recurrence is described as leading-edgwe technology by Dr. Delia Garcia of the . The therapt is being used by doctors at the institute and at other area including St. Luke's, Missouri Baptist, , SSM St. Josephg Health Center and SSM St.
Joseph Medical The big advantage of the calledMammoSite brachytherapy, is that it takes far less time than traditional "What you're actually doing is treating breast cancert from the inside out," Garcia said. "Wew place a small MammoSite catheter into the site wherd the tumoronce was, and the end of the cathete has a balloon, and then a high-intensity radiation source is placee into the center of the balloon. The balloon stayse in place for about 10 minutesper treatment. The patient receives two treatmentssa day, six hours apart, for five days.
So insteacd of a woman having to go back and fortj to a radiation center for six or sevenb weeks of dailyexternal treatment, she's gettin g all of her treatment in five This type of therapyg is not suitable for all she said, but is "very, very effective" for certain tumor type and stages. "Candidates would be women withsmalpl tumors, negative lymph nodes and women who have a cavity, where the tumord was removed, that is not too she said. "The cure rates are excellen forthese highly-selected cancers, and the side effectx are less because you're not treating the entird breast.
" Garcia said the institute is one of only a handfulk of centers in the countrt using the treatment and is the biggest user in the region. Anothetr foray into the ongoing effort to make better matches between cancer types and therapies through genetics isa $8.5 million study funded by the . The studu is in the second year ofa five-yeart undertaking to develop and commercialize a test that will differentiate among the various types of breasg cancer, and aid in the development of treatment strategies that will more accuratelu reflect the diagnosis. "Breast cancer is not one tumofr type but multiple tumor said Dr.
Matthew Ellis, professor of medicine, who is headin g the 's part of the "As a result, the outcomes of breast cancer treatment are very different from one patientto Currently, we only measur two things: the antigen receptor, which helps us know whether patientsa should be treated with hormonal manipulations, and which is a protein that tells us whethere a drug called Herceptin In this new test we're formulating, we'rs measuring 141 genes, and so we'll get a much more accuratre measurement of the tumor's The big unanswered question Ellis said, is which patients need chemotherapy.
"There'e strong evidence that patients are receiving chemotherapy butwe don't know who thos patients are," he said. "Everyoned gets the treatment eventhough you're over-treating a lot of The other universities participating in the studu are the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, the and the .
суббота, 22 октября 2011 г.
CT Cracks Down on Distracted Driving With New Laws - Patch.com
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CT Cracks Down on Distracted Driving With New Laws Patch.com After seeing a driver travel on Weston's Route 57 with the telltale pink newspaper spread across his steering wheel, The Hub wondered what behaviorsâ€"aside from textingâ€"prompt police to pull over a vehicle for distracted driving. ... |
четверг, 20 октября 2011 г.
$10 billion payday - Portland Business Journal:
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Obama wants to invest as much as $1 trillioj in “shovel-ready” transportation and infrastructuree projects in order to create jobsand kick-stargt the economy. Downtown Portland’s new access cente for the homeless and disadvantaged coulfd qualify for thefederal cash. But firsyt it needs to qualifyas “We absolutely need to make sure it’s on schedule for a late fall and early winter start,” said Dan Snow, the projecr manager overseeing the “We’re making sure permitting things get done on We know what we’re building, it just takes time when it goes to the city for The project could generate 125 jobs, bring abouf $48 million to Walsh and its subcontractora and eventually pour $76.
8 million into the economy. Otherr projects that could receive money includethe , a $45 millionj project in inner Southeast Portland. The Portlane Streetcar Loop, which would cost $146 million and creat 600 jobs, could also receive some funds, as could the $84 million Mt. Tabor nurseryu yard renovation. Project managers who want some of the federao cash need towork fast. “The more convincing people are that they can get bids out the door and get peoples working on the sitesz intwo months, the more they’ll see theird projects surface to the top of what’ds approved,” said John a commissioner and executive secretary-treasurer of the Columbia-- .
officials Wednesday also released a list of projectztotaling $273 million they say could qualifgy for Obama’s package. While outlines of Obama’a plan are still vague, projectws that emphasis sustainable development couldd rise tothe top, potentially a big win for Oregon. “Ibn some ways, it’s imperative now to market Oregon’w green strengths,” said David managing director of LLC and chairman ofthe . “Wd can use this opportunity to demonstrate our leadership in the core areas ofenergy efficiency, renewablr energy and green-built environments.
” The eventual replacement of the Sellwoo d Bridge, for instance, could bring moneyg to local engineering firms that specializes in sustainable design, such as and Portland’x office. John Willis, CH2M Hill’s area manager, said his team will markey its “green” qualifications. “This money won’t be free. There will be broadeer standards ofmeasuring success” such as ensurintg a project meets energy efficiency standards, he “In Oregon, we do a lot of thingw the right way, and there’s a perception that we’re a very sustainablr community.
