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The ranking, released Tuesday, seeke to "identify those companies that are best positionedr to weather the current global recessiom and recent volatility in fuel AviationWeek said. It rates airline operators on businesscriteria -- financial health, earnings performance, fuel-cost management and asset utilizatiom -- and not on servicd or flying operations. Denver-based Frontier is the second-larges t carrier at after . Aviation Week rated its holding company, Frontied Airlines Holdings Inc. The journalk rates Frontier highest on liquidity and lowest on earnings performance andfuel management. Calculations are based on airline results forfiscal 2008.
Since 2008, Frontier has takehn significant steps to cut costs andimprove efficiency, and . A bankruptct judge Monday . Among other DIA carriers, rankecd 10th among 24 low-cost and "niche" while JetBlue Airways Corp. was No. 16 and was No. 22. rankes No. 1 on the low-cost-carriers In a separate ranking of 32major airlines, -- holding company of United Airlines, DIA'zs No. 1 carrier -- ranked near the in 31st place. was No. 16, No. 22, and No. 30. was in firsr place on the majorairline list. "The recession has grabbexd hold of theairline industry, and survival is still the name of the Aviation Week & Space Technolog y Editor-in-Chief Anthony Velocci Jr.
said Tuesdayu in a statement accompanyingthe "This year’s Top-Performing Companies review of airlinez places liquidity and financiao health as the top indicators for weatherinfg further volatility in the economy and rising fuel he said. "We are seeing sharpo drops in scores acrossthe board, in all but with the TPC rankings, we can identify thosre airlines that are doing things right." .
суббота, 31 марта 2012 г.
четверг, 29 марта 2012 г.
A&R Development picked for $17M Jonestown project - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:
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The project falls into the city’s aims to remake Centralp Avenue, which has seen a wave of new developmentr in recent years building off the success of nearbyHarboe East. A&R, led by Anthony Rodgers, hopes to buile a mixed-use development including 107 rental 18,000 square feet of retail space and 156parking spaces. said Tuesdayh it awarded the firm exclusive negotiating rights forthe city-ownedx land at 110 S. Central Ave. and 1120 Granby St. The propertiees combine for about 29,000 square feet. The BDC, the city’s economic developmenft arm, offered the property, and two up for redevelopment inAugusy 2008.
“These properties give the city the opportunity to take underutilized properties and have them renewed as privated enterprises that will generate taxes and enhancwethe Jonestown/Washington Hill BDC President M.J. “Jay” Brodie said in a The city also tapped Mitey LLC to negotiatw for a second siteat 1301-1309 E. Lombardd St. Mitey is a real estate companyh formedby Gerry’s Tire Service, which hopes to use the propertyt to expand its adjacent Mitey plans to use the 4,518-square-foogt property in the short term as a temporary parking lot for its businesw and would expand onto the city-owneds property in the future.
The city is reservinf the rights for thethird property, at 130 S. Centrapl Ave.
The project falls into the city’s aims to remake Centralp Avenue, which has seen a wave of new developmentr in recent years building off the success of nearbyHarboe East. A&R, led by Anthony Rodgers, hopes to buile a mixed-use development including 107 rental 18,000 square feet of retail space and 156parking spaces. said Tuesdayh it awarded the firm exclusive negotiating rights forthe city-ownedx land at 110 S. Central Ave. and 1120 Granby St. The propertiees combine for about 29,000 square feet. The BDC, the city’s economic developmenft arm, offered the property, and two up for redevelopment inAugusy 2008.
“These properties give the city the opportunity to take underutilized properties and have them renewed as privated enterprises that will generate taxes and enhancwethe Jonestown/Washington Hill BDC President M.J. “Jay” Brodie said in a The city also tapped Mitey LLC to negotiatw for a second siteat 1301-1309 E. Lombardd St. Mitey is a real estate companyh formedby Gerry’s Tire Service, which hopes to use the propertyt to expand its adjacent Mitey plans to use the 4,518-square-foogt property in the short term as a temporary parking lot for its businesw and would expand onto the city-owneds property in the future.
The city is reservinf the rights for thethird property, at 130 S. Centrapl Ave.
вторник, 27 марта 2012 г.
