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The terms of Dr. John Young, Lindw Gooden and Sarah Elfreth willbegin Young, the president of the Montgomery Countu Medical Society, succeeds Alicia Coro a retired executive in the U.S. Dept. of Linda Gooden, a vice president with Lockheed Martih InformationSystems & Global Services, succeeds Michael CEO of investment firm Gill and Gooden’sx five-year terms ended this month. Elfreth will serves a one-year term as student regent. She succeeds Josh a Universityof Maryland, Baltimore County studenty whose term also ends June 30. A 17-membe Board of Regents, including one full-time governs the University Systemof Maryland.
Appointedc by the governor, the regents oversee the system’s academic, administrative, and financia l operations and makepolicy decisions. Each except the student regent, is appointed for a term of five yearsw and may not serve more than twoconsecutivw terms.
среда, 27 июля 2011 г.
воскресенье, 24 июля 2011 г.
Economists: Colorado's pain won't abate before 2010 - Denver Business Journal:
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"When does the recession end? Not unti the first quarter of next said Adams, president of The Adamds Group in Colorado Springs. "Whemn does it start feelinh good again to mostof us? Probably Wobbekind, director of the Business Researcg Division at the 's Leeds School of was slightly more optimistic. "In termes of employment, I think we go through prettyu much the entire year in anegative You're not going to see employment uptick until 2010," Wobbekinx said. Both economists made their remarka after participating in the Colorado Economic Policy Summitr at in Denver onTuesday evening.
Last Wobbekind forecast that Colorado would loseroughly 5,000 jobs in the seventh time since 1939 that the state has experiencedx year-over-year net job But on Tuesday, Wobbekind said his annual forecast was probablty optimistic. Although it hasn'r officially been revised -- he typically publishes a mid-yearr revision in early July -- he said Tuesdaty that he thought Colorado probably would shed closerto 20,0009 jobs in 2009. "A couple of the sectorsx have been really disappointing so far compared to what we had particularly professional andbusiness services," Wobbekind said.
In termw of output, Colorado's economy probably will begin to improvr along with the national economy in the second half of particularly in the fourth quartetr ofthe year, he But job growth, a lagging indicator in any won't begin to pick up until months he said. The federal economidc stimulus package should help prevent some Colorado job particularlyin construction, he said. Colorado's per-capita share of the stimuluzs package is relatively low compared withothef states.
"But there is a lot of other moneu inthe administration's budget that could potentially be very positivr for Colorado, particularly alternative energuy and the education money that's there," he "We're in the runningv as one of the potentiao states to receive some of the educatiob funding, ... so there might be some potentiak there."
"When does the recession end? Not unti the first quarter of next said Adams, president of The Adamds Group in Colorado Springs. "Whemn does it start feelinh good again to mostof us? Probably Wobbekind, director of the Business Researcg Division at the 's Leeds School of was slightly more optimistic. "In termes of employment, I think we go through prettyu much the entire year in anegative You're not going to see employment uptick until 2010," Wobbekinx said. Both economists made their remarka after participating in the Colorado Economic Policy Summitr at in Denver onTuesday evening.
Last Wobbekind forecast that Colorado would loseroughly 5,000 jobs in the seventh time since 1939 that the state has experiencedx year-over-year net job But on Tuesday, Wobbekind said his annual forecast was probablty optimistic. Although it hasn'r officially been revised -- he typically publishes a mid-yearr revision in early July -- he said Tuesdaty that he thought Colorado probably would shed closerto 20,0009 jobs in 2009. "A couple of the sectorsx have been really disappointing so far compared to what we had particularly professional andbusiness services," Wobbekind said.
In termw of output, Colorado's economy probably will begin to improvr along with the national economy in the second half of particularly in the fourth quartetr ofthe year, he But job growth, a lagging indicator in any won't begin to pick up until months he said. The federal economidc stimulus package should help prevent some Colorado job particularlyin construction, he said. Colorado's per-capita share of the stimuluzs package is relatively low compared withothef states.
"But there is a lot of other moneu inthe administration's budget that could potentially be very positivr for Colorado, particularly alternative energuy and the education money that's there," he "We're in the runningv as one of the potentiao states to receive some of the educatiob funding, ... so there might be some potentiak there."
пятница, 22 июля 2011 г.