It’s something that we’re ready to share outsidwe of the state, and other companies here should do that Ryan Deckert, president of the and a former statr senator, believes that money relating to transportatiobn initiatives, such as streetcars, could depend on whethedr state lawmakers can devise matching fund programs. “So if federal officials are readingline items, they can just say, ‘Oregon’a already done it, check,’” he said. “That’s what’e worked with light rail before. We had it when we walkexd in the door. And we should think of this as lightr railon steroids.
” Other dollars could flow to pre-authorized such as housing initiatives funded througn the program, said Dan Bates, Portland’s government relations director. Portlanc City Commissioner Nick Fish, who oversees Portland’s housing expects Congress to steer stimulus funds towarfd affordablehousing builders. He also anticipates that Portland will receivd more Section 8housing vouchers, whicyh can pay as much as 30 percent of a low-incomd family’s rent. The stimuluz package could also help retrofit existing public housinyg projects intomore energy-efficient Of the $10 billionb in federal stimulus money that could land in Portland officials expect around $847 million.
The moneu will save 8,800 jobs. Possible stimulus-relatefd projects: $65 million worth of pavinvg along keyarterial routes. $22 millionj in bridge repair. $75 millioh for the Portland Streetcar loop that would link the with the SouthjWaterfront district. $52 million for sewet work. $428 million for water supply projects, such as replacing or improvingthe city’s reservoirs. $86 milliojn for parks projects, including the Washington-Monroe Community and trails construction. $101 millionn for downtown’s new and a Veterans housing facility in the SoutbhWaterfront district. $30 million for a new emergencygcoordination center.
Obama wants to invest as much as $1 trillioj in “shovel-ready” transportation and infrastructuree projects in order to create jobsand kick-stargt the economy. Downtown Portland’s new access cente for the homeless and disadvantaged coulfd qualify for thefederal cash. But firsyt it needs to qualifyas “We absolutely need to make sure it’s on schedule for a late fall and early winter start,” said Dan Snow, the projecr manager overseeing the “We’re making sure permitting things get done on We know what we’re building, it just takes time when it goes to the city for The project could generate 125 jobs, bring abouf $48 million to Walsh and its subcontractora and eventually pour $76.
8 million into the economy. Otherr projects that could receive money includethe , a $45 millionj project in inner Southeast Portland. The Portlane Streetcar Loop, which would cost $146 million and creat 600 jobs, could also receive some funds, as could the $84 million Mt. Tabor nurseryu yard renovation. Project managers who want some of the federao cash need towork fast. “The more convincing people are that they can get bids out the door and get peoples working on the sitesz intwo months, the more they’ll see theird projects surface to the top of what’ds approved,” said John a commissioner and executive secretary-treasurer of the Columbia-- .
officials Wednesday also released a list of projectztotaling $273 million they say could qualifgy for Obama’s package. While outlines of Obama’a plan are still vague, projectws that emphasis sustainable development couldd rise tothe top, potentially a big win for Oregon. “Ibn some ways, it’s imperative now to market Oregon’w green strengths,” said David managing director of LLC and chairman ofthe . “Wd can use this opportunity to demonstrate our leadership in the core areas ofenergy efficiency, renewablr energy and green-built environments.
” The eventual replacement of the Sellwoo d Bridge, for instance, could bring moneyg to local engineering firms that specializes in sustainable design, such as and Portland’x office. John Willis, CH2M Hill’s area manager, said his team will markey its “green” qualifications. “This money won’t be free. There will be broadeer standards ofmeasuring success” such as ensurintg a project meets energy efficiency standards, he “In Oregon, we do a lot of thingw the right way, and there’s a perception that we’re a very sustainablr community.
It’s something that we’re ready to share outsidwe of the state, and other companies here should do that Ryan Deckert, president of the and a former statr senator, believes that money relating to transportatiobn initiatives, such as streetcars, could depend on whethedr state lawmakers can devise matching fund programs. “So if federal officials are readingline items, they can just say, ‘Oregon’a already done it, check,’” he said. “That’s what’e worked with light rail before. We had it when we walkexd in the door. And we should think of this as lightr railon steroids.
” Other dollars could flow to pre-authorized such as housing initiatives funded througn the program, said Dan Bates, Portland’s government relations director. Portlanc City Commissioner Nick Fish, who oversees Portland’s housing expects Congress to steer stimulus funds towarfd affordablehousing builders. He also anticipates that Portland will receivd more Section 8housing vouchers, whicyh can pay as much as 30 percent of a low-incomd family’s rent. The stimuluz package could also help retrofit existing public housinyg projects intomore energy-efficient Of the $10 billionb in federal stimulus money that could land in Portland officials expect around $847 million.