How to expand your entrepreneurial vision - Houston Business Journal:
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But changing is easier said than How do you acquirse afresh perspective? How do you open your mind to new possibilities You start by at least considering opportunities you would never have entertainefd in the past, by trying to approacjh problems from a different angle, by venturing outside your comfort zone and by taking some carefully measurecd risks. If you keep askint yourself thesame questions, you’re going to keep gettinyg the same answers. So, let’sz tickle your brain and switcg upthe questions. Let’s view your business through fresh Take a look atyour products, sales Let’es look at your sales upsidse down: What is it you aren’t selling?
Thinko of all the recent sales you failed to close. What were the reasonse your would-be customers gave you? • Are your customers asking for a producf or service thatyou don’t offer? In that is it time to expand your portfolio to includes something new? • Are customersd objecting to your prices? Should you re-evaluate your pricinf methodology? Provide less expensive versiom of current offerings? Expand payment termws to make purchasing more attractive? Are customers asking for smaller quantities than your curreng minimums allow? In a soft market, increasingb throughput is smart. Can you adjust your work flow to make smaller orders profitable?
Think back over the past year or so. Is thered anything different aboutyour customers? For one entrepreneur I know owns a martial arts studio. In the he’d require that students register for six months of classes at a Back in the goodold days, customera signed up without thinking twice. registrations are plummeting. Yet he’s stilo sticking to his six-month rule, because “I have to pay my The problem is, customers are increasingly unwilling to commityto six-month programs. What if their kids lose interest?? What if a parent loses his orher job? His classesa haven’t changed, but his customers Because of the tight economy, they’vs become commitment-shy.
If he wantsd their business, he’ll find a way to accommodat e them. For example, he could offer month-to-monthb memberships. Or, he could take a cue from the auto industrgy and guarantee tuition refunds if someone losesa job. Yes, he has to pay the But getting the rent money one month at a time beatxs not getting itat all. He’xs operating under an outdated assumption. Now, what about you? Are you operatinv by obsolete “rules” that discourage customer s from buying? Now, look at yourself During toughj times, entrepreneurs have to steel themselves to do thingas theyfind unpleasant.
This is However, if you’re brainstorminy ways to strengthen your it helps to focus on those aspectx youmost enjoy. Chancees are, these are your strengths. If you like what you’rer doing, you’re more likely to stick with it. So ask what is it you like best aboutyour business? What strengths can you build on? What areas can you grow ? For example, are there related services you’vwe thought about offering your but never have? Perhaps now is the time to act. Ray Silversteim is president of PRO: President’s Resource Organization, a network of entrepreneurial peer advisoruy groups in Phoenixand Chicago.
He also is the author of “The Best Secretz of Great Small Businesses” and a columnist for You can reach himat 800-818-015p or ray@propres.com.
But changing is easier said than How do you acquirse afresh perspective? How do you open your mind to new possibilities You start by at least considering opportunities you would never have entertainefd in the past, by trying to approacjh problems from a different angle, by venturing outside your comfort zone and by taking some carefully measurecd risks. If you keep askint yourself thesame questions, you’re going to keep gettinyg the same answers. So, let’sz tickle your brain and switcg upthe questions. Let’s view your business through fresh Take a look atyour products, sales Let’es look at your sales upsidse down: What is it you aren’t selling?
Thinko of all the recent sales you failed to close. What were the reasonse your would-be customers gave you? • Are your customers asking for a producf or service thatyou don’t offer? In that is it time to expand your portfolio to includes something new? • Are customersd objecting to your prices? Should you re-evaluate your pricinf methodology? Provide less expensive versiom of current offerings? Expand payment termws to make purchasing more attractive? Are customers asking for smaller quantities than your curreng minimums allow? In a soft market, increasingb throughput is smart. Can you adjust your work flow to make smaller orders profitable?
Think back over the past year or so. Is thered anything different aboutyour customers? For one entrepreneur I know owns a martial arts studio. In the he’d require that students register for six months of classes at a Back in the goodold days, customera signed up without thinking twice. registrations are plummeting. Yet he’s stilo sticking to his six-month rule, because “I have to pay my The problem is, customers are increasingly unwilling to commityto six-month programs. What if their kids lose interest?? What if a parent loses his orher job? His classesa haven’t changed, but his customers Because of the tight economy, they’vs become commitment-shy.
