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Privacy study shows many exploit privacy loopholes on Web - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

2012-02-12T04:00:00.001-08:00

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Using trackers called “Web bugs,” thir parties collect user data from many popular Web and sites oftenallow this, even thoughn their privacy policies say they don’t shard user data with others. “Web bugs from Google and its subsidiariesw were found on 92 of the top 100 Web sites and 88 percentg of theapproximately 400,000 unique domaina examined in the study,” the authorsz found. Sites with the most Web bugs were for blogging blogspot and typepadwere No. 1 and No. 2 on the list in and blogger was No. 4. Google itself was No. 3. Ashkan Soltani, Travis Pinnick and Joshua Gomez ofthe university’sw information school wrote the study, publishec Monday.
They analyzed privacy policies posted on Web sitexs and found loopholes used by many site operators to allows third parties to still collectr data on who views Theyalso found, for example, that although Web sitea may reassure visitors that “w e don’t share data with third parties,” those third partiezs don’t include a company’s affiliates — Googled (NASDAQ: GOOG), for example, has 137 subsidiary “The law on affiliate sharing generally is more than that on sharing user data with thirf party companies, the report Companies controlling the top 50 busiestt web sites had an average of 297 affiliates each, meaninhg they could share user data with a lot of other companies.
Populae site , for example, is owned by New York’s NWS), which has more than 1,500 subsidiaries. BAC) in Charlotte has more than 2,300 subsidiaries. “Usersx do not know and cannot learn the full range of affiliateds with which websites maysharde information,” the report Though many Internet users are familiar with “cookies” used to study theif surfing habits, they are less familiar with so-called “web bugs,” whicjh can’t be cleared out of a web since they are part of a Web site’sx HTML code.
Since the web bugs are created directlty bythird parties, their use doesn’t strictly count as of data by the Web site’s though users concerned abouf privacy may be unimpressed by this “We believe that this practicre contravenes users’ expectations; it makes little senss to disclaim formal information sharing, but allow functionally equivalen t tracking with third parties,” the report Who's in charge of privacy ? Although surveys of Internet users show peoplwe are “very concerned about privacy and do not want Web sitesz to collect and share their personal information without permission,” sifting through privacty policies is not practical.
It would take 200 hourds a year for a typica person to read the privacy policies of all the web sites they for example. Thus “users have no practicalo way of knowing with whom their data will be On thepolicy front, the reporgt finds “no one knows who is in charge of protectinbg privacy” in the United States. People can complainm to the Federal Trade Commission andother agencies, but even the FTC’as “principles for behavioral tracking make no mention of any enforcemen t or accountability.
” A low numbee of complaints to varioux agencies means consumers don’t really know where to complain, the report The FTC looks at online privacy more in terms of “harms” done to consumers, the report rather than also in terms of control over personal information, which is what most userz care about. The report makes severak suggestionsfor improvement, including more aggressive actionb by the FTC to protect onlinse privacy. It also calls for clearer privacy policies on web written so that average users canunderstandd them. ’s (NASDAQ: ADBE) privacy policy, for example, when analyzedd for readability, was written at an equivalent grad levelof 17.29.
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Government misses the target - Pittsburgh Business Times:

2012-02-10T00:17:00.001-08:00

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So far, only 10.3 percent of the contracts funded with Recovery Act money have gone to small Though there are lots of contracts yet to be we agreewith Sen. Olympia who, at a hearing on the issue May 21, “This is simply Small businesses are the economic enginee that can boost the economy out of the They are the companies with the entrepreneurial natures and ability to target new opportunitie s and most likely to ramp uphiring quickly.
At a federal, state and local agenciesz should be careful to keep their processes open to smalol companies as they continue to award new They also should look for opportunities to help small companies gain access to the suretyu bonds and financing they need to bid for the If we want economic we need to position our companiess with the biggest growth potentialfor success. At the same we also need to be mindfuk of the severe limitations of government involvement in tryin g to stimulatebusiness growth. It mightr be unpopular to express sympath y for autoindustry executives, but the complaints coming from Congreszs have gotten ridiculous.
After railing on the Big Three as beinvwoefully inefficient, Chrysler and General Motors are now catching flackm for their plans to cut the size of theirr dealership ranks. (See story, Page 9) When they came to Washingtomn in search of a both companies had to expect it would come with some leve l offederal control. That’s reasonable. What’sa beyond reason is when that control includes insisting on cost cuts and then balkint at the cuts thatare made. of course, supporting job cuts and businessx closuresis untenable. But in business, such moves are sometimezs necessary. These are tough timee of unprecedented complexity.
We need private sectofr leaders who will rise to the occasion and publixc sector leaders who will support their efforts.

Barbeque Events can be a Bright Spot in Economic Downtimes

2012-02-07T20:51:00.001-08:00

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May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Even in the midst of a barbeque competitions seem to be hotter thanever - generatingg revenue and fun for cities. The events bringt more than good funand entertainment; they have a direcrt and indirect economic impact on the cities that host Research shows that a typicalo out-of-town visitor spends $257 per day in the barbeque host That average expenditure variex depending on the geographic locale and the size of the For example, in Ark., more than 350,000 attendees participatedf in last year's four-day Bikes, Blues and BBQ ultimately infusing $30 million into the regional according to , BBQ coordinator.
"Everu hotel within 100 miles was bookedto capacity, " said Autry. From local patrons to attendees enjoyed the smoke of competitivebarbeque teams, championship cuisind and live entertainment. In addition to barbeque more than 50 judgeas and 50 barbeque teams from dozens of states descendeeon Fayetteville. Their impact was felt at many locap businesses as theypurchased meats, supplie and overnight lodging. It is this kind of economic succese that is driving many cities to enterf the barbeque arena for the first While they may have tostart small, places like Mo. still reap benefits from holdingbarbequs competitions.
At its firsr Great Pacific BBQ Pacificdrew 3,000 attendees and 35 competition barbeque teams. Attendance was free, and the eventf still broke even. The little town of Ill., which is located in the middle ofAmish country, meets its budgetf but it doesn't make a lot of extra money. However, the size of this 2,000-resident hamlet doublex every October during Central IllinoisBraggingv Rights. Its sole purpose is to promotethe "The contest brings about 45 competition teams and more than 5,00o attendees into our town every year," estimates organizer . "And that' the goal.
"Our grocery store directluy benefits from goods bought bythe teams," said "Bars and restaurants benefit; our retailers and hardware storee benefits. Our businesses understand the valueof visitors." The ultimatd goal is to develop an annual eveny like the River City Roundup in Omaha, where more than 100,000 visitors gather More than 47 percent of last year'e attendees came from out-of-state. Omaha officials estimate the evengt increased local business salesby $25 The increase was generated by direct salesx of $8.
6 million and indirect sales of $17 Indirect sales originate from residents whoswe payrolls are funded by tourist "Jobs indirectly generated or induced by tourism are some of the best and have the most impac of any industry," said , chair of the Travep Industry Association Foundation. "Check the accountas payable lists for hotelsand attractions. You will find many loca vendors... florists, bakers, construction workers, special events planners and advertisingh executives," points out Serff. "Alsi consider that almost half of many whitsetablecloth restaurants' revenue comes as a resulrt of travel and about 17 percen t of fast food restaurant (revenue).
" Out-of-town visitors to Omaha'd River City Roundup spent an additional $2.4 million in lodginf - with an average overnight stay oftwo nights. It is estimatee that the event, excluding lodging, generated more than $325,000 in sale s tax, and yielded an additional $1.5 million in gasoline tax. "Nearlh 80 percent of our attendees travel fromoutsides Omaha, creating an incredible impact on the loca l economy," said River City Roundup Boarc Chairman . "It is Omaha's official community celebration and an economif driver and showcase celebrating the positivre attributes ofour region. Local charities are oftejn benefactors ofbarbeque competitions.
In Washington, the Metropolitan Boys and Girls Club has receivec morethan $1 million from proceeds netted by the Washington BBQ Battle, an even t that is now in its 18th The Smokin' 4th BBQ Shootou t in Durango, Colo., has been financially successful from its firs year. Now in its fifth, organizer said sponsors donatdearound $5,000 annually to the Boys & Girls Club of La Plata County. Since May is Nationao BBQ Month, it's a good time to ask how do you startr abarbeque competition? Where can you turn for assistance? The most popular answer can be found in the country's Kansas City, Mo.
That'sz where you'll find the non-profit Kansas City Barbequw Society, the industry's most respected judging and sanctioning body forbarbequd competitions. With more than 10,000 memberds worldwide, KCBS has trained judgesx and sanctioned contests for more than20 years. To about 15,000 people have become "certified" barbequer judges, and more than 4,000 teams compete nationally at about 300 KCBS The society has literally givenb birth to barbeque nomads who travel in every direction to claim the KCBScovetee "Team of the Year" award.
Growing the sport through kids' competitions is becoming a popular part of manybarbeque Often, a sponsor will donate grills that kids can use, then take KCBS rules also govern kid'ss competitions; however, instead of brisket they cook chicken or hamburgerse and always under adult supervision. The yount competitors take thechallenge seriously. At the Bloomin' Barbeque Bluegrass Festival in Sevierville, one young man reverently askefd if it was against the rules for him to take off his apron andgo play.
Contest representative seriously consideredd the question and ruled that play time was not againstKCBS "What other friendly sport can you choosr that generates so much economic gain for communitiesx and downright fun for entire families?"" questions , KCBS co-founder and executivee director. "And did I mention the greatf food?" Wells points out that part of the KCBS missionn isto "celebrate and promote barbeque as America's cuisine." Add to that the economix impact of barbeque competitions, and cities across America may have the perfect recipe for an ailing In 2008, KCBS began sponsoring The Great Americajn BBQ Tour, a cross-country visit to some of the nation'as top barbeque festivals.
Now in its seconc season, the big KCBS trailer will stop at 25 premie r competitions and several retail locations acrossthe U.S. The tour will featured demonstrations of products that go great in andwith world-class BBQ, including TABASCOk brand Chipotle Pepper Sauce, Kingsford Competitionh Briquets, Weber Grill Creations, SCOTT Shop Towels and TUMS - all sponsores of the tour. KCBS barbeque championship members will also show how backyardf grillers can take tips from BBQ pros for theirt outdoor cookingat home. To learn more abouty the economic impact of barbeque events or how to sanctionbarbequwe competitions, visit or call For more information about The Great American BBQ Tour, visit .

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2012-02-05T16:34:00.001-08:00

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AGI Therapeutics plc Offer Update - Wall Street Journal

2012-02-03T09:17:00.001-08:00

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TXCO files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection - San Antonio Business Journal:

2012-02-01T05:17:00.001-08:00

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Attorneys for San Antonio-based TXCO (NASDAQ: TXCO) also filed a motion with the Bankruptcgy Court seeking approval foranticipated debtor-in-possession financing with prospectivwe lenders. TXCO is currently in negotiationsswith Ltd. and potentially others for a multiples draw-term loan facility with a total aggregate principal amountof $32 The debtor-in-possession financing would allow TXCO to conduc t business without interruption. TXCO is workiny to minimize the impact of the bankruptcy filingy onits operations, customers and However, the bankruptcy court will have to approve any financing arrangement. U.S. Bankruptc Judge Ronald B.
King is handling the case at theWesterb District’s office in San Antonio. TXCO officials say the bankruptct filing was precipitated by a series of eventse that severely impactedthe company’s liquidity. Particularly, extreme volatility in energt prices and a crumbling global economgy have made it difficulr for TXCO to raise equity capitalkor debt, according to a statement releasedd by the company. According to the bankruptcy TXCO has assetsof $431.9 million and totalo debts of $322.8 million. The company also has more than 38 million shares of commonstocjk outstanding. TXCO’s largest shareholder is , a compang based in Milwaukee. Heartland owns 9.
1 percentr of the company’s total stock, according to TXCO’s bankruptct petition. The company’s top five largest unsecured creditors, the bankruptcu petition shows, are Houston-based ($8 million); in Uvalde ($5.3 Dallas-based ($5.1 million); in Dallasd ($4.2 million); and in Houstobn ($2.9 million). The companuy also has retainedAlbert S. Conly of to servd as the chief restructuring officerd to assist TXCO in the Chapter 11 LLC has been retained as financial advisersd andinvestment banker. Goldman, Sachas & Co. has been hired as a financiaol adviser in connection with any potential sale of assetzs proposed under thisbankruptcy filing.
TXCO is represented locally by bankruptcy attorneysDeborah D. Williamson and Lindsey D. Grahanm with TXCO is an independenf oil and gas company with interests in theMavericlk Basin, the onshore Gulf Coast regiojn and the Marfa Basin of Texaz and western Oklahoma. www.txco.com

Toby Keith

2012-01-30T01:00:00.001-08:00

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The restaurant — named for country singer Toby Keithj and his 2003hit single, “I Love This Bar” has signed a lease for 15,00p0 square feet at The Shoppes at West End, a lifestyle centerf scheduled to open later this year at the intersection of Highwayy 100 and Interstate 394 in St. Louix Park. I Love This Bar & Grillp will feature family dining, an 85-foot bar shaped like a guitar, a mechanical bull and a stage that will host live entertainmentr several nightsa week, including a performanc by Keith at the restaurant’s gransd opening. The restaurant’s menu will feature Southern-style such as chicken-fried steak and meatloaf.
Some of the more uniqued offerings will include friedx bologna sandwichesand deep-fried Twinkies. It will featurde traditional sports-bar decor with a countrgy flair. There will be lots of wood and plus more than 50plasma televisions. I Love This Bar Grill will host live entertainmenteveryt Thursday, Friday and Saturdaty night when it first opens, then ramp up to six nights a week over time. Theree will be seating for morethan 1,000 people. The venude also will have a retail store selling Toby Keith barbecue sauceand spices. The restaurant will be owneed by Arizona businessman Frank who recently opened an I Love ThisBar & Grill franchise in Mesa, Ariz.
The chain also has locationsd inLas Vegas, Oklahoma City and Kansasw City, Mo., and plans to open a location in Auburn Mich., later this year. I Love This Bar & Grillp should be a major entertainment attraction forWest End, helpingg set it apart from otherd local malls, said Mark Fallon, vice presiden t of real estate at Cincinnati-based Jeffreu R. Anderson Real Estate Inc., which was retained by developerf DukeRealty Corp., based in Indianapolis, to fill the project’s 331,000-square-foo retail component with tenants. “I thinm it’s even going to draw from way outsidwe of Minneapolisand St. Fallon said. “That’s the idea behinr it.
” Other major West End tenants will include anupscale Roundy’s grocery and a Kerasotesz ShowPlace Theatre 14-screen movie complex. I Love This Bar Grill should be successful at West End because Minnesota is a strong market for country music andthere aren’t any significant music venues in the western said Dick Grones, principal at Edina-basef Cambridge Commercial Realty. “Livew entertainment in the suburbs is really hard to And that’s a strong ingredient to stir into the mix for the centert because it brings an additional demographif that they might not get otherwise.
” I Love This Bar & Grilp selected West End over the , where anothert celebrity-backed country music bar, Gatlihn Brothers Music City Grille, used to have a Costs may have played a role in that but I Love This Bar & Grill will generate more attention at West End than it would have at Mall of Grones said. “They can really stane out [at West End] and not have so many othed entertainment venues tocompete with.
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Two more leave BofA board - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

2012-01-27T20:51:00.001-08:00

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According to a filing with the Securities andExchange Commission, Prueher and Frano didn’t resign because of any disagreement with the company. Jackied Ward and Patricia Mitchell resigned early this Mitchell is a former New York television executivse and currently serves as chief executive of the Paleyh Centerfor Media, a New York Ward is the retired chiefc executive of Atlanta-based Computefr Generation Inc., a softwarw company. Robert Tillman, a former Lowe’s Cos. Inc. chief executive, resigned from the BofA boardc effectiveMay 29. And on May 29, the bank announcede former lead independentdirector O. Temple Sloa n had left the board.
BofA didn’rt disclose Sloan’s reason for resignation. Sloan had been a BofA director for 13 Inearly June, four outside directors were elected to BofA’ s board. They are former Federal Reserve Governor Susan former CompassBancshares Inc. chief executive and chairmah D. Paul Jones, former Federal Deposirt Insurance Corp. chairman Donald Powell and retired Bank One and VisaInternational Inc. executive Willianm Boardman. BofA’s board has been under intensw scrutiny in recent months as the bank suffered through asharp stock-price decline after acquiring Merrilo Lynch & Co. The Charlotte-based bank also has received $45 billion in taxpaye aid.
At the bank’ds annual meeting in late April, shareholders votexd to strip Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis of his position as board Walter Massey was installed as the new chairmanb and has indicated the board needs tobe re-evaluated. Lewis remainas the bank’s CEO and president.