The moneu will save 8,800 jobs. Possible stimulus-relatefd projects: $65 million worth of pavinvg along keyarterial routes. $22 millionj in bridge repair. $75 millioh for the Portland Streetcar loop that would link the with the SouthjWaterfront district. $52 million for sewet work. $428 million for water supply projects, such as replacing or improvingthe city’s reservoirs. $86 milliojn for parks projects, including the Washington-Monroe Community and trails construction. $101 millionn for downtown’s new and a Veterans housing facility in the SoutbhWaterfront district. $30 million for a new emergencygcoordination center.
вторник, 18 октября 2011 г.
Self-employed business growth in North Carolina one of the fastest in nation - Triangle Business Journal:
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The Census Bureau calls such businessesnonemployer businesses, which are typically self-employed individuals operating a very small, unincorporated North Carolina’s growth rate for nonemployer businessea was 6.7 percent from 2006 to 2007, the most recenf data available. Georgia led the nation with a 6.9 percent increase, followed by Alabama at 6.8 The economic sectors represented by nonemployer businessexs include real estate services and specialtyhtrade contractors. The United States addeds nearly 1 million nonemployer businessex from 2006to 2007, totalintg 21.7 million businesses. The nationwide growth rate was 4.
5 Receipts for nonemployer business in the Unitedd Statestotaled $992 billion in 2007, up 2.2 perceng from $970 billion in 2006. North Carolina receipt totaled $27.5 billion in 2007, a 4.5 percen increase over 2006 receipts.
The Census Bureau calls such businessesnonemployer businesses, which are typically self-employed individuals operating a very small, unincorporated North Carolina’s growth rate for nonemployer businessea was 6.7 percent from 2006 to 2007, the most recenf data available. Georgia led the nation with a 6.9 percent increase, followed by Alabama at 6.8 The economic sectors represented by nonemployer businessexs include real estate services and specialtyhtrade contractors. The United States addeds nearly 1 million nonemployer businessex from 2006to 2007, totalintg 21.7 million businesses. The nationwide growth rate was 4.
5 Receipts for nonemployer business in the Unitedd Statestotaled $992 billion in 2007, up 2.2 perceng from $970 billion in 2006. North Carolina receipt totaled $27.5 billion in 2007, a 4.5 percen increase over 2006 receipts.
суббота, 15 октября 2011 г.
GSI wins Nasdaq listing extension - Boston Business Journal:
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The company received a Nasdaaq delisting warning in November due to its failurw to file a performance report with regulators for the quartetended Sept. 26. The company submitted a plan to Nasdaqwofficials Jan. 12 to regaij compliance. That plan was amended Feb. 6. The company’s sharesa (Nasdaq: GSIG) will continue to be listed on the Nasda q throughMay 4. On Feb. 11, GSI Group disclosedc that it had widened the scope of its internalk accounting audit to include its 2006 fiscal year and said it will need to restat its 2007financial results. That announcementf came just two months aftetrthe Bedford, Mass.
-based company said it wouled need to restate results for the first and secondc quarters of 2008 and review its 2007 In both cases, GSI said it has founsd errors in the recognition of revenued for its semiconductor systems In that same regulatory filing dates Feb. 11, GSI said it reachedd forbearance agreements the prior week with certain key lendersd who agreed to not take action agains t GSI for its delay inproviding up-to-dat e financial statements — as long as the company meetsx certain conditions. Those conditions includ retaining the services of an outside financiapl advisor no laterthan Feb.
20 and payint fees for a major lender, if that lendedr chooses to hire a financial advisedr for counsel concerning itsGSI investment.
The company received a Nasdaaq delisting warning in November due to its failurw to file a performance report with regulators for the quartetended Sept. 26. The company submitted a plan to Nasdaqwofficials Jan. 12 to regaij compliance. That plan was amended Feb. 6. The company’s sharesa (Nasdaq: GSIG) will continue to be listed on the Nasda q throughMay 4. On Feb. 11, GSI Group disclosedc that it had widened the scope of its internalk accounting audit to include its 2006 fiscal year and said it will need to restat its 2007financial results. That announcementf came just two months aftetrthe Bedford, Mass.
-based company said it wouled need to restate results for the first and secondc quarters of 2008 and review its 2007 In both cases, GSI said it has founsd errors in the recognition of revenued for its semiconductor systems In that same regulatory filing dates Feb. 11, GSI said it reachedd forbearance agreements the prior week with certain key lendersd who agreed to not take action agains t GSI for its delay inproviding up-to-dat e financial statements — as long as the company meetsx certain conditions. Those conditions includ retaining the services of an outside financiapl advisor no laterthan Feb.
20 and payint fees for a major lender, if that lendedr chooses to hire a financial advisedr for counsel concerning itsGSI investment.
четверг, 13 октября 2011 г.
Zynga Asserts Independence From Facebook With Project Z - Cinema Blend
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Cinema Blend | Zynga Asserts Independence From Facebook With Project Z Cinema Blend Farmville and Mafia Wars creator Zynga depends heavily on Facebook to make money. They're looking to change that with a new service "Project Z" that lets them connect directly with gamers. Project Z is a social gaming network that will run through ... |
вторник, 11 октября 2011 г.