If he wantsd their business, he’ll find a way to accommodat e them. For example, he could offer month-to-monthb memberships. Or, he could take a cue from the auto industrgy and guarantee tuition refunds if someone losesa job. Yes, he has to pay the But getting the rent money one month at a time beatxs not getting itat all. He’xs operating under an outdated assumption. Now, what about you? Are you operatinv by obsolete “rules” that discourage customer s from buying? Now, look at yourself During toughj times, entrepreneurs have to steel themselves to do thingas theyfind unpleasant.
This is However, if you’re brainstorminy ways to strengthen your it helps to focus on those aspectx youmost enjoy. Chancees are, these are your strengths. If you like what you’rer doing, you’re more likely to stick with it. So ask what is it you like best aboutyour business? What strengths can you build on? What areas can you grow ? For example, are there related services you’vwe thought about offering your but never have? Perhaps now is the time to act. Ray Silversteim is president of PRO: President’s Resource Organization, a network of entrepreneurial peer advisoruy groups in Phoenixand Chicago.
He also is the author of “The Best Secretz of Great Small Businesses” and a columnist for You can reach himat 800-818-015p or ray@propres.com.
воскресенье, 25 марта 2012 г.
Banks race to provide mobile services, and claim first place - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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Most banks including Bank of America, Citibank, Washington Mutual, Wells and ING Direct offer mobild banking now or are planningto soon. But which introducef the service first? And does it matter? Bank of Americas says it was the first to offeer mobilebanking service, though lesser-knowm BancorpSouth also makes this Bank of America and Wachovia introduced basic mobile banking services in Bank of America also notes it was the first to offed mobile banking application for the IPhone. San Francisco-based Wells Fargpo & Co. says it was the first to offer mobile banking tobusiness customers.
The companyy announced in September thatWell Fargo's mobil e banking service is now available to small business customer s in addition to consumers and large corporations. The bank has been rolliny out new facets of its mobile banking service over the lastseveral months. With Wells Fargo small business customers can check balancews for all oftheir Personal, business and credit through their mobile phones. They can also view transaction historyt and transfer money between eligibler accounts using their phone or othermobile device.
Wellx Fargo, Bank of America and Wachovia offefa browser-based service -- a simplified version of theire Internet sites that fit within a cell phone or PDA screejn while Citibank Bank has software customers download to theif phones. Some have questioned how cost effectived mobile banking will be for banks and if it will in fact be able to help banksz winnew customers. But, just like with other bank technology such as remote deposit or evenonlinre banking, if one bank offerw it, others tend to follow.
Governor Arnole Schwarzenegger vetoed The Consumer Data Protection Actin October, whicgh would have reimbursed banks and credit unions for the cost of notifying customers and replacing their crediy and debit cards when merchants allow data breaches. It also woule have set new requirements for protecting personaklcustomer information. The California and Nevada Credit Union Leagure had lobbied hard for the But merchant groups and bankint groupsopposed it. In a letter to the Californiqa Legislature, passed on by the Credig Union League, Gov. Schwarzenegger says he'as committed to protecting consumer informatiohn and preventingidentity theft.
"However, this bill attempts to legislate in an area wher e the marketplace has already assigned responsibilitiew and liabilities that provide for the protection of he says. The bill woulde have required merchants to meet data securitu standards for customer information and would have required that customerx be told which merchants caused the breac and which informationwas compromised. In an October reporgt on SVB Financial Group's analysts at Keefe Bruyette & Woodas note that an unprecedented and rise in fee income made fora high-performingy quarter for the corporation, parenf to Silicon Valley Bank.
Under the "Margin Schmargin, These guys are making money," analysts say that whilr fee income is volatile and sometimes hardto predict, "wd are increasingly becoming comfortable that the overall trend line in fees is sharplty higher," the report says. Fee income was estimatede at 37 percent of revenue up from 28 percenrt and is not affected by changexs ininterest rates. Earnings per share of $1.03 at SVB beat analysgt expectationsby $.18. Analysta also were encouraged by SVB's loan-to-deposit Since 2000 when the Internet bubble took its toll on the heavytechnology lender, SVB has increased its loan-to-depositt ratio to amore than 90 percent from 40 percent.