Greif 2Q income down 35% - Business First of Columbus:

2012-01-25T17:17:00.001-08:00

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The industrial packaging maker said late Wednesdayg itearned $18.6 million, down 35.1 percent from $28.7 millionn a year earlier. Class A sharee earnings for the second quarter endec April 30 fell to 32 from 49 cents and Class B share profitf fell to48 cents, from 75 cents in the same periode a year ago. The company attributed the profiy slideto $31.9 million in chargesw incurred during the latest quarter. Sales jumpedc 31.4 percent to $815 million, from $620.1 million a year ago.
"The impressive (sales) results were partially offseg by the high cost of old corrugated containers comparedf to a year ago and acceleration into the second quarterr from the third quarter of major annualo maintenance at one of our container board mills in the Packaging & Services segment," Greif CEO and Presidengt Michael J. Gasser said in a Greif (NYSE:GEF and GEF.B), which also producezs plastic drums, bulk containers and water employs 10,200, including 200 in Central Ohio.

Five Guys plans to raise $15M - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

2012-01-23T12:34:00.001-08:00

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Lorton-based which awards franchise rights to locations of theburgedr joint, has filed a Noticee of Exempt Offering of Securities. The companyh is privately held. Five Guys has recently enjoyeds attention from both President Barack Obamas and First Lady Michelle who separatelymade high-profile visits The president's sojourn was captured on camera by NBC, whichn was following him around for a profils piece. The document does not specify why the money isbeinb raised.
According to the filing, Five Guys has already raisex $10 million of the $15 millionm it is trying to Named in the document are Victor andJane Murrell, both executivr officers and directors for the as well as directors James John Kim and H. Scott Spokeswoman Molly Catalano said she did not have specific detail s on how the capital would be but said that it was forthe company's general business operations. The filing says the offerinb is not being made in connection witha merger, acqiusitiom or exchange offer. The company’d creator, Jerry Murrell, opened the first Five Guys asa carry-ouyt operation in 1986, in a shopping center on Glebe Road in Arlington.
Afteer opening five corporate locationd inthe D.C. area, the companyu decided to franchisein 2002. The fast-casual burgerf concept now has more than 300 locationas in25 states, including more than 50 in the D.C.

Healthier, happier year in the works - The Detroit News

2012-01-21T09:00:00.001-08:00

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IATA: Global airlines to lose $9B in 2009 - Nashville Business Journal:

2012-01-19T04:17:00.001-08:00

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The ’s (IATA) new forecas is staggeringly worse thanits $4.7 billion collectivse loss forecast made just thred months ago. The air carrier tradre group also downgraded its loss estimate for 2008to $10.4e billion from $8.5 billion. “There is no moderb precedent for today’s economic meltdown,” IATA Director General and CEO Giovannij Bisignani said in anews release. “Thr ground has shifted. Our industry has been This is the most difficult situationn that the industryhas faced.” After the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States, industry revenuesz fell by 7 percent, Bisignani and took three years to reboundto pre-9/11 levels.
Revenuea will fall to $448 billion in 2009 from $528 billionn in 2008 (15 percent), IATA Passenger yields will dip7 “This time we face a 15 percent drop—a loss of revenues of $80 billion—in the middler of a global recession,” Bisignani said during IATA’s annual industry summit. “Our future depends on a drastic reshapingby partners, governmentxs and industry. We cannot bear the cost of government crazy taxation and partners abusing theirmonopoly power.” North American carriers will generally fair better than foreign IATA said, and should narrow thei losses for the year.
Northh American airlines will lose $1 billion in dramatically less thanthe $5.1 billion lost in 2008, as out-of-the-moneuy fuel hedges lapse and capacity cuts kick in to right capacith with demand. Previously, IATA said North American carrierss would turn a modest profitr forthe year. Asia-Pacific and European carriers are likely to take thebiggesg hits, losing $3.3 billion and $1.8 billion, respectively. Another heavily impactes sector, air cargo, will decline by 17 percentt based ontons shipped. Cargi yields will decline 11 percent.
Relaxed fuel pricea over the first five monthe of 2009 havehelped carriers, but prices have begunj to climb in recent IATA projects the industry fuel bill to fall from $165 billion in 2008 to $59 billion in 2009, on a $56 per barrepl average price of oil. “The risk that we have seen in recentt weeks is that even the slightesf glimmer of economic hope sends oilprices higher,” Bisignanik said. "Greedy speculation must not hold the globaeconomy hostage. Failure to act by governments woul dbe irresponsible.
” Globally, airlines are in a betteer cash position, with more liquidity than in past But, Bisignani warned “a long L-shapexd recovery could drain the industry of cash.” Bisignanui noted industry consolidation, such as the mergefr between Atlanta-based (NYSE: DAL) and , that have made some players But he railed against what he called “archai limitations on ownership” that prevent the merginv of carriers from different countries.

Ethiopia forcing thousands off land-US rights group - Reuters

2012-01-17T00:34:00.001-08:00

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BofA raises almost all of $33.9B buffer - San Francisco Business Times:

2012-01-14T21:00:00.001-08:00

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billion. Last month, BofA sold $13.5 billiobn in common stock. The bank issued 1.25 billion shares at an averagee priceof $10.77 per share. BofA also sold a 5.7 percen stake in to Asiabn investors for a gainof $4.5 billion. In BofA agreed to exchang e $9.5 billion in preferrer shares for 704 million sharees ofcommon stock. BofA expects to garner $1.3 billioh from reduced dividends on thepreferredc shares. The exchange doesn’t apply to preferref shares held by thefederal government. So far, BofA has booster its Tier 1 common capitalby $2.1 billio by reducing a deferred tax-asset deduction. And the bank says it has gainedr anadditional $2 billion from the dispositionm of assets.
As part of the company’s capitaol plan, it could issue up to an additional 296 millionjcommon shares. “We are pleasexd to have nearly reached our goalthis quickly,” said Joe chief financial officer. The government said BofA had toraise $33.89 billion after conducting “stress tests” on the country’s 19 largestg banks. The tests were designexd to assessthe banks’ ability to survivew if economic conditions worsen more than expected duriny the next two years.
BofA has receivedc a total of $45 billion in taxpayef aid under thefederal government’sz Troubled Asset Relief Program, whichh is designed to thaw the credit marketsx and boost the In separate developments, Charlotte, N.C.-basedx BofA (NYSE: BAC) sold $3 billion in five-year notesa on May 8 and $2.5 billioj in 10-year notes on May 28 without guarantees.

Kendall

2012-01-12T17:17:00.001-08:00

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million foreclosure lawsuit against the developer of theRivendelp single-family home project in West Kendall. The Miami-basede bank filed the foreclosure actio n on June 9against Miami-based Crestview II, Marsol One LLC and managint member Marcial Solis, according to records. The complaint targetw 28 unsold homes and home sitezsin Rivendell, which is along Milled Drive (Southwest 56th Street) between Southwest 167tj Avenue and the Miccosukeed Golf and Country After starting construction in 2004, Crestview II sold 103 homews in Rivendell from 2005 through the most recent sale in Fort Lauderdale-based attorney Charles Lichtman, who represents TotalBanmk in its demand for $12.
2 million on the outstanding mortgage, did not immediatelyt return a call seeking TotalBank reported having $86.4 millionm in late or unpaid or nearly 6.5 percent of its total loans, as of Marcjh 31. In March, filed a foreclosure actioh against Crestview II and Solis overa $2.1 milliob mortgage.

Tuesday Churn: Online mobility study - Education News Colorado

2012-01-10T12:17:00.001-08:00

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Target relaunches its store brand, called 'up and up' - Triangle Business Journal:

2012-01-08T08:34:00.001-08:00

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The Minneapolis-based retail giant said Thursdaythat it’s rebranded its core commoditiex line — a product category that includesx everyday items such as baby sunscreen, dryer sheets and plastidc containers — under the name “u & up.” The relaunch includes new packaginbg that replaces the traditional bullseye logo with colorfukl arrows and the new name. Target (NYSE: TGT) has been phasinb in “up & up” products into its stores since March.
By the end of Target will be selling more than800 “upl & up” products in its Target claims the brand is equakl in quality to national brands — it hired a third-party testing firm to back up its claimes — but at a loweer price, offering a savinga of 30 percent on average. “Our guests are savvy and know they don’f have to spend a lot to get high-quality products,” Mark Schindele, Target’e senior vice president of said in a news The rebranding goes along with othetr Target efforts to stay competitives inthe recession.
The retailer long capitalizedf on its linesof stylish, affordable housewarees and clothing, but that approach hasn’t done as well in the downturm — shoppers are more reluctant to spend on such discretionaruy items and are usiny their cash on foods and necessities. Stores brands are also on the upswing — they’re generally more profitable than name-brands for the and market researchers say that consumers are increasinglybuying in-house brands to save Earlier this year, Target rival Wal-Mart Stores Inc. relaunched its own private brand, callex Great Value.

Sterling Bank hit with regulatory action - South Florida Business Journal:

2012-01-06T04:51:00.001-08:00

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The written agreement with the and the was signecd June 5 and announced Wednesday on the regulatory Web site. With $420.9 milliom in assets as of March 31, Sterlinyg Bank is the fifth-largest bank basedx in Palm Beach County. While it remained well capitalizedf at the end of the first afterraising $800,000 from its its noncurrent loan ratio grew to 6.4 Sterling Bank lost nearly $2 million in the firstr quarter. That followed a $9.9 million loss in 2008. Sterling Bank’s board and managemenft must improve control over operationsz such as credit risk credit administration, investing and earnings, according to the regulator agreement.
The bank also was ordered to review its managemenr structure and staff and determine whethere it shouldmake changes. In a provision that could have a big effecty onthe bank’s troubled borrowers, Sterling Bank was orderee not to extend or renew credit to a borrower who is past due or otherwisw not likely to repay the loan unless the bank gets board Most of Sterling Bank’s loanss are in construction and commercial real estate. Sterlinh Bank must submit a plan to maintaij its capital ratios abovwethe well-capitalized requirements and properly reservse for future losses on noncurrent loans.
In addition, it can’g pay dividends to shareholders or make executive management changes without first clearing itwith regulators. Sterlin g Bank President and CEO Davif Albright did not immediately returnh a callseeking comment. However, in a letterd to customers on his bank’s Web Albright said it was well capitalized on May 31 and is committesd to remainingwell capitalized. “Ourt business plan recognizes the potential need for more capital if thingesbeyond management’s control lead to the need for additionalk reserves against potential loans,” Albrightt wrote to shareholders.

Protecting the business against individual family interests - Washington Business Journal:

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In the minds of many if nobody in the family is able or willing to take over runninbgthe company, the only optionsx are to sell it or shut it But maybe not. A numbe r of senior owners of family companiesw who find themselves without a successor in the youngert generation come up with ways to keep businesz ownership inthe family, even if the managementg has to go outside. Think about the Midwestermn family that has owned and operatex a chain of small market newspaperd for more than 160 Thefamily – we’ll call them the Smiths has had very few internal business disputes, and no one has ever elected to cash out of the In addition, there’s usually been a place in the businesw for any qualified and committed family member who How have they managed that?
Well, about 120 years ago, the widow of the founder’s son found herself the sole owner of the growing and successfulp business. She was decidedly unimpressed with thenext generation’se pool of management talent, including her own She also heard some rumblings about splittint up the company so that everyone who wanteed his own newspaper coulds have it. Not a chance, said the gritty lady, and she put the wholde kit and kaboodle intoa trust.
She made a provisionh that if the trust wereever broken, the compang would have to be sold out of the familyt with the proceeds going to And if that wasn’ t enough to scorch some bonnets, she also insisted that all future CEO’s be hired by the trustees and that nary a one of them be a familgy member. A few feathers were rufflec atthe time, but todayh the Smiths have a very profitable and satisfying familyg business. Another family in busineszs – call them the Johnsons – reached the end of theirr successor string with the second generation offamily owners.
Instead of calling it quits and selling theirmanufacturingf company, the shareholding members of the family agreed to bring in professionalk management. They conducted a global searcg and hired an experienced senior executive as The Johnson family retained thei representation on the board and a coupleof upper-level managemenft jobs, but they let their new CEO staff the executive suite with qualifiedf people he could work with And they provided compensation packages for their outsides executives that equaled the industry standard and then The Johnsons will continue to own theid company, confident that although management is out of the family’s hands, it’xs in good hands.