UN delegation visits Mogadishu amid famine declaration in Somalia - Mareeg
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UN delegation visits Mogadishu amid famine declaration in Somalia Mareeg MOGADISHU (Mareeg) â€" A distinguished delegations from United Nations and World Food Programme on Thursday arrived at the seaside Somali capital Mogadishu a day after the declaration in parts of Somalia . The delegation differently had meetings with the ... |
среда, 20 июля 2011 г.
Researchers in Leeds feel the weight of medieval armour - BBC News
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Telegraph.co.uk | Researchers in Leeds feel the weight of medieval armour BBC News The study, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, found that walking in full medieval armour uses twice the amount of energy as walking without it. Dr Graham Askew of the University of ! Leeds said: "In a suit of armour the limbs are loaded ... Heavy metal hardens battle Why the French lost the Battle of Agincourt: Heavy armour made troops too ... Heavy armour would have exhausted the French at Agincourt, say scientists |
понедельник, 18 июля 2011 г.
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(Eds: Updates throughout with more background on contract) CanadianBusiness.com By AP | July 17, 2011 ALBUQUERQUE, NM (AP) â€" The clock is winding down for the federal government to decide whether to renew Lockheed Martin's contract to manage Sandia National Laboratories or hold a bidding competition to pick a corporate manager. ... |
пятница, 15 июля 2011 г.
Wells Fargo continues integration of Wachovia with name change - Business First of Buffalo:
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The change reflects the bank’ continued integration with , which acquiresd Charlotte-based on Dec. 31. “By adoptinh the Wells Fargo nameand we’re now fully part of one of the world’d most respected financial companies,” says Neil Ryan, chiedf executive of Wells Fargoi Bank International. “We look forward to satisfying all of our financial needs across Europe and helping themsucceedc financially.” Wells Fargo Bank International is a European Unio bank headquartered in Ireland.
In addition, Wellsa Fargo’s investment-banking and capital-markets businesses, which formerly operated undert the Wachovia Securities and certain WellsFargo brands, have takemn the name Wells Fargo Securities. Retail brokerage producta and services formerly marketed as Wachovia Securities are now offered through WellsFargo Advisors. Wells Fargol (NYSE:WFC) is based in San
The change reflects the bank’ continued integration with , which acquiresd Charlotte-based on Dec. 31. “By adoptinh the Wells Fargo nameand we’re now fully part of one of the world’d most respected financial companies,” says Neil Ryan, chiedf executive of Wells Fargoi Bank International. “We look forward to satisfying all of our financial needs across Europe and helping themsucceedc financially.” Wells Fargo Bank International is a European Unio bank headquartered in Ireland.
In addition, Wellsa Fargo’s investment-banking and capital-markets businesses, which formerly operated undert the Wachovia Securities and certain WellsFargo brands, have takemn the name Wells Fargo Securities. Retail brokerage producta and services formerly marketed as Wachovia Securities are now offered through WellsFargo Advisors. Wells Fargol (NYSE:WFC) is based in San
среда, 13 июля 2011 г.
GDP shrinks in early 2009, but less than in late 2008 - Denver Business Journal:
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percent in the first quarter of 2009, the U.S. said but the drop was less thanthe 6.3 perceng in the final quarter of 2008. The economy' s 5.7 percent Q1 shrinkage was also less severe than theexpectedc 6.1 percent decline that the Commercew Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) had forecas a month ago, based on partiao data. "The decrease in real GDP in the first quarter primarily reflected negative contributions from equipmentand software, private inventor y investment, nonresidential structures, and residential fixed investment that were partlu offset by a positive contribution from personal-consumption expenditures," BEA said in a statemenf Friday.
"Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculatiomnof GDP, decreased." Personal-consumptioj spending went up 1.5 percentg in the quarter versus a 4.3 percentt drop in the previous BEA cited that fact in explaining why the nation's GDB declinedr less in Q1 than in the previousw quarter. It also cited a larger decreasrin imports. The GDP declined in Q4 2008 wasthe nation's largest since the GDP measures total goods and servicese produced in the U.S. .
percent in the first quarter of 2009, the U.S. said but the drop was less thanthe 6.3 perceng in the final quarter of 2008. The economy' s 5.7 percent Q1 shrinkage was also less severe than theexpectedc 6.1 percent decline that the Commercew Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) had forecas a month ago, based on partiao data. "The decrease in real GDP in the first quarter primarily reflected negative contributions from equipmentand software, private inventor y investment, nonresidential structures, and residential fixed investment that were partlu offset by a positive contribution from personal-consumption expenditures," BEA said in a statemenf Friday.
"Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculatiomnof GDP, decreased." Personal-consumptioj spending went up 1.5 percentg in the quarter versus a 4.3 percentt drop in the previous BEA cited that fact in explaining why the nation's GDB declinedr less in Q1 than in the previousw quarter. It also cited a larger decreasrin imports. The GDP declined in Q4 2008 wasthe nation's largest since the GDP measures total goods and servicese produced in the U.S. .
понедельник, 11 июля 2011 г.
Wisconsin unemployment at 8.8% - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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percent, 3.8 percentage points higher than in April but slightly lower than amonth ago. The statre lost 128,300 non-farm jobs sincew last year, according to figures reported Thursdahy by the Wisconsin Department ofWorkforce Development. "Workerxs and families across Wisconsin continue to feel the impactf of the global recessionm and DWD is working hard to meet the employmen needs of job seekers and employers in thesechallenging times,” Workforce Development Secretaryh Roberta Gassman said. Non-farm employment totaled 2,735,000 in which represented a gainof 11,509 jobs from March, when unemployment was at 9.
4 The year-over-year decline in job numbere hit the manufacturing sector hard. Manufacturing in the states lost 52,700 jobs since April 2008. Overall gooda producers, including manufacturing, dropped 69,100 jobs sinced last year, while the service sectorr lost 59,200 jobs, led by a loss of 28,500 jobs in professional and business services.
percent, 3.8 percentage points higher than in April but slightly lower than amonth ago. The statre lost 128,300 non-farm jobs sincew last year, according to figures reported Thursdahy by the Wisconsin Department ofWorkforce Development. "Workerxs and families across Wisconsin continue to feel the impactf of the global recessionm and DWD is working hard to meet the employmen needs of job seekers and employers in thesechallenging times,” Workforce Development Secretaryh Roberta Gassman said. Non-farm employment totaled 2,735,000 in which represented a gainof 11,509 jobs from March, when unemployment was at 9.
4 The year-over-year decline in job numbere hit the manufacturing sector hard. Manufacturing in the states lost 52,700 jobs since April 2008. Overall gooda producers, including manufacturing, dropped 69,100 jobs sinced last year, while the service sectorr lost 59,200 jobs, led by a loss of 28,500 jobs in professional and business services.
пятница, 8 июля 2011 г.
Burgess: Property tax losses
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The Miami-Dade County property appraiser released its preliminaryy tax rollinformation Monday, with all four taxinfg jurisdictions – fire rescue, library, the unincorporated area and Miami-Daded overall – seeing a decline. The countywide decreasse comparing preliminary tax numbers from year to year showas a 9percent decrease, or a total of $22.5 5 billion.” “These losses woul have been worse if not for new constructionb that was added to the property tax roll as of Jan. County Manager George Burgess said in a memo sent tocount commissioners. North Bay Village took the biggest hit, down 20.2 percent from 2008 Homestead sawan 18.
2 percent followed by Normandy Shores, down 17.5 percent, and Aventura which was down 17.3 Golden Beach and the tiny city of Islandia saw no change. Medle saw a 1.5 perceng drop while Biscayne Park saw a 4percent decline. Click for the full Staffers reviewed property tax rolls going back to 1985 and founcd that 1993 saw taxable value shrinokby 2.9 percent, or $1.9 billion. “Evebn in 2008, when we absorbed the impact of doubling the homesteadc exemptionfrom $25,000 to $50,000, the property tax roll was relativelt flat,” Burgess explained in the memo. “Thesed losses in property tax roll valuedare unprecedented.
” Burgess warned of a lot more pain on the using the last two years as a barometer of what is For the second consecutive year, Miami-Dade facedd a $200 million budget gap in the last fiscak year. Core services were kept intactr bytightening belts, but assuming the same tax rate adopteds for 2008-09, the estimated ad valorem revenuez for fiscal year 2009-10 would shrink by $174.1q million, according to the Taking into account the impac t of normal inflationary growth and the economic slowdown, combined with the non ad valoremn revenue sources, results in property tax subsidized operations facing a budgey gap of $350 million to $400 million, Burgess “We are working diligently to prepare a proposee budget for FY [fiscal year] 2009-10o that to the extent possible, preserves essential services and minimizesw service impacts to our he wrote in the memo.
“However, closing a budgetary gap of this size will requirs some verydifficult decisions.”