"Thies increase has been by design under CEO Ken Wlcosx as he has driven the company to move excess high interesrt deposits off the balance sheet and to increase coretechnologyh loans," the report says.
Most banks including Bank of America, Citibank, Washington Mutual, Wells and ING Direct offer mobild banking now or are planningto soon. But which introducef the service first? And does it matter? Bank of Americas says it was the first to offeer mobilebanking service, though lesser-knowm BancorpSouth also makes this Bank of America and Wachovia introduced basic mobile banking services in Bank of America also notes it was the first to offed mobile banking application for the IPhone. San Francisco-based Wells Fargpo & Co. says it was the first to offer mobile banking tobusiness customers.
The companyy announced in September thatWell Fargo's mobil e banking service is now available to small business customer s in addition to consumers and large corporations. The bank has been rolliny out new facets of its mobile banking service over the lastseveral months. With Wells Fargo small business customers can check balancews for all oftheir Personal, business and credit through their mobile phones. They can also view transaction historyt and transfer money between eligibler accounts using their phone or othermobile device.
Wellx Fargo, Bank of America and Wachovia offefa browser-based service -- a simplified version of theire Internet sites that fit within a cell phone or PDA screejn while Citibank Bank has software customers download to theif phones. Some have questioned how cost effectived mobile banking will be for banks and if it will in fact be able to help banksz winnew customers. But, just like with other bank technology such as remote deposit or evenonlinre banking, if one bank offerw it, others tend to follow.
Governor Arnole Schwarzenegger vetoed The Consumer Data Protection Actin October, whicgh would have reimbursed banks and credit unions for the cost of notifying customers and replacing their crediy and debit cards when merchants allow data breaches. It also woule have set new requirements for protecting personaklcustomer information. The California and Nevada Credit Union Leagure had lobbied hard for the But merchant groups and bankint groupsopposed it. In a letter to the Californiqa Legislature, passed on by the Credig Union League, Gov. Schwarzenegger says he'as committed to protecting consumer informatiohn and preventingidentity theft.
"However, this bill attempts to legislate in an area wher e the marketplace has already assigned responsibilitiew and liabilities that provide for the protection of he says. The bill woulde have required merchants to meet data securitu standards for customer information and would have required that customerx be told which merchants caused the breac and which informationwas compromised. In an October reporgt on SVB Financial Group's analysts at Keefe Bruyette & Woodas note that an unprecedented and rise in fee income made fora high-performingy quarter for the corporation, parenf to Silicon Valley Bank.
Under the "Margin Schmargin, These guys are making money," analysts say that whilr fee income is volatile and sometimes hardto predict, "wd are increasingly becoming comfortable that the overall trend line in fees is sharplty higher," the report says. Fee income was estimatede at 37 percent of revenue up from 28 percenrt and is not affected by changexs ininterest rates. Earnings per share of $1.03 at SVB beat analysgt expectationsby $.18. Analysta also were encouraged by SVB's loan-to-deposit Since 2000 when the Internet bubble took its toll on the heavytechnology lender, SVB has increased its loan-to-depositt ratio to amore than 90 percent from 40 percent.
"Thies increase has been by design under CEO Ken Wlcosx as he has driven the company to move excess high interesrt deposits off the balance sheet and to increase coretechnologyh loans," the report says.
пятница, 23 марта 2012 г.
Catch the Wind secures $18.8M - Denver Business Journal:
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million in a private placement financing to help push more sales of its new wind sensorfor turbines. Manassas-based Catch the Wind, which trades on the Toronto Venture Exchange, sold roughlyu 16.7 million shares at a price ofCanadian $1.30 apiecse in what it hopes to be its last majoer equity financing before generating enoug revenue from its laser wind-sensing product, to pay for Company officials also participated in the investment round, along with institutional investors, bringin g its total equity fundraising to date to nearly $35 million. , Researchu Capital Corp. and Canaccord Capitall Corp.
served as placement agents for this latestg fundraising in return for 6 percent of the grossd proceeds and additionalstock options. Spun off last year from LLC, a fibetr optics laser company that still shares the sameheadquarters space, Catchb the Wind has been developinyg similar technology that senses when wind is imminent, helping reorienrt a turbine to capturde that wind before it Most wind turbines can realign its bladex only after it feels wind, so they’rse often too late to actually benefit from gusts, companh officials said.