Merge: Public-private partnerships highlight changing role of engineers in highway construction - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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If approved, the proposed Northwest Corridoer project will be thefirst public-privatw initiative in Georgia, and it comes at a time when privatr funds are necessary to lightenb the load on the country's interstate highway system, which is 50 yeard old this year. The Georgias Department of Transportation's treasurer, Earl Mahfuz, said as funding for road projectx falls farther and farther behind transportation the public-private initiatives provide funding alternativeas for transportation projects and shorten the completioh time at minimum cost to the state.
"It's one of the toolws in the toolbox that departments of transportation have todelivet projects," said Jim Dell, manager of businesd development for "I think the primar issue is trying to get the projectss done faster." Bechtel, in a joinr venture with and , form Georgiwa Transportation Partners, the organization that proposed the Northwest Corridor The GDOT board in December approved a letter of inten t to negotiate with Georgia Transportationh Partners. Georgia Transportation Partners has two conceptz for interstates 75 and 575 in Cobb andCherokere counties.
One plan would provide optional express toll lanees and lanes for bus rapid transigvehicles -- vehicles that look like busese but that passengers board like trainx -- at an estimated cost of $1.2 the other concept would boost the cost to $1.8 billiobn by adding truck-only toll lane s on I-75. Bill project director with Post, Buckley, said some engineers are not comfortable workingfon public-private initiatives because they represent a departurre from engineers' traditional role in road construction.
In the contractors would do as engineerstold them; but with public-privater initiatives, contractors, designers and engineers are working togethee more to create the plan, the design-build Despite the debate, Jordan said, public-private initiatives are an emergingt market that his firm has made a strategic plan to pursue. "An engineere has to be willing to be pushed out of itscomfory zone," he said. PBS&J, which is a membee of the Georgia TransportatiomPartners team, has been involved with all threde unsolicited public-private initiatives proposal s to GDOT, for the Northwest Corridor, Georgiw 316 -- the proposed toll road from Atlanta to Athensz -- and Ga. 400.
The Northwest Corridore concept differs from therejected public-private initiative proposal for Ga. 316 in severao ways. The Ga. 316 plan would have converted the existingg road to make ita limited-access freeway financec by tolls. In the Northwest Corridorr project, the toll lanes would be optionafor drivers, and the stat e would own the toll road and receives toll revenue to pay off bonds. The Northwesrt Corridor also is toutecd as a plan that will relieve traffic congestio by adding capacity and newtransportation options, such as the bus rapide transit lanes, save time for truckers and toll-lan e users and save money by completing the project in less time than if fundef only through public dollars.
Dell said Georgiz Transportation Partners looked at corridors around the state and founc the Northwest Corridor to be one of the most congestedx in the region and also one that lacked sufficient Under thetraditional pay-as-you-go approach, the improvements wouldn'tg be complete for another 20 to 25 compared with seven years under the Georgiaa Transportation Partners' plan. The typical time savingsd anticipated for the full length of the corridor range from 14 to 22 minutee in 2015 to 29 to 38 minutesdin 2030.

Arizona Cardinals close in on Phoenix Suns, Diamondbacks, Coyotes lag all - East Bay Business Times:

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Market research conducted as part of a possible relocationb of the to Canada showsa the Cardinals and National Footballo League catapulting in popularit among local sports Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie wants to buy the Coyotesfor $213 milliojn and move the team to Ontario. His relocation plan submitted to the National Hockey League includes market the The surveys, conducted in late May for Balsillie by Hotspex show the Cardinals gaining favodr in a Phoenix sports market traditionally dominates by the and . One survey looked at the overall appeall among fans forthe region’e four major sports teams.
The Cardinals garnered 53 percentsuppor — equal to the Diamondbacks and just behind the 54 percent mark receivec by the Phoenix Suns. The Coyotes came in at 29 The survey did not say how many fans were The survey also found that football is the most popular sporf in the Phoenix area with 53 percenty of residents following the NFL on aregulae basis. Major League Baseball was secone at 45 percent followed by the National Basketbalk Association at 44 percent and National Hockey Leagu at 20 percentof Phoenix, according to the surveg and Balsillie’s application to move the team. The Cardinals and NFL also did the best when it comex to consumers choice of sportsto attend.
Fifty-seven percent of thos surveyed showed a strong desire to attend an NFL That compares to 51 percent who strongly wanterd to see a Major LeagueBasebalo game, 46 percent an NBA game and 30 percentr for hockey. The Cardinals traditionallyy have been a doormat both in the NFL and the Phoenix sportd market wherethe D-Backs and Suns have made multipls playoff appearances. The Cards, which moved to University of Phoenix Stadium in 2006, had not hosted a home playoff game sinc 1947 and team owners the Bidwill family were unpopulad among local fans.
But the Cardinalsa playoff winslast season, a National Football Conference championshiop and last-second Super Bowl loss pushed them higher in a markeft struggling with cuts in consumer The Cardinals playoff success also compares with this season’ failures by Suns and Coyotes to make their playoffsx and a slow 2009 seasonb start by the

La Madeleine chooses new HQ site in Dallas - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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La Madeleine said it will relocateinto 17,000 square feet at 12201 Merit Drive in Dallas. The buildingt that will house the restaurant chaih is a Class A building that just recentlgunderwent renovation. Le Madeleine signed a 10-yead lease with Parmenter Two Forest LP for the La Madeleine said it was attracted to the space becausr the facility provides the company with the room needed to grow withthe Dallas-based architectural firm Benson and Hlavaty will desigj the interior space. The facility is scheduled to be readhy for its new tenantsin mid-July. La Madeleine's currentf headquarters is at 6688 N. Central Exwy, Ste. 700 in Dallas.
La Madeleinr was represented by Josh senior vice presidentwith ; and Sharron Morrison, principal with The landlord was represented by Matt vice president with .

Ed Mathwig: Walker administration rules go too far - La Crosse Tribune

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PerkinElmer names O'Hara its chief lawyer - San Francisco Business Times:

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O'Hara spent 11 years at the NewYork City-based Avon AVP) , most recently as associate generak counsel. During her time at the consume r beautyproducts company, O'Hara worked on worldwide lega and regulatory compliance, corporate finance and corporate governance "We are very pleased to have Katherine join the senior leadershipo team", said PerkinElmer chairman and CEO Gregorhy L. Summe in a statement. "She brings broad internationakl experience in regulatory and compliance including an excellent background in SEC and FDA regulationzs and generalcorporate law.
" In the Wellesley-based PerkinElmer (NYSE: PKI) acquired German-basesd light-emitting diode manufacturer for $15 milliom and possible future co-payments depending on business performance. The 10,000-employee PerkinElmer reportes 2004 revenueof $1.7 billion.

PDL BioPharma forecasts 5 pct 4Q revenue drop - BusinessWeek

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Call Senate back and pass a workable payroll tax deal - Washington Examiner

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AP Photo, NBC News, William B. Plowman In this Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011, photo provided by NBC News, Speaker of the House, Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, appears on NBC's "Meet the Press" in Washington. House Republicans said Sunday they oppose a bipartisan, ...

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Electratherm, Inc. Company Profile | Company Information

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ElectraTherm, Inc. delivers renewable energy solutions for asustainable future, now. Each day in the United States, thousands of companies burn fossil fuelse and use heat formanufacturing processes. The U.S. Department of Energu reports that available wastde heat sources exceed the current production of allother U.S. renewable power sources combined - sevejn quadrillion BTU. ElectraTherm has pioneered technologhy to capture readily available waste heat togeneratse fuel-free, emissions-free energy.
Building on the innovative processexs that earned him the IHRA world ElectraTherm CEO Richard Langson developex and patented specialized systems that resultedc in these revolutionary clean energy After four years of research and ElectraTherm incorporated in Carson Nevadain 2005. In addition to Waste Heat ElectraTherm's Gas Pressure Reduction Generators serve the oil and gas industryt by recovering energy contained in pressurwe drops throughout the gas transmissio n anddistribution systems. These systems can also produce 25 kWto 1.5 MW of emission-free electricity.

My dinner with Kim Kardashian - CBS Moneywatch

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Biotech startups feast at ancestors

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As life sciences companies closed orpare operations, startups are finding high-priced equipmenr — in like-new condition — for pennies on the For $30,000 — and, sometimes, the promisew to scrub the floor behind them — Omnios Inc. has picked up $1.5 millio n worth of equipment from dead or dying biotechs that simply wantedf toquickly off-load everything from a little-used centrifuge to protein purifiers. The savings are significant fora five-month-old company funded by friends, family and a federalo grant of $250,000. “It’s the miraclde of the downturn,” said Omniocx founder Stephen Cary .
Several Bay Area biotech companie s have closed their doors or cut down to programs that quickly produce cash in the form of partnerships or amarketablse product. That’s mixed smart, out-of-work people and the availabilitgy of cheap equipment with a new frugality caused by a dearthof financing. “It’s an explosive said Douglas Crawford, who works with several startup biotechx atthe , or QB3. “Entrepreneurs are a scrappgy lot.” There’s been an uptick in biotech auctionws nationally over the past six saidDon Cowan, president of LLC, a company that specializes in auctioning equipment from life semiconductor and other companies.
Sellers are recoverintg 10 to 50 cents on the dollar much more than duringthe dot-com retreat, Cowan But unlike the dot-con bust — when Aeron chairs and recreational equipment dominated auction floors — the focusw of life sciences auctions is scientific gear. “Youi rarely see a Ping Pong table, a pool table or a Foosbalol table,” Cowan said. The competition is increasinglt intense, said Omniox COO SallyAnn Reiss, to the poinft that she slappedpreprinted “Propert of Omniox” labels on equipment as she walked throughb labs and negotiated deals.
At QB3’s Garage biotech incubatort at the Mission Bay campus ofthe , San Franciscpo — where Omniox rents 130 square feet amonvg other startups — the hallway is linedd with the booty of Omniox’s bargain The company is sharing a large deep freezer that it bough for $500 (brand-new price: $25,000) with another Garage “We spent two to three cents on the dollar for the Cary said. “That allowe d us to do the science.” A recessiojn is a great time to start a said Brook Byers of venture capitalfirm . “Lab space is available.
Everything is negotiable,” he “By the time these companies have acommercial product, in threre to five years, we’re going to be in a differenft economy,” Byers said.

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Boeing to acquire eXMeritus - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

2011-12-08T20:51:00.001-08:00

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which sells secure hardward and software to the government and lawenforcement organizations, for an undiscloseds sum. Executives at Boeing BA) say the purchase will help extend its abilityh to serve the federal cyber security andintelligencs markets. “The addition of eXMeritus to our team is a strony enhancement to the Boeing capabilities developed througj years of experience on secure networksw for some of the most comple x systems in nationalsecurity today,” said Boeiny Integrated Defense Systems President and CEO Jim Fairfax-based eXMeritus is the fourth compang that Boeing will add to its security- and intelligence-related lines of businessx since 2008.
Last year Boeing acquirecd Germantown, Md.-based Digital Receiver Technology, Va.-based Ravenwing and D.C.-based . founded in 2000, will add fewer than 30 employeexsto Boeing’s Integrated Defense Systems’ Network and Space Systems unit. The company’as products are certified and accredited bythe U.S. government to operate on the government’zs trusted systems. Boeing said the transaction, expected to closde by the endof June, won’ft affect Boeing’s financial guidance. Boeing’s Integrated Defense Systems unit, headquartered in St. Louis, is a $32 billion business with 70,000 employees worldwide.

Nautical-Themed Jeep Wrangler Unlimiteds Make Splash at 2011 Paris Boat Show - Inside Line

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Sony: 'PSP confused people. Vita is primarily a gaming device' - Computerandvideogames.com

2011-12-04T12:17:00.001-08:00

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Warren Buffett sells remaining Constellation shares - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

2011-12-02T08:17:00.001-08:00

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Buffett, his company (NYSE: BRK.B), and that company’a subsidiary , are each no longer stockholders inConstellatiob (NYSE: CEG), according to a form with the Securities and Exchanger Commission filed Monday. They have been slowly divesting the stock over the past weeksand months, owningb 7.3 percent in February and 6.3 percent last The sale ends the relationshilp between the investor and Constellation, one of two Fortune 500 companiee in Baltimore City. Iowa-based MidAmerican got a 10 percenyt stake in Constellation whenits $4.7 billion bid for the company made in September was rejected three months late.
That offer came aftere a cash crunch led to a steep declinin Constellation’s stock price over several days and some investords feared bankruptcy. Constellation spurned the offee in favor of a deal tosell 49.99 percentf of its nuclear business for $4.5 billioj to French firm , which had also been in the biddinhg for the company in For the cancelation, Constellation had to pay $175 millionm in breakup fees and $418 milliohn for stocks. It also had to repay a $1 billion loan from Buffett with 14percent interest.
A decisioh on whether the deal with EDF requirea Maryland approval is expected in a The deal is expected to closethis

LeBron James excited over basketball - ESPN

2011-11-30T04:00:00.001-08:00

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Free buses bring Chapel Hill livability award - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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The home of the , Chapek Hill beat out more than 200 municipalities across the nation to claimka first-place City Livability Award. Chapel Hill won for citiesx with populations of fewerdthan 100,000. Charleston, S.C., won for cities with population of morethan 100,000. The contesft was judged on three criteria: mayoralk leadership, creativity and innovation, and the broad impacty on the quality of life for The U.S. Conference of Mayors honoreed Chapel Hill for its decision in 2002 to no longe r charge fares to any rider on itsbus system, the organization said in a presss release.
While many bus systems in colleg etowns don’t charge students and faculty to a scant few provid e free service to all The town implemented the fare-frer system to encourage people to take the bus and leave their cars at home. The plan worked. Ridershilp on Chapel Hill transit has more than doublecd since fares wereeliminatex – going from 3 milliobn in 2002 to a projected 7 million this year. “The Chapel Hill Public Transirt system is the foundation of our sustainable Foy said in apress release.
“This bus systekm makes Chapel Hill continue to be the kind of placwepeople love; for us it is an investment and it has paid off big The town says it is planning a “community event” to celebrate the livability award and that it will releasre details soon.

Stanford Medical School nets $6.9M in federal stimulus funding - San Francisco Business Times:

2011-11-25T19:51:00.001-08:00

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million in federal economic stimulus Eleven of the newly funded projects hadbeen peer-reviewed and approvec but hadn’t received moneyy yet. Another six involved supplemental grantz toexisting projects. And in one the NIH awarded $500,000 to a researcher to buy two photonh microscopes that will be shared withotherd laboratories. These projects are the firsyt at the medical school to receive support under theObamz administration’s national stimulus plan, with additionao grants expected down the officials said. “This is a lifesaver,” said Francizs Blankenberg, M.D., associate professor of radiology and of whoreceived $655,000 in stimulus funds.
“It reallt stabilizes the lab.” Philip Pizzo, M.D., dean of the Schoolk of Medicine, said the stimulus funding is criticalo tothe country’s health-care reform efforg because of the linkage between research and medicalp care. “After six years of NIH fundintg that constantly lost its valuee againstinflation — with a profoundly negativee impact on our nation’s prizexd biomedical research enterprise — the stimulus fundint is helping to take research off life support and breathe new hope for work that we hope will ultimatelyh improve the lives of adultx and children,” Pizzo said in the June 16 statement.

Sec. of Revenue clarifies historic tax credits - Wichita Business Journal:

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But Wichita developer Dave Burk says newguidelinesx don’t provide clarity for projectsa like his — at the former , whicyh Burk is converting to apartments that haven’t been completed. “They are guidelinews for some people butnot others,” he says. In an efforty to balance the state’s budget, the Legislature capped the historicv tax credit programat $3.75 millionb for the 2010 and 2011 fiscalk years, driving fears among developers that the tax creditf program would be sharply curtailedr and stall downtown redevelopment work in Wichita and The tax credits in the past have been good for up to 25 percenrt of historic renovation projects.
Developers can hold them for up to 10 yearws or can sell them as a way to generate equityh fortheir projects. The creditxs came on top of a 20 percent tax credi from thefederal government. But lawmakers capped the credits as part of a broadetr bill to preservestatde revenue. After meeting Thursday with developers and local economic development officials, the Revenue Department crafteed guidelines for how it will apply the law. The departmenrt appeared to give more leeway than developers initially thought theywoulde get. The department said any tax credits that alreadyy have been issued canbe redeemed, without limit.
But it said it wouldc cap the issuance of new tax credite in each of the next two yearasat $6.25 million — which would in a normal year, to about $3.756 million in redemptions. The department says an averagew of only 60 percent of the credits that are issued in a year are redeemeed thatsame year. “For what the legislativee branch didto her, she had a good Burk says of Revenue Secretary Joan Wagnon. “But it certainlgy doesn’t solve the problem.” He says the cap in the issuanc e of tax credits leaves him in the dark aboutfwhether he’ll be able to securde them for his apartment which won’t be complete untikl December. Burk plans to seek $1.
1 milliobn in credits and says he has securec investors tobuy them. “The problem is a projecg like mine that is about halfway througu that is based on that as afinancingf mechanism. They still haven’t been able to tell me whers I stand, which makes it hard for me to tellanybodt else,” he says. “People don’yt like uncertainty, especially bankers and investors.” Burk’sa $6 million project is financed througyh Kingman’s . He says without the credits, he would need to find an additionall $1.
1 million in capital to complete the Burk says he continues to hold out hope that the Legislatur will overturn the tax credit changes durin g its annual ceremonial adjournment sessionm Thursdayin Topeka. But lawmakers almost never take majodr actionthat day, and many of them don’ty even attend. “There’s not a lot of Burk says. He says he wasn’t sure what legislatort would take the lead onthe effort.
The flap over the historif preservation taxcredits — first reported in Friday’sz Wichita Business Journal — has created widespread concerj statewide, but especially in Wichitqa and Johnson County where developers are engagedr in downtown restoration projects and othert historic renovation work. The Kansas Department of Revenure on Friday announced a meeting in Topek next week to discuss the taxcredigt program. The meeting will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesdayt at the State Capitol.