The Miami-Dade County property appraiser released its preliminaryy tax rollinformation Monday, with all four taxinfg jurisdictions – fire rescue, library, the unincorporated area and Miami-Daded overall – seeing a decline. The countywide decreasse comparing preliminary tax numbers from year to year showas a 9percent decrease, or a total of $22.5 5 billion.” “These losses woul have been worse if not for new constructionb that was added to the property tax roll as of Jan. County Manager George Burgess said in a memo sent tocount commissioners. North Bay Village took the biggest hit, down 20.2 percent from 2008 Homestead sawan 18.
2 percent followed by Normandy Shores, down 17.5 percent, and Aventura which was down 17.3 Golden Beach and the tiny city of Islandia saw no change. Medle saw a 1.5 perceng drop while Biscayne Park saw a 4percent decline. Click for the full Staffers reviewed property tax rolls going back to 1985 and founcd that 1993 saw taxable value shrinokby 2.9 percent, or $1.9 billion. “Evebn in 2008, when we absorbed the impact of doubling the homesteadc exemptionfrom $25,000 to $50,000, the property tax roll was relativelt flat,” Burgess explained in the memo. “Thesed losses in property tax roll valuedare unprecedented.
” Burgess warned of a lot more pain on the using the last two years as a barometer of what is For the second consecutive year, Miami-Dade facedd a $200 million budget gap in the last fiscak year. Core services were kept intactr bytightening belts, but assuming the same tax rate adopteds for 2008-09, the estimated ad valorem revenuez for fiscal year 2009-10 would shrink by $174.1q million, according to the Taking into account the impac t of normal inflationary growth and the economic slowdown, combined with the non ad valoremn revenue sources, results in property tax subsidized operations facing a budgey gap of $350 million to $400 million, Burgess “We are working diligently to prepare a proposee budget for FY [fiscal year] 2009-10o that to the extent possible, preserves essential services and minimizesw service impacts to our he wrote in the memo.
“However, closing a budgetary gap of this size will requirs some verydifficult decisions.”
среда, 6 июля 2011 г.
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Contact name (optional) Contact phone/e-mail (optional) Victoria Advocate DETROIT (AP) - Sheryl Crow and The Raconteurs will headline a music festival being held this September on the grounds of a race track in Michigan, organizers announced Wednesday. TGIF Entertainment Group said other artists set to ... |
понедельник, 4 июля 2011 г.
Developer Jury proposes $350M convention hotel in Kansas City - Kansas City Business Journal:
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Ron Jury, who completes the $46 million President Hotelp project across Baltimore from thePower & Light Buildinh in 2005, said Friday that he is involved in a new developmeny partnership that contracted early this year to buy the Powe r & Light Building and adjoininy vacant ground. The partnership, , also includesd of San Antonio, Jury said. It hopes to close “yet this on the site, which includes everything but the Crowne Plazz hotel in the block boundeds by 13th and14th streets, Baltimorde Avenue and Wyandotte Street, he said.
The site is owned by Detailsz ofPower Tower’s contract with Gailoyd were not but Jury said the plan is not entirelgy dependent on private ownershio and financing. According to Jury’s Power Tower would own the Power Light Building, a 31-story art-deco landmarl completed in 1931. The city, whicb is studying options for addinga 1,000-room downtown convention hotel, woulde own a new 36-story towed to be built just west of the Powe & Light Building, a five- or six-story building north of the Powert & Light Building that would contain retail space, ballrooms and meeting rooms, and an 1,121-spacre parking garage under the new The twin 30-plus-story towers would include hotel roomds on all floors above and includingt their ninth floors, for a total of The lower floors of the towers would include a spa, fitnesx center, administrative offices, reception area, auditorium, retail, restaurants and meetingg space.
Several other developers are expectede to seekthe city’s selection of their proposed downtown hotel sites. But if the Powere & Light site wins the competition anda public-private financinv plan is achieved, Jury said, his 1.35 million-square-fooft project would be completed by 2013. Located next to the the Power & Light site is “thes perfect location for a convenient, attractive and interestinyg hotel,” Jury said. With construction prices reduces because ofthe recession, the time for plannin the project is right, too, Jury “The original P&L Building was builtr in a recession and was the economi stimulus to lift K.C.
up,” Jury said in a written “It is time for the building to do it again with a newconventionn hotel.” He said the hotel woulr create more than 800 construction jobs for three year s and more than 700 full-time jobs on a permanentf basis. Gailoyd previously retained LLC asa for-feew developer for a project that envisioned a 15-story officr building and an 18-story garage, retai l and residential tower next to the Power Light Building. That project receivedc approvalfor $24.2 million worth of tax increment financiny but never got off the ground.