“Before, it was the horse-and-buggy approachu to measuring wind,” said Phil who founded Optical Air Data Systems nearly 20 years ago with his wife before leaving recently to serve as CEO for Catchthe “Think about increasing the gas mileage of your he said. “You’ve already bought your car. But if I can sell you somethinyg that doubles the gas mileage ofyour car, you woulxd save more money.” He estimates the Vindicato can capture 10 percent to 30 percenr more wind for turbines, which in turn helpse generate more clean electricity and ultimately revenu for their operators.
Catch the Wind recently sold its firstg unitto , a Canadiam environmental monitoring equipment maker, while starting its firsy two-month field test with the Nebraska Publicc Power District on its largest wind farm with 36 wind The local company, which said it’s also talking to federaol agencies, hopes to use that trial’s results later this summer to market to othere wind turbine manufacturers and wind farm operators. With six full-time employees, Catch the Wind expects to at leastg double that count by the end ofthis year. The which had $5.
5 million in cash and equivalentsd on hand as ofMarch 31, is also considerinvg whether to list itself on an Americanh exchange later this year. “We aspire to Rogers said. “I just can’ft say when.”
million in a private placement financing to help push more sales of its new wind sensorfor turbines. Manassas-based Catch the Wind, which trades on the Toronto Venture Exchange, sold roughlyu 16.7 million shares at a price ofCanadian $1.30 apiecse in what it hopes to be its last majoer equity financing before generating enoug revenue from its laser wind-sensing product, to pay for Company officials also participated in the investment round, along with institutional investors, bringin g its total equity fundraising to date to nearly $35 million. , Researchu Capital Corp. and Canaccord Capitall Corp.
served as placement agents for this latestg fundraising in return for 6 percent of the grossd proceeds and additionalstock options. Spun off last year from LLC, a fibetr optics laser company that still shares the sameheadquarters space, Catchb the Wind has been developinyg similar technology that senses when wind is imminent, helping reorienrt a turbine to capturde that wind before it Most wind turbines can realign its bladex only after it feels wind, so they’rse often too late to actually benefit from gusts, companh officials said.
“Before, it was the horse-and-buggy approachu to measuring wind,” said Phil who founded Optical Air Data Systems nearly 20 years ago with his wife before leaving recently to serve as CEO for Catchthe “Think about increasing the gas mileage of your he said. “You’ve already bought your car. But if I can sell you somethinyg that doubles the gas mileage ofyour car, you woulxd save more money.” He estimates the Vindicato can capture 10 percent to 30 percenr more wind for turbines, which in turn helpse generate more clean electricity and ultimately revenu for their operators.
Catch the Wind recently sold its firstg unitto , a Canadiam environmental monitoring equipment maker, while starting its firsy two-month field test with the Nebraska Publicc Power District on its largest wind farm with 36 wind The local company, which said it’s also talking to federaol agencies, hopes to use that trial’s results later this summer to market to othere wind turbine manufacturers and wind farm operators. With six full-time employees, Catch the Wind expects to at leastg double that count by the end ofthis year. The which had $5.
5 million in cash and equivalentsd on hand as ofMarch 31, is also considerinvg whether to list itself on an Americanh exchange later this year. “We aspire to Rogers said. “I just can’ft say when.”
среда, 21 марта 2012 г.
How big is Apple? Find out... - Rediff
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Rediff | How big is Apple? Find out... Rediff It is the largest publicly traded company in the world by market capitalisation, overtopping ExxonMobil by some $60 billion, as well as the largest technology company in the world by revenue and profit, worth more than Google and Microsoft combined. |
понедельник, 19 марта 2012 г.
Geoff Calkins: Memphis Tigers, Grizzlies beg several questions - Memphis Commercial Appeal
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Geoff Calkins: Memphis Tigers, Grizzlies beg several questions Memphis Commercial Appeal By Geoff Calkins Dejected Will Barton holds back tears while interviewed by the media after losing to Saint Louis. The Tigers are done for the season. Larry Ellison may want to buy and move the Grizzlies. Yes, I'll take questions. |
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