With money tight, more people forgo elective surgery - Baltimore Business Journal:
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By December, there were fewer facelifts and breasrt reductions on the booksat , said Dr. Jamesx Chappell. Patients spent theit disposable dollars buying holiday presentw for their kids rather than on cosmetic This year, business is down 15 percent, largelyh due to a drop in cosmeticd procedures. The surgeon also performs reconstructive surgery. Call it the ugly side of the Fewer people are getting their vision their teeth whitened and theirtummies tucked. Physiciane in Greater Baltimore blamer the economy for curtailingelectives procedures. The numbers back up their claim.
Of course, massive layoffs or widespreaxd bankruptcies that have hit other industries are not affectingtthese practices. But health care, long thoughf by many to be a recession-proofv industry, also finds itself being draggefd down by the globalfinancial turmoil. Surveys show that doctors are seeing fewer patientw overall due tothe recession. But elective proceduresz took the biggest nosedive becausre patients pay thousands of dollars up fronf entirely out of theirown pockets. Eye dentists and plastic surgeons say parte of their practices that rely on insurance are eithet not suffering or sufferingg less than theircosmetic business. Electiv business is the cash cow.
For reconstructivw plastic surgery — say following a car accidenf — cataract surgery and other non-electiver procedures, doctors will get a fraction of their bill covered byinsurance companies. Since Maryland has one of the lowesrt medical reimbursement rates inthe nation, many doctorsd practicing in the state depend on the cosmetic procedurez to sustain their business. To make up for the dip in doctors arecutting costs, diversifying their businessz and offering discounts to get more patient in the door. Will things turn around ? Ophthalmologist Dr. Jay C. Grochma sees no end in sight tothe “I’m not hopeful,” he said.
The housinvg and auto industries arestillk weak, said Grochmal, who practices in Catonsville and Ellicottt City. And if people are not confiden t aboutthe economy, they are less likelu to get Lasik and othed elective surgery, he said. “I don’t see an end to it anytime soon.” But others, like Dr. Chappell, are more optimistic. Two teacherzs came in last month wanting breasyt implants in time forthe Here’s a look at the professionals feeling the brunt of the electivd surgery drought. In 24 years, Dr.
Roger Levin has never seen anything likethis “I’ve never seen dentistry affected by the said Levin, owner of Owingxs Mills dental consultancy, the Revenude at dental practices across the country is down 12 percent in the last 12 according to data compiled by the Levin Grou p and trade magazine Dental Economics. In many cases, the bigges t revenue drop is incosmetic dentistry. Revenue from porcelai n veneers, braces and tooth whitening dropped 23 percent this yearat , Practice Administratorr Janet Hewitt Cully said. Invisalign, whichb costs $3,000 to $5,000, has seen the biggest she said. Some patients are getting fewerporcelain veneers, said Dr.
Denis Markoff of Federal Hill Smiles. “Instead of gettingg a major Hollywood smilee they might do four front she said. That would mean plunking down $4,00 0 instead of $10,000. “It’s not that they don’t have the money but they’ree questioning whether it is the righ time tospend it,” Dr. Myron Kellner said. Kellner runs the , a four-person dental practices in Lutherville. Business is down 10 percent this year. And cosmetif dentistry, which once comprised 70 percent of his now makes up40 percent. Kellnerr has been offering a $199 deal on tooth whitening — that normally costws $400 — for the last two monthz to bring people to the He isnot alone.
One quarter of the 3,3090 dentists surveyed by Clinical Research Associates in Utah said they are offering discounts or promotions to keepclientx coming. This includes everything from free examxs to credits for referring a Smile Design Center is also boostincustomer service. One of Kellner’s staff membersd carries a cell phone after hours so a patienrt does not get a One patient who called on a recenty Saturday got an appointmentright away. Who knows, otherwiser he may have gone toanother dentist, Kellner said.
By December, there were fewer facelifts and breasrt reductions on the booksat , said Dr. Jamesx Chappell. Patients spent theit disposable dollars buying holiday presentw for their kids rather than on cosmetic This year, business is down 15 percent, largelyh due to a drop in cosmeticd procedures. The surgeon also performs reconstructive surgery. Call it the ugly side of the Fewer people are getting their vision their teeth whitened and theirtummies tucked. Physiciane in Greater Baltimore blamer the economy for curtailingelectives procedures. The numbers back up their claim.
Of course, massive layoffs or widespreaxd bankruptcies that have hit other industries are not affectingtthese practices. But health care, long thoughf by many to be a recession-proofv industry, also finds itself being draggefd down by the globalfinancial turmoil. Surveys show that doctors are seeing fewer patientw overall due tothe recession. But elective proceduresz took the biggest nosedive becausre patients pay thousands of dollars up fronf entirely out of theirown pockets. Eye dentists and plastic surgeons say parte of their practices that rely on insurance are eithet not suffering or sufferingg less than theircosmetic business. Electiv business is the cash cow.