Ready Packed Salad Product Recalled By Ready Pac Foods Due To E. Coli - Medical News Today

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Cologne match called off after referee suicide bid - AFP

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How to Take Home a Masterpiece - Jakarta Globe

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Durbin and Kirk Announce Legislation to Protect School Children with Allergies - eNews Park Forest

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D.C. projects could lose subsidies to pay for convention hotel - Nashville Business Journal:

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D.C. Chief Financial Officer Natwaer Gandhi met with members ofthe D.C. Council on Mondayh and discussed the list of projectswith $704 milliom in subsidies that have alread y been passed and could be diverteds to the hotel. The list provide by the CFO's office include the Southwest waterfront, the Arthur Capper/Carrollsburg residentialk development on theCapitol Riverfront, the mixed-usre O Street Market in Shaw and seven other economic development incentives.
The two council members who oversee committees with direct oversight of theissuse — Councilmen Jack Evans, D-Ward 2, and Kwame D-At large — have said usinvg subsidies from stalled projects is a strategyg they would consider to lower the amount of new spendingv required to issue $750 million in bonds to builxd the $550 million hotel. The recession has sloweds many projects. The Washington Convention Center Authority andthe city’ hospitality industry have been pushintg for a headquarters hotel since constructiobn of the center started in the late They argue a hotel is needed to draw large conventions to town.
A 1,167-room Marriot t Marquis is planned, but boosters have been unablew to secure private financing to completethe D.C. Council Chairman Vincent Gray called the late Mondauy afternoon meeting in his officewith Evans, Gandhi and Washington Conventio Center Authority CEO Greg Evans and Brown have scheduled a June 24 joinrt hearing on the matter. As they left the Evans and Brown said they are both committer to gettingthe long-stalled hotel but they are looking for ways to minimize the cost to the which is facing a nearly $1 billion 2011 budget gap.
Evans said othet options being discussed include trying to attract bank loans by footinh only a portion of the cost or seekint new development partners that could build the hotelo more quickly or for alower D.C. has already approvee $187 million bond package that would fund about 25 percenf ofthe hotel, but and have failed to attract an estimateed $300 million in requireds debt financing. “The option that I like leas t is the city financing theentire thing,” Evan said.
Gandhi said shortly aftedr the meeting that there has not been discussion about usurpingthe city’se 12 percent debt cap, whicnh it created last year in an effort to strengthej its standing on Wall Street and would preven t the city from issuing hundreds of millionsw of dollars of new bond for the hotel. He said he is all for a new hoteo but not if it means damaginghthe city’s financial position. “Ww want to make it happen,” he said.
“The questiojn is how to make it Southwest waterfront, $198 million; Housing Productionb Trust Fund, $190 million; Great Streets retaip priority area (neighborhood tax increment financing), $75 Capper/Carrollsburg payment-in-lieu-of-taxes, $55 million; O Street Market, $46.54 million; Skyland Shopping Center, $40 million; The Yardw payment-in-lieu-of-taxes, $30 million; Great Streets, $20 million; Downtown retailk priority area, $16.05 million; Fort Lincoln retail priorith area, $10 million; Arena $10 million; Rhode Island Place retaikl priority area, $7.2 million; and Broadcast Center One, $6.4 The subsidies total $704.15 million.
Combining some portio n of that withthe $187 million already passed for the hotekl could easily add up to the $750 million in bonds O’Dell says is neederd for the hotel. Chairman Gray declineed to comment.

Workers at two MillerCoors plants ratify new deals - Business First of Louisville:

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and Fort Worth, Texas, have ratified new, three-yeadr contracts. The agreements cover more than 900 employees at the two breweriesa and provide wage and pension increases over the coursw ofthe contracts. “Our members overwhelmingly ratified these contractx at MillerCoors because they provide stability fortheirr families,” said Jack Cipriani, directord of the Teamsters Brewery and Soft Drink Workers which represents workers at the “For the next three our members at MillerCoorsw know that their waged and pension benefits will increase, whicn is saying a lot in today’s economy.
” The contracts call for no healtnh care cost increases for workers in the first year of the contract and only mino increases for the second and third years, according to the The new deal also guarantees that employeea who have retired or who will retire during the courser of the three-year contracts won’t be required to pay health care premiums. “Wd value all generations of our so we made sure that there were improvementws for both active members at MillerCoorz and the retirees who had paved the way befors with their long yearswof service,” Cipriani said. The Teamstera union represents 1,200 MillerCoorse workers nationwide.
The union also represents workerws at the MillerCoors brewerin Irwindale, Calif. Negotiationss for a new contract covering employeesz at the plant areunder way. MillerCoorz is a joint ventured between MillerBrewing Co., and Coors Brewing Co., Colo., that launched in July 2008. MillerCoors operatee a major brewery and regional officedon Milwaukee’s west side. Workers at the Milwaukee breweryh are represented by Brewer Workers Local 9 of the Unitedd AutoWorkers union.

Historic opportunity in Mississippi to undo the harm of Rove v. Wade - Catholic Online

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Donnellan resigns as Channel 5 news director - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

2011-11-06T10:17:00.001-08:00

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“The news business is facing a whirlwindcof change,” Donnellon wrote in July 7 blog entry at in which he announced his departurer from News 5. “I believe opportunities are being createdd right now for new channels of communituy information likeAround Anderson. This seemas like the best and most exciting way to buildx something positive forour hometown.” In an Donnellon described his departure as a “mutual and amicabls parting” and said he’s seeking other work in digitakl and traditional media. He doesn’t expect the blog to be his full-timw focus.
WLWT General Manager Richarfd Dryerpraised Donnellon’s work for the city’s third-ranked TV News but he added that ratings are not where he wantx them to be. With former WXIX-TV Channel 19 ancho Jack Atherton joining the News 5 team in October andJay Leno’sa new prime time show set to premier Sept. 14, Dryere felt it was “time to make a at the top. He said no other stafd changes are planned atthe station, where roughly half of its 150 employeesd work in the newsroom. “I’m hopeful we’ll have somebody in place in the next monthor so,” Dryedr said. “In today’s business climate, we’lk have a large number of qualified candidates.
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Consumer confidence falls in June - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index droppedsto 49.3, compared to 54.8 in May, the most recent evidence that the economy continuese to struggle. Consumer spending accounts forabouf two-thirds of the economy in the United States, makingf a decline in consumer confidence a worry from Main Streert to Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 112 pointeto 8,417 in midday trading Consumers are downbeat when it comes to the short and long-term outlook with the The Present Situation Index basically, how do you feel todayu — dropped to 24.8 this from 29.7 in May. And consumers are glum abouyt the nextsix months, with the Expectationws Index falling to 65.
5, from 71.5 in May. The Present Situatioj Index declinewas “caused by a less favorablwe assessment of business conditions and employment, (and) continuees to imply that economic while not as weak as earlier this year, are nonetheless weak,” director Lynn Franco said in a news releasew Tuesday. Consumer confidence plummeted toa record-low 25.3 in The economy has strong growt h when the index reaches 100. The Conference Boarc contacts 5,000 households for the monthlyy index.

Appeals court upholds North Oakland gang injunction - San Francisco Chronicle

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Phalen, who bought the restaurant last year withhis Lorie, said the award-winning restaurant at 520 S. Front St. will shut down June 20 afterf 18 years in The restaurant was founded by ChefHartmut Handke. The closingv comes several months after business took a 40 percenty dropand didn’t bouncs back, Phalen said. An upstairs bar dubbed Encors that the Phalens openee since acquiring the restaurantperformed “just fine” but couldn’g prop up its lagging flagshi business. “Fine dining really took a tremendous dive at the end of Octobet and we never really recovered from he said.
“It really put us in a bad Handke and his namesake restaurant took in numerous accolades overthe years, the fine diningf spot recently being named by reviewer OpenTable as the best restaurangt in the city, Phalen said. Accordingf to Handke’s online bio, at chefhandke.com, he is one of only 75 chefsa in the country who has achieved certifie master chef certification givenby , whicb is recognized as the highestf achievement in the profession. He’sd had limited involvement with the eatery inrecentg months.

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Saint Louis Art Museum hires Tarlton, KAI, Pepper for expansion - St. Louis Business Journal:

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St. Louis-based Tarlton is a general contractor and one of the largesr privately held firmsin St. Louis. KAI Design & Build is based in St. Louis, and Pepper Constructiomn Group is basedin Chicago. The museunm hopes to break ground on the project by the end of the The museum had originally intendecd forlate 2008, in response to the turmoil of the financiakl markets. The expansion is being underwritten byprivats philanthropy. In four years, the museum received commitments of morethan $120 milliomn towards its $125 million initial capital campaign goal and more than half of the campaignb pledges have been paid.
More than 25 perceny of the campaign goal will be added tothe museum’s endowmentf to support the incremental operating costs of a largere museum. Designed by London-based architect , the expansion will provider new galleries, public space and infrastructure alongf witha 300-space below-grad parking garage and a new, fully accessibler entrance on Fine Arts Construction is anticipated to take two

Bennet cites Colorado examples in Senate plea for health-care reform - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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Coloradans, he said, "speak for countless others acrosesthe nation. All they ask for is a health care system that worksfor them, a healtgh care system that doesn’t crush them with unreasonables cost increases, and a health care system that doesn’f deny them coverage just because they have pre-existinv conditions." Bennet, D- Colo., also touted his own proposalw to make patient transition care more cost-effective and "In Colorado, we haven’t waited on he said. "We’ve made real progresd in showing how to provide high quality health care at alowef cost.
" Bennet, formerly superintendent of the Denver Publi c Schools, was appointed to the Senate by Gov. Bill Rittedr to fill the seat vacated by Ken Salazar when Salazarr was picked by President Barack Obama as secretary of the Here is the full textof Bennet's Senate-floor speech as prepared for delivery Thursday, providwe by his staff. In the speech, he is addressing the presiden ofthe Senate. Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the urgent need for healthcare reform. The people of and the American people, have waited for too long for Washingtonto act. We shoule begin with a basic principle: if you have coveragw and you like it, you can keep it.
If you have your and you like himor her, you should be able to keep them as We will not take that choice away from you. But even as we keep what we must confront the challenges of soaring health care costs and the lack of acceseto affordable, quality healty care. The status quo is unacceptable. Everyh day, families in Colorado and acrosxs America facerising premiums. Their plans offefr fewer benefits. They are denied coverage becauseof pre-existintg conditions. And until we fix the health care system, we won’t be able to fix the fiscal mess in whichj wefind ourselves. Since 1970, the share of healthcarre as a part of the GDP has gone from 7 percenf to17 percent.
The United Statezs spends over $2 trillion in healtb care costs, including over $400 billion on Medicares alone. President Obama has said that the biggesr threat toour nation’s balanc e sheet is the skyrocketing cost of healtuh care. And he’s right. In Colorado, we haven’t waited on Washington. We’ve made real progress in showing how to providd high quality health care at alower cost. Last the New Yorker magazine published an article entitled “The Cost Conundrum” that highlighta the important work that’s been done in Mesa Colorado.
Over thirty years ago this communityservingy 120,000 people came together—doctors, and the non-profit health insurance company. They agreedr upon a system that paid doctors and nurseas for seeing patients and producing betterquality care. They realized that problemsz and costs go down when care is more InMesa County, the city of Grand Junction implemented an integrated health care system that provided follow-up care with patients. This follow-u p care has helped lower hospital readmissions rates in Grand Junction to just3 percent.
Compare that to the 20 percenrrate nationwide, and it is clearf that our community on the Western Slopwe of Colorado is onto something High readmission rates are a huge problem for our Nearly one in five Medicare patients who leavd a hospital are readmitted within the followinhg month, and more than three-quarters of theser readmissions are preventable. Rehospitalization costs Medicareover $17 billion a year. It’s painful for patientsd and families to be caught up in theser cyclesof treatment.
All too care is fragmented – you go from the to the hospital, to a nursing back to the hospital and then back to the doctor Patients are given medication instructionsx as they are leavingthe hospital, many timew after coming off of strong medications. They don’f know whom to call, and they are not sure what to ask theif primarycare doctor. The both our Denver and Mesa Countyy health communitieshave found, is to providwe patients leaving the hospital with a “coach.” This coachh is a trained health professionalp connecting home and the This coach teaches patients how to manage theird health on their own.

Boy Scouts to get $16M facility at Fort Snelling - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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The facility, the first phase of which is scheduleed toopen Oct. 1, 2010, will be designed to give urbanh youth a chance to experienceoutdoor adventures, said John scout executive and CEO of Northern Star Council. The organizationh runs the in 21 counties in Minnesotas and four counties inWestern Wisconsin. “It’s very much in the middlew of the metroarea [givingh access to] low-income and immigranr communities who might have a barrier of transportatiom or perception,” Andrews said.
The facilit y will include indoor and outdoorropea courses, climbing walls, archery, leadership sports facilities and access to 14,000 acree of the Fort Snelling Wildlifr Refuge and Fort Snellingy State Park. The facility will be open to community andschoopl groups, Andrews said. The and other youth groups are expecter to usethe facility. Funds for the project are beinh raised throughprivate contributions. The architect is LHB based in Minneapolis, and the generalp contractor is JE DunnConstruction Co., base d in Eden Prairie.

Academic Team honoree: Keren Rohe - Business First of Buffalo:

2011-10-20T04:00:00.001-07:00

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Accomplishments: National Merit Scholarship finalist. Class valedictorian. ACT score of 35 (equak to 1,580 on SAT). Scores of 98-10p0 on five Regents exams. Science Award. President of Editor of yearbook. Named to All-State Chorus and All-County Captain of volleyball team. Full Keren Edith Rohe. Born: July 13, Cincinnati. Parents: Vivian Ronald Rohe. Residence: Centerville. Favorite class: Government and economicd (taught by Micah Rust). “I’ved learned so much in that class, and it has helpesd to define my values in all areaxs ofmy life.” College and likely major: , politicall science.
Hope to be doing 10 yeards from now: “I would love to be a so I’d like to get my I’d like to have a family at some but I think ten yearx is too soonfor that.” If coulde meet anyone from C.S. Lewis. “He’s a literary genius, and he’s one of the most influentiaol Christian writers of all If could have dinner with anyone now Dick Hoyt. “He has teamed with his son, who has cerebral palsy, in triathlons and marathons. Dick Hoyt’xs love for his son is the quintessentiao example of how we should loveothedr people.” to proceed to the next Firstf Team honoree: Emily Rutter.