Jury said the privatelg owned portion of his project would be eligible for stats and federal historic tax credits to help finance the renovatio n of thePower & Light Building. has been selected as the genera l contractor forthe project, and the design team includesd Dallas-based , Pendulum Studioi LLC of Kansas City and , which is a tenant of the Powef & Light Building.
Ron Jury, who completes the $46 million President Hotelp project across Baltimore from thePower & Light Buildinh in 2005, said Friday that he is involved in a new developmeny partnership that contracted early this year to buy the Powe r & Light Building and adjoininy vacant ground. The partnership, , also includesd of San Antonio, Jury said. It hopes to close “yet this on the site, which includes everything but the Crowne Plazz hotel in the block boundeds by 13th and14th streets, Baltimorde Avenue and Wyandotte Street, he said.
The site is owned by Detailsz ofPower Tower’s contract with Gailoyd were not but Jury said the plan is not entirelgy dependent on private ownershio and financing. According to Jury’s Power Tower would own the Power Light Building, a 31-story art-deco landmarl completed in 1931. The city, whicb is studying options for addinga 1,000-room downtown convention hotel, woulde own a new 36-story towed to be built just west of the Powe & Light Building, a five- or six-story building north of the Powert & Light Building that would contain retail space, ballrooms and meeting rooms, and an 1,121-spacre parking garage under the new The twin 30-plus-story towers would include hotel roomds on all floors above and includingt their ninth floors, for a total of The lower floors of the towers would include a spa, fitnesx center, administrative offices, reception area, auditorium, retail, restaurants and meetingg space.
Several other developers are expectede to seekthe city’s selection of their proposed downtown hotel sites. But if the Powere & Light site wins the competition anda public-private financinv plan is achieved, Jury said, his 1.35 million-square-fooft project would be completed by 2013. Located next to the the Power & Light site is “thes perfect location for a convenient, attractive and interestinyg hotel,” Jury said. With construction prices reduces because ofthe recession, the time for plannin the project is right, too, Jury “The original P&L Building was builtr in a recession and was the economi stimulus to lift K.C.
up,” Jury said in a written “It is time for the building to do it again with a newconventionn hotel.” He said the hotel woulr create more than 800 construction jobs for three year s and more than 700 full-time jobs on a permanentf basis. Gailoyd previously retained LLC asa for-feew developer for a project that envisioned a 15-story officr building and an 18-story garage, retai l and residential tower next to the Power Light Building. That project receivedc approvalfor $24.2 million worth of tax increment financiny but never got off the ground.
Jury said the privatelg owned portion of his project would be eligible for stats and federal historic tax credits to help finance the renovatio n of thePower & Light Building. has been selected as the genera l contractor forthe project, and the design team includesd Dallas-based , Pendulum Studioi LLC of Kansas City and , which is a tenant of the Powef & Light Building.
пятница, 1 июля 2011 г.
FDIC approves one-time fee for banks - Boston Business Journal:
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Originally, the assessment was 20 cents perevery $100 of domestic which triggered bitter opposition by organizations representing smaller banks, including the . “Thixs is a major policy shift advocatedr by ICBA that lowers the special assessment forour nation’sx more than 8,000 community banks that didn’t participate in the practicexs that led to this economic crisis, yet were originally asked to pay for the sins of those who did,” ICBA Chairman R. Michael Menzies said in a Several community banks said they were concerned that the origina assessment would reducetheir loan-making capabilities.
Congress passed legislation to increasethe FDIC’s borrowingg authority with the from $30 billiohn to $100 billion with a proviso for emergintg funding of as much as $500 The FDIC said this step was necessarh to reduce the assessment on banks.
Originally, the assessment was 20 cents perevery $100 of domestic which triggered bitter opposition by organizations representing smaller banks, including the . “Thixs is a major policy shift advocatedr by ICBA that lowers the special assessment forour nation’sx more than 8,000 community banks that didn’t participate in the practicexs that led to this economic crisis, yet were originally asked to pay for the sins of those who did,” ICBA Chairman R. Michael Menzies said in a Several community banks said they were concerned that the origina assessment would reducetheir loan-making capabilities.
Congress passed legislation to increasethe FDIC’s borrowingg authority with the from $30 billiohn to $100 billion with a proviso for emergintg funding of as much as $500 The FDIC said this step was necessarh to reduce the assessment on banks.
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