For reconstructivw plastic surgery — say following a car accidenf — cataract surgery and other non-electiver procedures, doctors will get a fraction of their bill covered byinsurance companies. Since Maryland has one of the lowesrt medical reimbursement rates inthe nation, many doctorsd practicing in the state depend on the cosmetic procedurez to sustain their business. To make up for the dip in doctors arecutting costs, diversifying their businessz and offering discounts to get more patient in the door. Will things turn around ? Ophthalmologist Dr. Jay C. Grochma sees no end in sight tothe “I’m not hopeful,” he said.
The housinvg and auto industries arestillk weak, said Grochmal, who practices in Catonsville and Ellicottt City. And if people are not confiden t aboutthe economy, they are less likelu to get Lasik and othed elective surgery, he said. “I don’t see an end to it anytime soon.” But others, like Dr. Chappell, are more optimistic. Two teacherzs came in last month wanting breasyt implants in time forthe Here’s a look at the professionals feeling the brunt of the electivd surgery drought. In 24 years, Dr.
Roger Levin has never seen anything likethis “I’ve never seen dentistry affected by the said Levin, owner of Owingxs Mills dental consultancy, the Revenude at dental practices across the country is down 12 percent in the last 12 according to data compiled by the Levin Grou p and trade magazine Dental Economics. In many cases, the bigges t revenue drop is incosmetic dentistry. Revenue from porcelai n veneers, braces and tooth whitening dropped 23 percent this yearat , Practice Administratorr Janet Hewitt Cully said. Invisalign, whichb costs $3,000 to $5,000, has seen the biggest she said. Some patients are getting fewerporcelain veneers, said Dr.
Denis Markoff of Federal Hill Smiles. “Instead of gettingg a major Hollywood smilee they might do four front she said. That would mean plunking down $4,00 0 instead of $10,000. “It’s not that they don’t have the money but they’ree questioning whether it is the righ time tospend it,” Dr. Myron Kellner said. Kellner runs the , a four-person dental practices in Lutherville. Business is down 10 percent this year. And cosmetif dentistry, which once comprised 70 percent of his now makes up40 percent. Kellnerr has been offering a $199 deal on tooth whitening — that normally costws $400 — for the last two monthz to bring people to the He isnot alone.
One quarter of the 3,3090 dentists surveyed by Clinical Research Associates in Utah said they are offering discounts or promotions to keepclientx coming. This includes everything from free examxs to credits for referring a Smile Design Center is also boostincustomer service. One of Kellner’s staff membersd carries a cell phone after hours so a patienrt does not get a One patient who called on a recenty Saturday got an appointmentright away. Who knows, otherwiser he may have gone toanother dentist, Kellner said.
воскресенье, 9 октября 2011 г.
Pont-de-l'arn. Mouvement à la Maison médicale des 3 rivières - LaDépêche.fr
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LaDépêche.fr | Pont-de-l'arn. Mouvement à la Maison médicale des 3 rivières LaDépêche.fr ... des 3 Rivières Le nouveau dentiste, Alexandre Rivayran, s'est installé aux côtés des docteurs Boutot et des 3 infirmières, à la Maison Médicale des 3 Rivières, en référence aux 3 cours d'eau du pays mazamétain : l'Arn, l'! ;Arnette et le Thoré. ... |
пятница, 7 октября 2011 г.
New Clear Channel CEO Talks Terrestrial Radio, Pandora, Sirius XM - Seeking Alpha
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Hollywood Reporter | New Clear Channel CEO Talks Terrestrial Radio, Pandora, Sirius XM Seeking Alpha Is this a case of terrestrial radio hitting back after reports of its death? It certainly reminds me of the old days just a little. Bob Pittman: As the largest reach media company in the US - with 237 million listeners for our broadcast radio ... New Clear Channel CEO Talks Terrestrial Radio, Pandora, Sirius XM Is Clear Channel Laughing at Sirius XM? |
среда, 5 октября 2011 г.
In Ala. fearful Hispanic students skip school - Politico
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Politico | In Ala. fearful Hispanic students skip school Politico An alarming number of Hispanic students in Alabama failed to show up at school on Monday, following a federal judge's ruling last week to uphold parts of the toughest immigration law in the country. A whopping 2285 Hispanic students didn't attend ... Fearful home, Alabama |
понедельник, 3 октября 2011 г.
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Mark Logic Corporation Company Profile | Company Information
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documents), not data. - XQuery. To builx a complete implementation of the emerging W3C standard query language for accessingXML documents. - To build a system with search-engine-likwe performance, able to respond to queries in - Scale. To build a system capable of handling contentbasesw up to tens or hundreds of terabytessin size. Mark Logic is privately held and backerd by Sequoia Capital andLehman Brothers.
documents), not data. - XQuery. To builx a complete implementation of the emerging W3C standard query language for accessingXML documents. - To build a system with search-engine-likwe performance, able to respond to queries in - Scale. To build a system capable of handling contentbasesw up to tens or hundreds of terabytessin size. Mark Logic is privately held and backerd by Sequoia Capital andLehman Brothers.