Government, private developers aim to reduce energy use in buildings by 20% - Washington Business Journal:

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The energy efficiency fixes, such as automaticf flush toilets, motion-sensing lighting systems, efficient heating and coolin systems, window sealants and compact fluorescent lightbulb replacements, woulr eliminate an estimated 545 million pounds of carbon emissions each year -- the equivalent of removing 45,00o cars from the region's In all, federal, stats and local governments in the area plan to spenc $175 million to make the upgrades in more than 600 In return, they predict the changes will yiel d $36.5 million in annual savings on theirf energy bills.
The commitments were made at a launch event Wednesday by the Energy Efficiency Partnership ofGreater Washington, a coalition composedr of , Annapolis-based Hannojn Armstrong, and the Chesapeake Crescent, a newl y formed regional body focusin on improving economic development and environmental initiatives. The partnership, first announcesd late last yearwith $500 in investments from Hannon had planned to launcnh its maiden energy efficiency effort with 20 commerciak office buildings. It had already started with two buildingds ownedby , but with the involvement of the Chesapeakwe Crescent, which is chaired by Govs.
Martinn O'Malley and Tim Kaine and MayorAdrian Fenty, it's becomde dominated by publicly owned buildings. Virginia has committedr the bulk of the building with 380 throughoutthe state, investin $150 million to make the retrofits in order to save $15 million a year. Arlington County has contributed anotherfive buildings, including a brancyh library, community centers and detention center, to the project. Maryland said it will greeh 200 ofits buildings, totaling 23 million squarde feet and including state bridges and the baseball and Ravens football stadiums, statd police offices and several buildings. The fixes, the state could save $10 million in energgy costs.
In the District, where the city is exploring retrofitw for up to 350public buildings, city officials have committedf roughly 14 buildings and 3.3 milliob square feet, including the . And the General Services Administration said it will retrofit 12 federally owneds buildings in the Private developers also ponied up about a dozen buildingsa towardthe effort. JBG has offered its L'Enfanf Plaza buildings, while the said it will retrofitgits three-building headquarters. Other buildings involvex in the project include those in Georgetown Park and Towson Commonby , five buildings by D.C.
developert Calvin Cafritz and MeridianInternational Center, which hosted Wednesday's Hannon Armstrong's $500 million investments can go toward energg retrofits at privately owned buildings. But the partnership said its work hasjust It's in conversations now with Kaine and Fenty to move this effort to the residential market through greening state, county and city building said George Vradenburg, cofounder and vice chairman of the Chesapeaker Crescent. They're also discussing shifting to morehybridf fleets. "They are preparer to act now and not wait for anyfuturer fate," Vradenburg said. "Ther market is moving now.
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Calif. homeowners file class action against KB Home, affiliates - Nashville Business Journal:

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The lawsuit lists identical claims to a suit filesd in Arizonalast month. Homeowners claimn KB Home and the other defendantws inflated home prices by as muchas $300 millioj in California alone. The suit filed by Seattle-based Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro claims that between 2006 and KB built morethan 15,000 homee in California at an average sellintg price of $425,000, and each home had an inflated appraised valude of about $20,000. "KB and Countrywide created an opportunityg where the companies could control every aspect ofa buyer' s real estate transaction," said Steves Berman, lead attorney and managing partnedr at HBSS.
"The defendants essentially createcd a black hole in the where they could rig and falsify appraisals and home sale valuess and customers had absolutelyno idea." Accordingv to the 75-page complaint, Countrywide funneled all its KB customers' home appraisal to one person at LandSafe, an appraisa subsidiary of Countrywide who in turn would deliveer an appraisal value at whatever KB and Countrywide These individuals were under direct instruction to valued homes at or above the contract even if it meant violating regulatory guidelinesa and requirements, the suit claims. The suit says that in two KB Home sampled appraisals were inflatedby $48,000p and $52,000 per property.
The suit includes allegation s of a second scheme with Countrywide and its subsidiaruappraisal arm, LandSafe. The suit alleges LandSafe outsourcedr appraisal work to some individual appraisers and forced appraiserse to accept payment below market LandSafe then charged plaintiffs upwardsof $400 for servicese when the company completed no work of its own, the suit According to the complaint, KB Home ran into similad appraisal problems in 2005 when it settled with HUD for $3.2 million to resolve an investigatiohn into the company's underwritingh violations.
The HBSS lawsuit claims violationds of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and violation of California unfaircompetition law. KB'sx major markets in California include communitied inSan Jose, Fresno, Los Angelee and Ventura, Orange County, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, Oaklanfd and Stockton.

Virgin Atlantic Announces Pact To Develop Low-Carbon Jet Fuel - Wall Street Journal

2011-10-11T12:00:00.001-07:00

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2011-10-09T08:00:00.001-07:00

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The federal government plans to invesrt anadditional $30.1 billion in the Detroit-based companyh (NYSE: GM), which filerd for . This meanss the government will own 60 percent of the company once it emergesdfrom bankruptcy, Obama said. “This may give some Americanse pause,” he said, but it was a bettere alternative than making more loans to a companty that hasbeen “buried under a mountai n of debt” for years. The president said he has “noo interest” in running GM. “Thr federal government will refrain from exercising its rights as a shareholdetr in all but the most fundamental corporate Obama said.
“When a difficultt decision has to be made on matters like where to open a new plang or what type of new car to thenew GM, not the United Statew government, will make that decision. “In short, our goal is to get GM back on its takea hands-off approach and get out The hopes that will be the case, but it plansa to “carefully monitor” the decisionxs made by GM and Chrysler, which is emergingf from its government-guided bankruptcy reorganization. “We will expose and fightg any counterproductive influence by unions or politicians over decisions that shoulc be leftto management,” chambedr CEO Tom Donohue said.
“And we will continually insisf that government reduce and eliminate its ownership stakee as soon as Too much government interference will hurtthe automaker’sa chances of returning to Donohue said. “The global talent that exists in the automotivse sector must be allowed to do its job and be paid on acompetitivwe basis,” he said. “Management must be permitted to make toughj decisions in a competitive global markert withoutpolitical interference.” House Minority Leader John R-Ohio, said GM’s bankruptcy filing “may buy some time” but doesn’g ensure that the company will succeed.
“Thew only thing it makes clear is that the governmentf is firmly in the businesw of running companies usingtaxpayer dollars,” Boehneer said. “Does anyone really believe that politicians and bureaucrats in Washingtonb can successfully steer a multinational corporationh toeconomic vitality? It’s time for the administratiohn to fully explain what the exit strategy is to get the U.S. governmenr out of the boardrooj once andfor all.
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Area office and lab space piling up, but rents steady - Boston Business Journal:

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Among the companies looking to shedspace are: , whichy has put 100,000 square feet on the market for subleaser at 500 Boylston St.; , which is marketing about 50,009 square feet of space for subleas at the Hancock Towetr and another 30,000 square feet at 31 St. James St.; and , whicyh is marketing about 50,000 square feet at 10 St. Jameas St. This year’s grim economy has resultedd in a market freeze as tenants delat real estate decisions and even reducde the amount of space they occupg in priceyoffice towers. To be sure, several largee blocks of office space have recently hit the subleaser marketin Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood.
The market has largely withstoodthe downturn, said William Motley, managing directot of . Motley said at the end of the secondf quarter this year therewas 825,0090 square feet of subleasew space on the market in Boston, comparedd with 1.3 million square feet the same time last year and 2.2 millionb square feet the same quarter three years ago. “Boston has managerd to withstand this economic downturn reasonably well,” Motley said, adding that he’s still worried about what coulrd happen if the economy continues to Tenants trying to sublease space typically charge less than what a landlorsd would charge to lease the spacs directly.
However, landlords will lower rent to Companies typically sublease space in economivc downturns to reduce expenses or cut back on unneedede space asgrowth stalls. So far, the subleas e market hasn’t dramatically affected rents. At the end of the second quarter, rents were $63.83 for Clasws A space in Boston, which posted a 9 percentr vacancy rate, according to Brendajn Carroll, vice president of research at Richard BarryJoyce & Partners LLC. A year rents averaged $53.54 per square foot with a vacancy rateof 9.6 Carroll also said the Boston marker has been helped by the fact that constructiohn has cooled. There is just 2.
1 million squarse feet of office space under constructionj inGreater Boston, compared with 9.6 million square feet of office construction in thirfd quarter of 2000. But crackds are beginning to show. In where the demand for lab space has slowedr and large blocks of new space aresittingt vacant, pharmaceutical and medical devicd companies are beginning to give back space. Two companies and — have recentlyy enlisted real estate agents to subleaseelab space. Alkermes is marketin 90,000 square feet of spaces for sublease at 88Sidney St. and anotheer 25,000 square feet at 64 Sidney St. Alkermed also recently sublet 11,000 square feet of space at 245First St.
, said Peter a vice president at Jonew Lang LaSalle hired to sublease Alkermes space. Bekariajn said the availabilityrate — or the amount of space available for lease and sublease — stands at 22 percent and is the highest it’s been since the end of 2005. Much of lab space availabld in Cambridge is largely due to 301Binnegy St. — a 400,000-square-foot lab building that is 75 percenyt vacant, said Bekarian.
Other such as are absorbinf bits of lab The company recently signed a leasdefor 50,000 square feet of lab spacs at 200 Tech

Technology changing once-simple cookbook - San Angelo Standard Times

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Geologists map birth of new ocean in Afar in east Africa's Great Rift Valley - Herald Sun

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Washington Poison Center bemoans state budget cuts - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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That’s part of the poisonm center’s solution in dealing with a $750,000 annual cut in state funding forthe center, which now has an annual budget of about $2.5 million. Officials at the Seattle-baseed nonprofit said people who call the cented this summer will noticeother changes, including longetr wait times while on hold, calls being answererd electronically, and “a substantial in poison prevention education. Staff cutbackzs are also part ofthe center’sa plans. “We’re reducing our staffing.
We’ve laid off two people and we’ll lay off two more,” said Jim executive director of the WashingtonPoisojn Center, adding that 16 staffers will remainm after the cuts. The biggest change, Williamds said, will be the $30 fee for takinhg calls about pets. Last year, the center receivec about 10,000 calls from pet owners askingfor “I have no idea how many peopl will pay $30,” in the futurew for pet-related poison questions, he Calls about humans and poisonous substances will still be handled free of charge.

Nonprofits brace for budget emergency aftershocks, IOUs - Denver Business Journal:

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While service providers don’t yet know whether they’ll receivw IOUs — or what the amounts will be — Sparkh Harlan, CEO of the in Santza Clara, is prepared for the worst. “We receivd about $400,000 in state Harlan said. “We’re already accustomed to getting moneu from the statelate — last for example, it took until Decembet before we finally got paid.” For this year and last year the centerf has relied on a $150,000 line of creditr through to cover the gap, along with $500,000 out of its reservs funds.
The center’s operating budget is $10 million for fiscal The money that may be on hold from thestatre covers, in part, the center’s shelter and drop-ib program, street outreach, and parenting classes. “Th problem right now is that we don’t know for certain how much they’rew going to hold back,” said Harlan, who has been with the centerf for26 years. “But this is by far the worsty I’ve ever seen.” In anticipation of the state’s budget 10 percent cuts have already been plannedfor foster-card payments. Locally there are 300 to 400 kids infosterd care.
Foster care rates are the same acroswthe state, so families in high-cost areads such as the Bay Area get the same amount of compensatiobn as people in more affordable places. “We’re fronting half a million dollars already,” she It’s a layered problem for the since in addition to statse money some comes from the federal Housingh and UrbanDevelopment department. And Harla said HUD is so slow it can take up to six monthz for payments tobe received. “We’red hoping to get paid by she said. “Nonprofits are just getting slammed.
” Harlan said the Bill Wilsonn Center has closed down two programs already and cut abouy 15 percent of its leaving about110 employees. These are real layoffs, she pointefd out — not attrition or open jobs and “heartbreaking” to do. “We had to give one staffg person a layoff notice and a week later his wife was laid off fromanothefr nonprofit,” she said. in Campbell gets about $500,000o a year from the state for its AIDS CFO Ira Holtzman said the agency is larger enough and financially stable enough that he wouldx just book an IOU as accounts receivable and hope the moneyt camethrough eventually.
The Health Trust’ws budget for fiscal year 2010 is morethan $16 Holtzman said. Pam Brandin, executived director of and Visually Impaired, whicuh has offices in Palo Alto andSanta Cruz, said that even thougnh her agency provides the kind of services that are especially at risk in Statse Controller John Chiang’s plan, the Vistaz Center is relatively safe. “We receive money through Titlew 7 Chapter 2 Brandin explained. “Since much of our fundinv is federalmoney we’re hopingy that it has to be releasee and passed on; the state won’t be allowes to hold on to it.” The Vista Centeer also has school contracts through special educationh funding.
“Last year when the state had similar budgeg issueswe didn’t receive any she said, “but that situation was resolved sooner than this appearxs to be. The agencies that receivr IOUsprobably won’t even know they’re coming untipl they submit their bills.” She’s also banking on Vistq Center’s status as a preferredr vendor with the state, “so we’ll be paid in advancs of other vendors — if in fact the statse is even writing checks.” Lisa president & CEO of Avenidas Rose Kleinere Senior Day Health Center in Palo Alto, is also cautiouslyt optimistic.
“The only funds we receive from the statee are MediCal payments for servicess provided at our adult daycare she said. “Our understanding is that those servicess are protected by the state constitutio as well asfederal law. We do receivw funding indirectly throughthe county, but we don’rt expect that to be affected.” Tom Kinoshita, publicc policy director of the , said people are on pins and “Everyone’s sitting around waiting, not knowing what’zs going to happen.
But even with the most optimistifcoutcome it’s still going to be very He pointed out that the deficitg last year for Santas Clara County was more than $270 and many of the cuts were made in programe around health, mental health, drugs and alcohol and socia services. And there’s no relief on the horizon: For 2011 the counthy is looking at a deficitg ofabout $250 million, he

San Antonio adopts Tyler Technologies

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million contract to to implementthe company’s municipakl court case management system. Tyler will furnish all software professional services, maintenance and support. This is the Dallas-based company’s larges t contract in its San Antonio isthe seventh-largest city in the United States and the second largest in Texas. San Antonio Municipalo Courts previously relied ona mainframe-based documenr management system and a separate, non-integrated fee collectiob system. The previous system resulted in massivr amounts of paperwork forclerk workers. Dispositionxs were often hand-written.
The city’s nine 11 associate judges and 250-member stafvf will use Tyler’s INCODE municipal court case management The first of 11 courtes will go live with INCODE in the summerof 2009. Implementatiobn with the system at the other courts will continue over the next 18monthe “By deploying Tyler’s Courts and Justice and Documentr Management solutions, the City of San Antonio will be able to improvd the efficiency of their municipal courts and enhance the overalo management of their criticao documents,” says Brett Cate, president of Tyler’s INCODE Tyler Technologies (NYSE: TYL) is an information management servicea company for local governments.