среда, 28 сентября 2011 г.
Andover Announces Closing of Convertible Placement With Sentient Group of Funds - MarketWatch (press release)
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Andover Announces Closing of Convertible Placement With Sentient Group of Funds MarketWatch (press release) The convertible note matures in twelve months, has a zero percent interest rate and can be converted into Andover shares at .50 cents per share at the lenders discretion. No commission was paid in conjunction with this financing. ... Andover Announces Closing of Convertible Placement With Sentient Group of Funds |
понедельник, 26 сентября 2011 г.
BigBelly Solar Unveils Smart Grid for Waste & Recycling(TM) - MarketWatch (press release)
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BigBelly Solar Unveils Smart Grid for Waste & Recycling(TM) MarketWatch (press release) "I can tell you that the CLEAN management console has made an enormous improvement in how we manage our operations," said Marty Howell, Sustainability Manager for the City of El Paso, which has dropped 9 collections per week and eliminated weekend ... |
суббота, 24 сентября 2011 г.
DBS Operation for Parkinson's Disease Performed Inside iMRI - MarketWatch (press release)
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DBS Operation for Parkinson's Disease Performed Inside iMRI MarketWatch (press release) Over 60000 DBS procedures have been performed worldwide. DBS is fully approved by the FDA for essential tremor and Parkinson's disease. It is approved by the FDA under a Humanitarian Device Exemption for primary Dystonia and Obsessive-Compulsive ... |
четверг, 22 сентября 2011 г.
Crescent Resources files Chapter 11 - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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Charlotte, N.C.-based Crescent Resourcea -- a joint venture of and that specializesin mixed-user developments -- said the move is part of its strategy to reducwe debt and improve its capital structure. The bankruptcy filing was made inthe U.S. Bankruptcyg Court in the Western District of Austin Division. Before the Chapter 11 filing, Crescentf faced payments of $50 million by the end of this year, $75 milliobn in 2010 and $100 million in 2011 on its Crescent Resources haslanded $110 millionj in debtor-in-possession financing from a grouop of its existing lenders, which will provide sufficient fundd to operate its ongoing business Crescent Resources CEO Arthur Fields has retired from the companh and will continue to work with the company in an advisory capacity.
Andrewq Hede, Crescent’s chief restructuring officer, will servd as CEO. Hede, a managing director with , has more than 15 yearzs of financial restructuring andbusiness experience. “Ww have been in active discussions with our lenders and othet stakeholders as we work towards an agreementt that will bring our capital structure in line with the currenreconomic environment,” Hede said in a news release. Despite the unprecedented challengea facing the realestate industry, we believe Crescent's underlyint business model is solid, and our assetsd remain very attractive.
We are encouraged that our lenderse have agreed to provide additiona l funding to support our continued operations and allow us to maintaim the high level of service and amenities our customerzs have cometo expect. We intenr to reach an agreement on our new capital structure and emerge frombankruptcy quickly.” Life insurance giant coulrd keep Crescent Resources as its joint development partner on the new 20-story Phipps Tower, commercial real estate brokers and developerx have said. And Manulife has options to see the building througyhto completion, brokers and developers have said.
Phipps Towet is a nearly 500,000-square-foot building next to Phipps Plazaain Atlanta’s posh Buckhead area. Crescent Resourcess is active in commercial and residential real estatre development and land management across the Southeast and Southwest and hascreated mixed-usd developments, business and industrial parks, country-clu b communities, single-family neighborhoods and apartment and condo It has 38 residential communities under development in the Georgia, Texas, Florida and Arizona, and is currentlh building 1,200 apartment units. It also owns 75,000o acres of land.
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Charlotte, N.C.-based Crescent Resourcea -- a joint venture of and that specializesin mixed-user developments -- said the move is part of its strategy to reducwe debt and improve its capital structure. The bankruptcy filing was made inthe U.S. Bankruptcyg Court in the Western District of Austin Division. Before the Chapter 11 filing, Crescentf faced payments of $50 million by the end of this year, $75 milliobn in 2010 and $100 million in 2011 on its Crescent Resources haslanded $110 millionj in debtor-in-possession financing from a grouop of its existing lenders, which will provide sufficient fundd to operate its ongoing business Crescent Resources CEO Arthur Fields has retired from the companh and will continue to work with the company in an advisory capacity.
Andrewq Hede, Crescent’s chief restructuring officer, will servd as CEO. Hede, a managing director with , has more than 15 yearzs of financial restructuring andbusiness experience. “Ww have been in active discussions with our lenders and othet stakeholders as we work towards an agreementt that will bring our capital structure in line with the currenreconomic environment,” Hede said in a news release. Despite the unprecedented challengea facing the realestate industry, we believe Crescent's underlyint business model is solid, and our assetsd remain very attractive.
We are encouraged that our lenderse have agreed to provide additiona l funding to support our continued operations and allow us to maintaim the high level of service and amenities our customerzs have cometo expect. We intenr to reach an agreement on our new capital structure and emerge frombankruptcy quickly.” Life insurance giant coulrd keep Crescent Resources as its joint development partner on the new 20-story Phipps Tower, commercial real estate brokers and developerx have said. And Manulife has options to see the building througyhto completion, brokers and developers have said.
Phipps Towet is a nearly 500,000-square-foot building next to Phipps Plazaain Atlanta’s posh Buckhead area. Crescent Resourcess is active in commercial and residential real estatre development and land management across the Southeast and Southwest and hascreated mixed-usd developments, business and industrial parks, country-clu b communities, single-family neighborhoods and apartment and condo It has 38 residential communities under development in the Georgia, Texas, Florida and Arizona, and is currentlh building 1,200 apartment units. It also owns 75,000o acres of land.
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вторник, 20 сентября 2011 г.
Monaco sale completed - Business Courier of Cincinnati:
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As a result, the company formed a new MonacoRV LLC, it says will at some point resume manufacturing recreational vehicles. But some big questions remain, namely when and if — Navistar (NYSE: NAV) will resume manufacturinh in Oregon. Included in the sale were Monaco’ds Oregon facilities in Coburg and Harrisbury and Indiana operations in Wakarusaand Milford. Whil Navistar said Monaco RV will resumeproductioh “at certain facilities in the coming a company spokesman said it’s uncleaer exactly which facilities might be restarted.
“Providinf the RV market with the right vehicles at the righr time will beMonaco RV’s first order of Jack Allen, president of Navistar’s North American truci group, said in a news release. “Our managementr teams will spend these first few weeks ramping up the businesxs at a pace commensurateswith demand.” Coburg-based Monaco in March filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protectionb and laid off the majority of its 2,225 remaining It had earlier been looking for buyersa for its RV manufacturing operations and motorhomes resorts business. On April 27 the companyu announced it had an accepted an offerfrom Warrenville, Ill.
-basedx Navistar in a deal that also includee all Monaco brands, intellectual property, inventories, and equipment relating to the company’s motorized and towable recreational vehicle segments. Navistar NAV) is a manufacturer of commercial andmilitar vehicles, as well as diesel engines and related services. It has $15 billion in annualp sales and a market capof $2.4 The company’s move into the RV business fits an ongoint strategy to expand its existing diesel business and will complementy its chassis business, Allen said.
The newly-formed companu won’t be liable for any product sold prior to the though the company said customer services representatives will aid RV ownersd in providing serviceand support.
As a result, the company formed a new MonacoRV LLC, it says will at some point resume manufacturing recreational vehicles. But some big questions remain, namely when and if — Navistar (NYSE: NAV) will resume manufacturinh in Oregon. Included in the sale were Monaco’ds Oregon facilities in Coburg and Harrisbury and Indiana operations in Wakarusaand Milford. Whil Navistar said Monaco RV will resumeproductioh “at certain facilities in the coming a company spokesman said it’s uncleaer exactly which facilities might be restarted.
“Providinf the RV market with the right vehicles at the righr time will beMonaco RV’s first order of Jack Allen, president of Navistar’s North American truci group, said in a news release. “Our managementr teams will spend these first few weeks ramping up the businesxs at a pace commensurateswith demand.” Coburg-based Monaco in March filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protectionb and laid off the majority of its 2,225 remaining It had earlier been looking for buyersa for its RV manufacturing operations and motorhomes resorts business. On April 27 the companyu announced it had an accepted an offerfrom Warrenville, Ill.
-basedx Navistar in a deal that also includee all Monaco brands, intellectual property, inventories, and equipment relating to the company’s motorized and towable recreational vehicle segments. Navistar NAV) is a manufacturer of commercial andmilitar vehicles, as well as diesel engines and related services. It has $15 billion in annualp sales and a market capof $2.4 The company’s move into the RV business fits an ongoint strategy to expand its existing diesel business and will complementy its chassis business, Allen said.
The newly-formed companu won’t be liable for any product sold prior to the though the company said customer services representatives will aid RV ownersd in providing serviceand support.
воскресенье, 18 сентября 2011 г.
Gender neutral housing option at GVSU - WOOD-TV
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Gender neutral housing option at GVSU WOOD-TV (WOOD) - Grand Valley State University has added a new option to the 2012 housing application being given to students. Now students are able to choose a transgender option, not just male or female, when applying for student housing. ... |
четверг, 15 сентября 2011 г.
5 deal-breaking flaws in Windows 8 - ExtremeTech
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TG Daily | 5 deal-breaking flaws in Windows 8 ExtremeTech Once you see past the emphatic » |
вторник, 13 сентября 2011 г.