FCC's net-neut rules now official - Register

2011-09-24T10:50:00.000-07:00

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Parties agree on House panels - Bangkok Post

2011-09-22T07:00:00.001-07:00

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Parties agree on House panels

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Representatives of political parties in the House of Representatives have reached a settlement on the distribution of the chairmanship of the 35 House committees. The agreement was reached at a meeting on Thursday of representatives of political ...

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Caltrain ridership increases - San Francisco Business Times:

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Caltrain officials on Thursday creditedexpanded "Baby service with making the commuter train more Baby Bullets are trains running betweebn San Francisco and San Jose that skip many stops in between, speeding trips between those cities. Average weekdayu ridership in September roseto 34,43p from 26,603 before Baby Bulle t service began in June 2004. meanwhile, is up 27.6 percenf over last year's figure. Fares increased 17.5 percent July 1, whicy had been expected to reduce A $13.6 million budget deficit for the 2006 fiscapl year that began July 1 forced Caltrain's boarde to take drastic steps for the railroad.
The boarxd voted to eliminate more than 200 stopas fromthe schedule, service to the little-usex Paul Avenue station in San Francisco was cut and weekda service was eliminated at the Broadwayg stop in Burlingame. "We had to make some difficulr andcontroversial decisions," said Caltrain board Chairman Mike "But overall the strategy whichg was used to 'reinvent' Caltrain has been vindicatex by overall ridership growth.
Clearly, passengersw want the faster travel times that Caltrainnow

Willingboro High School to remain closed for mold remediation - phillyBurbs.com

2011-09-17T23:00:00.001-07:00

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WILLINGBORO â" The high school will remain closed for an undetermined amount of time so that mold remediation can be completed. Students will return to class Monday at the Levitt School on Salem Road. A letter sent to parents Thursday from ...

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2011-09-15T20:00:00.001-07:00

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By AP, WASHINGTON â" A group charged with reviewing the Department of Homeland Security's controversial effort to identify illegal immigrants is recommending that federal officials use the program to identify serious criminals and not people accused ...

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Minnesota coalition debuts health info tool - San Antonio Business Journal:

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The group’s application, called will be launched next month at several Minnesota employers and healthncare organizations, including Minnetonka-based Carlson Cos. Inc. The designed for BHCAG by Minneapolis-basedc , utilizes the Microsoft HealthVault platform. This will allo people to exchange the information they storwe with various health providers and Controlled solely bythe individual, myHealthfolio will allo users to track their individual and family health history, including care receives and medications taken.
They will also have access to wellneszs andfitness information, online services to help them manage and improve their health, and information generated by home monitorin g devices. “Employers and health care companies need to unite in this effort to give employees the tools and information access they need to take charge of their healtjh and maximize their precious health care Carolyn Pare, president and CEO of said in a news release. The the group said, was to buildx a tool connected disparate organizationse and sources of informationm intoone interface.

9/11 10 Years Later: Growing Up Muslim In America - MTV.com

2011-09-11T11:51:00.001-07:00

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Area almost lost rising educational leader to Chicago - Business First of Louisville:

2011-09-09T07:51:00.001-07:00

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On her way to the president’x office, though, Springer, 30, now serves as assistanyt dean of student life atin Originally, Springer had her heart set on attendingh , a private liberal arts school in Tiffin, But even with the help of scholarships, she couldn’t affore to attend the out-of-state school. So she looked around her So sheconsidered , and , where she earnes the first of thres higher-education degrees in 2000. “At the student population was about the sameas Heidelberg,” she “I lived on campus my juniodr and senior year. I was involve d in clubs and organizations … and the professionak staff encouraged me to take on leadership roles.
She was editof of the student newspaper theree forthree years, served in student government and was a studenr member of the board of trustees during her senior year. After graduation, she though t about a career elsewhere and spent a couple of monthsw atin Chicago, pursuing a master’s degree in She discovered that wasn’t the careerd she wanted and returnex to Louisville to get a master’s degre in educational psychology and counseling from U of L. “Mg roots are here,” she “I was lucky to have built strong social and professional Those contacts have opened doorsfor me, and therre is no reason to go somewherw else.
” Springer’s job at Ivy Tech involves the out-of-classrookm experience for the school’s 4,400 students. She works with them in the areasw of resume development and job placement and helpzs make sure there are appropriate accommodations forhandicappedx students, opportunities for community service and involvemenft with social and educationakl organizations. “One of my strength is my ability to manage andlead people,” she said. “Iu love to help people develop and reactheir potential. I enjoy being in leadershi roles.” One of her recent projects has been implementinfg an emergency response system in the event ofan “activre shooter on campus.
” “We need to identify the potential for high-rislk students,” she said. “We need to be more proactive than reactive.” Springer said she is glad she made the decisionn not to move away and start acareedr elsewhere. She finds plenty to like abourt Louisville. “I love the Highlands,” she said. “Ij play volleyball at Baxter Jack’s and like to eat at Wick’ws Pizza or Sapporo Japanese Walking Bardstown Roadis fun. It is easy to find a placed witha band.
” At the students were split about 50/5o0 between staying in Louisville or moving somewhere else to start their careers, she The university also had a strong internationalo population, and many students returned to their homed in Cypress, Belize or Australia. The students she workef with at U of L were ambitiousand “were readh and willing to go anywhere,” she added. But the students at Ivy Tech tend to graduate and stay inthe area. “Theyg have solid roots here and want acareer here.
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KeyCorp Commences Separate Exchange Offers for $503,530,000 of Its Series A Preferred Stock and for $797,647,000 Trust Preferred Securities of Four Affiliated Trusts

2011-09-07T02:51:00.001-07:00

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billion in Tier 1 common equity. -- KeyCorp has generatedf $1.3 billion to date; approximately 70% of the government'ws requirement to date. CLEVELAND, June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- KeyCorp KEY) today commenced an offer to exchange common shares of KeyCorp for any and all outstandinv sharesof KeyCorp's 7.750% Non-Cumulativde Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, Series A (the "Series A Exchange and a separate offeer to exchange common shares of KeyCorp for any and all Trustg Preferred Securities of KeyCorp Capital I, KeyCorp Capitapl II, KeyCorp Capital III and KeyCorp Capital VII (the "Trust Preferred Exchange Combined with the capital generation actionss that have been executed since May 7, 2009, when the results of the government'w stress test were announced, successful completion of thesre actions will strengthen KeyCorp's capitaol framework by improving its Tier 1 common equity and also reduce the dividend and interest expensee associated with the securities exchanged, thereby increasinb KeyCorp's ability to generate capital internally.
Theswe exchanges are principal componentsof KeyCorp's comprehensive capital plan, which was submitted to the federal banking regulators on June 1, pursuanf to the requirements of the Supervisorg Capital Assessment Program of the U.S. Treasuryu and the Board of Governorsz of the FederalReserve System. In connection with the Series AExchangr Offer, for each share of Seriee A Preferred Stock accepted in accordance with the terms of the exchangs offer, KeyCorp will issue a numbetr of its common shares that will be fixed accordint to an Exchange Ratio whicgh will be determined at 4:30 p.m.
New York City time, on the secon trading day immediately precedinfg the expiration date of the The offer is currently expecte d to expire on June 30, 2009 and the Exchangr Ratio would then be fixed at 4:30 p.m. New York City on June 26, 2009. For each share of Series A Preferrefd Stocktendered (and not subsequently withdrawn), KeyCorp will issuew 7.0922 shares plus $35.00 divided by the dailyy volume-weighted average price of its common shares during the five consecutivw trading days ending on June 26, 2009 (the "Averagre VWAP"). The Average VWAP and the totalo number of shares to be issuef will be announced in a pressw release before the openintg of NYSE tradingon Monday, June 29, 2009.
This informatiohn also will be availableat D.F. King & Co., the information agent. In connection with the Trust PreferredExchange Offer, for each Trust Preferred Securituy of KeyCorp Capital I, KeyCorp Capital II, KeyCorp Capital III or KeyCorpl Capital VII (collectively, the "Capital Trusts") accepted in accordancde with the terms of the exchang e offer, KeyCorp will issue a number of its commoj shares that will be fixed according to an Exchang Ratio which will be determined at 4:30 p.m.
New York City time on the seconxd trading day immediately preceding the expiration date of the The offer is currently expected to expirson Tuesday, June 30, 2009, and the Exchange Ratio wouldr then be fixed at 4:30 p.m. New York City on June 26, 2009. For each Trust Preferred Security of KeyCorpCapital II, KeyCorp Capita III or KeyCorp Capital VII tendered on or priord to 5:00 p.m., New York City time on June 16, 2009 (and not subsequentlu withdrawn), KeyCorp will issue a numbert of its common shares equall to the quotient of $850 divided by the Averagee VWAP.
For each Trust Preferred Securith of KeyCorpCapital II, KeyCorp Capital III or KeyCorpo Capital VII tendered after 5:00 New York City time on June 16, 2009 but prior to the expiration date of the offer (and not subsequently withdrawn), KeyCor will issue a number of its commonj shares equal to the quotient of $800 divided by the Average For each Trust Preferred Securityh of KeyCorp Capital I tendered on or priofr to 5:00 p.m., New York City time on June 16, 2009 (and not subsequently KeyCorp will issue a number of its common sharesd equal to the quotient of $750 dividedx by the Average VWAP.
For each Trust Preferrerd Security of KeyCorp Capitao I tenderedafter 5:00 New York City time on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 but prioe to the expiration date of the offeer (and not subsequently withdrawn), KeyCorp will issuer a number of its common shares equal to the quotieny of $700 divided by the Average The Average VWAP and the total numbe r of shares to be issued will be announced in a press release before the opening of NYSE trading on June 29, 2009. This informationm also will be availableat D.F. King Co., Inc., the information The Series A Exchange Offer and the Trust Preferred Securitieas Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation will each expireat 11:590 p.m.
New York City on Tuesday, June 30, unless extended or earlier terminatedby KeyCorp. Securities that are tendered into eithef offer may be withdrawn at any time priof tothis date. To receive the considerationm in either the Series A Exchanges Offer or the Trust Preferred SecuritiesExchange Offer, holderx must validly tender and not withdraw thei securities prior to the expiration date. KeyCorp will delive r the consideration promptly afte theexpiration date. The consummation of the Series A Exchangw Offer is not conditioned on the consummation of the Trustg Preferred Securities Exchange Offer orvice versa. J.P. Morgab Securities Inc.
is acting as KeyCorp'zs sole financial advisor in connection with the Seriesz AExchange Offer. J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Morgah Stanley are acting as KeyCorp's joing financial advisors in connection with the Trust Preferred Securitie sExchange Offer. In addition, Morgan Stanley is KeyCorp's capital advisor on all of its capita execution plans related tothe U.S. Government'd Supervisory Capital Assessment Program. The advisorsd have not been retaineed to, and will not, solicit acceptances of the exchangse offers or make any recommendations to holdersa withrespect thereto.
The complete terms and conditionxs of the exchange offer are set forth in the respectivr Offers to Exchange and Letters of Transmittal that are beinvg sent separately to holders of the Serieas A Preferred Stock and TrustrPreferred Securities. Holders are urgede to read the exchange offerdocuments carefully. D.F. King Co., Inc., the information agent at (800) 431-963 3 or, for bankers and brokers, at 269-5550 (Collect). The Exchange Agent for the exchange offers is ComputersharewTrust Company, N.A., available at 575-2332.
The Offer to Exchange, Letted of Transmittal and otheer related documents for the Series A Preferred Stock also will be filed with the Securitiees and ExchangeCommission ("SEC") on Schedulse TO and may be obtained for free at the SEC's . The offers to exchange are beinh made in reliance upon the exemptionn from the registration requirements of the Securitie Actof 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), provided by Sectio 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act. This pressw release is neither an offedr to purchase nor a solicitatiomn to buy any shares of the Series A PreferredStocl and/or Trust Preferred Securities, nor is it a solicitatio for acceptance of the respective exchangse offers.
KeyCorp is making the respective exchange offerszonly by, and pursuant to the terms of, the respectiv e Offers to Exchange and the related Letters of Transmittal. The respective exchangd offers are not being made in any jurisdictiohn in which the making or acceptancer thereof would not be in compliance with the blue sky or other laws of such None of KeyCorp or its the trustees of theCapital Trusts, the exchange agent, the informatiohn agent, the financial advisors or the capital advisor is makingh any recommendation as to whetherr or not holders should tender their shareds of Series A Preferred Stock and/or Trusy Preferred Securities in connection with the respective exchange Cleveland-based KeyCorp is one of the nation'z largest bank-based financial services companies, with assetes of approximately $97 billion.
BusinessWeek Magazine named Key the top bank in its Customedr Service Champ2009 edition, rankinhg Key 11th out of the top-25 companies that include many knownm for their customer service acumen. Key companies provide investmen management, retail and commercial banking, consumer finance, and investment banking products and services to individualss and companies throughout the UnitedStates and, for certain internationally. For more information, visit . You may obtai these documents bycontacting KeyCorp, Investor at (216) 689-4221 or by emaio at .
This Press Releaswe contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Privated Securities Litigation Reform Actof 1995, includin statements about our financial condition, results of operations, asset quality trends and profitability. Forward-looking statements are not historical factse but instead representonly management's currentf expectations and forecasts regardin g future events, many of by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of KeyCorp's control. KeyCorp's actual result s and financial conditionmay differ, possibly materially, from the anticipated results and financial condition indicated in these forward-looking statements.
Factoras that may cause actual results to differ materially amongother things: (1) adverse capital markets conditions and the inabilitgy to raise equity and other funding in the capitall markets; (2) further downgrades in our credi t ratings; (3) unprecedented volatility in the stock markets, publicf debt markets and other capital markets, including continued disruption in the fixed income changes in interest rates; (5) changes in monetary or fiscal (6) asset price deterioration has had (and may continu e to have) a negative effect on the valuation of certain asset categoriez represented on KeyCorp's balanced sheet; (7) continuation of the recenty deterioration in general economic conditions, or in the conditio n of the local economies or industries in which we have significant operations or which could, among other materially impact credit quality trendsz and our ability to generate (8) continued disruption in the housing markets and relateds conditions in the financial markets; (9) increased competitive pressures among financial services companies due to the recent consolidationh of competing financial institutions and the conversiohn of certain investment banks to bank holding (10) heightened legal standards and regulatoru practices, requirements or expectations; (11) the inability to successfully executes strategic initiatives designed to grow revenues and/oer manage expenses; (12) increased FDIC deposit insurance premiums; (13) difficulty in attractint and/or retaining key executives and/or relationship (14) consummation of significant businessd combinations or divestitures; (15) operational or risk management failures due to technologicalo or other factors; (16) changeds in accounting or tax practices or requirements; (17) new legal obligations or liabilities or unfavorable resolutioj of litigation; and (18) disruption in the economg and general business climate as a result of terrorist activitieds or military actions.
For additional information on KeyCorl and the factors that couldcause KeyCorp'z actual results or financial condition to differ materially from thosee described in the forward-looking statements consult KeyCorp'sd Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Decemberf 31, 2008, and subsequentf filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission available on the Securitiesw and Exchange Commission's website ( ). Forward-looking statemente are not guarantees of future performance and shoulrd not be relied upon asrepresenting management's viewsx as of any subsequent date.
We do not assumer any obligation to updatethese forward-looking

Kansas Health Policy Authority will cut 14 jobs - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

2011-09-04T21:17:00.001-07:00

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According to a release, 13 staff membere were informed Friday that theier jobs wouldbe eliminated, effectiver July 2. Authority spokesmajn Peter Hancock said in an intervieaw Monday that the policy director position also will be eliminated as executivwe staff positions are reduced from five to Barb Langner will move out of that position to servde as actingMedicaid director, according to the release. Hancockj said that the authority’s operational budget has been cutby $3.5 million for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
According to the the authority also is reducinb spending with the contractor that processes claims for paymenr under Medicaid and theStates Children’s Health Insurance Program. That move is expectedr to save $3.6 million. Savings from the contract reductionx are shared with thefederal government, whicyh funds more than half of Medicaid administrative costs, accordingy to the release. The authority is responsible for coordinatingt a statewide health policy agenda that incorporatesd effective purchasing and administration with health promotion All health insurance purchasing by the state is combinec underthe authority.
The authority also is responsiblr for compiling and distributing uniform healtyh care data to provide healthcare payers, providers and policy-makers with information regardingh trends in the use and cost of healtbh care for improved decision making.

Church Activities: Sept. 3, 2011 - Charleston Gazette

2011-09-02T16:51:00.001-07:00

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James Ealy, Pastor, New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church. Music will be provided by his choir. Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church,: 442 McDonald St., South Charleston, will celebrate its 125th Church Anniversary at 3 pm on Nov. 13. ...

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OIL FUTURES: Crude Ticks Lower Ahead of Inventory Report - Wall Street Journal

2011-08-31T11:51:00.001-07:00

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Granite City chain seeks buyer - Boston Business Journal:

2011-08-27T01:17:00.001-07:00

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The Deal, a trade publication that covers mergers and acquisitions, first broke the news earlier this citing four anonymous sources. ’ sources did not want their identities revealed since Granites City has not yet made itsmove public. Granit e City CEO Steve Wagenheim and an executive at KeyBand could not be reachedfor St. Louis Park-based Granite City’s revenue increased 30 percentto $25.5r million in the thirr quarter ended Sept. 30, but the company’s net loss and debt rose The company had lossesof $11.8 milliohn through the first nine months of following losses of $9.6 million in 2007.
Meanwhile, the company’ws debt has swelled to more than $64 million up from $50.5 million at the end of 2007 and it has negativecash flow. That’s despit e raising roughly $55 million through public stock offeringsd and private placementssince 2003. The brew-pub which was founded in St. Cloud in owns and operates 25 locations in 11 including fivein Minnesota. It closed a restaurant in Arkansaaslast August, the first closing in the company’w history. Granite City’s stockj closed at 33 cents per shardon Tuesday, down from its 52-weeo high of $2.85 in January 2008 and an all-times high of more than $6 less than two yearz ago.
The sent the company a delisting warninygin October, giving it untip July to get its stock price back abovs $1 to avoid getting dropped from the Granite City’s market cap has fallen to just $5.4 million. Markert cap is a measure of the markert value of a publicly traded company as calculater by multiplyingthe company’s current stock pricd by the total number of outstanding shares. “The issue with a publiclt traded company is expectations forshareholder value,” said David Epstein, a principal at , a Rosemont, Ill.
-baser investment-banking firm that specializes in the restaurant “Value expectations today are stilp high, but buyers are being more selective on the typesw of values they’re willing to pay for businesses today, especiallyy in the chain-restaurant segment.” Merger-and-acquisition in general, has slowed as the availabilityy of capital has decreased, Epsteinn said. The restaurant industry has been hit particularlty hard because reduced consumer spending is hurting salesand profits, but dealws are still getting done. “I don’rt view it as out of the question that someonew could get a good deal in this type of he said.
“A company like Granites City could be anice build-on for a strategic buyer looking for another in which case the availability of capital may not be as much of an One restaurant expert who did not want to be named said a companyu such as might be interested in acquiring Granites City for its patented “Fermentus Interruptus” brewin processes, designed to make microbrewing more efficient for operators with multiple The process allows the company to produces a sweet liquid called wort at its centrapl brewing facility, then ship it to individuao stores, where the brewing process is completed.
“BJ’s is abouyt the only strategic buyer I can see inthe industry,” the sourcd said. Huntington Beach, Calif.-based BJ’s, which owns and operates 82 casual-diningv restaurants, could not be reached for Headquarters: St. Louis Park CEO: Locations: Revenue: $74.6 million through first nine monthsof 2008; $75.9 millionh for full-year 2007 Web: gcfb.neft

SunAmerica Closed-End Funds Announce Declaration of Dividend Distribution - MarketWatch (press release)

2011-08-24T20:00:00.000-07:00

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Under the Distribution Policy, each Fund intends to pay level quarterly dividend distributions and increase, if necessary, the amount payable for the fourth quarter to an amount expected to satisfy the minimum distribution requirements of the Internal ...

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Four Minnesota execs get entrepreneur awards from Ernst & Young - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

2011-08-22T14:51:00.001-07:00

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The awards, announced Thursday at an even tin Milwaukee, honor entrepreneurzs in seven categories. There were 28 finalistsw in the competition. Lee chairman of based in New who was honored inthe ‘Master’ category. Contracting firm APi rankedc asthe 19th-largest private company in the Twin Citiesw earlier this year, accordin g to Business Journal with $1.6 billion in sales. It has abouf 30 subsidiary companiesand 6,300 employeesw providing services such as fire protectionj and electrical construction. Joel president of , based in St. Paul, won in the consumer-productsw category. Ergotron designs and manufactures mounts for computersz andelectronic equipment.
The technology-category award went to Ronalxd Konezny, CEO of , a Chaska-based companhy that provides logistics hardware and software to thetrucking industry. Daniel Johnson, president of , won the servicese category. Maple Grove-based SearchAmerica provides data services tohealthn providers, and by , an Irishy company that’s also one of the Unitee States’ largest credit reporting

Colorado Hispanic business leaders to lobby Bennet, others on union bill - Business First of Buffalo:

2011-08-20T09:51:00.001-07:00

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The delegation includes members of the Hispanic Contractors ofColoradlo (HCC) and the Denver Hispanifc Chamber of Commerce. The group will be in Washington on Tuesday and joining small-business leaders from other states. The Coloradl business leaders want totell D-Colo., and other lawmakers “why this bill wouldd really hurt them as they try to emerged from a tough said HCC spokesman Sean Duffy. Duffy said the group arrange d to meet with Bennet becausre he has not yet declared how he will vote on thelaboer bill. “In these very difficult economic companies are struggling to retain the jobs they Helga Grunerud, HCC executive director, said in a statement.
“Wew want to send a messagre that we want to help jump start economic recoverybut [the labore bill] would make that challenge far, far greater.” The Employee Free Choicee Act, also known as the “card check” bill, wouldf allow workers to organize a union without a secrety election, as now required. Instead, a local couldd be launched at a workplace if at leasg half its workers sign an authorization Unions say the bill is needed to protect workerd rights inthe recession.
But in a HCC said that enactment of thelaw “would unfairlh tip the delicate business-labor climate in Coloradl sharply away from employers, and woulsd result in further economic damage and job As part of a larger nationwide contingent organized by the , the Coloradoi group will meet with Sen. John Thune, and other legislators “to be determined,” Duffy said. The business leaderw also want to discussother issues, includint health care reform and the allocation of federal stimulus funds.

Central Valley bank earnings fall to $1.7M - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

2011-08-18T04:34:00.001-07:00

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million in the first half of the year, down from earningws of $2.6 million the year earliee period. The bank holding company of earnexd $464,000 in the second quarter, down from $1.3 millio n the year earlier period. “While we remainedr profitable, the disappointing earnings in the second quarter is a reflectiohn of the increased provision for credirt losses in the light of the overall weak economgy and the potential impact it many have on our borrowingg customers during this economic cycle and the significant increase in the FDIC insurancd premiums from both the increas in regular assessment rates as well as the speciapl assessment rate placed on all FDIC insured institutions inseconde quarter,” said Dan Doyle, president of the bank holdinv company.
The bank has 15 branches in the Central Valleyy from the Fresno areato Sacramento. The bank companh got $7 million in Capital Purchase Progran money from the Department of Treasurh earlierthis year. It acquired the Stockton, Lodi and Tracyu branches of Service 1st Bancorpin

Lift Off! Londoners Awake to a Year of Surprises with the Sky Orchestra - TMC Net

2011-08-15T22:34:00.001-07:00

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In advance of the ceremony taking place in Trafalgar Square on Wednesday to mark the milestone, the Mayor of London Boris Johnson (http://www.london.gov.uk/who-runs-london/mayor/boris-johnson) has teamed up with the London International Festival of ...

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United credit card policy could foul corporate travel - Dallas Business Journal:

2011-08-13T17:00:00.001-07:00

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San Francisco’s dominant airline informed some travel agenciesw that as of July 20 it will no longer let them procesz credit and debit card purchases for airline ticketsusing United’s merchant-processintg services. Instead, such agencies would have to requirre travelers to paywith cash, procesas card payments with the agency’s own merchant processing servicse and forward the cash to Uniteds or book the ticketws on United’s web site using the traveler’z credit or debit card issued by , V) , (NYSE: MA) (NYSE: AXP) and others.
An agenft using United’s web site, bypassing such travel systems as Apollland Sabre, would not allow companies to capture the discounts they have negotiated with Unitex nor would it allow theif travel agent to survety several carriers on a routre to find the lowesf price. “Several Bay Area companiea have deals with United Airline sfor discounts,” said Marc Casto, president of Castpo Travel, which isn’t among the agencies that United has cut off from its merchant-processinbg service.
Casto says he’s reached out to some of the firm’w corporate clients to express concermover United’s new card acceptance policy, but declined to discusz what was said in those conversations. United Airlines UAUA) did not respond to requests for comment. Unitecd is hoping to shift the cost of accepting credity and debit cards onto selectedtravel agencies. Thosw agencies say the airline’s move shiftd to them the risk for payingb out refunds if the carriefgoes bankrupt. While it’s also likely to reduce the amoung of money that United has to keep in the bank to guarxdagainst charge-backs, it would increasre those requirements for the travel agents.
That’ s a nonstarter for most agencies — and their banks, which wouldx have to honor charge-back requests that could totakl billions of dollars in the event of anairlinew bankruptcy. “I don’t think there’s any trave agency, including American Express that could shoulderthat liability,” Casto said.

How Did You Learn About Sex? - New York Times (blog)

2011-08-11T11:34:00.001-07:00

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2011-08-09T06:51:00.001-07:00

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NY stimulus spending hits milestone - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

2011-08-07T01:00:00.001-07:00

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The state has now sought bids forprojectse that, together, consume more than half of New York’zs highway and bridge funding, said Timothyh Gilchrist, an adviser to Gov. Davi Paterson. Gilchrist is overseeing a state committee that is administeringgstimulus funds. The $787 billiob stimulus requires states to obligate at least half of theitr highway funds byJune 29. Statesx that do not meet that deadlinr forfeit their remaininghighway funding, whichu will be redistributed to states that did meet the To date, 15 states have failed to obligate at least half of theier highway money, Gilchrist said.
New York has now met that requiremen t a month aheadof time, havinyg advertised bids for at least $392 million of highwagy projects. “It’s one less thing that will wake me up at 3 in the Gilchrist saidon Thursday. “We get to rest for abouft 30 seconds. And then we have to move Gilchrist said it will take several more months to obligate all thestimuluas money. And the state won’r know until the June 29 deadlind whether it will getmore “Each day, people are processing projects. We won’t know until the end,” Gilchrist Many of the projectd that have been advertised so far have been in planningg for afew years.
In many cases, municipalitie are substituting stimulus money for funding they had already set asidre fora project. The state Department of Transportatiojn will also be able todo that, restartinh projects that had been delayed, Gilchrist said. A list of thosse projects is to be published in afew weeks. It takes up to 12 weeks from the time a projecft is announced to the time when construction A typical bid period lasts four to six and it takes just as long for the state comptroller to review and authorizethe work, Gilchrisf said. “There will be boots on the ground this he said. For more information, see the state’s stimulus Web .

Recovery Act might boost venture capital - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

2011-07-26T22:00:00.001-07:00

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The changes, which were implemented July 10, will affecyt the ’s Small Business Investment Company program. “Ths Recovery Act expands SBA’s venture-capital program to increase the pool of investment fundingb available to the Small Business Investmeny Companies licensedby SBA,” said SBA Administrator Karemn Mills. “We believe those companies will be bettert equipped by these changesz to help sustain and grow smallo businesses for their next important growth Small Business Investment Companies are privately owned andmanagedd venture-capital firms licensed and regulated by SBA.
They use a combination of fundas raised from private sources and money raisefd through the use of SBA guaranteexs tomake equity- and mezzanine-capital investments in small businesses. Theres are approximately 338 Small Businesa Investment Companieswith $17.4 billion in capita under management. The Small Business Investment Companies program was createde in 1958 to stimulate the growthof America’s smallp businesses by supplementing the long-terkm debt and private-equity capital availables to them.
• The Recovery Act makes Smalpl Business Investment Companies eligible forgreater SBA-guaranteed fundiny and requires them to invest 25 percent of their investment dollars into “smaller” Also, the amount of funding a Smallo Business Investment Company may inves t in a single smalol business is set at 10 percent of a Small Busineses Investment Company’s total capital, rather than the previou limit of 20 percent of a Small Business Investmenyt Company’s private capital only. This translates to an effective 50 percenf increase in funding available to a single business by a Small BusinessInvestment Company.
• Maximumm SBA funding levels to Smallp Business Investment Companies will increase up to three times the private capital raised by the Small Business Investment Company, up to a maximum of $150 milliobn for single Small Business Investment Companies, or up to $225 millionh for multiple companies under commo control. The cap for all licenseee had been setat $137.1 million before the Recoveruy Act. • These limits are even higher for Small Businesx Investment Companies licensed after Oct.
1, 2009, that certify at leastg 50 percent of their investments will be made in smalo businesses locatedin low-income areas, up to $175 milliob for single licensees and up to $250 millionj for jointly controlled multiple licensees. Changesa made to the Smalk Business Investment Company program undedr the Recovery Actare permanent.

ADP reports 532,000 May job cuts - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

2011-07-24T15:34:00.001-07:00

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Payroll firm ADP reported Wednesday that companies inthe U.S. cut an estimatexd 532,000 workers from payrolls last month. ADP also revisede higher its estimate of cuts in Aprilto 545,000 from the previouse estimate of 491,000. The ADP report noted losseds across all sizes and categories of businesses with larg business payrollsdeclining 100,000, medium businessez shedding 223,000 jobs and small businessee cutting 209,000 employees. The goods-producingh sector lost 267,000 jobs while the service-producinb sector declined by 265,000 The Labor Department is due to release its jobs reporton Friday.
The averagee analyst estimate for that report of government as well as privat payrolls is a lossof 520,000 payrolo positions and an increase in the unemployment rate to 9.2 percenft from April’s rate of 8.9 percent. On The Institute for Supply Management announced that its factoru index rose to the highesf level since last September as new orders posteds their first gain since the recession On Tuesday the National Association of Realtorz reported that pending sales of existing or contracts signed but not rose 6.7 percent in the largest increase in six years.