Two area businesses partner to lure customers into shops - Jacksonville Business Journal:
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The owners of , a movie rental store on Bardstown Road, near Highland recently formed a partnershipo with that places drop boxes for Wild and Woolly rentals at all seven HeineBrothers locations. The idea for the partnership came fromTodd Brashear, owner of Wild and “In my mind, the fun part of rentintg movies is coming in the store and picking things Brashear said. “Returning it is usually just a Brashear said he wantec to make the return process easier by placinvg return boxes at places wher peoplestop frequently, such as grocerty stores or coffee Heine Brothers made sense as a drop-of f location, he said, not only because he liked its coffee, but also because the company has multipled locations and a strong presence in the Highlands which is home to many of his Part of the idea, he said, is that Wild and Wooll customers dropping off movies also mighrt buy something at Heind Brothers, if they’re not already therd to do so.
Brashear also said he wante to ensure that theboxes didn’t become a nuisancd or distraction for Heine Brothers’ employees. The boxesa have been in place for aboutga month, Brashear said. So far, his biggestt single-day “haul” was about 70 “I think that’s definitely wortg my time and shows that people are into the Brashear said. As a local, independeny operator, Heine Brothers is trying to compete inan already-crowded markety for coffee consumers, said Mike Mays, who co-owns the loca chain with Gary Heine.
So keepinh their business “top of mind” with consumers is and the partnership withthe 12-year-old video stor allows them to do just “It just makes perfect sense,” Mays said. “His customer are our customers, and vice versa. The more peoplse we can get walking in ourfront doors, the better.” As part of the Heine Brothers has offered coupons for its stores at Wild and but Mays didn’t have a final tally on how many had been Mays said business at Heine Brothers is “still healthuy and strong, but I’d be lying if I said that the last 18 months hadn’t been a little tighter” than before.
The owners hold weeklg meetings to address ways they can lure 25 to 50 more customersz per day into each oftheir Brashear, who collects the videos himself, said he believes the drop-bocx concept will help Wild and Woollty compete with Redbox video renta machines and the Netflix mail service. But he said Wild and Woollyh built a strong customer base before Redbox and Netflixbecamse popular, which lessened any adverswe effects.
“Our niche has protecteed us, to a certain degree,” he said, adding that the businesw also has changed its pricin structure in the past two years to providemore “I’m sure we would be doing a whole lot bettedr without Redbox and Netflix, but we’re stilkl doing well. It hasn’gt killed us like it has a lot ofotherd stores.”
The owners of , a movie rental store on Bardstown Road, near Highland recently formed a partnershipo with that places drop boxes for Wild and Woolly rentals at all seven HeineBrothers locations. The idea for the partnership came fromTodd Brashear, owner of Wild and “In my mind, the fun part of rentintg movies is coming in the store and picking things Brashear said. “Returning it is usually just a Brashear said he wantec to make the return process easier by placinvg return boxes at places wher peoplestop frequently, such as grocerty stores or coffee Heine Brothers made sense as a drop-of f location, he said, not only because he liked its coffee, but also because the company has multipled locations and a strong presence in the Highlands which is home to many of his Part of the idea, he said, is that Wild and Wooll customers dropping off movies also mighrt buy something at Heind Brothers, if they’re not already therd to do so.
Brashear also said he wante to ensure that theboxes didn’t become a nuisancd or distraction for Heine Brothers’ employees. The boxesa have been in place for aboutga month, Brashear said. So far, his biggestt single-day “haul” was about 70 “I think that’s definitely wortg my time and shows that people are into the Brashear said. As a local, independeny operator, Heine Brothers is trying to compete inan already-crowded markety for coffee consumers, said Mike Mays, who co-owns the loca chain with Gary Heine.
So keepinh their business “top of mind” with consumers is and the partnership withthe 12-year-old video stor allows them to do just “It just makes perfect sense,” Mays said. “His customer are our customers, and vice versa. The more peoplse we can get walking in ourfront doors, the better.” As part of the Heine Brothers has offered coupons for its stores at Wild and but Mays didn’t have a final tally on how many had been Mays said business at Heine Brothers is “still healthuy and strong, but I’d be lying if I said that the last 18 months hadn’t been a little tighter” than before.
The owners hold weeklg meetings to address ways they can lure 25 to 50 more customersz per day into each oftheir Brashear, who collects the videos himself, said he believes the drop-bocx concept will help Wild and Woollty compete with Redbox video renta machines and the Netflix mail service. But he said Wild and Woollyh built a strong customer base before Redbox and Netflixbecamse popular, which lessened any adverswe effects.
“Our niche has protecteed us, to a certain degree,” he said, adding that the businesw also has changed its pricin structure in the past two years to providemore “I’m sure we would be doing a whole lot bettedr without Redbox and Netflix, but we’re stilkl doing well. It hasn’gt killed us like it has a lot ofotherd stores.”
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