N.J. signs off on state budget - Philadelphia Business Journal:

2011-07-22T09:34:00.001-07:00

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Estimates put next year’s budget shortfall at anywherebetween $6 billion and more than $10 Republican Senate Budget Officer Anthony Bucco, R-Morris, said To address it, Gov. Jon S. Corzine shoulfd call an emergency summer session of the Bucco said. “Sweeping the problem under the rug until after the election woulrdbe unconscionable,” Bucco “A responsible leader woulds address a problem of this magnitude immediately by bringingv all hands on deck for a special session.
” The state’sw $29 billion budget, signed into law by Corzine June 29, relies on number of temporaryt measures, which Bucco called upon Corzine to reveal a plan to ensurse they remain temporary. The temporary measurea include: $1 billion in tax increases, $2.5 billion in one-timd federal stimulus aid and the suspension of property tax rebatesfor 1.2 milliob residents, Bucco said. Underf the current fiscal year budget, cigarette taxexs increased 12.5 cents per pack to $2.790 on July 1 and a 25 percent tax on liquor will take effecton Aug. 1. The 4 perceny surcharge businesses pay on corporate business tax liabilitt was also extended fora year.
The personal income tax rate increaserfrom 6.37 percent to 8 percengt for those earning over $400,000 to from 8.97 percent to 10.25 percent for those earning over $500,000 to $1 milliomn and from 8.97 percent to 10.75 percen for those earning more than $1 million. “We can’t afforcd the kinds of last-minute decision making by the governodr that forced big tax increases and cutbackd that havehurt middle-class families during this Bucco said of the budget, whicgh was passed without any Republicaj votes in the Senate and Assembly. As of Tuesday, Pennsylvanias had still not adopted a balanced budget whicyh was dueJune 30. The sticking poinyt has been Gov.
Ed Rendell’s proposal to temporarilyt raise the personal income tax rate to help addressa $3.2 billionb state budget deficit. Republicans oppose the proposecd three-year increase, which would increase the ratefrom 3.07 percenr to 3.57 percent and raise aboutt $1.5 billion a year in new revenuer for the state.

CMS director says doctors want ACOs - Healthcare IT News

2011-07-20T03:34:00.001-07:00

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Salvation Army agrees to sell Pittsburgh property to Polaris Real Estate Equities - Pittsburgh Business Times:

2011-07-17T20:51:00.001-07:00

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“We are officially under contract on the Salvatiom Army building with full approvalse fromNew York,” said Guy Totino, a principa l of Polaris and a Pittsburgh native. “We’rew beginning to market the building forvarious uses.” Polaris its initial salesw agreement in February. With an agreemengt in hand, O’Hara-based will begi n marketing the 93,000-square-foot building for office and educational use. The building’s uniqur configuration, which includes a swimming sanctuary and class rooms on the first three could also be of use tonearby colleges, such as and the .
The buildin also will undergo an extensive due diligence process to assesesthe structure’s condition and the cost issues involved in rehabbingt it. A closing date for the sale has not yetbeen

Timisoara tries to regain Champions League entry - USA Today

2011-07-15T14:17:00.001-07:00

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CIB Marine seeks clearance for expedited Chap. 11 - Phoenix Business Journal:

2011-07-13T07:00:00.001-07:00

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The Pewaukee-based company said Thursday afternoon it is seekin g approval ofits trust-preferred securitiexs holders to proceed with the plan. Under the the holding company would converty the securities topreferred stock. Holding compan y officials stressed that the bank owned by CIB MarinerBancshares — operating as Marine Bank in the metrol Milwaukee area, Indianapolis and Scottsdale, and as Centralk Illinois Bank in mid-state Illinois will not be affected by the plan of “The bank is in a strony position with capital levels that are abover the national average and higher than most of our local chairman and CEO John Hickey Jr.
“Any restructuring of the holding company would have no impact on the operationxs of the bankand deposits, and the bank would continue to be safe and Hickey pointed out that the bank is regulated separatelh from the holding company by both federal and stats regulators and its accounts are insured by the FDIC. The bank is conductingv regular business andmaking loans, he In a letter dated Thursday, Hicke y tells shareholders of CIB Marine (Pinm Sheets: CIBH) that the trust-preferred shareholdersw previously denied the holdingv company’s proposal to convert their securities into perpetual preferred The company had proposed that holderx of $100.
9 million in debentures accepg about $94.9 million in “liquidatioh preference” in newly issued fixed rate perpetual noncumulativse preferred stock. In a new solicitationh to trust preferred securities the holding company said approvap of the reorganization will allow the company to emergse as a stronger and better Hickey said that if the plan is approvedf by holders of the trust preferred the reorganization could be completexd within about60 days, pendingf confirmation by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. After the CIB Marine will be more attractive to a prospective buyer or he said.
Hickey said he was “cautiouslu optimistic” that the revised solicitation would gain the necessary support to allo w the reorganization tomove forward. The reorganization plan callswfor $105.3 million of high-interest debt to be exchanged for 55,624e shares of 7 percent Seriesa A fixed rate perpetual noncumulative preferrede stock with a value of $1,000 per shars and 4,376 shares of Series B 7 percenyt fixed rate convertible perpetual preferred stock that woulsd be convertible into 4,000 shares of common Holders of the trust preferred shares have unti l Friday to vote on the plan. The company has not yet filedd abankruptcy petition.
The company had warnex in its 10-K annual report in Apri that if a restructuring plan isnot approved, federal bank regulators coul d take enforcement action, which could include placing CIB Marine and/ore its banks into receivership. CIB Marine Bancshares is a one-bank holding company with 17 bankingv offices and assets ofabout $475 million as of Marchh 31.

Another PU project on exclusion due to social inequalities - Times of India

2011-07-11T00:00:00.001-07:00

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2009 WNY middle school rankings - Dallas Business Journal:

2011-07-08T16:17:00.001-07:00

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Profiles of the top 25 schools can be reachefd by clicking on the names of thoseschools below. A breakdowhn of the rankings for each section of Western New York can be accessedxby . The following abbreviations havebeen CS-Charter School, EMS-Elementary-Middle School, ES-Elementary HS-High School, IS-Intermediate School, JHS-Junior High JSHS-Junior-Senior High School, MHS-Middle-High MS-Middle School, PS-Primary School, SHS-Seniore High School, VHS-Vocational High School. Each schooo is followed by the name of the district that operatesit (if it’sw a public school) or the district where it is located (if it’sx a private school). • 1. • 2. 3. • 4. • 5.
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Whataburger expanding to Birmingham, Ala. - Orlando Business Journal:

2011-07-06T08:34:00.001-07:00

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The Corpus Christi-based Whataburger's expansion in Birmingha m will be led by Austinite Jerrell presidentof , several other businessmejn and some of Baird's familh members. Baird's group plans to build 17 new Whataburger franchis e restaurants in Birmingham and the metropolitaj area surroundingthe city, employinv several hundred local workers for the "Our group is proud to bring Whataburger' 54-year tradition of excellen t service and made-to-order food to the Birmingham area," Bairde says.
The first new Whataburger restauran is scheduled to open in Birmingham by late summefr or early fall ofthis year, according to the The deal, which will be inkedc by Whataburger CEO Tom Dobson at a speciak ceremony at company headquarters in Corpus Christki on Tuesday, represents Whataburger'sz entrance into the Birmingham market. At Tuesday' s signing ceremony, Whataburger Inc. will also sign a franchisede dealwith McAllen-based All the Way Managemenyt to develop five other Whataburger restaurant in the Montgomery, Ala. area. there are only threed Whataburger locations in all in theMobile area.
Founded in Corpusa Christi in 1950 byHarmon family-owned Whataburger is the country'zs eighth-largest hamburger chain, with 262 franchised restaurants and more than 640 locationz in 10 states.

Grand Center Inc., moving offices; hotel in the works - Kansas City Business Journal:

2011-07-04T02:00:00.001-07:00

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A partnership led by Grand Center Chairman Ken Kranzberv and Greenberg Van Doren Gallery owner Ron Greenberg closed March 3 on the purchase of the Contemporary Arts Building at 3526Washington Ave. They bought the building and an adjacent parking lotfor $850,000 from musi c distributor MMB Music, which relocated its offices to south St. Loui County in 2008. The 14,000-square-foot, two-storyu building will serve as the new home for Grand Center’s 15 employees. Renovation and moving costs willtotakl $400,000, according to Ken Christian, directoe of real estate development for Grand and the nonprofit will ultimately buy its spaced from the Kranzberg and Greenberyg partnership.
A general contractor has not yetbeen “We are going to be occupying the seconcd floor, and the firsty floor will be renovated into retail space,” Christiajn said. Grand Center is in talks with St. Louis-baser commercial real estate firm to serve as leasing agenr forthe 7,000 square feet of first-floor space, but a deal has not yet been Grand Center will move in June from a city-ownede building at 634 N. Grand Ave. that will be converted to a 120-room hotel, as well as 20 to 30 apartmentssand ground-floor retail. Christian said a deal is in the worksx with a developer and a hotel operator but financing has not yetbeen finalized.
In February, several developers responded to a request for qualificationas to buy and rehavbthe 12-story, 150,000-square-foot Old Missourui Theater Building at 634 N. Grand Ave. in a projec that’s estimated to cost $35 million. The buildintg is located on the east sideof Grand, a blocki south of Powell Symphonh Hall. The city’s health and social services department are headquartered there and are in the process of The developer of the634 N. Granxd building and the hotel flag that will fly there have not yet been but Hyatt Place could resum plans to open a hote inGrand Center. A 125-room Hyatt Place was slated to open this year at the Metropolitanb Building at500 N. Grand Ave.
, but thosee plans stalled whenthe developer, , shut down operationw last April. A Hyatt Placee spokesperson said no informationj was available bypress time. Hotel analystr Gary Andreas of St. Louis-basexd H&H Consulting said demand for hotep space would be driven bythe 4,500-seat one block away and nearbyh . “SLU draws good demancd despite the downturn in the as parents visitthe campus,” Andreass said. “I wouldn’t put 500 roomse there, but 100 to 150 rooms at the righty price, there’s significant demand for a four-star hotel.
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Georgetown as purgatory - Washington Business Journal:

2011-07-01T19:51:00.001-07:00

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Former TV producer Carol Joynt , who inheriter the iconic restaurant after her husband died in says she’s “swimming in quicksand” after her lease on 3150 M St. NW expirer in April, in the midst of tryin g timesfor restaurants. The family that has owned the propertgy for decades began putting feelers out abour two years ago and has now turned to associated Josh Feldman to listit formally. The 6,662-square-foot property is being marketed without alist price. who interviews glitterati for D.C.
cable’w “Q&A Cafe” on site at Nathans (and is expectinf Christopher Guestof “Waiting for Guffman” next week, along with two castmatews from “This is Spinal Tap”), writes a blog chronicling the ups and downs of runninbg a Georgetown establishment. After relaying some of her headacheds to hertherapist — explodinf manhole covers, two economivc crises, eviscerated M Street cement and rents that may double — her shrink summed up her experiencer for her: “The purest form of Feldman is also marketing the same owner’s property at 1351 Wisconsin Ave. NW, a former playhouse with “Georgetown” in marquee lights.
Sources say the owner had a $20 million-plus offer for the two buildingzs duringhappier times. The owner promises to deliveer the buildingsvacant — which should either put Joyntt out of her misery or move her alongh to another level of hell in a not-so-divin e comedy. … If Georgetown is still a littld too quaintfor you, have any interest in leasing the largest retail space available in the city? Call Papadopoulos Properties . The ownerx of North, a Class A office building at Ninth and E streetsd NW developed by and GouldProperty Co. , are lookinv to lease 37,000 square feet of retail spacer in the PennQuarter building.
The space includes 7,00 0 square feet where used to be, with anothee 6,000 square feet directl below the restaurant, and the rest on the floorf below that. “It’s the largest corner space in the hottesyt restaurant town in the countryright now,” brokert Ralph Tapiero tells our retail Missy Frederick, in what has to be a bit of an The team is already playing with a few including a for-profit museum-type tenant with a companion restaurant on the firstf floor (think ’s partnership with Zola ). The grou p is in talks with one such though anything could endup there, Tapierop says.
We may hear a verdict soon — Papadopoulow already has back-to-back meetings lined up to talk abourt Market Square at the International Council of ShoppingCenterw ’ spring convention in Vegas, whicu starts May 17. Then again, you know what they say aboutr Vegas. … Fed up with corporate bailouts, hip-hopo artists are banding together to sing a littlew ditty in honor of the common man this In September, the Real Hip-Hop Network will broadcast “The a live concert from the Nationalp Mall, featuring “a who’s who of Hollywooc elite and a cadre of musivc legends from every genre.
” Through point-of-sale donations at stores and a text-messaginbg campaign, the event aims to raise millionas of dollars in grant money for struggling WPGC-FM 95.5 personality Herkule s and Grammy-nominated artist Raheem DeVaughn are co-chairingf the event, along with an only slightly lower-wattex local cast, including Lorna Sammoury , the Washington regional directo r for the , and various “citt officials and VIPs.” … Here’s one unusual suspect who could apparently use a mortgage bailout. A $3 million-plua Georgetown mansion belonging to ThomasCanfield , generakl counsel of Miramar, Fla.-basef , is scheduled for a foreclosure sale on May 13.
Lender claimw Canfield owes $2.12 million on the mortgag e and isnearly $75,000 in arrears. Last year, Washingtohn Mutual Inc. moved to foreclosd under the same note. Canfield paid $3 milliohn in 2004 for the secludedproperty — on nearly 1 acre at 1686 34th St. NW. D.C.’s tax offic says the property iswortyh $3.4 million now, down from $3.7 million last year. Canfielde could not be reachedffor comment. … Catherine Buell , one of the newesg members of D.C.
’s Historic Preservation ReviewsBoard , has been locking legap horns with a tenant who not only won’t pay her but also is getting Buello into a little trouble with the her board collaborates The office notified Buell that the cable satellites dish her tenant installed on the fronft of her house in historic Anacosti a — and has refused to removs — was not cool under the city’s guidelines for historic The problem: Most Anacostia homeowners and tenantas have no idea what the guidelines are. As the city has been handingy out morethan $1.
5 million in grants to help dozenw of Anacostia homeowners restore historic facades, HPO has stepped up enforcementg in the area, says Greta Fuller , an Anacostiaw neighborhood commissioner. “How can the residents be expected to play by the rules whenthey don’t even know the rules of the game?” Fuller asks. Buelp has been a good sport abouft HPO’s crackdown and is gratefulo forthe neighborhood’s city-financed “I have to abidse by the rules just like everybody else definitely, definitely, definitely,” Buell says.
“Therr just needs to be more … Speaking of difficult tenants, publidc housing tenant Carlton Banks is suingf the city for placing him ina “rodenft infested” apartment. He says he’s suffering mentallu and physically fromscabies — a skin conditionb caused by mites that burrow into the skin’s uppere layer, where it lives and lays its Gross, yes. Worth the $23 million in damages Banks is seeking?
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Panthers sign one Tomas, working on another - NHL.com

2011-06-29T13:34:00.001-07:00

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